Chapter 59: The Old Man (1)

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(Updated May 8, 2009!) Keep one update every day, and finish the book at the end of the month. )

"Generalissimo, now that the troops are ready, do you want to go to the battle immediately?" Xu Da led the generals to kneel down in front of the tent and asked.

"General Xu Da should stay in Changshu and cut off the land passage of Zhang Thief's westward advance, while Deng Yu, Li Wenzhong, and Hu Dahai should jointly attack Jiande Road by land and water, and they will take the land of their weak army with the rapid offensive power of our army. Liao Yongan, Yu Tonghai, and Sang Shirong are tantamount to a frontal 'feint attack' on the Jizhou area, and they must not trade in, and the generals must work together this time to achieve success. ”

"The good chief and Shang Yu are both saying that our army can have the strength to fight for the world because of the concerted efforts of the upper and lower levels, and now Chen Youliang is separated from the west bank by our army although he is powerful, if he does not take the opportunity to take down the land bordering Zhang Thief and me, there will be the danger of the enemy on both sides, so all the generals must work together to swear to take the land of the five cities of Zhang Thief." Zhu Yuanzhang was full of ambition in his heart at this time, after Shang Yu's method of gathering strength in the territory was promoted, the grain output was indeed greatly increased than before, and the people's hearts were towards the righteous army.

"Obey the Generalissimo's orders!" When all the soldiers heard that Zhu Yuanzhang had launched an all-out attack at this time, they couldn't help but show excitement.

In less than half an hour, all military affairs had been dealt with, and Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and said to the back screen: "Xiuying, you haven't come out yet?" ”

Only then did a woman turn out from behind the screen, leading a boy over two years old out.

"Xianggong, why does this matter of taking Zhang Thief have to be so fanfare, if it is Chen Youliang who sees the opportunity coming, what then?" Ma Xiuying and her fourth son had been waiting behind the screen for a long time, and when they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was so eager to get Zhang Shicheng, they couldn't help but question.

"Xiuying, this time Emperor Yuan Hui is once again obsessed with the art of craftsmanship, our assassination strategy should be delayed, but why do you say?" While speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang had already left the seat of the handsome desk, squatted down and picked up the youngest son Zhu Di and put it next to his face, his expression was full of love.

A two-year-old child, every day, always likes to read some military books and battle strategies that teenage children don't like, and can tell what the content means, that is, Di Muying, who is good at battle formations and has become a deputy general, has not been so smart at such a young age, which is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang loves him.

"Daddy Generalissimo, is that uncle who infiltrated the Yuan Court really so powerful? So will he take away the military power of Daddy's land in the future? Zhu Di, who was only two years old, whispered to Zhu Yuanzhang in his ear before Ma Xiuying could answer.

"How is that possible? Your uncle Shang Yu is the closest brother to his father, how could he take the military power of his father's land? And he has no ambition for power, you little devil, you can think of this kind of nonsense at such a young age. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be startled when he heard his son say this, but instead shook his head.

Shang Yu will not be greedy for power, when he first arrived in Chuzhou, he just wanted to open a shop to support a few servants under him, and after becoming the county commander, he was not greedy for the people at all.

Just a few days ago, Shang Yu had already stated that he had boarded the Yuan Ting ship and escaped from the camera in Taiping Port, hoping that Ma Xiuying would send someone to meet him, while Shang Yu wanted to take the opportunity to pass through Zhang Shicheng's territory.

"Daddy, the more ambitious people are, the more they must not be guarded against, this is the words left by the master of Qiu Wudao in the Spring and Autumn Period, and countless sages have also said: If a person without greed and possession is not a sage, he is a great traitor!" A two-year-old child can say something that even adults can't say.

"Xiuying, let this child stay away from those books every day in the future, he will become like this at the age of two, if he grows up, he will be very gloomy, not conducive to growth, this child's suspicion is even worse than mine, Shang Yu's virtuous brother is the next leader of the Shang League, and the Shang Alliance has helped me Han Zhongxing for more than a thousand years, and has never sent someone into the imperial family to become the emperor or usurp military power, has Taiping Harbor arranged for someone to take over the virtuous brother?" Zhu Yuanzhang helplessly stroked the face of the young child in his arms with his hand, but turned his face to Ma Xiuying and asked.

