Zuo Menggeng was completely dumbfounded. Only he, Huang Shu and a handful of close servants knew about Li Zicheng's surrender. Not even Zuo Mengmei knew about it... How did He Tengjiao know?
Huang Shu looked at Zuo Menggeng's stupid look, and his heart trembled. He opened his throat and shouted: "The young general has surrendered to the King of Chuang. He has been granted the title of Duke of Xiang. He is the lord of Hunan. All the kings want to share it." Those who are rich and noble, just follow the major general to defend the city... King Chuang has personally led an army of 100,000 to Jiangling, and the troops will arrive tomorrow at the latest!"
What? Did Li Zicheng really surrender?
Zuo Mengeng's generals and lieutenants were all dumbfounded.
None of them were mentally prepared for this... They were all speechless at the moment, but their faces were uncertain.
Zuo Mengeng suddenly realized at this time that his servants had collapsed. Even if some of them could come back, they would only be 1,300 to 500 people. Moreover, they had completely lost their vigor and could not suppress so many general soldiers and soldiers in Jiangling. The only thing the deputy general can rely on now is the power of Li Zicheng... I hope this Emperor Dashun really comes with his troops!
If he can come here in time, the Zuo family will have a way to survive!
"That's right!" Zuo Mengeng gritted his molar teeth, "King Chuang's army of one hundred thousand will be here soon! Soon..."
He took a sharp breath and said to his left and right: "Send the order to the three armies, saying that I, Zuo Menggeng, have defected to King Chuang and been granted the title of Duke of Xiang... Dashun's 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers will be here soon! After the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers arrive, , Jiangling City is our colorful world, let’s take advantage of it for three days!”
If Li Zicheng really arrived, how could he be allowed to rob Jiangling? The Dashun Army is now strictly disciplined and is not allowed to rob casually!
However, his soldiers and generals didn't know either, so after hearing that their major general had really voted for Dashun, and that Dashun reinforcements would soon be available, and they could also let go, they all cheered.
Jiangling City is a world of flowers - half of the gentry from Hubei Province have gathered in Jiangling, but Qiu Lei and Zuo Mengmei have been blocking it. It's so damn unpleasant!
Now it's good, I can finally grab it... As for whether I can work in Dashun Dynasty for a long time after the grab, we'll talk about it then!
"Da Shun wins! Long live King Chuang! Long live..."
Before Li Zicheng's army arrived, cheers could be heard in Jiangling City.
This is really beyond people’s expectations!
Because Li Zicheng was about to arrive in Dashun, the morale of Zuo's army in Jiangling City was restored, but He Tengjiao outside the city was dumbfounded.
He is an expert in internal strife. Li Zicheng will fight externally as soon as he comes. He is an amateur! Moreover, he only has more than 2,000 people on hand, and the more than 10,000 people commanded by Chang Yanling have not yet arrived!
What should I do?
"He Futai," Tang Laosi on the side was also a little anxious, "didn't you say that we still have our internal response in the city? Now that Li Zicheng is coming, can this internal response still be available?"
I almost forgot... there's also an insider!
"Those who can do it must be able to do it!" He Tengjiao nodded heavily, "That person is Chu Princess Zuo Mengmei... Zuo Mengeng can surrender to King Chuang, but she cannot!"
"What? Is Zuo Mengmei an insider?" Tang Laosi's eyesight was really opened this time. He Tengjiao's ability to fight within was better than him!
Tang Laosi laughed, "In that case, we will guard the pontoon and not go anywhere... Even if Li Zicheng's soldiers come, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Not afraid? He Tengjiao glanced at this Shaanxi bumpkin and said in his heart: Just brag. Two thousand people are not afraid of one hundred thousand. If you are so capable, will the Ming Dynasty be what it is today?
...
The news of "The King Chuang is coming" seemed to be really useful. Anyway, it frightened the Ming army outside Jiangling City. They stopped shouting and shot the thousands and hundreds of Zuo family servants who had already run across the moat (beating them to death). Hundreds were injured, hundreds surrendered), but retreated to the edge of the pontoon to build a bridgehead - this is a deadly fortress! If Zuo Mengeng couldn't pull it out, reinforcements led by Chang Yanling could come through the pontoon bridge.
Even if Li Zicheng comes by then, the battle of Jiangling City will still be fought!
Zuo Mengeng, who took a breath, also noticed this problem, but he didn't have the strength to go out to fight in the city, so he should set up defense first.
