The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 365 The world is impermanent
The circumference of Xiangyang City is twelve miles and one hundred and three steps. The city wall is two feet and five feet high, one foot and five feet wide at the top, and three feet wide at the foot.

Facing the Han River in the north, the water of the Han River is used as a moat, surrounding it. The average width is more than 100 meters, and the widest point can even reach 200 meters. It can even be used as a sailboat.

The east side is close to the Han River, the terrain is low and gentle, and there are many residential buildings, so it cannot be used for stationing troops and building strongholds.

If you want to attack Xiangyang from land, you can only attack from the west and south.

In the Yuan Dynasty's attack on Xiangyang, the Yuan army besieged Xiangyang with the strategy of building forts on all sides, besieging it for a long time, blocking reinforcements by land and water, and waiting to break the city. On the way, they attacked from the west and south.

There are many mountain peaks in the west and south of Xiangyang City.

The main force of the Yuan Army relied on these peaks as strongholds, surrounding the mountains as camps and connecting the mountains as strongholds, tightly surrounding the entire Xiangyang City.

The most important peaks outside Xiangyang City are Wanshan Mountain, Zigai Mountain and Xianshou Mountain.

These three peaks are usually collectively referred to as "Sanxian".

Wansan Mountain, Jigai Mountain, and Hyansou Mountain are not high in altitude.

Samhyeon is just outside the upper, middle and lower geographical locations, and is surrounded by the Han River or Danxi River.
According to geographical distribution location.

Wanshan is located in the west of Xiangyang City and is called Shangxian.

Zigai Mountain is located southwest of Xiangyang City and is in the center of the three mountains, so it is called Zhongxian.

Xianshou Mountain is located in the south of Xiangyang City, so it is called Xiaxian.

The three mountains of Mansan, Jagaishan, and Hyeonseosan, together with dozens of other large and small mountains around them, form a mountain range.

From the west to the southwest of Xiangyang City, and then to the south, it finally reaches the Han River, which together with the Han River surrounds Xiangyang in the center.

Generally speaking, as long as the city defenders have enough troops, they will set up positions in these three mountains to echo Xiangyang City.

But this situation is generally a safe situation in the south.

But today's Xianjun naturally does not have this condition.

They only occupied an isolated city in Xiangyang and had no surplus troops.

Therefore, Xianjun did not set up any camps in the Sanxian Mountain area, but only defended Xiangyang City.

But today, many of the hills on Sanxian Mountain are covered with camps and flags.

At a glance, there are flaming red flags all over the mountains and plains. The endless sea of ​​flags flutters in the strong wind, like a red ocean, which is extremely spectacular.

In Zhongxian, in the north of Zigai Mountain, there is a huge camp built on the foot of the mountain, which is full of chills.

There are many banners and banners, and there are many flags distributed one after another.

On the tall camp wall, the soldiers stand solemnly and the sharp men press arrows.

A group of Ming army soldiers wearing helmets and belted robes were scanning the surrounding fields with vigilant eyes.

Inside the camp, in the center of the school grounds, there is a wide, low platform about four feet tall.

On the low platform, two burly soldiers suddenly collided with each other. The sound of the impact of armor suddenly sounded, making people feel a sense of soreness in their teeth.

The two soldiers were both wearing water-polished heavy armor and iron helmets, with only their eyes exposed. They hugged each other and wrestled with each other, each wanting to throw the other to the ground or topple him off the stage.

On the iron helmets on the heads of the two men.

One person is tied with a red streamer, and the other is tied with a blue streamer.

Under the low platform, two groups of soldiers and horses stood on the left and right sides. One side was also wearing a red scarf, and the other was wearing a blue scarf.

At this time, on the school field, people from both sides were roaring and cheering for their own teams.

"Throw him, throw him!"

"Don't disgrace our Hanzhong Army!"

"Kick him in the right leg and hit him with your shoulder!"

"Don't embarrass us Changping men!"

On the low platform, two soldiers were constantly wrestling, trying to win the competition.

However, the two of them were similar in stature and even had similar skills, so they were in a stalemate for a while.

The anxious situation and white-hot situation made the already warm atmosphere on the school field even more intense.

The soldiers on both sides blushed and kept shouting for their representatives.

On the southwest side of the school grounds, there is a high platform about ten feet tall.

On the high platform, there are many flags, each flag is taller than the other.

Right in the center, there are two large banners with a height of one foot and five feet, one red and one blue, one on the left and one on the right.

Just beside the two large banners, there are six banners painted on the six sides, separated on both sides.

The flags and flags moved in the strong wind, and the statues on the flags jumped in the wind, as if they had really descended into the mortal world.

