Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 209 Zuoer takes over

Li Xing and Yang Shucheng were placed in a private room and reported that General Zuo Liangyu was very busy and would have to wait four or five days to receive them.

Unexpectedly, on the fifth day, news came that Zuo Liangyu was dead.

It turned out that Zuo Liangyu had 200,000 troops in Wuchang. He was dissatisfied with the dictatorial power of Ma Shiying, the traitor prime minister in Nanjing. At the instigation of his son, he abandoned Wuchang and led all his troops down the river to Nanjing to eliminate Ma Shiying.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Jiujiang, he was already old and seriously ill. He was lying in bed and could not get up. The troops had to be stationed outside Jiujiang City.

If Zuo'er wants to seize military power, he will harm his father.

This Zuo'er is Zuo Liangyu's youngest son. It was he who took his troops to the Dabie Mountains to hunt and rob Bai Yuyao's wife Liu Yuqin.

Now that he saw that his father was seriously ill, he sent his men to find a woman in a cell in the city.

The men brought the woman over, and Zuo Er looked at the woman. She was dressed seductively, but he couldn't tell that she had any real ability.

The subordinate would watch what was happening, step forward, and whisper into Zuo'er's ear: "Young Marshal, don't look down on her. She knows how to lock up Yongyang. She has locked up four or five people in the city, and no one dares to do so." Take her in.

Once, she locked up an important person. The family was dissatisfied and sued the government and put her in jail. There was a prison guard who didn't believe that she had such skill, so he was locked up by her on the spot in the prison. "

Zuo'er looked at the woman and smiled. The subordinate asked: "Do you want Shao Shuai to try her methods?"

"Forget it, you take her with you first and listen to orders. I'll go in and call you later."

"Yes."

At this time, it was evening, Zuo'er came to the handsome man's house, Zuo Liangyu struggled to get up, sat at the table and prepared to eat.

Seeing Zuo'er come in, he asked, "Where have you been these past few days?"

Zuo'er said: "I am inquiring about the military situation."

"What's new?"

Zuo'er said: "I found out that Ma Shiying was a little scared when he saw us sending troops. He quickly transferred two officers and soldiers stationed on the Huaihe River line to guard against the Qing troops. Once the two garrison troops left, the defense was empty. Shandong The Qing soldiers have already come south. When the time comes, we will engage in a north-south pincer attack with the Qing soldiers. We are not afraid that Ma Shiying will not be defeated. When the time comes, we have entered the city of Nanjing, and we do not have the final say in this world."

Zuo Liangyu nodded with satisfaction.

Zuo'er said: "The situation is very favorable to us now. I think dad is getting well soon, so we should breathe a sigh of relief."

Zuo Liangyu was also very pleased and asked for wine.

Zuo'er has already made arrangements, and the wine has been drugged with tiger and wolf medicine. Zuo Liangyu had been ill for a long time and did not drink much wine. After drinking this wine, he felt a heat burning in his heart, which could not be suppressed.

After eating quickly, Zuo Liangyu said to his son: "Go back, I'm tired too and need to rest. You patrol the troops at night and don't let the troops cause any trouble."

"Yes. I have resigned."

Zuo'er came out, hurriedly waved to his men to bring the woman over, and whispered in her ear.

This woman killed several people in a chain and put herself in jail, so she was a little scared before going into battle.

The subordinate said to her: "What are you afraid of? Just do it. When the time comes, the five hundred taels will be handed over to you. From now on, you can hide in the countryside and don't show your face. Naturally, no one will trouble you."

The woman then plucked up the courage and followed the handman in.

Zuo Liangyu was sitting by the bed, feeling uncomfortable. Suddenly he saw a servant walking past with a woman. How could he bear it? He asked, "Song Fu, who is this?"

Song Fu said: "This is newly bought to serve the old commander."

When Zuo Liangyu was hungry and thirsty, he suddenly saw a flower-like woman standing in front of him. How to avoid getting angry, he said: "Let her wait on me. You can go out. If I don't call you, don't come in." "

"Yes."

When Zuo Liangyu saw Song Fu leaving, he called the woman over.

The two of them were together, and the madman stormed through the middle of the night. Zuo Liangyu was an old man and had been ill for a long time. How could he bear it? He just gritted his teeth and let out a thousand-mile weight. He yelled "ah" and became motionless.

The woman's body slowly stiffened when she saw that he could only breathe out but not in. She was also a little scared and hurriedly crawled out from under him.

