The end of the Ming Dynasty was a very strange society, according to some experts' statistics, the population of the Zhu family at that time was actually much more than the population of the Tartars outside the Guan, more than one million, but such a large-scale family with a population surname, even the throne could not be kept, what is even more strange is that those local vassal kings are very rich, but none of them seem to have rebelled.

In fact, it's not a no, this Nanyang once had such a vassal king, Nanyang Mansion is the domain of the Tang King, and the last Tang King Zhu Yujian once struggled. He was also the Emperor Longwu who was later supported by Zheng Zhilong.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Yujian was the Tang throne, and Emperor Chongzhen gave him the Emperor Ming Zuxun, the Ming Huidian, the Five Classics and Four Books, the Twenty-one History, the Tongjian Compendium, the Loyalty and Filial Piety Classics and other books. The young Zhu Yujian was too sharp, and he set up a Gaoming Building in the palace and invited celebrities from all over the world. There were many conflicts with Chongzhen's courtiers on issues such as clan replacement, and offended many ministers. To avenge his father's poisoning that year, on the first day of the seventh month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, he killed his two uncles, Zhu Qijun, the king of Fushan and Zhu Qijun, the king of Anyang. In August of that year, the Qing Dynasty prince Azig led his troops to attack Beizhili and other places, and the Qing troops entered Serenke Baodi, approached Beijing, and the Beijing division was under martial law. Zhu Yujian was anxious, and invited King Qin, but Emperor Chongzhen did not allow it, and even ignored the national rule that "the vassal king is not in charge of the army", recruited troops and bought horses, and led thousands of troops from Nanyang to King Qin. Traveled to Yuzhou, the governor Yang Shenwu played, Emperor Chongzhen ordered him to return, after Zhu Yujian did not meet the Qing army, but halfway with the peasant army to fight, a few battles, each other won and lost, is the class back to Nanyang. The Ming Dynasty was extremely guarded against vassal kings. According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king could enjoy himself in the palace, but he could not raise troops and leave the vassal. Even if Zhu Yujian's motives were pure, it still made the reigning Emperor Chongzhen at that time furious, and the lower ministry of Dong November discussed that he would be abolished as a concubine, and sent Jinyi Wei to imprison the Tang King in Fengyang Imperial Prison. Emperor Chongzhen renamed his younger brother Zhu Yuzhen as the king of Tang.

If Zhu Yujian, who was imprisoned in Fengyang Prison, knew that Nanyang was so dangerous now, I don't know what kind of mood he would have! At this time, Zhang Xianzhong led 80,000 troops to be stationed near Wuyang County, Luo Rucai's more than 100,000 troops were stationed near Yexian County, the two armies took care of each other, and Zuo Liangyu led 40,000 officers and soldiers to be stationed in Miyang.

Zhang Xianzhong was figuring out Zuo Liangyu's marching route at this time, and Zuo Liangyu's 40,000 troops did not move in Miyang, I don't know if he was afraid or had other plans.

"Tell me, what does this Zuo General Soldier want?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

Sun Kewang was the first to speak: "Zuo Liangyu, who is as timid as a mouse, must be afraid of our large number of people, and dare not come to provoke!" ”

Pan Duao shook his head and said: "In my opinion, Zuo Liangyu does not move, there are two purposes, the first is to wait for reinforcements, and the second is to guard Nanyang, if we attack the city, he will definitely take advantage of our attack on Nanyang, sneak attack from behind, he is now hoarding male soldiers and Miyang, is to deter us and others, so that we dare not act rashly!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong felt that what Pan Duao said made sense, and kept nodding, Zuo Liangyu led 40,000 elite soldiers, but he didn't move next to him, there must be an attempt. In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong is not afraid of anyone, but he doesn't dare to take this Zuo Liangyu lightly, maybe this is a certainty, Zhang Xianzhong against Zuo Liangyu, nine times out of ten, lose. Therefore, as long as the opponent is Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Xianzhong will deal with it extra carefully.

"What do we think we should do?"

Pan Duao said: "We should take advantage of the fact that the other reinforcements of the officers and soldiers have not yet arrived, attack Zuo Liangyu first, solve our worries, and then attack Nanyang City!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, this Zuo Liangyu was next to his army, which really made him very insecure, he saw that Li Dingguo was silent, Li Dingguo didn't express much opinion since he was captured and fled, Zhang Xianzhong opened his mouth and asked, "Ning'er, what do you think?" ”

Since Li Dingguo was captured by Qin Yiming, he escaped with Qin Yiming's secret help, but since then, he has often received strange eyes in the army, and his prestige is not as good as before, some people seem to doubt themselves, and Sun Kewang is even more blunt to say that he is a traitor sent by Qin Yiming, so he rarely expresses his opinion in the army.

"Ning'er, if you have any ideas, just say it, I believe you!" Zhang Xianzhong looked at his righteous son, this child was raised by himself since he was a child, and his talent was so outstanding that sometimes he was jealous, but if he wanted to say that this child would betray him, Zhang Xianzhong would not believe it first.

