nanming man

Chapter 63 Private Transactions
After Liu Liangzuo's defeat in Guide Mansion, he didn't dare to provoke Li Zicheng, who was in full swing, so he planned to fight Zhang Xianzhong, who was active in Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion, so as to gain some merit.

Zhang Xianzhong is a rogue with the same reputation as Li Zicheng, but the areas where he has been active in recent years are mainly Huguang, Sichuan, and Nanzhixifu. , so the power is far inferior to that of Li Zicheng in the north.

As early as the 13th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong was attacked by Zheng Chongjian and Zuo Liangyu on the way to Sichuan, and suffered heavy casualties. Then he was chased and intercepted by the Huguang Army, Sichuan Army and Shaanxi Army. Surrounded by Yang Sichang's governor Zuo Liangyu and other troops, he was almost trapped to death.

However, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the conflict between Yang Sichang and Zuo Liangyu, and sent someone to bribe Zuo Liangyu with a treasure, saying: "Loyalty exists, so the public values ​​it. The public office often kills and loots, but the cabinet department guesses and specializes. There is no loyalty." , that is to say, the Duke will soon be destroyed." Zuo Liangyu then relaxed his fighting spirit, Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity to gather and disperse, and with the help of the mountain people, he walked out of Xing'an, joined Luo Rucai and other troops, and escaped again.

It can be seen from this that after Zuo Liangyu listened to Zhang Xianzhong's words, he already had the intention of raising the bandits' self-respect. The Ming Dynasty gradually lost control of the army. Not much smaller than a bandit.

Governor Yang Sichang was also headstrong about this, and did not notice the thoughts of the people below. He thought that the officers and soldiers had surrounded Zhang Xianzhong in the border area of ​​Hubei, Sichuan, and Shaanxi provinces, and victory was at hand, but in fact his orders Zuo Liangyu and others did not follow Well, he still doesn't know that Zuo Liangyu has the heart to support the bandits.

Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of Zuo Liangyu's thoughts and adopted the strategy of "conquering the enemy by walking".

After Yang Sichang's death, Emperor Chongzhen appointed Ding Qirui, governor of Shaanxi on all sides, to take over as the governor, regained many lost territories, and continued to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, Li Zicheng took advantage of the opportunity of the official army to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, entered Henan, took in the hungry people, appealed to millions, and put forward the slogan of "equalizing the land and exempting taxes", and quickly captured Luoyang, far surpassing Zhang Xianzhong who was chased and intercepted by the official army.

Not long after, Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, King Fu was killed, and Kaifeng was besieged by the Chuang army. The emperor then ordered Ding Qirui to suppress Li Zicheng. Chased Zhang Xianzhong, who had fewer people, and defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Xinyang.

At this time, the situation in Kaifeng was in crisis, and the emperor urged him again and again, but Ding Qirui couldn't go on, so he had to take Zuo Liangyu and others, together with Yang Wenyue, governor of Baoding, to deal with Li Zicheng.

After Zhang Xianzhong was defeated in Xinyang, he once voted for Li Zicheng in the north, but Li Zicheng wanted to kill him. Finally, Luo Ru lent him [-] horses, and Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the army to fight Li Zicheng. , captured Shucheng, Liu'an, and Luzhou, killed the magistrate Zheng Lvxiang, and went down to Wuwei and Lujiang, and trained the navy in Chaohu Lake, which caused a great earthquake in the south of the Yangtze River.

Gao Douguang, governor of Fengyang in Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Eryang, governor of Anqing, were arrested and imprisoned. Ma Shiying was appointed by the imperial court to drive Zhang Xianzhong away.

Before going to Guide, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong fought several battles with Zhang Xianzhong in Nanzhi, but they were defeated by Zhang Xianzhong once. He found that Zhang Xianzhong was not easy to fight, so he went north to Guide, but he didn't want to be beaten too badly defeat.

"If you are strong, go away, if you are weak, attack." This is Zuo Liangyu's housekeeping skill, and Liu Liangzuo is basically doing the same now.

After Liu Liangzuo left, Huang Degong continued to fight Zhang Xianzhong in Luzhou, regained most of the counties, forced Zhang Xianzhong out of Luzhou, and rushed to the vicinity of Qianshan in Anqing.

At this time, Liu Liangzuo ran into a wall in Guide, seeing that Zhang Xianzhong was weak, and the Jiangnan officials were eager to drive Zhang Xianzhong away, so he thought of following Huang Degong's ass and beating Zhang Xianzhong, a soft persimmon.

Not long after Liu Liangzuo fled back to Fengyang from Guide, he saw that Li Guo did not go south, but returned to besiege Shangqiu, so he left some people stationed in Bozhou, Guoyang, Mengcheng, and Yingchuan to monitor Guide's bandits, and personally Lead the main force to Shouzhou, and prepare to go south to Luzhou to join Huang Degong and fight Zhang Xianzhong.

It's just that Huang Shou fled to Mengcheng just as he was about to go out, and then ran to Shouzhou non-stop to tell him that Bozhou had fallen.

This time, Liu Liangzuo was in a dilemma. Huang Degong was about to fight Zhang Xianzhong. If he didn't pass, he would lose his share of the credit.

But if Bozhou fell, if the bandits went south and invaded Fengyang, even if he had made a contribution to beating Zhang Xianzhong, he would probably be severely punished.

