Li Shanchang stroked his jaw and beard, his mind racing, pondering how to divert this sensitive topic.

Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent and raised his glass again, this time he took the initiative to salute Guo Tianxu, the two drank it all, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately drank the wine glass, and Ma personally poured it for him. Attending the banquet this time, only the two of them and Guo Zixing and his little wife were at the same table, and the rest were single.

"The father-in-law is here, which is tantamount to sending charcoal to Chuzhou in the snow! The child was grateful. Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly, "The father-in-law has made outstanding achievements, he is highly respected in Jianghuai, and the villagers are enthusiastic when he hears it, if it weren't for Peng and Zhao to raise the banner of righteousness in Xuzhou earlier, I am afraid that it is the father-in-law who is the king in Haozhou, and now the father-in-law is subservient to the marshal, and the child is terrified. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally inferior to Guo Zixing's generation in terms of identity, whether it is from the morning or evening of the incident or his personal generation, he cannot be compared with Guo Zixing, although Zhu Zhenfu's strength is several times that of Guo now, but this hurdle is something that Zhu Zhenfu can't bypass at all.

Ask Guo Zixing to be the king, it makes sense to be reasonable.

Guo Tianxu and Guo Tianjue were overjoyed when they heard this, and encouraged in unison: "It's rare that my brother-in-law is so enlightened, now this Chuzhou is not the territory of our Guo family, and it was at that time when my father called the king!" ”

The generals who came with Guo Zixing also agreed. Here, Li Shanchang, Ding Dexing, Hu Dahai, Tang He and others couldn't help frowning slightly, Feng Guoyong, Lu Zhongheng and other newly attached generals in Haozhou or Chuzhou didn't know much about the relationship and details of the two sides, so they couldn't express their position, so they just put down their chopsticks and watched the performance of Guo and Zhu.

Seeing that it was about the future of the famous affairs, Li Shanchang waved his hand at the dancing girl and the music queen, and ordered them to quietly retreat, and dozens of maids immediately stopped playing, tiptoed, gently pulled their clothes, and silently retreated to the hall like flowing water.

"King?" Guo Zixing shook his head, there are too many kings in this world, if you can't gain a foothold, a king will make people laugh. Besides, although he has some soldiers and horses now, he can't keep a corner alone, and he has to rely on Zhu Yuanzhang, and now the strength of this righteous son-in-law is far better than his own, how to deal with this relationship I haven't thought about yet, and it's hard to say how the future will be!

Judging from the situation before and after this meeting, Chongba still admires himself, at least he can't find anything wrong with the courtesy in these two days, and Ma still cares about himself, and he shushes the cold and asks for warmth by his side, which is no different from the past. Guo Zixing thought about his children, no matter how talented or courageous they were not as good as these two, fortunately, at the beginning, he saw that this heavy eight was extraordinary, and strongly recommended him to be called as a son-in-law, so that he has a place to take refuge today.

Looking at Mrs. Zhang's beside him, Zhang's seemed to know his intentions, his eyes turned around, smiled and bowed slightly, Guo Zixing said in a deep voice: "Now that the war continues, the Tartar army marches south to Jianghuai, this sincerity and our survival in the autumn are also, at this time, to be the king, it is inevitable to make a big move, or think about it in the long run." ”

Guo Zixing is upright, his ears are soft, and his views on the current situation are still sober. Now there are Peng Zaozhu and Zhao Junyong openly claiming to be kings in Haozhou, they have a large number of soldiers and horses, and they must be the objects of the Yuan court's attention, and now it is better to forbear.

Seeing that Guo Zixing had no intention of doing this, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer suggested, and said loudly: "It is also reasonable for my father-in-law to think about it, and now it is better for our army not to stimulate the Yuan Court." The father-in-law can be stationed here, and the child will saddle up before and after the horse, at your disposal! ”

"You are also the lord of an army, you should have your determination and majesty, and you are an old father, and the courage of this future will be your generation sooner or later. A few days ago, when I was in Haozhou, Peng, Zhao and others wrote to you, asking you to raise troops together, go east, and help Zhang Shicheng to relieve the siege of Taizhou and Gaoyou, I don't know what your decision is? Guo Zixing continued.

"The good father learned that the child and the general thought it over and over again, and they all felt that it was really unwise to go east to relieve the siege at this time, and now we will wait and see what happens." Zhu Yuanzhang stated calmly.

In fact, not only Peng, Zhao and other letters, but also Zhang Shicheng also wrote many letters, imploring Zhu Zhenfu to help, the words were heroic at the beginning, regarded the Yuan army as dung, and then turned earnest, and finally wept, as long as the pacification sent troops, Zhang was willing to lead the horse and whip, and always be a pawn of the horse. It's just that Lord Zhu has been standing still.

"Oh, Zhang Shicheng is fighting a decisive battle with the Tartars, the so-called lips are dead and the teeth are cold, Haozhou, Chuzhou and Taizhou are not far away, if you sit idly by, in case Zhang Shicheng is defeated, if the next Yuan army is westward, how is it good?" Guo Zixing was a little puzzled.

