When Li Guoying saw Zuo Liangyu calling his name, he stepped out of the queue and prepared to express his thoughts.
But at this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps came from outside the tent, but it was someone who rushed back to report.
"What?" When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he was immediately surprised and couldn't believe it. "Sun Chuanting actually copied Wei Hui's Luwang? How is this possible?"
"Back to the Marshal, hundreds of cars are being transported from the north bank to the south bank of the Yellow River. It's absolutely true!"
After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This Sun Chuanting is really brave. Even I don't dare to touch the vassal king. He actually went to copy the vassal king. This is really strange!"
After hearing this, Li Guoying, who was about to speak just now, rolled his eyes a few times, then suddenly his face changed, and he quickly reminded Zuo Liangyu: "Commander, if Sun Chuanting didn't have the emperor's will, it would be impossible for him to attack the vassal king.
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"That's right, Sun Chuanting is not a warrior like us. He has just been granted the title of Jizhou Bo. There is absolutely no possibility of him attacking the feudal king privately!" Zuo Liangyu nodded after hearing this.
However, he still had doubts and said: "But it is rare for a vassal king to confiscate his family! Unless King Lu wants to rebel, this is possible! But now, among the vassal kings in the court, who has the strength to dare to rebel?
? This is impossible!"
"Commander, all the proceeds from the confiscation of homes were shipped to Kaifeng, not to the capital!" Li Guoying heard this and immediately reminded him, "Also, today, a lot of homes were confiscated last year. The chief assistant
, the prince, the big businessman, as long as they have money, they may have their homes confiscated by him. And with the proceeds from the confiscation, he secretly built an army that defeated hundreds of thousands of captives!"
Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu was shocked and quickly understood what Li Guoying meant, and immediately said seriously: "Is Sun Chuanting going to use troops again?"
"It's not necessarily true. Didn't the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo surrender to the imperial court and be reorganized in Kaifeng?" Ma Shixiu had been to Kaifeng and immediately reminded him, "It's possible that Kaifeng has no food, so he has to kill the pig!"
Zuo Liangyu's sense of smell was obviously relatively strong. He immediately thought of something, his face changed, and he immediately said: "If my prediction is correct, it was caused by Li Zicheng's annexation of Zhang Xianzhong's troops. With Sun Chuanting's ability,
We have enough troops at our disposal, and we will definitely not sit back and watch Li Zicheng finish integrating Luo Rucai’s men!”
His son Zuo Mengeng had been unable to say anything just now and seemed a bit incompetent. It was only then that he found an opportunity and quickly said to his father: "This is great, Dad. We can take this opportunity to ask Sun Chuanting for money and food."
He had so much, so he definitely wouldn’t give it away. Then, we took the money and ran away, leaving them to fight like dogs!”
This time, Zuo Liangyu did not reprimand his son, but felt that what his son said made sense.
No matter what, at least he has an army of 100,000 in his hands, and he is the closest to Li Zicheng's troops. If the court wants to use troops, no matter how dissatisfied it is with him, it must be thinking of driving away wolves and devouring tigers, or at least sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight.
, this is the best policy.
In this case, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. At least now Sun Chuanting has just made a fortune. If you ask him for some, you can always give it, right?
With this thought in mind, he looked at his son and asked, "After we take the money, where can we go?"
"Go to Qin. There are still vassal kings there who have not been robbed. Let's go there!" Zuo Mengeng was encouraged and immediately became excited and said quickly.
Nanyang Prefecture originally had a vassal king, who was the Tang Dynasty King.
It's just a pity that in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng broke through and killed the Tang King. I heard that last year, the original Tang King Zhu Yujian, who was originally demoted to Fengyang, had been released from Fengyang and succeeded the Tang King.
, but not in Nanyang, but still in the capital.
At this time, Zuo Mengeng heard that Sun Chuanting had obtained so much property by copying the vassal king. Naturally, he drooled and wanted to follow suit. However, the vassal king in the Central Plains was either in the hands of Sun Chuanting or had been copied by Li Zicheng before.
It's none of their business.
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he shook his head and said: "Sun Chuanting can take action against the vassal king if he gets the emperor's will. We don't have the emperor's will. If we take action against the vassal king, we will tear off the last layer of face."
For him, the best situation is of course not to rebel, but to continue to grow his strength under the imperial system. If not, he was almost wiped out several times in the past, but in the end it was because of his imperial status.
, and then quickly rallied the team.
If he rebels at this time, believe it or not, he can escape many of his subordinates at once. After all, they are nominally officers and soldiers of the imperial court, but if they rebel, they will be rebels. This status is completely different.
At this time, after hearing Zuo Liangyu's words, Li Guoying rolled his eyes and said to Zuo Liangyu: "The commander-in-chief is right, we are not strong enough yet and we definitely cannot quarrel with the imperial court. It is better to take the
After arriving at Qianliang, we fought a battle with Li Zicheng's troops, and then lost to Li Zicheng's troops. We then retreated to the west and got out of the way, allowing Sun Chuanting's troops to fight Li Zicheng themselves!"
