First Minister of Ming Dynasty

He knew that Zhang Ximeng subdued the Chaohu navy, and Zuo Junbi occupied Luzhou and had been fighting against the Chaohu navy. It stands to reason that Zuo Junbi should be wiped out.

What's more, he took over this Yuan army again, and he took death in a proper way.

But the main task now is to cross the river, and there is no way to divide the troops to Luzhou.

Old Zhu thought over and over again, and finally said: "Let Zuo Junbi live a peaceful life for a few days, and deal with him when we have time!"

The Yuan army at Lingyangguan ran away, and the one at Jilongshan must not be let go. If this fish disappeared, Zhu Yuanzhang would regret it to death.

At this time, it was the militia marshal Chen Yexian who was stationed at Jilong Mountain.

Coincidentally, he is also from Haozhou.

It can only be said that God prefers this place, and it has become the cradle of fierce people.

Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Ye first embarked on the road of working for Yuan Ting and killing the Red Scarf Army.

For such a person, Lao Zhu can't wait to kill him with a single blow.

But he also understood that Chen Yexian still had so many people under his command, and if he killed him, the people below would definitely be in a mess, and it was hard to say whether they could handle it properly.

"Send someone to tell Chen Yexian that as long as he surrenders, we will reward him with a way out!"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked someone to deliver the letter, but it took him half a day, but there was no reply, whether it was a surrender or a war, nothing at all!

At this moment, Lao Zhu and Xu Da also rushed to the foot of Jilong Mountain.

"Superior, Chen Ye is still lucky, he should hit him hard!" Xu Da was eager to ask for orders, but Zhu Yuanzhang still stopped him.

It is better to leave this kind of matter to Hu Dahai.

Sure enough, Hu Dahai was overjoyed after he got it. He immediately led the troops and stormed Pianzhai. An hour later, Pianzhai was in his hands.

Another half an hour later, Chen Yexian's men held up a French flag. He and his subordinates raised their hands high, performed the French military salute, dejectedly, descended from the mountain, and surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"When you worked for the Yuan Tartars, you wouldn't have thought that today would happen, would you?"

Chen Ye's face was full of bitterness, "Sinners have blind eyes and don't know the Lord, please raise your hand and give sinners a chance to live!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "We said we wouldn't kill you, so how could we break our promise and get fat! But let us say, you are not blind, but heartless!"

Chen Ye was so frightened that he sweated profusely and collapsed on the ground, but he was speechless and did not dare to speak up.

Old Zhu didn't bother to look at him, "Take him away!"

Someone took Chen Ye away first. At this moment, someone rushed over and shouted loudly from a long distance: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Great joy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head abruptly, and a soldier delivering the letter jumped off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and said with his face up, "Your Excellency, Mr. Zhang sent someone to deliver the letter, and I respectfully invite you to cross the river!"

"What? Let's cross the river, please?"

"That's right, the navy ambushed the Tartar's Yangtze River navy and set fire to hundreds of warships. The victory on the river is enough for our army to cross the river smoothly!"

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help shouting, looking up to the sky and laughing loudly, "Here's an order, get ready to cross the river right away...we want to see Mr. Zhang right away!"

1 Chapter Sixty

Zhu Yuanzhang was impatient to cross the river, and the navy also prepared a big boat for him. Just when Lao Zhu was about to board the boat, it was surprising that Mrs. Ma came again.

Old Zhu was really angry, what happened to this woman?

All the excitement is fine, this is crossing the river, not for fun, not to mention your belly is getting bigger every day, so you can't rest, let's save some snacks?

Old Zhu was thinking about how to express his anger properly, but Ma Shi grabbed his wrist. "Jackie Chan, let me and my children stay with you in one fell swoop! Our family is in the same boat, regardless of each other!"

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, but after all, he didn't say a word of blame, but just yelled at his subordinates, and quickly prepared more cushions. He supported Ma Shi with his own hands and boarded the boat.

Lao Zhu waited on him personally, and the couple held each other's wrists, so they raised their sails and crossed the Yangtze River. The boat docked at Lugang Town.

On the shore, Zhang Ximeng led a group of civil and military personnel to congratulate Zhu Yuanzhang and arrived in the loyal Jiangnan.

The two sides successfully joined forces!

Lao Zhu got off the boat and called Zhang Ximeng over before doing anything.

"Are there any nice houses?"

"Have!"

"Is there a good midwife?"

Zhang Ximeng was taken aback, and counted with his fingers, darling, Zhu Biao is going to be born, right?

"My lord, you are..."

