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Chapter 248 The Death of Zuo Liangyu (Third Watch)

On the official road from Jiujiang to Hukou, Marquis Zuo Liangyu of Wuchang rushed to Hukou with 20 troops.

Zuo Liangyu is a big man from Shandong, tall and strong, with a burly figure, a bronze helmet on his head, a bronze armor, a lavender battle robe, an oolong horse under his crotch, and a beast hanging from the sky with a bow and arrow , on the victory hook of the bird's wing ring on the right side of the war horse hangs his long thick-backed saber.

This kind of knife is similar to the simple knife in the Northern Song Dynasty. The blade is long, the blade is wide, and it has a long shaft. The difference is that the back of his blade is thicker, more than three inches, not counting the blade shaft. The blade is four feet and five inches long. Just increased the weight of the knife.

Zuo Liangyu's outfit looks majestic and majestic. His majesty is truly displayed on the battlefield. He is not only good at commanding his subordinates to fight, but also good at charging and encircling. Weapons enabled him to fight on the battlefield for decades, and he fought numerous big and small battles with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao and other thieves. Drenched with blood, thanks to the desperate rescue of his subordinates, he was able to escape. It was the most majestic time in his life.

But Zuo Liangyu in front of him looked gloomy and gloomy, and he was full of anger.It's not because Zhu Yousong personally brought 8 horses to conquer him. He is not worried about this matter at all. Three directions surrounded Zhu Yousong's men and horses.There are 20 troops stationed in Pengze on the front alone. His son is the commander. With Zu Keyong's bravery and Hou Fangyu's knowledge and resourcefulness, it is not a problem to stop Zhu Yousong's 20 troops. Then there are tens of thousands on the left and right sides. Among the troops, the main generals Xu Yong, Luo Dai, and Daoxing are all generals who are used to fighting. They have followed him for many years, and they all have experience in commanding and fighting.The two groups of people marched side by side by land and water, outflanked Zhu Yousong from the left and right wings, cut off Zhu Yousong's return route, and then brought [-] troops by himself, the faint king was unable to fly.

He is holding his breath now and there are three of his aides, Huguang governor Yuan Jixian, Huguang governor He Tengjiao, and Huguang political governor Du Yinxi. All three of them are ignorant of current affairs and would rather die than follow him to rebel or participate in his so-called military advice.

He needs these three too much, especially Yuan Jixian and He Tengjiao, they have a very close personal relationship, Zuo Liangyu knows these two very well, they are both talented generals, and they have great influence in the court, but he is too soft-spoken , both soft and hard, coercion and temptation, the three of them refused to submit, and even organized soldiers and civilians to fight against him. Facing the siege of 20 troops, Yuan and He organized soldiers and civilians to hold on for more than a day, so Zuo Liangyu held back his anger .

But even so, he was unwilling to kill these three people. He wasted two or three days in Jiujiang. Because there was still a big battle in Pengze, he had to put these three under house arrest first, and then sent troops to Pengze. Thinking about these things on the road made him upset.

At this time, the scout came to report: "Qi report to the Marquis, something is wrong! The young commander suffered a defeat in Pengze, the entire army of 10 horses was wiped out, and Pengze was also lost."

These few words were like a bolt from the blue, Zuo Liangyu's eyes were rounded, and he shouted like thunder, "What do you want to say?"

The scout hurriedly reported the details of the defeat in the Pengze War. When Zuo Liangyu heard that his son had been captured by the court, he didn't say a word for a long time. Thousands of soldiers were shocked when they heard the bad news.

Zuo Liangyu's face turned livid, turned white and then red, and suddenly vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, and was cut off from the horse, unconscious.

Zuo Liangyu was not sick at all before, he was as strong as a cow, and he was not too old, he was only in his 50s. This situation today is purely out of anger. Youdao is a big injury to his body. He was already holding back He was full of anger, and suddenly such bad news came. He didn't care about losing the battle. He didn't feel bad about losing a hundred thousand soldiers, including Zu Keyong and Hou Fangyu, but his own son was captured alive by the court. He couldn't bear it. Although it was captured alive, do you still need to think about what happened next?
Therefore, Zuo Liangyu, who had a bad temper, got angry and vomited blood and passed out on the spot.Not to mention Zuo Liangyu, no one can stand such a thing at the stall, it is worse than losing a child in old age.

This time the soldiers under him were in chaos. Fortunately, the counselor Huang Shu was present, so he quickly sent an order to set up camp on the spot, and he couldn't go any further. It was important to rescue Lord Hou.

Soon Zuo Liangyu was carried into the temporary camp. After the best accompanying military doctor looked at him and asked him everything, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. In my impression, their Lord Marquis has never been sick, he is physically strong, and has excellent martial arts skills, but the more he is like this, he will be fine if he is not sick, and once he gets sick, it is amazing.The military doctor wrote a prescription and took the medicine to boil it.

But that night Zuo Liangyu died of a sudden illness.

In history, Zuo Liangyu died of illness three months later. Due to Zhu Yousong's time travel, Zuo Liangyu's life was shortened by three months, but he did not escape the vicious circle of historical fate after all, so he can be regarded as dying.

For Zuo Liangyu, this is of course cheap. If he does not die, he will have to endure the pain of losing his son. If Zhu Yousong catches him, it will be as easy as a knife, or as severe as ten thousand blows.

Huang Shu has rich experience. The coach died of a sudden illness at this juncture. Except for a few main figures, including counselor Huang Shu, deputy general Ma Shixiu, Zuo Liangyu's pro-military leader Li Qiang, and the military doctor who first diagnosed Zuo Liangyu, the rest of the soldiers did not know the inside story.

After discussing with Ma Shixiu and others, Huang Shu and Ma Shixiu sent back the three chief soldiers Xu Yong, Luo Dai and Daoxing under the false order of Marquis of Wuchang.The plan of the three-way army to destroy the imperial court was completely bankrupt. Even if the two groups of troops took down Anqing and cut off Zhu Yousong's way back, it would be useless.

In addition, Huang Shu and Ma Shixiu considered that these three generals would hold a hundred thousand soldiers, and if they took the opportunity to pull the team away and set up another hill or surrender to the court, they would be finished.

In addition, they decided that the 20 troops could not go any further. This battle could not be fought. Zuo Liangyu let go. No one could control this team. After deliberation, only one person can convince everyone, that is Zuo Menggeng, the son of Zuo Liangyu, but Zuo Menggeng is in the hands of the court, Huang Shu has a high idea, and decides to change the general, Ma Shixiu agrees.

After leaving Jiujiang for more than [-] miles, he simply withdrew to Jiujiang, abandoned Hukou, and defended Jiujiang against danger. When the court troops arrived in Jiujiang, they sent people to negotiate terms with Zhu Yousong, and exchanged generals with three court officials for Zuo Meng. Geng, Hou Fangyu and Zu Keyong, not to mention the others, as long as the young marshal can be rescued, the banner of the Zuo family will not fall, and this team will not disperse, they still have hope.

After Huang Shu and Ma Shixiu unanimously agreed, they immediately ordered the troops to set up camp and carry Zuo Liangyu's body. The 20 troops withdrew to Jiujiang City. The soldiers and horses also withdrew to Jiujiang.

Knowing that the defenders at Hukou had fled and that Hukou had become an empty city, Zhu Yousong sent an investigation to confirm whether Zuo Liangyu was using an empty city plan, and Zhu Yousong immediately ordered troops to enter Hukou.

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