Chapter 45: The County (1)
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"It's just a pity that the leader of the Shang Alliance went north to meet the king yesterday, but he and Shang Yu missed the opportunity to meet." Li Shanchang couldn't help but say this when he watched the pro-soldier go out.
"Mr. Lu was very concerned about this disciple in his speech, fortunately he didn't know that Shang Yuxian's brother had an accident in Chuzhou, and we just learned about it, so fortunately, I would like to know how he escaped from the heavily guarded Chuzhou prison?" Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard lightly and said thoughtfully.
This time, the Shang Alliance not only welcomed back the treasure of Zhenguo from the Western Regions, but also prepared to fully invest a large amount of money to support the expansion of the rebel army, and began to organize the reconstruction of the trade road in the rebel army.
First of all, it is necessary to consult with Han Lin'er, the son of Han Shantong, who is also a member of the Shang Alliance, and reintegrate the scattered rebel army into a whole, instead of acting separately and not listening to the dispatch, which is the most important thing.
The reconstruction of the trade route required the unified arrangement of grain and crop production for the peasants, and the supply of domestic needs in the areas controlled by the rebels under official control, and the merchants would gradually relocate many of the personnel in the craft workshops in various places to the areas controlled by the rebels.
This matter is definitely a good thing for Zhu Yuanzhang, and Lu Shaobei said frankly when he left the north yesterday that Shang Yu would be the representative of the Shang Alliance in the Chuzhou Righteous Army, but this morning, Li Shanchang and Ma Xiuying brought Shang Yudi to death, which made him very sad, but now that Shang Yu suddenly came back to life, how could he not surprise him?
"Xianggong, this Shang Yu should not be embarrassed under my instructions, but Tianxu treated him like this this time, this is clearly to vent his grievances to Shang Yu's brothers, if it is too tolerant, maybe Chuzhou will really be a mess, and after seeing Shang Yu, I hope to discuss it carefully, how to ensure the internal balance of Chuzhou, and not make our sisters and brothers fight in the same room." Ma Xiuying usually smiles at people, but at this time she said worriedly.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his heart couldn't help but sink, he knew very well which was more important between family affection and the people of the world, but if he really wanted to come up with a foolproof solution to the matter with Guo Tianxu immediately, it would be quite tricky, not to mention the assassination of Shang Yu in prison this time, it was obvious that Shang Yu was used as his stand-in for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Just as he was about to answer, he heard footsteps outside the door, and when he looked up, he saw a young man walking in the door, wearing ordinary burlap clothes, with two newly scratched patches on them, and a face covered with dust.
"Deputy Marshal Left, the young general Shang Yu will give you a salute!" After Shang Yu saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he was immediately so excited that he bowed down and saluted him, and finally arrived in Lai'an County, if he lived in seclusion in the mountains and villages, Shang Yu was not reconciled, and finally said that Tong Weibi informed his cousin and Ning Granny Wei Moshi to temporarily take refuge in the mountain village, and Wei Bi accompanied him to hire a carriage to rush to Lai'an day and night.
After arriving at Shiguan Town, Shang Yu heard that the rebels had taken Lai'an County, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, although his body still had no strength, his mental state was much better, and he urged the carriage to go on the road again.
After the battle with Shao Rong, Shang Yu always felt weak, and he was in a state of semi-starvation all the time, he couldn't explain the situation on his body, if he could take two pills, maybe he would feel better, the porcelain bottle in his arms was searched before he was imprisoned, and he could only eat as much as he could.
"Brother Xian! You don't have to salute, you can be satisfied with being a brother safely. I didn't expect such a change to happen when I was urging food, and my brother will definitely seek justice for you in the near future. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately took two steps forward to help Shang Yu and said in a harmonious voice, his eyes full of concern.
Although the army did not really run out of food, Shang Yu coerced Marshal Guo Tianxu to make a trip to the grain and grass in order to successfully urge the transportation of grain and grass, and successfully rescued Ma Xiuying, who was under house arrest, from the Marshal's Mansion, which was a great achievement.
