Chu Liang, the defender of Luxi, led his troops to Kaicheng and surrendered on the 24th.
Although Chu Liang was defeated by Yuan Dynasty and Huang Binghao was defeated and executed, he had the intention of defecting to Tanzhou. However, they sent people to Tanzhou on the 19th, but they did not even see Zhang Han, the envoy of Tanzhou, until the 22nd.
Seeing that there was no response from Tanzhou, and that all the generals' families were in Yuanzhou City, controlled by Huaidong, and that there were only three thousand weak defenders in Luxi, Chu Liang and the generals hesitated for a night, and finally chose to surrender unconditionally.
Zhou Qichang led his troops to take over Luxi City and was ordered to disarm the original defenders. The soldiers below the commander of Xu Du surrendered their weapons and left the camp, and were paid travel expenses per head to return home. Chu Liang and other generals were transferred to Yuanzhou City for later use.
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However, after arriving in Yuanzhou City, Lu Xi secretly contacted Tanzhou and his intention to surrender to Zhang Han was revealed. Chu Liang and others were arrested and imprisoned in Yuanzhou.
Until the end of August, the territory of Yuanzhou was still in chaos. Twenty to thirty thousand troops were dispersed and scattered throughout the territory. They could not be cleared in a short time. Almost every day, several villages were looted by the rebels and bandits.
The main force of the Huaidong Army's infantry and cavalry was mainly concentrated in Xinyu, downstream of the Yuan River, to besiege the remnants of Zhang Xiongshan. In order not to affect the main force's transfer north to participate at any time, Lin Fu clearly gave Yuanzhou the responsibility of clearing out the routed bandits and chasing down the remnants of Chen Zishou.
The house was handed over to Zhou Zhizheng and Wu Jingze.
After the Yuanzhou Army recruited and surrendered the remnants of the Yuanzhou Army, which Zhou Zhizheng trusted, the force quickly expanded to 2,000 people. In normal times, it would be enough to maintain public security within the territory, and it would not be too much of a problem to clear out the leaderless bandits one by one.
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However, because there were too many defeated troops in Heshan, Mengshan, and Moshan mountains to the north of Yuanzhou, there was no progress in chasing down the remnants of Chen Zishou. Compared with defeated troops and bandits, Chen Zishou was always the biggest threat to Yuanzhou.
Under this situation, Zhou Zhizheng knew that Chu Liang wanted to surrender to Tanzhou before surrendering, disrupting the situation in Yuanzhou, and after planning with Wu Jingze, he immediately captured Chu Liang and others and imprisoned them, and escorted them to Yuanzhou on the 29th.
Go to Yuan.
Yuanzhou City was still in chaos. The government army had collected a large number of surrendered troops, and military discipline was somewhat lax. However, in Xiayuan City, the situation was much better. Lin Fu was stationed in Xiayuan, and the defense of Xiayuan was completely taken over by the Huaidong Cavalry Battalion.
The purge that began on the 10th almost wiped out all Huang Binghao's remaining forces in Xiayuan City.
Chu Liang stood in the vertical cage, his hands and feet were shackled, and his skin and flesh would be painful if he moved.
In Yuanzhou these days, more than a dozen heads fall to the ground every day. Those who are purged are the remnants of the forces identified as Huang Binghao or Huang Binghao's direct relatives who participated in the surrender before the Yuanzhou war.
Chu Liang didn't know if he was Huang Binghao's direct confidant. The wife he remarried was a daughter of the Huang Binghao clan, but he was from the East Fujian Army. He was injured and left the camp early in his life, and then joined the Jiangzhou Army. Although he
When he was in the East Fujian Army, he only served as a junior high school officer in front of Lu Jingyan's tent before he was injured and retired. However, because of this relationship, he was never inferior to Chen Zishou and Zhang Xiongshan in the Jiangzhou Army and was trusted by Huang Binghao.
After all, there are too many generals of the Eastern Fujian Army who have surrendered to Huaidong. Generals such as Lu Jingyan, Chen Dingbang, and Geng Quanshan are all first-level generals in the Huaidong Army. Although Chu Liang is at a very low level in the Eastern Fujian Army, he is still
He was from the Eastern Fujian Army - but Chu Liang knew in his heart that he left the Eastern Fujian Army too early and had no friendship with senior generals such as Gao Zongting, Chen Dingbang, Geng Quanshan and the Yu family brothers. Although his clan brother was quite popular with Lu Jingyan in his early years
Trust, but died early in the Jinan War.
Although he did not advocate surrender to the Yan captives before the war, he also advocated guarding against Huaidong. At this time, it was revealed that he sent someone to contact Tanzhou, and there was no room for him to tell the story when he arrived in Xia Yuan City.
Lin Fu wanted to go on a killing spree in Yuanzhou to establish his authority, and he wouldn't mind killing one or two more insignificant fish.
Knowing that it would be difficult to survive this time when he arrived in Xia Yuan, Chu Liang had no fear in his heart. When he entered the city, he looked up and saw that the Huaidong soldiers guarding the city tower looked like old and simple swords.
