Ming Zuo

Chapter 407 Confrontation [Happy Lantern Festival! 】

"Zuo Shenzuo, I wonder if there is news about the navy commander's affair with Shen Chenshan?"

Although he noticed many anomalies, Yuan Shu decided that it is better to have less than one more thing.

Yuan Keli has long been in office, and because he is old, he is not able to help him shelter from the wind and rain.

After thinking about this, Yuan Shu directly explained the purpose of his visit.

But Zuo Menggeng didn't know who Shen Chenshan was, and he was confused when he asked.

Fortunately, the Dengzhou navy is now in his hands, and he only needs to give an order to find it by himself.

An hour later, a man in his forties was brought in.

He looked a little miserable, scrawny, covered in blood, and his left ear was less than half.

"Brother Chenshan!"

Yuan Shu exclaimed and jumped up, looking at the miserable tears of the other party.

Originally thought not to provoke right and wrong, but seeing the appearance of the old man, Yuan Shu still broke out.

"Zuo Shenzuo, I don't know what brother Chen Shan is guilty of, and should be tortured like this?"

Zuo Menggeng's head was full of goo.

He didn't remember that he once ordered the execution of the rebel general. Could it be that the people below found out what crime this man had and executed him because of the interrogation?

He looked at Qiao Shuangcheng, who quickly denied it.

"Consultant, after we took over the Water City, this person looked like this. If we hadn't arranged for a doctor, he would have died long ago."

The man also opened his mouth.

"Bo Ying, I was hurt by rebellion, not Zuo Shenzuo."

While speaking, the man looked at Zuo Menggeng with a strong sense of reverence.

"Zuo Shenzuo, Shen Shouyue thanked him for saving his life."

It turned out that this person was called Shen Shouyue, and Zuo Menggeng still didn't know who it was.

"No need for more courtesy, since you refuse to surrender and rebel, it shows loyalty."

Shen Shouyue's face was depressed, and it was obvious that the past was unbearable to look back on.

"What's the use of Yu's loyalty? The entire navy has fallen into the enemy's hands, and Dengzhou City has been severely poisoned. What face does Yu have to see his father?"

Zuo Menggeng looked over and Yuan Shu explained it for him.

"Zuo Shenzuo doesn't know something, Shen Chenshan is the son of Shen Ning Haigong, the former commander of the Denglai Naval Division."

As soon as he said this, Zuo Menggengdeng reacted.

It turned out that this Shen Shouyue was Shen Yourong's son.

Shen Yourong is a famous general, and his life experience is very rich and colorful.

North Korea fought Japanese pirates, Liaodong killed Jurchen, Jizhen repelled Duoyan, Dongsha captured Japanese pirates, Southeast Asia pacified Taiwan, Penghu deterred the Netherlands, and Dengzhou formed a navy.

After Yuan Keli stepped down as governor of Denglai, Shen Yourong lost his backing, so he also resigned and returned to his hometown.

Within a few years, he passed away.

Shen Yourong has eight sons, of which the fourth son Shen Shouyue, the sixth son Shen Shouchong and the eighth son Shen Shouyao are the most outstanding.

Shen Shouyue served as Denglai Dao's Chief Inspector and Commander of Dengzhou Naval Division, and was actually the commander of Dengzhou Naval Division.

When Dengzhou city was broken, he was in the army.After Zhang Keda ran away, the sailors were headless, and Shen Shouyue tried his best to maintain it, but to no avail.

After the rebels took control of the navy, all of their former generals were placed under house arrest.

Because he would rather die than surrender, he was tortured and even prepared to kill by the rebels.

It was Kong Youde, who was still far away on the front line, who learned of the situation and sent the letter in person, so that he could survive.

When Shen Yourong served as Denglai's general soldier, he was in charge of transporting supplies to Liaodong, so he became friends with Mao Wenlong, Kong Youde and others.With this relationship, Shen Shouyue saved his life.

But he was still under house arrest by the rebels, and there was no news of him.

His eighth younger brother, Shen Shouyao (word Jingshan), rushed to Shandong to fight the rebellion with Zhu Dadian. He was worried about his brother and thought that his old friend Yuan Keli was well connected in Dengzhou, so he wrote a letter and asked Yuan Keli to help him investigate the news of Shen Shouyue.

Only then did Yuan Shu's trip to Denglai.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu was here, otherwise, Zuo Menggeng wouldn't know who Shen Shouyue was.He has no interest in taking care of these old officers, and he may be detained until when.

"Brother Jingshan is coming with Zhu Zhongcheng. At that time, he will attack Zuo Shenzuo on both sides, and the traitor will be defeated without a doubt."

Speaking of this, Yuan Shu was very excited.

Zuo Menggeng's face was bright and he had to say: "I'm afraid you haven't learned that the reinforcements led by Zhu Zhongcheng have been defeated in Shahe a few days ago. Zhu Zhongcheng died, Jin Guoqi and many other generals died in battle, and the court will not have reinforcements anymore."

Yuan Shu and others, who were just elated, were all dumbfounded.

Shen Shouyue even more eagerly asked: "Zuo Shenzuo, can there be... is there any news about the brother-in-law?"

Zuo Menggeng silently shook his head and did not answer.

In fact he couldn't answer either.

Shen Shouyao is a small person, in such a big event, he will not be taken care of.No one cares about his life or death.

