Chapter 138: One Hundred Thousand
Zhang Shicheng, who escaped from the death of Lao Zhu's subordinates and returned to Gaoyou again, was in tears. He wanted to change his mother's name, so he simply called Dou E. He is even more unfair than Dou E now!
After finally struggling for so long, he was about to turn over, but Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his face. This was too frustrating.
"My surname is Zhu, you only need to give me a few days. When I train my troops, I will destroy you!"
Zhang Shicheng still felt that his troops had not recovered from the siege, and the newly recruited Yuan army had not been integrated, so he would be defeated in one battle. As long as there was a little time, even if it was ten days and half a month, he could recruit surrender and rebel, and his strength soared. What about the Zhu family army at that time? It was bullshit!
Zhang Shixin, Zhang Shide, and other confidant generals also had this view. They were indignant and thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was a fraud, a sneak attack, and did not talk about martial ethics!
But at this moment, Shi Nai'an ran in panting. He was careful. Didn't Zhu Yuanzhang always be in Chuzhou? Why did he emerge?
Shi Nai'an found several surrendered generals from the Yuan court and asked carefully. Only then did he realize that Zhu Yuanzhang had defeated the Yuan army in ** and Tianchang, and then captured Yangzhou.
They are not watching the fun, but are participating in the battle seriously, and they seem to be much better than Zhang Shicheng.
Of course, the pressure on both sides was different. Tuotuo directly piled up the main force on Zhang Shicheng, which was something that Lao Zhu couldn't compare to, but no matter what, the Zhu family army was not a weak person.
After Zhang Shicheng listened patiently, he suddenly realized!
"Hey! If I had known this, I wouldn't have rushed to turn against Zhu Yuanzhang!" Zhang Shicheng regretted it, but no one else dared to say anything. The reason is very simple. They are even more crazy than Zhang Shicheng!
This is considered a kick to the iron plate.
"How many soldiers and horses do the surname Zhu have? How powerful are we than us?"
Shi Nai'an grinned bitterly, he couldn't say it well!
"Your Highness, Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Chuzhou and other places, with 100,800 people. What should be there? Now he has obtained Yangzhou again, and his strength has skyrocketed. Two hundred thousand soldiers should be similar..."
As soon as he said this, the people under Zhang Shicheng's men all turned green.
Someone wants to stand up and say, "Or let's vote!"
Don't bully people like this.
Tutuo claimed to be a million troops, but in fact hundreds of thousands of people besieged Gaoyou. Tutuo was finished, and another Zhu Yuanzhang, who had more than 200,000 troops, continued to besiege Gaoyou.
If he absorbed the surrendered troops of the Yuan army, wouldn’t it be another 400,000 or 500,000 people?
I, Zhang Shicheng, have no virtue? I have received such favor from God. I thank you!
"Then what should you do? Can you make peace? Otherwise, let's give him the title of the prince and stop fighting with him?" Zhang Shicheng was really discouraged. He had no courage and continued to fight with Lao Zhu.
In fact, this is Zhang Shicheng who scared himself. Zhu Yuanzhang's route is different from him. He is very safe to train land and raise soldiers, taking one step at a time.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang's main force is five battalions in front, back, left and right. This time he caught a lot of war horses, but he could upgrade to a cavalry battalion.
In addition, the rest are mainly Class B households. If you are willing, several Class B camps may be organized.
The total force should be more than 50,000.
What is two hundred thousand, that is impossible.
But although there are not many soldiers in Old Zhu, if he is given enough time and strict training, all of them are rectified, these 50,000 people may not be less powerful than 200,000 people.
In short, it still takes time to settle.
The Zhu family army is indeed growing a little faster.
Zhang Shicheng didn't know this, he just wanted to seek peace.
But Shi Nai'an shook his head slightly after hearing Zhang Shicheng's words, his face was full of bitterness.
This scared Zhang Shicheng, "Why, you can't even surrender? Zhu Yuanzhang must kill me, Lao Zhang?"
Shi Nai'an smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, I remembered that before the Yuan army headed south, I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was under his rule, cleaned up the powerful, and made great achievements. I was worried that even if I surrender, I might not have a good end!"
After he said this, he reminded Zhang Shicheng's generals that they had gained a lot of benefits after they revived. Zhang Shicheng liked to enjoy it, and they followed Zhang Shicheng and also enjoyed it and drank it spicy.
If Shi Nai'an said this, if he surrendered to Lao Zhu, Zhu Yuanzhang would have attacked them and would not be polite.
"What's this called?"
Zhang Shicheng was stunned, another person who wanted to surrender but could not surrender!
I've been accused of Tai Sui this year, so I really should ask someone to take a look!
Just as everyone was silent and anxious, Shi Nai'an remembered another thing, "By the way, Your Highness, I also heard that when Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Yangzhou, he steamed buns and stewed meat outside the city, and lured the Yuan army in the city to surrender!"
"What?"
Zhang Shicheng stood up in shock. Over the past few months, he knew more than anyone else about the importance of food.
It feels bad to be hungry!
Gao You is far from recovering now. If Zhu Yuanzhang really steamed buns and stewed meat outside the city, Zhang Shicheng touched his chin. If he was not King Cheng, he would have surrendered!
