Outside the city of Kuizhou at the junction of Sichuan and Chu, in Zuo Liangyu's big tent of the Chinese army, Zuo Liangyu looked at Zhang Xianzhong's messenger, and his face was cloudy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Previously, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by the official army in Agate Mountain and Hejiaping one after another, and Zhang Xianzhong could only lead thousands of people to break through and escape into the Xinggui Mountain at the junction of Sichuan and Chu. Now, Zhang Xianzhong has become a lingering situation, as long as Zuo Liangyu uses an iron fist to enter the mountain to suppress the thief, Zhang Xianzhong is afraid that a big disaster will come.

In the previous battle of Onyx Mountain, Zhang Xianzhong occupied Onyx Mountain and held on, originally wanting to defeat the official army with leisure. Who knew that the generals of the official army Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and Zheng Chongjian united as one and attacked the fortifications on Zhang Xianzhong's mountain. The officials and troops not only united, but also bribed Liu Guoneng, a thief who surrendered to Cheng, disguised himself as a peasant who transported grain to Zhang Xianzhong, and wantonly set fire to Zhang Xianzhong's army, attacking Zhang Xianzhong inside and out.

At that time, the officers and troops were surrounded inside and outside, and they almost beheaded Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong led thousands of elites, risked their lives to break through the formation, and rushed out of the weak place surrounded by the official army. And the other horses under Zhang Xianzhong's command were all surrounded and annihilated by the official army.

Zhang Xianzhong's sweeping king Cao Wei, Baima Deng Tianwang and others were all killed by the official army. Flying Mountain Tiger, Heavenly Dragon, Pickling Mountain Tiger, Walking Mountain Flying, Sky Python, Drilling Harrier, Ascending to the Sky, Descending to the Sea, Spreading Wings and Flying, Huo Zong and others were captured successively. Zhang Xianzhong's wife was killed by the army after being captured, and Zhang Xianzhong's eight-year-old son was captured and killed by himself. Zhang Xianzhong's other two concubines were also captured, and the military advisers Xu Yixian and Pan Duao were also captured in Shuishiba.

More than 10,000 mules and horses were captured by the official army. Zhang Xianzhong's seals, tiger talismans, golden whips, etc., all fell into the hands of the official army. Zhang Xianzhong's army of tens of thousands was almost wiped out.

Not only that, after Zhang Xianzhong broke through from Agate Mountain, he was surrounded by the official army again when he met Zhang Ling, the deputy general of the Sichuan army of the official army, in Hejiaping. Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and others led an army of 100,000 to surround Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong couldn't resist it, and led the army to break through and escape again, and since then he has hid in Xinggui Mountain, gathering people and horses to hibernate.

When the news reached the capital, the Son of Heaven was overjoyed, and entered the Prince Taibao of Yang Sichang, and the Prince of Zuo Liangyu Shaobao, and issued a reward of 10,000 taels of silver before the emperor, and then issued 50,000 gold, and a thousand ends of brocade silk were awarded to the army, hoping that the officers and soldiers could go down with a drum and capture Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, the thieves were at a low point, not only Zhang Xianzhong hid in the mountains, but Li Zicheng also hid in the mountains. Li Zicheng was surrounded by the official army in the fish-belly mountain, and many of the generals in the army surrendered to the official army.

As long as Zhang Xianzhong is won, it can be said that there will be no more big thieves in the world. Even if Li Zicheng broke through again, and the army chasing Zhang Xianzhong converged to attack Li Zicheng, then Li Zicheng would have no way out.

Xinggui Mountain is located at the junction of Sichuan and Chu, and it is said to be a majestic mountain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, at this time, the Xian army was defeated again and again, and there was no morale when it was against the official army. The most capable of fighting in the official army that encircled and suppressed Zhang Xianzhong was Zuo Liangyu's department, and Xianjun was most afraid of Zuo Liangyu. As long as Zuo Liangyu searched the mountains and attacked with his heart, Zhang Xianzhong was unable to fly, and he only had one ending being killed and captured.

However, at this critical moment, Zuo Liangyu wavered.

Zuo Liangyu has been extremely domineering over the years, no matter where he led his troops, he was plundering by arson, robbing money and women, and his style was almost no different from that of a thief. It is precisely because of the proceeds of the plundering that Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses have high morale and dare to fight.

