Liu Liangzuo, whose name is Mingfu, is a native of Zuowei in Datong, Shanxi, who had rebelled with Li Zicheng before, and later fell out with Li Zicheng and joined the imperial court.

He usually likes to ride a variegated flower-haired horse, so he is nicknamed Huama Liu.

After Liu Liangzuo surrendered to the imperial court, he fought a lot with Li Zicheng and other peasant armies, made many military exploits, and was promoted all the way to the position of chief soldier.

He and his brother Liu Liangchen both served in the official army, but four years ago, his younger brother Liu Liangchen followed Zu Dashou to surrender to Jiannu outside the Guan.

But Zu Dashou surrendered by fraud, and later Zu Dashou found an opportunity to escape back to the Ming Dynasty, but Liu Liangchen did not come back, but sold his life to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Although Liu Liangchen surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and never returned, this did not affect Liu Liangzuo's future, not only did he not suffer the influence of his younger brother's defection to the enemy, but the official became bigger and bigger.

The reason why this is so is mainly because this kid has some ability to fight, he is familiar with the internal situation of the peasant army, and he is from the peasant army, so he can fight back and forth with Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves in the Central Plains, and he is not left behind.

As soon as the imperial decree arrived, Liu Liangzuo felt that his opportunity to make a fortune had come.

He held the holy decree in his hand and said to his subordinates: "Jiangxi is a good place, the emperor wants me to lead my troops to suppress the rebels in Yuanzhou, don't ask, our brothers haven't fought for a long time, tell everyone to clean up and leave tomorrow to cross the river to the south!" ”

Liu Liangzuo's subordinates are all from a group of rogues, and their favorite thing on weekdays is to fight.

Because as long as there is a war, they can rob money, food, and women reasonably and legally.

The Susong area has been almost overwhelmed by them, and there is no war at the moment, and the brothers have not opened meat for several months.

In the eyes of Liu Liangzuo's subordinates, all the thieves are like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, they are all a group of rabble, don't look at their babbling and claiming that there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops, but in fact, they can fight so many thousands.

Liu Liangzuo's subordinates have 20,000 horses, and they are all trained in the war all year round.

Liu Liangzuo didn't take Mo Qian in his eyes, Jiangxi is a rich place, not only produces grain, but also Jiangxi girls are very handsome.

Liu Liangzuo has three hobbies, beauty, gold and silver, and being an official.

The women he likes are all yellow flower girls, but anyone else has touched them, no matter how good-looking they are, he doesn't even look at them.

But if this woman is a big girl with yellow flowers, once he takes a fancy to it, then no matter what he does, he will grab it and enjoy it.

Not to mention gold, silver and power, who doesn't like such a thing as promotion and wealth?

Early the next morning, Liu Liangzuo led more than 20,000 infantry cavalry to cross the Yangtze River to the south, but when he arrived at the Yangtze River, he found that the ferry was not enough.

Liu Liangzuo didn't spend money to rent a ship, he directly sent troops to the official ship at the ferry, directly stopped the passing merchant ships on the Yangtze River, and forcibly requisitioned them.

The Yangtze River is full of big ships, many of which come out of Chongqing, and they pull either Shu brocade or grain, all of which are valuable things.

Liu Liangzuo wants to forcibly requisition their ships, and now the merchant ships will not do it, this shipload is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, and he will be requisitioned, which is a heavy loss.

Liu Liangzuo didn't talk nonsense with these merchants, he directly asked his subordinates to kill all the escorts on these merchant ships, leaving only sailors and laborers, and the corpses were thrown directly into the Yangtze River, and floated away along the river to the east.

After grabbing the boat, Liu Liangzuo led the army across the Yangtze River, and then plunged headlong into the boundary of Jiujiang Mansion.

His subordinates reported to him: "Dashuai, let's go directly south into Poyang Lake, and then enter the Zhangjiang River from Wucheng, and we can go up the river into Nanchang Mansion." ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Liangzuo waved his hand at him and said: "No, let the fleet land in Jiujiang first, and go to Nanchang by land!" ”

The subordinates were full of question marks and asked: "Dashuai, let's take a boat to the south is obviously faster, why do you take the land route?" ”

Liu Liangzuo slapped his subordinates on the iron helmets and scolded: "You idiot, if you don't go ashore, how can Lao Tzu take you to make a fortune?" ”

The subordinates understood in an instant, and immediately turned around and shouted: "The commander has an order, the whole army has landed in Jiujiang!" ”

Liu Liangzuo led 20,000 soldiers to land from Dehua, Jiujiang, and as soon as the ship docked, the news reached the ears of Zhang Maoqian, the prefect of Jiujiang.

As soon as Zhang Maoqian heard that the person was Liu Liangzuo, his face immediately turned green, he knew very well about Liu Liangzuo on the other side of the Yangtze River, although this guy was an official of the imperial court, but he never did personnel.

What has become of the Jiangbei region that has been ruined by him, and now it has run to his territory again, and Zhang Maoqian's people are suddenly not good.

The location of Jiujiang Mansion is special, the imperial court not only set up a banknote pass in Jiujiang, but also has a patrol yamen, Zhang Maoqian, the Jiujiang prefect, not only has to coax the eunuchs in the banknote pass, but also has to listen to the words of the patrol yamen, originally this official did very aggrieved, and now there is another Anqing chief soldier Liu Liangzuo, which is not allowed to live.

Zhang Maoqian immediately ordered the defenders of the city to close the four gates immediately, and then all the defenders climbed the city wall and defended the city!