Under the high platform, Chen Wang and Zuo Liangyu were sitting at the same table, watching the wrestling between the two soldiers on the low platform.

There is such a grand occasion outside Xiangyang City now, naturally because Zuo Liangyu led troops from Kuizhou Prefecture.

At this time, the total strength of the Ming army stationed in the Sanxian Mountain area exceeded 30,000.

Zuo Liangyu led a total of more than 20,000 troops. Among them, there were more than 10,000 troops directly under Zuo Liangyu, and the other more than 10,000 troops belonged to the fourth battalion, consisting of Wang Yuncheng, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, and Ma Shixiu. Four people are in charge.

Among the four, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, and Ma Shixiu were the leaders of the original seventy-two battalions of rogue bandits. After their surrender, they were controlled by Zuo Liangyu.

Chen Wang sat on the seat and raised his eyes to where Zuo Liangyu was sitting.

Sitting close to Zuo Liangyu was a young general with clear features, whom Chen Wang had never seen before.

After that young general, there were the four generals under Zuo Liangyu, Wang Yuncheng, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, and Ma Shixiu.

Chen Wang had seen them all before when they gathered troops in Xiangyang City, so naturally they were no strangers.

Seeing Chen Wang moving around, several people raised their glasses to greet Chen Wang.

Chen Wang's eyes lingered on Wang Yuncheng for a moment.

Wang Yuncheng was not a gangster, he was a serious military official, but his reputation was not very good.

Wang Yuncheng was originally a subordinate of Deng Qi. Because of the mutiny and lack of pay, Deng Qi, a Shangguan, jumped over the wall and fell to the ground and died.

Subsequently, Wang Yuncheng was held accountable and demoted to standby. No general wanted to take over. Finally, Zuo Liangyu requested the order, and Wang Yuncheng was assigned as a battalion officer under Zuo Liangyu.

This is also the reason why he leads a battalion alone and is not a surrendered bandit, but is controlled by Zuo Liangyu.

The reason why Chen Wang knew Wang Yuncheng was because Wang Yuncheng was indeed quite famous in history.

After Wang Yuncheng was assigned to Zuo Liangyu's name, he followed Zuo Liangyu all the way to the north and south. Later, Zuo Liangyu died. Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Mengeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but Wang Yuncheng refused.

Later, although he was not allowed to surrender to the Qing army because of the defeat, it didn't take long for Wang Yuncheng to rebel again and fall out with the Qing army.

Later, Li Dingguo entered Mu State and ordered Wang Yuncheng to report to Emperor Yongli.

Wang Yuncheng followed Emperor Yongli into Burma and died in Burma.

After all, he has some posthumous reputation.

In addition to the troops brought by Zuo Liangyu, there were more than 10,000 people, including the Hanzhong Army under Chen Wang.

Chen Wang's three thousand Yunyang Mansion infantry were left behind in Fancheng.

At the beginning, those who followed Chen Wang across the Han River and camped in Wanshan were only 3,000 cavalry led by him.

However, after receiving a positive reply from Zuo Liangyu, Chen Wang sent a message to Chen Gong, who was staying in Hanzhong Mansion, asking Chen Gong and Zhou Yumao to bring their reinforcement battalion to Xiangyang to gather. Li Zicheng is now trapped in the Hexi Corridor, and there will be no way out for a while.

Although Sichuan is still in turmoil, most of the bandits have been eliminated.

Zhang Xianzhong is now in Huguang, and Luo Rucai has surrendered and is undergoing reorganization. The troops under his command have been scattered a lot, and it is difficult to stir up trouble.

The current guards in Hanzhong Mansion are basically at full strength, and their combat strength and armament are also first-rate. Safety can be guaranteed without leaving any battalions.

So Chen Wang simply ordered to summon Chen Gong and Zhou Yumao who were guarding Hanzhong Mansion.

The reason was naturally to show off his force to Zuo Liangyu.

Over at Hanzhong Mansion, since Hu Zhili was here, nothing could go wrong.

Chen Gong and Zhou Yumao are currently serving as generals, and their reinforcement battalions have a quota of 2,700 people. However, in fact, the number of soldiers and horses under their command exceeds 2,700, with each battalion having 3,500 men. people.

These extra soldiers and horses are in the name of auxiliary troops. At this time of year, no one will pursue these matters.

The number of troops directly under Zuo Liangyu now exceeds 10,000, and no one has ever mentioned this matter.

The current situation is changing, and the status of generals is subtly improving.

For generals with heavy troops, the court sometimes did not dare to punish them at will.

Many unspoken rules are also changing.

Zuo Liangyu held the wine glass and took a sip of the wine in the glass. He couldn't help but narrow his eyes and smiled.

"Brother Chen Xian will definitely enjoy it. The Liulin wine from Fengxiang Mansion is indeed delicious."

