Yang Chao is not an expert in Ming history, and he has not read about Zuo Liangyu's rebellion in textbooks, so he did not guard against Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu is thousands of miles away from Jiangnan, and he would not think of guarding against him when he did not know that he would rebel.

Even when Li Zicheng was wandering to Xiangyang, Yang Chao also asked the emperor to give Zuo Liangyu an edict, asking him to resolutely block Li Zicheng's eastward advance, but he didn't expect that before the edict arrived, Zuo Liangyu himself came.

Zuo Liangyu had 300,000 troops, known as 800,000, and went down the river in the name of the Qing monarch's side.

All of a sudden, the Manchu Dynasty was frightened, Ma Shiying, who had just been the first assistant for a long time, insisted on mobilizing all his troops to block Zuo Liangyu, and some courtiers were worried about the Qing army in the north, Ma Shiying was angry and corrupted "I'd rather die in the north, not in the death", saying that "the northern soldiers are here, and they can still negotiate the money, if the left is reversed, then if the senior officials, the monarch and the ministers are afraid of death!" ”

Because Zuo Liangyu is playing the banner of the Qing monarch's side, and he is coming to Qing Ta Ma Shiying's side of the monarch, he naturally can't help but oppose fiercely, and the emperor is also frightened, the Qing monarch has always been an excuse for rebellion, he has only been the emperor for a few months, first Beijing fell, all the way to escape, just sat on the throne, and encountered this kind of thing again, he was really afraid.

So he also supported Ma Shiying's statement, and hurriedly mobilized troops to block Zuo Liangyu, as for the affairs in the north, it was based on what Ma Shiying said.

At this time, the situation in the north suddenly became tense.

Duoduo and his brother Azig attacked Xi'an from Tongguan and the other from northern Shaanxi, and then Duoduo sent troops out of Tongguan into Henan, and Azig pursued Li Zicheng and went to Shangluo.

I thought that Duoduo would suppress the thieves in Henan, who thought that his army would not stay, and he went straight to the south of the Yangtze River, and happened to meet the opportunity for Zuo Liangyu to go east, I have to say that the luck of the Qing army in this era is simply so good that it is heavenly, they can't beat Beijing, Li Zicheng helped them fight, and then gave it up, and then chased Li Zicheng all the way. All the way to occupy the Ming Dynasty.

Now that they are going to fight Jiangnan, Zuo Liangyu will immediately be their free vanguard, if they don't know that the communication of this era is impossible to discuss in advance, it will make people wonder whether Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu were bought by the Qing army.

But this situation did make the Nanjing court, which had just been stable for a long time, very passive.

Yang Chao urgently entered the court and resolutely opposed Ma Shiying's proposal to mobilize the four towns of Jiangbei to block Zuo Liangyu. The four towns in Jiangbei could not move, and even had to transfer troops from the south of the Yangtze River to strengthen the defense of Jiangbei, Yang Chao always regarded the Manchu Qing as the number one enemy, as for Zuo Liangyu, Yang Chao immediately said that he personally went out.

But it was too late. On the day when Zuo Liangyu received the news of Zuo Liangyu's eastward departure, the frightened imperial court sent someone to send a message to Shi Kefa, the governor of Jiangbei, asking him to gather all his forces to surround Nanjing.

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing, his luck was too bad, the situation suddenly changed sharply, especially Zuo Liangyu's rebellion, which caught people off guard.

But soon Yang Chao made a decision, that is, to go west. With Zuo Liangyu here, he can't go north with peace of mind, so he simply fights Zuo Liangyu first, since he wants to fight, he must finish his work in one battle, and do his best to completely eliminate Zuo Liangyu at once, completely eliminate the troubles, and then go north to resist the Qing Dynasty, otherwise it will be too passive to fight on both sides.

The reason why it was decided to hit Zuo Liangyu first. There is also something to consider, that is, after all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty attacked by land, and Zuo Liangyu went downstream, and Zuo Liangyu should arrive first in terms of speed. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was in the camp step by step, and there were four towns in Jiangbei to block it, and Nanjing should not be able to be attacked within a month.

