Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 32 Brother Lu, please take a seat! (Please read on)
On the eighth day of the ninth month of the eleventh year of Zhizheng, 1351 AD, Luzhou City was captured!
Looking at the open city gate in front of him and the streets cleared of remaining enemies, Lu Jin's heart was filled with emotion!
Historically, Zuo Junbi occupied Luzhou, killed innocent people to claim credit, robbed the villagers, and committed evil, putting the Chaohu navy under great pressure.

In 1352, the leader of the Maitreya Sect, the prototype of Cheng Kun in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and the rebel leader Peng Yingyu sent people to persuade Zuo Junbi to surrender.

In addition, the power of the Xu Song Red Army increased greatly at that time, and it was on the verge of swallowing up half of the country in one fell swoop. Seeing that the Yuan Dynasty was about to end, Zuo Junbi took advantage of the situation and joined the Maitreya Sect. He nominally joined the Red Turbans and stopped attacking the Chaohu Navy, but was determined not to give up the territory and kept guarding Luzhou for more than ten years.

Later, after Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Nanjing, he sent Xu Da to conquer the country. He also captured Zuo Junbi's family and then returned them to him. Zuo Junbi abandoned Luzhou and went to Henan, continuing to resist. He was only persuaded to surrender by Zhu Yuanzhang after two attempts.

Not only did this guy not get into any trouble later, he also became the commander of the Guangxi Provincial Guard in the Ming Dynasty.

But now, thanks to Lu Jin's efforts, everything is different!

Zuo Junbi had already become his victim, and Zhu Liangzu was not transferred to Jiangnan, but became his prisoner in his hometown of Lu'an.

Luzhou City, which had been occupied by Zuo Junbi for more than ten years, also became Lu Jin's spoils! The main gate was wide open, waiting for his arrival!

Lu Jin was extremely excited. Although he had no intention of joining Zhu Yuanzhang from the beginning, and even wanted to compete with him for the world, the uncertainty of the battle between the time traveler and the son of the plane still made him feel quite stressed.

But now, he finally has confidence.

"History has been changed by me. A dozen Ming dukes and marquises from Chaohu Navy have become my subordinates. I may be able to fight for the world. I really don't believe that Zhu Yuanzhang can summon meteorites like Liu Xiu. If he really has this ability, I will admit it."

Lu Jin was full of energy and waved his hand, "Enter the city!"

The Chaohu generals behind him followed closely, each of them overjoyed as he entered the city.

There were no civilians to be seen on the streets of Luzhou city. There were only the footsteps of patrolling teams of red-turbaned soldiers and newly captured prisoners of war, some of whom were squatting in a row in the corners of the walls, and some of whom were being taken to other places for headcount.

When they saw Lu Jin coming, they all greeted him respectfully with a fist salute.

"General Lu, we won."

"General Lu will win!"

"We won! We've won for the third time. I didn't expect attacking a city would be so easy!"

The Red Turbans' admiration for Lu Jin was beyond words. Since Lu Jin joined the Chaohu Red Turbans, they had been winning, winning! Every time they captured a lot of spoils, and their own losses were shockingly low.

This is the true destiny!
"Be careful not to be arrogant or impatient, patrol well, and don't do evil, otherwise I will punish you!" Lu Jin warned the soldiers along the way.

"Yes!"

The soldiers responded loudly, and then laughed happily, which frightened the people in the city.

All the shops along the street were closed, and through the cracks in the tightly closed doors, countless pairs of eyes were secretly looking at them in fear, worrying about their future life and their own lives.

Lu Jin led the Chaohu generals straight to the government office, which had been completely taken over by Zhang Desheng. Zhang Desheng was standing at the door in high spirits, waiting for Lu Jin to come.

"Brother Lu!"

"Desheng, how are you? Is nothing wrong?" Lu Jin asked immediately.

"Nothing happened. Those officials were very honest. It was just that the Darughachi named Mai Lu'er Bu Hua who escaped. I don't know if Ye Sheng stopped him." Zhang Desheng reported immediately.

"It doesn't matter if one person runs away. Account books and documents are more important." Lu Jin commented and led the generals into the lobby of the government office.

There were more than a dozen clerks kneeling trembling on the ground at the side of the hall, and there were red-turbaned soldiers guarding them. Lu Jin didn't even look at them, but looked towards the center of the hall. There was only a table and a chair.

