First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, and took Chang Yuchun's flag from Henan to Hebei, then put his flag and Xu Da's flag together, and sent them directly to Huaiqing...

Zhang Ximeng took a deep breath, his expression changed again and again, and he couldn't help sighing: "My lord is planning to bluff and deceive Chahan. In this way, the chances of winning the decisive battle will be greatly increased... But once Chahan realizes that we are very empty in Henan, Take the opportunity to counterattack, I'm afraid there will be problems."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered slightly, "What you said is not bad, but let's ask him a question. Chahan has retreated to Hebei. Does he really have the courage to attack the city in Henan?"

Zhang Ximeng said helplessly: "My lord, I can only say that it is possible, after all, the battlefield changes rapidly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, "Yes, indeed, but this is the consequence we have to bear... In fact, this idea was proposed by Xu Da."

Zhang Ximeng was surprised again, as expected, soldiers never tire of deceit, not only Lao Zhu, but even Xu Da, he is not comparable to him... What else can I do except choose to believe?

Anyway, if the sky is falling, you don't have to hold it up yourself.

Of course Zhang Ximeng continued knitting... and just when the ruler and ministers were finalizing the strategy for the second stage, the text written by Lao Zhu was also sent to Liu Futong.

"The first righteousness shocked the world, and the arrogance shocked the past and the present."

Liu Futong nodded slightly. With these words, future generations will not regard Liu Futong as an ordinary thief.Liu Futong looked up to the sky and sighed: "What a Zhu Yuanzhang, he is more courageous than me! It's a pity that I can't watch you conquer the capital and restore China. I, let's go!"

After saying this, Liu Futong drew out his sword and smacked his neck fiercely, blood gushed out, and his body fell slowly... Just as he was dying, there seemed to be a cry.

Regardless of the blood, Han Lin'er hugged Liu Futong's body, crying loudly.

"Don't go, uncle, don't go, uncle!"

Hearing the title of uncle again, Liu Futong had no more regrets, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he passed away with his eyes closed...

Chapter 475 The Royal Conquest

"Prince Xiao Ming, this is the end of the matter, so don't be too sad. I have someone prepare the best coffin for Prime Minister Liu. He has fought to the death in Kaifeng for several months, and he has never bowed his head. Let's choose a geomantic place here and bury him Come on!"

Zheng Yuchun said in a low voice, Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er was like a puppet, with tears on his face, just bowed his head and said nothing, his thin figure seemed to be blown away at any moment.

Zheng Yuchun called two careful veterans and asked them to take care of Han Liner... Obviously, this was not to sink the child into the Yellow River and drown, but to take care of Han Liner sincerely. Zheng Yuchun also asked that within a month, the child must be fattened by ten catties Weight, flesh on the body, and blood on the face... If they can't do it, they will be fined to clean the toilet.

The veterans had no choice but to accept the task, and tried their best to coax Han Liner to make him happier... Han Song has almost lost all his loyal ministers and righteous soldiers in the siege of the Yuan army.

The Da Song Zhongliang attached to Han Song was killed by Liu Futong again, and few survived... It was like a person with both legs broken, leaving only a puppet-like Han Liner.

This is also Liu Futong's painstaking efforts. Only in this way can he save his nephew.

Maybe from the very beginning, he shouldn't have been involved, let alone set up a Xiaoming King... Anyway, from the very beginning, he was already wrong. It is God's blessing to persist for ten years. As for Han Song and Liu Futong However, how to conclude the coffin will still fall on Zhang Ximeng's pen.

Of course, Han and Song still had many old veterans and generals scattered everywhere, even under the command of the Yuan army, there were many people who were captured from Han and Song and then incorporated into their subordinates.

After all, when Han and Song were at their strongest, hundreds of thousands of troops marched on three routes to the north, devouring mountains and rivers, even if they disintegrated, they would leave many traces and fragments.

At this moment, the task of standing up to clean up the remnants of the Han and Song Dynasties fell on Lan Yu...Compared to Zhu Wenzheng, Li Wenzhong, and even the younger Zhu Ying, Lan Yu's promotion in the past few years can be called a slow speed, even worse What's more, he also lost his identity as a general.Zhang Ximeng filled him with an official position as a family servant.

Specialized in coordinating between Daming and Han Song... Passing news, making friends, eating and drinking, Sapphire puts almost all attribute points on communication.

There is only one flower in Han and Song, but the fragrance of blue jade!

This kid had a thorough understanding of Han Song, including Zhang Ximeng's request to Chang Yuchun not to enter the city, which was based on Lan Yu's secret report.

As long as the siege is cleared, in order to survive, those Wuxiu villains will definitely fight among themselves, ask for credit, and sell their masters for glory... Facts have proved that Sapphire's vision has indeed come up.

But only Sapphire knows that in his heart, there is a fierce tiger hidden!

In the past few years, apart from investigating Han Song's situation, he even disguised himself many times, mixed in caravans, and entered Hebei and Shanxi.Explore the route yourself and understand the people's sentiments.During this period, Lan Yu was also arrested. Under the Yuan army, he was a civilian husband for half a month. Fortunately, a general saw that he was young and strong, and he was in good shape, so he called him to his side and became a personal soldier.

