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Chapter 239 Bloody Battle in Jiujiang

Zuo Liangyu never dreamed that he had just raised troops, and the emperor's side had also raised troops. In fact, Zhu Yousong started two days earlier than him, but Wuchang and Nanjing were far away from Jiujiang.

"How many people are there?"

"Back to Lord Hou, the vanguard is around 7, and the main force is fifty miles away from the vanguard. It looks like 9 to [-] people, and the total does not exceed [-]."

Zuo Liangyu sent the scout away and laughed loudly on his back, "Hahaha... a mere 8 horses dare to attack Zuo, and it's a personal conquest by the royal driver. I, Zuo Liangyu, am not Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing. This is a good time to save Zuo Mou from going to Nanjing. Come here!"

Zuo Liangyu immediately sent an order to call the main generals of each battalion to his camp to discuss matters. Not much time came. The generals and so on are all here, each with a sword and a whip, a bright armor, black and white, ugly and handsome, tall, short, fat and thin, the camp is full of people.

Zuo Liangyu pursed his lips and told the military information he had just obtained in public, and the generals whispered to each other, some were surprised, some were angry, some were talking, some were laughing, some were scolding, there were all kinds of reactions. , like a group of demons dancing wildly.

Zuo Liangyu coughed lightly, and these people fell silent for a moment.Zuo Liangyu asked all the generals how to fight this battle, before the words fell, one of the generals came out to salute.

This man was in his thirties, with a thick back, a big square face, like clay, fierce eyes, and a Liaohe accent: "Your Majesty, Zu is not talented, and I would like to lead a team." Take advantage of the Hunjun's men and horses not getting a firm foothold, give them a head-on blow, and if you are lucky, capture or behead the Hunjun alive!"

This general is called Zu Keyong. Like Zu Kuan, he was Zu Dashou's servant at first, and later became one of the backbones of the ancestor's army. Like Zu Dale, Zu Kuan, and Man Gui, he was brave and good at fighting. The Ancestral Army, or simply called the Guanning Iron Cavalry, is famous all over the world, and even the mighty Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers are somewhat in awe of this team.

After Yuan Chonghuan's accident, Guan Ning's cavalry fell apart. Zu Dashou surrendered most of them to the Tartars, and some of Guan Ning's cavalry returned to Lu Xiangsheng's command. Zu Keyong was one of them, and now he is Zuo Liangyu's confidant Will.

Zuo Liangyu laughed loudly, "Hahaha, General Zu is full of pride, I will send troops later, I cannot do without you."

The second person to speak was counselor Huang Shu, "Tens of thousands of people in the court area are not enough to worry about. The Lord Hou must cut through the mess quickly and solve the Jiujiang matter, so as to avoid long nights and dreams, and future troubles."

Zuo Menggeng couldn't wait to say: "That's right, my lord, scraped off the surname Du, and then bombarded Jiujiang City, and soldiers entered Jiujiang. Those two old guys are so ignorant of current affairs, let them be cannon fodder."

"Shut up for me!" Zuo Liangyu stared, Zuo Menggeng shrank his neck in fright and dared not speak.

Zuo Liangyu hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "It's fine to enter Jiujiang City, but these three adults, Zuo, have to live. Huang Shu, you can make arrangements."

"Follow the order." After taking the order, Huang Shu pretended to be Zuo Menggeng and smiled complacently.

Zuo Liangyu looked at the generals again, and his eyes first fell on the faces of Zuo Menggeng, Hou Fangyu and Zu Keyong, "I will send you one hundred thousand troops to Pengze immediately, and stop the faint king's troops in the Pengze area. The brigade will arrive soon."

"Don't worry, Lord Hou." The three generals saluted and took orders.

Zuo Liangyu then sent generals Luo Dai and Daoxing to lead 20 troops from De'an across Poyang Lake to attack Anqing, in order to cut off Zhu Yousong's way back.He also ordered Xu Yong to lead the main force of the navy, and Ma Shixiu's artillery battalion would cooperate to block the Dajiang River. Zuo Liang would lead an army of [-] as Zuo Menggeng's backup. Yusong's men and horses were all wiped out.

