Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 54
Jiujiang.

However, since Zuo Liangyu was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong, he had lingering fears and trained sailors on the Yangtze River to fight against Zhang Xianzhong.

However, after receiving the military order from Xi'an, he was full of hesitation.

"Father, Chuangjun is powerful, so we have to investigate!"

Zuo Menggeng said indifferently: "In the battle of Zhuxian Town, we lost all our soldiers. Although there are tens of thousands of people now, there are only tens of thousands of them available. They are really no match for intruders."

Hearing these words, Zuo Liangyu sighed, his face did not have the ferocity of a general, but a trace of loneliness:
"The imperial court hopes to eliminate the intruders through this battle. We have been fighting against them for many years, how can we easily eliminate them?"

"The court, I'm afraid there will be another big defeat."

Zuo Menggeng nodded even more, and said disdainfully: "Father, you know the court's thoughts best. As long as we have soldiers and horses under our hands, your position will not be shaken."

"And once we suffer heavy losses, I'm afraid we will be resigned and beheaded immediately."

"exactly!"

Zuo Liangyu made up his mind, glanced at his son, and said: "I have been fighting for many years, and I am plagued by old illnesses. The tens of thousands of people under my command are mostly refugees, so it is difficult to control."

"It's not easy to stand in Jiujiang, not to mention there is a western thief who is eyeing you. If you break into the thief, leave it to Governor Sun!"

Zuo Liangyu, who has 30 soldiers, is like in previous years, once again holding back his troops and becoming a coward.

He doesn't even care about resisting military orders.

He obviously understood the reality of the imperial court, as long as he had a large army in hand, even if he resisted the edict, there would be no danger at all.

……

At the same time, Qin Yiming also led nearly ten thousand Sichuan troops, and set off step by step.

Along the way, he was anxious.

Last year's defeat had already left a deep impression on his heart, leading the barbarians of the native Han, he hesitated in his heart.

Starting from Zhongzhou, going north to Kuizhou, and then going out of Sichuan to the Shang and Luo areas of Shaanxi, that is, from Wuguan, so as to attack Li Zicheng.

However, the stop and go along the way is too different from the time in the past, so the soldiers should not care about it, and they will not be hurt by the road, and the Tuhan generals have no objections.

After all, Qin Yiming has the highest status.

Arriving at the Yanchang Pass between Kuizhou Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion again, Qin Yiming stopped the pace of the army and lingered.

For a while, no one could figure out what the deputy chief soldier was thinking.

And Qin Yiming, after many days of struggle, finally made up his mind to keep his strength and not to wade into this muddy water.

In the battle of Zhuxian Town, he truly saw the strength of the thief, and there was no luck in his heart.

I deeply understand that the imperial court, even Sun Chuanting, plus them, are definitely not Li Zicheng's opponents.

Moreover, the fear of intrusion also made him unable to face the mighty Li Zicheng, and he was afraid that he was three points timid before the battle.

Qin Yiming looked up from the heights, and murmured: "Auntie, it's not that I don't want to take revenge, it's because trespassers are powerful, the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid it's really coming to an end."

"In order to preserve the blood of the Qin and Ma families, I have to do it!"

As he spoke, he wept silently, leaving two tears in the corners of his eyes.

……

The army of the three routes and the two routes did not obey the edict, so Sun Chuanting naturally did not know about the situation. Even though he had a high prestige, the signboard of Daming seemed to be quite difficult to use.

However, at this time, he was extremely happy.

When the army was approaching Luoyang, Chen Yongfu, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province, led the remnants of early soldiers to join them.

Chen Yongfu is not simple, but a titan who attracts the attention of the government and the public.

Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng City in three directions, and the king of Zhou in the city spent all his wealth to reward the soldiers and civilians, and Chen Yongfu was the general who guarded Kaifeng City.

It is still unknown if Li Zicheng hadn't dug up the Xuanhe River several feet high, and the city of Kaifeng would have been breached.

Of course, it is not famous all over the world just by virtue of defending the city. The main one is Chen Yongfu.

And after Kaifeng was broken, they even resisted in Guide Mansion, and now they gathered together in Luoyang, which made Sun Chuanting quite happy.

"Yongfu, you came at the right time. Let's capture Luoyang City, and Henan will recover most of it."

"The general is very happy to see the supervisor."

Chen Yongfu also responded eagerly: "This time, we must avenge the millions of people in Kaifeng City."

"That's right!" Sun Chuanting said with a serious expression, "How many people have been slaughtered by the thieves, it's time for us to settle the score."

"By the way, Yongfu, you have been in Henan for many years, and now there is a thief general Liu Fangliang dozens of miles away from Luoyang, how much do you know?"

Sun Chuanting stroked his beard and asked seriously.

"Liu Fangliang is the thief who broke into the old camp, second only to Liu Zongmin and other generals. It is very strange that he dared to come to Luoyang with tens of thousands of troops."

"It's very strange that the intruder retreated and came back again."

Chen Yongfu said softly.

At this time, Luoyang, although most of it was reduced to rubble, still had city walls after all. This was not a field battle.

"What's the matter!"

Bai Guangen said disdainfully: "It must be that after retreating, the remnant soldiers were gathered together, for fear of being blamed by the old thief, they had to go back again, holding some illusions."

Gao Jie on the side said coldly: "Liu Fangliang is only a mediocre talent. If he hadn't been loyal to Thief Li, how could he be in such a high position?"

"So, this will be a mediocre person."

Seeing this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but feel a little preoccupied.

The next day, as expected, Liu Fangliang gathered tens of thousands of refugees and came to Luoyang without restraint, and the war started at the south gate of Luoyang.

The train battalion had already been lying in ambush for a long time, waiting for work at ease. Hundreds of Franco machine guns and tiger crouching guns began to fire as soon as Liu Fangliang's men and horses entered the range of the artillery.

Thousands of guns were fired, shaking the sky and cracking the earth, and the entire city wall was covered with gunpowder smoke, completely covered by a layer of thick smoke.

But the intruder still didn't give up, and charged down several times, causing countless casualties and corpses everywhere.

At least thousands of people stayed.

Seeing this, Liu Fangliang frowned and had to retreat from the road.

At this time, Sun Chuanting gave an order, and the front team of the official army rushed out from behind the train battalion, and the cavalry of Yang Chengzu and Huanglong rushed to the front.

The intruder couldn't resist and fled in a rout.

As a result, the Qin army pursued them all the way from Longmen through the towns of Baisha, Da'an, and Miaoxia.

During this period, Hao Yaoqi, He Jin, Liu Xiyao, and Lin Chengcheng all led their troops to intercept the Qin army, but they retreated one after another and entered Ruzhou City.

Liu Fangliang and others gathered together, their faces solemn.

"Although there are only a few refugees, such defeat is a great blow to morale."

Hao Yaoqi couldn't help but said: "Why don't we stay in Ruzhou City and hold a wave to kill his vigor?"

Liu Fangliang squinted his eyes and said, "According to your majesty's strategy, we can only retreat and kill some refugees, but we can save a lot of food."

"However, if you don't fight back, you will be suspicious."

(End of this chapter)