Zuo Liangyu is dead!

It was very frustrating to die.

The man of the hour did not even understand what was going on until his death. He did not need to understand. Just like Ma Shixiu and Ma Jinzhong, they also did not need to understand. They only needed to understand one thing. They had only one way. You can leave - serve the general.

Just like Shen Bao and others under Liu Liangzuo, after Liu Liangzuo was killed, they all knelt down to express their willingness to serve the prince.

Because Shen Bao, Hu Shoujin and other Liu Liangzuo's former subordinates served in the Pinglu Army, and they were even included in the storytelling and sung by storytellers because they abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, naturally Zhu Guoqiang only gave a few words of comfort, and Ma Shixiu, Ma Jinzhong and others expressed their willingness. Serving the general as a dog and a horse.

For generals like Ma Shixiu and others, they knew that sooner or later they would be held accountable by the court for their domineering behavior under Zuo Liangyu. Now that Zuo Liangyu died, they breathed a sigh of relief. While changing the court, I also know that if I want to gain the trust of the new coach, I have to perform well.

"General, Zuo Liangyu has collected no less than five or six million taels of silver over the years. It is in the treasury of the Dujun Mansion. Please send someone to check it, General."

When the generals expressed their loyalty, the words of Su Kunsheng, the aide, made everyone stunned. They thought to themselves, scholars are more thoughtful.

Several million taels of silver...this is a great achievement!

"Oh? That's it. Song Deyi, you lead people over to seize the bank. By the way, the two generals, how many men and horses are there in the army now?"

After being defeated by Li Zicheng in Henan, Zuo Liangyu arbitrarily robbed people to join the army while fleeing south. He originally only had 40,000 to 50,000 troops, but when he arrived in Wuchang, he had an army of more than 100,000. When he settled in Jiujiang, he had an army of 20 Wan, according to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", after he "recovered" Wuchang, he had 800,000 troops under his command, which was known as one million.

How many men does he have under his command now?

This is what Zhu Guoqiang is concerned about.

"Returning to the general, Zuo Ni has been taking civilians as soldiers since he was defeated by bandits in Henan in the 15th year. Currently, there are no less than 200,000 soldiers in the army, including 100,000 men."

Two hundred thousand!

There are quite a lot of them, regardless of the quality of these soldiers, but one thing is certain, just 200,000 troops can scare people badly.

After listening to Ma Shixiu's answer, Zhu Guoqiang asked about the situation of the soldiers and horses in each battalion, and then looked at everyone and said.

"My general came to Huguang on orders from the imperial court to wipe out the traitors and restore peace to the people of the world. Zuo Liangyu respects himself as a soldier and does not want to serve the country. He has been punished by this general. I hope you will do your best! In fact, even if you are a soldier, The lieutenant general naturally knows that this military achievement is related to whether everyone can be granted a wife and a son. Where does the military achievement come from? It depends on killing the enemy on the battlefield. He, Zuo Liangyu, supports his troops in Jiujiang for the sake of the glory and wealth of his Zuo family. If he seals his wife as his wife, what does that have to do with you?"

Some principles don't require much explanation. After all, they are not confused, and they can certainly understand the big principles clearly.

"As the saying goes, wealth can be obtained through danger. Now Zhang Xianzhong has occupied Yuezhou, and his troops are pointing directly at Wuchang. In order to prevent Wuchang from being occupied by him, the court ordered you and others to move to Wuchang. Ma Shixiu, tell me, when will the army be able to set off?"

"Back to the general, as long as the general gives the order, we can send troops to Wuchang at any time."

Ma Shixiu replied quickly.

"Okay, in that case, Ma Shixiu and Ma Jinzhong obey your orders!"

Zhu Guoqiang then issued military orders one by one - the military order was very simple, telling them to move to Wuchang, but they still had to use Zuo Liangyu's banner.

Even after Zuo Liangyu died, Zhu Guoqiang still used him.

On the afternoon of the next day, when hundreds of thousands of troops marched toward Wuchang by land and water for dozens of miles, Mei Chun asked doubtfully.

"My lord, would it be too abrupt to hand over an army of 200,000 men to them like this?"

Facing Meichun's question, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"It doesn't matter if it's abrupt or not. The important thing is that Zuo Liangyu is going to Wuchang now! As for whether they will kidnap the army and escape halfway, Zhu Guoqiang is not worried. After all, it is not April of the 17th year of Chongzhen. They are all imperial officials.

There is no chance that he would join the bandits.

For the sake of their own glory and wealth, they will definitely obey this order, and for them this is also an opportunity to make military achievements. As long as they are smart people, they will not miss such an opportunity. They are all smart without exception.

people."

After saying that, Zhu Guoqiang laughed loudly.

"Meichun, sometimes the dead are more useful than the living. This time, I am borrowing his Zuo Liangyu reputation!"

…

A fleet of ships on the Yangtze River is sailing toward Wuchang in a mighty way. This fleet stays up day and night, mooring in the reed marshes by the river every day, and only sets sail again at night.

