On the other side, the woman in green led the horse to the shore: "Second brother, the leader of the East Sect was captured by hawks and dogs. The brothers tried their best to rescue them, but there were so many hawks and dogs there that they were unable to do anything. The East Sect may be..."
The beggar-like gangster had a solemn expression on his face: "I heard that I'm really surprised that Dong Zong's methods were able to fall into a trap. That dog... is really insidious."
"Is there any news from the second brother?" the woman in green asked again.
The man shook his head: "That guy was in the west some time ago, but he suddenly disappeared. More than a dozen people from the Western Sect didn't find it. It's really puzzling. Could that guy really be able to go to heaven and earth?"
"I don't believe there are gods in this world. That guy is either still in his old place and not moving, or he has left with the army." The woman in green said and couldn't help frowning: "I just don't understand, why haven't we all reconciled?"
want……"
The man glared at him and said, "The bosses think more than us, just follow orders." Then he snorted again: "What's the matter with He? Has the capital city just given up on murderous intentions?"
The woman in green sighed and looked back at the river. She happened to see the young man on the boat waving to him. She couldn't help frowning. The man saw it and curled up his lips: "Young man has nothing to do after you have eaten. Let's learn from others and act like a knight."
He is righteous, but he does not know the dangers of the world, and he is just a fool."
"But it's interesting." The woman in green smiled and got on the horse.
"If it weren't for the fact that the man behind him has some skills, I would have made some money from him." The man sneered.
Could it be that the second brother really saw that his servant was really an expert? the woman asked curiously.
The man laughed, but it was hard to tell, but how could it be a good thing to dare to protect the Lord while traveling alone, and the follower was not alarmed when doing things, so he was extraordinary. The woman in green said "Oh", which was true. She turned around and took another look.
The young master has a strong physique and is not an embroidered pillow. He must not come from an ordinary wealthy family.
The man looked disdainful, but so did the princes and generals: "It's not just those who deserve to be killed, those who deserve to be robbed, those who deserve to be robbed."
"Come on, today is different from the past," the woman in green urged him on his way.
A while ago in Xuzhou City, the bustle of marrying off the daughters of the rich families in the city was not over yet, and there was a new bustle. The people discovered that troops were being mobilized in the city, and thousands of soldiers were withdrawing from the city. This caused a lot of discussion among the people, whether there was another war.
, but wasn’t it said a few days ago that Li Zicheng had surrendered?
Li Zicheng's surrender does not mean that the world will be at peace. Not to mention the numerous bandits everywhere, there is still Zhang Xianzhong, the big bandit, in the southwest, and there are Tatars in the north who are said to be causing trouble...
Outside the city, Gao Jie, Sun Shoufa and the two sons of the Chang family were about to leave. Mrs. Xing saw them off personally: "Think before you act rashly."
Gao Jie smiled: "Don't worry, madam. If he doesn't stir up trouble, I'll let him go. But if there's nothing going on over there, I'll have nothing to do. It's better to go south and fight Zhang Xianzhong."
"It's not that you can just go if you want. Listen to that brother's arrangements in everything. He will never fail you. You should know the deeper meaning of his asking you to go to Puzhou. Although the man has surrendered, it cannot be said that it is 100% sure.
It’s important to be on guard against others, let alone him.”
Gao Jie nodded: "As long as he is honest, that's all. If he is playing tricks, he will get through me first."
A few days ago, the imperial court reached peace talks with Li Zicheng and mutually withdrew their troops as agreed. Only a few hundred troops were left in each of the four cities on the west side of the Yellow River. The main force was withdrawn to the east bank, leaving three thousand horses and leopards to garrison in Puzhou. The remaining troops and horses followed Li Yan and were stationed in Shandong, because Li Yan was in charge of the area.
Most of the soldiers and horses were originally the soldiers and horses of Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province.
At the same time, Chang Yu secretly ordered Gao Jie, the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou, to lead his troops to Puzhou to replace the Mahua Leopard.
