Outside Kuizhou City at the junction of Sichuan and Chu, in Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army tent, Zuo Liangyu looked at Zhang Xianzhong's messenger with a gloomy face.
Previously, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by the army in Manao Mountain and Hejiaping. Zhang Xianzhong could only lead a few thousand people to break through and flee into the Xinggui Mountains at the junction of Sichuan and Chu. Now, Zhang Xianzhong is on the verge of survival. As long as Zuo Liangyu applies an iron fist.
If Zhang Xianzhong goes into the mountains to suppress the bandits, he may be in great danger.
In the previous battle of Manao Mountain, Zhang Xianzhong occupied Manao Mountain and stood firm, hoping to defeat the army while waiting for work. Who knew that the officers and soldiers, such as Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and Zheng Chongjian, united as one and attacked Zhang Xianzhong's fortifications on the mountain. Not only did the officers and soldiers unite,
He also bribed Liu Guoneng, a bandit who surrendered, and disguised himself as a farmer transporting grain to Zhang Xianzhong. He set fire to Zhang Xianzhong's army formation and attacked Zhang Xianzhong from both inside and outside.
The officers and soldiers surrounded him inside and outside, and almost killed Zhang Xianzhong in battle.
Zhang Xianzhong led thousands of elite troops to break out of the weak spot surrounded by the army at the risk of death. The other troops under Zhang Xianzhong were all surrounded and annihilated by the army.
The sweeping king Cao Wei and the white-horse Deng Tianwang under Zhang Xianzhong were all killed by the army. Flying mountain tiger, crossing the sky dragon, robbing the mountain tiger, flying on the mountain, crossing the sky python, drilling the sky harrier, ascending to the sky, descending to the sea,
Zhang Xianzhong, Huo Zong and others were captured one after another. Zhang Xianzhong's wife was captured and killed by the army. Zhang Xianzhong's eight-year-old son committed suicide after being captured. Zhang Xianzhong's two other concubines were also captured. Military advisor Xu Yixian and Pan Duao were also captured at Shuishiba.
captured.
Xianjun's more than 10,000 mules and horses were all captured by the official army. Zhang Xianzhong's seal, tiger charm, golden whip, etc. all fell into the hands of the official army. Zhang Xianzhong's army of tens of thousands was almost wiped out.
Not only that, after Zhang Xianzhong broke out from Manao Mountain, when he faced the Sichuan deputy general Zhang Ling at Hejiaping, he was surrounded by the army again. Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and others led an army of 100,000 to surround Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong could not resist it.
, led the army to break through and escape again, and then hid in Xinggui Mountain, gathering his troops and hiding in hiding.
When the news reached the capital, the emperor was overjoyed. He appointed Yang Sichang as Taibao and Zuo Liangyu as Shaobao. They were rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, another 50,000 gold, and thousands of pieces of brocade and silk as a reward for the army, hoping that the officers and soldiers would cheer up.
Then he went down and captured Zhang Xianzhong.
At this time, the bandits were at a trough. Not only Zhang Xianzhong hid in the mountains, but Li Zicheng also hid in the mountains. Li Zicheng was surrounded by the army in Yubeli Mountain. Many generals in the army surrendered to the army. Li Zicheng ran out of ammunition and food.
Almost committed suicide.
As long as Zhang Xianzhong is captured, it can be said that there will be no great thief in the world. Even if Li Zicheng breaks out again and the army chasing Zhang Xianzhong joins up with Li Zicheng's army to attack Li Zicheng, there will be no way for Li Zicheng to survive.
Xinggui Mountain is located at the junction of Sichuan and Chu. It is said to be a majestic mountain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. However, at this time, Xianjun was defeated again and again, and had no morale when facing the official army. Among the official troops who encircled and suppressed Zhang Xianzhong, they were the most capable.
It was Zuo Liangyu's tribe, and Xianjun was most afraid of Zuo Liangyu. As long as Zuo Liangyu carefully searched the mountains and attacked, Zhang Xianzhong would be unable to fly, and would only end up being killed and captured.
However, at this critical moment, Zuo Liangyu wavered.
Zuo Liangyu has been extremely domineering over the years. No matter where he led his troops, he would plunder, plunder money and women, and his style was almost the same as that of a gangster. It was precisely because of the profits from plunder that Zuo Liang
Yu's soldiers and horses have high morale and are brave enough to fight.
