First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, "Well, we are all a group of miserable people who can't survive. Generals are highly valued in the Yuan court. You don't need to be as knowledgeable as us. Don't worry, as long as you have weapons and armor, you can do business. I'll give you three hundred stones later. Yanba, do you think it will work?"

Cheli nodded tremblingly, "Well, that's good!"

At this time, I still don't forget to make a fortune, it is really a talent.

"Don't worry!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes, "That's the deal! If something good happens in the future, we will still look for you!"

At this moment, it's almost the same.

The Yuan soldiers were naturally unwilling to hand over their armor, but there was nothing they could do. The main general had voted, so what else could they do.

Lao Zhu originally planned to have [-] horses and [-] pairs of armor.

As a result, 5000 pairs of armor were stripped from these [-] people, and [-] horses were taken from them. In addition, there were [-] hard bows, [-] arrows, and countless sabers and spears.

Looking at these things, Zhang Ximeng's eyes straightened.

Damn, made a fortune!

As we all know, the Yuan court tried its best to limit the military force of the Han people, and the iron wares among the people were very scarce, and the Red Turban Army rose in a hurry, except for some captured by the officers and soldiers, there was no time to manufacture them.

Because of this, when Jia Lu called, Haozhou had no choice but to stick to it.

For more than two months, the ordnance in the city was almost wiped out.

Fortunately, he defeated the Yuan army and captured many young and old, but he couldn't stand the division among several families. The things in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands can only be said to be barely enough.And once you go south to fight and lose some, you won't be able to replenish it.

Who would have expected that without spending a bite, the equipment of the big guy has taken a big step forward. It is completely possible for everyone to wear armor and everyone to have a horse to ride!

At this level, not to mention other red scarves, even Yuan soldiers can't do it!

As long as you give a little more time and train your troops well, a fierce tiger will go down the mountain!

What else can Zhang Ximeng say, Lao Zhu is better than himself in terms of seizing opportunities and being ruthless. In the history of 2000 years, there will not be more than five people who can reach the height of Lao Zhu.

It's not bad to be a laborer under him. Although the requirements will be stricter, wouldn't it be even worse to become his enemy?

Zhang Ximeng didn't think too wildly, and hurriedly directed his staff to send all these good things to Linhuai Town, put those in the warehouse, and send out the ones that should be distributed. Hurry up to train soldiers, strengthen their muscles and bones, and accumulate strength.

He also got the news that Zhang Shicheng had captured Gaoyou, and it was estimated that Tuotuo would not be far away when he went south.

At that time, the crowd will compete for the throne, and it will not work without strength.

They were overjoyed, and they would be miserable if they didn't spend all the money. Wearing shirts and Lao Zhu's cloak, they rode a broken donkey given by Xu Da, and returned to Huaiyuan.

How majestic it was when it came, how embarrassing it will be when it returns.

"My lord, we shouldn't be so obedient, and there are not many red scarf thieves, so let's go all out and kill them all!" The subordinates were not convinced.

Cheli Buhua was taken aback for a moment, then raised his eyebrows.

"Confused! Idiot! You want to kill the big guy! After killing these red scarves, there are tens of thousands in Haozhou. Can you kill them? Armored horses are all belongings outside the body, life is important! Life is important!"

Hearing what he said, the subordinates were startled.

"Greetings, General!"

This person blurted out, and Cheli Buhua snorted coldly: "You should learn from me! If you want to survive, you must think far and wide!"

This one was quite proud, but soon he couldn't laugh anymore.

Let Zhu Yuanzhang pick it up so cleanly that he lost his face.What hope is there for following you!On the way back, the Yuan army behind, in twos and threes, turned around and ran to join Lao Zhu.

Don't mess with this insect!

When Chelibuhua got closer and closer to Huaiyuan, and found that the team was getting shorter and shorter, he lost his mind.

broken!

I am smart all my life, but I am confused for a while.

He can fool Yuan Ting, not because of his soldiers, but also Huaiyuan City, if all the soldiers run away, even if the Yuan army does not fight, he will not be able to defend Huaiyuan!

This one was trembling all over, thinking of running away as soon as possible.

But the question is where is he going?

Who can want him?

If it fell into the hands of the Red Scarf Army, the dog's head would be lost.

Terrible!

Terrible!

At this moment, suddenly a cavalry came, and came at a fast speed.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes, Chelibuhua almost fell off the donkey's back and planned to run away.

Surprisingly, the leader of the cavalry turned out to be a young man with prominent cheekbones, and it was Xu Da.

With a smile on his face, he rushed to Cheli Buhua and said directly: "Our superior said that he regards the general as a good friend. He thought that the general might not have enough manpower, so he asked me to bring 300 people over. If the general uses If you get it, let the subordinates follow you around and solve the general's problems."

Hearing this, Cheli burst into tears without being excited.

"General Zhu, Mr. Zhu! You are really a good friend of mine! I'm so down on my knees!"

