Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 194 I have to fight (please ask for tickets, please subscribe)
The sky is slightly bright, and the East Lake is covered with mist, like a landscape painting, and some people can be seen faintly.

The surface of the lake is quite vast, at this time a small boat came, and a dozen or so people swayed through the fog, and saw the real scene of the East Lake.

I saw hundreds of warships, like huge monsters, with extremely ferocious rams, and the erected military flags were blown by the cold wind, resembling the roar of wild beasts.

It is constantly piled up on the surface of the lake, lined up side by side, which is extremely shocking.

There were soldiers walking up and down constantly, as if they were ants, and they looked extraordinarily small.

There are also many smaller ships, one after another, the soldiers are full of interest, and they keep looking around.

"chilly!"

Standing on the boat, You Shiwei rubbed his hands, even with a beard on his face, it couldn't give him more warmth.

"The boats are already loaded?"

"General, everything is ready." Deputy General Wang Shiguo couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and stomped his feet and said:

"The 30,000 people from Xiangyang started boarding the boat three days ago. The whole army is [-], including thousands of fishermen and sailors."

"Where's the food?"

You Shiwei continued to ask.

"One hundred thousand stones have arrived in Xinkaikou Town, and another hundred thousand stones are stored in Qi (qi) Prefecture of Huangzhou Prefecture. It takes half a day to get there."

Wang Shiguo said in a deep voice: "With these 200,000 shi of grain, it is enough for us to squander for half a year. This battle is won before it is fought."

"No, in addition to food, there are also these warships."

In Yulin Town, which he personally led, many generals were separated, and his younger brother You Shigong and others also went to the other camp to become lieutenants.

You Shiwei docked, boarded the warship, looked at the Franco cannons, and couldn't help but sigh: "Even if we are fantasizing, we dare not!"

"Sufficient food supplies, elite soldiers, and sharp weapons are really overkill for defeating Zuo Liangyu."

Born in the frontier army, You Shiwei especially looked down on people like Zuo Liangyu, greedy for life and afraid of death, timid before fighting, the imperial court should send all the military salaries to the border town.

"You Tongzhi!"

When I got on the boat, I saw Liu Tingjie, Wang Guangen, Bai Wang, Huideng and other generals bowing down with respect.

You Shiwei, who sits in Huangzhou Prefecture, was worshiped by His Royal Highness King Hanyang as the Presidential System for Suppressing Thieves, and temporarily commanded tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Jiujiang.

Facing the greetings from the generals, You Shiwei was very helpful: "You Shiwei is very grateful to all of you who can come to help out."

Arching the offering hand can be regarded as a return gift.

After the Battle of Sichuan, the battalions began to expand again, from 5000 people to 8000 people, and the strength of the troops increased significantly.

Sichuan soldiers and prisoners of the Western Army were selected from the best, and now they have been trained in the new barracks for two months, and they have already shown their talents.

You Shiwei was quite confident: "Everyone, although our military strength is only half of it, we do not lack money and food, and we are elite. It can be said that we can easily capture Zuo Liangyu."

"That's it!" The scar on Prime Minister Hui Deng's face moved, he took out a feather fan in the cold winter, and couldn't help fanning it: "In this battle, I know Huiying, and I will definitely win the first place."

Although it was a bit difficult to fight against the Western Army, Huideng looked down on Zuo Liangyu who was seriously injured.

"Hey, how could it be your turn?"

Liu Tingjie refused to accept it and said, "Let's make an appointment directly for Zuo Liangyu's dog head."

"Hey, Commander Liu, you're stealing credit!"

"Mr. Hui, you are not far behind."

For a while, there was a real quarrel, and everyone wanted to take the lead.

You Shiwei didn't take it seriously, and said: "According to His Highness' instructions, this battle is only to wipe out Zuozhen and occupy Jiujiang. The intention is to deter the Nanjing court."

"It doesn't matter if Zuo Liangyu ran away alone, what we care about is his soldiers."

"You Tongzhi, I don't know how much is the first victory in this battle?" Wang Guangen couldn't help asking.

"This battle is not comparable to the one in Sichuan."

Seeing the expectant faces of the crowd, You Shiwei said, "Five points for the first merit, four points for the second merit, and three points for the final merit."

"Not bad either."

"It's alright."

The generals are satisfied.

A month ago, they marched to the south of Dongting Lake to suppress bandits, and wiped out tens of thousands of bandits, and they only made three meritorious deeds.

More than a month of busy work, there is no comparison at all.

"Start at three o'clock in the morning, there must be no mistakes."

You Shiwei gave orders with a solemn expression.

"Obey!" All the generals responded.

As soon as the fog cleared, hundreds of ships, carrying tens of thousands of soldiers, left the East Lake and entered the Yangtze River.

Immediately, with the northwest wind and the downstream, it didn't take half a day to arrive at Qizhou, the prefecture of Huangzhou.

Mighty and boundless, the warships almost filled the entire Yangtze River.

Ships along the way, regardless of size, were taken down and temporarily locked up to prevent leakage of news.

When they arrived in Qizhou, due to the water barrier and the blockade, Jiujiang was still calm.

You Shiwei was overjoyed, and wrote a letter, requesting that the ships in Xinkaikou Town not be allowed to go east again, to prevent leakage of news.

After half a day's work, after supplying food, grass and luggage, before dawn, this huge navy headed directly for Jiujiang.

Along the way, all the ships of the left army collecting taxes were taken down, and they ran away with them.

Only dozens of miles away from Jiujiang, Zuo Liangyu finally gained military intelligence.

"How dare?"

Zuo Liangyu said angrily: "Is it true that Zhu Yixi doesn't care about the imperial court?"

Ma Jinzhong, the general of the outer battalion, had a firm face: "Master Zuo, the spies are here to report that the Qin army is extremely large. It must have been planned for a long time, and the only plan now is to retreat."

"Where to retreat?" Zuo Liangyu sighed: "If you take a boat, you will be chased soon."

"Running to the inland of Jiangxi, we must not fight lightly." Ma Jinzhong gritted his teeth and said:

"We suffered such a big loss in the previous episode, it's time to make up for it."

Zuo Liangyu finally understood what he meant, it was nothing more than plundering the people and coercing them.

At this time, Huang Shu, the censor of the supervising army, couldn't help saying: "Governor Lu Daqi of Jiangxi was already dissatisfied with the commander in chief. If he collapsed without a fight and fled to the interior, he would be even more dissatisfied."

"At that time, with the Qin army in front and the imperial court's persecution in the back, it will be even more difficult."

"How about that?"

Zuo Liangyu was quite irritable, with anger building up in his chest.

"It's still time to fight. Zhu Yixi is not superhuman, and I haven't heard of many sailors."

Huang Shu said earnestly: "Our navy has been practicing for more than a year, are we afraid that we can't beat him?"

"It makes sense."

Zuo Liangyu fell into thought.

"Master Hou, the previous army was defeated, the young master was captured, and the Qin army defeated the western bandits. The army is terrified, and it is really impossible to fight!"

Ma Jinzhong tried his best to persuade him.

Zuo Liangyu pondered for a long time, and said: "Jin Zhong, I understand what you mean."

"However, this battle has to be fought!"

"The army has been afraid of Qin for a long time. If we don't turn over, even if we escape to the inland, we will be nothing but grasshoppers after autumn, lingering on."

"Even if the army is defeated, if we defend the city for several days, the imperial court will not ignore it."

(End of this chapter)