Daming kill

Chapter 93 Subtle Greetings

The outside world is chaotic, and the situation in Xiangfan is delicate.

In the past, the information sent by Zhao Jin was relatively brief, and the information sent by Li Ping himself was relatively fragmented.Therefore, Li Ping's grasp of information is very imperfect and inaccurate.

Because it takes a while to enter the city from the suburbs, the time is relatively abundant.Along the way, although Zhao Jin also thought of what to say, he wanted to be more detailed.It's not for nothing that this old guy is bubbling in the upper echelon every day, and Zuo Liangyu Group's attention to the information in the north is obviously extremely high.

This is why Li Ping figured out that Kaifeng was lost, but it was not occupied by the peasant army.

Under the siege of Li Zigrowth for half a year, Kaifeng finally became a hell on earth.

The imperial court strictly ordered all the surrounding troops to go to the rescue, even Liu Zeqing from Shandong was transferred, but everyone was half-hearted, and at most they would not move forward when they got to the vicinity.

On September [-]th, the Yellow River was dug up by someone. Some said it was done by the bandit army, and some said it was done by their own people. They were afraid that the city would be destroyed and they would be held accountable.

The reason why this story was spread was because the bandit army was said to have drowned over ten thousand people and could not find a boat to attack the city for many days, which is too unreasonable.

As a result, many people suspected that the officers and soldiers did it themselves, and many officials went to the capital to sue, but they still didn't know how the emperor would end it.

Anyway, Kaifeng became a vast ocean. The flood entered the city, the water depth was several feet, and countless soldiers and civilians were buried in the belly of fish.Hundreds of thousands of people in the city lived only 3 to [-] people, and the entire Kaifeng Prefecture has a population of nearly one million. According to the official statistics, the number of people who need disaster relief is not even [-].

Moreover, the flood not only submerged Kaifeng City, but also destroyed all the way down, even Gushi County thousands of miles away suffered disaster.It is said that when pedestrians passed by Gushi County, they did not see a single person for six days in a row, and there were only rich wolves everywhere.

At the end of September, the peasant army finally landed on the city of Kaifeng, but left soon after.Because there is really nothing to grab and nothing to occupy, the whole city of Kaifeng is underwater and buried by the massive amount of sand from the Yellow River.

Because Sun Chuanting, the trilateral governor of Shaanxi, got the news late, under the strict order of the court, he led less than [-] Qin soldiers out of Tongguan and entered Henan at the beginning of this month (October). He heard that Kaifeng was flooded and then turned to Nanyang. They took the initiative to attack Li Zicheng's troops who were coming to fight.

According to the latest news just received, Sun Chuanting's troops were completely defeated by Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai in Jiaxian County, Henan Province, and Sun Chuanting led the remnant troops back to Shaanxi.

Li Zicheng's troops are currently attacking Nanyang, and it is estimated that Nanyang will fall soon. Now some of Zuo Liangyu's troops are moving north to deal with the worst situation.

However, according to analysis, Li Zicheng's troops will not go south immediately, because the line from Nanyang to Xiangyang is very unfavorable to the attacker in terms of terrain, and supplies are even more difficult.

Therefore, Li Zicheng may not have much choice, and they should still have some time.

It is said that for the situation in the north, Zuo Liangyu sighed many times and said: "If I knew it was like this, why bother!".

The word spread, and now the generals of all armies, big and small, praised the general for his wisdom and foresight, and they didn't send them to die in vain.

Also, according to reliable sources, our former boss, Governor Yang Wenyue, is currently recovering from his injuries in Runing (most of today's Zhumadian).

At present, Zuo Liangyu is stepping up the urging of shipbuilding and concentrating all the completed ships in Fancheng. The various ministries are further intensifying the local search, and most of the searched materials and women are also piled up In Fancheng.

This may be due to the fact that all the official institutions such as the government and the prince's mansion, and the princes and nobles are basically in Xiangyang City, while there are no nobles in Fancheng.No matter how bastard Zuo Liangyu is, he still has to avoid it.

However, Zuo Liangyu's plunder has already caused a lot of slander and deep grievances against him in the officialdom, and the confrontation between the government and the people is also extremely serious.Incidents of attacking single officers and soldiers continued to occur. Almost no officers and soldiers outside the city dared to walk alone. At night, even small groups of troops did not dare to run around outside the city.

Because of this, Zuo Liangyu moved his account to Fancheng a few days ago on the grounds that the military situation was urgent. He probably didn't want to be disturbed by those civil servants and nobles, so he only left his son Zuo Menggeng to preside over it in Xiangyang City.

As for the affairs in the court, it was more messy. Zuo Liangyu's group of stupid soldiers didn't understand at all, and they knew very little, and Zhao Jin was also confused.

In any case, it is the right way for them to train their troops now and prepare to run away.

However, their current situation is nothing to be too worried about. Zuo Menggeng is more willing to take Zhao Jin and even Shi Ming with him when he goes out now. There are ideas, so the supplies of Zhao Jin and others are still very good.

Of course, this also involves the composition of Zuo Liangyu's troops.

At present, Zuo Liangyu's troops are mainly composed of three forces.

One is the troops from the rapid expansion of its original remnant forces, such as Wang Yuncheng, Li Guoying, etc. The troops of Zhao Jin and Li Ping have also been included in this category;
The second is the rapid expansion of troops from other ministries that are temporarily under its control, such as Fang Guoan's troops;
The third is to surrender troops, surrender generals, bandit armies and their expanded troops, such as Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong.

Zhao Jin has already keenly discovered that Zuo Liangyu's core troops are actually very few, and Zuo Liangyu himself has many subtle ideas about these three forces.

