"You are so brave! Ma Jinzhong, you are so brave! I think you are going crazy!"
Xiangyang Yin Niuquan, who had just escorted grain and grass to Luoyang, saw the city was heavily guarded as soon as he entered Luoyang City. Soldiers holding weapons were walking past everywhere on the streets and on the city walls.
Of course he was shocked. Niu Quan was the son of Niu Jinxing. When Li Guo and Chen Xin went south to Jingxiang, he followed Chen Xin to Huguang and served as the governor of Xiangyang Prefecture.
When Guo Junzhen led 50,000 Chu soldiers to the north, Niu Quan also followed him to Henan. He was originally in Kaifeng to help Guo Junzhen organize grain and supplies. Because there was a rebellion in Luoyang where the officials and gentry were training and armed, the eldest lady went to Luoyang to appease the people.
, Guo Junzhen was worried that if Luoyang became unstable, it would be bad if something happened to the eldest lady.
So not long after Ma Jinzhong arrived in Luoyang, Guo Junzhen thought deeply and felt that according to Luo Yanqing's character, Ma Jinzhong might not be able to bring Luo Yanqing back to Kaifeng, so he simply sent Niu Quan to Luoyang with a batch of grain. If Luo Yanqing really wanted to temporarily
If you stay in Luoyang to appease the people, let Niu Quan assist you.
Niu Quan was different from his father Niu Jinxing. He was a purely honest scholar. When he was in Xiangyang, the things he was busy with every day were also the trivial matters of common people planting grain and farming. Almost every day Niu Quan would go outside the city to inspect the camps.
He was supervising water conservancy projects, so his whole body was tanned by the sun. At first glance, he looked like an old farmer.
Ma Jinzhong smiled bitterly and said: "The little grand master has turned into an elbow and an armpit. Now that Tongguan has been captured, no one knows what happened in Guanzhong. In the worst case scenario, if it is Luo Rucai who really raises his troops to rebel, we in Luoyang will also bear the brunt, instead of just sitting back and waiting for death.
, it’s really better to strike first.”
Niu Quan was furious and scolded Ma Jinzhong, saying:
"Don't call me Little Grand Master! And I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about the eldest lady! The eldest lady is pregnant. If there are changes in Shaanxi as you said, then the eldest lady must be sent back
Kaifeng...forget it, I don't think Kaifeng is safe. The eldest lady should be sent to Xiangyang or Wuchang as soon as possible.
During this period, Gao Yigong was fighting very smoothly in the south, winning consecutive battles. If he hadn't heard the news of Huolu's defeat and sent troops north, he might have captured Changsha Prefecture. Luoyang is too dangerous now, Ma Jinzhong, don't you hurry up?
After the eldest lady was sent to the rear, why do you still let the eldest lady wear a helmet and carry armor? Are you crazy?"
Although Guo Junzhen, Ma Jinzhong, and Niu Quan brought 50,000 new troops from Huguang who had received long-term training and had old soldiers as the backbone, Huguang relied on a complete and extensive field camp, recruitment and training, and catching thieves
Despite the envoy's strength, a considerable number of new troops were quickly recruited.
Although the strength of these new soldiers as a field army is very worrying, they are not a big problem when used to defend the city. Therefore, Gao Yigong can also mobilize 20,000 field soldiers to go south to conquer Hunan. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianbi, Huang Chaoxuan and other miscellaneous small warlords in Hunan
, was no match for Gao Yigong. After a few battles, he was surrounded by Gao Yigong in Changsha City.
It was only because of bad news from the north that Gao Yigong had to give up his plan to attack Hunan and retreat to Yuezhou. After leaving five thousand elite troops to garrison Yueyangkou, he returned to Wuchang and prepared to dispatch troops and horses north to reinforce Li Laiheng.
Yueyang held the key to entering the Yangtze River from Dongting Lake. Gao Yigong only needed to leave a small number of naval forces behind to easily resist the attacks of the remaining miscellaneous warlords from the Ming Dynasty in Hunan.
During the San Francisco Revolution, the Wu and Zhou armies relied on the navy to defend Yueyang, which caused the Qing army to be blocked on Dongting Lake for a long time and unable to advance. For Hubei and Hunan, Yueyangkou means that Hubei controls Yueyang, which means it can easily attack
Hunan, if Hunan controls Yueyang, it can easily resist Hubei.
