Chapter 197: The Old Man Rescued
Zhu Yuanzhang led Xu Da and others to hurry to Haozhou, and the four marshals Sun Deya, Wu Tong, Lu Tianshou, and Han Zhong were already at the city gate to greet them. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The four of them stepped forward to thank Zhu Yuanzhang for sending troops to support Liuhe and borrowing grain, but they didn't mention that Sun Deya was holding Zhu Yuanzhang hostage in Hezhou.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't bother to say more to this group of shameless villains, and everyone hugged each other into the city after a few words of greeting.
Sun Deya made a look, and Zhao Junyong said with a haha: "Marshal Sun has prepared a banquet in the mansion, but the soldiers of General Zhu are afraid that they will not be able to accommodate it." Mr. Zhu, look ......"
Zhu Yuanzhang only brought a few of Wu Zhen's personal soldiers into the mansion, and asked Xu Da and Hu Dahai to lead their troops to stay in the city and wait for news.
At this time, it was almost autumn, the weather was getting cooler, and there were few musicians in the tent, but there were few people in clothes, only wrapped in a piece of silk yarn to cover the hidden parts, and sang and danced lightly with the music of silk and bamboo.
During the banquet, Sun Deya said with a sad face: "Brother Guo and I were brothers before his death, and I was very sad to hear the bad news of his death, but I was busy with military affairs in Haozhou, and I didn't take time to give him a funeral. When I think about it, I'm ashamed. Alas, now that Brother Guo is gone, what are the plans for the virtuous nephew in the future?"
Will you run out of time? I'm afraid you don't have the face or the courage to go to Chuzhou. Zhu Yuanzhang slandered, he thought that he couldn't be as thick-skinned as Sun Deya, and his brother and nephew were affectionate, and he said vaguely: "I just officially took over the state power, and I don't have any plans yet." I heard Marshal Sun say that he wanted to form an alliance against the Yuan, so I came to ask you for some experience. ”
Sun Deya said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew doesn't know yet, the last time you defeated the Yuan army in Hezhou and Chuzhou, the commander of the Yuan army, Totoku, actually lost his life for this." ”
"When?" Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback. He remembered that the general he killed in Liuhe seemed to be a metropolitan governor Luan Mahai, and the ambush in the Chuzhou mountain stream was not Tokhta, but just a partial general of the Yuan army, Mengda, which had nothing to do with Tokhtar, why would Tokhtar lose his life because of him.
"I just got the news before you came. Sun Deya waved his hand, the sound of silk and bamboo music stopped in an instant, and the pianist Leko quietly retreated, only to listen to him talk about the reason with his eyebrows fluttering.
Tokhtar's full name is Tokhtar Timur, and he is a rare virtuous minister in the Yuan court. During his tenure as prime minister, he purged the dynasty, respected Confucianism and Confucius, and compiled the history of the Song Dynasty, and did a lot of good things, but these good things were aimed at the people, but they touched the interests of the Yuan class group. In feudal officialdom, if you have to act uprightly, you will definitely offend the powerful. If you offend the powerful, then the powerful will definitely kill you.
More than once, he advised Emperor Shun to be a virtuous monarch, and asked Emperor Shun to quickly punish the traitorous ministers to Du ***.
This can offend the Zuo Prime Minister Satun, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Hama and others to death, it is they who enter the Western Tibetan monks to flatter Emperor Shun with luck, so that Emperor Shun is engaged in his law every day, and the women are widely taken, and the monarchs and ministers are promiscuous, and they are ugly. Satun and Hama had no way to get rid of it on the surface, so they secretly devised poisonous schemes, instigating and slandering in the ears of Emperor Shun. As a result, Emperor Shun, who was desolate and unrelievable, not only did not listen to the advice of Toto, but sent him out of the court to quell the chaos.
