Chapter 60 Zuo Liangyu is obsessed and Li Jing wants to behead

Not long after Li Jing left Yaogang, Li Mao also reported on the work in Hankou, and then implemented the project to be built in Hankou with Lu Chengxiang, Lu Bingyi, and Li Yunhe, and hurried to Jiujiang.

Li Mao wants to have a final talk with Zuo Liangyu, and Li Jing and the others will take action against Zuo Liangyu according to the situation. Over there, six steamships and the Xiurong steel-hulled warship were already in place, and the Fifth Army was deployed on the other side of the Yangtze River, across the river from Jiujiang. Zhang Zhimu insisted that Li Mao see Zuo Liangyu again, and felt that it was better not to go to war if he could.

Since the Yaogang people suddenly cooperated with Li Zicheng to take Fujian, Zuo Liangyu was restless, he knew that now he was surrounded by the Yaogang people, with the strength of the Yaogang people, the Yaogang people could take Jiujiang at any time, and his two or three hundred thousand people were not enough for a dozen of the Yaogang people. Last time, Li Mao said well, they did not gather so many troops to deal with themselves, because they did not need to gather so many troops to deal with themselves. Although the words are ugly, they also tell the truth.

When Zuo Liangyu discussed what to do with his left and right, the military generals below were not convinced by the Yaogang people. Someone said: "General, in the past few years, we have been recuperating and recuperating, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers have rolled out of the pile of dead people." Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's teams are all teams that can't eat enough, they are afraid of the kiln gang people, but we are not afraid. Our brothers are all hardcore and follow you, the general, and we can fight with the kiln people. ”

A strategist said, "General, no matter what, we are all officers and soldiers. Now that the emperor can grasp not many places, he will not agree to the kiln gang people to move us. If the kiln gang people move us, it will be a complete rebellion. We must be tough, we are the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. ”

"Yes, yes!" The attitude of the generals below is exactly what Zuo Liangyu means. It's so comfortable to be the king of Jiujiang, seeing that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong both went to Yaogang, Zuo Liangyu was also moved. Besides, Zuo Liangyu knows that he has always had a good relationship with the people of Yaogang, and it is much more convenient for him to go to Yaogang than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. But what did you do? If you return to the Yaogang people, then you can't do it as the king of Jiujiang, so you have to listen to the management of the Yaogang people, which you don't want to do. Even the emperor is unwilling to care about himself, let alone find a new emperor for himself.

However, Zuo Liangyu was still worried that the kiln people would really do it to themselves one day, so Zuo Liangyu wantonly built fortifications, strengthened the city walls everywhere, cast a lot of new cannons, and actively prepared for defense. The initiative to do it is always in the hands of the Yaogang people, Zuo Liangyu's life is not comfortable, but Zuo Liangyu's determination not to surrender has already been made. I feel that with my own group of hardcore followers working together, I may be able to fight with the kiln people. In fact, Zuo Liangyu didn't know that his subordinates followed him to do a lot of evil, because they were afraid that without Zuo Liangyu's big tree to cover them, they would be liquidated in the future, so they resolutely disagreed with Zuo Liangyu's submission to anyone.

What really made Zuo Liangyu uneasy was that the people of Yaogang had sent a large number of troops to the other side of the river, and later a steel-hulled warship and six steam ships in Yaogang had returned to the Zhenjiang base from Fujian. Zuo Liangyu knew that the warship was docked at the Zhenjiang base, and it would not take long to come to Jiujiang if it went upstream.

But what made Zuo Liangyu strange was that the branch of Yaogang in Jiujiang was prosperous, and he couldn't see the situation of fighting at all. It is said that if there is a war, the kiln people will definitely remove the ticket number, which is to store a large amount of silver and kiln coins. Zuo Liangyu, who was suspicious and anxious, remembered Li Mao in Hankou, so he sent someone to send a letter to Li Mao to ask what was going on. As a result, Li Mao had just left Hankou and had something to do and went back to Yaogang.

Li Mao also received a telegram from Hankou when he arrived at Yaogang, knowing that Zuo Liangyu wanted to know what it meant for the Yaogang people to put the army on the other side, so Li Mao also took this opportunity to meet Zuo Liangyu.

When Li Mao came to see Zuo Liangyu, Li Jing had already come to Jiujiang City to take a turn, checked the original deployment, and returned to the Fifth Army camp opposite Jiujiang.