"It's nothing, it's just that Madam insisted on staying with us, saying that it's unusual to help each other this time... You also know that she is going to give birth in a month and a half. When we arrive in the south of the Yangtze River, we are afraid that there will be no suitable place for us." live."

Zhang Ximeng finally understood what was going on, and he was a bit sour, so he helped each other, no wonder Empress Ma was able to eat Lao Zhu to death.

High!

"Don't worry, my lord. There are no other places in the south of the Yangtze River. There is no shortage of good accommodation. The wealthy businessman Chen Di has a manor here. The scenery is beautiful and the place is comfortable to live in. He will also arrange for a few doctors and midwives to be there at any time. By the way, I also need to prepare some nutritious high-grade products for my wife, and this is the first child, so be careful..."

Zhu Yuanzhang likes to save money the most. When he was in the army, he ate the same food as the soldiers. When he slept, he only needed a piece of wood. .

Only when it comes to the wife, no matter how much you invest in it, you don't frown.

"Sir, this matter will trouble you again."

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "My lord, you are being polite, but don't forget that my wife is also a life-saving grace to me, I'm afraid it's even more important than my lord!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, "Okay, so we can rest assured."

After the Ma family was settled first, Lao Zhu summoned these civil and military men from Jiangnan.

"Mr. Zhang, this is all due to you. Tell us, who are the heroes, so that we can get to know each other well."

With a smile on his face, Zhang Ximeng invited Yu Tingyu over first.

"My lord, this is Mr. Yu Tingyu from Chaohu's grandma village, but he was the first to claim to belong to the lord."

Yu Tingyu rushed forward and knelt down on one knee, "I pay my respects to the superior!"

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly pulled Yu Tingyu up, and said with a smile: "We have heard about the reputation of the Chaohu Navy for a long time, and it seems that they just won another battle. What's going on? Tell us quickly."

Yu Tingyu nodded, and made a brief introduction, Zhang Ximeng added... It was a coincidence to talk about it. Didn't it be mentioned earlier that Bald Jian asked the barbarian Haiya to lead a huge boat upstream to aid Chizhou?

But the problem is that Chizhou has already fallen into the hands of Zhu Jiajun, and Yuan Jun was deceived.

After the barbarian Hague arrived in Chizhou, he wanted to land, but was blocked by the soldiers and civilians of Chizhou.

Now he also knew that something was wrong, so he could only order to return to the teacher.

But there is a saying that the fisherman will never go empty.Come here, let's make some money!

Needless to say, Yuan Jun's virtues were originally intended to take advantage of the opportunity of aiding Chizhou to make a fortune, but in the end, not only did he not take advantage of it, but he also suffered a loss.

These guys are unwilling to make a trip in vain, and they only want to make money. At this time, the barbarian Hague can't stop him. Otherwise, there may be a scene where the coach falls into the water and the salvage is not timely...

The Yuan army landed and looted wantonly in Anqing and other places, causing the people to suffer unspeakably.

Dozens of fishermen, furious, avoided the Yuan army's building boats and found Zhu's army.I begged again and again, they are willing to help, provide the Yuan army's movements, and only ask Zhu's army to eliminate harm for the people.

Faced with the kindness of the people, Zhang Ximeng also hesitated a little, he was not sure how much chance he had of winning.

But Yu Tonghai found him.

Several Yuan army buildings were captured at Ruxukou in the front, and all of them were repaired, and some changes were made, that is, the stone bullets that showed great power in Hezhou were put on board.

After experiments, the stone bombs loaded with explosives can not only explode and kill soldiers on the deck, but also cause fires and burn wooden warships.

"Captain, before the Yuan Tartars don't know we have this, make a decisive move and beat him! Even if you can't win a big victory, you can still scare them out of their souls!"

After careful consideration, Zhang Ximeng agreed to the plan, but he was not sure.

The reason is very simple, the giant building ships of the Yuan army are really terrifying.

It is exactly the aircraft carrier of this era, and there is a huge pole on it. At Ruxukou, Zhang Ximeng saw the Chaohu navy ship smashed to pieces with his own eyes.

Yu Tonghai wanted to fight because he wanted revenge, and Zhang Ximeng didn't want to suppress the navy's fighting spirit too much.But Zhang Ximeng put forward his own ideas.

Simply give up the stone bombs, use gunpowder packs entirely, and add some kerosene bombs. If it succeeds, it would be best to ignite the building ship.

Yu Tonghai naturally agreed, he hurriedly modified the gunpowder bag, and after confirming that it was really easy to use, the navy dispatched.

