After Liu Liangzuo was defeated in Guide Mansion, he did not dare to provoke Li Zicheng, who was in full swing, so he prepared to fight Zhang Xianzhong, who was active in Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion, so as to make a little meritorious service.

Zhang Xianzhong is a thief on the same level as Li Zicheng, but the areas in which he has been active in recent years, mainly in Huguang, Sichuan, and the western part of Nanzhi, have been suppressed and attacked by the power of the gentry, and the place is not as unstable as Henan, and there is famine, so the power is far less than that of Li Zicheng in the north.

As early as the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong was on the way into Sichuan, Zheng Chongjian and Zuo Liangyu were attacked, and suffered heavy casualties, and then were pursued and intercepted by the Huguang army, the Sichuan army and the Shaanxi army.

However, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the contradiction between Yang Sichang and Zuo Liangyu and sent someone to bribe Zuo Liangyu with a heavy treasure, saying: "Xianzhong is here, so the public sees it seriously." The public office department kills and plunders, while the cabinet department guesses and dedicates. If there is no loyalty, it will not be long before the public is destroyed. Zuo Liangyu's fighting spirit was relaxed, Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity to gather and disperse, and with the help of the mountain people, he walked out of Xing'an, joined Luo Rucai and other troops, and escaped again.

It can be seen from this that after Zuo Liangyu listened to Zhang Xianzhong's words, he already had the intention of raising his own respect, and the Ming Dynasty gradually lost control of the army, and the situation of warlords supporting their troops and self-respect has appeared, and the damage of warlords to the imperial court is often not much smaller than that of Liukou.

In this regard, the governor Yang Sichang was also stubborn and self-serving, and did not notice the thoughts of the people below, thinking that the official army had surrounded Zhang Xianzhong in the border area of Hubei, Sichuan, and Shaanxi provinces, and the victory was in his hands, but in fact, his order Zuo Liangyu and others did not follow, and he did not know that Zuo Liangyu had the heart to raise his own self-respect.

Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of Zuo Liangyu's thoughts, adopted the strategy of "subduing the enemy by walking", and quickly flowed, so that the officers and soldiers would lose sight of one and the other, suffer from the enemy on their backs, and be exhausted, so that Yang Sichang's plan to encircle him on all sides went bankrupt, and he soon died of illness in Huguang.

After Yang Sichang's death, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Ding Qirui, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, to take over as the superintendent, recover many lost territories, and continue to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, Li Zicheng took advantage of the opportunity of the official army to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, entered Henan, took in the hungry people, called for millions, put forward the slogan of "Juntian is exempt from taxation", and soon conquered Luoyang, and his momentum far exceeded that of Zhang Xianzhong, who was surrounded and intercepted by the official army.

Not long after, Li Zicheng defeated Luoyang, King Fu was killed, and the army besieged Kaifeng, and the emperor immediately ordered Ding Qirui to suppress Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng already had millions of troops, Ding Qirui naturally did not dare to fight, and his generals were not willing to fight, so they specifically chased Zhang Xianzhong, who had fewer people, and defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Xinyang.

At this time, the situation in Kaifeng was in crisis, and the emperor urged him repeatedly, but Ding Qirui couldn't drag it out, so he could only take Zuo Liangyu and others, together with Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, to deal with Li Zicheng.

After Zhang Xianzhong's defeat in Xinyang, he once went north to Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng wanted to kill him, and finally Luo Rucai lent him 500 horses, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the official army to fight Li Zicheng, ran into Nanzhi, met with the five battalions of Zuoge, captured Shucheng, Lu'an, Luzhou, killed the prefect Zheng Luxiang, and even went down to Wuwei, Lujiang, and trained the navy in Chaohu, which made the south of the Yangtze River earthquake.

Gao Douguang, the governor of Fengyang in the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Eryang, the governor of Anqing, were arrested and imprisoned, and the imperial court replaced him with Ma Shiying, preparing to drive Zhang Xianzhong away.

Before going to Guide, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong fought a few battles with Zhang Xianzhong in Nanzhi, but they were defeated by Zhang Xianzhong once, he found that Zhang Xianzhong was not very easy to fight, so he went north to return to Germany, but he didn't want to be defeated in the same way.

"If you are strong, you will go, and if you are weak, you will attack." This is Zuo Liangyu's housekeeping skills, and Liu Liangzuo is basically like this now.

After Liu Liangzuo left, Huang Degong had been fighting Zhang Xianzhong in Luzhou, recovering most of the prefectures and counties, forcing Zhang Xianzhong out of Luzhou Mansion and rushing to the vicinity of Qianshan in Anqing.

At this time, Liu Liangzuo touched a nail in Guide, and saw that Zhang Xianzhong was weak, and the Jiangnan gentry were eager to drive Zhang Xianzhong away, so he thought about following Huang Degong's ass and beating Zhang Xianzhong's soft persimmon together.

Soon after Liu Liangzuo fled back to Fengyang from Guide, he saw that Li Guo did not continue to go south, but returned to besiege Shangqiu, so he left a part of his people to garrison Bozhou, Wuyang, Mengcheng, and Yingchuan to monitor the thieves in Guide, and he personally led the main force to Shouzhou, preparing to go south to Luzhou to join Huang Degong and fight Zhang Xianzhong.

It's just that when he was just ready and about to travel, Huang Shou fled to Mengcheng, and came to Shouzhou non-stop to tell him that Bozhou was lost.

This time, Liu Liangzuo was in a dilemma, Huang Degong was about to fight Zhang Xianzhong, and if he didn't go over, he would not have his share of the credit.

