First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Although this kid is less than twenty, he is very similar to Lao Zhu, he is tall and strong, after honing himself in front of the army, he is like a sharp-edged soldier, not much worse than those veterans.

And as Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, it is naturally of great symbolic significance.

Lao Zhu took a deep breath, finally nodded, and just spit out two words, "Be careful!"

Zhu Wenzheng raised the corner of his mouth, "Please rest assured, Uncle!"

I saw Zhu Wenzheng leading [-] soldiers, rushing towards Hezhou... At this time, four Lu Gong vehicles rushed to the top of the city one after another, and the Yuan army and Zhu's army fell into a bloody battle.

In the south of Hezhou City, there is a Hengjiang River meandering by, and the terrain has many similarities with the Haozhou of that day.

Zhu's army placed the main attack direction in the northwest.

All five Lvgong vehicles are here, and the battle here is also the most intense.

Zhu Wenzheng observed carefully, and he found that in the northeast corner of Hezhou, the city wall here was the most complete, but it seemed that the guarding force was also the weakest.

How to do?

Gamble or not?

Almost instantly, Zhu Wenzheng made a decision, and he rushed to the northeast corner decisively.

At this moment, Zhu Wenzheng had neither Lu's bus nor decent siege equipment in his hands, only crude ladders and climbing ropes.

But this kid started brazenly, he rushed to the bottom of the city quickly, grabbed the top of the city with the climbing rope, and slammed it three times, as nimble as an ape and as swift as a leopard.

He rushed to the top of the wall, and several Yuan soldiers had just reacted and wanted to stop him. Zhu Wenzheng swung his weapon and decisively dealt with the two Yuan soldiers, and the Zhu family army behind him quickly followed.

Zhu Wen was rushing to the front, they rushed down the top of the wall, and bumped into Bald Jian head-on.

Zhu Wenzheng didn't know that this was the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army. Of course, Tu Jian didn't know that he was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, and the two sides immediately fought.

Bald Jian's confidant was wearing heavy armor and holding a long knife. The moment they fought, they caused a lot of casualties to Zhu's army. One of Zhu Wenzheng's soldiers had his forearm cut off, and the splashed blood fell on Zhu Wen. Zheng's face is hot and uncomfortable!

"kill!"

Zhu Wenzheng faced up to the difficulties, commanded his subordinates, and brazenly launched a desperate charge.

Strict training and generous treatment have played a role at this moment. Of course, Zhu Wenzheng's leadership is undeniable.

They rushed forward desperately, and finally disrupted the formation of Bald Jian's personal guards.

The personal guards who lost the protection of the formation were entangled with Zhu Jiajun.

The two sides fell into a fierce battle.

Bald Jian's personal guards are undoubtedly more experienced, and each one is a veteran of the battlefield.

As for Zhu Wenzheng's subordinates, they are young and energetic, and they are not afraid of death.

Once the guard's long knife hit Zhu's army, it would have fatal consequences, but often when they made a knife, the surrounding soldiers would rush forward without hesitation.

There are even soldiers who locked the long knife with their bodies and died together with the opponent.

The battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the bald guards lost more than one hundred. These Mongolian elites began to retreat step by step.

"kill!"

"I am invincible!"

With red eyes, Zhu Wenzheng summoned up his courage again, and rushed towards Bald Jian like a tide.

The general of the Mongolian clan, the commander of the Yuan army in the southeast, should have rushed forward with a more decisive attitude, and defeated the mere red thieves with an absolutely strong attitude. This is the proper attitude.

But Bald Jian just stood there stupidly, staring at Zhu Jiajun, who was like a wolf like a tiger, and Zhu Wenzheng, who was like a dragon... He thought about attacking with a bow and arrow, but he didn't find the opportunity for a long time.

But Zhu Wenzheng is getting closer!

"You dog tartar, die!"

Zhu Wenzheng seemed to have inexhaustible energy, and once again inspired his fighting spirit. Behind him, the Zhu family army had reached five hundred,

Excluding those who had already been sacrificed, most of the subordinates had already entered, and they followed Zhu Wenzheng without hesitation, rushing again like a tide.

Bald Jian didn't want to retreat, but he was coerced by his cronies, so he had to retreat... He really wanted to shout, fight to the end, and fight the opponent desperately... He couldn't retreat, because once he retreated, he would be caught in the back of the horse and be attacked. May cause a rout.

Even the entire Hezhou could not be kept.

He was too aware of the dire consequences, so he gripped his saber tightly and tried desperately three times.

After all, Nai He failed to give an order, but retreated like a duckweed under the coercion of his subordinates.

Tuotuo can't be the mainstay, let alone Bald Jian.

After the commander-in-chief of the three armies retreated, the impact was too great, and the stumbling horse who was still struggling was suddenly isolated and helpless.

Zhu Wenzheng entered the rear, and the Yuan army was quickly defeated.

Deng Youde saw the opportunity. He led the breakthrough of the pikemen and rushed into the city. On the other side, Tang Shengzong also quickly broke through and chased the deserters.

At the same time, he opened the city gate and greeted the main force of Zhu's army to enter the city.