Lu Jin suddenly asked meaningfully, "There's only one seat?"

This is not nonsense. Will the government lobby give you a few more chairs?
However, Liao Yongan had a high EQ and understood the meaning of the music. He immediately clasped his fists and bowed, "Please take a seat, General Lu."

"Yes, please take a seat, Brother Lu!" The three brothers Yu Tonghai, Yu Tongyuan and Yu Tongyuan also followed suit upon hearing what was said.

Zhao Zhongzhong, Zhao Yong, and Zhang Desheng saw this and immediately clasped their fists and bowed, "Brother Lu, please take a seat. If it weren't for Brother Lu leading us to three victories, how could we brothers be standing here?

"Even if you can enter this government hall, I'm afraid you only have a head but no body!

"Since there is only one seat, if Brother Lu doesn't take it, who dares to take it? Who is worthy of taking it?"

Although the Chaohu Navy had many generals, the real power came from the Liao family. Among the three Liao brothers, Liao Yongan was the most prominent. Zhang Desheng used to be Liao Yongan's younger brother, but now even the eldest brother has submitted to Lu Jin, so how could the younger brother not obey?

The Yu family was also quite powerful, consisting of four people: Yu Tingyu, Yu Tonghai, Yu Tongyuan, and Yu Tongyuan, father and son, plus the brothers Zhao Zhongzhong and Zhao Yong.

Now these five young men in their teens and twenties have all become Lu Jin's little fans, and they obey his orders unconditionally. Even though Yu Tingyu is already a 40-year-old old man, he has to obey them at this time.

Moreover, through daily contact during this period, Yu Tingyu could also feel Lu Jin's strength.

Just from the way they address each other, Yu Tonghai calls Lu Jin "Big Brother Lu", and Lu Jin calls his father "Old Brother Yu".

I am 17 years older than you, but you won't even call me uncle. You act like we are just talking about our own things and we are friends as equals, and you don't even want to suffer a loss in the way of addressing me.

And there was also the little trick that Lu Jin played when he was selecting the generals outside the city just now.

When Zuo Junbi and Zhu Liangzu were beaten, although Lu Jin was always in charge of the operations, he would still discuss and explain things to them.

As a result, before attacking the city just now, Lu Jin didn't even discuss it, and directly asked "Are all the generals willing to follow him to attack the city?", acting like a boss.

And how did Lu Jin select the generals? The merit of being the first to capture the city was given to Yin Congdao, who he personally recruited to surrender, and the merit of intercepting the fleeing enemy was given to Ye Sheng, who he personally recruited to surrender.

The credit for capturing Zuo Junfu was given to his subordinates Zhang Wen and Zhu Shou.

All other tasks were given to Zhang Desheng, Zhao Zhongzhong, Yu Tonghai and other young people in their teens and twenties.

The father and son of the Yu family were in charge of two combat camps, one of which was managed by Yu Tingyu himself, and the other was managed by his eldest son Yu Tonghai.

Then what did Lu Jin do? He directly mentioned the names of the eldest and second oldest, Yu Tonghai and Yu Tongyuan. At that time, Yu Tingyu narrowed his eyes, but did not say anything.

Good fellow, you mobilized my battalion without even asking me, the leader, right? You just assigned two little ones to work for you? Did you ask for my opinion?
And what Lu Jin did was to tell him clearly, look at your three sons, who do they listen to now, are they willing to follow you to fish and catch shrimps in the lake, or are they willing to follow you to win the battle and enjoy the good life?

If you cooperate honestly, you will still be our respected Brother Yu. If you don’t, I will sideline you in a minute!

At this point, what else can Yu Tingyu do? After all, Lu Jin can really lead them to victory. This is the key. If you can't win the battle, it's useless to say anything. Who will obey you? Just because you are old?

Fortunately, Lu Jin was pretty good to them. Although he was a little strong, he was fair and had never treated them unfairly. Thinking of this, Yu Tingyu had no choice but to give in. He couldn't possibly break off relations with his three sons.

So Yu Tingyu went a step further and knelt down on one knee in public to Lu Jin, who was 17 years younger than him.

"Please take a seat, General Lu. What they said is right. If it weren't for General Lu leading us here, we brothers wouldn't be here today.

"Military merit is the most important thing in the army. General Lu made suggestions and led us to three victories. If we were to reward people based on merit, General Lu should be the first to receive the credit. Only General Lu can sit in this position. If anyone else dares to sit in this position, we will not accept it.

