In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, on July 25, it was the scorching summer season in the south.

The scorching sun hung high in the sky, like a huge steamer, scorching uncomfortably, and oppressive making it difficult to breathe.

Layers of heat were blowing in the air, and the air above the fields was even twisted by it.

There were no beasts or birds in sight, and even the sound of insects was extremely sluggish.

However, just above the official road, a group of soldiers wearing cloth clothes, red tasseled helmets, and spears on their shoulders were slowly marching towards this hot official road.

Their steps dragged and staggered, one step at a time, extremely slowly, but they still kept moving forward.

Zuo Liangyu held the reins and led the war horse under the seat to slowly walk forward.

Although the Fan Yang felt hat above his head shielded him from the direct sunlight, he was helpless against the heat wave surging around him.

Sweat slowly dripped down Zuo Liangyu's cheeks.

Even if you are riding a war horse, but this scorching heat can still make people sweat.

The sweat that flowed from his body soaked his clothes, sticking to the clothes inside, and it was extremely uncomfortable whether he moved or not.

The weather was hot and sultry, which made Zuo Liangyu feel that his lungs were as unbearable as a fire.

Zuo Liangyu tried his best to control his breathing, but in the end it still had little effect.

But even so, Zuo Liangyu's face remained calm.

"General Town, noon is approaching, the weather is too hot, do you want to camp and rest first, and then march after the afternoon."

Jin Shenghuan, a guerrilla of the Chinese army who followed Zuo Liangyu's side, looked up at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked Zuo Liangyu for his life.

Jin Shenghuan, originally one of the 72 battalion rogues, was called "Yidousu".

After being defeated by Zuo Liangyu, he surrendered to Zuo Liangyu's army.

Because he was a fellow villager with Zuo Liangyu, Jin Shengheng became Zuo Liangyu's henchman, and after being appointed as a guerrilla in the Chinese army, he has been following Zuo Liangyu's left and right, which can be said to be Zuo Liangyu's right-hand man.

Zuo Liangyu slowly turned his head, first glanced at Jin Shenghuan, and then at the exhausted soldiers on his side.

"Where are we now?"

"Luo Monkey Mountain, there are still about eighty miles away from Fang County."

"Monkey Mountain ......"

Zuo Liangyu raised his eyes and looked ahead.

As far as the eye can see, there are still rolling mountains, and the official road winds its way forward, losing its sight in one of the mountains.

"Eighty Miles Away......"

Zuo Liangyu retracted his gaze, and then nodded slowly.

Jin Shengheng, who got the order, immediately passed the military order.

With the sound of the horn sounding on the official road, all the marching soldiers also stopped.

The atmosphere on the official road was still dreary, and the long march and the scorching heat made it difficult for them to even cheer.

With the erection of tents in the shade of the mountain, the items of the garrison were spread out, and it gradually began to gradually gain popularity and human voices.

Zuo Liangyu sat on the chair, and the two pro-soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, each held a fan and kept fanning Zuo Liangyu.

His spirit was a little better, he changed into a clean clothes, was in the military tent, and someone fanned him, so he naturally felt much more comfortable.

Zuo Liangyu is a native of Shandong, born in the north, and has always served in the north.

It's not that there is no summer in the north, but the summer in the north is hot, but it's only hot.

It is dry and windy, and the heat is blown away when the wind blows, even if the sun is in the sky, as long as you find a shade under the tree, you can feel the coolness.

The sweat on your body will soon disappear with the cool breeze blowing.

But the heat in the south is hot and humid, and it is muggy.

The rolling hills shade the cool breeze that blows from afar, unlike the cool breeze that blows from the north.

Between the vast mountains of this lake, there are only occasional hot and humid mountain winds blowing from the mountains and mountains.

The sweat flowing from the body will not dissipate, but will only stick to the underside of the armor, which is extremely unsuitable.

The sultry weather had already stirred up Zuo Liangyu's upset, and the news brought by Jin Shenghuan from outside the tent at this time completely aroused Zuo Liangyu's anger.

"General Town, the grain and grass in the army are only enough for one day now, and the follow-up grain and grass have been delayed for some time, and I am afraid that it will not be delivered until the day after tomorrow, isn't it ......?"

"Then go and get it, go and grab it, do you still need me to teach these things?"

Zuo Liangyu's eyes were cold, he just glanced at Jin Shengheng, and then looked away.

"This ......"

Jin Shengheng stood in the tent, looking hesitant, but in the end he didn't turn around and leave the account, but still stood in the tent and spoke.

"Zongzhen, the limelight of impeachment has not passed before, and now if you go to the local place to raise food, when the time comes, you will leave them to be honest, and the court will blame it......"

Not long ago, King Qin's order was sent to let them join the Weijing Division, and what the soldiers did in Batou and Wuqiao was stabbed in the ears of Lu Jiude, the eunuch who supervised the army at that time.

Then he was stabbed to Beijing by Lu Jiude, and the result was naturally punished and ordered to be punished.

