After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

Neither of them were present... Zhu Yuanzhang had actually learned of this matter from Zhu Di's Jingnan Rebellion, and later also required the imperial physicians to examine his pulse daily.

That's exactly what I'm worried about.

Now that they are being mentioned again, Zhu Yuanzhang simply cannot imagine what life would be like without them. Another Zhu Yuanzhang must be very lonely.

Alone and isolated, that's the best way to put it.

After this incident, Zhu Yuanzhang realized that he couldn't overthrow the Yuan Dynasty by sticking with these people. He conceived the idea of ​​going it alone. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang finally seized the opportunity. To persuade Guo Zixing to agree, Zhu Yuanzhang offered to leave behind the seven hundred men he had recruited from his hometown, while he would only take a few close friends with him.

[“Guo Zixing agreed. Zhu Yuanzhang, along with Tang He, Xu Da, and 24 others, left this place and headed south. He quickly recruited 3,000 militiamen, and under cover of night, they captured a Yuan Dynasty town and took many surrendered soldiers prisoner. He selected 20,000 strong Han men to join his army, and then continued south. On the way, Zhu Yuanzhang met his Xiao He—Li Shanchang.”]

[Li Shanchang, I only knew he died later, I didn't even know he was Zhu Yuanzhang's Xiao He.]

[But Zhu Yuanzhang is not Liu Bang, and Li Shanchang is not Xiao He.]

[Success and failure both stemmed from Xiao He!]

In the eighth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang still had a wife, sons, and his eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying. He didn't quite understand the meaning of "success and failure both stem from Xiao He" mentioned on the screen, but he certainly knew that Li Shanchang wouldn't have been mentioned as dead by the screen for no reason.

Did we kill him...?

[“Li Shanchang managed logistics and was quickly allowed to participate in the decision-making of many important matters. Then Zhu Yuanzhang quickly captured Chuzhou, and his nephew Zhu Wenzheng came to join him.”]

"After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Chuzhou, his father-in-law Guo Zixing was ostracized and driven out. He then led tens of thousands of troops to Chuzhou."

At that moment, no one expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would immediately hand over command of 30,000 troops.

"Yes, this must have been intentional." Li Chengqian saw it clearly. He could tell from the beginning that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a very decisive person, not a cowardly one. If it were him, he would never have handed over military power.

"Yes, Zhu Yuanzhang is both brave and resourceful!" Li Shimin exclaimed. "A general eats and drinks with his soldiers day and night. Who do you think those soldiers would recognize? Even if Guo Zixing came and gave him command, what difference would it make? These men only recognize Zhu Yuanzhang. In fact, this has lowered Guo Zixing's guard. You must know that Guo Zixing also has troops, and Zhu Yuanzhang must have used his name when recruiting militia..."

After hearing Li Shimin's brief words, Li Chengqian was indeed impressed, "He is not only brave and resourceful, but also flexible and adaptable."

Zhu Qinggu thought so too, and Zhu Yuanzhang also had a strong personal charisma. Look at Tang He, who was already in the rebel army. Why didn't others follow Tang He or others? Instead, they willingly followed Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang went south, there were only a few of them, and they were willing to go with him.

"By relinquishing his military power, Zhu Yuanzhang effectively put Guo Zixing in a more advantageous position and reduced his own threat. He was forced to comply with the greater good, given Guo Zixing's past kindness and the fact that Guo Zixing still commanded troops. Zhu Yuanzhang had to be patient; he was waiting for an opportunity."

"Finally, this opportunity has arrived."

[“After Guo Zixing's death, Han Lin'er, the Little Ming King, appointed Guo Tianxu as Grand Marshal and Zhu Yuanzhang as Left Deputy Marshal, the lowest ranks.”]

Several months later, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou led an army to attack Nanjing, hoping to seize their own territory. However, their surrendered general Chen Yexian betrayed them in battle, resulting in their defeat and death.

["The following year, Guo Tianxu's younger brother was beheaded by Zhu Yuanzhang on charges of rebellion."]

"In the sixteenth year of the Zhizheng era, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing, later renamed Yingtian Prefecture, finally giving him his own base of operations. At this time, various rebel leaders, such as Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Fang Guozhen, declared themselves kings and emperors, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not."

"Build high walls, store up grain, and delay declaring yourself king"—this was the advice he received that enabled him to pacify the country, and Zhu Yuanzhang did just that.

Build high walls, store up plenty of grain, and delay declaring yourself king!

This statement is excellent; it immediately made some people start to think deeply.

The underlying principles are not difficult to understand, but some people rebel only for immediate gains and have no long-term plan, such as Li Zicheng.

If you ask him what to do after they reach the capital, he probably won't have any ideas.

Liu Bang was finding Zhu Yuanzhang increasingly interesting.

["From the seventeenth to the nineteenth year of the Zhizheng era, Zhu Yuanzhang, along with his generals Chang Yuchun, Xu Da, Geng Bingwen, and others, conquered cities and territories, and then recuperated and built up his strength."]

In the twentieth year of the Zhizheng era, Chen Youliang decided to unite with surrounding rebel armies to attack Zhu Yuanzhang and divide his territory. Advisors in Yingtian Prefecture advised Zhu Yuanzhang to avoid direct confrontation. At this time, Liu Bowen stepped forward, saying that by taking advantage of Chen Youliang's complacency, he could defeat Chen Youliang.

These words pleased Zhu Yuanzhang, and he made up his mind to fight Chen Youliang.

[“Zhu Yuanzhang won a series of victories. At this time, the Red Turban Army split. Zhang Shicheng wanted to kill Han Lin'er, the Little Ming King, while Zhu Yuanzhang led the main force to rescue him. Chen Youliang led an army of 600,000 to besiege Zhu Yuanzhang's most important stronghold in Jiangxi—Hongdu City, also known as Nanchang.”]

Many people are already worried for Zhu Yuanzhang after seeing this.

Over such a long narrative, many people have even put themselves in Zhu Yuanzhang's shoes, siding with him and wondering how they would defeat the enemy if they encountered such a situation.

"But Chen Youliang never expected that he would be at a standstill by a mere Zhu Wenzheng."

"When Zhu Wenzheng came to join Zhu Yuanzhang, most people thought he was just a spoiled brat. But the truth is, you can look incompetent, but you can't actually be incompetent."

Knowing that Chen Youliang was coming, Zhu Wenzheng immediately allocated his troops and led them to defend the various city gates. At this time, Hongdu City only had 20,000 garrison troops.

"But it took more than eighty days! A full eighty days! Zhu Wenzheng held out! Until Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to rescue him!"

[“Later, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang fought a decisive battle at Poyang Lake.”]

Many words flashed on the screen, combined with film editing and details of the great battle, captivating many generals below and prompting them to analyze more details of both sides.