Why did Zhang survive the capture of Liu Yang Street in the Chongqing Massacre?

A portrait. Tongyuanmen is a land gate in Chongqing, located in Qixinggang. Now the city gate cave is still there, and the city wall park has been built for the citizens to play and understand the history of Chongqing. Tongyuanmen was built in the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. "The viceroy Dai Ding built Shicheng because of the old site, ten feet high and two thousand six hundred and sixty feet long, surrounded by a pool in the river. The door is seventeen, nine open and eight closed, like gossip in nine palaces. " Historically, there have been many stories in Tongyuanmen, including official stories recorded in official history, and various unofficial history and legends circulated by the people. Today, I want to tell a story about Zhang's capture of Chongqing. Zhang was the leader of the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty. He led his troops into Sichuan from Hubei, up the river and through the Three Gorges, and successively captured Kuifengfu, Wanxian, Zhongzhou and Fuling, and reached Guangyangba. Above the Yangguang Dam is the Tongluo Gorge, which had a military handle in the Ming Dynasty. Zhang led the troops to fight for several days, but they could not attack the Tongluo Gorge. As a last resort, Zhang personally took a group of men, abandoned the ship and landed, crossed Nanshan and captured Jiangjin. Then Jiangjin sailed down the river and attacked Chongqing with Guangyangba troops. After capturing Fotu Pass, Zhang led his troops to the gate to fight in an attempt to capture Chongqing in one fell swoop. Over the past few days, the high wall of the city, Tongyuanmen, has not been occupied. He wanted to attack other gates, but he got a report from his subordinates that there were nine gates in Chongqing, and the other eight gates were all by the river. At this time, it is summer, the river is soaring, and there is no station outside the city gate. Zhang Na had no choice but to lead troops to continue the siege. Outside Tongyuanmen is a large official hillside with countless graves buried. Some men suggested that the defenders on the wall were in command and we were attacking upwards. The defenders hit wood with arrows and rolling stones. The shields we hold can defend against arrows, but it is impossible to defend against rolling stones hitting wood. It's better to dig some coffin boards to make a big wooden shield, which can be carried by more people to resist rolling stones. In addition, military masons can be sent to dig holes at the foot of the city wall under the cover of big wooden shields, and explosive blasting can be used to capture Chongqing. Zhang took the advice of his subordinates and sent troops to dig graves on the hillside of Guanshan Mountain, using coffin boards as shields. While constantly sending troops to attack the city with coffin boards, they quietly sent people to make holes and put gunpowder under the walls of Shicheng. After the wall was blown down, Zhang invaded Chongqing and captured a bunch of Ming officials, including the governor of Sichuan, the magistrate of Chongqing and the magistrate of Baxian, and then all of them were executed that year. Zhang's ferocious nature not only killed officials in the Ming Dynasty, but also killed many ordinary people in Chongqing. What is even more vicious is that "all people are right-handed, without exception." At that time, there were more than 37 thousand soldiers and civilians captured by the Ming army in the city, all of whom were cut off by Zhang. Some people stretched out their left hands because they were afraid that losing their right hands would bring inconvenience to their work and life, but Zhang's soldiers cut off their hands. What he means is that if you don't have a right hand, you can resist me. What can you do if you don't have an armed right hand? Why does Zhang hate Sichuanese so much? There are many versions. It is said that he is the lower bound of the evil star in the sky, dedicated to killing people; Some people say that he failed to lead troops into Sichuan several times, so he hates Sichuanese. There is another interesting saying, because he was stung by a nettle when he took a shit. This sentence is the most popular among the people in Chongqing. Here's the story. Old man Zhang is a small businessman, doing business all the year round. When Zhang was young, he followed his father around. One year, he came to Sichuan with a group of people, including his old man's house, from Shaanxi, sold the homespun and pepper he brought, bought some tea and salt, packed his bags and drove the donkey back. It was sunny for several days in a row, and he thought it wouldn't rain, so he simply tied up the two bags of tea and salt, which didn't provide good shelter from rain and moisture. Unexpectedly, just on the road, an easterly rain fell. As a result of this sudden rainstorm, tea salt was wet. These two things are afraid of water. When they are rained, the salt will melt and the tea will swell, so they have to be thrown away. The loss of the goods annoyed him, but the scolding of his old man made him bear a grudge against Sichuan. That doesn't count. On this day, he suddenly swelled up on the road and ran to the side of the road to take a shit. Finished, conveniently