Xu Zhong stood motionless at the head of the city, and after seeing the last of Zhu Neng's cavalry disappear, Xu Zhong closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and felt a sense of powerlessness all over his body.

In the Jing Disaster, he followed King Yan, won battles, and also suffered heavy defeats, the worst time, he was shot on the thumb by an arrow just after he went into battle, Xu Zhong directly cut off his finger at that time, resulting in him can no longer use a bow and arrow.

Even after suffering defeat, Xu Zhong never had a sense of despair and powerlessness.

But at this moment, he felt a deep sense of despair and powerlessness.

"Yongkang Hou, when are we leaving?" At this time, a conductor behind him asked him in a low voice.

Zhu Neng asked them to separate from him on foot, whether by water or by land, follow them.

The main intention was obviously to attract Zhu Gaoxu's firepower.

That is equivalent to giving up their 70,000-step battalion.

That's 70,000 living people.

Even if Zhu Gaoxu really had 50,000 cavalry, 70,000 infantry could still fight with him in Xu Zhong's eyes.

Zhu Nengneng led more than 10,000 cavalry with them, and Xu Zhong was confident that he would bring most of them back to Changsha.

But now, Zhu Neng ran first.

Xu Zhong thought about it calmly at this time, and said slowly: "The King of Han has occupied Qiyang, if we still take the waterway, Qiyang is the only way, and when the King of Han sinks a few boats in the river, he will immediately be able to block our 70,000 brothers in Qiyang, and then it will really be over, besides, there are not so many boats with 70,000 people." ”

The generals on the side nodded one after another, but there were also humanitarians: "If you take the land route, the King of Han has 50,000 elite horsemen, and it is easy to be intercepted, I am afraid it will be even worse." ”

Everyone nodded again.

Xu Zhong wanted to say that King Han might not have 50,000, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed again.

Many people frowned, it is not easy to walk by land, and it is not easy to walk by water, what should I do?

"Special mother, it's better to lower it." Someone suddenly spoke.

"Hiss" The surrounding generals all gasped, and everyone stared at the man.

Now those who can be by Xu Zhong's side are basically at the command level, and there are a few of Xu Zhong's henchmen who have thousands or hundreds of households.

This person ignored so many people at the scene, and said it openly, which really frightened everyone.

Xu Zhong also turned his head to look, a little familiar, and quickly remembered that when Jing was martyred, this person seemed to be Qiu Fu's hundred households, and now he is a certain commander of the guard, surnamed Yu.

At the time of the Jingjing, Qiu Fu had a good relationship with the King of Han, and it is estimated that this person also had an intersection with the King of Han.

"Bastard, what are you talking about, come on, drag him down, cut him down." Xu Zhong was furious on the spot.

The surrounding generals hurriedly pleaded one after another, and some people said that Brother Yu had drunk in the morning, what nonsense was there, and he quickly apologized to Yongkang Hou.

All the generals were pleading, Xu Zhong scolded him a few words, then found a step, did not take an example, and dared to talk nonsense, and he would not be spared.

It stands to reason that the surname Yu said in public that he would be beheaded no matter what, but Xu Zhong actually didn't behead, and his reaction was seen by everyone.

And Xu Zhong not only did not behead, but after Zhu Neng left, he led 70,000 soldiers and horses to stop in Yongzhou Mansion and did not leave in a hurry.

At this time, the rebel army may enter Huguang at any time, and there are soldiers and horses of the King of Han to intercept the road, but Xu Zhong does not move, which inevitably makes people think about it.

In the afternoon of the same day, before it was dark, Wu Jinfu, the commander of Yongzhou Wei, found Yu Xingzhou, who had just said that he had surrendered.

Before Zhu Neng entered Guangxi, he stationed more than 5,000 people in Yongzhouwei to guard this retreat with heavy troops.

Now that Zhu Neng has been defeated and left with the cavalry, Wu Jinfu doesn't want to be left behind.

He thought very clearly, if the rebels entered Huguang and Xu Zhong led his troops and horses to retreat, Xu Zhong had two choices.

