Chapter 86 Zuo Liangyu

"Rest for a while first."

Ying Yi waved his hand, letting Ye Bushuang take a rest.

"The situation is good now. The bandits have entered the county exactly according to my plan." Ying Yi was quite satisfied: "You just have to guard the city gate later. If there are bandits, just bombard them with artillery."

Everyone promised not to mention it.

Gunmanship also requires skills, but it is not difficult to get started. Load the gunpowder, pour it into the cannon, ignite it and fire it. It’s just that if the technology is not good enough, the accuracy cannot be guaranteed. But Ying Yi didn't need precise artillery fire. Setting up the artillery outside the city was just a deterrent, just to stop the thieves.

Ying Yi changed his sword and swung the sharp blade: "Let me kill you tonight."

Finally, he said: "Take the time to prepare some dry firewood. There are too many murders and too much blood. A big fire is needed to cleanse the sins of these thieves."

There is no need to give a detailed list of how the killings took place this night.

With Ying Yi's ability, he blocked these thousands of thieves. He entered the city with a knife and killed everyone he saw. There was not much movement. It was not until they were almost killed that the thieves became frightened.

But it was too late.

Killing people is like hemp, that's what you say.

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Zhang Shi got Ying Yi's order and brought a few clever people with him all the way south.

No one knows the general situation in the south better than Zhang Shi. As the official of the Hundred Households who works all night, this area is the focus of monitoring. Although the monitoring was delayed due to the events of this day, for the time being, the situation has not changed much.

He led his people to the valley at the southern foot where Zhou Li and Zhu Bingkun were hiding, conveyed Ying Yi's order, and then walked all the way out of Fangcheng Mountain and headed towards Yuzhou.

Yuzhou is in the south of Fangcheng Mountain, only thirty to fifty miles away. Liu Zongmin's bandits were stationed in the north of Yuzhou, while Hao Yaoqi's bandits were stationed in the east of Yuzhou, in the direction of Wuyang.

The two thieves formed a horn-like posture and faced off against the Huguang soldiers entrenched in Yuzhou City.

During this period, there were occasional small-scale battles, but they did not affect the overall situation.

Zhang Shi took a few people, avoiding the traitors' sentries, and went straight to Yuzhou City.

From a distance, I could hear people shouting and yelling at the top of the city: "Where are you from? Get out of here!"

Zhang Shi reined in the reins and did not dare to get close. He was afraid that the Huguang soldiers at the head of the city would treat him as a traitor and beat him to death. He took out a document from his arms and shouted: "I am Zheng Yunzhi of Ye County, a hundred soldiers under Zheng County Zun." House official Zhang Shi came to see General Zuo Liangyu with the county's official documents!"

"Ye County Zheng Yunzhi?! I don't know!"

Such words came from the top of the city.

Hearing this, Zhang Shi couldn't help but frowned and shouted: "I shot the document on the top of the city, and asked the brothers on the top of the city to help pass it to General Zuo and Superintendent Ding. It involves two million military pay, so please ask the brothers on the top of the city for tens of millions." Don't be careless!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion at the top of the city.

After a while, someone said: "Shoot up the document!"

Zhang Shi exhaled slightly, took off his bow and arrow, tied the document to the arrow, opened the bow and shot up the city with a bang.

Zhang Shi is a veteran Orion hunter. When it comes to being good at shooting and hitting the target at night, he is one of the best.

After shooting, Zhang Shi shouted again: "Please pass it to Governor Ding and General Zuo quickly!"

After some slight movement on the top of the city, there was no sound. Zhang Shi calmed down and waited secretly.

People say that arrogant soldiers and strong generals are like arrogant soldiers, but Zuo Liangyu's army has its shape but not its spirit. If people have elite soldiers and are arrogant, it is because of their strong fighting ability. But the arrogance of Zuo Liangyu's army has nothing to do with its combat effectiveness.

Most of them are like thieves, they are arrogant in front of the people, and once they see the benefits, they will be like a dog that smells Rexiang and will not care about anything.

Hearing that it was a major event related to two million taels of military pay, the soldiers on the city didn't dare to neglect it and quickly asked someone to pass it into the city. After a while, it was handed over to Zuo Liangyu.

Although Ding Qirui was said to be in charge of the Huguang army, in fact Ding Qirui had little power in the army. Zuo Liangyu and others control the army, and what they say counts. Therefore, if something happens, the first one to know is not Ding Qirui, but Zuo Liangyu.

"Is it related to military pay?"

Zuo Liangyu received the document and became energetic before opening it.

The soldier said: "That's what the visitor said."

Zuo Liangyu nodded, hurriedly opened the document, and first looked at the seal on the document. Sure enough, it was the county official's seal. Looking at the text content, a sense of aloofness suddenly hit my face.

Zuo Liangyu believed it immediately.

Since the Tumubao Incident, the military meritorious aristocratic group formed since the founding of the Ming Dynasty suffered a major blow. The literati gradually occupied the mainstream of military and political affairs, and the gentry and the military began to show their inferiority.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, all power in the world was controlled by civilian officials. Often, higher-ranking generals would kneel down when they saw lower-ranking civilian officials. Even now, civil servants have to rely on military generals, but their contempt for military generals remains unchanged.

The nobility and despicability of the literati in the document are vividly reflected on the page. When Zuo Liangyu saw it, he felt angry and immediately believed the authenticity of the document.

After he spat, he began to read carefully.

When he finished reading the documents, the expression on Zuo Liangyu's face became very strange. There was a trace of confusion mixed in with the joy.

"Come here, call Meng Geng and Shi Xiu to see me."

Not long after, two people came to Zuo Liangyu one after another.

One is Zuo Mengeng, Zuo Liangyu’s only son. One is Ma Shixiu, Zuo Liangyu's confidant.

"Let's see."

Zuo Liangyu threw the document to Zuo Mengeng.

After Zuo Mengeng read it, he looked surprised. While handing the document to Ma Shixiu, he said to Zuo Liangyu: "Father, what a great opportunity!"

At this moment, Ma Shixiu glanced at ten lines and roughly understood the contents of the document. Hearing the words, he shouted: "Commander Zuo, two million military pay!"

Zuo Liangyu nodded: "I know it's two million taels of military pay, but there are still some tangles in this matter. I'm afraid I can't explain it, Mr. Ding."

Zuo Mengeng hurriedly said: "My father is confused. Isn't this document an explanation to Mr. Ding! The defense of Ye County was not good, so that the army's salary fell into the hands of thieves. My father has high hopes from the emperor, and it is time to send troops to regain the army's salary. Only in this way can we live up to the emperor’s expectations!”

During these days of confrontation with the bandits, Zuo Liangyu originally had the intention to take the initiative. He saw that there were not many bandits, only about 20,000 in total, and he had 40,000 soldiers and horses. The main force of the bandits was in Kaifeng, so he could take this opportunity to defeat these two groups of bandits and claim credit from the court.

Furthermore, the issue of two million taels of military pay was confusing before. The thieves were already in front of him, but he didn't know what the situation was like in Ye County. He was afraid that the military pay would be swallowed up by the thieves, so he was determined to attack.

Ding Qirui rejected Zuo Liangyu's rash proposal on the grounds that all parties had not yet made preparations.

As time passed, Zuo Liangyu was afraid that the situation here would be known to the intruders, and gradually gave up the idea of ​​taking the initiative. Unexpectedly, the documents from Ye County arrived at this time.

After listening to Zuo Mengeng's words, Zuo Liangyu was naturally moved. He thought about it and said, "I think it's better to ask the person who came first. If the situation is favorable, it won't be too late to make a decision."