At night, when the lights were held, Zuo Liangyu was really invited, in fact, Zuo Liangyu's camp was not far from Gao Jie's camp.

Zuo Liangyu was born tall and big, burly, with a big round face that was red and fluttering, and now his face was also full of wrinkles, Zuo Liangyu had reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven.

At that time, a person in his 50s was a dying old man, because the average life expectancy of people in that era was short, and life was rare for 70 years. But as a military general, it's different after all. Especially Zuo Liangyu, who has loved martial arts since he was a child, has been proficient in swords and horses when he grows up, and is especially good at shooting arrows with bows and arrows left and right, and now although he is more than 50, Zuo Liangyu still does not bow his waist and does not hunchback.

Zuo Liangyu in history had died of illness two years ago, after Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, the Ming Dynasty existed in name only, Li Zicheng captured Yanjing, and then was driven away by the Manchu Tartars like lightning.

Then the Qing army occupied Yanjing, and Dolgon took Xiao Shunzhi into Yanjing, and then began the war to dominate the world. Dolgon's strategizing, the army was divided into two roads, one way was westward, and continued to pursue and annihilate Li Zicheng's Dashun army, Dolgon's ingenious banner turned out to be for the Ming Dynasty to level the thieves and avenge the Chongzhen Emperor.

This is not because of Dolgon's benevolence, but to put gold on your face, and you are also trying to alleviate the conflict with the Han people and get as much support as possible.

And the second way of soldiers and horses is to go south to eliminate the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, compared with the first road and the slogans they put forward, this is simply self-deception and self-defeating.

In this case, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty ran to Nanjing, and supported Zhu Yousong, the king of Xiaofu, to ascend the throne as the first emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty. However, in addition to being fat, King Xiaofu did not have much courage and martial arts, so he relied on him to sit on the chair with the roots of the imperial family.

But sitting in that chair doesn't mean you're dominant.

From the end of the Ming Dynasty to the Southern Ming Dynasty, don't look at the changes in Beijing, the intrigue within the ruling class, and the struggle for power and profit have not changed at all. Regardless of the hatred of the country, they still only care about their own immediate interests. Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng controlled the dynasty, and there were four warlords, which was equivalent to forgiving Zuo Liangyu, Ning Nanbo, to Wuchang.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was excluded because of his support for the Donglin Party, that is, in 1645, he was already old and sick, which was of course a perennial conquest and accumulated illness, but in the face of Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng's aggressive momentum, he had to rebel, and the banner was the Qing Jun's side.

In the end, his 800,000 troops arrived in Jiujiang, and on a small boat, under the persuasion of Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiangxi, vomited blood and died. Subsequently, his son Zuo Mengeng led an army of 200,000 and surrendered 10,000 Qing troops without bloodshed, which was rumored to be a laughing stock.

But this is a historical record, and now everything has changed because of Lin Yi's crossing, including Zuo Liangyu's fate.

Now Zuo Liangyu does not have 800,000 troops under him, in fact, when he has the most troops, he does not even have 80,000 soldiers and horses. Because he has always been a general soldier, even when Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, when he named him Ning Nanbo, he only had 20,000 or 30,000 horses under him.

There are two main reasons why Zuo Liangyu in history has so many soldiers and horses.

One is that he fought with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng for many years, in the process of the fierce battle, he supported the army and respected himself, recruited troops and bought horses privately, and expanded his strength with ulterior motives, at that time, the warlords of the Ming Dynasty were all protecting themselves, and they all saw that Emperor Chongzhen was already at sunset, including Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo did not listen to the imperial court, and they were looking for opportunities to expand their guns, because they knew that in this troubled era, whoever has a gun will have a hard waist, and who has the ability to speak. Zuo Liangyu is of course no exception.

The second is that Zuo Liangyu received a lot of soldiers in the process of conquest, especially after Chongzhen was hanged, Li Zicheng's Dashun army was also defeated like a tide.

When Li Zicheng entered Yanjing, it was said that there were millions. So many people ran from Yanjing to Shanxi, from Shanxi to Shaanxi, and then to Hubei, all the way to lose.

But from the perspective of time, from the time he entered Yanjing to his defeat, it was only one year. Even if these 1 million troops are all tied up in iron chains, they can't stand running like this, not to mention the defeat of the army. You can imagine how embarrassed the Dashun army was at that time, with a lot of defeated, deserters, and surrenders.

At that time, it was not only the Dashun Army that was like this, Zhang Xianzhong of Daxi also suffered Zuo Liangyu's defeat, and Zuo Liangyu received a lot of soldiers.

The same was true of the army of the Ming Dynasty. Those who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, those who surrendered to the thieves, and those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty are as many as carp crossing the river, and these people are selling their lives no matter who they are working for, just to eat for a while.

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu's team grew rapidly.

But now because of Lin Yi's crossing, the direction of history has been partially changed. From Lin Yi to the present more than 10 years, his efforts are obvious to all, although Chongzhen hanged, but the Ming Dynasty did not perish, the Manchu Tartars led by Dolgon, not only failed to enter the south, wreaking havoc in the Central Plains, but let Lin Yi go all the way to the north, drove these Manchu Tartars to the mountains and forests of the Outer Xing'an Mountains and did not dare to come out.

