Zuo Liangyu is dead!

It's very aggrieved to die.

Once upon a time, the man of the hour, he didn't even figure out what was going on until he died, he didn't need to figure it out, just like Ma Shixiu and Ma Jinzhong, they didn't need to figure it out, they only needed to be clear about one thing, they only had one way to go - to serve the general.

Just like Shen Bao and others under Liu Liangzuo, after Liu Liangzuo was killed, they all knelt down one after another to express their willingness to serve the prince.

Because of the relationship between Shen Bao, Hu Shoujin and other Liu Liangzuo's old subordinates serving in the Pingyu Army, and even because they abandoned the dark and surrendered to the Ming, they were included in the storytelling and sung by storytellers, and naturally Zhu Guoqiang only comforted a few words, Ma Shixiu and Ma Jinzhong expressed their willingness to serve the general.

For Ma Shixiu and their generals, they know that with his domineering and domineering under Zuo Liangyu, sooner or later they will be held accountable by the imperial court, and now that Zuo Liangyu is dead, it makes them breathe a sigh of relief, and while changing the court, they also know that if they want to gain the trust of the new coach, they have to behave.

"General, Zuo Liangyu has scavenged no less than five or six million taels of silver over the years, and in the treasury of the Marshal's Mansion, please ask the general to send someone to check it."

When the generals expressed their loyalty, the words of the staff member Su Kunsheng made everyone stunned, and they thought in their hearts, or they still have a lot of thoughts.

Millions of taels of silver...... That's a lot of work!

"Oh? Since this is the case, Song Deyi, you led people to seal the silver treasury, by the way, the two horse generals, how many people are there in the army now? ”

After being defeated by Li Zicheng in Henan, Zuo Liangyu fled south in the process, he plundered the people at will, he was originally only 40,000 or 50,000 horses, when he arrived in Wuchang, he had more than 100,000 troops, and when he was entrenched in Jiujiang, he claimed to be 200,000, according to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", after he "recovered" Wuchang, he had 800,000 troops under his command, known as one million.

How many men does he have now?

This is what Zhu Guoqiang cares about.

"General Hui, since the defeat of Henan by the thieves in the fifteenth year, Zuo Shun has been captive the people as soldiers, and there are currently no less than 200,000 soldiers in the army, including 100,000 husbands."

Two hundred thousand!

It's a lot, and I don't care about the quality of these soldiers, but one thing is for sure, just 200,000 horses can scare people.

Listening to Ma Shixiu's answer, Zhu Guoqiang asked about the situation of the soldiers and horses in each battalion again, and then looked at everyone and said.

"This general came to Huguang on the order of the imperial court to clear out the thieves and return the people of the world to a peaceful one, Zuo Liangyu supports the army and respects himself, and does not want to serve the country. In fact, even if you are a general in the army, you naturally know that this military merit is related to whether you can seal your wife and son, and where does the military merit come from? Relying on the battlefield to kill the enemy, he Zuo Liangyu has self-respect in Jiujiang, for the glory and wealth of his Zuo family, he has a wife and a son, what does he have to do with you? ”

Some truths don't need to be explained much, after all, they are not confused, and of course the big truths can be clearly distinguished.

"As the so-called wealth and danger are sought, now Zhang Xianzhong occupies Yuezhou, and the soldiers are directed at Wuchang, in order to prevent Wuchang from being occupied, the imperial court ordered you to move to Wuchang. Ma Shixiu, tell me, when will the army be able to pull out? ”

"Back to the general, as long as the general gives an order, we can send troops to Wuchang at any time."

Ma Shixiu hurriedly replied.

"Okay, since that's the case, Ma Shixiu and Ma Jinzhong obey orders!"

Then Zhu Guoqiang issued a military order one by one - the military order was very simple, that is, let them move to Wuchang, but they still had to carry the banner of Zuo Liangyu.

Even if Zuo Liangyu died, he was still taken out by Zhu Guoqiang and used for it.

In the afternoon of the next day, when hundreds of thousands of troops marched towards Wuchang by land and water, Mei Chun asked without doubt.

"Lord Shizi, wouldn't it be too abrupt to hand over an army of 200,000 to them like this?"

Faced with Mei Chun's question, Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter if it's abrupt or not, the important thing is that Zuo Liangyu is going to Wuchang right now! As for whether they will escape halfway with the army of coercion, Zhu Guoqiang is not worried, after all, it is not April of Chongzhen's 17th year, they are all officials of the imperial court, but they will not take refuge in Liukou if there is the slightest possibility.

For the sake of their own glory and wealth, they will definitely obey this order, and it is also an opportunity for them to make military achievements. As long as they are smart people, they will not miss such opportunities, and they are all smart people without exception. ”

After that, Zhu Guoqiang laughed and said.

"Mei Chun, sometimes, the dead are more useful than the living, this time, I borrowed his Zuo Liangyu reputation!"

……

On the Yangtze River, a fleet of ships is heading towards Wuchang, this fleet is out day and night, every day is moored in the reeds by the river, only at night will set sail again.

