Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 129 Full control of Hubei (third update, please ask for tickets, please subscribe)
Thick smoke billowed on the battlefield, blood flowed non-stop, and corpses were placed here and there, no one cared.

This activity of catching pigs, no, the activity of catching prisoners lasted for two hours.

The left army has too many soldiers and horses, and they belong to bandits. Their combat power is not good, but they are first-rate in fleeing and saving their lives.

At this time, it was only four quarters in the afternoon.

The armies reported the results of the battle. 50,000 people were captured, [-] were killed or injured, and about [-] escaped.

Zuo Liangyu, after all, escaped.

"Without a navy, once you enter the Yangtze River, you can only stare blankly."

Zhu Yixi was quite regretful, and the idea of ​​forming a navy rose in his heart.

If it is equipped with artillery, isn't his navy invincible?
At that time, Jiujiang and Nanjing will be within reach.

Prime Minister Hui Deng held the feather fan, and said without hesitation: "The Zuo Jun will run away if he knows nothing else. We brothers really can't catch it."

As he said that, he was very interested, and said disdainfully: "I'm afraid the chief soldier doesn't know, Zuo Liangyu always likes to bully the weak and fear the hard, and when he encounters intruders and thieves, he will hide as soon as he can."

"But like a small group of bandits, they rushed to the ground, and we were often surrounded by him, so we had to surrender."

Zhu Yixi squinted her eyes and listened with a smile on her face.

After a while, I saw Li Jingwu walking up with a red face.

"Chief soldier, I have lived up to everyone's expectations, this kid Zuo Menggeng has been captured by you."

After finishing speaking, Zuo Menggeng was tied tightly, his face was rubbed off, his flesh was bloody, and he said angrily:

"Just know the sneak attack, kind of kill me? My father will avenge me."

"Kill you? Do you think I dare not?"

"Pa——" Zhu Yixi didn't show any mercy, and kicked directly, and the latter bowed in pain.

"I'm going to give you a big slap in the face, but I'm afraid I'll get my hands dirty, so I'll give you a kick. You're welcome."

Zhu Yixi ignored the latter's humiliating eyes, and ordered: "Hold it down, and offer delicious food and drink. Zuo Liangyu only has one son, and this is a treasure."

Zuo Liangyu's family was killed in the Xuzhou Mutiny, only Zuo Menggeng was by his side, extremely precious.

Since Zuo Liangyu has run away, then take advantage of his son Ling Daddy to make good use of it.

At the very least, Zuo Jun will not vote full clear.

With a sigh of relief, Zhu Yixi said to Chen Yongfu and the others: "This victory is really without a challenge. We overestimated Zuo Liangyu."

Liu Tingjie said energetically: "Inland soldiers and horses are so useless, no wonder the intruders and western thieves are allowed to take the lead."

"Chief soldier, Zuo Liangyu is an officer and soldier. I'm afraid it's not good for us to fight blatantly!"

Chen Yongfu said anxiously.

Compared with the unruly frontier army, Chen Yongfu, the general soldier in Henan, followed the rules and was quite afraid of the imperial court.

"I'm so scared!"

Liu Tingjie couldn't help but said: "Across Henan, and with Zuo Liangyu in between, the imperial court can't control it."

"Furthermore, there are many mountains and rivers all the way, so it's normal for some accidents to happen."

These words are too outrageous.

The generals looked inexplicable, even Chen Yongfu did not refute.

Obviously, the sense of belonging to the Qin army has surpassed the banner of the Ming army.

Zhu Yixi is happy to see it succeed.

No way, he gave too much.

After the victory in Xiangyang, almost every battalion commander rewarded a thousand taels of silver, which was in stark contrast to the miserliness of the imperial court.

"All the captives are gathered and guarded."

Zhu Yixi commanded in a deep voice: "Li Jingwu!"

"The end is here." Li Jingwu stepped forward confidently.

"You cavalry, fast-footed, chase eastward for me, stop when you reach Huangmei, and don't cross into Jiujiang."

"As ordered!"

So far, the entire Huangzhou Mansion has been completely included in the bag.

Moreover, Huangmei County, as the birthplace of Huangmei Opera, can be described as a transit point for the three provinces.

The south is Jiujiang, the north is Susong County, Anqing Prefecture, and it is adjacent to South Zhili.

Location is too important.

"Zhao Guangyuan!"

"The end is here!"

