Not long after, the officials of the Tang Army's Supervision and Restoration Department had already counted all the situation in the whole city of Jiujiang.

"Mayor Huang Town, the situation in the whole city has been counted, our army has captured more than 38,000 people from the left army in this battle, and about 20,000 young people in the city brought by the left army. In addition, in this Jiujiang City, a total of 860 taels of gold, 68,000 taels of silver, more than 55,200 stones of grain and grass, more than 5,000 horses of various silk and satin cloths, and a large number of various types of ordnance were seized, including ...... spears."

"Well, got it, you step down."

After listening to the report of the officials of the Supervision and Rehabilitation Department, Huang Degong's face was still calm, but his heart was very happy.

It seems that the destruction of this Jiujiang heavy city not only removed a big nail on the way forward, but also the surrender and capture of troops in this city are also considerable.

It's a pity, it's a pity that Zuo Liangyu has worked hard to run this place for many years, and now this Jiujiang Jiancheng, this large number of surrendered troops, and a large amount of money, food, and ordnance in the city, finally let himself pick up a big bargain. With such a creation ending, it is estimated that Zuo Liangyu would not have thought of it at the beginning.

This is really a good reincarnation in the world, and the heavens forgive anyone.

Huang Degong came back to his senses from his contemplation, and quickly issued an order: "Pass on the general's order, immediately release the captured young men in the city, not prosecute them, and let them go home to reunite with their families. “

"Order."

"All kinds of money, grain, and grass are seized, and after being checked by the Department of Supervision and Maintenance, all of them will be returned to the public, sealed and stored in the warehouse, and then rewards and pensions will be distributed according to the merits of the officers and men in the army."

"Order."

"All the more than 30,000 soldiers in the city were taken into the camp, and they were ordered to report each other, and those who had seriously harmed the people were taken to the city square, and executed on the spot, and at the same time the people in the city were summoned to watch. In this way, we will subdue and deter those troops from the left who have a bad record, and we must also let the people see that our army has strict military discipline, must correct mistakes, eliminate harm for the people, and let the people clearly see the prestige and credibility of our army. “

"Order!"

After Huang Degong explained some more matters, he ordered the whole army to enter the city and settle in batches to rest.

When the Tang army entered the city, the sound of joy was thunderous, and the magnificent military song and the cheers of the people overlapped in one place, and the sound was moving.

After the soldiers selected more than 300 habitual offenders who committed the most heinous crimes by reporting each other, the execution began in earnest.

Soon, in the square in the middle of the city, as the executioner's knife fell, more than 300 notorious heads of the left army fell from the guillotine and rolled around like watermelons.

Then these heads were hung on the four sides of the city by the Tang army in batches, and the people in the city rushed to tell each other, and the voice of long live was heard for a long time. As the heavy night covered Jiujiang City, the city, which had experienced the longest artillery battle in the history of the Tang Army during the day, finally returned to tranquility.

The news of the loss of Jiujiang City reached Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang City at the fastest speed, and late that night, a messenger rushed to Zuo Mansion overnight to report to him.

During this time, Zuo Liangyu, who had just felt a lot more relaxed about the situation in western Hubei had stopped, was so shocked that he almost fainted when he heard this terrible news.

"You, you mean, that damn Hao Xiaozhong actually lost this Jiujiang City in one day? He, he took more than 30,000 surrendered troops to surrender to the Tang army? ”

Zuo Liangyu's eyes widened, staring directly at the messenger kneeling opposite, his face was pale, and his voice was trembling.

The messenger fell to his knees, not daring to raise his head for a long time, his mouth snorting like a rabbit, but he could not speak clearly, but he kept nodding his head.

Zuo Liangyu sat heavily on the tiger head chair like a weightless piece of wood, his pupils dilated, and for a while, it seemed as if he had died suddenly.

Damn, there's such a thing in the bottom of the world!

This city is strong and heavily guarded Jiujiang City, which has plenty of money and food, how could this important southeast town, which it has painstakingly managed and thinks is impregnable, fall into the hands of the Tang army in one day, this, this is simply an inexplicable shame!

"Ningnanhou, Ningnanhou, you ......"

The messenger below saw Zuo Liangyu sitting as if he had lost his soul, and asked softly in a trembling voice, so that Zuo Liangyu gradually came back to his senses from the state of losing his soul.

"Tell me, how did the Tang Army take this Jiujiang City in one day." Zuo Liangyu stared at him straight and asked weakly.

The messenger sighed, then chose an important place and briefly explained the fall of Jiujiang City to him. For example, how all the cavalry who went out of the city to attack were shot and killed by the Tang army, how the Jiujiang city wall was broken by the Tang army's two heavy artillery bombardments, and then how the Tang army swung its whole army into the city, and how it used a three-stage fire gun to eliminate a large number of defenders, and finally completely broke the defenders' remaining will to fight, and finally had no choice but to surrender to the Tang army.

