First Minister of Ming Dynasty

"Yes!" Zhang Ximeng said: "You are here on behalf of Mao Pingzhang this time, and I will provide you with fifty thousand shi of military rations, and a batch of weapons, plus three hundred crossbows, which should be regarded as gifts!"

Tian Feng hurriedly thanked him a thousand times, and then bowed and left.

As soon as he left, Zhang Ximeng's eyes gradually became serious, and only a little sneer remained on his face.

Guo Ying unknowingly stood beside Zhang Ximeng, leaned over and said, "Mr. Zhang, isn't this Tian Feng sincerely seeking refuge?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "It's all for sale! His selfishness is still too great!"

"Then, do you want to attack him? Also, those military rations and weapons?"

"Here! This is for the Northern Expeditionary Army. You have to tell Mao Gui from the Ministry of War. As for Tian Feng... we don't want to do it, and it's not convenient for us to do it. He wants to take refuge, so let's make things clear. He Whether love comes or not, if we do it casually, it will violate your principles of doing things and turn ourselves into a thief, understand?"

"Understood!" Guo Ying quickly agreed, "It's just that I'm worried that Tian Feng won't be able to take refuge in him, and he will have other thoughts?"

"You don't need to worry." Zhang Ximeng blinked and said with a smile, "He will definitely do this. If I'm not wrong, he will probably send someone to contact Chahan Timur at the same time."

"what!"

Guo Ying was even more startled, "Master Zhang, if Tian Feng joins Chahan Timur, then the Shandong Red Scarf will be finished? Mao Gui is in danger!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and nodded, "Then you understand now, why am I unwilling to accept Tian Feng immediately?"

Guo Ying shook his head, as if he had realized something, he couldn't help giving Zhang Ximeng two thumbs up!

People like Tian Feng are double-faced and three-faced, with two heads and two ends. Accepting him is just a not-so-reliable running dog.But Mao Gui was different. He was talented and upright, and he quite agreed with Daming's ideas.

It's just because of his status, he doesn't want to switch to Daming.

But if Tian Feng surrendered to the enemy, at this time Daming took action to save Shandong Red Scarf, Mao Gui would definitely surrender!

Getting Maogui is better than 1 Tianfeng!

high!

It's all over for Zhang Xianggao!

"Zhang Xiang, do you want to tell Mao Gui about Tian Feng's actions?"

Zhang Ximeng raised his face, "How can it be called a report? The people below accidentally leaked the news... Then the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War refuted it, declaring that we have no intention of poaching the wall, and all the rumors are false."

Guo Ying couldn't help laughing and said: "Understood, I understand. As long as the Ministry of War denies it, this matter is for real, no doubt!"

Chapter 453 Wang Baobao who threw himself into the net

Guo Ying easily arranged it with the little trick taught by Zhang Ximeng.

Tian Feng was a little famous in the history of the end of Yuan Dynasty.He was originally a ten thousand household in the Yuan court, but he took refuge in Liu Futong and followed Mao Gui in the Northern Expedition. He really made some contributions.

But after Mao Gui was assassinated, Tian Feng surrendered to Chahan Timur, and in turn, dealt with the Red Scarf Army in Shandong... Just as the big guy was gnashing his teeth, Tian Feng did another thing. Chahan Timur was stabbed to death.

He was repeatedly jumping horizontally, he was repeatedly backstabbing... Such a rambunctious person would naturally end badly, and he died in the hands of Yuan Jun in the end.

Tian Feng’s doing this had two consequences. First, he contributed to Wang Baobao’s rise to power, allowing Qi Nan to step onto the stage of history. As for the second point, after losing Chahan Timur, the northern Yuan army was in chaos again, and There was a firefight, but Lao Zhu seized the opportunity to launch a large-scale Northern Expedition and successfully regained the Central Plains.

Being able to benefit both parties at the same time, Tian Feng used his own life to prove the strength of Xiao Yaoli at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and it is right to sacrifice oneself for others.

