At the beginning of April, Zuo Liangyu was crowned as the crown prince and Shaobao's holy decree, and Zuo Mengeng left Zhuxi with Jin Shengheng's men and horses and marched towards Henan.

Naturally, the troop movements of more than 5,000 men could not be concealed from officials in various localities. So it was reported layer by layer, Zuo Menggeng's team had not yet entered the Henan territory, and Li Xianfeng and Yang Sichang knew about it.

Yang Sichang and Li Xianfeng hurriedly sent people to Zuo Mengeng and Zuo Liangyu to ask about the purpose and number of this partial division. Yang Sichang also wrote a letter to Zuo Liangyu, asking him not to live up to the emperor's trust, to take the elimination of Zhang Xianzhong as the first priority, and not to cause side trouble.

And Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Mengeng generously informed Yang Sichang and Li Xianfeng of the number and intentions, and they had no intention of covering it up at all. As for Yang Sichang's order, or request, Zuo Liangyu ignored it, and still stayed in Zhuxi and did not go to the mountains to pursue Zhang Xianzhong.

After receiving Zuo Mengeng's report, Henan Governor Li Xianfeng waited in Dengzhou, and after Zuo Mengeng arrived, he also held a welcome banquet to provide food supplies to Zuo Menggeng's troops. Since Yang Ge can't manage it, he, the governor of Henan, has no way to manage it, so he can only entertain him with good food and drink.

Zuo Mengeng is naturally generous. His father is now a young man, and he, the young marshal, is naturally rising. With Li Xianfeng's food and grass to provide, Jin Shengheng had no excuse to loot the place, so he had to follow Zuo Mengeng and Li Xianfeng safely and securely to waste time.

After resting for two days, Zuo Mengeng set off again, and Li Xianfeng also set off with his Fubiao camp with Zuo Mengeng. He lent Zuo Mengeng the name of leading the way and raising food, reported to Yang Sichang, and left with Zuo Mengeng without waiting for Yang Sichang's approval.

In fact, Li Xianfeng didn't want to stay in Dengzhou anymore, after all, it was also the front line. Although Zhang Xianzhong fled westward into the mountains, Cao Cao's group of thieves was still in Huguang, and the five battalions of Ge and Zuo were also in the area of Ma and Huang, so they might run to Dengzhou one day. So he took this opportunity to plan to go back to Kaifeng first, leaving the troops to continue to block the defense.

Yang Shoubei was also in Li Xianfeng's Fubiao camp. He originally wanted to follow Li Xianfeng to get promoted and make a fortune, but after arriving in Dengzhou, he didn't fight a single battle, even if he had a chance to kill good people and make meritorious contributions. Forget it, Governor Li has nothing to praise except for the food he has given, and the continuous salary has not been given much in Qi County.

He was very disappointed and wanted to take this opportunity to return to Qi County. So after arriving in Tangzhou, he went to ask Li Xianfeng's staff. Let him go directly to the governor and tell him, but he will not dare.

"Mr. Jiang," Yang Shoubei asked, "How is the matter with you?" ”

Mr. Jiang only cared about drinking tea and did not reply.

Yang Shoubei knew that his silver had not been given away, so he immediately took out the fifty taels of silver that he had prepared a long time ago, put it on the table, and asked, "The governor has agreed?" ”

When Mr. Jiang put down the teacup, he swept the silver into his wide sleeve. After that, he said: "To tell you the truth, I didn't ask Dong Weng at all. If you ask, your head will not be guaranteed! Now is an eventful time, since you have come to respond to this recruitment, then follow Futai to do things well, don't think about other things. ”

"You, this~" Yang Shoubei was speechless, fifty taels of silver, people earn that is called easy, don't even ask, don't do anything, take it for nothing.

Mr. Jiang took two more sips of tea before getting up and said, "General Yang, let's do it yourself." ”

When this Mr. Jiang walked away, Yang Shoubei came back to his senses and scolded dissatisfiedly: "Old miscellaneous skin!" There is not a single good thing in the reader! He got up and left.

At this time, the young man in the teahouse stopped him and said, "This military master, your tea money is three yuan." Don't be angry, this teahouse is the property of Tang Wangfu, if you don't pay, we have to go to Governor Li to ask for it. ”

Yang Shoubei stared at the young man for a long time, and then took out some broken silver from his belt, found a piece of three coins and threw it to the young man, and left angrily. Today, he lost a lot of money, not only did he give away fifty taels for nothing, but he didn't even save a tea money, which is really unlucky!

Liaodong, Jinzhou.

"Big brother," Zu Dabi came to Zu Dashou's study, and reported urgently: "Those Qing soldiers are really good, it's only been less than a month, and Yizhou City is almost repaired." And they have brought the peasants with them, and they are now burning grass to open the land. ”

Zu Dashou said without raising his head: "I know, such a big smoke can be seen by everyone!" ”

"No," Zu Dabi said anxiously, "Let's just look at it like that?" When they open up all the land and plant crops, we will be in danger. ”

"I don't know?!" Zu Dashou frowned and said: "They were far away, but now they are building and opening the land, which shows that they are going to fight us!" It's not that you can't beat it down and leave, but you have to beat it down! But what do we do?! Do you want to go out and fight a field battle with the Qing soldiers?! How many of us are there?! How many soldiers are there?! Can you beat it?! ”

"You give me a thousand soldiers, and I'll go out to fight!" Zu Dabi said in a big way: "I don't believe it, I can't destroy their Yizhou City, and I can't kill their peasants?!" ”

"it!" Zu Dashou scolded: "That's all our Liao people!" Ask your brothers, who can do it?! ”

Zu Dabi frowned and said, "Then what should I do?" Just waiting? ”

"Wait." Zu Dashou said helplessly: "When they come to attack, the court will remember that we are coming." ”

Zu Dabi saw that Zu Dashou had no intention of going out to fight, so he didn't speak, and left on his own.

And Zu Dashou is immersed in terrible memories:

Back then, Yuan Chonghuan was arrested, and he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants. He and He Kegang were fought from Shanhaiguan, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial court did not have suitable generals at that time, or if it weren't for the deep-rooted roots of their ancestral family in Liaodong, he believed that the imperial court's arrest would have come down long ago.

After the Battle of Dalinghe, he killed He Kegang, who refused to surrender, and surrendered, but there was really no food in the city, and even the people were eaten. The reinforcements of the imperial court also came and failed, and he really had no choice. Although he later fled back and continued to guard Jinzhou for the imperial court, he knew that the imperial court was still not at ease with him. Later, the emperor invited him to the capital several times, but he didn't dare to go, so he lived peacefully until now.

This time, the Qing army's formation is even larger than ten years ago, and this time I am afraid that it will be another big battle that I don't know how many people will die. The current situation is no longer a problem of Jinzhou City, but a problem involving the entire Liaodong defense line. He can only wait, he can only wait for the response of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and the response of the imperial court.