Yang Hongdaqi: "How do these people make use of it?" ”

"They're so useful." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "But now we can't be sure whether they will be fooled, let's go to Xi'an City to meet them." ”

After Zhu Jun rested in Huaxian County for three days, he pulled out the camp and headed westward, and soon arrived at Weinan City, which used to be the county seat of Weinan County, but later because Xi'an Prefecture developed more and more and increased its ability to radiate to the surrounding areas, Weinan withdrew from the county and incorporated it into the direct jurisdiction of Xi'an Prefecture. It is a satellite city of Xi'an Province and plays a very important role in the entire defense system of Xi'an City, but due to the death of Hong Chengchou, the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi have fallen into a situation where the dragons are leaderless and their morale has collapsed, and this important city has no garrison. It seems that all the officers and soldiers have retracted to Xi'an, and they dare not wander around the small city outside, and Zhu Jun took the city easily without spending a single soldier.

Most of the city's residents fled to Xi'an Mansion with the officers and soldiers, and there was only the sound of the wind on the empty streets, but no sound. The residents who stayed behind and did not flee already had a will to die in their hearts, but to their surprise, the Zhu army passed through the city, and they didn't do anything to them at all, only two soldiers of the White Jade Pillar Army tried to enter the houses, and were seen by the soldiers of the Zhu army, dragged to the front of the whole army and whipped dozens of times as punishment, and the rest can be said to be calm.

After Weinan, Zhu Jun soon came to the city of Xi'an, and the villages along the road were all empty, and almost all the people fled into Xi'an City, and I don't know how many people are crowded in Xi'an now.

"Food prices in Xi'an are going to skyrocket."

When he saw the tall and majestic gate of Xi'an City, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh: "All the people who flee into Xi'an City will live a hard life for a long time." ”

Yang Hong stood beside Zhu Yuanzhang, looking at the familiar city wall, and couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart: "Alas...... I...... It's back again. He thought of his mansion. I couldn't help but think of my deceased wife, and I couldn't help but feel a little tingling in my heart: "Brother Zhu, aren't we going to attack Xi'an?" ”

"Don't attack!" Zhu Yuanzhang said: "5,000 officers and soldiers stay in the city, even if our army exerts all its strength, it may not be able to take it, but there will be a large number of casualties, it is better to besiege but not attack, at this time the surrounding cities and villages have fled into Xi'an, the city is overcrowded, food consumption is bound to be huge, and the price of grain has skyrocketed due to drought." Then a large number of people gathered to eat...... This city is not self-defeating, and there is no need to attack it. ”

"I see!" Yang Hong suddenly realized.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered: "Leng Feng, you lead 3,000 people, start from the east gate, and go north around Xi'an." Take all the small cities around it, and finally garrison in Xianyang City. ”

"Yes!" Yang Hong took the order and left.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the rest of the troops and advanced southward to Lantian City, which also belonged to the directly governed city of Xi'an, there was no garrison in the city, and the people were left, so Zhu Yuanzhang stationed the army and did not leave. After waiting for several days, the rebel army led by King Hengtian, Chao 100,000, Chongtian Zhu and others finally came.

After the Hengtian King, the Mixed 100,000, and the Cupola Pillar entered Shaanxi from Wuguan. Still didn't dare to walk too fast, they were afraid that they would be beaten by Hong Chengchou if they walked fast, so they walked very carefully, it can be said that they were twisting Yangge, taking four steps forward and three steps back. It wasn't until they heard that Baishui Zhu Ba had ambushed Hong Chengchou in Huaxian County and successfully killed this monster that the three of them had the courage to speed up, so they arrived a few days later than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Arrived at the foot of Lantian City. The three of them saw the banner of "Baishui Zhu Ba" floating in the city, and then they knew that Zhu Jun had forced to the city of Xi'an, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to send a message to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang invited the three of them to meet.

These three people also know the basic rules of the rivers and lakes, since this city was occupied by Zhu Jun first, they are not qualified to share the property inside, and they cannot rashly lead troops into the city, the three of them only brought dozens of henchmen into the city to see Zhu Yuanzhang. As soon as they met, before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, he saw the three of them respectfully bowing down: "Brother Zhu is really a dragon among people, Tongguan killed the big and small two Caos in the first battle, and Huaxian killed the governor of the five provinces Hong Chengchou in the first battle, our brothers really admire it tightly." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to have a heroic expression and smiled: "I have won awards!" Three brothers, please. ”

The three of them did enough etiquette, and it was not until the soldiers of the Zhu Army put on the table the wine and food, and the three of them sat down in the guest and host, that they stopped admiring each other.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Since the three brothers are also here, I want to discuss something with the brothers." ”

Chao 100,000 hurriedly said: "Don't dare to discuss, if Eighth Brother Zhu has an order, just say it, our brothers will definitely do it." "He said it politely, what must be done by Yunyun, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang knows very well, you really want him to do what he doesn't want to do, and he will definitely turn his face with you.

