Hanyang Mansion was lost, and Li Guoying fled across the Yangtze River in a hurry. And tens of thousands of Shun troops who crossed the river from Chuyang had already reached Jinkou, which was more than 40 miles away from Wuchang, which made Zuo Liangyu extremely frightened, and wanted to order the whole army to retreat and leave Wuchang.

Supporting the army and respecting himself, fearing the enemy like a tiger, coupled with old age and sickness, Zuo Liangyu no longer has the slightest sense of initiative, and all he thinks about is to keep the army in his hands, as long as there is an army, the Zuo family will be prosperous and rich.

Therefore, although Huang Shu, the superintendent of the army, tried his best to encourage him to stick to Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu was not moved.

The main general has the idea of retreating, and the officers and soldiers under his command naturally have the same idea, fighting against the vicious thieves, and only fools are willing to do that! But you can't just leave, you have to do something, at least get some benefits. It is unrealistic to go to Ningnanhou to ask for a promotion fee, so he can only collect it from the people in the city.

So the soldiers on the streets of Wuchang Mansion gathered in groups and robbed the people all over the city.

On a street in Wuchang City, Liu Neng was wearing a strong suit and leading a few fully armed subordinates to look at the situation in the city blankly, watching the looting of the people by the soldiers of the Left Army, and all his subordinates looked unbearable.

In the Pingnan Army, it is categorically not allowed to poison the people, and if such evil deeds are caught, they will definitely be beheaded by the Suppression Division for public display. But in the past few days in Wuchang, such a situation has become commonplace, and the difference in military discipline of the left army has reached the point of shock. But when they saw such a large-scale robbery, Liu Neng and the others still felt stunned.

Can such an army really be counted on? Hou Ye, is his old man overestimating Zuo Liangyu! Liu Neng sighed in his heart, and led people to the mansion of Huang Shu, the superintendent of the army.

Liu Neng and others wore military uniforms and held weapons, all dressed as officers and soldiers, and there were no soldiers from the Left Army to provoke them along the way, so they came to Huang Shu's house smoothly and met Huang Shu.

"Are you from Pingnanhou?" Looking at the name card in Liu Neng's hand, Huang Shuhu asked suspiciously. Pingnan Hou Chen Yue is far away in Yangzhou, and his hand is too long!

"Yes, under the order of Pingnan Hou's subordinate general Liu Neng, the order of the Marquis of Feng came to Wuchang on business." Liu Neng's body stood straight, looked directly into Huang Shu's eyes, and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly. In order to facilitate Liu Neng's actions, Chen Yue gave him the identity of a general. After all, it's okay to call the Enemy Intelligence Division or something within the Pingnan Army, and it is not an establishment within the Ming system.

"What did the Marquis of Pingnan send you to Wuchang for? What is the purpose of seeing me? Huang Shu asked lightly, he had naturally heard of Chen Yue's fame for a long time, and he had made the merit of protecting the Dingding, and he was weak and became a marquis to take charge of the military and political power in Jiangbei, how could he not know such a character.

"The army of thieves is pressing, Wuchang is located in the thoroughfare of five provinces, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, shielding Nanjing. Once Wuchang is lost, the thieves will inevitably go down the river and threaten Nanjing. But I see that there is a lot of discussion among the soldiers of the Wuchang garrison now, and they all say that Ning Nanhou wants to lead everyone out of Wuchang. I don't know if it's true or not? ”

Liu Neng didn't answer Huang Shu's question, but asked.

"What is true, and what is false?" Huang Shu asked unhappily. The defense of the Wuchang army is still withdrawn, there is the supervisor Yuan Jixian, and there is the Marquis of Ningnan Zuo Liangyu and his supervisor of the imperial history, when will it be your turn to ask a small general!

