Chapter 157: Stones Can Be Touched
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang broke through the donkey brand village, he successively subdued other cottages, and the team became stronger and stronger. Zhang Zhiyuan, www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion, gradually felt uneasy, and ordered Liao Daheng to lead an army to attack Zhu Yuanzhang several times. Although Liao Daheng was loyal to the Yuan court, his generals refused to fight, and he was unwilling to force the soldiers to throw away their lives, but he strengthened the defense of the camp, and held Zhu Yuanzhang across the mountain, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not see any movement for several months, so he gradually relaxed his vigilance.
That night, Liao Tycoon's camp was quiet, but at the foot of the opposite mountain was a military flag hunt, and the military chariots were chariots. Zhu Yuanzhang gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and prepared to cooperate with Liao Tycoon's subordinates to take down Liao Tycoon and Zhang Zhiyuan in one fell swoop. He convened the generals in the makeshift military tent and decided to attack that night, Huayun broke through head-on, and the rest of the generals followed the steps and ambushed the predetermined place to prevent the rout from escaping.
Miao Tycoon didn't know that danger was approaching, and he was feeling uncomfortable. Zhang Zhiyuan once again ordered him to attack Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was unwilling to let his subordinates suffer casualties and sacrifices, and the two broke up unhappily. He returned to the house unhappy, and his son Liao Zhongyuan was waiting with a lamp, and only relaxed when he saw him return safely.
Liao Tycoon asked, "Why don't you go to sleep yet?" ”
"The child is worried about his father." Liao Zhongyuan is not a child who has nothing to do, he has followed Liao Tycoon on the expedition since he was a child, and he is quite familiar with military affairs. Seeing that the soldiers were depressed, Zhang Zhiyuan repeatedly forced his father to go on the expedition, and his father must have been very embarrassed.
Liao Daheng's eyes darkened, and he touched Liao Zhongyuan's head, "Tomorrow I will send someone to send you down the mountain, and you will go to your aunt's house for a while." Although he refused Zhang Zhiyuan's order, he knew in his heart that he and Zhu Yuanzhang would fight sooner or later, his morale was low, the enemy's morale was high, and the chances of winning this battle were not good, so it was better to send his son away first.
"The child is not leaving! Where the father is, the child is there! Liao Zhongyuan hugged Liao Tycoon's waist tightly, he knew what Liao Tycoon's proposal meant, it was definitely not the situation he intended to see.
"Nonsense, you don't listen to me?" Liao Daheng put on the majesty of his father and forced his son to leave. The uneasiness and confusion in his heart are increasing day by day, seeing that the Yuan Court is twilight, and the Red Turban Army is gradually devouring the hinterland of the Central Plains, even if there is no Zhu Yuanzhang, there will be other Red Turban Army to crusade against him in the future, and he can even foresee the day when he is destroyed. However, if he wants to be loyal to the court, he can only fight against the Red Turban Army to the end, and he can only send his son away to the Liao family to stay behind.
"Father!" Liao Zhongyuan laughed miserably, he had long persuaded his father to leave the Yuan Court, but he was scolded so much that he was bloody, seeing that his father insisted on going his own way, and the son could only follow him in life and death.
Liao Daheng was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a noisy shout and the sound of Jin Ge Tie Mingming outside.
"Not good! The Red Turban Army is attacking! The soldiers got up one after another, and when they went out, there were already thousands of torches outside, and the firelight illuminated the whole camp red, and Zhu Yuanzhang's team held spears and poured into the stockade like a tide, and the soldiers suddenly looked panicked and at a loss.
Miao Tycoon hurriedly put on his armor and rushed out with a big knife.
Liao Zhongyuan gritted his teeth and chased him out with his weapon.
However, those generals who had already been moved by Hua Yun's words shouted in the camp: "Why don't we all surrender, Zhu Yuanzhang said that as long as we are willing to surrender, we will still be our own brothers and recapture the Han people together." Brothers, we can no longer be traitors and work for the Yuan people! ”
"Zhu Yuanzhang said that if we are willing to surrender now, we will be treated like other cottages, with food and clothing, and family members."
