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

Chapter 513 The half-bad but not bad "Shou Zen"

Zhang Wuji and Yang Xiao guessed right.

Zhu Yuanzhang is now building a Zen altar on the Zijin Mountain in Jinling City, and in a few days after the auspicious day when the five stars are in succession, he will go to the altar to receive Zen.

And just when Yang Xiao arrived, he had already forced Zhu Jiuzhen to issue the first imperial edict for the position of Zen, as well as an edict for persuading him to enter.

And when Yang Xiao and the others arrived here, the second imperial edict had already been posted on the city wall of Jinling City, announcing it to the public.

Zhu Jiuzhen's third edict has also been written, and it will be sent to Zhu Yuanzhang tomorrow.In this way, the etiquette of three words and three concessions will be complete, and it will be the next stage to accept Zen.At that time, Zhu Jiuzhen will replace Zhang Wuji and abdicate the throne of Ming Dynasty to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After that, Zhu Yuanzhang will respect Zhang Wuji as "Taizu Wu Emperor Taishanghuang".It is equivalent to the relationship status between Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

Because Liu Bowen, the core counselor, did not take refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang on this timeline.

And receiving Zen is a half-bad idea that Zhu Yuanzhang gave himself after he listened to the advice of Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang and other counselors.

To say that this idea is a bad idea is based on reality.The best choice for Zhu Yuanzhang now is to release Yin Yewang, Zhu Jiuzhen and others immediately, and then ask Zhang Wuji for peace.The last two turned their fights into jade silk.Instead of seeking power and usurping the throne.

Zhang Wuji, the real Mingzun, is not dead. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang succeeds in accepting Zen, Zhang Wuji can still regain his reputation, and even send his troops eastward to destroy Zhu Yuanzhang and unify half of the south of the Yangtze River.

But this idea is not bad, and it is still a wonderful good idea.

This is because Zhu Yuanzhang and others have no information.Zhu Yuanzhang and others only knew that Zhang Wuji had appeared in Hongdu City.He also knew about Chen Youliang's death, but he didn't know that Zhang Wuji had secretly taken over all of Chen Youliang's estate.

So this made them make a strategic misjudgment.

This is because the news of Chen Youliang's death spread to Jinling, and Ding Pulang withdrew the rest of the army to Jingzhou. This made Zhu Yuanzhang and his advisers believe that Ding Pulang was returning to Wuchang to preside over the overall situation, and he was still staying in Hongdu. The soldiers and horses were to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from advancing westward.

As for not getting any news about Zhang Wuji, Zhu Yuanzhang and others thought that Zhang Wuji and Chen Youliang had fought to the death. Chen Youliang died, and Zhang Wuji was also killed by the rebels.Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang believes that Chen Youliang's internal affairs are in chaos now, and Ming Zun is dead.

After all, none of them believed that Zhang Wuji alone could defeat 60 troops.

Moreover, they also miscalculated the loyalty of Chen Youliang's generals and soldiers to Mingzun.

It was precisely because of this strategic misjudgment that he thought this was a great time for him to annex Jiangnan.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang built a Zen platform high, planning to abolish Zhang Wuji's emperor legitimacy from Zhu Jiuzhen's hands first.Then he succeeded the Ming emperor.

Afterwards, in the name of surrendering to the emperor, he mobilized 20 troops under his command to advance westward, taking advantage of Chen Youliang's defeat and the instability within the Chen Han Group, to sweep across the south of the Yangtze River.

And Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Tang He and others are already gathering troops, and the former merchant ships have been converted into warships, and they are also ready to go.

However, it is worth mentioning that Zhu Yuanzhang hid the news from everyone under his command after listening to Li Shanchang's bad idea about Zhu Wenzheng and Feng Sheng's escape and Hongducheng's fall.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang told Tang He, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others that Zhu Wenzheng did not lose, and Hongdu did not fall.But Zhu Wenzheng won, Hong Du defended, and not only won, but also a big victory.

