Just when Zhang Xianzhong learned that he had been surrounded by the Ming army, Shang Yi was discussing the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong with Zuo Liangyu, the leader of another Ming army who came to attack the west.
It turned out that after Shang Yi regained Hanyang Mansion, Wu Di, who was in Luzhou, realized that now was a good time to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong with all his strength, so he immediately ordered Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo to cross the river from Huangzhou to cooperate with Shang Yi to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong. At the same time,
He also ordered Zuo Liangyu, who was stationed in Jiujiang Prefecture, to immediately lead his army northward to block Zhang Xianzhong's southward route.
When Shang Yi and others were fighting fierce battles with Li Zicheng in De'an Prefecture, Huangzhou and other places, Wu Di ordered Zuo Liangyu five times to send troops from Jiujiang to attack Wuchang Prefecture to contain Zhang Xianzhong's troops. At that time, Zuo Liangyu was not at all aware of the situation.
In the same way, they only dispatched General Jin Huansheng and 10,000 troops to station in Xingguo Prefecture, which was like sending troops. Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong did not want to offend Zuo Liangyu at that time, so the two of them were in peace.
When Wu Di's second order urging Zuo Liangyu to send troops was sent to Jiujiang Prefecture, Zuo Liangyu still didn't take it seriously, but soon he learned that Shang Yi had crossed the Yangtze River, captured Wuchang Prefecture, and captured Wuchang Prefecture.
Zhang Xianzhong was severely defeated, and it seemed that he was almost ready to completely cripple Zhang Xianzhong. Zuo Liangyu could no longer sit still, and immediately led an army of 40,000, as well as his son Zuo Menggeng and his subordinate Lu Guangzu.
Li Guoying, Xu Yong, Hao Xiaozhong and other generals rushed from Jiujiang to Xingguo Prefecture, joined forces with Jin Shenghuan, and participated in the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong.
Zuo Liangyu has always been a general in suppressing bandits in the Ming Dynasty. Now he is the general who suppressed the bandits and was granted the title of Ning Nanbo.
After the defeat, most of Zuo Liangyu's elite soldiers were injured and retreated to Xiangyang Prefecture to recuperate, but their vitality was also seriously injured. In the 16th year of Chongzhen (1643), Li Zicheng marched into Huguang. Although Zuo Liangyu claimed to have
There were 200,000 troops, but they were no longer as brave as before. They were severely defeated by Li Zicheng and fled from Xiangyang to Jiujiang Prefecture, where they temporarily stabilized their feet.
Now that Shang Yi had defeated Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Liangyu also felt that he had a chance, so he responded to Wu Di's general order and sent troops from Jiujiang to pick the fruits.
After joining forces with Jin Shenghuan, Zuo Liangyu led 40,000 troops, known as the 100,000 army, and rushed to Xianning. Because Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo had not arrived at Xianning at this time, Shang Yi first met with Zuo Liangyu to discuss how to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.
arrangement.
The meeting place between the two was not at their respective camps, because neither of them had met before, and neither one wanted to go to the other's camp, so they chose an open space outside the camp and pitched their tents.
, a few tables were laid out, and it was considered a meeting between the two parties. Shang Yi brought Cheng Jin, Cheng Gang, Yang Wu, Wu Cheng, Duan Peng and others, while Zuo Liangyu brought the clerk Lu Guangzu, his son Zuo Mengyu, and his generals Li Guoying and Xu
Yong, Hao Xiaozhong et al.
Zuo Liangyu is about fifty years old, quite tall, with a red face and short beard. He has the appearance of a fierce general, but his eyes are gloomy and flickering, and he seems to be quite scheming. His son Yu Zuo Mengeng is about thirty years old.
, his eyebrows were raised, and he did not look directly at Shang Yi, with an arrogant look on his face. At a glance, he could tell that he was self-righteous, arrogant, and looking higher than the sky.
After everyone met, because Shang Yi was one level lower than Zuo Liangyu, Shang Yi first saluted Zuo Liangyu and said: "I have seen Zuo Shuai."
Zuo Liangyu glanced at Shang Yi for a few times, then said with a smile: "I don't dare to take it, Vice-General Shang is too polite. Vice-General Shang has such achievements at such a young age, and he really complied with those words, so he will be feared by the younger generation.