As the governor-general of suppressing thieves, Yang Sichang had to use Zuo Liangyu, but he was very dissatisfied. He was suspicious of Zuo Liangyu and wanted to weaken Zuo Liangyu.
Zuo Liangyu was the general of the reinforcements and suppression forces, and had the seal of the general who defeated the thieves. In the Ming Dynasty, the generals of Xuanfu, Liaodong, and the generals of the reinforcements and suppressions had the title of general, and they were called generals of Zhenshuo, generals of conquering the captives, and generals of the suppression of thieves.
etc. These general soldiers with the title of general have a higher status than ordinary general soldiers.
Zuo Liangyu has the title of "Pingtai General", so he can control other generals during war.
In order to weaken Zuo Liangyu, Yang Sichang had previously told He Renlong that as long as He Renlong dared to fight, He Renlong would replace Zuo Liangyu's position.
However, after the victory at Manaoshan and Hejiaping, Zuo Liangyu made great achievements in succession, and Yang Sichang changed his mind again and wanted to keep Zuo Liangyu. He Renlong was ashamed and angry, and told Zuo Liangyu what Yang Sichang said. Zuo Liang
From then on, Yu was suspicious of Yang Sichang every day, conserving his strength at all times and not daring to fight to the death in the mountains.
Zhang Xianzhong obviously felt this and decided to add fuel to the fire and sent an envoy to persuade Zuo Liangyu.
At this time, outside Kuizhou City, in Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army tent, Zhang Xianzhong's envoy knelt in front of Zuo Liangyu and said: "The general has been arrogant for a long time. He has repeatedly disobeyed the commander's orders and went out in many places.
Robbery. The Yangge tribe has been dissatisfied for a long time. Now because my general Zhang Xianzhong is here, the Yangge tribe reuses General Zuo. If my general is gone, General Zuo's trouble will not be long."
After listening to the messenger's words, Zuo Liangyu's face turned from white to red, and then from red to white, and he did not speak for a long time.
The envoy looked at Zuo Liangyu's face and knew that the fire was coming. Without further words, he walked out of Zuo Liangyu's tent.
Zuo Liangyu sat in the big tent, looking at the soldiers and horses outside the tent, motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, Zuo Liangyu's general Zhao Zhu walked into the tent and asked: "Commander, tomorrow I will lead 3,000 people into the mountain to search for thieves. Is there anything you want to say to me, Commander?"
Zuo Liangyu looked at Zhao Zhu and said, "I won't go into the mountains to search for thieves tomorrow!"
Zhao Zhu was stunned for a moment, unable to react, and asked: "Don't you want to search the mountain?" After a pause, Zhao Zhu cupped his hands and said: "Commander, we are already at the end of our battle to offer the thief. If we add a little more force, we will be able to offer the thief."
To be wiped out, this is the best time."
Zuo Liangyu said calmly: "It's rainy during this period, and the mountain search battle is too difficult. We can make plans after the rainy season is over!"
Zhao Zhu opened his mouth, feeling that Zuo Liangyu's order was a bit unbelievable, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions.
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On May 13th, Li Zhi, Zheng Hui and his bodyguard rode on horseback to the edge of the new fields in Hsinchu. They were in a happy mood as they looked at the farmers who were sowing seeds and raising seedlings in the fields.
After Gao Ligong contacted 2,000 households of old rice farmers in Taiping County, Zhejiang, Li Zhi sent a boat to pick them up. Now these 7,000 households of old farmers in Taiping County and 8,000 households in Tianjin are paid 20 per adult or strong girl.
He was the first group of farmers in Hsinchu to plant more than 70,000 acres of paddy fields that had just been built with irrigation canals.
Gao Ligong also contacted a group of farm cattle in Fujian, and Li Zhi transported them to Hsinchu by ship and lent them to farmers.
At this time, farmers are planting late rice, sowing it in May and expecting to harvest it at the end of October. The new fields in Hsinchu, which are burned with a thick layer of plant ash, are very fertile. If managed properly, it is estimated that this season's rice harvest will be one stone and five buckets per mu. Although
This year, these paddy fields can only be planted for one season, and the harvest far exceeds that of Tianjin's dry fields. (To be continued.)
