In the eighteenth year of Zhengzheng, the Yuan Dynasty withstood the first wave of offensives from Han and Song Dynasties. Relying on Chahan Timur's efforts, it preserved the land in Guanzhong and continued to survive.
In Jiangnan, Zhu Yuanzhang also completed internal integration.
"Mr. Li, next we have to focus on military affairs. Do you know what your mission is?"
Li Shanchang nodded hurriedly, "I understand that if you, the superior, can rest assured about using troops abroad, I will definitely be able to ensure the supply of military supplies. There will not be a grain of grain or a jacket missing. If you can't do it, the superior will just ask the blame."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak. He paused for a while. Li Shanchang seemed to realize something and immediately said: "I will also strictly investigate the administration of officials, especially at this juncture. If anyone takes the opportunity to be greedy, everything will be done in accordance with military law."
"Furthermore... I still need to seize the time to open a shipping department in Hangzhou to collect customs duties and subsidize the state, so as to live up to the favor of my superiors."
At this point, Lao Zhu showed a faint smile and said, "Mr. Li, if Xiao He can achieve the first thing, he will be regarded as a wise prime minister and his name will go down in history. With his ability, he will shine in the annals of history and shine forever."
Li Shanchang was slightly happy, and then immediately regained his composure, "I don't dare to take credit for things that are my duty."
Lao Li calmly agreed, and as soon as he came out, he met Zhang Ximeng.
"Prime Minister Zhang, the superior has called you?" Li Shanchang took the initiative to say hello.
Zhang Ximeng nodded helplessly, "Indeed, the Lord asked me to pack my bags and go to Tongling with him."
When Li Shanchang heard this, the joy on his face immediately disappeared, and he could only force out a smile.
"Sure enough, Prime Minister Zhang can save himself from relying on his superiors. He can't do without it for a moment! I'm afraid I will have to rely on Prime Minister Zhang to strategize during this battle. I congratulate Prime Minister Zhang in advance on his triumphant return."
Zhang Ximeng could only thank Li Shanchang. From the bottom of his heart, he really didn’t want to leave that much... The sheep pen had just been built at home, and two female goats were pregnant with lambs. Their bellies were like small millstones, and they didn’t know they were pregnant.
How many have been harvested? The rapeseed has also been harvested and the rapeseed has been dried. Zhang Ximeng wants to get a simple oil extraction equipment in the yard, squeeze some rapeseed oil, fry meatballs, and make lion heads to eat.
Lao Zhu decided to go out with the army by himself. The house was in a mess and no one was taking care of it. He didn’t know who to ask for help!
But there is no other way. Military and national affairs take priority, and Zhang Ximeng still knows this.
After he met Zhu Yuanzhang, he said to Lao Zhu: "My lord, actually I still have a trump card in my hand, which is enough to steal Chen Youliang's head."
Lao Zhu raised his eyebrows, as if he was thinking about something. He pondered for a moment, and then said: "We also have a plan here, which is enough to demoralize Tianwan's army!"
"Ah!" Zhang Ximeng was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "Master, what is this clever plan?"
"Yes... you better say it first!"
Zhang Ximeng pondered for a moment and then said: "At the beginning, I arranged for Lan Yu to go to Bozhou and meet many generals from Han and Song Dynasties, including Fu Youde. In addition, I found a few scholars to sneak into Han and Song Dynasties and pretended to join Liu Futong. One of them was named Lu
The scholar who entered the country entered the customs with Fu Youde. At first, he sent some news back, but soon after, there was no news. But recently, he contacted the minister again. He is now with Fu Youde, trying to persuade Fu Youde to surrender to the lord.
.Furthermore, Wang Guangyang has disguised himself and went to see Fu Youde, hoping to persuade him to surrender."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he thought for a while and actually laughed.
"Sir, the clever plan we are going to talk about was handed over by Hu Weiyong. He found Li Pusheng in the prisoner of war camp. He was a member of the Peng Party. After being captured, he reformed very carefully. Hu Weiyong thought he could be used to persuade Zhao Pu to surrender. Sheng, Ding Pulang and others, we have asked Guo Ying to arrange to send Li Pusheng there."
It turns out that they are all trying to persuade people to surrender. Is this how heroes think alike?
Even if one of the two-pronged approaches succeeds, that is something to look forward to.
Zhang Ximeng was also overjoyed, but he soon realized another possibility... "My lord, do you think Fu Youde and Ding Pulang will know each other's affairs?"
Lao Zhu was also stunned, "This... is a matter of life and death. Both of them still have some skills, so they probably don't know how to do it." Lao Zhu was a little bit unhappy because he also realized the problem.
"When he asked the barbarian Hague to surrender, he used Chang Yuchun's strategy to kill Zhang Shicheng's confidants."
Zhang Ximeng also remembered something, "Back then, Bie Buhua and Yang Zhongying wanted to submit to the lord, and they also had a conflict. Fortunately, the lord came to the front line in person and made a prompt decision, which finally did not cause a catastrophe."
As soon as these words came out, Lao Zhu couldn't sit still.
He persuaded Ding Pulang through Li Pusheng, and Zhang Ximeng tried his best to fight against Fu Youde. It seemed to be double insurance, but if this pair of sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks didn't like each other, they were all holding back to make a great contribution and make a There was a big movement... and then they fought each other, and the Zhu Jiajun lost all!
Zhu Yuanzhang also lamented this time that he had too many subordinates and their ability to do things was too strong, which sometimes turned out to be a burden.
"Mr. Zhang, you must not let them conflict. It is best to find out what the two of them are thinking and see who is sincerely loyal to you, and then you can make the next step."
