Fang Guan really didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. Zhu Yuanzhang was so affable that he was like a good uncle in the late Yuan Dynasty. As a veteran rebel leader, his father Fang Guozhen's character was indeed worrying.
Fang Guozhen's uprising was very early, two or three years earlier than Liu Futong, but no one regarded Fang Guozhen's uprising as the beginning of the Red Turban Army. It wasn't that everyone bullied Fang Guozhen, but what he did was really not admirable.
This guy was reported as a bandit, so he had no choice but to raise an army. The Yuan Dynasty sent people to conquer him. He won the battle and captured the opponent. Logically speaking, he won a great victory, which is a good thing.
But then this man did something like Song Jiang's. He released the captured Yuan general and wanted Yuan Ting to grant him an official position.
After seeing this, do you think that Fang Guozhen was possessed by Shi Yu and that he was called Baoyi at the end of the Yuan Dynasty?
Sorry, I'm not as stupid as Song Jiang. He immediately captured Wenzhou Prefecture.
After Yuan Ting was furious, he sent troops again, but was defeated by Fang Guozhen again, and then the drama of surrender was staged again.
After surrendering to Yuan Ting, Fang Guozhen saw an opportunity and trapped and killed Yuan Ting's garrison in Taizhou.
Now that we have reached this point, what else do you want? Let’s fight Yuan Ting!
No, if we fight hard, our reputation as a master of repeated leaps will be in vain. He actually spent huge sums of money to bribe high-ranking officials in the Yuan Dynasty and find him a position.
However, Fang Guozhen actually disliked the junior officials and captured Taizhou himself.
Yuan Ting was also made to lose his temper by Fang Guozhen. He no longer knows how many times he surrendered and then rebelled.
It stands to reason that Yuan Ting already hated Fang Guozhen to death and wanted to crush him to ashes.
However, at this time, Yuan Ting had already been defeated in Gaoyou, and several big bandits were unable to deal with it, so petty thieves like Fang Guozhen were irrelevant.
Moreover, Yuan Ting held his nose and gave Fang Guozhen the official position of transporting thousands of households by water.
I don’t know whether they fell in love and killed each other, or whether Fang Guozhen changed his gender. Fang Guozhen, who had jumped countless times, actually wanted to be a loyal minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and was preparing to attack Zhang Shicheng who had already crossed the river.
In fact, just look at the map and you will know that Fang Guozhen occupies a line along the coast of Zhejiang. If he wants to develop, the best choice is Pingjiang Prefecture.
Same goal as Zhang Shicheng!
Fang Guozhen was prepared to fight Zhang Shicheng, but at this time Zhu Yuanzhang rose rapidly and went south from Jinling to seize the capital of eastern Zhejiang with great momentum.
Fang Guozhen was really afraid that Lao Zhu would swallow him up in one breath.
Then he sent his son Fang Guan over to complain to Lao Zhu, hoping to take the opportunity to test Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude.
Fang Guozhen did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang easily agreed to the alliance and was also willing to provide food. This was too easy to talk about!
With Zhu Yuanzhang's help, at least he would be confident enough to face Zhang Shicheng.
Fang Guozhen was overjoyed and rubbed his hands happily.
"It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang is also a bandit! He is from Huaixi, so naturally he doesn't know the advantages of the sea. It just gives me a chance to show off my skills!"
Fang Guozhen thought for a while and then said: "My son, what do you think of Zhu Yuanzhang's clothes?"
Fang Guan thought for a while and said, "It's very common. It's just a military uniform. There is a young counselor beside him, who seems to be Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant. He is actually wearing civilian clothes, not even silk."
Fang Guozhen smiled, "Okay, in that case, let's open his eyes...you pick some good silk, and by the way, take your father's golden and jade saddle and give it to Zhu Yuanzhang together!"
"What?" Fang Guan was shocked, "Dad, you took a lot of effort to get that saddle. Didn't you say you wanted it to be a family heirloom? Why give it to Zhu Yuanzhang?"
"Idiot! Do you want a saddle, or do you want Pingjiang Mansion? When we enter Suzhou, let alone a saddle, even a golden horse or a jade horse is ready-made! Remember this, we must make good friends.
Zhu Yuanzhang, with him, capturing and killing Zhang Jiusi is a piece of cake!"
Fang Guozhen was so ambitious that Fang Guan could only bring gifts and visit Zhu Yuanzhang again.
The last time he saw Lao Zhu was in Xuancheng, but this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already arrived in Jinhua County.
In less than a month, the Zhu Jiajun captured Ningguo Road, Huizhou Road, Guangde Road, Jiande Road, and captured most of Wuzhou Road (not Wuyuan, but Jinhua).
Zhu Jiajun's advance was so fast and efficient that it was simply astonishing.
When Fang Guan came to see his dear Uncle Zhu again, he felt that this uncle was much taller and more oppressive. He knelt down immediately.
"My nephew, by order of his father, has a gift for his uncle. Among them are five hundred pieces of fine silk, one thousand loads of tea, and a gold and jade saddle. Please accept it!"
After saying that, Fang Guan asked people to bring gifts. Silk and tea were all carefully selected by Fang Guozhen. The gold and jade saddle was even more jewel-like. However, Zhu Yuanzhang saw it and didn't express much.
He just said lightly: "Your Majesty is interested, but we don't have anything good. We only have a sword with us, so give it to your father!"
Lao Zhu took off his sword and handed it to Fang Guan.
Fang Guan took it in his hand and looked at it. There was no jewelry. He was indeed a poor man! But he did not dare to underestimate it. After all, Zhu Jiajun was famous here.
