Chapter 12: Witness to Yuezhou (1)

Yuezhou was called Baling in ancient times, also known as Yueyang. Yuezhou's city was strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the intersection of north and south waters was connected. It has been a place that military strategists must fight for since ancient times.

Zuo Liangyu was under the banner of Zheng Nansheng, the general of Yidu, along the way. Anyway, Zheng Nansheng himself was also in his army, so he would not have any flaws. Although such a big noise from the five thousand troops crossed the border would not attract the attention of officials from all walks of life, Zuo Liangyu's army only crossed the border and did not violate the jurisdiction of these officials and was in a manner. So he gradually let go of his guard and allowed this army to enter the territory of Yuezhou Prefecture in a swagger.

"Chi, cicada..."

The summer cicadas outside the window were annoying. Yang Weiyuan, the governor of Yuezhou, ordered all the servants in the mansion to drive away the cicadas.

Finally, I got a little coolness under the fan of the two girls. The cicadas outside the window were almost driven away by the servants. The whole world felt quiet and was about to fall asleep in a daze. Suddenly, the people in the room were knocked to the sky and rang out.

Yang Weiyuan sat up in displeasure and shouted outside the door: "What's the matter? Do you want your master to take a nap?"

The person knocked on the door was Yang Lu, the butler of Yang Weiyuan. After hearing the master's question, he hurriedly shouted through the door and window: "Master, I have an urgent matter to report."

"What urgent matter? Can't I wait until I finish my nap?" Yang Weiyuan was woken up when he was about to fall asleep, so he was naturally angry.

"Master, there is really something urgent. You might as well let the young man come in and report to you." The butler Yang Lu said anxiously outside the door with a slightly crying tone.

Yang Weiyuan's heart moved. Yang Lu had been with him for more than ten years and knew his temperament very well. He would never make any trouble. Maybe there was something urgent, so he signaled the maid who stood in front of him to help him fight him to open the door and let someone come in.

"Master, an army came down in Yuezhou City. It was said that it had come to garrison with the order from the Ministry of War. General Gao ordered the city gate to be closed and the whole city was martial law. He sent someone to come and ask you to discuss matters."

"There is such a thing." Yang Weiyuan was very surprised and got up.

"Hurry, official uniform!" Yang Weiyuan hurriedly ordered the maid to get the official uniform, official boots and belts, and hurriedly dressed neatly. He got into the sedan chair that had been prepared and headed to the Yuezhou General Office.

Gao Huaiming, the general of Yuezhou, looked gentle and gentle. At the age of 40 or 50, he was just the commander of Yuezhou. Since the country is divided into two and two courts, Yuezhou has become an absolute front line, and he has been promoted from the position of commander to the general.

It may be that the water and soil of Yuezhou are nourishing people. This general, who is from Weifang, Shandong, lives a very prosperous life in Yuezhou. Although Yuezhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, he has not experienced wars for a long time, his military preparations are slackened, and his soldiers are negligent in training. Most of the generals and officials only know how to embezzle and eat empty wages, drink flowers and wine, and play with women. Although this situation has changed after Huang Yuntai, the newly appointed governor of Huguang in Nanjing, took office, he still has to rely on these people to control the army and work hard for the court. Therefore, the situation has not changed much at all.

I thought that today, an army suddenly came from the city. Fortunately, it was their own people. Otherwise, in that panic, the other party would attack Yuezhou City, and Yuezhou City would not have the power to fight back.

When Yang Weiyuan arrived, the generals under the command of the Yuezhou General Gao Huaiming had already had a quarrel. Some believed that the army under the city must not be allowed to enter the city. Some believed that they had a military order from the Ministry of War to allow others to enter the city. If the army under the city was transformed, they could have attacked Yuezhou City in one fell swoop just now while the city gate defenders were panicked. Both sides had their own opinions and could not argue.

