Beiyang new warlord

Not only Zuo Liangyu's confidants and generals, but also many celebrities and literati from Chu. Listening to Qu Yue's melodious singing, many sour literati couldn't help cheering loudly, shaking their heads and chanting a lot of sour words.

The concept of these days is that women are not allowed to show their faces, and other men pointing at their wives like this is actually a very shameful thing for a man, but Zuo Liangyu, who was born recklessly, didn't know it, showing off his little wife As well as wealth, he shook his head triumphantly.

But at this juncture, suddenly a soldier was dangling his armor, sweating profusely, ran in from the garden, lying in Zuo Liangyu's ear and said a few words hastily, in an instant, Zuo Liangyu's fight His old face, which had already been covered with weather and wrinkles for most of his life, but had been smeared with powder and fat, turned pale in an instant. He staggered to his feet and looked left and right, but he turned his head and sat down again, shaking his head and listening again. Opera, just waiting for a song, and now it looks like going to the toilet, swaying slowly out of the garden.

Then, a few servants trotted in one by one, and called out Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Menggeng, general Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Jin Shenghuan and others one by one.

The sound of drum music and singing became louder and clearer, and after singing a few more songs, Huang Peng, a famous scholar in Wuchang, stood up vigorously, held a wine glass, flattered him solemnly, and sang loudly.

"Everyone, my Wuchang Mansion enjoys singing and dancing, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. They are not protected by intruders, and they all rely on Marshal Zuo to protect them! My colleagues in Chudi, I suggest that we should respect, respect, where is Marshal Zuo?"

Immersed in the Kunqu opera, a group of scholars from Chu suddenly turned around, and Zuo Liangyu had disappeared for an unknown amount of time.

With a face full of embarrassment, Huang Pengyou continued to leave the banquet in a panic under the ridicule of a group of Chu literati, and staggered out of the garden to search.

Wuchang belongs to the typical impact plain of remnants of hills. There are many hills in the territory, so big people can climb high and look far away. Zuo Liangyu’s garden is also built on a hill. When you open the door, you can directly overlook the river from below. Embarrassed, Huang Peng pushed open the door, but the next second, his eyes were full of horror.

In his eyes, the three towns of Wuhan, which were already dark under the yellow sun, were completely lit up, and the flames shot up everywhere. Even in the city, they could hear the shocking screams and screams. , the crowd who fled south with their only possessions filled several main roads.

The invading army that runs across the world is back! The impoverished poor people in Huguang wear messy and worn-out cloth clothes, but they rush forward with knives like madmen, killing people and robbing things they see, anyway. Nothing but life!What are you afraid of?

There was no effective defense at all, and the tens of thousands of left troops collapsed in an instant. They were the fastest to escape along the main roads. As for the commander Zuo who was protecting the border?run early!

But Zuo Liangyu's move was also helpless, he really didn't expect that Chuangjun would be so crazy!

In the Southern Dynasties in history, those who are strong and prosperous must occupy the two Huaihe Rivers, and those who want to survive must occupy Bashu, just like the Southern Song Dynasty, which has been confronted with the Jin Dynasty for more than 200 years. In the early Song Dynasty, Song Taizong defeated the Southern Tang Dynasty It's like hanging and spanking a kid, going down the river is no joke.

At this time, the Nanming Dynasty was indeed very bad. Shangshu belonged to Daxi, and Badi belonged to Dashun, but Zuo Liangyu's defense focus was still not on the Yangtze River. Poor people who can't wear pants and can't afford to eat are just paupers. Water warfare is an art work, and men on the Loess Plateau are naturally afraid of this thing.

Moreover, going down the river is a desperate move, just like the water battle between Chu State and Wu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Chu State won only a small victory, and the defeated Wu army ran down the current. The Chu Guolou boat had nowhere to run.

Therefore, the deployment of Chu Town is quite satisfactory, guarding Jingmen and Suizhou, relying on Jingzhou to block the pace of the army's eastward advance.

In fact, Zuo Liangyu was right. The Shun Army is indeed not good at water warfare. At this time, the Shun Army warships congested among the three towns in Wuhan are like bumper cars, colliding with each other one after another. They vomited non-stop, and those who fell could not be picked up. They were in a mess like a group of fools.

But this is the Chuangjun, which has been in the world for more than [-] years, and the Chuangjun, who was killed after layers of siege, has long been used to the gamblers who are full of wealth and desperadoes, and the current leader of this army, Liu Zongmin, is even more out-and-out A desperado who doesn't want to be deducted, he doesn't have the time to think about what will happen if the raid on Wuhan fails. After gathering the army on the [-]th, he didn't bring all the rations. Down the river.

