Zhu Yuanzhang met his nephew Li Wenzhong at Qingshan Camp. They separated not long ago, but Zhu Yuanzhang could clearly feel that Li Wenzhong had an evil spirit in him. The original youthful youthfulness had faded a lot, and the whole person looked much more heroic.
Lao Zhu was so keen that he immediately realized what happened... "Did you kill someone?"
Li Wenzhong grinned, "Thanks to Mr. Zhang, he gave me many opportunities to practice."
"Oh? Tell me quickly, let us listen."
Li Wenzhong told Zhang Ximeng about sending him to Chaohu Lao Mountain Stronghold, and then mentioned crossing the river to capture Tongling and besieging Nahachu.
Although Li Wenzhong was not embarrassed to brag, Zhu Yuanzhang understood clearly, "Tell me, how did you come up with the idea of deceiving the Yuan army, and how did you come up with the idea of saying that Naha was dead?"
Li Wenzhong scratched his head and said, "It's just a matter of urgency. I seem to remember a famous battle that was won in this way."
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled for a moment and then said: "Back then, Fu Jian of the Qin Dynasty commanded the army to conquer the Eastern Jin Dynasty. As a result, on the Fei River, he chose to retreat, get out of the way of the battlefield, and engage in a decisive battle with the Beifu soldiers. As a result, Hu and Han mixed among the soldiers and horses, and they interacted with each other.
Due to the lack of leadership and the ulterior motives of Murong Chui and others of Xianbei, when the former Qin army retreated, some people falsely claimed that the army was defeated and Fu Jian died in battle... Then hundreds of thousands of troops dispersed, and the hegemony of the former Qin Dynasty was wiped out."
Zhu Yuanzhang paused, "Although Fu Jian was born among the Hu people, he made great use of Wang Meng, encouraged farmers and mulberry trees, promoted education, and worked hard to govern. He can be regarded as a wise king and holy master. However, his subordinates were mixed with Hu and Han people, and their hearts were in confusion. He couldn't do it after all.
With one heart and one mind, the defeat of Feishui was achieved, a complete defeat! Today, the Yuan Dynasty is in decline, and the army is a mess of Mongols, Semu people, and Han people, which is somewhat similar to the former Qin Dynasty.
Your method can be regarded as the right medicine, but if you encounter a united army, you may not be able to succeed."
Li Wenzhong knew that his uncle was teaching him, and he was also surprised to find that Lao Zhu's level had improved too quickly, and it seemed that he had studied a lot.
"Uncle, Mr. Zhang once taught me that I should be more ruthless in military training, better equipped, more attentive, and have a better chance of winning... On the real battlefield, all I have to do is adapt to circumstances."
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled for a moment and couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, okay! Mr. Zhang has such insights, which shows that his military strategy has also made rapid progress. Let him cross the river. This step is considered the right one for us."
Lao Zhu asked curiously: "How many troops and horses do you have in the south of the Yangtze River? What is the situation like? Is it possible to capture Taiping and Jinling?"
Li Wenzhong cheered up and introduced Zhu Yuanzhang carefully.
After preliminary reorganization, the Chaohu Navy had two large battalions on the left and right, with a total of more than 12,000 people. Counting Zhang Desheng's and Chang Yuchun's troops, there were nearly 15,000. When dealing with Naha Chu, they suffered a lot of losses.
few.
Later, Chizhou's troops and horses were obtained, and Zhang Ximeng was still vigorously recruiting troops at this moment, and the number of troops and horses should soon exceed 20,000.
"Mr. Zhang and Mr. Fenglin have discussed that although Jinji Taiping has a chance to win at this moment, the chance of winning is not high. Whether we want to take the risk to advance or not, we have to wait for my uncle's decision..."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly. In fact, he knew very well that if the opportunity was really rare, Zhang Ximeng would have decided on his own, and no one would miss the opportunity. Since he came to ask for instructions, it meant that Zhang Ximeng was not sure. If Zhu Yuanzhang really needed him to launch an attack,
Then Zhang Ximeng will execute the order without hesitation.
Lao Zhu smiled faintly, "Recruit the Chaohu Navy, cross the Yangtze River, capture Tongling, and capture Naha Chu alive... Mr. Zhang has already fought well. If we don't show our skills, we will become useless! Just in time, come here.
Now, uncle will let you open your eyes!"
Li Wenzhong was startled, his uncle was going to do a whole lot of hard work!
Don't tell me, Li Wenzhong really guessed it.
Zhu Yuanzhang is currently stationed in the Qingshan Camp, while the main force of the Yuan army is in Hezhou City... This situation is very confusing. What is going on? Can Lao Zhu be defeated?
