After the two sides negotiated, Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and swallowed blood and took out a million taels of silver for the toll. In the past, when I was cornered by the encirclement and suppression of the official army, I also paid for the toll, but I have never given such a terrifying amount!

This time, it can be regarded as a mortal feud. For the silver.

Zuo Liangyu happily sent the warships of the sailors under his command to send tens of thousands of Li Zicheng's men and horses across the Han River in waves. He didn't mean to do anything black. With these thieves here, the silver is so easy to come by. As for the grudges of the past, what can they count in front of the silver?

Wait until Li Zicheng's subordinates are sent through the Han River. Zuo Liangyu took the silver that was piled up like a hill and stained with the souls and blood of countless people, and returned to Xiangyang City with a smile and couldn't open his eyes.

In this troubled world where human life is inferior to dogs, with silver, you can recruit troops and horses and build weapons. With soldiers and horses in your hands, you can be lawless! Not to mention the imperial court, the king of heaven can't control him! He Zuo Liangyu doesn't care about any thieves and court! In his heart there is only himself.

Until this time, Zuo Liangyu, who was used to being arrogant and domineering, still thought that even if he did this blatantly, the court would have nothing to do with him. Because he has a heavy army in his hands! The current court doesn't dare to offend him at all!

Thousands of dragoons with solemn expressions had been watching coldly from a distance as Zuo Liangyu's sailors used warships to transport thieves across the river. An invisible anger quickly rose.

After Li Zicheng's troops went south, the officers and soldiers under Zuo Liangyu, who were even more evil than the thieves, escorted thousands of terrified people to the banks of the Hanshui River. Beheaded all of them amid the cries and becings for mercy from the people, pretending to be the heads of thieves. The crystal clear Han water is dyed red.

The fury above them could almost form a substance, and the dragoons quickly turned their horses around and galloped all the way north. These dragoons had no choice for the time being, because they couldn't cross the Han River. However, Zuo Liangyu can choose how to start this matter, but it is up to Gao Yang to decide how to end.

Anything you do comes with a price to pay. Zuo Liangyu and the army under his command who did all kinds of evil. Again, pay for what you've done.

Zuo Liangyu, who made a lot of money and made a lot of money, was in a good mood. After returning to Xiangyang City, he wrote a report of victory and sent it to the imperial court. Not at all worried about what the court would do to him. Because the experience of the previous years has already made him understand that the court has no way to deal with him at all.

Zuo Liangyu was not wrong. The Ming Dynasty really didn't have any way to treat people like him before. Because people like them have soldiers in their hands, the court is afraid of forcing them to rebel. It can only be constant reassurance. It's a pity that the more appeased, the more it intensifies!

But. Now Gao Yang can!

A hundred miles away, the furious Gao Yang was personally leading his army to gallop all the way in the direction of Xiangyang City!

"Son of a bitch! The real TMD is tired and crooked!! Gao Yang raised his hand and flipped the desk in front of him to the ground, his face was cold. His eyes were filled with infinite killing intent!

Zuo Liangyu's actions have broken the moral bottom line in Gao Yang's heart. This is something that can only be done by brutes without a trace of human nature!

There is not much to say about the deceit and blood on the battlefield. This is war, there is no way to do it. However, the innocent slaughter of civilians is still their own compatriots of the same nation. This kind of person does not die, and heaven cannot tolerate it!

"Tell me that you will eat an hour early tomorrow morning. The whole army ran forward. Go to Xiangyang City as fast as you can! Gao Yang's voice was indifferent, and he gave the order to march quickly. He can't wait to meet the thief general who makes deals with thieves and likes to kill good and risky people!

"It's been rare to see you get angry lately." Yuan asked softly, "You have also seen many human tragedies, and it is not unheard of that there are even worse than this." Why are you so excited this time? ”

Gao Yang took off his military uniform and pulled his sweat-soaked hair. I took a bottle of ice water from the small refrigerator and opened it, and took a sip. He whispered silently, "Because he is Han." ”

"Han Chinese?" The origin didn't react for a while, and then he said with an 'ah' sound, and suddenly said, "You're angry that your own people are vicious to their own people, right?" It's really hard to accept when you think about it. ”

Gao Yang put down the ice water in his hand and found a chair to sit down. Take out a cigarette and light it. Half-squinting, he whispered, "No matter how cruel the slaughter between different ethnic groups is. No matter how bloody it is, it can be understood. Because this was originally a life-and-death struggle between different ethnic groups in order to compete for living space, it should have been a scene of life and death. Even if he is exterminated, he has no ability to defeat the battle. But like Zuo Liangyu. ”

Gao Yang clenched his fists and took a deep breath. He said in a deep voice: "It's like this, for personal selfish desires, and I don't take anyone in my eyes at all. Despises his own background, is more ruthless to his own people than outsiders, and does bad things. Must die!

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In the afternoon of mid-June, the sun hung high in the sky, and the clouds seemed to be burned by the high temperature, disappearing from the sky without a trace. The rippling blue waters of the Han River reflect the dazzling light, making it almost impossible to look up.