What a bunch of fools! Crazy! Military idiots!

But this group of reckless people won recklessly!

In the horn of the sky, the Chuangjun didn't even want the boat. With the oars behind him, he directly hit the bottom of the boat hard on the beach full of rocks. The violent collision caused sawdust to fly, and big holes hit the deck one after another. under.Pulling out the knife with a clatter, stepping on these pedals that poured the water of the Rujiang River, the Dashun army, who was still in a daze with seasickness, swarmed into the city like a swarm of locusts. When Zuo Liangyu got the news, Beiluo City, which is next to the river, has been lost.

In the battle of Zhuxian Town nine years ago, Zuo Liangyu's elite was almost wiped out. Even now, his old subordinates who were recruited by the Chuang army are attacking the city. It was really vulnerable, coupled with the lack of command, it was even more retreating all the way. Before Huang Peng escaped from the Zuo family's mansion in embarrassment, the aggressive Shun army still surrounded the place. He just opened the door and took a look. , the landowner of the lake directly chopped a knife on his shoulder, and immediately cried out in pain, knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head desperately.

At the door, under the light of dozens of torches, holding a big knife dripping with blood, Liu Zongmin roared excitedly like a madman.

"Kill it! Burn it! Cut off the head of Zuo Liangyu, it's like putting a pig's head in front of the elder brother's spirit, and then take Nanjing, kill the dog emperor to comfort the elder brother's spirit in heaven!"

With this murderous roar, even Zuo Liangyu, who had escaped for a few miles, turned his head back thoughtfully, trembling with distance in his heart.

Just like the ancient city of Pompeii in the disaster, the disaster also fell on the head of Chu Town overnight. It suddenly came down the river, and the mighty 30 Shun army directly destroyed Zuo Liangyu's command center, and even The left army was divided into two, and the 10,000+ left army guarding Jingmen Suizhou was directly caught in the double attack of Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong Corps. Thousands of troops can only fall into the situation of fighting on their own, and are finally defeated and eaten one by one.

After escaping from Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu could only rely on Xiaogan to organize a new line of defense by relying on the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, but he was too aggressive in Huguang, even soldiers were unwilling to work for him. After that, less than [-] left troops gathered in Huanggang according to the military order, and the soldiers fled in large numbers.

Looking at the sparse barracks in the setting sun, the slow is frightened, the messy infantry and the listless Zuozi military flag! The Zuoping bandit, who is similar to Li Zicheng and has reached the point of being old and sick, suddenly spit out a mouthful of black and red blood Come on, he knocked his fist on the table weakly, and after a long time, he tremblingly roared towards the door.

"Hurry up to eight hundred miles to Nanjing!"

"Huguang, lost!!!"

Chapter 7 and Four. Self-help

The bad news was like returning trout, one after the other passed into Nanjing City. The news of Li Zicheng's death was not received, and the news of the fall of Wuchang had already hit a group of Donglin chieftains. In just eleven days, Chu Town, which could be called the absolute main force of the empire, collapsed with an army of 40. Liu Zongmin even recruited some of Zuo Liangyu's defeated soldiers. With the addition of the army obtained by sweeping the ground in Huguang, the strength of the army expanded to 50.

"Bastard Wufu!!!"

This time, it was finally the turn of Emperor Hongguang to show some majesty of the emperor. The huge court hall was silent, and only Zhu Yousong's roaring roar echoed like a pig.

"Four 10,000+ troops, with millions of salaries every year, can't even stand up for half a month, raising a pig is better than him Zuo Liangyu! This bastard is a waste, raising a son is so unfaithful and unfilial, he actually took refuge in him, took refuge in him That's it, a whole family of idiots!"

Immediately after Zuo Liangyu lost Wuchang, Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiujiang, sent an emergency dispatch of 3 miles. Zuo Liangyu died of illness in Xiaogan. After leaving Beiming, the last line of defense in Huguang was given way, and now the Chuangjun is distributing the descendants of Zuo Liangyu's troops. In another ten days, it is expected that they will go straight to Nanjing with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai.

It's no wonder that Emperor Hongguang got angry. In order to support Chuzhen, he squeezed out a lot of money for repairing the palace house, and cut off half of the selected girls. More than a dozen beautiful women were given to Mao Jue as gifts, and when he turned around, Chu Zhen was easily overwhelmed by others, so it's no wonder he wasn't angry.

But if getting angry can solve the problem, Chongzhen will not be subjugated. After being angry, Zhu Yousong slapped his thigh sadly, and bowed his hands to the gentlemen of Donglin who were usually eloquent, but at this time they were silent.

"Gentlemen, you have something to say! How should we deal with the current situation!"

"Mr. Qian, tell me!"

