Chapter 552 Why did the king rebel
The generals of the Left Army discussed in the big tent for a while and decided to break through.
But how to break through is indeed a difficult problem.
Zuo Menggeng said: "There is no Liang army in the north, but it is impossible to retreat to Wuchang again. There are Gao Huan's troops in the south, Jianchang River in the east, and there are probably Liang army in the west. The Ganjiang River in the west is wide, so it is probably not easy to cross the river!"
Jin Shenghuan said: "I can't go back to the north, and there are Liang troops on the south and east. I can only go west and cross the Ganjiang River."
Li Guoying and Xu Yong immediately said in unison: "I will take people to build a floating bridge first."
Jin Shenghuan and Zuo Menggeng have both black faces.
Li Guoying said in a deep voice: "Our team has the most people, so it is most suitable to go to the pontoon bridge first."
Everyone was silent for a while, and Li Guoying continued to say in a deep voice: "Gao Huan's men and horses are on the south bank, and the Yunshao River can wade through the water. If our movement is too loud, the Liang army will definitely rushed over directly. Therefore, a group of people must first build a bridge, while the other people and horses will not move, confusing Gao Huan."
Jin Shenghuan and Xu Yong were silent for a moment, feeling that Li Guoying was right.
The two armies are standing in a close place, so you must not panic or be in chaos at this time.
"Okay! General Li goes to build a floating bridge, we are here to confuse Gao Huan!" Jin Shenghuan nodded, then looked at Zuo Menggeng and ordered: "King, since Gao Huan has surrendered, you will send a letter back and say you are willing to surrender!"
Zuo Menggeng hesitated for a moment. If he had written a letter of surrender and had not run out by then and was caught by Gao Huan, Gao Huan would probably have no chance of labor reform in anger.
Seeing this, Jin Shenghuan couldn't help but frown, "The king has any objection?"
Zuo Menggeng said: "My generals, you must lead the orphans to break out of the siege!"
Jin Shenghuan had a stern face, "Don't worry, you are the only son of the previous king, I will definitely keep you safe!"
A few years ago, Zuo Liangyu's family was placed in Xuzhou and was killed by bandits. Now he is the only one who is Zuo Menggeng.
After hearing Jin Shenghuan's words, Zuo Menggeng immediately said, "Okay, I'll write."
At this moment, the generals of the Left Army had decided to discuss and then acted separately.
Jin Shenghuan, Xu Yong, and Zuo Menggeng stayed in the camp and sent envoys to cross the river to Liang camp, delaying Gao Huan's troops.
Li Guoying returned to the camp and immediately assembled troops, led 20,000 people, hurriedly left the camp, and asked his confidant to lead him and the families of a few generals, and then set off.
With the cover of the night, Li Guoying beat the horse in front of him, and the generals beside him said, "Master, what if Gao Huan finds out or someone tells me?"
"It's okay. I set up a floating bridge and immediately led my troops across the river. It was Gao Huan who discovered that, or someone surrendered to Gao Huan, what does it have to do with me? After Gao Huan captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners, I have already taken you into southern Gan and surrendered to the Zheng family."
The 20,000 left troops rushed all the way, and soon arrived at the Ganjiang River.
Li Guoying then ordered in a deep voice, "Cut down trees, make rafts, and quickly build a floating bridge!"
The soldiers of the left army immediately took action, and soon after, they set up several rafts and prepared a lot of wood.
At this time, Li Guoying asked more than a dozen soldiers to board the raft, carry ropes, and quietly cross the Ganjiang River. He pulled up the ropes on the river surface and straightened the ropes. The soldiers of the left army began to go into the water to drive piles and set up a floating bridge.
Twenty thousand left troops fought together, and the floating bridge gradually began to take shape. Just as the floating bridge was about to be built, a group of people followed behind him.
In the dark night, Li Guoying couldn't tell the enemy. After hearing the report, he was so shocked that he didn't dare to come out.
While ordering the soldiers to speed up, he led a team of troops to prepare for the battle.
Soon, the soldiers who followed came to the front, and a voice from the opposite side shouted: "General Li, don't shoot arrows! It's me!"
Li Guoying narrowed his eyes and was stunned. It was Xu Yong.
