Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 68: The wedding date is the war date! (Happy Dragon Boat Festival, please read on)
Guo Zixing is an important figure in the history of the late Yuan Dynasty, and Lu Jin certainly knows him.

The ancestors of the Guo family were not from Dingyuan, but their ancestral home was Cao County, Heze, Shandong, the center of the universe.

Guo Zixing's father was good at numerology and made a living by telling fortunes. One day, when he was traveling and came to Dingyuan, a local wealthy man in Dingyuan asked him to tell his daughter's fortune.

The daughter of this wealthy family has been blind since childhood. No local man was willing to marry her, so Mr. Guo told her fortune and the result was a good one, saying that she had a good fate.

The rich man was very happy to hear this, but he said to him, "My daughter has been blind since she was a child and has never been able to get married. How can this be considered a good fate?"

When Guo Zixing's father heard this, he immediately liked the blind girl's dowry and proposed to her on the spot, saying, "Grandpa, if you don't mind my background, you can marry her to me."

So the rich man married his daughter to him
With his wealthy father-in-law's fortune as capital, Mr. Guo lived better and better. His blind wife was indeed lucky as she did not pass on her blindness to her descendants. She gave birth to three brothers, Guo Zixing, and a daughter. Guo Zixing was the second child.

In this way, the Guo family transformed from being a traveling fortune teller to becoming a powerful family in Dingyuan.

Therefore, Guo Zixing was born into a wealthy family and never suffered any hardship as his father traveled around the world.

This guy was well named, and he indeed had many offspring. He married a wife and a concubine, both of whom were surnamed Zhang. They gave birth to three sons and a daughter, and also adopted a daughter, Ma Xiuying.

His biological daughter later married Zhu Yuanzhang and was called Concubine Guo Hui. She was the mother of the King of Shu, the King of Dai, and the King of Gu.

Guo Zixing had never had to worry about food and drink since he was a child and had plenty of money, but he was also a restless person. He made friends with many heroes and was generous and charitable. Why did he embark on the path of rebellion? It might have something to do with Ma Xiuying's father.

Ma Xiuying's father, Ma Gong, was originally a wealthy businessman in Suzhou. He knew Guo Zixing in his early years. Later, due to family changes, he went into seclusion in Dingyuan to avoid his enemies.

Ma Gong was also a rebel. He entrusted his only daughter to Guo Zixing and then returned to his hometown to rebel. However, the uprising failed, Ma Gong died, and Ma Xiuying was adopted by Guo Zixing.

It is not surprising that Guo Zixing, a man who made friends with rebels, would rebel himself. Of course, it is normal for him to have ambitions as the world is in chaos.

The reason why Lu Jin wanted to recruit Guo Zixing was, of course, to change history. As for whether Guo Zixing would surrender to him, a careful analysis shows that this is very likely.

Historically, Guo Zixing was not extremely ambitious from the beginning. At the beginning of the uprising, he only called himself a marshal. The capture of Haozhou was not his alone. At that time, there were five marshals of the rebel army in Haozhou City, and Guo Zixing was just one of them.

Later, Tuotuo attacked and massacred Xuzhou, and the Xuzhou Zhima Li gang fled in all directions. Zhima Li traveled thousands of miles and joined Ming Yuzhen's army. Zhao Junyong and Peng Da fled to Haozhou.

As a result, these two men led more soldiers and usurped the throne, causing unpleasant situations for the Five Men of Haozhou. Zhao Junyong and Peng Da also did not get along well, and they both declared themselves kings. At that time, Guo Zixing was just a younger brother of Peng Da.

When did Guo Zixing have the idea of ​​becoming king? Probably after he escaped from Haozhou, he was taken to Chuzhou by Zhu Yuanzhang.

At that time, Guo Zixing led more than 10,000 soldiers, while Zhu Yuanzhang had more than 30,000 soldiers. When Guo Zixing saw that he had 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers under his command, he began to think of becoming king, but was dissuaded by Zhu Yuanzhang on the grounds that Chuzhou was too small.

Later, because of the dirty deeds among the five people in Haozhou, Guo Zixing simply fell ill and died.

Now that Guo Zixing has not started a rebellion, what ambitions can Lu Jin have by recruiting him? Don't forget that Lu Jin has become a force to be reckoned with and has a base.

Moreover, there were four factions under Lu Jin's command: the Chaohu veterans faction, the surrendered generals faction, the recruiting faction, and the trusted faction.

Among them, the Chaohu faction had the greatest power and was in charge of the navy, with three commanders in total: Yu Tingyu's Second Regiment and Liao Yongan's Third Regiment.

Among the surrendered generals, Zhu Liangzu currently holds the highest position, commander of the 5th regiment.

Among the recruiting faction, Yang Jing currently holds the highest position, commander of the 4th regiment.

The trusted faction consisted of Lu Jin's group, with Zhu Shou as the commander.

It doesn't matter if there is one more Dingyuan faction. Lu Jin doesn't need to suppress him deliberately. The original four factions will suppress him. Why do you, a newcomer, have a higher rank than us?

Moreover, Lu Jin now has its own system, and even if Guo Zixing comes, you have to follow his rules. You are given as many soldiers as you are given, and you are not allowed to expand the army privately, so you cannot grow and develop at will.

Separate Guo Zixing's sons and place them separately, and then mix them with other factions, just like the Liao and Yu families.

As long as he doesn't have the corresponding strength, how can he have the courage and ambition to become king? If he comes, he can only work for Lu Jin obediently.