Although it is difficult for the imperial court to control generals, the majesty of the Ming court still exists.He usually has a little problem, but to save his strength, the court can turn a blind eye to it, but if he dares to lose Fengyang and let the ancestral grave of the old Zhu family be dug up again by thieves, I am afraid that the emperor will be furious and will be like killing him. He Renlong also killed him.

In Shouzhou Mansion, in Liu Liangzuo's festival hall, he stood in front of the map and paced back and forth, while Huang Shou, the official of thousands of households, knelt on one knee in the middle.

"I'm going to ask you, what is the origin of the bandits who attacked Bozhou?" Liu Liangzuo suddenly stopped in his tracks and stared at Huang Shou angrily.

Huang Shou fled all the way back to Mengcheng in a hurry, and then came to Shouzhou to report to Liu Liangzuo, explaining the news that the bandits had gone south and captured Bozhou.In order to reduce the guilt, he naturally exaggerated the description of the bandit soldiers, saying that there are more than ten thousand men and thousands of elite soldiers.

This made Liu Liangzuo suspect that it was Zhao Yingyuan from Guide Mansion who led the main bandit soldiers southward, so he could only cancel his plan to go southward to Luzhou, and hurriedly sent scouts to investigate the situation.

If the bandits really went south in a big way, then he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go back to the army to fight. However, the news from the scouts was that after the bandits captured Bozhou, they did not continue to go south, nor did they attack other counties, which made him suspicious.

"General, how dare you lie, I was indeed defeated by the elite soldiers of the bandit army~" Huang Shou lowered his head, his eyes flickered, but he didn't change his words, and he was beaten to death by the elite soldiers of the bandit army.

Hearing what he said, Liu Liangzuo sighed. Ma Shiying had already issued an urgent order to return to his army to take back Bozhou, and Huang Shou said that the main force of the bandit army was attacking Bozhou. If you don't fight, the plan to go south to compete with Huang Degong will have to be scrapped.

On Anqing's side, Zhang Xianzhong had already leaked his defeat. If he had passed, he could easily get credit, but when he returned to the north, he faced the Chuang army alone, but his future was somewhat unknown.

Liu Liangzuo wasn't afraid of Zhao Yingyuan alone, but he was afraid that the main force of the Chuang army would come and punch him again.

Liu Liangzuo didn't want to go north, but Ma Shiying urged him again, and Fengyang really couldn't be lost, which made him silent for a while.

At this time, a hundred households suddenly came to the outside of the festival hall, bowed and clasped their fists: "General, Ma Hongshan, the squire of Bozhou, has something to see!"

"Bozhou?" Liu Liangzuo was taken aback, hesitated for a while, and waved: "Bring me to see you!"

Not long after, Yuanwai Ma was brought up, bowed to Liu Liangzuo, and said, "I see Mr. Liu!"

"Isn't Bozhou occupied by bandits? Why did the old squire come here?" Liu Liangzuo asked.

"Report to Zongbing Liu, Bozhou is indeed occupied by thieves, and the culprit threatened the old man with his family's life and forced him to send a letter to Zongbing Liu, so this old man came to Shouzhou to ask to see Zongbing Liu!" Before coming, Ma Yuanwai had already thought up his argument and left a way out for himself. In case Liu Liangzuo disagreed, he would only be threatened by the thieves and would not be implicated.

After finishing speaking, Ma Yuanwai presented a letter to Liu Liangzuo, but Liu Liangzuo did not rush to read it, but continued to ask: "What is the situation of the bandit soldiers in Bozhou City now?"

Ma Yuanwai replied truthfully: "Some of the thieves have already left, and there is only one captain left, leading hundreds of elite soldiers to stay in Bozhou."

Hearing that there were only a few hundred people left in Bozhou, Huang Shou, who knelt on one knee, was sweating on his forehead, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "General, please allocate 1000 troops to the humble officer, and the humble officer is willing to take back Bozhou."

Liu Liangzuo ignored him, but took out the letter and looked at it, his expression became cloudy and uncertain.

The letter was written by Gao Yihuan to Liu Liangzuo. The content is very simple, that is, he is willing to return Bozhou to Liu Liangzuo, but he hopes that after Liu Liangzuo is stationed in Bozhou, he can loosen the control on merchants in Bozhou and allow his people to come to Bozhou to trade and buy supplies. He hinted that he would be given a generous gift, and promised not to invade Fengyang Mansion again.

Liu Liangzuo put the letter away and didn't show it to others, he was weighing in his heart.There were only a few hundred bandits in Bozhou, and he could indeed send someone to fight them back, but after they were defeated, if the bandits came again, his plan to go south would still be hindered.

If he agrees to the other party's conditions, then he can not only easily take back Bozhou, but also continue to go south to grab military exploits. It is indeed a win-win situation, but he is not familiar with Captain Gao who wrote the letter. It does need to be treated with caution.

Liu Liangzuo couldn't help walking a few steps back and forth in the hall, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, the bandit soldiers couldn't possibly know that I was going south to fight Zhang Xianzhong, and even if they cheated, I would send hundreds more soldiers to garrison Bozhou, it would be fine.

Thinking of this, Liu Liangzuo suddenly stopped and beckoned Huang Shou to approach~
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