"Later, we took our soldiers and carried food, money and cloth back to our hometown!"
The old man became interested and kept talking, "At that time, my family was about to starve to death. I heard that I became the leader of the rebel army and came back to recruit troops. The young people in Zhuangzi went crazy!"
"In that world, one has the front and back...and the other remains intact...No, a straight-looking young girl is only worth five kilograms of millet."
"The grain we gave Anjia is twenty pounds at a time! With these twenty pounds of grain, if nothing else, I can at least ensure that my parents at home will not starve to death for the time being. We also told them that if they follow us, they will only be able to seize them in the war.
, we don’t take any money and give it all to them, so that they can be sent back to their hometowns to support their relatives.”
"In troubled times, the most indispensable thing is men who dare to sacrifice their lives!"
"In three days, we recruited more than 700 soldiers in our hometown. Lord Xu Dageng defeated them with Hu Hai and Zhang Long, and that's when he started following us."
Zhu Yunxi interrupted, "But my grandson heard that after you took these people back to Haozhou, you really handed them over to Marshal Guo! Grandpa Huang, these township party members are your capital, why did you give them to others?
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"Hey, you don't understand what's going on here!" The old man laughed, "They are all our countrymen, and many of them are our bare-chested babies. Even if they are all handed over to him, Marshal Guo, will you really listen to him?"
"At that time, we took twenty-four people from Marshal Guo and ran to Dingyuan. Among these twenty-four people, we were all good men that we respected. But these twenty-four people are not our entire family fortune!"
As he said that, the old man smiled proudly and said, "It's not that we can't bring more people, but we deliberately stayed with Marshal Guo. Think about it, the people we left behind will be in charge of the township party members we recruited. When we have trouble in the future,
Just give me a shout, will that help?"
"They are all in Cao's camp but in Han's heart!" Zhu Yunxi laughed.
It has to be said that no one’s success is a fluke. The old man was only in his twenties when he started secretly planning.
"We left Marshal Guo and picked twenty-four people." The old man said with a smile, "The soldiers are good but not many. These twenty-four people are not heroes who only know how to fight in battle. We have brought people who can lead soldiers. I have seen them before."
A bloody general!"
You are right. Among the original twenty-four generals of Huaixi, not to mention the brothers Xu Datang and Guo Ying, who among the others would not later achieve great military success?
The brothers Wu Liang and Wu Zhen, Duke of Jiang State, were the vanguards of the army. They defeated Zhang Shicheng with a small number and defeated the masses, and pacified Guangxi and western Guangdong.
The black-faced god Hou Huayun of Dongqiu County was brave and invincible, charging into battle unstoppable and loyal. Later, he was captured by Chen Youliang and cursed that he would rather die than surrender.
Geng Zaicheng, the Duke of Si State, repeatedly violated the strict discipline of the Yuan army and was finally framed by the rebels to assassinate him. He died in battle and deserved to enjoy the Ancestral Temple.
There are also heroes such as Hua Yunlong, Zheng brothers, Lu Zhongheng...
It is said that Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty had many famous generals, but if you take any of these people, they are not among the famous generals of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
It's a pity that some of them ended up...
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but look at the carriage in front of him. As the veteran of the twenty-four generals of Huaixi, he was revisiting the place again. Guo Ying must have been very emotional!
"With these twenty-four people, we recruited hundreds of miscellaneous soldiers in Dingyuan, and then collected the three thousand bandits from Lupai Village. After two months of military training, we directly captured the land of Chuzhou."
"Hey, now that we have the city, we are also the commander-in-chief. It just so happens that Marshal Guo is having internal strife and has no food to eat. We sent military rations and supported him outside, so that the other groups, Zhao Jun, and others used Peng Da's
You bastard, you dare not take his life!"
"When we establish a foothold in Chuzhou and take over the surrounding eight counties, the capital in our hands will be much richer than in Haozhou!"
"How magnificent! How magnificent!" Li Jinglong shouted, "The Supreme Emperor is a true hero!"
Zhu Yunxi said, "Grandpa Huang, but my grandson heard that after you occupied Chuzhou, Marshal Guo came to join you because he failed in internal fighting and had no choice but to surrender. You handed over your military power again!" As he said this, he pretended to be thinking.
