Chapter 117: The smooth killing creates ambition

Since the dispute with Lantian Yunzhao, Zuo Liangyu has been fleeing, fleeing from Henan to Lianghu, then from Lianghu to Sichuan, then from Sichuan to Lianghu, then from Lianghu to Southeast, then from Lianghu to Huainan, and finally settled in Anqing Prefecture.

In the past, Zuo Liangyu was not the main purpose of the Lantian Political Affairs Hall to discuss, so no matter how he escaped, Lantian didn't care much.

His displacedness is just a microcosm of the changes in this great era and has nothing to do with Lantian.

However, after he was pinned by Li Yan, Huang Degong and Er Liu in Anqing Mansion, he finally had no choice but to escape.

Facing Lei Heng's army of firearms armed to the teeth, in order to survive, he had to bite the bullet and push forward.

It's not that he has considered surrender...

There were no less than three letters of surrender, but unfortunately, they were all sank to the sea.

Three years ago, Zuo Liangyu had already announced to everyone in the Ming Dynasty that he would wash his hands and no longer care about the army and national policies. He would hand over all the troops to his son Zuo Menggeng, and just wanted to be an old farmer and live the rest of his life.

Unfortunately, no one listened to or believed his words.

Even after the news of his death was heard, people still stubbornly believed that the army led by Zuo Menggeng was still owned by Zuo Liangyu.

In recent years, Zuo Menggeng has never done anything other than running away and robbery.

Although there have been several victories in the battle with Zhang Bingzhong in the two lakes, the victory that he finally asked for was silently ruined by the Ming court.

So, Zuo Menggeng took his own son and ran faster.

When Lei Heng's army swept all the way from Jiangxi to Anqing Prefecture, Zuo Menggeng had nowhere to escape.

The brave Zuo Menggeng wanted to compete for a way out for himself and his father, and in the evening he took the lead in launching the most fierce charge against Lei Heng's troops.

He knew that when the Lantian army cannons began to roar, everything would be over.

Zuo Menggeng didn't even expect the second wave of charge, so he arranged his family and his most brave confidant in the first wave of charge, and arranged his remaining subordinates into the other two teams, telling them that as long as they were caught by the Lantian army, they would all be dead.

Zuo Liangyu's army has never been a good thing. The only difference between them and the bandits is that they have an official name.

Even they themselves knew that once they were captured alive by the Lantian army, it was difficult to reach the sky if they wanted to live.

Therefore, in the early morning, a total of 80,000 troops from the three armies launched an attack on Lei Heng's semicircular army with tragic determination.

The shells in the sky fell to the ground like raindrops, and then exploded, causing a wave of air, easily breaking up the army that was already somewhat strict.

Eighty thousand people advanced in three directions on the five-mile front, left, middle and right. Even if they were broken up, they still cried and attacked the positions of Lantian army. They hoped that as long as they fought with Lantian army, the situation would definitely change and there would be a way out.

The short three-mile distance between the army formation seemed to be in the horizon.

Zuo Liangyu was wearing ordinary armor and without a horse, mixed in the army and advanced rapidly.

Although shells fell from time to time in the sky, he could always avoid the explosion point as soon as possible. He even found on the way to attack that as long as the explosion was in the place where the bomb was not falling.

The battlefield was covered with black smoke, and Zuo Liangyu believed that such smoke was beneficial to the attacking party.

It was just the broken corpses that were blown up, which made it difficult for Zuo Liangyu to come to such a conclusion.

At first, there were bullets roaring in the black smoke. Zuo Liangyu knew that Lantian Jun was right in front of him. He carefully lay down in a bullet crater and grabbed a ragged body covering his body, making him look like a dead person.

The soldiers who rushed out of the thick smoke began to shine before their eyes, and their bodies trembled like sieves. In an instant, their bodies were shot into real sieves by gunfires.

Sometimes the wind blows away the thick smoke, which allows Zuo Liangyu to clearly see the opponent's military formation. The military formation is not far from where Zuo Liangyu is hiding. According to Zuo Liangyu's measurement and according to the speed at which Lantian soldiers activate the musket, if he avoids the musket and shoots three times, he can rush to the Lantian military formation.

He looked at the Lantian military formation as he thought. The military formation on both sides looked very thick, but the middle looked much weaker.

A team of cavalry rushed out of the thick smoke, followed by about 300 people behind the cavalry. Zuo Liangyu, the cavalry leader, could see clearly that it was Liu Chu, a powerful general under his command.

Zuo Liangyu endured it and did not jump out of the pit. He wanted to see if there was still ambush here.

Things were similar to what he expected. Just when Liu Chu led more than 20 cavalry to the front of the military formation, the Lantian soldiers opposite him were still slowly setting off muskets.

Just before these people, a row of thick cannon barrels suddenly rose.

"Hide."

