When Zuo Liangyu and Huang Degong entered Nanjing City, they were apprehensive in their hearts, and the two even contacted in advance and met outside Nanjing City, in order to discuss and discuss, what is the purpose of Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande summoning them this time, you must know that there is a great risk in doing this, and now the situation is different, the imperial court's control over the following has been significantly strengthened, and the private exchanges between civil and military ministers are almost all monitored, and it is no wonder that Su Tiancheng rebelled, just because he had too much power, It is strange that those generals who lead the army outside do not become the key monitoring objects of the imperial court.

The two discussed for a long time, and they were not able to guess the purpose here, to say that the holy decree is very clear, that is, the two of them are required to lead the army into Nanzhili, obey the command of Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, attack and exterminate Su Tiancheng's Jiangning battalion, the two who received the holy decree, there is some ridiculous taste, hundreds of thousands of troops have entered Nanzhili, if you want to say that Su Tiancheng does not fight with you, what should I do, the best way is to directly occupy Huguang, Yunnan, Jiangxi and other places, these places are completely empty, You must know that the more places Su Tiancheng occupies, the stronger his strength becomes, can't the imperial court think of this.

The specific generals who led the troops could not have completely consistent ideas with the above, which was also because of the limitations of the understanding between the two sides.

Besides, Zuo Liangyu and Huang Degong's ideas are also inconsistent.

Zuo Liangyu has always wanted to enter the Jiangning camp, after his former good friend He Renlong entered the Jiangning camp, he has repeatedly made military exploits and is majestic, Zuo Liangyu doesn't know how envious Lu Dao is, but unfortunately he is destined not to have such an opportunity.

Unable to enter the Jiangning camp, Zuo Liangyu began to expand his own strength, Huguang is the main grain producing area, since ancient times there is a proverb that Huguang is ripe, the world is full, and it is precisely because of being in such a place. Zuo Liangyu took advantage of his innate advantages, and after opening up relationships in many ways, he began to expand and recruit sergeants on a large scale. This kind of situation, a few years ago, was an act of looking for death, but unfortunately Zuo Liangyu received the support of many adults in Huguang and other places. also includes many adults in the imperial court, and the most subtle thing in this is that Zuo Liangyu ostensibly represents the interests of many gentry and wealthy families in the south.

The army has expanded, the number of people has increased, and problems have followed, just the matter of military salaries has given Zuo Liangyu enough headaches, and it is impossible for the imperial court to come up with so much military salaries, in the past two years. Although he was relieved, the military salary allocated could only maintain the scale of 100,000 troops, and as for the rest of the military salary, Zuo Liangyu naturally had to find a way from the local area, but fortunately, the military salary of the sergeant was maintained at a very low level, and it was good to be able to barely eat a full stomach.

From this, the combat effectiveness of the army can be imagined, this writes the expanded sergeant. Most of them were former sergeants from the guard, and many were forcibly recruited from among the common people. Even some homeless people, after entering the army, do not receive systematic training, and their combat effectiveness cannot be strong.

But with an army of 200,000, Zuo Liangyu's rocker hardened, after all, he had the largest army in the Ming Dynasty. His words and deeds are worthy of a lot of attention.

With the support of the army, Zuo Liangyu is no longer so low-key, in Huguang and even Sichuan and Fujian, Zuo Liangyu has a lot of right to speak, especially after Su Tiancheng's rebellion. Zuo Liangyu was once ready to move, and he also thought that he could occupy Huguang and Sichuan, and establish himself as the king, but unfortunately he didn't dare to move in the end, because the speed of army expansion was too fast, and it was not so easy to control as imagined, besides, even if he wanted to rebel, he had to have a strong foundation, he didn't have that ability, no one around him supported him, and he couldn't get enough guarantees, so he would kill himself if he thought about rebellion.

After receiving the emperor's holy decree, Zuo Liangyu was very happy, who didn't know that Nanzhili was a rich place, after the army entered Nanzhili, whether it was involved in the battle to exterminate Su Tiancheng or not, first of all, it was always necessary to ensure the supply, the war was imminent, and the local rich households and ordinary people also had to make contributions, so that they could loot too much wealth, ensure the use of the army, and even take this opportunity to gather strength and prepare for the future secession.

Zuo Liangyu even thought of it, and directly stationed in Suzhou and Yangzhou, so as to make a good profit.

It's a pity that it was Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande who commanded the army to fight, and the specific battle deployment was subject to the opinions of Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, that is, when the two had not yet issued an order, the army could not be moved at will, otherwise it would be disobeying the holy decree, and Zuo Liangyu would not be able to bear such a charge.

After receiving the orders of Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, Zuo Liangyu was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't know what Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande meant, and whether they would take advantage of this opportunity to do some other things, so when they set off, Zuo Liangyu made all the arrangements, sent henchmen, firmly controlled the entire army, selected many elite sergeants, protected his own safety along the way, and directly wrote a letter to Huang Degong, inviting Huang Degong to talk outside Nanjing.

