Chapter 195: Alliance

"What is the difference between the governor's move and the Yuan Highway during the Three Kingdoms?" Almost at the same time, in the yamen of the prefect of Gaoyou City, Lu Lu asked angrily.

Six thousand soldiers and horses were armed and baggage, and there was enough food for these soldiers and horses to eat for three months, and ships were sent to send them across the Yangtze River. And Zhang Shicheng, the leader of these people, only helped the Huai'an army to open the gate of Gaoyou City, and the credit was far less than the reward given to him. And judging from this person's past behavior, he is certainly not an easy person to control. If you are not careful, you will completely get out of the control of Zhu Eighty-one and become a big problem for the entire Huai'an army.

There is no need to cite obscure allusions, a well-known example can illustrate everything. That is Yuan Shu and Sun Ce during the Three Kingdoms. According to the current folk script, when Sun Ce was poor, he went to Yuan Shu twice. Yuan Shunian was in his friendship with his father Sun Jian, and twice contributed money and troops to support his comeback. and recommended Sun Ce to the imperial court as the captain of Zhichong, provided him with grain, grass and military salaries, and asked him to pacify Jiangdong for himself. As a result, after Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, he immediately refused to follow Yuan Shu's orders. And when Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, he decisively cut off friendship. not only rebelled himself, but also pulled Lu Su, Zhou Yu, etc., and included more than half of the states and counties ruled by Yuan Shu into his pocket. Yuan Shu's power suddenly decreased, and he was soon discredited under the blows of Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao. When he died, it is said that he could not even drink honey.

It can be said that more than seventy percent of the reason why Yuan Shu was defeated at the end of the Han Dynasty was because he mistakenly believed in Sun Ce, who single-handedly raised this Jiangdong tiger. And how similar is the current relationship between Zhu Bayi and Zhang Shicheng to that between Yuan Shu and Sun Ce? The contrast between strength and weakness is a hundredfold, and it is all about the almost unconditional support and trust given by one party to the other. In case Zhang Shicheng turned his face and didn't recognize anyone after gaining a firm foothold in Jiangnan, it would be too late for Zhu Highway to regret it. After all, his attack on Meng Yuan's territory can be said to be a crime of hanging the people. And attacking the territory of the same red scarf army robe Ze will inevitably be charged with a roommate.

"This, this, it's not like that!" I don't know Zhu Eighty-one's other allusions, but I have read through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms several times, and I was sprayed with sweat on my forehead by Lu Luzeng, and I explained it with a red face. "Didn't we already predict it before this dispatch. At most, the soldiers and horses were pushed to the north bank of the Yangtze River. Those places on the south coast, we can't take care of them for a year and a half. Let Zhang Shicheng go over to make trouble for the imperial court, won't it also save the officials and troops in the south from staring at us all day long? ”

"When did my Huai'an army ever fear fighting with people!" The old jinshi straightened his chest, and his snow-white beard fluttered up and down, "Just with his Zhang Jiusi's six thousand rabble, can he shelter my Huai'an army from the wind and rain?" Thinking about beauty, a real strong soldier, how can he stop it? If even he can block the opponent, how can he be able to win the Huai'an army? ”

That's the disadvantage of non-crossing natives. Among the people present, except for Zhu Bayi, I am afraid that no one would believe that Zhang Shicheng, a seemingly insignificant small character at the moment, is one of the most critical figures in guiding the fall of the entire Mengyuan Empire. At the most ruthless time, his family once single-handedly dragged down the million-strong army of the Mengyuan Imperial Court! Not to mention that although Zhang Shicheng lost to Zhu Yuanzhang in the battle for the world, he was secretly commemorated by the people under his rule for hundreds of years because of his extensive moral administration. (Note 1)

It's a pity that Zhu Eighty-one can't say this reason at all, and no one will believe it if he says it. After all, the current Zhang Shicheng's outstanding features are only focused on his cunning and decisiveness, and other aspects are not worth mentioning at all.

