Chongzhen Undergraduates

"No, I have to investigate first." Xu Yong is not stupid, if he wants to die, he has to die and understand first.

During the night, Xu Yong quietly took two boats down the water until they floated outside Jiujiang City.

The river wind blows slowly, but there is no boat docked along the river, and there are no lights on the pier.There were only a few dilapidated wooden houses left empty on the shore, and when a gust of wind blew, the broken doors creaked and creaked when they were not closed properly.

Another gust of wind blew, and the top of a big willow tree protruding from the city wall swayed with the wind, shadowy and ghostly.

"General, there doesn't seem to be anyone there. This place is evil, a bit infiltrating." The soldier held the knife tightly in his hand, too frightened to move forward.

A city is empty, and it is still at night, which is really evil.

"Will there be an ambush in advance?" Xu Yong first thought of this.

"It's not like that. There is a difference between being popular and not being popular." One of his soldiers said casually: "How many villages we have seen, as long as there are people living, it feels different. An empty village can feel it from far away. not angry."

Xu Yong was startled, what the soldier said couldn't be wrong.For example, if there are fewer people living in a house, no matter how clean it is, you will not feel warm.If there are many people living there, no matter how chaotic it is, there will be a wave of anger.

"Since no one is there, I'm afraid of a ball. Hurry up to the gate of the city to have a look." Xu Yong boldly led the people towards the gate of the city.

Before reaching the gate of the city, the city gate was wide open from a distance. Apart from the dark streets inside, the semi-circular city gate revealed a dark sky with some starlight mixed in it.

"It's really no one, go in and have a look." Xu Yong was a little scared, so he pushed the soldiers.The soldiers were forced to have no choice but to bravely walk towards the city.

Several people fumbled around the city for a long time, but they didn't find a ghost.

"General, what should we do?" The soldiers looked at Xu Yong expectantly.

"We can't talk about this matter. When it's dawn, we'll bring people in and rush in. At that time, it will be counted as our one-time credit. When we send forwards next time, it won't be our battalion's turn."

"Okay! The general is wise." Several soldiers happily said flattery words.

By the way, the next morning, I heard that Zuo Liangyu's condition suddenly improved again when he heard that he had arrived in Jiujiang. Not only could he get up, but he even drank a bowl of porridge.

Zuo Liangyu got out of the cabin, and Zuo Menggeng had nothing to do with leading the army.Zuo Menggeng was a little depressed, but he didn't dare to disobey Zuo Liangyu's military orders face to face.After all, he has not really controlled this army yet.

"Tell Xu Yong, don't burn, kill and loot in Jiujiang." Zuo Liangyu looked at Jiujiang City a few miles away. He was located far away, and the vanguard fleet had already approached Jiujiang in advance.

"At this time, you still pretend to be merciful!" Zuo Menggeng despised his father from the heart.

Zuo Liangyu seemed to be able to read his son's mind, and gave Zuo Menggeng a hard look.

"I have a deep friendship with the emperor. If it weren't for the emperor's grace, I, Zuo Liangyu, wouldn't be where I am today. It is because I am sorry for the emperor that I am not able to raise troops today. This Jiujiang city is stationed by my old friend. I have always known his benevolence and righteousness. How can you harm him?"

Even Liu Jingting beside him couldn't understand Zuo Liangyu's words.Liu Jingting feels that Zuo Liangyu's state is not much today, it seems that he is too kind, this is not like his usual behavior.

"Marshal, you can't be kind to a woman when an army crosses the border, right?" Liu Jingting said a word of persuasion according to his previous guess about Zuo Liangyu.

"You don't understand! The world calls me Zuo Liangyu arrogant and self-willed, but Zuo Kunshan is also a poor person. I lost my father and mother when I was young. When Xuzhou mutinied, even my uncle's family who raised me were killed.

Only Kunshan and my only son Zuo Menggeng are left in my Zuo family.God is not sorry to see me! "

After Zuo Liangyu finished speaking, he glanced at Zuo Menggeng, feeling somewhat resentful that iron cannot be made into steel.

"Marshal, if you say these things today, it may affect morale." Huang Shu also heard that something was wrong, why Zuo Liangyu started talking about family matters.

"Look, the vanguard has already begun to attack the city." Hou Fangyu said happily, pointing to the crowded shore in the distance.