In this case, the surrender of the thieves to the Ming Dynasty has become the mainstream, and of course there are fewer soldiers and horses who surrender Zuo Liangyu.

In addition, Lin Yi's team is invincible and invincible. has become the heavy soldier and horse of the Ming Dynasty, with this dazzling star, of course, people like Zuo Liangyu have become bleak. Historically, Lin Yi fought for them in his battles, and of course fame and fortune were collected for them.

In this case, without the labor of the saddle horse, without the trouble of war, and without charging into battle, the flesh injury will naturally be reduced, and the life span will naturally be longer.

Therefore, although Zuo Liangyu is now in his 50s, he has no major physical problems, which of course has to be thanks to Lin Yi.

Because Lin Yi's crossing has extended his life for at least two years.

Now Zuo Liangyu is still full of red light except for a few hairs on his head and a few more wrinkles on his face, and he walks as fast as the wind. On the battlefield, he straddled the horse wheel knife, opened the bow and shot arrows left and right, and was extremely brave.

and the death of a violent illness on the Jiujiang boat two years ago recorded in history, it is completely the same as the two of them.

When he arrived at the gate of Gao Jie's camp, Zuo Liangyu threw his stirrup and dismounted and threw the river rope to the soldiers behind him.

At this time, Gao Jie's camp door was wide open, and the turned harrier personally led people to greet him.

On this occasion, as soon as the two sides meet, they will inevitably have some politeness and greetings.

"Brother Kunshan, don't come unharmed, welcome, welcome." As soon as they saw Gao Jie, he was enthusiastic, and Li Chengdong and Xu Dingguo were also full of smiles.

Zuo Liangyu hurriedly smiled and grinned back, "Hehe, my lords, how can Zuo Mou, how can he be a master, I am really flattered." ”

Don't look at Zuo Liangyu's illiterate, he has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he has also learned to speak.

"Inside, please."

"Please."

Zuo Liangyu and Gao Jie entered the camp, and the camp gate was closed. The soldiers who stand guard and the soldiers who patrol will continue.

At this time, there were already several pairs of eyes staring at them, knowing that their voices and figures had disappeared......

After entering Gao Jie's big tent, the banquet had already been set up, and the guests and hosts were seated. Zuo Liangyu took his deputy general Ma Shixiu to sit in the guest seat, Gao Jie, Xu Dingguo, and Li Chengdong sat sideways to accompany each other, and the soldiers who served came over to pour wine and cloth.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, after a few nonsense words, Gao Jie got to the point.

Gao Jie put down his wine glass, "Brother Kunshan, Lord Jianguo ordered you and me to go out of the city tomorrow to lure the enemy, how can Brother Kunshan be sure about this matter?" ”

Zuo Liangyu tilted his neck, drank the wine in the cup, put the table cup on the table, wiped a handful of oily and wet mouths with his hand and said: "Brother Gao, what are you sure of, let the rush rush, let the kill kill, until their elephant army comes out, we will retreat, and our task will be completed."

Gao Jie listened and glanced at Li Chengdong next to him, Li Chengdong took the words over willingly, "Zuo Gong's words are different, Zuo Gong is brave and good at fighting, and he is deeply admired and beyond his reach, but this time it is not trivial to go out to lure the enemy, not to grow the enemy's ambition and destroy his own prestige, Sun Kewang can be used to fighting, there is a wall, and there is also a pair of double hammers of Ai Nengqi, which is infinitely powerful, plus Mu Tianbo's copper hammer is a hundred shots and hits, and if they don't fight to a certain extent, how can their elephant army easily appear?" However, when their elephant army appears, it will be difficult for me to retreat with all my might. ”

"Yes, yes, Tingzhen's words are reasonable, and tomorrow's battle is worrying." Xu Dingguo was also beside him, shaking his head and sighing.

Zuo Liangyu was looking at Gao Jie, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

Zuo Liangyu knew that today's meal was famous, and it was never as simple as inviting him to drink, there was no free lunch in the world.

"What do you mean? If you have something to say, just say it. ”

Hearing this, Gao Jie sent out all the irrelevant idlers.

"Brother Kunshan really doesn't hide it, tomorrow's battle Gao feels that it's too worthless, of course, you and I are both generals of the Ming Dynasty, dying on the battlefield, horse leather shroud, is the glory of our waiting, where the duty lies, but Gao feels that something is wrong here, on soldiers and horses, on combat effectiveness, on equipment, how can it be our two battalions of men and horses to lure the enemy? Lord Lin has a standard battalion, an invincible battalion, and a musket battalion, which battalion is stronger than us. Also, Zu Keyong, Liu Fangliang, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, these people are not inferior to us in terms of being able to fight in battle, why did this order point to the heads of you and me, Gao is really puzzled. ”

"It's really infuriating to let the elite soldiers and strong generals not use, but let us be cannon fodder." Xu Dingguo said, and drank the wine in front of him angrily.

