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Liu Sheng used his binoculars to watch Zhang Xianzhong collect the defeated troops four or five miles away from the west city wall, but did not withdraw, but re-camped.

He knew that Zhang Xianzhong had probably guessed some of his thoughts.

Or they guessed that he didn't have enough troops in the city.

That's why I dare to stay in the western suburbs of Xiangyang City.

However, Liu Sheng felt that after receiving this round of fire today, Zhang Xianzhong would seriously consider his proposal on Jiangzhou that day.

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong's situation at this time was much worse than in history.

In later history, it was Zhang Xianzhong who captured Xiangyang.

With the help of a large amount of money, food, and soldiers confiscated from Xiangyang City, he not only recruited and armed the soldiers before the officers and soldiers arrived, but also generously provided hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and tens of thousands of stones of food for relief. Poor people.

Later, they successfully joined forces with Luo Rucai's troops in Xiangyang.

Then the two joined forces and captured Yunyang Mansion together, and then ambitiously marched north to Nanyang Mansion.

Historically, Zhang Xianzhong also took a fancy to the Nanxiang Basin as a good place.

However, he overestimated his own strength, or he was a little too distracted after capturing Xiangyang.

While he was attacking Nanyang Mansion, he also divided his troops to attack Runing Mansion.

It happened that at this time Ding Qirui, the governor of the three sides, took over the position of governor.

Zuo Liangyu, who had become a hidden warlord, was not punished for the fall of Luoyang and Xiangyang. Instead, he was rewarded with gold and silver by the Ming court to appease him. He also received some promises from the new governor Ding Qirui and was ready to work hard.

He happened to see Zhang Xianzhong dividing his troops in Runing, and the enemy was exposed, so he defeated Zhang Xianzhong's troops in Xinyang.

Zhang Xianzhong left the mall with his injuries and walked to Yingshan. However, he was defeated by Wang Yuncheng, a general of Zuo Liangyu's tribe.

After two consecutive defeats, Zhang Xianzhong was even forced to seek refuge with Li Zicheng.

As a result, Li Zicheng wanted to recruit him directly.

Zhang Xianzhong naturally didn't want to.

He was almost killed by Li Zicheng.

Fortunately, Luo Ru stopped him in time and he saved his life.

Later, Luo Rucai gave another 500 cavalry as a gift, and Zhang Xianzhong was able to leave Henan and go eastward from Anhui, where he joined the five Ge Zuo tribes and regained his momentum.

Nowadays, Zhang Xianzhong's situation is worse than in history, and his new recruits were defeated by Liu Sheng. Instead, he saw his own strength clearly and gave up the idea of ​​seizing the Nanxiang Basin as his territory.

But no one can tell what the future holds.

It’s hard to say whether Zhang Xianzhong’s current choice is right or wrong in the longer future.

What Liu Sheng can be sure of is that Zhang Xianzhong should not have any plans to take advantage of Xiangyang City now.

Putting down the telescope, Liu Sheng raised his eyes and looked north again. On the contrary, he was a little worried about the safety of the fleet...

A few days ago.

Fucheng, Nanyang.

As the core city in the north of the Nanxiang Basin and the seat of the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty deployed more troops in Nanyang than in Ruyang.

There were more than 12,000 soldiers recruited for the camp alone, led by Liu Guangzuo, deputy commander-in-chief.

Twelve thousand recruiting soldiers sounds like a lot, but Liu Guangzuo took up four thousand of the empty quotas alone!

In fact, Liu Guangzuo is not particularly greedy. Taking four thousand empty quotas is a normal operation among the current Ming Dynasty camp generals.

Because the food and salary issued to him by the imperial court would be at least 30% less, he would not be able to afford even eight thousand soldiers and horses if he did not eat the quota.

The remaining 8,000 battalions are not all placed in Nanyang City, because Liu Guangzuo is responsible for guarding and suppressing bandits in the entire Nanyang Mansion.

For example, the more than a thousand battalions that Liu Sheng destroyed in Wuyang were even under Liu Guangzuo's command.

That is to say, in addition to guarding Luyang Pass, Jingzikou Pass, Fangcheng Pass and other passes, Liu Guangzuo also divided his troops to garrison important cities such as Wuyang and Dengzhou.

