Chapter 206 Zuo Liangyu's Death
All the news was combined together, Zuo Liangyu judged that Zhang Xianzhong's army was indeed attacking Nanyang City, and Nanyang City was in danger. Zuo Liangyu could not watch Nanyang City fall. If Nanyang City fell into Zhang Xianzhong's hands, the life and death of the Tang King would be worried. Chongzhen would probably not be able to overcome his face and would definitely kill him.
Zuo Liangyu slapped the table and said, "The army is ready to cross the river immediately!"
Seeing that his father finally decided, Zuo Menggeng was happy and eager to try: "Father, let me be the pioneer! I will cross the river first!"
"Major General, no!" Ma Liangwen and Chen Zhibang opposed at the same time.
Zuo Liangyu gave Zuo Menggen a blank look and said angrily: "You just stay by my side honestly!"
Zuo Liangyu decided to cross the river, and the army immediately began to board the ship in an orderly manner. All of this was in the eyes of Li Dingguo on the other side of the river. Liu Wenxiu also saw the movements of the Ming army on the other side and became excited, "It's moving, it's moving, it's moving!"
"The army is ready. When Zuo Liangyu's army is halfway through, we will send spies to inform General Sun's army to move south quickly!" Li Dingguo ordered.
The 40,000 troops were all moving, and it was black. On the blocking river, the civilian ships were filled with people and began to transport soldiers across the river. An hour later, Zuo Liangyu's army had already crossed the river and came to an estimated 10,000 people. These people quickly set up a warning on the other side of the river. The scene in front of him convinced Li Dingguo. Zuo Liangyu was indeed a general, and it was not accidental that he was able to defeat the Eight Kings many times.
Li Dingguo had a cold murderous intent hidden in his eyes. There were more than 10,000 people. He felt it was time. If there were too many people crossing the river, Liu Wenxiu's army might not be able to win.
"General Liu, it's time to order the army to attack!"
"Okay, soldiers, follow me to fight out!" Liu Wenxiu stood up, shouted at the peasant soldiers lying on the ground behind him, and then rushed out first.
When Zuo Liangyu's army had just crossed the river and came to 10,000 people, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu suddenly rushed out with their army. Zuo Liangyu's army was not in chaos, but consolidated and held their positions by the river.
"No, father, there is an ambush!" Zuo Menggeng was very anxious!
"Hmph, I attacked halfway through. I, Zuo Liangyu, is it so easy to defeat me? Hurry, let everyone cross the river. The troops on the other side of the river will not last long." Zuo Menggeng was anxious, but Zuo Liangyu was very calm. Seeing that the soldiers who had crossed the river were being besieged, he was also worried, but fortunately they had already established their feet and would not be defeated for a while.
"Father, there are many thieves. I think we should retreat!" Zuo Menggeng suggested that although the soldiers on the other side occupied part of the river, they had no way out and were eaten sooner or later. The most important thing is that many of Zuo Liangyu's soldiers were also composed of farmers, all of which were miscellaneous troops, which were easily defeated. Zuo Menggeng had no determination and was afraid.
"No, there are more than 10,000 soldiers from me over there. There are not many thief soldiers. If we cross over and fight against the enemy, we will definitely win. Those people are just a group of mobs! Soldiers, cross the river quickly, and the army will cross the river, and we will win!" Zuo Liangyu insisted. At this critical moment, he could not hesitate at all.
The battle situation on the west bank of the river was in a state of anxiety. Although Zuo Liangyu's troops had set up their stair formation, Liu Wenxiu was too fierce. Liu Wenxiu held a big sword and led his own soldiers to attack Zuo Liangyu's stair formation, killing Zuo Liangyu's stair formation. On the outside, Li Dingguo was also commanding the army to attack Zuo Liangyu's army's weakness. He could see clearly that he would specialize in wherever he was weak. Now these people were fighting for the backs. The most important thing was morale. As long as he knocked out the morale of the Ming army on the west bank of the river, the army would collapse. The best way to attack the morale of the army was to attack the weak and let a large number of people start to escape!
Although the Ming army on the west bank of the river was weak, they were very resilient and they did not collapse. The reason why they were so tenacious was that behind them, there were constant sources of troops landing on the shore, and more and more. The situation between the two sides was stalemate for a while.
Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed, but Li Dingguo was very anxious. Evenly, the rebel army lost. Li Dingguo looked to the north across the river, and was anxious inside, looking forward to Sun Kewang's army appearing as soon as possible.
"Report, General, 20,000 thieves appeared two miles away in the north and attacked me quickly!" said the spy.
Just after he was still fantasizing about crossing the river and fighting to the death with Li Dingguo Jue, Sun Kewang, who came upstream across the river, came with 20,000 people and attacked Zuo Liangyu directly.
"Father, retreat quickly! We lost!" Zuo Menggeng heard that another army came from the north and shouted loudly! Zuo Liangyu was next to Zuo Menggeng, and there were many generals around him. His son's loud voice made many people hear it, and Zuo Liangyu's face turned black.
