The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 214 Zuo Liangyu's Bad News

Jiangxi, Ningdu Prefecture, ten miles south of Shicheng, the camp of the Left Army.

The night was dark, and the commander Zuo Liangyu hadn't fallen asleep yet.
He took his son and personal guards to inspect the camps everywhere,
Tomorrow will enter Fujian,

Zuo Liangyu has been paying attention to Fujian's rural protection army for a long time.

Even a power like the Zheng family can swallow it in one gulp,
Jianlu, who frightened the Liaodong army and people,

He was also defeated by Lu Changle, governor of Fuzhou,
Tomorrow there will be a match between Fujian and them,
For some reason, Zuo Liangyu felt a little uneasy,

Can't sleep, just patrol the camp.

Daming is dead, Jianlu is gone,
At the beginning, Zuo Liangyu was also very confused.

For a moment I don't know where to go,
I have prepared all the soldiers and horses, and I am ready to send troops to serve the king.
While still on the road, news came that Li Zicheng broke the capital and Chongzhen hanged himself.

To Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu was still grateful in his heart,
Anyway, it's okay to make so many mistakes,

Even if there is a relationship of use, Ning Nanbo's title was also conferred by Chongzhen,
It is this kind of gratitude that when Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and Zhu Yousong, the King of Fu, recruited him,
Zuo Liangyu thought over and over again, and finally agreed,

He also promised to send troops to Fujian, taking advantage of the emptiness of Fujian,
Take it down completely.

Lu Daqi is right, wealth and wealth are found in danger,

Lu Changle's strong rise relies on firearms,

While he was away, he copied the firearms workshop and the craftsmen,
I am not afraid of any expeditionary forces.

Along the way, I saw that many barracks were still lit.
Some people are still up in the middle of the night,

Some soldiers secretly gathered together to gamble,
If in the past, Zuo Liangyu was sure of military law,

Now just stop for a moment and move on quickly.

Over the years, fighting in the north and south, killing enemies and suppressing thieves,
The old subordinates and the elite are almost exhausted,
Although there are more than 7 people now,
In fact, most of them are gathered bandits, rebels and defeated soldiers,

Then there are the strong civilian husbands, and there are more than 3000 camp prostitutes,

If strictly controlled,
It's hard to say whether or not,

There is a good chance of running.

No matter, someone has power, and power can reap benefits,
In extraordinary times, open one eye and close one eye.

When Zuo Liangyu came to Jinziying with a lot of worries, his brows frowned suddenly,
The largest tent, brightly lit,

There are not only musicians playing the piano, but also the sound of pushing cups and drinking prostitutes.

These guys are going to fight in Fujian tomorrow.

What time is it, still drinking and having fun.

Zuo Liangyu stopped those soldiers who wanted to report with his eyes, and walked in alone.

As soon as he walked into the tent, he saw more than a dozen generals drinking and playing with the camp prostitutes.
There was an air of luxury and indulgence in the scene,
Someone pushed a cup and a cup,

Humanoid debauchery,

There are camp prostitutes with half-undressed shirts,
The bold ones rolled in a ball,

Jin Shenghuan was teasing with a captive camp prostitute who was born as an official,

I accidentally saw Zuo Liangyu standing at the door,
Startled, he quickly knelt down and saluted: "The last general will see Zuo Shuai"

As soon as the voice fell, the entire camp fell silent.

The generals present knelt down to salute and say hello.
Salute to the Commander,
The prostitutes and musicians saw Zuo Liangyu,

Silent one by one, retreating silently,

Zuo Liangyu looked at Jin Shenghuan, then at Ma Jinzhong, Hui Dengxiang, Wang Yuncheng, Li Cheng and others beside him,
Instead of getting angry, he said lightly: "We have to march tomorrow morning, so let's rest early."

I really want to dismiss these people and beat dozens of army sticks,

But today is not what it used to be,
Most of the old subordinates and elite fighters are gone,

Regardless of the current strength of more than 7 troops,
Most of them are head-hunting,

People like Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong,

It is already the main force under Zuo Liangyu's command.

