Zhejiang is one of the richest places in the world, and Zhu Yuanzhang is a hero who has only been born in a hundred years in the Central Plains.

Therefore, for western Zhejiang, Zhang Shihua started to fight for twelve points at the beginning.

Although he seems to be a strong horse, his strength on the bright side is far beyond that of Zhu Yuanzhang. But if he wants to "decide the winner in one battle" because of this, then Chen Youliang's fate in history will not be far from him.

Therefore, at the beginning of the year, after moving his administrative team from Jiangling to Nanchang, the seat of Jiangxi Province, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but set a strategy for Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

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"Look, my lord. At this time, west of Taihu Lake and north of Chuzhou, dozens of roads, prefectures, and mansions have all been reduced to the land under the rule of Zhu Yuanzhang in western Zhejiang. Therefore, if you only look at the current situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Zhu Yuanzhang undoubtedly replaced Zhang Shicheng in eastern Zhejiang and became the most powerful prince in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Even, if this Zhu Pingzhang can maintain this momentum, then it will only take three years at most, and the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces will be owned by him. Therefore, in the eyes of his subordinates, for Jiangsu and Zhejiang, our army should take it quickly and cannot delay too much. ”

On the side hall of Nanchang Palace, Zhao Ziyu, who was the right man of Great Chu, pointed to the large map of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces on the table, and couldn't help but say this with a solemn face to Zhang Shihua and the ministers in the palace.

As for this, Guo Yu, who was one of the two chapters under Zhang Shihua's account, did not speak for a while when he saw that his king was silently thinking for a while. After a pause, he couldn't help but say: "The king, the minister also thinks that what the prime minister said is very reasonable.

Now, our army has conquered Anqing Road, and Zhu Yuanzhang in western Zhejiang can be said to be across the river. But in this way, unless the world is spread and war is declared on western Zhejiang. Then in the east of the river, there will be no place for our army.

However, Raozhou Road in the east of Poyang and Xinzhou Road in the east of Fuzhou Road are different. These two roads are still under the rule of Yuan Meng. As long as our army uses the excuse that the two Yuan armies have invaded our territory, they can attack the two states openly. And as long as our army can take these two roads, our army will be able to directly attack the henchman of Zhu Yuanzhang Huizhou Road in western Zhejiang on land.

On the other day, if the king spreads the word to the world and enters Jiangsu and Zhejiang, our army can also raise the waterway and take Jinling directly. ”

"Yes, very good." At this point, Zhang Shihua finally expressed his opinion, "Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are the richest places in the world. Zhu Yuanzhang has 100,000 soldiers and horses under his account, and occupies more than half of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

But although he can't be underestimated, when it comes to soldiers and horses, money and food, and territory, my Dachu is far superior to him in everything. Therefore, as long as our army gives full play to its superiority in strength, fights on two fronts, and presses step by step, so that it cannot gather soldiers and horses, then the last one with a smile will definitely be my Dachu! ”

"Ah Yu!"

"Your Majesty is here!"

"Zhao Pusheng, the loyal and righteous army, has been stationed in Poyang for a long time, and is familiar with the terrain and water warfare. Tomorrow, you will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses of the two armies of Zhongyi and Feihu to fight, with Zhao Pusheng and Wang Shijiu as deputy generals, take the Poyang waterway and attack Raozhou. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty obeys!"

"Shihui!"

"Brother is here!"

"The loyal army Zhang Dingbian is unparalleled in bravery, and the Wude army is my old battalion in Dachu. Tomorrow, you will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses of the two armies of Zhongyong and Wude, with Shi Kaida and Zhang Dingbian as deputy generals, and go south to take the Fuzhou Road and attack Xinzhou. ”

"Yes, my brother obeys!"

When the two generals heard this, they both responded to the order. Then the two of them couldn't help but hug their fists at Zhang Shihua, and they all withdrew from the side hall.

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At the beginning of March of the 19th year of Zheng, not long after Zhu Yuanzhang personally conquered Wuzhou Road, he looked at the map hanging on the wall in his room, sharpening his knife and preparing to lead the army to attack Shaoxing Road, so as to completely cut off Zhang Shicheng's southward passage on land in eastern Zhejiang, so as to achieve the strategic goal of besieging Zhang Shicheng and eastern Zhejiang.

His fellow countryman was also his most trusted personal commander Feng Guoyong, but at this time, he couldn't help but hold an unopened secret report and hurriedly walked into the room.

