Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Hmph! The military pay and food are all in our hands, who dares to disagree?"

Huang Shu was particularly embarrassing. Since he escaped from Nanjing, things seemed to be developing smoothly. He could do whatever he wanted, and he even suspected that his fortune was really changing.

"It's very strange! Mr. Huang has already escaped from Nanjing secretly. Why didn't the court respond, not even a document to dismiss him from office?"

Huang Shu was smug, but Hou Fangyu felt that something was wrong, something was a little strange, so he mentioned it frankly.

"That's because Zhu Youjian is too stupid. He probably thought I would work my heart out for his Zhu family." Huang Shu didn't think he had any flaws, but just blindly looked down on Zhu Youjian.

"But..." Hou Fangyu's words were on the verge of his mouth, and Liu Jingting grabbed his arm under the table, so he had no choice but to stop talking.

"Come on, let's have a toast together. For the prosperity and wealth in the future!" The four possessed together, wishing the sweet dreams in their hearts.

"Why did sir stop me just now?" Hou Fangyu asked Liu Jingting quietly after finding a gap.

"What do we want to do with his affairs? In fact, it is the general trend that Zuo Shuai can't afford to raise troops, and it has nothing to do with him, Huang Shu.

In fact, the Wuchang Army had only two paths to take after surrendering, Jin and raising troops.The army led by Zuo Shuai could no longer tolerate any forces.Being alone, it will only be annexed by a certain party in the end. "

Hou Fangyu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Sir, do you mean that we can't beat the emperor at all?"

"Da Ming still has the strength to breathe, Zuo Shuai is simply hitting a stone with an egg." Liu Jingting sighed.

"Not at all! We still have hundreds of thousands of troops..." Hou Fangyu was young, and he didn't see things as deeply as Liu Jingting.

"Hundreds of thousands? You've seen it, it's not even a mob. Let's see how the battle of Jiujiang will go. I advise my brother to make plans early!"

After Liu Jingting finished speaking, he continued to drink with Huang Shu like a normal person.Hou Fangyu stood blankly outside the boat, staring at the tumbling river in a daze.

After kicking it down, a piece of green grass brought on board fell into the water, initially floating on the water surface, then a wave turned over, and within a few breaths, the green grass rushed several feet away with the wave.

A fishy smell unique to river water hits me, a hundred times worse than the delicious fresh fish on board.It is hard to imagine that Jiangyu grows in this fishy smell.

A few days later, the boat on the left side stretched for tens of miles, with no end in sight, and went down the river as if covering the sky and covering the sun, heading straight for Jiujiang in a mighty way.

The entire middle reaches of the Yangtze River, no matter the size of the ships, were not spared, and they were all plundered.

The only thing left for Huguang on the left is the rubble of Wuchang City and the surrounding towns and villages of "living widows".

Since leaving Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu has been lying on the soft couch in the cabin, unable to move, and has to be fed for food and water.

The boat he lived in had a rotten smell inside, and even the tangy smell of traditional Chinese medicine couldn't be suppressed.The breath of death is not far away.

"Ahem, cough, where is this?" Zuo Liangyu broke away his blurred eyes and tried hard to see the scenery outside the window, but he still couldn't see clearly.

In the past few days, what accompanied him the most was the sound of Jiang Tao slapping the ship's side, wave after wave.

"Marshal, we have already passed Qizhou, and we will arrive in Jiujiang in two days." A woman who served him replied.

Tens of 10 people were mobilized, the speed of the boat could not be increased, and various situations continued along the way.Before the fleet arrived in Huangzhou, some boats scattered a lot.After passing Huangzhou and entering the mountainous area, some bamboo rafts were damaged a lot.Another day passed, and many soldiers became seasick in large numbers, and tens of thousands fell ill.

There were not many supplies along the way. Many riverside towns saw such a large fleet approaching from a distance, and ran away in a hurry.

The troops couldn't stop and pursue, and they could only watch the people run away while standing on the boat.

"Why is it fish again? I want to eat meat." Young Master Zuo overturned the meal that the chef had just brought, and roared dissatisfied.

"Master, I haven't found fresh pork recently, only live fish salvaged from the river."