Yang Sichang, as the governor of the thief, had to use Zuo Liangyu, but he was very dissatisfied, suspicious everywhere, and wanted to weaken Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu is the general soldier who reinforces the suppression, and hangs the seal of the general of the thief. In the Ming Dynasty, the general soldiers of Xuanfu, Liaodong, and the general soldiers of the aid and suppression had general numbers, called General Zhenshuo, General Zheng, General Ping, etc. These generals, who have the title of general, have a higher status than the average general.

Zuo Liangyu hung the number of the thief general, and he could control other general soldiers in wartime.

In order to weaken Zuo Liangyu, Yang Sichang previously told He Renlong that as long as He Renlong dared to fight, he would let He Renlong replace Zuo Liangyu's position.

However, after the victory of Agate Mountain and Hejiaping, Zuo Liangyu made great achievements, and Yang Sichang changed his mind and wanted to keep Zuo Liangyu. He Renlong was ashamed and angry, and told Zuo Liangyu what Yang Sichang said. Since then, Zuo Liangyu has been suspicious of Yang Sichang every day, preserving his strength everywhere, and not daring to search the mountains to fight to the death.

Zhang Xianzhong obviously sensed this, and decided to add another fire, so he sent an envoy to lobby Zuo Liangyu.

At this time, outside Kuizhou City, in Zuo Liangyu's big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Xianzhong's envoy knelt in front of Zuo Liangyu and said: "The general has been arrogant for a long time, repeatedly disobeying the commander's orders, and plundering in many places. Yang Gebu has been dissatisfied for a long time. Now because my family's marshal Zhang Xianzhong is here, the Yang Pavilion Department reuses General Zuo. If the marshal of my family is gone, General Zuo's disaster will not be long in coming. ”

After listening to the words of this messenger, Zuo Liangyu's face turned from white to red, and then from red to white, and he didn't speak for a long time.

The messenger looked at Zuo Liangyu's face and knew that the fire had arrived, so without further ado, he withdrew from Zuo Liangyu's tent.

Zuo Liangyu sat in the big tent, looking at the soldiers and horses outside the tent, motionless, and didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, Zuo Liangyu's subordinate Zhao Zhu walked into the big tent and asked, "Dashuai, tomorrow I will lead 3,000 people into the mountains to search for thieves, does Dashuai have anything to explain?" ”

Zuo Liangyu looked at Zhao Zhu and said, "I won't go into the mountains to search for thieves tomorrow!" ”

Zhao Zhu was stunned, a little unable to react, and asked, "Don't search the mountain?" After a pause, Zhao Zhu arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, the sacrifice of the thief is already the end of the strong crossbow, and if I add a little more force, the sacrifice of the thief will be wiped out, this is the best time." ”

Zuo Liangyu said lightly: "It's rainy during this time, and it's too difficult to search the mountains, so after the rainy season is over, make plans!" ”

Zhao Zhu opened his mouth, feeling that Zuo Liangyu's order was a little incredible, but he didn't dare to ask more.

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On May 13, Li Zhi took Zheng Hui and his guards to ride horses to the edge of the new fields in Hsinchu, looking at the farmers who were sowing seeds and raising seedlings in the fields, and they were in a happy mood.

After Gao Ligong contacted 2,000 veteran rice farmers in Taiping County, Zhejiang, Li Zhi sent a boat to pick them up. Today, these 7,000 old farmers in Taiping County and 8,000 farmers in Tianjin are planting more than 70,000 mu of paddy fields that have just completed irrigation canals according to the quota of 20 mu per adult or strong girl, and they are the first batch of farmers in Hsinchu.

Gao Ligong also contacted a group of cattle in Fujian, which Li Zhi transported to Hsinchu by steamer and lent them to the farmers.

At this time, farmers are planting late rice, which is sown in May and is expected to be harvested at the end of October. Hsinchu burns a thick layer of plant ash here in the new field is extremely fertile, if properly managed, it is estimated that this season of rice will have a harvest of one stone and five buckets per mu. Although these paddy fields can only be planted for one season this year, the harvest is far more than the dry fields in Tianjin. (To be continued.) )