That night, a curtain was pulled up in the middle of Zhu Yuanzhang's small cave, which separated the already small cave into two halves. Materials are scarce in the mountains, and even a piece of cloth can't be found, so this curtain is made of leaves, and eighteen maids have worked hard for a day, and finally weave such a leaf curtain, which is used in this inexplicable place.

Zhang Yingxian asked the maids to supplement two beds, one inside the curtain and one outside the curtain. She was actually still a little apprehensive, afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would get angry when he saw that the two beds were not merged, but she didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to be angry when he saw that the two beds were very open and there was a curtain in the middle.

But even so, Zhang Yingxian was still not at ease, she didn't dare to take off her clothes that night, she was neatly dressed and lay on the bed, and her personal maid was also beside her, nervously guarding her. Zhang Yingxian also pulled Autumn Leaves and squeezed them in the same bed as her, if there was really any accident, she planned to use Autumn Leaves as her amulet.

She even thought of the lines: "If you want a woman, you can ask for autumn leaves, she likes you and is willing to serve you, why do you have to ...... me"

Some officials may find it strange that Zhang Yingxian has been robbed by Zhu Yuanzhang, why do these maids under her still listen to her? Everyone can already sit on an equal footing!

cough, students who have this kind of thinking, your idea is right, but with a modern way of thinking, in ancient times, the relationship between master and servant is a very delicate relationship, almost to the family, but different from the family, not to say that if you put the master of the family down to the clouds, the maids will turn against the water, even if Zhang Yingxian is poor, there will be many maids who follow her loyally, because these maids beat themselves from the bottom of their hearts, and they regard themselves as her servants.

This is a very common thing in the era when the people's wisdom was not opened, and people at the bottom of society did not have the consciousness to break the shackles of class at all.

No one night!

The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang still got up as usual, the sky was slightly bright, planning to exercise his body, he just got together, there was a nervous "um" sound on the side of the curtain, it turned out that Zhang Yingxian didn't sleep all night, nervously paying attention to the movement on the side of the curtain, hearing Zhu Yuanzhang get up, she was almost scared half to death.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and walked out of the cave......

The early morning in the mountain is very refreshing, the mountain breeze is cool, he punched on the flat ground at the top of the mountain, fighting, and there were two more people around him, it turned out to be Wang Er and Desperate Saburo, the three of them looked at each other and smiled, and practiced boxing together.

After a short while, the number of people around him increased one after another, and his thirty-five henchmen and more than two hundred soldiers came, and everyone actually spontaneously lined up in a military formation and began to practice...... The battle with the Xiangyong Brigade made the soldiers have a great increase in confidence, they have seen the results of the military formation drill for most of the past six months, and began to understand how much benefit the training will bring to the battle, so they already have the idea of taking the initiative to participate in the exercise, which is a good thing, Zhu Yuanzhang is very pleased.

However, these soldiers who took the initiative to come to the morning exercise were about to regret it, and after Zhu Yuanzhang finished exercising, the soldiers also wanted to stop and rest, but when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang, they smiled and said: "Don't stop, continue to practice!" The morning exercise just now was organized by you spontaneously, and it is not within my arrangement, and you must now carry out today's exercise according to my arrangement! ”

"Huh?" Ma Xiaotian was shocked: "Brother Zhu, our morning exercise just now should be regarded as today's exercise, why practice again?" ”

"Nope! You have to practice! Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "The army is not a place for child's play, it is not that you can practice whenever you want, but you must obey the arrangement of the commander, and conduct training at the designated time and place. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "It's your own business to practice in the morning, I don't care, but in the time I have set for practice, you have to practice for me again, start practicing now." Wang Er, desperately San Lang, you are watching here, if anyone is lazy, give me a full meal for him, and don't give him food. ”

"Wow!" The soldiers screamed, but they were really convinced that Zhu Yuanzhang was screaming, and although they were screaming in their mouths, they still lined up and began to train hard again.

At this time, Li Chujiu came over, he arrived with the first batch of grain, and now he is mainly responsible for managing all kinds of chores for Zhu Yuanzhang, because he used to be the manager of the Ma family's side courtyard, so he is also handy at doing some chores, especially good at managing the poor. He walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhu, yesterday I spent a whole day counting and another night to sort it out, and finally counted our numbers." ”

"Say it!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

"After a battle with the Xiangyong Brigade, we have slight losses, and there are still two hundred and thirty-one trained soldiers." Li Chujiu reported: "The other villagers counted 648 young and middle-aged people, 105 children, 565 women, and 54 old people. ”

"Well, that's good, it's detailed!" Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Li Chujiu's work, and counting the number of people was a very important matter, which had a bearing on Zhu Yuanzhang's grasp of the situation of the entire army. Li Chujiu accurate the number of people to a single digit, which saved him a lot of worry.