For such a thing, Zhang Ximeng saw it very accurately, and he couldn't use it, let alone possess it.If you invest any capital in him, you will probably lose a lot.

So Zhang Ximeng gave him a nail to let him back out.

Sure enough, Tian Feng returned to Dongping in a hurry, and immediately saw his good friend Wang Shicheng, and the two got together to exchange information with each other.

Tian Feng didn't need it, he sighed, "Da Ming has ulterior motives, Zhang Ximeng kept talking about sending people to our subordinates and making friends."

Wang Shicheng was stunned, and said with a smile: "He will send people if he wants to, can he still get our people away?"

"What do you know!" Tian Feng said viciously: "Their tricks can really confuse people! I just have one thing with you... Zhang Ximeng, a big prime minister, actually knits a sweater by himself."

"Knitting a sweater?"

"Yes! Knitting sweaters for Guan Duo and the others in Goryeo!"

"What?" Wang Shicheng turned pale with shock, and asked again and again, and when he was sure it was true, he immediately became depressed, and couldn't help but said in shock: "If I were a lowly pawn, hearing this, I would want to give my life to him! "

Tian Feng nodded, "Who isn't! Isn't that guy Maogui called Little Zhu Yuanzhang? If you want me, no matter how much worse he is than Zhu Yuanzhang, he doesn't have someone like Zhang Ximeng under his command! It's impossible for him to succeed."

Wang Shicheng didn't care much about Mao Gui anymore, he still thought about it, if he gave himself a sweater, it would be knitted by Zhang Xianggong... My God, what kind of fairy trick is this?

"Brother Tian, ​​according to your behavior, sooner or later this world will belong to Zhu Yuanzhang, and no one else will be able to compete with him. Let's, let's vote as soon as possible!"

"What to vote for? If we vote for it, we will have nothing." Tian Feng said viciously: "Don't even think about it, we are all old ministers of the Yuan court, are you and I clean? Can we stand the investigation?"

"Then, let's be honest, and Timur isn't dead either!"

"Hmph! Is he still alive? He's repairing cow hooves in Yingtian! He's not even as good as a dog! How can a real man live in depression for a long time!" Tian Feng said viciously: "Although Zhu Yuanzhang is powerful, it will take some time before he wants to rule the world. Let's have fun for a few years, and wait until we have nowhere to go!"

Tian Feng stared at Wang Shicheng and said angrily: "I asked you to send someone to contact Chahan Timur. How is the situation?"

Wang Shicheng said: "Chahan agreed, and if he can take Shandong, we will be crowned kings. You are the king of Qi, and I am the king of Lu."

Tian Feng immediately rolled his eyes, "This is also an empty-handed white wolf! He is not a prince even in Chahan, why should he promise the two of us to be kings? He is still as big as King Qi and King Lu. I wouldn't believe it if he was killed!"

Wang Shicheng grinned wryly, "I don't believe it either, but now you can't rely on Daming. Just now Mao Gui sent a letter asking us to rectify the soldiers and horses in Dongping Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and other places, and rescue Kaifeng Bianliang together with him."

Tian Feng was very angry, this Maogui is still too pedantic.

After hesitating for so long, he finally decided to rescue Liu Futong.It's just that Mao Gui's current situation is far from good.

After his Northern Expedition was defeated, his momentum was not as good as before.Although many of Zhu Yuanzhang's practices were followed, the big households inside were still unable to deal with it cleanly. These people united and echoed with Bianliang's "Da Song Zhongliang" from afar, and continued to criticize, making Mao Gui flustered and difficult to parry.

And just as Wang Shicheng said, Mao Gui wanted Zhu Yuanzhang, but he didn't have Zhang Ximeng... There are too few talents, and even if it is a virtuous government, it is difficult to implement it.

The result is that the foundation is unstable, people's hearts are scattered, food and grass are insufficient, and preparations are not well prepared...

