Zhang Shuheng replied: "The King of Chu was killed and drowned by Zhang Xianzhong in the bottom of the river. All the men in the King of Chu's mansion were beheaded. Zhang Xianzhong copied millions of taels of silver from the King of Chu's mansion, used hundreds of big trucks to get silver, and dozens of big trucks of gold and jewelry, and loaded hundreds of ships with grain."

Li Guodong didn't care about the life and death of the King of Chu. He was concerned about the safety of the people in the city and the whereabouts of the gold, silver and treasures confiscated by Zhang Xianzhong. As for the gold, silver and treasures, it was regarded as temporarily existing in Zhang Xianzhong. If there was a chance in the future, he would naturally bring the gold, silver and treasures. What he was most concerned about now was the people in the city, so he asked: "What about the people in the city? Could Zhang Xianzhong massacre the people in the city?"

"Zhang Xianzhong did not break his promise and did not kill innocent people. It was just that countless gentry in the city were killed. It is said that Zhang Xianzhong planned to enroll in the imperial examinations, and many scholars who were unwilling to follow the thief were killed, but many scholars also voted for Zhang Xianzhong. The thief army still recruited soldiers in the city. As long as they were fifteen years old and less than twenty-five years old, strong young and strong, were recruited by Zhang Xianzhong to join the army."

Li Guodong listened and nodded with satisfaction: "Zhang Xianzhong is still confident, just don't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

"I wonder when the lord will send troops to recover Wuchang in one fell swoop?" Zhang Shuheng asked.

"Don't worry, let him Zhang Xianzhong make trouble for a few days. Since the King of Chu is dead and Wuchang Jiancheng is in the hands of the thief army, why should we be anxious for a while? Maybe a few days later, see how Zuo Liangyu is doing, and let's do it again." Li Guodong said.

In fact, if he really wants to attack Wuchang, Zhang Xianzhong would not be able to defend the city. The elite army of Jinyang Army is not the garbage of Zuo Liangyu. The reason why Li Guodong did not rush to attack was to recruit Li Dingguo and others in the future. He said in his heart: Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo, if it weren't for you, I will turn against Zhang Xianzhong now. Millions of taels of silver are really attractive.

Li Guodong suddenly thought of something: the slaughter of Wuchang by Zhang Xianzhong in history books is not necessarily true, but Zuo Liangyu actually slaughtered Wuchang! In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu was defeated by the rebel army in Zhuxian Town, fled to Wuchang in a panic and asked for food and money from the King of Chu. Because the King of Chu was stingy and unwilling to give food and money, Zuo Liangyu simply led his troops to plunder the whole city and then left. In later history books, in order to discredit Zhang Xianzhong, scholars also took the blame for what Zuo Liangyu did.

Zhang Xianzhong invaded Wuchang, broke the Chu Palace, and captured the King of Chu. When Zhang Xianzhong saw the millions of gold and silver hidden in the Chu Palace treasury, he sighed and said: With so much money, he refused to take it out to defend the city. Zhu Huzi is really a mediocre person! Then King of Chu Zhu Huakui was put in a cage by Zhang Xianzhong and sank into the bottom of the river. All the male members of the King of Chu royal family were killed. Zhang Xianzhong also fulfilled his promise to Li Guodong, killing men and women. Except for the elderly and old women, the young and beautiful palace maids and musicians stayed. Except for selecting some soldiers to reward him, the rest were left and prepared to give to Li Guodong.

Zhang Xianzhong then appointed himself the King of the West, lived in the King of Chu's Mansion, and wrote two large flags, saying, "Heaven and People Return to Recruiting Talents and Soldiers." He changed Wuchang to the Tianshu Mansion, Jiangxia to Shangjiang County. He cast the treasure copper coins of the King of the West. He set up five prefectures and six departments, and appointed Zhou Wenjiang as the Minister of War. Zhang Qizai was the general army general, Li Shirong as the governor, Xie Fengzhou as the guard road, Xiao Yan as the patrol, Chen Yuliu as the patrol, Zhou Zongwen as the governor of the Tianshu Mansion, Huang Yuankai as the governor of the Huangzhou Prefecture, Shen Huilin as the magistrate of Hanyang County, etc.

He also held a college degree in Wuchang, admitted top scholars and Jinshi, and was awarded an official position.

Thinking of this, Li Guodong gave an order to Zhang Shuheng: "You should keep an eye on Zuo Liangyu's movements. I guess they are waiting for us to attack Wuchang first. Wuchang can no longer fall into Zuo Liangyu's hands! If you want the left thief to retreat, we will go around here in Jiujiang."

"Lord, how do you explain it from the court?" Zhang Shuheng asked.