He quickly put on his clothes, lowered his head, and walked out.

As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw a flash of light and a splash of red light. The woman leaned over and fell to the ground without making a sound.

The servant held the knife and shouted out: "Young Marshal."

Zuo'er ran over and saw the woman lying in a pool of blood. He hurriedly ran into the house and ran to the bed. He looked at Zuo Liangyu who was motionless and shouted:

"Dad..."

Of course Zuo Liangyu didn't agree. Zuo'er stepped forward and checked his breath. There was still breath somewhere, and he hurriedly shouted: "Someone is coming quickly..."

A group of generals came in one after another and learned about General Zuo's death. Due to Zuo'er's arrangements in advance, these generals now stood in front of Zuo Liangyu's dead body and supported Zuo'er as the leader of the two hundred thousand officers and soldiers.

On the second day, a filial piety hall was opened to accept memorials from generals from all walks of life.

Zuo'er knelt aside and answered the courtesies one by one, crying so sadly that his voice became hoarse and he could not speak.

These generals said: "Please don't be sad, young marshal. All my condolences are in passing. The world is in chaos now. I hope you will take charge of the affairs soon and don't give others any opportunities."

Zuo'er said: "My father is newly deceased and I am very confused. I hope all the generals will work together to inherit my father's unfinished business. I am here to kowtow to all the generals."

With that said, Zuo'er kowtowed to the generals in front of the Xiaotang Hall.

These generals were deeply moved and hurriedly pulled Zuo'er to his feet and expressed their determination: "We swear to the death to assist the young marshal."

Zuo'er accepted the commander's flag and made the news public. Only then did the nearby officials get the news, and they all came to pay homage to Zuo Liangyu.

Only then did Li Xing get the news that Zuo Liangyu was dead and that Zuo Er had inherited the position of commander.

Together with Bai Yuyao and Yang Shucheng, he came to worship Zuo Liangyu with generous gifts.

In the mourning hall, there were many filial piety curtains, and people were filled with sorrow and joy. Li Xing led two people to kowtow in front of the mourning soul and burn paper.

Zuo'er knew Li Xing's origin and hurriedly came over to greet him.

When the two parties met, they both knew each other, and both felt a little embarrassed. Li Xing wanted to ask Zuo'er, so of course he didn't want to bring up the old things; Zuo'er saw that the overall situation was uncertain and wanted to win people's hearts, so he naturally didn't want to bring up the old things.

Both sides pretended as if nothing had happened. After the ceremony, they were led into another room, sat down, and served tea. Several important generals accompanied him.

After a few pleasantries, they began to talk about the current tense situation.

This left son has no ambitions and just wants to seize the power of his father. In fact, he is a pustule.

Now that Commander Zuo is dead, the generals in the army are torn apart and are likely to fall apart.

These generals followed Zuo Liangyu in the north and south, and their minds were clear. If the troops continued to advance eastward, Nanjing's Ma Shiying had already dispatched two groups of troops to fight the Zuo army, and the outcome was uncertain.

In addition, the Qing soldiers arrived soon after. These Qing soldiers had strong horses and arrows, and the left army was no match for them.

And Li Zicheng occupied Nanyang and showed signs of heading towards Wuchang. If he lost his foundation and was in a dilemma, the left army would be defeated.

These generals knew clearly that they really couldn't count on Zuo'er, so they decided not to advance eastward, but to return to Wuchang, reorganize the army, and focus on defense.

Li Xing also helped them analyze the current situation. He was very happy to see that these generals also agreed with him. A banquet was held here, and both parties drank and ate.

Zuo'er was preparing to reorganize his troops and return to Wuchang. Seeing that something was going on here, Li Xing took his leave and took the two of them eastward.

Coming all the way south from Henan, we were delayed for more than two months on the road. By this time, it was already late summer and early autumn. In order to seize the time, we did not take a boat and came eastward on horseback.

Along the way, the river breeze blew on them, which was very refreshing. The three of them rode horses and headed east.

After more than ten days, we arrived in Anhui.

On this day, I walked to a small market town by the river, had a meal in a small restaurant in the town, and stayed in a small hotel after the meal.

The next day, when they got up, Li Xing and Yang Shucheng saw that Bai Yuyao had not left the room, so they went to push the door open, but it was ajar.

When he went in, he saw Bai Yuyao sitting by the bed, her eyes dull, and the baggage placed beside the bed was gone.

Those are gold, silver and jewelry that I went to Nanjing to buy as gifts for others!