"Hehe, Lord Huang must have known that the Mantar is now attacking my Daming in two ways, and he is chasing behind the thieves all the way. The other way went straight to Yangzhou through Guide. The Marquis of Pingnan was leading a large army to defend Yangzhou, and had already started several major battles with the Manchurians. With the might of Hou Ye and the combat power of our Pingnan Army, there is no problem in blocking the Mantars on the East Road in Yangzhou or even defeating the Manchus.

It is terrible to be afraid that the Mantars in the west will be unstoppable, and let them kill along the Yangtze River to Nanjing, so that even if our Pingnan army fights well, it will not help the general situation. Therefore, the attack and defense of Wuchang is not only related to the city of Wuchang, but also affects the decision-making of our Pingnan Army. ”

Liu Neng calmly analyzed the situation, which shook Huang Shu's mind.

is also the lord of the army of a town, and Chen Yue, the Marquis of Pingnan, resisted the attack of the Tartars all the way in Yangzhou, not to mention, but also cared about Wuchang, which was thousands of miles away. And what about Ningnan Hou Zuo Liangyu, he only knows how to save this little army in his hands, and he only knows how to hold the army into self-respect, why is the gap between this person and people so big?

"It's not a secret, Ningnanhou has decided to withdraw his troops, and the whole army will retreat from Wuchang the day after tomorrow." Huang Shu said with a wry smile, Zuo Liangyu's retreat will inevitably make the imperial court angry, he, the imperial history of the supervising army, is really derelict in his duties, and he doesn't know what kind of punishment he will get from the imperial court.

"Lord Huang, with all due respect, we can't let Ning Nanhou go on like this. If the Marquis of Ningnan leads the troops to retreat like this, it will inevitably cause a great shock to the imperial court, and then your face as a prison soldier must not look good, and you may be held accountable by the imperial court. ”

"What can I do, though I am called a prisoner, I have not a single soldier in my hand. The Marquis of Ningnan has been domineering for a long time, and although he respects me on his face, he doesn't want to put me in his heart! Huang Shu smiled bitterly.

"Otherwise, although the Marquis of Ningnan is high and powerful, his subordinates are not monolithic, Chang Deng, Xu Yong, Wu Xueli, these people have only followed the Marquis of Ningnan in the past two years, they were all in command of an army, and they were all from generations of military families, so they should be interested in the imperial court." Liu Neng reminded that he had not been in Wuchang for a long time, but he also inquired about the situation of Zuo Liangyu's subordinate generals.

"You mean, let's go over Ning Nanhou and attack his general soldiers directly?" Huang Shu's face was full of surprises, and he faintly regarded Liu Neng as his own, which showed that he had been working on this idea for a long time.

"But now that the enemy army is pressing the border, I'm afraid it's not a good opportunity." Huang Shu's face showed hesitation.

"The enemy is pressing the border, and we can see what the generals think, and it is a good time for us to get started. If things go well, maybe Lord Huang can master these hundreds of thousands of left troops, and then cooperate with the Governor Yuan to block all the thieves and Tartars, and make such a contribution, the imperial court will definitely reward you, even if you are any governor. ”

Liu Neng's words simply scratched Huang Shu's itch, making him feel excited.

"On behalf of the Pingnan Hou Association, I fully support you, Lord Huang, we want someone to ask for money and money, and things will definitely be done!"

Liu Neng said and took out a large stack of papers from his arms and put them in front of Huang Shu, Huang Shu reached out and picked up a piece and looked at it, it turned out to be a silver ticket worth a thousand taels!

"The tickets issued by Nanjing Sihai Commercial Bank have branches in Nanjing, Yangzhou, and Suzhou, and they are redeemed at the sight of the tickets, with a total of 300,000 taels of silver, which is enough for Lord Huang to win over and divide the major generals under Ning Nanhou. If it is not enough, Lord Huang said that there is no problem with the silver. ”

Looking at the white paper in front of him, as if a large pile of white flowers and silver was in front of him, Huang Shu only felt that his brain was buzzing, and Liu Neng's words could no longer enter his ears.