Although there are only 300 people, these 300 people are the red scarves with high spirits. Xu Da himself is extremely powerful and clever, not to mention that there is Zhu Yuanzhang behind him, which is equivalent to an imperial envoy.

When they arrived, Yuan Bing stopped running away.

After successfully protecting Cheli Buhua and returning to Huaiyuan, this man almost escaped death.

After he came back, he immediately drew money from the treasury, not for anything else, but begged Xu Da not to leave, to protect him for a while longer, to help him suppress the chaos in the city, and to persuade Haozhou Red Scarf not to kill him .

Cheli didn't spend a snot or a tear, and knelt down to Xu Da... The dignified general of the Yuan Dynasty, who relied on the Red Scarf Army to protect his safety, fell to this point, and didn't know what to say.

But after thinking about it, it's not surprising that the devil even paid protection fees to Balu!

It can only be said that reality is always more magical than fiction!

Different from the embarrassment that was not spent at all, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was well-equipped with soldiers and food, returned to Linhuai Town, and was about to roll up his sleeves and do a big job, but he also encountered trouble, and there were more than one.

"Superior, I don't know who said that the superior is going to go south, there are more than a hundred soldiers who are unwilling to leave their hometown, so they stole weapons, took some money and food, and returned to Zhongli's hometown!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback, and before he had time to think about how to deal with it, Ma Shi came in from the outside suddenly, her complexion was also very bad, and when she got close to Zhu Yuanzhang, she said directly: "Chongba, the commander is lost!"

Chapter 39 A Good Son-in-Law

The soldiers escaped, Zhu Yuanzhang was already troublesome enough. It stands to reason that he was good to the people below, had enough food, and practiced hard enough... How come these people don't know what is good or bad?

Lao Zhu really wants to arrest those who took the lead in escaping and interrogate them carefully. What can we do to you?

It's just that this matter is nothing compared to Guo Zixing's loss.

After all, it is too strange for a handsome man to disappear.

Coincidentally, when Zhang Ximeng sent the list of escaped soldiers, Lao Zhu didn't read it, and received it directly in the wooden box, and dragged Zhang Ximeng to advise Guo Zixing on the matter.

Dashuai is gone?

Zhang Ximeng subconsciously wants to get a glass of wine to celebrate, and it doesn't have to be too old.

It's just that Lao Zhu and his wife obviously don't think so.

First of all, Mrs. Ma, she said worriedly: "It's the letter sent to me by the godmother. I heard that the old man is crying, and now she is going all out to find the commander-in-chief and suppress the news. I am afraid that the news will spread. It made the army's morale chaotic and out of control."

When Ma said this, he took a deep breath, "The commander-in-chief is narrow-minded, he listens and believes, these are all there. But he also raised me for several years, and contributed to our marriage. The good and the bad are put aside. Here, you decide!"

Madam's eyes fell on Zhu Yuanzhang, old Zhu frowned slightly, and said directly: "We are still under the commander in chief, and most of our soldiers are the former commander of the commander in chief. No matter what the commander has done, we You can't be an ungrateful person, if the commander is really in trouble, you have to save him!"

The two set the tone, and Zhang Ximeng originally wanted to give Guo Zixing all support except help.

Now it seems that [-]% is not feasible.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and said to Zhang Ximeng: "Sir, we are natives of Haozhou, and our subordinates are also fellow villagers. Everyone can see who Zhu Yuanzhang is. If we only have force and power, I am afraid we will not be able to win the hearts of the people." Bar?"

Zhang Ximeng had nothing to say, and Lao Zhu had nothing wrong with what he said. It is not impossible to become the overlord of Chu by relying on strength and persuasion.It's just that if you do this, it's equivalent to driving a car without oil, and it depends on God's will how far you can go.

On the contrary, if you have a good reputation and have means, you can convince people both physically and psychologically, and the cost of managing the team will be reduced at once.

Moreover, Lao Zhu was about to go south. His current strength was good, but his reputation was not enough. He still needed to use the banner of Guo Zixing, so analyzing the actual situation, he couldn't ignore it.

"My lord, we need to talk about favors, but we can't always talk about favors. Thousands of brothers are all looking at the lord!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded vigorously, "We understand this. We worked hard for the Marshal and defended Haozhou. If we save the Marshal again, we will repay the kindness and we will live on."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his gaze to his wife, and Madam Ma groaned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Chong Ba, this is just this one time, this is not an example!"

The couple talk about love, but they will not be bound by love and cannot see the overall situation clearly. There is no doubt that this is the one who really does big things.

Zhang Ximeng took advantage of this moment to think over and over again in his head, and he had already guessed eight or nine.

"My lord, Marshal Guo won't just disappear out of thin air, most likely he was detained."

"Who?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"There are only three people who have the guts to arrest Marshal Guo, Peng Da, Zhao Junyong, and Sun Deya."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and he also thought of it, "Then, who is more likely?"