As a result, Sapphire stole the general's horse and escaped overnight.

Wandering on the edge of life and death, paying countless prices... Sapphire is like a lotus seed buried in the mud, which has finally absorbed enough water, just waiting for a good opportunity to bloom.

And this opportunity soon came.

When Chang Yuchun regained Kaifeng, Xu Da continued to advance westward. After continuous hard fighting, he took Yangwu again, and then formed a confrontation with Chahan in Xiuwu.

At this moment, the Yuan army is also desperate, no matter what, it will not let the Ming army move forward.

Xu Da's troops, who had been fighting continuously, were also exhausted and continued to repair.

This is the battle entering the second stage, the situation of both sides.

Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial headquarters has been placed in Wei Hui.

The two armies are like wrestling bulls, falling into a stalemate.

And the next step is to see how the two sides make moves to break the situation... Chahan's strategy is very simple, that is, to go all out, open the gap in Shanzhou, release [-] soldiers and horses in the pass, and defeat the Ming army's offensive in one fell swoop.

On the side of the Ming army, Zhu Yuanzhang also made a strategy to cut off Chahan's escape route to the north and force him to fight to the death in the Huaiqing area to eliminate the most powerful main force of the Yuan army to the maximum extent.

Although the terrain in the north is flat and open, there are only a few roads available for marching.

The westernmost point is to take Tongguan, then enter Shanxi from Fenglingdu, and go north along Fenshui to Jining (Taiyuan), but it is a pity that at the beginning of the war, Polo Timur seized Jining, and even The important Shanzhou is not in the hands of Chahan, and it is impossible to even retreat into Guanzhong.

Putting our sights to the east, the Yuan army in Dadu can still go to Zhending, Handan and Cizhou, support Chahan, and cooperate with the north retreat... But this route still has many problems, not to mention whether Dadu has reinforcements or not. At the end of the road, Wei Hui was already in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands.

So for Chahan, there is actually only one way left, which is to go to Taihang Xing, one of the eight Taihang Xings, retreat to Jincheng, and then continue to retreat northward to Shangdang, and then rely on Taihang Mountain to defend the Ming army.

This is also the best way when Shanzhou cannot break through and the whole army cannot retreat into Guanzhong.

Or it can be said that it was because of the existence of this road that Chahan was confident and did not retreat immediately.

In response to this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Mao Gui to seize Handan, cut off the direction of Yuan Dadu, and prepare for the war if possible.

The real urgent task fell on Hu Dahai. He led his troops and horses, walked through Baixingkou, rushed into Shanxi first, seized Shangdang, and cut off Chahan's return.

As long as the goal is achieved, Chahan will become the turtle in the urn, the lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

The army of tens of 10 yuan fell apart, right in front of our eyes!

It's just that Hu Dahai has been fighting in the south for a long time, and he is not very familiar with the terrain in the north. Whether he can complete this task, Lao Zhu is not completely sure.

Undoubtedly, Sapphire, who belonged to the family under the door, stood up.

Two hundred veterans of the Han and Song Dynasties stood up with him.

"Governor Hu, let me show you the way!"

Foreshadowing for many years, a trick of dark chess finally came in handy.

Sapphire's face was flushed, he was finally able to take off the clothes of the civil servant, put on the armor, put on the battle robe, with a long knife in his hand, and a bow and arrow... At this moment, Sapphire felt that his whole body was shaking. Come alive.

This is what a man should do!

That civil official uniform really restrained him, and Sapphire was literally torn to pieces and thrown into the quagmire, saying goodbye to the past!

It's just that when he had a thought, he quickly suppressed it. This dress is quite important, so he can't throw it away.

"Put it away for me, and absolutely don't damage it."

"Why? Don't you have to wear it back?"

Lan Yu stared at her eyes, "What do you know? With this suit on, it means that I am versatile in both civil and military affairs. I am a person like Ban Dingyuan... Also, after a few years, I will have a son. Send it to Prime Minister Zhang and ask him to help teach him. The civil servant is also good... His father is a general, and his son is a prime minister... It's a good story! Hahahaha!"

Sapphire raised her head and laughed, almost like a fool.

Full of beautiful imagination, Sapphire led Hu Dahai towards Baixingkou.

Originally, there were as many as 5 people in Hu Dahai's department, which was the reserve team of the whole army.

But there are too many people to do such a long-distance raid.

Therefore, Hu Dahai only took away 2 people.

The remaining [-] are still in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands as the general reserve of the whole army.

At this moment, Lao Zhu had already thrown the knitting needles aside... He took out the armor and wiped it himself, each and every nail leaf, with extra care, as if treating some kind of treasure.

Next to the armor, there is a long knife, a sharp axe, a big bow, and two pots of heavy arrows.

Zhu Yuanzhang checked everything without missing any details, until there were no omissions, then he smiled and called the guards to come over and help him put on the armor.