"I suspect that someone is obstructing this, and he has slandered in front of the Lord of the Prison State." Li Chengdong took a bite of food as he spoke, secretly observing Zuo Liangyu and his deputy Ma Shixiu.

Zuo Liangyu's face was already red, and his face became even redder after a few glasses of wine, especially when he heard this, his face swelled and turned purple, and he slapped the table, shaking the cups and plates.

"It's so deceitful! Zuo went to the prison master to theorize, why, isn't this a bully? Tomorrow, let's go and lure the enemy, and allocate 20,000 of their self-generated flintlock pistols, Zuo is duty-bound, otherwise whoever likes to lure the enemy will go. Zuo said goodbye! ”

Zuo Liangyu stood up as he spoke.

Maybe Zuo Liangyu was too excited, or maybe he drank too hard just now, he was a little older, this wine was a little high, he didn't stand firm all of a sudden, and he was about to fall down, so panicked that the deputy general Ma Shixiu next to him hurriedly supported him.

"Be careful, sir."

Gao Jie, Li Chengdong and Xu Dingguo saw that the fire was almost lit, and they quickly got up and persuaded each other, let Zuo Liangyu sit down to extinguish the fire, do good things, don't be too excited, don't be reckless, so it is inevitable that it will not be beautiful to say radical words in front of Lin Yi.

How do you know that this sentence is equivalent to adding fuel to the fire, Zuo Liangyu used the strength of the wine to purse his mouth like a scoop, and his arrogance and the true colors of no one in his eyes were exposed.

"What bullshit prison country? A little hairy child, I don't know what shit luck I have taken over the years, I have won a few battles, I feel that I am amazing, I regard myself as a prisoner everywhere, and I coerce the prince to order the world, do I really think that I can supervise the country of the Ming Dynasty? The young prince was toyed with by him, which is unbearable! ”

Gao Jie, Li Chengdong, Xu Dingguo and others nodded frequently in these few words, which can be regarded as speaking in their hearts, and they are also very comfortable listening to the strength of wine.

At this time, the report came, and was stopped by the military general on duty at the gate from afar, and the person who reported the incident said: "The commander of the Jinyi Guard, Lord Ma Luan, has arrived at the gate of the camp and asked to see your lordship......

The voice came inside, Gao Jie, Li Chengdong, Xu Dingguo, Zuo Liangyu, Ma Shixiu, and the faces of the five people present suddenly changed.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei are unique institutions of the Ming Dynasty, and in peacetime, whether it is a civil and military official or a common people, when it comes to factory guards, they are all afraid. Now although Emperor Chongzhen is gone, the Ming Dynasty has fallen into the hands of Lin Yi, reorganized the factory guards, and brought the Jinyi guards to the army.

This shows that Lin Yi is strengthening centralized rule.

Jinyiwei is scared when he comes, let alone the leader of Jinyiwei.

The big tent instantly fell silent, and even a needle could be smelled, they looked at each other, and finally their eyes all fell on the faces of Gao Jie and Zuo Liangyu.

In the end, Zuo Liangyu's eyes stared at Gao Jie's handsome face, "Brother Gao, maybe Zuo shouldn't have come to drink this wine today!" ”

"Brother Kunshan, don't get me wrong, it's really unexpected!" Gao Jie hurriedly defended.

"Do you want to avoid it?"

Because tonight is Gao Jie's treat, this is Gao Jie's camp again, Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shixiu are just guests.

"Not necessarily." Gao Jie gritted his teeth, also to clear his name.

"Let Master Ma in. No, I'll go and greet Master Ma in person......" Gao Jie said and stood up, "But this is not right today, we just drank here, and Jin Yiwei smelled it, if the surname Ma is here to drink and write it off, if there is something else, huh?" As he spoke, he looked at Li Chengdong.

"My subordinates understand." Li Chengdong nodded, glanced at Zuo Liangyu again, and said, "It's just what to do in the future?" ”

"Tingzhen, do you still need to ask? After cleaning up the surnamed Ma, we raised troops overnight and slaughtered the one surnamed Lin in one fell swoop, so that the prince could inherit the unification, and we were from the Dragon Father! ”

Li Chengdong was happy when he heard this, and this was what they wanted, so he said excitedly: "Zuo Gong is really heroic, and if he is constantly interrupted, he will leave trouble." Our two battalions of soldiers and horses together are nearly 30,000 people, and if we take it by surprise, we will definitely be able to achieve great things. Carrying Lin Yi's head, he will negotiate conditions with Sun Kewang outside the city tomorrow. ”

Speaking of this, Li Chengdong lowered his voice again, leaned forward to Zuo Liangyu and said: "Zuo Gong, Lin Yi came with a lot of female soldiers with him this time, all of them are like flowers and jade, after the matter is completed, wouldn't it be beautiful to let them serve Zuo Gong!"

Li Chengdong laughed lewdly as he spoke.

After laughing, they followed Gao Jie and Li Chengdong to the gate of the camp to greet Ma Luan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Xu Dingguo secretly dispatched troops.