Zuo Ruo abandoned Henan and ignored him and entered Yunyang, which seemed like a good move.

Yunyang originally belonged to the Huguang Xingdusi.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Shaanxi thieves crossed the Yellow River from Mianchi, which was the foundation established in Yunyang. When talking about Yunyang, some people may not know what it means. There is a connection between Shenlongjia Forest and Wudang Mountain in the south, and the east of Sichuan. There are 100,000 mountains in the west, with continuous jungles and humid climate. Lu Xiangsheng worked with Chen Qiyu to pacify the thieves in Yunyang. He once wrote in his letter to his family, "The difficulty of Yun is not heard of in the country."

Although the Qing barbarians occupied Yunyang, they were not concerned about Yunyang. The Shunzhe and the Daxi thieves had already left the Central Plains, but the six counties of Yunyang were still the most rampant places for the Ming thieves.

There were few cavalry in the Ming army, and Yunyang had many mountains and forests. Hong Chengchou and Luke Dehun were unwilling to lead their troops into the mountains and forests to fight Zuo Ruo's army. If Ajige did not send troops to rescue, there would be almost no suspense in the fall of Yunyang.

The Qing court could not pay attention to Yunyang, but it must not lose Yunyang.

Because, Yunyang is between Hanzhong and Henan. If Yunyang is lost, Ajige wants to rush to Henan to help Henan and must take a detour to Xi'an. He will not be able to reach Nanyang within half a month.

Ajige must send troops to rescue Yunyang, but with Zhang Huan's mediation, while the Ming army headed north, Wu Sangui, the King of Zhenxi, also left Jiange.

June is the beginning of the scorching heat.

Since yesterday, the road under your feet has gradually become rugged and difficult to walk. Zuo Ruo abandoned the horse and tied the back of the war horse with heavy armor.

Among the thousands of troops, he is the most unique person. The generals around him kept a distance from him, not physically, but mentally. In the army of 20,000 people, from servants to deputy generals, they all admire him the same.

Jin Shenghuan had led his army back to Xinye, and only 20,000 troops were left to Yunyang. The villages along the way were looted, and the Ming army took away all the food and livestock despite the begging people.

In the afternoon, the soldiers rested in the mountain road and swallowed the cakes in the mountain spring.

Zuo Ruo spread his sweat-soaked hair and asked the standing guide nearby, "Where is this?"

The guide looked at the mountains on both sides and said, "You are sixty miles away from Yunyang."

Zuo Ruo waved to him and asked, "Are you going to turn the lane?"

The guide's face was a little nervous and said, "Let's turn north tomorrow."

After leaving Xinye and conquering the three counties of Nanyang, the intention of the Ming army to each step was very clear. After walking into the mountain road in Yunyang, this was even more so. There were mountain villagers and villages along the way, and there were old camps of bandits. Li Hu was a vanguard official, and wherever he passed, he cried and shouted, and fireworks were everywhere. Those places were the Ming army's supply stations.

The most elite infantrymen in the Ming Dynasty were easy to deal with mountain citizens and bandits. The Ming army never wastes time unnecessary. So far, even the strongest mountain village can't last for an hour.

Zuo Ruo ordered that the obedient men were carried away by the armour of food and armor, and the disobedient bandits were executed on the spot, buried in the mountains and forests. What they did was no different from the thieves of that year.

The Qing army always used war to support war, and the same was true for bandits, and they killed countless people in a place. There were people with disorganized military discipline in the Ming Dynasty, but no one had any such actions as Zuo Ruo.

The guide of the Ming army was not one person, but a group of people. These people were specially recruited by Zuo Ruo from the Jingzhou army.

The Shaanxi bandits once traveled to the five Central Plains provinces, and Liu Suifeng was once hid in the deep mountains around Yunyang. Seventy percent of the soldiers under Li Guo came from Shaanxi and knew the small paths in the jungle of Yunyang as they knew them well.

