In the eighteenth year of Zheng, the beginning of the winter and November.

In the Pengze River area under the rule of Zhang Shihua of Great Chu, a warship from Jiangsu and Zhejiang suddenly appeared under the rule of Great Chu.

In the face of such a warship of unknown origin, a Chu army commander who was guarding Peng Ze immediately detained the warship.

"Who are you, come to my Dachu, what's the matter?" Looking at the red scarves tied on their heads, most of the soldiers from the east of the Red Turban Army, the commander of the Chu Army immediately guessed the identities of these people.

However, because he didn't know what the purpose of this boat of more than 100 people came here, the commander of the Chu army couldn't help but point to these strangers who were surrounded by his subordinates, and asked sharply.

"I am the Marshal's Mansion under Pingzhang of Jiangnan Province, Shi Wang Guangyang, and I have specially appointed the order of Pingzhang of my family to envoy to your country." A man who looked like a scholar at a glance pushed away the crowd and walked out, clenching his fists and saying so.

"Jiangnan Province Pingzhang, so you are under the command of Zhu Pingzhang in western Zhejiang?" Hearing Wang Guangyang's self-introduction, the Great Chu Master Marshal frowned at first. Then he stretched out his hand to him and said, "In this case, what evidence do you have, show it to the general." ”

"Here are the letters written by my family Pingzhang himself, the customs clearance documents and the seal letters below, all of which can prove the identity of the below." Taking out the evidence from his arms, Wang Guangyang couldn't help but smile and handed these three things to the big Chu master.

"This ......" flipped over and over, looked at the sealed letters, customs clearance documents and bronze official seals in detail, and let go of the Chu army commander who was on guard in his heart, so he couldn't help but exchange these three things for Wang Guangyang, and said to him: "Since it is a friendly army, it can be regarded as a guest of my Great Chu."

In this way, Wang Lingshi, you will rest and rest in my Pengze City first, and I will immediately report this matter to Nanchang. After the news comes from Nanchang, Ben will send someone to escort Ling Shi in person, okay? ”

"Hehe, it's a guest and a host." Wang Guangyang, who shoulders an important responsibility, didn't think about it, and immediately agreed.

So seeing this, the big Chu master couldn't help laughing. Then he immediately called 500 soldiers and personally welcomed Wang Guangyang and his party into Pengze City.

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"Zhu Yuanzhang sent a messenger?" Nanchang, Zhang Shihua, who stayed in Nanchang to spend a New Year here, suddenly heard such news from his subordinates. Because of the importance of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shihua couldn't help touching the beard on his chin for a while, and fell into thought.

"Chongshan, Ah Wei. You say, what is the so-called reason why Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy at this time? ”

"The king, the minister thought that Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy at this time, he must be afraid of Da Chu, and he was afraid that after you took Jiangxi Province, you would lead the army into Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Therefore, he sent an envoy in advance and expressed his surrender. This time, the Great Chu even went down to the three provinces, which couldn't help but make all the generals in the Chu army more confident, and they felt a little empty-eyed.

When Zhang Shihua asked, Zhao Wei, the general who was summoned by Zhang Shihua, didn't think about it, so he couldn't help but say like this.

But hearing Zhao Wei's words, Zhang Shihua, who knew what kind of person Zhu Yuanzhang was, naturally the doubts in his heart would not pass away. Therefore, after Zhao Wei said goodbye, Zhang Shihua just nodded slightly, and then couldn't help but turn his gaze to Li Chongshan on the other side.

"The king, I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang is now busy attacking Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and fighting for the territory of Jiangsu and Zhejiang with Zhang Shicheng in eastern Zhejiang. In the past, our territory did not border with it, and later our department was busy fighting in Jiangxi Province and could not afford anything else.

Therefore, before, our department, which was also an anti-Yuan rebel army, did not pose any threat to it. But now, Jiangxi Province has been pacified, and if our troops go east along the river by boat, then it only takes two days to move our troops into Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart must be frightened. Then it is also reasonable to send an envoy to come and ask for peace in order to appease our army. ”

After Li Chongshan finished speaking, although he added his own analysis, the meaning was obviously exactly the same as Zhao Wei.

Therefore, hearing the words of the two of them, Zhang Shihua calmed down and was careful, but he couldn't help but find that he was indeed making a big fuss.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang is clever and resourceful. But now, he is just a small warlord trapped in the land of western Zhejiang.

According to the secret guard under Zhang Shihua's account, Zhu Yuanzhang at this time, all the soldiers and horses under his account added up to only 100,000 people. If you want to detain the less elite of them, he Zhu Yuanzhang's elite troops in western Zhejiang are only about 60,000.