Why do you say that?

According to Zhao Jin's knowledge, Zuo Liangyu's original strength and background of elite soldiers were almost completely lost in Zhuxian Town, and he really didn't have any elite soldiers with clean backgrounds.Almost all those who can fight now are surrendered soldiers and generals who have surrendered, such as Jin Shenghuan and his like.

This is also one of the reasons why Jin Shenghuan, Zuo Menggeng's daughter-in-law, was rushed to rescue after being attacked, and it also shows that Zuo Liangyu has no general available.

Zhao Jin was promoted to guerrilla by Yue Ge at the beginning, and then he was promoted to general, and Li Ping was also promoted to guerrilla. Such a speed of promotion is actually not normal, but it just proves that Zuo Liangyu seriously lacks reliable generals and is eager to expand his own power. Basic disk.

And Zuo Liangyu handed over all the troops expanded by his remaining troops to his son Zuo Menggeng to control and command, which in itself showed his attitude. Zhao Jin and Li Ping's emergence so quickly was by no means so simple.

What's more, Zuo Liangyu seems to be very trusting and forthright in surrendering soldiers and generals, but he also has a lot of small things in his heart.

A situation that is obviously known to everyone is that the armed forces of the surrendered soldiers and generals were all deployed outside the city, and only troops from authentic official and military backgrounds were allowed to station in the two cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng.

In addition, the supervising ships built outside the city are all miscellaneous armed forces, while the guards of the completed ships are all Zuo Menggeng's troops.

And although Fang Guoan's non-directed official troops temporarily under Zuo Liangyu's control can be stationed in the city, only a small part is allowed, and their supplies are not so smooth, at least not as good as Zhao Jin's. of.

This is also the reason why they robbed fiercely and tried their best to curry favor with Zuo Liangyu.

The above are the main reasons why Zhao Jin was able to gain a foothold with Zuo Menggeng.As for the soap, it's just icing on the cake, this kind of vulgar thing can't catch the eyes of a general like Zuo Liangyu.

As for Li Ping, I haven't heard anyone talking about it now, and it seems that everyone has forgotten him on purpose.This is also understandable, after all, no one can afford to expose Fang Guoan's scars, Fang Guoan is also a general after all.

After listening to Zhao Jin's brief introduction, Li Ping suddenly became enlightened, and more doubts began to be solved.Otherwise, in the era of frequent wars, the achievements of Zhao Jin and Li Ping are really not a big deal, at least not commensurate with what they got.

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When he went to meet the Shangguan at the deputy commander's mansion, Li Ping didn't bring any gifts, but put on a bright iron helmet and black cotton armor to show that he was ready to be called at any time.

With Zhao Jin at his side, Li Ping's meeting with Zuo Menggeng again went very smoothly.This time, Zuo Menggeng did not meet him in front of the generals waiting outside, but met him alone in the central hall.

The time Li Ping listened to the order was not long, but it was not short either.

Although Zuo Menggeng said that he was very polite and did not put on airs, he was not very enthusiastic, at least not as enthusiastic as when he came to thank him last time.

Although Li Ping felt a little weird in his heart, he couldn't help but keep counting. He never forgot to maintain a reserved and humble attitude, and never mentioned the merits of guarding. He talked about Zuo Menggeng's generous treatment and his sincerity as planned. .

Regarding Li Ping's cautiousness, Zuo Menggeng just said twice to let him not be nervous and let him go, but he could slowly see that he was showing a little joy, and gradually started chatting model.

Li Ping felt a little uneasy and let go of it.

During the chat, Zuo Menggeng, in addition to caring about Li Ping's injury recovery and saying a lot of words of encouragement, also discussed women with Li Ping.

Although Li Ping was a little strange, but he was an experienced person after all, so he could deal with it freely.

In the end, Zuo Menggeng stated that the current situation is unstable, and he needs a loyal man like Li Ping very much. Therefore, Li Ping's top priority now is to make good use of the training camp after his injury recovers, and there is no need to come to him to listen to orders on weekdays. He will send someone to give him orders if necessary.

Li Ping hastily expressed his opinion on this, stating that he is not afraid of hard work and is determined to serve the deputy commander eagerly.But Zuo Menggeng just smiled and expressed his opinion again, so Li Ping couldn't insist anymore.

After leaving the inner courtyard of the main room, you can see many generals in various armors scattered in the outer courtyard, and Zhao Jin is also chatting and laughing with others.

Only this time, Zhao Jin didn't come up to meet him again, but turned his head and only glanced at Li Ping, then continued to chat and laugh with the people around him. Many people around him also looked at Li Ping, but no one said anything. .

So, without stopping, Li Ping walked out of the deputy commander's mansion.

Riding on the horse, Li Ping didn't speak for a long time, he was silent all the way thinking about his thoughts.Obviously, the purpose of coming to the city this time has not been achieved, Zuo Menggeng is a bit strange today, he needs to make a good calculation with Zhao Jin.

He felt that he would come again tomorrow, so it seemed inappropriate to just go back.

Just as he was thinking, a large group of unarmored soldiers of the Ming army came from the opposite side. Looking at them all wearing leggings, Li Ping suddenly realized that in this city today, the ordinary soldiers he saw seemed to be wearing leggings. .

Notes:

Regarding Zuo Liangyu's military deployment and troop command structure when he was in Xiangyang, no detailed information has been found, and only speculation can be made.In the later period, where the butterfly effect has not yet affected the development, due to incomplete information, we can only make simple speculations. If there is any discrepancy with history, no special explanation will be given.

(End of this chapter)