Only a veteran in the military can understand that the Huaidong soldiers are restrained and fierce, with an edge honed in real bloody battles, which is far beyond the ability of ordinary soldiers to stop.
Chu Liang felt sad in his heart: Huaidong had 300,000 warriors and warriors, but Huang Binghao wanted to break the earth and become the king's wealth without hesitation, causing many people to end up in the current situation. This is probably the best portrayal of insatiable greed.
At this time, a small group of people came up from the city. The armor they wore was only slightly different from the armor of the guards in front of the city. It must have been a special formation of the Huaidong Army to stop the escorting team.
The leader asked the escort: "Are the people you are escorting, the Luxi guard Chu Liang and others?"
The escorting schoolmaster reported back: "Exactly." Chu Liang did not recognize the visitor, but the escorting schoolmaster knew that the clothes and armor worn by the visitor represented the status of a privy envoy guard.
"This is the order from the Privy Councilor," the visitor handed the order and the tooth tag he was wearing to the escorting officer, and said, "You can go back and pay the order. Chu Liang will give it to us."
The escorting primary school took Lin Fu's warrant and went back to pay it. Chu Liang and the others didn't care at all who would take over them, nor who would execute them.
When they arrived at a building that looked like a post house, someone came to untie the wooden cages for Chu Liang and the others, and said to Chu Liang and the others: "Chu Liang, please follow us to the master's residence. The others are resting in the post house. No."
What's the matter? Don't wander around in the city. Even if you have to go out for a walk, remember to come back here before dark. The curfew has not been lifted and you will be stopped by patrolling soldiers and horses. You will be beaten with a big stick. No one can intercede on your behalf. "
Is this not killing?
Chu Liang hurried to the camp with his companions in a daze. Someone on the road saw them coming in, and smiled and asked the person who took him into the house: "Is this the person General Chu wants to protect?"
Lin Fu watched Zhao Mengxiong bring Chu Liang in, nodded, and said: "Chu Zheng said that you have some general talents. It seems that Chu Zheng is apologizing for you. Although Chu Zheng is of the same clan as you, you still marry the Huang family.
My daughter, when Chu Zheng moved his family to Chongzhou, he did not disturb your wealth. I wonder how you feel at this time?"
"Ah!" Chu Liang was stunned for a moment. There were still frequent wars in Jiangxi, and many of his clansmen were scattered. In his early years, he heard that Chu Zheng died in the war in Jinan. After that, he did not deliberately inquire about the whereabouts of the younger Chu Zheng family. He did not expect that not only was Chu Zheng not dead, he
My family has also moved to Chongzhou long ago.
"Before the war, you did not persuade Huang Binghao to surrender to the imperial court. After the war, you deliberately defected to Tanzhou, and deliberately disrupted the situation that Yuanzhou had finally settled down. Although you subsequently led your troops to surrender, your sins are hard to escape, and you should be considered as a exile.
, Come to think of it, you won’t be dissatisfied.” Lin Fu didn’t care what Chu Liang’s mentality was, “Let’s do this, Chu Zheng will be a general in Yizhou, and you can go to Yizhou to do hard labor for a few years! In addition, the news that you secretly contacted Tanzhou is
Zhang Han deliberately leaked it, so don't doubt your generals."
Gao Zongting issued a transit document to Chu Liang and told Chu Liang to leave. Chu Liang seemed to be in a dream. Since Chu Zheng was the general of the Huaidong Army at this time, it was their only way out in troubled times for them to surrender in front of Chu Zheng's tent.
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After Chu Liang left, Lin Fu and Gao Zongting laughed and said: "Zhang Han still wants to disturb the situation at this time. It's really difficult for him."
After all, Chu Liang led his troops to surrender. Although he secretly contacted Tanzhou and killed him, it was not inappropriate, but it would make the Tanzhou generals wary and help Zhang Han unite the hearts of Xiangtan.
At this time, Yuanzhou had defected to the She family and was fighting against the imperial court. From Huang Binghao on down, they were all rebels. Most people were worried about being liquidated, so they were easily coerced by Huang Binghao. In the end, a large number of people were tied to a tree.
Hang.
Different from Yuanzhou, Tanzhou is still a territory of the imperial court in name. From Zhang Han onwards, all the civil and military officials in Tanzhou are officials of the imperial court. In the face of the Huaidong army, Tanzhou's civil and military officials surrendered to Huaidong, and there was no need to give up afterwards.
The psychological burden of liquidation would at most cause Huaidong to be squeezed out and Huaidong to be sidelined, but there would be no worries about personal or family death.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Han's attempt to coerce Tanzhou's civil and military officials into separatist rule would become unrealistic.
Whether to kill Chu Liang or not has a profound impact on the civil and military officials of Tanzhou. Even without Chu Zheng's relationship, Lin Fu would not kill Chu Liang and other generals without permission.