Looking at Zhang Xianzhong's trusting and eager gaze, Li Ding's heart struggled for a while, and finally spoke, "I agree with the judgment of the military advisor, but I think we should attack Nanyang City first!" ”

Why is that? Nanyang City is not so easy to break, although we have a lot of people, but it is still very difficult to really attack the city, when the battle situation is scorching, Zuo Liangyu plucks our ass, that is a big deal! Pan Duao was puzzled.

"Promote our strengths and avoid weaknesses, we have a lot of people, and we can't attack the city, but field warfare is a strong point, besiege the city and send reinforcements, first defeat the Nanyang reinforcements, and then Nanyang will be a dead city!" Li Dingguo said deeply.

Sun Kewang met Li Dingguo's objection, and said: "Father-in-law, this Zuo Liangyu is not easy to fight, although we have a lot of people, but our weapons and equipment and personnel quality can not be compared with Zuo Liangyu, just like military concerns, we can not attack Nanyang for a long time, Zuo Liangyu crossed the blocked river to attack us, and then we will be attacked by the enemy, hum, I think Li Dingguo has ulterior motives." ”

Zhang Xianzhong suddenly felt a pain in his chest, sweating profusely, and his expression was strange.

"General!"

"Father-in-law!" Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons were worried one by one, they all knew that this was the ** disease left by Zhang Xianzhong, and it was the trauma left by Qin Yiming.

"It's okay, I guess it's going to rain." Zhang Xianzhong smiled and comforted everyone.

"Father-in-law, you can't have anything to do, that dog's Qin Yiming, the next time I meet him, I will definitely divide the five horses into corpses and disembowel!" Liu Wenxiu gritted his teeth and said.

Zhang Xianzhong is quite comforted, he has countless righteous sons, and the most important ones are four, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Ai Nengqi is brave, Li Dingguo is good at planning, Sun Kewang is good at yin, Liu Wenxiu is calm, and Liu Wenxiu is the most loyal to himself, as long as it is his own decision, no matter whether it is right or wrong, Liu Wenxiu is resolutely supported and resolutely implemented.

Zhang Xianzhong nodded comfortingly, and said to Liu Wenxiu: "Haha, don't worry, Wu'er, how can there be no injury on the battlefield, what is this little injury, I am very good, then Qin Yiming, if we have the opportunity, we will naturally clean him up to avenge my arrow, but at the moment, Zuo Liangyu is the most important, if we eliminate Zuo Liangyu, the court will inevitably shake, and there will be no one in the hinterland of Jiangnan and the Central Plains who can stop us, when the time comes, the world will be our horse farm, haha." ”

"What the general said is, it's just who should we attack first, Zuo Liangyu or Tang Wang in Nanyang?" Pan Duao asked, staring at Zhang Xianzhong's eyes, trying to find the answer in Zhang Xianzhong's gaze.

Zuo Liangyu of Miyang was indeed waiting at this time, according to the military order of Prime Minister Xiong Wencan, he was waiting for Chen Hongfan's army, Chen Hongfan was leading an army of 20,000 on the way to catch up at this time. Moreover, there are 20,000 allied troops of the general soldiers Mu Wenshou and Liu Liangzuo, as well as 10,000 Chu troops of Qin Yiming, in addition, the 20,000 troops of the eunuch Lu Jiude are also on the way south, Xiong Wencan is afraid that Zuo Liangyu's lone army will be difficult to deal with, and orders him to wait for the army to arrive before launching a general attack.

Zuo Liangyu took credit for himself, and he didn't take Xiong Wencan, a literati doctor in his heart, which was also one of the reasons why he didn't listen to the imperial court's orders.

Zuo Liangyu was in his camp tent, and his generals Chen Zhibang and Ma Liangwen were discussing the military situation. They ran into a problem, and that was the problem of food for the troops. It stands to reason that the troops are fighting in the territory of Daming, and they don't need to bring food, because the local government has the responsibility to provide food supply, but now the county of Miyang has not provided food, Zuo Liangyu sent people to negotiate, and the county ignored it, Zuo Liangyu was furious, how could they fight without food?

"General, hasn't the emperor already issued this military salary, which is more than two million taels!" Ma Liangwen is also worried about military rations, his feeling is that in his military career, they have two enemies, one is bandits, and the other is military rations!

"Hmph, there is silver, but in the household department, besides, we just buy it with silver, are those people willing to sell it?" Chen Zhibang complained.

"Don't be verbose, it's useless to complain, the government doesn't give food, and we want to fight, then we can only rely on ourselves, the old way, collect all the food in the vicinity for me, keep it in Miyang City for the time being, and take it again if you need to!" Zuo Liangyu ordered.

"Yes, sir!" Ma Liangwen and Chen Zhibang received orders at the same time.

Ma Liangwen asked: "But general, now there are 200,000 thieves in Wuyang and Yexian in the north, and it is only two days away from us. ”

"That's not simple, let's just run, the thief army is strong, are we still fighting hard!" Chen Zhibang said.

Zuo Liangyu was about to speak, and at this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps outside the camp became louder and closer, and it seemed to be in a hurry. Zuo Liangyu's face became ugly, and Chen Zhibang and Ma Liangwen were worried. Anyone who dares to be so rude outside Zuo Liangyu's big tent can only be him in the entire army!

"Oh no, no, Zhang Xianzhong's army has moved!" A young man in armor rushed in to report.