Outside the south gate of Jiangling City, Zuo Menggeng, who was sturdy, was dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, sitting in the official pavilion. The three thousand white-clothed and white-armored Zuo family members lined up outside the official stop, just waiting quietly.

This scene, looking at it, is a bit of a review of the army, ready to go to war. The expression that appeared on the faces of each of the Zuo family members was not sad, but the kind of breathless and tense atmosphere that existed before the big war. Since Zuo Mengeng, everyone has been restless.

The commanders of the battalions who had arrived in Jiangling to attend Zuo Liangyu's funeral also put on a white coat outside the official uniform, and each person and a small Mazha sat outside the official booth and waited.

The large and small general soldiers under the command of Zuo Laoshuai have not arrived, and there is still a ...... missing Jin Shenghuan, the chief soldier of Chengtianfu who has tens of thousands of troops and is stationed in Yiling, has not yet arrived!

Today, the big guy followed Zuo Menggeng out of the city and arrived at the official pavilion on the bank of the Yangtze River, in order to welcome He Tengjiao and others who came to Jingzhou Mansion to mourn Zuo Liangyu.

The officials from Hunan have all rushed to Jiangling, but Jin Shenghuan, who is close to Yiling, did not come to Jiangling, no matter how you look at it, this matter is not right!

When Zuo Liangyu was still alive, Jin Shenghuan and the Zuo family were inseparable and self-contained. Now that the old man is gone, can Jin Shenghuan still be reliable? This guy is not a descendant who has followed Zuo Liangyu for many years, but has been cared for. He could be appeased by Zuo Liangyu before, but now he can't be appeased by Zhu Cihong?

After all, Zhu Cihong is the prince of Fujun, and he has the righteous name in his hands, and he also has silver! Jin Shenghuan switched to Zhu Cihong, who not only wants to be an official, but also rich and famous, what reason does he have to be loyal to the Zuo family?

And the idea of abandoning the left and throwing to Ming is definitely not only Jin Shenghuan...... Now that Zhu Cihong has been stationed in Wuchang, he is confronting Li Zicheng, who is entrenched in Hanyang, and seems to have the upper hand.

Once Zhu Cihong defeats Li Zicheng, what good will happen to the left army that retreated to Jingzhou Mansion? When the prince of Fujun, who defeated the Qing army and the Liukou one after another, came to the door, the Zuojia army would not be wiped out?

Therefore, many people have been waiting for Prince Zhu's secret envoy to buy ...... The problem now is that they waited and waited, but they didn't wait for the brocade guard secret envoy wearing the golden beauty official hat, they were really anxious!

Now he suddenly got a message from He Tengjiao, accepted the invitation, and wanted to bring senior officials from Hunan to Jingzhou Mansion to mourn Zuo Liangyu...... Could it be that this He Tengjiao is actually a loyal minister loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, and is ready to join forces with the young general to King Qin?

A group of wall-like grass in the left army were a little uncertain for a while.

And since Zuo Mengeng got the message from He Tengjiao, he immediately began to prepare to greet him, while telling the general soldiers under his command about the matter of uniting the heroes and kings, so as to reassure him; On the one hand, he transferred all his concubines to Jiangling City, and at the same time, he transferred the troops of Daniel Zhang and Ma Jiaolin, who were not very reliable, to Shizhou Wei and Yuezhou (west of Dongting Lake) to garrison.

The army left by Zuo Mengeng inside and outside Jiangling City, in addition to his own lineage, is the men and horses of Li Guoying, Lu Guangzu, Xu Yong, and Hao Xiaozhong, as well as the guards of the Chu Palace. The people of the four general soldiers all went down to the city to prevent Li Zicheng from suddenly leading the troops. The guards of the Chu Wangfu were stationed in the city...... Zuo Mengeng can't drive all the soldiers of the Chu Wangfu out of Jiangling City, Jiangling City is the territory of the Chu Wangfu!

However, Zuo Mengeng is relieved of his cheap girl Zuo Mengmei, this uninformed girl dreams of being a queen all day long, and she also points to the king of the Zuo family's army in the east! How is it possible to carry out a coup d'état in Gangneung Fortress?

The military deployment has been completed, and the people's hearts have settled down a little. The day when He Tengjiao and others came to Jiangling to mourn also happened to come, and Zuo Mengeng brought out all the officers under him, and waited for He Tengjiao and others at the official reception pavilion outside the south gate of Jiangling City.

To the south of the Jieguan Pavilion, there is a wide pontoon bridge, connecting both sides of the Yangtze River - this pontoon bridge was built by Zuo Mengeng after retreating to Jingzhou Fucheng, in order to retreat to the public security county in the south of the Yangtze River as soon as Li Zicheng's soldiers pounced on Jiangling City.

