Zhang Shicheng, who escaped death from Lao Zhu and returned to Gaoyou again, was about to cry. He wanted to change his mother's name to Dou E. He might as well call her Dou E. Now he was even more unjust than Dou E!
After struggling for so long, I was about to turn over, but Zhu Yuanzhang slapped me in the face. This was too frustrating.
"Zhu, as long as you give me a few days, when I have trained my troops, I, I will destroy you!"
Zhang Shicheng still felt that his troops had not recovered from the siege, and the newly surrendered Yuan army had not been integrated, so they were defeated in one battle. As long as he had some time, even ten days and a half, he could surrender and accept the rebels.
The strength soared, what Zhu Jiajun was at that time, bullshit!
Zhang Shixin, Zhang Shide, and other trusted generals also had the same view. They were indignant and felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was cheating and attacking without any moral ethics!
But at this moment, Shi Naian ran in panting. He was careful, hadn't Zhu Yuanzhang been in Chuzhou all the time? Why did he show up?
Shi Naian found several surrendered generals of the Yuan Dynasty and inquired carefully. Only then did he know that Zhu Yuanzhang had defeated the Yuan army in Tianchang and Tianchang successively, and then captured Yangzhou.
They were not just watching the fun, but they were actually participating in the battle, and they seemed to be fighting much better than Zhang Shicheng.
Of course, the pressure on both sides was different. Tuotuo directly put the main force on Zhang Shicheng. This was something that Lao Zhu could not compare with, but in any case, Zhu Jiajun was not a weakling.
After Zhang Shicheng listened patiently, he suddenly realized!
"Hey! If I had known this, I, I shouldn't have rushed to fall out with Zhu Yuanzhang!" Zhang Shicheng regretted it, but others did not dare to say anything. The reason is simple, they are crazier than Zhang Shicheng!
This is like kicking the iron plate.
"How many soldiers and horses does Zhu have? How is his strength compared to ours?"
Shi Naian grinned bitterly, he couldn't tell!
"Your Highness, Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Chuzhou and other places, with a hundred and eighty thousand troops, which should be about the same. Now that he has taken Yangzhou, his strength has increased dramatically. He has 200,000 troops and horses, which should be about the same..."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of Zhang Shicheng's men all turned green.
Everyone wants to stand up and say something, otherwise, let’s vote!
Don't be such a bully.
Tuotuo claimed to have an army of one million, but in fact hundreds of thousands of people besieged Gaoyou. Tuotuo was finished, and another Zhu Yuanzhang with more than 200,000 troops came to continue the siege of Gaoyou.
If he absorbed the surrendered troops of the Yuan army, wouldn't that be another four to five million people?
I, Zhang Shicheng, despite my virtues and abilities, have been so favored by God. Thank you!
"Then what should you do? Can you make peace? How about we give him the title of Prince and stop fighting with him?" Zhang Shicheng was really discouraged. He had no courage and continued to fight with Lao Zhu.
In fact, this was Zhang Shicheng's own attempt to scare himself. Zhu Yuanzhang's route was different from his. He cultivated his troops in the fields and took one step at a time, which was quite safe.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang's main force is still five battalions in the front, rear, left and right. This time he got a lot of horses, which can be upgraded to a cavalry battalion.
In addition, the rest are mainly B-class thousand households. If you like, you may organize several B-class camps.
The total strength should exceed 50,000.
Two hundred thousand, that's impossible.
However, regardless of the fact that Lao Zhu doesn't have many soldiers, if he is given enough time, trained rigorously, and all reorganized, these 50,000 people may not have a fighting strength of 200,000.
All in all, it still takes time to settle.
Zhu Jiajun's growth is indeed a bit fast.
Zhang Shicheng didn't know this, he just wanted to seek peace.
But after hearing Zhang Shicheng's words, Shi Naian shook his head slightly, with a bitter look on his face.
This moment frightened Zhang Shicheng, "Why, you can't even surrender? He, Zhu Yuanzhang, must kill me, Lao Zhang?"
Shi Naian smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, I remembered that before the Yuan army went south, I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was conferring land under his rule, cleaning up the powerful, and making drastic measures. He was very successful. I'm worried that even if he surrenders, he may not be able to achieve anything.
What an end!"
What he said reminded Zhang Shicheng's generals that after they raised their troops, they reaped a lot of benefits. Zhang Shicheng liked to enjoy, and they followed Zhang Shicheng and enjoyed spicy food.
If they really surrendered to Lao Zhu, as Shi Naian said, Zhu Yuanzhang would also attack them, and he would not be polite.
"This, what is this called?"
Zhang Shicheng was dumbfounded, another one who wanted to surrender but couldn't!
I am too old this year, I really should ask someone to take a closer look!
Just when everyone was silent and anxious, Shi Naian thought of another thing, "By the way, Your Highness, I also heard that when Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Yangzhou, he steamed buns and stewed meat outside the city to lure the Yuan army in the city.
surrender!"
"What?"
Zhang Shicheng stood up in shock. Over the past few months, he knew the importance of food better than anyone else.
It’s not a good feeling to be hungry!
At present, Gaoyou is far from recovering. If Zhu Yuanzhang is really steaming buns and stewing meat outside the city, Zhang Shicheng touched his chin. If he were not King Cheng, he would also go out and surrender!
"Tutuo, this idiot!" Zhang Shicheng suddenly scolded Tuotuo, and everyone was puzzled.
