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Xu Renzhuo appeared beside Zhu Yuanzhang and said in a calm voice: "Brother Zhu, do you want to send someone to chase and kill that child!" ”
If Wang Er, Miao Mei and others were replaced, they would never be able to say this, but Xu Renjie could say it and do it.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "No need! Even if this kid doesn't inform other people, the other rebels under Wang Jiayin will gather sooner or later, think about it, if I divide you, Wang Er, Miao Mei and the others into several teams to pass through a big mountain, and there is a cottage in the mountain, will you gather over to take a look? ”
"This ...... Absolutely! Xu Renjie nodded: "Then it's cheaper for this kid...... Picked up a life! Hum! By the way, Brother Zhu, if Wang Jiayin's subordinates all gather over, I'm afraid there will be a total strength of nearly 20,000...... With so many people, what should we do if we want to take over our stockade? ”
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "If they want to take it hard, I will let them know that if there are not many people, they will definitely be able to win the battle!" But you can rest assured that we will not be able to fight, because they will not be able to take our stockade. ”
"Huh? Why? Xu Renjie was puzzled.
"Because Wang Jiayin...... Forget it, I'll leave it at that, you'll find out in a few days. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to say that because Wang Jiayin's surname was too naïve, but he thought that after reincarnation, this identity had not met Wang Jiayin, and if he commented on a person he had not seen, it would inevitably shock the world, so he suppressed it and didn't say it.
What kind of person is Wang Jiayin? He's a naïve man! Although he raised tens of thousands of rebels to rebel and became the leader of dozens of rebels, although he was once a border army, so he commanded well, and he can be regarded as a rare excellent general in the rebel army, but these cannot hide his naïve roots.
His most innocent performance is that he attaches great importance to friendship, regards all the rebels in the world as a family, and regards all the leaders of the rebels as his brothers. Some people may say, how can this be called naïve? That's a plus! Is there something wrong with valuing friendship?
That's right, if he is an ordinary person, or just a small soldier, then heavy friendship is an advantage, but he is a big brother who commands tens of thousands of thieves, in this case, heavy friendship is not very good! People who value friendship are too principled, too reasonable, and too easy to be plotted by others through "brotherly love...... People who value friendship will never become heroes!
Zhu Yuanzhang was almost certain that even if Zhang Xianzhong and other rogue leaders wanted to seize their own village, as soon as Wang Jiayin arrived, his naivety would be violent, and no rogue would be able to make a move against his village!
Of course, although such an estimate is not far from ten, Zhu Yuanzhang will not just put all the chips on Wang Jiayin's body, he still tightened the vigilance of the cottage, and ordered the sentries and scouts to closely monitor the surrounding movements.
A few days later, another rebel army arrived.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a group of leaders down the mountain to "greet" as usual, and this time it was actually a mixed cavalry army, with more infantry, more than 1,000, and fewer cavalry, only about 200 horsemen. But this number of cavalry is already very rare.
You must know that the Ming Dynasty is very short of horses, even the officers and soldiers are mostly infantry, very few cavalry, in addition to the border army, in the interior of the Ming Dynasty you see a person riding a horse, this person is not a general, or a scout, usually not cavalry.
This rogue can actually have 200 cavalry, which is really enough to frighten the officers and soldiers to gasp.
Moreover, these cavalrymen are extremely skilled in equestrian skills, riding horses on complicated mountain roads, they are actually walking on flat ground, and they can actually nap and sleep, drink water and eat steamed buns, and even wear clothes and comb their hair......
"These people grew up on horseback." Zhu Yuanzhang said to the leaders around him: "Very elite cavalry...... It's not easy! ”
When the mixed cavalry army approached, the flag in the army was raised by the wind, and everyone saw the words on it clearly, only to see the word "Chuang" on the flag, swaying in the wind.
It's King Gao Yingxiang! Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved, and everyone's eyes were looking at Gao Yingxiang, the leader of this rogue, but Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes quickly drifted to the side...... What about Li Zicheng? Where is the demon king Li Zicheng?
It took a long time for Zhu Yuanzhang to find Li Zicheng, he was still very young, he looked about the same age as Zhu Yuanzhang, he was dressed very ordinarily, and his momentum was not compelling. But his eyes were ethereal and deep, as if they contained great ambition.
He led an infantry squad, with about a hundred people, in a very inconspicuous position. The reason is very simple, at this time, Li Zicheng was only a small leader under Gao Yingxiang, and he was only in charge of more than 100 subordinates brought out by Li Zicheng from Lijia Village, and was organized as the "eighth team" by Gao Yingxiang.
