Zhu Yuanzhang's departure made Guo Zixing very relieved, in all fairness, Zhu Yuanzhang has made a lot of contributions to his southern and northern wars over the years, but this credit is even a headache, he is still a little reluctant to kill Zhu Yuanzhang, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang is a hidden danger, and now Zhu Yuanzhang takes the initiative to avoid one side is the best of both worlds, so that he will not worry that Zhu Yuanzhang will seize power and can continue to help him open up territory. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Guo Zixing's body recovered quickly, and on this day he was inspecting the barracks, and the soldiers stepped forward to report: "Generalissimo Qiqi, Li Baocai, the general of Liuhe County, sent someone to ask for a meeting." ”

"Li Baocai is Zhao Junyong's subordinate, he usually doesn't get along with me, and he has never had a relationship, what do you do when you see him?" Guo Zixing's face sank, he and Zhao Junyong were enemies of life and death, so naturally they didn't want to see the enemy's subordinates.

The soldier Xu received the benefits, and couldn't help but say more: "He said that there is an important military situation to report to the generalissimo, and the villain does not dare to make decisions without permission." ”

Zhang Tianyou persuaded: "Brother-in-law, I heard that the Yuan Court sent the prime minister to take off the million-strong army of his relatives to attack Gaoyou, where Zhang Shicheng was based, at this time, Li Baocai sent someone to ask for a meeting, and I don't know if it has anything to do with this matter, so it is better to ask for clarification." ”

Because Zhang Shicheng was called king in Gaoyou, the imperial court sent an army to attack, and Guo Zixing was glad that he did not claim the title of king, otherwise the imperial court would attack him. The military situation is important, he thought about it, and ordered the soldiers to bring people up.

Seeing Guo Zixing, he hurriedly struggled to finish the salute, took out a letter from the blood-stained robe and presented it, and said: "Half a month ago, the imperial court sent a large army to besiege Liuhe, and Liuhe was about to be unable to support it. General Li ordered his subordinates to come to the generalissimo for help, hoping that the generalissimo would quickly send troops to support the people of Liuhe, and ...... "Before he finished speaking, he had already fainted.

"Liuhe is lost, what does it have to do with me?" Guo Zixing snorted coldly, and asked someone to carry the wounded down, without mentioning the matter of sending troops to rescue, and even the bloody letter was casually thrown aside.

Li Baocai knew that Guo Zixing was small, so he didn't fully expect him to help Liuhe, and sent a few people to Haozhou to ask for help from Sun Deya and Hezhou for help from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Guo Zixing's side was indifferent to Li Baocai's request for help, and he was very conflicted; if he sent troops to rescue Liuhe, he would not make Guo Zixing angry; if he did not send troops, he would not bear to see Liuhe lose and hundreds of people would be miserable. The most important thing is that Tokhtar brought a million troops this time, and if the generals of the Han people are not united, I am afraid that the territory will be eaten away by Tokhtar one by one.

Ma Xiuying saw that he sighed all day long, and after asking the reason, he smiled slightly, "Even if my father-in-law is narrow-minded, if this matter involves himself, he can't stand idly by, right? As long as he tells him the truth that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, he will definitely not be able to sit still and agree to send troops." However, I don't think he will do his best to help, so Starling might as well seize this opportunity and take the initiative to ask for troops. Li Baocai's troops have been beaten to pieces by the Yuan army, if you can break the siege in time, you can not only win the love of the local people, but also take over Liuhe smoothly. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized, and immediately took the envoy sent by Li Baocai to Chuzhou to persuade Guo Zixing, "Liuhe and Chuzhou are dependent on each other, if Liuhe is broken, Chuzhou will be in danger, we should go to the rescue." ”

Sure enough, Guo Zixing heard that if Liuhe was lost, the next target of the Yuan army would be Chuzhou, he panicked, made up his mind to send troops to save Liuhe, and asked who was willing to lead troops to fight.

