Zuo Mengeng looked at Huang Shu, and his breathing became short.

Huang Shu said: "Although He Tengjiao is a civil servant, he is not a loyal person. In the past two years, I have done a lot of self-respecting things to support the army! As far as I know, when he first took charge of Hunan, he conspired with Fu Shangrui, Yan Qiheng, Zhang Kuang, Wu Jinxi, Zhou Daqi, Chang Yanling and other local officials in Hunan to divide the territory, sign an alliance, divide the territory, and privately recruit troops and horses to withhold taxes. What you do is like a festival! ”

It turns out that this He Tengjiao is not a well-behaved governor, and he has done a lot of outrageous things these days. Among them, the most outrageous is to prepare for the Dao Fu Shangrui with the Biyuan Army, Wu Jinxi of the Zhibaoqing Mansion, Zhang Kuang of the Zhichangde Mansion, Yan Qiheng of the Hengyong Soldier Beidao, Zhou Daqi, the political envoy of Hunan, and Chang Yanling, the chief soldier of Hunan, and other officials, swore an oath to make a contract, and then each recruited troops to defend the territory of Hunan.

Now He Tengjiao controls Changsha Mansion, Fu Shangrui is stationed in Chenzhou, Baojing, Jingzhou, Yongshun and other places in the Yuanshui area, Yan Qiheng is stationed in Hengzhou, Zhang Kuang controls Changde, Zhou Daqi is out of the eastern part of Tunyue Prefecture (east of Dongting Lake), and Wu Jinxi controls Baoqing Mansion.

Chang Yanling, the nominal commander of Hunan, controlled Yongzhou, Chenzhou, and Guiyang, Linwu, Lanshan and Ningwusuo in the south of Hengzhou, which bordered Hunan and Guangdong.

In addition, Yuezhou, which was adjacent to Jingzhou Prefecture, was controlled by the fleeing Zuojia army. At present, the territory of the Left Army is most of Jingzhou and Shizhouwei in Hubei and Yuezhou in Hunan.

In other words, a Hunan is now at least divided in all directions, and He Tengjiao and Zuo Mengeng are the two most powerful parties.

If these two sides can join forces, it will be enough to become a decisive force on the Huguang battlefield!

Huang Shu continued: "And Zhu Cihong has led his troops to Wuchang for so many days, He Tengjiao is close to Changsha, and he doesn't go to see him, obviously he has a second heart!" ”

Zuo Mengeng shook his head: "He's just loyal to the emperor...... But what's the use? Strategist, how many people have we sent to contact Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Zuo Maodi in the name of King Chu these days? Will anyone respond? ”

Huang Shu said with a smile: "Young General, those people are dissatisfied with the prince, but they just don't want to be the first bird." ”

Zuo Mengeng frowned: "Let's be the first bird ourselves?" Will it work? Don't let the prince kill him with a bird! ”

Huang Shu sneered: "Of course the king of Qinqin will not be the king, but we can still pull He Tengjiao to join the king of Chuang!" ”

Zuo Mengeng frowned, lowered his voice and asked, "Military Master, do you see that King Chuang can defeat the crown prince?" ”

Huang Shu said, "Major General, now King Chuang and Zhu Cihong are evenly matched...... No one can help the other. And the young general has 100,000 troops, and the tiger is in Jiangling, once the king of Chu and He Tengjiao are held hostage, and the land of Hunan is turned against the Ming and surrendered, even if Zhu Cihong can hold Wuchang Mansion, he can only watch the land of Hunan be owned by the young general. ”

Zuo Mengeng was silent, still hesitating.

Huang Shu knew that his proposal was a bit taken for granted, but now that the situation forced him, there was no other way. He gritted his teeth: "Major General...... You can't compare with He Tengjiao, Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Zuo Maodi now! The big deal is that they release their military power with a glass of wine, and there are always rich people in the southeast who can be them, and once you lose power, the general will be a thousand miles away! ”

Not really! It's not so bad for people to offend Zhu Cihong, it's just that they support the army and respect themselves, that's the true nature of a warlord, what's the big deal? Moreover, when Zhu Cihong first arrived in the southeast, his control ability was limited, and he could not even fully grasp Nanzhili. For the territory beyond the reach of the whip, Zhu Cihong gave power to the subordinates and let them run it by themselves.

Therefore, although He Tengjiao and the others are warlords, and there may be contradictions with Zhu Cihong, they are not irreconcilable.

But Zuo Mengeng is different! He wanted to support the king of Chu as the emperor......

Huang Shu continued: "The young general should be constantly broken, and he is afraid of causing trouble to the Xiao Wall, is there no one in Jiangling City who wants to exchange the young general's head for a lifetime of wealth?" ”

"This, this ......" Zuo Mengeng took a breath, this is the most terrifying!

He finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that this is the only way to go!" ”

Huang Shu breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Cihong couldn't spare Zuo Mengeng, and he couldn't spare Huang Shu either!

Huang Shu hurriedly said to Zuo Mengeng: "Young General, my subordinates will leave for Hanyang, and no matter what, they will take the edict of King Chuang for the young general." ”

"Okay, then it's time to work!"

Huang Shu said again: "Now that the people in Jingzhou Mansion are unpredictable, the young general must not trust others, let alone reveal the whereabouts of his subordinates, otherwise a catastrophe may come at any time!" ”

"Okay," Zuo Mengeng said, "The military division just left quietly, and I said to the public that I would send the military division to Chongqing to contact Ma Shiying, and fight for the army to enter Sichuan." ”

Huang Shu's worries were not unreasonable, because at this time, there were also several mountains within the Zuojia Army.

Zuo Mengeng is of course one of them, and the three thousand family members left by his father are still absolutely loyal to him. Don't look at the fact that there are only 3,000 people, but it is the most capable army in the Zuojia army system.

The original Chengtianfu town guard chief soldier Jin Shenghuan is also a big mountain, although he doesn't have many core members, but he relies on the regiment training under his command when Huaiyang is defending, and he can be regarded as a large number of people. Moreover, when he was defending Chengtian Mansion, he also made a lot of big deals with Li Zicheng's side, but he made a lot of money, and now he has enough military funds on hand. Therefore, Zuo Mengeng also guarded against Jin Shenghuan, and did not dare to let his army enter Jiangling City, but sent him to Yiling to station.

In addition, Qiu Lei and Zuo Mengmei's father and daughter are also considered a mountain. Although Qiu Lei doesn't have many families, he can't stand his daughter Zuo Mengmei in front of Zhu Cizhao, the king of Chu.

And Zhu Cizhao, the king of Chu, is the vassal king of "real seal", and is theoretically the lord of Jingzhou. In fact, although it could not control the entire Jingzhou Mansion, the two counties of Jiangling and Gong'an were under the control of the Chu Wangfu. With the population and territory, the guards of the Chu Wangfu were naturally strong, so based on the soldiers and horses brought by Qiu Lei to the Jingzhou Mansion, three guards were built, each of which was an establishment of 5,600 people, with sufficient personnel and excellent equipment. The weakness is that the team has been established for too short a time, the training is insufficient, and there are no hard battles.

In addition to these three big hills, Zuo Liangyu's left army also included Li Guoying, Lu Guangzu, Xu Yong, Hao Xiaozhong, Daniel Zhang, Ma Jiaolin and several other small hills. Among them, Li Guoying, Lu Guangzu, Xu Yong, and Hao Xiaozhong are all Liao, and they were Zuo Liangyu's descendants before, and now they are also close to Zuo Mengeng. And Daniel Zhang and Ma Jiaolin are both from Shaanxi, of course, they are close to Jin Shenghuan.

In general, Zuo Mengeng, the major general, still has a little advantage in the military group left by Zuo Liangyu, so he is still the leader.

Whether it is Jin Shenghuan, Qiu Lei, or Zuo Mengmei, they all hold Zuo Mengeng on their faces. But under the calm on the surface, of course, there is an undercurrent that can't help but surge.

Although Huang Shu quietly left Jiangling City under the cover of night, how could he avoid the eyes and ears of the vassal palace and the yamen of the Jingzhou prefect?

So the day after Huang Shu quietly left Jiangling, on top of the heavily guarded palace hall, a father and daughter began to plot something.

"The spies from Jingzhou Mansion also came back, and like the spies from the Fusi of the Wangfu Town, they all followed the surnamed Huang to the outside of Jingmen City. This surnamed Huang first went west, and when he reached the edge of Zhangshui, he turned back to the north, and now he has entered the territory controlled by the Liukou, I am afraid that he will betray the little prince! Girl, what can we do? Although there were more than 16,000 guards in the palace, they did not fight a tough battle after all. If Li Zicheng's people are invited by Huang Shu, we will be finished......"

Qiu Lei was talking with a sad face, while Zuo Mengmei was listening without saying a word, her voice did not move, and she didn't even move the ornaments on her head. Because Zhu Cizhao, the king of Chu, was full of rebellious spirit, Zuo Mengmei's situation was very sinister. Zhu Cihong obviously can't tolerate her and Zhu Cizhao. And Zuo Liangyu was originally the backer of the couple, but now that the old man is dead, the major general Zuo Mengeng is an unseeded person, so he knows that he is running away, and he is still secretly communicating with Li Zicheng.

If Zuo Jiajun votes for Li Zicheng, Zhu Cizhao and Zuo Mengmei will not end well!