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Chapter 171: The deputy general and the prefect join forces with bandits to suppress thieves [Third update]

Liu Sheng used his binoculars to watch Zhang Xianzhong collect the defeated troops four or five miles away from the west city wall, but did not withdraw, but re-camped.

He knew that Zhang Xianzhong had probably guessed some of his thoughts.

Or they guessed that he didn't have enough troops in the city.

That's why I dare to stay in the western suburbs of Xiangyang City.

However, Liu Sheng felt that after receiving this round of fire today, Zhang Xianzhong would seriously consider his proposal on Jiangzhou that day.

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong's situation at this time was much worse than in history.

In later history, it was Zhang Xianzhong who captured Xiangyang.

With the help of a large amount of money, grain, and soldiers confiscated from Xiangyang City, he not only recruited and armed soldiers here before the officers and soldiers arrived, but he even generously spent 10,000+ taels of silver and tens of thousands of stones of grain to help the poor. common people.

Later, they successfully joined forces with Luo Rucai's troops in Xiangyang.

Then the two joined forces and captured Yunyang Mansion together, and then ambitiously marched north to Nanyang Mansion.

Historically, Zhang Xianzhong also took a fancy to the Nanxiang Basin as a good place.

However, he overestimated his own strength, or he was a little too distracted after capturing Xiangyang.

While he was attacking Nanyang Mansion, he also divided his troops to attack Runing Mansion.

It happened that at this time Ding Qirui, the governor of the three sides, took over the position of governor.

Zuo Liangyu, who had become a hidden warlord, was not punished for the fall of Luoyang and Xiangyang. Instead, he was rewarded with gold and silver by the Ming Dynasty to appease him. He also received some promises from the new superintendent Ding Qirui and was ready to work hard.

He happened to see Zhang Xianzhong dividing his troops in Runing, and the enemy was exposed, so he defeated Zhang Xianzhong's troops in Xinyang.

Zhang Xianzhong left the mall with his injuries and walked to Yingshan. However, he was defeated by Wang Yuncheng, a general of Zuo Liangyu's tribe.

After two consecutive defeats, Zhang Xianzhong was even forced to seek refuge with Li Zicheng.

As a result, Li Zicheng wanted to recruit him directly.

Zhang Xianzhong naturally didn't want to.

He was almost killed by Li Zicheng.

Fortunately, Luo Ru stopped him in time and he saved his life.

Later, Luo Rucai gave another [-] cavalry as a gift, and Zhang Xianzhong was able to leave Henan and go eastward from Anhui, where he joined the five Ge Zuo tribes and regained his momentum.

Nowadays, Zhang Xianzhong's situation is worse than in history, and his new recruits were defeated by Liu Sheng. Instead, he saw his own strength clearly and gave up the idea of ​​seizing the Nanxiang Basin as his territory.

But no one can tell what the future holds.

It’s hard to say whether Zhang Xianzhong’s current choice is right or wrong in the longer future.

What Liu Sheng can be sure of is that Zhang Xianzhong should not have any plans to take advantage of Xiangyang City now.

Putting down the telescope, Liu Sheng raised his eyes and looked north again. On the contrary, he was a little worried about the safety of the fleet...
a few days ago.

Fucheng, Nanyang.

As the core city in the north of the Nanxiang Basin and the seat of the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty deployed more troops in Nanyang than in Ruyang.

There were more than 1 soldiers recruited for the camp alone, led by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Guangzuo.

1 recruiting soldiers sounds like a lot, but Liu Guangzuo took up [-] of the vacancies alone!

In fact, Liu Guangzuo is not particularly greedy. Taking four thousand empty quotas is a normal operation among the current Ming Dynasty camp generals.

Because the food and salary issued to him by the imperial court would be at least [-]% less, he would not be able to afford even eight thousand soldiers and horses if he did not eat the quota.

The remaining [-] battalions are not all placed in Nanyang City, because Liu Guangzuo is responsible for guarding and suppressing bandits in the entire Nanyang Mansion.

For example, the more than 1000 battalions that Liu Sheng destroyed in Wuyang were even under Liu Guangzuo's command.

That is to say, in addition to guarding Luyang Pass, Jingzikou Pass, Fangcheng Pass and other passes, Liu Guangzuo also divided his troops to garrison important cities such as Wuyang and Dengzhou.

He actually only had more than [-] soldiers left to guard Nanyang.

Although the defense of cities in various places now mainly relies on rural soldiers recruited by prefectures and counties, as Nanyang is the seat of the Tang prince's palace, Liu Guangzuo must have important defensive responsibilities.

Therefore, Liu Guangzuo's camp was located outside Nanyang City.

However, he himself did not live in the camp, but in a private house in the city.

On this day, Liu Guangzuo and his concubine Xin Na were practicing shooting in the backyard. They were getting into a good mood, but they were disturbed by their servants.

