First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Chen Youliang was in a hurry and left Hongdu, but he did not intend to give up this strategic location to Zhu Yuanzhang.He arranged for a confidant named Hu Tingrui.

In addition, a few assistants were arranged, including Kangtai, Zhu Zong, and Zheng Renjie, all civil and military, and nearly [-] soldiers and horses to guard Hongdu.

Children only do multiple-choice questions, and adults all need them. Chen Youliang felt that as long as there were no accidents, he could quickly solve Ni Wenjun's matter.

As long as Hu Tingrui sticks to Hongdu for a month, when he returns as king, he can still hit Zhu Yuanzhang hard!

Hu Tingrui also faithfully carried out Chen Youliang's order.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to shoot arrows into the city, asking Hu Tingrui to surrender, and all he got was insults!

Old Zhu is angry!

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhu, he, Chen Youliang, doesn't think much of us! We want to take Hongdu, and we want Chen Youliang's head!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, what should we do about this matter?

Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Sheng looked at each other. Although they didn't know what happened to Ni Wenjun, they could guess a thing or two. Zhu Sheng said: "The superior, Tianwan made a big move to attack the city and seize the territory. It seems to be hearty, but in fact there are many hidden dangers inside , If there is no mistake, something must have happened to them. Chen Youliang went back to solve it. Otherwise, Chen Youliang would be scared away, and the defenders in the city would also have their morale collapsed.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, approved Zhu Sheng's judgment, but said, "According to this, Chen Youliang has not given up on Hongdu?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "My lord, Hong Du is so important, why is Chen Youliang willing to give up!"

Lao Zhu pondered for a long time before saying, "In this case, should we take down Hongdu as soon as possible and give Chen Youliang a slap in the face, or should we wait for a chance?"

Zhu Sheng and Zhang Ximeng looked at it, and they chose the latter tacitly.

It goes without saying that the soldiers and horses at the end of the day have won consecutive battles, their morale is high, and they are very capable of fighting.

Zhu's army is not as good as Tianwan in terms of combat experience, but the victory lies in strict training, clear military discipline, and sufficient logistics supplies.

It's really hard to say who will win when two tigers fight.

That's what war is all about, never quite sure, any accident can happen, won't one of the great powers also defeat Africa and pay huge sums of money?

Now that they are attacking Hongdu by force, they may really be able to defeat Zhu's army with the fortification of the city.

Therefore, for the Zhu family army, the safest way is to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, continuously accumulate the chances of winning, and launch the most severe offensive at the most appropriate time.

"My lord, let me say, we might as well lock the city!"

"Lock the city?"

"Yes! It is to surround Hongdu. Let's build a fortification outside to trap the city and leave them helpless. It can just consume the food and morale in the city and hit the morale of the defenders. If Chen Youliang leads the army to rescue, we will Come to a siege to help!"

After Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, Zhu Sheng immediately said: "Your Majesty, I also agree with what Zhang Xiang said. If you want to win Tianwan, you must not use your emotions, but use your strengths to avoid weaknesses. We marched all the way here, with sufficient supplies and a mountain of grain. The summer grain harvest Afterwards, all over the country paid close attention to land preparation and rice planting. As long as autumn comes, there will be more harvests, we have no shortage of food, and our morale is strong, so we can spend as much as the sky!"

After a pause, Zhu Sheng continued: "I talked to the little girl driving the car. She said that many women in the village have now gone to work in the fields. In the past, those who were only at home and didn't go out of the gate, they didn't go out. They went to work in the farmland. They said it was their own field, and they were worried about letting men cultivate it!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "Is there such a thing? Can a woman afford it?"

Before Zhu Sheng could speak, Zhang Ximeng laughed and said, "My lord, you and your wife seem to have planted rice seedlings together!"

At the mention of this, Lao Zhu was immediately speechless.

I'm ashamed to say that the couple planted seedlings in the paddy field, but he really couldn't compare to Ma Shi, no matter how hard he tried, he was not as fast as others.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is not useless.

Use the ox plow to plow the ground, and when you reach the ground, you need to turn the direction.

