Daming kill

Chapter 253

On the evening of the tenth day of October in the 16th year of Chongzhen, in the city of Wuchang.

Zuo Liangyu and several confidants and favorite generals are hosting a banquet in the mansion for the patrol censor and his military supervisor Huang Shu, and his son Zuo Menggeng is also sitting by the side.

This was Zuo Liangyu's first banquet with Huang Shu.

Although they have known each other for less than ten days, Zuo Liangyu likes and respects Huang Shu, who likes to quote scriptures and speak impassionedly.

Of course, in order to repay Huang Shu, Wang Yuncheng was never allowed to appear in Huang Shu's sight.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone's chatterbox began to gradually open up, and they were no longer so cautious and polite.

"Yuan Shilang is courageous and knowledgeable, and he is a man who knows how to fight. The general really can't figure out why the court has to change people? Could it be because he has no one in the court!" After glancing at Zuo Liangyu, he suddenly complained to the court.

"That's right, Yuan Shilang is quick-tempered, and often has to be reasonable and unforgiving, but he is just straight-hearted and has no bad intentions at all. He is very similar to our group of warriors, and he has a good temper. He is a hundred times stronger than those who are a little thoughtful." , this imperial court is really blind." Ma Shixiu also shook his head and followed closely, speaking more bluntly.

Facing the insinuations of the two favorite generals and their obvious disrespect to the court, Zuo Liangyu neither stopped nor helped to cover up, but lightly stroked his beard and stared closely at Huang Shu.

But Huang Shu did not pretend to be deaf and dumb this time, but looked straight into Zuo Liangyu's eyes and said loudly: "Yuan Shilang, you are admirable for his hard-working life. What is even more commendable is that he can firmly believe in the court and never criticize it." , let him go to the fields, I heard that in just a few days, he ran all over the fields around Wuchang."

"Ok?"

Zuo Menggeng was the first to utter an unexpected note, and he could still hear the needle hidden in the cotton and the irony in Huang Shu's words.

When he was hesitating whether to slap the table, Ma Jinzhong grabbed his hand by the side.

Zuo Menggeng had no choice but to endure it and looked at his father, and then found that Zuo Liangyu's hand stroking his beard was still orderly, but his eyes were a bit sharp and dodged.

The wine table became extremely quiet for a moment.

"Yuan Shilang is really good, and I respect him very much." After being silent for a while, Zuo Liangyu finally met Huang Shu's gaze and gave a non-answer answer in a deep voice.

Huang Shu nodded slightly, and then continued to say loudly with meaning: "We are all people who are deeply favored by the emperor. If we are not loyal, how can we repay you? Yuan Shilang has done a good job in this respect. It is me Waiting for a role model."

"Huang Xun is right. Liangyu has been taught." Zuo Liangyu's expression became subtle, and his hand stroking his beard became stiff.

The atmosphere on the entire wine table also became more awkward.

But Huang Shu seemed to be unaware that the atmosphere was wrong, and he changed the subject and said with emotion: "General Ping Zei is also worthy of my respect. If I don't come to Huguang, I will almost be swayed by rumors."

"Oh?" Zuo Liangyu's eyes lit up.

Huang Shu took a deep look at Zuo Liangyu, then suddenly stood up and bowed and said, "The situation in Huguang has collapsed to this point, and I didn't realize how difficult it was until I arrived. The civil and military officers and soldiers ran and surrendered, but the general Stand alone. Without you, how can Yuan Shilang do anything? What can I do? Everything now is actually thanks to you, General Ping Zei!"

"Of course, without my general, the thieves would have gone to Nanzhili long ago." Zhang Yingyuan, the newly promoted general, nodded his head and yelled as soon as he saw this scene.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Upon seeing this, several other generals also echoed.

But Zuo Menggeng scratched his head in confusion, he didn't quite understand what Huang Shu meant.

This Huang Shu is always serious and unsmiling, he seems to be close and not close to them, he really doesn't know how to deal with it.

But Zuo Menggeng noticed that Zuo Liangyu, who was supporting Huang Shu, suddenly smiled, and then picked up the wine glass that was always full and said, "Come, let's have a drink together."

After speaking, Zuo Liangyu drank it down first.

It is well known that Zuo Liangyu seldom drinks alcohol due to his poor health, and it is by no means pretending, so he only dipped a few drops of wine lightly before drinking this glass.