After the order was issued, the first three groups of people heard the order and followed. Zuo Liangyu's 20 troops did not move for the time being, he was waiting for news from Jiujiang.

Jiujiang City.

Seeing that Zuo Liangyu's troops withdrew temporarily, Yuan Jixian and He Tengjiao came down from the city and returned to the Governor's Mansion. He Tengjiao said worriedly: "My lord, I don't know if the emperor has received our urgent memorial. It seems that the Zuo thief will attack the city tomorrow." How can the huge Jiujiang be defended with only 6000 troops?"

"We can only put all our eggs in one basket at this point. How long we can last counts. The time to be loyal to the country has come." Yuan Jixian called the chief over and asked him to take out all the valuable things from the governor's mansion and distribute them to the people. Mobilize the people to go to the city to assist the army to defend the city.

Due to the poor military discipline of Zuo Liangyu's army, they sent troops everywhere to rob people and harm women. The common people hated Zuo Liangyu to the core.The only exception is Jiujiang City, because the governor Yuan Jixian sits in the town and the order is safe. Therefore, the people of the five counties of Jiujiang all ran to the city, and there were many people who complained and took refuge.

The people in the city responded one after another to Yuan Jixian's fund-raising propaganda, because they also knew about Zuo Liangyu's rebellion and the siege of the city. The appeal, within a few hours, tens of thousands of civilians gathered.

Yuan Jixian and He Tengjiao chose 1 people to go to the city, and the rest demolished buildings, felled trees, and transported the defenses to the top of the city, so that the old, young, sick and disabled could find places to hide.All of a sudden they were busy until Ding Gengtian, the two ate dinner indiscriminately, and took turns to go to the city to guard the city. He Tengjiao went to the city to defend the city first, and Yuan Jixian went back to the mansion to rest.

He lay on the bed with all his clothes on, and his personal soldiers prepared his armor, long knife and horse, and waited for orders at the tent door.

After the third watch that night, the ground was freezing and cold, and there were thick layers of frost and snow on the ground.The whistling cold wind blew on people's faces like a knife cutting flesh.

The sound of rumbling guns suddenly sounded in the cold night sky, breaking the silence of Jiujiang night. Several shells roared and cut through the night sky, and landed accurately on the top and inside of Jiujiang city. In the dark night sky, under the flames, the city walls and houses were blown to pieces of bricks and stones. Suddenly, the city was full of shouts, running, screaming, people shouting and horses neighing, women and children crying, and it became a mess.

Yuan Jixian woke up from his dream, got up, put on his coat and top armor, got on his horse with his sword and rushed out with his own soldiers. The streets were full of flames, and there were shells exploding from time to time, which were deafening, like thunder and lightning.

Yuan Jixian went to the top of the city and He Tengjiao personally commanded the army to defend the city. After the shelling, Huang Shu and Zuo Menggeng commanded tens of thousands of horses to rush to the crumbling Jiujiang City.

The fierce battle continued until dawn, and there were dead bodies everywhere in the city. In the morning, Zuo Liangyu's men launched a frenzied attack again.

When the prison was near noon, the city was broken, and Zuo Liangyu's men rushed into Jiujiang. Yuan Jixian and He Tengjiao, covered in blood, commanded hundreds of soldiers to start a fierce street battle with Zuo Liangyu's men. After an hour, they were finally outnumbered Both were captured.

They were escorted to Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu personally untied him and tried to persuade him, but the two cursed continuously and wanted to die.

"Zuo will definitely not kill you, but Sangong will stay in Jiujiang first, and tell you that the emperor's imperial conquest has arrived in Penghu, but there are only 8 troops, and Zuo's three-way army of 20 has already Let's go, it won't be long, you monarchs and ministers will be reunited here, hahaha..."

Zuo Liangyu laughed wildly and ordered them to be arrested. In the evening, Zuo Liangyu led a large group of people into the city. Naturally, some looting was inevitable, but the city was already riddled with holes and corpses everywhere.

Zuo Liangyu escorted Yuan Jixian, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi into the city, leaving some troops to repair the city defenses, and then he led a large team to Pengze.

(End of this chapter)