In the fifth year of the dragon and phoenix, to the nineteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1359 AD), everyone was busy. Half of this has passed, and it has come to September.

Probably surrounded by various forces around him, Fang Guozhen, who was under great pressure, sent envoys to Zhu Yuanzhang to offer fifty catties of gold, one hundred catties of silver and other gifts, and said that he was willing to sacrifice the land of the three counties to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Ah Xiu saw this forty-year-old fox on the side who took the initiative to show his goodwill, and regardless of whether he had a history of rebellion, he asked Zhu Yuanzhang to accept this gift sent to the door first.

In September, Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind and officially awarded Fang Guozhen as the governor of Pingzhang in Fujian and other places, and awarded his younger brother Fang Guozhang as the right minister of the province, Fang Guoying as the provincial political participant, and Fang Guomin as the Privy Council Procuratorate of the Jiangnan Bank.

suddenly sealed the officials of the four brothers, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked them to carry out a change order and change the era name to Dragon and Phoenix.

This Fang Guozhen is a cunning fox, he accepted the official position, but did not accept the year name, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that this guy was playing tricks, and sure enough, it was just October, and Fang Guozhen accepted the official position of Pingzhang in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province sealed by the Yuan Dynasty court.

Ah Xiu persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang not to be angry, but said in his heart: You are an old slippery head. Now that Yuanzhang wants to deal with Chen Youliang, he will not meet you first, and see if you will be a person in the future.

In order to better control the situation, Zhu Yuanzhang sent his ace general Chang Yuchun to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Chizhou, an important riverside on the south bank of the Yangtze River, in October.

In November, Chizhou was defeated, and Chang Yuchun heard that Chen Youliang had sent someone to rob Chizhou, which he had just arrived, so he applied for Xu Da to come to support, and on the other hand, he made the first move, and ambushed the encirclement composed of elite soldiers and horses under Jiuhua Mountain in advance.

When Xu Da arrived with 20,000 reinforcements, Chang Yuchun had already defeated Chen Youliang's reinforcements and captured more than 3,000 people. Chang Yuchun ordered the more than 3,000 prisoners to be buried alive that night.

Chang Yuchun not only undermined Zhu Yuanzhang's ominous strategic policy in recent years, but also angered Chen Youliang, who had super self-esteem.

The news reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't feel anything, but Ah Xiu said in his heart: It's broken! How did I forget about this!

Now that he has killed and killed, Ah Xiu had the intention to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to be careful about the Taiping Mansion and reduce casualties and losses, but it was too late, so Ah Xiujian yì Zhu Yuanzhang first tried his best to catch up with the deployment of the war in Yingtian, and he and Huilan Lian'er also hurriedly packed up their things and took the child to Yingtian.

In this way, in Ah Xiu's endless chagrin and self-blame, the two most successful leaders of the rebellion in the history of the late Yuan Dynasty began their ultimate challenge.

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Previously, Chen Youliang notified Zhang Shicheng, who was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang, before the attack, and asked him to cooperate with him to attack Zhu Yuanzhang and try to contain as much of Zhu Yuanzhang's army as possible.

He himself led the naval army that he had been proud of for many years from the Yangtze River to Yingtian.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent an urgent order to Ying Tian with an eight-hundred-mile urgency, asking them to enter battle preparations and pay attention to Chen Youliang's attack movements. However, it was too late.

Taiping was lost unguarded, and there was nothing to be done about it.

There is no suspense about the 100,000 army against the 3,000 army and the ace naval fleet against the 3,000 dragon leaderless defenders. When the news of Taiping being defeated reached the ears of Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just arrived in Yingtian, Zhu Yuanzhang only said one sentence: "If you lose peace today, you will be peaceful tomorrow." Between the questions and answers, there was a heavy sense of powerlessness.

When Ah Xiu arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang locked himself in his room for two days, and two days ago, he sent Li Shanchang and Xu Da to lead the army to fight, and they never came out again.

Ah Xiu knew the significance of this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang was Yingtian who entered from Taiping at the beginning, and now Chen Youliang also wants to do the same, and Chen Youliang may win more than Zhu Yuanzhang back then. Zhu Yuanzhang crossed the river by fishing boat, but Chen Youliang relied on naval warships to walk directly on the river.

