In the territory of Anqing Province, the camp of the Left Army.

Jin Shenghuan angrily slashed at the ground that was frozen stiff by frost and snow, looking at the impregnable Anqing City, not knowing what to say.

As the most warlike general under Zuo Liangyu, he was naturally unwilling to accompany Zuo Liangyu to live on the north bank of the narrow Yangtze River.

He thought that his commander Zuo Liangyu could easily attack Jiangnan with his troops.

After all, there are more than 600,000 troops on his side, and even if the official army has hundreds of thousands of troops, they have to lay out on a front that stretches for thousands of miles, and they have to guard against the Qing army, and their side can attack Jiangnan flexibly and flexibly.

But he didn't expect that Zuo Liangyu, as the coach, would follow the advice of Zhang Shenyan of the Donglin Party, and fight Jiujiang when he knew that Huang Degong's main force was in Jiujiang.

The attack on Jiujiang was blocked, but he listened to Zhang Shenyan's advice and hoped to plot against Zhang Shixun in the city, but the result was fruitless, but it was delayed, and later he hoped to plot against Huang and gain merit.

made the entire army spend money and food in vain on the other side of Jiujiang City.

When Huang Degong sent Weng Zhiqi to attack Susongcheng, he was busy moving to the north to attack, but at this time, it was obvious that the fighter plane had been lost to attack further north.

The left army was repeatedly blocked under the city of Anqing, and the rear was blocked by Weng Zhiqi, a general under Huang Degong.

Jin Shenghuan now feels that the left army has entered a dead end, and he has no power to fight back at all.

He originally wanted to follow Zuo Liangyu to march and be knighted, but he didn't expect that he would end up in disrepute now.

When Jin Shenghuan, who was depressed, was sighing, the generals under his command came over: "Master, there is an envoy from Yuan Gong in Anqing City to pay a visit. ”

Jin Shenghuan could naturally guess what Yuan Jixian was thinking when he came to send the envoy at this time.

Naturally, he will not be reserved now, he wants to be loyal to Zuo Liangyu or something, psychologically, he only regarded himself as an official of the Ming Dynasty, and following Zuo Liangyu to raise troops is just to make a fortune together.

But now, since he has no future with Zuo Liangyu, he doesn't have any burden of deviating from Zuo Liangyu, so he said directly: "Please meet the envoy Liu Ting, be sure to pay attention to concealment, and don't let the people on the handsome side find out." ”

Jin Shenghuan, Dao Xingcheng, Luo Dai, Zhang Yuanliang and other so-called Zuo Liangyu's subordinates are not strictly regarded as Zuo Liangyu's domestic slaves in many cases.

For Zuo Liangyu, there is no so-called distinction between monarchs and ministers, masters and servants, but more like an alliance, because from the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, he gradually unified the warlord alliance under Zuo Liangyu in the battles with the peasant army in Huguang, Sichuan, Henan and other places.

And Zuo Liangyu's pro-army is Zuo Liangyu's real descendants, most of these are Zuo Liangyu's sons and nephews or domestic slaves, who are related by blood or master and servant, have absolute loyalty to Zuo Liangyu, and their natural combat effectiveness is not ordinary.

And because of this.

Although Zuo Liangyu also knew that he had been repeatedly frustrated since the start of the army, he did not show the slightest panic.

As long as the main force of his lineage is still there, he can still control the other generals, and he can stick to this place and wait for the opportunity to change.

Zuo Mengeng, as his son, has a high status in the pro-army, if history has not changed, he will continue to be the "leader of the alliance" after Zuo Liangyu's death under the support of Zuo Liangyu's pro-army and the generals of various departments.

But now, Zuo Liangyu is not dead, and it is still unpredictable whether history will develop according to the original rules.

Zuo Liangyu is still teaching his son Zuo Mengeng wholeheartedly, he also knows that his time is short, and the only thing he hopes for now is that his son can safely take the family business he earned, that is, the military group composed of hundreds of thousands of troops, to survive in this troubled world and be rich and prosperous all his life.

"Father, the imperial court will definitely not let us stay outside the city of Anqing Mansion all the time, I am afraid that it will clean us up sooner or later, and now even He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang who promised to help us test the tone of the imperial court, has been transferred back to Nanjing in secret, but I am afraid that the imperial court will not easily forgive us."

When Zuo Mengeng said this, his face couldn't help but show a sad look.

"Don't panic, who will sit in this world, it's not certain, now we'd better brake quietly, wait for the opportunity, if it is not bad as my father expected, the Qing Dynasty in the north should have sent troops south, and it is impossible for the imperial court to resist the Qing army without relying on us, even if Ma Shiying and others don't want His Majesty to appease us, we can still learn from Wu Sangui to join the Qing army, maybe we can also mix with the founding fathers!"

As soon as Zuo Liangyu said this, Zuo Mengeng also nodded deeply and said: "What my father said is that the most difficult thing at the moment is still our interior, several uncles have recently taken advantage of my father's critical illness, and they have been eyebrow-raising with Yuan Jixian, Huang Degong and others, especially Jin Shenghuan, because of the great losses in the battles of Jiujiang and Anqing, and there are also a lot of complaints about the current situation. ”

"Very good, just do it, it's understandable that the army is unstable now, but if someone really wants to take the opportunity to make trouble, you don't have to be merciful, you can strike first!"

After Zuo Liangyu said this, he closed his eyes and rested, waved his hand, and motioned for Zuo Mengeng to retreat.

As soon as Zuo Mengeng left Zuo Liangyu's place, he began to order people to pass orders to the generals of various departments, preparing to give orders to himself and his father to surrender.

Jin Shenghuan had just finished contacting Yuan Jixian's envoy at this time, and he was more willing to join the imperial court, but he didn't want to launch an attack on the left army before the war, first, because he didn't want to damage his own troops, and second, after all, he also had affection, even if he Jin Shenghuan was utilitarian, it was not good to immediately attack his former brother.

After Jin Shenghuan, Dao Xingcheng, Luo Dai and others arrived at Zuo Menggeng, Zuo Mengeng conveyed Zuo Liangyu's intention to surrender.

The generals of the left army were naturally quite surprised, but they all agreed that this was indeed a solution, after all, they had turned their backs on the imperial court, and now joining the Qing army may be the only way out.

In addition, the Qing army has rarely been defeated from outside the gate to inside the pass, which can be called the strongest army today, and it has the direction of the future lord of the world.

As for the national righteousness, few civil officials care about it, let alone these warlords who raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch at every turn.

Even, Zuo Mengeng also personally left Jin Shenghuan: "Uncle Jin has followed his father to fight for many years, it can be said that he has worked hard and made great achievements, and even the Prince Ying of the Qing Dynasty has a lot of praise for you, but I am afraid that Uncle Jin will surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and it is unknown to lead the army like my father." ”

"The British prince of the Great Qing Dynasty also knows me?" Jin Shenghuan was indeed a little moved, and hurriedly asked.

"It's not just Prince Ying, even the regent knows about you", Zuo Mengeng said with a smile, and also took out a letter written by his father: "This is a letter from my father to the regent of the Qing Dynasty, and you are also mentioned in it, Uncle Jin can see for himself." ”