The Life of Characters in Zuo Liangyu's Works

In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), there was a mutiny in Ningyuanwei, and the governor committed suicide. At that time, Zuo Liangyu was appointed as the right battalion commander of Liaodong Cheyou, because he lost his official position.

In the third year of Chongzhen (1630), after Zuo Liangyu was reinstated, Prime Minister Ma Shilong asked Zuo Liangyu to follow guerrilla general Cao Wenzhao to support Yutian and Feng Run and fight the Qing army in Hongqiao, Greater Qian Shan and Zunhua. After the war, he was promoted by Cao Wenzhao. Hou Yao, assistant minister of Li Changping.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen (163 1), in July, due to the withdrawal of Gaodi from Ningjin defense line, Youtun, Dalinghe and other cities were destroyed, and Sun Chengzong sent people to rebuild, but soon the Qing army suddenly came to besiege. The company commander, Youshiwei, recommended Zuo Liangyu to lead the troops on his behalf because he could not go because he was guarding the tomb. Later, Hou Xun chose him as the lieutenant, and led his team to fight against the late Jin at the foot of Songshan Mountain and Xingshan Mountain, which was the first credit. In the first month of the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), the peasant army invaded Xizhou and laid Yangcheng. Zuo Liangyu defeated it in Xibei, Shexian County. In February, Zuo Liangyu's army fought against the mutinous soldiers in Wu 'an, and was defeated. Shang Mao was dismissed, and Yuan Mo, the Taichang Shao Qing, took over. In March, the peasant soldiers re-entered Hanoi, and Zuo Liangyu sent troops from Huixian to expel them. The enemy fled to Xiuwu and killed the guerrilla general. The more loyal he was, the more he chased the joining staff officer Tao Xiqian, who fell off his horse and died. Zuo Liangyu suppressed the peasant army in Wanshan Post, and it was not until he chased them under the willow tree that he plausibly defeated them and captured several leaders of the peasant army alive. The peasant army then fled to the west. There are only 7,000 soldiers in Henan. After several battles with thieves, the casualties are almost the same. Zuo Liangyu led more than 2,000 troops in Changping, and fought several times. Although achievements have been made, the power is very thin. The company commander Deng Guigang made great contributions in Laizhou. The court ordered him to lead the Sichuan soldiers, set out from Shijiao, Sichuan with Sima Fengyi's troops, and immediately went to Zuo Liangyu to kill the peasant army with Zuo Liangyu. Soon, Ma Fengyi was completely annihilated in Houjiazhuang because she fought alone.

By this time, the peasant army was already very strong, with troops all over Sanjin, Beijing and the vast area north of the Yellow River. Cao Wenzhao, Bailey, Ai Wannian, Tang Jiuzhou, Deng Gui, Zuo Liangyu and other generals fought against the peasant army successively, and they won and lost each other. Zuo Liangyu and Deng Gui were in charge of the Henan War, and defeated the peasant army many times in Guancun, Qinhe, Qinghua and Wanshan. Zuo Liangyu stopped them again in Bade, Wu 'an, killing and capturing a large number of peasant troops. Emperor Zhu Youjian of Chongzhen appointed Ni Chong and wang pu as company commanders, led 6,000 troops from Beijing Camp to Yuzhou, and let eunuchs Yang Jinchao and Lu Jiude supervise the troops of Liang Yusheng and others. Li Jizhen, the employee's doctor, said: "Liangyu and Bailey have personally experienced many battles, but their status is not as good as that of Ni Chong and wang pu. I'm afraid they will lose heart. " So let Zuo Liangyu and Bailey be viceroy and assistant company commanders, which is roughly the same as that of Ni Chong and Wang Pu. After the troops of Beijing battalion arrived, they jointly attacked the peasant army and made contributions several times. Zuo Liangyu defeated bandits in Jiyuan and Hanoi, and defeated them in Yongning, Qingshanling and Yindonggou. Then he chased Xiao Wudang Mountain from Yexian County and killed many peasant soldiers. However, the generals were unhappy because the eunuchs supervised the army.

