Chapter 183: Do military advisors only talk about peace?
"What?"
"Zuo Liangyu?"
Zhang Zhengcheng's words immediately made the three of them feel bad. If Ma Shiying and Zuo Liangyu cooperated, it was very likely to overthrow the imperial court. I heard that Zuo Liangyu had an army of 500,000 people, but they had been entrenched in Wuchang. No one could
I don’t know what he wants to do. Now the ambitious Ma Shiying is acting like this. He really wants to start his own business.
"Nowadays, in troubled times, when the Ming Dynasty was overthrown, Ma Shiying did not want to serve the country, but tried to seize power! Hateful! Killable!" Shi Bang's teeth were crunching, his eyes were red, his face was instantly hot, and he wanted to kill people.
Yes.
"Do you know what Zuo Liangyu's reaction was? For example, did he agree with Ma Shiying's idea?"
Wu Linzheng pondered and asked, and he felt that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to the court. Not only the bandits and slaves, but also people within the court were thinking of treason. The Ming Dynasty had actually fallen to such a point.
"It's not clear yet. I only know that there were frequent letters between Ma Shiying and Zuo Liangyu in those days." Zhang Zhengcheng looked sad, thinking back and said: "But looking at Ma Shiying's expression, it's not very good. Zuo Liangyu should be
Not agreed yet.”
"That's good."
Ni Yuanlu could not imagine what Jiangnan would be like if Zuo Liangyu also participated.
An army of half a million was enough to overthrow the entire Ming Dynasty.
"My three lords, I can't stay any longer, so I'm going to leave first." Zhang Zhengcheng saw that a long time had passed and was about to get up and leave.
When Wu Linzheng and others saw this, they immediately stood up and sent him out. Seeing Zhang Zhengcheng leaving, they sighed with regret. Looking at the increasingly dark sky, they suddenly felt that the Ming Dynasty was like this, and there was less and less hope.
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Wuchang
"Then what conditions did Ma Shiying put forward?" At the dinner table, Zuo Liangyu was eating delicious food one bite at a time and asked the subordinates next to him in a leisurely manner.
The subordinate stood respectfully aside and immediately said: "Sir, Ma Shiying said that if you are willing to send troops to assist me, I will be granted the title of marquis in the future. You can even be granted the title of king and be stationed in Wuchang forever."
"snort."
Zuo Liangyu did not reply directly to him, but took a few bites and said again: "If I lead my troops to Shandong to join His Majesty at this moment, His Majesty will probably make me king in excitement. After all, isn't Wu Sangui already a king?
?Besides, Ma Shiying is so arrogant, where did he get the confidence to make me king?"
These words immediately made Zuo Mengeng, who was eating with him, chuckle a few times. In their eyes, Ma Shiying was just a small general soldier. The general soldier was not a high official to them. After all,
He is already the Ningnan Bo of the imperial court, and his son is also a general who is a traitor.
Naturally, such conditions cannot seduce him now.
"Tell Ma Shiying that he alone is not enough to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. If the slaves and thieves have a good talk, he and Liu Liangzuo alone are really not enough. I can pacify them by myself." Zuo Liangyu did not want to be involved in this matter.
After getting mixed up, the conversation ended directly.
"As you command, my lord."
The men understood and immediately retreated.
"Father, Ma Shiying is very brave. He actually wants to establish a new master. He dares to discuss such a treasonous matter with you. Isn't he afraid that Your Majesty will know about it?" After the people left, Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but complain a few words. After all,
In his opinion, unless the imperial court is destroyed, it is indeed too bold to think of establishing a new ruler while the imperial court is still there and His Majesty is still there.
"A person like him is not even afraid of death. Would he be afraid that His Majesty would know about it? And I think, this Ma Shiying must have a jaw-dropping plan." As he said this, Zuo Liangyu's eyes were already piercing the sky, as if
I have seen Ma Shiying's plan.
"Does father intend to assist His Majesty? I heard someone said that His Majesty defeated one hundred thousand thieves in Yanzhou, Shandong a few days ago, and his reputation in the hearts of the people has increased again. If we go to assist at this time..."