But Ah Xiu couldn't help but persuade him to come out, because it was her husband, because Yiqiē had to continue.

Ah Xiu pushed open the door, the room was very dark, it turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang had put down all the curtains. Ah Xiu walked up, opened and closed the curtains everywhere, and the house gradually lit up, and Zhu Yuanzhang showed his figure in the darkness of the inner room.

Ah Xiu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, probably stabbed in the eyes by the sudden sunlight, he frowned, closed his eyes, but did not speak. Ah Xiu shook his head and continued to close the scattered curtain curtains, and when he was finished, Ah Xiu slowly walked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and hugged his head into his arms like a child.

Zhu Yuanzhang's body stiffened, and he wanted to break free, but he finally didn't move, and slowly relaxed, motionless, Ah Xiu helped him with his left hand to his back, as if to Zhu Yuanzhang, and as if talking to himself: "The days go by so fast!" ”

"It seems that I just finished my birthday yesterday for Zhang'er and Li'er, in the blink of an eye, but there is still half a month before Biao'er is 5 years old, I remember that when Biao'er was born, Taiping was not ours, and now Taiping is not ours, isn't it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, but just wrapped his hand around Ah Xiu, as if quietly listening to Ah Xiu continue to speak.

"A small small city, if you lose it, you can get it back. Last month, I asked Biao'er what kind of person he admires the most, guess what Biao'er said, and he said that he admires people like his father the most. ”

Ah Xiu felt Zhu Yuanzhang's body stiffen slightly, so he stroked Zhu Yuanzhang's back again, and when he relaxed, Ah Xiu said again: "I asked him why, and he sued me, because Daddy always majesticly takes people to fight those bad guys who bully the people, because Daddy is a big hero." Because I've never seen my dad worry, I do whatever comes to mind. Ah Xiu said this, feeling that he was moving again, so he smiled and continued: "Zhang'er has begun to read Mencius, and Li'er will also memorize the surnames of hundreds of families." Biao'er always pointed them out, I asked Biao'er where he had learned, and Biao'er said that he had finished learning everything he should have learned, and now he was looking at Chunqiu and Lu Lan again. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he still didn't move, but finally opened his mouth and said softly: "Biao'er is most like me, and the other two are more like their mothers." ”

Ah Xiu nodded and said: "Yes, the children are all old in the blink of an eye, I have been dreaming about it for the past few days and nights, dreaming that I am old and my teeth have fallen out, but Yuanzhang is still so young." When I woke up, I had tears on my face, it seemed that I was old. ”

Speaking of this, Ah Xiu raised his voice lightly and continued: "I still remember that when Biao'er was born, Yuanzhang carved words on the mountain, saying, 'Those who come to the mountain will not suffer and have no heirs'. Yuan Zhang's mouth is more accurate than that of a fortune teller! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang moved, pressed his face tighter, and wrapped his hands tighter. Ah Xiu thought: This knot is finally loose, and next, it will be easy to do.

Ah Xiu said again: "Yesterday, the doctor came to check Peiru's pulse, and everything is fine, and when Biao'er has passed her birthday, I am afraid that she will be in labor." ”

"Ah Xiu originally thought that her husband Junbao was not old, and there may not be a man like Yuanzhang in the world. I see you like this today, but I feel that I am afraid. In the past, my Yuanzhang would never be so sad because he lost such a place as Taiping. It can be seen that the heart is shallow. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was stunned and smiled: "Okay, you Ah Xiu, do you want to beat me with words?" It's like the smell I had when I first met you. ”

"I still remember the way you first saw me, not at all like a woman's house, laughing and rolling on the ground, like a wild child, and the strangest thing is that others seem to be used to seeing me. Hahaha! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang finished laughing, stood up, walked to the door, looked in the direction of Taiping and said:

"Chen Youliang, you dead hair! If you want to grab Lao Tzu's territory, it also depends on whether Lao Tzu is happy or not! Zhu Yuanzhang scolded hatefully.

Okay, it's finally okay, cheer up and clean up Chen Youliang. Ah Xiu said in his heart.