"I, Old Yu, am making this clear today. Apart from General Lu, if anyone dares to sit in that position, I will beat him down! I only respect General Lu!"

When the three Yu brothers saw their father kneeling, they also knelt down quickly. The Zhao brothers and Zhang Desheng also knelt down. "Please take a seat, General Lu!"

"Yes, Brother Lu, only if you go up can you continue to lead us to victory. We will listen to you!" Yu Tonghai expressed his opinion bluntly.

Everyone knelt in the field, and the pressure immediately came to the three Liao brothers. Seeing this, Liao Yongan also knelt.

"Brother Yu is right. Military merit is the most important thing in the army. If we are to reward people for their merit, General Lu should be the first to receive the honor.

"General Lu is a man of heaven. He led us to three victories, killing Zuo Junbi, capturing Zhu Liangzu, and conquering Luzhou City, with almost no damage himself. This is beyond human power and is achieved by the will of heaven.

"The will of heaven cannot be violated. I hope General Lu will not despise our brothers' dull talents and continue to lead us brothers to conquer the world!"

When Liao Yongzhong saw his third brother kneeling, he knelt down as well, "General Lu, please take a seat!"

The pressure immediately came to Liao Yongjian. His face changed. It was not that he was dissatisfied with Lu Jin. He still admired Lu Jin in his heart. But this man wanted to save face. How could he, a 32-year-old old comrade, kneel before Lu Jin, a 23-year-old younger brother? Where would he put his face?

Seeing that his second brother was still in a daze, Liao Yongan immediately turned his head and looked at him.

"Brother, Chaohu Lake is too small to accommodate us and we can't accomplish anything. General Lu will take us to attack Hezhou, Wuwei, Lujiang, Lu'an, Quanjiao, Chuzhou, and Dingyuan. The world is so big, are you satisfied with just Chaohu Lake?"

After hearing this, Liao Yongjian finally stopped insisting, but he was still very embarrassed. He used an expressionless face to cover up his shame and knelt on one knee.

"General Lu, please take a seat! I have no other brothers who can speak, but I also obey you. Please continue to lead us to conquer the world."

"Hahahaha, thank you brothers for thinking highly of me. Hurry up and get up. What are you doing? You are really embarrassing me."

Seeing that all the generals were convinced, Lu Jin immediately stepped forward and helped them up one by one.

A group of petty officials who were kneeling on one side of the lobby were also forced to watch this show. Some people secretly laughed at them, calling them country bumpkins.

But one of the minor officials could not help but look over here. He saw that Lu Jin was tall and strong, with a very handsome face, a handsome face, and a heroic air. It was indeed an extraordinary person, not an ordinary person.

Hearing that the other generals highly praised him, and that he was the mastermind behind the killing of Zuo Junbi, the capture of Zhu Liangzu, the conquest of Luzhou City, and the three victories in three battles, he immediately looked up to him again. Is this really destiny?!

Then he heard Lu Jin speaking to the generals.

"Just before attacking the city, I had already made a great wish to follow the will of heaven, respond to the will of the people, put an end to the chaos, punish the tyrannical Yuan, expel the Tartars, restore China, establish laws and disciplines, and save the people. If God loves me, I will conquer this city today, and now I have succeeded.

“Although I, Lu Jin, have read many military books since I was young, to be honest, they are all just theories on paper. This is my first time leading an army to fight. I was able to achieve three victories in three battles, all thanks to God’s blessing.

"It seems that even God cannot stand the evil deeds of the tyrannical Yuan Dynasty. The ancients said that the barbarians would not last a hundred years, and it was true! Now that the Yuan Dynasty is about to end, God wants to use us to quell the chaos. How can I, Lu Jin, go against God's will?!"

As he spoke, he walked around the table and pulled out the chair.

"Since my brothers insist that I take this seat and think highly of me, I will be disrespectful to refuse it.

"But we won't treat our brothers unfairly. There's no reason for me to sit alone. Desheng, see if there are any chairs in the back hall and bring one to each of our brothers."

"Yes!"

Everyone present was delighted when they heard this, especially Liao Yongjian and Yu Tingyu, two old men in their thirties or forties.

Lu Jin has met so many people, how could he not see their intentions? It's just that he's old and needs to save face, so he just needs to give them enough face.

