From the moment he stepped out of the city gate, Zhu Yuanzhang truly showed the momentum of a dictator that he only had as the supreme commander in the group.

At the same time, he also issued the first executive order after he set up his own door: pull Zhuang Ding, strengthen the team.

The history books say that his first destination was Dingyuan.

Here I have some doubts.

Because when Zhu Yuanzhang arrived in Dingyuan, he already had 700 men in his hands, which was very different from the number of people when he defected to Guo Zixing and set up his own door.

One of the most logical possibilities is that after leading twenty-four people out of the city, his first stop was his old nest: the birthplace of Fengyang County, Anhui Province.

There were his real roots, there were his relatives, his friends, and his former playmates, and there he knew the most people, and it was the easiest to pull people up.

When he was on an errand under Guo Zixing, his daily work task was to pull strong men and buy people.

For Zhu Yuanzhang now, this kind of thing is naturally familiar with the road.

Soon his men were organized.

Here we should also make a slight change to Zhu Yuanzhang's psychological evaluation.

When he was a monk in Huangjue Temple, he had a goal, that is, to eat enough to find a job, and later when he came to Guo Zixing's door as a soldier, his goal was not big, at most he wanted to be an errand for Guo Zixing, and he counted it as a day by day, and he was a petty official if he did a good job.

then married a wife and gave birth to a baby, and followed the marshal to be a cow and horse.

But now it's different, now he has set up his own door, which is equivalent to turning over and becoming a landlord, there are twenty-four people under his command who are desperate to follow him, and there are 700 votes to listen to his own call, at this time Zhu Yuanzhang should have a certain ambition, at least the ambition to be the king.

If the emperor can't do it, then be a mountain king and pull a few ladies to play first.

After organizing 700 people, Zhu Yuanzhang's ambitions swelled further.

He had his eye on a place, which seemed to be in the middle of being kidnapped, and he had already seen it.

This place is not very far from his hometown of Haozhou.

This place is called: Dingyuan.

According to reliable information, there is a place called Zhangjiabao in this place 20 miles west of Dingyuan City, where a team of 3,000 people is hidden.

They have a very resounding name: Donkey Brand Village.

Zhu Yuanzhang seems to have long planned to co-opt these 3,000 people, and in his eyes, these 3,000 people nesting in this place where birds don't is simply a waste, and they are wasting food in vain.

Instead of wasting food and wasting the air, it is better to use the waste.

Anyway, I am short of soldiers and food now.

Use it first, and when you run out, you won't return it, and you won't dare to argue with me anyway.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought so, and of course did so.

However, the difference is that he did not order the whole army to attack, because for the 700 people under his command, 3,000 men and horses are too much, and his group is not even a rabble now, and they don't need to shout and run when they really fight, they will disperse in a hurry.

Now their task is to train, and the recruits have to look like the recruits.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang took Fei Ju and nine other soldiers to come to Donkey Pai Village, in this situation where the enemy is absolutely outnumbered, it is not a wise choice to work hard with others.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang borrowed the reputation of his father-in-law's pole and put pressure on the owner of the donkey brand village in the name of Guo Zixing.

The fundamental purpose is one word: co-optation.

The owner of this donkey brand village should have some invisible handle in Guo Zixing's hands, he is very afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, or he is very afraid of Guo Zixing.

So after Zhu Yuanzhang made a request, he agreed with all his mouth.

first expressed his position, only Zhu Gongzi was the first to look forward, and there was no second heart.

Anyway, there is only one meaning, that is: Wang Ba eats the scales and follows with an iron heart.

And show that you are here to co-opt, you only need to set a date, and I will save and lead my brothers to submit to you.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that a big event had been accomplished.

replied loudly, saying that Zhu would come to incorporate it in three days.

After being full of wine and food, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally very happy, he didn't expect this matter to be solved so smoothly, so he got up and said goodbye.

The owner of the village also got up to see him off, and on the occasion of farewell, in order to ensure that things were foolproof, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Fei Ju to stay and assist the owner of the village in his return work.

The owner of the village did not refuse.

Seeing that the owner of the village was so happy, our starling also thought that the other party was sincerely attached, so he got up and returned.

But three days later, Zhu Yuanzhang did not wait for the 3,000 people and horses of Donkey Pai Village, but waited for Fei Ju to return.

It brought bad news together, and the agreement made three days ago was denied by the owner of the village.

The owner of the village, his old man, did not recognize the agreement with Zhu Yuanzhang at all, and as for the incorporation, he regarded it as a joke made by the starling brother and him.

At this point, our starling Zhu Yuanzhang has been completely tricked by others.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang must be scolding his mother in his heart, and by the way, he did not forget to greet the eighteenth generation ancestor of the owner of the village.

But in addition to scolding his mother, Zhu Yuanzhang also had to think of other corresponding countermeasures, after all, these 3,000 people are going to be decided by themselves, since the soft ones don't work, then they will be hard.

Damn, I don't believe I can't train you to be a monkey.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a second administrative order to Fei Ju.

The content is very simple, the task is very light, and there are only seven words in total.

Invite the owner of the village to drink in the hall.

It stands to reason that after such a round of tossing, the beams of the two have been settled, and in this case, Zhu Yuanzhang's invitation to the owner of the village should not go to the appointment.

But many things are not entirely imaginary.

Not long after Zhu Yuanzhang issued an invitation to the banquet, the owner of the village went to the appointment happily.

It can also be seen that in the eyes of some people, wine is more important than life.