"Old man, please stop your anger!" couldn't bear to see Zhu Eighty-one being sprayed by himself, Fu Youde stepped forward, first gave Lu Luzeng a salute as a junior, and then took the initiative to take the responsibility on himself, "It was the last general who made his own decision and agreed to Zhang Shicheng's conditions first." The chief manager just didn't want my Red Turban Army to be untrustworthy, so he fulfilled his promise for the general! ”

"You, you little governor, why did you agree indiscriminately?" Lu Luzeng didn't give Fu Youde face at all, turned his head, and roared at him in a low voice, "If you want to fight Gaoyou City, you don't need his Zhang Jiusi to help, how many more hours can we spend?" I just want to be reckless, I want to show your ability! With more than a hundred cavalry, he dared to attack Gaoyou. What if you are blocked in the city by officers and soldiers? Shall not all of the more than 150 brothers die because of you? Personal bravery, on the battlefield, what can personal bravery do? In the past, Lu Bu was still brave enough to win the three armies, and in the end, he couldn't escape the end of hanging himself in a white gatehouse! ”

"You!." Fu Youde's face was sprayed black, but he didn't have anything to do with the old man. The old thing is not only Zhu Eightyi's grandfather-in-law, but also Zhao Jun's mentor. The seniority is two generations higher than him, and he has made up his mind to rely on the old and sell the old, and whoever sees it has to give up three points.

"Good man, Mr. Zhu is doing the right thing!" Seeing that Lu Lu Zeng was getting more and more vigorous, Mao Gui couldn't help but step forward to explain, "Don't patronize the fire, we Red Turban Army always have to pay attention to the word 'reputation' when doing things." Moreover, in the future, the territory of the Huai'an Army will become larger and larger, and there will definitely be more and more heroes who come to join him. They have to be given a precedent to make them feel that Mr. Zhu is worth following. Otherwise, people can still eat and drink spicy food and spicy food by occupying a county seat by themselves, why do they have to take refuge in your banner? ! ”

"Rare! It's just a rabble! Lulu glanced at him and pouted disdainfully. But the voice and intonation of the speech finally slowed down a little. "The old man knows that there are some things you don't like to hear. But the old man had to say it. Manager Li, Manager Zhao, and Marshal Liu of the Red Turban Army have recruited a lot of heroes and heroes recently, haven't they? Don't just think about expanding your team, sometimes it doesn't always work well to expand your team too quickly! Those who came to defect, when they were fighting, in addition to waving flags and shouting, how many could really help? And if they do any bad things, the common people will all remember them on you, and you will lose your reputation in vain. Inside and out, do you calculate whether you have taken advantage or suffered a big loss?!"

"Hey!" Mao Gui's face turned red when he was asked, and his forehead was full of beads of sweat. Lu Lu once said that although Ha's tone was very impulsive, he said everything to the point. Nowadays, all the families of the Red Turban Army, more or less, have the problem of the rapid expansion of their strength, and the members are uneven. The combat strength that can really be taken out is not much more than in the last Shahe Battle. For example, Zhao Junyong, the five thousand elites sent this time are almost half of the field forces under his command. And the 10,000 people led by Mao Gui himself accounted for almost one-third of the new force under the Sesame Plum Account.

This is still the result of the fact that both Xuzhou and Suzhou have made efforts to implement Zhu Eighty-one's original method of military training. The red scarf princes in other places are even stronger than others. Looking at all of them, they are all claimed to be 100,000 and 200,000, and they are really on the battlefield, and they can come up with one-tenth of the so-called soldiers, which is considered a skill!

"Hey, hey!" Fu Youde sneered in a low voice beside him. Lao Jinshi's sentence is indeed valid in principle, but the blow is too wide! After careful calculation, he Fu is not a general trained by the Xuzhou Army itself. He is also one of the "heroes" who come to vote. If all the people who come to invest are indiscriminate, why should he Fu Youde stand here?