Zhao Guangyuan, immersed in the victory, hurriedly responded.

"You go to Hanyang Mansion and regain this place."

Hanyang Mansion, located between De'an Mansion, Chengtian Mansion, and Huangzhou Mansion, is small but rich.

"As ordered!"

So far, the Huguang area, Yunyang, Xiangyang, De'an, Chengtian, Huangzhou, and Hanyang are almost the Hubei area of ​​later generations.

As long as we take Jingzhou again, we can drive straight to Lingnan.

The dawn of victory is so brilliant, Zhu Yixi is extremely pleased, after half a year of hard work, a foundation has finally been laid.

Thinking of the captives, Zhu Yixi had a headache again.

These tens of thousands of rotten people are not like the frontier army. It is too difficult to reform, so it is better to recruit new soldiers directly.

As for who will guard Wuchang Mansion, Zhu Yixi chose Chen Yongfu.

In this way, Li Jizu and You Shiwei were in Chengtian Mansion, Zhao Guangyuan went to Hanyang Mansion, and Chen Yongfu was in Wuchang Mansion.

Huangzhou Mansion and De'an Mansion are blocked by the Dabie Mountains, which belong to the security category, and there are not many troops stationed there.

As for Zhu Yixi himself, he personally guarded Xiangyang to prevent the enemy troops from Henan, and better circulate the supplies of Hanzhong Mansion.

After some arrangement, the number of soldiers under his hand is only 20,000 people, which has reached the limit.

This is also the main reason why he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

Too much to chew, Huguang is too big, Hubei alone is already at the limit of its military strength, let alone Hunan in the south?

Furthermore, without a navy, it would be extremely difficult to attack Jiujiang, so why die?

At this point, Zhu Yixi was full of emotion: "It seems that we must recruit new soldiers and expand to 100,000 people."

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However, Zuo Liangyu and his party quickly returned to Jiujiang in a boat and went down the river in almost a day.

One hundred thousand when I went there, but less than twenty thousand when I returned.

Having just received Nanbo Ning, it was too much of a blow to face, and Zuo Liangyu's prestige was greatly shaken.

Having just arrived in Jiujiang, without waiting for others to react, Zuo Liangyu regretted a lot and shouted loudly:

"Little thief, rebel, rebel, I want to impeach you to the court!"

"My Menggeng, the Zuo family is just a single seedling that fell into the hands of thieves, Zhu Yixi, I will never give up with you."

"Regroup and set off today, we want to avenge the dead brothers."

As soon as this remark came out, the generals were in an uproar, they didn't care about talking and complaining, and they all stood up to dissuade them.

"Uncle calm down, we can't fight!"

"This can only lead to death, I will not go."

"If it wasn't for Zuo Menggeng's meddling, we wouldn't have lost so badly."

This opposition was also within his expectation.

Seeing this, Zuo Liangyu smiled inwardly, and said along the way: "Well, let's recharge our batteries, and we must teach this little thief a lesson next time."

In this way, Zuoying, which was originally full of ups and downs, gradually calmed down.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, he had no time to rest when he received a letter from Lu Daqi.

He scolded him why he didn't go north to King Qin, but went west to attack the friendly army.

"Qin Wang? Qin him and Ba Zi!"

Zuo Liangyu became angry from embarrassment: "If you have the guts to go by yourself, I and my son have been captured, how can I be in the mood to serve the king."

Thinking of the only lifeblood, Zuo Liangyu's heart ached, she didn't pretend just now,

"Come on, send a messenger to Wuchang, send five boxes of gold, silver and jewelry to Zhu Yixi, and tell Zhu Yixi that no matter how much money he wants, I will give it, as long as my son is released."

His chest kept rising and falling, Zuo Liangyu's right eye twitched, and he felt bad all the time.

"Report, master, Mr. Hou wrote a letter from Jiangnan, saying it is extremely urgent!"

The so-called Young Master Hou is Hou Fangyu, the leader of Donglin Party Fushe, and the son of Hou Xun, Minister of the Household Department.

Hou Xunyou was the benefactor who recommended Zuo Liangyu, so Zuo Liangyu was also a member of the Donglin Party and had a deep collusion.

Zuo Liangyu frowned, what is so urgent?
Spreading out the letter, he took a closer look.

"Pa——" Zuo Liangyu slapped the table, his face changed greatly: "How is this possible? Absolutely impossible, absolutely!"

(End of this chapter)