Huang Shu laughed out loud at this moment, and immediately raised his glass happily and drank it down in one gulp.

Huang Shu knew that he had made the right bet again.

Huang Shu has long known that Zuo Liangyu doesn't like people who are unprincipled and flattering, and that Zuo Liangyu really respects Yuan Jixian, who is outspoken and upright. Zuo Liangyu is such a strange person.

As soon as Zuo Liangyu drank the wine, the others followed suit, and the atmosphere at the wine table immediately heated up again, and no one mentioned any embarrassing and embarrassing words for everyone, only romance and mutual flattery remained.

When the atmosphere of the banquet was getting hotter, suddenly a soldier of Zuo Liangyu hurried in from outside, and then looked at Zuo Liangyu who was already flushed with embarrassment.

"Just say it! What's the matter?" Zuo Liangyu frowned slightly.

His personal soldiers all knew the rules, so if they broke in at this time, they must have something very important to report.

"General, Li Ping, the commander-in-chief, sent someone to report that his troops attacked and conquered Yuezhou yesterday, and now the whole army has begun to move to Yuezhou, saying that they are going to suppress the thieves."

"what?"

"how can that be?"

……

Most of the people at the wine table stood up in a jerk, and made a mess of doubts and the sound of breaking wine glasses and dishes.

"There are no jokes in the army, don't you hear it wrong?" Huang Shu also had a look of disbelief.

"It's impossible for a small one to get it wrong. The person who came here said convincingly that they sent a thousand elite soldiers to secretly sneak under the Yuezhou city and then launched an attack suddenly. The thieves were not guarded against, and there was no army in the city. Got it."

"The whole army is moving towards Yuezhou now? At night?" Zuo Liangyu asked with a serious face, and the reaction was quick.

He didn't worry about how Yuezhou was captured.

"Well, I'm sure. The villain didn't believe it at first, so he went to the city to take a look first, and found that there were indeed patches of torches moving southward in Hanyang across the river, and there were also large fleets in the Yangtze River sailing against the river. In fact, it should be moving troops, not fake."

"It seems to be true, this Li Ping is amazing, this is another amazing achievement!" Ma Jinzhong suddenly let out a sigh of emotion.

But when he found that other people were looking at him with strange expressions, Ma Jinzhong laughed awkwardly and refused to accept it: "I'm telling the truth, dare to let 1000 people travel three or four hundred miles secretly on the thief's territory and promise not to do so." It’s not just about having the guts to be discovered, but also stealing a big city!”

"But aren't you trying to build up other people's ambition? Besides, Li Ping doesn't deal with the intruders honestly. How can you say that you change the thieves to fight the thieves? Isn't this treating the thieves like a joke? It's so strange!" His face was black. Zhang Yingyuan is weak and weak.

Ma Jinzhong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "It should be Li Zongbing who also received the military order from Governor Lu."

"Lu Daqi!" Zuo Liangyu immediately mumbled the name expressionlessly.

The room became silent again in an instant, and everyone was looking at each other.

"Although he has meritorious service, if the army moves suddenly without notifying the friendly army in advance, is it difficult to hand over Hanyang, Hanchuan and other places to the thieves? This is an evil deed that has no regard for the overall situation!" Huang Shu suddenly broke into a rage and broke the silence.

"What Xun Press said is very true, what does this Li Ping want to do?" Zuo Menggeng also got angry for no reason.

"I heard that Li Ping was proud of his merits and acted perversely. Today, I saw that it was true." Huang Shu continued to burst into anger, but he did not forget to glance at Zuo Liangyu.

"That's right, that's right." Zuo Menggeng continued to sing along because he didn't know his name.

Zuo Liangyu received Huang Shu's gaze. He nodded first, and then said in a deep voice with his brows tightly furrowed: "The inspector calm down, now is not the time to pursue Mr. Li and Meng Lang. The most urgent thing is to prepare to fill his army." The vacancy left after the southward move cannot be taken advantage of by thieves.

At the same time, since Yuezhou has been conquered, we can't let Zongbing Li go deep alone and ignore it. Instead, we should focus on the overall situation and work together to forge ahead.In particular, Jiayu and Puqi counties must be captured immediately to prevent Li Zongbing from being flanked by thieves from the north and the south. "

Huang Shu rolled his eyes in surprise, then nodded sharply and said, "What General Ping Zei said is true. Your mind and courage really amaze me. This is Daming's blessing! I will definitely tell the truth about the twists and turns. Report to the emperor. As for the transfer of all military affairs, it is up to the general who suppresses the bandits to make the decision, so I will listen to you."