Guo Zixing still has two daughters. If a marriage is arranged for him, what kind of trouble can he make?

When Li Shanchang heard that Lu Jin wanted him to recruit Guo Zixing, this was the first task Lu Jin gave him, so of course he had to find a way to complete it.

He immediately cupped his hands and said, "I will do my best to fulfill your request, Marshal."

Lu Jin also smiled and said, "Mr. Bai Shi is very talented, so this matter will be no problem, but there is no need to force him. If he doesn't want to come, let him go."

"Yes." Li Shanchang agreed and then asked, "Does the commander-in-chief have any promises? If he can give me a position, I can persuade him."

Lu Jin thought about it and thought that Guo Zixing was probably not young anymore, probably about the same age as Yu Tingyu, so he said immediately.

"All those who lead their own armies under my command are regimental commanders, with more than 4,000 troops under their command. If he is willing to come, I will give him a commander, but I will have to arrange for the thousand-man generals under his command." Li Shanda was overjoyed. "In this way, he will definitely come." Then he asked, "What about the Feng brothers?"

Lu Jin turned around and looked at him, laughing.

"Hahahaha, sir, you worry too much. I have posted notices to keep the people safe. Anyone who has strategies to keep the people safe and the ability to defeat the enemy will be given important positions if he has strengths. As long as the Feng brother has real talent and knowledge, I will not treat him unfairly.

"My Shengwu Army is now growing stronger and stronger, and we are eager to recruit talented people. How can we turn away wise and brave men?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shanchang was even more satisfied with his lord Lu Jin, and immediately said, "Then I will set out right away to recruit some more wise and brave men for my lord."

"Oh, no hurry, sir, we have been talking all night, why don't you have breakfast and rest for half a day before leaving.

"Dingyuan is two or three hundred miles away from here, and the road is long and dangerous. I will send some soldiers to escort you when the time comes." Lu Jin quickly stopped him and said.

Upon hearing this, Li Shanchang bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness."

When Li Shanchang was invited to go downstairs for breakfast, Lu Jin also looked at the horizon and silently said in his heart, "Zhu Chongba, you should continue to be a monk."

At noon that day, Ye Sheng came again to remind Lu Jin of the progress of the wedding preparations.

As Lu Jin was the city lord and marshal, his marriage was naturally very smooth, and no one dared to play tricks on him with divination.

The process of accepting marriage proposal, asking for the bride's name, accepting the good news, and accepting the betrothal gift has come to a fixed time. The bride's wedding gifts have all been sent out, and the gifts used are the spoils confiscated from the two royal palaces. Now we just have to wait for Lu Jin to set the wedding date.

Of course, Lu Jin did not ask a fortune teller to choose an auspicious day for the wedding, but decided it himself.

After thinking about it, Lu Jin took out the map and looked at it for a while, then called Yang Jing over.

Yang Jing's four regiments were all recruited from nearby areas. After being fully staffed, they have been training in Luzhou and have not yet participated in actual combat.

He immediately asked Yang Jing, "How is your Fourth Regiment's training going? Can it fight?"

Yang Jing immediately clasped his fists and said, "Reporting to the commander, the Fourth Regiment has completed the spear formation training, but there are a few archers, less than 100, and they have not yet practiced a larger formation with other friendly forces, but they are capable of fighting alone."

Lu Jin nodded. The Fourth Regiment's combat effectiveness was relatively weak, and all the soldiers were new recruits. There was nothing that could be done about it, but they still had to be deployed when it was time to fight.

Zhu Liangzu's men are all veterans who have participated in actual combat, so Lu Jin doesn't have to worry about anything.

Today is September 24th. Chao County has been captured. The three brothers Qin Li, the chief clerk of Chao County, also have more than 2,000 soldiers who are ready to surrender to him.

Although they were all newly recruited soldiers and could not be used in combat, if Qin's more than 2,000 soldiers were transferred to Liang County, Zhu Liangzu's five regiments would be freed up.

If he transferred a part of Yu Tingyu to Luzhou, he could gather the first, third, fourth and fifth regiments, a total of 17,000 troops, and then draw half of them, 3,000 men, from the navy, to make up 20,000.

Lu Jin looked at Ye Sheng again, "How many cavalrymen do you and Zheng Yong have that can fight?"

Ye Sheng immediately clasped his fists and said, "I can send out eight hundred cavalrymen."

Lu Jin raised his eyebrows. Although it was a little more than the 850 last time, the growth was too slow. He gave each of them cavalrymen, but they still couldn't fill a cavalry battalion.

"Why so slow?"

Ye Sheng immediately said in embarrassment, "My lord, we are now recruiting soldiers and horses everywhere, and we have taken over the Luzhou Horse Farm. We can have enough horses to form two battalions, but we still don't have enough riders who can fight. Especially for horseback archery, it is quite difficult to train, but swords and spears are easier."

Archers are difficult to train, let alone cavalry archers, which is even more difficult. Lu Jin has no good solution.

All he could say was, "That won't work either. I'll give you another seven days to gather two battalions of 1700 cavalry. Even if you can't shoot a bow, as long as you can ride a horse and wield a sword, you have to go up there."

Ye Sheng could only agree, "Yes!"

An army of 1700, plus 7000 cavalry, faced off against Kang Maocai's Yuan army.

A war that will destroy a nation!

Lu Jin returned to his seat and pointed at the area marked on the map, Heyang Kangmaocai's tribe, and then said, "Today is September 24th, October 6th, and I'm getting married!"

"Yes!"

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