The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 770

Originally, after Chongzhen's death, Emperor Hongguang came to power and re-appointed Liu Zhaoji as the commander-in-chief. Liu Zhaoji lived up to his trust, and finally fought to the death with Shi Kefa in defending Yangzhou.

There will be no Emperor Hongguang, and Liu Zhaoji is still doing idle work here.

When Zuo Liangyu heard that Liu Zhaoji invited her to dinner, her first feeling was that she didn't want to go.

He and Liu Zhaoji are not very close, and the relationship between the two is not very good.

But after thinking about it, Ding Yi sent all the generals to the capital, and Liu Zhaoji was also considered a general, so he didn't go to the capital?
Zuo Liangyu would of course be very happy if someone followed him to fight against Ding Yi and the court.

But Zuo Liangyu was a smart person, so he didn't immediately agree.

Think about the number of general soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty, only Zuo Liangyu fought against the peasant army outside every day.

Several times among them, he abandoned his friendly troops and fled first, causing the army to be defeated, and the court did not deal with him.

This shows that Zuo Liangyu is definitely an old fritter compared to other general soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty.

He was not in a hurry to enter the city, and sent several groups of personal soldiers to the city to inquire about news.

Not long after, the news came back.

Ding Yi's soldiers and horses did not come in Nanjing City. Liu Zhaoji had also received an imperial order to go to the capital, but Liu Zhaoji also resisted the order and did not go for the time being.

"Haha, let's go and meet Admiral Liu." Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Before dark that afternoon, he took his general Wu Xueli, a team of 50 soldiers, and took five [-] stone boats, and dozens of horses, bypassing Huang Fei's warship and going ashore.

Zuo Liangyu also has a lot of sailors. Looking at it all the way, Huang Fei has more warships, hundreds of them. It is very spectacular, and I can't help being a little jealous.

"Mr. Zuo." Lieutenant General Wu Xueli whispered, "Why does Huang Fei have so many sailors? More than us?"

"The navy of Ming Dynasty is in his hands besides Fujian, Guangdong and Shandong." Zuo Liangyu said in a deep voice, "He is the admiral of "Guanliao, Tongjin, Huaihaijiang Town." You can count how many sailors there are in the town. In his hands?"

"So many sailors are going to pass through our Wuchang?" Wu Xueli was a little worried.

"It doesn't matter, there are our cannons on the shore, let them line up and go in slowly, they dare not listen?" Zuo Liangyu said confidently.

Moreover, he himself doesn't value the navy. In his eyes, the navy is mainly used to transport troops.

He didn't believe that Huang Fei's [-] soldiers dared to move his million-dollar army.

After disembarking, everyone got on their horses one after another and hurried to the teaching ground.

Before entering the teaching ground, there were bursts of soldiers training in front of him.

"Whoa Whoah Whoah"

The sound is also very dense and rhythmic.

When they followed up, the voice became clearer.

"The big teaching field is still training soldiers?" Zuo Liangyu couldn't believe it.

During the founding of the early Ming Dynasty and the middle period, this was indeed a place for military training. The peak period was in the fourth year of Hongwu, and there were still more than 20 soldiers and horses, including the famous Shenji Battalion.

After Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, the number of officers and soldiers was reduced to more than 2.

But in the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because of the repeated use of troops against the peasant army, the garrison of Dajiaochang was transferred in large numbers, including Wu Xueli, who was beside Zuo Liangyu's army, was from Dajiaochang, which is why he brought Wu Xueli here this time.

More than a year ago, Zuo Liangyu came to draw troops for the last time, and there were more than 2000 old, weak, sick and disabled left here.

Are there new recruits coming now?

He and Wu Xueli looked at each other, both a little surprised.

When they rushed forward and saw the gate of the Great Teaching Field, they found that there were guards outside the gate, and the voice inside was clearer.

"Who is coming?" Just as dozens of them rushed to the outside of the teaching field, clang, clang, the opposite side drew their swords one after another.

"Bold, open your dog's eyes and see, this is Ning Nanbo, Zuo Gong, the general who suppressed the bandits, why don't you pay a visit to Ning Nanbo?" Wu Xueli scolded.