"Damn it, aren't you stumbled Gao Huan?" Li Guoying couldn't help but feel a little angry. He ignored everyone being the generals and asked in a scattered voice: "You came here so early, alarmed the soldiers and family in the camp, and what should you do if Gao Huan was alarmed?
Before the bridge was built, Xu Yong led his troops to come over. If Gao Huan finds out and kills him, wouldn't he be done together?
Xu Yong smiled awkwardly, "I wonder, there are enough people in the camp, so I'd better come to see if you need help..."
Seeing this, Li Guoying was angry and annoyed, but he had to cut his teeth and said, "Forget it, forget it, since he is here, let's help cut down the trees!"
More than 30,000 left army worked hard for half a night, and a floating bridge across the Ganjiang River was finally successfully built.
Seeing this, Li Guoying and Xu Yong couldn't help but be overjoyed. They were not in a hurry to notify the camp and cross their troops first.
At this time, Li Guoying immediately shouted urgently, "Hurry up, cross the river immediately!"
Then he turned his head and said to Xu Yong: "You follow behind!"
After speaking, he led his subordinates directly to the floating bridge. The soldiers of the left army crowded onto the bridge, and their steps were rubbing, making the floating bridge creaking.
At this time, when the left army soldiers were about to pass the floating bridge and reach the west bank, a sound arrow suddenly rose not far from the bridgehead, exploded in the sky, and a red firework appeared.
"Kill!" The sound of killing on the west bank suddenly broke out, and a thousand Liang cavalrymen rushed out of the forest and rushed straight to the bridge.
The red cavalry sword flew over, the left army's head rolled, and several grenades were thrown out, and there were loud "booms" sounds, and white lights burst out, and the left army's soldiers were immediately killed and injured.
At this time, the Red Cavalry waved their swords and slashed the ropes hard. One rope was cut off. The floating bridge suddenly deviated, and most of the left army above fell into the water.
Li Guoying stood on the pontoon bridge with horror on his face, and his body swayed along with the pontoon bridge. He couldn't help but roared in anger, "Come on, rush over and stop them!"
The soldiers of the left army shouted and charged, but it was too late. As the last rope was cut off, the floating bridge was shaken a few times and was scattered by the Gan River. Nearly a thousand left army fell into the water and was washed away by the river.
The Zuojun built a floating bridge at night, and time was rushing. There were too few piles to drive, and the rope broke, and the floating bridge collapsed immediately.
On the east bank, Xu Yong was stunned when he saw this scene.
At this time, when the floating bridge was destroyed and thousands of left troops fell into the water, the left army camp was already in chaos.
As early as when Hao Yaoqi arrived at the south bank of Yunshao River, he sent a thousand cavalry to cross the Ganjiang River westward and to the west bank to prevent the left army from fleeing from the west.
Li Guoying's men were discovered by Liang Jun when they arrived on the banks of the Gan River and started building a floating bridge.
The Liang army immediately sent people to cross the river on a raft and report to Gao Huan. Gao Huan then took the opportunity to cross the Yunshao River and broke into Zuoyi.
At this time, Jin Shenghuan had already discovered that Xu Yong had escaped. Just as he was leading his troops to escape, there was a noise on the shore, and the Liang cavalry had already wade across the river and rushed to the north bank.
The entire Left Army camp had no rules at all, and now it was in chaos, with countless soldiers and family members running around everywhere.
In the middle of the tent, Zuo Menggeng was in a hurry to pierce his armor. A general rushed in in panic and said anxiously: "King, Li Guoying, Xu Yong, and Jin Shenghuan have all run away. Now there are Liang troops outside!"
Zuo Menggeng's expression changed drastically, his face turned red in an instant. After a while, he suddenly shouted: "The three generals bully me too much. Since that's the case, I can only rebel!"
The general looked shocked, "Why are you going to rebel against me, Master!"
Zuo Menggeng was stunned and then said fiercely, "Don't worry about so many things, capture Jin Shenghuan, Li Guoying, and Xu Yong for the others, so that they can surrender to King Liang."
The left army camp was too chaotic. Jin Shenghuan was leading a team of people to rush out of the crowd and rushed westward. A team of left army suddenly came to assassinate.
Jin Shenghuan was shocked when he saw this and thought it was Liang Jun. But after a closer look, he found that it was Zuo Menggeng's personal guard.
Jin Shenghuan was furious. When he saw Zuo Menggeng riding on a horse, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Why did the king rebel?"
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