Chapter 10 Recruitment

On this day, Ah Xiu waited for Zhu Yuanzhang to come back from the army, and the two sat down to have tea, but Zhu Yuanzhang preemptively said: "Madam, I want to take the troops to Dingyuan!" ”

Ah Xiu just smiled and said, "Okay." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what to say, he looked at Ah Xiu fixedly. After a while, he said, "Ah Xiu didn't ask why?" ”

Ah Xiu smiled and said, "Why do you ask?" The meaning of the husband is the meaning of Ah Xiu, and Ah Xiu has been saying that what the husband wants to do, Ah Xiu will approve. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "In this way, Madame is willing for me to fight?" It's not better than the day before yesterday to feint Dingyuan to save the car, and now I'm going to lay Dingyuan, and it's good to stand on my own? ”

Ah Xiu nodded: "Why not?" Hasn't the husband already asked for a handsome order now? This battle will be won! Zhu Yuanzhang heard Ah Xiu say this, his heart was very happy, and he knew that his confidant Mo Ruo Ah Xiu smiled without saying a word.

Ah Xiu ordered someone to set the meal, and invited the two side ladies to come over to eat together, Zhu Yuanzhang also told them about his immediate dispatch of troops to Dingyuan, Lian'er bowed her head and said nothing, but Huilan said: "Husband, sister, Huilan wants to go together." ”

Ah Xiu nodded and smiled: "Okay!" This girl is very clever! But in the future, you will have more opportunities to accompany your husband to fight, this time your husband is fighting a battle to grab the land, and he will not be there soon, and he will be distracted with you. You can accompany me and Sister Lian'er at home and wait for your husband to come back. ”

When Lian'er heard Ah Xiu's words and joke about Huilan, she also smiled: "Yes, yes!" Sister Huilan listened to her sister, and told her husband to go back quickly, and we will fight in the house. Ah Xiu listened and laughed with Lian'er. Hui Lan smiled and said, "Good girl! Humanity is different from wives and concubines, why are the two sisters bullying Lan'er so neatly?! Ah Xiu laughed even more weakly when he heard this, and took the chopsticks to poke Huilan, but where could he poke Lian'er in the middle, and saw Huilan grimacing, and even supported her stomach with her hands, and her mouth was full of hey, but she couldn't stop laughing.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the three of them were harmonious, so he also smiled, pulled Ah Xiu, stroked her back with his hand, and waited for her to pant evenly, before asking: "Then how about I send troops tomorrow?" ”

Ah Xiu nodded and said, "Very good, very good!" This battle can make the husband famous! ”

Ah Xiu paused, and then said: "It's just a matter of going back quickly, so that no one will worry about it, and you won't be restless in sleep!" This Lian'er had already restrained her smile, just picked up the tea to rinse, and when she heard Ah Xiu say this, a sip of tea was sprayed on the spot at the moment, which made Huilan smile with a crying voice on her face: "I just suppressed my laughter, and now my sister is here to provoke me again!" The three of them laughed again, and Zhu Yuanzhang said in his heart: If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for!

The plan for the day was decided, and the troops were dispatched on the second day.

At that time, a large number of Yuan troops were stationed in Dingyuan, but since Zhu Yuanzhang heard A Xiu say that he became famous in the first battle, he opened his mind and completely used his strength to fight this battle.

Zhu Yuanzhang first sent people to sneak into the city at night, and the righteous posts of the Red Turban Army were stuffed in the cracks of every house, explaining how the people of Haozhou City under Marshal Guo were strong and prosperous, and promised not to disturb the people, burn, kill and loot, shaking the hearts of the people, and sent people to bribe the Han cooks within the Yuan army, adding sweat medicine to the meals of the Yuan army, and taking the opportunity to conquer Dingyuan.

When the people in the county heard that Zhu Yuanzhang came back to recruit talents, they were very enthusiastic, so Zhu Yuanzhang recruited hundreds of people without much effort. returned triumphantly, Guo Zixing personally celebrated his achievements and promoted him to be a calmer. Zhu Yuanzhang was not polite and stood up, so Guo Zixing was a little unhappy, but he didn't come out.

At this time, Ah Xiu stood up, took Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, and said to Guo Zixing: "My father-in-law named Yuanzhang as a calmer, and Yuanzhang married two little ladies. ”

Ah Xiu saw Guo Zixing's face sank, of course he didn't want to at this time, now Peng Zao lives in Zhao Jun with the two of them have no strategy, since he is called the king, there are many contradictions between right and wrong, but Guo Zixing has been listening to his own opinions before he is king.

Moreover, Guo Zixing seems to be a great hero on the surface, but in fact his personality is quite blessed, he is fast and open-minded on the surface, but he is often suspicious and fickle and indecisive in his heart.

Ah Xiu knows that he can't get out now, but now he has to tell about building a new house and make a foreshadowing, so that he can start a new business in the future.

Sure enough, Guo Zixing said: "Don't be in a hurry, don't worry, and think about it in the long run, I'm drunk for my father." After that, without waiting for Ah Xiu to say more, he said that he was drunk and left.

