Chapter 117 Smooth killings give birth to ambition
Since the dispute with Lantian Yunzhao, Zuo Liangyu has been on the run, fleeing from Henan to Lianghu, then from Lianghu to Sichuan, and then from He fled from Sichuan to Lianghu, then from Lianghu to Southeast, and then from Lianghu to Huainan, and finally settled in Anqing Mansion.
In the past, Zuo Liangyu was not the main purpose of Lantian's political discussions, so no matter how he escaped, Lantian didn't care much.
His displacement is just a microcosm of the changes in this era and has nothing to do with Lantian.
However, when he was restrained in Anqing Mansion by Li Yan, Huang Degong and Er Liu, he finally had no way to escape.
Facing Lei Heng's army of all firearms, which was armed to the teeth, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go up in order to survive.
It’s not like he hasn’t considered surrendering...
No less than three letters of surrender were sent, but unfortunately, all of them were lost.
Three years ago, Zuo Liangyu announced to everyone in the Ming Dynasty that he would wash his hands in a golden basin and no longer care about the military and national policies. He would hand over all the troops to his son Zuo Menggeng and just want to be a soldier. Old farmer, this is the end of his life.
Unfortunately, no one listened to his words, and no one believed him.
Even after the news of his death came out, people still stubbornly believed that the army led by Zuo Menggeng still belonged to Zuo Liangyu.
In the past few years, Zuo Mengeng has done nothing else except running away and robbing.
Although there were several victories in the battle with Zhang Bingzhong in the land of two lakes, the victory that was finally won was silently ruined by the Ming court.
So, Zuo Mengeng took his father and ran even faster.
When Lei Heng's army swept all the way from Jiangxi to Anqing Mansion, Zuo Menggeng had no way to escape.
The brave Zuo Mengeng wanted to fight for a way out for himself and his father, so he took the lead in launching the fiercest charge against Lei Heng's troops in the evening.
He knew that when the cannons of the Lantian army started roaring, everything would be over.
Zuo Mengeng didn’t even expect the second wave of charges, so he arranged all his family members and the most courageous confidants in the first wave of charges, and also arranged the rest of his subordinates in the other two. In a team, he told them that as long as they were caught by the Lantian army, they would all die.
Zuo Liangyu's army has never been a good thing. The only difference between them and bandits is that they have an official name.
Even they themselves knew that once they were captured alive by the Lantian army, it would be difficult to reach the sky alive.
So, in the early morning, the three armies, totaling 80,000 men, launched an attack on Lei Heng's semicircular military formation with tragic determination.
The cannonballs from the sky fell on the ground like raindrops, and then exploded, setting off waves of air, easily breaking up the originally somewhat orderly army.
Eighty thousand people rushed forward in three directions: left, center and right on a five-mile-long front. Even though they were scattered, they still cried and attacked the Lantian army's position. They expected that as long as If we fight together with the Lantian army, the situation of the battle will definitely change and there will be a way to survive.
The short distance of three miles between the military formations seemed to be on the horizon.
Zuo Liangyu was wearing an ordinary armor, without riding a horse, mixed in with the soldiers, and advanced rapidly.
Although there were artillery shells falling from the sky from time to time, he was always able to avoid the explosion point at the first opportunity. He even discovered during the attack that as long as there were bombs, there would be no more artillery shells. fall down.
The battlefield was shrouded in black smoke. Zuo Liangyu believed that such smoke would be beneficial to the attacking side.
It was just the tattered corpses that had been blown up, making it difficult for Zuo Liangyu to come to such a conclusion.
There began to be bullets whizzing in the black smoke. Zuo Liangyu knew clearly that the Lantian Army was right in front of him. He carefully lay down in a bomb crater, grabbed a tattered corpse and covered it. body, making himself look like a dead person.
The eyes of the soldiers who rushed out of the thick smoke in a hurry started to light up, and their bodies were shaking like sieves. In an instant, their bodies were really beaten by bullets. sieve.
Sometimes the wind will blow away the thick smoke, which allows Zuo Liangyu to clearly see the opponent's military formation. The military formation is not far from where Zuo Liangyu is hiding. According to Zuo Liangyu's measurement, Judging from the speed at which Lantian's soldiers fired the fire cannons, if he avoided the fire cannons three times, he would be able to rush to the Lantian army's formation.
He looked around and saw that the Lantian military formation was exactly as he had guessed. The military formations on the left and right looked very thick, but the middle looked much weaker.
A group of cavalry rushed out from the thick smoke. Behind the cavalry, there were about 300 people. The leader of the cavalry, Zuo Liangyu, could see clearly that he was Liu Chu, the warrior under his command.
Zuo Liangyu resisted jumping out of the pit. He wanted to see if there was any ambush here.
What happened was pretty much what he expected. Just when Liu Chu was about to rush to the front of the military formation with more than 20 cavalry, the Lantian soldiers opposite him were still firing cannons unhurriedly.
Just in front of these people, a row of thick cannon barrels suddenly rose up.
"Escape."
