After killing Yang Wanzhi, Zhang Shicheng held a banquet in Jiaxing to celebrate, some time ago the battle was lost, morale was low, and he needed a victory to inspire people. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The generals toasted to each other, vigorously advocating that his move was to eliminate traitors for the court and the people. With such a benevolent and righteous army, they will be invincible and invincible.

Only Xu Wu stood up worriedly and said: "It is a great thing for the country and the people to join forces with the lord to kill Yang Wan, but in order to appease the Miao people, the court gave him the title of the prince of the country and the title of him, which is obviously to put all the responsibility on the lord." I heard that Yang Wanzhi's subordinates have defected to Zhu Yuanzhang and are clamoring to avenge him. ”

The muscles on Zhang Shicheng's face trembled, and he sneered: "The court has always been like this, don't look at these barbarians who have no culture, they still have a lot of fun killing people with knives." However, since I dare to kill Yang Wan, I am not afraid of those Miao people under his command who eat the ancients, no matter how strong they are, they can't compete with my swords and guns. ”

Xu Wu said cautiously: "The lord has misunderstood, and his subordinates are not worried about the Miao people, but the imperial court. Yang Wanzhi is an example of a rabbit and a dog cooking, and his subordinates are afraid that after the lord defeats Zhu Yuanzhang in the future, the court will also deal with the lord like this......"

Zhang Shicheng put down his wine glass and sighed: "What you said is not what I am worried about, but with my current strength, I can't start a war with Zhu Yuanzhang and the imperial court at the same time, so I can only temporarily obey the orders of the imperial court." ”

"My subordinates have a suggestion, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?"

"Tell me about it. ”

"Which does the lord think is stronger or weaker between Zhu Yuanzhang and the imperial court?"

"Of course it's the imperial court, otherwise why am I still attached to the imperial court?"

"That subordinate suggested that the lord should spare his life when he fought with Zhu Yuanzhang. ”

"No, he killed my brother, this revenge is not shared!" Zhang Shicheng was furious, when he received the news that Zhang Shide had died on hunger strike in the enemy camp, he had to endure the humiliation and let go of Gu Shi, Chen Long and Yang Xian, in exchange for another brother Zhang Shixin. To be honest, he didn't believe that Zhang Shide would cut himself at all, and it must have been Zhu Yuanzhang who secretly killed him. Because Zhang Shide once sent someone to secretly pass a message, telling him not to compromise, and to destroy Zhu Yuanzhang together with the Yuan army. It is estimated that this is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang became angry and killed people.

At that time, Zhang Shicheng was besieging Yang Wanzhi, and he couldn't spare his strength to deal with Zhu Yuanzhang for a while, but he vowed that when the war on this side was calmed down, he would definitely do his best to destroy Zhu Yuanzhang and avenge his younger brother. Thinking of his younger brother's tragic death, he was furious, glared at Xu Wu, and shouted through gritted teeth: "You have pleaded for Zhu Yuanzhang several times, but you have gained his benefits?

The generals were in an uproar, Zhang Shicheng hated Zhu Yuanzhang to the bone, Xu Wu wanted to mention the matter of leaving Zhu Yuanzhang's life, and it was still at the celebration banquet, which was too disappointing. Seeing that the soldiers came forward to capture him, no one dared to open their mouths to persuade him.

Xu Wu didn't struggle, he grabbed his hands and shouted: "The lord is angry, let his subordinates finish speaking, and it's not too late to execute his subordinates." ”

"I'd like to see what else you can say. Zhang Shicheng sneered and ordered the soldiers to suspend his escort.

"The subordinates are loyal to the lord and have no second heart. The subordinates were also very sentimental about General Zhang's misfortune, but the subordinates believed that the enemy was at present, and the lord should focus on the overall situation and not be carried away by personal grievances. Xu Wu said quickly: "Zhu Yuanzhang is a clown who jumps into the beam, begging for a life in all forces, if the lord really attacks with all his strength, he will definitely have no way to escape." However, as long as he is not dead, the lord has an excuse to fight with him all the time, and take the opportunity to secretly expand his power to the south, otherwise without his excuse, the court may be the next target to deal with the lord. The lesson of the car in front and the overthrow of the car in the back, the lord has to guard against it!"

"Won't my brother's revenge be avenged?"

"Of course, I have to report, when the lord is full of wings and stands on his own, whether it is the court or Zhu Yuanzhang, it will be a praying mantis to block the arm, and it will be easy for the lord to destroy him, and his subordinates will be willing to be a pioneer at that time, and swear to use his blood to pay tribute to General Zhang. ”

Many of the generals were accustomed to a life of luxury, and they did not really like to fight, especially if they were sent out to fight. If Zhang Shicheng really wanted to devote all his strength to attack Zhu Yuanzhang, they would inevitably go on an expedition, so they echoed Xu Wu's opinion and persuaded: "Lord, what Mr. Xu said is right, we can't really fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the death, we must preserve our strength to guard against the imperial court." Zhu Yuanzhang's matter is small, and the court is the big trouble, maybe we will eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang on the front foot, and the court will send troops to attack us on the back foot, and the lord will be in danger at that time!"

"Well, it makes sense, I can't be the praying mantis that is stared at by the yellow finch, so let's leave Zhu Yuanzhang's dog life to delay the court. Zhang Shicheng's ears are soft, and when a person says that he may not listen, the more people who say it, it will attract his attention. He thought about it for a while, and ordered the soldier to let go of Xu Wu and reward him with a glass of convulsive wine, "You are willing to risk death to speak up, and your loyalty is commendable." This king will accompany you, I hope you will continue to serve without resentment. When this king gets the world, he will not forget the merits of you and all of you here!"

A sentence of "this king" completely exposed Zhang Shicheng's ambitions, in front of the Yuan court he called himself Taiwei, in front of his subordinates he called himself this king, although this prince is not worthy of the name, but he has never forgotten the scenery of being a prince.

"The subordinates don't dare, but they can be appreciated by the lord to have today, and the subordinates are willing to swear allegiance to the lord and the father. Xu Wu took the wine and drank it all, but secretly slandered himself in his heart: It is really ridiculous for a short-sighted person like you to think about the world, and when Wu Guogong's army comes, you and Zhang Shide will continue to go to the underworld to be brothers.

The generals smiled happily and cheered, as if they had seen Zhang Shicheng seize the bright future of the world, and they all let go of their bellies and drank freely, drinking without knowing the east, west, north and south.

Zhang Shicheng adopted Xu Wu's suggestion and attacked Zhu Yuanzhang under the pretext of attacking Zhu Yuanzhang, but he led the army to expand to Hangzhou, Yangzhou and other places one after another, and in a short period of time, he had a base of more than 2,000 li, exceeding Jianghuai in the north, reaching Haosi in the west, reaching the sea in the east, and connecting Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south. With the expansion of his power, he became more and more unscrupulous, gradually revealing his arrogant nature, and even Timur did not pay attention to it.

As long as Zhang Shicheng is still an official of the imperial court, his occupation of Jiangnan is equivalent to the nominal occupation of Jiangnan by the imperial court, which is a deterrent to other rebel armies. Besides, Dazhi Timur wanted to use his power to get rid of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he had to turn a blind eye and let him be arrogant, but Dazhi Timur had already secretly rubbed his teeth and grinded his teeth, just waiting for him to get rid of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he immediately led troops to kill this repeated guy.

Zhang Shicheng also knew that he could not break away from the orders of the Yuan court for the time being, in addition to expanding his power to the south, he would also send troops to continue to attack Changzhou, because it was not the main army that went to war, so he was easily defeated by Xu Da, and Yixing was thrown away by the way.