This is very troublesome, because the ox plow will be covered with mud and is very heavy, and to drive the animals, you need to hold the plow with one hand and wave the whip with the other.

Almost [-]% of women cannot do this job.

In other words, as long as someone helps dig the ground, the rest of the women can do it.

Of course, there is another situation, that is, there are no livestock, and manpower is needed to drag the plow stick. At this time, one man is not enough, and several people are required.

This is about Zhu Jiajun's Juntian.

In fact, it has been made very clear before. In addition to equalizing the land, there is also the need to attack the tyrants. In addition to distributing the land, they also need to collect floating money, especially livestock, cattle and horses, and distribute them to the common people.

With farm tools and cattle, the common people can cultivate the fields smoothly, otherwise it would not be true equalization of the land.

In fact, in order to help the common people cultivate, Zhu Jiajun did much more than that.

For example, during the busy farming period, the army's pack horses and livestock can be borrowed... Since crossing the river, so many soldiers have been captured, and they will be sent to work in the fields.

What's more, veterinarians were recruited from all over the country to help take care of the livestock and make sure everything was safe.

First of all, Timur is one of them. Every day, he goes from one village to another and goes all out to repair the hooves and horseshoes. He is very busy.

Zhu Jiajun dare not say that he has done everything perfectly. In fact, the gap for livestock is still very large, and even if it is several times more, it will not be able to fill it.But still the same sentence, good and bad are compared.

With the current farming conditions of the Zhu family army, it is definitely ten times, a hundred times stronger than any force!

Every harvest can make Zhu Jiajun stronger.

That being the case, why not fight a less hearty war of attrition with Tian Wan?

After Zhu Yuanzhang accepted the suggestion, he immediately recruited Xu Da and others to discuss again. In the end, Lao Zhu overwhelmed Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai and passed the plan to lock the city!

Hu Tingrui in Hongdu City did not wait for Zhu's army to storm the city wall, but found that Zhu's army was digging ditches, a trench, a wall of earth, and dense antlers, repelling horses... This is to turn us into prisoners!

Such a vicious Zhu Yuanzhang!

Hu Tingrui's task was to defend Hongdu to the death, and now he can't do it anymore, what should he do?

Hu Tingrui couldn't make up his mind, so he could only watch Zhu's army build a huge cage and lock them up.

On the other side, Chen Youliang hurried back to Hanyang.

On the way, Chen Youliang also met the titan Zhang Dingbian.

At this moment, this fierce man who made Chang Yuchun feel deflated, alone and powerful, came straight to Hanyang, and happened to run into Chen Youliang.

"I heard that the general colluded with Yuan Ting and wanted to surrender, what is this?" Zhang Dingbian cut to the chase and broke the matter straight away.

"I'm going to see the general and explain the matter to him... Marshal Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Youliang was well aware of Zhang Dingbian's temper, so he naturally sighed and said, "I don't know what the general thinks... General Zhang, do you and your brothers feel that you can't lower your yuan?"

Zhang Dingbian raised his brows and said angrily: "Of course I can't! Not to mention that Patriarch Peng died in the hands of the Yuan Tartars, the hatred between us is as deep as sea! Just talk about Zhu's army, they are always calling for the expulsion of Hulu , to restore China...Are we going to be traitors to the Tartars?"

Hearing this, Chen Youliang couldn't help taking a deep breath, "General Zhang, do you know Zhu Jiajun well?"

Zhang Dingbian said in a deep voice: "I don't understand it, but when I was investigating the military situation in detail, I sent some of their decrees... I can't understand things that are too profound, I just think they are very reasonable!"

"Reasonable?" Chen Youliang was puzzled.

"Yes, it's the kind that makes things clear and convinces you."

Chen Youliang frowned, this statement is really new, Zhang Dingbian defeated Zhu Jiajun, not only did he not look down on Zhu Jiajun, but he admired him, this Zhu Jiajun really has something.

But Chen Youliang also thought too much.

The appearance of Zhang Dingbian made Chen Youliang firm in his judgment.

Ni Wenjun intends to take advantage of Yuan Ting Zhao'an to replace Xu Shouhui and reach a higher level. This idea is absolutely unfeasible.There are too many Peng Party forces in Tianwan, even Zhang Dingbian, who is not a member of the Peng Party, hates Yuan Ting deeply.

