Chapter 91: Hou Fangyu's Letter

At this moment, Hou Fangyu was not at his residence, but with Li Xiangjun again.

Li Xiangjun is worthy of the name of the incense fan pendant, petite and exquisite, seems to be able to do a palm dance, and is gentle and considerate, so that Hou Fangyu almost forgot that his father was imprisoned in Beijing and the soldiers came to the city.

It's just that the gentleness of the two was quickly broken.

Wei Guogong Xu Hongji's pomp is very large, he is not actually estimated to be pompous, but he is used to traveling like this, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong, and at this moment, the team of soldiers entered the alley next to the Qinhuai River.

Li Xiangjun's courtyard has a sense of winding paths, the courtyard is not big, but it is very exquisite, and in the overlapping courtyard, people who are not familiar with it will lead the way, otherwise they will not be able to enter. Of course, this little trick is not difficult for the people of the Wei Mansion at all.

But when a large group of people entered this quiet place, I don't know how many big officials and small officials were alarmed.

This is the place where many officials put their courtyards, and if you use a more modern term, it is Ermicun.

"Hurry up and open the door, Wei Guogong pays a visit to Hou Gongzi." There was a banging on the door, and a loud announcement.

Wei Guogong himself may know that courtesy is subordinate to others. But the family members of the Wei Mansion never knew this, and they didn't seem to want to visit, but looked like they were copying the family.

Li Xiangjun's little maids didn't dare to open the door at all, Hou Fangyu frowned, walked out of the backyard, went over in person, opened the courtyard door, swept his eyes, but saw that the small alley outside the door was densely packed with people, and said: "Student Hou Fangyu, but I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Hearing Hou Fangyu come out, Xu Hongji also got off the sedan chair. said: "Hou Gongzi, it's been a long time. ”

Hou Fangyu has nothing to do with Wei Guogong, but he has also seen one or two sides, after all, Hou Fangyu is a generation of eunuchs, his father and grandfather are both Donglin bosses, even if Hou Sui is imprisoned, but there are still some connections in Donglin. These connections can be transferred to Wei Guogong if they go around and around.

There is one face, but as for deeper contact, there is less.

Hou Fangyu muttered in his heart, and said calmly and calmly: "Guogong is really tormenting the students, if there is anything, send someone to pass on a word, and the students will naturally rush over." Why should it be. ”

"I really have one thing for you to do. Go in and talk. Xu Hongji said.

Immediately, he was not allowed to enter the small courtyard of Hou Fangyu, and then many guards also followed, and there was a tendency to be anti-guest-oriented. It seems that Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, is the master here.

In fact, this feeling is not too bad, in the entire city of Nanjing, Wei Guogong is a guest, and few people dare to call the master.

Xu Hongji clicked three times and twice, explained the situation clearly, and said, "Please return."

Hou Gongzi wrote a letter and presented it to General Zuo. ”

Things have come to this point, Hou Fangyu has no possibility of refusing, and he has to write this letter to Zuo Liangyu both in public and private. Hou Fangyu pondered for a moment, Li Xiangjun sharpened the ink, and Hou Fangyu waved the pen. With a wave, such a text is a piece of cake for Hou Fangyu.

After Xu Hongji read it, he only felt reasonable and touching, and said: "Good article, since this is the case, I won't bother." ”

Xu Hongji said to leave, he didn't have time to spend a long time here, Hou Fangyu immediately sent Wei Guogong out, and after seeing Wei Guogong leave, two people came in with a small box and said: "This is the money that Guogong gave Hou Gongzi to polish the pen." ”

After saying that, he left.

Li Xiangjun opened the box, only to feel that his eyes were bright, and the golden light was shining, and he saw that the gold ingots inside were stacked together, which was extremely dazzling. Li Xiangjun is not a person who has never seen money, but he was also shocked for a while.

Only then did I know that it is no wonder that a small box needs to be carried by two people.

"Childe." Li Xiangjun said: "This ----"

"Take it." Hou Fangyu didn't pay attention to the gold at all, frowned and returned to the study, not speaking for a long time.