And Yang Chao's whole army stormed, and in a month, he should be able to defeat Zuo Liangyu, and then lead his troops downstream. Go directly to Guazhou and Yangzhou, I believe that the Qing army may not be able to hit Yangzhou at that time, Yang Chao estimates that as long as the army in Jiangbei is slightly blocked, the Qing army will enter Huai'an at most at that time, Huai'an Yang Chao is very familiar, the city is high and the walls are thick, as long as there are 10,000 people to defend, the Qing army will not want to fight down in a month.

made a decision, and asked the emperor for his life, under the crisis, the little emperor finally remembered this fierce general who had been by his side to protect him, and couldn't help but regret it, and held a family banquet for Yang Chao, let Yang Chao take the princess, and had a meal with him, at the dinner table, the emperor said to Yang Chao that his imperial sister has been without a queen, and took the initiative to suggest that Yang Chao accept two concubines, and the Yang family could not be left behind.

The emperor made excuses and agreed to Yang Chao's request for a concubine, but at this time Yang Chao refused, saying that everything would be said after repelling Zuo Liangyu and the Qing army, and then he hurriedly returned to the camp to prepare for the expedition.

The emperor left his sister Zhu Yujiao to live in the palace for a few days, and recalled the feelings of Yang Chao who sent troops to rescue them from Beijing and escorted them all the way, and also expressed his belief that Yang Chao would be able to defeat Zuo Liangyu and the Qing army.

Yang Chao didn't care about the love of his children, and he didn't even see the two concubines he wanted to accept, but just went home to say hello, immediately entered the barracks, and gave orders one after another.

All the soldiers and officers who were on leave immediately canceled their leave and returned to the camp, all the ships that had not departed were immediately on standby at the dock, and all the ships on the return trip immediately stopped sailing, prepared supplies and loaded the ships, and three days later the whole army set off to attack Zuo Liangyu!

Zuo Liangyu was menacing, and his 300,000 troops all went down the river by boat, which was indeed faster than the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

When the news of his eastward journey reached Nanjing, he had already traveled a short and half voyage to Jiujiang.

On the first day of the first month of April, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers went to Jiujiang and invited Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiang, to meet him.

Zuo Liangyu explained to Yuan Jixian that the purpose of his eastward trip was to clear the monarch's side and to get rid of the traitors.

But Yuan Jixian didn't listen to Zuo Liangyu at all, the reason why he saw Zuo Liangyu was to persuade Zuo Liangyu to get lost and return.

It's a pity that Yuan Jixian is righteous to Zuo Liangyu, "The old virtues of the first emperor cannot be forgotten, and the new grace of the present cannot be negative", Zuo Liangyu did not listen at all, Zuo Liangyu hoped that Yuan Jixian could let him enter Jiujiang, and Yuan Jixian did not agree.

Yuan Jixian also begged Zuo Liangyu's subordinate generals to pay respects, hoping that they would cherish the people, and it was not too late to get lost spontaneously.

Zuo Liangyu's subordinates only knew that there was Zuo Liangyu, but they didn't know that Emperor Youming had completely become a warlord.

So Yuan Jixian returned to Jiujiang City and ordered his troops to hold on and not allow the left soldiers to enter the city.

Who would have thought that Zhang Shixun, the general of Jiujiang, had already colluded with Zuo Liangyu in private, and set fire to the whole city at night, and Zuo Liangyu's troops took advantage of the situation to enter the city to kill, kidnap, and plunder.

Zuo Liangyu sent someone to catch Yuan Jixian on his boat, and Yuan Jixian took the opportunity to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water, but he was rescued several times.

In fact, most of the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty still supported the Jiangnan court, not only the governor of Jiangxi Yuan Jixian refused to cooperate with Zuo Liangyu, before in Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu also robbed He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang with a good reputation, to the boat, and wanted the highest civil official in Huguang to go to the side of the Qing monarch with him, which seemed justifiable, but He Tengjiao was unwilling, and he also jumped into the river while people were unprepared, his luck was obviously much better than Yuan Jixian, and he drifted for twenty miles, not only did he not die, but he was also rescued by a fishing boat.