Not long after this incident, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the prison army, is now in Nanyang Mansion in the north, and if he passes another piece of music, I am afraid that they will not be able to get better at that time.

"You remember one thing."

Jin Shengheng's words were not finished, and he was already interrupted again by Zuo Liangyu.

"My soldiers can die on the battlefield, they can die under military law, but they can't be starved to death or cold."

Zuo Liangyu's voice was cold, like the ice of the extreme north, cold and piercing.

Jin Shengheng opened his mouth, but after all, he didn't continue to speak, but turned around and stepped out of the Chinese military tent.

A moment later, there was a neighing of horses outside the tent, and the sound of horses' hooves came from near and far, as if a large number of cavalry galloped out of the camp.

After another half an hour, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again, this time from far and near, and bursts of cheers came from outside the tent.

However, the cheers did not last long, and then they were silenced, and then there were many discordant voices, as if they were arguing about something.

Zuo Liangyu frowned, and was about to say something, but someone had already entered the big tent first.

Wearing a black gauze hat and a cyan civil official uniform, embroidered with a white comprehensive seven-grade civil official's xī chì complement, the visitor was Xiong Wencan's official who had been sent into the army not long ago, named Li Guangxing, who was Xiong Wencan's close confidant.

said that he was helping him deal with military affairs, but in fact he was supervising the army.

"General Zuo, you are soldiers, how can you do that bandit and rob the villagers!"

Li Guangxing was aggressive, and he was questioning as soon as he came up.

"Arson and looting is a serious crime, do you think that the court is ...... Dafa"

"Shut up!"

A trace of fear flashed in Li Guangxing's eyes, and he even took a step back involuntarily, and what he wanted to say in the future also made him swallow it alive.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu's expression was completely different from the previous ones.

Zuo Liangyu's face was almost red from excitement and anger, and his eyes flashed with a fierce light, like a fierce beast that wanted to devour.

"Shut up!"

Zuo Liangyu kicked over the desk that was originally placed in front of him, and the anger and resentment that had been suppressed for many days completely exploded at this moment.

"You are a seven-rank petty official, but you are just a dog of Xiong Wencan, what qualifications do you have to point fingers in front of Lao Tzu!"

"You...... You ........."

Li Guangxing was shocked and angry, trembling all over, and even stammered when he spoke.

"How dare you call the Governor by his name......"

Li Guangxing was shocked that it was the first time he saw Zuo Liangyu so angry, and he was terrified.

The angry thing is that he is a civil official, an official under the governor's palace, and he was insulted by Zuo Liangyu, a Qiu Ba persistent nose.

"Lao Tzu can be wronged, but the soldiers under Lao Tzu can't be wronged!"

The many difficulties that have been faced for a long time have completely filled Zuo Liangyu's chest with anger at this time.

"At the beginning, Zhang Xianzhong was forced to Gucheng by me, and he was forced to a dead end, it was he Xiong Wencan who had to be appeased, took the official position of governor, and issued seven military orders in a row, blocking me from killing Zhang Xianzhong!"

"When Luo Rucai surrendered, I wanted to fight, and he Xiong Wencan didn't let me fight."

"Now that Zhang Xianzhong is in Gucheng, Luo Rucai is in Fangxian, and tens of thousands of rogues are in Huguang, he Xiong Wencan thinks of me Zuo Liangyu and wants me to fight."

Zuo Liangyu's eyes were red, and he looked down at Li Guangxing condescendingly, his eyes were full of violence.

"After pacifying Nanyang, there was not much rest, so let me go south, let me fight, and urge me to march, but the result?

"The military salary that was said to be good has not been seen so far, I just take it as a calculation."

"We are desperate with our heads, we don't have military equipment, we don't have military salaries, and now we can't even eat a mouthful of food."

Zuo Liangyu clenched his teeth, and his hands were even trembling because of anger.

Liukou is in Fang County, but it is only eighty miles away.

Soon after passing the Luo Monkey Mountain, there will be a battle, and his soldiers will soon go to the battlefield.

After a battle, I don't know how many people will be able to walk down the battlefield alive.

His soldiers could not go hungry.

"You give me the grain now, and Lao Tzu will return the grain, if you can't make food, just shut the fuck!"

Li Guangxing couldn't change food after all, he couldn't even say a word in the face of the angry Zuo Liangyu.

Even the account was supported by the personal guards sent to him by Xiong Wencan.

After Li Guangxing came out of the account, there was no more episode.

Smoke rose one after another, and the smell of porridge wafted through the barracks with the cheers of the soldiers.

However, this leisure time did not last long, and just half an hour after the crowd had eaten, a messenger cavalry rode into the camp on horseback, interrupting everyone's rest.

Half an hour ago, after the army finished eating, Zuo Liangyu sent Luo Dai, the deputy chief soldier of the former army, to lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to go first, as the vanguard of the front army to explore the situation along the way.

And the letter that is now coming back is sent by Luo Dai.