However, thanks to the strong power provided by dozens of diesel hanging machines, the speed of the fleet is not slow, on the thirteenth day of the lunar month, the fleet passed Wuchang, as usual, after passing Wuchang, the fleet was moored in the reeds dozens of miles away from Wuchang. Then he sent a scout horse to get in touch with the internal security intelligence station in the city, so as to grasp Zhang Xianzhong's movements.

After the fleet passed through Wuchang, Zhu Guoqiang ordered to send hundreds of cavalry scouts to investigate the movements of the Liukou along the way, and the reason why he was so cautious was because in history, Zuo Liangyu was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong's ambush in Jiayu.

Half a day after the scouts were dispatched, there was a report that the scouts had returned.

"In the east of Jiayu County, the Liukou were found to be plundering in the countryside, and the county seat was not attacked."

"Probe!"

After thinking about it, Zhu Guoqiang ordered in a deep voice:

"Order Su San to lead a battalion of cavalry ashore and kill the rogues along the way! In addition, He Haobo led a battalion of infantry ashore, don't wear armor, don't play flags, save scaring them away! ”

These rogues really regarded the officials and soldiers as nothing, they didn't pay attention to the existence of the officials and soldiers at all, and robbed everywhere they went.

These thieves are all sentry sentry sentry and specialize in inquiring about the news of the official army, but unlike the sentry scouts of the official army, they rush over to rob the villages and towns when they see them. Nor do they coerce the young and strong, and run away when they rob their possessions.

Su San asked his troops to pursue with more than 100 rangers, although they quickly caught up with these sentry horses with the advantage of war horses, but as a result, they only cut off a dozen heads and came back, and the rest of the thieves and horses all scattered and fled.

Although it was only the first battle, through this first battle, Zhu Guoqiang finally had some understanding of the playing style of the Liukou - these are loaches.

If you can't win, run.

If they were all such enemies and such a way of fighting, this would be a bit difficult to do.

It was at this time that He Haobo reported that a Jiayu scholar came to work in the army.

Gao Yanhong was originally a prisoner of the country, after his father was killed by the rogues last year, he returned home from Nanjing to take charge, in order to prevent the offenders from committing the gangsters, in addition to recruiting strong men, he also built a wei outside the village, and now he was frightened by the rogues, and when he heard that the officials and troops were coming, he naturally liked to descend from the sky, and personally carried two carts of grain and grass to the labor army.

"I don't know if it's the general who leads the troops?"

Gao Yanhong asked respectfully.

"General Pingyu!"

Yes!

The five words that pierced his ears were so shocked that Gao Yanhong couldn't speak for a long time, when De Shizi went south, he was Nanjing, and how could he not know how brave De Shizi was.

With them, you don't have to worry about the rogue anymore, and now you can finally sleep peacefully.

"The Pingyu Army is really a god soldier! It came so fast! ”

Gao Yanhong said happily.

"With the general here, the people of Huguang can enjoy peace again!"

After Gao Yanhong got on the boat, Zhu Guoqiang asked directly:

"Can you see the main force of the rogue?"

Gao Yanhong shook his head and said.

"I heard that the thieves are in Yuezhou, and there are tens of thousands of rogues in Linxiang, but the students don't know if the news is accurate, but at present, there are small groups of rogues everywhere, which have destroyed countless villages and towns, and tens of thousands of people have been looted by the rogues."

If it were replaced by other generals, Gao Yanhong would probably have knelt down and begged the general to send troops to save the people of Huguang, but the general in front of him is different from others, Gao Yanhong believes that he must have his way of using troops, and now is definitely not the time to cause chaos to the general.

"Well, I see, um......"

After thinking about it, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"Gao Yanhong, I want you to do something, and after you go ashore, I will immediately spread the news everywhere, and say, Zuo Liangyu personally led an army of 100,000 to send troops to Yuezhou!"

"General, why is that?"

Mei Chun and the others were surprised.

"I'm afraid I'll scare them away, so let's use a Zuo Liangyu banner first!"

Zhu Guoqiang said helplessly.

He really didn't dare to let people play the banner!

I'm afraid of scaring the Liukou away, and I'm even more worried about scaring them to Sichuan, "the difficulty of Shu Road, it's difficult to go to the blue sky", if you scare them to Sichuan, it will be troublesome, in case they drill into the mountains again, then if you want to calm them, you don't know how long it will take. So Zhu Guoqiang even put on the clothes of the official army and did not wear cuirass, so it was difficult to be recognized by the rogues. In fact, even those who wear the cuirass may not know their identity, but it is better to be careful in everything.

People are names, trees are shadows.

Those rogues are all masters who bully the weak and fear the hard, what if they are scared away by themselves? If you scare them away, it won't be a battle that can end in a month, and not only will you sign your own military strength, but it may even affect your next big plan. Even this is the reason why he wanted to take Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses.

After all, it is impossible to make Zuo Liangyu obediently listen to him, but it is easier to kill him than to make him obedient. And it's easier too.

Sometimes killing someone doesn't necessarily solve the problem, but it's definitely the easiest way to do it. Even killing him can contribute to another thing. If it succeeds, there will basically be any suspense in this crackdown.