pulled a blade of grass to wipe my ass. It is necessary to mention here that paper was very expensive in those years, and most people didn't use toilet paper, even the roughest and driest toilet paper. After convenience, bamboo sticks, branches, grass leaves, stone tiles and the like are often used. In the past, there were often people who did good deeds in the official toilets in Chongqing, and put a bamboo strip peeled off the green skin for people to use. Generally, the teacher of the board room should say hello, "If you want to shit, there is no paper, take bamboo pieces by yourself, the light is off, it is dark, and you should be careful when you encounter a knife." Remind people who shit to be careful when wiping their ass with bamboo chips. That knife is so sharp that it will cut and bleed when wiping their ass. ) I didn't know that the grass he pulled was "hemp" (nettle). The stems and leaves of this thing are covered with poisonous hairs, so people can't touch them. People's skin is touched, and the lighter ones are burning, painful and itchy. The most serious thing will take several days to get, piece by piece, swollen and itchy. Zhang didn't recognize the grass, so he was hurt. Now people can't walk, but there is an empty donkey who dare not ride if he wants to. I can't walk, I can't sit, I have suffered from salt and tea, and my heart is even more angry. He thought, this Sichuan is hateful, and God is not generous. It's sunny, but it rains heavily. Wet my salt tea and let me do business at a loss. Even the weeds are so hateful that I look so miserable. When I become a big official in the future, I must behead Sichuan. Later, Zhang really entered Sichuan, and he retaliated and wanted to kill the sky. Killing the sky can't kill you. He attacked Chongqing and arrested Wang Rui and other officials. When he killed them at Jiaochangba, the sky suddenly became overcast with thunder and lightning. Angry, Zhang cursed the sky and ordered his soldiers to set up cannons and fire guns in the air to show their hatred for the sky. If you want to kill vegetation, there are as many vegetation as Zhang wants to kill. In the end, I only turned my hatred of the sky and vegetation to Chinese and Sichuanese. Therefore, after he entered Sichuan, he wantonly killed and maimed the people. This legend is a legend, whether it is true or not is another matter. Zhang's murder in Chongqing has been recorded in the history, and it is more popular among the people. So that when Huguang later filled Sichuan, the real indigenous Chongqing (Baxian) people were even rarer. Legend has it that Zhang is also afraid of God and kind. The story of the street is related to Zhang. It is said that a filial son named touched the immortal, and the immortal gave Zhang a dream, telling him to meet his inserted family and not to infringe. At the same time, the fairy gave Yang Xiaoxian a dream to fold Yang Liuzhi and put it on the door, so that he could avoid disaster. Later, when people heard about it, they also folded willow branches in front of the door to avoid disaster. This street was later called Liu Yang Street (now the middle section of Zhonghua Road). This is the power of the gods to stop Zhang violence. There is also a story about Zhang's sudden conscience and not killing people. On the way to Chongqing, Zhang was surprised to find a woman running away with a big doll and a small doll. So I asked, why do you take the big one and the small one with you? This woman doesn't know Zhang, the killer everyone fears. She replied that the eldest was her ex-husband's child and the youngest was her own. As a stepmother, she can't let others gossip. Zhang thought it was good for her, decided not to kill her and advised her to go home. On the way home, the woman saw a peasant soldier drawing water from a well, so she stopped him, saying that these wells were poisoned by the government and could not be eaten. She led a pedestrian to her yard, pointed to a haystack in the corner of the yard, and said that there was a well under the haystack, which was harmless and drinkable. Zhang was moved again and asked someone to send her money. The woman replied, I dare not ask for money. It's no use asking. When Zhang Wang arrived, my mother couldn't live even if she wanted to. Hearing this, Zhang said, Sister-in-law, don't be afraid. You can take the money. With that, he broke a willow branch from a willow tree by the roadside and handed it to the woman. Say, you put this wicker at the door, I will protect your safety, and then I left. Some people who didn't have time to escape, seeing that the woman didn't escape, asked her why she escaped and came back. The woman told the story. So they all put Yang Liuzhi in the door, but they were still too scared to go out. Later, it was discovered that teams of peasant troops passed by here, and when they saw the wicker inserted in the door, they made detours and dared not approach. It turned out that after Zhang left, he gave an order that his home was inserted at the gate of Chongqing, and no one was allowed to harass him, and anyone who violated it would be killed without forgiveness. So people in this street can save their lives. This street was later called Liu Yang Street, which is another version of the origin of Liu Yang Street. (Source: Tencent Travel)