"Brothers, come down, the Yuan people treat us as dogs, and Zhu Yuanzhang treats us as people!"
Hua Yun and dozens of soldiers shouted in unison, and the shouts covered all the noise, "Except for Yuanren Zhang Zhiyuan, the rest of the people will not be killed!" ”
When the soldiers heard this, they dropped their weapons and surrendered. Some of the soldiers loyal to Liao Daheng who were unwilling to surrender could not stop the fierce offensive of Zhu Yuanzhang's army, and slowly retreated.
"A bunch of traitors!" Seeing this situation, Liao Daheng still didn't understand that his generals had been rebelled by Zhu Yuanzhang. In a hurry, he took his son and the soldiers who were unwilling to surrender from the back mountain to the wilderness, and encountered Xu Da and others on the road, and when it was dawn, there were less than 10,000 soldiers following him. Liao Daheng was so angry that he rushed to the crown, temporarily grabbed a mountain, lined up and waited, vowing to fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the end.
Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to take advantage of the situation to capture Liao Daheng's mountain, but many of the soldiers who surrendered showed resistance. They were originally Liao Tycoon's generals, but now they have just surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang to attack Liao Tycoon, and they are very conflicted. Some generals who are good friends with Hua Yun ask Hua Yun to help intercede, can they let Zhu Yuanzhang spare Liao Daheng.
At the beginning of the war, Hua Yun didn't have the courage to change Zhu Yuanzhang's military order, he thought of Ma Xiuying, so he went to ask Ma Xiuying to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for the soldiers to rest and recuperate, Ma Xiuying persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang: "Many of the soldiers you subdued were once Liao Daheng's subordinates, if you force him to a dead end now, I believe many people are reluctant." Besides, I've heard that this Liao tycoon is also an upright man, but he is just a little brainless, if you can subdue such a person, he will not betray you easily. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Don't stop braining, it's just a hard stinky stone!" ”
Ma Xiuying covered her mouth and smiled: "If you can cover a hard stone like Liao Daheng softly, are you afraid that you won't be able to subdue others?" Geng Zhiren has the benefits of Geng Zhiren, the more you force him, the greater his rebound, if he has to fight to the death, in the end he will have to cause casualties among our soldiers, you might as well ...... like this"
Zhu Yuanzhang acted according to the plan, surrounded the hill where Liao Tycoon was stationed, and asked the soldiers to blast the fragrant smell of food to the mountain every day for cooking, and then asked Liao Tycoon's subordinates to take turns to be lobbyists.
Liao Daheng fled in a hurry that day, where did he have time to carry food, the soldiers were trapped in the mountains, hungry and tightened their trouser belts, smelled the smell of rice and swallowed saliva one by one, and saw that their former companions were really not killed, and they were all red with food, and they were both jealous and resentful in their hearts, and some soldiers couldn't help but flee down the mountain to Zhu Yuanzhang with hunger that night.
There are one and two, and every night a few soldiers fled in the dark, and in the end they fled in droves, leaving behind all of Liao Tycoon's die-hard brothers, including his son Liao Zhongyuan.
The bearded Liao tycoon was haggard, and he no longer had the ambition to fight to the death with Zhu Yuanzhang, so he sent someone to discuss with Zhang Zhiyuan. As a result, Zhang Zhiyuan was not found in the camp, and even his personal soldiers were not seen, so I knew that Zhang Zhiyuan had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape.
"This vile and shameless fellow!" Liao Tycoon gritted his teeth and scolded. When Zhang Zhiyuan asked him to send troops to attack Zhu Yuanzhang, he also said that he would live and die with all the soldiers, but he really faced danger and fled faster than anyone else. The betrayal of his generals, the rout of his ranks, and the abandonment of his superiors gave Liao a sense of desperation, and he was about to dismiss his soldiers, when he overheard his uncle Miao Zhen begging to see him outside the camp.