When the horse was stunned, it was already surrounded.

"kill him!"

Led by Lu Zhongheng, dozens of elite Zhu family troops formed an arrowhead and rushed forward fiercely.The soldiers and horses that had stumbled the horse also shrank quickly, forming fists, and the two sides collided in an instant.

In just a short moment, more than a dozen people fell to the ground, soldiers and horses from both sides, protecting Lu Zhongheng, were also scratched, and a long gash appeared on the cheek, bleeding profusely.Such a wound, even if it recovers, must leave a scar.

Since you have paid such a high price, how can I let you go!

Lu Zhongheng split several Yuan troops blocking, the tiger came down the mountain, rushed to the front of the stumping horse, raised his knife, and slashed down fiercely, the stumping horse hurriedly parried, the weapons collided, and sparks flew everywhere.

When I tripped the horse, I felt my arm vibrate violently and my joints hurt. Although I didn't know if it was dislocated or not, I couldn't use my strength for a while.

Lu Zhongheng slashed again, leaving a long blood groove on the shoulder of the tripping horse, and the flesh turned out.

The other Yuan troops tried to protect the general, but they were attacked fiercely from all directions by the soldiers of Zhu's army, and they were killed and injured.

The stumped horse finally failed to stop, his legs gave way, and he fell to the ground. Lu Zhongheng stabbed his chest with a knife, blood shot out like an arrow, and he died instantly, and his head was chopped off.

After solving the stumbling horse, Lu Zhongheng was sore all over, and his arms were trembling slightly.

It is not so easy to fight off a Mongolian general.

But his spirit was exceptionally happy, and he reluctantly raised his weapon, "Follow me...to kill!"

Lu Zhongheng, Tang Shengzong, Deng Youde, Zhu Wenzheng, and many Zhu's troops entered Hezhou together. The Yuan army was defeated and finally collapsed.

It was the third watch at this time!

Zhu's army successfully regained Hezhou City. Tu Jian was alone, panicked, and could only flee with the remnants of his soldiers. He wanted to go to Jilong Mountain, but the road had been blocked by Xu Da in advance.

There is no way, Bald Jian can only go south, a Hengjiang River, blocking the way, blocked together, there are still more than 2 yuan of the collapsed army...

Chapter 159 Ask the Lord to Cross the River

Zhu Yuanzhang captured Hezhou in the first battle, and the overall situation in Jiangbei has no possibility of any change.

The rest is nothing more than chasing death and chasing north, expanding the results of the battle.

First of all, there are more than 2 routs in Tujian north of Hengjiang. They must be wiped out and they must not be allowed to flee back to the south of the Yangtze River. Xu Da is responsible for this task.

Then there is the Yuan army at Jiming Mountain, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Fei Ju and Geng Zaicheng, and then Lingyang Pass, Lao Zhu sent the Wu family brothers there.

After several orders were issued, Zhu Yuanzhang did not do it himself, but sat in the Liyang County Yamen.

The government of Hezhou is located in Liyang, so this city can become Heyang again.

The original magistrate's yamen was burned down, and Zhu Yuanzhang could only temporarily live in the county yamen, but this was also a temporary residence, because Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes had already fallen to the south.

"Chongba, are you going to cross the river?"

Mrs. Ma's voice sounded in Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and Lao Zhu hurriedly turned around. Seeing his wife with a big belly, he was both distressed and grateful.

"Why are you always disobedient!"

Mrs. Ma chuckled, "Husband and wife are of one mind, at this point, can you treat it as nothing?"

Just one sentence made Lao Zhu bow his head.

Immediately, he clenched his fists again, and his eyes shone brightly.

"Sister, we really don't care about the 10 yuan army. It's just whether we can swallow it in one gulp. Yuan Ting is finished, and it has been doomed since the removal of Tuotuo. We have been thinking about it for a long time, and we are afraid It is for the heroes of the red scarves to fight against themselves."

Ma Shi didn't speak, just supported his waist and listened silently.

She knew very well that all her husband needed was someone to listen to.Originally, Zhang Ximeng was here, and the two of them could discuss it. Now that Zhang Ximeng has crossed the river ahead of schedule, she should come over, even if it's just to listen.

A person is under too much pressure and needs to vent.

"If we can't cross the river, or if we cross the river too late, we can only guard the land of Huaixi. We are a humble prince, and we will be wiped out sooner or later. But once we cross the Yangtze River and occupy Jiqing, the worst is Half of the country. We are still sure of this, if you cross the river to become a dragon, if you don't cross the river, you will be a worm!"

Mrs. Ma nodded slightly. After thinking for a while, she slowly said: "Mr. Zhang has crossed the Yangtze River and won several battles. The Yuan Tartars are nothing more than that. You don't have to worry."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and smiled wryly, "Sister, do you think we are worried about the Tartars? I have already said that this 10 yuan soldier is nothing more than a dish. What really concerns us is what kind of strategy we will implement after arriving in the south of the Yangtze River. Only then can we gain a firm foothold and win the hearts of the people!"