So he assigned tasks to his generals on the south gate tower of Jiangling City. It was nothing more than to gather all the troops camped outside the city into the city, divide the troops to guard, and wait for Li Zicheng to come.
But when assigning tasks, he found that someone was missing.
"Where has Zhang Feixiong gone?" Zuo Mengeng shouted loudly, "Where is Zhang Feixiong?"
"Feixiong" is Zhang Yong's font name. Zhang Yong was a tiger general of the Shaanxi faction of the Zuo family army. He was not close to Zuo Menggeng, and the main force of his army was not in Jiangling. However, he still brought 300 servants to attend Zuo Liangyu's funeral.
You won't take the opportunity to run away now, will you?
At this moment, someone didn't know who responded, which scared Zuo Mengeng to death.
"Major General, I think I saw Zhang Feixiong leading his men to the palace!"
The royal palace is the Chu palace, located in the middle of Jiangling City near the north gate. It was originally the Liao palace and the Hui palace. King Zhu Zhi of Liao was originally sealed in Guangning and guarded the Liao land east of Yiwulu Mountain. He was one of the nine frontier fortress kings. After the Battle of Jingnan, he was recalled by Emperor Jianwen. After Zhu Di became emperor, Zhu Zhi was not allowed to return to Liaodong, but was sent to Jingzhou. However, the Liao vassalage did not spread to the Chongzhen period, and was withdrawn during the Longqing period. Later, Zhu Changrun, the sixth son of Emperor Wanli, granted the title of King Hui. In the seventh year of Tianqi, he vassalized Jingzhou and changed the original Liao Prince's Palace to Hui Prince's Palace. . This King Hui only worked for a few years before he met Zhang Xianzhong and destroyed the city. He then went into exile. Last year, he arrived in Nanjing and became a free-riding prince. Prince Hui's Mansion was given to Zhu Cizhao and became the Prince of Chu's Mansion.
At this time, Zhang Yong had already rushed to the Prince of Chu's Mansion with his servants, and met Chu King Zhu Cizhao, Princess Zuo Mengmei, and Qiu Lei, the commander-in-chief of Jingzhou Town, who had already arrived at Jingzhou Magistrate Du Yinxi.
"Your Majesty, Princess, something happened...Li Zicheng's army is coming!"
"Wow..."
As soon as Zhang Yong said these words, Chu King Zhu Cizhao burst into tears.
Zuo Mengmei looked at the appearance of her little husband's pustule and couldn't help but frown, "Don't be afraid, Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has already sent an army over!"
"Wow..."
Crying even harder!
Zhu Cizhao is now at the age where he seems to understand but not understand, and he also knows that he has offended his good brother Zhu Cizhong. He might still have a chance to survive when Li Zicheng comes, and his brother comes... Haha, it's just Tasting He Ding Hong!
"Your Majesty! Don't cry!" Zuo Mengmei had turned her face and said viciously, "If you cry again, you won't be allowed to go to bed!"
Not allowed to go to bed...what a terrible punishment!
Zhu Cizhao immediately stopped talking and only dared to shed tears secretly.
Zuo Mengmei is also a person with opinions. She said to Zhang Yong: "Brother Xiong, there are still fifteen thousand people in the palace, all of them are entrusted to you... My life and the life of the prince are also entrusted to you! You Fight as you say!"
Zhang Yong said: "Zuo Menggeng's servants have collapsed. All the generals in the city have their own agenda and are unwilling to sacrifice their lives. We have to go out and fight and seize the city gates... Seize one by one, just in case Li Zicheng comes true." Here we go, we can run out!
If you stay in the palace, you will be dead! "
"Okay!" Zuo Mengmei gritted her silver teeth, "I will listen to you... pass on the order and say that the Crown Prince has personally led a hundred thousand troops to Jingzhou Mansion! We will definitely win this battle!"
"Here!" Zhang Yong responded, and went to mobilize the troops with Qiu Lei and Du Yinxi, ready to fight.
In the main hall of the palace, only three people, King Chu Chu Cizhao, Princess Zuo Mengmei and the eunuch chief Wang Chengen were left.
The young prince couldn't stop his tears, they were flowing out loudly!
When Zuo Mengmei saw it, she was both angry and funny... This young prince was quite courageous when he told nonsense, but now he is so cowardly?
No matter what happens to his brother Zhu Cixi, he won't be able to get along with a child like him, right? Even if it falls into the hands of Zhu Cixiang, are you afraid that there will be no rich prince to be able to do it?
Thinking of this, she sighed again and said to herself: "Prince, you have to come quickly! Li Zicheng is likely to come in full force this time..."
