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Ai Yuchu said: "Except Xiangyang, no place can send troops to support Nanyang. Previously, Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu held their troops in Xiangyang, saying that they would cooperate with the imperial court's strategy and make Liu, Li, and Luo the three tigers compete.

Now that Li and Luo have been defeated, and the traitor Liu has taken Dengzhou, I have sent another messenger to Xiangyang to see how Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu can evade it! "

Obviously, Ai Yuchu was also very angry when Zuo Liangyu was mentioned, but there was nothing he could do about it.

After all, even Emperor Chongzhen doesn't dare to do anything to Zuo Liangyu now.

Think about it, the most powerful generals in the pass now are probably Zuo Liangyu's tribe, followed by the Qin army's He Renlong tribe.

If Zuo Liangyu is forced to rebel, the Ming Dynasty may completely collapse.

Meng Ruhu asked again: "Can the spies find out how many troops Liu Thief has in Nanyang?"

"The specific number cannot be ascertained, but it is at least 40,000 to 50,000."

Fierce as a tiger, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's better to ask for yourself than to ask for help from others. Give me five thousand soldiers and horses, and I might be able to capture Yuzhou and Ye County by surprise, and open up the road to Kaifeng Mansion!"

"Absolutely not!" Qiu Maosu quickly denied, "There are only six or seven thousand soldiers in the Nanyang camp. If you take away five thousand, you will only have one or two thousand soldiers and some unusable local soldiers. How can you defend Nanyang?" ?”

As the prefect of Nanyang, Qiu Maosu will bear the main responsibility if Nanyang falls.

Therefore, in his eyes, guarding Nanyang is the most important thing - a day is a day if he can guard it.

Fierce Tiger tried to persuade, "Liu Thief may not be so quick to attack Nanyang City..."

Ai Yuchu interrupted him and said, "Don't mention this discussion again, Commander-in-Chief - Even if I give you five thousand troops, will you definitely be able to attack Yuzhou and Ye County?

I don't think so. If the attack fails, the Liu thieves might seize the opportunity and be eliminated outside the city. "

"Alas!" Mengruhu sighed and said no more.

If he hadn't suffered a huge defeat in Kaixian, in which his son and several important generals were killed in battle, and his troops were sharply reduced from more than 8,000 to more than 3,000, and he himself was injured, why would he have been transferred to Nanyang to see this? How many people's faces?

In his opinion, these people left Nanyang's safety completely to Zuo Liangyu.

He knows best what kind of virtue Zuo Liangyu is - he was defeated in Kaixian County, and Zuo Liangyu must bear at least half of the responsibility!

He can say with certainty that Zuo Liangyu will never come to the Battle of Nanyang if there is no benefit!

In addition, judging from the current record of the Yibu rebel army, even if Zuo Liangyu is willing to send troops, he may not be able to win...

Two days after capturing Dengzhou, Liu Sheng asked Yan Ermei to take charge of Dengzhou affairs, with Liu Huan secretly assisting him.

He was preparing to lead the army to capture Neixiang and Xichuan.

But on the day of dispatching troops, he received an urgent secret report from Xiangyang from Xunfeng Guard!

"Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu are coming to Nanyang and have already sent out troops. If nothing else happens, they will arrive in Xinye tomorrow and the next two days!"

Yan Ermei frowned upon hearing this, "If this is the case, the commander-in-chief will not be able to send troops to Neixiang and Xichuan."

Liu Huan said at the side: "In fact, Li Zicheng went to Henan Prefecture via Xichuan and Neixiang last year, and he had already caused disaster there.

This spring Luo Rucai went to Xichuan again, and in mid-May Li Zicheng went to Neixiang again, and plundered the cities and villages in both places.

After the defeat of Jitan, the two men stayed in Xichuan and Neixiang for several days. Now I am afraid there are not many people there.

Instead of dividing his troops to capture Neixiang and Xichuan, the commander-in-chief might as well take the opportunity to defeat Zuo Liangyu, or take the opportunity to go south and capture Xiangyang.

