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"Guorui, this time the surrounding county governments are under the control of our army, it is the top priority for the survival of our army, we must not fail, otherwise if Zhang Shicheng is defeated by the Yuan army, our army is about to directly face the attack of the Yuan army, my father is not in good health, if there is an accident, you will take over the position of marshal!" Guo Zixing's face was slightly pale, and he stretched out his hands to support the handsome case and said.

At this time, the generals had already dispersed, and Guo Zixing specially instructed the beloved general and son-in-law Di Guorui to stay and discuss the marching plan.

"Father, please rest assured! Two months ago, on the way back from Quanzhou with Tang Hexian, I recruited nearly 10,000 horses in various prefectures and counties, and after attacking several county capitals this time, we would unite with Zhang Shicheng's troops. ”

"I heard that the king of Xiao Ming in the north is at war with the Yuan court under the main account, and this time the Yuan court is able to raise troops to attack! It will not be as good as back then, Guorui should do his best for the survival of our army! It's just the position of marshal, and the son-in-law doesn't dare to be it, I hope that my father can recover his health as soon as possible, lead our army to the north as soon as possible, and destroy the Yuan Xinghan! The man named Guorui immediately bowed and saluted.

"Guorui, you don't have to be so polite! You are known as a prestige in the army, in the past two years, the people in Chuzhou have gradually recovered, and you have a great deal to do with the way you govern the army, the righteous army is not the army of my Guo family, but the army of the people, if there is no people dissatisfied with the tyranny of the Yuan court, how can this 40,000 army? ”

"The internal injuries suffered by my father are very serious, and it is a miracle that he can drag on for so many years! This Chuzhou is also after my defeat last year, you are willing to hand over the military power to your father, from this point of view, you are not for your own selfish management of the army, if the future position falls into the hands of others, it will not be in your hands! Guo Zixing said with emotion.

More than ten years of military career, Guo Zixing is extremely clear about the battles between the various factions of the rebel army, if it were not for luck, he Guo Zixing would have been killed by several other leaders of the rebel army with the title of marshal or prince, although the Chuzhou area nominally belongs to him Guo Zixing, but more than ninety percent of the generals in the army are respected by this son-in-law's orders, but this son-in-law still handed over the power of the whole army to him as a marshal, in comparison, this person should be regarded as loyal and unparalleled.

Guo Rui immediately blushed a little after hearing this, and was about to answer, when he heard someone outside the hall shouting: "Marshal, the eldest lady has arrived!" ”

After hearing this, Guo Zixing immediately said happily: "Guorui, Xiuying is also back, with her to handle the military supplies for you, you can rest assured that you will send troops!" ”

While speaking, the woman who rescued Shang Yu from Xiyu Village floated into the handsome hall, swept Guorui with soft eyes, and saluted Guo Zixing sideways: "Daughter Xiuying greets her father!" ”

Turning his face and saluting Guorui again, he said, "I've seen Xianggong!" ”

"My son is exempt! It just so happened that Guorui and I were discussing the matter of sending troops, and it happened that you came back just in time, and the deployment of grain, grass, weapons and other materials will be handed over to you! Guo Zixing said with a loving look in his eyes.

This righteous daughter lost her father since she was a child, was brought up by her wife Zhang, learned a good martial arts, and knew how to answer gifts, she was more loved by him than her own son Guo Tianxu, if it wasn't for a woman, she would have become a leader in the righteous army.

"Father, at this time, the army is at the end of the year, and it will soon enter the spring ploughing solar term, if the war lasts, it will not be able to guarantee the life of the people in Chuzhou, and the army equipment is also dilapidated, and it also needs to be changed, can't it be delayed?" Ma Xiuying did not agree to her father-in-law's request, but made a suggestion.

After two years of military reclamation and people's land reclamation, the people in Chuzhou have a little storage of grain, plus some time ago, Guorui and Tanghe brought back a large amount of silver taels from Quanzhou, and purchased some grain from the surrounding state capitals.

"Xiuying, this time it is not to go south to use troops, but to bring several nearby county governments under the influence of our army, in order to achieve the purpose of approaching Jiqing, which can make the Yuan army throw a mouse taboo, and cannot encircle Zhang Shicheng, and Chen Zhiliang's troops are strong, and the Yuan army must not be able to use our three righteous troops at the same time, this is the conclusion of the collegial discussion between the father and the generals." When Guo Zixing said this, a look of relief flashed in his eyes.

