Chapter Ninety-Four: The Clouds of War (I)
"Hey, hey! I don't know when Zuo Liangyu's idiot will find out that he has been tricked. ”
Zhang Kuishan didn't dare to gamble, and took tens of thousands of horses all the way to a river more than ten miles south of Wuchang, he had already ordered Jinyiwei to prepare a hundred boats there, as long as they all crossed the river safely, Zuo Liangyu's old boy even if he found out that he was being chased after him, there was nothing he could do about them.
"Get on the boat and cross the river!"
More than 10,000 people and horses, although there are 100 boats, but each boat is not very big, and it can transport three or four thousand people at a time, so it is necessary to cross the river three times, fortunately, this river is not a big river like the Yangtze River, the river surface is only tens of meters wide, and the river is not in a hurry.
Time is pressing, as soon as Zhang Kuishan arrives at the river, let some people cross the river first, and at most within half an hour, everyone can cross the river.
"Tick, tick" When the second wave of people and horses crossed the river, there was a dense sound of horse steps from behind.
"It's coming so fast!" Zhang Kuishan was shocked.
"Quick, row the boat over!" Zhang Kuishan urged towards the river. He didn't want to be chased by Zuo Liangyu's people and chopped into meat sauce.
The boatman suddenly sped up rowing, and after more than ten breaths, the boat approached the river, and at this moment, the rear had already seen tens of thousands of Zuo Liangyu's army that was rushing towards here, the boat had reached the shallow water, Zhang Kuishan and the others couldn't wait for the boat to completely land, and hurriedly waded into the water.
When Liu Xian Brown led an army of 20,000 to the river, it was a pity that Zhang Kuishan and others had all boarded the boat.
"Shoot the arrows!" Liu Xianzhang shouted, and suddenly dozens of archers stepped forward, bent their bows and arrows, and shot towards Zhang Kuishan and the others.
"Woohoo!"
Because they were still within the range of the bow and arrows, dozens of arrows pierced the air and shot at Zhang Kuishan and the others.
Zhang Kuishan urged to speed up the boat, and at the same time swung his sword to block the arrows shot at him.
The rest of the soldiers were not as good as Zhang Kuishan's martial arts, and under several rounds of arrow rain, dozens of soldiers were shot by arrows and fell into the river. Finally, another round of arrow rain was blocked, and Zhang Kuishan and the others were out of the range of the bow and arrow.
"Damn!" Liu Xian Brown stared at Zhang Kuishan, who was out of the range of the bow and arrow, and his face was blue with anger.
"Hahahaha! Zuo Liangyu didn't chase after him personally, he couldn't have been so angry that he vomited blood and died! Zhang Kuishan noticed that Zuo Liangyu's figure was missing, and immediately thought of Zuo Liangyu's situation, afraid that he was really vomited blood by himself, and he didn't know if he had died.
"Shameless boy, you have the ability to come over to Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu promises not to pick your skin!" Liu Xian Brown angrily pointed at Zhang Kuishan, who was about to reach the other side of the river, and yelled. He definitely won't pick up the skin, at most cut it into seven or eight pieces and throw it into the river to feed the fish.
"Idiot, you have been kicked in the head by a donkey, is Lao Tzu as stupid as you say? If you have the ability to take off your pants, I promise not to laugh at you! Zhang Kuishan laughed loudly. But I was thinking in my heart, if only I could make this kid so angry that he vomited blood.
It's a pity that Liu Xianzhang's psychological endurance is good, and he doesn't have an old injury like Zuo Liangyu, so he is destined not to be so angry that Zhang Kuishan vomits blood.
After Zhang Kuishan jumped off the boat, he did not rush to leave, but looked at Liu Xian Brown with an iron face on the other side of the river, and in a cheerful mood, he took out a silver ingot from his arms.
"That idiot on the other side of the river! This is Lao Tzu's reward for you, just enough money for you to buy a pig! Zhang Kuishan threw the ingot of silver at Liu Xian Brown on the other side of the river.
"General be careful!" A soldier shouted.
I don't know if it's a coincidence or Zhang Kuishan is still accurate, this ingot of silver is flying in the middle of Liu Xian's brown.
Of course, with Liu Xian's martial arts, he will not be smashed by this ingot of silver.
I saw that Liu Xian Brown suddenly pulled out the saber on his waist and knocked the silver flying from the ingot at the moment when the ingot was approaching.
"Ah" Unfortunately, this ingot of silver was violently volleyed by Liu Xianzhang, and suddenly changed its direction and changed its target, which happened to knock an unlucky soldier on the left to the ground, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead!