I can die, but what about my son? The arrival of his uncle gave Liao a glimmer of hope, and he decided to entrust his son to his uncle.
Miao Zhen only brought a few soldiers into the camp, and when she saw that Liao Daheng was like a withered tree overnight, his face was like ashes, and he held a big knife on his neck, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Nephew, don't think about it!" ”
Liao Daheng said miserably: "Uncle came just in time, and Zhongyuan will entrust it to you." You carry my head to see Zhu Yuanzhang and beg him to let my son live. ”
Miao Zhen hurriedly said: "By all means, Zhu Zhenfu said, he respects you as a good man, if you are willing to surrender, he will not blame the past." ”
"They are a bunch of thieves, why should I surrender?" Liao Daheng was furious, and the knife in his hand shook, cutting a bloody mark on his neck.
"Anti-thief?" Miao Zhen stared at her nephew's eyes, her heart ached, "Why are there so many anti-thieves, because they are not willing to be the lackeys of the Yuan people!" Now that the court is mediocre, the traitorous power is in power, the people are not happy, and thieves and bees are everywhere, is such a court worth your service? Nephew, you should think about it, you have the blood of the Han people, not the blood of the Yuan people! Why are you willing to let the Yuan people drive, and refuse to face up to the fact that the world is originally our Han people? ”
Liao Daheng was speechless.
Miao Zhen continued to persuade: "In the past, you led me and tens of thousands of villagers to go on the expedition, and we left with you without saying a word, why are so many people betraying you now?" We are not betraying you, but betraying the court behind you, because this mediocre court is not worthy of our service, they never treat us as human beings, only as dogs! Nephew, wake up, if you are still obsessed, in the end it will only be you who will betray your relatives. You think you can die, but what about those who follow you, what about them? Their relatives are still looking forward to it at home, do you still want people to poke your backbone when you die, and make your son shameless to these villagers? ”
"Bang dang!" The big knife in Liao Daheng's hand fell to the ground, and he always resented his subordinates for betraying him, but he never thought about why his subordinates betrayed him. Thinking of the defeat of the army, the Yuan general Zhang Zhiyuan gave up on himself early and slipped away, but Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly persuaded himself to surrender. In this case, why did he still have to work for the Yuan Court, and he almost made a mistake for the rest of his life for this mediocre court. Once he figured it out, he immediately made a decision and said to Miao Zhen: "Uncle, quickly tie me up and go to see Zhu Zhenfu, I am willing to surrender, and ask him to treat my soldiers well." ”
"Haha! General Liao's righteousness is thin and cloudy, and Zhu admires it. The two soldiers who followed behind Miao Zhen suddenly burst out laughing, and it turned out that these two people were Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da who were disguised as soldiers.
Liao Daheng never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to take risks in order to recruit himself, and his heart swelled with infinite emotion and respect, so he quickly knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "Liao, a shameless person, meet Zhu Zhenfu." ”
"Hurry up, we will be our own brothers from now on." Zhu Yuanzhang leaned over and hugged Liao Daheng and laughed.
Liao Daheng saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was defenseless against him, and he was more and more moved, and followed Zhu Yuanzhang until he died of illness.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang incorporated Liao Daheng's men, news came that the leader of another cottage Qin led his subordinates to return to Shun. After Zhu Yuanzhang gave some kind words and encouragement, he went to inspect the new troops.
Two days later, there was good news, and the two brothers Feng Guoyong and Feng Guosheng, the big boss and the second boss of Miaoshan, also led the crowd to join the army.
In a few days, other cottages that did not return to Shun also expressed their willingness to accept Zhao'an.
Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang understand why Ma Xiuying had to persuade him to subdue Liao Tycoon, it turned out that this Liao Tycoon was still the cornerstone of Hengjian Mountain's activities, and if he collapsed, those who were watching couldn't hold it.