When the army of Tokhtar gathered in Gao and Tai, Zhang Shicheng came to Haozhou several letters a day to ask for help, his words were sincere, and he could be described as tears, and all kinds of benefits became bigger and bigger, and he almost kowtowed to his father-in-law.

Although Zhao Junyong and others are stubborn, they can still guess some of the thoughts of the Yuan Court, and now Zhang Shicheng is the most showy, attracting the crazy counterattack of the Yuan Court, once Zhang Shicheng is defeated, the Yuan army turns to the west, and he will definitely bear the brunt. So for their own sake, they also want to pull Zhang Shicheng along.

When the battle situation between Gao and Thailand was unfavorable, Zhao Junyong and others sent troops to advance eastward, and at the same time asked Guo Zixing to issue a document to ask Zhu Yuanzhang to cooperate with the departure from Chuzhou, but Zhu kept deducing that the army was built in grass, and the grain and weapons were not complete, coupled with the continuous rain, the road was muddy and difficult to walk, so it could not be done for a while.

Zhao Junyong and others were impatient, led the troops from Haozhou to the east, encountered a large number of Yuan troops on the way, several battles, unable to pass, gradually Yuan army reinforcements came immediately, Zhao Junyong and others finally unable to continue to resist, seeing that the food was tight, had to collect the troops and empty back.

Of course, Zhao Junyong saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers and horses could not come to converge for a long time, so he naturally held a grudge, so he was angry with Guo Zixing, and the contradictions between them were even deeper.

Guo Zixing knows that Zhu Yuanzhang is calm and wise, and there must be a reason why he has always refused to send troops, and Zhu is from his Guo family, so he is not to blame. Now that the two have finally met, they are just in time to ask what the reason is.

Li Shanchang first said: "Guo Shuai, a letter came from Haozhou that day, and a total of troops were sent to the east, and it was not that the Lord did not want to set off immediately, but it was indeed as our reply said, there were many difficulties, and it was unconditional. ”

"At the beginning, the Zhenfu Lord was ordered to attack Dingyuan, and then attack Chuzhou, all the way around, non-stop, fortunately God blessed us, originally only thousands of soldiers and horses, and then the Quartet heroes, the people looked at the wind and ants, and the scale of the tribe increased sharply, although the people and horses looked a lot, but the new subordinates of the ministry, the army was uncertain. There are many old and weak in the army, and there is a lack of food and clothing, many soldiers are not full of food and warm clothing, many soldiers are barefoot, and sometimes even the husband and wife cannot eat enough. Thinking about it now, my subordinates can't recall the embarrassment of that day. ”

"Daddy, what Secretary Li said is true, my daughter saw the lack of food in the army that day, and she was so worried that she couldn't sleep day and night, the most difficult time, the army had to dig wild vegetables mixed with rice millet to eat, only after the defeat of Chuzhou, only barely had some money and food, but it can only ensure the daily use of the army, if the army is dispatched, it will take a few days to be seriously short of food and have to withdraw the troops."

Zhu Yuanzhang took over and said: "The child carefully considered, discussed with the soldiers, and agreed that this is going to Gao and Tai, although the road is not far away, but there are many rivers and lakes, our army simply does not have enough boats, the army is not only not easy to cross the river, once it is entangled by the Tartars, if you can't get out, the consequences are unimaginable." Moreover, there is an extreme shortage of food in the army, and if you are entangled with the Tartars for a long time, you will lose the morale of the army due to the lack of food, and you can't do anything to go east! ”

"At the end of the summer, our army sent a batch of grain to Haozhou, which was saved by the hard work of the army, and the concubine had persuaded the prime minister to temporarily leave this batch of grain for his own army sergeants, but the minister said that there would be no Dingyuan and Chuzhou without Haozhou, so he handed over this batch of grain. Xianggong said that my father is also very difficult in Haozhou, and I would rather wait for a little harder than make my father embarrassed! He also instructed the concubine not to tell her father. ”

"Ah, it's so hard for you! Why don't you understand that you are a father? Confused! Guo Zixing was taken aback, no matter who said that the Chuzhou army was difficult, it was difficult to convince Guo Zixing, but Ma said so, Guo Zixing believed it, and said that he knew his daughter Mo Ruo's father, this Ma's personality and temperament, Guo Zixing and his wife knew best, since Ma said that the army was extremely difficult at that time, it must be true.

At that time, it was precisely because he received military rations from Chuzhou that Guo Zixing finally made up his mind to send troops together with Zhao Junyong and others to receive the siege of Zhang Shicheng.

Guo Tianxu and Guo Tianjue and other generals looked at each other, it turned out that there were still these stories.

"Hey, I'm so sorry for you!" Guo Zixing sighed. If you don't know the price of firewood and rice, he is also the main general of one party, and he knows that it is not easy to manage the army. Outsiders only know that the military horses are strong and the orders are the same, but they don't know that the affairs in the army are cumbersome everywhere, and everything is very small.

