Chen Yan is a Sichuan Jingyan people, in the second year of the Apocalypse, because of the Shandong rebellion and now the official residence of the Ministry of Shangshu and Wuyingdian University Scholar, it can be said that the current Chen Yan is the spring breeze when he is proud, but also won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen, this time he invited himself to be the supervisor to suppress the Han family thieves Although there is a suspicion of personal vendetta in the communiqué, but there is also the meaning of making meritorious contributions to a higher level.

In order to exaggerate the threat of the Han family thieves, Chen Yan said something very jealously in front of Emperor Chongzhen according to the information provided in the private letter of Liu Zhibo, in fact, he also knew that the real so-called Kuizhou Han thieves were only tens of thousands, and it was impossible to compare with Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of thieves in any case, even Zhang Xianzhong was much stronger than the Han thieves, so Chen Yan was very confident in exterminating the Han thieves.

As soon as Chen Yan arrived in Jingzhou, he found Zuo Liangyu, who was responsible for the heavy task of suppressing the thieves, but Zuo Liangyu was already a self-respecting person, even Yang Sichang couldn't help him back then, and now he didn't put Chen Yan in his eyes, Chen Yan also knew that it was not before, and the seven-rank civil officials could suppress the general soldiers of a town, and he was also very polite to Zuo Liangyu: "Before the weather turns cold, we should launch an attack as soon as possible, so as not to give the thieves a chance to breathe, I don't know when Zuo Shaobao can send troops?" ”

"The superintendent's words are naturally reasonable, but at the moment, the imperial court's food and salary have not been allocated, you can't let the old man send a group of hungry soldiers to suppress the thieves, and ask the superintendent to urge the court again, as long as the imperial court food and salary arrive, the old man will immediately enter Sichuan to suppress the thieves!"

Zuo Liangyu knew that Chen Yan was eager to wipe out the Han thieves because of the hatred of killing his son and taking money, but Zuo Liangyu could not shed blood for him in vain, and delayed time while urging for food and wages, so that he could also have more time to loot in the surrounding prefectures and counties on the grounds of raising armaments.

Whenever the imperial court gathers an army to fight a decisive battle with thieves in a certain place, it is the moment when the local people suffer, and the left army is also corrupt in military discipline, like bandits, and the slaughter of people is even more fierce than the Tartars, so that the people hate soldiers but not thieves, but this can also loot countless property in a short period of time, and can also ensure that hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers unite around him Zuo Liangyu, after all, everyone knows that as long as you follow Zuo Shaobao, you will not worry about food and clothing.

Zuo Liangyu's way of raising the army is undoubtedly to quench his thirst, the more he recklessly loots people's wealth, the more desperate more people become thieves, and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is destroyed in the end. But he Zuo Liangyu didn't have to bear any consequences for destroying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, but he grew stronger step by step because of this, and became a tumor in the Ming Dynasty that could not be pulled out or controlled.

Seeing that Zuo Liangyu prevaricated with the excuse of insufficient food, Chen Yan didn't know how to answer, he had naturally known how many silver taels there were in the imperial court as a household secretary, but now Zuo Liangyu was difficult to fill, and Chen Yan didn't want to pay out of his own pocket, although he lost a million taels, but it didn't hurt the fundamentals, Chen Yan had to prevaricate: "Zuo Shaobao, but please rest assured, I have already been urged, you also have to think about the court, it has really cost a lot of money to suppress thieves and slaves over the years, and the country is full of disasters, so you have to grieve the soldiers." ”

"Grievances, it's easy to say", Zuo Liangyu was about to use this to say that he would postpone another month and enter Sichuan to suppress thieves when he saw Jin Shenghuan walk in. When Jin Shenghuan muttered in his ear for a while, Zuo Liangyu was really stunned for a long time, and only after coming back to his senses did he nod and said: "In this case, while the thief is not firmly established, he should immediately enter and suppress him, please rest assured, the last general will lead the troops to attack!" ”

"This ......", Chen Yan didn't know why Zuo Liangyu suddenly made a 360-degree turn, and began to delay time under the pretext of delaying time, but now he actually took the initiative to attack.