The strategy of capturing Lai'an County was developed by Shang Yu, and the five-string bow for attacking the city was also created by Shang Yu, which can be regarded as a huge achievement, with these two merits, coupled with the courage and resourcefulness shown by Shang Yu at a young age, how can Zhu Yuanzhang not love it.
"Brother Shang Yu, sit down quickly, this is not a handsome account, Xianggong, let him sit down and say, I saw Brother Shang Yu's face pale, it must be caused by trying his best." Ma Xiuying has high martial arts skills and strong eyesight, and immediately saw that there seemed to be something wrong with Shang Yu's body, and immediately said to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Oh! Good brother, sit down and talk to Brother Wei about how you got out of the Chuzhou prison? Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang see that Shang Yu's face didn't seem to be very good, and hurriedly pulled Shang Yu to sit on the chair of the Taishi next to him.
"Brother Zhu, I was also angry that the marshal didn't pay the food for a while, so I broke into such a catastrophe! In prison, I was fortunate to be rescued by my old acquaintance, Brother Weibi, whose cousin happened to be a prisoner in the water prison, and received an order from above to poison me four days ago.
Shang Yuyuan originally told the matter again, and finally said fearfully: "I was afraid that the marshal would plot to harm you again in the future, so I didn't listen to Brother Wei's advice and didn't hide in the countryside." ”
When Ma Xiuying heard this, she sneered and said, "Brother Shang Yu, my brother didn't let the news of you holding him hostage go out of the house at all!" Now there is no one in Chuzhou Mansion at all, you have ever held him hostage, but it is rumored that you contradicted him when urging food, and this is what happened. My brother is very unproductive, and he wants to hide it, but it also leaves you with an excellent opportunity to clear your name. ”
Ma Xiuyang no longer has a sister-brother relationship with Guo Tianxu at this time, and her younger brother who hid in her arms in the chaos of the army when she was a child is getting farther and farther away from her. is so eager to kill Shang Yu, it is clear that she is transferring her hatred for Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying to Shang Yu, how can she not know?
"Everything is up to the eldest brother and sister-in-law, my brother Weibi is still outside, please ask Mr. Li to help me arrange it, okay? For three days, we have been hurrying up our way day and night, because we are afraid that the army has already set out to conquer Xuyi and Tianchang, and we are afraid that we will not be able to see the eldest brother. After Shang Yu heard Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying's words, he knew that his crime was not fatal at all, and suddenly thought of Wei Bi and said to Li Shanchang.
Li Shanchang didn't speak, looking at this little boy who was so loyal, he couldn't help but be happy that his lord Zhu Yuanzhang could have such a capable subordinate, and said in his heart: "If time passes, this young man will be able to enter the prime minister and protect my lord on the throne." ”
Hearing Shang Yu say that there were people who sent him outside, he hurriedly said, "It's okay!" Li went to arrange for Brother Shang's friend at this moment, and asked him to live in the same courtyard with you at night. After confessing to Zhu Yuanzhang while speaking, he walked out, as a military advisor, he didn't care about arranging Shang Yudi's friends.
After Li Shanchang went out, Shang Yu's face became more and more pale, and along the way, Shang Yu was supported by a faith, and when he arrived here, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying, his body was already exhausted, and when he fought against Shao Rong, he used the skills that he should not be able to master, and exhausted the potential and strength of his whole body.
"Big brother! I only hope that my eldest brother can become the real generalissimo of Chuzhou, I don't want you to be harmed, this time my brother is probably not in good health, I feel very weak, I am afraid that I will not be able to go with my eldest brother this time. When Shang Yu said this, he tilted his head and fainted.
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately taken aback, Shang Yu walked in in a dignified manner, and I fainted after saying a few words, obviously there was something wrong with my body, I lowered my body and helped Shang Yu up, and then called out to my soldiers: "Come on, quickly invite the military medical officer to treat my brother Shang!" ”
Ma Xiuying reached out and touched Shang Yu's leyline gate, but was taken aback and said, "Strange? The wind is cold to the bones, and the pulse is weak, so that even if Brother Shang is in good health, he will not be able to be a general who leads the troops. ”
She found that Shang Yu's veins were weak, and the meridians in her body were obviously chaotic, if she didn't treat this life in time, she would be extremely weak, and she would really become a scholar without the power of a hen, even if she was properly healed, in her opinion, Shang Yu's divine power would probably be lost forever, and she would no longer be able to pull the five-string divine bow.
