Although Zuo Liangyu had an idea in his mind and had 200,000 troops, he did not dare to act rashly. He would not rebel when the Ming Dynasty was still on its deathbed, but he would not easily obey orders and become cannon fodder, so he has been waiting and watching. Waiting for the right moment to make a splash.
So in the past two years, while recruiting troops and hoarding food and grass in Wuchang, he sent a large number of subordinates everywhere to collect news reports, and even bribed some officials and imperial guards. He wanted to have the most timely news.
Last year, Li Zicheng captured Xi'an and founded Dashun. Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan and proclaimed himself the King of the West. This made Zuo Liangyu feel that the time was approaching and started to get ready. When Li Zicheng went eastward at the beginning of the year, he started to prepare some things. When he heard that Bai Wang was there in Jiujiang When he left the mountains and headed north along the river, Zuo Liangyu felt happy in his heart.
As long as these two bandit armies attack Beijing and Nanjing, he will dare to make a big move. If the Ming Dynasty is overthrown by them, that would be even better.
So he was always paying attention to the progress of the battle, and Li Zicheng and Bai Wang really didn't let him down at the beginning. It was an unstoppable journey. One crossed the Yellow River and headed eastward to Taiyuan, and the other left the lake mouth and headed straight to Anqing. That scene, The limelight made onlookers Zuo Liangyu so excited that he was as restless as a male dog in spring.
But... suddenly a gust of wind blew. Zhou Yuji fought against Li Zicheng's dozens of troops in Taiyuan, defeated them in one fell swoop, and fled in embarrassment.
I go! This news shocked Zuo Liangyu, and he was also very confused. Zhou Yuji was a strong player, but he was not that fierce. Why did he suddenly become so awesome... After all, he was Chang Yu who had not officially debuted yet and had not yet gained a reputation. After fighting, no one noticed the great contributions he made behind the scenes, and the glory was all on Zhou Yuji and Cai Maode.
One failure was nothing. Then Li Zicheng followed Liu Fangliang's footsteps from another route and marched eastward and northward. Dozens of troops attacked Baoding Prefecture in one fell swoop. Moreover, he heard that the Qing army outside the Pass was about to move south. At this time, Zuo Liangyu came to court again. I feel that the court will not be able to handle it this time.
But... I guess, the intruder was beaten back again, and that idiot Dorgon was deceived by Wu Sangui to go outside Ningyuan City and was beaten on the head with a sap.
This is against common sense! Zuo Liangyu was so angry that he stamped his feet and yelled at the intruders, but fortunately, Bai Wang on the other side of the Yangtze River rushed up like a broken bamboo, and the old man Lu Daqi couldn't stop him at all.
Zuo Liangyu's third imperial court was when he learned that the Tatars from outside the pass made a surprise attack and entered the pass to besiege the capital. However, they were chased all the way to Qingzhou and back to the outside of the pass by the officers and soldiers. They lost troops and generals and were defeated one after another. At this time, Zuo Liangyu finally captured a particularly weighty piece of information. Behind all the wars was the shadow of the eunuch from Dongchang.
When did such a powerful eunuch appear? Zuo Liangyu was even more shocked when he checked and found out that he was still a weak young man. Not only was he a good fighter, he also made it difficult for all the courtiers and nobles to deal with him.
At this time, he began to get nervous, but he also thought about the fact that the imperial court had fought several battles in a row. It was already at the end of the war, and he was afraid that his legs would be weak and his feet would be weak. It would be difficult to do anything. Let alone take care of himself, he was afraid that even Bai Wang would not be able to take care of him. Either send troops from Nanjing to defend against the enemy, or deploy yourself to suppress the bandits.
I won't go there myself. Those soldiers and horses in Nanjing can fight a war, so the situation is still very variable. He moved the bench and prepared to watch the show, when he suddenly received news that the young eunuch personally went south to supervise the governor, and actually mobilized the border troops and the emperor's personal guards.
Is the imperial court crazy? The border troops can be mobilized at will? Have all the soldiers protecting the capital and the emperor been drawn out? There is also a supply of food and grass, where does the money and wages come from?
Zuo Liangyu was puzzled. He was waiting to see a joke, and he also wanted to see how good the legendary little eunuch was, so he sent various additional personnel to keep an eye on the battle situation in the southern Zhili area.
Then, as Chang Yu made great progress, Zuo Liangyu's mood became increasingly heavy.
How is this possible!
I've been beating Bai Wang for many years without hurting his roots, so why should you... Damn Bai Wang, have you let yourself go?
Qi Gui Qi Joking aside, as Chang Yu's army advanced, the clouds in Zuo Liangyu's heart became thicker and thicker, which disrupted all his original plans. He had to readjust all his deployments because he had a premonition , as long as the little eunuch unplugs Bai Wang, he will be the next target.