In the winter of the same year, the peasant army that fled to the west turned around and fought east. Zuo Liangyu and Tang Jiuzhou were in the front, and the Beijing camp army was behind. The peasant army was embarrassed, and the Ming army was defeated in Tiger Village, Quanhe Liu. Peasant army generals Zhang Miaoshou and He Shuangquan. Thirty-six soldiers lied about pleading with Chang Daoli, the special envoy of the governor-general, and reported the matter to Zhu Youjian through Jin Yang, the army supervisor. The generals waited for the order of the imperial court, but they were afraid to go to war. The weather was cold, the Yellow River was covered with a thick layer of ice, and the peasant army crossed the Yellow River from Mianchi. Yuan Mo, the satrap, led Zuo Liangyu, Tang Jiuzhou, Bailey, Deng Gui and other troops to meet him on the other side. The peasant army then fled to Lushi Mountain. After that, it entered Sichuan from Yunyang and Xiangyang, and made a detour to attack the Qinlong area. Still wandering around Sichuan and Hubei, so that the Central Plains was even more broken when the opportunity came to invade Henan, and Sanjin and Beijing were not disturbed by thieves for ten years. In the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635), farmers from Henan invaded Yingzhou and destroyed Fengyang Imperial Tomb. When the enemy captured Lu Yi, zhecheng county, Ningling and Tongxu, Zuo Liangyu, who was guarding Xuzhou, failed to come to the rescue. In April, Du Shi Hong Chengchou was stationed in Ruzhou and ordered the generals to stop the peasant army. You Shiwei guarded Luonan, controlled Lushi and Yongning, Deng Gui, You Zhaiwen, Zhang Yingchang and Xu stopped the peasant army in Huguang. As wucun and Wawu are the key points of Neixiang and Xichuan, Zuo Liangyu and Tang Jiuzhou were ordered to lead 5,000 men to guard them.

Soon, Deng Gui died of mutiny, while Cao Wenzhao conquered the peasant army in Shaanxi and was defeated in Zhenning. The peasant army was more powerful, so it crossed Lushi and went straight to Yongning. When Yuan Mo, the satrap, was arrested, he ordered Liang Yu to help Lu with Chen Zhibang and Ma from his hometown. Defeated the peasant army in Yancheng in August. In September, Zuo Liangyu followed the enemy to the Shenshen Mountain in Jiaxian County. The peasant army barracks stretched for dozens of miles, taking turns to rest and fight, which made the Ming army exhausted. Zuo Liangyu withdrew its troops and stopped fighting. The peasant army attacked Mi County again, and Zuo Liangyu rescued Jia County before the enemy left. 10, Zuo Liangyu arrived in Lingbao, joined forces with Zukuan, the company commander in Liaodong, and annihilated the peasant army in Jiankou and Jiaocun. Jiaocun belongs to Zhuyangguan territory. In November, Li Zicheng left the Yangguan Pass, Zhang Jiuzhan was Lingbao, and Adventure King joined forces with him.

Zuo Liangyu and Zukuan intercepted at Lingbao, unable to resist the enemy, and Shanzhou fell. The peasant army marched eastward to attack Luoyang, and Zuo Liangyu and Zukuan followed Governor Chen Biqian to rescue Luoyang, so the peasant army retreated. Li Zicheng voted for Yanshi, Gongxian, Zhangtou Songxian and Ruzhou. Zuo Liangyu set out from Luoyang to pursue Li Zicheng, and Zu Kuanping divided his forces to attack Zhang and rescue Ruzhou. It happened that Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister, came from Huguang and defeated the peasant army in the west of Ruzhou with Zukuan, so he ordered his favorite generals to lead them to defeat the peasant army in Huangjiankou, Yiyang.

In February of the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), the peasant army was defeated in Gaocheng Town, Dengfeng, and fled to Shiyangguan to join forces with the enemy forces in Yiyang and Songxian. Kyushu, the former company commander, went deep into Songxian County and fought side by side with Zuo Liangyu to suppress the peasant army. Zuo Liangyu fled halfway, and Tang Jiuzhou pursued four miles. Because of his isolation, he was defeated and died. But Zuo Liangyu presented this service to the court as good news. In May, Paizukuan and Lizhen went to the Western Expedition with Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou. Zuo Liangyu's army is the strongest, and most of them are from Zhongzhou, so he stayed in Henan alone for a long time. Because he was arrogant and seldom listened to him, Kong Daoguang replaced his general Zhao Zhu to defend Luoxi in Lingbao. Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai were stationed in Yiyang and Yongcheng to defend Luo Dong. In July, Zuo Liangyu's army arrived in Kaifeng and went deep into it from Dengfeng Tangzhuang. From the early morning to the afternoon, the peasant army could not support it and fled to the west. Chen Yongfu had just defeated the enemy in Tanghe when the peasant army arrived in Tian Jiaying. Zuo Liangyu crossed the river and attacked, killing and capturing many people. In September, Governor Yang impeached Zuo Liangyu to avoid the enemy, and the court ordered him to make meritorious deeds to atone.

