That night, the moonlight was bright, and due to the great drought in the world, this bright moonlight would last for more than ten years.

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be resting, but in fact he only blew out the lights in the house, he leaned over to the window, looked out through the crack in the window, and after some careful observation, determined the location of the hidden stake that monitored them. Although the rogues were very stupid, they also knew that the officers and soldiers could not be trusted, so they arranged two hidden piles to lie on the roof of a nearby house, monitoring the movements of Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er at any time.

Zhu Yuanzhang said a few words to Wang Er, Wang Er got up, opened the door and went out, walked a few steps with a big grin, and then walked to the side of the house, where he was relieved, and the attention of the two dark piles all turned to Wang Er, Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to get out of the door with a low body, and under the cover of the shadow of the eaves, he touched the big thatched house where Zheng Yanfu lived.

The defense of the cottage is not strict, it can be said that they do not even have a basic sense of vigilance, and only arrange sentry on a few roads up the mountain, and they are completely relaxed about the inside of the cottage. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't encounter any difficulties, so he came to Zheng Yanfu's house.

He first put his ear on the wall and listened, and made sure that there was no voice inside, it seemed that Zheng Yanfu had already slept, so he pushed the door and walked in.

"Who?" Zheng Yanfu in the room was awakened by the sound of pushing the door, turned over and sat up.

"It's me!" Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his voice and said.

"Huh?" Zheng Yanfu heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice almost in an instant, when he was killing officials and rebelling, and he was helpless, I don't know how many times he thought of this person and asked him to give him guidance, but he didn't expect him to appear at this time, in this place.

"How did you get into my cottage? Oh my God, what are the sentinels doing? ”

Through the moonlight shining in from the door, Zheng Yanfu saw Zhu Yuanzhang's dress clearly, and saw that he was wearing a cotton cloth coat and a hat on his head, which turned out to be the Zhu Baihu who came up to the mountain to persuade him to surrender during the day. At that time, he had been hiding behind Wang Zongqi, Zheng Yanfu didn't see it clearly, and then he realized that he was the one who instructed him to kill Zhang Douyao in the first place.

"I see...... Zheng Yanfu suddenly realized: "It seems that you are not from the imperial court at all, you and that Wang Zongqi are fake." ”

He quickly became excited, for him, Zhu Yuanzhang was simply a savior: "It's good to finally see you again, I need your guidance so much." Please show me a clear way, I don't know what to do now, the construction of the cottage is too difficult, and the officers and soldiers are much more powerful than I imagined, what should I do now? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang closed the door, the moonlight was obscured, and the room became pitch black, and he said in a low voice: "I showed you the way, will you follow it?" Last time I asked you to enter Huanglong Mountain, what did you stay in this cave cliff tossing? ”

"This ......" Zheng Yanfu sighed, "I also want to listen to you, but my brothers are disobedient, you can listen to me and tell me what happened later......"

It turned out that after Zheng Yanfu's uprising, according to what Zhu Yuanzhang said, he was broken into pieces, reunited on Hutou Mountain, and removed some unstable elements, and the number became less than 200 people. Then he let these people disperse, and then fled to the mountains on the border of Chengcheng and Baishui, intending to transfer to Huanglong Mountain as Zhu Yuanzhang said.

But at this time, the problem came out, and his idea of transferring to Huanglongshan was unanimously opposed by his brothers. It turned out that after the villagers grabbed a large amount of money in the county warehouse, their mentality had changed, and they just wanted to stay in the Dongzi Cliff not far from the county seat, and they didn't want to run to the deserted Huanglong Mountain. The reason is very simple, after these villagers killed officials and rebelled, their mentality was extremely inflated, thinking that their group was very powerful, and they no longer needed to be afraid of officers and soldiers.

Zheng Yanfu no matter how he persuaded had no effect, everyone went to the Dongzi Cliff on their own and began to build a cottage, at this time, a nearby stream of rogues also came to join, that is, the big forehead Zhao Yu and a group of more than 100 people, the two forces combined The number of people reached 400, there were more people, and the mind was more complicated, Zheng Yanfu was completely powerless to control, although he was the nominal eldest brother of the cottage, but in fact, he always had to discuss with the people below to make decisions. As a result, it dragged on until the officers and soldiers came to suppress the bandits...... Zhu Yuanzhang will know the rest of the matter.

"I really don't understand...... Why are these brothers who followed me to kill officials and rebel, who regarded me as the eldest brother and listened to my arrangement in everything, are not obedient now? Zheng Yanfu said very distressedly: "Please give me some advice." ”

After listening to his words, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was already clear, and he forgave Zheng Yanfu for not listening to him and hiding in Huanglong Mountain, and untied this knot, so he could guide him. So he rubbed his hands, made a gesture of counting copper coins, and sighed: "Zheng Yanfu, the main reason why they don't listen to you is that they think that they can get more benefits by not listening to your words than by listening to you." ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? Zheng Yanfu said strangely.