"In the main town, Liang Guerrilla came to the door and said he had important military intelligence reports."

Although Liu Guangzuo was unhappy at being disturbed, he did not dare to underestimate the military situation - now there was Li Chuang in the north of Nanyang Mansion, and a Liu thief appeared in the east, and the situation was not optimistic.

After changing his clothes, he came to the living room.

When he saw the guerrilla Liang Fei, he asked directly: "What important military information is there? Li Chuangnan cannot be the reason, right? Or is Liu thief making new moves?"

Liu Guangzuo already knew that Biyang and Tang counties were occupied by bandits, but he didn't know the specific situation there.

It happened that the prefect Qiu Maosu was worried about Li Chuang going south and the Runin Liu thieves heading west. He was afraid that he would be defeated if he sent troops rashly and put the city in danger, so Liu Guangzuo was too lazy to recover Biyang and Tang counties.

Anyway, the prefect was primarily responsible for the fall of the county town, and he ranked second.

Qiu Maosu is not in a hurry, why is he in a hurry?
But if the Runing Liu thief wants to continue to capture Xinye and threaten Nanyang, he must take action.

Liang Fei was a guerrilla general who led [-] cavalry under Liu Guangzuo. He was also responsible for investigating the military situation of all parties.

After he clasped his fists and saluted Liu Guangzuo, he said excitedly: "Headquarters, at the end of the day, our men have been found, and the Liu thief has captured Xiangyang.

A few days ago, thousands of boats sailed up the Bishui River to Tang County to transport the money and grain that the Liu thieves had plundered from Xiangyang! "

When Liu Guangzuo heard this, he was surprised and happy, "Is what you said true?!"

"Exactly!"

Liu Guangzuo, the deputy commander-in-chief, was not active in making meritorious service in the war, but Liang Fei, who was still just a guerrilla, was very active.

He added: "Think about it from the head of the town. Xiangyang City not only has Prince Xiang's Mansion, but it was also the headquarters of Governor Yang. I don't know how much food and soldiers have been hoarded.

The Liu thief obviously wanted to transport all the money and food he looted in Xiangyang back to Runing. He probably kept it in Tang County temporarily because of the long distance.

If we can capture Tang County, we will not only recover the lost city, but also seize a large amount of money and food.

If you miss such a good opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune, you may regret it to death! "

Liu Guangzuo was moved when he heard it.

Not only can you get promoted, but you can also make a fortune, no one will be tempted!
"Let's go! Come with me to see Magistrate Qiu!"

Liu Guangzuo's private residence is not far from the prefect's Yamen.

When he arrived, Qiu Maosu was drinking tea and chatting with several famous Nanyang literati in the small garden in the backyard of the Yamen.Qiu Maosu was even more unhappy because his elegant mood was disturbed.

But after hearing that Liu Guangzuo had military affairs discussions, he still sent several literary friends away.

After returning, he said with a cold face: "Vice General Liu, tell me, what are your military affairs?"

Liu Guangzuo secretly resented hearing this.

Ming Dynasty's current habit is to call the deputy commander-in-chief the commander-in-chief. However, Qiu Maosu disliked military personnel and always called him deputy general, deliberately reminding him that he was not the commander-in-chief.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have enough soldiers and horses, and relied heavily on Qiu Maosu to supplement his money and food, he would have really wanted to catch this man in the camp and scare him.

"Does Prefect Qiu know that Xiangyang has fallen?"

"Xiangyang fell?" Qiu Maosu was stunned after hearing this, and then said angrily: "Yang Sichang really deserves to die! It was a disadvantage to defeat the invaders. First he escaped Li Zicheng, and now Xiangyang has fallen..."

Although Qiu Maosu was only a prefect, he was very concerned about government affairs and belonged to the Qingliu faction. He hated Yang Sichang, a powerful official.

Liu Guangzuo was worried that Qiu Maosu would recite a lot of words that he could not understand, so he quickly interrupted and said: "Prefect Qiu, Xiangyang was captured by the Runing Liu bandits.

Thief Liu went to Xiangyang via Bishui. If this matter comes up, you and I will be held responsible! "

"It's actually Runing Liu's thief?" Qiu Maosu was stunned again, and then started to complain again, "It's all because of Fu Ru's incompetence. He was just a bandit originally, but he made him become a big one. I will definitely file a report and hold him accountable. ··”

Damn it!
Liu Guangzuo wanted to curse, so he could only interrupt Qiu Maosu again and said: "Prefect Qiu, please listen to what I have to say - after that Liu thief broke into Xiangyang, he robbed a huge amount of money and food from Prince Xiang's Mansion and the Governor's Palace.

Liang Guerrilla has already investigated clearly. A few days ago, a fleet of thousands of boats escorted money and grain to Tang County.

