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After Zhu Yuanzhang entered the city, he ordered to appease the people and change Jiqing to Yingtianfu. After Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming, was reported, Zhu Yuanzhang was promoted to the Privy Council, and soon he was promoted to Jiangnan and other places in the province of Pingzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang set up Tianxing to build the Generalissimo of Kangyi in Yingtian, with Liao Xiaoan as the marshal of the unified army, and Li Shanchang as the left and right Shilangzhong.

"Although our army has 100,000 troops, and its momentum is much greater than in the past, it still occupies very little territory, and it is surrounded by enemies on all sides. To the east and south is Yuangou, to the southeast is Zhang Shicheng, and to the west is Xu Shouhui, but the two thieves Zhang and Xu are hostile to each other. Therefore, our army must take down the surrounding important dungeons, so that our army can attack and retreat and defend externally, generals, please look at this map......"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood behind the handsome case with a serious face, stretched out his hand and pointed to the three young secret soldiers unfolding the huge map beside him, which was a map drawn by Shang Yu himself, and the strategic topographic map of the entire Jiangnan appeared in the eyes of the generals.

"Zhenjiang, Danyang, Jiangyin, Yangzhou, these four cities will be the four barriers for my future defense of Ying Tianfu, but at present, these cities are still in the hands of the Yuan army, our army has rested, hoarded grain and grass and other things have reached more than forty years, and the generals who are willing to take down these nearby cities for the commander." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the generals and said.

Shang Yu is currently in the Yingtianfu East School Field, and Ma Xiuying is talking to him.

"Xiao Yu, at present, our army has captured Jiqing Mansion and changed its name, and Chongba is also ready to grant you the position of supervising the city and supervising the city, but why are you unwilling to accept it, but instead want to return to Lai'an County to do that small county order?" Ma Xiuying was puzzled by Shang Yu's behavior.

"Sister-in-law, Shang Yu has no other intentions, but it is extremely important to come to Anxian County for our army, where a large number of weapons will be provided for the army within two years, and the local iron ore can be used locally, so the younger brother will temporarily refuse the eldest brother's proposal!"

In fact, Shang Yu wanted to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang for the time being, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build a strong city wall after capturing the city of Jiqingfu, and wanted to take advantage of the danger to temporarily recuperate, but Shang Yu advocated immediately taking advantage of the situation to expand outward, so there was a slight contradiction with Zhu Yuanzhang, although in the end Zhu Yuanzhang finally agreed with Shang Yu's intentions, but he still wanted to rebuild all the defensive walls inside and outside Yingtianfu City.

At this time, due to the rapid expansion of the rebel army, there was no problem in receiving grain and grass, but if it did not expand outward, Yingtian, a lonely city east of the Chujiang River, would not be able to stay for a long time, and it would be a great hindrance to the next development of the whole army.

"Xiao Yu, you still haven't seen through Chongba's thoughts, he can only talk to you like this in front of the generals, with his previous temperament of humbly seeking advice, he suddenly went his own way, don't you see anything?" Ma Xiuying said with a smile.

Shang Yu's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said, "Could it be that the eldest brother is trying to inspire the generals to go out to fight?" ”

As we all know, it has been a month and a half since entering Yingtianfu, tens of thousands of troops from Chuzhou are stationed inside and outside the city, and dozens of generals are waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang's order to attack the surrounding cities, but there is no news for many days, but to rebuild Yingtianfu, which makes many generals hold back their fire.

"Before I came out, Chongba had already convened the generals to discuss the affairs of the Marshal's Mansion, these generals were about to go on the expedition, Xiao Yu, your martial arts skills have now recovered to several percent, why don't you make contributions on the battlefield? Wouldn't it be better to be a pre-battle general than a county commander? Ma Xiuying came here completely at the behest of Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment, trying to persuade Shang Yu to give up the idea of returning to Lai'an County.

There are many brothers in the army who are righteous with Zhu Yuanzhang, but Shang Yu is a special case, when Zhu Yuanzhang was a low rank in the army, the generals called him brothers, and at this time his power is growing, only Shang Yu is young but is the only person who can exchange opinions with him on an equal footing, but whenever Zhu Yuanzhang has something inappropriate, Shang Yu will say it mercilessly afterwards, although Zhu Yuanzhang seems a little embarrassed, but he has benefited a lot, which is why Shang Yu is more and more important.

Previously, Zhu Yuanzhang had already wanted to be the king in Yingtianfu like Zhang Shicheng did back then, but was stopped by Shang Yu and persuaded him to still serve Han Lin'er as the master, so as to gain the hearts of the people, and if he wanted to become a hegemon, he must temporarily avoid conflicts with the Zhulu Righteous Army, and it is more appropriate not to be the king and still be a marshal.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying still can't believe that a young man who has not reached the weak crown can have such a far-reaching strategy. Li Shanchang is sitting in Taiping Mansion at the moment, although the newly promoted Liao Xiao'an is the marshal of the unified army, but there is no greater help for Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy of unifying the army, only Shang Yu can still make Zhu Yuanzhang expand his thinking, which is the real reason why they don't want Shang Yu to come back to An.