Li Guodong thought for a moment, then tapped the table with his finger and said, "I reported to the court, and said that we had received the imperial edict from the court and immediately sent troops. We arrived in Jiujiang within five days, and we could reach Wuchang in another three days. But he was helpless, the King of Chu was defeated too quickly! There was no time to rescue him. Now the bandits are entrenched in the city of Wuchang, and our army has too few troops, so we are not suitable to attack the tough ones, so we waited for the general to pacify the bandits in Jiujiang. The Zuo family has many troops, and if we want to attack the city, we still need to cooperate with the general to pacify the bandits."

A few days later, Emperor Chongzhen received the news that the King of Chu was killed, and not long after, Li Guodong's memorial also arrived.

Wang Chengen reported to Chongzhen with the memorial: "The emperor, Wu Wei Bo, reported it, and said that Wu Chang was deeply responsible for the capture of the vassal. In fact, Wu Wei Bo was immediately sent out by the imperial edict, but it was a pity that the King of Chu was defeated quickly. Wu Wei Bo had no time to rescue him."

Chongzhen nodded: "The crime of trapping the vassal state is not Wuweibo, but can only suppress the thief General Zuo Liangyu. He has arrived in Jiujiang as early as possible, and he sits and watches Wuchang fall. He really feels hateful!"

"The emperor, there is another thing. Wu Wei Bo reported that he had few soldiers and could not defeat Wuchang's strong city. He still had to pacify the bandits and generals to arrive before he could attack the city and recover Wuchang." Wang Chengen said.

Chongzhen laughed: "This Li Aiqing is honest. He knows that he has few soldiers and wants Zuo Liangyu's men to die in front of him, hahaha!"

"Prince, how should I issue an order to Wuweibo?"

"I will issue an order to the general who suppresses the thief, so that he can send troops and cooperate with Wuweibo to recover Wuchang. As for Wuweibo, I think he should know how to act, and there is no need to issue an order."

Li Guodong's naval warship was patrolling back and forth on the river surface of Jiujiang. The masts on the river surface were like forests, and a huge fleet was sturdy, covering the entire river surface. Several large gunboats and gun doors were all opened, and the black muzzles were aimed at the direction of Jiujiang, which made Zuo Liangyu and his son in Jiujiang City worried.

"Li Ergou's navy is moving on the river. What exactly does this thief want to do?" Zuo Liangyu said to the fleet on the river.

"My father, they even opened the gun door of the gun ship, and aimed the gun mouth at our Jiujiang." Zuo Menggeng pointed at the largest gun boats on the river.

"Dog thief! It's so damning!" Zuo Liangyu shouted at the top of his lungs. But he could only watch Li Guodong's navy show his power in front of him, and he didn't dare to send anyone to test the opponent's strength.

Zuo Liangyu also had a navy, but Zuo Liangyu's navy was all merchant ships, fishing boats and small sampans. At a glance, Zuo Liangyu and his son knew that they were all formal warships. When the navy officers and soldiers on the river operated the warships, they were obviously elite navy who were familiar with water warfare.

Guo Zefu, wearing wooden armor, a big red cloak, and a six-petal steeping iron helmet, stood proudly at the bow of a large centipede clutch. From time to time, he picked up a monocular lens and looked at Jiujiang City opposite from a distance.

Guo Zefu was originally a water bandit from Chaohu, but after being recruited, he was still a water bandit in Chaohu, and he couldn't get along with Zuo Liangyu. Every time Zuo Liangyu's caravan passed by, as long as he had the chance, Guo Zefu's water bandits would pounce on him like a wolves and bite him a bite and take a piece of meat down.

Zuo Liangyu was very worried about the water bandits who were active in Chaohu and Anqing areas and sent the navy troops to wipe out them many times. However, every time the Zuo Army Navy went, they were defeated by Guo Zefu and others. Later, Guo Zefu simply learned from the Liangshan heroes in "Water Margin" and changed the Juyi Hall in the mountain village to Zhongyi Hall. A group of heroes were loyal to Wang Quan, but their identity was still a bandit at that time. Now, their identity has become formal officers and soldiers.

"It feels so good to be an officer and soldier!" Guo Zefu said.

"Yes, we are all officers and soldiers now. We wear this leather on our body, but we are much more arrogant." A navy under us said.

"This skin is nothing. Look at the warship under our feet, it's good to say!" Guo Zefu smiled, "We didn't dare to think about such a large warship before! There is also this cannon, tsk, this cannon can be used to sank a ship that can sink a left thief!"

"Hahaha!" The soldiers under his command laughed, "Now we are officers and soldiers, Zuo Liangyu is a thief!"
Chapter completed!