Among the clerks kneeling beside the hall, the man who had just seen Lu Jin, when he heard Lu Jin's great ambition and the method of giving seats to everyone, immediately praised in his heart.

"What a great ambition, what a high emotional intelligence, he is truly a man of heaven, and he is good at fighting and manipulating people's hearts, no wonder he was able to win over the Chaohu generals."

After Zhang Desheng brought chairs from the back house of the government office, Lu Jin asked Liao Yongjian and Yu Tingyu to sit on the upper side, and the two old brothers immediately became even happier.

Lu Jin also looked at them and smiled. He had already figured out how to subdue and control the three Liao brothers.

The three brothers of the Liao family are all fishermen and boatmen, making a living by fishing and transporting goods. The second brother, Liao Yongjian, is a simple-minded, straightforward person with a quick temper and short temper. He is also the oldest and most concerned about his reputation.

The third brother, Liao Yongan, is experienced, down-to-earth, and has high emotional intelligence. In the past, selling fish and soliciting freight business all depended on Liao Yongan to deal with people. He was the one who really took charge among the three brothers.

The nominal leader of the Chaohu navy was actually Miss Jinhua of the Maitreya sect, but this evil woman is already dead.

The current leader is Zhao Pusheng, but he was frightened by Zuo Junbi and dared not even stay in Chaohu. He took Hua Gao and hid in Hanshan to defend the village.

But the Chaohu navy is mainly composed of the navy. They can't just abandon thousands of ships, so someone has to lead the navy, and Liao Yongan is the person who leads the navy.

He is the real leader of the Chaohu generals, but not the chief. The Chaohu navy, which has thousands of soldiers, is not an independent organization.

It was supported by the cult leader Peng Yingyu from the very beginning, and had close ties with the Xu Song branch of the Red Turban Army in the South, but it did not have a real and clear leader. It was equivalent to a remote-controlled loose organization, which gave Lu Jin an opportunity to take advantage of.

In addition, Liao Yongan had seen the magical aspects of Lu brocade and he felt deeply that he was incapable. Under his leadership, the Chaohu Navy, with thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of family members, could only barely stay in the lake to survive.

As for fighting back? I dare not even think about it!

Since Lu Jin is capable of leading everyone to better development, then we should respect Lu Jin as the leader. Liao Yongan is a very practical person. He only cares about survival. He will naturally obey whoever can lead them to better development.

As for Zhao Pusheng? Where was Zhao Pusheng when they were bullied by Zuo Junbi?
There is also the fourth brother, Liao Yongzhong. This man was quite capable in fighting in history, but he made a big mistake in history.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liao Yongzhong to pick up the young Ming King Han Lin'er. However, Liao Yongzhong secretly guessed the emperor's intention and sank Han Lin'er's boat on the way, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry.

If I sent you to pick someone up, what's the difference between that and if I picked him up myself? Now that you've killed Han Lin'er, everyone thinks I killed the emperor. Isn't that putting me in an unjust position?

I have conquered most of the world, why would I be afraid of a little kid who hasn't even grown all his hair? Isn't this unnecessary?

We don’t know whether Zhu Yuanzhang had instructed Liao Yongzhong to do this, but this is what is recorded in history books. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang hated him very much because of this incident and put Liao Yongzhong on the blacklist.

In addition, Liao Yongzhong did become arrogant later on. His two older brothers died and no one cared about him. The youngest brother became more and more arrogant and was finally chopped to death by Chong Ba Ge for any reason.

None of the three Liao brothers survived.

Lu Jin thought secretly that if he wanted to win over the three Liao brothers, he only needed to win over the third brother, Liao Yongan, and the fourth brother, Liao Yongzhong, would listen to his brother.

As for the second brother Liao Yongjian, just give him face, he is a very obedient person.

As for Liao Yongan, Lu Jin must protect him. As long as this emotionally intelligent third brother is alive, his two brothers will not do anything stupid.

What? Where did the boss go?
The eldest brother, Liao Yongqing, died young
After all the Chaohu generals in the hall had taken their seats, Lu Jin slammed the table and spoke to everyone.

"Let's get down to business. All units report the damage and prisoners captured."

This chapter is combined into two parts. It mainly introduces the interpersonal relationships among the generals in Chaohu and the psychological state of the protagonist and the generals. It also analyzes the foreshadowing and some details that were buried before, so that you can understand it.

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