Laughing secretly in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I slaughtered Hong Chengchou a few days ago, and broke his 2,000 heavy armored infantry, and now there are almost no officers and soldiers to fight in Shaanxi, I wonder, how can this Shaanxi * Western Territory be controlled by the imperial court all the time?" It should also be divided by our brothers, don't you think that's the reason? ”

The three of them thought in their hearts: This is right, the officers and soldiers have been destroyed, who will be in charge of this place if it is not under our control? But...... Who's in charge of which city is a big question, and it's not something that can be assigned in a casual sentence.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to laugh and said: "I thought about it carefully, our army only has more than 10,000 people, and we can't manage any big places, and the three brothers together have more than 30,000 people, and the largest place should of course be handed over to you who have a lot of people to manage, this Xi'an Mansion...... Let the three brothers be in charge of the management, and I will attack Yansui Mansion in northern Shaanxi. In the future, you will be in charge of southern Shaanxi, and I will be in charge of northern Shaanxi, what do you think? ”

Southern Shaanxi is rich, but northern Shaanxi is poor, and it stands to reason that it is indeed a good thing to manage southern Shaanxi. When the three of them heard this, they were all delighted, the cupola was honest and honest, impulsive and simple, and they immediately shouted: "Okay, that's it......"

Before he finished speaking, the mixed 100,000 next to him pulled him violently, and the three of them put their heads together, and mixed 100,000 and said in a low voice: "We can't want southern Shaanxi." ”

"Why?" Cupola was puzzled.

Heng 100,000 glanced at him and said, "Stupid...... Although Brother Zhu has few people, his combat power is stronger than ours, he doesn't want to leave this good place in southern Shaanxi, and takes the initiative to ask to go to northern Shaanxi, even if you are a fool, you should know that something is wrong, right? ”

Cupola said, "I don't think anything is wrong." ”

Mixed 100,000 said in a low voice: "We haven't heard the news that Brother Zhu has captured Xi'an Mansion, it can be seen that Xi'an Mansion is still in the hands of the government, and I heard that Hong Chengchou left 5,000 troops to garrison Xi'an, which is not easy to gnaw...... Xi'an, where the 5,000-strong army is stationed, is not something that our more than 30,000 people can take. Relatively speaking, Yansui is much easier to fight, Yansui's elite soldiers have already been scattered by Zhu Ba outside Tongguan, Yansui City is not as tall and difficult to attack as Xi'an Mansion, and there are few garrisons in the city, all of them are old and weak...... In addition, northern Shaanxi is our roots, and we all came out of that place in northern Shaanxi, which is soft ground...... When I returned to northern Shaanxi, I don't know how many villagers were willing to join our army. ”

When he said this, King Hengtian and Cupola basically understood, and the three of them glanced at each other and nodded. Then they sat down and came back together, and mixed 100,000 spoke on behalf of the three of them: "Eighth Brother Zhu, you killed Er Cao first, and then killed Hong Chengchou, this is the credit of the world's heroes, how can the three of us compare with you?" This southern Shaanxi should be managed by heroes like you, and the three of us are not talented, so let's go to northern Shaanxi to planing and eating. ”

"This ...... How embarrassing is that. Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to say: "Xi'an is still good for you." ”

"No, we understand your kindness, Xi'an will give it to you, we will be satisfied as long as Yansui." Mixed 100,000 insisted.

The two sides "made concessions" to each other for a long time, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to compromise: "Alas, okay, you don't want such a good place, I'll take care of it for you first, one day you are not happy in northern Shaanxi, and then come to me to talk about the exchange." ”

The ghost wants to change you, and the two of them are secretly happy in their hearts, but the honest man Chongtianzhu is a little embarrassed, and laughs awkwardly twice. Next, the two sides took out the map and divided the territory in a fake way, this kind of division of territory is not uncommon in the rivers and lakes, and the horse gangs and bandits in northern Shaanxi often spread out the map to divide the territory like this.

The two sides carved out the territory, and the northern Shaanxi region between Yan'an and Yulin was under the management of Hengtianwang, 100,000 Mixed Million, and Cupola. The southern Shaanxi region south of Luochuan is under the management of Zhu Ba. Zhu Bazhan's territory is larger, but there is a difficult and impregnable Xi'an city in the middle, stuck like a fly in the very center of southern Shaanxi. Although the territory of northern Shaanxi is small, it is ironclad, and there is no city that is difficult to conquer in the middle.

There is no objection to such a division on either side.

As soon as the territory is divided, the three of them are anxious to go north and go to "their territory", Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Three brothers, you go north from here until Yan'an, all the way you want to pass is my territory, and please abide by the rules of the rivers and lakes, don't mess around on my territory." ”

The three of them heard him say politely, but in fact, he also had a hint of warning, so they clasped their fists and responded: "Brothers understand these rules, and they will never eat on Brother Zhu's territory." ”

"Then thank you to the three brothers." Zhu Yuanzhang served tea to the guests.

The three of them restrained the thieves under their command, marched north, and came to the city of Xi'an in a few days. I saw that Xi'an Mansion was still in the hands of officers and soldiers, and the four gates of Xi'an Mansion at this time were closed, and it had fully entered the state of defensive warfare. The three of them laughed secretly in their hearts: Fortunately, we saw through Zhu Ba's trick, he wanted to give us southern Shaanxi, no way......

The three of them led the army north and attacked Yansui. (To be continued.) )