Outside the Chinese army's tent, the guards were heavily guarded by Zuo Liangyu's personal guards, and no one else was allowed to approach.
In the Chinese military tent, Zuo Liangyu and a group of confidant generals were all there, but Liu Guoneng, who had been used by him these days, was missing.
Seeing this posture, Zhang Yong and others knew that the commander-in-chief had something very confidential to discuss. For some reason, they felt a sense of excitement in their hearts, and they all stared at Zuo Liangyu and listened to his words.
Zuo Liangyu first glanced at his son Zuo Mengeng, then glanced at the generals below, and said slowly: "We and those bandits are not the same people after all. I believe you must have felt it these days!"
Not only was Zuo Liangyu said to be ostracized by other bandit leaders when discussing matters with them, but even the generals below him usually felt the hostility from other bandits. In the final analysis, they have been fighting each other for many years. It is impossible for Zuo Liangyu to become a thief and everything in the past will disappear.
In fact, Zuo Liangyu's men actually looked down on those thieves. If the situation hadn't forced them to do so, they wouldn't have been willing to hang out with the bandits they had chased and killed back then.
Therefore, when they heard Zuo Liangyu pointed out this topic, Zhang Yong and others immediately exploded, and one by one they began to curse the thieves.
Listening to this, Zuo Mengeng suddenly understood why his father didn't call Liu Guoneng over today.
After Zuo Liangyu waited for them to vent for a while, he said seriously: "The emperor is now surrounded in the city. There are hundreds of miles around, and at least there is no large-scale Ming army. I guess with the speed of the court, how can There are still four or five days left in Dedu. And even if they come, our detectives can get the news back in time."
He released Ye Bushou for hundreds of miles, which was a full day's journey. This should be considered safe.
Because he knows what the court is like now! They were so poor that the number of cavalry they could muster in a short period of time was only five or six thousand at most in the surrounding provinces. With this small cavalry force, if they unleash their full power and rush over for reinforcements, there will be over 200,000 people here, and the bandits also have about 5,000 cavalry troops. It will be useless if they come, and they might even end up killing themselves. Send it here.
As for the infantry, it would take at least three days to reach them over a hundred miles away. If the cavalry is sent to harass, it may take four or five days.
According to Zuo Liangyu's judgment, the imperial officers and soldiers must have come from both foot and cavalry. In this way, an early warning range of more than 100 miles is enough!
Zuo Liangyu said this, after a pause, he suddenly raised his voice and said: "What is before us now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! As long as we seize this opportunity, before the Ming army arrives, we can break through Nanyang and capture Once you become the emperor, there will be great potential for you in this world!"
Although it is impossible to seize the Ming Dynasty with just a word, with the emperor in hand, there are rare things to live in, and many things can be done. Everyone in the military tent is naturally aware of this. Therefore, when they heard it, they were immediately excited.
However, Zuo Liangyu was very calm and said calmly: "But if we want to capture Nanyang within these days, we can't do it with a piece of scattered sand. We must gather these two hundred thousand people and give them a unified order, regardless of the cost." Only by attacking the city can we have the possibility of conquering it!"
"Commander, those bandits won't listen to us!" Zhang Yong quickly reminded him after hearing this. Then he suddenly thought of something and said in surprise, "Commander, it's impossible not to fight for the leader of the alliance. We have to listen to them. Right?"
After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu curled up his lips and sneered: "I would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of a cow. Naturally, I want to be the leader!"
"But they..." Zhang Yong was a little confused after hearing this. Naturally, they would also like Zuo Liangyu to be the leader of the alliance, but the key is that those bandits are unlikely to agree!
Zuo Liangyu knew what he meant, so he just smiled coldly and said: "I have my own ideas. This is why I have summoned you all for this matter!"
When these generals heard this, their spirits perked up, and then they listened intently to what good idea Zuo Liangyu had.
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About half an hour later, these generals excitedly left the camp one by one. Later, one of Zuo Liangyu's personal guards went to inform Liu Guoneng to discuss the matter.
Liu Guoneng did not stay in the Zhongjun tent for long and came out soon. It could be seen that there was a little doubt on his face.
As soon as his followers saw him, they rushed to greet him. Liu Yue was also among them and asked curiously: "Does the commander have any instructions?"
