Chapter 66: Bad News

In the end, Zhang Xuan and Luo Yujiao's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner still did not eat honestly, of course, the internal situation was not enough to communicate with outsiders.

I don't know if Zhang Xuan is proud of the spring breeze, or after the Spring Festival, the weather is gradually getting warmer. Even if it snows, it can't live up to Zhang Xuan's good mood.

The snow from Chinese New Year's Eve is just a prelude, and after the fourth year of the new year, the snow begins to fall one after another.

However, since the second year of junior high school, the craftsman camp has resumed work one after another. Although few people go out of the city, the city is gradually becoming lively.

It's too peaceful, and the time is calm as if the world is peaceful. Everyone became lazy, it seemed to be the sequelae of Mao Dong, but Zhang Xuan knew that the world was far from being peaceful, and Zhang Xuan was silently thinking about his way out.

Must take Jiangnan. Strategically correct. But from a tactical level, how to achieve this grand goal is not an easy task.

Zhang Xuan is now in the tide of the righteous army, drifting with the tide, even if he and Luo Rucai are as close as Weng Son-in-law, but it is even more difficult to be the helmsman of this tide. In fact, Zhang Xuan sometimes secretly wondered if Luo Ru was so hesitant, and he also understood a little in his heart.

First, Li Zicheng is powerful, and Luo Rucai has been attached to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng is invincible in all battles. Within a year, the army was overthrown, and Li Zicheng showed his eloquence. It seems that it is possible to follow Li Zicheng to become rich and noble, and it is too risky to be self-reliant. Take what Zhang Xuan said about the strategy of going down to the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan gathers heavy troops, there is Zuo Liangyu in the direction of Hubei, Huang Degong in the direction of Anqing, the city is strong, and the Yangtze River is dangerous, where it is said that you can fight, Luo Rucai may not have thought about it, but he wanted to come, Jiangnan will definitely go south, only Zhang Xuan, who knows that the Qing soldiers have almost not met resistance in Jiangnan, knows that Jiangnan is not Erer.

Seeing that Li Zicheng is smooth sailing up close, and seeing the difficulties and dangers in Jiangnan from a distance, Luo Rucai's hesitation is also reasonable.

It's just that Li Zicheng can't do it. This is the pain of someone from the lower reaches of history.

If Li Zicheng can succeed, Zhang Xuan naturally doesn't have to worry so much, and persuades Luo Rucai to surrender to Li Zicheng as soon as possible, and after Dashun determines the world, there will be at least one position of the prince of the country. But it's all just a dream.

Zhang Xuan's greatest pain is here.

After gaining an in-depth understanding of this era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xuan felt that it was too difficult to change the course of history and turn the tide, but he didn't want to be a coat for people.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, not letting himself think too much, he secretly said in his heart: "Anyway, enjoy this peaceful time, I won't stay away from the battlefield for too long." ”

He vaguely remembered that Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng three times, that is to say, there were repetitions on the battlefield, but he still couldn't figure out where this repetition would come from.

On the afternoon of the eighth day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

After Zhang Xuan inspected the whole city, he was about to return to the Yamen, Deng He brought a person covered in wind and snow to see Zhang Xuan, a face, Deng He's face showed a trace of nervousness, and said: "General, the big thing is not good, Zuo Liangyu is here." ”

"What?" Zhang Xuan was shocked, he had a premonition in his heart, but he never expected the change to come so quickly. "Where did he come from, why didn't he hear anything, where did he come now, how many people were there?"

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, after Zhang Xuan came to this era, he has already heard the names of the two people, that is, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong.

He Renlong has already taken a photo, but he doesn't know what kind of color Zuo Liangyu is. No matter how bad Zuo Liangyu's military discipline is, but at least, Zuo Liangyu's bandit army can still fight, whether it is Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, or even Luo Rucai, they all have a record of defeat under Zuo Liangyu.

"General, I only know that Zuo Liangyu is already besieging Yuncheng at this moment." Deng He's iceberg face, which had never been nervous, was also a little nervous, and said: "There are at least 40,000 soldiers, you ask him specifically." Deng He introduced Zhang Xuan to this weathered person.

He knelt on the ground and said: "The villain He Laosan is the family of General He Ying, General He Ying sent the villain out to ask for help from the city, if there are no reinforcements, Yuncheng will not be able to hold on for three days." ”

This was expected by Zhang Xuan, the small city of Yuncheng was captured by Zhang Xuan, of course he knew how the defense was, but in fact, the defense was not very important, because even if it was a simple defense, as long as the people's hearts were firm, they could still be defended. But what about the hearts of the people in Yuncheng?