Now Li Zicheng didn't come, but He Tengjiao and the others came first, and they wanted to pass on the pontoon bridge and come to Jiangling City to cast their own nets, and they still formed a group to throw themselves into the net! There is not only a Hunan governor He Tengjiao, but also a large number of warlords and bureaucrats in Hunan Province, such as Chang Yanling, Fu Shangrui, Yan Qiheng, Zhang Kuang, Wu Jinxi, and Zhou Daqi.

If all of them are arrested, Hunan Province will be in the pocket of the Zuo Army...... But these people didn't come alone! They are the "Hunan Seven Heroes" who carved up Hunan Province, who doesn't have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who can fight and rush? After going out of such a long way to Jiangling, how could he not bring an escort when the soldiers were in chaos?

According to Zhang Yingyuan, a henchman sent by Zuo Mengeng to greet He Tengjiao and others, sent people to report that the total number of personal soldiers who followed He Tengjiao and others was no less than 15,000 people....... Bringing so many soldiers and horses to mourn the deceased, this thing is a little wrong!

Zuo Mengeng vaguely felt that things were not so simple in his mind, but he was unwilling to give up the opportunity to get it, and the two thoughts in his mind were fighting back and forth, which made him feel irritable, and finally he just let out a long breath.

Huang Shu, who had already returned from Li Zicheng, was also sitting outside the receiving official pavilion, and when he saw Zuo Mengeng sighing, he got up and walked into the receiving official pavilion, went behind him, leaned over Zuo Mengeng's ear, and whispered: "The emperor's soldiers will be here soon!" ”

Of course, the "emperor" he said is not Chongzhen, but Li Zicheng, the emperor of Dashun!

Huang Shu did not come back from Li Zicheng empty-handed, but brought Li Zicheng's edict to canonize Zuo Mengeng as the Duke of Hunan and the envoy of Hunan Jiedu.

Li Zicheng does not have much hands to give people knighthoods, and characters of the level of Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, and Li Guo are also a marquis. Now that the Duke of Xiang has been sealed to Zuo Mengeng, it can be described as a great promotion. And Lao Li also gave him the title of Hunan Jiedu envoy...... With this name, Zuo Mengeng is the number one leader of the Dashun Dynasty in Hunan.

In addition, Li Zicheng also asked Huang Shu to send a message to Zuo Mengeng - Dashun's 100,000 heavenly soldiers will arrive soon! If Zuo Mengeng can use a "Hongmen funeral" to take down He Tengjiao and others, then the land of Huguang is shared by North Li Nanzuo......

Zuo Mengeng glanced at Huang Shu and still didn't speak. Huang Shu explained in a low voice and said, "Guogong, even if He Tengjiao cheats, we can't take him with so many elite soldiers on hand?" The emperor also sent the Marquis of Bo to garrison the Jingmen ...... Foolproof! ”

Zuo Mengeng sighed and looked back at the three thousand Zuo family members who were waiting in line dozens of steps away...... With them, are you still afraid of the 10,000 weak soldiers brought by He Tengjiao?

At this moment, more than a dozen fast horses galloped from the official road on the south bank of the Yangtze River, got on the pontoon bridge, and shouted towards Zuo Mengeng from a distance: "He Futai has arrived, and Chang Zongrong has also arrived!" ”

Zuo Mengeng stood up abruptly and straightened out his mourning clothes - there was a piece of chain mail handed down by his father under the mourning clothes, which was very finely made and the materials were excellent. Then he pressed the handle of the knife on his waist with his right hand and squeezed it hard.

Huang Shu was afraid that he would not be able to hold his breath, so he hurriedly reminded: "Guogong, let He Tengjiao and them enter the city first...... Once you enter the city, you can catch them all! ”

Zuo Mengeng took a deep breath and nodded: "Benjue knows!" ”

On the horizon on the other side of the Yangtze River, a banner of "Three Armed Forces Division" and a banner with He Tengjiao's official position finally appeared. At the same time, there were more than a dozen other flags of all kinds, hunting and rolling, and then a snow-bright spear tip, in rows and columns, like a forest. Looking at it from afar, it makes people's scalp tingle. After a while, I saw more than 100 knights, surrounded by a tall and thin man in his fifties, wearing a big red python robe, a beard that had grown to his chest, a high nose, and bright eyes, and got on the pontoon bridge that communicated the north and south of the Yangtze River.

This man is He Tengjiao, the governor of Hunan and the governor of Changsha Mansion!