"Every meal is full of fish. Is this still a human life? My mouth is full of fishy smell after eating, and even kissing a little lady is disgusting."

The cook was very wronged, such a large fleet caused a lot of misfortune to the fish in the river along the way, usually officials still have fish to eat, and ordinary people can't even catch a loach stick.

"Okay, go down." Hou Fangyu walked in and helped tidy up the cabin.

Hou Fangyu has been thinking about it ever since he heard Liu Jingting's words that day, and it was only today that he realized something.

He is going to follow Zuo Mengchen closely, so that this guy is Zuo Liangyu's official successor, and then see if he can take the opportunity to get some benefits.

"My dear brother, we are going to Jiujiang soon, how should we fight this battle?"

"I don't eat meat, my young master is not in the mood to think about these things now." Zuo Menggeng no longer feels that he is inferior to Hou Fangyu, his title has also changed, and he has gained airs, so naturally he doesn't need to be polite.

"How about sending someone ashore to find something to eat first?" Seeing Zuo Menggeng's attitude, Hou Fangyu didn't want to say much, so he simply followed his mind.

"Let's send that Jin Shenghuan. Didn't he used to be a bandit? He should be good at getting something to eat, otherwise it's useless to keep these trash for nothing."

Zuo Menggeng felt that his young master Zuo wanted to eat meat, this was to give his subordinates a chance to show off, how many people were rushing to curry favor.

The fleet actually stopped in the area of ​​Fuchi upstream of Liwuxue. Hearing Zuo Menggeng's order, Jin Shenghuan reluctantly led his men to sail upstream along Fushui, looking for a place with a village.

This area is a piece of hills, the mountains are not too high, and the terrain is relatively flat. There is a lake in the upper reaches of Fushui, called Zhupo Lake.When the boat entered Zhupo Lake, the sight of the fleet was blocked by a stretch of hills.

Since he entered an unfamiliar area, Jin Shenghuan walked cautiously. As a veteran, this was a habit he had developed over the years.

"General, there seems to be a village ahead." Not long after the boat sailed, a soldier suddenly called out.

Jin Shenghuan followed the direction of the soldiers, and he saw a house with a few wisps of smoke rising from the kitchen; he heard the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs.

It really is a village.

"Hurry up, row the boat over, don't be aggressive later, talk to the villagers well." Jin Shenghuan just wanted to complete the task quickly, and didn't want to cause extra trouble.

Chapter 161: The Nine Difficult Masters Come Out of the Mountain

There are about thirty or forty houses in this village, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with orderly heights.

A small stream runs through the middle of the village. There are fishing nets drying in front of the village, and there is a large bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain behind the village.

A gust of wind blows over, and there are bursts of crisp chanting sounds, and a section of temple cornices is exposed between the two mountains.

"General, it's a nunnery!" The soldiers laughed loudly, and the soldiers on the ship immediately became excited.

"Don't mess around, behave yourself. Get your money ready, and you won't be allowed to plunder later." Jin Shenghuan ordered sternly.

"General, other battalions are robbing the girl, why don't we allow it?" Some soldiers contradicted unwillingly.

"I don't care what other people do. You must obey my orders. If you dislike your own life, just go around and lose your life. Don't say in front of Hades that I didn't say hello in advance."

The left side can't talk about military discipline, the way the generals lead the troops is very strange, and Jin Shenghuan belongs to the bandit peasant army, so he can't explain the truth.

The only thing that can convince others is his life-saving technique. With experience, he can lead his subordinates to survive as much as possible.Therefore, Jin Shenghuan's troops are not considered brave in fighting, but can only be regarded as the second-class troops of the fifth battalion on the left.

Jin Shenghuan just went out to look for food, and he didn't bring many people with him, it was just a small boat and a dozen or so soldiers.

The boat docked at the mouth of the creek, and the soldiers went ashore immediately. Someone in the village found them, and they closed their houses and everyone dodged.

"Folks, don't be afraid. We are officers and soldiers, we don't rob food, we don't rob women!" (ps: Er Gouzi enters the village in the anti-Japanese drama.)