Chapter 66: Zuo Liangyu's Great Retreat

"Is there really no way?" Zuo Liangyu said.

At this moment, his face was serious, the corners of his mouth were slightly pale, and he looked a little lacking in qi and blood.

How optimistic Cao Ying's situation is, how helpless Zuo Liangyu is now.

Zuo Liangyu found that the generals at hand were not enough, and Fang Guoan collapsed at the touch of a button to preserve his strength. There is no idea of fighting Zhang Xuan at all, otherwise, even if Fang Guoan is no longer successful, he will not even be able to fight hard in defending the city.

And facing Yuan Shizhong on the North Road, Li Rugui. Zuo Liangyu found that no one could resist at all. You can only send people to hold on. Even now the line along the river has fallen into the hands of thieves.

The only thing he could count on was the sailor.

But the water master was also overwhelmed by Zheng Zhilong.

"Liao Guogong, it's not that we don't want to do our best, but now it's a compelling form. If it weren't for the fact that we weren't familiar with the clear water of the Yangtze River, we would have been unable to hold on, and the longer the time in the future, the more Zheng Zhilong would have understood the water conditions of the Yangtze River, and we would not be able to persist if we wanted to. Shen Tingyang said: "Please also ask Guogong to make plans in advance." ”

Zuo Liangyu looked at Huang Fei, and Huang Fei also lowered his head. Don't dare to look at Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu was already prepared in his heart, and said: "It's just that now where can you retreat now, can you hold on?" ”

"Above the Yangtze River, there are three dangers in terms of water warfare, namely Anqing, Madang Mountain, and Hukou." Shen Tingyang said: "The Yangtze River has tightened abruptly in these three places, and there are sandbars in the mouth of the lake and the Madangshan River, which is the most dangerous. ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Now the army wants to withdraw from the water, but I don't know if you can escort it?" ”

Shen Tingyang gritted his teeth and said: "In the past few days, there has often been heavy fog on the Yangtze River, so we can take advantage of the fog to retreat." ”

Zuo Liangyu is in the Wuhu area, even the city is guarded, there are more than 100,000 horses, it is Zuo Liangyu's descendants, if these people are lost here, the left family will fall apart. Therefore, this battle seems to be in a bad form, and Zuo Liangyu's first thought is to preserve his strength and leave quickly.

The human mind is inertia.

Zuo Liangyu's practice of maintaining strength has been for a long time, and it has almost become the inertia of thinking.

"In that case, you can go and prepare." Zuo Liangyu said: "I will be ready to evacuate from the waterway in the next few days. ”

"Yes." Shen Tingyang said.

After Shen Tingyang and Huang Fei left Zuo Liangyu's big tent, Huang Fei stopped Shen Tingyang and said, "Lord Shen, although there is fog on the river these days, after sunrise, it will dissipate in about an hour, and I am afraid it is not enough to cover the army." But I don't know what Lord Shen can do? ”

Huang Fei only came a while earlier than Zheng Zhilong, and he didn't know much about the water situation of the Yangtze River

Solution, I can only ask Shen Tingyang.

Not to mention that Shen Tingyang's family is in Chongming, there are also people in his family who run the Yangtze River and have a better understanding of the water situation. Moreover, Shen Tingyang has been pestering Cao Ying in the Yangtze River for a long time. Even if I didn't know it at the beginning, I'm familiar now.

Shen Tingyang said in a low voice: "There is no way, just fight." ”

Huang Fei was taken aback and said, "For the past few days, we have avoided a decisive battle with that Haikou in order to maintain the current situation. Why did Lord Shen change his mind? ”

Shen Tingyang smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't you find out? This situation can no longer be maintained, and when the thieves completely clear the north shore, when the time comes, the thieves will go around and land upstream, and will not intercept the army here. At that time, the imperial court will never recover. Even if Shen's capital is folded in, why not? ”

Huang Fei Zhengse said: "The last general admires Mr. Shen. Please rest assured that Mr. Shen will fight on the river in the future, and Mr. Huang will advance and retreat together. ”

Shen Tingyang said: "There is no need to do this, please take care of General Huang without authorization, Wuhu can retreat, but Hukou must not retreat half a step, and please General Huang to preserve his strength and stick to Hukou." ”

The mouth of the lake is not only a relatively narrow place in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but also a place where Poyang Lake flows into the river; as long as the mouth of the lake is guarded, the waters of Poyang Lake are in the hands of the officials and soldiers, and the waters of Poyang Lake are in the hands of the officials and troops, and the half of Jiangxi Province will not be lost.