Either take the soldiers and horses of Yongzhou Wei and abandon Yongzhou, but this may be punished.

Either leave some soldiers and horses after the break, defend Yongzhou, in order to be innocent, if you want to leave the soldiers and horses broken, the one who guards Yongzhou must be his Yongzhou guard.

Wu Jinfu was not sure whether Xu Zhong would give up Yongzhou, but instead of leaving his fate to Xu Zhong's decision, it was better to let himself choose.

Rather than wait for the rebels to hit the door and then surrender, why not?

When he came to Yu Xingzhou, it was dinner, and Yu Xingzhou had already asked someone to drink.

Yu Xingzhou escaped death during the day, and he didn't take it to heart, and he called a few brothers to drink at night, and as soon as he started drinking, he heard that Wu Jinfu asked to see him, and he was stunned for a moment, and then asked people to beckon Wu Jinfu in.

As soon as Wu Jinfu entered the courtyard, he smelled the smell of wine, and he was stunned when he entered the house.

There were seven or eight generals at the scene, most of them were Yu Xingzhou's same guard, there were thousands of households, commanders, and even hundreds of households.

Yu Xingzhou had never spoken to Wu Jinfu before, and he was only familiar with Wu Jinfu in the city today, and when he saw Wu Jinfu coming in, he quickly got up: "Come on, brothers, this is Wu Jinfu, the commander of Yongzhou Guard, Brother Wu." ”

He is familiar with himself, and he calls out to his eldest brother when he opens his mouth, but looking at this appearance, he seems to be older than Wu Jinfu.

A room of generals got up one after another to meet Commander Wu, Brother Wu and other titles.

Wu Jinfu nodded with a smile and responded one by one.

"Come on, add a pair of chopsticks." Yu Xingzhou shouted.

Wu Jinfu thought about it, but he was not polite, so he sat down next to Yu Xingzhou.

"Brother Yu is from that guard?" Wu Jinfu had actually found out what kind of guard Yu Xingzhou was, but he deliberately found a topic.

"Most of us are from Ganjiangwei." Yu Xingzhou said: "This is Yuan Zhouwei's commander, Brother Liu. ”

Yu Xingzhou and the others were originally from the Jiangxi Health Institute, and except for Yuan Zhouwei, they were all Ganjiangwei.

Wu Jinfu's mind immediately appeared a picture of Jiangxi.

Jiangxi soldiers and horses are relatively few, there are only three or four guards in total, and the people of the two guards are on the scene, it can be seen that the imperial court has transferred a lot of soldiers and horses in Jiangxi, after this defeat, I am afraid that Jiangxi is empty again, as long as the rebels can enter Jiangxi, they will definitely surrender.

"Brother Yu was also Yan Jun before?" Wu Jinfu asked cautiously.

At the time of Jingjing, he belonged to the Southern Army, and was the commander of Yongzhou Wei at that time.

"Yan Jun, we have a few brothers here, and we followed Qi Guogong (Qiu Fu) at that time."

Wu Jinfu nodded heavily, then looked left and right, and felt that this should be Yu Xingzhou's confidant brother, so he said: "I heard that the Duke of Qi was friendly with the King of Han back then. ”

Bang, Yu Xingzhou took the case and said loudly: "Back then, the Duke of Qi and the Marquis of Yongkang (Xu Zhong) jointly asked His Majesty to canonize the King of Han as the crown prince many times, but unfortunately it didn't work out, otherwise the King of Han would have raised an army, and we wouldn't have to fight our own people." ”

Yu Xingzhou shouldn't have much wine, and he wasn't drunk, so he suddenly said this, and pretended to be drunk, and a few people on the side hurriedly gave him a look.

Because Wu Jinfu was not familiar with everyone before, who knows what he meant?

Wu Jinfu saw it in his eyes and knew that the generals didn't trust him, after all, he had no friendship with these Jiangxi generals before.