When Zuo Liangyu heard that Li Mao was coming, he happily greeted him, and when he saw Li Mao, he said: "Shopkeeper Li, I want to die old man!" ”

Li Mao also hurriedly saluted and said, "Oh, General Zuo! How dare you come to welcome me, it's always good? ”

"Good! You're welcome, inside, please! Zuo Liangyu said with a smile.

"I received a telegram from Yaogang saying that you had sent someone to deliver a letter to me." After Li Mao sat down, he continued, "As soon as the meeting here in Yaogang is over, I will rush back immediately!" ”

"Yes! If I don't go to you if I have something, who will I go to? Zuo Liangyu said, "However, your telegram is so easy to use, can you also get us Jiujiang a telegram, I can find you if I have something?" ”

"That's right, when I go back this time, I'll find a way to pull the telegraph line here for you." Li Mao said, "It's hard for us to contact something. With a telegram phone, it's much more convenient! ”

"Shopkeeper Li, you are a busy man now, why do you have to go back to Yaogang for a meeting?" Zuo Liangyu asked with some curiosity.

"Oh! I won't go back for normal things, but this time we held a special military enlargement meeting on the expansion of the army in Yaogang, and the main leaders of the Yaogang people and the generals from all over the country went back. That's right! Even Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Zheng Zhilong attended the meeting. Li Mao explained.

"Oops! You Yaogang people are really powerful, even the King Chuang, the Eight Kings, and the Southeast Overlord all participated in your Yaogang's military meeting, which is unimaginable. Zuo Liangyu was a little surprised.

"This time we plan to expand the army, this is to expand the infantry from thirteen corps. In that case, we would have more than 700,000 troops. Li Mao said.

"I know, it's very expensive for you to raise an army in a kiln, and this costs a lot of money?" Zuo Liangyu said.

"There is no way, our plan is to completely solve the Liangguang region next year, as well as the southwest region, and we need to spend some effort on the Manchu Qing in Liaodong and the Mongols in Mobei, and the army is not enough if we don't expand the army!"

"It seems that you Yaogang people are thinking about the affairs of the world," Zuo Liangyu felt like a stone in his heart, stared at Li Mao and asked, "I just want to ask this time, what do you want to do opposite Chen Bing?" ”

"Oh! You're talking about the Fifth Army, we don't have many troops in the Central Plains, and the Fifth Infantry Army has more than 30,000 people, and they are not on the other side of the Jiujiang River, so you say they can be there? The entire Yangtze River is ours except for Jiujiang. Li Mao said lightly.

"Oh? What does Shopkeeper Li mean, your Fifth Army is against us? Zuo Liangyu was a little displeased.

"General Zuo, you have nearly 300,000 horses, and we only have more than 30,000 people there, what's wrong with that? If you want to say that there is a threat, it should be us? Li Mao said, "By the way, before I came, our President Zhang also entrusted me to ask, what are General Zuo's plans for the future?" ”

"Hmmm! I don't understand that. We are officials and soldiers, and everything has to be listened to by the imperial court, what can we plan? Zuo Liangyu began to pretend to be confused.

"Huh! General Zuo, we are friends, let's be honest! Li Mao said very sincerely, "Now several big thieves in the world have been pacified." After internal unification, it is necessary to solve external problems. You also know that our Mr. Zhang and the emperor not long ago met on the Yellow River in Kaifeng, and had a detailed discussion, for you, our Mr. Zhang said that the emperor is very dissatisfied, and you nominally have no court orders, and only when you want to provide for yourself that you think you are an official army. If you continue like this, the emperor will not allow you, you should have a plan of your own. Now the situation is different. You are an isolated island in the Ming Dynasty, shouldn't you think about what to do in the future? ”

Li Mao's words are also true and false.

"Shopkeeper Li, we have always been good friends with you Yaogang people, as long as you don't do anything to us, the court can't help us." Zuo Liangyu said persistently.

"Don't say that we kiln gang people can't move you, do you think the current state can last long? As an old friend, I advise you that you should go to Yaogang and have a good talk with our Mr. Zhang. Li Mao said.

"I also sent you Mr. Zhang a letter, I want to invite him to Jiujiang, I want to have a good talk with him." Zuo Liangyu said, "However, I can talk about anything, and it is absolutely impossible for me to let go of the army in my hand." ”

"General Zuo, do you think anyone in power would allow a state within a state under their rule?" Li Mao is still fighting for Zuo Liangyu.