"Huh~~~" Gao Yang, who was riding on the war horse, raised his hand and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and threw them out. The heat was rolling in the sky, and there was an urge to stick out your tongue to dissipate heat. The cool wind that blows from time to time on the Han River will soon be dissipated by the scorching heat.

Stretched out his hand and gently patted the war horse under his crotch that was a little restless because of the hot weather. Remove your sunglasses. Gao Yang once again set his sights on the magnificent city of Xiangyang, which was surrounded by the Han River.

When Gao Yang came to Xiangyang City with a large army, he sent an envoy in the name of the imperial court to ask Zuo Liangyu to come out to meet. Intending to capture the thief and capture the king first. Take him down in one fell swoop.

has been able to live until now, and he Zuo Liangyu is a man who has been in the past for many years. On the city wall, he saw that the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp who came from the Beijing division outside were boundless. There is no end in sight at a glance. Just that strong momentum and purging military appearance made his heart 'dong dong' drumming, thinking of what he had done over the years, where did he dare to come out to see Gao Yang?

Zuo Liangyu respectfully said that he could welcome Gao Yang into Xiangyang City to entertain him, and he also offered to give 200,000 taels of silver to the army.

If Gao Yang was unwilling to enter the city, he could send a naval warship to send the officers and soldiers of the Beijing battalion across the Han River to pursue the remnants of Li Regent. Any baggage supplies you want are easy to discuss. In short, in a word, he doesn't come out.

Gao Yang has long been in the mood and time to grind with Zuo Liangyu at this moment.

After repeatedly calling Zuo Liangyu out of the city to no avail, Gao Yang immediately ordered the soldiers to use a loudspeaker to shout at Xiangyang City that the imperial court had convicted Zuo Liangyu of rebellion. Let those sergeants take Zuo Liangyu down. Those who caught Zuo Liangyu were not to blame for their past crimes, and they were sealed with brocade clothes and thousands of households, and they were rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver.

Zuo Liangyu has been in a good way over the years, and he is notorious. His sergeants quickly calmed down after a commotion, and were not intimidated by the name of the court.

These officers and soldiers, who are even more thieves than thieves, are called beast armies by the local people. That is to say, these people do all kinds of evil, and their cruelty and tyranny are more terrible than that of wild beasts. Without a real threat, these people will not surrender easily. Because they are all wicked people with no sense of honor at this time.

After the two sides completely tore their faces, it was a real battle of swords and guns.

Xiangyang in this era was a water city. Spring and summer are the rainy seasons. The Hanshui River is extremely wide and the current is turbulent. With the industrial power of this era, it was almost impossible to cut off the water source and drain the moat. This is also the biggest reliance in Zuo Liangyu's heart.

For Gao Yang, the only way is to attack.

The Hanshui River is very wide, Zuo Liangyu placed a large number of artillery on the tall and strong city wall of Xiangyang, its range is enough to cover the wide Hanshui, if anyone wants to cross the river to attack, it must be floating corpses in the river.

If it were to be attacked by other armies in this era, it would inevitably have to pay a heavy price. It's just that these fortified cities, wide rivers, artillery armies or something, are a little inadequate in front of Gao Yang. Because he has a large number of artillery pieces that can be suppressed from a distance!

More than 200 Napoleonic guns with a long range and high accuracy were pulled to the banks of the Hanshui River to build artillery positions. The able-bodied, tall artillery sergeants took off their uniforms and sweated in the sweltering heat to wield military tools to dig gun emplacements and carry a large number of propellants and shells. Preparations for the war were being made.

After lunch, at the hottest hour of the day, the ferocious shelling began.

What would it be like to be under heavy shelling with more than 200 guns? When the new army began to excavate artillery positions, his eyelids were jumping, and Zuo Liangyu, whose heart was shocking, had never seen it before, but now he saw it.

The scorching cannonball, with its piercing screeching sound, pierced the scorching air and smashed heavily on the strong walls of Xiangyang City with unstoppable momentum. Wood and stone splashed, walls collapsed, houses collapsed. The splattering debris in all directions can kill a person in an instant.

The walls of Xiangyang City suddenly became a human purgatory, and the sound of screams and wails was endless.

Can the artillery of the Beijing camp really hit so far?! The beast army under Zuo Liangyu's command was frightened stupid. Such a distance is more than twice the range of the artillery in their hands! Now I can only be beaten, and I can't fight back. The morale of the beast army suddenly fell to a low point.

The tall gate tower of Xiangyang's northern city was soon blown down in the ferocious shelling, twisting and collapsing with a huge roar, stirring up dust that rushed to the sky. As for the beast armies hiding in the city gate, none of them were able to escape alive. All were buried in the rubble.

The powerful firepower of the Beijing camp instantly collapsed these beast armies who usually bullied the people like wolves and tigers. All those who were still alive fled from the tower crying and screaming, and even the generals could not stop them by shouting and slashing with their swords. (To be continued)