"Grandpa Guo, there's an urgent report from Huizhou. It is said that it is the side of Da Chu that there is a new trend. ”

"Yes!" Suddenly, hearing Feng Guoyong's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly, "Take it and let me see." As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and took the letter handed over by Feng Guoyong,

"The Chu army enters Rao and letters." After reading the contents of the letter at a glance and ten lines, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but stand with his hands down, looking at the still detailed map of Jiangsu and Zhejiang hanging on the wall, and couldn't help but ponder again.

Just as Dachu Zhang Shihua subconsciously regarded Zhu Yuanzhang as his biggest opponent in his life, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally very jealous of the neighbor who had swept most of the southern country with the momentum of the wind and clouds.

Therefore, I heard that Zhang Shihua moved from Xiangjing Jiangling to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province a year ago. Zhu Yuanzhang, who got the news, immediately sent his own order, Shi Guangyang, and asked him to rush to Nanchang with his own handwritten letters.

The purpose is to alleviate the hostility of Da Chu's side towards him, hoping that he can use this kind of grievance to gain enough strategic time for himself to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect it, compared to his sincerity, Zhang Shihua, who was nominally a minister in the same palace as him, did not make any credible promises at all.

Therefore, when Wang Guangyang returned from Nanchang, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that which ambitious Chu king in the west must be taking Jiangsu and Zhejiang for his next goal.

After understanding this, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already in a good situation, still couldn't help but have a sense of urgency that he would not wait for me.

Therefore, after the news of Hu Dahai's defeat on the Wuzhou Road reached Jinling that year, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had not personally led the troops to fight for a long time, couldn't help but immediately gather 20,000 soldiers and horses from Jinling and personally led the troops south a year ago.

With him in charge, Wu Jun naturally swept away the Wuzhou Road that Hu Dahai could not attack for a long time.

The Wuzhou Road was conquered, and the Wu army went north to Shaoxing and east to Taizhou, and the road to Chuzhou in the south was immediately cleared.

It can be said that at this time, as long as Wu Jun uses another force to take Shaoxing Road, Qiantang Haikou, and Hangzhou, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Governance Office, it will naturally become his bag.

If it really comes to that time, Zhang Shicheng will be just a dry bone in his eyes.

Then he was integrating the human, material, and financial resources of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, even if Zhang Shihua occupied the land of the three provinces, what was he afraid of.

After all, the development speed of Da Chu is too fast, and many of the palm seal officials in the state capital under his rule are demoted by the Yuan court in six or seven out of ten. Among these people, I don't know how many people who are interested in Yuanmeng, the reason why they succumbed to the orders of Zhang Shihua, the king of Chu, was just because the Chu army's reputation of winning a hundred battles frightened them.

Zhu Yuanzhang is confident that as long as he can defeat the Chu army once, then all parts of Jiangxi Province will definitely be indispensable for the recovery of the anti-Chu.

But now the actions of the Chu army have undoubtedly made the strategic plan he had formulated come to naught.

In terms of strength alone, the current Chu army is indeed much stronger than him. If the Chu army and Zhang Shicheng in eastern Zhejiang attacked him together, then Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.

"The Chu army is about to conquer Raozhou Road, and I can't continue to stay here. For national use, the order of our army was passed down, and the army immediately packed its bags and returned to Jinling three days later. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will do it." Feng Guo hurriedly agreed, and prepared to go down.

"Wait." Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to think of something again, "Send a capable messenger and ask him to go to Taizhou to inform Fang Guozhen that as long as Fang Guozhen abides by his duty, his national government is willing to live in peace with him and not invade each other." ”

"Yes!" Feng Guo nodded again when he heard this. Then he had no other instructions from his father-in-law, and Fang slowly retreated.

"Zhang Shihua, Zhang Shihua ......" When Feng Guoyong retreated, in the room, Zhu Yuanzhang stood with his hands in his hands, still looking at the map hanging on the wall, but his expression couldn't help but become as sharp as a sword.

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In the nineteenth year of the year, April.

In the north, with the successive failures of the three-way Northern Expeditionary Army, the righteous army that had been in the Central Plains as the sun was in the middle of the day, and under the crazy counterattack of the Yuan and Mongolian courts that gathered all their forces, they couldn't help but become more and more decayed.

And such a decline naturally made the once united rebel army fall apart again under the division and blow of the Yuan and Mongolian courts.

At the end of March, Zhao Junyong, who claimed to be the king and hegemonic in Huai'an Mansion, was driven out of Huai'an Mansion in one fell swoop by the squires who had formed a village to protect themselves by the squires of the two Huai lands because of the wanton exploitation of the common people and squires under the rule of the two Huai people.