Fang Guan thought for a while and said, "Uncle, my nephew has another request. I hope my uncle will agree."
"Say it, we will agree to anything we can."
"It's like this. My father has an enemy who has disappeared recently. I heard that his wife and children are at home. My father is going to send people over to ransack his home and arrest his family for revenge... I'm just afraid that his wife and children are at home.
My uncle will lead the troops there, please ask for his permission."
Lao Zhu was puzzled, "Whose family does your father want to arrest?"
"Of course it's the old man Liu Ji!"
"Liu Ji?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "We heard that this man is quite talented in literature!"
"Yes! It's this old man!" Fang Qian gritted his teeth, "Uncle, you don't know, he is the capital of Zhejiang Province in the Yuan Dynasty. This old man has a bad heart. He keeps saying that my father is capricious.
The culprit wants to kill my father! Do you think this revenge can be ignored?"
A strange look flashed across Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, and then he said to the other party: "Liu Ji's hometown is in Qingtian, which is in Chuzhou, not your father's territory!"
"That's right! Chuzhou is indeed not under my father's rule. Now that my uncle has arrived, I dare not not inform him and ask for his permission."
Fang Guan kept looking at Lao Zhu, observing his words and expressions.
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, then smiled, "Your father and we are allies, and Chuzhou is not under our rule. Even if you want to send troops to capture Chuzhou, we have nothing to say, let alone arresting people, let alone
It's easy to say...but where has Liu Ji gone? Do you know? It seems that it is not a gentleman's behavior to deal with orphans and widowed mothers?"
Fang Guan sneered and said: "Uncle is really kind-hearted. Old man Liu Ji is looking for death himself. No wonder others. He really doesn't know where he is now. I heard from his subordinates that the old man may have sneaked into Beijing and wants to give Yuan
Letter from the court. Uncle, this man is loyal to the Yuan court and is a stubborn old thief. If he is not killed, the people will not be angry! Not only must he be killed, but the nine tribes must be annihilated! It would be better if no one is left alive!"
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and finally said nothing more... "You go down and have a rest and look around. When we have a chance, we would like to meet your father again, make wine with green plums, and talk about heroes!"
Lao Zhu said a few words and sent Fang Guan away.
When he turned around, he called Zhang Ximeng over.
"How was Liu Bowen in the prisoner of war camp?" Lao Zhu asked curiously.
"Not bad." Zhang Ximeng didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, but said truthfully: "He should be a little awkward and unwilling to fully cooperate with us. But according to my observation, it should be the sour temper of a scholar, and he is a little arrogant.
I don’t want to bow my head. This person is not bad at heart. These days, Timur has taken over ten times the workload of the roster and atlas... He is the one who verifies the land grants in Xuancheng, but Timur’s abilities are also limited.
, No need to ask, someone must help him, and the person who helps him is probably Liu Bowen."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he breathed out slightly, looked up for a long time, and smiled helplessly, "Sir, you said that according to the truth, a person who still cherishes the Great Yuan will die. We shouldn't care. But if it is a disaster,
As for my wife and children, they are still innocent children and women, do you think we can remain indifferent?"
Zhang Ximeng asked in surprise: "Master, are you talking about the Liu family?"
"Yeah!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Liu Ji left for a long time, his men were scattered, and some people ran to Fang Guozhen... But in the past Liu Ji advocated severe punishment for the first offender and wanted to kill Fang Guozhen. Now the Fang family wants to take Liu
The family is angry, so we have asked Fang Guan to stay for a few days to delay it temporarily. The lives of Liu Bowen's wife and children are in our hands!"
Zhang Ximeng was really shocked. He never expected that the storm he brought would get bigger and bigger. He captured Liu Bowen in advance, which actually led to the danger of Liu You's family being destroyed.
"Lord, life and death, thunder, rain and dew, all come from above. It would not be bad if we could use Fang Guozhen's hands to kill Liu Bowen's wife and children and force Liu Bowen to serve the Lord!"
After Zhang Ximeng whispered, he noticed that Lao Zhu's face was tangled. Logically speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed the most ruthless lackey of the Yuan Dynasty, but Liu Bowen was the more stubborn one.
If you had surrendered earlier, wouldn't we have left your family alone?
First, the family members of Timur and others were taken over by Zhu Yuanzhang.
We, Lao Zhu, are not unreasonable, but you, Liu Bowen, are so ignorant!
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly smiled helplessly and said, "Sir, please send someone to pick up Liu Bowen on a fast horse! Let him handle his family's affairs by himself!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again, "What a shame for the children!"
Zhang Ximeng suddenly smiled. Sure enough, Lao Zhu's heart was still warm.
The next thing we want to see is Liu Bowen!
In order to pick up Liu Bowen, Zhang Ximeng asked Guo Ying to do it in person. It only took a day and a half for Liu Bowen to come from Xuancheng and go directly to Lao Zhu's military camp.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not see him and just asked Zhang Ximeng to handle it.
Zhang Ximeng explained the matter once, "My lord asked you to go home first and rescue your wife and children. As for where to go, it's up to you!"
Liu Bowen's eyes almost burst when he heard that Fang Guozhen wanted to attack his wife and children.
He is blessed with children, one is eight years old this year and the other is six years old!
Fang Guozhen, this thief, was actually able to kill him!
Liu Bowen was startled for a moment, then suddenly fell to his knees, kowtowed vigorously to Zhu Yuanzhang's handsome tent, got up again, mounted his horse, and headed straight for his hometown...