Zhang Ximeng said: "Although Peng Da is the strongest, he is arrogant and arrogant. If he wants to fight, he will strike directly. He can't play tricks. As for Sun Deya, he joined forces with Marshal Guo. With Marshal Guo's scheming, he must be on Sun Deya's side." There are quite a few people under his command. The commander-in-chief has to know about Sun Deya's changes."

As soon as Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, Mrs. Ma nodded immediately, "Sir, you are right. I know one thing. Sun Deya had a maid who was later accepted as a concubine, and the commander-in-chief placed her there."

This is buying the person next to him. Guo Zixing is really good at certain things.

The most suspicious thing is that Zhao Jun used it. Mrs. Ma's face changed, and after pondering for a while, he asked Lao Zhu, "Zhao Jun uses a lot of soldiers and horses. If he fights head-on with him, is there any chance of winning? What if he threatens the general's safety? what to do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head, feeling very irritable in his heart.

"You can't fight! You can't fight no matter what!"

Zhang Ximeng also said: "That's right, my lord can see clearly that as long as the fight starts, a few generals, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses will kill each other, Haozhou will be designated as a thousand miles away, life will be cut off, and we will have nothing to do if we lose the rear area." It went south smoothly."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually made up his mind that he could not attack hard, but only outsmart him.

The only one who can suppress Zhao Jun is Peng Da.

"I owe him another debt of favor!"

Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, then said: "My lord, Marshal Peng sent a lot of gifts before, I'm going to pick out [-] sets of armor, how about asking him to help?"

Don't look at Lao Zhu's sudden cheating of thousands of armors, there are really not many top-quality crouching dragons like Chelibuhua.There are many soldiers under Peng Da, and three hundred sets of armor are really a generous gift.

In order to repay Guo Zixing's kindness, Lao Zhu also spent a lot of money.

"Just do it!"

After the discussion was settled, Lao Zhu called Tang He and Fei Ju and asked them to guard Linhuai, especially to prevent the soldiers from escaping. Everything will be dealt with when he returns.

Immediately, Lao Zhu ordered [-] elites to visit Peng Da with Zhang Ximeng.

……

Zhu Yuanzhang told the situation again, Peng Da frowned, thought for a while and then smiled: "Marshal Guo is not a child, he must have gone outside for a private visit, afraid of leaking the news, so he didn't tell anyone, wait a moment, it must be can come back."

Peng Zaozhu also said: "Brother Zhu, you borrowed five hundred of my soldiers and went to Huaiyuan. You must have scared the Yuan Tartars a lot, right? What are you thinking? Are you willing to attack together with us?" Sizhou?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was not stupid. The father and son obviously wanted to see a joke. Lao Zhu didn't dare to delay, but he was afraid that the Peng family and his son would refuse... At this moment Zhang Ximeng spoke suddenly.

"Peng Wangye, my lord was born in a humble family, and he gained a foothold thanks to Guo Shuai's taking in. Yuan soldiers came, and Guo Shuai sat in Haozhou, and worked together to defeat the Yuan army and bring them back to life. My lord deeply misses Guo Shuai's kindness, I have to report it. Prince Peng thinks my master is pedantic?"

Peng Da took a deep breath, Zhang Ximeng was too young, he didn't care about it at first, but his words were very interesting, he said clearly about Zhu Yuanzhang, but secretly said about him, Xuzhou Chengpo, Guo Zixing was indeed kind to take him in.Guarding Haozhou together, breaking the Yuan soldiers, nothing happened, just watching Guo Zixing being killed by others, what would outsiders think?

Peng Da thought for a long time, and then slowly said: "Your master is a kind and righteous person, that's enough, I will intervene in this matter. Whoever dares to murder Guo Shuai, just doesn't take me seriously!"

Zhang Ximeng immediately said: "Thank you, Lord Peng, for your understanding. My lord has specially prepared three hundred sets of armor, as a reward for Lord Peng!"

Hearing the armor, both Peng Da and Peng Zaozhu were stunned. There were [-] sets of armor, such a rich Zhu Yuanzhang!

They are still hesitating, can they get it out?

At this time, someone has already delivered it.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed deeply, "Peng Gong, a manly man, is aboveboard, no matter what, you shouldn't sneak around and arrest people and kidnap people in private. These are bandits and bandits, not the Red Turban Rebels!"

"well said!"

Peng Dayi slapped the table, no longer hesitated, jumped up, and said to his son: "Go, prepare 300 people, and follow me to Zhao Jun's mansion! This shameless thing is really embarrassing for the red scarf!"

Filled with indignation, Peng Dayi personally put on armor and held a knife, and rushed directly to Zhao Junyong's mansion.

When the soldiers guarding the mansion saw Peng Da coming, they were all frightened.

"Prince Peng, our king has gone to the barracks and is not in the city."