He actually only had more than 4,000 soldiers left to guard Nanyang.

Although the defense of cities in various places now mainly relies on rural soldiers recruited by prefectures and counties, as Nanyang is the seat of the Tang prince's palace, Liu Guangzuo must have important defensive responsibilities.

Therefore, Liu Guangzuo's camp was located outside Nanyang City.

However, he himself did not live in the camp, but in a private house in the city.

On this day, Liu Guangzuo and his concubine Xin Na were practicing shooting in the backyard. They were getting into a good mood, but they were disturbed by their servants.

"In the main town, Liang Guerrilla came to the door and said he had important military intelligence reports."

Although Liu Guangzuo was unhappy at being disturbed, he did not dare to underestimate the military situation - now there was Li Chuang in the north of Nanyang Mansion, and a Liu thief appeared in the east, and the situation was not optimistic.

After changing his clothes, he came to the living room.

When he saw the guerrilla Liang Fei, he asked directly: "What important military information is there? Li Chuangnan cannot be the reason, right? Or is Liu thief making new moves?"

Liu Guangzuo already knew that Biyang and Tang counties were occupied by bandits, but he didn't know the specific situation there.

It happened that the prefect Qiu Maosu was worried about Li Chuang going south and the Runing Liu thieves heading west. He was afraid that he would be defeated if he sent troops rashly and put the city in danger, so Liu Guangzuo was too lazy to recover Biyang and Tang counties.

Anyway, the prefect was primarily responsible for the fall of the county town, and he ranked second.

Qiu Maosu is not in a hurry, why is he in a hurry?

But if the Runing Liu thief wants to continue to capture Xinye and threaten Nanyang, he must take action.

Liang Fei was a guerrilla general who led 500 cavalry under Liu Guangzuo. He was also responsible for investigating the military situation of all parties.

After he clasped his fists and saluted Liu Guangzuo, he said excitedly: "Headquarters, at the end of the day, our men have been found, and the Liu thief has captured Xiangyang.

A few days ago, thousands of boats sailed up the Bishui River to Tang County to transport the money and grain that the Liu thieves had plundered from Xiangyang! "

When Liu Guangzuo heard this, he was surprised and happy, "Is what you said true?!"

"Absolutely true!"

Liu Guangzuo, the deputy commander-in-chief, was not active in making meritorious service in the war, but Liang Fei, who was still just a guerrilla, was very active.

He added: "Think about it from the head of the town. Xiangyang City not only has Prince Xiang's Mansion, but it was also the headquarters of Governor Yang. I don't know how much food and soldiers have been hoarded.

The Liu thief obviously wanted to transport all the money and food he looted in Xiangyang back to Runing. He probably kept it in Tang County temporarily because of the long distance.

If we can capture Tang County, we will not only recover the lost city, but also seize a large amount of money and food.

If you miss such a good opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune, you may regret it to death! "

Liu Guangzuo was moved when he heard this.

Not only can you get promoted, but you can also make a fortune, no one will be tempted!

"Let's go! Come with me to see Magistrate Qiu!"

Liu Guangzuo's private residence is not far from the prefect's Yamen.

When he arrived, Qiu Maosu was drinking tea and chatting with several famous Nanyang literati in the small garden in the backyard of the Yamen.

Qiu Maosu was even more unhappy because his elegant mood was disturbed.

But after hearing that Liu Guangzuo had military affairs discussions, he still sent several literary friends away.

After returning, he said with a cold face: "Vice General Liu, tell me, what are your military affairs?"

Liu Guangzuo secretly resented hearing this.

Ming Dynasty's current habit is to call the deputy commander-in-chief the commander-in-chief. However, Qiu Maosu disliked military personnel and always called him deputy general, deliberately reminding him that he was not the commander-in-chief.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have enough soldiers and horses, and relied heavily on Qiu Maosu to supplement his money and food, he would have really wanted to catch this man in the camp and scare him.

"Does Prefect Qiu know that Xiangyang has fallen?"

"Xiangyang fell?" Qiu Maosu was stunned after hearing this, and then said angrily: "Yang Sichang really deserves to die! It was a disadvantage to defeat the invaders. First he escaped Li Zicheng, and now Xiangyang has fallen..."