"I would like to follow Zuo Shuai's order," said the general present respectfully.

Zuo Liangyu's way of guarding soldiers is to give both kindness and kindness,
Also protect the calf, those generals are very respectful to him.

It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I have a problem with myself.
Either from a bad background, or from a sinful body,
By Zuo Liangyu's side, he can protect,

If he leaves, the general may become a wanted criminal,
Besides, it's hard for anyone to accept,
It's better to stay with Zuo Liangyu,

Zuo Liangyu has lost many battles and has a bad reputation.
But he's just as good,

Will not wrong my subordinates,
If the court's support was not timely, he acquiesced in his subordinates' looting,
Afterwards, another person took responsibility,

I don't take all the credit and benefits,

Such a person is worth following.

Zuo Liangyu nodded, and said calmly, "It's all gone, we will leave tomorrow as planned."

"obey"

When he walked out of the camp, Zuo Liangyu sighed inwardly: Unexpectedly, the people who were recruited as death squads that day became his trump cards.

Expendables are people who fill the moat when attacking the city and consume the enemy's strength when fighting.
To die on the battlefield is atonement for them,
Who knew that these thieves and deserters would eventually become Zuo Liangyu's main force,

What a thief and deserter,

Jin Shenghuan, when he participated in the riots, was nicknamed Yidousu,

Ma Jinzhong was also a bandit. When Zuo Liangyu was recruited near Luoyang in the tenth year of Chongzhen, his nickname was Hun Shiwan.
Hui Dengxiang was born in a hundred households. When the thieves came, they saw that they couldn't keep it, so they simply joined the group.

Wang Yuncheng and Li Cheng know martial arts,

If you can't pay the government's taxes, you simply recruit someone to become the king of the mountain.
When Zuo Liangyu was ordered to suppress the bandits, he saw that the two were good at martial arts, so he stayed.

In the army, five men, Jin Shenghuan, Ma Jinzhong, Hui Dengxiang, Wang Yuncheng and Li Cheng,
It has become a well-known top five foreign camps.

"Father, these mud-legged people are totally lawless, why don't you punish them?" Zuo Menggeng said with a puzzled expression.

The old man always said that righteousness does not control wealth, and compassion does not control soldiers.
Those lawless guys, let them run amok?
"Geng'er, you have to understand that it is not difficult to kill a person, but the difficulty lies in what is good for us"

"Kill them, whoever will charge for our father will grab the territory for our father and son"

"Remember, see them with a better attitude"

"They are working hard for our Zuo family"

"These days, whose fist is hard, who has the final say"

"Even if we win Fujian, we have to beware of Lu Daqi, Liu Zeqing, Shi Kefa and the like."

"These people eat people without spitting out their bones"

Zuo Menggeng said respectfully: "Father is still thoughtful, and my child will always remember Dad's teachings."

It may be what happened last night, which made Jin Shenghuan and the others feel ashamed and courageous,
It was late last night,
In the early morning of the second day, Jin Shenghuan, Ma Jinzhong and others still followed the plan,
leave on time,

I don't know if it's Fujian's emptiness, or Jin Shenghuan and others are not afraid of death,
Zuo Liangyu's army has fought and won victoriously, making great strides,

First fought at Mengtongling on the border between Jiangxi and Fujian,

Jin Shenghuan, Ma Jinzhong, Hui Dengxiang, Wang Yuncheng, and Li Chengcheng took the lead.

The five men each took their own battalion and attacked in five directions.
The Fujian Township Protection Army guarding Mengtongling only resisted for half an hour.
He threw away his armor and ran away.

Zuo Liangyu watched the whole battle with clairvoyance,
Fujian's rural protection army did its best.

Artillery, mysterious firearms, bows and arrows, raging wood and other objects were used,
It caused a lot of damage to Jin Shenghuan, Ma Jinzhong and others,
However, the battle was won.

The rural protection team that swept away Zheng's army and bled Shengjing, only this level?

Some people in the army suspected that the rural protection army was showing the enemy weakness and luring the enemy to go deep.
Zuo Liangyu also has this scruple,
When he went to Mengtong Ridge, he saw more than a dozen brand-new Frang cannons,
After more than 500 shells,
A decision was made soon, and we took advantage of the victory to pursue.