When the generals heard this, they talked about it, and one of them asked the envoy, how many men and horses did the Yuan army send to attack Liuhe, and what was the strength of the troops?

The envoys replied one by one: "It is said that Tokhtar led an army of more than a million to go out on the expedition, and the troops were divided halfway, and the Dadu Governor Luan Mahai led 100,000 horses to besiege Liuhe, and our army only had 20,000 people to hold Liuhe, and now it is in danger. ”

"100,000!" Guo Zixing said in horror, "I have a total of 100,000 troops, all of whom went to the rescue of Liuhe, what should Chuzhou do? Besides, the enemy still has a million troops waiting for the opportunity to move." ”

The generals looked at each other, and no one answered.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said loudly: "The water is coming to cover the earth, the soldiers are coming to block, and the son-in-law is willing to lead the troops to rescue Liuhe! The Yuan army claims to have 100,000 troops, maybe it is just an exaggeration." ”

At this time, people like to bluff when they fight, obviously only a few thousand people dare to claim tens of thousands, obviously only one or two thousand dare to claim a hundred thousand, the Yuan court has long been rotten, how can there be so many large armies everywhere to fight. But even so, Guo Zixing was still hesitant, he was reluctant to hand over all his troops to Zhu Yuanzhang to support Liuhe, and at the same time he had a layer of concern in his heart, worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would take this opportunity to take back military power.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he was worried, and took the initiative to say: "I plan to take the men and horses of Hezhou to support Liuhe, and the men and horses of Chuzhou will not move, in case the Yuan army sneaks up." ”

Guo Zixing's heart was settled, and he immediately agreed to this plan. He even vaguely hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang's team could fight with the Yuan army. But he didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang had built a craftsman battalion privately, and in the past few months, the craftsman battalion had produced countless explosives bags and firearms, and Zhu Yuanzhang took all these weapons away and distributed them to the soldiers when he returned to Hezhou to command the troops.

When the Hezhou army arrived at Liuhe, all the fortifications of Liuhe were destroyed, and the city was about to fall. Suddenly, a team of men and horses were killed from the southwest, and those people threw a thing from their hands one by one without waiting to get close to the Yuan army, and suddenly they saw the ground shake the mountains, and the red blood splashed everywhere in the loud rumbling sound, and the place where the Yuan army stood became scorched earth, and before they could react, the dense gunfire rang out like fried beans, and almost every sound took the life of a Yuan soldier.

"It's firecrackers! And artillery!" The Yuan army was stunned by this sudden attack, and immediately confused and at a loss. Some veterans who knew the firecrackers fled while shouting. The recruits were also terrified by the power of the explosive packets and scurried around.

"Kill!" Zhu Yuanzhang led the soldiers to break through the bamboo, straight into the Yuan army formation, the Yuan general Luan Mahai was blown up and dizzy, deaf in both ears, suddenly saw a spear stabbed, before he could dodge, the head of the gun was in the throat, he fell to the ground and died without saying a word.

"The Metropolitan Governor is dead!" Seeing this scene, the Yuan army was scattered and fled to the northeast.

"Haha, I didn't think this person was still a big governor. Zhu Yuanzhang carried Luan Mahai's head and hurriedly asked people to send the good news to Chuzhou.

Guo Zixing was happy when he received the news that Liuhe had lifted the siege, when he suddenly heard that the Yuan army had launched a large-scale attack on Chuzhou.

Chuzhou was already short of food, and when they heard that the war was about to start, the people were terrified and fled from Chuzhou. Guo Zixing's subordinates were all wine bags and rice bags, and they didn't have any responsibility, and when they saw the Yuan army attacking, they all panicked, and even some soldiers disguised themselves as ordinary people and slipped out of the city.

Guo Zixing was also so frightened that the six gods had no master, even if the Yuan army divided its troops, there were hundreds of thousands of people, how could Chuzhou be able to compete. While instructing his soldiers to resist the attack of the Yuan army, he asked where the Hezhou army led by Zhu Yuanzhang was now.