As for why Gao Jie was asked to guard the Yellow River boundary, everyone who knows it will understand.
Gao Jie felt even more enlightened, so he mobilized 3,000 elite soldiers and brought along a powerful general named Sun Shoufa.
Sun Shoufa was originally Hong Chengchou's servant. He was good at using an iron whip and was extremely brave. He was known as the nemesis of thieves. He once captured Gao Yingxiang, the founder of the first generation of thieves, alive. He was very awesome.
Of course, I didn't forget to take the two tribesmen entrusted by Chang Yu to have some experience.
When Gao Jie led his troops to leave, on a southbound boat on the canal outside Xuzhou City, Qingyi and Sujing were sitting on the bow of the boat looking at the water in a daze. On the official road dozens of miles away from them, Tu Yuan and dozens of horses galloped away to set off a battle.
There was a cloud of dust, causing pedestrians to curse silently.
In the capital, thousands of horsemen filed out of Yongding Gate, causing passers-by to stop and make remarks. Suddenly the discerning people exclaimed: This is from the Dongchang Guards.
Outside the city gate, Lao Jiu looked back at the city gate and said to Jia Waixiong next to him: "What the hell, he has been holding it in for several months and finally came to life." Jia Waixiong looked at the two fierce black animals held by chains in his hands.
Wolf: "Shake your head, you really don't know how to keep a low profile."
Could it be that there is another war somewhere, and the elite Dongchang Guards are dispatched...
At the Yamen of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, Lu Daqi opened a secret letter: Zuo Liangyu died of illness, go to Wuchang quickly!
Yuan Jixian of Jiujiang Prefecture exclaimed, his hands shaking non-stop.
At the top of Ningyuan City, Zu Dashou stood with his hands behind his back, looked north for a while, then south for a while, and sighed: "What Lu Xiangsheng didn't do, Sun Chuanting didn't do, and Mr. Hong didn't do it either.
He has become something to be feared in future generations!”
Xi'an.
Li Zicheng stood in front of the original Qin Prince's Palace, which was also his previous palace. He looked at the gilded plaque on it and wrote to Zhen Xihou Palace. A faint smile appeared on his face. It won't be long before this is Zhen Xi Prince's Palace! Gu
In Luzhou Mansion, Liu Liangzuo stood at the entrance of the lobby, looking at the drizzle outside, with a solemn expression. He glanced sideways at the close aide next to him for a long time: "Is it possible to survive with a broken arm?"
"As long as the Commander-in-Chief is ruthless, maybe it will work!"
In Anqing Mansion, Huang Degong cursed: "I have to learn to read in the future. What you give to others is a secret message, but what you give to me is just a verbal message."
In Wuchang City, Zuo Mengeng sat alone in the lobby, looking out with dull eyes as if he was demented.
No one could understand his helplessness at this time.
Zuo Menggen is not Zuo Liangyu’s only son. He has other brothers and sisters. However, during the Xuzhou Mutiny seven years ago, Zuo Liangyu’s family was exterminated by the bandit army. Zuo Menggeng escaped with the army at that time (but it is said that the family was exterminated.
It needs to be verified. It is said that another sister escaped and later became a famous prostitute in a brothel. It was Zuo Xianmei. Moreover, Zuo Menggeng was later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was knighted. The second generation hereditary is Zuo Yuanyin, his brother's grandson. This is enough to prove
Not all of them were killed at that time. As for the historical data saying that Zuo Xianmei entered the brothel to avenge her father, it is a bit nonsense. Zuo Liangyu died of illness, who did she seek revenge from, and Zuo Mengeng still had hundreds of thousands of troops who could use her?)
Zuo Menggeng was very young at this time, and as in history, he did not mourn Zuo Liangyu secretly after his death. The reason at that time was because he was leading the army north to the "Qingjun side" and could not disrupt the morale of the army. At this time, he was worried about civil strife!
