Surrender to Li Zicheng: In the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), Song gave advice and surrendered to Li Zicheng on the recommendation of Niu Jinxing. Song Xiance was good at divination, so he sent a letter to Li Zicheng, saying "Eighteen sons, the main artifact", which made him overjoyed.
Battle of Manao Mountain
In the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), he was stationed in Xiangyang and Zuo Liangyu was ordered to suppress Zhang. Zuo Liangyu led an army to fight Zhang at Goupingguan (west of Xing 'an, Shaanxi) and lost loyalty. Zuo Liangyu, please go to Sichuan from Hanyang Xixiang to chase him. Yang Sichang ordered Zuo Liangyu not to send pianjiang after him, but Zuo Liangyu refused. When Zhang moved to Jiugunping, he saw that Agate Mountain was steep and he followed the trail. Zuo Liangyu's army went down the mountain, while Zhang Zhan led the mountain. Zuo Liangyu soldiers divided into three roads and heard the drums. After a long battle, our army was defeated by Zhang. Sixteen rebel leaders, including Cao Wei, the king of Zuo Liangyu, and Deng Tianwang, the white horse. Zhang's wife and concubine were captured, and Zhang fled to Xing and Guishan. Soon after, he entered Xing 'an and Fangxian, and loyalists were afraid of mountain risks. Zhang lurks in the dense forest, bribing villagers to buy salt rice. The villagers became the eyes and ears of the rebels, Zhang was scattered and the momentum was revived.
Priests in every town. "
Emperor Chongzhen made an exception in employing people.
Suzhou, Songjiang and Huzhou provinces were flooded.
Emperor Chongzhen sympathized with the people's sufferings.
In the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), on May 16th, natural disasters were still prevalent. People sought inspiration and were greedy to help the heroic and cruel, and countless waves of Feng Yi were at a loss. Don't die during the people's livelihood. Although I have sent many letters of condolence recently, I have turned a deaf ear. Today I heard that lazy people don't follow the world, and people who abuse the world are not good. How much did the local officials give the valley? How many people can help attract the floating population back to work? This land is barren. Did you buy calves as seeds and cultivate them in many ways? Rich squire, lose money to send millet, try to persuade? Have you ever stopped paying for food to gain benefits? The official said that to inspect officials and people, it is necessary to reduce county visits, that is, to inspect the temples to which officials belong based on whether there are hungry people in the local area.
The peasant army entered Sichuan.
In July of the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), Zhang was exhausted and defeated, but he was still full of vitality. Immediately, he found himself on the river, and the officers and men retreated. After Zhang crossed the river, he was stationed. At this time, Yang Sichang came by boat from Yiling. However, Zhang's power has been strong, and he successively captured Dachang and Kaixian, attacked Jianzhou in the north and entered Hanzhong. And attack Mianzhou, Luzhou and Kaixian. Yang Sichang is in Chongqing. He Longren and Zuo Liangyu were called to help, but neither of them came.
Li Zicheng entered Henan.
Ming army defeated Guanyinyan
In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen (1640), on the sixth day of September, the Ming army was defeated by Guanyinyan. At that time, Wan Yuanji was stationed in Wushan and Shao Jiechun was stationed in Dachang to support each other. Later, Xie Chun, in the words of his Ministry, thought that Dachang crossed the river from the top to the middle and dismounted. The water is shallow and the ground is flat, so it is difficult to guard. The soldiers were divided into three places, with three or four hundred guards on each side. When the rebels suddenly arrived, the horse passed first. Yuanji urgently ordered the generals to meet at Qigoukan and Ganxi, and sent Zhang to clear the wall. Then Chun sent Luo Hongzheng and Shen Yinglong to help him. And Zhang's has broken through the net wall and killed the big factory, so he captured the big factory.
Raise world tariffs
Zhou Pu government is hungry.
In the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), all the flowers and trees were eaten up. The government dug a pit outside the city gate, buried the starving people, and the hungry people scrambled to dig a pit to cut meat until the father and son ate each other.
Locust plague in Yizhou, Shandong Province
In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen (1640), locusts were everywhere, with hundreds of trees leafless and thousands of miles bare, and 2000 wheat were beaten. People dig roots and peel bark, father and son eat each other, bones are vertical and horizontal, babies abandon their bodies all over the road, and many people put up grass labels for sale, not counting those who climb mountains and mountains. 164 1 in the spring, more than half of them died.