Just when Zuo Liangyu urgently summoned the generals and began to issue military orders, Yuan Jixian, who had just heard the news, hurriedly boarded the top of Wuchang City.

But after watching in silence for a while, Yuan Jixian's expression became calm, and then he shook his head helplessly.

……

On October [-], inside the city of Changsha.

When Zhang Xianzhong listened to the report from a personal guard with a strange expression, he glanced at Sun Kewang who came with him in disbelief and asked, "Sun Kewang (Sun Kewang's original name), is this true?"

Sun Kewang, who was called by his name, nodded anxiously and said, "It's sure."

Zhang Xianzhong immediately stood up from the chair, and then paced back and forth with a blushing thick neck while yelling in a high-pitched tone: "Too much bullying, too much bullying..."

The huge palace of the original Changsha feudal prince Ji Wang's mansion instantly became silent, and a large group of concubines with heavy makeup who hadn't retreated were frightened to kneel on the ground and tremble.

When Zhang Xianzhong finally stopped circling around, he glared at Sun Kewang with his red eyes and gritted his teeth, saying: "This Li Ping boy has repeatedly provoked the orphan, and now he even dares to come here to demonstrate blatantly with only a mere ten thousand people. If Gu is afraid of him, he will fail! Gu must give him a good look."

Sun Kewang was taken aback by Zhang Xianzhong's red eyes. Those who are familiar with Zhang Xianzhong knew that he was really anxious!
Although on the ninth day of October, Li Ping surprised them and suddenly captured Yuezhou with a surprise army, Zhang Xianzhong at that time did not show too much anger except for cursing a few times.

Li Pingshan had learned from them a long time ago, and they were also very aware of Yuezhou's lack of defense and the lack of troops.

Yuezhou City faces the Yangtze River in the east, the vast Dongting Lake in the south, and only a narrow land passage in the northeast. The special terrain makes Yuezhou's defense extremely high in demand for naval forces.

To put it bluntly, it is very beneficial to defend to the death, but if there is no advantage of the navy, it is easy to be blocked in the city.

The peasant army just does not have the advantage of the navy.

Therefore, for Yuezhou, Zhang Xianzhong, who knew that most of his troops were newly attached, neither sent good generals nor stationed heavy troops to guard, not to mention that there are two outposts in Jiayu and Puqi counties in the north of Yuezhou.

Historically, Zuo Liangyu's tribe, who was ordered to go south, briefly occupied Yuezhou. After winning the battle on the water, Zhang Xianzhong's tribe, who was guarding it, immediately gave up the city.

And losing again is also the abandonment caused by the defeat of the navy by Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

In addition, Zhang Xianzhong's strength in Jiayu and Puqi areas at this time was also very weak, mainly defending the city and key points, and Linxiang County, which is close to Yuezhou, was far away from the river in the mountains, so Li Ping's surprise attack on Yuezhou was neither unexpected nor unexpected to Zhang Xianzhong.

But what is unexpected is that Li Ping, who captured Yuezhou, immediately rushed to Changsha with all his troops, and it was clear at a glance that he stopped playing sneak attacks.

This operation is confusing, even a little daring.

You know, they knew more or less about the problems between Li Ping and Zuo Liangyu, and Jiayu and Puqi counties were still in their hands at this time!

"Father, please calm down. Changsha has a hundred thousand troops of ours, which is as strong as gold, and Li Ping's son will definitely not be able to get a bargain." Sun Kewang persuaded in a low voice.

Although Sun Kewang also felt very inconceivable that Li Ping was forcing Changsha, after all, he had suffered a lot from Li Ping, and he had a psychological shadow on Li Ping, especially considering that Li Ping had never fought head-on with their large army.

Therefore, Sun Kewang felt that things couldn't be so simple, and felt that there must be some conspiracy that they didn't know about, so he unconsciously tended to be cautious.

But Zhang Xianzhong glared at Sun Kewang unbelievably and shouted, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"I, I, son..."

"It's a worthless thing." Zhang Xianzhong interrupted Sun Kewang with a curse, and then said sullenly while Sun Kewang's face was flushed:

"Call out the army immediately, and I'm going to fight against that little Li Ping..."

(End of this chapter)