These followers who were in the group with Liu Yue were the ones Liu Guoneng trusted the most, that is, some of the five people. Wang Liuhui was there. He was also strange and whispered: "Brother, it seems a little strange to see you like this." ah!"
Liu Guoneng signaled with his eyes, and simply said: "Let's go to the other camps. The commander-in-chief has something to convey."
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The distance from Tongguan to Nanyang is only about 800 miles. If you switch to the expressway of later generations, the drive will only take half a day. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen led the cavalry on the way to Nanyang. He estimated that it would take at least four or five days, which made him slightly depressed.
However, what made him even more puzzled was that from the news sent back by the Class-A eavesdropping seeds on Liu Yue, one of the 100 members of Jinyiwei, he didn't know what Zuo Liangyu was up to. It seemed that he suddenly had an overall view of the situation and announced his withdrawal. The battle for alliance leaders. The reason is also very simple. Even if he captures Nanyang first, other families will definitely not obey him. Everyone else seemed happy about this. However, Zuo Liangyu also has a condition, that is, he wants to be the deputy leader of the alliance, the so-called inferiority of one person and superiority to ten thousand people.
As a result, other families kept sending people to Zuo Liangyu's place. Originally, his place was the most deserted, but it suddenly became popular. Even the people sent here are getting higher and higher in level. Liu Yue didn't know the content of the conversation, but Emperor Chongzhen could guess that his commitment to win over Zuo Liangyu was getting higher and higher.
Just when Emperor Chongzhen was still more than three hundred miles away from Nanyang, the situation in Nanyang suddenly changed. The thieves from all walks of life suddenly started fighting.
Because Liu Yue was not a core figure, the news he heard was limited, and what Emperor Chongzhen learned was also limited.
Anyway, the result was that Li Zicheng seemed to be an honest man, but he suddenly arrested Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxiang and others. Thanks to Zhang Xianzhong's quick reaction, Zhang Xianzhong escaped during the discussion. But as soon as they got outside, they met Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Yong and others, and fell into Zuo Liangyu's hands. Then, when Zuo Liangyu handed Zhang Xianzhong to Li Zicheng, he suddenly got into trouble and even beat Li Zicheng.
Liu Guoneng did not participate in this sudden fight, so Zuo Liangyu did not take him to play with him. Therefore, Liu Yue didn't know. When all the dust settled, Liu Guoneng learned the news.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the lines of subtitles displayed on the eavesdropping system and couldn't help but sigh to himself. When it comes to treachery, these thieves really can't compare to Zuo Liangyu!
The general situation, inferred from the news he saw one after another, he finally understood.
Zuo Liangyu basically pretended to be a sick cat to make others less cautious about him, and then made himself a rare commodity. For some unknown reason, he should have finally negotiated terms with Li Zicheng, and it is also possible that he also negotiated with Zhang Xianzhong and others conditions, but in the end, Zuo Liangyu sided with Li Zicheng.
As a result, when Li Zicheng tried his best to take down the other bandit leaders, Zuo Liangyu suddenly launched an attack. Relying on his most elite servants, he counterattacked and took down Li Zicheng before he had time to rejoice.
In this regard, Zuo Liangyu's public reason was that Li Zicheng was planning to attack him as well, so he acted aggressively. However, Li Zicheng was scolding Zuo Liangyu for being treacherous. Emperor Chongzhen couldn't tell the truth for the time being, but he didn't have the time to tell who was telling the truth.
This result was not good news for Emperor Chongzhen. Although the flow thieves engaged in a fierce fight, they were just a fight between high-level officials and did not damage the main force of the flow thieves.
Now the leaders of other gangs of thieves have fallen into the hands of Zuo Liangyu. Judging from the information in the eavesdropping system, Zuo Liangyu took these captured leaders as hostages and demanded that other gangs of gangs listen to him. The orders were unified, at least on the surface.
Today, Zuo Liangyu seems to be satisfied and begins to readjust the deployment of the siege of Nanyang. Judging from the threat of his military meeting, if other thieves from all walks of life do not attack the city with all their strength, he will be rude.
On the following day, the corpses of bandits were piled under Nanyang City. The corpses that had not been cleaned up in the previous few days had begun to stink. The defenders on the city had to cover their mouths and noses with cloth to hold on. Now that there are so many corpses, you can imagine how stinky the city will look like in a few days!
