nanming man

Chapter 501

The Nanjing imperial court did not have a few soldiers and horses who obeyed orders, and now there is nothing to do with these warlords.

Wang Yan was silent for a while, and finally did not mention the matter of military discipline, but said directly: "Your Majesty is extremely dissatisfied with the Nanning Marquis for instigating this incident, but considering the loyalty of Nanning Marquis to the court, he decided to deal with it lightly. Now the court Send me to deal with this matter, appease Gao Jingzhong, and let him withdraw his troops, but Gao Jingzhong is in full swing, so it is unlikely that he will let it go."

Wang Yan took a look at Zuo Liangyu, "I am planning to go to Gao Jingzhong's camp in the near future. Here I make a request. I hope that the Marquis of Nanning will guard Wuchang well and don't lose too badly. Only then can I negotiate with Gao Jingzhong and let him He let Wuchang go!"

Zuo Liangyu put down the wine glass, he already knew the truth in his heart, the court was really against him.

A few days ago, the news from Nanjing reached Wuchang, which startled Zuo Liangyu. He almost ignored Huang Shu's suggestion and gave up Wuchang and went east to Nanjing, making a desperate move.

Now that Nanjing is facing him, he can feel at ease, and Zuo Zhen will not be attacked by the enemy.

Zuo Liangyu laughed and said, "Don't worry, the imperial envoy, this commander has already sent troops to stop Gao Jingzhong, it won't be so easy for him to kill Wuchang."

After finishing speaking, he thought of the gap between his troops and Wei Wu, and suddenly added: "However, I am afraid of having long nights and dreams! Although the Marquis is prepared, he still needs to ask the imperial envoy to persuade Gao Jingzhong to withdraw his troops as soon as possible to avoid the situation. change."

Wang Yan nodded, "I will leave tomorrow!"

Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed, "Come here~ eat vegetables!"

"I don't have any appetite, Nanning waiters can eat by themselves!" But Wang Yan stood up and left the wine table straight away.

Xu Yong looked at Wang Yan's back and spat, "Fuck, you're so arrogant!" He said and looked at Zuo Liangyu, "Marshal, he doesn't give you face! When this is over, I'll kill him on the way."

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand, "It's just poor, there's no need. Come, let's drink!"

The fact that Gao Jingzhong didn't rebel directly meant that he didn't want to break face with the court, so there was something to discuss about this matter.

When the imperial court came forward to mediate, Zuo Liangyu was determined. He just had to guard Wuchang and wait for the outcome of the negotiations between the imperial envoy and Gao Jingzhong.

After the Zuo army lost more than [-] people in Jiangbei, Zuo Liangyu was afraid that Gao Yihuan would attack Wuchang, so he shrank his troops to Wuchang and deployed defenses along the Yangtze River.

However, Gao Yihuan did not cross the Yangtze River by force, but entered the Xiangbei area in the upper reaches of Wuchang, which made Zuo Liangyu heave a sigh of relief, but he also understood that Gao Yihuan's attack on Hunan was only temporary, and he would eventually attack Wuchang.

When Wei Wujun attacked the city in Hunan, Zuo Liangyu also paid attention to Gao Yihuan's movements. When he learned that Wei Wujun collected ships and men and horses attacked Yuezhou, he knew that Gao Yihuan still wanted to attack Wuchang.

Wuchang is a fortified city, but an isolated city cannot last long.

Wei Wujun built forts on the opposite bank of the Yangtze River to control the waterways. If the army approached the city and surrounded the city, the connection between Wuchang and the outside world would be severed.

Zuo Liangyu didn't have much food, so he needed food from the outside world to flow into Wuchang in order to defend Wuchang. Once the city was besieged, no soldiers and horses from the Ming Dynasty would come to Wuchang to rescue him. If he ran out of food, he would die.

In response, Zuo Liangyu had only two options, either to prevent Wei Wujun from approaching Wuchang, or to build a large camp outside Wuchang City, forming a corner with the city, so that Wei Wujun could not trap the city to death, and maintain a grain road leading south to Wuchang.

The Wei Wu army has the advantage of cavalry. Once it approaches Wuchang, it is difficult to maintain the land food road under the situation of the Wei Wu army's cavalry harassment when the land and water are blocked by forts.

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu hesitated again and again, and finally decided to send 10 horses to the west, flanking the Yuezhou defenders back and forth, dragging Wei Wujun to Yuezhou, and preventing Wei Wujun from approaching Wuchang.