And look at him Zhang Shihua, with Guo Yu's recruitment and integration in Sichuan Province and the recent integration in Jiangxi Province, the total number of troops under his command has already exceeded 300,000.

You must know that more than 200,000 of these 300,000 soldiers and horses are all elites who have dared to fight on the battlefield.

At this time, whether it is in terms of troops, territory, money and food, Zhang Shihua can be said to have an absolute advantage compared with Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the original history, the 600,000 soldiers and horses organized by Chen Youliang and the people made Zhu Yuanzhang sigh with joy. But if it is replaced by Zhang Shihua, then Zhang Shihua, who is one more province than Chen Youliang when he was the strongest, will not be difficult to recruit an army of millions.

So in this way, Zhang Shihua himself didn't realize that his current power had already developed to the point where the surrounding rebels were terrified.

Therefore, after figuring out these things, Zhang Shihua, whose mentality became calm and peaceful again, couldn't help but sit down on his own actions. Then he nodded to Zhao Wei and Li Chongshan, who were His Royal Highnesses, and couldn't help but say: "If that's the case, then let Wang Guangyang meet him immediately." ”

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November, the seventh day of the first month.

In the yamen of Nanchang City, which was temporarily used as a palace by Zhang Shihua, Wang Guangyang, as an envoy, couldn't help but be brought here from the post house early in the morning.

Then, with a little bump in his heart, he couldn't help but wait silently in a side hall, thinking about what kind of words he should say when he saw the famous King of Chu.

"Xuan, Wang Guangyang, the envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is here!"

"Xuan, Wang Guangyang, the envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is here!" Suddenly, a slightly shrill voice suddenly came into Wang Guangyang's ears.

Hearing this sudden voice, Wang Guangyang, who had been waiting silently in the side hall, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Wang Lingshi, the king announced that you are here."

"Good, good. I know, I know. Being reminded by an official outside the side hall, Wang Guangyang suddenly came back to his senses. Then, seeing that he had straightened his clothes, he couldn't help but follow the Great Chu official, walked out of the side hall and bypassed the corridor, and came to the main hall that was used to meet the ministers.

"The envoy of the Duke of Wu, the Marshal of Jiangnan's Mansion ordered Shi Wang Guangyang, to meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" When he came to the palace, he subconsciously glanced at the king who was sitting on the main seat and was wearing the crown of the nine chapters, and under the gaze of the ministers of the Great Chu in the palace, Wang Guangyang, as the messenger, couldn't help but kneel on the ground respectfully.

However, what he didn't expect was that when His Royal Highness the King of Chu heard his self-proclaim, he couldn't help but say in a playful tone: "Wu Guogong? When did I have Wu Guogong in the Great Song Dynasty, didn't you claim to be the envoy of Zhu Yuanzhang in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Pingzhang.

Why, were you deceiving this king before? ”

"......" suddenly heard Zhang Shihua's words, and Wang Guangyang, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but change his face in an instant.

He was a little nervous, but he forgot that the so-called Wu Guogong in his own Pingzhang was completely shouted out by Chang Yuchun, Xu Da and other generals two years ago, and the Longfeng Court never admitted it.

In this way, even though Wang Guangyang, who was born as a jinshi, is quite resourceful, he will not know how to justify his previous panic.

But fortunately, just when Wang Guangyang was kneeling on the ground, the sweat on his anxious forehead was coming out, Li Chongshan, the right man of Jiangxi Province who was standing first on the left hand in front of the hall, stood up at this time and gave him a step down.

"As a subordinate of a courtier, there is no one who does not want his monarch to create a meritorious service. Wang Lingshi, as a subordinate of Zhu Pingzhang in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, also hoped that Zhu Pingzhang would create a meritorious career and be canonized and rewarded by the imperial court.

The king, you are extraordinary, Wang Lingshi came thousands of miles, and when he saw the majesty of the king for the first time, he couldn't help but feel bumpy. Therefore, it is understandable to accidentally express the expectations buried deep in the bottom of my heart. ”

"Oh, hahahaha. Wang Lingshi, is that so? ”

"What Prime Minister Li Cheng said is very true, when I first saw the majesty of the king, my heart was bumpy, I panicked, and I asked the king to atone for his sins." finally got a step, and Wang Guangyang naturally got off the donkey down the slope.

Hearing his words, Zhang Shihua, who was sitting in the north and facing south, laughed aloud again, and couldn't help waving his hand to let him stand up from the ground.

