Zuo Menggeng was panicked when he saw this. He was a second-generation ancestor who was under the protection of his father and had never personally led the army.

Now that Zuo Liangyu was suddenly shot to death by a cold arrow, Zuo Menggeng naturally had to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the Zuo Army.

He was stunned for a moment, and after being reminded by a personal soldier, he returned to reality and realized the seriousness of the problem.

Zuo Menggeng forced himself to calm down and imitated Zuo Liangyu's appearance to mobilize troops to condemn the general and issue orders.

Fortunately, the Zuo family army is still very united. These are Zuo Liangyu's direct descendants, and they will not surrender even if they die in battle.

Huang Degong observed quietly.

Once Zuo Liangyu died, the left army had no leader, and even if he resisted stubbornly, he would not last long.

Huang Degong had no sympathy for these rebels. Since they wanted to resist to the end, Huang Degong would help them.

"Kill them all, no one will be left!"

With Huang Degong's order, the offensive of the Ming army of Huang's troops became even more fierce.

Although they don’t have too many muskets, they obviously have cold weapons such as waist knives and long spears that can exert their power in close combat.

Zuo Jun wanted to break through several times but was forced back by the spear formation.

Zuo Menggeng was so angry that his teeth were itchy. He had already seen that Huang Degong wanted to waste them to death.

If these spearmen are not solved, it is impossible to break through successfully.

Zuo Menggeng felt cruel and turned his head to Xu Yong and said, "General Xu, you can lead two thousand people to break through a gap, let's fight out!"

Xu Yong is the second most powerful general around Zuo Liangyu after Li Guoying. Zuo Menggeng naturally thought of him first when encountering difficulties.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yong smiled and said, "Can the young marshal agree to a certain request?"

Zuo Menggeng frowned and felt very unhappy.

He thought to himself that it was almost time, and he was still thinking about making a request. If everyone could not break through, they would all die on the bank of the Yangtze River.

However, he still asked in a deep voice: "What are General Xu's requirements?"

Xu Yong's grinning suddenly changed his expression, rushed out of his waist and slashed at Zuo Menggeng's neck.

"Lend your head for use!"

This incident happened too suddenly, and Zuo Menggeng had no time to react.

I saw the waist knife suddenly slashing down, Zuo Menggeng's head flew up, and blood gushed out like a pillar.

After a moment, the headless corpse fell to the ground with a thud.

Zuo Menggeng's head rolled to Xu Yong's feet, and he picked it up and said, "Zuo Menggeng was killed by me, quickly put down his weapons and surrender!"

The soldiers of the Left Army who were fighting were stunned.

The Grand Marshal Zuo Liangyu is dead, and the Young Marshal Zuo Menggeng is also dead. What else are they fighting for?

The weapons in their hands slid down one after another, and they subconsciously knelt on the ground and hugged their heads.

Huang Degong was also stunned.

He didn't expect that this would happen suddenly.

Xu Yong is Zuo Liangyu's confidant general, second only to Li Guoying.

Li Guoying was captured until the end of the battle. However, Xu Yong betrayed Zuo Menggeng without hesitation.

Although this result was very beneficial to Huang Degong, he still had to despise Xu Yong.

A traitorous person is not worthy of admiration after all.

However, the next question is also difficult. How should so many left-wing soldiers deal with it?

Kill it, it seems something is wrong, after all, they all surrendered.

If you don’t kill, it’s a huge problem for so many people to be detained.

And what should we do with Xu Yong, who has made great contributions?

Huang Degong only felt a headache.

He wouldn't frown even if he asked him to go into battle to kill the enemy, but it would be very difficult to deal with this kind of problem.

Fortunately, news came at this time that Ma Jinzhong and Jin Shenghuan had already led their troops to Jiujiang.

With these men, the imperial army had an absolute advantage over the surrendered rebels, and even if they were taken into custody, there would be no trouble.

Huang Degong then ordered all the surrendered rebels to be tied up and be detained on the spot first. When Jin and Ma arrived, they made a resolution.

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Yuan Jixian witnessed a hearty victory at the head of Jiujiang City.

Huang Degong calculated almost all possibilities, allowing Zuo Jun to step into the trap without knowing it.

What made Yuan Jixian feel a little regretful was that Huang Degong did not capture Zuo Liangyu and his son alive.

If the two thieves can be captured alive and offered to the captains, the emperor will definitely be happy.

However, it was also a great contribution to killing the two in the formation.

Yuan Jixian immediately ordered someone to marinate the heads of Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Menggeng and his son with lime and send them to Nanjing.

As for how to write this good news, Yuan Jixian needs to think carefully.

Logically speaking, Huang Degong made the most contribution to killing Zuo Liangyu. But the reason why Zuo Liangyu was driven to Jiujiang was because of Ma Jinzhong. The two generals Jin Shenghuan suddenly attacked and killed Zuo Liangyu, led by Du Yinxi.

Of course, the role of Han Zhaoan, the general of Dongting Lake Navy, is also very important.

If he hadn't tried his best to confront the Zuo Army Navy and won time for Huang Degong to set up the river blocking iron locks upstream, it would be difficult for Zuo Liangyu to finally make it happen.

The Dongting Lake Navy was wiped out in this battle, which made Yuan Jixian very heartbroken. He had decided to ask for credit for these soldiers who were killed in the battle in the good news so that these good men of the Ming Dynasty would not worry about their funerals.

Of course, this incident also reminded Yuan Jixian that it would not work just by stacking a sharp navy.

Even if the soldiers train hard and fight bravely, it would be useless if the warship itself was too weak.

The foundation of the navy's strength is the strongest ship and the cost of money is to do this.

Although Yuan Jixian was called a governor of military affairs in four provinces, Jiangxi was actually the one who could actually control it.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, most of the taxes and silver collected by local governments must be directly paid to the court, and local governments can only leave a small part for daily expenses.

Yuan Jixian was not greedy, so he had no other inputs except for this small part of the tax.

It is difficult to rely on this tax bank to maintain a powerful fleet comparable to the Zuo Army Navy!

Yuan Jixian decided to say something in the good news and test the attitude of the court. If the court was willing to allocate money to build a naval commander, it would be the best.

As for the captive Yuan Jixian, he was going to take them all to the capital. He had no habit of bloodthirsty murder. Although these people were all rebels who were extremely guilty, since they had surrendered, they should be taken to Nanjing and wait for the court to take action.

Even if you want to kill, you should use the national law to kill, and the righteous punishment should be used to warn people in the world.

As for Xu Yong who suddenly started to kill Zuo Menggeng, Yuan Jixian was going to send him to Nanjing, but there was no need to tie his hands and feet on the road, just keep a close surveillance.

This person is a general under Zuo Liangyu. He has been with him since Zuo Liangyu launched a rebellion.

If Zuo Liangyu was not shot to death, Xu Yong would definitely not have killed Zuo Menggeng and surrendered.

So his surrender was just a last resort, just to protect himself.

How to deal with this person should be left to His Majesty for a decision.

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Chapter completed!