After Lao Zhu put it on, he moved his arms and legs and found that there was nothing wrong with it. He put on the belt, but there was no change.

He maintains a good figure, even if he hasn't really been on the battlefield for several years, he hasn't gotten fat and slack off.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing and said: "Sir, at the time Liu Bei lamented that the flesh had come back to life, and he was no longer as brave as before. Although we have never really charged since we ascended the position of King Wu, we are still vigorous. Tell me, how are we better than Liu Bei? "

Zhang Ximeng said in his heart, didn't you make it clear that you want me to flatter you?

"I don't know what Liu Bei is like, but I know that Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng are not Sun Quan, and Chahan Timur is not Cao Cao!"

Guo Ying, who was next to him, almost laughed when he heard this.

The gentleman is the gentleman, you really don't give face to the superior, you think you are much better than Liu Bei, but the problem is that Sun Quan and Cao Cao who Liu Bei faces are also ruthless people!

If Liu Bei was born at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and faced Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, and Chahan Timur, maybe they would really revive the Han Dynasty and return to the old capital!

So, how high a person can achieve depends not only on himself, but also on his opponent.

Makes sense!

Guo Ying kept nodding, and Zhu Yuanzhang saw it and wanted to give Guo Ying a kick.

Stupid, are we going to compare with Liu Bei?

Are we that bored?

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, and simply made it clear.

"Sir, for this decisive battle with Chahan, we have to fight against the enemy in person and fight him!"

Zhang Ximeng already knew what Lao Zhu was thinking, so he deliberately didn't follow him... But he still didn't stop him.

"My lord, it's Xu Da and Chang Yuchun's business to fight for supremacy on the battlefield. Chahan Timur is just like Han Xin and Peng Yue. Why should my lord compete with him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, "Sir, are you imitating those civil servants and want to restrict our actions?"

Zhang Ximeng said helplessly: "Back then there were no more than [-] soldiers, and the lord did it himself. There was nothing we could do about it on the battlefield. Now that the lord is the king of a country, how can he go to the battlefield so easily?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, then smiled wryly: "Yes, if we miss this time, we won't be able to fight in person...Sir, don't stop me, we still have blood in our chest, this is the most important battle for our Ming Dynasty , we don’t go to battle in person, don’t worry about it!”

Chapter 476 Making Dumplings

Zhu Yuanzhang's fighting skills are easily overlooked, especially after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't fight against the enemy.But the amazing thing is that the several Northern Expeditions of the Ming Dynasty were all strategies formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, which belonged to remote micro-management.

But the gap between micro-manipulation and micro-manipulation is greater than the gap between humans and dogs.

Real micromanagement, recovering Yanyun, going to Beihai, destroying Yuanting... False micromanagement, a map, arrows in the buttocks, donkey carts drifting.

In fact, in the early days of the army, Zhu Yuanzhang not only hacked and killed himself, but also single-handedly brought out Xu Da's generals. It is conservatively estimated that Zhu Yuanzhang's command ability will not be inferior to Xu Da's.

In the current world, it is definitely the best of the best.

Hu Dahai left 6000 elites to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang still had [-] guards and some Han generals in front of the imperial army, almost [-] people, plus [-] imperial cavalry.

This is Lao Zhu's direct troops.

It is different from the imperial guards and generals in the Taiping period...they all choose the tall and dignified ones, and the appearance is more important than the inside.

But who can be selected as the imperial guard now, who has not climbed out of the mountain of corpses and blood after many battles, and must be absolutely loyal and reliable to be selected.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhu Yuanzhang holds the power that ultimately decides the outcome of the battle...and as the emperor, at a critical moment, personally rushing to kill can greatly boost morale and decide the world in one fell swoop!

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's decision to go to the battlefield in person was not just a whim, his blood was agitated, he had carefully calculated it.

Of course, when Lao Zhu decided to go to the battlefield, Zhang Ximeng couldn't sit idly by.

He had to get a suit of armor and a sword, and it was quite difficult for him to suddenly pick up the sword with a hand that was used to holding a writing brush.

Looking at the bows and arrows, Zhang Ximeng shook his head even more. They were all hard bows. He used all his strength to draw them, but the problem was that he couldn't shoot them accurately at all, and holding them was just a display.

He also wanted to think about the matchlock gun, but Guo Ying stopped him directly, let's not be kidding!If it doesn't work well, it will blow up. It's nothing to hurt Mr. Zhang. If the boss next to him collapses, it will be a heinous crime.

Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyes angrily, he couldn't have nothing!

Needless to say, Guo Ying got him a crossbow. It is said that this crossbow was made by skilled craftsmen for more than a year. It is powerful and easy to load.

If the cost was not too high, it would have been equipped on a large scale long ago.

Just use it for Zhang Xiang's self-defense!

Listen, others call it killing the enemy, but Zhang Ximeng calls it self-defense.

Are you so discriminated against?

If I kill a mouse and kill Chahan, won't I scare you to death?

Zhang Ximeng could only be secretly angry, and at this moment Chahan Timur also felt the breath of war.

Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's move of making dumplings, Chahan Timur still focused on Shanzhou.