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he immediately clapped his hands, pointed at Li Guoying and said to his son: "Did you hear that? This is a mature statement. At least in name, we can all stand firm without giving Sun Chuanting an excuse, so he hid aside
.Even if Sun Chuanting sends someone to pass the order, he can still hide in the west and watch the excitement on the excuse that he has not received the military order. If he can even enter Sichuan, then Shu is a land of abundance, and there are many rich people, so we can continue to grow in strength!"
"Yes, this is a good idea!" Ma Shixiu also agreed.
The others have been following Zuo Liangyu for a long time, so naturally they are all experienced and have similar ideas.
So Zuo Liangyu started packing his luggage, waiting for Sun Chuanting to send someone to deliver the order, and then took the opportunity to ask for money and food.
However, what he never expected was that he thought about the first year of junior high school, but he never thought about what it would be like on the fifteenth day!
The people sent to Sun Chuanting of Kaifeng Prefecture to ask for money and food did not respond. When they did, they brought back a huge piece of bad news.
Zuo Liangyu stood up in shock and confirmed in disbelief: "What, you really said that?"
"Commander, this is a notice from the imperial court!" His subordinate answered in a panic, holding a piece of paper in both hands.
Zuo Mengeng, who was standing next to him, rushed forward, grabbed the piece of paper, and gave it to his father. After unfolding it, he also leaned over to look at it.
This imperial notice directly listed all the illegal things Zuo Liangyu had done over the years, including disobeying military orders, escaping from battle, looting places, torturing people, etc.
At the end of the announcement, it was said that there was such a scum among the imperial officers and soldiers, and not killing Zuo Liangyu would not make the people angry. Killing Zuo Liangyu would serve as a warning to the world's officers and soldiers.
He also informed Zuo Liangyu's department that ordinary soldiers were allowed to perform meritorious service for their crimes, and officers, big and small, were kidnapped and questioned, and they were pardoned for their crimes.
With a "pop" sound, Zuo Liangyu became angry and slapped the notice with a loud bang. At the same time, he shouted angrily: "This is unreasonable, this is simply unreasonable!"
It's one thing for him to be doing that himself, but it's another thing for the court to treat him as a model and spread the word to the world.
He didn't think that he had done something wrong first, but he was just full of anger, very angry that the court dared to do this!
When other people in the lobby saw him, they all looked at each other in shock, and at the same time they were also a little at a loss.
They had done so many violations of laws and disciplines that they had become accustomed to it. They had also become accustomed to the lack of punishment. Suddenly, the court wanted to hold them responsible for their crimes. For a while, it was a little difficult for them to adapt.
Zuo Mengeng was also dumbfounded and said in disbelief: "The imperial court doesn't want our army? Aren't we the king if we have strength? If they do this, aren't they afraid that we will follow suit?"
After hearing what he said, Zuo Liangyu calmed down and immediately shouted: "The imperial court has a strong army in its hands, so it will do this to the death of a dog. Do you really think that I, Zuo Liangyu, am so easy to bully?"
After hearing this, Li Guoying said worriedly: "Commander, if the imperial court had no confidence at all, it would not have turned its back like this! My subordinates thought that this was to kill the chicken and scare the monkey, and to warn all the imperial officers and soldiers in the world not to do those things."
Therefore, the imperial court must have made up its mind and is very confident that it will destroy us!"
Upon hearing this, Zuo Liangyu immediately remembered the strength in Sun Chuanting's hands.
As far as the nearby area is concerned, Sun Yingyuan's Yongwei camp is in Luoyang. On the Kaifeng side there are Yuan Shizhong's troops, Chen Yongfu's troops, and the Gezuo fifth camp. Further east, there are the troops under the command of Governor Baoding. I heard that Huang Degong's troops are also there.
Thinking of this, his brows suddenly frowned, and then he decisively ordered: "Immediately restrain your subordinates. They are not allowed to wander around without military orders. It is strictly forbidden to spread the contents of the notice to outsiders. Immediately send out sentries at night to spy on the movements of all the people in the court."
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Although this matter cannot be hidden in the end, it can only be hidden for a while. Zuo Liangyu is very worried that once this announcement is made public, it will have a great impact on his military morale.
At the same time, inquire about the movements of the imperial army so that you can have an idea of what to do.
However, what he didn't expect was that just as he said these words, he saw another general burst into the lobby, holding a stack of paper in his hand, and reported to him: "Commander, my subordinates have seized the imperial court from all over the country."
There are many announcements saying... saying..."
At this point, he stopped talking because he saw a notice spread out on the table in front of Zuo Liangyu. Obviously Zuo Liangyu already knew about this and there was no need to report it.
When Zuo Liangyu looked at the pile of notices in his hand, his expression suddenly changed with anger.
At this time, he finally understood. He should have been on the emperor's must-kill list a long time ago. Sun Chuanting had no money or food before, so he wanted to trap and kill him.
It's just that he was smart and didn't go to Kaifeng. That's why Sun Chuanting raided Prince Lu's Mansion, used the money and food from Prince Lu's Mansion as military supplies, and then launched a thunderous offensive against him!