As Gao Huan attached importance to Liang's spring plowing, the situation in Huguang has changed tremendously again.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu led 100,000 Western Army out of Sichuan, captured Jingzhou, and forced the Shun Army to retreat to Xiangyang.

At this time, Li Guo thought that after the Western Army occupied Jingzhou, he did not dare to attack rashly. Huguang would form a three-legged three-legged stalemate in Shun, Xi and Left, and temporarily fell into a balance. However, Li Dingguo suddenly launched an attack and launched a sudden attack on Zuozhen, the old friend of the Western Army.

What Li Guo did not expect was that Zuo Menggeng did not stick to Wuchang, but carried forward the fine traditions of the Zuo Army, fighting when encountering the weak, and leaving when encountering the strong.

Zuo Menggeng led 500,000 people to flee without fighting. The army burned the city and fled and rushed to Jiangxi.

This surprised Li Guo. When he realized that Li Dingguo had occupied Wuchang.

No one expected that Zuo Zhen would flee without a fight, even Gao Huan did not expect it, and he could not react at all.

...

After Zuo Liangyu's death, Zuo Town was unstable. Seeing this, He Tengjiao from Hunan refused to transport food and grass to Wuchang for various reasons.

This put Zuo Menggeng in a dilemma and Wuchang was short of food.

Faced with the attack of the Western Army Heshun Army, Zuo Menggeng could not stay in Wuchang. In recent years, the Zuo Army had already made the people's livelihood around Wuchang withered. The Zuo Army continued to stay in Wuchang. Even if the Western Army Heshun Army did not come, they could starve themselves to death.

Therefore, after repeated consideration, Li Guoying, Xu Yong and Jin Shenghuan decided to give up Wuchang.

In Jiujiang, Jiangxi, 500,000 left troops were stationed in the wilderness south of the inner city. The barracks stretched for dozens of miles and were of great significance.

In the camp, the soldiers of the left army were densely shuttled. A flagpole that was several meters high was carrying a large golden-edged and yellow-bottomed banner, embroidered with a huge "left" character, which was Zuo Menggeng's king flag.

Under the king's flag, it was the Zuo Army's tent. Zuo Menggeng stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back, and many left generals such as Li Guoying, Xu Yong, Jin Shenghuan were standing next to him.

At this time, the generals of the Left Army who gave up Wuchang were a little confused about their next move.

Li Guoying, Xu Yong and Jin Shenghuan failed to reach a unified opinion on the direction of the next action.

Xu Yong said in a deep voice: "The army should not go east. Gao Huan is on the east side. It is better to go south, destroy He Tengjiao and occupy Hunan as its foundation!"

Li Guoying said in a deep voice: "We expanded too quickly before, resulting in insufficient food and grass logistics. Everyone could only invade and seize the people's food from time to time. The soldiers and military disciplines were dispersed, and they were hated by the officials and gentry of Huguang and the people. Now the gentry of Huguang all hate us and will definitely help He Tengjiao resist us. Moreover, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu will definitely take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. At that time, the army will lose its power and will definitely be defeated!"

Jin Shenghuan nodded, "At the end of last year, I borrowed Jiangxi and retreated to Wuchang. Along the way, I found Jiangxi rich and capable of raising soldiers, but Lu Daqi's subordinates did not have many elites. This is the land given to us by God."

Xu Yong said: "Although Jiangxi is rich, it is too close to Gao Huan. What should he do if he comes to attack?"

Zuo Menggeng listened to the three of them talking and couldn't get into the conversation.

Jin Shenghuan said: "Although Hunan is far away from Gao Huan, the army enters but it is dead. After we enter, we are enemies on all sides, and once we are defeated, there is no direction to escape. Although Jiangxi is close to Gao Huan, it is backed by the Minyue Kingdom. If Gao Huan comes to attack, we can still retreat to southern Jiangxi. If southern Jiangxi cannot defend, we can also enter the Minyue Kingdom and rely on Zheng Zhilong."

Li Guoying also had this idea, "I agree with General Jin's opinion, seize Jiangxi, restrain military discipline, and make long-term plans, and make a comeback!"

The people of Huguang hate Zuozhen, and Zuozhen is already difficult to win people's hearts. The people of Jiangxi don't know much about Zuozhen, and Li Guoying plans to change to a place where no one knows it and start from scratch.

After hearing the words of the two, Xu Yong could only look at Zuo Menggeng and said, "What do you think of the king?"

Zuo Menggeng pondered for a moment, "I agree to enter Jiangxi!"

Jiangxi is backed by Fujian, so the left army is at least safe. And as Jin Shenghuan said, even if Gao Huan attacks, the army can retreat to southern Jiangxi. If southern Jiangxi cannot defend, they can still surrender to Zheng Zhilong.