You don't have to ask.

Li Zicheng's rule was resisted by everyone, even if he didn't know how to resist inside, he would resist secretly, so He Ying's biggest problem was not outside, but inside. He dared to claim that it was good to hold on for three days.

"Where did Zuo Liangyu come from?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"The left army came from Nanyang, and along the way released I don't know how many probes and horses, blocking the news, and the small ones were also killed from the encirclement of the left army for the rest of their lives, and they asked the general to save Yuncheng quickly, it was too late to be late." Zhang Xuan saw that he was anxious, so he didn't ask much, and he probably couldn't ask much.

"Someone." Zhang Xuan immediately called someone over and said, "Give this strong man, prepare dry food and hot water." ”

"Yes." Qin Meng agreed, and immediately went down to prepare.

Zhang Xuan said to He Laosan: "At this moment, Li Xin is in Xuzhou, you hurry up and report it." Please Li Jiedu please Chuang Wang return to the army, I am in Yingxiao City, I can't draw out many people at all, as long as Chuang Wang returns to the army, Yuncheng will be saved. ”

As soon as He Laosan heard what Zhang Xuan said, he knew that Zhang Xuan was prevaricating, and said: "In this case, I just ask the general to change horses for me, so that I can go to Xuzhou sooner." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay. ”

He Laosan barely stopped, and after changing horses, he galloped north.

He came and went quickly, as fast as he came, and as fast as he went, but it was like a big stone, which suddenly smashed into the small pond of Linying, causing an uproar. And it doesn't stop with his departure.

Zhang Xuan's first order was: "Luo Dai, you set off immediately and go south to find out the movement of the left army." ”

Luo Dai's face turned red, not because of fear, but because of excitement. He exclaimed, "Yes." ”

"Luo Dai." Zhang Xuan stared at him and said, "Be careful, remember, come back alive." ”

"Don't worry." Luo Dai said: "My old Luo knows how to measure, and he won't fight with his life." There was a sense of eagerness in his eyes.

Zhang Xuan knew that Luo Dai's ability could be reassuring, but he was afraid that he would not come as arranged, and he would only be on a mission to find out the news, and he didn't know what tricks he could toss. However, it is estimated that the only person who can lead the team to directly attack the left battalion and retreat is estimated to be Luo Dai.

Zhang Xuan sent Luo Dai away, and he was secretly a little ashamed of He Ying in his heart.

Just what the third child thinks, Zhang Xuan is not ready to save He Ying, not to mention, whether He Ying can hold on, just saying that Zhang Xuan has thousands of men and horses in his hands, how to go to the left camp is an act of looking for death, he actually has admiration for He Ying's arrogance in Nanyang, but no matter how much he admires, he will not gamble with the lives of his soldiers.

However, Zhang Xuan also had a bad premonition in his heart, and he felt that things might not go as he wanted. He ordered the whole army to be put on alert, and everyone was ready to prepare for battle.

For a while, the entire city was filled with this kind of nervous emotion. Countless people sharpened their knives and guns, and the craftsman battalion also worked overtime to get the latest batch of artillery, which was also one hundred and fifty guns, Zhang Xuan was receiving Linying small cannons at the moment, three hundred, in terms of his three thousand soldiers, an average of ten people a cannon, it seems that the proportion is good, and there are even many more.

Zhang Xuan immediately inspected the gun carriage.

This artillery carriage was designed by Zhang Xuan, maybe it can't be a gun carriage, the whole artillery carriage is almost a big box, all of them are hardwood boards, and many of them are door panels of large households. Can be flexibly disassembled. Inside can be installed gun carriages, can also transport baggage, hundreds of cars are connected by iron chains, is a small city. Although I dare not say that it is indestructible, it also gives the battle a basis to rely on.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan was in such a hurry, Luo Yujiao didn't want to live in peace for a moment, and seemed to feel the uneasiness in Zhang Xuan's heart, and asked, "Didn't you decide not to rescue Yuncheng?" How do you still prepare these? ”

"I'm afraid." Zhang Xuan said: "Things are not what I believe. ”

At this moment, Qin Meng came to report that there was an urgent message coming from Xuzhou, and Zhang Xuan took it and saw that it was Li Xin. The content is very simple, rescue Yuncheng.