"Master Zuo, why are you so troublesome? You even forged a transfer order for the Ministry of War to change defense. Just now, we were not prepared. We would just go into Yuezhou City in one fell swoop?" Zheng Nansheng said very dissatisfied with Zuo Liangyu. He only received the order to cooperate with Zuo Liangyu's crossing the river. As for Zuo Liangyu's actions after crossing the river, he only had the power to cooperate, but he had no right to know. It can be said that he had no idea what Zuo Liangyu's mission was, so he couldn't help but ask for action with the army. He saw Zuo Liangyu all around the city until they bypassed Dongting Lake. He thought they would go back to capture Changsha. Unexpectedly, he turned north and realized that the target of Zuo Liangyu's army was Yuezhou.

"There are 10,000 troops in Yuezhou City, but I only have 5,000 troops. I can only take the lead and cannot fight. Moreover, once the battle in Yueyang City starts, if I can go down one after another, there will naturally be no topic. If I cannot win, not only will the commander's mission be completed, but we will also become an isolated army." Zuo Liangyu put down the telescope in front of him and said calmly to Zheng Nansheng.

"At worst, you can lead your army back to Yidu with me." Zheng Nansheng walked forward with Zuo Liangyu and found that Zuo Liangyu was a talented person. He wanted to recruit him and wanted to introduce him to the King of Shu.

"Hehe." Zuo Liangyu replaced the answer with two laughters.

"Mr. Zuo, although Gao Huaiming, the general of Yuezhou, has no great ability, he is not stupid. He also has a beautiful governor of Yuezhou, Yang Weiyuan, who has always been beautiful. This man is Wei Zhongxian's front pawn. With such a simple order to transfer the Ministry of War, they will never let the army enter the city!" Zheng Nansheng said.

"Zuo also knows this, so Zuo is not in a hurry to enter the city. First of all, what we need is food and grass supplies. I think they will meet Zuo's requirements." Zuo Liangyu smiled.

"Food and grass supply?" Zheng Nansheng was stunned and said to himself.

"Cao Hu!"

"Tagged below!"

"I will lead fifty people downstairs to shout, saying that the army will not enter the city, but our food and supplies are about to be over. Please ask General Gao, the general of Yuezhou, and Lord Yang, the governor of Yuezhou, to allocate some food and supplies to us. It is not too late to enter Yuezhou City after we have confirmed our identity." Zuo Liangyu said.

"Receive the order under the mark!" Cao Hu and his people passed by in a hurry.

Yang Weiyuan was asking whether Gao Huaiming had received orders from the Ministry of War. Gao Huaiming was about to answer, but a small school rushed in and without any scruples. He knelt down and said, "General Gao, just now, dozens of people were sent to the barracks under the city to shout, saying that they asked the general and the prefect to provide them with food and supplies. They also said that they would not enter the city for the time being, and they could wait until the imperial court's headquarters was transferred to Yuezhou and then enter the city to change defenses!"

"Do they really say that?"

"Report to the general, every sentence is true. I dare not deceive all of it."

"General Gao, be careful of fraud. Zheng Nansheng is a general in Yidu, far west of us. Why did he receive the order from the Ministry of War but our Yuezhou did not receive it?" Yang Weiyuan reminded.

"What the prefect said makes sense. The order should be delivered to the general first. Why should it be delivered to Zheng Nansheng first?" Gao Huaiming was immediately suspicious when Yang Weiyuan reminded him.

"Didn't he want food and grass? I'll give it to him, but I can't give it too much, I'll give it to three days first." Yang Weiyuan said in contemplation for a moment.

"Since this order is suspicious, why do we still have to give them food and grass?" Gao Huaiming completely regarded Yang Weiyuan as his military advisor's think tank.

"No matter whether it is true or not, as long as we send someone to Wuchang to ask Governor Huang, you will know everything." Yang Weiyuan smiled. Yuezhou was facing Dongting Lake west of Dongting Lake. As long as the navy was there, they could not contact them with Wuchang at all, so Yang Weiyuan was not worried about this at all.
Chapter completed!