Qi Zuoguo thought of a more serious problem.

"The imperial reinforcements were defeated, doesn't that mean... the only ones who can suppress the rebellion now are Zuo Shenzuo? But Zuo Shenzuo's soldiers..."

Everyone knows how many soldiers and horses an association has.

There are tens of thousands of rebels.

Even if Zuo Menggeng's magical soldiers descended from the sky and attacked Dengzhou City, wouldn't Dengzhou City still be lost when the main force of the rebels returned?
But if the rebels come back again, they will be angry and angry, and once the city is broken, they will start killing...

No one dared to think about it.

Zuo Menggeng didn't care about them, just said: "Everyone, don't be impatient. With Zuo here, the traitors will not be allowed to step into Dengzhou for half a step."

He didn't even think about defending the city.

While he was dealing with the affairs of the city, the [-]st Division had already advanced westward, and the forward approached the city of Huangxian.

After Li Jiucheng abandoned the city and fled that night, he did not dare to stay at all, and fled to Huang County, only to stabilize his position with the help of the defenders.Without further ado, he immediately sent messages to Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others in Laizhou.

Kong Youde and others were celebrating their victory, fantasizing about separatist Shandong, and they were all dumbfounded when they learned that Dengzhou had been captured.

But Dengzhou must not lose, because the navy in Dengzhou is their only retreat.

Kong Youde and others immediately ordered troops and horses to return to Xingye, ready to retake Dengzhou.

"Brother, it's good, where did the officers come from?"

In Huangxian City, Kong Youde arrived first. Seeing that Li Jiucheng was injured, he still wanted to solve the mystery.

Li Jiucheng was quite embarrassed.

"It's really a ghost. Your army is in the west, and the navy in Tianjin has already fallen into our hands. I can't figure it out to this day. Where did this group of officers come from?"

The rebel generals talked a lot, but no one could figure it out.

Li Yingyuan found a blind spot.

"Father, do you know who will lead the army?"

This Li Jiucheng will not be negligent.

"Who else is there in Shandong now, it's naturally Zuo Menggeng from the Dongchang Association."

Kong Youde squinted his eyes, and after pondering for a while, revealed a confident smile.

"If it's this person, it doesn't matter. How can a mere soldier from a single association carry tens of thousands of my elite."

Thinking of the sharp guns of the new army that night, Li Jiucheng was extra cautious.

"Brother, don't be careless. Think that Zuo Menggeng is a famous general in the world, and even Tartar is not his opponent."

Kong Youde raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "There are no heroes, so Shuzi became famous. Big brother, don't panic, and see brother, I took Zuo Menggeng's head to avenge you."

Li Jiucheng was silent, and after a long time, he squeezed out a smile.

"Hehehe, well, this victory or defeat is entirely up to you, brother."

Kong Youde put on a simple face and ordered directly.

"General Chen, you immediately led the scouts to cross the river and checked the enemy's report."

Chen sometimes took orders and took three hundred cavalry out to the east of the city, crossing the Yellow River, intending to go to Dengzhou.

However, he was about to walk more than ten miles away, and the smoke and dust billowed in front of him, and soon a cavalry approached him.

The huge "left" flag showed his identity, and it really frightened Chen Shicheng.

Isn't it said that Zuo Menggeng has only one army of soldiers, why are there thousands of cavalry alone?

Looking at the opponent's well-armored and mighty military formations, Chen sometimes felt guilty and timid, so he hurriedly turned around and ran away.

Even so, more than [-] people were still killed, and just ran across the Yellow Water.

Standing on the bank of the Yellow River, watching the rebel scouts go away, Wang Siyi lifted his visor and sneered.

"With this virtue, he can actually beat the buttocks of the officers and men. I don't think there are any strong soldiers in this world."

Zuo Shi jokingly said: "With the head of the group, you are the number one general in the world, who dares to be brave?"

Wang Siyi was not happy, and hummed: "Listen, this time our cavalry regiment must fight well. Why is that kid Zuo Rong a division commander, we are still a cavalry regiment? We also have to be a cavalry division."

Everyone cheered and said yes, and separated from each other, isolating the two sides of the Yellow River.

In the afternoon, Zuo Menggeng, Bai Xiaoqi, Jia Yunzhi and others followed the engineering troops to the east bank of the Yellow River in advance.

"There are plains all around, and Mount Ulyang and the mountains of the Liu family are very important and must be in our hands. The rest of the area must be well fortified, and more and more effective rebels must be eliminated on the east coast."

After checking the terrain, Zuo Menggeng quickly drew up a combat plan.

Abandoning the coast of the Yellow River, retreating five miles, and relying on Weiyang Mountain and Liujia Dashan, establish positions in Liujia Village and Qujiazhuang.

In this way, the heavy artillery of the new army can be placed on the Liujia Mountain, covering a larger battlefield area.

The engineering unit was ordered to go into action immediately.With the help of the subsequent arriving troops, a complete fortification with vertical and horizontal ravines was established from the coast in the north to Shazhongzi in the south.

With the strength of the first division, it can just cover these areas.Further south to the Xiaojushan area, it was handed over to the cavalry regiment for mobile defense.

If the rebels want to attack, they can only fight from this area.

It can be said that the new army blocked the only way for the rebels to retake Dengzhou.

(End of this chapter)