And Zhao Junyong, who had no land and a source of money and food, had no choice but to go north and go to his former subordinate, the mountain that shocked the world because of the Northern Expedition Yuan Court.

But there is a way that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

Although after losing the territory, Zhao Junyong has completely become a lost dog. But as the leader of the Xuzhou Uprising, he couldn't change the fact that Zhao Junyong was Mao Gui's benefactor.

Therefore, after going north to seek refuge in Mao Gui, Zhao Junyong couldn't help but kill the defenseless Mao Gui outside Yidu in mid-April.

In this way, such a hero, who had made most of the Yuan court frightened, couldn't help but die in humiliation at the hands of a villain.

It was because when such news spread in the state capitals in the east of Shandong, the generals who were loyal to Mao Gui couldn't help but start a fight with Zhao Jun with this immoral villain.

And this, naturally, also made the already declining Northern Rebels even worse.

Seeing this, the squires who formed a village to protect themselves and supported the army saw this, of course, there is no doubt that they have become obedient citizens of the Yuan court again. Began to help the Yuan court against the Central Plains rebels. Therefore, all of a sudden, all parts of the Central Plains were also full of banners against the Song Dynasty and the restoration of the Yuan.

In May, such news reached the ears of Zhang Shihua in Nanchang with the spies of the Great Chu Secret Guard.

And Zhang Shihua, who knows the general trend of the world, saw such news, and he strengthened his determination to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang as soon as possible.

Therefore, on the seventh day of the fifth month, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but summon all the soldiers and horses of the three armies under his rule except for the soldiers and horses of the three armies guarding Sichuan Province, the soldiers and horses of the two armies guarding the west of Guangzhou, and the soldiers and horses of the two armies guarding Xiangjing to Jiangxi Province.

And in this way, Bai Xi of Wu'an Army, Shi Kaida of Wude Army, Deng Hu of Wuding Army, Li Erniu of Wuning Army, Zhang Yang of Wuyong Army, Zhang Mingtong of Longxiang Army, Wang Nineteen of Flying Tiger Army, Li Wu of the Iron Armor Army, Shen Ke of Zhongguo Army, Wansheng of Andong Army, Dai Shou of Anding Army, Zhao Pusheng of Loyal and Righteous Army, Zhang Dingbian of Loyal and Brave Army, Zhana of Naturalization Army, and Wang Pu of Loyal Army.

The entire fifteen roads of soldiers and horses, a full 220,000 troops, could not help but hoard in Jiangxi Province, Anqing Road, Raozhou Road, Xinzhou Road and other places.

And even if the 90,000 soldiers and horses of the six armies in Anqing Road, Raozhou Road, and Xinzhou Road are excluded, and Nanchang City on Longxing Road alone cannot help but garrison more than 100,000 elites.

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On May 30, in the early morning of this day, the gates of Nanchang City couldn't help but have a strange scene.

Some of the Great Chu military marshals who were supposed to be stationed in the military camp outside the city, but at this time, they hurriedly rushed to the location of the palace where the king of Chu was located in the city with more than ten personal guards under their command.

"It's strange, why did the king suddenly summon us today?"

After the commanders who arrived one after another turned over and dismounted at the first gate of the palace, untied the blades they were wearing, and walked to the main hall of the palace, they couldn't help but find that not only the commanders in charge of the army had arrived today, but also the civil officials who came to the city one after another.

Therefore, seeing this scene, the military commanders who didn't understand the situation couldn't help but show a puzzled expression on their faces.

But before they could talk to their acquaintances in the temple, a slightly sharp shout came from the apse into their ears.

"The king has arrived!"

"Boom~~~~~" With that shout, a majestic sound of ritual music couldn't help but sound.

Hearing such a voice, the civil and military personnel in the hall immediately couldn't help but hurriedly stand in the response position according to their official positions and qualifications.

Then, surrounded by a group of people, Zhang Shihua, who was wearing the crown of the nine chapters, couldn't help but appear in front of them.

"Wait for the king!"

Seeing this, all the civil and military officers in the palace immediately began to bow down to their king under the leadership of Zhao Ziyu, the right man.

"Alright, let's get even."

When Zhang Shihua was on his throne, he condescendingly looked at him kneeling together with the ministers in the palace, and he couldn't help waving his hand, so that all the civil and military people stood up from the ground one after another.

And until now, the civil and military officers who were still a little confused stood up from the ground one after another, and they were still waiting for someone to stand up and ask their king what was going on today, but they couldn't help but see their king sitting on the throne, nodding slightly to the eunuch Liao Chengen who was standing under the steps beside him.

"Mission!"

"Missionary Audience !!"