Huang Degong's idea is a little different from Zuo Liangyu's.

Huang Degong fought bravely, loyal, nicknamed Huang Chuangzi, he has no knowledge, but his personality is straightforward, as long as it is an edict issued by the imperial court, no matter what, it must be completed, Huang Degong can be promoted to the general army, completely relying on his own merits, when the war in Liaodong started, Huang Degong once worked hard with Houjin Tatar, showing bravery, and later followed Xiong Wencan, participated in the war to exterminate the Liukou, and the performance was the same brave.

Huang Degong, who has this kind of character, after receiving the emperor's holy decree, did not say a word, and had to act according to the requirements.

Huang Degong and Su Tiancheng are not familiar with each other, but as a general who has been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, Huang Degong knows how powerful Su Tiancheng is, and he knows that the Jiangning camp is not ordinary, maybe this battle will be very cruel, who wins and who loses is still unclear, for Su Tiancheng's rebellion, Huang Degong is deeply disgusted, thinking that Su Tiancheng is really against the sky.

It is precisely because he has no distractions, after receiving the holy decree, Huang Degong has been making preparations, he asked the sergeant to insist on training, always ready to pull, after receiving the notice from Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, he also rushed to Nanjing non-stop, if it were not for the letter received from Zuo Liangyu in advance, he would have arrived in Nanjing.

Although the conversation between the two outside Nanjing was very long, their opinions were not consistent.

Because the two of them think about completely different things, Zuo Liangyu thinks mostly of his own interests, but Huang Degong thinks of the interests of the imperial court, although the army led by Huang Degong is only 50,000 people, but the combat effectiveness has always been good, and Huang Degong knows the importance of being strong because of his experience in fighting in Liaodong.

Zuo Liangyu is smarter than Huang Degong, not only physically strong, but also brave and strategic, and his family is also relatively famous, in terms of personal reputation, it is far inferior to Huang Degong.

As far as this conversation is concerned, Zuo Liangyu is very scheming, he did not first show his purpose, but showed that he had not seen Huang Degong for a long time, and complained that because of Su Tiancheng's rebellion, they, the generals who led the army outside, should also pay great attention, and if they don't pay attention a little, it may arouse the suspicion of the imperial court, so that it was easy to meet before, but now they need to be careful, and it will definitely be unfavorable to the imperial court in the long run.

Zuo Liangyu's opening remarks quickly resonated with Huang Degong, after all, they are all generals who lead the army to fight, and they pay attention to going straight.

After seeing that the time was ripe, Zuo Liangyu immediately entered the topic, asking Huang Degong if he knew the purpose of being summoned this time, seeing Huang Degong with a blank face, Zuo Liangyu's heart had a pimple, if it was according to the requirements of the holy decree, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande should have asked them to lead the army to Nanzhili together, instead of the two of them coming alone, of course, there was also Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, who rushed to Nanjing, but Ma Shiying's situation was different from them, Fengyang is the land of Longxing of the Ming Dynasty, and it must be protected by the two. It must not be damaged.

Zuo Liangyu thought of a possibility, that is, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande are likely to unify their command, in that case, although the army is still under his own command, but all actions must be under Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, such a situation, Zuo Liangyu is unacceptable, not to mention being constrained everywhere, even the army wants to seek more grain and grass, it is also very difficult.

After thinking of these, Zuo Liangyu tested Huang Degong's meaning, but he didn't expect Huang Degong to express his opinion in one breath and absolutely obey the command of the imperial court, which made Zuo Liangyu very frustrated, it seems that he wants to win Huang Degong, the possibility is not very large, as for Sun Tai and Ma Shiying, that is something that does not need to be considered, people absolutely listen to the imperial court.

After the conversation, Zuo Liangyu pretended to analyze the purpose of this summons, and also talked about the matter of unified command, Huang Degong still had no intention of objecting, which prompted Zuo Liangyu to make up his mind, if the situation is not right, then find a way by himself, in short, the army led by himself must take advantage, and it is not necessary to act in full accordance with the above arrangement.

After the two talked for a long time, they quickly separated, Huang Degong entered Nanjing City first, and Zuo Liangyu lagged a step behind, which was also to avoid suspicion, so as not to be seen by others, and what to say.

It's a pity that Zuo Liangyu doesn't know what to do, although Qin Sande is a eunuch, but people think about things very carefully, and they have already made corresponding arrangements outside Nanjing, plus Zuo Liangyu has a lot of entourage, and it is easy to be discovered, so Zuo Liangyu and Huang Degong met and talked, Qin Sande already knew about it.

Zuo Liangyu was even more unexpected, a game of wits and courage was about to start in Nanjing. (To be continued......)