Relying on the guidance of the Anqing fishermen, they successfully touched the water village of the Yuan army.

Superstitious people say that God blesses Zhu Yuanzhang, but those who really understand the truth can only say that the Yuan army committed suicide.

They condoned the plundering by the sailors. As a result, the Yuan army did not board the ship after the plundering, but continued to have fun on land, despite the urging of the barbarian Hague, but it didn't work.

As a result, when the navy touched it, there were not even one-fifth of the people on board, so they could only be beaten passively.

Huge building boats were parked on the river, and under the reflection of the moonlight, they were very clear, just like live targets!

"God tartar, if you want to die, leave me alone!"

Yu Tingyu, Yu Tonghai, Yu Tongyuan, their father and son brothers ordered the ships with trebuchets to line up, and threw gunpowder packs towards the Yuan army frantically.

Other things may not work, but Zhang Ximeng at least knows the gunpowder formula.These gunpowder bags fell on the deck, and after they exploded, it really caused a big fire.

This made the Yu family father and son very excited, and it really did!

When you were in Ruxukou, you bullied us with the help of the boat, and now it's time for revenge.

The sailors approached the Yuan army recklessly, throwing gunpowder packs within a range of less than ten feet, which was simply outputting on the face.

Not only gunpowder, but also kerosene.

These things fell on the wooden boat, no matter how big the boat was built, it was the accumulation of combustibles.

Ships continued to catch fire, and the flames soared, illuminating half of the river red.

The barbarian Hague noticed, and finally did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly ordered to evade.

Ships that were not affected, set sail quickly, get out of the fire, and send those red thief boats to the river to feed the fish.

The barbarian Hague's order is very reasonable, if it is replaced by Yu Tonghai or Liao Yongan, they will do the same.

But the problem is still the Yuan army, which is an extremely decayed army... Faced with the fire, many Yuan troops simply ran away.

Even though the others boarded the boat, they drove their boats all over the place due to panic, and the good port water village turned out to be a meeting place.

Some flimsy ships were directly damaged.

But this problem is not too big, after all, it can be repaired.

But don't forget, there are some ships with flames too!That's what kills.

It was like a plague. The fire on one ship spread to two ships, and then two ships to four ships... More and more ships caught fire, and the soldiers did not dare to stay. They jumped into the river to survive. It sounded like dumpling.

But the Yu family father and son were so happy that they finally got their revenge!

Although the Navy is a larger ship than a small ship, the role of technology cannot be ignored.

Even the Navy is a military that cares more about technology.

Just changing from stone bombs to gunpowder brought about a completely different effect.

It's just that technological progress is not so easy. There are five warships on the side of Yu's father and son. Because of improper operation, they ignited the gunpowder in advance and set their own ships on fire.

Fortunately, Zhang Ximeng suggested using gunpowder that mainly burns, and did not use stone bombs. Otherwise, once it exploded, he would suffer heavy casualties on his side.

But even so, more than a dozen sailors were engulfed by the flames, burned to death, and lost their lives.

However, the Chaohu navy was indeed brave. The soldiers saw the ship on fire, but instead of fleeing away, they drove the ship and rammed it into the Yuan army building ship that had not yet caught fire.

It wasn't until they set each other on fire that the sailors calmly jumped down.

Up to now, Yu Tingyu has not been very polite, and he released [-] small fire boats that had been prepared long ago.

Originally, this was Yu Tingyu's plan to use it desperately, but now he can set it on fire calmly, which is really satisfying.

As far as the eye could see, all the ships were on fire, and Yu Tingyu left in peace.

In this battle, the Yuan army burned hundreds of large warships and lost more than [-] sailors... They no longer have a clear advantage over the Yangtze River.

"Sure enough, it's all up to you to run rampant generals from now on." Zhu Yuanzhang announced immediately that he recognized Zhang Ximeng's appointment as the commander of the left and right battalions of the navy, and said that he would only wait for Jinling to be captured, and there would be another reward.

After the Yu family came the brothers of the Liao family. Zhang Ximeng introduced their achievements in the siege of Nahachu, and then Zhang Desheng... He received a special introduction from Zhang Ximeng, and at the cost of less than [-] soldiers and horses, the loss was nearly half , won the opportunity for Zhu's army to wipe out the cavalry Wanhu. After the battle, Zhang Desheng had eleven injuries!

When I met Zhu Yuanzhang today, his face was still pale and very weak.

Lao Zhu didn't have anything to give away, so he took off his saber and handed it to Zhang Desheng with both hands.

"Thank you for your favor, I'm so humble!"