Just when Chang Yu was drinking a few small wines with Huang Degong in Dongliu and boasting about his happiness, in Wuchang, hundreds of miles away, a middle-aged man sat alone in the hall holding a cup of tea, looking at the letter on the table, and fell into deep thought.

This middle-aged man is Zuo Liangyu, a thief general who sits in Wuchang and supports his own troops. didn't bird Zhang Guowei, looked down on Xiong Wencan, didn't listen to them, and killed Yang Sichang.

Throughout his military career, it can be said that his actions are on a par with Liu Zeqing and his ilk, and the most common thing he does is to fight with the thief army while being a thief and plundering everywhere, robbing the people and plundering women, and doing more evil things than the thief army, and because he has committed several crimes to the court, but because there are no generals available in the court, he will use the generals again to atone for his crimes.

But there is one thing to say, he is also the general who has fought the most times from the thief army, winning or losing five or five points, and there was a big battle Zhang Xianzhong shot two arrows from the other side and cut a knife and almost took Zhang Xianzhong's life, at that time Lao Zhang couldn't bear it and wanted to surrender, Zuo Liangyu knew that he must have surrendered and continued to attack, but he was stopped by Xiong Wencan, otherwise, where did Zhang Xianzhong come from now to enter Sichuan and become bigger.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), Hou Sui was the superintendent and sent 500,000 yuan to reward Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, Zuo Liangyu and Li Zicheng fought in Zhuxian Town, Zuo Liangyu was defeated and retreated to Xiangyang. Kaifeng fought again, Zuo Liangyu did not dare to fight. Li Zicheng then attacked Xiangyang, Zuo Liangyu withdrew his troops to Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu asked the king of Chu for soldiers and food, but he did not get supplies, so he plundered Wuchang, including Cao grain and salt. After arriving in Jiujiang, he had 200,000 troops and waited and saw for self-protection. After Zhang Xianzhong conquered Wuchang, the imperial court strictly ordered troops to go out to defeat Zhang Xianzhong, who had not yet gained a stable foothold, and recovered Hanyang. After Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu, he sent troops to recover Wuchang.

That is to say, since the year before last, for more than two years, Zuo Liangyu has been watching in Wuchang with troops, not rebelling or obeying orders, I just watched quietly, and I can know the extent of his awesomeness based on this.

After introducing Zuo Liangyu's resume, let's talk about his current location, Wuchang.

Many people will confuse Wuchang and Ezhou, and it is indeed easy to confuse, because Ezhou was also called Wuchang in ancient times, and in many cases there is a phenomenon that Wuchang is called Ezhou and Ezhou is called Wuchang, not to mention that ordinary people are experts are confused, so that some people will think that Wuchang, where Zuo Liangyu is in charge, is actually in Ezhou.

In order to compete with Liu Bei for Jingzhou, Sun Quan moved the capital from Jianye (now Nanjing) to Exian (now Ezhou City) in 221 AD, and renamed it "Wuchang", taking the meaning of "governing the country with martial arts", and placed Wuchang County. This is the earliest origin of the name of Wuchang, so Wuchang at that time was actually the current Ezhou.

。 The name of Wuchang is owned by Ezhou, why did Wuhan pop up again? This has to start with Sun Quan.

Soon after Sun Quan changed Exian County to Wuchang, he built a city in the north of the snake mountain head of Wuchang in Wuhan City, because the other side of the Yangtze River is the outlet of Hanshui (called Xia Shui in ancient times), so it is called Xiakou City. At that time, the county was located in Jinkou (now Jinkou Town, Jiangxia). During the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiakou City was the seat of Jiangxia County in Yingzhou, so Xiakou City was also called Yingcheng. During the Sui and Tang dynasties and the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, the Jiangxia County Administration of Ezhou County was set up, and the Xiakou City was expanded to Ezhou City, so the current Wuchang was called Ezhou at that time.

Until the Yuan Dynasty in 1297, Ezhou Road was changed to Wuchang Road, Jiangxia County still exists. This may be the earliest origin of Guxiakou and Ezhou called Wuchang. The Ming and Qing dynasties were Jiangxia County, Wuchang Prefecture, and the Ming Dynasty also set up a vassal palace in Wuchang City.