Mrs. Ma smiled, "This is not what I, a woman, can say, but these policies we have in Huaixi will not work?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered: "It's hard to say whether it will work or not. We asked a lot of people. Jiangnan is densely populated and there are many merchants. If it is still like Huaixi, where ration fields are granted, I am afraid that there will not be many transfer fields. Also, Jiangnan Most of the wealth is in the hands of wealthy businessmen, how to deal with their relationship, if it is not done well, the money will not be collected, and we have such a big mess, we can't support it!"

"Also, the 10 yuan army will capture at least tens of thousands of prisoners. After crossing the river, there will be many prisoners. We have 7 to [-] people right now, and the number of soldiers and horses has exceeded [-], right in front of us... [-] The army!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled wryly, "There are so many people, so many mouths, and so many thoughts, how can we manage it well? Not only must we manage it well, but we must also find ways to expand the foundation and have a bigger Land, more people, more common people... To be honest, more than three years ago, we were still the Stove Lord on our calves, and we moved from house to house. One person is full, and the whole family is not hungry. Now we have to worry about so much It’s a mess, it’s much more difficult than a big battle.”

Zhu Yuanzhang put his hand in and smiled helplessly, "To be honest, we don't even know what to do."

Mrs. Ma smiled, "One person's wit is short, just rely on yourself, if you think about it, you won't have a clue... After all, you still need to use more talents and let people help you. This is the kingly way."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly: "Why don't we know? But if everyone is like Mr. Zhang, we don't have to worry about it, but how can we rest assured?"

With a sullen face, Ma thought for a while and said, "If you don't worry, you can use people? If you worry about the mess, can you not cross the river? I was thinking, you still have to face the difficulties, and if you don't understand anything, just follow along." Mr. Zhang discusses, he always has a solution. Even if he doesn't, he knows who has an idea. "

When Mrs. Ma said this, he actually laughed again, "I finally understand, you, you have been separated from Mr. Zhang for a long time, you have lost your backbone, and you are in a mess."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and could only smile helplessly. Since the 12th year of Zhizheng, although he and Zhang Ximeng had separated for a short time, they were basically together.

To put it too exaggeratedly, he talked with Zhang Ximeng far more than he talked with his wife... After all, after a busy day, he didn't have much energy besides sleeping.

But once he gets up, there are countless careers and economics, and endless discussions about military and national policies.

Ever since the Yuan army attacked Hezhou and he led troops to help, he was separated from Zhang Ximeng, and the two of them only exchanged a few letters.

It happened to be another critical moment, and there was no one around to talk to, so I really felt uneasy!

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then hurriedly said: "Sister, let's just talk about this, don't let others know, if it reaches Mr. Zhang's ears, we will lose face. Last time you took advantage of the wine , but said a lot.”

Mrs. Ma couldn't help laughing, she didn't expect her husband to be afraid of this... "I know, last time, after all, I was angry for a while. Now you are rising every step of the way. After crossing the river, even if you become king and emperor, it is reasonable In the middle. I can't stop you whether you want it or not, as long as you are sincere to me and my child, you have a conscience."

Old Zhu was so startled that he was at a loss, and shook his head again and again, "Sister, don't think too much, we didn't mean that, really!"

Ma Shi chuckled, "I know you haven't! It's okay, I'm tired too, so get busy!"

Mrs. Ma supported the table, but did not stand up all of a sudden, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly reached out and supported his wife.

"Be careful, this kid is too good at torturing people."

Mrs. Ma smiled lightly, "That's it, the child is always the flesh that fell from the mother's body. You fathers have not been pregnant in October, how can you understand! I can tell you, no matter what, you can give me a good pampering on this child." Come on, do you understand?"

Lao Zhu nodded quickly, "Don't worry, we are almost thirty, and we are considered old-fashioned children in ordinary people's homes. Who do you not pet him? When he can speak, let Mr. Let's teach him how to deal with government affairs when he's older, arrange the best teacher for him, and let him inherit our family business..."

Lao Zhu escorted his wife to rest, and when he turned his head, Xu Da came.

"Sir, the Yuan army by the Hengjiang River, except for a few who jumped into the river and escaped, have all been captured. The total number is more than 9000. As for Bald Jian, he killed himself."

"Kill yourself? Forget it, he's a loyal minister, so give him a coffin!"

"No, he, he's not dead!"

"He's not dead?" Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, "I cut my throat, can I still live?"

"He, he wasn't willing to cut it. He just cut a layer of skin and bleed some blood, so he fainted from fright."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, that's great! Since he can't die, let's give him a way to survive and send him to be locked up with Gong Bosui and the others, so that he can reform himself."

Xu Da agreed to go down to make arrangements, and Lao Zhu said again: "Remember, find a good doctor for him, and bandage the wound on his neck. If it festers, it will be healed. If you want to die, you will die. If you don't want to die, you will send him away." Fate, that would be bad."

"understood!"

Xu Da readily agreed.

As soon as he went down, there was another news that it was from Lingyang Pass.

"My lord, the Yuan army at Lingyang Pass is heading towards Luzhou. It seems that they intend to seek refuge with Zuo Junbi!"

Old Zhu was startled, Zuo Junbi!