"It's just that if Zhang Shicheng is defeated, will Ji be released?" Guo Zixing is still not at ease, he doesn't want to get out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's den. This Chuzhou is not far from Gaoyou, what if you get rid of the war and become addicted, and you don't return to Beijing to go west?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked around at everyone in the hall, smiled slightly, and stopped speaking.

Guo Zixing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, and said to Mrs. Ru beside him: "The wine and food are full, Mrs. can go down and rest." ”

Mrs. Ru answered softly and got up to leave. Ma quickly got up and said, "Mother, my daughter will go with you!" She also said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang and casually motioned for all the maids to withdraw together.

Watching these women retreat one by one, Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, stepped forward and said: "Back to the father-in-law, the children have been thinking about the Gaotai war for a long time, and the more I think about it, the more I feel the danger, although the Chuzhou army currently has tens of thousands of people, but the weapons and grain are insufficient, and they rashly go east to relieve the siege, not to mention that the Yuan army is strong, it is fortunate not to take the initiative to attack our department, that is, to cross the river along the way, and the march around Ze may drag down our department." ”

"Therefore the children and the congregation will think again and again, and they will all think that it is not appropriate to go east at this time, but to the south."

"To the south?" Guo Zixing was stunned, he never expected that the direction of action of the Chuzhou Army was south.

"Further south, you will reach the Yangtze River, what do you think?" Guo Zixing asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly: "Cross the river!" ”

Guo Zixing, Guo Tianxu, Guo Tianjue and others were stupid!

Since ancient times, the Yangtze River is dangerous, the river is vast, the river is turbulent, the water is turbulent, in the rainy season, it is a vast soup, go forward, go straight to the sea mouth in the east of Jiqing. There were not enough large ships to transport, and it was impossible to cross the river at all. Not to mention that if the Yuan army is prepared on the south bank, it will be even more difficult to pass after strengthening the river defense. At that time, Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops stopped in the north of the river, only because there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Sun and Liu on the south bank, and the last fire was burned down on the north bank camp, Cao Cao fell short, and there was no plan to go south after that.

"Why are you doing such a dangerous strategy?" Guo Zixing spoke for a long time.

"The situation is ear, I have to do it!" At this time, Li Shanchang gently shook a folding fan and leaned over to Guo Zixing. This person thinks that he is full of talent in his belly, and his wisdom is comparable to that of Zhou Gongjin, and he doesn't know where he put this folding fan just now.

Li Shanchang saw that the attention of Haozhou people and others was attracted by him, and he was proud in his heart, but there was no wave on his face. The plan to cross the Jiangnan expedition was decided, and Li Shanchang could be said to have made a great contribution, and at this time he naturally wanted to show his face in front of the people of Haozhou.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had just shown his grandeur, and the number of generals under him gradually increased, but there were still few strategists, Liu Ji, Zhang Yi, Song Lian, Ye Chen, Hu Weiyong, etc. had not yet joined, and Li Shanchang was Zhu Yuanzhang's most trusted support.

"As Shicai said, Chuzhou army armor and grain are in urgent need, and it is not advisable to go east, but if you shrink to one place, it is difficult to survive for a long time without thinking about the long term. At present, the war between Gao and Thailand is in full swing, Zhang Shicheng has shown his declining momentum, if we do not think about the future in time, when the Yuan army eases up, we will definitely move westward. ”

"Jiangbei is too close to the belly of the Yuan Court, how can the side of the couch allow others to snore, it is unwise to want to gain a foothold in Jiangbei, Sesame Li and Liu Futong have raised righteous banners in the north, and their fate is so knowable. Only then did Zhu Gong intend to march south, and it was the best policy to cross the river and cube. It is the end of autumn, the water level of the river has fallen, the water potential has decreased greatly, and it is a good time to cross the river; The power of the Yuan court in Jianghuai is mostly in the land of Gao and Tai, and its sailors are also mostly used there for the transfer of grain and straw of people and horses, and the Yuan army is scarce in the land of quarrying and Taiping. Li Shanchang said the general trend.

"In addition, Xu Shouhui and Fang Guozhen have made trouble in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, although they are now repeatedly requisitioned and suppressed by the Yuan army, and their momentum is very weak, but after all, they still attract a large number of Yuan troops, and now the strength of the Yuan army on the other side is the weakest." The Zhu generals nodded frequently.

"Jiangnan has not suffered from natural disasters and military disasters for several consecutive years, where the households are dense, the grain and grass are abundant, if you can have it, it can become a hegemony," Zhu Yuanzhang continued.

"As the king said, crossing the river is a must-do, but what if there is no boat?" Guo Zixing became interested. He also knew that Jiangbei was not easy to gain a foothold, and now there were Yuan troops everywhere, and it was not easy to break out of the encirclement, otherwise he would not have stayed in Haozhou for two years after the uprising.

Li Shanchang smiled slightly, looked at Zhu Zhenfu, and Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "The good priest learned that not long ago, there were Chaohu sailors who attached Liao Yongan and Yu Tonghai with thousands of naval troops, and the suffering of this boat was just solved!" ”

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