In Wuchang City, more and more soldiers participated in the robbery, and even the standard battalion under Zuo Liangyu participated.

Ningnan Hou Zuo Liangyu had already made up his mind to evacuate Wuchang, so he naturally wanted to snatch all the materials in the city and take them away, leaving the thieves with an empty city. From the perspective of war, Zuo Liangyu's behavior is understandable. But the people of the city were all in trouble.

The atrocities of the officers and soldiers were even worse than the bandits, and the left army was stationed in Wuchang for a year, and the local people were plagued by the poison, but this time it was much more powerful than before.

At night, in an official camp outside the city, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Xu Yong frowned and looked at Liu Neng in front of him.

"What does that mean?" Xu Yong asked, pointing to the large stack of silver tickets in front of him.

"The supervising army knew that Mr. Xu's salary was insufficient, so he ordered Mr. Xu to send silver, and Mr. Xu accepted it." Liu Neng said with a grin.

"The prison army is so good? Is it just for me the Brave Word Camp or does all the other battalions have it? Xu Yong looked at Liu Neng with a smile. As a senior officer of the general army under Zuo Liangyu, he naturally knew the thoughts of Huang Shu, the supervising army, and wanted to use this bit of money to fool himself into selling his life, but he really underestimated himself!

"I want to dare to ask General Xu, are you the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty or the general of the Marquis of Ningnan?" Liu Neng asked suddenly.

"I am naturally the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, but I am also a subordinate of the Marquis of Ningnan, the Marquis of Ningnan is the general of the Ningnan Boping thief who was sealed by the imperial court, do you want to separate me and the Marquis of Ningnan?" Xu Yong said sharply.

"No, no, no, I just want to remind the general that there is still the imperial court above the Marquis of Ningnan, and General Xu has been born in a military household for generations, and he is actually a loyal minister and good general of my Ming Dynasty, and he will be loyal to the imperial court and loyal to the Ming Dynasty!" Liu Neng said with a smile.

"Of course, I, Xu Yong, am naturally the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and of course I will be loyal to the imperial court." Xu Yong said, "Could it be that the prison army thinks that the Marquis of Ning Nan is not loyal to the imperial court?" ”

Of course, the prison guards didn't think so. However, Ning Nanhou is old and sick, and at the moment, I am afraid that he has the intention to kill the thief but his strength is insufficient. If General Xu is willing, the supervising army is willing to ask the imperial court for a decree and recommend you as the commander and the commander of a provincial military. Liu Neng threw out his own conditions.

Admiral! Xu Yong was stunned for a moment, his current position is the chief soldier, with more than 20,000 troops in his hands, and he is already a senior general. The Admiral, also known as the Admiral Military Officer, is the highest position of a local military general. A province can have several commanders in each region, but only one admiral. The difference between the commander and the general army is the difference between the commander of the provincial military district and the commander of the municipal army division in later generations.

If he can get the official position of admiral, Xu Yong can compete with Zuo Liangyu, the Marquis of Ningnan.

At this moment, Xu Yong's heart was pounding, and a huge future was tempting him. But he also knew that as long as he took the silver in front of him and agreed, he would stand on Huang Shu's side in the future. This left him in a bit of a dilemma.

At the same time, in a restaurant in the city, Huang Shuzheng, the superintendent of the army, and several generals of the left army pushed the cup and changed the lamp, each of them was accompanied by a prostitute, and in the middle of the hall, a singer was singing in a low voice.

When the wine was drunk, Huang Shu and the chief soldier Wu Xueli came to a private room with no one by going to the toilet.

Looking at the large amount of silver tickets placed in front of him, Wu Xueli's eyes lit up, and he grabbed it in his hand.

"Don't worry, Lord Supervisor, in the future, you will fight wherever you want!" Wu Xueli patted his chest and swore a promise.

"So that General Wu can know that this silver is not Huang's, but was sent to me by Pingnan Hou Tuo Jinyiwei, in order to be able to resist the thief army to defend the Nanjing court. Isn't Mr. Wu's hometown in Suqian? I heard that there is still an old mother at home, and the person sent by Pingnanhou said that he will order the local government to take care of your family, and please rest assured, just kill the thief for the country. ”

Huang Shu's words were flat, but Wu Xueli was drenched in cold sweat when he heard it, the threat of this word was too strong! He originally wanted to take this silver for nothing, even if Huang Shu wanted him to deal with Zuo Liangyu in the future, if he didn't listen, he would forgive Huang Shu and a civil official without soldiers in their hands, and there was nothing he could do about it. But now it seems that this silver is extremely hot.

But having said that, do you still have a choice?

In the palace of the king of Chu, Zuo Mengeng hurriedly walked into the main room to see his father.

"What kind of system is in a hurry? How can you let me rest assured that these hundreds of thousands of troops will be in your hands. Ningnan Hou Zuo Liangyu was enjoying the gentle massage of the beauty, and when he saw his son breaking in, he reprimanded unhappily.

Zuo Mengeng hurriedly stopped, lowered his head and listened to his father's reprimand.

Looking at his son's submissive appearance, Zuo Liangyu shook his head in disappointment. Where does this bear look like a little bit of Lao Tzu's demeanor when he was young!

However, although Zuo Liangyu's words were harsh, he was very precious to his only son. Because Zuo Liangyu himself is an orphan who grew up with his uncle since he was a child, and later married a wife and concubine, and gave birth to many children, but in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Xuzhou mutinied, and all Zuo Liangyu's family members placed in Xuzhou were killed in the mutiny, and only the eldest son Zuo Mengeng followed him and survived. Therefore, Zuo Mengeng is already Zuo Liangyu's only relative.

"Tell me, what happened, did the thief cross the river?" Zuo Liangyu was furious, his tone calmed down, and Zuo Mengeng had a chance to speak.

"Not a thief. Father, just tonight, Lord Huang of the prison army invited all the generals to a banquet in the Jade Building, and Wu Xueli, Zhang Yingyuan, and Xu Yuxian, who stayed in the city, heard that they all went to the banquet. Zuo Mengeng said.

"So what? Huang Shu is just a civil official, always thinking about relying on Lao Tzu's army to resist the thieves, so that he can be rewarded for his meritorious service! A thing that doesn't know the height of the sky, the thief is so easy to fight? Zuo Liangyu took a sip and said disdainfully.

"However, Huang Jianjun has been wooing the general soldiers, will he ......?" Zuo Mengeng said hesitantly.

"If you think too much, I will treat the people well, they will only listen to me. Besides, they all watch their soldiers closely, and no one will lose their troops for Huang Shu. Instead of paying attention to this matter, you should go and see how the retreat is prepared, tomorrow the army will leave Wuchang, and there are too many things in our house that need to be carried with the army. ”

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand and ordered Zuo Mengeng to go out.

......

On the third day, with Zuo Liangyu's order, the more than 200,000 troops of the left army withdrew from Wuchang, and withdrew in the direction of Jiujiang by thousands of ships and waterways. Before leaving, the soldiers of the left army ransacked the entire Wuchang, and then set a fire, and the entire Wuchang city fell into a sea of fire.

Jinkou Town, listening to the report of his subordinates that Zuo Liangyu's army had evacuated Wuchang, Hao Shaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, and attacked Wuchang City defended by hundreds of thousands of troops with 30,000 people.