It can be seen from this that the Liu thief must have temporarily transported all the money and grain plundered from Xiangyang to Tang County.

If we capture Tang County, we will not only regain the city, but also seize a lot of money and food.

It's more than enough to make up for it, and you might even get a commendation from the emperor.What does Magistrate Qiu think? "

Qiu Maosu is over 60 years old and his reaction is relatively slow.

After listening to Liu Guangzuo's words, he thought for a while and then said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but since Liu thief dared to deposit money and food in Tang County, he probably kept heavy troops to guard it.

How many soldiers does Vice General Liu have?Are you really sure you can regain Tang County?Don't cause the army to be defeated, but let the Liu thieves take the opportunity to attack Nanyang. "

Liu Guangzuo said: "The more than [-] battalions here in Nanyang can be mobilized. If the prefect Qiu is willing to send another [-] rural soldiers, I will be [-]% to [-]% sure of regaining Tang County!"

In fact, Liu Guangzuo didn't know how many enemies were stationed in Tang County.

But that doesn't stop him from expressing his confidence first.

Otherwise, how could Qiu Maosu borrow troops?

Although the old man Qiu Maosu met with literary friends all day long, was arty and talked about state affairs, as the prefect of Nanyang, he also recruited more than 3000 rural soldiers.

Liu Guangzuo thought he could convince Qiu Maosu, but Qiu Maosu's expression suddenly changed and he shook his head.

"The total number of rural soldiers is only 500. How can I lend you two thousand? There are only 500 left, and even the top of the city may not be full. If bandits take the opportunity to attack the city, wouldn't Nanyang be in danger?"

'Damn it! '

Liu Guangzuo really wanted to beat Qiu Maosu.

"Prefect Qiu! Nanyang is surrounded by other prefectures, counties and fortresses. How could it be possible that the city was suddenly attacked by bandits?

Tang County is only a hundred miles away from the capital. Even if Li Chuang goes south, the general will still have time to return to the city! "

Qiu Maosu still shook his head, "It's too risky - if Biyang and Tang counties fall, our government will be dismissed from office at most; but if the city falls and Tang Fan falls into the hands of thieves, our government will not be able to save its lives.

If you want to attack Tang County, you can go with your battalions; the country soldiers can only defend the city, and I will not lend you any. "

"you!"

"What? You, a deputy general, still want to beat me?"

Liu Guangzuo came out of the prefect's Yamen angrily.

He really wanted to beat Qiu Maosu, but he really didn't dare.

Only impotent rage.

At this time, Liang Fei, who was following him, hesitated and said, "If the commander-in-chief thinks there are not enough troops, the general will have a plan."

"What plan?"

"Unite bandits to suppress thieves!"

Liu Guangzuo was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then suddenly said: "You mean to unite with the Tongbai Mountain bandit Xiao Yingxun?"

Liang Fei nodded, "Exactly."

Xiao Yingxun is a well-known bandit in Nanyang Prefecture.

In the [-]th year of Chongzhen's reign, the rise of rogue bandits in Henan began.

But later, the Ming Dynasty sent a large army to Henan to encircle and suppress the bandits, and local bandits like Xiao Yingxun also suffered.

However, as a local bandit, he was familiar with the terrain and often colluded with local people and powerful people, so he escaped by hiding in Tongbai Mountain.

Last year, when banditry broke out again, Xiao Yingxun also came out of Tongbai Mountain and quickly expanded his team.

According to Liu Guangzuo's knowledge, Xiao Yingxun's team should currently have several thousand people - he didn't know the exact number.

They were mainly active in the mountainous areas between Tongbai and Biyang. When they were rampant, they also plundered the countryside of Tang County.

They even entered Runing Mansion and plundered the markets and villages in Queshan and Xinyang Prefecture.

However, Xiao Yingxun has never captured a city so far, and he is probably incomparable to Runing Liu.

Liu Guangzuo had never done anything like joining bandits to suppress thieves before. Thinking about it, he felt uncertain.

"Is this Xiao Yingxun trustworthy?"

Liang Fei laughed after hearing this and said, "Xiao Yingxun is a local bandit, so naturally he cannot be trusted easily. But as far as my subordinates know, Xiao Yingxun should be at odds with the Runing bandit Liu."

The town hall thought about it. In the past, Xiao Yingxun was mostly active in Tongbai, Biyang, Tangxian and even Queshan.

But now, except for Tongbai, the other three counties are occupied by Liu Thief.Since he didn't take the initiative to submit to Liu Thief, he must be dissatisfied.

If we ask him to join forces, he will definitely agree.

By then, even if Tang County cannot be conquered, Liu Thief's fleet can still be robbed to transport money and grain.

Previously, Liu's fleet arrived in Tang County and then went south again. It must have been to transport the second bed. "

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