Zhao Junyong led more than 15,000 troops and horses in a mighty march south.

From a certain perspective, Zhao Junyong had reason to be proud. He followed Zhima Li in the uprising. Zhima Li died, but he was safe and sound.

After escaping to Haozhou, he defeated Guo Zixing, killed Peng Da, and scared Sun Deya away. Among the marshals in Haozhou, he dominated and had the last laugh.

If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't appeared, he could have proudly said, "Let's find out who the father is on a street in Huaixi!"

"As we are about to arrive in Chuzhou, I might as well say a few words to you guys. Why have we been safe and sound all these years? In a word, we not only have fists, but also brains. Take Peng Da as an example, he is

He was a reckless man. I used a little trick to kill him. Zhu Chongba couldn’t escape this time. To tell you the truth, he had my people under his command for a long time! I knew Chuzhou’s reality this time clearly.

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Zhao Junyong was full of confidence and couldn't help but feel proud.

Beside him, Miao Daheng was stunned and speechless.

"What, you don't believe it?"

"No, no! The superior has a clever plan. Zhu Chongba is no match for the superior! He is so unpredictable and unexpected..." Miao Daheng flattered Zhao Junyong and made him feel comfortable without thinking about anything else.

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Turning his head, Miao Daheng was quite frightened and uneasy.

If it is true as Zhao Junyong said, it would be a bad thing.

He united two thousand households with only a few thousand troops, and these troops did not completely obey them. If he wanted to fight back, it would become a joke!

Things like defecting before battle are technical tasks and require careful arrangements.

Take Miao Daheng as an example. He has almost 2,000 subordinates. These 2,000 people are not all his cronies. There are also 500 people among them who were later installed by Zhao Junyong.

If he casually announced a counterattack, these five hundred people would be able to kill Daheng Miao first.

And even if you are a close confidant, you will not just obey your orders. If you rebel against the coach and make a mistake, your death will be as miserable as possible.

Zhao Junyong is not a soft-hearted person.

Therefore, if you really want to succeed, you must take advantage of the right time and place, and then you can mobilize the majority of people to stand together, and kill a very small number of die-hards with one blow, and then you can succeed in the uprising.

After all, I still have too little time for myself!

Miao Daheng regretted it too late and was as anxious as anything, fearing that Zhu Yuanzhang would be plotted.

So what is Lao Zhu doing at this moment?

He was supervising the troops and was digging a hole for Zhao Junyong. As for the internal agent who wanted to take refuge with Zhao Junyong, as expected, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who released him, and it was Zhang Ximeng's handiwork.

Not only military, intelligence, planning...all kinds of tricks are used, with so many people waiting for him, Zhao Jun is very lucky!

Zhang Ximeng did not follow Zhu Yuanzhang to the front line in person. Beside him, there was a complete camp of young people, generally above the age of thirteen or fourteen and under the age of sixteen, including many of Lao Zhu's godsons and close associates of military generals.

For example, Li Wenzhong and Lan Yu are all here. In addition, although Zhu Ying is young, he also comes. At the same time, Zhu Ying's classmate Lu Zhou also comes.

Zhang Ximeng is surrounded by talented people.

Facing a big battle, these little boys were all eager to try. They wished they could go into battle and kill the enemy as soon as possible, so that they could be rewarded for their meritorious service and show off their power.

Zhang Ximeng has long been out of vulgar taste. Since he is a civil servant under Lao Zhu, he should fulfill his mission as a civil servant.

Zhang Ximeng is compiling a manual for meritorious service...how to recognize merit and how to reward him. As the number of battles increases, a complete set of regulations must be drawn up.

Zhang Ximeng was busy with these things, and Lu Zhou obediently stayed by his side, helping Zhang Ximeng organize and do secretarial work.

Zhang Ximeng also thinks highly of this talented young painter.

"You can draw treasure banknotes, but can you draw big seals?"

Lu Zhou thought carefully, "Is it an official seal or a private seal?"

"Is there a difference?"

"The difference is huge." Lu Zhou lowered his head and said: "Official seals have regulations and are not difficult to copy, but private seals cannot. Many private seals have to be dropped hard after being carved, and the result is cracks...

This is made by nature, not by manpower. Therefore, it is very difficult to imitate the private seals of famous artists. If you don’t believe me, go find out. Those paintings by Su Dongpo were all stamped with a seal from somewhere else."

Zhang Ximeng was startled. It seemed like that was really the case, but most of the later generations liked to pretend to be Tang Bohu and Zhang Daqian...

"It would be great if you can imitate the official seal. If you think about it carefully, you might be able to use it when fighting Yuan Bing later."