However, Bozhou is lost, and if the thieves go south to attack Fengyang, then even if he has meritorious service in beating Zhang Xianzhong, I am afraid that he will suffer heavy punishment.

Although it is now a little difficult for the imperial court to control the generals, the majesty of the Ming court still exists. He usually has a little problem, to preserve his strength, the court can turn a blind eye, but if he dares to lose Fengyang and let the ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family be dug up by thieves again, then I am afraid that the emperor will be angry and will kill him like killing He Renlong.

Shouzhou Mansion, in Liu Liangzuo's festival hall, he stood in front of the map and paced back and forth, and Huang Shou, the official of the thousand households, knelt on one knee in the middle.

"Ben will ask you, what is the origin of the thieves who fought Bozhou?" Liu Liangzuo suddenly stopped and stared at Huang Shou angrily.

Huang Shou fled all the way back to Mengcheng, and came to Shouzhou to report to Liu Liangzuo, explaining the news that the thieves were going south and conquering Bozhou. In order to alleviate his responsibility, he naturally exaggerated his description of the thief soldiers, saying that there were more than 10,000 people and more than 1,000 elite soldiers.

This made Liu Liangzuo suspect that Zhao Yingyuan of Guide Mansion led the main force of the thieves to the south, so he could only cancel the plan to go south to Luzhou, and hurriedly sent scouts to investigate the situation.

If it was really the thieves who went south, then he had to return to the division to face the battle, but the news that the scouts came back was that after the thieves conquered Bozhou, they did not continue to go south, nor did they attack other states and counties, which made him suspicious.

"General, how dare you deceive the lowly position, the lowly duty was indeed defeated by the elite armor of the thief army~" Huang Shou lowered his head, his eyes flickered, but he did not change his words, and he met the elite soldiers of the thief army to death.

Liu Liangzuo heard him say this, and sighed, Ma Shiying had already issued an urgent order to let him return to the division to recapture Bozhou, and Huang Shou said that it was the main force of the thief army that fought Bozhou, so he could only personally lead the main force back to the division to fight hard with the army, and the plan to go south to fight with Huang Degong could only be invalidated.

On Anqing's side, Zhang Xianzhong has already leaked out of defeat, if he used to be in the past, he could easily get the credit, but when he returned to the north, he faced the army alone, but his future was unknown.

Single Zhao Yingyuan, Liu Liangzuo is not afraid, but he is afraid that if he fights, the main force of the army will come to punch him again.

Liu Liangzuo didn't want to go north, but Ma Shiying urged again, and Fengyang really couldn't lose, which made him silent for a while.

At this time, a hundred households suddenly came to the outside of the festival hall, bowed down and hugged his fists: "General Qiyu, Bozhou squire Ma Hongshan has something to see!" ”

"Bozhou?" Liu Liangzuo was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while, and waved his hand: "Bring it to me!" ”

After a short time, Ma Yuanwai was brought up and saluted Liu Liangzuo and said, "Old decay see General Liu Bing!" ”

"Isn't Bozhou occupied by thieves? Why did the old squire come here? Liu Liangzuo asked.

"Qi Liu Zongbing, Bozhou is indeed occupied by thieves, the thieves coerced the lives of the old man's family, and forced the old man to send a letter to Liu Zongbing, and the old man rushed to Shouzhou to ask to see Liu Zongbing!" Before coming, Ma Yuanwai had already thought of a rhetoric to leave a way back for himself, in case Liu Liangzuo did not agree, he was only threatened by the thief and would not be implicated.

After speaking, Ma Yuanwai presented a letter to Liu Liangzuo, but Liu Liangzuo did not rush to read it, but continued to ask: "What is the situation of the thieves in Bozhou City now?" ”

Ma Yuanwai replied truthfully: "Some of the thieves have left, and there is still one lieutenant left, leading more than a few hundred elite soldiers to stay in Bozhou." ”

Hearing that only a few hundred people remained in Bozhou, Huang Shou, who was kneeling on one knee, sweated on his forehead, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Please ask the general to allocate a thousand men and horses to the lowly position, and the lowly position is willing to recapture Bozhou." ”

Liu Liangzuo ignored him, but took out the letter to watch, and his face couldn't help but be a little cloudy.

The letter was written by Gao Yihuan to Liu Liangzuo, the content is very simple, that is, he is willing to return Bozhou to Liu Liangzuo, but he hopes that after Liu Liangzuo is stationed in Bozhou, he can release the control of Bozhou merchants and allow his people to come to Bozhou to trade and buy materials, of course, Gao Yihuan also hinted that he would give him a generous gift, and promised not to attack Fengyang Mansion.

Liu Liangzuo put the letter away and didn't show it to others, weighing it in his heart. There are only a few hundred thieves in Bozhou, and he can indeed send people to fight back, but after the defeat, if the thieves come again, then his plan to go south will still be hindered.

If he agrees to the other party's conditions, then he can not only easily recapture Bozhou, but also continue to go south to grab the merits, it is indeed a win-win situation, but he is not familiar with the Gao Du Lieutenant who wrote the letter, and he does not know if it is a thief or a deceit, and he really needs to be cautious.

Liu Liangzuo couldn't help but take a few steps back and forth in the hall, and a smile suddenly leaked on his face, it was impossible for the thieves to know that I was going south to fight Zhang Xianzhong, and even if they were cheating, I would send a few hundred more soldiers to garrison Bozhou, wouldn't it.

Thinking of this, Liu Liangzuo suddenly stopped his steps and beckoned Huang Shou to approach~

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