Qian Qianyi wished he could shrink his neck, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he bravely stood up and bowed heavily to the dragon chair.

"The old minister thinks, you should, you should ask the capital for help!"

"What nonsense!"

It's just eyes shining, just waiting for this partisan fight!Huang Zongxi, the censor of the Fushe side, drifted out of the court class with his beautiful head on the ground and his buttocks in the sky, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, pointing at Qian Qianyi's nose and yelling.

"Lord Qian, thanks to the fact that you are still an elder of the country and a minister of the four dynasties, you can say such words of ruining the country? That Mao Ni, Dong Zhuo Wang Mang's generation, a man of wolf ambition! That's why he murdered Emperor Kaiming in the north and drove me to Daming Jiangshan, rebellious and proclaiming emperor, leading soldiers across the river at this time is tantamount to luring thieves into the house and seeking skins from tigers! Master Qian, do you want me to ruin your hands with the Ming Dynasty?"

"Why did Master Huang say that? Emperor Kaiming abused the people brutally and was expelled by the people's riots. Even so, the Northern Emperor was still merciful and bestowed the title of Marquis of De Rang. He still divided the land of a county in the country of Wa and continued to sacrifice! Enemy! Southern Ming and Northern Ming are united in spirit, just to deal with them together, Mr. Huang is completely a villain's heart to save the belly of a gentleman! To prevent our Ming Dynasty from continuing the aid of incense, does Mr. Huang accept the benefits of intruders and want to be intruders? A servant of a thief?"

The township party is the party, and the master and apprentice are the party. Qian Qianyi didn't wait to refute. His student, Zheng Qiusu, who was also the censor, had already rushed out like a vicious dog, pointing at his nose and yelling at him.

Where can I see that my party suffers?Fang Yizhi, Chen Zilong, Gu Zunxian and a series of people from Fushe rushed out roaring and were about to beat Zheng Qiusu with their tongues. Seeing that the Chaohui was about to turn into a vegetable market again, at this time, there was a heavy cough But there was a sudden sound, interrupting everyone's words.

In disbelief, the two factions watched Qian Qianyi walk to the front with a solemn expression, and bowed heavily.

"Everyone, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, it was because of the turmoil of the ministers that the first emperor was hesitant. He missed the opportunity to transfer troops and move the capital. The army of thieves will come to the south of the Yangtze River anytime and anywhere! You want to scold, scold you! It's my money The government scolded me! Pointing at me and someone's nose and scolding me! Now, it's important to come up with a solution!"

Qian Qianyi unexpectedly stopped a fierce party struggle with a few words. It seems that he experienced a subjugation of the country, and he did have a heavy touch on these traditional scholar-bureaucrats. After stepping back, Qian Qianyi fisted Huang Zongxi who came out to scold him.

"Huang Sheng, since you don't agree with the old man's method of inviting northern soldiers to suppress the intruders, what's your idea? Don't hide it when the national crisis is at stake!"

After all, he was still an old cunning man, he first stood on the commanding heights of morality, and then backhanded another cart, Huang Zongxi was dumbfounded when he asked this question, indeed, he was a talented man, one of the four princes in the late Ming Dynasty, and the founder of the Eastern Zhejiang School The originator, but he is also a scholar after all, Zuo Liangyu's 40 army has collapsed, what can he do if he has no power to restrain the chicken?

After stuttering for a long time, he clenched his fists with difficulty: "Dang, fight to the death in the city!"

"Oh! That's what Chen Yan, a senior scholar, advised the late emperor!"

Zheng Qiusu sneered softly, causing Huang Zongxi's face to turn red, but at this moment Qian Qianyi was obviously not in the mood to take advantage of the victory, and just sighed in disappointment, and turned his head away.

The entire court fell into silence again, but everyone knew in their hearts that if they couldn't stop the fierce offensive of the Chuang army, then it was inevitable to seek help from the north and be annexed by the capital Beiming. After all, the time Li Zicheng entered Beijing Everyone saw it, it was really tortured to death, and the head was lost. Mao Jue, although he may not be able to become an official, and the land may have to be lost, but at least it can be preserved Life, continue to enjoy wealth and honor.Even because Mao Jue left a way out for Emperor Kaiming, even Zhu Yousong couldn't help being shaken.

But at this moment, a soft sound finally broke the dead silence, as if he didn't want to embarrass his friend, and seemed to have some plot, Fang Yizhi went to court, knelt heavily on the ground, and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty! How could there be a major military affairs without the Shoufu Grand Master, and the Shoufu once presided over the Huaihe River defense line. After all, he has the experience of supervising the army in combat. Your Majesty, I ask the Shoufu to go to the palace!"