Wuchang, Jingnan Hou Mansion.

Zuo Mengeng entered the warm pavilion angrily and reported to Zuo Liangyuyu: "Dad, that guy Cheng Wenfan ran away." ”

"Ran away?" Zuo Liangyu was stunned and said, "Where did you go?" ”

Zuo Mengeng said: "I don't know. ”

"Damn, Cheng Wenfan, this bastard." Zuo Liangyu said angrily, "When I see that Lao Tzu is down, I want to run, but there is no door, someone is coming!" ”

A pro-soldier had already entered and responded loudly: "Here." ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Tell me to shake the flag, immediately block the four gates of Wuchang, no one is allowed to enter and leave without Lao Tzu's order, whoever fucking dares to disobey the order, and kill him." ”

"Yes."

The soldiers agreed and took the order.

After the soldiers left, Zuo Liangyu asked Zuo Mengeng again: "Son, is there any news from Anqing?" ”

Zuo Mengeng said: "There is no definite news yet, but the child heard some rumors." ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "What rumors? Say it. ”

Zuo Mengeng said: "The child heard that Lord Huang Shu and Master Liu have asked Wang Pu to kill, and Jin Shengtan, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoyong, and Li Yong have also defected to the enemy. ”

"What did you say?" Zuo Liangyu was shocked when he heard this, "Jin Shengtan and they all defected to the enemy?" ”

Zuo Mengeng said: "Dad, this is just a rumor......"

"His grandmother's, these four bastards have already defected." Zuo Liangyu said angrily, "Otherwise, there wouldn't have been any news back until now!" These four white-eyed wolves, Lao Tzu usually treats them like brothers, but he didn't expect to end up stabbing Lao Tzu in the back. ”

Zuo Liangyu will be repentant in his intestines, and he knew that he should not leave 80,000 elites in Jiujiang.

Zuo Liangyu also pointed to the general soldiers of the four towns of Jin Shengtan and the 80,000 elites who could resist for a while, but he didn't expect that all the troops surrendered to the court before the battle was fought, and now Zuo Liangyu only had hundreds of thousands of rabbles left, how could he compete with Wang Pu?

Zuo Mengeng said: "Dad, the elite of our army are all under the command of Jin Shengtan, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoyong, and Li Yong, if they really rebel, Wuchang City is afraid that it will not be able to hold it." ”

"You're right, I'm afraid Wuchang won't be able to hold it." Zuo Liangyu said in a condensed voice, "We have to hurry up and find a way to survive, otherwise when the Central Army reaches Wuchang, it will be all over." ”

Zuo Mengeng said: "Dad, why don't you go to Guanzhong to join Li Zicheng?" ”

"." Zuo Liangyu said, "Li Zicheng has no room for people, and if you go to Guanzhong to cast him, you are looking for death." ”

Zuo Mengeng said: "Then go to Sichuan and vote for Zhang Xianzhong." ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Zhang Xianzhong is a defeated general under Lao Tzu, go to him, where do you let Lao Tzu's face go?" ”

"Then ......," Zuo Mengeng said, "then I can only go to Henan to join the Red Lady." ”

"Fart." Zuo Liangyu said angrily, "Lao Tzu is also a dignified seven-foot man, how can he bend the knee of a woman's crotch?" ”

Zuo Mengeng said: "Dad, don't you want to go to Jiannu?" ”

"Jiannu is too far away, and I can't defect if I want to." Zuo Liangyu said, "Let's go to Shanxi to defect to Wu Sangui." ”

"Wu Sangui?" Zuo Mengeng said, "Can he take us in?" ”

"I don't know." Zuo Liangyu said, "Son, I have to work hard for you this time, you go to Taiyuan in person and tell Wu Sangui what Lao Tzu meant." ”

"Daddy." Zuo Mengeng was taken aback, and said hurriedly, "I'm your only son, if I have a good one, the Zuo family will be doomed." ”

"Useless stuff." Zuo Liangyu was angry from his heart, slapped Zuo Mengeng in the face, and roared, "Are you going?" If you don't go, I'll cut you now! ”

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At the north gate of Hukou, Wang Pu stood on top of the city tower with his hands on the battlement.

Liu Qingyan and Liu Rushi stood beside Wang Pu, and behind him stood Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng, Huang Degong, Shi Lang and other general soldiers of the four towns!

Wang Pu Huoran turned his head, his gaze swept over Zhao Xin and Tang Sheng's faces like a knife, and said in a deep voice: "Are you ready?" ”

Zhao Xin and Tang Sheng replied suddenly: "Ready!" ”

Wang Pu said: "Go ahead." ”

"Yes!"

The general soldiers of the ten towns agreed with a bang and took the order to leave.

When Zhao Xin and the others got down from the city tower, Liu Ru said in a low voice: "Master Hou, do you want to think about it again?" ”

"Consider?" Wang Pu said coldly, "What are you considering?" ”

Liu said: "The little woman thinks that since Jin Shengtan, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoyong, Xu Yong and other commanders of the four towns have decided to surrender, and Hou Ye has also accepted their surrender, then they should no longer be held accountable for their murder. ”

"You're so naïve." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Do you think Jin Shengtan, Li Guoyong, Xu Yong, and Lu Guangzu can restrain their subordinates and no longer harm the people?" ”

Liu said: "Master Hou can give Li Chengdong a chance for them, why can't he give Jin Shengtan a chance?" ”

"That's different!" Wang Pu said coldly, "Although the military discipline of the Jiangbei Army is corrupt, it is not as bad as the Left Army!" Liu Zeqing is bad, he didn't forget to plunder the people before abandoning Shandong, but he was also a captive, at least he didn't kill people casually, at least he didn't use people to boil oil and light lamps! ”

"But ......"

