"Oh? What is my son's plan, tell me quickly! Zuo Liangyu said with a happy expression.

"Back to my father, Wuchang is the largest town in Hubei, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, plus several nearby counties, as well as hundreds of thousands of refugees who stay here, since these people are under the jurisdiction of the father, protected by the father, they are naturally obliged to serve the father, we can fill all the young and strong into the army, and search their homes for food, requisition for military purposes, anyway, we go all the way east to fight Jiangnan, with the wealth of Jiangnan, there is our foothold, just Wuchang, it is not a pity to destroy it!" Zuo Menggeng's face was ruthless, in order to let his father move his troops east as soon as possible to conquer the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, he couldn't care so much.

Liu Xian Brown was taken aback by Zuo Mengeng's proposal, is that too ruthless, it hurts the heavens and the peace, Liu Xian Brown hesitated slightly.

Not only Liu Xian Brown, but even Zuo Liangyu was taken aback by Zuo Mengeng's proposal, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems to make sense, Zuo Liangyu agrees with Zuo Mengeng's idea, anyway, after he goes to Jiangnan, he doesn't plan to go back to Hubei, rather than leaving it to others, it is better to make the best use of it and squeeze out its last value.

"Okay, that's it!" Zuo Liangyu said with a hideous face.

"Newspaper"

"Marshal, there are more than 100 commanders who heard that the marshal woke up and came to ask the marshal about the military salary."

Zuo Liangyu has recruited hundreds of thousands of homeless troops one after another, although the positions above the general are arranged for people he can trust, but many middle-level and grass-roots generals such as thousands of generals are from the homeless people themselves, they are different from Zuo Liangyu's henchmen who have military salaries to pay, so I heard that the imperial court sent military salaries, and there were rumors that Zuo Liangyu planned to embezzle all the military salaries, so these people specially invited them to inquire, thinking that Zuo Liangyu would compromise because of the large number of people.

"A bunch of rubbish, want to die? This great commander will fulfill you! Zuo Liangyu is extremely hideous, he was already angry, and he was trying to kill a few people to extinguish the fire, but he didn't expect these people to come to the door, just to clean up some things inside and out.

Zuo Liangyu was furious, and ordered that all the more than 100 thousand generals be killed, and ordered people to be sent to their positions.

Just like in history, Zuo Liangyu rebelled before the army plundered Hubei, but in history he only robbed grain, by the way to grab some property, but now he is indeed robbing people together, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, as long as they are strong men, they will be arrested into the barracks, and suddenly the entire Wuchang and the surrounding areas have suffered, and the people are in mourning.

Hundreds of thousands of troops are distributed in the city of Wuchang, as well as the counties around Wuchang, like wolves and tigers, kicking when they see the door, arresting young and strong men when they see them, and also collecting all the property and food.

Zuo Liangyu's army was not a disciplined army, but now under Zuo Liangyu's order, all the beasts were suddenly stimulated, and it was out of control, it was no longer just a matter of catching strong men to fill the army and robbing food, and it gradually evolved into lewd and plunder, once a slightly purple woman, she was immediately pressed to the ground and lewd, which was extremely miserable.

In an instant, the entire Wuchang and the surrounding areas were in chaos, the people were crying, and the looting soldiers were laughing wildly.

"What's going on, what's going on?" This is an old man over fifty years old, wearing an official uniform, with more than a dozen government officials behind him, and this person is He Tengjiao, the governor of Hubei.

"What are you waiting for!" He Tengjiao was originally in the government to handle official business, and suddenly heard that Zuo Liangyu's army was crazy and was raping and plundering everywhere, and he was immediately shocked and came out to check, and saw a team of Zuo Liangyu's soldiers kicking open the door of a house, looting a lot of property and food from it, and also arrested a young man in his twenties, and the father and mother of the young man cried and stepped forward to stop but was kicked to the ground.

He Tengjiao trembled with anger, since he served as the governor of Hubei, his unlucky days have come.

Hubei is Zuo Liangyu's territory, Zuo Liangyu has a self-respecting army here, and naturally does not allow a governor to point fingers, immediately He Tengjiao's family was arrested by Zuo Liangyu, He Tengjiao dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, for the safety of the family, he could only obey Zuo Liangyu's mercy, and completely became a puppet. He has always known that the military discipline of Zuo Liangyu's army is very poor, and there are several murders or rapes of women almost every day, but there is still some cover-up, and He Tengjiao will turn a blind eye, but now it is in broad daylight, on the street, how can He Tengjiao not be angry.

Although He Tengjiao was afraid of death, he still remembered that he was the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and his duty was to protect the land and the people.