The guide who followed Zuo Ruo and told the war that happened here back then, and it was not boring along the way.

"After more than ten years ago, the villain wandered here. At that time, the scorpion block was left in Yunyang and had not left. The court ordered the commander Lu to go south to Yunyang to quell the rebellion. The villain broke into the king as he followed the king... The thief left Yunyang and marched towards Hanzhong. It happened that heavy rain fell from the sky, and 30,000 people were blocked in the carriage gorge by officers and soldiers. Because Governor Chen received a bribe, we escaped by luck."

The mountains in front seemed to be endless. After passing one after another, the expected Yunyang City did not appear for a long time. The vanguard Li Hu did not ask about anything else, but only listened to Zuo Ruo's military orders and followed the guide all the way north.

This army did not dare to disobey Zuo Ruo's orders, or blindly obeyed Zuo Ruo.

After another seven or eight days of walking, the soldiers worked so hard, that is, the soldiers in Zuoruoying could support such a long journey. Wherever they passed on the road, there were deep mountains, canyons, rugged and dangerous roads, and some places were only allowed to pass by one person.

The food in the army was about to end until one day, the scene before Li Hu, who was opening the road ahead, changed drastically, and the dense ridges turned into a undulating horizon.

The leader muttered, "Okay, I finally entered the boundary of Shaanxi."

Zuo Ruo walked out of the mountains, held the war horse that had lost weight, looked at it for a moment, and suddenly sighed to the sky, "Shaanxi, I'm finally back." He served as the Qianzheng General in Yulin Guard at the age of 24. When the Shaanxi famine happened, the imperial court withdrew military pay. When he could not pass the day, he followed his righteous brother Xiao Zhiyan and returned to Shaanxi twenty years later.

In the fifth year of Longwu, when Ajige divided his troops to garrison Yunyang and waited for Zuo Ruo, Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry and Eight Banners Cavalry fought fiercely under the city of Hanzhong. The general of Yuezhou of the Ming Dynasty led 20,000 infantry under his command to travel thousands of miles of mountains and forests and entered Shaanxi, the weakest guard of the Qing court.

Zuo Ruo turned his head to look at the mountains he had traveled through, remembering the hard work along the way, and sighed in his heart, "There was a reason why Zhuge Wuhou did not dare to leave Ziwu Valley back then."

There are dangerous roads everywhere along the way. As long as the Qing court had thousands of soldiers intercepting them at a critical point, they would fall into a dilemma.

The tired soldiers leaned against the roadside, covered in dust, and some people fell down and snored slightly. Only one or two of the ten people who were arrested along the way could persevere to Shaanxi, and the whereabouts of others would become a permanent secret.

The commander's soldiers walked and went high: "The general has an order, and the entire army will rest for two hours before setting off."

Zuo Ruo was gnawing Yu Bing, and his personal soldiers came to report that the vanguard Li Hu ordered someone to send a monk. If the Han people in Jiangbei did not want to keep rat-tailed braids, they could only become monks, or Taoist priests.

The monk was taken to the central army with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a fat face. He looked like he was not a good person. When he saw Zuo Ruo, he knelt down and bowed again and bowed: "I am Yuanjue to see General Zuo."

"Are you Zhao Zhicheng's subordinate?"

Yuanjue's head touched the ground and said, "I don't belong to the East Factory, I just cooperate with Chief Zhao."

He knew that Zhao Zhicheng belonged to Dongchang, so he had a close relationship with Zhao Zhicheng, so he should be a trustworthy person. Zuo Ruo's brows drooped, blocking half of his eyes, and asked coldly: "Working with Dongchang? Are you very angry?"

"I once served in the army of the King of Chuang. After the defeat of the King of Chuang, the villain became a monk and always hoped that the king's army would go north."

"So, you're a fake monk."

Yuanjue looked respectful and said, "When I see the general, I will never be a disciple of the Three Treasures."