Ah Xiu said sadly in his heart at the moment: Hey! No matter how unhappy you are, the destiny of heaven is like this, and I can't help you.

Although Guo Zixing did not allow Zhu Yuanzhang to move, he temporarily allowed him to build a new house, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Ah Xiu, and Ah Xiu told him to go again in the coming year, and now he can go everywhere.

One day, Zhu Yuanzhang was just about to get up and go to Dingyuan, but he felt that his whole body was hot and heavy, and he suffered from the cold.

Ah Xiu only waited for Yuanzhang and the other two ladies to live every day, and Zhu Yuanzhang was taught to recuperate with peace of mind and have his own opinions.

In the spring of the second year, Zhu Yuanzhang arrived in Dingyuan and recruited troops again, and won nearly 2,000 people.

Zhu Yuanzhang carefully selected and screened out half of the two thousand people, leaving only 1,000 elite soldiers, training for several months, and when he was about to bring them back to Haozhou, he received a letter from A Xiu.

Ah Xiu only wrote five words: Zhiyi Zhangjiabao. Zhu Yuanzhang was full of doubts, and he didn't know what Ah Xiu meant, so he called his own soldiers to ask, and only then did he know that a gang of 3,000 bandits was stationed in Zhangjiabao, known as Donkey Brand Village, which was very good.

Zhu Yuanzhang originally planned to be stationed in Dingyuan by himself, in order to make another great cause, although Guo Zixing did not let go at the moment, it was also the place where he planned to settle in the future, and now there is such a big gang of bandits nearby, there is a way to let others snore next to the couch, Zhu Yuanzhang understood what Ah Xiu meant, and was determined to swallow this force.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to startle the snake, on the one hand, he didn't want to work hard and lose money, and on the other hand, he raised troops without a commander's order, which was easy for Guo Zixing to blame. So Zhu Yuanzhang only brought a few guards to Zhangjiabao, planning to meet the owner of the village.

It was the height of summer, Zhu Yuanzhang came to the Baogong River, looked at the village from afar, and was secretly shocked. This stockade is said to be a place for bandits, but it is built by the river, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and when they were calculating, they faintly saw a column of men and horses coming to the river, but it turned out to alarm their guards.

Zhu Yuanzhang then reported his intention from afar, and the owner of the village actually came to the river in person, and the person who came from afar shouted enthusiastically: "Zhu Gongzi!" No see for many days! What is the command of the reunion of the deceased? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the person who came turned out to be a playmate of his old days, so he made a frank appearance, crossed the river into the cottage, and talked very happily, and the two sides agreed that Zhangjiabao would take three days to count the camp, and three days later, he would return to Shunhaozhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not suspect fraud, so he returned with his subordinates, and halfway through the journey, he seemed to feel that something was slightly wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong, so he returned to Dingyuan to wait.

Three days later, there was no news, and Zhangjiabao did not move.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already realized that he had been deceived, but he still sent an envoy to the village for questioning, but the owner of the village personally met the messenger, but did not admit the matter of surrender.

The envoy reported to Zhu Yuanzhang, and when he was angry, he was angry, and when he wanted to send troops to attack, he remembered the word A Xiuzhi and thought about it.

So he hid his anger, collected his look, and brought dozens of soldiers to the river again, only saying that the weather was very good, since the owner of the village did not want to return to obedience, he was away from home for many days, and he was seriously ill for the first time, so he went back to Haozhou on the same day, this time he came to say goodbye, he brought some gifts, and wanted to meet the owner of the village, and drank a few glasses of water and wine to say goodbye.

The owner of the village got the news, did not suspect him, so he came to the river, let Zhu Yuanzhang drink in the village, Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be weak, and asked the owner of the village to come to this bank to reminisce, saying that he would order people to bring gifts and food boxes to the other side to see.

Seeing this, the owner of the village crossed the river, Zhu Yuanzhang coughed, and someone rushed up to tie the owner of the village strongly, and ordered someone to send a letter saying that the owner of the village had surrendered, and he took people back to Dingyuan.

The people in the village heard that the owner of the village had returned to Dingyuan with Zhu Gongzi, and they believed it to be true and came to surrender, so they earned the 3,000 soldiers and horses in vain, and sent people to burn the camp to avoid future troubles.

After that, in the case of Ah Xiu passing the book to Zhu Yuanzhang many times, he quickly attacked the Yuan army led by Miao Daheng near Hengjian Mountain, although there were many people in this army, but the main general was a straw bag, not good at strategy, and had besieged Haozhou, knowing Zhu Yuanzhang's strength, he was cowardly before fighting, so he quickly surrendered, so Zhu Yuanzhang had more than 20,000 people.

At this time, Ah Xiu actually took Huilan and Tang He to the army, so that Zhu Yuanzhang could train the soldiers with peace of mind, and treat this army as his own arm to temper, and he and Tang He personally assisted, and soon this army was refined into a sword.

A few days later, the military newspaper flew in, Peng Zao died, and Ah Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang sighed when they heard this. Another day, three people came to vote one after another, and Ah Xiu knew their names by heart, these three people were: Feng Guoyong, Feng Guosheng and Li Shanchang.