Killing Huang Binghao was to deter Zhang Han and others from making any move; leaving Chu and Liang behind was to reassure the middle and lower-level civil and military officials in Tanzhou that they did not need to fear Huaidong.
"If it doesn't work out, why don't I go to Tanzhou?" Gao Zongting said.
"No need," Lin Fu shook his head, "The mess over in Xinyu will be sorted out in the next two days. Then you will follow me north, and there will be no time to go to Tanzhou. Even if Zhang Han doesn't have the heart to be a bitch, he will
I don’t have the ability to bring about any evil moth. It’s not too late to deal with him after a while.”
Huang Binghao had 40,000 soldiers and horses in Yuanzhou, so he was dispatched to Huaidong. Although Tanzhou had 40,000 soldiers and horses, even if Zhang Han was deceived by lard and wanted to go against Huaidong, what would happen to the civil and military officers under his command?
Follow him blindly?
Zhang Han is not willing to give up, and he will not do any harm for the time being. Instead, he can use this as an excuse to deal with Tanzhou in the future.
Gao Zongting smiled and said, "That's right."
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In the garden of Tanzhou's envoy's residence, the lights are as bright as day.
Huang Binghao was defeated and killed in Yuanzhou. After the news reached Tanzhou, Zhang Han had not had a good night's sleep, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"The fall of Nanyang is imminent, and the Yanhu army will most likely go south to attack Jingzhou immediately." Zhang Zuojun, the second son of Zhang Han, also looked very tired. He had not been able to take a good rest these days. Standing on the map, he still insisted on his own ideas and said in a hoarse voice.
, "On the Jingxiang line, it is still unclear who will win between Huaidong and Yanhulu. We in Tanzhou will not hold Huaidong's hands or feet, but we will not surrender to him at this time."
"No matter if Nanyang falls, Duke Chongguo will eat Huang Binghao first," said the middle-aged scribe Gu Hao, Zhang Han's trusted adviser for many years, standing opposite Zhang Zuojun.
He did not hesitate to resort to bloody methods. If Tanzhou did not express its position at this time, it would be difficult to change the situation in the future. At this time, he asked the second son and his family to go to the Huaidong army as hostages. With Huaidong's heart in mind, it would be impossible for Huaidong to immediately relieve Tanzhou.
The military power of the state would even comfort this side. If Chong Guogong did not have the luck of Jackie Chan and failed in the battle with Yanhu in Jingxiang, he would rely more on Tanzhou in the future, which would only be good for Tanzhou and not harmful.
If Jingxiang battles and Huaidong wins another great victory, the power of the north and the south will be clear. What else can you do to look forward and backward? This two-pronged strategy can be used to advance or retreat, so you must not hesitate!"
"I won't go to Yuanzhou," Zhang Zuojun said flatly. "The Zhang family is committed to Xiangtan, so how can they give control to others?"
"Tanzhou has not expressed its position at this time. Although Huaidong may not be able to stop Yanhu from taking Jingzhou, it will not be a problem to defend the Yangtze River. After Huaidong's defense lines in Jiangzhou and Luzhou are stabilized, it will send troops to attack Tanzhou," Gu Hao said,
"I dare to ask the Second Young Master, if Tanzhou's soldiers and horses cannot compete with Yuanzhou's army for supremacy, how many elites can they stop from Huaidong?"
"Second brother is not going, then I will make this trip," Zhang Han's eldest son Zhang Zuowu, who was sitting next to Zhang Han and remained silent, said, "Now that Yuanzhou has been lost, Jiangning's decree can go directly to Tanzhou. Even if my Zhang family doesn't
From the magistrates of Xiang, Tan, Zhu, and Yue prefectures, how many of them are willing to tie themselves to a tree with our Zhang family? Are you not afraid of another Zhou Zhizheng coming out of Xiangtan?"
Zhang Han sighed softly and looked at his second son with some unconcealed disappointment. He wanted to keep his eldest son Zuo Wu by his side to assist in military affairs, but the second son refused to go to the Huaidong Army as a hostage and forcefully
The melon will not taste sweet, forcing him to go will not only fail to ease the relationship with Huaidong, but may cause trouble, which is not good. On the contrary, the eldest son Zuo Wu is knowledgeable and discerning, and he is also calm and steady.
"Then ask Zuo Wu to go, and Mr. Gu will go to Yuanzhou with us," Zhang Han said. "The Zhang family is a minister of the imperial court. When foreign invaders invade, the imperial court is in trouble, and the Privy Council is summoned. I, the Zhang family, cannot stand by and watch. You go.
Yuanzhou, whether Duke Chongguo keeps him in the army or asks you to go to Jiangning as an official, you must do your best; after we leave, the soldiers and horses here in Tanzhou will disperse to the various prefectures..."
"My lord, I have made a clear decision." Gu Hao said. At this time, the North and the South are competing for supremacy. Only the Cao family can hold a corner in eastern Sichuan. The other forces do not know how to keep a low profile and are still greedy. They are just trying to imitate Huang Binghao and seek defeat quickly.