However, the scouts sent out were nowhere to be found, which made Guo Zixing anxious, so he had to continue to send people to find Zhu Yuanzhang, and at the same time ask for help from his old opponent Sun Deya in Haozhou without hope.

Zhang Tianyou was like a mourner, and guessed in panic, "Zhu Yuanzhang must have heard that the Yuan army attacked Chuzhou and fled in advance, and Sun Deya would never send troops to rescue us, but we have no way out." ”

Guo Tianxu, who was a man of his own, gritted his teeth and looked hideous, "Maybe the Yuan army's attack on Chuzhou was his misfortune, otherwise how could Liuhe break the siege so quickly." He must be jealous of his father for taking away his military power, and now he is trying to put us to death by the hands of the Yuan army!"

"Ahem, cough ......" Thinking of this possibility, Guo Zixing was full of liver and gall, angry and anxious, and his blood surged up and vomited out a mouthful of blood.

"Generalissimo!" everyone suddenly became confused and shouted loudly.

At this time, the scout came to report: "There is news of General Zhu, he is leading the army back!"

When everyone heard this, their faces were happy, as if they had found the backbone of the heart, and even Guo Zixing, who had just vomited blood, was not very noticeable.

Guo Zixing also cheered up and ordered to summon Zhu Yuanzhang as soon as possible.

Only Guo Tianxu flicked his sleeves and stood aside coldly watching the most annoying person walk in. As soon as he said that he was in trouble, he came out and slapped his face, why didn't God let this little beast die in the hands of the Yuan army.

"When the son-in-law heard that the Yuan army was attacking Chuzhou, he didn't dare to delay on the way, and he led the army back to the city. Zhu Yuanzhang gave a general account of the battle situation in the past few days, and then said: "In addition to the people and horses of Hezhou, the son-in-law recruited more than 10,000 soldiers in Liuhe. There was a faint joy and excitement on his face, but looking at Guo Zixing, who was gray, it was difficult to show it. Ma Xiuying was right, when he broke the siege of Liuhe, he successfully took over Li Baocai's remaining soldiers and horses without much effort. The reason why the scouts couldn't find out about him in the past few days was because he hid in the mountain col to reorganize the remnants of the Liuhe army, and he hurried back to Chuzhou until the entire army was organized into a forbidden team.

"Good...... cough cough ......" Guo Zixing calmed down, his tense spirit relaxed, and he vomited out a mouthful of black blood again.

"My father-in-law is recuperating with peace of mind, and with my son-in-law here, I will never let Chuzhou fall into the hands of the Yuan army!" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have time to rest, so he comforted Guo Zixing and led the crowd out of the city.

Guo Tianxu climbed the city wall, watching the crowd of black presses, he was jealous and hateful, and he couldn't imagine that Zhu Yuanzhang not only broke the siege of Liuhe but also took over Li Baocai's remnants, and now Zhu Yuanzhang's team has grown a lot. Suddenly, his eyes fell on the linen train in the ranks, and he couldn't help but squint and ask the soldiers around him, "What's on that car?"

The soldiers ran down to inquire, and went back and forth, "I heard that it was the Yuanren artillery collected by General Zhu." ”

The light in Guo Tianxu's eyes was even stronger, Zhu Yuanzhang actually collected so many artillery, and when the war stopped, he must let his father collect it. He is not short-sighted like Guo Zixing, he knows the power of artillery, and falling into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands is like a tiger's wings.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know Guo Tianxu's idea of quietly beating his artillery. On the way back to Chuzhou, he had already discussed with the generals the strategy of guarding against the enemy. The enemy is strong and weak, and he cannot confront each other head-on, but can only use tactics. He ordered Tang Shengzong to set up an ambush in a mountain stream ten miles away from the city, and sent Geng Zaicheng to lead hundreds of people to lure the enemy, and he led a large army to camp under the city.