"Xianggong! This matter has already been arranged, according to Shang Yuxian's information, it will always take half a month to get off the ship from the coast through Taiping Port, but it is not easy to pass through Zhang Shicheng's department, after all, Zhang Shicheng has many capable people, if it were not for those secret soldiers in our army against the enemy, I am afraid that several of his subordinates would have been in different places at this time. Ma Xiuying said something else when she answered.

"This tricky assassination technique has also existed since ancient times, that is, in the Shuai Mansion, there have been Zhou Qionghai, a young secret soldier, recently captured several murderers who mixed in, if it weren't for this, I'm afraid I would have ordered someone to take the thief's life, and there were people on both sides to protect each other, and only the two armies could decide each other's victory or defeat in front of Chen Qian! How? Xiuying, did you intend to ask Shang Yuxian to assassinate Zhang Thief? Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a little surprise at this time.

And Zhu Di in his arms has stretched out two pink little hands to Ma Xiuying, and Zhu Yuanzhang tends to hand his son to his wife.

"Xianggong! This time, you are wrong, if you assassinate Zhang Shicheng, wouldn't it be cheaper? Even if our army captures Zhang Shicheng's city, it will not be all. Zhang Shicheng's subordinates have been divided into five factions, each according to a number of cities and their own affairs, only when there is a war will they get together, these forces are different from each other, Shang Yu brothers and secret soldiers just whispered a message is to attack the weakest of the five of the three middle-level generals, will definitely cause their internal contradictions, and then Xianggong can only succeed in this matter of attacking Jiande Road. ”

"Hah! Shang Yuxian's brother actually has such an insight, it is difficult to kill Zhang Shicheng, but there is no problem in killing several of his generals, and Zhang Thief has a big banquet every day, and the accumulation of wealth has long made the people in his territory dare not speak out, and he has established himself as the king, this time our army will have a great chance, Xiuying, immediately send more people to receive Brother Ying, and soon the lord of the Lu League will return from the Western Regions, he will bring the alliance of several tribes in the north, that is the news that the Han people in the south of the Yangtze River have been waiting for a long time, since then the Yuan court will be in the north and south by the enemy, and there will be no rest! ”

"Lord Jingwo, we will arrive at Taiping Port in three days, and I hope that your lord will take us there to purchase, from there we will sail southeast, maybe we can't see any Fanbang island country for thousands of miles." A thousand households half-knelt outside the cabin where Shang Yu was located.

Putting away the co-seismic device, Shang Yu cleaned up his excitement, and then replied in Mongolian: "Ulun Kumur Qianhu, you don't have to be polite, this big ship that originally wanted to conquer the Japanese country twenty years ago can prepare civil engineering techniques, and then it will withstand 100,000 miles, so that the officers and soldiers will not be inconvenienced." ”

Having said that, Shang Yu just imagined that if he really traveled tens of thousands of miles on the sea, how to solve the problem of drinking water, it was not advisable to carry it alone, hunting at sea, but just eating seafood people could not last long, and they had to eat a lot of food so that their bodies would not lose the nourishment of heaven and earth.

In his mind, he had already imagined how to raise all kinds of livestock on a boat of hundreds of feet, and he also whimsically wanted to grow some crops, and the most important thing was that he remembered that when he was in Quanzhou, the fishermen on the seaside used a large pot to prop up a large pot on top of the small pot in order not to go back to the village to get water, and the steam rising from the boiling water in the small pot gathered into water droplets at the large pot, and fell into the bowl next to it to become ordinary drinking water.

"If this method is realized, then the endless sea water will become edible water, and if it is successful, it will complete my act of clearing the sea frontier of thieves, and then I will live in seclusion to the South Seas! It's just that my eldest brother's son will really harm me in the future, and I must also help my eldest brother complete his great cause! ”