Life is precious, but love is more valuable;

If it is liquor, both can be thrown.

When the owner of the village happily entered the big tent and opened his snow-white belly to prepare for the wine and food, what was waiting for him was not the smiling face of Zhu Gongzi who was full of welcome, but a knife that had already been cut and was waiting to be slaughtered.

Sharpen the knife Huo Huo to the pig and sheep, and call you a turtle grandson to lie to me.

Since you are here, then don't go back, the ancestor of the king of Hades is waiting to see you to ask for credit.

Go, dear, there is also a jar of mellow and delicious wine with you on the road.

As for your three thousand brothers?

I'm sorry, I, Zhu, accepted it for you.

You don't need it anymore anyway.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang's men and horses suddenly expanded to more than 4,000 people.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has 4,000 men and horses in his hands, he doesn't dare to say that he is rich, at least he is strong.

After absorbing the 3,000 people and horses of Donkey Brand Village, Zhu Yuanzhang shifted his attention to another place, where there were too many people and horses, and if this rich fat sheep was not slaughtered by himself, others would definitely do it.

Because according to reliable information, there are 70,000 militia men and women hidden in the Hengjian Mountain.

It is impossible for these 70,000 people to be absorbed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because Miao Tycoon has two identities, in addition to the current King of the Mountain, he also works part-time for the Yuan Dynasty.

Since it can't be co-opted by politics, there's only one way!

Let's fight!

Kill these bastards who have tits and are mothers!

Next Goal...... Hengjian Mountain.

King of the Mountain: Zhang Zhiyuan.

Partner: Miu Tycoon.

Their total number of men: 70,000.

When Zhu Yuanzhang followed Guo Zixing, it was Haozhou besieged by Miao Tycoon's 20,000 horses and the Yuan army, if it weren't for the incompetence of the Yuan army, the current Miao tycoon would be sitting in Peng's early place.

Well, no one is to blame, only the incompetence of the Yuan army can be blamed.

Not only did he not help himself, but he also fell into the water with him.

This bunch of useless waste snacks.

I will definitely stop helping them make trouble in the future.

After the Yuan army could not capture Haozhou for a long time and retreated, Miao Daheng parted ways with the Yuan army, led his 20,000 horses to move to Hengjian Mountain, and followed Zhang Zhiyuan to become the king of the mountain.

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang's achievements today are due to the gift of Miao Tycoon.

Now at this time, the old accounts and the new accounts can be calculated together.

Under the influence of this kind of thinking, Zhu Yuanzhang, who has always adhered to the philosophy of life of striking first to be strong and then suffering, has prepared everything.

Now such a good opportunity can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, our starling brother after seven days of training the team, Zhu Yuanzhang, who has long been lonely, feels that the time is ripe, and on a dark and windy night, his old man decided to do it.

This is the first time that Zhu Yuanzhang has fought since he set up his own door, and it is of great significance.

Thousands of men and horses for a week of training, just waiting for this battle to fight for the lottery, if this battle is not brilliant, it will inevitably bring many adverse effects on future development.

Therefore, this battle can only be won and not lost.

After planning all the actions, Zhu Yuanzhang gathered people and prepared to start.

When the moon was dark and the wind was high, Zhu Yuanzhang personally led the team, and after preparing all the preparations, he led the crowd to raid Hengjian Mountain.

According to common sense, the people of the two sides are worlds apart.

Zhu Yuanzhang's men and horses are full, and he is in his early 4,000s.

And Zhang Zhiyuan and Miao Daheng had a total of 70,000 people.

The ratio of 17:1, in terms of numbers, Zhu Jiajun was at an absolute disadvantage, but Zhu Yuanzhang started in the middle of the night to seize the opportunity, and Zhu Yuanzhang's team After a week of training, the combat effectiveness of Zhu Yuanzhang also improved accordingly.

On the Miao tycoon's side, although there are 70,000 people, a large part of them are children and women (it is estimated that they were taken to be the wife of the village).

For this kind of earth leopard, which is not even a ragtag army, the Zhu family army quickly gained the initiative in the war, and the war between the two sides lasted only one night, and Zhu Yuanzhang's army broke through Miao Tycoon's camp.

The tycoon and his son did not flee, and when it was dawn the next day, he quickly gathered the stragglers like an unbeatable little strongman and lined up in formation.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was in urgent need of manpower, and he originally wanted to collect these 70,000 people, but he was definitely not an enemy.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to kill Miao Tycoon and Zhang Zhiyuan at the root, so when Miao Tycoon raised troops to prepare for a counterattack, Zhu Yuanzhang invited Miao Tycoon's uncle Miao Zhen to persuade him to surrender.

In this environment of leniency in confession and strictness in resistance.

Zhang Mu and the others are also quite knowledgeable, knowing that they are at an absolute disadvantage, and there is only one way to die in the end, so he accepted Zhu Yuanzhang's persuasion very interestingly.

Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Miao Daheng to lead his troops to join the campaign.

Since then, Miao Daheng has made many meritorious contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang, and was later promoted to marshal.

After persuading Miao to surrender, Zhu Yuanzhang began to streamline his troops, eliminating all the old, weak, sick and disabled troops of the original 70,000 horses in the hands of the two of them, leaving 20,000 elite soldiers for his own use. (Seventy thousand male slaves of his militia were reduced, and 20,000 were trained in).

So far, the number of people in the Zhu family army has jumped from 4,000 to 25,000.