Zhang Shicheng, who led an army of one million to suppress Gaoyou, was eager to quell the rebellion, and divided the army into several ways to attack the Red Turban Army in various places, but the results were not ideal. In particular, the news that Luan Mahai was killed in Liuhe, and the news of the defeat of Munda and Timur in Chuzhou was transmitted back to the Yuan court, which immediately caused an uproar.
Luan Ma Haisu was close to Satun and others, and this time Satun asked him for the position of governor of the capital, first, to consolidate his influence in the army, and secondly, to secretly monitor Tokhtar, who had wanted Tokhtar to send him to attack Liuhe.
Hearing the news of Luan Mahai's death, Satun insisted that this was a means of getting rid of dissidents. Immediately after the news of the defeat of Munda and Timur in Chuzhou, Satun and Hama immediately slandered in front of Emperor Shun, saying that Tokhtar was resentful and unwilling to sincerely contribute to the emperor, and his brother also first Timur was in cahoots with him, deceiving the superiors and subordinates, otherwise how could the million-strong army be defeated by a group of mud-legged people.
Emperor Shun listened to the slander, furious, and immediately issued an order to take off the post of the army to fill the army, the edict flow in Yunnan Dali Xuanwei Sizhen West Road, his younger brother Timur was also sent to Sichuan Diamen.
Satun and Hama were still not at ease, so they simply corrected their intentions and poured poisoned wine on Totok on the distribution road, but the last virtuous minister in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty ended up dying in vain because of internal turmoil.
Tokhtar's death was a great loss to the Yuan court, but it was a great joy for the Red Turban Army. Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he heard this, and as soon as he died, the million-strong army of the Yuan Court naturally collapsed, and the situation in Hezhou would not be so tense. For the first time, he said good things about Emperor Shun, "This dog emperor has finally done a great thing for us, and it is really happy to be rid of it." Since the war ahead is no longer urgent, Marshal Sun still gathers us to discuss what alliance?"
"Before, I didn't know about the dismissal of the military and the disbandment of the Yuan soldiers. Although there is no need to be wary of the Yuan army for the time being, I think an alliance is still necessary. Sun Deya showed a hypocritical smile, "I treat you as my own nephew, so I can tell you the truth." I don't accept it for you! Chuzhou was originally fought down by you, but now it is cheaper Guo Tianxu, it is better for you and me to join forces and conspire with Chuzhou. When the time comes, you will have the military power of Chuzhou, and I will only need some food to survive this winter. ”
When I'm a fool, joining forces with you is like conspiring with a tiger. Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head again and again, "He is Marshal Du, and I am only the Deputy Marshal of the Left, how can I commit a crime." ”
Sun Deya's face turned gloomy, and he said directly: "If you want to be inconvenient, it is better to temporarily lend the military power to Ben Shuai, and Ben Shuai will help you teach Guo Tianxu a lesson." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang continued to shake his head and refused: "I can't agree." If I don't form an alliance for the anti-Yuan this time, then I will leave first. ”
Han Zhong shouted: "Zhu Yuanzhang, don't toast or eat and drink, my eldest brother is looking for you to form an alliance because he can afford you, and he will not succeed without you!"
"In that case, you can discuss it privately, and I won't get involved. I wish you all success in advance. Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and was about to leave.
Sun Deya saw that he didn't eat oil and salt, so he immediately turned his face, dropped his wine glass, and shouted: "Someone!"
The soldiers who were lying in ambush outside the tent rushed in in an instant, surrounding Zhu Yuanzhang and his pro-corps.
Wu Zhen, Tang Shengzong and others, who had been on guard for a long time, hurriedly drew their weapons, blocked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and shouted: "If you don't want to die, just come, even if we can't kill you, we will make your blood splash in the court!"
The soldiers who rushed in paused, looked at Sun Deya in unison, and waited for his order.
Sun Deya showed a smug smile in his hand, "Zhu Yuanzhang, Ben Shuai will give you another chance, if you take refuge in me, Ben Shuai will not blame the past, if you don't comply, you will die today! Hey, you don't want to scare me with that explosive bag again, this time Ben Shuai will not be fooled." After he finished speaking, he slowly retreated to the door, and a group of soldiers with weapons and iron shields stared at Zhu Yuanzhang fiercely.