Zhang Ximeng nodded and said: "Lord, there are four situations at the moment. Neither of them is willing to surrender. This is the worst failure. The people we sent there are likely to be in danger. Secondly, there is one person who is willing to surrender, whether it is Ding or Fu, You can use one person to get rid of the other, but you must be careful and not be noticed. In the end, both people are willing to surrender, which is best, but if the measures are not in place, it will cause unnecessary losses."
"My lord, I requested an order to go to Tongling to deal with this matter. In addition, I believe that next time I am in front of the army, I must arrange for a person to take charge of all affairs and take charge of arbitrary power. Only in this way can we avoid omissions and unnecessary mistakes. Loss. After all, the battlefield will become larger and larger and the distance will become farther and farther in the future. Sometimes when the news comes, it is already too late."
Lao Zhu thought carefully and nodded vigorously, indicating that he recognized Zhang Ximeng's judgment.
No matter what the outcome of this incident is, it can be regarded as a reminder to Zhu Jiajun.
Thanks to Zhang Ximeng's contribution, Zhu Jiajun already has a bit of a general war flavor. Military morale, popular sentiment, intelligence, public opinion... all kinds of struggles are all on the agenda. It is no longer a simple confrontation between generals and soldiers fighting.
In other words, a simple general can no longer handle military affairs.
It's time to raise the generals to a higher level... Zhu Yuanzhang had already set up a capital commander, but this capital commander was only able to control other commanders during battles and become the temporary commander-in-chief of the three armies.
Today, it seems that it is no longer enough.
From now on, in front of the army, the capital commander will be responsible for controlling all affairs, and the commander will be assisted by trainers, who will also be assigned to the 100-strong guard department who are responsible for military affairs.
In addition, it seems that it can be assigned a staff officer, so that a strong command team can be formed.
The commander of the capital is responsible for everything, the staff is responsible for military affairs, the trainer is responsible for military morale, and the 100 households of the guard department are responsible for military information. The remaining commanders of the battalions are only responsible for leading the troops to fight.
To put it bluntly, if you are just a simple general, you can only reach the level of commander at most. If you want to climb up, you need a strong ability to control the overall situation, which is a well-deserved handsome man!
Judging from the current situation of the Zhu Jiajun, Xu Da is handsome enough, and Feng Guoyong may be about the same. The rest, Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai and others, are all a bit behind, or in other words incomplete.
It can be seen from this that the road to a strong army still has a long way to go.
But at the moment, Xu Da couldn't handle such a complicated matter, so he had to let Zhang Ximeng do the hard work.
At this moment, Fu Youde, who was eager to make contributions, was already planning how to capture Ding Pulang.
He was neither a confidant of Chen Youliang nor an old man of Peng Dang, so he surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang without any burden. Therefore, Fu Youde called Lu Jin over, and the two discussed for several days in a row, asking them to come up with a solution.
Fu Youde went to Ding Pulang and told him that he was going to marry a concubine, and that he would keep her by his side and invite Ding Pulang to come over for a drink and a banquet.
As soon as Ding Pulang arrives, we will take him down. If he dares to resist, he will be killed immediately!
In order to accomplish this task cleanly and efficiently, Fu Youde personally selected the eighty most trusted axemen, trained them secretly, and made preparations.
A legendary Hongmen Banquet has taken shape.
On the other side, after repeated weighing, Ding Pulang felt that Chen Youliang would attack people in Peng's party sooner or later. Rather than stay and wait for death, it was better to join Zhu Yuanzhang.
It's just that you can't be careless about Fu Youde.
It happened that Fu Youde came over and told Ding Pulang that he wanted to take a concubine and entertained Ding Pulang for a banquet.
Ding Pulang immediately had an idea. He first pretended to agree, and then mobilized his troops and prepared three thousand troops to surround Fu Youde from the outside.
According to Ding Pulang's plan, he would first go to congratulate Fu Youde and test Fu Youde's background, and then give him a fatal blow when Fu Youde had drunk enough wine and entered the bridal chamber and was at his lowest guard.
Fu Youde's plan was that as soon as Ding Pulang arrived, he would use all his swords and axes to capture it directly.
How to describe it?
I can only lament that life is impermanent, and the large intestine wraps around the small intestine.
On this day, Ding Pulang arrived as promised.
Just before arriving, he suddenly received a message from Li Pusheng, telling Ding Pulang that there were three pieces of red silk tied to his saber, and someone would contact him to help him complete his mission.
Ding Pulang didn't think too much, and he found three pieces of vermilion silk and tied them to the handle of the knife. He also deliberately swung the silk according to the handle of the knife and came to the wedding banquet.
Fu Youde, dressed in festive red, welcomed Ding Pulang, then worshiped and drank, everything was in order.
It's just that the person who was said to take the initiative to contact him never showed up. Ding Pulang felt very uneasy. Could it be that he had made a mistake?
Seeing that it was getting late and he didn't want to wait any longer, he stood up on his own initiative, said goodbye to Fu Youde, and then walked outside. When he got to the door, he deliberately shook the silk twice, but there was still no one there. What was going on?
Ding Pulang thought there was something wrong and was about to leave when a scholar stopped him.
"General Ding, come this way! I'm here for the red silk."
Ding Pulang didn't doubt that he was there, so he followed for a while, and suddenly a small courtyard appeared in front of him, with a red lantern hanging at the door. As expected, this was the bridal chamber.
Fu Youde was waiting at the door with a wry smile on his face, and Ding Pulang was stunned...