"Yes! Xiuying, as for weapons and equipment, although the Yuan army in the nearby counties is well-armed, it is not many in number, and it has been lost for a long time! There are already our righteous troops in each city, and they will definitely join forces with the outside at that time, and take this opportunity to take down a few important places, which can become a barrier to Chuzhou! Guorui's eyes flashed with love and said to his wife.

Hearing the two of them say this, Ma Xiuying happily understood and said: "It turned out that it was not the south to take the direction of Quanzhou, so Xiuying was relieved!" ”

Guo Zixing nodded at this time and said, "It's rare! Xiuying and Guorui are both handsome, this time your husband and wife are bound to win for the righteous army, and for your father to choose a name for Guorui, this makes me think for a long time! ”

Guorui was immediately overjoyed after hearing this, the name of Guorui is Guo Zixing's name, not a big name, and his original name is Chongba, he thinks it is indecent, so he begged Guo Zixing to start a table, this is the name of Guorui, this time Guo Zixing actually wants to give him a correct name, how can he not like it.

"Father, I just don't know what this name is?" Guorui immediately bowed his head and asked.

"Looking at the righteous army, only my Chuzhou righteous army is the most disciplined, and the people's livelihood and the army can also be supported by the people, if it is said that one day can destroy the Yuan and restore the Han Dynasty, it is the most opportunity for this army, I named the virtuous son-in-law Yuanzhang, the meaning of the word Zhang has the meaning of jade cover, Yuan Zhang's meaning is to hope that the virtuous son-in-law can be enough in the future to cover the top of the Yuan like a boulder, and expel Hulu from my Central Plains, which is the name of the land for your father." Guo Zixing said in a deep voice.

"Zhu Yuanzhang! Jade Zhuyuan "Guo Rui couldn't help but shake his body when he heard this name, and a light shot out of his eyes, and a powerful momentum appeared in his deep body at this moment, which was not murderous, but powerful self-confidence.

"From now on, my Zhu Chongba will be renamed Zhu Yuanzhang, thank you for the grace of my father's name, my son-in-law should use this as the people of the world to expel Hu Lu, and I will never live up to my father's high hopes for my son-in-law!" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately knelt down at this time and kowtowed to Guo Zixing to thank him.

But at this time, Guo Zixing was about to speak, but there was a sharp pain in his chest, and he felt a boredom surging up, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, and he felt that his body was no longer obedient.

"Daddy"

"Father" Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying were immediately frightened and panicked, and immediately got up to bypass the handsome case to help Guo Zixing.

Shang Yu was still separated from Mu Thirteen and the other three and entered the baggage camp alone.

There were about 5,000 men in this baggage battalion, most of whom were old and frail veterans, all over forty-five years old, and could be used to transport grain and grass.

But veterans have the benefits of veterans, and these veterans have some experience in making and maintaining weapons, and hundreds of people have been selected to become military craftsmen in Chuzhou City.

Xu Da handed Shang Yu over to a ten-master to accompany him, and after ordering him to take care of Shang Yu, he went back to the camp to rest on his own.

Shang Yu was brought into the room by the ten-captain and had a full meal, Shang Yu didn't eat for several days on the way, and Xu Da only fed him some water, which was due to the fear of leaking the news along the way, not that he intended to starve him, but he was afraid that Shang Yu would make a lot of noise on the way.

The food in the Chuzhou army is far inferior to that of the Shen family, let alone the food in the Lu Mansion in Quanzhou, but it makes Shang Yu eat very deliciously, first, he is indeed hungry and thirsty, and secondly, Shang Yu has grown up eating glutinous rice porridge since he was a child.

"Master Shang, after eating, you can go back to the barracks I arranged for you to rest, which is specially prepared for you." The ten-captain couldn't help but smile when he saw Shang Yu's sweet expression during the meal.

Shang Yu was eating the third bowl of rice at this time, and after filling the last bite of rice into his mouth, Shang Yu nodded with satisfaction, hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth, and hurriedly said: "This big brother, I just eat, it is not appropriate to rest immediately, can you take me around the camp?" ”

The ten-division commander nodded and said, "You are a guest arranged by General Xu, and I heard that you are still a friend of General Zhu, as long as you don't go out of the camp, I can accompany you around." ”

The ten-captain said in his heart: "This little boy doesn't look like an ordinary person in clothes, General Xu and General Zhu arranged for him, he must be an important person, maybe he is also the son of an important general in the righteous army, he must be a little curious about the barracks, in fact, how can there be real soldiers in this baggage camp?" After looking at a few barracks, he must have been disappointed. "This ten-man is nearly fifty years old, and he was one of the first soldiers to rebel with Guo Zixing, and he has been fighting in the north and south for many years, and he has never died, and he is only missing the two fingers of his left hand, which was lost in the civil war of the Red Turban Army five years ago.