Zhu Yuanzhang pushed Wu Zhen away, looked at Sun Deya with contempt, and spat on the ground, "Sun Deya, in the past, you betrayed your righteous brothers and used tricks to harm me, and now you want me to take refuge in an unkind and unrighteous villain like you, phew! Don't think about it! You dare to come to the banquet without preparation? If the person I brought is missing a hair, a thousand soldiers outside will definitely wash Sun Mansion in blood." ”
"The erection is hateful! Your 1,000 people have already been captured by my soldiers, and this time you will be unable to fly!" Sun Deya was annoyed and angry, and with an order, the soldiers on the left and right rushed forward with weapons to kill Zhu Yuanzhang.
Wu Zhen and Tang Shengzong hurriedly fought with their swords to resist, and in an instant, the sword light and sword shadow, Jin Ge Tie Ming. Everyone fought and retreated, but the hall was so big, and in less than a cup of tea, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others had been forced into a corner, and there was no way to retreat.
"Stop!" It was like a thunderbolt suddenly exploding in the house, and everyone subconsciously looked at the source of the sound.
I saw a Haozhou soldier strangling Sun Deya's neck with his left hand, and the blade held in his right hand had already reached the flesh, and blood flowed down his neck and Sun Deya's body.
Sun Deya's heart was broken, he never expected that there would be a traitor among the soldiers he arranged, and asked in a trembling voice: "You, who are you?"
The soldier did not dare to relax at all, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Marshal Zhu, forgive the villain for not being able to visit the shrine, you quickly take the generals and leave quickly." ”
"Are you ......" Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned, it is good to have someone to help him in a critical moment, but this person's origin is unknown, so he doesn't dare to believe it all.
"The villain's name is Chen Huan, and he is Tiedan's father. Thanks to you and your wife for keeping my family together that day. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly had a little impression that when Ma Xiuying and other family members first arrived in Hezhou, they came to the barracks to help a little boy find his parents, and later under Ma Xiuying's persuasion, he released the family from the barracks. But aren't they supposed to be in Hezhou, and why are they in Haozhou?
It turned out that although Chen Heng left the barracks safely with his family with Zhu Yuanzhang's approval, they offended the general who kidnapped his wife, and the family thought that it would be difficult to survive in Hezhou, so they simply left the country, and met Sun Deya in Haozhou to recruit soldiers, and Chen Heng enlisted in the army in order to support his family. Coincidentally, when Sun Deya murdered Zhu Yuanzhang, he was afraid that the veterans of Haozhou would not be able to do anything if they knew Zhu Yuanzhang, so he specially selected some recruits to carry out this killing operation, and Chen Heng was among them. He was grateful for Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness, and seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang's life was on the verge of death, he finally couldn't help but stand up and capture Sun Deya while everyone's attention was on Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang secretly screamed a fluke, if there was no original thought, how could there be today's Chen Heng to repay his kindness. He put his mind at ease and nodded to Chen Heng and said, "Thank you for your help, Zhu will have a retribution." He also ordered Wu Zhen to drag Sun Deya over.
The knife was on his neck, Sun Deya didn't dare to resist, and honestly walked to the corner. Zhu Yuanzhang punched him, causing his nose to bleed, and roared: "You wolf-hearted thing, Lao Tzu is going to kill you to pay for my brother's life!"
The house was full of stumps and broken legs, except for Wu Zhen and Tang Shengzong, a few guards were still standing hard, and the rest of the soldiers were all staggering, and a few of them only had air out but no air intake, obviously they couldn't survive. As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's words came out, Tang Shengzong immediately stabbed Sun Deya in the leg, shouting to avenge his brothers.
Sun Deya screamed again and again, trembling and begging for mercy, "Zhu ...... Virtuous nephew, if you have something to say, no, don't kill me! I'll let you go......"