"Why is this?"
In fact, Lan Yu and others revealed this matter during a private chat with Zhu Yunxi.
This incident was also one of the reasons why the old man killed several of the surviving twenty-four generals of Huaixi in the Hu Weiyong case.
Guo Zixing came to Chuzhou in desperation. Instead of being wary, the old man gave up the military power and the city. This caused considerable dissatisfaction among his brothers. Everyone risked their lives to capture the territory. Why did you, Zhu Chongba, give it to others? You let your brothers
What should I do? My brothers are following you, Zhu Chongba, to gain wealth, not to continue to be his subordinates to Guo Zixing?
Therefore, at that time, several people were secretly clamoring to leave. It was Xu Daltang and Xu Dalang who came out to appease him, saying that Chongba had his own way to calm down the brothers. Li Shanchang also secretly did the work of these people, and things gradually calmed down.
their dissatisfaction.
"In troubled times, you can't fight with light, but you also need to be virtuous!" the old man said sternly, "Reputation and virtue are invisible and intangible, but they are much better than a knife."
"No matter how you say it, Marshal Guo is our father-in-law, our benefactor, and even more so our immediate boss. If he is in trouble, what will others think if we add insult to injury? If we ignore him, neglect him or even swallow him up, who will not care about him in the future?
Guard against us?"
"On the other hand, if we provide help in times of need, no one can mention our kindness and righteousness."
"You really don't want to follow the benevolent and righteous people?"
As he said that, the old man laughed out loud, "Besides, we conquered the city, the soldiers are ours, and our people are in charge of the food and grass. If we give him the title of Marshal Guo in exchange for our reputation, it's not a bad deal!"
"We have really taken the right step. When Marshal Guo saw me treating him like this, he thought highly of us. He wrote a letter to Liu Futong, said good things about us, and gave us an official position in the Huaixi Army.
Deputy General Manager."
"Having a reputation and the righteousness of the Red Scarf Army is more effective than winning several cities. Dasun, remember, the most important thing in life is to be practical, and you can't be too shallow!"
At this moment, the city wall of Chuzhou came into view.
There was a huge crowd outside the city, full of people coming in and out, and the two large vehicles slowed down.
The old man and Zhu Yunxi couldn't get off the carriage, and Guo Ying and Cao Zhen hurried over to follow them. Several gray-haired old people stood under the city wall with deep eyes.
"Fourth!" The old man pointed to the city wall, "You climbed up from here, right?"
Guo Ying smiled, with some emotion in his old eyes, "Yes, this is where I climbed up!"
"When we attacked Chuzhou, were you a pioneer?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
Seeing that there were many people around, Guo Ying changed his title and said with a smile, "Everyone in the Shaodong family doesn't know that when we attacked Chuzhou, Hua Yun and Hua Yunlong were unable to attack with a strong frontal attack. The man died in the sea. There were several layers of densely packed buildings under the city wall. My old boss
Tell the younger brother, Fourth Brother, we will lead a frontal attack in the early morning and make a posture of not giving up until the city is breached. As for you, lead the people to sneak up from the west wall, fight directly to the city gate hole, and open the gate.
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"Younger, I still remember that I woke up that morning and ate a meal of dog meat and drank two bowls of old wine!" Guo Ying said with a smile, "Then he put on a double layer of iron armor and led about 200 people to climb up in the dark, holding short knives.
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"Were you afraid at that time?" Zhu Yunxi asked with a smile.
"At that time..." Guo Ying thought about it, "I was afraid! But if we don't defeat it, everyone will not be able to survive!" As he said, he suddenly gave Cao Zhen an elbow, "After Chuzhou was captured, this guy was
He came over here! He was so hungry when he came here. He had a bowl of brown rice as big as his head, and he had to eat three big bowls before he even put down his chopsticks!"
"What do you mean by defecting?" Cao Zhen said dissatisfied, "I just...came here because of your fame!"
The old man laughed silently with his hands behind his back, then stretched out his hand to pull Zhu Yunxi, "Let's go into the city to find a place to eat dog meat!"
This chapter has been completed!