"Sister-in-law, the generals under the eldest brother at this time are enough to make our army fight in all directions, and Xiao Yu can be responsible for solving the problem of weapon supply, and returning to Lai'an just wants to arrange things more properly, Xiao Yu does not want to become a general who can only fight on the battlefield, but wants to make the people under the eldest brother's jurisdiction have enough food and clothing, which is likely to be more important to the eldest brother!" Only then did Shang Yu know that Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife attached great importance to him, and he also said the true thoughts in his heart.

"Hmmm! I forget that you are still a disciple of the leader of the Shang Alliance, if you can make the people have enough food and clothing, then our army's morale is like a rainbow, and we will fight bravely in the front, which is indeed much better than being only a general. Xiao Yu, do you have a complete plan for this? Hearing what Shang Yu said, Ma Xiuying couldn't help but say approvingly.

Shang Yu's meaning is to develop business management and farming, that is the foundation of the people's livelihood, although not as good as the front generals to lead the soldiers to kill the world's sideways, but it is the people can support the righteous army fundamental, the people take food as the sky, righteousness first, if the people on the land of China are not forced to survive by the Yuan court, but there is a bite of food will not easily resist.

At present, the people in the world are in hunger and hardship, and although the land south of the Yangtze River is rich in the world, there are only a few places where the people in the land controlled by the rebels are slightly better, and Lai'an County, which is under the jurisdiction of Shang Yu, can be regarded as the top three county governments in terms of people's livelihood, and it only takes more than a year to reach such a level, which shows how capable Shang Yu is, coupled with the fact that the Shang Alliance continues to conduct business operations among the rebels, when Shang Yu masters the Shang Alliance, he will definitely be more inclined to Zhu Yuanzhang's righteous army.

"Sister-in-law, the younger brother is planning this aspect of things, if the eldest brother can capture the surrounding state capitals within a year or two, the younger brother can have a complete plan to form, at present, our army is still not enough to carry out further business operations. The younger brother is going to return to Lai'an with a hundred personal soldiers, please tell the eldest brother that Xiao Yu will develop the kind of firearm he needs for the eldest brother in Lai'an, please rest assured. Shang Yu stood up from his seat and said goodbye to Ma Xiuying.

"Okay, Xiao Yu! I also want to go back to the Shuai Mansion to discuss with your eldest brother how to arrange the Tianjue who came from Chuzhou, and I won't send it here. Ma Xiuying saw that Shang Yu insisted on coming back to An, so she was no longer reluctant, since she knew that Shang Yu did not misunderstand Zhu Yuanzhang, she was relieved, and at this moment Guo Tianjue came from Chuzhou to mourn for Guo Tianxu, and was dissatisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang's complete control of the whole army, Ma Xiuying was worried that the last brother had made a mistake, and was anxious to persuade, but was temporarily sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to persuade Shang Yu, and then hurriedly said goodbye to Shang Yu and left after talking to Shang Yu.

Shang Yu crossed the Chujiang River and entered Lai'an County under the protection of a hundred local secret soldiers dressed in ordinary soldiers' clothes, and Zhao Qing always followed him.

"Today, we will rest for one night in Lingfengdu on the riverside, and tomorrow we will return to the county by horse at the post station, Brother Shang, do you think it's okay?" Zhao Qing saw that it was getting late after crossing the river, so he suggested to Shang Yu.

Shang Yu looked at the sky and said, "There is rain tonight, so we don't have to travel at night, so we will set up a camp here to rest." "Although the clouds rolling in from the sky are not thick, they are divided into several layers, and this cloud is still increasing, and it is obviously unwise to hurry.

There were only fifty soldiers stationed at this small ferry, and Shang Yu, as a county commander, set up another camp outside the place where he was stationed, so he didn't want to disturb the order of the Jiangfang battalion.

"Brother Shang, it's time to eat!" Zhao Qing shouted to Shang Yu outside the camp account.

After hearing this, Shang Yu opened the tent and walked out, but at this moment, a flash of lightning suddenly crossed the sky, followed by rolling thunder.

When the second lightning appeared in front of Shang Yu's eyes, Shang Yu saw more than a dozen ships appear on the river, it was already dark at this time, why did some ships take advantage of the darkness to sail?

When Shang Yu saw the opponent's ships with his strong eyesight, Shang Yu immediately shouted loudly: "All the secret soldiers listen to the order, the river is the Yuan army's naval army, Zhao Qing Qianhu, you quickly go to Leiguan Town to transfer troops to help, all the secret soldiers enter the river as a small team of three people, and try to prevent the opponent's ships from docking!" ”