Hearing this, Zuo Zongtang and Zhuge Jin's faces were full of shock, and Zuo Zongtang even got up and asked, "What did you say?" Didn't Yu Taishou send a message a few days ago that there would be no change in the thieves in a short period of time, and the defense of Shanyin City was also complete, how could it be captured so quickly? What's going on? ”

For Zhuge Jin, Yu Tuo's death was the loss of a colleague, and the lord lost a right-hand man; But for Zuo Zongtang, it's more than that. On the day of Zuo Zongtang's www.biquge.info army, he was full of ambition and wanted to take advantage of this time to show his ambitions, but before the war started, Shanyue captured Huiji and killed Huiji Tai Shouyu. If Wu Liren knew about this, then Wu Liren would inevitably doubt Zuo Zongtang's ability; Even if Wu Liren doesn't say it, what about the civil and military forces under Wu Liren?

"Back to the general's words, it turned out that Zhang Shicheng, the first thief of Shanyue, slaughtered the people of Huiji, causing many people to take refuge in Shanyin; Yu Taishou couldn't bear the suffering of the people, so he opened the door and let the people into the city. Who would have thought that Zhang Shicheng would make the bandits under his command disguise themselves as ordinary people, and after entering the city, he waited for the opportunity to open the city gate and secretly let the thief army enter the city. After the fall of Shanyin, Yu Taishou was defeated by the thief, and was captured by the thief An Wan. Zhang Shicheng wanted to persuade him to surrender, but Yu Taishou scolded endlessly, and Zhang Shicheng stabbed Yu Taishou to death with a sword in anger. ”

After hearing this, Zhuge Jin sighed again and again, signaled the herald to go out first, and then looked at Zuo Zongtang's solemn expression, a little worried about him in his heart.

"General Zuo, this Zhang Shicheng is so rampant, not to mention that there are other mountains and Yue to help, it is not easy to break it. Why don't you let a certain letter of resignation explain the situation to the lord, and let the lord excrete more soldiers and generals, how about it? ”

After all, Zuo Zongtang only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses, of which 2,000 had just been recruited, so where would there be any combat effectiveness. And Wu County originally did not have many soldiers and horses, except for less than 3,000 people under the command of Qiantang Ling Cao, and the rest only had some county soldiers, which was embarrassing. Although from the conversation, Zhuge Jin still appreciated Zuo Zongtang's ability, the situation in front of him was really not optimistic. He was afraid that Zuo Zongtang would not be able to get down the steps, so he offered to help him write this recital.

At this time, Huang Zhong on the side had been suppressing the anger in his heart, and when he heard Zhuge Jin say this, he immediately made him angry, he was afraid that Zuo Zongtang would really retreat from the difficulty, so he asked for his life: "General Zuo, that Zhang Shicheng is so rampant, the last general is not talented, I am willing to raise two thousand soldiers and horses, kill this horseman, and avenge Yu Taishou!" ”

"General Huang, it's not Zhuge Jin who has the ambition of others, but the current situation, the enemy army is several times or even ten times that of me, how can I fight with it? Waiting for the Lord to settle the war in the north, and then sending troops to help, it is natural to wipe out Zhang Shicheng and other ordinary bandits. ”

At this time, I saw Zuo Zongtang arch his hand to Zhuge Jin and asked, "Zhuge Taishou, I don't know if you can tell me the details of these Shanyue thieves." ”

The anger in Zuo Zongtang's eyes had completely disappeared at this time, and there was only one kind of perseverance left, Zhuge Jin understood that Zuo Zongtang still had to do it knowing that he couldn't do it, but there was no way, after all, Zuo Zongtang had Wu Liren's order in his hands: officials from all over the country had to cooperate with Zuo Zongtang's actions.

At this time, there were four bandits who rebelled, in addition to Zhang Shicheng, there were two, Pan Lin and Zulang, each with more than 10,000 people, and the other Peng Shi was slightly smaller, only more than 5,000 people. Before, they had little contact with each other, and they were all self-sufficient in different places. It's just that I don't know why this time, and they raised troops together to attack the counties of Huiji.

After listening to Zhuge Jin's introduction, Zuo Zongtang pondered for a long time, and his brows were furrowed all the time, which made Huang Zhong and Zhuge Jin on the side very worried. After a long while, Zuo Zongtang finally loosened his brows, and his complexion returned to the same as before.

"Does General Zuo have a clever plan?" Zhuge Jin hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Zuo Zongtang nodded, Huang Zhong was very happy when he heard it, and then asked, "Where is General Zuo going to break first?" I'm going to order the generals! ”

Zuo Zongtang shook his head, "General Hansheng, tomorrow you and I will go to Zhuji County." ”

Zhuji County is the place where the thief Pan Lin is, hearing Zuo Zongtang say this, Huang Zhong and Zhuge Jin were a little shocked, they didn't know what Zuo Zongtang meant.

"Could it be that General Zuo wants to persuade Pan Lin to defect with his three-inch tongue?"

Zhuge Jin finally thought of a reliable possibility, Zuo Zongtang smiled and nodded, but Zhuge Jin was a little disdainful of Zuo Zongtang's idea in his heart. If you want to convince Pan Lin, you must at least bring soldiers and horses to make him feel threatened. Otherwise, it is still a question of whether these two people can escape with their whole body alone, and trying to persuade Pan Lin is tantamount to a fool's dream.

"General, are you and I a little too big? If the enemy army is killed together, it will be difficult for the general to protect the general. ”

Zuo Zongtang laughed, "I, Zuo Zongtang, am not afraid, doesn't General Huang dare to go?" ”

Huang Zhong was agitated by Zuo Zongtang like this, his face changed, and his whole body exuded an amazing momentum, "Why does General Zuo look down on me so much?" If it weren't for the mercy of my lord, my Huang Zhong's life would have been gone; For the sake of the lord this time, what is a fate? The body of my husband Ma Leather is the blessing of my Huang Zhong. ”

"Strong General Huang!" Zuo Zongtang bowed slightly, and couldn't help but admire, "But I, Zuo Kui, will not die easily, believe me, it will be fine." ”

On the second day, Zuo Zongtang and Huang Zhong led the army to Qiantang, after the army arrived in Qiantang, Zuo Zongtang and Ling Cao discussed for a while, and then took Huang Zhong and rushed towards Zhuji on a fast horse.

Another day later, Zuo Zongtang and Huang Zhong rushed to the city of Zhuji, and then ordered Huang Zhong to shoot an arrow and shoot a letter to the flagpole on the city. Huang Zhong's archery skills frightened the bandits guarding the city, and he hurriedly took down the letter and quickly delivered it to Pan Lin.

After Pan Lin saw the letter, he immediately put on his cloak, held a big axe, ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses, opened the city gate, and all the troops rushed out together. When Pan Lin saw that there were only two people, Zuo Zongtang and Huang Zhong, he muttered in his heart: What is this person selling?

"You're Zuo Kui?" Pan Lin yelled at Zuo Zongtang and asked.

Zuo Zongtang smiled, rode his horse forward a few steps, Huang Zhong followed closely, the big knife in his hand was tightly grasped, and he was on guard.

"I am Zuo Kui, the rebellious captain under the command of Duke Wu, I don't know if Pan Dashuai is still satisfied with my lord's conditions? If you have any opinions, you can repair the book with me, as long as Pan Dashuai can act according to the agreement in the letter, everything is easy to say. ”

Zuo Zongtang's words made Pan Lin a little baffled, he pointed at Zuo Zongtang with a big axe, and yelled: "Zuo Kui Pifu, don't pretend to be a ghost in front of me!" Eat me with an axe! ”