Ming Empire

Chapter 240 Zuo Liangyu died of illness

Chapter 89 Zuo Liangyu died of illness
After receiving Cao Jie's report that he captured Jinan Mansion very easily, Cao Yue also immediately accelerated the pace of attack.

It is very beneficial for musketeers to shoot, but the trenches that seriously restrict the cavalry have been slowly dug towards the city wall of Liaocheng.The artillery position also shifted accordingly, using the passage left when digging trenches, and moved forward to a place where it could completely bombard Liaocheng.

The cavalry stood in formation on both sides to prevent Jiannu's roundabout attack or sneak attack. Two guard divisions acted as reserves, and nearly half of the cavalry cooperated with the cavalry defense. Except for the [-] reserve team, the other troops also joined the main position. defense.

It's just that Cao Yue didn't immediately launch a full-scale counterattack, and he didn't try to capture Liaocheng. He still adopted the strategy of fighting a war of attrition with Dorgon, intending to use this method to drag down Jiannu.

The victory of the Ming army severely hit Jiannu's arrogance, but it also made Jiannu angry. They brutally treated the people in Beishan, completely exposing their nature. abandon.In the places occupied by Jiannu, scenes of burning, killing and looting appeared again. Jiannu, who was seriously short of military supplies, could only snatch food from the people.

These news quickly reached Cao Yue's ears, but he could do nothing about it.This is also good, if the army and civilians of the Ming Dynasty fully realize the cruelty and inhumanity of Jiannu, more people will hate Jiannu and rise up to resist.

Cao Bianjiao led his army out of the encirclement, defeated the Jiannu who besieged Datong, and attacked in the direction of Beijing. The news soon spread to Cao Yue.Hearing the news, Cao Yue was of course overjoyed.He also immediately contacted Cao Bianjiao through his own means, hoping that Cao Bianjiao would lead his army south and join him in Shandong.Cao Yue didn't intend to let Cao Bianjiao lead his troops back to Datong again. After all, it was a city under the rule of Jiannu, and it was very difficult to preserve its strength, let alone seek development.

Cao Yue lacks capable generals around him, so he needs Cao Bianjiao to come over and preside over military affairs with him.

It's just that Cao Yue didn't know that Cao Bianjiao could successfully detour south and join him in Shandong without taking advantage of the opportunity of raiding Beijing.

After the news of the fall of Jinan Prefecture came, Cao Yue also immediately sent an order to Cao Jie to guard Jinan with a force, while the rest prepared to go north to attack Cangzhou and Dezhou.There were not many slave-building guards in these two places, and Dorgon gathered most of his troops in Liaocheng.Cao Yue didn't necessarily want Cao Jie to take Cangzhou or Dezhou, but just wanted to scare Dorgon.

Just as Cao Yue was busy making arrangements, another piece of good news came.

Hong Niangzi led her troops to raid Zuo Liangyu's rebel army and won a big victory, beheading thousands and capturing nearly 5 people, which shocked the world.

After receiving this news, Cao Yue was overjoyed, and after sending a letter of commendation and a private letter expressing his feelings to Hong Niangzi, he ordered Hong Niangzi and other Qin Wang's divisions to continue attacking Zuo Liangyu's rebels, and ordered Xi The several Guards divisions advancing accelerated their march, striving to contact the rebels in the shortest possible time, and together with the Hongniangzi Division, pinched the rebels from east to west, and quelled the rebellion as soon as possible.

Cao Yue himself was busy preparing for a full-scale counterattack against Dorgon's troops, and then captured Liaocheng.Cao Jie has divided his troops to go north, ready to attack Cangzhou and Dezhou, and Cao Bianjiao is also planning to sneak attack on Beijing. Dorgon must be in a panic, and he wants to take this opportunity to make Dorgon burn out.

Just when Cao Yue was busy hoarding ammunition, ordered the special guard battalion to launch a large-scale special warfare, and continued to move the position towards Liaocheng, planning to counterattack in an all-round way and capture Liaocheng, another piece of good news came, Zuo Liangyu He died of illness.After Zuo Liangyu died of illness, his ministry actually stopped the eastward march, and canceled the emperor title of Lu Wang Zhu Changhao, and recognized Zhu Cijiong of Nanjing as the orthodox of Ming Dynasty.

It turned out that Zuo Liangyu, who had been ill for a long time, had just left Wuchang and died of illness on the way when he led the rebel army to Jiujiang.Zuo Liangyu was originally in poor health, but she was like a frightened bird in the past few months. She didn't even get a good night's sleep, and her health became worse and worse.

Zuo Liangyu died of illness, and his generals elected his son Zuo Menggeng to continue to lead the army.But Zuo Menggeng didn't have the courage of Zuo Liangyu. In addition, Yuan Jixian, the right servant of the military department stationed in Jiujiang, and Hao Xiaozhong, Zuo Liangyu's capable general, persuaded Zuo Menggeng not to fight against the court. The Hubei army could not defeat the court. The newly formed Guards new army.Today's emperor is not a counterfeit person, but Zhu Cijiong, the third son of the first emperor, who said that Zhu Cijiong's counterfeiting is just a lie.With the persuasion of the generals, coupled with the fact that Hong Niangzi's northern army raided the Hubei army and wiped out tens of thousands of horses, Zuo Menggeng already knew that this time the army would not end well, and the final result could only be defeated by Hong Niangzi and Daming. The New Guards were wiped out.In the end, Zuo Menggeng ordered to stop the rebellion, recognized Zhu Cijiong in Nanjing as the orthodox Ming Dynasty, detained Lu Wang Zhu Changhao, and prepared to be escorted to Nanjing.

Its troops stopped on the Yangtze River between Wuchang and Jiujiang, waiting for the imperial court to send personnel to take over.

Of course Cao Yue was overjoyed when he received this news, but he was also a little regretful that Zuo Liangyu couldn't make a big disturbance and died so soon. It's over without a fight.

Also, Cao Yue wanted to take advantage of Zuo Liangyu's rebellion to remove some people from the court.

Before the Northern Expedition, Cao Yue had already received a secret report from Jin Yiwei, saying that many important officials in the court had colluded with Zuo Liangyu.He also planned to use the opportunity of Zuo Liangyu's rebellion to find out these people and clear them from the court.Zuo Liangyu's rebellion lost momentum so quickly, his goal is doomed to fail.

However, the subduing of the rebellion is always a good thing. Zuo Liangyu's 10 troops can be recruited, and the number and combat power of the Ming Guards can also be increased.Although it is said that most of Zuo Liangyu's troops are mobs and their military discipline is corrupt, among the tens of thousands of troops, there are tens of thousands of sergeants who can be reformed.These sergeants who have experienced wars, if they are reformed, trained strictly, and mixed with other troops, they may be good fighters.

After Zuo Menggeng declared his allegiance to the court, Cao Yue immediately told Sun Chuanting his decision and thoughts through a secret letter. When the court discussed how to deal with it, Sun Chuanting also put forward the method of dealing with Cao Yue's opinion.In the end, the court meeting passed Sun Chuanting's proposal, and sent Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War, to Wuchang to comfort him. , Incorporated Zuo Menggeng's Hubei Army, and continued to be in charge of Hubei civil affairs with He Tengjiao, governor of Hubei.

Zuo Menggeng and his generals will follow Shi Kefa into the court and wait for the court to deal with them.

After the passage of the court meeting, Shi Kefa also immediately left Nanjing with a group of people for Hubei.

After Cao Yue received the notification from Sun Chuanting, he immediately ordered the Hongniangzi Department to go north to join him and fight against Dorgon.

(End of this chapter)