From beggar to emperor: I am not Zhu Yuanzhang

After Tian Wei and others escaped from Hongzhou, they were like frightened birds, with no sense of direction at all. Zhong Chuan's territory was mainly south of Hongzhou, and Jiangzhou (today's Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province) to the north of Hongzhou was located on the bank of the Yangtze River, where Zhong Chuan's rule was weakest.

After crossing the river, on the other side is Huangzhou, Yang Xingmi's territory, where Zhu Yanshou is currently stationed.

Zhu Yanshou and Tian Bo have always had a good relationship. As early as when Tian Bo was guarding Xuanzhou, Zhu Yanshou often walked around with him. Later, Tian Bo fled Xuanzhou with his troops, and Zhu Yanshou was sent to conquer Huangzhou. The two never met again.

Jiangsu is on the bank of the Yangtze River.

Tian Kai has been stationed here for several days, and what to do next has been bothering him, causing this unit to drift aimlessly like a kite with a broken string. After more than a year of long-distance travel, the number of soldiers was severely reduced. The number of soldiers dropped from 3 when they left Xuanzhou to 2. In addition to those who died on the battlefield, many more fled in large numbers.

Many old brothers who have followed Tian Kai for many years saw that Tian Kai was running around like a headless fly, attacking this one today and defecting to that one tomorrow. The soldiers did not know why they were fighting. The army was disorganized and morale was low. Many people have the idea of ​​returning to Huainan because they compare the current Tian Kai and Yang Xingmi and feel that Yang Xingmi is more reliable.

Now that Tian Kai has been staying here for seven or eight days, he still hasn't come up with an idea, and many people are not calm.

Lao Tian, ​​can you do it? If you continue to mess around like this, your brothers will go back to join Yang Xingmi and follow you around all day long. What do we want?

In fact, many people are already preparing to run away.

As night fell, bonfires were lit in the Crouching Tiger Camp. Since they had already run out of food, Tian Kai could only send his soldiers out to hunt and fish, or to search for food in nearby villages.

However, this amount of food cannot satisfy the large amount of rations that 2 people need to consume every day. Crouching Tiger Camp is still shrouded in the haze of hunger.

Looking at the rabbit being roasted on the fire, Tian Kai fell into deep thought.

Luo Zhixiang came over. He came to Tian Kai and whispered: "More than 600 people escaped yesterday."

Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, just run away, I have no food for them here.

Tian Kai didn't care.

Luo Zhixiang took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Tian Kai.

This is a petition jointly signed by sixteen brothers including Li Tao, Wang Guan, Luo Shaoxian, and Chen Xian. They request...

"What are you requesting?" When he heard Li Tao's name listed, the expression on Tian Kai's face changed.

"They asked their eldest brother to rein in the situation and lead everyone back to Yangzhou to plead guilty to Yang Xingmi, hoping to get his forgiveness."

"absurd--"

Tian Kai interrupted Luo Zhixiang loudly.

"Go back and ask Yang Xingmi for forgiveness? They can't figure it out. Don't they know what Yang hates most? What he hates most is betrayal. Have you forgotten Cai Chou's fate so quickly? And what happened back then? Why were Zhang Shenjian and Gao Ba killed? Wasn't it all because they betrayed him? Are you asking me to go back and beg him for forgiveness? It's a joke."

"For the sake of our brothers, if they want to go back, I won't stop them, but no one can persuade me."

Luo Zhixiang couldn't help but add: "They represent more than 300 brothers."

"Eight thousand three hundred..."

Hearing this number, Tian Kai was a little confused. How could there be so many people? Once these people are gone, how many people will I have left?

How can we continue to play like this?

Tian Kai was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He grabbed Luo Zhixiang's collar, stared at him and asked, "Tell me, is there someone plotting in private? Is there someone secretly doing this?" plan!"

Luo Zhixiang looked hopeless, and the subtext in his heart was: If you ask me, I will ask who will go! Besides, with your current state of being like a bear, will your brothers starve to death with you?

Of course, he didn't dare to say that, so he had to persuade Tian Kai to calm down.

Brother, the brothers have been following you since Crouching Tiger Village, and they are all loyal. The reason for the current situation may be that the brothers have lost hope and don't know where to go. We are all from Huainan. We are homesick and want to go home to see our parents, wives and children. This is human nature.

Human nature? So you think so too?

Tian Kai stared at Luo Zhixiang and asked.

Before Luo Zhixiang could answer, Tian Kai suddenly pulled out a knife and pointed it at Luo Zhixiang, feeling very excited:

What, are you even going to betray me?

Tell me, are you and Li Tao the same? You want to conspire to kill me, right?

At this moment, Tian Kai was completely in a state of paranoia, his mind was in a mess, like a computer with a program glitch, or like a repeater repeating himself over and over again without listening to other people's explanations.

Luo Zhixiang is Tian Kai's most loyal fan. As early as when he was in Crouching Village, he was Tian Kai's confidant. Over the years, he followed Tian Kai in the north and south, and went through ups and downs, but remained the same, never complained, and never thought of leaving Tian Kai.

But now, he was suspected of betraying him by Tian Kai and pointed a knife at him.

Luo Zhixiang was very sad, and he was afraid that Tian Kai would become emotional, so he swung his knife and killed him in anger. The trembling Luo Zhixiang was so frightened that his voice changed. He quickly knelt down and begged for mercy to defend himself:

Big... Big... Big brother, calm down, calm down, don't be impulsive, listen to me, I really haven't been disloyal at all. If I had the slightest idea of ​​disloyalty, how could I come back and report it to them? 's conspiracy.

The younger brother has been following his elder brother since he was in Wohu Village, and he will never change his life or death. Even if everyone else leaves, the younger brother will never leave.

Perhaps Luo Zhixiang's confession brought back Tian Kai's memory of the past. He closed his eyes and tears seemed to flow from the corners of his eyes.

I saw the knife in his hand slowly put down.

Tian Kai just sat beside the fire without saying a word, and he didn't even know that the rabbits on the fire were burnt.

Luo Zhixiang silently regretted: What a pity for a rabbit...

The two were silent for a long time, and Luo Zhixiang couldn't help but ask: "Brother, please read this letter..."

Who knew that this sentence would set off the powder keg again, and Tian Kai roared:

"Let them go, let's go, let's all go! There are only 300 people. I'm not afraid even if 2 people leave. At worst, I, Tian Kai, will return to Crouching Tiger Village and recruit people to work alone again."

Isn’t it just 300 people? After drinking so much, my head was completely filled with mush.

These more than 8000 people were let go. How many people will be in the next wave? And what about the next wave?

If this continues, Tian Kai will become a bare commander in less than a month. By then, if he goes to join the warlords everywhere, who will greet him with a smile?

In the past, everyone respected him a lot because they were afraid of the powerful Crouching Tiger Camp in his hands, and they all wanted to poach him for my use. Now he is about to become the commander of the light pole. If he goes to other people's houses to eat, they are not allowed to kick him out. They may even tie him up and hand him over to Yang Xingmi for disposal.

Luo Zhixiang saw this very clearly, and out of loyalty to Tian Kai, he wanted to persuade him again.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Tian Kai was like a furious lion, slashing at the fire with a knife, sparks flying out, and his face looked even more ferocious against the firelight.

Get out, get out of here——

Tian Kai threw the knife away with all his strength, lowered his head feebly and stopped talking.

Seeing that he could no longer communicate, Luo Zhixiang had no choice but to resign.

When turning to leave, Luo Zhixiang let out a long sigh. He knew in his heart that Tian Kai was in chaos now, and he was afraid that he was not far from defeat.