Chapter 255: Wives and concubines compete for beauty

Losing Zhu Liangzu, a fierce general to defend the city, Ningguo was broken the next day, and the defender Zhang Wengui saw that the general trend was gone, so he simply killed his wife and children and killed himself. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The rest of the people fled and fled, surrendered and surrendered, with Zhu Liangzu's intercession, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't treat the surrendered troops very harshly, and let him all be incorporated under his command.

Zhu Liangzu was grateful to Dade, and took the initiative to apply to lead the troops when Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to attack Xuancheng, and within a few days, he sent back the good news, saying that Xuancheng had been successfully captured by him.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy, fortunately he did not kill Zhu Liangzu rashly, otherwise he would have lost such a brave general. There is Coach Xu Da here, and many new generals have been added, and he is relieved to return to Yingtian with the injured Chang Yuchun.

When I returned to the house, I naturally had to set up a banquet to wash the dust. This is the practice of the Kokufu. Every time Zhu Yuanzhang returns from a battle, Ma Xiuying will ask the cook to prepare his favorite dishes, and the family will get together happily, one to celebrate his safe return, and the other is to let everyone meet him and say a few words, separated for ten days and a half months, who can not worry about it. Moreover, he would give some of the loot such as jewelry and cloth to everyone, and no one wanted to miss the opportunity to benefit.

At this time, it is the time when wives and concubines compete for beauty, Ma Xiuying is pregnant and does not like complicated, and wears the most loose and comfortable white cotton thin jacket, which looks simple and generous; Guo Ninglian wears a red and gorgeous pomegranate skirt inside, covered with an embroidered brocade jacket, and the hem and cuffs of the jacket are decorated with hanging beads, which contrast with the beads coiled on her hair bun; Guo Hui inserts gold on her head and shakes, intentionally or unintentionally showing off the brown fox fur that Zhu Yuanzhang gave her in the past, and she is reluctant to take off the thick hair scarf indoors, her forehead is hidden with sweat, and the thick black eyebrow line is a little shallow。

The concubines did not dare to surpass the three wives in their clothes, but they were also carefully dressed. Li Qi'er used silver wire mesh to coil her hair into a lotus bun, shining in the light of the candlelight, and the pale pink robe she wore had very wide sleeves, which further accentuated her unbridled waist. Yu Suxue is estimated to be the most tidy among women, she doesn't need to wear any jewelry on her head, her whirling and curved temples have added a lot of charm, and the clothes are not the regular Han costumes of other wives and concubines, but the layered large puffy skirt with the characteristics of the Western Regions, which is quite eye-catching among the wives and concubines, and has caused everyone to pay attention frequently.

The cold wind was blowing outside, and the hall was warm. A box of loot was opened, and the jeweled jewelry suddenly attracted the attention of the woman, and no one was in the mood to compare, and they all looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let Mrs. arrange it." He still respects Ma Xiuying at this point, and the spoils he takes back to the house are all for Ma Xiuying to keep, and then Ma Xiuying will come forward to reward his wife and concubine, and the rest will be registered in the register and put in the treasury. Of course, he didn't mention what he gave away privately.

Ma Xiuying looked at the women with shining-eyed eyes, and smiled and asked them to come forward and choose by themselves.

After a few comparisons, everyone chose their favorite jewelry and retreated, although they still looked at the rest of the things in the box, but they all knew that Ma Xiuying could let them choose by themselves It was already very good, even if they had other thoughts, they didn't dare to show it, and they all thanked Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying in a proper manner.

In the face of his wife and concubines, Zhu Yuanzhang has always reported good news but not bad news, if the war is unfavorable, he will be grumpy but will not say much; if he returns from a big victory, he will have to brag in front of his family. This time was no exception, before the banquet began, he first talked to everyone about how to subdue Zhu Liangzu and capture Ning Guocheng.

The women listened attentively, and congratulated him on adding another fierce general, and praised him for his strategizing and easily capturing Zhu Liangzu.

After a while, the wine and food were all on the table, and everyone toasted Zhu Yuanzhang. was staggering, and suddenly the soldiers sent an urgent military situation: Zhang Mingjian, the marshal of the Tsing Yi Army, captured Yangzhou, because of the lack of food in the city, he actually slaughtered the people and used human flesh as food for the defenders.

This kind of violent and cruel behavior is so angry and resentful that even Li Shanchang did not dare to delay, and hurriedly presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

It was the time to eat, and the soldier was so blind that he said it in front of everyone, which immediately made people lose their appetite and vomit at the full house of chickens, ducks and fish.

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "I want to save the people from fire and water, how can I sit idly by and ignore such perverse people to survive in the world?

Guo Ninglian and Guo Hui persuaded: "Guogong, you just came back and are going on a campaign again, don't go this time, there are so many generals in the barracks, you let others go." "Usually they don't dare to ask Zhu Yuanzhang's war itinerary, but it is Zhang Mingjian's behavior of eating people that makes them shudder, this is not a human being, it is a devil. They were afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would not be able to defeat this man-eating maniac.

Zhu Wenzheng, Zhu Muying, and Li Wenzhong were originally called back to their homes by Ma Xiuying to have a reunion dinner together, but seeing this situation, they stood up and rushed to say: "The child is willing to lead the army to recruit Zhang Mingjian on behalf of his father-in-law, and hope that his father-in-law will be successful!" The three of them have been in the army for more than half a year, and they have long been gearing up and eager to try. Although Zhang Mingjian sounds terrible, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that several people were arguing, and said with a smile: "The three of you are not yet twenty years old, and you are thinking about going into battle to kill the enemy, I am very pleased." But war is not child's play, you are still too young, let's talk about it later. ”

Zhu Wenzheng and the others sat down disappointed.

Ma Xiuying had already regarded the three children as her own flesh and blood, and when she saw their depressed expressions, she was distressed, and persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang: "You are not young when you led the troops to fight in the past. Since these three children have a heart, you let them go, and you stay in the house to spend more time with us and the children. Of course, the position of the main general cannot be given to them, so it is better for them to follow and observe and learn. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that there were some outstanding young generals in his army, like Lan Yu and Chang Yuchun, who didn't know how many battles they had fought, so he no longer stopped the decision of the three of them, and said: "I will send other generals to be the commander of the army attacking Yangzhou. ”

When the three of them heard that they could go to war, they immediately happily agreed.

The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang came to the army to transfer troops and sent Miao Daheng to lead the army to attack Yangzhou, and Zhu Wenzheng, Zhu Muying, and Li Wenzhong each led a thousand soldiers to follow.

Only a dozen days later, Miao Tycoon broke through Yangzhou, collected tens of thousands of Tsing Yi troops, and escorted the commanders Zhang Mingjian, Ma Shixiong and others to respond to the heavens.

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and led the crowd out of the city to greet and reward the soldiers.

It was the time to receive the award, but Zhu Wenzheng hurried back to the mansion and said to Ma Xiuying angrily: "Mother-in-law, it's not good, father-in-law ...... him."

Ma Xiuying's heart tightened, she hurriedly grabbed his hand, and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong with your father-in-law?"