Liu Liangzuo led an army of 20,000 to the city leisurely, but found that the city gate was closed, and he was immediately angry.

He rode his flower horse to the city wall, pointed at the people on the city tower with a horsewhip in his hand and shouted: "Damn, I am Liu Liangzuo, the newly sealed Anqing general soldier of the imperial court, and I am specially ordered by the emperor to go south to Linjiang Mansion to suppress bandits. ”

Zhang Maoqian poked out his head and glanced outside the city, and found that the army outside the city was pressed by a large area, and immediately beat a drum in his heart.

He shouted loudly to the city: "It's General Liu, Zhang Maoqian, the lowly prefect of Jiujiang, if the general wants to go south to suppress the bandits, he can go by boat, why take the land route?" ”

As soon as Liu Liangzuo heard that the person who shouted was the prefect of Jiujiang, he immediately scolded: "Your grandmother has a leg, Lao Tzu led the troops to fight, how to march is my business, why do you care so much?" Ben Shuai told you, if you don't open the city gate today, Lao Tzu I will lead the army to attack the city, and I will tell the emperor when I turn around, you Zhang Maoqian will not let my subordinates enter the city to rest, delay me to suppress the bandits, I see how you explain! ”

When Zhang Maoqian heard that Liu Liangzuo was going to attack the city, he was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he asked the officials on the left and right in a panic what to do.

Some said that they would open the gates and let them into the city, while others said that they could not be let into the city, and that they had to be allowed to go.

The two sides quarreled, and Liu Liangzuo under the city saw that there was no response from the city tower for a long time, and he was immediately angry.

With a wave of his hand, he said to his subordinate generals behind him, "Prepare to attack the city!" ”

Okay, this bandit has not started yet, Liu Liangzuo is ready to take Jiujiang Mansion to practice first.

When the bureaucrats on the city tower saw that Liu Liangzuo was playing seriously, they immediately didn't dare to quarrel anymore, and hurriedly opened the city gate and enlarged the army into the city.

As soon as Liu Liangzuo entered the city, he arrested all the officials such as the prefect, and he pointed at Zhang Maoqian and said: "This marshal was ordered to go south to Jiangxi to suppress bandits, and it was you Jiangxi people who helped me, and my brothers didn't bring anything when they went out, so they had to trouble Lord Zhang with this grain and grass!" ”

Zhang Maoqian's face turned green when he heard this.

He was surprised: "What? Want us to provide food and grass? Mr. Liu, the imperial court doesn't have such rules? ”

Liu Liangzuo was not happy when he heard this, and he said with a straight face: "Do you want my brother to fight hungry? Ben Shuai told you, these brothers of mine, they all came from Li Zicheng and them with me, they used to be rogues, if you don't hurry up and prepare grain and grass today, I'm afraid I won't be able to control them! ”

Threat! This is a naked threat!

Zhang Maoqian wanted to scold this guy for being shameless, but he didn't dare, the name of Huama Liu spread on both sides of the river, and he could really do this kind of thing.

Zhang Maoqian had no choice but to ask his subordinates to open the official warehouse and release grain.

But there is not much food in the official warehouse, only a thousand stones, and this bit of food is not enough to even stuff Liu Liangzuo's teeth.

At dinner, Liu Liangzuo called Zhang Maoqian over again, and he said: "This headquarters gives you three days, you go and prepare 10,000 stones of grain and grass, 20,000 taels of silver, Lao Tzu wants to go south to suppress bandits, when you prepare the grain and grass, this headquarters will start when to pull!" ”

Zhang Maoqian heard this number and wanted to go up and slaughter this guy with a knife, but he still didn't dare.

The next morning, Zhang Maoqian invited all the landlords and squires around the city to the mansion, and said openly and honestly that he wanted the squires to donate food and money, and announced the amount.

Where is the squire of Jiujiang Mansion so easy to provoke, when he heard that he was going to donate so much money and food, his head suddenly shook like a rattle.

Zhang Maoqian talked bitterly for a long time, saying that Liu Liangzuo couldn't be worse anymore, and this group of squires still didn't pull out a dime.

Zhang Maoqian's heart attack almost came out, and he said angrily: "Since you don't want to give food, then you should bear the consequences!" ”

Zhang Maoqian directly picked his son and quit, he announced to the public that he had a sudden illness, and he hid directly in the government and did not come out.

Liu Liangzuo waited for two days, but he didn't see a grain or a tael of silver, not only did he not see the grain, but even Zhang Maoqian couldn't see it.

sent someone out to ask, only to find out that Zhang Maoqian was actually sick.

Liu Liangzuo was suddenly annoyed, and he said ruthlessly: "Okay, since you dare not be handsome, come here, pass the order, and let the brothers let go of the robbery!" ”

Liu Liangzuo's subordinates were originally from rogue families, and if Liu Liangzuo hadn't given an order in the past two days, they would have robbed a long time ago.

In the prosperous land of Jiujiang Mansion, these rogues from the north have long been greedy and drooling, and those girls in the Qinglou are not known how many times more tender than the water in the north.

Now that the commander-in-chief had given the order, they had nothing to fear, and that night, the officers and soldiers began to loot and set fire to the city.

All 27 large households in the city were robbed, and more than 300 people were killed.

The looting continued until the next morning, and after the robbery of the city, the rebels felt that it was not enough to enjoy it, and set their sights on several surrounding towns.

The rebels came out in all directions, looting all the dozens of towns and villages around Jiujiang Mansion, whether it was the people or the rich, as long as the army passed, people and animals would not exist!