Ma Jinzhong shook his head, put on his armor, and jumped on his horse. He grabbed the whip and sighed:
"Little Grand Master, if you have the ability, go and talk to the eldest lady yourself and see if the eldest lady is willing to go to Kaifeng or Xiangyang? The eldest lady is different from our Highness the Prince of Jin. She is Luo Rucai's biological sister. Her temper is similar to that of Luo Rucai.
You are so powerful, I can't stand it even if I have a fortune of 100,000 yuan, and I don't dare to contradict it."
Niu Quan really wanted to say something, but when he saw that Luo Yanqing had put on her armor and looked so heroic and majestic, he was indeed just as Ma Jinzhong said, but he was actually afraid and did not dare to step forward to persuade.
"This, this, this...what should we do! If the first lady is injured, how can His Highness King Jin let us go!"
Ma Jinzhong looked up at the sky and murmured: "Anyway, I have sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to Kaifeng in a hurry. I have to invite our Marshal Guo here. Let Marshal Guo find a way to deal with this matter."
Over there, Luo Yanqing was covered in iron armor. It was impossible to tell that she was a pregnant woman who was about to give birth. She was so powerful and powerful that she had gathered all 4,000 elite soldiers. Zhao Yingyuan also put on a brand new armor, ready to
Follow the others and fight back to Tongguan.
Next to Luo Yanqing, there were a group of her maids wearing swords. But Ma Jinzhong looked at these people and asked hesitantly:
"Madam, do you want to bring these maids with you? I don't think it's necessary."
Luo Yanqing snorted coldly: "Just listen to my instructions and do what you say. They are all old people from Cao Ying, and they are all acquaintances of Yang Shengzu and Wang Long. If I want to earn money from Tongguan, I must take them with me."
"...Here, Madam, what are you going to do..."
The more Ma Jinzhong thought about it, the more afraid he became. If Luo Yanqing really had a problem, how would he explain it to Li Laiheng? Will he still be able to continue to hang out in the Dashun Army?
Niu Quan also boldly approached and asked cautiously: "Madam, you are in a hurry. Since General Ma has sent the news to Kaifeng, why don't we wait for Guo Shuai to come to Luoyang and then make a long-term plan?"
Niu Quan felt that since neither he nor Ma Jinzhong could nor dared to persuade Luo Yanqing to leave Luoyang and go to the rear, it would be better to hold off Luo Yanqing first and wait for Guo Junzhen to come over and let Marshal Guo deal with the problem.
After all, Guo Junzhen is the confidant of King Jin Li Laiheng, so he must be more courageous than the two of them, right?
Luo Yanqing grabbed Niu Quan and ordered him to mount:
"You! You are coming with us too! You are the son of Niu Jinxing and a weak scholar, so you are suitable to be a hostage! I will take you as a hostage."
Niu Quan was horrified when he heard this: "Hostage? What are you talking about, Madam? I was wronged!"
"Stop talking to me, Ma Jinzhong, Zhao Yingyuan, let's set off quickly, we have been delayed for a long time. If Yang Shengzu has stabilized the situation in Tongguan, it will be too difficult for us to recapture Guancheng."
Zhao Yingyuan has already grasped the reins of the war horse. His eyes are still bloodshot, and his eyes of hatred have not diminished at all. Among these people, only Zhao Yingyuan and Luo Yanqing are particularly eager to fight back to Tongguan, but Zhao Yingyuan himself actually knows that his family
My wife and I... are probably gone.
Ma Jinzhong looked at Niu Quan being thrown onto his horse by Luo Yanqing, and couldn't help but smile helplessly and sympathetically. Most of these four thousand elite soldiers came from the Chu army brought by Ma Jinzhong, and Ma Jinzhong was very familiar with them, so he
He directed the march.
Four thousand soldiers quickly left the city in an orderly manner. The Chu soldiers, who had received quite complete military training, were indeed extraordinary in terms of their formation and appearance, which even Zhao Yingyuan was secretly surprised in his heart.
Ma Jinzhong is very quick in using his troops. He is worthy of being a figure who conquered Henan when he was still using the nickname "Hun Shiwan". As Zuozhen's last legacy, at least in terms of marching speed, Ma Jinzhong can call himself the "long-distance running champion"
.
Only Niu Quan is still worried about his life. What is the "hostage" thing Luo Yanqing mentioned?
Did this eldest lady come up with some wonderful idea to earn money from Tongguan City?