Of course not, Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to abandon Hezhou City and stuffed the Yuan army inside.
As mentioned earlier, the main force of the Yuan army attacked Hezhou. Fortunately, Chang Yuchun showed his bravery and temporarily saved Hezhou. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang led troops to come to the rescue. However, Lao Zhu soon discovered that there were many Yuan troops on the opposite side. If Hezhou was trapped, it would be impossible.
"Uncle, I'm going to test you, what is the most important thing for you and the state right now?"
Li Wenzhong thought for a moment and then said: "Is it food?"
"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The people of Hezhou, as well as our Zhu family army, are all eyeing the summer grain. If they can harvest it smoothly, Hezhou will be stable. And when the Yuan soldiers attack Hezhou, they are not without the intention of robbing the grain, at least to
Destroy summer grain."
Li Wenzhong nodded vigorously, "Uncle Yingming, then... let's give up Hezhou? Wouldn't this make Yuan Tatar more successful?"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "It all depends on what our advantages are... After acquiring Hezhou, we sent troops to suppress the bandits, equally divided the land in various places, and formed militias. We will have our people in any village!"
Li Wenzhong listened silently, but his heart was filled with ups and downs, which was quite shocking.
Throughout the ages, there has been a saying that imperial power does not extend to counties. Regardless of whether it is true or not, what is the manifestation of power? It is not about how many officials there are, how many garrisons there are, and whether they can convey news to the people in a timely manner... In fact, for a long period of time, the postal service
Rights are an important manifestation of national sovereignty.
No matter how remote or closed the environment is, as long as the postman can rush there, deliver letters, and exchange information, this is the area within the reach of national sovereignty, and is the area under actual control.
Wherever postal rights are, there is sovereignty!
That's why those postmen who have been delivering letters in remote border areas for decades are so remarkable and deserve to be remembered by everyone.
A country's territory is not drawn on a map, but how much it actually controls.
In an agricultural society, it is impossible to weave an administrative system in every village, even to simply deliver news. The cost is high enough to cause financial collapse...
If we can't collect so much money and can't afford to hire so many people, how can we talk about sending imperial power to the countryside?
When it comes to taxing, requisitioning civilians, even relieving victims of disasters, and educating the people, these types of things can only be done by the gentry, so there is a situation where the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world.
So almost all the time, you can't just do whatever you want. Political and economic conditions dictate that you can only do that.
Europe's yields per unit area are lower and agricultural surpluses are smaller. They can't even weave a complete administrative system and can only adopt the enfeoffment system.
It was not until global colonization and industrialization began, and there was a huge surplus, that a modern civil service system could be established to manage the country and even introduce various benefits.
Behind this all depends on the accumulation of sufficient material wealth. To put it bluntly, it is just plundering other continents and oceans to satisfy a small group of people's superior life.
It can be roughly understood that white Europeans have become gentry and landlords, while people from other continents have become tenant farmers, supporting the white masters with their blood and tears.
This world is fundamentally unfair.
For the Zhu Jiajun, they took a different path. After implementing the equalization of land, they mobilized the people who obtained the land to form a militia to protect the fruits of their victory.
Later, Lao Zhu established the Grain Chief and granted some farmers the power to organize and mobilize the people.
In this way, Zhu Jiajun finally gained the ability to mobilize the countryside, and power was transferred to the countryside and to the villages!
When dealing with Xuexue, the Zhu Jiajun had already demonstrated the power of the militia.
This time Lao Zhu let go even more.
Due to the disasters caused by Sun Deya and others in Hezhou, there were not many people in the city. After the land was divided, thousands of people returned to their hometowns and became farmers.
At this time, Hezhou had only more than 10,000 people.
Zhu Yuanzhang assessed the situation and immediately ordered to evacuate Hezhou in batches and go to the countryside to temporarily settle down.
Later, Lao Zhu also chose to withdraw from Hezhou, leaving an empty city to the Yuan army.
Chen Yexian and others didn't notice anything about the bald horse, because in their impression, as long as they captured the city, they were done.
The red thieves are all a bunch of bandits, not worth mentioning.
It is said that this Zhu Jiajun defeated Prime Minister Tuotuo. I thought they were so powerful, but now I see that they are nothing more than that!
Therefore, they hurriedly marched their troops into Hezhou and hurriedly reported their victory to Yuan Ting.
After the defeat of Gaoyou, there is finally some good news.
When the imperial court is happy, it may give them a lot of rewards. If Tuotuo collapses, the prime minister, the grand master, and we will also have a share.