Suddenly, Zuo Liangyu's expression changed and he said coldly: "Why are you so stupid? Don't even think about it. Before, everyone thought that I, Zuo Liangyu, did not go to Qinwang and enjoyed myself here. Now that His Majesty has won the battle, you are so stupid again."
Running over like crazy, doesn't this just make the world think that I, Zuo Liangyu, is that kind of person?"
Zuo Mengeng, who was suddenly frightened by his father, also whispered repeatedly: "I'm sorry, father, I was too stupid."
"Remember, we only need to give His Majesty a letter of congratulations and a plan. We must not give gifts. Nowadays, there is poverty everywhere. At this time, Zuo Liangyu cannot stand out from the crowd."
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On the other side, Li Zicheng, who had fought with Jiannu, seemed quite depressed at this time. It was also the first time that he saw the power of Jiannu. Before, he always thought that the fighting power of the army was low and they could not even defeat a Tatar.
.Now it seems that this Jiannu is indeed not to be underestimated.
He also summarized this battle. The Jiannu likes to fight in the field. Because they are so good at riding horses, they are so good at bending a bow. Even when shooting arrows on horseback, they can almost hit the mark. Once they fight with them, there is no preparation or preparation in advance.
Cannons, after several battles, the person who was shot will definitely be turned upside down.
And this battle is to suffer their losses and fight with them in the wild.
When Li Jin and others commanded the infantry to charge, Jiannu did not choose to confront you head-on, and began to mount and shoot in a circle. We have no cannons, so we can only rely on chasing, but if we chase, we will be shot, and we will lose money if we shoot.
It was a disastrous situation. But if they stopped to form a formation, they would be targeted by the Jiannu in the distance.
After a few rounds, Li Jin and the others lost their patience and tried their best to prevent the army from charging. Fortunately, they encountered a large army of reinforcements and surrounded Jiannu, and they fought fiercely for a day. Even if they fought on foot, they did not lose much, and still
lost heavily.
In the end, Li Zicheng did not punish them. After all, Jiannu's fighting power was not weak.
The only thing that can defeat them is artillery!
"Military advisor, after this great defeat, I have learned from experience that if you want to defeat Jiannu, you have to rely on artillery. Bows and arrows cannot compete with us, but we still have an advantage in artillery. Over the past few months, we have captured a lot of Ming army artillery. I
I'm not afraid of them or artillery!" Li Zicheng also secretly clenched his fists and said bitterly.
Niu Jinxing thought for a moment, and felt very troubled about Jiannu's combat effectiveness, and said: "In the past, the Ming army fought against Jiannu, and the summary method was to use strong cities and sharp artillery to stop them. There were also Ming army generals who tried to build the city all the time, and then gradually put it down
The slaves were driven out of the customs, but in fact, this method cost money and people, and ultimately failed."
"Then what should we do?" Li Zicheng closed his eyes, feeling a little depressed.
"The best thing is to make peace with General Jiannu. After all, we only own half of the country and have not unified it yet. We cannot make enemies. We will wait until the king unifies us before expelling them. If peace cannot be negotiated, try to guard each pass and build cities to imitate the Ming army.
, and gradually consolidate the defense line." Niu Jinxing thought for a while, but there was no other way.
"That can only be like this." After saying that, Li Zicheng suddenly remembered the urgent report sent from Shandong two days ago, and couldn't help but say again: "A few days ago, Gao Yigong sent an urgent report that the attack on Yanzhou failed. One hundred thousand troops
Now there are less than 30,000 left, and even Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty who instigated the rebellion, was defeated and fled to nowhere."
"General Gao was defeated?"
Niu Jinxing found it a little unbelievable. After all, Gao Yigong was not an ordinary person. If he had lost, could it be that the Ming army had a famous general?
"I didn't believe it at first, but with his big seal on it, I was helpless. Now that the north has lost, so does the east. Is this the end of Gu's luck?"
"I hope that your Majesty will negotiate peace with the Ming army!"