Once you enter Huguang, if you lose the battle, Zhang Xianzhong will be on the west and north, Ding Kuichu, who is allied with Gao Huan, and Lu Daqi will be on the east.

At that time, the defeated generals will probably be trapped and killed in Hunan. Therefore, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the military strength is still strong and Lu Daqi will occupy Jiangxi first.

Seeing that Zuo Menggeng was also standing on the side of Jin Shenghuan and Li Guoying, Xu Yong could only say in a deep voice: "Okay! Let's enter Jiangxi, but we are faster and we can't give Gao Huan a chance to intervene!"

Zuo Menggeng said: "Then we will advance along the water and land, and we will go straight to Nanchang."

...

Nanchang, known as Hongdu and Yuzhang in ancient times.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, when the Han and Wu fought for hegemony, there was a protracted offensive and defensive battle here. Chen Youliang's army of hundreds of thousands of troops failed to take Nanchang.

At this time, Nanchang City was about twenty miles in circumference, with a city wall of three feet high and a moat of five feet wide. Behind the city wall was a strong city.

Since the fall of the Chongzhen Dynasty, Lu Daqi has not engaged in hegemony, but has focused on managing the local area, saved money, grain and materials, and has been preparing to build Jiangxi into a base for the revival of the Ming Dynasty.

Now in the city, Lu Daqi has built hundreds of warehouses to store grain, arms, and armor, preparing to revive the Ming Dynasty.

After learning that the Left Army had abandoned Wuchang and entered Jiangxi, Lu Daqi couldn't help but curse the Left thief, and then transferred 30,000 troops to Nanchang, preparing as many wooden and stones as possible, arranging bows and arrows, making artillery, actively preparing for war, and waiting for battle.

Now Jiangxi is surrounded by powerful enemies, and the Ming Dynasty is in name only. Lu Daqi dares not to ask Gao Huan. Zheng Zhilong and others are afraid of attracting wolves into the house, so they can only hope to defeat the left army.

February 28th, it is sunny, and the climate in Jiangxi is no longer as cold as winter.

On the city of Nanchang, the soldiers of the guards were busy carrying arrows, wood, stones, turtle oil and other objects.

At this time, the soldiers on the city were busy, and something suddenly appeared outside the city. A scout from the Gan army rushed back to the city from the north.

He was running and shouting, "The left thief is here! The left thief is here!"

The soldiers on the city stood up and looked outside the city, and their eyes were filled with horror.

In the wilderness north of the city, a black line suddenly appeared, and then slowly moved, like a carpet on the earth.

"There is an enemy!" The city officer couldn't help but shout, and the alarm bell immediately appeared on the top of the city.

Soon, Lu Daqi led Yang Tinglin and other officials to the city wall. Looking out from the city, he saw the enemy troops outside the city covered the sky. Looking around, the dense heads were like stabbing an ant nest. No matter how crowded there were, it was not enough to describe the left army.

Lu Daqi has seen a big battle and can still remain calm, but a group of officials behind him started to shout: "There are so many left thieves!"

Lu Daqi looked outside the city and said in a deep voice: "Send the order and step up the defense!"

Five hundred thousand left troops rushed to the city of Nanchang and set up a camp outside the city, causing panic among the soldiers in the city.

It was night, at the third anniversary, with dark clouds covered with stars and moons. The lights were brightly lit in Nanchang City. Thousands of defenders were patrolling back and forth with torches in their hands, alert to the movements of the left army outside the city. However, under the night sky, the defenders could hardly see the situation under the outer city.

At this time, nearly ten thousand black shadows suddenly appeared by the moat outside the city. They carried the earth bags and threw them into the moat bags, splashing layers of turbid waves.

In the moat, a whistleboat noticed the movement. When he approached, he was shocked and hurriedly returned to the city wall and shouted anxiously, "The left thief has filled the river!"

Lu Daqi happened to be patrolling the city. When he heard the sound, he immediately leaned out of the city and asked, "What happened?"

"Fujun! The left thief is filling the river!"

Lu Daqi was shocked and shouted anxiously: "Transfer my military order and quickly adjust the three thousand bird gunners to the city!"

At this time, Yang Tinglin next to him couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "If the left thief fills the moat, Nanchang will be in danger! Didn't the imperial court give the military orders to the military? After all, King Liang still recognizes the imperial court. Why don't the military help the military? "

When Lu Daqi heard the words, he held the wall with one hand and looked out of the city with deep eyes, but his expression became entangled.

(It's even later, I'll update tomorrow)
Chapter completed!