Ni Wenjun was simply whimsical and committed suicide.

Chen Youliang thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "General Zhang, I can guess the general's plan. Didn't he capture King Weishun's family? If we can kill all these people, the general and Yuan will be cut off." Ting's contact, even if he wants to Zhao'an, it is absolutely impossible."

Zhang Dingbian was taken aback, "Marshal Chen, you mean we're going to kill Kuanche Puhua's family?"

"Yes!" Chen Youliang agreed.

"Then, do you want to tell the general first?"

"No!" Chen Youliang shook his head.

"Then, isn't that the first cut and then the play?"

Chen Youliang took a breath, "You know the general's temper. What he believes in will not be changed easily, and we can't persuade him. But we can't just watch the general submit to the Yuan court and cause chaos in the country. Clean up. Let's start first, eradicate the culprit, and cut off the general's thoughts, and then I will go to the general to plead guilty, and he will kill me if he wants to kill me! I can use Chen Youliang's dead life to save the overall situation, and I will die without regret!"

Hearing this, Zhang Dingbian was quite moved, what a Chen Youliang!

"Marshal Chen, you don't have to worry, above the general, there is the prime minister, and your majesty, and below, there are people like us. We will definitely not let the general be against you!"

With these words, a faint smile appeared on Chen Youliang's face.

It's time to act!

Chen Youliang and Zhang Dingbian easily found Weishun Wang Kuanche Puhua's family members, including two sons, a total of more than 40 members.

Zhang Dingbian rushed in, raised the knife in his hand, and chopped off the heads of two sons, and then beheaded several adult women. Zhang Dingbian put away the knife and came out with the heads.

Unexpectedly, Chen Youliang gave his subordinates a wink, and this group of people rushed in directly. They couldn't help but say that all the old and young women and children were left behind, and even the three-year-old child was killed.

Zhang Dingbian frowned suddenly, but Chen Youliang said without any scruples: "Cut the weeds and root out, otherwise we can't strengthen the general's heart. Let's go, let's go see the general!"

Chen Youliang took Zhang Dingbian, who had an ugly face, to meet Ni Wenjun...

Chapter 239 Defeat

Ni Wenjun, like Chen Youliang, was born as a fisherman.

A fierce person like this has a bizarre background. Before Ni Wenjun's mother gave birth to him, she dreamed of a white tiger in her arms.

At this time, judging from his record since he started the army, he can be given a more resounding title: macho!

The main opponent Ni Wenjun encountered was Kuanche Puhua, King Weishun of the Yuan Dynasty.

The two of them were old enemies. They had fought against each other when the Red Turban Army first started. At that time, Ni Wenjun won a complete victory.

Four years later, the old rivals confronted each other again. Kuanchepuhua assembled more than [-] large ships and let his three sons lead the army. In order to show his determination to break the boat, he put all his family and concubines on board to fight against Ni Wenjun. life and death.

In the past, Kuanchepuhua would lose if he hesitated, but this time he changed his habit and attacked decisively, but the decisiveness was still in vain!

Ni Wenjun ambushed Kuanchepuhua's fleet in the shoal, burned Kuanchepuhua's large ship, killed one son, captured two sons, and captured all other family members.

What's funny is that Kuan Chepuhua put on a posture of risking his life, but seeing the defeat of the army, he abandoned his family and slipped to Shaanxi by himself.

I remarried my daughter-in-law and is working hard to have more children.

It's a bit funny to say that Kuanche Puhua, but this King Weishun has guarded Wuchang for 30 years. He has a deep foundation and is invincible. He is an out-and-out snake. .As a result, it was removed by Ni Wenjun in one fell swoop, and then he conquered Hanyang, Xiangyang and other places, and single-handedly created the revival of Tianwan.

When it comes to fighting skills, Ni Wenjun is definitely top-notch.

But just like Lu Wenhou, he is too idiotic in politics.

Ni Wenjun wants to climb up, but there are Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui and those Peng Dang old people on the top, they are obstacles that Ni Wenjun can't avoid.