He said decisively: "Brother Shu, let me tell you the truth, if the army retreats to Changsha, Brother Yu, ninety percent will be beheaded." ”

"Hiss" The scene suddenly took a breath of cold air, and everyone looked at each other.

Wu Jinfu's face did not change, and continued: "The imperial court has just been defeated, and Brother Yu said in public to surrender, although everyone was persuading Yongkang Hou during the day, but it was true and false, but it could not be seen from the surface. ”

"I see that many soldiers and horses are retreating from Guangxi and other places, if there are people with intentions hidden among them, such as Zhu Neng's henchmen, and then report to the authorities when they return to Changsha, not only will the Yu brothers be beheaded, but even Yongkang Hou will be unlucky."

Yu Xingzhou's wine seemed to have suddenly woken up, and he looked at Wu Jinfu with an incredulous expression.

Yuan Zhouwei, who was surnamed Liu on the side, commanded the affairs, and at this time also said in a deep voice: "Yongkang Hou did not give an order today, and he did not move, so he is probably afraid of this matter." ”

Xu Zhong didn't kill Yu Xingzhou today, in case someone reports it after retreating to Changsha, this crime can be big or small.

Yu Xingzhou's face was even more ugly, and what Wu Jinfu said faintly felt was reasonable, this required the whole army to retreat to Changsha safely, as long as someone reported it, he would definitely be unlucky.

"In my opinion." Wu Jinfu was shocked at this time: "Yongkang Hou actually wants to surrender, but he is afraid of something. ”

Wu Jinfu's words completely shocked several people at the scene.

"Yongkang Hou wants to surrender?" Yu Xingzhou is even more incredible.

"If Yongkang Hou doesn't want to surrender, he will behead Brother Yu today." Wu Jinfu said lightly.

Wu Jinfu's words seem to make some sense, if Xu Zhong is replaced by Zhu Neng, he will inevitably behead Yu Xingzhou today.

"Special mother, Lao Tzu can't go back to Changsha." Yu Xingzhou also came back to his senses, he wanted to go back to Changsha, as long as someone reported it, Zhu Neng would definitely settle accounts after the autumn, and Xu Zhong would not be able to protect him at that time.

Xu Zhong is probably also thinking about this problem, Xu Zhong did not kill Yu Xingzhou, and he also has to consider whether Zhu Neng will settle accounts with him if someone reports it after returning to Changsha.

Yu Xingzhou looked at Wu Jinfu at this time, and his eyes flashed: "Is Brother Wu here?" "Is it the man of the King of Han?

"Lao Tzu doesn't want to stay in Yongzhou." Wu Jinfu said in a deep voice: "If Yongkang Hou decides to leave, he may be afraid of the crime of losing Yongzhou, and he will inevitably leave the army behind, and when the time comes, Lao Tzu will definitely stay." ”

He is the commander of Yongzhou Wei, and when the army leaves, he will definitely be left behind, because Yongzhou is a key waterway, and it is the first pass for Guangxi to enter Huguang, which needs to be heavily guarded.

Every place where the Ming court is guarded is very important, and the Yongzhou guard is located here, of course, it is a key point.

If Xu Zhong leaves, it is impossible to leave with him, and giving up Yongzhou is also a big crime.

Yu Xingzhou immediately heard the meaning, if Xu Zhong decided to leave, Wu Jinfu would be left behind, would Wu Jinfu fight or surrender?

If you fight, you may die, if you fall, it is better to surrender early, and the soldiers will descend under the city, and then surrender, which will have a great credit for descending now.

At this point, the two almost had a showdown.

"Bang" Yu Xingzhou smashed a wine glass to the ground: "No, Lao Tzu can't go to Changsha, so he just reversed and did it with King Han." ”

He had already said it during the day, and now he said that there was no pressure, and several brothers around him looked at each other.

Wu Jinfu was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "The King of Han has won a hundred battles, and the situation in the court is not good, if you want to rebel, you have to fight as soon as possible. ”

"That's it." Everyone nodded their heads, understanding this truth.

(End of chapter)