After listening to this true and tragic story, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but tremble again, his eyes were full of fear, the transverse muscles on his face trembled, and finally it was a wow, a mouthful of old blood spurted out of his mouth, staining his clothes and the ground.

As for himself, his head tilted back heavily, smashed on the top of the tiger head chair, and instantly fell unconscious.

Seeing that Zuo Liangyu, the lord of the lake, actually fainted in his own anger, the messenger screamed in horror, and the hall was suddenly panicked. When a group of servants heard the sound, they hurriedly stepped forward and pinched and got Zuo Liangyu, and finally let him wake up leisurely.

In the end, Zuo Liangyu, who was covered in blood and embarrassment, changed his clothes and freshened up again under the service of everyone, and after some tossing, the whole person was restored to his original state. Then, as if he was seriously ill, he was supported by the slave and maid back to the bedroom and asked him to lie down and rest.

Although Zuo Liangyu was lying on the bed, his mood was still very irritable, he waved his hand again and again, drove away all the panicked servants, and then lay alone on the lonely bed, like a zombie, motionless on the bed.

The great fear and endless sadness tightly wrapped Ning Nanhou, one of the four pillars of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and made him tremble incessantly in bed as if he had malaria.

What to do?

Now that the important town of Jiujiang has been lost, the entire southeast defense line has collapsed into a huge gap, and it is conceivable that the Tang army will surge in from this huge gap like a monstrous flood. They will definitely immediately move north from Jiujiang City by land and water, and directly attack their own nest Wuchang.

And the sad thing is that now all the elite troops in their hands are sent to the eastern defense line and the western part of Hubei respectively, the entire Wuchang City is weakly garrisoned, the troops are insufficient, and it is difficult to gather more troops to defend Wuchang in a hurry.

Could it be that I can only wait for myself to die like this?

If they fell into the hands of the Tang Army, how they would abuse themselves against this useless general, such a terrible scene could not be imagined too much.

Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu's face was dripping with cold sweat, he shivered suddenly, and sat up from the bed again.

No, you can't sit still!

There must be a way to solve the current crisis!

Zuo Liangyu is a war general who has been fighting for many years and rolled out of the pile of dead people, and after he continued in this state of panic for a while, he gradually calmed down, and began to think about how to find a way out and a solution for himself.

He walked out of the bedroom quickly, and immediately ordered: "Quickly, go and pass on the Imperial Shi Huang Shu of the Prison Army, and let him come to the living room to see Ben Hou." ”

"Yes."

Soon, Huang Shu, who was dressed in casual clothes and had a slender face, led by a domestic servant, walked quickly to Zuo Liangyu's living room.

Huang Shu, the word Zhonglin; A native of Huizhou, Bingzi lifted Zhejiang, Ding Chouden Jinshi; Awarded the Henan Kaifeng Governor. In order to stick to his merits and promote the imperial history, he was ordered to patrol Huguang because he offended Ma Shiying; To supervise the left Liangyu army.

However, this person is very good at drilling camps, and after coming to Huguang, he quickly became friendly with Zuo Liangyu, and was introduced by Zuo Liangyu as a confidant, and he was very trustworthy. In the process of Zuo Liangyu's annexation of Huguang, Huang Shu made many suggestions for him, and won Zuo Liangyu's trust. Therefore, in this critical season, the first thing I thought of was to invite him to come over for an urgent meeting.

Under the dim candlelight, Zuo Liangyu stared at his most trusted henchman with a sad face, but his heart was inexplicably bitter.

"Ning Nanhou, you came down late at night, but what happened?" Huang Shu saw that Zuo Liangyu's expression was wrong, and his face was obscure, and he didn't feel that his heart was tightened, and he asked anxiously.

Zuo Liangyu sighed, and briefly explained to Huang Shu how Jiujiang City was quickly lost in one day, how Jiujiang was loyal to Hao, and how to surrender the city.

"Zhong Lin, now that Jiujiang City is broken and the southeast portal is opened, Ben Hou is deeply afraid that the Tang Army will drive straight into Wuchang by land and water. And now our army has deployed heavy troops to the border, Wuchang is not strong enough to defend weakly, if it can resist the attack of the Tang army! In today's plan, whether Ben Hou should be war or peace, whether to defend or go, I hope Mr. will teach me! ”

After Zuo Liangyu said this, he sighed again, and couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.

And Huang Shu, his most trusted strategist, was also deeply shocked by this explosive and terrible news after listening to Zuo Liangyu's words.