Shang Yu readily agreed, he was indeed curious about the military camp, and according to what he had learned, this baggage camp was an important place in the army, and weapons, grain, and grass were all supplied by these people.

As soon as he put down the dishes and chopsticks, he and the ten-captain walked out of the tent and walked towards the other tents.

"Shang Gongzi, this is the place where the marching tent is made, its keel is made of uniform bamboo, divided into flat tents, large tents, general tents and marshal accounts, this is also the place where barracks ropes are made, those who can reinforce the wooden fence outside the barracks are also made by the soldiers in this row of barracks, and the ropes purchased in the city are by no means as good as those made in the army." After leading Shang Yu into a barracks, the ten-captain introduced Shang Yu to the work done by the dozens of soldiers inside, greeted the soldiers, and ordered them to work on their own and ignore them.

Shang Yu nodded, and couldn't help but praise: "It turns out that the things used in the march are all made by the rebels themselves, and these ropes are soaked in oil, in addition to being afraid of fire, they are indeed several times tougher than ordinary ropes!" As he spoke, Shang Yu stretched out his hand and pointed to a large bundle of hemp rope placed in the barracks and said.

Although it was more than ten feet away, Shang Yu could still smell the smell of oil, and thinking about the thick rope soaked in tung oil used on the Quanzhou sea boat, he immediately thought of the reason why the rope was strong.

"I didn't expect Shang Gongzi to understand this truth, admire and admire!" The ten-master glanced at Shang Yu in some surprise, and became more and more curious about Shang Yu's identity.

After watching this barracks for a while, Shang Yu lost interest in this place, and said in his heart: "If the keel is made of stainless steel, the tent can be much stronger, presumably it can be used by the rebels to save money or to be rebuilt after it is lost." ”

Thinking of this, he walked out of the barracks with the accompanying ten-captain and walked to the next row.

In this way, he watched the barracks of warning items, the barracks of fine items, and the barracks of arches and horses, and after looking at them one by one, Shang Yu had a general understanding of the baggage camp.

And finally came to another barracks of the house, accompanied by the tenth commander said with a smile: "This is the barracks for the preparation of dry food for the rapid march of the army, three days later the army set off, along the way for the convenience of eating, the room is quickly making dry food, you don't see that these foods are difficult to swallow, but eating them makes the soldiers recover their strength, but also reduces food loss, can speed up the march of the army!" ”

Shang Yu nodded and was about to speak, but he heard the sound of a horn in the barracks, and it sounded extremely sad.

The ten-captain was immediately shocked and said, "This is a clarion call on behalf of the death of the commander in the army, who dares to be so bold?" How dare you curse my marshal? As he spoke, the ten-captain ran out, and many of the soldiers in the dry food making field also stopped, and a feeling of incomprehension arose on their faces.

Shang Yu paused for a while and ran out of the barracks and ran towards the center of the school field.

"All the soldiers listened to the order, my Marshal Guo relapsed due to an old illness, not long ago he had been buried in the immortals, everyone in the army and others are tied with white ropes around their waists today, and they will keep filial piety for the marshal for three days, and three days later, in accordance with the marshal's will, they will set out to attack the surrounding county capitals, and expel Hu Lu for the people of the Central Plains, so as to comfort the soul of his old man in the sky! Did you hear it? With tears in his eyes, Xu Da held an arrow and shouted loudly on the stage of the school field.

"Yes! Obey the marshal's orders and expel Hu Lu for the people of the Central Plains! "At this time, there are no less than 10,000 people gathered in the school field, which are all the soldiers who are training in the city, and the remaining 30,000 people are stationed in several towns around Chuzhou, one is convenient for guarding against enemy attacks, and the other is convenient for military reclamation.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers replied in unison with tears in their eyes, and when these voices came together, it was like a shocking thunder in Chuzhou City, and hundreds of thousands of people in the city heard it vividly.

The boss died suddenly, Guo Zixing is a banner in their minds, he is different from the leaders of several other rebel armies, he scattered all his wealth in his life, loves soldiers like children, and fights horses all his life in order to restore the Han world, and now he is dead, how can they not grieve and understand?

Shang Yu stood in a corner of the school field, seeing that these soldiers loved a commander so much, and thought of hearing rumors about Guo Zixingdi in Quanzhou, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "When we arrived in Chuzhou, this generalissimo who was admired by the people of the world died, but he didn't meet the blessing of the land. ”