After the rebel army captured Jingzhou, they did not stop at all. They followed the Yangtze River and conquered the city and occupied the land, with their goal directly aimed at Wuchang, a strategic key area in Chu.

Wuchang is not only a strategic location for the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, but also the residence of the King of Chu, and Zuo Liangyu's long-term home. Therefore, when Zuo Liangyu received the news, he immediately abandoned Sun Kewang's troops who were besieged and led his troops back to Wuchang. This was normal, but Zuo Liangyu's withdrawal process was extremely unkind.

At that time, there were two main armies besieging Sun Kewang, one was the Huguang Army led by Zuo Liangyu, the general of the thief, and the other was the Huai Army led by Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, led by Ma Shiying. When Zuo Liangyu led his troops to evacuate, he not only did not convey the news of his evacuation to his ally Ma Shiying in advance, but instead sent someone to inform Sun Kewang of the news.

Therefore, as soon as Zuo Liangyugang evacuated, Sun Kewang concentrated all his troops to attack Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying lost, and his soldiers suffered heavy losses and fled south in a panic. It was not until Lu'an that he had the assistance of Huang Degong to stabilize the situation. However, the situation in Jianghuai collapsed completely, and even lost several counties, and even Zhongdu Fengyang fell into Sun Kewang's hands, and the world was shaken.

Such a scene seems absurd, but if you think about it for a little bit, you will find that the reason why Zuo Liangyu did this is very simple, and it is nothing more than two words "party struggle".

Zuo Liangyu was a native of Linqing, Shandong, but his rise was in Liaodong. He was able to gradually become a general of the court who led thousands of soldiers from a small soldier. In addition to his outstanding abilities, he also gained the promotion of a person. This person was the famous Donglin Party member Hou Xun. Zuo Liangyu was grateful to Hou Xun for his kindness of knowing his favor and was therefore closer to the Donglin Party member.

Ma Shiying was from Guiyang, Guizhou. As a small person in the southwest border, although he passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination and achieved a Jinshi, this does not mean that he could reach the top in one step. The officialdom is not an ordinary difficulty for a small person like him who has no relationship. Unlike most Jinshis on the same list as him, after the imperial examination and high school, he went directly to the Hanlin Academy and then entered the cabinet and the ministry after a few years.

Ma Shiying was released after high school and served as the head of the Ministry of Revenue, the magistrate of Yanzhou County, Henan, Datong Prefecture, and various local officials. He was very capable and promoted step by step, but this could not satisfy his personal ambitions. The Donglin Party members had no good impression of him, the southwest monkey, so he reached the same progress with Ruan Dacheng, who was dependent on the eunuch party, and actively contacted Zhang Fu, the newly-risen leader of the Restoration Party.

With outstanding abilities and some people in the court shook flags and shouted for it, Ma Shiying reached the peak of his life and became the governor of Fengyang of the Ming Dynasty, and was like a vassal official who controlled the military and political power.

After Sun Kewang's troops entered the Jianghuai River, he resisted step by step and worked hard. Although he could not defeat Sun Kewang, he greatly delayed the progress of the latter. Later, Zuo Liangyu, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo led reinforcements to defeat Sun Kewang in Chaohu. It can be said that Ma Shiying made great contributions to this great victory.

However, after defeating Sun Kewang, an external enemy, new problems arose within the official army. First, Liu Liangzuo retreated south, and then Huang Degong led his troops to Luzhou due to a discord with Zuo Liangyu. The only remaining troops of the official army were Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shiying.

Although Sun Kewang was defeated, he still had nearly 20,000 troops, and Huaixi was mountainous, so it was impossible to completely eliminate without heavy troops. Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shiying were already afraid of each other and both expected the opponent and Sun Kewang to suffer losses in the initial attack, and he reaped the benefits of the fisherman, which eventually led to Sun Kewang gaining a firm foothold in Huaixi.

If it cannot be directly wiped out, the official army adopted the siege tactic, hoping to completely trap Sun Kewang in Huaixi. This plan was feasible. There were many mountains and few fields in Huaixi, and the supply of Sun Kewang tens of thousands of troops would be a big problem. However, various problems arose in the implementation.

First of all, the supply problem of the army. Ma Shiying had few soldiers, and he was the Governor of Fengyang, so he could rely on the local area to solve the food and grass problems of the army. Although Zuo Liangyu came from Wuchang, it was impossible to transport food from Huguang, so he asked Ma Shiying to solve the food and grass problems for him. However, Ma Shiying refused because the court did not have such regulations, and only provided Zuo Liangyu with a moral basis. However, this food and grass was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for Zuo Liangyu, who had tens of thousands of troops.

Zuo Liangyu was born as a young soldier in the frontier. Everything he has is obtained through the long sword in his hand. He has a domineering personality and is mostly arrogant. If you don’t give it to me, I will take it myself. Zuo Liangyu not only sent troops to loot the granaries of several counties in Huaixi, but also instigated the soldiers to burn, kill, loot and seize the little food of ordinary people.

Ma Shiying was an official of the local parents. He was furious when he heard the news and wrote a letter to sue Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu also wrote a letter to attack Ma Shiying and did not provide food and supplies, which led to the inability to send troops to wipe out Sun Kewang.

Their letters caused a stir in the court, and gradually evolved into mutual attacks between the Donglin Party and the eunuch Party. Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to mix up. He issued an order to forgive Zuo Liangyu, encouraged Ma Shiying, and let them work together to defeat Sun Kewang as soon as possible.

But such an intention did not solve any practical problems. Zuo Liangyu still did his own way, while Ma Shiying led his troops to kill several soldiers from the left of the people. This led to them not only not being able to attack Sun Kewang together, but also a small-scale fire broke out between the two armies.

In addition, Ma Shiying was born as a Jinshi and looked down on Zuo Liangyu, who was born as a Qiu Ba. Zuo Liangyu felt that scholars were useless and looked down on Ma Shiying, who supervised him. In the end, the rift between the two continued to expand. In the end, the two of them were stationed in the same place and had no cooperation with each other.

Therefore, when Zuo Liangyu was about to evacuate, he made such a decision. And from the actual point of view, it has to be said that this was a wise decision.

Not only can you harm Ma Shiying well, but you can also tell Sun Kewang that his army is ready to attack Ma Shiying, so that his army can evacuate safely.

From this point of view, Zuo Liangyu is really a good general.

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Zuo Kunshan is really powerful. It not only makes the enemy scared, but also the own people are extremely afraid. Whoever wants to work with him to fight the enemy in the future will not only guard against the enemy, but also guard against this Zuo General."
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