Then this guy came up with a bad idea, he planned to surrender to Yuan Ting, get Zhao'an, and then under the banner of Yuan Ting, eliminate Xu Shouhui, get rid of Zhao Pusheng and others.

However, Ni Wenjun was careless in doing things and leaked them out.

Faced with this situation, Xu Shouhui couldn't bear it, he just wanted to say, Wen Jun, you are becoming more and more like Xiao Fengxian.

Although Xu Shouhui was the mascot launched by Monk Peng, after Monk Peng's death, Xu Shouhui also pulled up some of his own forces. After all, in this year and month, being able to survive is a manifestation of his ability.Xu Shouhui secretly contacted the important ministers, and directly wooed Chen Youliang, preparing for a great show to eradicate the powerful ministers.

It's just that Xu Shouhui didn't expect that, compared to Ni Wenjun, who was very rough, Chen Youliang was more qualified to be a little Wenhou.

Holding the heads of Kuanche Puhua's family members, he knelt down in front of Ni Wenjun, weeping.

"General, since Tianwan was founded, I will overwhelm the Yuan Dynasty. Now that the Yuan court has been defeated, Liu Futong has launched an army to conquer the north, and even Zhu Yuanzhang has called for the expulsion of the Hulu. I Tianwan was the first to revolt, and the founding of the country He was the first to proclaim himself emperor. He was the head of the rebel army. How could he hesitate to flirt with the Yuan Tartars? Wouldn’t it chill the hearts of the soldiers and make the world look down on them?”

"The last general was not talented, he made his own claims, and killed Kuanche Puhua's family to calm people's hearts, and told all the soldiers that I am in the end, and I am incompatible with the Yuan Tartars, and there is no life or death!" Chen Youliang looked up and cried. : "The last general is dedicated to the general, and the matter is urgent, so he kills the general first and then plays. If the general thinks that the general is wrong, the general is willing to put him to death! I just want the country to be safe and sound, and we can't ruin the good situation!"

After Chen Youliang finished speaking, he lay on the ground with his buttocks raised high, as if he was listening and respectful.His heart was beating wildly, Ni Wenjun was known as a barbarian, he was cruel and violent, he might indeed kill someone in a fit of rage.

But Chen Youliang wanted to gamble that Ni Wenjun would not dare to kill him.

Time passed by, Ni Wenjun was condescending, without saying a word, sweat dripped from Chen Youliang's cheeks, and gradually, it turned into two puddles.

Chen Youliang's body was trembling slightly, and he could hardly hold on anymore.

And at this moment, Ni Wenjun suddenly laughed out loud and stood up.

"Old Chen! Who did you hear that we are going to surrender to the bastards? Soldiers never tire of cheating, don't you understand?"

Chen Youliang turned pale with shock, kowtowed his head and said: "The general is confused, I really don't understand, please give me some guidance!"

Ni Wenjun laughed and said: "Now that Liu Futong is on the Northern Expedition, I pretend to be in contact with the Yuan court to appease the Yuan court and let them fight Liu Futong wholeheartedly. We will let the river flow eastward, go straight to Yingtian, and destroy Zhu Yuanzhang. Do you understand? ?”

"Understood! Understood! The general has a clever plan, and the last general is ashamed!" Chen Youliang almost threw himself on the ground, his heart beating wildly.

Ni Wenjun looked at him, then at Zhang Dingbian who came with him, and said with a smile: "You don't even believe me, and you even killed Kuanche Puhua's family... But if you kill it, you will kill it, and I don't bother to talk to you. Yuan Ting is playing tricks. Pass down the order and tell the whole army that we and the Yuan Tartars are at odds!"

Ni Wenjun took a deep breath, "Besides, Chen Youliang committed suicide without authorization, and you will be removed from your official position in Jiangxi, and you will be stationed in Huangzhou temporarily. That's it!"

Chen Youliang kowtowed immediately, and then respectfully, withdrew from the General's Mansion, Zhang Dingbian followed behind, he was still a little unconvinced, and felt wronged for Chen Youliang.

What Ni Wenjun said was obviously a lie, so why did he seize Chen Youliang's military power in Jiangxi?