In the future, the world of the Ming Dynasty will still be supported by young people like Vice General Shang, and we old guys will probably end up in the coffin."
Coming into this era, Shang Yi had met many famous historical figures based on his experience, so when he met Zuo Liangyu, he found that the scriptures were nothing new. Moreover, Shang Yi did not have much favorable impression of Zuo Liangyu, not only because Zuo Liangyu
Liangyu was too selfish, often pursuing his own selfish interests and ignoring the overall situation. Also, because Zuo Liangyu's army had extremely poor military discipline, it could be said that it was not much better than Zhang Xianzhong and Ben.
After Zuo Liangyu abandoned Xiangyang and passed by Chengtian Mansion, he wanted to garrison in Chengtian Mansion. However, Huguang's Inspector Li Zhensheng persuaded Governor Song Yihe, saying: "There are too many Zuo troops, how can we feed them? What's more, the Zuo army has no military discipline.
If you stay here, it will cause harm to the city. Even if you have food, it is better to support the people of Chengtian and defend themselves." Therefore, Song Yihe refused to allow the Zuo army to enter. Zuo Liangyu was furious and ordered the city to be looted, and then led his troops to leave.
Later, they retreated to Wuchang Prefecture, but the defenders also refused to accept them. Zuo Liangyu robbed civilian ships again, and then retreated to Jiujiang. This shows that Zuo Jun's military discipline was poor and he was very famous for his discipline.
In the past few years, Zuo Liangyu's fighting ability has not improved much, but he has two skills that he can play superbly. One is to cultivate the enemy's self-respect, and the other is to bluff. Zuo Liangyu knows very well that there are enemies who can be defeated by himself.
Only when you have work can you make meritorious deeds. The court cannot do without you, and you have to take care of everything yourself. Therefore, although suppressing bandits is a must, the proportion of it must be measured well. You can make some meritorious deeds, but you cannot attack them all at once.
The bandits were all wiped out. Therefore, during the Guan-Jian period, Zuo Liangyu would often withdraw his troops without any reason, giving the bandits a way out and allowing them to recruit more troops and make a comeback.
The bluff is aimed at the imperial court, giving the imperial court the impression that he has many soldiers and generals. Therefore, if you want to move yourself, you have to think more about the consequences. For example, Zuo Liangyu only has 70,000 to 80,000 troops now, and he is known as 20.
Wan Dajun. And Shang Yi also knew that when he arrived in Nanming, Zuo Liangyu's bullshit got bigger and bigger. He clearly only had a hundred thousand men and horses, but he dared to claim that there were 800,000. However, after the bullshit was blown, the effect was also very significant.
Because the entire Southern Ming court did not dare to offend Zuo Liangyu, he was granted the title of "Ningnan Marquis". Zuo Liangyu's subordinate Huang Shu also dared to rely on Zuo Liangyu's power to curse Ma Shiying.
Now seeing Zuo Liangyu sneering at him, Shang Yi was naturally not polite. Moreover, he also knew Zuo Liangyu's background and was not afraid at all. Therefore, he said: "Commander Zuo is exaggerating. I am no more than a general."
I have tried my best to fulfill my responsibilities, and luckily won a few battles to get to where I am today. How dare I take it for granted? What’s more, the emperor is in charge of everything in our Ming Dynasty. We are just taking orders from the imperial court. Who is used and who is not used?
, but it’s all the emperor who has the final say.”
Zuo Liangyu snorted and could tell that Shang Yi was ridiculing him for not obeying the court's orders in the past few years. He couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, but he was the one who started the conversation, and Shang Yi's words
He also occupies a high position, so it is difficult to get angry, and said: "I won't say anything else. Now that Zhang Xianzhong has retreated and captured Xianning, Governor Wu ordered us to encircle and suppress him. What does Vice General Shang have planned?"
Shang Yi smiled faintly and said: "Zhang Xianzhong was beaten to a pulp by me, and most of his men and horses were injured. He has long lost his courage as before. Naturally, we should march immediately to prevent him from having a chance to breathe. We will destroy him with one blow and never defeat him."
future trouble."