谷/span> "What nonsense Yuan Tingzhu Shi, if he had Zhu Chongba's ability to set up a few cauldrons outside the city, we would have become prisoners long ago, with our heads in different places!"
Don't worry, this is indeed reasonable. If Tuotuo really followed Lao Zhu's method, Gaoyou City would have collapsed a month ago.
They lingered for another month.
But what's the use of this month, won't you still have to die in the end?
Moreover, Yuan Ting said that the city was massacred, but it may not actually be massacred. At least these people still had a glimmer of hope.
But if Zhu Yuanzhang gains power and implements his strategy of attacking the powerful and equally dividing the land, it is estimated that their doom will really come!
"Brother, we can't admit defeat! Although it won't last long, a batch of food has been transported into the city and tens of thousands of troops have surrendered. We can still hold on for a while. In short, we can fight against the people named Zhu!" Zhang Shide suggested loudly!
Zhang Shicheng looked at his brother's fighting spirit and sighed slightly. To be honest, he couldn't fight anymore. He was exhausted both physically and mentally.
If he continued to be under such siege, he would probably go crazy.
But if things are like this, what can be done?
"Go down with the order, strictly guard the city, and prepare for battle!"
Zhang Shicheng issued the order and all the generals went, but he stopped Shi Naian. The two of them got together, and Zhang Shicheng went straight to the point.
"Sir, the war has been fought to this day. It cannot be sustained with soldiers and food... You think of a way and talk to Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as he can protect us and not break up these soldiers, I am willing to give up Gaoyou and serve as his subordinate.
No matter what!"
The dignified King Cheng is about to surrender!
Shi Naian really didn't expect that the speed from being destined to return to being defeated was too fast. If it had been someone else, he would probably have died rather than surrender... But Zhang Shicheng is not an ordinary person after all, he is a businessman.
He is also an illegal businessman, selling private salt.
He was capricious towards Yuan Ting, so there was nothing wrong with using this trick on Lao Zhu.
But the question is, can Zhu Yuanzhang be fooled?
Shi Naian was not sure at all, but he could only try his best to deal with it. Otherwise, what else could he do?
Zhang Shicheng's life was already hanging by a thread... But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's camp was filled with joy. Defeating Zhang Shicheng was enough to prove that they were the kings of the Huaihe River.
Many Yuan Ting's defeated troops had sent envoys to Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping to surrender.
Due to the need to ensure combat strength, Lao Zhu did not want to swallow it whole. He hoped to receive soldiers and the general would make other arrangements.
It turns out that under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, it was definitely not possible to accommodate so many people at once... Therefore, Huai'an, Xuzhou, and Haizhou had to be brought over so that there would be enough land for the soldiers to live in, and at the same time, some money would be allocated to allow the soldiers to live there.
The general is willing to give up his troops.
Lao Zhu had a rough idea in his mind, but how to implement it still needed to be thought through, and the person who was best at doing this job was Zhang Ximeng.
In the Zhu Jiajun, Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally the well-deserved father of Party A, while Zhang Ximeng is a bit like a designer, coming up with a plan that satisfies Lao Zhu.
Li Shanchang is the project manager, responsible for organization and implementation, and the other people work obediently.
Even if they don't conquer the world and just do decoration, they are probably still very good at it.
But just when Lao Zhu hesitated, his designer arrived!
Zhang Ximeng actually came from Yangzhou and came directly to see Lao Zhu.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not overjoyed, but frightened.
Zhang Ximeng is sitting in Yangzhou and has a lot of questions. How could he suddenly come to Yangzhou? Something big must have happened!
"You go out first!"
Lao Zhu drove Zhu Wenzheng out. You must know that Lao Zhu and his nephew have been inseparable these days, but now he wants Zhu Wenzheng to go out, which shows how seriously he attaches importance.
As expected, after Zhang Ximeng met Lao Zhu, he said directly: "My lord, Yuan Ting's troops in the south of the Yangtze River have moved, and an emergency document has been sent from the direction of Hezhou!"
"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was startled... Frankly speaking, this news did not scare him, because the Jiangnan Yuan Army had already been under their consideration.
Even if we attack Hezhou at this time, it is really too late and we have already missed the best opportunity!
They neither advanced against Tuotuo from the north or the south, nor did they win a decisive victory to save Tuotuo's fate... There is not much doubt about this, because the reason is very simple. With the virtue of the Yuan court and the obstruction of the river, the Yuan army in the south of the Yangtze River
If you can cooperate with Tuotuo on time, then there will be a problem!
But at this moment, the Yuan army appeared and took Hezhou directly, putting Zhu Yuanzhang into an unprecedented passivity!
"How many of them are there?"
"It won't be less than one hundred thousand."
"Who is stationed in Hezhou now?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
"There are Geng Zaicheng, Hu Hai, and Chang Yuchun!" After Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, he felt guilty. Chang Yuchun was called Chang Shiwan, but he could lead one hundred thousand soldiers, not fight one hundred thousand soldiers!
"If we don't save Hezhou, what will be the consequences?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked seriously.
Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while and then said helplessly: "Hezhou is ours. It's not important to say how important it is. It's just that the fields were divided after autumn last year, and the winter wheat was planted. In another month, the wheat will be ripe. How many times?
One hundred thousand people are waiting for this season's food to fill their stomachs. If one hundred thousand Yuan troops are allowed to come over and cause wanton harm, the people of Hezhou will starve this year!"