Lord of the House

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The Luoxiao Mountains stretch for more than a thousand miles, and lie between Hunan and Jiangxi. Only the low-lying terrain of Yuanzhou in the middle of Luoxiao Mountains naturally forms a gateway to Hunan and Jiangxi.

Yuanzhou City is located on the north bank of Yuanshui, and stands in the center of the gateway to the west of Jiangxi. The upper reaches of Yuanshui is also known as Luxi, and Luxi County, Yuanxi Yaoxian County, is named after this. Together with Xiayuan County in the downstream direction of Yuanzhou City, the three cities will lead This large channel and artery between Jiangxi and Jiangxi was blocked tightly.

If Yuanzhou could not go down, Jiangxi would have to contact Xiangtan, and they could only borrow from Ezhou, Jiangxia and other places under the control of Jinghu.

This means that Zhang Han, the general manager of Tanzhou's battalion, wants to cut Xiangtan and other places to become independent and get rid of Jiangning's control. The best way is to secretly support Huang Binghao and Huaidong's troops to enter Yuanzhou.

Zhang Han was originally the prefect of Tanzhou and was the supervisor of military preparations. When the refugee army invaded Xiangtan, the officers and soldiers of other prefectures were all defeated and all defeated, but the situation of the Tanzhou government was better. In the later period, when the system envoys in the south were in control of the local military and political affairs, Zhang Han was able to rise up and became the envoy of the Tanzhou system, and actually controlled the military and civil affairs of the counties along the Dongting Lake.

However, under the auspices of Zhang Han, Xiangtan, even Yang Xiong and other water bandits, was difficult to suppress effectively. Among the towns, Tanzhou could be said to be the weakest party.

After Yang Xiong led his troops out of Dongting Lake and defected to the luxury family, Xiangtan could not breathe a sigh of relief, and Huang Binghao followed Yuanzhou to attack Tanzhou.

Even though Yuan and Tan had ceased their troops, Zhang Han had only 40,000 troops in Tanzhou, so he had no chance to grow his power. In addition, the local powers of the Xiangtan prefectures were quite complicated, and Zhang Han could not control them all.

If Huang Binghao expelled Huaidong from Yuanzhou, and Tanzhou directly bordered Jiangxi, Huaidong would rely on the imperial court to command Tanzhou. Zhang Han only had 40,000 soldiers and horses, and he could not fully grasp Xiangtan. Against Huaidong.

Therefore, after Huaidong's troops entered the hinterland of Jiangxi, Zhang Han did not care that thousands of Tanzhou's children were killed in Huang Binghao's hands, but quickly stopped fighting with Huang Binghao.

As long as Huang Binghao occupied Yuanzhou, Zhang Han could maintain his position of "obeying Jiangning's orders in name and actually cutting Xiangtan to become independent".

Huang Binghao was also very clear about Zhang Han's thoughts. After the troops were stopped, only 3,000 guards were deployed in Luxi and other cities west of Yuanzhou and bordering Tan, while the main force of the generals, about 35,000 soldiers and horses, were concentrated. Go to Yuanzhou City and Xiayuan City in the lower reaches of Yuanzhou City, and prepare to resist the Huaidong Army's westward advance.

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Huang Binghao used Yuanzhou's government office as his chariot, and there were many soldiers inside and outside the chariot.

After entering August, the atmosphere in Yuanzhou city became more and more depressing. Duke Chongguo had given a final time limit in Yuzhang. Before mid-August, Yuanzhou did not accept the conditions for recruiting and surrendering from the Privy Council, and the matter of recruiting and surrendering was stopped. That means there is only one battle left.

Although Yuanzhou had nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, the invincible Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the western front fought like dogs against Huaidong soldiers and horses.

As the deadline approached, controversy continued in Yuanzhou City.

Although many people were worried that Huaidong would not believe what he said, they would still be liquidated afterwards, but there were also some people who were coerced to reduce extravagance and had no ambitions. At this time, they hoped to get rid of the crime of rebels.

Whether to drop or not to drop, this is a topic of endless controversy in Yuanzhou City after May; of course, even if it is dropped, most people still hope that there will be more guarantees, that is, Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou and others will continue to be in control. The situation in Yuanzhou.

"Ever since the establishment of Huaidong, Duke Chongguo has never broken his trust. It would be unwise to delay it and anger Huaidong."

In the Xingyuan Hall, Yuanzhou officials continued to debate whether or not to accept Huaidong's terms of surrender. A middle-aged man in a green official robe stood in front of the hall and advocated accepting Huaidong's terms of surrender. He joined the army in Zhoucheng from the former Jiangzhou prefecture. During the first battle in Jiangzhou, he was forced to follow Huang Binghao to subdue the extravagant flying bears, but how many people in the former Jiangzhou army were accused of rebels and willingly joined the extravagant family. Road to dark?

As early as when the luxury family controlled Jiangxi, Zhou Cheng advocated that Yuanzhou's troops and horses should remain independent, so as to avoid a blood feud with Huaidong and cut off their retreat. At this time, Zhou Cheng was naturally the main descendant.

"Fart," said a bearded general who was wearing a shirt and almost spit on Zhoucheng's face, "if it counts, how can there be so much blood in the fight between the Western Qin Party, the Chu Party, and the Wu Party? ? Now that Huaidong sees that Yuanzhou is difficult to attack, he offers conditions to lure us to relax our vigilance. Only those of you who study and read will be fooled?"