It's just that Zuo Liangyu didn't pay for the departure. The [-] Zuo army didn't have much enthusiasm for fighting. The army retreated to the east bank of Jinshui to deploy defenses.

At this time, Wei Wujun had already occupied Jiayu County, and the vanguard sentry cavalry appeared on the west bank of Jinshui, and a big battle was imminent.

This made the soldiers of the left army on the east bank of Jinshui a little uneasy, wondering if the Jinshui River could keep Wei Wujun from the west.

The Zuo army camped by the river for dozens of miles, and the fires in the camp were like the bright Milky Way in the summer night sky, which looked very spectacular.

Outside the camp, soldiers of the left army with torches patrolled along the river to prevent Wei Wujun from crossing the river at night.

Along the Jinshui River, the Zuojun camp was divided into dozens of camps, like a long snake.

In the middle of the night, there was silence in the big camp. At this time, in a camp at the end of the snake, there was still a faint light burning in the tent where the general lived.

Under a dim oil lamp in the big tent, a burly man in his 30s with a square face, big eyes, a bushy beard, was looking at the two letters by the light, his eyes sparkling.

Sitting opposite the man is a gentleman Wang Youcai from Hanchuan, who is smiling and waiting for the man to finish.

The man's name is Ma Jinzhong, he is a member of Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, he is also a historical celebrity like Jin Shenghuan, and his conduct is even much cleaner than Jin Shenghuan.

Ma Jinzhong was born as a bandit, and was forced to surrender to Zuo Liangyu after his defeat. However, as a bandit, it was impossible to become Zuo Liangyu's direct descendant.

In history, Zuo Liangyu put him on the front line. When Li Zicheng fled into Huguang, he was the first to bear the brunt. He was defeated by Li Zicheng and suffered a lot.

Afterwards, Zuo Liangyu rebelled and died of illness. On the way, his son Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Jiangxi. Become the king of Hanyang County in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

In order to disintegrate Zuo Zhen, Gao Yihuan asked Jin Shenghuan to use his old relationship to win over acquaintances and lead his troops to join him.

Although Gao Yihuan didn't like Zuojun, he had to have some cannon fodder troops under his command. He couldn't fight every battle with Wei Wujun soldiers, and he had to let Wei Wujun take a breather.

Especially in the tough battle, the consumption is huge, and Gao Yihuan feels distressed when he uses Wei Wujun to directly attack the city, so he urgently needs an army that can be used for consumption.

In the letter conversation with Jin Shenghuan, Jin Shenghuan mentioned Ma Jinzhong, and Gao Yihuan and Jin Shenghuan each wrote a letter to persuade Ma Jinzhong to surrender.

Ma Jinzhong didn't know many words, so he read the letter with some difficulty, and fell silent for a while.

Ever since the incident in Hanchuan, Wang Jinshi had been completely convinced by Gao Yi. He was just being an honest squire in Hanchuan, but he was not doing well, and he insisted on doing something for Commander Gao to feel at ease, so he took the initiative to seek refuge with Gao Yihuan.

In fact, it was Wang Youcai who saw the potential in Gao Yihuan, and felt that he was worthy of political investment because of his wealth, so he begged for nothing to do things for Gao Yihuan.

Seeing that Ma Jinzhong had read the letter, Wang Youcai smiled slightly and said, "General Ma, General Jin strongly recommended you in front of the commander-in-chief. The commander-in-chief attaches great importance to you and wrote the letter himself. The rations and salaries of the generals will be replenished immediately, so why should General Ma hesitate?"

Wang Youcai stared at Ma Jinzhong who was already tempted, and continued: "General Ma knows better than anyone what is going on in Zuozhen. The soldiers can't get enough to eat, so how can they fight with the commander in chief? Not to mention that the commander easily captured [-] Zuo troops on the north bank. Wei Wu's army is far more powerful than Zuo Zhen, so he said that the general has a lot of money and food, and the general has a sword in one hand and silver in the other. How can Zuo Zhen fight with the general? I advise General Ma to make a decision early. If it is too late, everything will be settled when Wei Wujun comes over It's late!"

Ma Jinzhong clenched his fists with both hands, his joints creaked, and suddenly stood up, "Zuo Liangyu is unpopular, and Ma supports Marshal Gao~"

(Thank you for the 10000 reward from the big brother Dancing with the Three Armies, and thank you for the title of master, thank you for the 6000 from ing before and after, and thank you for the title of Dharma Guardian, thank you for the 1000 tip from the servant in the ice room, and thank you for your support.)
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