"Although Zhu Pingzhang and I have never met, we are also ministers in the same hall after all. Zhu Pingzhang recovered Kang Maocai, the marshal of the Yuan court, and defeated the thief Zhang Shicheng, who was famous. Therefore, for Zhu Pingzhang, this king has also been a god for a long time.

So I don't know, Wang Lingshi, why did you come this time? ”

"Since the king has asked, the ministers dare not hide it from the king. For the king, my family Pingzhang has really been friends for a long time. Not long ago, in front of our courtiers, Pingzhang praised the king as a rare true hero in the world.

Not long ago, the king sent your generals to attack Jiangxi Province and fight with the pseudo-Yuan prime minister. At that time, my family Pingzhang was also always ready, waiting for the king's call, so as to help you, the king. Now, the king swept away the fallen leaves with the autumn wind and swept across Jiangxi Province.

For this, my family Pingzhang is really happy for the king from the bottom of my heart. Pingzhang has always admired you, the king, so after knowing the news that the king had moved to Jiangxi Province, he immediately asked his subordinates to bring a letter written by himself and presented it to the king.

My family is a sincere desire to be friendly with the king. This is my family's letter, please read it, king. As he spoke, Wang Guangyang, who was bent down deeply, couldn't help but hold the letter high with respectful hands. Then let Liao Chengen take the letter from his hand.

Zhu Yuanzhang's handwritten letter was respectfully sent to Zhang Shihua by Liao Chengen.

And Zhang Shihua looked at the letter sealed by beeswax, and the relaxed smile on his face couldn't help but subconsciously put it away.

Then he took the letter from Liao Chengen's hand and opened it, so he couldn't help lowering his head slightly, and looked at the letter carefully word by word.

“……”

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Shihua slowly put down the letter in his hand.

Then looking at Wang Guangyang standing under His Royal Highness, Zhang Shihua touched the beard on his chin, took a deep breath, and couldn't help but say: "At the beginning, this king raised the banner of rebellion in his hometown, calling on the villagers in his hometown who were brutalized by Yuan Meng to revolt.

The so-called is not just for their own family, but in response to Prime Minister Liu Cheng to achieve the goal of "expelling the Tartars and rejuvenating China". Since ancient times, emperors have ruled the world, all of which are in China to control Yidi, and Yidi to serve China, and have not heard of Yidi living in China and controlling the world.

Moreover, after Yuan Meng entered the Central Plains, he did a lot of perverse acts. They do not follow the ancestral teachings, abolish the bad program, just like the great virtue abolish the elder and the young, Taiding kills the king with the ministers, and the Tianli takes the younger brother and the younger brother, as for the younger brother to accept the brother's wife, the son and the father and the concubine, the upper and lower are accustomed to each other, Tian is not strange, and it is very chaotic in the relationship between the father and the son, the monarch and the minister.

The Yuan court lost the way of the monarch and the ministers, did not know how to make up for it, and imposed the prime minister's dictatorship, the constitution and Taiwan reported grievances, and there was a division of poison and abuse. So much so that in the world, the official law is indiscriminate, the criminal law is heavy, people eat people, and money buys money. The people's grievances in the world are boiling like fire, so this king raised troops in order to be the order of Ge Yuanmeng and regain the country of our Han people.

Zhu Pingzhang of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, judging by his words and deeds, is really a rare hero of my Han people. To be honest, this king has always admired him. But since this king has promised the kingdom with his body, he cannot abandon the world because he loves one person. I already know what Zhu Pingzhang means.

But if Zhu Pingzhang makes a move that is contrary to "expelling the Tartars and rejuvenating China", this king will definitely not leave half of his face! ”

Speaking of which, it is self-evident what Zhang Shihua means.

Therefore, looking at Zhang Shihua, who had already revealed an awe-inspiring murderous aura, Wang Guangyang stood silently in His Royal Highness for a long time, and then couldn't help but clasp his fists and say: "The king's intentions, the subordinates already know. What the king said to his subordinates today, the ministers will definitely inform my family of the plain chapter in its original form. ”

Saying this, Wang Guangyang hugged his fist at Zhang Shihua again, and then couldn't help but withdraw from the hall and turn away under the gaze of all the civil and military forces in the hall.

And looking at his departing back, Zhang Shihua, who raised his eyes slightly and looked into the distance, couldn't help but subconsciously clench his fists.

The world of great contention, this is the world of great contention. Even if you embark on this path, there is no way back.

In this time and space, he took Chen Youliang's place.

But I don't know if his evaluation in the future will be unruly, greedy and treacherous, or if he is martial and wise, and the destiny of heaven has been added.

(To be continued.......................................... ）

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