Li Xiangjun didn't say anything, just stood behind Hou Fangyu, and gently rubbed Hou Fangyu's shoulders. Hou Fangyu suddenly grabbed Li Xiangjun's hand and said, "Let the people in front pack up their things, and we will leave Nanjing immediately." ”

Li Xiangjun was shocked and said: "Why, as soon as General Zuo arrives, won't Nanjing be fine?" ”

Hou Fangyu sneered: "My father supervised the Yellow River the year before last, and repeatedly summoned Zuo Liangyu, but he didn't go, let alone now. Zuo Liangyu came, I don't dare to be greedy for the merit of heaven for myself, but if I don't come, Nanjing is really dangerous, in short, this is not a place to stay for a long time. It's better to go fast. ”

Clever people like Hou Fangyu began to prepare in advance, and letters flew to Zuo Liangyu's army like snowflakes.

In Wuchang City, Zuo Liangyu looked at the letter written by Hou Fangyu. sneered: "The son also dares to say something." ”

In any case, Hou Fangyu's words also touched Zuo Liangyu.

From both positive and negative aspects, Hou Fangyu first talked about the importance of Jiangnan, once Jiangnan was preserved, the imperial court would not hesitate to reward him, and he would definitely fight for Zuo Liangyu for a hereditary and disregarded title. On the other hand, once Jiangnan is lost, Zuo Liangyu's situation will be very bad.

There is Cao Cao in the east, Dashun in the west, and Zhang Xianzhong in the south. Almost sandwiched together by the bag. The court will also blame, how to deal with itself when the time comes?

Zuo Liangyu had to think a little more.

In fact, Zuo Liangyu has not been advancing eastward, not intentionally delaying, but the soldiers are easy to disperse and difficult to collect, the military discipline of Zuo Liangyu's department is not good, it can be divided into two parts: Zuo Liangyu's headquarters and the surrender of troops, among these two parts, too

There are a lot of hills.

It's not easy to let it go out and take it back.

And Zuo Liangyu has not been idle for a while, in addition to his men and horses sitting in Wuchang, some of them are fighting with Bai Wang, Bai Wang does not live up to Li Zicheng's trust, and he plays both offensive and defensive, although he does not have the upper hand, but he does not let Zuo Liangyu stand cheap.

There is also one that is chasing after Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had already gone to Changsha. This part of the men and horses also ran to the south. On this day, the people from the south and the north want to gather the men and horses, not to mention, the troops that are fighting are withdrawn, and it is really not possible to do it in a day or two.

If you retreat in a hurry, there may be a big defeat.

As for why not to go east with the army of Wuchang.

Zuo Liangyu already knew that his capital was the army in his hands, so he was only willing to win the battle, if he felt that he couldn't win, he would find a way to avoid it, this was a lesson from the battle of Zhu Xianzhen. Wuchang people and horses are Zuo Liangyu's old team, tens of thousands of soldiers marched east to fight with Cao Cao, it is easy to say if he wins, but if he doesn't win, what will happen?

In this way, it is likely to lose the battle of the soldiers, and Zuo Liangyu will not fight.

Of course, deep in Zuo Liangyu's heart, there is inevitably another thought, that is, the rich Jiangnan, if Cao Cao is allowed to stand in Jiangnan, and then Cao Cao is driven out, then will he be able to make a fortune in Jiangnan.

In this way, the matter of driving the rogues in the front, and the officials and soldiers harvesting the people's wealth in the back, is not too much, although Zuo Liangyu feels a little uneasy, but this piece of fat in Jiangnan is too tempting, so Zuo Liangyu can't help it.

"It's going to be delayed, and I'm going to move anyway." Zuo Liangyu said secretly in his heart.

He wanted to move, not because of Hou Fangyu, but because of He Tengjiao.

In order to rescue Nanjing, He Tengjiao has said several times, almost about to turn his face, if Zuo Liangyu does not move again, I am afraid that He Tengjiao will really turn his face, Zuo Liangyu is not afraid of He Tengjiao, a literati without military power, what is there to be afraid of.

But behind He Tengjiao is the imperial court. Zuo Liangyu still didn't dare to turn his face with the imperial court, after all, the royal pole in Beijing has been more than ten years, and he is not a young man. Some of the regalia are still there.

Zuo Liangyu took advantage of Hou Fangyu's letter to give Hou Fangyu, as well as Hou Sui, and even the Donglin bigwigs behind him a face, and he ordered the army to march down the river. Of course, it's one thing to get started, but it's another thing to get to Nanjing.

However, even so, Zuo Liangyu's eastward expansion was also a major event in the late autumn of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen.

The first thing that affected was not others, but Zhang Xianzhong, who was chased and beaten by Zuo Liangyu. Zhang Xianzhong immediately felt that the pressure behind him was gone. Give him a little respite.

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