Traveling Through the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Ming Zun Zhang Wuji

Chapter 496
Thinking of this, Zhang Wuji immediately made up his mind and thought about his specific action plan for annexing half of Jiangnan.

That is to go to Hongdu first to reveal his identity in front of hundreds of thousands of troops and expose Chen Youliang's lies.It would be great if the troops under Chen Youliang's command could be surrendered.If not, killing Chen Youliang would be beneficial to him.

After that, Chen Youliang's troops were integrated, and then Zhu Yuanzhang was asked to settle the general account.As long as the two strongest forces in Jiangnan are taken down, then Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Chen Youding and others can be captured alive in a short time.At that time, we must first settle down when fighting against the outside world, and take the lead in pacifying Yunnan and Guizhou to unify the entire half of the south of the Yangtze River.Replenish your strength and then turn your fists and swing the Northern Expedition to dominate the world.

So Zhang Wuji exchanged a few words with Yang Xiao, asked about some specific situations, and immediately set off for Hongdu City.

Zhang Wuji was not in a hurry before, because in his eyes, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang were just "fighting between the snipe and the clam" and what he had to do was wait for both of them to lose and then "the fisherman made a profit".

But now he is in a hurry, precisely because he regards Chen Youliang's 60 soldiers and horses as his own property.The battle of Hongdu was extremely fierce. If I arrived one day late, thousands of soldiers would be killed or injured.This loss is his "property", Zhang Wuji is of course anxious.

Before Zhang Wuji never expected that Chen Youliang, a fool, also borrowed his reputation. If this is the case, then he will accept everything he has without politeness.

Moreover, Zhang Wuji is still very grateful to Chen Youliang. If Chen Youliang hadn't hijacked Xie Xun to make him an enemy before, Zhang Wuji really didn't want to kill him.She even wanted to give him a lifetime of wealth and let him be a comfortable rich man.

Because Chen Youliang's unintentional move helped him get rid of two big troubles.

One is the toad Song Qingshu.It would be easy for Zhang Wuji to kill Song Qingshu, but Song Qingshu is the only son of his uncle Song Yuanqiao.Song Yuanqiao treated him well, if he killed his only son, it would be really difficult to do so.

Even if someone around me killed him, if the uncle and master find me, if I ignore it and don't investigate, then it will be a bit unjustifiable.If you don't kill him, Song Qingshu, a toad, misses his Zhiruo every day. Although this is harmless, thinking about it makes him feel very uncomfortable.

After all, Zhang Wuji can slowly accumulate territory and sergeants by himself. Anyway, the world will be his sooner or later, nothing more than a few years in the evening.

But Song Qingshu has the family relationship between the uncle and the teacher here, this matter is much more difficult for Zhang Wuji than siege.

Now Chen Youliang helped him eradicate Song Qingshu, which was a huge favor to Zhang Wuji.This can be said to be his greatest contribution.

And Chen Youliang's second contribution to him was to help him eradicate Xu Shouhui.Xu Shouhui was very popular in the rebel army, if he did it himself, he would inevitably be accused of killing a hero.

Right now, Chen Youliang took the initiative for him, and also helped him integrate the forces left by Xu Shouhui, and let Zhang Wuji pick the ready-made peaches, which is also a great achievement.

If it wasn't for his disadvantage to make Chen Youliang bigger, he even wanted to use Chen Youliang to kill Zhu Yuanzhang directly.Then he came out and pretended to be a good person to recruit Xu Da and others.

But you can't be too greedy. Right now, I can take the opportunity to recruit Chen Youliang's 60 troops.Just focus on what's in front of you.

After Zhang Wuji left Shou County, he rushed to Hongdu at an accelerated speed of li.

During this period, when Zhang Wuji was passing the Yangtze River, he also saw the sign posted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

This notice stated that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to requisition merchant ships, fishing boats, and even the flower boats of Qinhuai singers in his jurisdiction.Anyway, as long as it is a ship, Zhu Yuanzhang will requisition it.

And it also clearly stated that Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to pay ten times the cost of borrowing a boat.If the ship is damaged, compensation will be made according to the price.

Of course, this is not Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness.This is just his expedient measure.

Zhang Wuji understood this matter very well, because to fight Chen Youliang decisively, warships are indispensable.After all, behind Chen Youliang's 60 troops, there are countless buildings and boats.

Even if Zhu Wenzheng defends Hongdu, Chen Youliang's main force can also be withdrawn by boat, and then make a comeback in the future.

Now that Chen Youliang is coming out in full force, although the attack is menacing, it is also a great opportunity to wipe out his main force.

It was Hu Weiyong's idea to levy a ship at a high price, which was essentially a gamble and an adventure.Because Zhu Yuanzhang didn't intend to fulfill his own promise at all.

According to Hu Weiyong's idea, if he wins the bet, the gains from defeating Chen Youliang can pay off the debts of these boatmen, and then maintain Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation.

But if they lose, then they don't have to pay back.

Although this was a "big gamble" related to fate, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to enter this "game" and this "gambling table".

If this victory is won, he will annex Chen Youliang's forces as in history, then unify most of the south of the Yangtze River, and finally succeed in the Northern Expedition, becoming the familiar Hongwu Emperor.

But if he loses this bet, then he will become the second Guo Zixing and Liu Futong.Although this gamble is very risky, if the gamble wins, the profits will be huge.

The real Zhu Yuanzhang in history was very lucky, he won the bet.Not long after defeating Chen Youliang, he dispatched Liao Yongzhong to drown Han Lin'er and Liu Futong.After eradicating the last obstacle, he himself ascended the throne in Jinling and accomplished the Ming Dynasty for 300 years.

But this time Zhang Wuji wanted Zhu Yuanzhang to lose so much that he lost his trousers.

Because he will take Hongdu City as an outpost for attacking Jiangdong.And after he took down Hongdu, he would not go any further.Instead, rest on the spot and tell the world.Not to mention fighting Zhu Yuanzhang in the fateful "Battle of Poyang Lake" in history.

If this is the case, then Zhu Yuanzhang's boat will be borrowed in vain.He didn't get what he wanted to defeat Chen Youliang, and he couldn't pay back the ten times the promised boatman's reward.

Moreover, Hongdu City was not defended, and the main force of the 60 army was not eliminated.Instead, the 60 army became a sharp knife in his hinterland.

Zhang Wuji wanted him to know two things.

"He is the real Mingzun. There will be no good end for going against Mingzun."

"Gamblers generally do not end well."

Two days later, Zhang Wuji arrived near Hongdu City.

Although he was near Hongdu now, Zhang Wuji didn't get too close.Because Hongdu is now completely surrounded by 60 troops under Chen Youliang's command.

Moreover, Chen Youliang's army's tents are all within a radius of tens of miles of this city.

Zhang Wuji stood on top of a tree on a small hill, overlooking the banners and camps in front of him.Now Zhang Wuji has thought of a scene, that is the "fire burning company" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written in the early Ming Dynasty, and many details of the story are based on the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

If Zhang Wuji hadn't been in the same position as Chen Youliang right now, he might really not be able to bear the itching of his hands to set a big fire and create a "burning company".

(End of this chapter)