Zuo Liangyu couldn't help shouting, but unfortunately, it was too late, and large jets of water suddenly spurted out from those thick barrels. The flames were mixed with countless black iron balls. These iron balls even formed a wall in front of the Lantian soldiers holding fire cannons. This moving wall quickly pushed out and pushed the enemy away. The approaching Liu Chu and his cavalry were torn into pieces of flesh.
As for the infantry who had followed the charge, they were also seriously injured by these shotguns.
"Keep charging..."
Zuo Liangyu shouted anxiously. Unfortunately, those soldiers who had already rushed through the center lineThe soldiers fled back one after another, and were killed one by one on the road by the Lantian Musketeers.
In the following time, Zuo Liangyu watched this kind of mindless attack countless times, until the attacks became sparse, Zuo Liangyu could not find a better one than Liu Chu created. A chance to escape.
At this moment, he heard a very harsh whistle blowing from the Lantian army on the opposite side. The soldiers holding firecrackers were lining up and pressing forward step by step.
Zuo Liangyu sighed and slowly wanted to crawl back... He did not stay there stupidly and pretend to be a corpse. He had seen the way Lantian's army cleaned the battlefield. Every enemy killed was Need to stab him again with a bayonet.
The sound of artillery sounded from the city head of Anqing Mansion, and the black shells streaked across the sky, and finally fell to the ground. After jumping a few times on the soft land of Jiangnan, they stopped in place. , more shells hit the mud directly and remained motionless.
Zuo Liangyu, who was covered in mud and water, continued to crawl forward. He did not dare to stand up. Those who stood up and ran away were shot dead by the Lantian soldiers who were approaching step by step.
A pair of boots full of mud and water suddenly appeared in front of him, and then he saw a shining bayonet piercing his head.
Zuo Liangyu howled and rolled to avoid it, and then more spears stabbed him.
No one shouted, everyone just stabbed the bayonet down again and again like whack-a-mole. Everyone was counting in their hearts, wanting to see how many of the old thieves could be avoided. Down.
A man who looked like an officer roared angrily. The soldiers with a teasing mentality then worked together to stab down the bayonets together. Zuo Liangyu, who was unable to escape, had his arms and legs After being pierced, he couldn't help shouting: "I am Zuo Liangyu."
The soldiers were stunned for a moment, but then they saw their commander striding over, raising the blunderbuss, and struck hard. The bayonet pierced Zuo Liangyu's throat, and then shouted to his subordinates: "Forward!"
Large streams of blood poured out of Zuo Liangyu's mouth, and after a while, he slowly closed it. Closing his eyes, he felt that there was nothing to regret about dying at this time.
In the battle of Anqing Prefecture, Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Menggeng were killed on the spot. Some people in the tens of thousands of troops finally escaped, but the nearby people were really trampled by Zuo Liangyu’s army. It's too miserable.
Those soldiers who were lucky enough to escape failed to earn their lives. It was not only the Lantian army who killed them, but also the people who suffered extreme suffering.
Yun Zhao came out of the People's Palace and saw many people standing on the long steps. < /p>
Yun Zhao nodded. Seeing that he had been recognized by some people, he waved to those people, and then walked into the People's Palace again. It was obvious that today, the door in frontThere is no way to leave.
Go out from the back of the People's Palace and arrive at Zhang Guozhu's Prime Minister's Office.
Yun Zhao was not in the mood to deal with Zhang Guozhu, because Zhang Guozhu had been bothering him for several days because of the whereabouts of the money that Xia Wanchun and the others stole.
Half of the money obtained by the army must be used as military pay. This is certain, and there is nothing to be flexible about.
As for using all the money to repair the capital, Yun Zhao disagrees. At this time, the most important thing is the people's livelihood that is riddled with holes. As for the palace, which Li Hongji has made a lot of shit about, You can definitely put it aside and talk about it later.
Anyway, he doesn’t plan to live there.
Since the city of Shuntian Prefecture has been designated as the northern capital, it is enough to go there once a year or every few years. Why are you anxious to repair the palace?
In Yun Zhao’s plan, the future Ming Dynasty cannot have only one capital city. There should be a capital city in the southeast, northwest and northwest. If the focus of work is in that direction, it is better to stay in the capital city in that direction.
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As for Yushan City, just treat it as a daily work place.
The reason for this establishment is entirely out of consideration for the future.
Yun Zhao insisted that the Ming Dynasty's territory would become very large in the future, and Lantian's boundary monuments would spread to wherever Lantian's army set foot.
Just like Han Xiufen did, the Lam Tin boundary monument was placed at the mouth of the Malacca River.
People's confidence comes from a steady stream of victories. For now, Yun Zhao can receive news every day that the Lantian army is marching forward bravely. These news, in turn, have given birth to Yun Zhao's strong self-confidence. Heart.
Back home, Yun Zhao moved the globe that Yushan Academy had just finished and said to Qian Duoduo: "Yesterday you said you wanted a large piece of grassland for riding horses. Where do you want it?"