However, thanks to the strong power provided by dozens of diesel engines, the speed of the fleet was not slow. On the 13th of the twelfth lunar month, the fleet passed Wuchang. As usual, after passing Wuchang, the fleet stopped at a distance

In the reed swamps dozens of miles away from Wuchang. Then they sent out detective horses to make contact with the inner guard intelligence station in the city, thus grasping Zhang Xianzhong's movements.

After the fleet passed Wuchang, Zhu Guoqiang ordered to send hundreds of reconnaissance cavalry to inquire about the movements of the bandits along the way. The reason for being so cautious was because in history, Zuo Liangyu was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong's ambush in Jiayu.

Half a day after dispatching the reconnaissance cavalry, a reconnaissance cavalry came back to report.

"Rogue bandits were found east of Jiayu County, plundering the countryside and not attacking the county seat."

"Explore again!"

After thinking for a while, Zhu Guoqiang ordered in a deep voice:

"Order Su San to lead a battalion of cavalry ashore and kill the bandits along the way! In addition, He Haobo is to lead a battalion of infantry ashore. Do not wear armor or raise flags, so as not to scare them away!"

These bandits really regarded the officers and soldiers as nothing. They didn't pay attention to the existence of the officers and soldiers at all, and robbed everywhere they went. After Su San and the others came ashore, they encountered dozens of thieves riding around and robbing the countryside halfway.

These thieves are all sentinels, specializing in inquiring about information from the government and the army. However, unlike the sentinels and detectives of the army, they rush to rob villages and towns when they see them. They also do not coerce young people, rob the property and run away.

Su San asked his troops to pursue with more than a hundred rangers. Although they quickly caught up with the sentries with the advantage of their war horses, in the end, after a long pursuit, only a dozen heads were chopped off, and the remaining thieves were all scattered.

And ran away.

Although it was only the first battle, through this first battle, Zhu Guoqiang finally had some understanding of the rogue bandit's fighting style - these are the loaches.

If you can't win, run away.

If they all had this kind of enemies and this kind of fighting style, this would be a bit difficult to handle.

It was at this time that He Haobo reported that there were Jiayu scholars coming to work for the army.

Gao Yanhong was originally a student of the Imperial College. After his father was killed by bandits last year, he returned home from Nanjing to take charge of the affairs. In order to prevent bandits, in addition to recruiting strong men, he also built a fence outside the village. Now he is frightened by the bandits.

When I heard that the army was coming, I was naturally overjoyed to come down from the sky and personally escorted two carts of grain and grass to work for the army.

"I wonder if it is the general of the DPRK who is leading the troops?"

Gao Yanhong asked respectfully.

"General Pinglu!"

ah!

These five words were so shocking that Gao Yanhong was speechless for a long time. When Prince De went south, he was in Nanjing, so how could he not know how brave Prince De was under his command?

With them, we no longer have to worry about bandits, and now we can finally sleep peacefully.

"The Pinglu Army is really a magical force descending from heaven! It came so quickly!"

Gao Yanhong said happily.

"With the general here, the people of Huguang can enjoy peace again!"

After Gao Yanhong boarded the ship, Zhu Guoqiang asked directly:

"Can you see the main force of the rogue bandits?"

Gao Yanhong shook his head and said.

"I heard that the Xian bandits are in Yuezhou and there are tens of thousands of rogue bandits in Linxiang, but students don't know whether this information is accurate. However, there are currently small groups of rogue bandits everywhere, which have destroyed countless villages and towns and killed hundreds of thousands of people.

Robbed by rogue bandits."

If it had been another general, Gao Yanhong would have knelt down and begged the general to send troops to save the people of Huguang. But the general in front of him was different from the others. Gao Yanhong believed that he must have his own use of troops, and it was definitely not for the general at the moment.

When it's time to cause chaos.

"Well, I know, um..."

After thinking about it, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"Gao Yanhong, I want you to do something. After you land, immediately spread the news to all places, saying that Zuo Liangyu personally led an army of 100,000 to send troops to Yuezhou!"

"General, why is this?"

Meichun and others were surprised.

"I'm afraid of scaring them away, so I'd better use Zuo Liangyu's banner first!"

Zhu Guoqiang said rather helplessly.

He really doesn’t dare to let others raise his flag!

I was afraid of scaring away the bandits, and I was even more worried about scaring them away to Sichuan. "The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky." If they were scared to Sichuan, it would be troublesome. What if they went to the mountains again?

Well, if you want to pacify them, you don’t know how long it will take. So Zhu Guoqiang even asked his troops to change into official army clothes without wearing breastplates, so it was difficult to be recognized by the rogue bandits. In fact,

Even those who wear breastplates may not necessarily know their identities, but it is best to be careful.

People are names, trees are shadows.

Those bandits are bullies who fear the strong. What if they are scared away by me? What if they are scared away? By then, the battle will not be over in a month. Not only will they sign their own military strength,

It might even affect his next big plan. This was even the reason why he wanted to seize Zuo Liangyu's troops.

After all, it is impossible to get Zuo Liangyu to obey him obediently, but compared to making him obedient, it is simpler and easier to kill him.
Chapter completed!