In the first month of the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), the general of the peasant army surrendered and joined forces with Cao Cao and the various forces that broke through along the river. An alarm came from Anqing. The court ordered Zuo Liangyu to go to the rescue in the medium term. On the way to Zuo Liangyu, Nanyang bandits Tian Yang, Hou Yumin and Guo Sanhai were wiped out and rushed to Lu 'an to meet the peasant army. Luo Dai and Daoxing will win the battle and win again and again. The peasant army fled to Huoshan and Buried Hill. At this time, Ma Xie and Liu Liangzuo also defeated the peasant army many times in Tongcheng, Luzhou and Lu 'an, and the peasant army in Chuzhou and Hezhou also fled to the west, and the crisis in Jiangbei was slightly weakened. In this regard, the Governor Zhang Guowei issued a campaign for three times, asking Zuo Liangyu to search in the mountains, but Zuo Liangyu did not respond, instead, he sent soldiers to plunder women in the local area. After living in Shucheng for more than a month, the eunuch of the Yu army urged him to go north. By this time, the peasant army had plundered enough and entered the mountainous area. Then give up the fall, Zuo Liangyu sit back, not to rescue. Because of his meritorious service in defeating the enemy in Lu' an, the imperial edict once made him plead guilty and make meritorious deeds, and now he has been restored to his official position. The peasant army attacked Liuhe in the east and captured Tianchang. The soldiers occupied Guazhou and Yizhen in several ways, which laid the foundation for Xuyi. Zuo Liangyu resolutely refused to go to the rescue. Instead, the gentry in Zhongzhou signed a letter to retain themselves. Zhu Youjian knew that this was Zuo Liangyu's own will, and he could not change his will. In October, Prime Minister Xiong Wencan went to Anqing, and the Ministry of War put Zuo Liangyu's troops under his command. Zuo Liangyu looked down on Xiong Wencan and refused to listen to him.

In the 11th year of Chongzhen (1638), Zuo Liangyu and the company commander Chen Hongfan defeated the peasant army in Yunxi. Zhang wanted to attack Nanyang in the name of the imperial court and was stationed in Nanguan. Zuo Liangyu arrived in time. When he became suspicious, he called them and Zhang Zhongxian ran away. Zuo Liangyu went after him, shot two arrows, hit him on the shoulder, and slashed it with a knife. Zhang was bleeding. His men were rescued in time to avoid death, so they fled to Gucheng. Soon, they demanded surrender. Zuo Liangyu knew that he was pretending to surrender and tried to demand an attack on him, but Xiong Wencan wouldn't allow it. In September, Xiong Wencan attacked the peasant army in Yunyang and Xiangyang, and captured two thousand heads. In December, Henan Governor Chang Daoli sent Zuo Liangyu to Shanzhou. The peasant army took advantage of the emptiness of the Lushi garrison and fled to Neixiang and Xichuan. This month, there was a mutiny in Xuzhou. Zuo Liangyu's family was placed in Xuzhou and was killed in the mutiny.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), Yang Sichang, a military supervisor, recommended Zuo Liangyu as "a general, and soldiers can also be used". Later, in the Pingli area at the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Zhang Huishi and Zhang were defeated, loyal ministers and wives were arrested, leading figures of the peasant army were killed, and Zuo Liangyu added a prince to protect the young. Although Yang Sichang worshipped Zuo Liangyu as a general against thieves, he always felt that he was too proud to be used. In addition to the inspector's restraint on Zuo Liangyu, he secretly promised him that Long Ren could replace Zuo Liangyu. Just when he was anxious to replace Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu defeated the peasant army in Agate Mountain. Yang Sichang said to him: We will talk about this appointment later. He Long Ren bears a grudge for it. And told Zuo Liangyu about it. Zuo Liangyu bears a grudge. During the First World War between Sichuan and Shaanxi, Yang Sichang ordered Zuo Liangyu to intercept the peasant army, while Zuo Liangyu stood by and Yang Sichang visited Zuo Liangyu, but Zuo Liangyu still ignored it. Because Zuo Liangyu couldn't watch, Zhang calmly went out of Sichuan to attack Xiangyang, and the peasant army won a great victory. Yang Sichang died in a rage without soup. In the 14th year of Chongzhen (164 1), Zuo Liangyu was demoted and redeemed for meritorious service.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), Hou Xun awarded Zuo Liangyu's men 500,000 yuan. Zuo Liangyu and Li Zicheng fought in Zhuxian Town, and Zuo Liangyu was defeated and retreated to Xiangyang. Kaifeng fought again, but Zuo Liangyu dared not fight. Li Zicheng then attacked Xiangyang, and Zuo Liangyu withdrew to Wuchang. Zuo Liangyu asked the king of Chu for troops and wages, but they were not replenished, so he plundered Wuchang, including the grain and salt boats. When we arrived in Jiujiang, we recruited 200,000 soldiers to protect ourselves. After Zhang conquered Wuchang, the court ordered troops to go to Zhang, and Zhang was defeated and recovered Hanyang. After Zhang entered Shu, he sent troops to recover Wuchang. In March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), the imperial court issued a letter to Zuo Liangyu as "Ningnan Bo", giving his son Zuo Menggeng a seal, and promised to let his father and son guard Wuchang from generation to generation after completion. He also ordered him to send his troops to fight when he was out of date on the left, so Zuo Liangyu drew up a plan for sending his troops on a monthly basis and handed it in. He didn't get a reply from the imperial court after submitting the paper, but he heard that Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng. Zuo Liangyu's generals all panicked, because Zhu Youyong, the axe king, was set up in the south of the Yangtze River and asked him to lead the troops eastward. Zuo Liangyu burst into tears and vowed not to let them go to the East. Captain Ma Shixiu said, "I'll kill anyone who doesn't listen to Zuo Gong's orders and wants to go east!" And set up a cannon on the big ship to cut off the Yangtze River route, and everyone calmed down.