"Since you are not a disciple of the Three Treasures, please use the name of a layman and don't defame the reputation of the Buddha."

Yuanjue obeyed and said, "Accept the order, the villain was originally named Liang Chengbao. He has been placing orders at the temple at the foot of Mount Hua in the West Mountain for the past month. He took the opportunity to find out the news of the Qing army garrisons in various parts of Shaanxi, and came to report to the general."

Zuo Ruo's eyes swept over his bald head and saw that he was green. He did not ask about military information, but asked others: "You have ever held any position under Li Zicheng's command, why didn't you go south with Li Guo?"

Liang Chengbao said: "The villain was originally the guard of the King of Chuang. Because he saw that the King of Chuang had lost his military aspirations and was unwilling to die in the world, he became a monk."

"Have you ever killed someone?"

"The villain experienced no less than a hundred battles under the command of the King of Chuang"

Zuo Ruo nodded and said, "Tell me the military information you are inquiring about."

"Two months ago, the Mongolians captured Yulin Guard and did not go south. Commander Zhao secretly contacted various rebel troops to uprising. Until a month ago, the Mongolian cavalry suddenly entered Yan'an Prefecture, burned, killed, looted, and abducted a large number of people and property, including the family of the rebel army, which caused a rift with the rebel army, and the situation in Shaanxi was stalemate."

"There are dozens of rebels in Shaanxi who are not convinced by each other. After the Mongols went south to commit violence, their fantasies about the Mongols were shattered and it was difficult to accomplish anything. Now half of the Qing army is resisting the Qing army in Yan'an Prefecture, and there are only three thousand defenders in Xi'an City."

After Liang Chengbao looked up and said these words, he bowed his head and kowtowed, saying, "Most of the leaders of the Shaanxi rebel army were once subordinates of the King of Chuang. He met the villain, who was willing to recruit those people for the general."

With Zuo Ruo's reputation, he led his army to suddenly enter Shaanxi. Without Liang Chengbao, the rebels of various troops would also surrender.

After a little consideration, he agreed, "Okay, you follow me to serve in the army. After making contributions, I will not treat you badly." He is from Shaanxi, but he has been away from his hometown for twenty years. The King of Jin ordered him to manage Shaanxi, and he must use the locals. Since Liang Chengbao is determined, he can use it temporarily. If he is not effective in doing things, he can replace him in the future.

Liang Chengbao was overjoyed, and knocked his head on the ground, knocked a few times, and said, "I am willing to serve the general." He immediately offered his advice: "The general advanced thousands of miles into Shaanxi, and the Qing emperors in Shaanxi have not yet received any news. The soldiers are very fast. The general can quickly seize Xi'an. Xi'an is determined, and Shaanxi is determined."

Zuo Ruo nodded slightly and agreed, "Our army will set off after a little rest. You can follow the army to lead the way."

How could Zuo Ruo not know the reason why soldiers are so fast? He has always liked to fight ruthlessly and pointed directly at the heart of his opponent. Even without Liang Chengbao, he would attack Xi'an directly.

After the Mongols broke through the Yulin Guard, Shaanxi became the easiest place to open a breakthrough, but the Ming court did not control the situation in Shaanxi. Zhai Zhe thought carefully and decided to order Zuo Ruo to approach Shaanxi. The so-called mobilizing cavalry to the north and launching an offensive in Nanyang, and making a move to take Yunyang was just a bluff. It was expected that Wu Sangui and Ajige would fight in Hanzhong.

The general who advanced westward was actually going to serve as the governor of Shaanxi.

The Shaanxi admiral not only fought wars, but also had to take charge of civil affairs and handle relations with the Mongols. Zuo Ruo was not the most suitable candidate in Zhai Zhe's mind. But no one is more suitable for the ability to take on the heavy responsibility of going north for thousands of miles and the prestige of generals in the army than Zuo Ruo.
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