The defenders were terrified and knelt down one after another: "I pay my respects to Ning Nanbo."

"Hmph." Zuo Liangyu snorted coldly, flicked his horsewhip, and rushed into the teaching ground, not having time to argue with them.

The subordinates rushed in one after another.

Just entering the teaching ground, hiss, Zuo Liangyu gasped.

I saw dense crowds of people everywhere on the playground of the teaching ground.

There seemed to be a group of ten or 20 people, some in one row, some in two rows, walking around here and there.

Others stood still, motionless.

Among the two legs of everyone, there is a red cloth tied to one leg.

Then there are all kinds of shouts.

"Let's go together—"

"Left and right, left and right - damn it, you don't distinguish between left and right, the one with the red cloth is the left."

"Stand at attention -- rest a moment --"

"Run--walk--"

"121—121—"

Zuo Liangyu and the others were dumbfounded.

This large teaching field can accommodate up to 5000 people training together at the same time, and now he looks at it, there are at least three to 4000 people there.

"Good guy." Wu Xueli said happily: "Liu Zhaoji is training recruits? Mr. Zuo?"

He looked at Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu was also overjoyed, and when Liu Zhaoji practiced for a while, he found an excuse to leave.

He rode around the scene on horseback and found that they were all strong and strong, and they could be used as elites in his camp.

In addition to the people who were training, there were also groups of patrolling soldiers walking around. They were all in sharp armor and looked very elite, probably because they were afraid of deserters or something.

Zuo Liangyu stepped forward to stop a group of patrolling soldiers: "You are all Admiral Liu's subordinates."

"We are under Huang Fei Huang Zongbing." The patrol said.

"Oh, where are these recruits coming from?"

"Chosen from Huang Zongbing's navy."

Zuo Liangyu and Wu Xueli looked at each other, it turned out that they were Huang Fei's soldiers, but would Huang Fei still go to Hunan to fight Zhang Xianzhong?When he's gone, let's grab it.

The two of them smiled knowingly, and they didn't care about it. They rushed to the north side of the Dajiaochang to command the Department of Envoys.

The place where Liu Zhaoji usually works is in the former Commander's Department.

When we arrived at the gate of the Department of Command and Envoy, there were guards guarding it.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu's fifty personal soldiers will not be able to enter either.

Zuo Liangyu swaggered, took Wu Xueli with him, ordered two soldiers, and strode in: "Where is Admiral Liu?"

"Wait for Mr. Zuo inside." An officer at the door smiled charmingly.

This person looked unfamiliar, but he had a flattering and fawning expression on his face. Zuo Liangyu nodded to him in satisfaction, and the four of them entered one file at a time.

After entering the main hall, I saw three or four people inside.

One of them is Liu Zhaoji, the other seems to be Huang Fei, and the other two are unknown, but judging by their clothes, they are at least above guerrilla.

"Mr. Zuo is here." Liu Zhaoji said happily.

"Admiral Liu, is this President Huang?" Zuo Liangyu and Wu Xueli also stepped forward to say hello.

Liu Zhaoji didn't introduce who the other two were. Zuo Liangyu felt that the other two were not very high-ranking, so he didn't care.

When he came in, he went straight to the point: "It's free for eating, what's the matter, let's talk about it now, is it about going to Beijing?"

Liu Zhaoji nodded and said, "The North King of Yuezhong Town sent us an order to let us go to Beijing. Why did Mr. Zuo come here now?"

"Damn it, what is Ding Yi? It's not bad for Benbo to give him face and willing to go to Beijing." Zuo Liangyu sneered: "Benbo has a million-strong army in Wuchang, and he asked Benbo to lead troops into Beijing. These million soldiers, How to act?"

"Who is responsible for the food and wages on the road?"

Wu Xueli also smiled and said, "Didn't Admiral Liu also go?"

Liu Zhaoji looked embarrassed, and looked up at the other two.

The other two hadn't spoken yet. Behind them, someone at the entrance of the main hall suddenly laughed and said, "If not, how could I lead you here?"

When the two turned their heads, it was the young general who had a flattering face at the door just now.

