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Chapter 253
Ma Shixiu had no choice but to give up, but from this day on, he sent people to watch Zu Keyong's tail day and night, Zu Keyong suppressed his anger when he knew about it, and pretended not to know, he believed that he was not afraid of evil shadows.

Under Zuo Liangyu's command, Ma Shixiu was the lieutenant general and the commander of the artillery battalion. number two.

After dealing with Zuo Liangyu's funeral, Zuo Menggeng summoned generals to discuss the matter of attacking Zhu Yousong. Zuo Menggeng, Huang Shu, Ma Shixiu, and Xu Yong all advocated seeking foreign aid, because Zuo Liangyu was gone, and the battle of Pengze They lost 10 horses and damaged their vitality. Although there are more than 30 horses in front of them, and they still have more than 40 troops including the troops from all over Wuchang, and they still have a few cities, but the morale of the army is not shaken. For the first time, they felt powerless against the imperial court.

Especially when I met Zhu Yousong, the kung fu emperor, he was always on his own, and he was good at taking risks and making strange moves. The [-] army didn't survive for three days. Zuo Menggeng still has lingering fears when he thinks about it now.

I feel that this opponent is too strong. Although the stupid king in front of me has only tens of thousands of horses, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. Now the south of Jianghuai is his sphere of influence. Zhu Yousong has made big moves in the past six months, Zuo Menggeng, etc. Of course people have heard about it, cleaning the factory guards, killing Ma Shiying, Ji Dacheng, the imperial conquest, the four towns to quell the chaos, and the Donglin Party. It is said that the emperor can directly mobilize no less than 40 troops. Think about it, Zuo Meng Geng felt that his future was bleak.

But now there are three kinds of foreign aid that can be sought. One is the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng, the other is the Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong who just proclaimed himself emperor in August in Sichuan, and the other is the Manchu Tartars.

But Zuo Menggeng directly ruled out Zhang Xianzhong, the reason is that their Zuo family and Zhang Xianzhong were deadly enemies. Back then, Marquis Zuo Liangyu of Wuchang shot Zhang Xianzhong with an arrow, and chased after him and slashed wildly with a big knife. He lost his life, and he learned that Zhang Xianzhong will take revenge, so asking them to send troops to help is undoubtedly seeking skin from a tiger.

This Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng is also unlikely. Although Li Zicheng is open-minded and may cooperate with them regardless of past suspicions, and jointly deal with the faint emperor Zhu Yousong, but he is too busy to take care of himself now. It is still going on, and it is not yet known who will win the battle. It is impossible for him to send troops to help them at this time.

There is only one way left to go, and that is to ask the Tartars for help.

But these barbaric wild boars outside the pass have no profit, and it is impossible to send troops to aid them for no reason. There is only one way to get them to send troops, and that is to surrender to the Tartars as traitors.

"The Tartars are not human beings. As a Han Chinese, I would rather surrender to the imperial court than the Tartars!" Zu Keyong was the first to stand up and object.

As soon as this remark came out, Zuo Menggeng felt unhappy. Ma Shixiu and Huang Shu looked at each other, including Xu Yong, the commander of the navy, they all agreed to be traitors and surrender to the Tartars. I don't like it, but at least I can survive. If I am caught by the court, I will lose my food, and maybe it will destroy the nine clans.

So Ma Shixiu spoke first, and sneered at Zu Keyong a few times, "Hmph, the fox's tail is finally exposed, it really is the imperial court's eagle dog, come here, take this scum for me!"

Ma Shixiu is now the number two powerful figure. He can basically represent Zuo Menggeng when he speaks, because he is in charge of the mighty artillery battalion. He has the final say on who to shoot with dozens of cannons, and none of the senior generals present Forgot, half a year ago, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in Meishan. When Zhu Yousong first ascended the throne, many soldiers planned to march eastward, but Zuo Liangyu refused. According to Zuo Gong's order, I will kill him!"

This roar made no one dare to move.When Zuo Liangyu was there, Ma Shixiu was a very popular person, now that Zuo Liangyu kicked his legs, his son became the new head of the family, and Ma Shixiu was in power, even Zuo Menggeng had to give him some face, so Ma Shixiu's voice was blunt At the end of the day, a few execution warriors barged in like wolves like tigers outside the tent, wanting to attack Zu Keyong again without any explanation.

Zu Keyong couldn't bear it this time, not to mention the usual gap between the two of them, just these few days when Ma Shixiu sent people to monitor him, he was swollen with Ma Shixiu's poison, so this time he broke out.As soon as Zu Keyong turned around, the execution warriors all flew out sideways, and the sharp knives in their hands fell to the ground, clanging loudly.

"Bastard, if you dare to harm me, I will chop you off!"

Like crazy, Zu Keyong picked up a knife from the ground and rushed towards Ma Shixiu like a bull roaring.

Ma Shixiu didn't expect Zu Ke to be so brave, but Ma Shixiu was no match for Zu Keyong in a one-on-one fight. He was so scared that he quickly dodged, and Zu Keyong ran after him in the tent with a knife.

"It's wrong, it's wrong! Come..." Zuo Menggeng and Huang Shu were furious, and they roared a few times. The soldiers outside wanted to arrest Zu Keyong, but Zu Keyong went all out and killed him with a knife in his hand. large account.But outside was full of Zuo Menggeng and Ma Shixiu's men, rushing towards him like a tide.

Zu Keyong wielded a steel knife like chopping melons and vegetables, or like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, but it was very difficult for him to rush out alone in the face of thousands of troops.After a long time, it is inevitable to be caught and slaughtered.

Zu Keyong regretted it a little now. You must know that it would be better to surrender to the imperial court. Zhu Yousong didn't seem to be incompetent.Zu Keyong's attitude towards Zhu Yousong immediately changed, but the problem is that it is difficult for him to get away now.

At this moment, there was a commotion behind Zu Keyong, and a group of troops rushed in. The leaders were two generals, Luo Dai and Daoxing. Peng and the others were even more unwilling to surrender to the Tartars, so they came with a team of cronies to support Zu Keyong, and rushed to Zu Keyong, bringing the horse and the mountain axe. Zu Keyong was overjoyed, picked up the big axe and flew After getting on the horse, Zu Ke was as brave as a tiger with wings added. Wherever the ax went, people's heads rolled, blood flowed like rivers, and their limbs flew in the air along with guns and war horses.

The guns and knives in Luo Dai and Daoxing's hands are not vegetarian, although Zuo Menggeng, Ma Shixiu, and Xu Yong have many troops, they can't hold them back at all.Someone had already prepared the boats, hundreds of people boarded the warships and discussed whether they should submit to the imperial court, and dozens of boats sailed to the other side.

At this time, Ma Shixiu and Xu Yong led people to chase to the riverside, Xu Yong led the navy battalion to chase and kill them, and Ma Shixiu used the artillery battalion to open fire on Zu Keyong and others.

(End of this chapter)