He Tengjiao made up his mind to stop this matter, and the person who took the lead in bringing justice to justice turned cold in an instant, showing the majesty of the governor.

"Mr. Qian, this seems to be an official of a government, what should I do?" One of the Zuo Liangyu soldiers saw He Tengjiao and others blocking their way, and asked Mr. Qian.

"It's just a petty official of the government, in Wuchang City, our Zuo Dashuai is the biggest, don't pay attention to it." That Mr. Qian glanced at He Tengjiao and said lightly.

However, these people don't know that He Tengjiao is a dignified governor, they only know that He Tengjiao's official uniform seems to be worn by civil officials of the government.

Sensing the contemptuous expressions of this group of soldiers, he didn't take himself as a governor in his eyes, He Tengjiao was furious, pointed at the group of Zuo Liangyu's soldiers in front of him and said angrily: "You have openly broken into people's houses and looted in broad daylight, and there is no royal law in your eyes, and this official will definitely bring you to justice!" ”

"Hey! Mr. Qian, this dog official seems to be still thinking about us, and he is impatient, according to his subordinates, those government officials behind him are also considered strong men, or they should be arrested together. This Zuo Liangyu soldier just killed an old man and raped a woman, and before the ferocity had passed, he saw that a civil official in He Tengjiao dared to threaten to arrest them and bring them to justice, and he was immediately emboldened.

"Hehe, yes, I also don't like this old man, come and arrest the dozen strong men together." This Qian Zong also raped a woman, smiled, pointed to the dozen or so government officials behind He Tengjiao and shouted.

Suddenly, dozens of soldiers rushed forward brandishing broadswords, taking down more than a dozen stupid errands in one fell swoop, and they had more than a dozen strong men in their hands.

"You, you" He Tengjiao pointed to a group of Zuo Liangyu soldiers, so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Damn, you, dead old man, get out of the way!" The Zuo Liangyu soldier who originally proposed kicked He Tengjiao to the ground, and a group of people carried food and property on their shoulders, pressing more than 20 strong men, including more than a dozen government officials, to the barracks.

He Tengjiao got up from the ground with difficulty, the official hat didn't know where it flew, extremely embarrassed, looking at this scene, He Tengjiao was speechless for a while, and people in their fifties shed tears sadly, what is the matter with this world, who will save the people in this world.

Wuchang City and the area adjacent to Wuchang were in turmoil for three days, and the big city of hundreds of thousands of people was ravaged by Zuo Liangyu's soldiers, and the corpses were all over the streets, and hundreds of people cried and fled, an extremely miserable scene.

"Father Qi, 360,000 young men and 680,000 stone military rations have been recruited, which is enough for the army for 20 days." Zuo Mengeng reported the harvest of the past three days to Zuo Liangyu.

"Why is there still 10,000 short?" Zuo Liangyu frowned.

"Back to my father, the young people around me have fled cleanly, and there is no one to recruit." Zuo Mengeng is embarrassed.

Although Zuo Liangyu's army captured the strong men within a radius of fifty miles, everyone was not stupid, many people did not want to be caught as cannon fodder, and fled when they heard the wind, but let the strong men within a radius of fifty miles flee for nearly half, either Yuanyuan fled from Wuchang or hid in the mountains, Zuo Mengeng did not go into the mountains to search in order to save time.

"No, we have to make up a million! Strong men are not enough, and men in their teens and fifties can be recruited. Zuo Liangyu said.

"Yes, Father!" Zuo Mengeng had no choice but to order a forcible requisition again, and the entire Wuchang City suffered another round of ravage.

With nearly 400,000 strong men, Zuo Liangyu naturally could not buy a sufficient amount of armor and weapons in such a short period of time, so he ordered the bamboo forest to be cut down and used as a spear.

In order to control these hundreds of thousands of strong men well, Zuo Liangyu transferred tens of thousands of people from his army of 50,000 henchmen to serve as the chief or above, and formed a team of thousands of people to control it strongly.

At the same time, in order to appease the morale of the army, Zuo Liangyu ordered the three million taels of silver that he had robbed and had obtained from Dolgon to distribute all the soldiers, which made the army's morale calm down a lot.

After four days of preparation, on September 30 of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu officially raised troops to rebel in the name of the Qing monarch's side, leaving behind an almost dead city of Wuchang, and marched eastward, with millions of men and horses claiming to be 1.5 million troops, stretching the Yangtze River for more than 100 miles, overwhelmingly attacking Jiujiang City, the first important town in the east! Set off stormy waves, the world shakes!

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