Li Chujiu frowned and said: "It seems that there are many people who follow us into the mountain, but in fact, there are really not many people available, all of them are villagers who drag the old and the young, and there are only six hundred and forty-eight people who can be used to fight, which feels too few." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with a smile and said: "This is normal, the villagers follow me, just to find a way to live, since it is a way to live, of course you have to bring your wife and children together." If a person who comes to me must abandon his wife and daughter, what kind of character does such a person have? How can a person who has no character dare to reuse? ”

In fact, since ancient times, the number of peasant rebels has been exaggerated, and the reason is that these old people, children, and women are also counted, such as Li Zicheng, who claims to have millions of people...... This number is not an exaggeration, he really has a million men, but ...... Most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and with the continuous escalation of the war, the young and middle-aged people under his command were killed and wounded countless times, so that the proportion of the wounded, old, sick and disabled also continued to expand, and when he fought the Shanhaiguan Battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he was able to mobilize only about 100,000 troops, and the other 900,000 were women, children, wounded soldiers and old people who could not fight. Regarding this point, everyone can check some information, the battle of Shanhaiguan recorded in "Donghualu", it is said that Li Zicheng commanded more than 100,000 troops. In "The Biography of the Four Kings", it is said that Li Zicheng led 60,000 troops, and in "Shanhaiguan Chronicles", it is also recorded that Li Zicheng led nearly 100,000 troops. "Wu Sangui Jiluo" also said that Li Zicheng commanded an army of 60,000. "The End of the Ming History Chronicle" is even more exaggerated, saying that Li Zicheng led his troops to the east.

We can deduce a terrible fact from here, as long as there are 100,000 regular troops, it is enough to laugh at the world! Don't be deceived by what is written in the history books about the war of hundreds of thousands of people at every turn! Nothing like that! When the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, there were actually only tens of thousands of people, plus the coalition army of the Mongolian tribes and the Han army were only 100,000, and later they also swept the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang calculated, it is no problem to use the population in his hands to train 800 soldiers, and the 800 regular army is already a very powerful force, so there is no need to worry too much about his own strength.

"Chu Jiu, you go to the cave and call everyone to the platform at the top of the mountain, I have something to say to everyone!" Zhu Yuanzhang commanded.

"Okay!" Li Chujiu left in response.

Half an hour later, more than 1,000 villagers, men, women and children, all gathered on the platform on the top of the mountain, everyone settled down in the cave yesterday, had a full meal, slept well, today is in good spirits, and the admiration for Zhu Yuanzhang is also more, I heard that he was going to speak, so they all rushed to the first time.

At this time, more than 200 soldiers were practicing under the supervision of Wang Erhe and Desperate Saburo, and the military formation was next to the people practicing changing formations, stabbing guns and other actions, which added a momentum.

"Folks! Please listen carefully to me. Zhu Yuanzhang stood on a high stone and said, "We are safe for the time being, and we can spend a period of time on this mountain peak......

Speaking of this, the people in the audience laughed together, and their faces brought the pleasure of surviving in death.

"But ......" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice changed: "You can live for a while, but you can't live for a lifetime!" Our grain stock is limited, at most it can only last half a year...... "In fact, saving some food can be used for a year, but Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately said that it was half a year, so as to leave some buffer time.

"What? Can only eat for half a year? The people panicked.

"I racked my brains to get the money and food for half a year, and I didn't know if I could get so much food after half a year." Zhu Yuanzhang spread his hands.

"Wow! Brother Zhu, you have to think of a way, we don't want to starve anymore......"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the emotions of the villagers had been mobilized, and said in a deep voice: "What I want to say to everyone is that we must find a way to solve the problem of eating......

"Rob, go to the city to rob ...... again" someone in the crowd shouted: "Or find the squires to collect taxes......

"That's right, attack the county seat again, open the warehouse. Brother Zhu, you said, if there is no in the county, go to the capital, if there is no in the city, go to the capital, we can always grab the food......"

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I want to rob it, but ...... Can we rely on our more than 200 brothers alone? There were many officers and soldiers in the capital and the capital...... With more than 200 brothers alone, they can't defeat the officers and soldiers......"

"I also joined the army......"

"I'm also involved!"

"Brother Zhu fights very well, I'll go too!" The young people in the crowd suddenly shouted.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted them to say this, waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone will join the army...... However, if we join the army and still don't win the war, and we can't grab food, will we starve to death? This will not work! ”

He waved his hand desperately, pointed to the stream on the mountain and said: "There is water in this mountain, we can open up the wasteland and farm, and we can't pin all our hopes on grabbing it...... You have to work hard yourself! ”