"Tutuo, this stupid guy!" Zhang Shicheng suddenly scolded Tutuo, and everyone was puzzled.
Gu/span> "What a bullshit Yuan Ting's pillar stone? He needs Zhu Chongba's ability to set up a few big pots outside the city. We have long become prisoners and have different bodies and heads!"
It's true, this is true. If Tuotuo really learned Lao Zhu's method, Gaoyou City would have collapsed a month ago.
They survived for another month.
But what's the use of this month? Isn't you going to die in the end?
Moreover, the Yuan court said that the city was massacred, but it might not be that the city was really massacred. At least they still have a glimmer of hope.
But let Zhu Yuanzhang gain power and implement his strategy of attacking the powerful and dividing the land equally. It is estimated that their doomsday will really come!
"Brother, we can't admit defeat! Although it's not long, a batch of grain was transported in the city and tens of thousands of surrendered troops. We can still hold on for a while. In short, we will fight with the one named Zhu!" Zhang Shide suggested loudly!
Zhang Shicheng looked at his brothers' high fighting spirit, and he sighed slightly. To be honest, he couldn't fight anymore, both physically and mentally exhausted.
If he continues to be trapped like this, he will probably go crazy.
But this is the case, what can I do?
"Send the order to strictly enforce the city defense and prepare for the battle!"
Zhang Shicheng issued an order, and all the generals went, but he stopped Shi Nai'an. The two of them got together, and Zhang Shicheng went straight to the point.
"Sir, the war has come to this day, and it is not enough to hold on with soldiers and food... You can find a way to talk to Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as he can protect us and not dismantle these soldiers, I am willing to give up Gaoyou and be his subordinate, whatever I can do!"
The King of Deity is going to surrender!
Shi Nai'an really didn't expect that from the fate of heaven to the defeat, the speed was too fast. If it were someone else, I would rather die than surrender... But Zhang Shicheng was not an ordinary person after all, he was a businessman, an illegal businessman, a seller of private salt.
Even if he was capricious to the Yuan court, he would not be able to use this trick on Lao Zhu.
But the question is, can Zhu Yuanzhang be deceived?
Shi Nai'an had no idea at all, but he could only try his best to deal with it. Otherwise, what else could he do?
Zhang Shicheng's life was already hanging by a thread... At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's camp was filled with joy. The defeat of Zhang Shicheng was enough to prove that they were the kings of the land of Lianghuai.
Many defeated soldiers of the Yuan court had sent envoys to Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping to surrender.
Due to the need to ensure combat power, Lao Zhu did not want to swallow it whole. He hoped to accept the soldiers and the generals made other arrangements.
It turns out that under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, there must be no way to settle so many people at once... Therefore, Huai'an, Xuzhou, and Haizhou have to be brought over to have enough land to settle the soldiers, and at the same time, some money is taken out to make the generals willing to give up their troops.
Lao Zhu had a rough idea in his mind, but he still needed to think about how to implement it. The person who is best at doing this is Zhang Ximeng.
In the Zhu family army, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally the well-deserved father of the Party, while Zhang Ximeng was a bit like a designer and came up with a solution that Lao Zhu was satisfied with.
Li Shanchang is the project manager, responsible for organizing and implementing the work, and the others are just doing their best.
Even if they don’t conquer the world and do decoration, they are probably good at it.
But just as Lao Zhu hesitated, his designer came!
Zhang Ximeng actually came from Yangzhou and came directly to meet Lao Zhu.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not overjoyed, but was frightened.
Zhang Ximeng is in charge of Yangzhou, and he is full of trouble. Why did he come to Yangzhou suddenly? Something must have happened!
"You go out first!"
Lao Zhu drove Zhu Wenzheng out. You should know that Lao Zhu and his nephew are inseparable these days, but now he wants Zhu Wenzheng out, which shows how much he attaches importance to it.
Sure enough, after seeing Lao Zhu, Zhang Ximeng said directly: "Lord, the troops in the south of the Yuan Dynasty have moved, and the Hezhou direction has sent an emergency document!"
"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned... He was not scared to tell him frankly, because the Yuan army in Jiangnan had already been under their consideration.
It was even a bit late to attack Hezhou at this time and I had missed the best opportunity!
Neither he went against Tuotuo, nor did he win the flag, saving Tuotuo's fate... There was no doubt about this, because the reason was very simple. With the virtues of the Yuan court and the barriers of the river, the Yuan army in Jiangnan could cooperate with Tuotuo on time, which would be a problem!
However, at this moment, the Yuan army appeared and took Hezhou directly, which made Zhu Yuanzhang fall into an unprecedented passive!
“How many of them have?”
“Not less than one hundred thousand.”
"Who is stationed in Hezhou now?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
"There are Geng Zaicheng, Hu Hai, and Chang Yuchun!" After Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, his heart was also relieved. Chang Yuchun claimed to be Chang 100,000, which was to lead 100,000 soldiers, not to fight 100,000 soldiers!
"If we don't save Hezhou, what will happen?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked seriously.
Chapter completed!