"Chongguo Gong promised Yuanzhou to keep 20,000 soldiers and horses, and to pay for the three counties of Yuan, Yuanzhou, and Luxi, and an additional 100,000 taels of silver each year..." Zhou Cheng said, "According to General Zhang, Huaidong Why cheat?"

Zhang Xiongshan blew his beard and stared at him, and he made a trip to kill him on the battlefield, but he was not good at arguing with words.

Huang Binghao sat in the hall silently. Apart from Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou, the most powerful member of the Yuanzhou army, also had a dark face and said nothing, but a literati in yellow shirt stood beside Huang Binghao and said, "Master Zhou only knows one of them, but not the other. Huai The conditions given by Dong seem to be preferential treatment, but there is a step-by-step trap inside..."

"Mr. Tang, please speak." Zhou Cheng said politely.

Tang Shide, a scholar in the yellow shirt, had no official position in Yuanzhou, but he was Huang Binghao's staff, and Huang Binghao's private official. Huang Binghao had sole power in Yuanzhou, so Tang Shide's status in Yuanzhou was naturally much higher than Zhoucheng.

"One, Huaidong won't let Xinyu City go, nothing more, just because Xinyu City is located in the lower reaches of Yuan River, when the road of Heshan, the Huaidong Army will be able to seal the way of Yuanzhou's east exit," Tang Shide said. , "Huaidong must take Xinyu City, which shows that Huaidong fundamentally does not trust us, how can we trust Huaidong without reservation..."

"Second," Tang Shide didn't give Zhou Cheng a chance to debate with him, and then said, "Yuanzhou has 40,000 troops at this time, half of Jiangzhou soldiers and Yuanzhou soldiers, Huaidong wants us to cut half, may I ask Zhou Sir, are we carrying Jiangzhou soldiers or cutting Yuanzhou soldiers?"

When Huang Binghao reduced his extravagance, including Chen Zishou in the later period, he pulled out the team, and the troops and horses he led were all Jiangzhou children. After the extravagance was reduced, Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou led their troops into Yuanzhou and attacked Tanzhou from Yuanzhou, and the additional troops were recruited from Yuanzhou. Therefore, in the Yuanzhou army, the soldiers of Jiangzhou and Yuanzhou nationalities are almost half divided.

Tang Shide said: "If Yuanzhou generals are cut off, and most of the Jiangzhou soldiers and their families stay in Jiangzhou, the war is over, and the soldiers want to return, and the remaining 20,000 Yuanzhou troops will soon disintegrate. It is difficult to maintain; if the children of Xu Jiangzhou return home, only Yuanzhou soldiers will be retained, so when will the Jiangzhou generals call Yuanzhou soldiers to life?"

After all, Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou were charged with rebels and recruited soldiers from Yuanzhou.

In the same way, among the generals from Jiangzhou, only the general's family sent Shewenzhuang to Yuanzhou at the last moment. It was naturally impossible for ordinary soldiers to receive such good treatment, and the family remained in their hometown.

This made Huang Binghao's 40,000 troops in Yuanzhou neither a guest army nor a main army. The reduction of troops was originally to cut down the weak and retain the strong, and to retain the elite, but Yuanzhou's troops and horses were going to carry out a large-scale reduction of troops, and only 20,000 troops were retained.

Even no matter what Huaidong's thoughts were, Yuanzhou would certainly bite this point to show that Huaidong's scheming was sinister.

"Mr. Tang said it well," Zhang Xiongshan said carelessly, "No matter how strong the Huaidong Army is, the soldiers are also flesh. UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com is not made of iron, so I don't believe it, the Huaidong Army will still be able to take Yuanzhou City. Come on! If we want to surrender, Xinyu City must be captured by us, and the soldiers and horses must not be judged, and then we will ask Jiangning to make up for our lack of wages!"

Zhou Cheng jumped up and down in a hurry, secretly thinking that these warriors were only trying to be happy in front of him. He said to Huang Binghao: "The time limit given by Huaidong has only five days left. Your Excellency can't delay any longer, and further delay will bring disaster!"

Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou glanced at each other, and then looked at Zhou Zhizheng, who had been sitting on the right side without saying a word: "Master Zhou, what do you think?"

"It's true that you can't take Huaidong lightly. Lin Fu is a guy who dares to deceive even Emperor Chongguan."

Zhou Zhizheng, who was originally sent to Jiangzhou and used for Huang Binghao as the director of Xiangtan's envoys after he cut the extravagance together, has always been neutral in the debate between the two factions of surrendering and not surrendering, but he mainly advocates maintaining Huaidong. alert.

At this time, he also talked about recruiting and surrendering, as if the time limit given by Huaidong was still very generous.

At this time, a famous man hurriedly walked in from outside the hall without notice. Seeing him dressed as a mountain man, his face was dusty and tired, and he seemed to have just returned from a long journey.

Zhou Zhizheng didn't recognize this person, but seeing Huang Binghao's eyes showing eagerness when he saw him coming in, he thought that he should be a confidant sent by Huang Binghao to work abroad.

The man walked directly to Huang Binghao and whispered, the expression on Huang Binghao's face fluctuated between joy and suspicion, and Zhou Zhizheng believed that the man had just returned from the north.

After the man finished speaking, Huang Binghao said to everyone in the hall, "I'm here to discuss matters today, you all go back first, and Zishou will stay..." After hesitating for a while, she said to Zhou Zhizheng, "Master Zhou, you too stay."

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