For a moment, his mouth was half open, his expression was shocked, and he didn't react for a long time.

No way?! 、

Jiujiang City, which was so well-prepared and well-fed, was quickly conquered by the Tang army in one day, so looking at Huguang, where else could the city withstand such a ferocious attack by the Tang army?

Seeing Huang Shu's stunned appearance, Zuo Liangyu was unskeptical, so he said in a deep voice: "What's wrong with Mr., why didn't you make a sound for a long time?" ”

When Huang Shu heard this question, he suddenly woke up from his contemplation, and his whole person seemed to have lost his spirit, and even his eyes were inexplicably gloomy.

"Ningnanhou, with all due respect, the current Wuchang City is difficult to defend."

"Huh? This ......"

"Ning Nanhou, in my opinion, not only Wuchang City can't hold it, but what is even more terrifying is that the entire east, from Macheng to Susong, will collapse and be completely finished." Huang Shu gritted his teeth and said his true thoughts with a sad face.

Zuo Liangyu sighed painfully, looked directly at Huang Shu opposite with a tense face, and did not speak.

Huang Shu raised his head, looked directly at Zuo Liangyu's knife-like eyes, and continued in a trembling voice: "Now that Jiujiang is lost, the Tang army can not only attack Wuchang directly, but in addition, they have an even more terrifying line, that is, after capturing Wuchang in one fell swoop, they will attack our eastern defense line from Wuchang east. Then, under the joint attack of the eastern and western sides of the Tang Army, more than 100,000 defenders in the east of our country will surely collapse immediately, and the entire eastern side will be completely lost, and there will be no room for recovery, which is an inevitable thing. ”

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, his teeth clenched, the transverse muscles on his face kept trembling, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.

"In Mr.'s opinion, what should Ben Hou do?" At this point, Zuo Liangyu's voice was very low.

Huang Shu didn't say anything.

Zuo Liangyu was stunned for a moment, thinking that he didn't hear clearly, so he asked again.

Huang Shu let out a long sigh, "Huang wants to know, does Zuo Hou want to fight or make peace now?" ”

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he trembled again.

He frowned, his gaze like two sharp knives, poking straight at Huang Shu's face.

"According to Mr. Will, what you said wants to make peace, it is estimated that you want Ben Hou to surrender to that thief Li Xiao." Zuo Liangyu snorted coldly: "Ben Hou is also a character who rolled out of the pile of dead people, if Ben Hou wants to surrender to this despicable thief, it is better to slaughter Ben Hou with a knife!" Tell you, even if Ben Hou fights to a single soldier, he will fight against that thief Li Xiao to the end! ”

Huang Shu's face showed embarrassment, and he replied: "Ning Nanhou lives up to his integrity, and is willing to continue to fight against Li Xiao, and he admires him very much." If Ning Nanhou insists on fighting, it is not unthinkable, according to the opinion of the following, there is a strategy to lose the car to protect the handsome, and it should be used quickly. ”

"Oh, you can tell me more."

"Ningnanhou, now that the Tang army has just left Jiujiang City, it is better to rest for a few days, so we will take advantage of this time difference to immediately withdraw from Wuchang City in a hurry, and withdraw to the southwest of Hunan in the south of Huguang, and finally rely on the advantages of high mountains and dense forests and complex terrain here, and it is advisable to confront the Tang army for a long time."

"Huh? If this is the case, wouldn't it mean that our army will surrender the entire vast part of Huzhou to the Tang army? How can this be made! Zuo Liangyu stared at him and shook his head subconsciously.

"How can you not do it!" Huang Shu hurriedly replied: "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood." As long as Ning Nanhou can leave his soldiers and generals and have a place to live, he may not have a chance of revival in the future. Moreover, if the Tang army wants to occupy the entire lake, its troops will be insufficient, and it will not be able to pursue and attack our army fiercely. During this time, I was allowed to wait for Xu Tu to recover in the southwest of Hunan Province, and it is not yet known what the future will be. ”

Seeing Zuo Liangyu's gloomy face and a very unhappy look, Huang Shu sighed secretly in his heart, but he could only stubbornly continue: "When we were waiting to evacuate, Ningnan Hou Ke urgently ordered the two generals Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren on the eastern defense line, so that they could blempty on the surface and make it look like they were going to fight to the death with the Tang army, but secretly they had to quickly prepare for retreat and withdraw these more than 100,000 elite troops to southwest Hunan as soon as possible. Of course, the Zuo Gongzi in western Hubei should also be notified as soon as possible, so that he can lead more than 100,000 elites in western Hubei to withdraw to southwest Hunan. In the following opinion, only in this way can we preserve our strength and make a comeback. ”