Zhu Wenzheng shot and killed Chen Youliang who led the army to attack the city with an arrow, and Chen Youliang was defeated like a mountain.Right now, they only need to go west along the river to break through Wuchang in one fell swoop and take half of the south of the Yangtze River.

And there was no mention of the news of Zhang Wuji's reappearance.

The Tang newspaper also mentioned that Chen Youliang's hundreds of thousands of troops had withdrawn to Jingzhou in a mighty manner, which just proved his lie.Paralyzed the generals under his command.

Even for this lie, Zhu Yuanzhang held a grand celebration banquet for Feng Sheng and Zhu Wenzheng.At this banquet, Zhu Yuanzhang even boosted the morale of everyone.Now Xu Da, Tang He, Chang Yuchun and others are like bows and arrows ready to go.

Everyone has accumulated enough energy, planning to wipe out Chen Youliang's "broken army" in one fell swoop.

Now we just wait for Zhu Jiuzhen to give Zhu Yuanzhang the Zen throne on behalf of Zhang Wuji, and Zhu Yuanzhang will seal everyone in the name of the Ming Emperor, and then everyone will go straight to Huanglong by water and land.

Zhang Wuji also realized the seriousness of this matter after discussing with everyone in Hongdu City.

All the generals, including Yang Xiao, planned to "put peace first" from various perspectives.

Because the Mongol army is strong at the moment, it will take a certain amount of time for Zhang Wuji to completely digest Chen Youliang's legacy, at least half a year.

So now is not the time to tear yourself apart with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although with the current military strength, Zhu Yuanzhang has already opened the door to the stronghold of Hongdu City.It is not difficult to kill him.

However, there are still nails on the broken ship, and Zhu Yuanzhang also has more than soldiers and horses under his command.If the two armies really merged, the casualties would definitely not be small.

Those who are so proud are also the Mongols in Jiangbei.

At that time, the strength of the two armies will be frustrated, and if the Mongols drive south again, they may repeat the mistakes of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, it is only a bad idea to start a war against Zhu Yuanzhang.

After everyone's discussion, Zhang Wuji made the following arrangements.

First, Fu Youde led the army to guard Hongdu City, occupying this fortress that can be attacked and defended.

Second, Zhao Pusheng's navy was on standby, ready to fight on the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake.

Third, Zhang Dingbian commanded the infantry and was ready for battle at any time. Once Zhao Pusheng's navy and Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers and horses fought, Zhang Dingbian's infantry would immediately advance eastward and destroy Zhu Yuanzhang.

But Yang Xiao and Liu Futong rushed back to Wuchang immediately.

As the prime minister, Yang Xiao presided over the daily government affairs and raised food and grass for the army.

After Liu Futong returned, he set up an army formation along the river with Ding Pulang, on the one hand to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from attacking the west, and to attack the capital when he was not prepared.On the one hand, it is to prevent the Mongols from taking the opportunity to go south when the two armies are at war.

As for Zhang Wuji himself, he hurried back to Jinling City to inquire about the specific situation.

If they guessed wrong, and Zhu Yuanzhang just wanted to sacrifice to heaven, not accept Zen, then Zhang Wuji exchanged Huainan land for Zhu Jiuzhen, King Yin Ye and others, and the two armies made an alliance.Peace is the most important thing.

But if Zhu Yuanzhang really has the heart of disobedience, then Zhang Wuji will go and beat him in person, beat him.

Although Zhang Wuji was no match for hundreds of thousands of troops, it was not difficult to capture Zhu Yuanzhang's personal soldiers.

But this is a complete face-off, a complete showdown.

After everyone confirmed the plan, everyone immediately took action.Liu Futong, Yang Xiao and Zhao Pusheng returned to Wuchang city temporarily by boat.

And Zhang Dingbian also went down to the village along the river, always on guard against Zhu Yuanzhang's army coming.

(End of this chapter)