Luo Dai led the soldiers and horses first, and had an encounter with the Liukou in Boji Village, and reported that he had encountered the main force of the Liukou.

The rogues who fought with them had a large number of elite horsemen, well-dressed and armored, and the detective cavalry also saw Zhang Xianzhong's Daxu and confirmed that it was indeed the main force of the rogues, with more than 10,000 people.

The rogues who had previously reported to the north had gone and returned, and it seemed that they wanted to come to Gucheng again, and they happened to encounter it.

An encounter began.

"Beat the drums, gather the troops!"

Zuo Liangyu stepped out of the big tent, stepped on the war horse brought by the guards in just one step, and gave the order to gather troops resolutely.

Amid the rumbling drums, more than 8,000 battalion soldiers who were resting all moved in response.

No one complained, and no one hesitated.

Zuo Liangyu's prestige in his own army has already reached the peak.

"Striker armor! Cavalry armor! ”

Zuo Liangyu led a group of family members to gallop out of the camp, and also issued a second order.

With Zuo Liangyu's gallop out of the camp, all the soldiers were subordinate.

Amid the rumbling drums of war, the low sound of trumpets rose and fell.

Looking down from the clouds, you can see that in the camp, a large number of soldiers and horses are leaving the camp, and the crimson streams are rapidly converging towards the earthy yellow official road.

The military situation is like fire, and Luo Dai has no more than 3,000 soldiers and horses.

Now that the strength of the Liukou is no longer what it used to be, the strength of Zuo Liangyu under Zhang Xianzhong's command could not be clearer.

In the past nearly a year, Zhang Xianzhong has made friends with officials everywhere, spread money everywhere, wooed generals, collected military equipment, and armed his troops.

Xiong Wencan even directly transferred ordnance to Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai several times.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai have at least obtained armor that can arm three or four thousand people in this year, and there are countless bows and arrows.

If he goes late, Luo Dai will suffer a big loss if he can't keep it.

Originally, there were not many troops under their command, and the battalions he now led a total of 8,000 soldiers and horses, plus Luo Dai's 3,000 soldiers and horses, a total of only more than 11,000 people.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai seem to be approaching more than 50,000 people together, and this is still not counting the hungry soldiers.

Only the combined army has the strength to fight.

Therefore, in such a situation, it is necessary to rush to the aid of Luo Dai and stabilize the military formation.

Once you've found the main force of the rogue, the rest of the matter is simple.

Chen Yongfu, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, and Wang Guangen's battalions were all in the north, and they could be summoned to come over, join forces to attack, and defeat Zhang Xianzhong in one fell swoop.

Zuo Liangyu led the family all the way to hurry, this time he must kill Zhang Xianzhong, he must kill Zhang Xianzhong!!

In order to repay Chongzhen for nine years, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Xuzhou's revenge for killing his brother and killing his relatives!

The sound of horses' hooves roared, Zuo Liangyu held a spear and jumped on the horse, leading a group of armored horsemen to gallop all the way, but in just a moment, it was already approaching the battlefield.

Zuo Liangyu jumped in front of him, he saw Luo Dai who was fighting in formation on the official road, and also saw the army of Liukou who were dense and dense on the two slopes like a tide, as well as the Daxu banner that he would never forget in his life.

Zuo Liangyu waved the spear in his hand lightly, and the low horn horn slowly sounded behind him.

The group of armored horsemen who followed behind him began to pick up the speed of their horses to the sound of horns.

Just when Zuo Liangyu was about to give the order to attack and gallop to Luo Dai's aid.

A loud roar overwhelmed everything in an instant.

Zuo Liangyu's heart also sank down with this huge roar.

Zuo Liangyu's face turned pale in an instant, and he suddenly looked back behind him.

In the field of vision, countless flags swayed between the two mountains and forests in the back, and countless rogues swept down like a tide.

At this time, a huge noise came from all directions.

On the high slope of the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong rode a black horse and looked proudly at the chaotic Ming army on the official road.

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Xianzhong's heart was extremely happy and happy, he had already seen Zuo Liangyu's banner.

His expression was hideous and terrifying, and the scar on his face that was cut by Zuo Liangyu shook like a centipede, and his voice was grim and cold.

"Zuo Liangyu, this Luo Monkey Mountain is the place I chose for you to be buried!"

"Ping Kou Zhi, Volume 12": "Entered Henan to attack Xuzhou, killed Brother Zuo Liangyu, and obtained a huge amount of materials."

"History of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 273, Biography 161": In the first month of the eleventh year, Liangyu and the general soldier Chen Hongfan broke the thief in Yunxi. Zhang Xianzhong attacked Nanyang under the banner of a fake official and settled in Nanguan.

Liangyu is suitable, suspicious and urgent, and he is loyal to him.

After chasing, he fired two arrows, hit him in the shoulder, and struck him with a knife, bleeding from his face.

His subordinates rescued him and fled to the Valley City.

Not a few, please surrender, Liangyu knows its hypocrisy, please hit it, Wen Can does not allow it.

(End of chapter)