The more Zuo Liangyu listened, the more dissatisfied he became, saying: "Vice-General Shang underestimated Zhang Xianzhong. He has dominated the world for more than ten years. When he started the rebellion, Vice-General Shang was still a baby, so how could he be easy to deal with?"
No matter how lucky you are to win a few battles, Zhang Xianzhong still has tens of thousands of troops and a city to defend. I have an army of 200,000 and I dare not underestimate the enemy. What's more, Lieutenant General Shang has less than 10,000 troops and tens of millions of troops.
Don’t be careless!”
Shang Yi was not polite and said: "Soldiers are more valuable than finesse, and generals are more strategic than brave. Otherwise, even if you have tens of thousands of soldiers, you will be afraid of the enemy and not fight, and you will only live in an ignoble way and conserve your own strength. What's more,
What's the use? Our army only has a total of more than 10,000 people, but it still defeated Li Zicheng's million-strong army in Guide and was completely defeated. When fighting Zhang Xianzhong again, he was also invincible and captured everything, including Hanyang and Wuchang.
Didn't they also take them down? Zhang Xianzhong's tens of thousands of defeated soldiers are like ants. I can crush a small county in Xianning in an instant. If Commander Zuo doesn't dare to send troops, that's all. I will lead the merchant army to fight.
If you need the help of Zuo Shuai and his soldiers, even if you capture Xianning, it will not be considered an achievement."
Of course Zuo Liangyu heard that Shang Yi was mocking him for retreating to Jiujiang and not daring to fight Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, so he couldn't help but became furious and said: "Who said I'm afraid of Zhang Xianzhong? Don't think that you can defeat Zhang Xianzhong."
He captured. Zhang Xianzhong has no other abilities, but his ability to escape. If he dares to be second in the world, he will not be the best in the world. You have less than 10,000 men and horses, can you trap Xianning? Even if you can attack Xianning,
But Zhang Xianzhong has long since escaped. When he hides in the mountains, you can go there to find him. On the contrary, I have an army of 100,000, and it is easy to besiege a Xianning County, so it is better to let me fight this battle. I
We will definitely be able to capture Zhang Xianzhong alive."
After listening to this, Shang Yi couldn't help but laugh and said: "It turns out that Commander Zuo wanted to take credit for capturing Zhang Xianzhong alive."
Zuo Liangyu saw that he was spreading his words, so he didn't hide it and said straightforwardly: "Yes, Shang Yi, you defeated the two thieves Li and Zhang with Jing, and recovered the three prefectures of Guide, Wuchang and Hanyang.
The credit is not small. It will be enough for you to be promoted to the rank of General Soldier in the future. You should be satisfied. Do you want to take all the credit by yourself? You don’t want to take all the credit to one person, but you should share some with others.
People are good."
Shang Yi thought for a while and said: "Okay, I can give the credit for capturing Zhang Xianzhong alive to Commander Zuo, but what if Commander Zuo cannot capture Xianning?"
Zuo Liangyu laughed loudly and said: "What's the point of a mere county town? Within three days, I will definitely capture Xianning. If I can't break the city in three days, then I'll let you take it. Zhang Xianzhong, I will let him go."
Here you go."
Shang Yi also nodded and said: "Okay, I will guard the northeastern sides of Xianning, give up the southwest sides to Zuo Shuai, and give Zuo Yin three days. However, if Zhang Xianzhong escapes from the northeastern sides and hits my hand, then
I can only blame Zuo Shuai for his bad luck."
Zuo Liangyu also nodded and said: "That's it."
Shang Yi then stood up and said: "Then, Commander Zuo, let's say goodbye here and see you again in three days." He then led his men to leave.
After watching Shang Yi leave, Zuo Mengeng said: "Dad, look at this boy, he is too arrogant and arrogant. He should be taught a lesson."
Zuo Liangyu snorted and said: "It's only a matter of time to teach him a lesson, but before that, we still have to get the big things done. Before that, don't make trouble. After the things are done, we can slowly deal with him."
Not too late. Shang Yi, Shang Yi, you want to capture Zhang Xianzhong alive and achieve great success, it is simply wishful thinking. It's a pity that you didn't think of it, I have my own ideas."