No one would have thought that it was this inconspicuous "Eighth Team", which later became famous and famous as the "Old Eighth Team" with Li Zicheng, and was the most elite and core unit under Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng has several ups and downs, as long as the old eight team is still there, he is a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, but unfortunately in the battle of Shanhaiguan, the old eight team was completely annihilated by the Manchu Eight Banners, which made Li Zicheng lose the trump card in his hand, and since then he has been in a slump.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought a little maliciously in his heart: If I suddenly order the elite in the cottage to do their best now, and kill Li Zicheng and his old eighth team here, how will the history change in the future?
"Zhu Bugs...... Zhu Bugs...... What are you looking at? Brother Chuang Wang is cleaning up for you......" Someone next to him reminded him in a whisper, and Zhu Yuanzhang retracted his gaze and turned to look at Gao Yingxiang.
Gao Yingxiang was dressed up very gorgeously, he didn't know where to snatch a set of armor of a Ming army officer to cover himself, plus his black skin and black face, he looked quite powerful and domineering, stepped on a tall horse, and the momentum was extraordinary at a glance, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not interested in him, because this person's eyes were hollow with a fierce color, but he lacked a shrewd and capable light, and he couldn't become a big weapon after all.
"King Chuang came from afar, and it worked hard...... Please go up to the hill here to rest, the Eight Kings brothers are already resting on it, and you happen to be together. Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the mountain prepared in advance, just like receiving Zhang Xianzhong.
The last time he pointed like this, he almost turned against Zhang Xianzhong, but this time Gao Yingxiang's reaction was completely different, he was not as smart as Zhang Xianzhong, he only heard that Zhu Yuanzhang had prepared a place to rest for him, but he couldn't hear the meaning of alienation...... A smart person listens to people and can directly hear the hidden words hidden between the lines, while a stupid person listens to people but can only hear the words on the surface.
Gao Yingxiang happily walked up the mountain and co-operated with Zhang Xianzhong.
As he was walking, Li Zicheng came out of the crowd behind him, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Uncle...... Why are you so happy to do? ”
"Shouldn't I be happy?" Gao Yingxiang said with a smile: "In recent years, wherever we go, no one has ever given us a good look, this Zhu Ba is good, I heard that we are here, go down the mountain to greet each other, and arrange a camp for us to rest, I haven't met such a good person for a long time." ”
"Uncle...... My nephew doesn't think so......" Li Zicheng said in a low voice: "Zhu Ba came down the mountain to greet him, his intention was not to let us go up the mountain." Preparing this resting place for us also doesn't want us to go to his stockade to rest, which is obviously rejecting people thousands of miles away...... You have to see it clearly, don't be fooled by his appearances. ”
"Huh?" Gao Yingxiang's whole body trembled slightly, and he suddenly realized: "Good nephew, you reminded me, I will go to meet the Eight Kings and listen to what he has to say......"
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In the next few days, Wang Jiayin's small leaders from all walks of life gathered towards Zhu Yuanzhang's cottage, some of them found it by themselves, and some of them met Li Yichun on the way, and were guided by Li Yichun, in short, there were more and more people, and soon, the hills prepared by Zhu Yuanzhang in advance were not enough, and he set up a large number of tents in nearby mountains, or ravines, woods and other places that could be used for temporary rest, to "receive" Wang Jiayin and his party.
Some of these leaders who have come one after another are very famous, such as Zijin Liang, Lao Huihui, Cao Ying, and Lighting the Lamp...... There are also some that are nameless, such as the Sweeping King, the Torture Red Wolf, and the Armor-Piercing Cone......
Zhu Yuanzhang treated them equally, and arranged a good place for them to rest. However, Zhu Yuanzhang only manages it, no matter what he eats, let them solve the food by themselves...... Fortunately, there is a great drought in the world, and everyone is short of food, and other rebel leaders do not blame him. He is just a small bandit, if he can really provide food for Wang Jiayin's army of 20,000, it will be a hell.
After a few days, Wang Jiayin's main force finally appeared, the reason why he was the last to arrive, was because he was giving his leaders "palace", you must know that these people withdrew into Huanglong Mountain, they were chased in by Hong Chengchou, the governor of the grain road, and there may be chasing soldiers behind him at any time, Wang Jiayin was very righteous and automatically took on the responsibility of giving his brothers the queen of the palace. Therefore, when he came to Zhu Yuanzhang's cottage, all the leaders under his command had already arrived, and as far as the eye could see, dozens of hills were set up in camp, and their eyes were full of tents...... It's a big momentum.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have time to come over to greet Wang Jiayin, but the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng greeted them first, and the two caught Wang Jiayin, and immediately said in a low voice: "Big brother, you are finally here...... This white water Zhuba is full of evil sects...... They're talking about doing something to him! ”