Zhang Kuishan wanted to turn around and leave, but when he saw this scene, he immediately laughed: "Hahahaha!" Idiot, fool indeed! ”
Liu Xian Brown gritted his teeth, his face was dark, and he was almost so angry that he vomited blood and fell off his horse like Zuo Liangyu!
"He will take revenge one day, go!" Liu Xian Brown endured the anger of vomiting blood, turned the horse's head, turned around and left.
Since it is impossible to cross the river and continue to pursue Zhang Kuishan and the others, he will not be stupid to listen to Zhang Kuishan's ridicule here! There is no doubt that after this incident, the marshal will not be able to bear this breath, and will inevitably wave his troops eastward, and when he sees this person, it is not too late for him to take revenge!
Zuo Liangyu's General Soldier's Mansion, after the doctor's all-out treatment, Zuo Liangyu finally woke up, and he didn't really die of anger.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Mengeng also returned to Wuchang with the three million taels of silver he got from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but before he could drink a sip of water, he heard his father vomit blood and fell from his horse, unconscious, and hurriedly rushed over in shock.
After hearing that Liu Xian Brown and others explained the reason for the incident, Zuo Mengeng gritted his teeth.
"The court is so hateful to play with the father, it will not be able to bear this breath, if we turn against him, the father will give an order, and the 600,000 army will march eastward, take Nanjing, capture Zhu Cihong's child, and repay this hatred!" Zuo Mengeng said.
In fact, Zuo Mengeng has long wanted to rebel, but Zuo Liangyu's dream of a million army is very heavy, and he has always wanted to recruit a million army to rebel first, and now taking this opportunity, Zuo Mengeng naturally persuaded Zuo Liangyu to rebel immediately.
"That's right, Zhu Cihong is playing tricks on me Zuo Liangyu, and he must pay the price!" Zuo Liangyu gasped slightly, endured the cramping pain in his chest, and said hatefully.
He Zuo Liangyu has never been tricked like this when he is so old, it is really a great shame, how can he still bear it, he must repay this hatred.
"My son, have you brought back any silver from Dorgon?" Zuo Liangyu asked.
"It's been shipped back, and it's been sent to the warehouse!" Although Zuo Mengeng didn't understand what his father meant by asking this, he immediately responded.
"Okay, I order you to expand the army as much as possible within ten days, and it is necessary to make the army more than one million when the commander marches eastward." Zuo Liangyu said firmly, it's all at this time, and Zuo Liangyu still hasn't forgotten his dream of a million-strong army.
"Father, the soldiers are fast, we should take advantage of the fact that the imperial court has not yet taken precautions, and immediately wave our troops eastward, and we can't delay time." The corners of Zuo Menggeng's mouth twitched, and he was extremely helpless for Zuo Liangyu to think about the million army at this moment, and tried his best to persuade him.
Zuo Liangyu already has more than 600,000 troops at the moment, which has long surpassed the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and Zuo Mengeng does not think that the imperial court can resist.
"Dashuai, Gongzi is right, we only have 630,000 troops now, and there are as many as 370,000 short of millions, it is impossible to gather them in a short period of time, and it is too late to build and buy weapons and armor, as well as grain and grass, the army must prepare grain and grass when it goes out, how can we still have the energy to recruit soldiers and horses." Liu Xian Brown also persuaded.
Liu Xian Brown is also very helpless about Zuo Liangyu's dream of a million army, although they obtained the consent of Emperor Chongzhen to release the grain tax in Hubei, so that they can collect military food to support the army in Hubei by themselves, but with the increasing number of troops, now there are more than 600,000 troops, only in Hubei, how much grain can be collected, they have long been expropriated, how to make up grain to go out on the expedition is a problem, how to raise another 300,000 troops, and only ten days, want to recruit another 300,000 horses, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream!
"No, you have to have an army of millions to go on the expedition!" Zuo Liangyu insisted.
It is said that Zuo Liangyu has become a general soldier all the way from the ordinary people of Pingtou, although he has a self-respecting army and hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, but he is still a little afraid of the imperial power in his bones, he believes that Li Zicheng can only enter the capital of the Ming Dynasty with a million army in hand, and if he Zuo Liangyu gathers enough million troops, he will naturally be able to follow the city of Nanjing and occupy the south of the Yangtze River.
Zuo Mengeng and Liu Xian Brown glanced at each other, a little speechless.
After a moment, Zuo Mengeng gritted his teeth, and suddenly said with a grim face: "Father, if you really want to gather a million troops and military rations in ten days, it is not difficult to do it, as long as Father Shuai gives an order, let alone ten days, it is not impossible to make up enough in three days!" ”
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