"If I'm not here, my son must treat the generals kindly and not treat them badly. Some people have followed me for many years, and they have merit..." Zuo Liangyu continued to mutter as if he didn't hear the words of the people next to him.

Zuo Menggeng was full of joy when he heard it, and his father finally began to express his thoughts and let himself take over.

Xu Yong's attack on the city went smoothly in the early stage. As soon as the fleet docked, he pretended to lead people towards the city wall, and within a few breaths, the flag on the left had already been planted on the top of the city.

"Look, Jiujiang City has already been captured. Commander-in-Chief, we have won." Zuo Menggeng danced happily and kept cheering.

Zuo Liangyu didn't babble anymore, but put his palm in front of his forehead, watched from a distance for a long time, and said: "I wonder if the emperor is okay?"

Liu Jingting was stunned for a moment, and thought: Zuo Liangyu must be confused, why did he ask the emperor at this time.

"Marshal, the good news will be delivered later. Go back to the cabin and rest first. It's windy outside, so be careful." Liu Jingting was afraid that Zuo Liangyu would say something nonsense again, so he hurriedly persuaded Zuo Liangyu to enter the cabin.

"Alright! I'll wait for news from the emperor inside." Zuo Liangyu turned around, and was helped into the cabin by a maid.

The last sentence did not kill the few people outside, this is Jiujiang, where did the emperor come from?

"Good news! Good news!" Far away, a fast boat was desperately rowing upstream, Zuo Menggeng couldn't wait, and quickly ordered the boat to go downstream.

"Bring it up quickly." A document was handed over, Zuo Menggeng grabbed it and immediately opened it, with a letter inside.

"Send it in for me." Zuo Liangyu's scolding sound came from the cabin, Zuo Menggeng was shocked, and finally stopped the urge to tear it apart, and threw it into Liu Jingting's hand angrily.

Liu Jingting glanced at Zuo Menggeng, shook his head and walked into the cabin.

Zuo Liangyu was a little excited, tearing open the envelope tremblingly, unfolding the letter paper carefully, and reading it from the first letter under the dim light.

"You are my horse. Thanks to my great love, I was promoted to a small general. Since you took charge of the army alone, you have become more and more arrogant and domineering, and you are self-respecting. I can tolerate you! Who would have thought that today you would betray Daming, Ignoring all my painstaking efforts, and wanting to harm me, this is the act of a beast..."

Zuo Liangyu's hands were trembling, his nose was dripping with tears.He insisted on reading the text on a short piece of paper for a long time, and tears completely soaked the letter paper.

At first Liu Jingting thought that Zuo Liangyu was too happy, but slowly realized something was wrong, and was about to step forward to take a look at the contents of the letter.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Liangyu crumpled the letter into a ball like a madman, and threw it out of the window. The ball of paper fell into the river and disappeared in an instant.

"Your Majesty..." Zuo Liangyu stood like that, spurting out a mouthful of old blood, fell backwards, and hit the floor with a bang.

Chapter 164: Young Marshal

Zuo Liangyu fell down, and several people outside the cabin heard the movement and ran in quickly.

Liu Jingting stretched out his hand and found that the Zuo Dashuai's nostrils could only breathe in, but not out.

"Marshal, there is nothing wrong with you." Huang Shu panicked, grabbed Zuo Liangyu's shoulder and shook it vigorously, but unfortunately, he could only see Zuo Liangyu's eyes slowly closing.

"Hurry up and bring the messenger up." Hou Fangyu was also a little flustered, and ran out in a hurry.

"Quickly tell me, what letter did you just send?" Zuo Menggeng kicked the soldier delivering the letter, and asked anxiously.

"Forward General Xu attacked an empty city. There was no one in it. He didn't know where he went. Only a letter was found in the lobby of the government office, which said it was for Marshal Zuo. Others The little things, I don’t know.”

"Trash!" Zuo Menggeng kicked a few more times, then ran to the cabin door and took a look in.

Liu Jingting looked at Zuo Menggeng and shook his head.Zuo Menggeng was startled, paused for a moment, and then actually laughed.

"Don't say anything about my father to the outside world."

"Is this okay?" Huang Shu looked at the dead Zuo Liangyu, a little scared. Zuo Liangyu's main guard of honor when he came to Wuchang was Zuo Liangyu, and his relationship with Zuo Menggeng was definitely not as close as Zuo Liangyu.

"What's wrong? I'm in charge of the army now." Zuo Menggeng replied indifferently: "Could it be that other people have objections?"