"But if you look at Zuo Liangyu's army, burn and kill the silver, do all kinds of evil, Jin Shengtan, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoyong, Xu Yong, pardon the banner and call Zuo Liangyu's five tiger generals, will there be fewer innocent people who die in their hands? Such a scumbag scum, if you don't kill it, it's not enough to be angry with the people, and if you don't kill it, it's not enough to thank the world! ”

“……”

"There are also bandit troops in these four towns, more ferocious than thieves, more vicious than Jiannu, if I spare them, what will the soldiers of the Central Army think? What will the people of the world think? Do you want the people of the world to point at my Wang Pu's backbone and scold: Wang Pu, who is killed by God, is actually embarrassed to annihilate these beasts who are inferior to beasts......

"Master Hou." Liu Ru muttered, "Since you want to kill, you shouldn't kill it now." ”

Wang Pu said coldly: "What is the reason? ”

Liu said: "If you kill Jin Shengtan and them now, and then send the army under the four of them to Nanjing as eunuchs, the result can only be to make hundreds of thousands of rebels in Wuchang City die and be determined to resist. ”

"No, you're wrong." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "You don't know the rebels' minds at all. ”

Liu Ru is face showed a trace of dissatisfaction, and said coquettishly: "Please also ask Master Hou for advice." ”

Wang Pu said: "If I forgive the four of Jin Shengtan and the bandit army under the four, then the suffering of the people of Wuchang will only be even worse, and even the people of the surrounding provinces will not be spared, because these scum scum are used to robbing, and they will definitely seize the time to harm the people, because after being absorbed by the central army, they will never have such a good opportunity again!" ”

Liu Ru couldn't help but nodded, Wang Pu's words did make sense.

Wang Pu said: "If I kill the four people of Jin Shengtan, and then castrate all the rebels who surrendered and send them to Nanjing as eunuchs, this can cause a great deterrent to the rebels in Wuchang, and under heavy psychological pressure, the rebels are very likely to collapse without a fight, so that our army can enter and occupy Wuchang without blood, and at the same time, the losses of the people can be reduced to a minimum." ”

"Collapse without a fight?" Liu Ru said in disbelief, "Under the cold lips and teeth, won't the rebels resist stubbornly?" ”

"You overestimate the will of the rebels." Wang Pu said coldly, "This group of rebels will also bully and bully the common people, or rely on the strength of the crowd to bully and bully an opponent who is weaker than them, once they meet a really powerful opponent, whether it is a thief, a Jiannu or the central army, they will be defeated without a fight." ”

Liu Ru was suspicious: "I can't believe it." ”

Wang Pu had a cold murderous intent on his face, and said to Liu Rushi: "As long as the Central Army shows its strength and fighting spirit far superior to the rebels, the rebels will completely collapse!" You see, after the rebels assemble outside the east gate, only 5,000 central troops will make them lose the will to resist, even if they still have weapons in their hands! ”

"Can 5,000 Central Army make 80,000 rebels lose the will to resist?" Liu Ru said in a condensed voice, "The little woman can't believe it. ”

Wang Pu said: "Then you can watch it carefully." ”

Liu said: "The little woman will wait and see. ”

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Half an hour later, the figure of the rebels began to appear outside the north gate of the lake, like a group of black pressed ants, slowly running over from the end of the wilderness towards the mouth of the lake.

When the rebels were still four or five hundred paces away from the city gate, a fast horse suddenly galloped out of the north gate, and the officer of the Central Army on horseback drew his sword and raised it high into the sky, and shouted sharply: "Stop advancing......

Jin Shengtan, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoyong, and Xu Yong, who were in the forefront of the rebels, raised their right arms one after another, and the rebels who were slowly following behind the four stopped one after another, crowded into a mass on the wilderness outside the north gate. At the same time, groups of heavily armed officers and men of the Central Army had already rushed out of the north gate.

Wang Pu and Liu Ru stood on the city tower and saw it tangentially, only to see that the 5,000 central army soldiers were divided into two roads, bypassing the two wings of the rebels, and finally surrounded the 80,000 rebel regiments in a very sparse square array.

There was a slight confusion in the rebel formation, and before Zhao Xin could say anything, all the rebel soldiers had already squatted down with their heads in their hands.

Zhao Xin waved his hand, and a team of officers and soldiers of the Central Army rushed up like a fierce look, and without saying anything, they pressed Jin Shengtan, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoyong, and Xu Yong to the ground.

There was another round of confusion in the rebels' ranks, but soon the confusion subsided.

Liu Ru opened her beautiful eyes in shock, her face was full of disbelief, she really couldn't understand why the 80,000 rebels, still holding weapons in their hands, were so afraid of the 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Central Army? Watching their former lord be killed is indifferent!

The corners of Wang Pu's mouth showed a hint of cold disdain, the performance of the rebels had long been expected by him.

……

(To be continued)