Once Hukou is lost, then half of Jiangxi Province is not guaranteed, Jiangxi half of the province is not guaranteed, maybe, the war will extend to the territory of Huguang, and Wuchang's situation is not good, Hunan and Wuchang are cut off again, this battle does not have to wait for the two armies to fight, the official army is the end of sitting in the city of sorrow.

Therefore, Shen Tingyang keenly felt that the decisive battle between the official army and Cao Ying was at the mouth of the lake.

Hukou is the place where the officers and troops can retreat again, and it is also the place where Cao Ying must attack.

The discussion between Shen Tingyang and Huang Fei, Zuo Liangyu didn't know, Zuo Liangyu thought a lot after going back, and immediately called Zuo Mengeng and Huang Shu, told the two of them the situation, and said: "Mr. Huang is willing to go for his country?" ”

Huang Shu understood a little in his heart, and said, "Please give instructions to the Duke of Guo." ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "When I go to Cao Ying, I will ask Cao Cao, if I send him, what price will he offer me?" ”

Zuo Mengeng was frightened and said: "Father, no, between us and the rogue, the enmity is as deep as the sea, and you must not surrender to a thief unless you have to." ”

"I know." Zuo Liangyu said: "It's just a suspicious tactic." ”

The deep hatred between Zuo Liangyu and Liukou is definitely not fake.

Not to mention, how many rogues died in the hands of Zuo Liangyu, just to say how many people in the Zuo family died in the hands of rogues, the answer is all except Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Mengeng. Including everyone in the Zuo family, they all died in the Xuzhou mutiny.

And the Xuzhou mutiny

Most of the people defected to Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong, and when they went to Sichuan, most of them died in battle, but they may not have survived.

This deep hatred and hatred made Zuo Liangyu bow his head to Luo Rucai, which is a very difficult thing, as I said before, it will not be like this unless it is absolutely necessary.

Huang Shu lowered his head and said, "Xiaguan understands. ”

Huang Shu is not as naïve as Zuo Mengeng. Zuo Mengeng was said by Zuo Liangyu, and he believed it. But this is not the case with Huang Shu.

Huang Shu said secretly: "If Luo Rucai really offers a price that Zuo Liangyu can't refuse, it is estimated that Zuo Liangyu will also surrender." ”

In doing so, it is not that Zuo Liangyu is ruthless, but to live in the troubled times, there should not be too many moral concepts, so moral concepts are meaningless in the face of life, many Liao parents were killed by Dongyu, but they still served Dongyu.

It's not why, it's just to live, and the representatives are Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others.

After Huang Shu received the order, he secretly came to Luo Rucai's camp. When Luo Rucai heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and after being happy, after receiving Huang Shu, he immediately frowned again.

He found that there was no place for Zuo Liangyu in Cao Ying.

Zuo Liangyu is now the prince of the country, with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, if he surrenders, there will be one more warlord of such a large size in Cao Ying's size. can't accommodate it at all, and the people in Cao Ying's headquarters are only comparable to Zuo Liangyu's department.

"I can't accept Zuo Liangyu." Luo Rucai said secretly in his heart. But he can't accept Zuo Liangyu, but he may not be able to negotiate, Luo Rucai opened without any psychological burden, sealed the king, opened the palace and built teeth, and the conditions for self-reliance, and even made Zuo Liangyu like Zheng Zhilong. Shizhen Huguang.

Huang Shu immediately brought Luo Rucai's conditions to the camp.

After Zuo Liangyu saw it, he also had a momentary heartbeat.

That's all he asked for in the Ming Dynasty, but when he thought about it, he felt that there were many suspicious things. Without him, he put himself in the position of Luo Rucai, and he would never allow a country within a country in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Luo Rucai spent so much energy, but it was just for the sake of Jiangxi Province and Nanzhili Prefecture?

Absolutely not, but in order to unify the Yangtze River Basin, all according to the Yangtze River natural insurance.

Zuo Liangyu secretly said in his heart: "Since you have the heart to play with me, I will also accompany you." ”

In this way, the envoys of the two sides came and went, and for a time the negotiations seemed to be similar, the frequency of fighting between the two sides also decreased, the sound of artillery on the Yangtze River was gone, and the mutual hunting on the land that did not harvest at night was gone, and it seemed that the two sides combined with three or four hundred thousand troops just came here to negotiate.

But all discerning people know that this is nothing more than the calm before the storm.

I just don't know when the lightning and thunder will thunder, and the wind and rain will thunder.

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