Interested friends can search for love and hatred about these two places, not much to repeat here, but it is certain that Wuchang where Zuo Liangyu is located is now Wuchang, Wuhan, that is, Wuchang City, which was built in the north of Jiangxia Mountain (where part of the Yellow Crane Tower of Snake Mountain is located today), and then expanded, Snake Mountain became the central mountain of the city, and at the foot of the south of the mountain is the palace of the king of Chu.

The city is built near the river, covers an area of seven or eight square kilometers, the center of Wuchang today is in it, the city wall is thick and leaves nine gates and the same as Beijing City, the only remaining uprising gate is the southeast city gate of the nine gates in the year, and the gate, but unfortunately it was in the Wuchang uprising within three years as a "feudal fortress" and the others were demolished.

Coupled with the vicissitudes of life, now things have long been wrong, not to mention that the original monuments are difficult to find, that is, the catfish set (a river into the river) outside the south gate of the city has disappeared, not to mention that several beautiful lakes in the city at that time have also become fertile fields.

Across the river from Wuchang City is Hanshui (now Hanjiang River) and Hanyang City, in short, Wuchang's strategic location is too crucial, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack and self-sufficient, no wonder Zuo Liangyu has an idea. I love

And as the situation in the imperial court deteriorates more and more, Zuo Liangyu's idea is getting stronger and stronger, regardless of the general environment, the first thing that comes to mind when he sits in Wuchang is Sun Quan.

When you think of Sun Quan, you will think of the Three Kingdoms.

Thinking of the Three Kingdoms...... Well, with an army of 200,000 and the Yangtze River, why not ......

At this time, the court was worried about internal and external troubles, the treasury was empty, there were no soldiers and no generals, why should he be cannon fodder, Zuo Liangyu's ambition began to swell, and the traces of his ambition could be seen from one point, and he began to repair the Chu Palace.

The Chu Wangfu is worth mentioning.

The first king of Chu was called Zhu Zhen, not the host of Shanghai TV, but the sixth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in Wuchang when Zhu Yuanzhang fought Wuchang, and later simply named him the king of Chu.

The housework of the King of Chu is very exciting, here I will only talk about the last King of Chu, Zhu Huakui, as for whether he is the bloodline of the old Zhu family, it is still a mystery, because he is a posthumous son.

Later, the clan went to report that he was not the blood of the former King of Chu, in fact, it was the child of the former King of Chu and his brother-in-law, this matter once stabbed the Wanli Emperor and asked for a thorough investigation, and then Zhu Huakui bribed the first assistant Shen Cheng with a lot of money, and the result became a tearing war between the cabinet and the Donglin Party, and finally the Wanli Emperor came to the sentence, the age has not been investigated for too long, it is over, and it has become an unsolved case, interested friends can go to check the pseudo-Chu King case, which is quite bloody.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of fake king and fake son is not uncommon, during the Chenghua period, the king of Hanyin in the Han Wangfu had raised a different surname to pretend to be his son, although he was deceased after the incident, he was also cut off, and almost all of his veins were executed. The younger brother of King Fangshan of the Jin Dynasty also did a similar thing, the child who raised his brother-in-law said that it was his own, and a large group of people died in the incident, and the old Zhu family was very strict about the bloodline, but it became incomprehensible here in Zhu Huakui.

Zhu Huakui's background is unknown, but he reigned for more than 60 years, and he also lived to be in his seventies, and he was definitely a long-lived person in ancient times, if it wasn't for Zhang Xianzhong beating Wuchang and killing him, he might still be alive, although Zhang Xianzhong was vicious, but killing Zhu Huakui made people can't help but applaud, why?

Because this thing is really damned, just say one thing, the palace is rich and rivals the country, but before the thief army attacked the city, the officials in the city gathered in the palace to ask him for donations, Zhu Huakui pointed to a gold-wrapped chair given by the emperor during the Hongwu period in the hall: "This can be the army, he has nothing" The meaning is simple and clear, if you want to take it, there is no other penny.

Then after Zhang Xianzhong broke the city, he raided his home, got millions of gold and silver, loaded hundreds of carts, and then put Zhu Huakui in a cage and threw him into the Yangtze River.

By the way, a fire also burned down the Chu Palace, and Zuo Liangyu began to secretly repair the Wangfu in Wuchang for more than a year, what do you say he wants to do?

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