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but scream. Unfortunately, it was too late. A large amount of flame suddenly spurted out from the thick cannon barrels. There were countless black iron balls mixed in the flames. These iron balls even formed a wall in front of the Lantian soldiers holding muskets. The moving wall quickly pushed out, tearing Liu Chu who was approaching and his cavalry into a pile of minced meat.

As for the infantry that had already charged, they were also killed and injured by these shotguns.

"Continue to rush..."

Zuo Liangyu shouted anxiously, but unfortunately, the soldiers who had already rushed across the center line fled back one by one, and were killed on the road by the Lantian musketeers.

In the following time, Zuo Liangyu watched this mindless attack countless times, until the attack became sparse, Zuo Liangyu did not find a better chance to escape than Liu Chu created.

At this moment, he heard a very harsh whistle blowing from the Lantian army opposite. The soldiers holding muskets were lined up and forced forward step by step.

Zuo Liangyu lamented and slowly thought about climbing back... He did not stay stupidly in place to pretend to be a corpse. He had seen the way the Lantian army cleaned the battlefield. Every killing enemy had to stab him again with a bayonet.

The sound of artillery sounded at the top of the city of Anqing Mansion, and black shells passed through the sky and finally landed on the ground. After jumping a few times on the soft land of Jiangnan, they stopped and stopped moving. More shells hit the mud directly in the mud and remained motionless.

Zuo Liangyu, covered in mud, continued to climb forward. He did not dare to stand up. Those who stood up and ran away were shot and killed by the approaching Lantian soldiers.

A pair of mud-filled boots suddenly appeared in front of him, and then he saw a shining bayonet piercing his head.

Zuo Liangyu howled, rolled to avoid it, and then more guns stabbed him.

No one shouted, and everyone just stabbed the bayonet again and again like beating a gopher. Everyone was counting in their hearts, wanting to see how many times the old thief could avoid.

A man who looked like an officer roared angrily. The soldiers with teasing mentality then worked together to stab the bayonets. Zuo Liangyu's arms and legs were pierced, and he couldn't help but shout, "I am Zuo Liangyu."

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, but saw their commander strode over, raised the musket, pierced Zuo Liangyu's throat with a heavy bayonet, and then shouted to his subordinates: "Go forward!"

A large amount of blood flowed out of Zuo Liangyu's mouth. After a while, he slowly closed his eyes. He felt that there was nothing to regret for death at this time.

In the battle of Anqing Prefecture, Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Menggeng died on the spot. In the end, some people escaped from the army of tens of thousands of people. However, it was really miserable that the people nearby were destroyed by Zuo Liangyu's army.

The soldiers who escaped by chance also failed to earn their lives. Not only the Lantian army killed them, but also the people who suffered extreme suffering.

Yun Zhao came out of the People's Palace and saw many people standing on the long steps.

When he was confused, he heard Pei Zhong say, "Your Majesty, today is the opening day of the People's Palace. People in Guanzhong heard that the 17-way Ming seals were placed here, and they all wanted to open their eyes."

Yun Zhao nodded and saw that he had been recognized by some people, so he waved to those people and then walked into the People's Palace again. It was obvious that today, the door in front was unable to leave.

Going out from behind the People's Palace, you will arrive at Zhang Guozhu's Prime Minister's Mansion.

Yun Zhao was not in the mood to deal with Zhang Guozhu. Zhang Guozhu had been annoyed for several days because of the whereabouts of the money stolen by Xia Wanchun and the others.

Half of the money received by the army should be used as military pay, which is certain, and nothing is easy to be compatible.

As for using all the money to repair the capital, Yun Zhao disagreed. At this time, the most important thing was the people's livelihood. As for the palace where Li Hongji had a lot of feces, he could have been left alone.

Anyway, he doesn't plan to live there.

Since the city of Shuntian Prefecture has been defined as Beidu, it will be a visit every year or a few years. What are you doing in a hurry to repair the palace?

In Yunzhao's plan, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to have only one capital in the future. A capital should be placed in the southeast, west and north. The focus of the work is in that direction, so stay in the capital in that direction.

As for Yushan City, it’s good to use it as a daily workplace.

The reason for this is to be established is entirely due to future considerations.

Yun Zhao insisted that the Ming Dynasty's territory would become very large in the future, and the boundary markings of Lantian would spread to any place where the Lantian army stepped on.

Just as Han Xiufen did, the Lantian Border Monument was arranged at the mouth of the Malacca River.

People's confidence comes from continuous victory. As of now, Yun Zhao can receive news of the Lantian army bravely moving forward every day. These news in turn have given rise to Yun Zhao's strong self-confidence.

When he got home, Yun Zhao pulled the globe that had just been made in Yushan Academy and said to Qian Duoduo: "You said yesterday that you wanted a large piece of grassland riding. Where do you want?"
Chapter completed!