"If we fight Chahan like this, I'm afraid we will be defeated!" Wang Shicheng sighed helplessly.

Tian Feng gritted his teeth secretly, "No matter what, we can't follow Mao Gui to death, we have to do it."

"Start?"

"That's right, kill Mao Gui, take his head, and ask Chahan for credit!"

"No way!" Wang Shicheng waved his hands in fright and kept shaking his head, "Brother Tian, ​​have you forgotten? It was Zhu Yuanzhang who lent Xuzhou and other places to Mao Gui to serve as the foundation for the Northern Expedition. Now Peng Zao lives in Xuzhou, Miao Daheng stationed troops in Suzhou. They are all Zhu Yuanzhang’s minions. If Mao Gui dies, his old troops will not let us go, and with Zhu Yuanzhang’s soldiers and horses, we will definitely die!”

Tian Feng pondered for a while, then said: "It's nothing special, we just need to contact Chahan and ask him to send a team of elite soldiers to support us, that's all."

The two discussed for a long time, and finally finalized the plan.

Tian Feng sent people to invite Mao Gui to come over in the name of reviewing the troops and horses and swearing in the army, and then waited for the opportunity to kill Mao Gui.

On the other side, send someone to ask Chahan to send [-] troops to meet them.

As long as Mao Gui dies and the army comes over, it will not be difficult to pacify Shandong. At that time, they will transform themselves into loyal ministers of the Yuan Dynasty.

The plan was perfect, but the first step failed...

Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng kept sending people to contact the Yuan army, which Mao Gui noticed.

There is no doubt that this is the credit of the Arch Guard Division.

But at this moment, Mao Gui didn't have much anger, nor much joy...he was left with deep helplessness.

Ask yourself, Mao Gui feels that he has tried his best.

He is completely alone, struggling to support the overall situation... He has to deal with Yuan soldiers, suppress big households, and deal with Bianliang's open and dark arrows. Now even Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng under him are rebelling against him.

In the end how to do?

If Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng were ordinary people, they would be killed if they were killed, but the problem is that both of them were born in the Yuan court, representing surrender troops, and were arranged by Liu Futong to follow the Shandong Red Scarf.

There are too many such people under Mao Gui.

Killing them rashly will cause the anger and panic of others, and they will also collapse... Mao Gui is really at the end of his rope.

It is impossible to save Liu Futong, and it is impossible not to save him. Get rid of Tian Feng and others, and there will be endless troubles.

Mao Gui tossed and turned, thinking about it, in fact, he didn't really have no choice, he still had one last move, but after going this way, he was no longer a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty... Changing the family, for some people, is more difficult than It's easy to kill them.

After all, the difference between people is really bigger than that between people and animals.

Just when Mao Gui was hesitating, news came suddenly that a cavalry force originally stationed in Linqing, almost 800 people, had surrendered to Chahan Timur.

Upon receiving this news, Mao Gui was taken aback for a moment, and then fell silent.

This is a signal that his subordinates are beginning to collapse. Even if there is no Tian Feng, something will happen... Bianliang is besieged on all sides, and the banner of Han Song is not so easy to use!

Mao Gui thought over and over again, and finally went to a bookstore in Yidu City.

"I want to meet your boss." Mao Gui's voice was low and hoarse.

The shopkeeper looked at it carefully, and after a long time, he nodded. He turned around first, and came out from behind after a while, asking Mao Gui to come over.

Mao Gui followed to a quiet tea room at the back, where there was a woman in light blue clothes, fiddling with tea sets.

Seeing this situation, Mao Gui was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned red, burning with anger!

The woman glanced at him and said with a smile: "Mao Pingzhang, don't get me wrong. I am indeed the owner of this bookstore. And I can tell you everything you want to know."

With a sullen face, Mao Gui almost wanted to leave, but in the end he sighed heavily and said coldly, "It's disappointing for Daming to do this!"

"Disappointed? I am a dignified household, with a commander's salary, and a serious fifth-rank official. What can Mao Pingzhang despise?"