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately taken aback, but said loudly: "It's okay! Generals are easy to obtain, strategists are hard to find, Shang Yu brothers have learned no less than good at their strengths, and it is my ambition to win the world with strategy. This sentence inadvertently exposed Zhu Yuanzhang's greatest wish in his heart, and after saying this, he helped Shang Yu in a coma to go to the back office.
Ma Xiuying's body was suffocated after hearing this, but then she was overjoyed in her heart: "Xianggong has finally broken through the level of family affection, he is upright, although he is irritable but loves soldiers like a son, he is a hundred times stronger than any leader of the righteous army to the people, he finally has the heart to win the world." Thinking of this, she also realized that Shang Yu still needed treatment, and immediately followed her husband to the back hall.
If a person wakes up after a catastrophe and suddenly finds himself a county town, and everything in this city is in ruins, what should he do?
Shang Yu woke up three days later, and Zhu Yuanzhang had been accompanied by Li Shanchang, leading more than ten yuan generals and 20,000 troops to leave Lai'an County, and went to Xuyi to make a feint, and the rest of the nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses were scattered among the towns and villages around Lai'an County, in a state of net-like defense.
And Ma Xiuying also went to Yangzhou, preparing to lead those high-ranking subordinates to make some small moves behind the back of the Yuan army to disturb the heart of the Yuan army.
Shang Yu was prescribed by two military medical officers to take the medicine, and all the medicines were personally selected by Wei Bi, who was born in a family of medicine collection, although Wei Bi was not very proficient in medical skills, but he was very proficient in the identification and decoction of medicines.
Before leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang also specially instructed Wei Bi to take good care of Shang Yu, and leave the post of Cheng in Anxian County to Shang Yu, as a reward for Shang Yu's meritorious service in risking death to urge food, rescue Ma Xiuying and attack Anxian County, and leave Hu Dahai with 1,500 soldiers to guard Lai'an County, Tang He actually became the county commander to stay in this city.
Shang Yu listened to Wei Bidi's words and drank the bitter decoction, and when he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to become a county prince, he couldn't help but shudder, and almost spilled the decoction.
"Brother Wei! The status of the county is respected, only half a level smaller than the county, and the management of a radius of 100 miles must be managed by the county, how can I be qualified for this position? Shang Yu suddenly asked in surprise, if he was asked to come up with some ideas, or to run a store, he could make it at will, but Zhu Yuanzhang lost him a county position.
"Brother Shang, this is nothing, that Tang County Commander will go to the army after learning that you wake up, but at this time he is still working on the case in the county office, and he will come to see you later." At this time, Wei Bi had already sent someone to the countryside to indirectly Wei Mo and his cousin.
He was very surprised and very glad about what happened to Shang Yu, and he was surprised that Shang Yu actually came all the way from Yongchuan to Chuzhou, and was inadvertently rescued by his cousin.
Although Uncle Cousin was embarrassed at that time, if he didn't kill Shang Yu, he would not even be able to save his own life, but fortunately, Wei Bi arrived in time to rescue him, and the deputy marshal of the left in the righteous army attached great importance to him, and he directly lost Shang Yu a county official position, which made him happy for several days, and the excitement has not passed until now.
"What? Are you saying that after I wake up, Brother Tang will also go to the army to report? Then leave all this huge county town to me? How does this work? No, Brother Wei, if you help me up, I have to ask clearly, how can such government affairs be such a child's play? Shang Yu struggled to get up, but his whole body was weak, and it took a long time to move his body and get out of bed.
At this moment, I heard a clear man's voice coming from outside the door: "Go down, all of you!" I'm going to meet the county lord alone. ”
"Yes! Lord of the prefecture. A soldier replied from outside.