The era of using literature to control military has passed, as long as these warlords do not cooperate, the matter of the invasion can only be delayed, but if the warlords cooperate, the matter of the invasion and suppression can quickly enter the charter. Zuo Liangyu heard that Zuo Mengeng was captured, he was naturally very anxious, he only had such a son, he had always been spoiled, and he had fallen seriously ill after years of expeditions, and the family business of Nuoda was waiting for this only son to inherit, and now that his beloved son was captured, he didn't care about continuing to raise food and salary from the people, and hurriedly gathered the army that went to nearby states and counties to fight the autumn wind, and prepared to attack Kuizhou immediately.

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On the same day, after Zuo Mengeng was taken on a horse by Luan Yu, the first standard of the cavalry of the Han army, and ran away, the remaining elites of the left army persevered for a long time because of the savior's heart, but they couldn't stand the strength of the cavalry in the hands of the Han army's cavalry, plus Tang Zhicai and other cavalry also caught up, and it didn't take long for the three thousand elites to be killed, but someone still escaped, and informed Jin Shenghuan of the news that Zuo Mengeng was captured.

After Jin Shenghuan heard about it, he personally rushed to Jingzhou to inform Zuo Liangyu of the news, and he didn't know what Jin Shenghuan said, in short, Zuo Liangyu did not punish him, and he asked him to immediately return to the state with the only 5,000 elite cavalry in the Zuo army, in order to save Zuo Mengeng before the thieves escorted Zuo Mengeng back to Kuizhou.

But when Jin Shenghuan came here, Du Xiaoyuan and others had already evacuated Jingzhou and returned to Kuizhou along the waterway. Jin Shenghuan did not slack off because of this, and immediately sent people to search for ships nearby, and prepared hundreds of large and small ships before Zuo Liangyu's army arrived, so that the time for Zuo Liangyu to attack Kuizhou was greatly shortened.

After Yang Ming learned that the imperial army was about to enter and suppress, he had already stationed the sixth battalion of the naval division stationed in Qutangwei to occupy Changning in Jingzhou, so that the first cavalry could immediately withdraw to a safe place if they encountered the official army when escorting Guan Xiaoyuan and other female provincial relatives. Although there were such preparations, Yang Ming did not think that Du Xiaoyuan and the others would meet the imperial army, after all, they were going south to Changsha Mansion, and the advance officers and troops of the imperial army had only entered Jingzhou.

But sometimes, very coincidental things will happen in reality, Du Xiaoyuan and others not only met the official army, but also had an encounter with the official army, and captured Zuo Mengeng, the young marshal of the left army. And it was precisely because the 6th Battalion of the Navy Division occupied Changning that it gave Gu Xiaoyuan and others a good opportunity to successfully withdraw to Kuizhou, and when the left army arrived, they successfully played the role of a bridgehead.

"Zitong, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the court doesn't have the intention of appeasing the Han army, I have learned that they have sent a large army to encircle and suppress us, but now I have captured Zuo Mengeng, this Zuo Mengeng is Zuo Liangyu's only son, and he has always been gracious, we have captured Zuo Mengeng, Zuo Liangyu is bound to throw a rat bogey, so that we can also buy more time to prepare", Du Xiaoyuan said with interest as soon as she saw Yang Ming.

"What nonsense! Do you think that if you capture Zuo Mengeng, you can blackmail Zuo Liangyu! Hearing that Plug Xiaoyuan captured Zuo Mengeng, the military and political dignitaries of the Han Army were very excited, but Yang Ming was a little angry and hurried to Kuizhou Mansion, as soon as he saw Block Xiaoyuan, he hurriedly pulled Block Xiaoyuan to his side, and he was relieved to see that he was not injured from top to bottom, but as soon as Block Xiaoyuan finished speaking, he pointed at Block Xiaoyuan and yelled.

"Me?" After speaking, Du Xiaoyuan was about to share with Yang Ming how he captured Zuo Mengeng, a gentleman, but when he saw Yang Ming pull down his face and roar at himself, he felt that thousands of grievances came to his heart for a while, and tears unconsciously dripped on the floor, lowered his head, and argued: "Why am I messing around, I have heard my father talk about Zuo Liangyu, and I have heard a lot about him when I was in Huguang, I am afraid that I know more than you." ”

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