Chen Wang laughed, picked up the jug on the side, and refilled Zuo Liangyu's drink.

"Since Brother Zuo likes it, I will ask my son-in-law to load a cart of Liulin wine for Brother Zuo later. Brother Zuo will take it with him when he returns to camp."

Zuo Liangyu looked relaxed, very satisfied with Chen Wang's arrangement, and said with a smile.

"Then I accept Brother Chen Xian's love."

Huguang in July is in the hot summer season.

Although summer in the north is also hot, it is just hot.

Many places in the north have a dry climate, and all it takes is a gust of wind to blow away the heat.

Under the scorching sun, you can feel the coolness just by finding a shade tree.

The sweat on your body will soon disappear with the cool breeze blowing.

But the heat in the south is humid and muggy.

The humid climate makes the air extremely dull.

Sweat drips down and sticks tightly to the underside of the clothes and armor, which makes people extremely uncomfortable and makes people feel depressed.

Off the field, although most of the soldiers were wearing felt hats at this time, many people were sweating a lot because of the hot weather.

But no one paid half of their attention to this. They all focused on the low platform.

Chen Wang and Zuo Liangyu also looked at the low platform not far away along with everyone else.

The stalemate on the low platform did not last long.

While Chen Wang and Zuo Liangyu were talking, a sudden change occurred on the low platform.

"Ho!"

Hearing a loud shout, the armored soldier standing on the left wearing a red ribbon suddenly exerted force and directly knocked his opponent to the stage.

The sudden change shocked everyone watching the game on the school field, and the originally lively atmosphere also became quiet.

However, this silence only lasted for a very short time. The next moment, cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami were already rising into the sky.

"it is good!"

"OK!!"

"mighty!"

Among the ranks of the Hanzhong Army, all the soldiers stood up and excitedly raised their arms and shouted to the winner on the stage.

On the side, the troops under Zuo Liangyu's command were a little depressed because they lost the battle, but they still applauded and paid tribute to the winner on the low platform.

Most men in the military are straightforward and always admire warriors.

In the stands, Zuo Liangyu was not in a bad mood because his soldiers lost the game. Instead, he praised Chen Wang who was sitting beside him.

"Brother Chen Xian is really good at training troops, and all the men under his command are extremely brave. It's really enviable."

After Zuo Liangyu led his troops to Xiangyang, Chen Wang proposed to find a time to hold several competitions.

The events of the competition range from foot shooting to horse shooting, foot fighting to horse fighting. Today is the last day, wrestling competition.

After several days of competition, it can be regarded as a win or a loss, but overall, the Hanzhong Army under Chen Wang won more games.

Chen Wang smiled and said modestly.

"Brother Zuo, Miao Zan. The generals under Brother Zuo are also brave. The general who rode on a horse and shot left and right, and still hit the target, is an eye-opener for me."

Hearing Chen Wang mention this, Zuo Liangyu's face showed a smile unconsciously.

"Chen Xiandi praises me like this, I'm afraid Quanzi will become more arrogant and uncontrollable in the future."

Zuo Liangyu laughed and looked at the young general sitting beside him, feeling very happy.

Chen Wang had already guessed that the young general should be Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Mengeng.

But Zuo Liangyu didn't take the initiative to introduce him, so he didn't ask.

The reason why he mentioned it deliberately was because he saw what the general looked like at the end.

When he saw Zuo Liangyu talking with a smile, he knew that what he had expected was right and said with a smile.

"As the saying goes, a tiger's father has no dogs. Brother Zuo is brave and good at fighting, and my son is also very brave."

As a parent, who doesn’t want their children to be successful? Naturally, they will be happy when they hear other people praising their children.

Zuo Mengeng, who was sitting aside, heard the conversation and looked quite excited.

At Zuo Liangyu's signal, he stood up, walked closer, and toasted Chen Wang with a glass of wine.

As he spoke, Zuo Mengeng's face turned red and his tongue even stuttered. He was obviously very nervous.

After Chen Wang encouraged Zuo Menggen for a few words, Zuo Mengeng sat down again.

Seeing the excitement on his face and his words full of praise, he wished he could follow him north to kill Zuo Menggeng, King Qin's slave.

Chen Wang only felt that things were impermanent.

The Zuo Mengeng in history was not as heroic as the Zuo Mengeng now.

When the Qing army moved south, facing the huge Qing army, Zuo Menggeng did not dare to resist and chose to lead his troops to surrender.

Chen Wang turned his head and looked at Xiangyang City surrounded by the Han River.

Because of the vibration of his butterfly wings, too many things have changed...

The plot will start to speed up in the next chapter. I haven’t been in a good state lately, so please bear with me.