Chapter 474: The Real Encirclement and Suppression
Five hundred years ago, a barren state, five hundred years later, Louwailou, this popular dialect, is the current Wuchang City.
The city of Wuchang in the Ming Dynasty, the alleys and alleys are strange, the government offices are clustered, the cultural buildings such as the Fuxue, the Gongyuan, the Confucian Temple are all over, the literati and bachelors gather, it is like a political center, and it is the capital of Huguang at that time.
Chongzhen sixteen years is not peaceful, this place has been occupied by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong conquered Wuchang, but also here called the king of the West, preemptively Li Zicheng to establish power.
It's a little ridiculous to say, Zuo Liangyu, who crossed the river from Fancheng Shipbuilding, was chased by Li Zicheng's dog to jump over the wall in a hurry to attack Wuchang.
Zhang Xianzhong didn't even want his wife, only fled back to Sichuan with the remnants of more than 1,000 cavalry to redevelop, Zuo Liangyu entered Wuchang City, surprised by the prosperity of the city, and ordered to be temporarily stationed in Wuchang.
Just this station, I stayed for almost a year.
The people of Wuchang were alive and wounded under the vicious oppression of the Left Army, and they did not expect for a moment that King Shun's righteous royal division could come to liberate them.
Because Wuchang City is very prosperous and the city is high and deep, Zuo Liangyu, who originally planned to stay temporarily, had the mind of Jiutun and slightly restrained the soldiers and horses under his command.
Even so, the left army's unscrupulous looting and indiscriminate killing in the first few months still caused the people inside and outside Wuchang to die and flee, and the population lost more than 30%.
At this time, it seems to be a sin for women to be beautiful and handsome, because the left army is arrogant and unreasonable, and if they see it, there is almost only a possibility of being robbed and ruined.
Zuo Liangyu was arrogant and lascivious, doing everything, but the imperial court turned a blind eye, and the most severe punishment was just a symbolic "meritorious service", and it was precisely because of the existence of the Zuo army that many officials and soldiers rushed to follow suit, resulting in a situation in which the officials and soldiers were hated by the people.
However, because there is a different Shandong army in the east, this has allowed the people to see a glimmer of light.
Of course, Zuo Liangyu lives in the original Zhang Xianzhong's palace in Wuchang City, enjoying the general treatment of the emperor, and is now hugging Zhang Xianzhong's concubines, so unhappy.
At this time, Zuo Mengeng walked up to the hall and said:
"Dad, there's someone out there."
Zuo Liangyu just put his hand in, and was on the rise, when he saw someone coming, he almost yelled out, and when he saw that it was his son, he didn't say much, but shouted impatiently and didn't see it.
But Zuo Mengeng didn't leave, and shouted again:
"Dad, you must see this person."
"Who, there are still people in the world who would have to be seen, such a big shelf?"
Zuo Liangyu roared angrily, reluctantly took his hand out of the woman's clothes, Zuo Mengeng seemed to have been mentally prepared for a long time, and did not reply, just waved his hand to indicate that he could come up.
With his gesture, a Shandong army pacesetter steadily ascended the main hall, his right hand clenched into a fist, slammed into his left chest, bent down and said:
"I've seen Zuo Shaobao."
Zuo Liangyu was already a little surprised when he saw that this person's armor was so peculiar, but he quickly reacted that the person in the world who could give the herald such good armor was that Anton Hou.
No wonder his son said that he had to see him, that Wang Zheng gave him charcoal a few times, and speaking of which, he owed him a few big favors.
At that moment, Zuo Liangyu smiled and pointed to the side and said:
"It turned out to be a brother in Shandong, I heard that Brother Wang Xian was named the Marquis of Anton, Zuo wanted to go to congratulate, but he couldn't get away for a while, I don't know what the little brother is here to convey?"
The pacesetter sneered a little secretly in his heart, and said in his heart At that time, didn't you Zuo Liangyu still be chased by Li Zicheng and run around like a lost dog, of course, you were entangled in everything.
