Hankou, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses have moved here a few days ago, today, Zuo Liangyu has just received Cao Bianjiao's letter, the person who sent the letter is Yang Longwen, Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, and now it is the capital of Cao Bianjiao's general's mansion, when Zuo Liangyu saw Cao Bianjiao's letter, his face also changed greatly, I didn't expect such a big change in the Nanjing court, since the beginning of the spring, Zuo Liangyu's body is getting worse, and he can't take care of it a lot, many things are taken care of by his son, I didn't expect these cats.

"I Zuo Liangyu was just a pawn in the army back then, it was the first emperor who did not think I was from a humble background, and gave me authority, I Zuo Liangyu can have today, all of them are the weight and trust of the first emperor, when the first emperor died, I was unable to save because of my poor health, and I was already remorseful, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he never treated me slowly, awarded me an official title, took me as the western barrier, and I handed over the army to you, are you doing this nonsense?"

Zuo Liangyu directly threw the letter on Zuo Mengeng's face, and his old face was purple, but it is conceivable that he was angry, his son hooked up with Hou Fangyu without telling him, but he was kept in the dark, how could Zuo Liangyu not feel angry, if it wasn't for the family's disaster back then, he left such an only son, he couldn't wait to dispose of him on the spot.

Zuo Mengeng was stunned by Zuo Liangyu's scolding, he didn't know what was going on at the moment, picked up the letter, read it again, and lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Mengeng was like this, Zuo Liangyu believed it even more, what Cao Bianjiao said in the letter must be undoubted, and he didn't have to check it anymore.

"I, Zuo Liangyu, was born a person of the Ming Dynasty, and died a ghost of the Ming Dynasty, do you want me to bear the infamy after death? Who is Hou Fangyu, Donglin Party, who doesn't know that Donglin Party has not benefited from the new emperor's accession to the throne, so he has been secretly making trouble, he Hou Fangyu came to me, I saw his intentions, he asked me to raise troops to the east, is it for us, for their own sake, I just sent him, thinking of the old grace, I didn't deal with him, I didn't expect him to be a thief, and I didn't expect that you were so confused, do you want to rebel with him? ”

"Father, how dare the child be like this, the child just admires Hou Fangyu's talent, so he stays by his side to learn a thing or two, father must not be angry, the body is important!"

Seeing Zuo Liangyu's panting appearance, Zuo Mengeng hurriedly defended, helped Zuo Liangyu sit down, and continued: "In fact, when Hou Fangyu was looking for the child, the child also rejected him, the child understood his father's thoughts, how dare he hide from his father to do those rebellious things. ”

"You guys! You! I'm really going to die, do you think you can become a big handsome, it's just a puppet of them, can't you see it, the whole army, except for those old brothers, will the rest of the people listen to us, they are just attached to me Zuo Liangyu, Xu Yong of the left army, Lu Guangzu of the rear army, and Xu Ensheng, the deputy general of the Chinese army, which of them will follow me if they are not for temporary survival, we can only use Ma Shixiu, Zhang Yingyuan, these old brothers, why can't you see through it, you really want to go to war, Do you think it's Cao Bianjiao's opponent? ”

"Father, don't say it, the child won't dare in the future!" Zuo Mengeng couldn't understand Zuo Liangyu's good intentions, he felt that Zuo Liangyu was old, and these people didn't accept Zuo Liangyu, but he was quite good with these people, he gave an order and promised to mobilize them, but in front of Zuo Liangyu, he still gave face and didn't want to say it.

"Hou Fangyu, take him down immediately and escort him into Beijing!" Zuo Liangyu now hates iron and steel, he is such a son, he is not a weapon, he is ambitious and talented, Zuo Liangyu has no other feeling except bitterness!

When Zuo Mengeng heard this, he was also embarrassed, and replied hesitantly: "Hou Fangyu left yesterday, he said that he had something to do when he returned to Beijing, and it was inconvenient to stay here for a long time, so I didn't keep him, and I don't know where he is now." ”

"He must have received the news, that's why he left, if he really wanted to leave, he would have left a long time ago, it is impossible to leave eloquently at this moment, he spent his strength on you, how could he give up easily, this time I have a hard time arguing, hey!"

Zuo Liangyu shook his head helplessly, Hou Fangyu left, nine times out of ten, there was a change in Beijing, Cao Bianjiao could not do it all in a short time, someone would definitely report to Hou Fangyu, where did he go at this time, the ghost only knew, but he Zuo Liangyu couldn't say clearly, would Cao Bianjiao suspect that he Zuo Liangyu deliberately hid Hou Fangyu, after all, his relationship with Hou Sui was there, and he couldn't defend it.

"You go down first, and give me some peace later!" Zuo Liangyu is also too lazy to train him anymore, there is no need to beat the drum again, he can listen to some words, just say it once, if he talks too much, he will be annoyed, and it is useless, it is better to save some effort.

"Yang Dushi, it's not that I don't want to teach people, it's really no way, I just inquired about the army, only to learn that Hou Fangyu had fled yesterday, it is very likely that this person has already gotten the news, so he ran away, and I hope that Yang Dushi can go back and tell the general that I, Zuo Liangyu, am loyal to the country and will never be with these rebels."

Zuo Liangyu then found Yang Longyou and briefly said the matter, he always needs to give Cao Bianjiao an explanation, whether he believes it or not, he must show his attitude.

"When the general was leaving, he once told the humble position, saying that he had a close acquaintance with General Zuo at first sight, and he had always regarded General Zuo as a confidant and friend, and General Zuo would never do anything that was light and bitter and hateful, and he believed in General Zuo, since General Zuo said so, he would go back and report to the general truthfully, and the general knew that General Zuo's body was not happy, so he ordered the humble post to bring two old ginseng to General Zuo to make up for his body, so that General Zuo could recuperate with peace of mind." Yang Longyou also said tepidly, neither humble nor arrogant, Cao Bianjiao had already ordered when he was leaving, he came to appease Zuo Liangyu, as long as he didn't use the sword soldiers, other things didn't matter, Hou Fangyu was just a secondary purpose.

"That's right! I heard that the general is about to go on a northern expedition to recover the Central Plains, I should help myself, but unfortunately my body is not good now, so let's let the deputy general lead an army of 10,000 to fight with the general, hoping to recover the Central Plains as soon as possible, reorganize the rivers and mountains, and prosper the Ming Dynasty! ”

At this time, Zuo Liangyu must express his position, whether he is loyal or traitorous, it is not lip service, it depends on actual actions, what can best show his will at the moment, that is, to assist Cao Bianjiao to recover the lost territory and send troops to help the war, that is the best proof, saying that he Zuo Liangyu has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but only he knows that there are only 200,000 soldiers among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the rest are family members, just these 200,000 soldiers, and tens of thousands of old and weak soldiers, unbearable to drive, in these are those attached to the homeless, remnants of the soldiers, etc., His own headquarters is only thirty or forty thousand, and most of the recruits, veterans are only three or four thousand, give 10,000 headquarters people, is his attitude, and can only give the headquarters of the soldiers, and the rest of the people go to make trouble for themselves, he doesn't want to fill in more troubles, just want to live the rest of the days in peace.