Zuo Liangyu claims to have an army of 200,000, but all his direct troops were wiped out in the early years. Nowadays, the factions are very complicated. This has something to do with the origins of his generals. Some are from the old army, some have taken refuge elsewhere, and some are
The rebel army surrendered because there were many people and many mischievous people, so Zuo Liangyu could barely control them with his experience.
But if he died at this time, Zuo Mengeng's qualifications could not be suppressed at all, and it happened to be at the critical moment when Li Zicheng returned to the imperial court. How could it be said that those generals had no thoughts?
Therefore, the staff Huang Shu and Xu Jingting suggested that the funeral should be kept secret first, and then the situation could be settled.
The so-called layout is to first transfer out those unstable generals and firmly hold the military power in Wuchang and Hanyang on the other side. It can be said that it is easier than doing it, because Zuo Liangyu has too many generals, such as Ma Jinzhong and Iron Cavalry.
Wang Yuncheng, Xu Yong, Hui Dengxiang, Zhang Yong, Lu Guangzu...etc., which one of those people is a good person and which one is not an old fritter, and people's hearts are divided between the belly, you know which one is true loyal or fake.
My heart was so tired and helpless. Zuo Menggeng felt extremely exhausted. In less than a year, too many unexpected things had happened. His father, who was originally so confident and self-respecting as a soldier, looked at the situation in the world and wanted to plot a big move.
, just when he was about to seize the opportunity, things suddenly changed. Li Zicheng failed in the Eastern Expedition, the Tatars were beaten and lame after entering the customs, and the most pitiful Bai Wang was wiped out.
In an instant, the great opportunity that was in sight was gone.
He didn't dare to really raise the flag to rebel if the opportunity was gone, but his father was able to bend and bow his head to the eunuch. From that day on, they moved out of the Prince of Chu's Mansion. It was the prince's palace. Even if it was destroyed, it was not something you, a general, could do.
Qualified to live.
Fortunately, there is always a road ahead, and the opportunity has come again.
Li Zicheng was captured by the imperial court.
This was a great opportunity. Although it was not an opportunity to rebel, it was indeed an opportunity to make great achievements. Zuo Liangyu wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to capture Jingzhou and Xiangyang.
He took off his pants and suddenly said, "I'm just teasing you." Old Li was jumping up and down and was negotiating peace with the court.
Old Man Zuo, who was already seriously ill, died with a mouthful of blood.
Leaving behind such a large family fortune and unfinished plans, Zuo Menggeng was left unprepared and at a loss as to where to go.
Rebellion immediately? Even his father didn't have the courage, and he didn't even dare.
Then he was driven by the court so honestly but unwillingly. After all, he had been preparing for two years, and the court would definitely settle the old scores of those two years of disobedience and not punish him by then.
What's even more worrying is that before the court can take action, his group of generals will separate themselves. If the family is not separated, the court will not dare to touch him easily. If the family is separated, the court's forty-meter sword will fall at any time.
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what do I do?
Huang Shu walked in and took a look at Zuo Mengeng, who was in a state of despair. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh and walked aside to sit down and pour himself a cup of tea: "God's will plays tricks on people."
Zuo Mengeng heard this and glanced sideways at him: "Where should we go?"
Huang Shu had no expression on his face: "That depends on whether you have the courage."
Zuo Mengeng smiled bitterly: "Li Chuang has surrendered, Bai Wang has been destroyed, and the Tatars have their legs broken. What's the use of my courage?"
"Now that you know this, just keep your tail between your legs." Huang Shu sighed lightly: "Two years of planning, but in the end it was all in vain."
"I'm afraid the tree is still but the wind doesn't stop. If I clamp my tail tighter, will the court let me go?" Zuo Mengeng looked sad, not believing that the eunuch would be soft-hearted.
Huang Shu didn't know what to say for a moment, and the two of them were relatively speechless.
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