Zuo Dashuai was an orphan before, raised by his uncle, and he didn't even know his mother's surname.

When Zhang Xianzhong defeated Xuzhou, because he hated Zuo Liangyu, he killed his uncle's family, including his family.

Now in the entire Zuo family, there is only one lone seedling like Zuo Mengeng, who follows him, he would rather die by himself than have something happen to Zuo Mengeng.

There are always some fetters in life, some things that cannot be abandoned, and some sustenance.

Zuo Liangyu himself actually doesn't have much ambition, just to survive in troubled times, and to leave a foundation for Zuo Mengeng.

Now, if Zuo Mengeng dies, then everything he does will be meaningless.

The vanguard of the army has arrived, and the correct posture of the left army at this time should be to turn around and run, or just defend the city, but this time Zuo Dashuai did not choose so.

Zhang Yingxiang was slapped in the face, and when he saw Zuo Liangyu's red eyes and wanted to kill, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly returned to Fancheng.

The defender of Fancheng is Lu Guangzu, who is slightly worse than Li Guoying, but after the Qing Dynasty, he was also a banner man, and he became the chief soldier of Beichuan, and he was a more capable person.

After listening to Zhang Yingxiang's words, he knew that Zuo Liangyu was bound to send troops, so when Zhang Yingxiang went to Xiangyang to report the news, he had already assembled the men and horses in the city.

When Zhang Yingxiang returned to Fancheng, Lu Guangzu immediately led 10,000 horses out of the city to catch Zuo Mengeng.

In Xiangcheng on the south bank of the Han River, with the order of Zuo Dashuai being conveyed, the inside and outside of the city have become a pot of porridge.

Zuo Dashuai has suppressed bandits for more than ten years, and those who are more powerful than him have died, but he has survived, and he has risen step by step, relying on being able to recognize the situation, never stand out, and never fight a tough battle.

This time, Zuo Dashuai was anxious, and more than 100,000 left troops inside and outside Xiangyang were mobilized.

Zuo Dashuai has not fought for the Ming Dynasty a few times, but this time, in order to find Zuo Mengeng, he decided to fight with the thief with all his might.

It's just that most of the elite left army in Xiangyang followed Li Guoying and Xu Yong to fight Li Dingguo in the south, and the quality of the remaining men and horses was worrying, but it was difficult to dispatch for a while.

At this time, Fancheng's army had already set off, but the left army of Xiangyang had not even left the camp gate.

Lu Guangzu knew that Zuo Mengeng was Zuo Dashuai's heart, so he didn't dare to be ambiguous, and Zhang Yingxiang on the side was also anxious after seeing Zuo Liangyu.

He ran back, his life was saved, but if Zuo Mengeng was killed, it is estimated that his future would be over.

Zhang Yingxiang had no choice but to go out of the city with Lu Guangzu to rescue, but this time they were in front, and Zuo Dashuai would also lead troops across the river to respond, which gave him some confidence.

Lu Guangzu and Zhang Yingxiang led the troops to gallop, along the Baihe River north, walked less than ten miles, and saw corpses floating down from time to time in the river.

After a short time, they finally saw from a distance, the thieves in front of them were coming all over the mountains, and thousands of left troops were surrounded in the middle, but the situation was already extremely critical, and they could be annihilated at any time.

Zhang Yingxiang couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he saw it, more than 5,000 of them went out of the city, why did he run back and forth, there were still thousands of people and horses who were surrounded, and tens of thousands of thieves fought for so long, but no one died.

Xiangyang and Fancheng are located on both sides of the Han River.

Occupying Fancheng is equivalent to occupying half of Xiangyang.

At this time, in a forest outside Fancheng, Huang San and Dai Jinghong led two thousand elite soldiers of the Gao army and ambushed them in the woods.

At this time, Wang Guangtai came in from outside the woods and walked to the two of them, "I have inquired clearly, the left army of Fancheng has a total of 20,000 people, and 5,000 have gone before, and now they have walked another 10,000, and there are only 5,000 old and weak left in the city." If the commander wants to attack, he will take advantage of the fact that there is a commotion on the Xiangyang side, as if he is going to transfer troops. ”

Huang San frowned slightly, and said with some surprise: "When did Zuo Liangyu's courage become so big?" He knew that we were coming, and he still dared to fight, could he see through us? ”

Wang Guangtai said: "There was an accident, among the first people to go out of the city, it seems that Zuo Mengeng is also there, so Zuo Liangyu is in a hurry." ”

This situation, several people didn't expect it, Dai Jinghong said: "If the left army in Xiangyang crosses the river and enters Fancheng, then we will have no play." ”

Huang San frowned, "We must make a move immediately." ”

Saying that, he said to Dai Jinghong, "I will lead the two divisions to occupy the pontoon bridge and cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng, and you and Brother Wang will attack together and take Fancheng in one go." ”

In Xiangcheng, Zuo Liangyu hurriedly dressed neatly, and rode to the military camp to transfer troops.

However, the military discipline of the left army was corrupt, and there were not many people who stayed in the camp honestly, not only the officers who slipped away, but even the non-commissioned officers were not in the camp.

More than an hour had passed by Zuo Liangyu for Zuo Liangyu to pull the officers out of the kilns and casinos in the city, and then gather the men and horses to prepare to leave the city.

Between the two cities of Xiangfan, there is a pontoon bridge to connect them, which is convenient for the two cities to support each other.

At this time, tens of thousands of left troops had gathered in the northern city of Xiangyang, and Zuo Liangyu did not wait for them to line up in formation, so he had a gloomy face and waved his horse whip and said: "Quick, the army will cross the river quickly!" ”

The gate of Xiangyang City was wide open, the left sergeant ran out of the city, and the soldier in front had just stepped on the pontoon bridge, and more than ten black spots suddenly appeared on the river surface upstream, and they rushed over along the current.

The left sergeants walking on the bridge couldn't help but stop, they turned their heads to look, and instantly exclaimed chaos.

Huang San stood on the raft and took a bow and arrow, pulled the bowstring round, and with an arrow over, a left soldier fell in response. His body fell into the water and was swept away by the current, and he kept moving, and fired another arrow.

The high sergeants on the raft also followed suit, one by one with their bows and arrows, or with their guns to shoot, and the left troops on the bridge were shot one after another, screaming and falling into the river.

At this time, before the left army on the bridge could react, dozens of rafts and boats crashed into the pontoon bridge, and the killer team wearing black armor on it operated their weapons and jumped on the pontoon bridge, shouting loudly, "Kill! ”

As soon as Zuo Liangyu rode out of the city gate, he saw his subordinates on the pontoon bridge and a wave of men and horses killing the city. And the left sergeant, obviously inferior to the elite of this army, was thrown off the pontoon bridge one by one and driven into the Han River, and his face immediately changed greatly.

This group of thieves is really fierce, and they actually cut off the pontoon bridge directly, wanting to annihilate all the men and horses north of the Han River.

This can't help but make Zuo Dashuai's heart tremble, his playing style is so fierce and his appetite is so big, and only Li Zicheng, who has millions of soldiers.

At this time, when Huang San attacked the pontoon bridge, in the woods outside Fancheng, more than a dozen cavalry suddenly rushed out at a gallop and rushed straight to the city gate, and more than 1,500 elite soldiers behind him also followed closely to kill out of the woods and pounced on Fancheng.

At the same time, in the wilderness in the distance, countless homeless people poured into Fancheng all over the mountains.

Tens of thousands of people carried simple long ladders and rakes with hoes and nails to help the Shun army and find Zuo Liangyu to liquidate.

(End of chapter)