Only by capturing Xiangyang can we take Nanyang Mansion into our hands, and we can also enter the Jianghan Granary as the basis for our hegemony! "

Yan Ermei reminded again: "If you want to attack Zuo Liangyu, you need to be careful of the comeback of Li and Luo, and the Nanyang Ming army moving south to attack."

Liu Sheng burst out laughing after hearing this, "One person is planning his shortcomings, and two people are planning their strengths. Don't you dare to deceive me!"

Obviously, he accepted the two men's suggestion to deal with Zuo Liangyu first.

In fact, when he took Nanyang this time, he had intended to take Xiangyang again - because when he left Xiangyang, he had left a backup force for the Yi tribe to take Xiangyang again.

This backhand must be used as soon as possible. If it is delayed for a long time, the effect will become less and less.

Zuo Liangyu took the initiative to come to Nanyang. Although it was a bit unexpected, it was not necessarily a bad thing for Weibu.

It should be noted that if Zuo Liangyu defends Xiangyang with tens of thousands of troops, he may not be able to capture Xiangyang even if he retains backup forces.

But now that Zuo Liangyu has gone north to look for a beating, the Weibu's chance of taking Xiangyang has been greatly improved.

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A huge fleet of official and military ships sailed upstream along the Tangbai River.

There are dozens of small naval warships inside, but there are also many types of civilian ships and fishing boats.

Because there is currently a severe drought in Henan and Hubei, the water levels of the rivers have dropped significantly. The Tangbai River and the rivers upstream are not very big. If you drive a large river boat in, you will easily get stranded.

However, among the many boats, there is still a large river boat that is quite conspicuous. It is pulled by hundreds of trackers on both sides, and the speed is no slower than those small boats.

This big river boat carried a long flag with the words "Ping Thief General Zuo" written on it. It was fluttering slightly in the breeze under the scorching sun in midsummer, making it particularly eye-catching.

In comparison, another river boat of the same size in the back, with a large banner written "Governor-General of the Six Provinces Military Affairs Ding", seemed a bit inferior.

In fact, Ding Qirui, who was supervising the suppression of bandits, was not on his ship, but on Zuo Liangyu's ship.

The midsummer sun was already scorching and the cabin was sweltering, so a pergola was erected on the deck of the river boat.

Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu were sitting together drinking herbal tea and eating iced watermelon.

Although Zuo Liangyu is now a self-respecting soldier and has become half a warlord, he is not as domineering as he was two years ago.

Therefore, after Ding Qirui came to visit, he gave up the main seat in the pergola and sat on the left side with him.

Zuo Liangyu maintained superficial respect for Ding Qirui, not only because Ding Qirui was the military commander of the six provinces, but also because Ding Qirui came from a family of officials.

Ding Qirui is from Yongcheng, Henan, and is half a fellow villager with Zuo Liangyu, who was born in Xuzhou.

Ding Qirui's father was a prefect, and his uncle Ding Chukui was a governor before that. There were as many as ten people in the clan who were elected, and several of them served as officials in various places.

Of course, what made Zuo Liangyu "respectful" the most was Ding Qirui's verbal promise from the emperor: as long as he could hold Nanyang, he would be granted a title!

However, Zuo Liangyu was not someone who could be deported with only verbal promises - the reason why he accompanied Ding Qirui to rescue Nanyang this time was also because Ding Qirui gave him practical benefits.

One hundred thousand taels of silver and thirty thousand stones of food and grass!

Although it wasn't much, at least during the rescue of Nanyang, he didn't have to go around searching for money and food to feed the army under the infamy.

In addition, he heard that Liu Wei's bandit army was not as poor as other bandit armies. They confiscated the money, grain and treasure accumulated by Chongfan and Xiangfan over the years, making them extremely rich.

If Liu thief can take advantage of the opportunity to fight with Li Luo in Nanyang and defeat him, he might be able to turn the gold and silver treasures stolen by Liu thief into Zuo Liangyu's!

Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu's smile became even brighter.

He asked respectfully: "This ship is really boring. Our army has singers and dancers. Do you want to appreciate it, Commander?"

The generals of the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to keep singers and dancers in the army, or even bring women into the army, but this rule is now a piece of paper for a considerable number of the generals of the Ming Dynasty.