Following Boss Zhu's order, the Fifth Army Commander's Office worked together to transport the participating troops distributed on both sides of the Yangtze River to Huguang.
Before the soldiers and horses were moved, food and grass went first. A few years ago, Boss Zhu began to continuously transfer food from various provinces to Huguang in the name of supplying immigrants. He had already stocked up enough food in Changde Mansion to feed an army of 200,000 for a year.
Various weapons and armor used to attack Yunnan were also continuously transported to Yuanzhou via the Yangtze River, Xiangjiang River, and Yuanjiang water transportation systems.
When the Ming Dynasty's top war machine was truly in operation, it wouldn't take such a long preparation time to launch a war with hundreds of thousands of troops!
God likes to add difficulty to people at the last moment. Just when everything was moving forward in a hurry, an urgent report from Guizhou suddenly broke the guard of Boss Zhu, who had always been full of wisdom.
When the prince came after hearing the news, he saw that his father had thrown everything on the table to the ground.
"Dad, what happened?" the prince asked softly.
"I don't know how to read it myself!" Zhu Yuanzhang lost his temper with the prince.
Zhu Biao looked at the mess all over the ground and thought to himself, "What am I looking at?"
Eunuch Wu on the side quickly found the urgent report that had been crushed by the emperor from the ground.
Zhu Biao looked at the cover and saw that it was from Guizhou Xuanwei Envoy. When he opened it, he saw two women, one named Shexiang and one named Liu.
These two women are Aicui, the envoy of Xuanwei in Guizhou, and the wife of Song Qin, a fellow acquaintance. But now, they should be called widows.
They reported an incident that their husbands were dead.
"How could this happen?!" Zhu Biao's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly took a closer look. According to the two of them, their husbands began to discuss it after receiving the imperial court's order to attack King Liang and ordering them to pass through to store up food.
How to run errands well.
The first thing is to ensure that the passage from Guizhou to Qujing is opened. It is easier to say elsewhere. The southwest part of Wumeng Mountain, which is also the last section leading to Qujing, is controlled by Shi'er, the female steward of Puding Road who is loyal to the Yuan Dynasty.
The two of them considered that Puding Road was not weak in strength and did not want to kill each other, so they decided to persuade Shi'er to join them and submit to the Ming Dynasty.
The envoy sent replied that Shi'er was very moved, but the incident happened suddenly and he was unsure. He wanted to invite the two of them to Puding to make a blood alliance and agree to live and die together before agreeing.
The two of them did not doubt that they had it, so they went happily, and the alliance ceremony went smoothly. However, they fell ill one after another after returning. According to experienced doctors, they should have been poisoned by the Miao poison.
The two families sent people to Puding Xingshi to question the crime, but Shi'er firmly denied it. Soon, both of them died of illness one after another, and their death conditions were very horrific.
Because the two died suddenly and had no time to designate their heirs, and their sons were still in their infancy, the situation between the two chieftains of Shuidong and Shuixi was very confusing, and they were at a loss.
As for the errand of accumulating food for the imperial passage, it has now stopped. The two of them are unable to change and can only write to the imperial court for help.
After Zhu Biao read the urgent report, he flattened it and put it back on the imperial case. He sighed softly and said: "The King of Liang is really not simple."
"We also think he did it." Zhu Yuanzhang groaned and said, "He is indeed the old fox who has carried us for more than ten years."
As he spoke, he sighed dejectedly and said: "We repeatedly told Ai Cui and Song Qin to keep it secret, so as not to incur a blow from King Liang. But the two chicks refused to listen and insisted on contacting Puding Road...
…They didn’t even think about it, it was right next to Qujing, and how could King Liang sleep well if he didn’t hold Puding Road in his hands?”
"Indeed, they are too wishful thinking." Zhu Biao lamented: "But they are also eager to make contributions, which is sad."
"If they die, they will die. What will happen to our army?" Boss Zhu just worried: "The prefect of Chenzhou who is responsible for contacting them also reported that the leaders of various ministries in Guizhou now have their own agendas, and some people are unwilling to submit to the imperial court.
, just want to live behind closed doors. There are also those who are afraid of Liang Wang and want to join Yunnan again. In short, now we are leaderless and in a mess."
"This is inevitable." Zhu Biao nodded, imagining it.
"No, we have taken off our pants, and we must not let them change their mind! We have to send people to express condolences, calm down the chieftains, and make them obediently clear the way for the army!"
"Yes, if you can turn the tide, of course it would be better." Zhu Biao nodded and said: "But the chieftains of Shuidong and Shuixi are not barbarians who have never seen the world. They were canonized during the Three Kingdoms and have been passed down for sixty or seventy years.
Come on, it won’t be easy to send someone out for a while.”
"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with deep approval and said: "This person must be heavy enough to make them feel in awe; he must also be able to adapt to changes and cope with complex situations; he must be relaxed and elegant to win their favor. Alas.
,It’s really hard to find such a person..."
"There is someone who is definitely qualified..." After the prince finished speaking, he denied it: "But letting him go would be killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, which is inappropriate."
"Now we must ensure that this chicken is killed. Even if you use the knife to chop an elephant, you must use it!" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his voice and suddenly realized: "Are you talking about Lao Liu?"
"Yes, in a hurry, I thought of him as the most suitable person." The prince smiled bitterly and said, "I am too dependent on him. I think of him first in everything."
"To tell you the truth, he was the candidate we just thought of..." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh. "Send a chief envoy and direct the envoy there. Those chieftains may not take it seriously. The prince himself personally
If you go to express your condolences, they will definitely be flattered."
"The sixth son is still in Guangdong, clearing his land." The prince said with embarrassment, "I am going to transfer him to Guizhou again. How dare I say this?"
"Then what's there to be embarrassed about? Those who can do more work! He can marry three wives at the same time, so he has to be the boss of three people." Zhu Yuanzhang said without any shame:
"Besides, this is the trouble he caused, shouldn't he be allowed to wipe his own ass?"
"Why did he cause it again?" The prince didn't understand the old thief's thinking for a moment.
"It wasn't that he had to go to Guangdong to interfere. How could we kill Zhu Liangzu? If Zhu Liangzu was still the general who conquered the south, our army would have already marched into Dali City. There would be no need to worry about Baal's crossing over to Wumeng.
Mountain?"
"Father, didn't you say that you decided early on that the Guangxi side was just a feint attack?" Zhu Biao couldn't laugh or cry.
"Have we said that?" Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be stupid and said blankly: "I haven't said that."
"I said it." Zhu Biao said with certainty, "I definitely said it."
"Haha... I just said that deliberately to relieve him of the pressure." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "We are so good to him, so it is right for him to run more errands for me."
After saying that, he said loudly: "That's it, let's pass on the decree quickly!"
"..." Zhu Biao was speechless. He had never seen such a rogue father.
No wonder Lao Liu scolded him as an old thief in private. He deserved to be scolded...
