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Chapter 188 Gao Yihuan plans to take Fanchengzhong
Marshal Zuo was an orphan before, raised by his uncle, he didn't even know his mother's surname.

When Zhang Xianzhong captured Xuzhou, because he hated Zuo Liangyu, he beheaded his uncle's family, including his family members.

Now in the entire Zuo family, there is only Zuo Menggeng, a lone child like Zuo Menggeng, who is by his side. He would rather die by himself than have something to do with Zuo Menggeng.

There are always some fetters in life, some things that cannot be given up, and some sustenance.

Zuo Liangyu herself doesn't have much ambition, she just wants to survive in troubled times and leave a legacy for Zuo Menggeng.

Now, if Zuo Menggeng died, then everything he did would be meaningless.

The vanguard of the army has arrived, and the correct posture of the Zuo army at this time should be to turn around and run, or to just defend the city, but this time the commander Zuo did not choose that.

Zhang Yingxiang slapped him, saw Zuo Liangyu's eyes were red and wanted to kill someone, so he didn't dare to neglect, and hurried back to Fancheng.

The defender of Fancheng was Lu Guangzu. He was a little worse than Li Guoying, but he was also a banner man after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

After hearing Zhang Yingxiang's words, he knew that Zuo Liangyu was going to send troops, so when Zhang Yingxiang went to Xiangyang to report the news, he had already assembled all the troops in the city.

When Zhang Yingxiang returned to Fancheng, Lu Guangzu immediately led 1 people out of the city in a mighty way to catch Zuo Menggeng.

In Xiangcheng on the south bank of the Han River, with Commander Zuo's order conveyed, the inside and outside of the city has become a mess.

Marshal Zuo suppressed the bandits for more than ten years, and everyone who was stronger than him died, but he survived, and he was promoted step by step, relying on his ability to recognize the situation, never push himself forward, and never fight tough battles.

This time, Marshal Zuo was impatient, and more than [-] Zuo troops inside and outside Xiangyang were mobilized.

Marshal Zuo has never fought for the Ming Dynasty a few times, but this time, in order to rescue Zuo Menggeng, he decided to fight hard against the thief once.

However, most of Xiangyang's elite left army followed Li Guoying and Xu Yong and went south to fight against Li Dingguo.

At this time, the army in Fancheng had already set off, but the left army in Xiangyang hadn't even left the camp gate.

Lu Guangzu knew that Zuo Menggeng was Marshal Zuo's heart, so he didn't dare to be ambiguous. Zhang Yingxiang, who was on the side, also became anxious after seeing Zuo Liangyu.

When he ran back, his life was saved, but if Zuo Menggeng was killed, his future would probably be over.

Zhang Yingxiang had no choice but to go out of the city to rescue with Lu Guangzu again, but this time they were in front, and Commander Zuo would also lead troops across the river to meet him, which gave him some confidence.

Lu Guangzu and Zhang Yingxiang led the troops and rushed up the Baihe River. After walking less than ten miles, they saw corpses floating down the river from time to time.

Not long after, they finally saw from a distance that bandit soldiers were coming from all over the mountains and plains ahead, thousands of left soldiers were besieged in the middle, but the situation was already extremely critical, and they might be annihilated at any time.

When Zhang Yingxiang saw it, he couldn't help being a little puzzled. There were more than 5000 of them out of the city, why did he run back and forth, and there were still thousands of people under siege? Tens of thousands of bandits fought for so long, but no one died.

Xiangyang and Fancheng are located on both sides of the Han River.

Occupying Fancheng is equivalent to occupying half of Xiangyang.

At this time, in a forest outside Fancheng, Huang San and Dai Jinghong led two thousand elite infantry and ambushed in the forest.

At this time, Wang Guangtai came in from the woods and walked up to the two of them, "I have found out clearly that the left army in Fancheng has a total of 2 people. Five thousand people left before, and now they have gone [-]. There are only five people left in the city." Thousands of old and weak. The captain wants to attack now, there is a lot of noise in Xiangyang, and it seems that he is going to send troops."

Huang San frowned slightly, and said in surprise, "When did Zuo Liangyu become so courageous? He knew we were coming, but he dared to fight. Could it be that he sees us through?"

Wang Guangtai said: "There was an accident, Zuo Menggeng seemed to be among the first people to leave the city, so Zuo Liangyu was anxious."

No one expected this situation, Dai Jinghong said: "If the left army from Xiangyang crosses the river and enters Fancheng, then we will be out of luck."

Huang San frowned and nodded, "We must act immediately."

As he said that, he said to Dai Jinghong, "I will lead two divisions to occupy the pontoon bridge and cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng. You and Brother Wang will attack together and take Fancheng in one go."

In Xiangcheng, Zuo Liangyu dressed neatly in a hurry, then rode to the barracks to transfer troops.

However, the military discipline of the Zuo Army was corrupt, and there were not many people staying in the camp to be honest. Not only the officers slipped away, but even many soldiers were not in the camp.

It has been more than an hour since Zuo Liangyu ordered the generals to be pulled out from the kilns and casinos in the city, and then assembled to prepare to leave the city.

There is a pontoon bridge connecting the two cities of Xiangfan to facilitate mutual support between the two cities.

At this time, tens of thousands of left troops had already gathered in the northern city of Xiangyang, and Zuo Liangyu didn't wait for them to line up, so with a gloomy face, he waved his whip and said, "Hurry up, the army will cross the river quickly!"

The city gate of Xiangyang was opened wide, and the soldiers of the left army filed out of the city. The soldiers in front had just stepped on the pontoon bridge, when more than ten black spots suddenly appeared on the upstream river, and rushed towards them along the current.

The soldiers of the left sergeant walking on the bridge couldn't help but stop. When they turned their heads and looked, they immediately screamed and panicked.

Standing on the raft, Huang San took the bow and arrow, pulled the bow string into a full circle, shot an arrow, and a left soldier fell down.His body fell into the water and was swept away by the current. He kept moving and fired another arrow.

The soldiers of Gao Jun on the raft followed suit one after another. One by one, they drew their bows and fired arrows, or raised their guns to shoot. The left soldiers on the bridge were shot one after another, and fell into the river screaming.

At this time, before the left army on the bridge could react, dozens of rafts and boats crashed into the pontoon bridge, and the killer team wearing black armor on the bridge jumped onto the pontoon bridge with weapons, roaring loudly, "Kill!"

As soon as Zuo Liangyu rode out of the city gate, he saw his subordinates on the pontoon bridge and a group of people killing the city.As for the soldiers of the Left Army, they were obviously not as good as this elite team. They were thrown off the pontoon bridge one by one and driven into the Han River. His face immediately changed drastically.

This group of bandits was so fierce that they cut off the pontoon bridge directly, trying to wipe out all the troops north of the Han River.

This can't help but make Marshal Zuo's heart tremble. With such a fierce style of play and such a big appetite, only Li Zicheng has a million soldiers.

At this time, when Huang San attacked the pontoon bridge, in the woods outside Fancheng, more than a dozen cavalry suddenly galloped out and rushed straight to the city gate. Behind them, more than [-] elite soldiers also rushed out of the forest and rushed to Fancheng. .

At the same time, in the wilderness far away, countless refugees rushed towards Fancheng from all over the mountains and plains.

Tens of thousands of civilians carried simple long ladders and took hoes and rakes to help the Shun army and seek Zuo Liangyu's liquidation.

(End of this chapter)