Pa, Zuo Liangyu slapped her backhand, which made Zuo Menggeng's face hurt. Zuo Menggeng didn't understand why his father suddenly slapped him, and his eyes were filled with shock and fear.
"Sir General!" Ma Liangwen and Chen Zhibang said distressedly.
"A bastard, there is only the general here, no father. At the critical moment of the war between the two armies, what is the purpose of you shouting that our army will lose and shake the morale of the army? Do you really think you are my only son, so I dare not kill you?" Zuo Liangyu scolded viciously.
"Deputy General Ma, I ordered you to lead 10,000 elite troops, and there are 2,000 elite cavalry to you, and go to intercept the enemy in the north! The others are ready to cross the river." Zuo Liangyu ordered that the cavalry were elite, but crossing the river was a trouble, so Zuo Liangyu decided to send his most precious cavalry to snipe the enemy in the north.
"Yes, general!" Ma Liangwen took the order and immediately led a large army north to face Sun Kewang.
Many people were worried that Zuo Liangyu's decision would ruin this army. They felt that they should abandon the Ming army on the west bank of the river and preserve their strength. Of course, Zuo Liangyu knew that the situation was critical now, but he still chose to gamble, because he saw that the troops on the other side of the river had firmly gained the upper hand. As long as he strengthened his confidence and sent more troops over, the battle on the other side of the river could be won. As for Ma Liangwen, 10,000 infantry plus 2,000 elite cavalry should be more than enough to deal with 20,000 thieves.
When Sun Kewang's army appeared on the north side of the east bank of the river, the Ming army did not have the panic and defeat that Li Dingguo imagined. After all, Zuo Liangyu was Zuo Liangyu. He was a person who had completely climbed up with military achievements, and was not an ordinary candid general. This determination and confidence are really admirable.
Liu Wenxiu led the team to fight, but he found that he could no longer attack and the pressure was getting greater and greater. Now it seemed that the offense and defense were changing, and Zuo Liangyu's troops seemed to be counterattacking him.
Li Dingguo was anxious. If this continued, he would only have a crushing defeat. He looked across the river and suddenly found that a large number of Ming troops began to move north. He judged in his heart that this was what Zuo Liangyu sent to sniper and intercept Sun Kewang. As a general, it was easy to judge, but those soldiers mixed in the crowd might not know what was going on. Li Dingguo immediately had a plan.
He quickly organized a hundred people around him, and began to shout: "The Ming army on the other side of the river has fled! The Ming army on the other side of the river has fled! The Ming army on the other side of the river has fled!"
The Ming soldiers on the west bank of the river were crowded together in densely. They had no time to pay attention to the situation on the entire battlefield. They didn't even know that Sun Kewang's army came to the north on the other side of the river. When they heard that the general on the other side of the river had fled and wanted to abandon them, they all became suspicious. They began to look back and see what was going on on the other side of the river. When they turned around, they saw a team of 10,000 people heading north. The most important thing was that there were elite cavalry among them. They all knew that the cavalry was Zuo Liangyu's treasure. The cavalry had all ran away, and Zuo Liangyu and other generals must have followed the cavalry.
In an instant, the entire Ming army began to collapse, and everyone ran back desperately, trampling on people and crowding people. Although the generals such as the generals wanted to control the troops, everyone agreed that when the generals fled, everyone wanted to escape, how could they control them!
Seeing the troops on the West Bank begin to move abnormally, Zuo Liangyu's face changed suddenly and said, "It's over, my morale is gone, I lose!"
Zuo Liangyu stared at the movements on the other side of the river, but then there was indeed a riot in his army and his team was in chaos. Then many people began to jump into the river and the bandits began to counterattack.
"Hurry up, rescue the soldiers on the other side of the river and the diving. Rescue as much as you can!" Zuo Liangyu was really anxious.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu no longer dared to cross the river. If he insisted on crossing the river, he would just pass by himself. There were soldiers who were diving everywhere on the water surface of the river.
"Surrender to avoid death!" one hundred people shouted again.
Many Ming troops had jumped into the water, but there were still thousands of people on the land. They had no choice but to fight to the death. At this time, they heard the thieves saying that they surrendered and avoided death. Many people consciously gave up their resistance and kneeled down to surrender. After all, people have the desire to survive!
The trend is over!
"Retreat, retreat quickly! Let Ma Liangwen come back!" Zuo Liangyu shouted.
After Li Dingguo cleared the battlefield, he quickly crossed the river, joined the two armies with Sun Kewang, and chased Zuo Liangyu along the way.
After Zuo Liangyu lost more than 10,000 people, he fled south to Tang County. Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, led the peasant army to surround Zuo Liangyu in Tang County.
"Oh, I'm careless. Now I'm surrounded by Zhang's army, so I can only wait for reinforcements!" Zuo Liangyu regretted it and felt heartbroken. He lost more than 10,000 people in one go, and was deeply in death!
"General, this thief is too cunning, but I believe that the imperial army will rush to the road soon. When the army arrives, the thief will naturally retreat!" Chen Zhibang comforted.
"Father...Master General!" Zuo Menggeng wanted to comfort his father, but he didn't know what to say.
Chapter completed!