"O human heart!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "People are all moving forward with interests, you ask them to enter Huanglong Mountain, they think that after entering the barren mountain, they will have a very hard life, and if they can't see the future, they think that there is no benefit." But if you stay in Dongzi Cliff, it is not far from the county seat, you can also communicate with ordinary people, and the silver money you have stolen can also come in handy, which means that the benefits of doing so will be greater than entering Huanglong Mountain, and they will not listen to you. ”

"Scare?" Zheng Yanfu was stunned.

"Actually, the fault lies with you." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Zheng Yanfu and said in a deep voice: "If you can tell them in a simple and easy-to-understand way that it is safer to enter Huanglong Mountain, and staying in Dongziya will lose their surname, then the difference in the size of the interests will change, and they will definitely go with you." But in your heart, like them, you think that the officers and soldiers are vulnerable, and the result will be the predicament you are today. ”

Zheng Yanfu was silent, and after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he already understood that it was really himself who was wrong. Then he thought deeper, and couldn't help but deeply admire Zhu Yuanzhang's analytical ability, this person really sees people too accurately.

"So what do I do now?" Zheng Yanfu said distressedly: "I don't want to surrender, can you teach me a way to defeat the officers and soldiers?" ”

"Can't!" Zhu Yuanzhang replied without thinking about it: "Even if Wu Mu is reincarnated, he will not be able to defeat the officers and soldiers under the mountain with you." And what you have to think about now is not the officers and soldiers under the mountain, but the problems around you, if I don't come up to see you from the mountain, within three days, your head will be cut off and sent to the officers and soldiers under the mountain, do you believe it? ”

"What?" Zheng Yanfu was taken aback.

"Didn't you hear the officers and soldiers under the mountain shouting? Send your head down the mountain, and you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver......" Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled.

"My brother won't betray me!" Zheng Yanfu said slightly angrily.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "With this method, the officers and soldiers don't know how many heads of the Mountain King have been taken, this trick is really unpleasant, I don't think this trick is useless for your brother!" ”

Zheng Yanfu pondered for a while, sighed, and agreed with Zhu Yuanzhang's words: "Please show me the way, I don't know what to do now." ”

"Do you really want me to show the way? Then you have to listen to me! Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

"I'll listen to you this time." Zheng Yanfu said seriously: "I have already paid the price for not listening to you last time, and I will do it seriously what you say this time." ”

"Good! Then give up your cottage and die in the world! ”

"Scared? Then my wish to do the right thing for heaven ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "Do you know why you can't win the officers and soldiers?" ”

"Because my soldiers have no experience in combat!" Zheng Yanfu replied seriously.

"That's not right!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Because there are too few people under your command, even if each of them is a good man with a hundred and extremely rich combat experience, what can they do in front of millions of officers and soldiers?" If you want to do the right thing for heaven, dream about it. Do you know why I refused to follow your team and lead you last time? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang paused and said, "It's because you are too weak!" If you want to do the right thing for heaven, you will revolt like this, but you can't do it! It takes a larger scale, more soldiers, and a bigger momentum to be successful. ”

"So how?" Zheng Yanfu was at a loss.

"Go to the end of the world, travel all over the small counties of Shaanxi, and unite all the heroes and heroes." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "It doesn't matter if you can't unite, you just need to tell them to rebel!" Let's rebel together! As long as the whole of Shaanxi is in chaos, there is smoke everywhere, and the officers and soldiers take care of one thing and lose the other, at that time, why do you worry about your wish to do the right thing for heaven? ”

"Oh! I see. Zheng Yanfu's eyes lit up, his road ahead was originally a chaos, after hearing these words, he suddenly felt that the clouds had opened and the fog had dispersed, that's right, only relying on his rebel army in Chengcheng County, but only a few hundred, but if the countless counties in Shaanxi united to rebel, how huge the momentum was, not to mention hundreds of people? Will the strength be weak at that time?

Zheng Yanfu was overjoyed and said, "You're right...... I'll listen to you, and I'll go and unite all the heroes right away, I think about it...... There are two heroes in Baishui nearby, one is Wang Er and the other is Zhu Ba, I can go and invite them to come with me. ”

"No need to please!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly: "Zhu Baihu is Zhu Ba, and Wang Zongqi is Wang Er!" ”

"What?" Zheng Yanfu was taken aback.

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang tell his identity at this time? He felt that it was time to show his identity, because he needed Zheng Yanfu to spread his reputation. In the peasant uprising, the more people who stand in front, the higher the prestige, for example, Wang Ziyong, this person's ability is not stronger than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but in the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, his status has always been higher than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, because he revolted early and has a high prestige. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who joined the uprising relatively late, took many years to slowly climb to the position of leader.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to climb slowly, he wanted to occupy a more important position in the rebel army from the beginning, so he also needed to spread his reputation earlier. According to his observation, Zheng Yanfu is indeed a good man, the kind of person who would rather die himself than betray his brother, and it is safer to reveal his identity to him, and he does not have to worry about him betraying himself to officers and soldiers.

"It turns out that you are Bai Shui Zhuba!" Zheng Yanfu bowed his head and bowed: "I really have eyes and don't know heroes." ”