But no matter what he thought in his heart, in order to successfully complete the task, the pacesetter still bowed respectfully, smiled and said:
"Zuo Shaobao's words are serious, my marquis thinks of you every day, and often says that if it wasn't too far away, the Shandong army would have come to help Zuo Shaobao drive away the Li thief."
Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu was in a particularly good mood.
There are many people who pat on the back, and he can hear the cocoon in his ears, but who is the person who is talking in front of him, looking at the armor and equipment, it should be the pro-soldiers under Wang Zheng's hands, and even the pro-soldiers have to pat their own sycophants, which can be regarded as giving enough face.
Of course, Zuo Liangyu didn't know that what was standing in front of him was actually just an ordinary pacesetter in the Shandong Army.
Zuo Liangyu suddenly laughed a few times and said:
"I heard that Suizhou City was broken by Li Guo not long ago, and the Shandong army suffered a lot of damage, if there is anything that needs this general, you can say it."
is waiting for Zuo Liangyu's words, his own marquis always sends things and military merits to Zuo Liangyu plainly, it is not for nothing, you need to be ambiguous when you talk and do things.
From this point of view, Zuo Liangyu can still talk about morality, and the pacesetter took out a letter from the cuirass, respectfully handed it to Zuo Mengeng, and said:
"This is a handwritten letter from our Hou Ye, and please take a look at Zuo Shaobao."
Zuo Liangyu was full of smiles, took it and looked at it, and immediately froze, his face was silent for a long time, and this is why he said with a forced smile:
"Come on, this little brother from Shandong has been working a saddle horse all the way and sent to the post house to rest."
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Watching the pacesetters walk down the hall and drive away the concubines of Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Mengeng took the letter impatiently and looked at it, and his face was full of disbelief at the moment.
"This time, it seems that Wang Zheng is going to move seriously, but I don't know, if he captures Xiangyang in half a month, does he have the strength?"
The smile on Zuo Liangyu's face disappeared, and he leaned back on the seat and breathed a long sigh of relief:
"If you want to say who in the world dares to release such cruel words before moving troops, that is, Anton Hou, according to your father and me, if the Shandong army does not have that strength, Li Zicheng will not see their banner and turn immediately."
Zuo Mengeng nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said in a deep voice:
"Dad, yesterday my son received news that Lu Jiude, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo from Fengyang Mansion had moved, as well as Liu Guoneng from Henan, who had gone south not long ago, could it be ......?"
"Why didn't you tell me sooner!?"
Originally, Zuo Mengeng thought that it was nothing, and he didn't take this matter to heart at all, but Zuo Liangyu roared angrily when he heard it, snatched the letter from his hand and read it again, and finally put it on the candle flame and burned it.
This is a long exhale, and he weighed it with his hands behind his back:
"Huang De's function is of course, this guy is not ambiguous at all if he is a thief, but if the flower horse Liu and Eunuch Liu can follow, it will be a little strange."
Speaking of this, Zuo Liangyu suddenly sneered and continued:
"Huama Liu has always been timid and afraid, if it weren't absolutely beneficial, he wouldn't rush out at all, and Chuang Tiantian and Henan General Soldier Chen Yongfu are said to be outside the Shandong Army, these two people went to Ruzhou, it must be Wang Zheng's meaning."
Combined with what is happening at the moment, Zuo Liangyu can know that most of what Wang Zheng said in this letter is credible with just a slight analysis.
However, he still couldn't understand it, Wang Zheng has always been cautious in doing things, how could he be so eager for quick success this time, half a moon will be Xiangyang, this is very loud, but if he can't do it, wouldn't he slap himself.
Looking at his father's sneering and muttering to himself, Zuo Mengeng was a little confused, and asked curiously:
"Dad, should we go or not?"
Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu glanced back at him and said:
"Of course I go, and I have to go with great fanfare!"
"Even if it is defeated, it is not our left army that is on its back, it is all carried by Anton Houwang, how can our left army be missing such a thing as picking up benefits for nothing?"