At this time, Yang Chao had already set off with the whole army, and rushed to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River day and night.

Yang Chao went upstream, set off on April 1, the speed was less than one-third of Zuo Liangyu's army, and just after arriving in Wuhu, he encountered Zuo Liangyu's forward army.

The left army was attacking the city, and Yang Chao's vanguard was led by Wang Pu, and as soon as they landed on the shore, they attacked Zuo Liangyu's army, and the left army was defeated.

When Yang Chao's army arrived in Wuhu, Wang Pu had already pursued Zuo Liangyu's army ten miles away.

Since Zuo Liangyu's army had arrived in Taiping Mansion (Fucheng Wuhu), Yang Chao asked some soldiers to simply land in Wuhu and sent 3,000 cavalry to follow Wang Pu.

He continued to go up the river with the main army, attacking the warships of the Zuo Army all the way, sweeping all the way to Chizhou, only to finally disappear Zuo Liangyu's warships, which should have left all the Zuo Liangyu's army behind, and then Yang Chao's main force landed at Chikou.

Then the waterway marched together, attacking eastward, and Wang Pu at both ends, with the aim of completely annihilating Zuo Liangyu's army.

The weakness of Zuo Liangyu's army was beyond Yang Chao's imagination, there was almost no general, at the beginning Yang Chao set up a position, and he could fight a battle or two with them, and soon saw Yang Chao's banner, the left army fled when he heard the wind.

Yang Chao marched all the way and forced Zuo Liangyu's army downstream.

On the tenth day of the first month of April, at the junction of Ningguo Mansion and Taiping Mansion, Yang Chao and Wang Pu surrounded Zuo Liangyu's army, and recommended it in one go, killing 50,000 of the left army and capturing 100,000.

And Yang Chao also rescued Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiangxi, after learning the position of this civil official from the mouth of the captive, Yang Chao felt that he did not follow Zuo Liangyu to rebel, he was a righteous man, and he should continue to stay in Jiujiang to guard, as for his crime of losing the city, Yang Chao decided to intercede for him, and he should not be punished, so he invited a banquet to appease him.

At the same time, he also discussed the problem of Zuo Liangyu with Yuan Jixian, because Zuo Liangyu was never found.

"Zuo Reverse is dead!"

Yuan Jixian's words made Yang Chao feel very sudden.

After careful inquiry, I learned that Zuo Liangyu slaughtered and died on the ship three days later, Yuan Jixian said that it was retribution, and after Zuo Liangyu's death, his subordinates supported Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Mengeng as the main one, and continued to go south to avoid Li Zicheng for Nanjing.

Yang Chao didn't believe in any retribution, he only cared: "Where is Zuo Mengeng?" ”

Yuan Jixian sighed: "Uncle Yang and Wang Shi rushed forward, and the small reverse rushed westward, I don't know where. ”

At this time, a hearty voice suddenly sounded.

A military general with bright armor strode in.

"You son Yang Guanlan, Lao Tzu has really admired me for a long time."

According to Yang Chao, he shouted.

Yang Chao couldn't help but be stunned, the guards at the door had already rushed in.

"General, this person calls himself the Marquis of Jingnan, he doesn't listen to dissuasion, and he forcibly breaks in!"

Jingnanhou? Huang Degong!

Yang Chao had also heard of Huang Degong's name, because his subordinates did not loot.

His station is in Chuzhou and Hezhou, and Hezhou and Taiping Mansion are facing each other across the river, in fact, Huang Degong almost arrived at Taiping Mansion at about the same time as Yang Chao, and Yang Chao quickly entered the west from the waterway, so he failed to meet this Huang Degong.

"It turned out to be the Marquis of Jingnan, Jiuyang!"

Yang Chao didn't blame Huang Degong for being rude, and returned the salute with a smile.

Huang Degong had already sat on the chair with a big grin, casually arched his hand to Yuan Jixian, picked up the wine glass and drank it, and at the same time shouted for the guards to add a pair of chopsticks. (To be continued.) )