"Having said that, please bring a message to you Zhang Dongjia from Shopkeeper Li, it is impossible for us to lay down our arms and surrender. Of course, we don't want to be enemies of the kiln people, we were good friends in the past, and we hope to be good friends in the future. We don't invade each other! Zuo Liangyu still has illusions.

"Good! I'll bring it to you if you say it. However, I would also like to ask General Zuo to see the current situation clearly. The court will not allow you to go on like this. Li Mao knew that Zuo Liangyu was obsessed now, and persuasion was useless, but he still worked hard.

I couldn't hear more threats from Li Mao's words, but Zuo Liangyu was relieved and stopped talking about these things. Li Mao left Jiujiang without drinking with Zuo Liangyu under the pretext that there was an urgent matter in Hankou, and sent a telegram to Li Jing on the boat on the Yangtze River. The telegram was simple, just a few words: "It's business as usual!" ”

Li Jing received a telegram and said to the commander of the Fifth Army: "Okay! I'm really afraid that Zuo Liangyu will drop all of a sudden, and everything in front of us will be in vain. Everything went according to plan. ”

Since the army Chen Bing of Yaogang was on the other side, the inspection of personnel entering and leaving at the Jiujiang City Gate has been extremely strict. But how did they know that the preparations made by the kiln workers began very early. Li Jing's special forces squadron had already been lurked and arranged into Jiujiang City, and the weapons had already been brought into Jiujiang City, and they had no connection with the branch of Yaogang at all. Therefore, Zuo Liangyu's intelligence officers, who have been monitoring the Yaogang branch, did not find any signs. Li Zhi's action team also had more than 30 people in Jiujiang, and now they were all under Li Jing's command. There are more than 150 armed men that Li Jing can command in Jiujiang City, and this is not counting the people with the Yaogang branch.

Early the next morning, Li Jing pretended to be a businessman and brought two people to Jiujiang. After entering the city, Li Jing came directly to an inn not far from Zuo Liangyu's mansion. For the convenience of movement, this inn was bought by Li Jing and them.

According to Li Jing's instructions, there are no outsiders in the inn now, and all the people who live here are Li Jing's people. For the sake of safety, Li Zhi's people did not live here, and were in another place where only Li Jing could be contacted.

After Li Jing's people came to Jiujiang, they did a lot of work. cooperated with the personnel arranged by Li Zhi to enter Zuo Liangyu's marshal mansion to make the structure of the marshal's mansion clear. They also made the warning situation of the Marshal's Mansion clear. The plan to deal with Zuo Liangyu has also been repeatedly scrutinized, and the plan for various unexpected situations is also very well prepared. Their mission was to capture Zuo Liangyu alive and, if possible, force Zuo Liangyu to hand over the military power.

During the day, Jiujiang was very calm, because Zuo Liangyu accepted Li Mao's suggestion to raise fish in living water, Zuo Liangyu also began to encourage agriculture and commerce, and Jiujiang, a treasure land of feng shui, soon prospered. This is also a big reason why Zuo Liangyu attaches great importance to Li Mao.

Li Mao's inn hung up a sign that was full early, and closed the door as soon as it was dark. After dinner, Li Jing and everyone all dressed early and lay down, because they had to take action tonight. Before the time, Li Jing and the others began to get busy, first of all, more than 20 people, who changed into the same military uniform as Zuo Liangyu's army, that is, the military uniform of the Ming army. Due to the different fabrics, the military uniforms are not exactly the same everywhere, but what Li Jing and the others prepared are exactly the same as Zuo Liangyu's. Some of them are not exactly the same, because they have special tasks.

Everything was ready, these men in Ming army uniforms stood in line in the courtyard, armed with spears, and the officers were all carrying waist knives. At the same time, the torch was prepared, and when there was a knock on the door, the torch was immediately lit, Li Jing opened the door and asked in a whisper, "Have you passed?" ”

The person outside the door whispered, "It's over, it's just over!" ”

Li Jing turned around and said, "Wait a while!" ”

After waiting for this long time, Li Jing led this patrol team with torches and walked in the direction of the Shuaifu.

Zuo Liangyu's Shuaifu can be regarded as heavily guarded, and the soldiers standing guard outside the wall of the tall courtyard of the Shuaifu are all three people and one post, and each sentry can see each other. All three sentries are one with a straddle knife and two armed with spears. They were all Zuo Liangyu Guards, and their clothes were different from those of other soldiers.