Zuo Liangyu and Liu Shenghuan agreed,
Fujian was first plagued by plague, and then chaos,
There are not many rural guards.

Besides, Fujian can't afford too many troops.

There is another sailor to support,

Attacking Jianlu, Lu Changle took away a large number of main forces,

The remaining old, weak, sick and disabled will be divided into three lines of defense,
There simply wasn't enough troops to defend.
In order to motivate the subordinates,
Zuo Liangyu repeated the old trick again,

Promise to all your subordinates that you will capture Min County, the headquarters of the Rural Protection Army,
The whole army is allowed to plunder for three days, and everyone can do whatever they want.

As soon as the promise spread in the army, the whole army boiled,
Everyone rushed forward as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

In just three days, the two big cities of Ninghua and Qingliu were connected.
For a time, the morale of Zuo Liangyu's tribe was at an all-time high.
On the night when Qingliu City was captured,

It was Zuo Liangyu who had been hanging around all the time, who made an exception and drank a catty of old wine.

As the vanguard, Jin Shenghuan took down Qingliu,
Immediately set off for Ansha Town,

It's not that the city is bad, it's mainly because there is no oil and water in the city.

The scouts have long said that before the army set off in Fujian, the people and merchants had been withdrawn to the east.
An empty city is meaningless to Jin Shenghuan and others.

Zuo Liangyu led the Chinese army, fighting steadily,
Instead of setting off with Jin Shenghuan, he found a mansion in Qingliu City instead.
After drinking fine wine, it is absurd to follow the army concubine for a night,
Early in the morning of the second day, the sky just dawned,
The door was slammed, and someone shouted "Shuai Zuo, Shuai Zuo, wake up!"

"Who, it's really disgusting, and let people sleep, master, reward him with a board." The concubine yawned and said impatiently.

"Get lost" Zuo Liangyu kicked her off the bed and cursed sharply.

Those guarding the door are the confidant guards,
It's nothing, I won't disturb myself easily,
As for women,

What Zuo Liangyu lacks most is women.

The concubine took a quick glance at Zuo Liangyu with some resentment,
Holding the clothes in his arms, he left through the back door with his head down.

Men are all disgraceful, they loved themselves in every possible way last night, like pearls and treasures,
After sleeping, throw it away like straw sandals.

Zuo Liangyu didn't bother to put on his coat, so he only put on a set of unlined clothes and ordered: "Come in!"

A subordinate came in and quickly knelt down: "Shuai Zuo, something is wrong, the young master is afraid that something will happen to him"

"What, what's wrong with Meng Geng?" Zuo Liangyu roared furiously, "Quickly tell me, what happened?"

"Yes Yes"

The subordinate hurriedly said: "At the middle of the night, some scouts discovered that a group of people appeared in Anyuan Village, and the situation is unknown."

"I wanted to inform Zuo Shuai, but the young master said not to disturb Zuo Shuai's sleep, he took someone to check the situation"

"Just now there was an explosion from the direction of Anyuan Village"

"When the young master set out, he rode lightly and did not carry artillery."

"so."

When it comes to the back, the subordinates dare not say anything.

I just wanted to reprimand my subordinates for not reporting such a big matter to myself last night.
A soldier ran in quickly and reported anxiously: "Marshal Zuo, a large number of people have appeared on Jiji Mountain. They seem to want to cut off our retreat."

What?Someone cut off the escape route?
Before Zuo Liangyu could recover,
A soldier covered in blood stumbled in and saluted in embarrassment. While saluting, he cried and said:
"Shuai Zuo, it's not good. Captain Jin and the others fought with the rural protection army in Fujian in Ansha Town. The artillery of the rural protection army was very fierce. The vanguard was broken up. Captain Jin and Captain Ma were killed on the spot. , and the whereabouts of the others are unknown."

"The township protection army finished bombarding them with fire, and then sent cavalry to chase them down. The vanguard was out of ten, and it was all over."

(End of this chapter)