Lu Zhou agreed casually. His attention was focused on the regulations drafted by Zhang Ximeng. He suddenly asked: "Why not just judge merit based on the number of heads? Aren't the more heads, the greater the merit?"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "You can say that, but after all, there are still people who compete for the head. The size of the credit depends on the quantity, but also the quality! Therefore, battlefield performance is very important. For example, if you get there first, you will be rewarded heavily. In battle, there are

Heroic behaviors such as killing generals and seizing the flag, turning the tide, and fighting bravely despite being wounded can all be used as criteria for meritorious service."

Lu Zhou looked at it and agreed. Suddenly he asked: "Then, how to determine these credits?"

"This... of course, someone else needs to observe and record it, and compare it with the oral accounts of other soldiers, before we can finally confirm it." Zhang Ximeng said: "I just drafted a strategy, and I still have to figure out how to implement it."

Lu Zhou nodded and put down the booklet. He seemed to have remembered something happy and immediately approached Zhang Ximeng.

"Let me take credit!"

"record merits?"

"Yes, I just go to the front to record... Don't worry, I won't go to the battlefield. I'm just observing from behind. If there are any heroic deeds, I will record them. How about using them as proof of merit?"

Zhang Ximeng pondered for a moment. He did have this idea, but he never thought that Lu Zhou would actually ask him to do this.

You should just keep painting and don't cause any trouble to me.

But this child is obviously very persistent, and as we all know, painting is an industry with unlimited future. If you don't agree, you will go to war later, so don't treat it like a child's play!

Zhang Ximeng thought for a while and could only nod his head, allowing Lu Zhou to go to the front to watch the battle.

This kid jumped up and rushed out.

Soon Zhang Ximeng sensed that something was wrong. Li Wenzhong, Lan Yu, and these two bastards all ran away with Lu Zhou. They were not allowed to join in the fun, and they had to join in the fun!

Zhang Ximeng was also afraid that something might happen to the little boys, so he quickly led his men to chase them.

But at this moment, there were militiamen all on the road, beating gongs and drums and shouting loudly.

"The dog Tatars are defeated! Go and capture the prisoners!"

"Failed!"

Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but rein in his horse, so fast?

Zhao Junyong couldn't help but hit him. I, the protagonist, haven't even started yet, and it's over like this?

Zhang Ximeng was quite disappointed. He quickly mobilized his horse and went to see what was going on... As he ran, he encountered militiamen coming and going. Gradually, Zhang Ximeng also figured out what was going on.

It turned out that Zhao Junyong got the news and found the team where Peng Zao was staying. He found that there were only more than a thousand people escorting 3,000 shi of grain. Zhao Junyong thought he had encountered a fat sheep, so he immediately divided his troops into three groups and rushed directly.

Among them, Miao Daheng was responsible for the right-wing attack.

Miao Daheng was very anxious. He didn't want to do anything for Zhao Junyong, but in this situation, he couldn't fight even if he didn't want to.

And once Peng Zaozhu is killed, even if he wants to turn back, he will be on the edge of a cliff and have no other way out.

Just when Miao Daheng was anxious, Peng Zaozhu was ready and was fighting with Zhao Junyong.

In order to avenge his father, Peng Zaozhu risked his life. He killed dozens of Zhao Junyong's subordinates as soon as he came up. But in the final analysis, Peng Zaozhu had few soldiers and Zhao Junyong was ruthless.

He was defeated and suffered heavy losses, and he himself was injured.

Miao Daheng was helpless. Seeing this, he couldn't continue paddling.

"Follow me!"

At this moment, Miao Daheng suddenly heard the sound of drums, and Zhu Jiajun poured out from all directions!

Peng Zaozhu wiped the blood from his face and laughed loudly.

"Brothers, reinforcements are coming, follow me and kill!"

The soldiers who were extremely tired suddenly regained their fighting spirit and fought back crazily.

The Zhu Jiajun came from outside. On the left were Tang He, Wu Zhen, Wu Liang, Fei Ju, etc., and on the right were Xu Da, Hua Yun, Lu Zhongheng, and Hu Dahai.

In the middle is Zhu Yuanzhang, supervising the main force and coming to kill!

They are all ruthless men who can fight, and they are specially used to serve Zhao Jun.

This Marshal Zhao of Haozhou is worthy of everyone's fight. After all, when he was the Marshal, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a mere ninth captain!

Now that things have happened, the counterattack has begun!

Everyone on Zhu Yuanzhang's side was wailing and screaming, trying hard to win the credit.

But there is one person who is faster than them, and that is Daheng Miao!

When he realized that this was a set-up set by Zhu Yuanzhang for Zhao Junyong, he almost laughed out loud!

Well, Zhu Yuanzhang, okay! I’m convinced!

"Come on, kill me!"

Miao Daheng took the lead and rushed out, but his direction was towards Zhao Junyong's central army.

He started, and then the two Qianhus also shouted, "Zhao Jun must surrender to the Tatars. If he doesn't want to be a lackey, come with us and kill him!"
To be continued...