Just when these people were thinking about good things, suddenly one of his men hurried in with a letter.
This letter was actually written by Zhu Yuanzhang and left on the desk of Hezhou Yamen.
Tu Jian took it in his hand, took a few glances, and immediately raised his brows.
After stumbling the horse, Chen Ye couldn't wait to come over. After taking a look, he was shocked.
"Hezhou can go in but not out, eat in but not spit out, what can be done?"
Signed: Zhu Yuanzhang!
What can I do?
"The red thieves are arrogant! What else can we do? Send out troops immediately to destroy them!" These people shouted loudly and were so angry that they obviously abandoned the city and ran away. Why are they pretending to be big cloves of garlic?
"Hit! Beat me hard!"
Just after they sent troops, they quickly encountered trouble, and it was not a small trouble.
When the Yuan army left Hezhou, the situation reached Zhu Jiajun's ears as soon as possible. How many people there were, which direction they were going, how many cavalry they had, and whether they had returned artillery. All the information was clear.
Then the Zhu Jiajun immediately faced tit for tat and launched a siege against the Yuan army.
An army of several thousand yuan is simply not enough for Zhu Jiajun to fight.
After a large-scale attack, Zhu Jiajun could not be found. After several days of fighting, the Yuan army lost nearly 10,000 people, but gained nothing. This time Tu Jian and Qingzhao Ma were frightened.
It turns out that the person named Zhu didn’t lie!
What should they do?
If this continues, won't Zhu Jiajun be exhausted?
They immediately called everyone together and worked through the night to think of a solution.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang was also actively deploying troops and generals.
He rushed back to Hezhou from Gaoyou with only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. This is why Zhu Yuanzhang gave up on Hezhou. With more than 10,000 people, he was not sure to defeat the Yuan army that was ten times his own.
If there is a tug-of-war in Hezhou, the people who will be harmed will not be the same!
Anyway, I will lend Hezhou City to you for temporary residence first, and then we will collect interest after our troops and horses arrive!
In the past few days, Zhu Jiajun from various departments arrived one after another.
Miao Daheng led five thousand people and came from the direction of Sizhou, Chen De and Gu Shi led troops from Haozhou, Geng Zaicheng led troops from Jiangxi, Feng Guosheng came from Zhenzhou, Zhou Dexing came from Dingyuan...
In addition to Tang He and Feng Guoyong who guarded Yangzhou, and Zhang Ximeng who crossed the river, Zhu Yuanzhang gathered almost all his forces.
All of them were added up, and the total force exceeded 50,000!
It doesn't matter, behind the 50,000 Zhu Jiajun, there are more than 100,000 civilians in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, and especially Hezhou. The civilians actively participated in the civilians, men, women, old and young, taking up arms together and vowing to drive away the Yuan army.
Protect your home.
During this period of time, Zhu Yuanzhang went all out, concentrated his strength, and prepared for a decisive battle.
However, the Yuan army trapped in Hezhou City gained nothing and suffered heavy losses.
Under the circumstances, the momentum for a decisive battle gradually took shape.
At this time, Ma also arrived in front of the army with a big belly.
Calculating time, the child will be born in one or two months.
"Sister, you just behave honestly, why are you here?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face: "Aren't you still worried?"
Ma held his waist with one hand and sat down slowly, with a smile on his face, "There is nothing to worry about! My husband is an upright hero, and he can easily deal with Yuan Tatar. As a husband and wife, I
I can't wait behind me. It's my fault. If you blame me, blame me. I don't want to change it anyway."
Zhu Yuanzhang was made to laugh and cry. How could he not know his wife's thoughts?
Again, nothing is foolproof, especially on the battlefield. Even if he concentrates all his efforts, there are only more than 50,000 people, and militiamen cannot be officially counted among the troops.
Opposite him was still an army of more than 90,000 yuan, with the Yangtze River Navy behind him.
It’s really hard to say who has the advantage!
It was at this moment that Li Wenzhong came and brought news about Jiangnan. Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally very happy. Ma also came to see Li Wenzhong, took his nephew and talked a lot.
"You kid is becoming more and more promising. Mr. Zhang is really a great talent!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, "Sister, you don't have to worry. When our son is born, we will let Mr. Zhang work harder. We will give him a good job and let Mr. Zhang teach him how to manage the country. This child is guaranteed to have a bright future... Hahaha!"
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Lao Zhu laughed loudly, and Ma's face turned slightly red, "There are still younger generations here, how can we forget about it? You should think about how we can destroy the 100,000-yuan army!"