Of course, Zuo Liangyu is still very confident. The little eunuch cannot attack him immediately because he is powerless. After all, he is not a god. Fighting requires not only soldiers, but also food, grass, pay and military morale, and these are all the little eunuch's at this time. They have shortcomings, and the court will never allow them to start a war. Such consumption will allow others to reap the benefits.
But that eunuch was so powerful that he would definitely put pressure on him, or at least test him with some tactics. For this reason, Zuo Liangyu summoned his generals and held a special discussion on this matter.
As the commander-in-chief of a town, Zuo Liangyu also had many powerful generals under his command, such as Ma Jinzhong, who was a thief in his early years, Wang Yuncheng, who was known as the king of cavalry, and Xu Yong, who took his sister as a ranger in the early years and later followed Zuo Mengeng to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and captured He Tengjiao. , Prime Minister Hui Deng of Zuo Liangyu, who was originally under Zhang Xianzhong and had just surrendered the year before, and Zhang Yong, who later became the savior of the Qing Dynasty and suppressed Wu Sangui with his own efforts and was named Jingnihou by Emperor Kangxi, as well as Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Ensheng, Hao Xiaozhong, Chang Deng, Wu Xueli, Zhang Yingyuan, Xu Yuxian and others,
Just because he has so many powerful generals and the cities of Wuchang and Hanyang in his hands, this is Zuo Liangyu's confidence.
However, his most trusted general was Jin Shenghuan, so he was originally ordered to sit in Jiujiang to monitor Bai Wang while guarding the easternmost part of his sphere of influence, leaving him and Lu Daqi to restrain each other.
However, Lu Daqi was more skilled and sent Jin Shenghuan away to Xuzhou to suppress the bandits, and then he was used by Chang Yu. Now, only the young eunuch who had been brainwashed this morning followed his lead and didn't bother him.
Zuo Liangyu was also mentally prepared for this. When he was about to send a general to Jiujiang to take charge, a distinguished guest suddenly came to his door.
This group of people took the waterway upstream, and when they were in Jiujiang, they were discovered by the waterway spy arranged by Zuo Liangyu. Because their identity was unknown, they suffered heavy losses after several attempts and found nothing. They wanted to intercept and kill them by pretending to be water thieves. , there is news from above, don’t act rashly, monitor along the way.
This surveillance arrived in Wuchang. When they got ashore, the people immediately identified themselves, and a fan from Dongchang came to visit Zuo Liangyu in the name of the governor.
What was supposed to come will always come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon, because at this time Zuo Liangyu's only officers and soldiers had defeated Anqing, but he didn't know yet that Chizhou had been defeated and Bai Wang died in battle.
But he would soon find out.
If Zuo Liangyu, an official, is not good at anything, do you still remember He Tengjiao, who was mentioned in the previous article about Xu Huai's army preparing for the road? It was He Tengjiao who worked with Jin Shenghuan to suppress bandits and quell the chaos in Xuzhou and was quickly promoted to governor of Huguang. Huguang originally refers to Hunan. Hubei, as well as Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou and other places, only referred to Hunan and Hubei after the Ming and Qing dynasties, but they were still named Huguang.
It stands to reason that He Tengjiao was also in charge of Hubei affairs, but Zuo Liangyu just let him pass through the border and rushed to Changsha without staying or entertaining him. He didn't take the governor seriously at all. In addition to being a little confident at the time, he also had an arrogant relationship with him. It has something to do with temperament. Both Xiong Wencan and Yang Sichang were pretty awesome back then, but he wasn't even a dick, let alone He Tengjiao.
but!
The dozen or so people in Dongchang were a little flustered, and they quickly asked people to come into the Yamen and greet them personally at the entrance of the lobby.
"Kang Ren is in Xiadong Factory. I came here to deliver the greeting card on the order of the Governor." Kuang Ren offered his hands, and his eyes intentionally or unintentionally glanced at a young man next to him, not much older than Chang Yu, with sharp eyes.
Thanks to the post, could it be that the young eunuch still wanted to pay a visit? Zuo Liangyubing did not rush to open the post, but instead asked him to serve tea and ask with a pleasant face: "Where is the governor and how is the war?"
Kuang Ren looked indifferent: "The Governor's whereabouts are uncertain. He is either in De'an or Jiujiang at this time." Zuo Liangyu frowned when he heard this. De'an, it's all done...
"Seven days ago, Bai Wang was defeated and fled in Chizhou. Five days ago, the Anqing rebels surrendered. Three days ago, Bai Wang was captured and killed in the mountains. On the day of the next arrival, Wangjiang and Pengze had been recovered, and an army of tens of thousands was marching towards De. An is pushing forward. At this time... he may have already entered the city."
Bai Wang has been conferred the first title! This news left Zuo Liangyu and others stunned and unable to say a word for a while. The young man next to him suddenly broke the silence: "Who led the troops to attack De'an? Is it the Lord Governor?"
Kuang Ren glanced at him: "Xin Lehou Liu Wenbing and the commander-in-chief Liu Liangzuo also meet Wang Tizhong."
The scene suddenly became elegant and silent again.