"Brother Fu, don't take it to heart, the good man is old, and he is angry again at this time, and sometimes it is inevitable that he will not be thoughtful when he speaks!" When Zhu Eighty-one heard this, he couldn't care about arguing with the old jinshi anymore, and hurriedly smiled and filled the hole for him.

"I didn't mean you!" Lu Lu Zeng also quickly realized that he had accidentally involved Fu Youde, turned his head, and explained stupidly, "It's not that your brother and General Li Xixi are involved. There is not one out of a hundred like your brothers. And you are now completely under the command of Chief Zhao. I mean, those who have taken refuge in the city, but still have their own battalions with their men. Just like Zhang Jiusi, who knows what he is thinking? ”

"So what do you keep saying?" Fu Youde was not happy in his heart, so he simply went straight, "You can't cut Zhang Jiusi with a knife, and then swallow his subordinates?" Since others came to defect, they must have felt that following Mr. Zhu was better than fighting alone. And those who are willing to come to defect are definitely not as strong as Mr. Zhu's side. Your boss can't drive them to the court because they are weak. Or as long as they come to defect, they will directly annex it, whether they want it or not. In that case, who will dare to come again in the future? Your Huai'an army has great skills, even if you don't need help from others when you are fighting. Where it can be defeated, someone has to stay to maintain order, right? Every gram and one city will divide a part of their main force to guard, after five or six cities, how many people are left around Manager Zhu? ”

"This" Old Master Lu's beard trembled, and he couldn't speak for a long time. The weakness of the Huai'an army is a fact that no one can deny. And a big reason for the weakness of his troops is that Zhu Bayi and he are too picky, and they only believe in the team they have trained before, and rarely or almost do not accept foreign defectors. Although this maintained the combat effectiveness of the team and greatly reduced the burden on the local government, when expanding externally, there was simply not enough soldiers and horses. Otherwise, there is no need to even pull up the goods like Guo Zixing and Sun Deya this time, and make up five alliances.

What's even more depressing is that although Guo Zixing and Sun Deya joined the coalition army, so far, they have not played a role at all. On the contrary, because the strength was too poor and the marching degree was too slow, it dragged everyone back.

"Okay, okay, don't say a word!" Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was getting stiffer and stiffer, Mao Gui had to fight everyone again, "The words of the old man Lu are also out of kindness. But our current actual situation is not as simple as his old man said. In short, I think that at this time, it is better to have one more person to rise up and rebel against the court than one less. Whoever really wants to fight for the world can't rush at this time. You have to fight off the Tartars first, and then fight who is the boss and who is the second. If Mr. Li had been like Lu Lao said, because someone might not be able to control him, he would have quickly killed the killer. Hehe, I didn't say it, I'm afraid today, we people don't have a chance to stand together at all. Not to mention going side by side to deal with the Tartars! ”

Note 1: Zhang Shicheng was not good at fighting, but when the Red Turban Army suffered a heavy setback, he relied on Gaoyou City to carry the hundreds of thousands of troops who had escaped. What is even more commendable is that under the rule of Zhang Shicheng, a series of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the Mengyuan court were abolished, water conservancy was built, agriculture was encouraged, and schools were rebuilt. Hit the flooded Buddhist temples at that time, distribute the Buddha fields to the people, and smelt the Buddha statues back to the furnace to mint coins instead of waste paper. And a part of the "national tax" will be returned to the people on its own initiative. Therefore, the Zhang Shicheng brothers have left a very good reputation among the people. Yang Weizhen, a writer at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, commented on him, soldiers are not thirsty for killing, one also; If you hear good words, you will worship, and you will also; Thrifty in self-dedication, three also; Generous to Lilu and treacherous and greedy will be punished, four also. To this day, there is still a memorial hall for him in Suzhou.

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