The soldiers standing guard outside the marshal's mansion still felt a little strange, how could a patrol team just past now come again. Originally, the officers and soldiers of the Shuaifu Guards were very good, and they didn't pay attention to the officers and soldiers patrolling outside at all, but when they saw Li Jing and them walk in, the sentry with a shoulder knife shouted: "You guys are fucking full, why did you just go over to patrol another team?" ”

Li Jing promised: "No! We all patrol on time, is it because they have encountered something and come late. As he spoke, the patrol had approached them. Before they could speak again, the three special forces who had passed over slit their throats with short knives almost simultaneously, then caught their dead bodies and carried them away in front of the patrol team and transported them to a nearby car. Three soldiers, dressed in the same costume as them, took up their weapons and stood guard for them, and moved so quickly that the patrol passed without pause. In this way, Li Jing and his patrol walked around the Shuaifu, and replaced all the sentries standing guard outside with their own people.

This is a very crucial step, so Li Jing personally led the team to execute. After changing the sentinels outside the Shuaifu, Li Jing led people to the northeast corner of the Shuaifu, which was also a deep mansion compound outside the wall of the Shuaifu, blocking the entire outside of the Shuaifu, which was conducive to Li Jing's actions.

Zuo Liangyu's guards not only have sentry posts outside the wall, but also inside the wall.

Li Jing and the others waited anxiously here, and finally heard a small stone thrown from the courtyard wall. Li Jing waved his hand, and according to the design, several soldiers immediately took the ladder, and a soldier climbed the corner of the wall and learned a cricket cry inside, and a cricket cricket cricket also came from inside. The soldiers who went up the wall went down the rope. He saw three corpses in the corner of the wall inside, tried it with his hands, made sure that it was really dead, and gave a thumbs up to the person who answered inside, sending a signal to Li Jing outside the wall. Because he didn't know the person who answered Li Zhi in the hospital, he had to be cautious.

Li Jing outside the courtyard heard the signal, threw up a few ropes, went up the wall one after another, and then quietly walked into the courtyard and fell to the ground, but Li Jing and their people had just come in halfway in, and the patrol team in the courtyard came. The soldiers who entered the hospital hurriedly removed the corpses from the ground and hid them, while the three soldiers also stood guard with weapons.

A patrol with torches, watching three people standing guard, walked over without stopping or speaking.

After the people outside the courtyard came in, the patrol outside came again, making it very dangerous.

Li Jing and the people in the courtyard checked the code separately and confirmed that it was correct. He followed the man along the hidden road and turned left and right to avoid the sentry and walked towards Zuo Liangyu's residence. The sentinels who really couldn't hide were cleared and the bodies were hidden before leaving.

When they walked through a long corridor, they met a patrol head-on, it was too late to hide, Li Jing motioned for everyone to meet them, and at the same time loaded the pistol.

The patrol team on the opposite side, that is, according to the rules, can go wherever they should go, and they never imagined that anyone would really come to the Marshal's Mansion. What's more, they saw a group of soldiers approaching them. The patrol captain who led the team thought it was strange, what was going on with the team in front of him, saying that it was a patrol, and there were no torches? Just as they hesitated, Li Jing and the others had already approached, and the patrol leader shouted, "Hey! What's going on with you in the middle of the night? ”

But he didn't expect Li Jing to be more horizontal than them, and shouted: "You guys are fucking blind! Talking to Lao Tzu like that? ”

Although Li Jing's language was very horizontal, the two sides were already too close, and the patrol captain saw that the person on the other side was not familiar with each other and should not appear here, so he felt that it was wrong, and was about to shout. As soon as Li Jing raised his hand, there was a "poof", and a bullet shot into his mouth.

The patrol captain was unprepared at this moment, and he shook unwillingly and was unwilling to fall, at this time, the special forces behind Li Jing suddenly spread out to both sides, and at the same time, the **** in his hand shot out "poof". The soldiers of this patrol, before they knew what was going on, were hit by bullets.

Li Jing waved his hand, and the soldiers understood that they couldn't leave them alive, so they all made up a shot in the head in the past.

Throwing these corpses into a nearby lake, Li Jing knew it was time to hurry up and ordered to light a torch and move quickly.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".