After Axe King succeeded to the throne, he promoted Zuo Liangyu to Hou, and one of his sons was appointed as a Royal Guards. The four towns where he was appointed as officials, namely, Huang Degong, Alex Gao and Wei, were all named descendants of hereditary posts. Zuo Liangyu was specially entrusted with the affairs of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and was soon named Prince Taifu. At that time, Li Zicheng was defeated in Shanhaiguan, and Zuo Liangyu took advantage of this opportunity to recover Jingzhou, De 'an and Chengtian in western Hubei. He Tengjiao, Governor of Huguang, and Yuan Jixian, Governor of Huguang, live in Jiangxi. They are all very friendly with Zuo Liangyu, and the courts in Hong Guang use this area as a barrier. Zuo Liangyu's official career once benefited from Hou Yao's recommendation. Hou Yaofang's ancestral home is Lindong. After Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng came to power, they were worried that Lindong party member would be embarrassed by relying on Zuo Liangyu, so they made friends with Zuo Liangyu hypocritically, secretly envied him, and built Trigger City as a barrier to defend the West. Zuo Liangyu sighed and said, "What is there to guard against in the West now? Probably to guard against me! " ! "When things were getting worse in the imperial court, Huang Zhu, the prison army, used the power of Liang Yusheng to contradict Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng face to face. When Huang Zhu came back, the court sent a security official to arrest Huang Zhu, but Zuo Liangyu refused to hand over Huang Zhu. So Huang Zhu and other generals asked Liangyu to send troops every day to eliminate the bad guys around the emperor. Zuo Liangyu hesitated and didn't agree. Soon, the event that the north came to look for the prince happened. Huang Zhu took this opportunity to arouse everyone's resentment in retaliation for his hatred, and called 36 battalion generals to form an alliance with him.

Zuo Liangyu then made up his mind to rebel and issued a campaign against Ma Shiying. From Hankou to qi zhou, warships with a length of more than 200 miles were arranged and went down the river. At that time, Zuo Liangyu's condition was very serious. When he arrived in Jiujiang, he invited Yuan Jixian, the governor, to board the ship, and took out a secret letter from his sleeve, saying that it was sent by the Crown Prince, so as to hijack the local generals to form an alliance with him. After Yan Yan turned him down. Liang Yusheng's ministry Hao Zhongzhong secretly entered Jiujiang City, set fire to the city, and then left. Zuo Liangyu looked at the fire in the city and said, "I'm sorry, Yuan Gong!" He vomited a few liters of blood on the spot and died that night.

The year of death was April of the second year of Qing Shunzhi (1645). The generals won't send out obituary, * * * elected his son Zuo Menggeng as the army leader. On the 7th, the army marched eastward, and the court ordered Huang Degong to cross the river to defend and annihilate the rebels. Zuo Menggeng led the rest of the soldiers to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.