According to Liu Yue's estimate, the bandits have thrown at least more than 50,000 corpses under Nanyang City in the past few days. In other words, the old, weak and disabled among the bandits from all walks of life were basically driven to death under the city walls by the bandits.
When night fell, Emperor Chongzhen who was camping saw the conversation between Liu Guoneng and Liu Yue in the eavesdropping system.
"The commander-in-chief just sent an order, saying that Nanyang City will not attack the city for the time being, but will only leave the besiegers to prevent the Ming army in the city from collecting the corpses. If the corpses are set on fire on the city, he said that those corpses will be used in catapults Throw yourself into the city."
"Why is this leftist thief so vicious?"
"In addition, the Governor-General's army is a hundred miles away, and there may be a night to come here tomorrow. The commander-in-chief has ordered a tiger under King Chuang to lead an army to stop the attack, and then retreat and lead the Governor-General's army to Wollongong. , he will personally lead other families to ambush when the time comes. I mean, at this time, someone must be sent to report to the Governor!"
"Um...Okay, I agree!"
Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen knew that Liu Yue was following his own will and would not have contacted the court originally. However, now a situation arises. Zuo Liangyu wants to ambush Chen Qiyu. He feels that it is impossible not to contact him, so he still agrees to Liu Guoneng.
After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen sent an order to all the leading soldiers and generals to come and discuss matters.
Not long after, He Renlong, Wu Sangui, Hu Dawei and others who had returned from escorting the war horses all arrived at the Chinese military tent.
After Emperor Chongzhen asked them to excuse themselves, he came to the hanging map of Nanyang, pointed with a thin stick and said: "We are currently here, about 150 miles away from Nanyang. This is what you told me. Yes, it is beyond the limit of sending out exploration horses..."
Naturally, these generals knew about this situation, so they continued to listen to the emperor's words without changing their expressions.
"And in Nanyang, the leaders of various gangs, including Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxiang and others, have been taken hostage by Zuo Liangyu, and their men are also forced to follow Zuo Liangyu's command..."
When Emperor Chongzhen began to introduce the situation of bandits in Nanyang, the expressions of these generals finally changed. They didn't expect that the emperor actually knew the situation in Nanyang very well. This solved a big problem!
"... Now Zuo Liangyu has mobilized 100,000 troops and is preparing to ambush the 30,000 troops led by Chen Qing, the governor of the five provinces, in Wollongong." After Emperor Chongzhen introduced this, he put down the thin stick in his hand, turned around and walked back The emperor asked at the same time, "How do you think our army should respond?"
He did not get carried away because he defeated the Tumote tribe and felt that he could fight. Instead, he first explained the situation, then listened to the suggestions of the generals who led the troops, and then combined his own thoughts to get a strategy that everyone thought was good.
"Your Majesty, although the number of those bandits is large, they are all a mob. However, if Governor Chen is eager to rescue Nanyang and the army is exhausted, they may be defeated if they are ambushed. Therefore, the general recommends rushing to Wollongong immediately!" After hearing this, He Renlong was the first to speak, "As soon as our army appears, the bandits will definitely be defeated!"
Wu Sangui also followed suit and said: "Your Majesty, our army has more than 25,000 cavalry. Not to mention the bandits, even the Jianlu will be very afraid. Therefore, the general also thought that the bandits must be defeated!"
Emperor Chongzhen nodded, then turned to look at the other generals, and said at the same time: "It is inevitable to defeat them, but what I want is to annihilate them all, not to defeat them!"
When Hu Dawei heard this, he immediately went out and said: "Your Majesty, if you say this, you can have one man and two horses. When the battle comes, the horse power is sufficient. As long as the cavalry among the bandits can be annihilated, it is impossible for the infantry to escape." , we should be able to annihilate them all!"
If one person has two horses, some of the mounted infantry will have to walk. But it doesn't matter, the number of cavalry is still sufficient. Hu Dawei is indeed a Mongolian, so using this trick is indeed a solution.
With this in mind, he nodded again and continued to seek other people's opinions. After a while, all the generals of the army had finished speaking, and Emperor Chongzhen announced another news: "In Zuo Liangyu's army, Liu Guoneng's troops are in Cao's camp and in the Han Dynasty. There was an agreement at the beginning, once he and the officials When the army fights, his men will wear a belt on their left arm."