Hush, huh, huh, the sound of a large group of soldiers in armor rushing into the courtyard came from outside.

"Damn it." Zuo Liangyu's soul flew into the sky.

Behind him, the two relatives immediately drew their swords.

Suddenly, the two young men in front raised their hands at the same time.

The wheel-wheel gun was pointed directly at them, bang bang, two blunderbusses.

The two soldiers fell to the ground on the spot.

"Hiss..." Wu Xueli was startled and frightened, and put one hand on the knife.

"Who dares to move?" Liu Zhaoji roared angrily.

Wu Xueli put his hand on the knife, but he didn't dare to pull it out.

When he was so stunned, the two young men on the opposite side rushed up and pushed Zuo Liangyu to the ground, unsheathed the sword, twisted their hands backwards and pressed Zuo Liangyu to the ground, and controlled Zuo Liangyu in a blink of an eye.

This Zuo Liangyu was also in his 40s, and his health was not good, and he didn't last long in history. He died of illness next year, and he had no strength to fight back.

But after he was held down, he was still yelling: "What are you doing? You are so courageous. I am Prince Shaobao, General Pingzei, Ning Nanbo, with millions of soldiers. Who dares to touch me?"

"Bah..." Zuo Liangyu was still roaring angrily, and was slapped hard on the face.

The hall fell silent for a moment.

He looked at the person who hit him in horror.

It was the man who was smiling outside just now.

"I'm Xiao Yongqiu, the new chief soldier of Nanjing." Xiao Yongqiu grinned grimly, "Zuo Liangyu, you stand up for yourself and don't listen to the imperial edict. If the prince orders, you will be executed on the spot."

"You --- didn't I go to Beijing, didn't I go to Beijing--" Zuo Liangyu knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Excuse me--"

But before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yongqiu waved his hand: "It's too late to enter Beijing now—drag it out, cut it off."

Immediately, two Lushun soldiers came in outside, dragged Zuo Liangyu outside like a dead dog, and in the courtyard, he chopped off his head with a blow.

It took less than 2 minutes from when Zuo Liangyu entered the door to when he was chopped off.

The incident happened so quickly, Wu Xueli didn't even recover.

He didn't realize it until he saw Zuo Liangyu's bloody head.

"Dang" he threw away the knife first, and then knelt on the ground with a plop: "The last general and others are all obeying orders. It's not that we don't want to go to Beijing, it's Zuo Gong——the left thief won't let——"

Xiao Yongqiu smiled and stepped forward to help him up: "Vice General Wu, get up quickly, the prince said that only the head of the villain will be killed, and he will never be punished."

"As long as you are willing to help the prince, we are all good brothers."

Wu Xueli heard it clearly this time, wept bitterly on the spot, kowtowed and shouted: "The final general is willing to serve the lord, and he will never hesitate to die."

At the beginning of June, Huang Fei led [-] sailors down the river to Yuezhou via Wuchang.

Wu Xueli went ashore first, and not long after, he contacted his own soldiers, suddenly broke out, and captured the gunboat guarding the river.

Huang Fei led the captain and drove straight in, followed by soldiers and horses ashore.

Only then did the Ming army in Wuchang realize that the opponent was not a navy, but Xiao Yongqiu's elite soldiers.

When Zuo Menggeng was found by Xiao Yongqiu's soldiers and horses, he was still happy in the house as a concubine, completely unaware that the world was turned upside down outside.

After Xiao Yongqiu took Wuchang, he selected Li Guoying, Lu Guangzu, Xu Yong, Jin Shengheng, Zhang Yingyuan, and Wu Xueli from among the 23 general soldiers, just like Zuo Menggeng. The army and generals were all dismissed, and only 80 of the claimed [-] army remained. Most of the civilians and stragglers were moved to the northern region near the capital, hoarding land to live.

So far, from Ding Yi's entry to Beijing to June, in less than two months, all the military leaders and commanders in the Ming Dynasty were almost wiped out.

There are only parts in the west and Guangdong and Fujian.

Most of Ming Dynasty has already arrived in Ding Yi's hands.

(End of this chapter)