Mao Gui was startled, his face turned even redder, this time he was ashamed.

"Who is the girl?"

"No need to ask, what we mean is that you go all out to rescue Kaifeng and repel Chahan. As for other things, we can discuss them after the battle...we can't do it when we take advantage of the fire to rob and entrap our allies. .”

Mao Gui was also extremely surprised, "This, is this true?"

The woman smiled, "Mao Pingzhang, you already knew that this is the property of the Daming Arch Guard Division, and we didn't really want to hide it from you. The most important thing in making friends is honesty. We believe that General Mao will make the right choice, but we also know that you difficulties. What kind of help do you think you need?"

Mao Gui sized her up again and again, and he was finally sure that the woman in front of her was able to speak and behave generously. She was really an official of Ming Dynasty, not the kind who relied on her beauty to be seductive.

Therefore, Mao Gui also said earnestly: "I wonder if Daming can send a strong army, preferably more than 20. Let's join hands and defeat the Yuan army together?"

Zhou Huiniang laughed suddenly, "Mao Pingzhang, as long as you can subdue Liu Futong and send us a request for help, we can consider sending troops."

Mao Gui's complexion was deep, and he sighed secretly.

For the Ming army to take action, they must first subdue the Bianliang gang.But the problem is that if you send troops there by yourself, you will be regarded as having ulterior motives, let alone join forces with Daming.

Mao Gui pondered for a while, and then said: "I have a plan now, Tian Feng wants to lure me over, he will definitely ask Chahan for help, if I pretend to agree, I will use the trick of mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind, if Chahan The fact that Tamerlane did come is enough to keep him coming and going."

Zhou Huiniang thought about it for a while, and said, "This method seems to work, what do you need us to do?"

"It's still necessary to send a force of troops, they must be elite, and I will assist you to intercept and kill Chahan!"

Zhou Huiniang said: "Let General Peng Zaozhu lead 8000 troops to go north from Xuzhou, what do you think?"

Mao Gui thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's a deal!"

……

Just as he was making a plan here, Chahan in Xinghuaying received two pieces of news at the same time, one good and the other bad. The good news was that Tian Feng decided to surrender and wanted to assassinate the enemy Maogui.

But the bad news is that the father, A Luwen, was surrounded by Feng Guoyong in Nanyang, and he was in danger!

"Father, Nanyang is at stake. Father, please go to the rescue. My son is willing to help you with the Shandong matter!" The person who spoke was a high-spirited young general named Wang Baobao...

Chapter 454 The Clever Kong Family

Wang Baobao commanded the troops for Chahan, and secretly went to Daming Mansion to cooperate with Tian Feng's operation... As soon as he left, the news spread from Xinghuaying. Before Wang Baobao arrived at his destination, the news had already reached Daming.

At this time, Yuan Ting was simply possessed by the British, and was penetrated almost like a sieve.

"Sir, Zhou Qianhu is indeed a strange woman!" Guo Ying made no secret of her admiration for her subordinates... These days, Zhou Huiniang has provided too much valuable and extremely accurate information.

It was she who informed Aluwen in Nanyang direction, and now he has won over Maogui. With these two things alone, she will definitely be given a big official position when she comes back.

The most difficult thing about intelligence is not obtaining it, but how to interpret it.

Take Guo Yinglai for example, the reports he sees every day are like hills.In every way, there is everything.

Even if he was exhausted, it would be impossible to read all of them.

In fact, most of the accurate information is treated as irrelevant and put there, only for regret after the fact.

And like Zhou Huiniang, after verification, the information is accurate and reliable, which will undoubtedly greatly reduce the difficulty of work. Anyway, her news will always be the first, and it will always be trustworthy. Isn't it easy!

Anyway, Guo Ying is extremely satisfied with this subordinate, and is ready to give her credit.

If there are more such subordinates, don't worry that he won't be able to become a lord and a duke!