"Flying Pigeon Biography" is not just a special use of grass and green forests, in fact, the earliest large-scale application is still in the army.

As early as the Han Dynasty, there was evidence of keeping carrier pigeons. In the former Song Dynasty, it began to be used in war. Moreover, it was not only used in wartime, but also in ordinary times to transmit military orders.

During the reign of Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun went to the front line to inspect the troops of the famous general Qu Duan, and when he arrived, he was very surprised to see that the barracks were empty, so he proposed to "order troops". Qu Duan took out the roster of the five armies he led, and Zhang Jun randomly selected one of them. So, Qu Duan released a carrier pigeon in front of him, and after a while, this unit came to the front of the camp. Zhang Jun was very stunned, so he said that the whole army would be inspected, and then released five carrier pigeons, and the five troops arrived in an instant, and the flags were fluttering, the armor was neat, and the discipline was strict.

This shows the reliability of the "Flying Pigeon Biography".

When Fang Congzhelin left from Yidu, he brought a few carrier pigeons with him. Now that an alliance agreement has been reached with Zhu Yuanzhang, all these carrier pigeons were released at that time. Because the middle has to pass through an area controlled by Zhang Shicheng, the secret letters tied to the pigeon's legs are all written in ciphertext.

At the same time, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, please also borrow a post station in Jinling to deliver letters. Two or three retinues were selected, first through the post station in Jinling, then sneaking through the enemy-occupied area, and then turning into Yidu.

Although this post station is claimed to be 800 miles expedited, in fact, many times it cannot reach this speed, but 500 miles a day is more than enough.

The carrier pigeon and the post station were under their control, and the news was quickly sent to Yidu.

Late at night, Deng She fell asleep not long ago, and immediately got up in his clothes, which made people invite Hong Jixun, and said with surprise and joy: "Zhonghan is really a genius!"

Hong Jixun was not too excited, although he was also very surprised at the beginning of the news, but after the distance of rushing to Yanwang's Mansion, his emotions had calmed down a lot, and said: "If Zhao Zuocheng does not capture Juye, whether Wu Guogong will agree to send troops may still be between the two." Fang Congzhe is just taking advantage of the situation. ”

"Adapting to the situation is also capable! At least it's better than people who do nothing because of people. Deng She was really happy, rubbed his hands, walked around the room, and after a while, he noticed that Hong Jixun's eyes were bloodshot and his spirit seemed to be a little sluggish, and he came to his senses and said, "What? Sir has not slept all night again? ”

"When the lord summoned him, the minister was dealing with the Dizhou military report."

"Sir, I didn't say you. You can't do that. I didn't sleep all night last night, and I stayed up until now,......。 Deng She looked at the night outside, "It's almost the fourth watch again, even if you are an iron man, you can't hold it!" How many times have you explained to my husband, just tell your subordinates to do things that are not too important, why do you have to do everything yourself? ”

"Didn't my lord sleep all night last night? The lord is still diligent and diligent, how dare the minister be lazy as a courtier? What's more, now the two battlefields of Dizhou and Juye are at a critical moment, and even if the minister wants to sleep, he can't sleep. ”

Hong Jixun and Yao Haogu are different.

Yao Haogu is a politician, good at big and big, only grasping the main thing, and letting go of the rest of the small things. However, no matter how big or small things are, as long as they are within his jurisdiction, even if he "manages all opportunities", he will inevitably "bow down to everything". He compares himself to Zhuge Liang, and he is really very similar in this regard.

Everyone's personality is different.

Hong Jixun was born with this kind of cautiousness, not believing in others, only believing in his own character, Deng She also had no way to take him, slightly persuaded a few words, changed the topic, and ordered his entourage to serve ginseng soup, replenish his spirit, and then said: "Mr. mentioned Dizhou." And what military reports are coming? How is the war going? ”

As expected, Chahan launched a fierce attack on Dizhou at any cost, and it was really to distract Yidu.

More than three days have passed since the first fall of Dizhou. In these three days or so, Yidu reinforcements joined forces with Luo Guoqi's Dizhou to defeat and launched two counteroffensives against Dizhou.

The first counterattack was successful, but because the damage to the city was too serious, it was robbed by the Yuan army in less than half a day. Last night, all three groups of Yidu reinforcements arrived, and immediately launched a second counteroffensive, which lasted until the morning, and finally drove the Yuan army out again.

"In the morning, the Yuan army consolidated the battalions and launched another siege. Our army gathered 3,000 cavalry, went around from behind the city, and attacked the main formation of the Chinese army. Fierce battles into the afternoon. The Yuan army could not resist, and the whole army was defeated and retreated for thirty miles. On the surface, the situation in Dizhou seems to have stabilized. However, according to intelligence, the Yuan army on the Dadu side seems to have made some changes. ”

"The Yuan army of the Dadu side?"

"Exactly."

The so-called "Yuan army in Dadu" does not refer to the Chahan department, but the army directly under the jurisdiction of the Mengyuan court. Although it is said that the Mengyuan court has long been "difficult to leave the capital", the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the scale of the garrison in the Gyeonggi area is still about several thousand.

"What's the change?"

"There seems to be a trend towards Hejian Province, which is Dizhou."

"Oh?" Deng She gradually put away his smile, touched the short beard under his chin, and paced indoors, thinking as he said, "Most of the garrisons can be regarded as the only force that the Tartar Imperial Court can directly control. At this time, it moved towards Dizhou, and it clearly had the tendency to cooperate with Chahan. This Chakhan Timur,......? ”

"Judging from the ministers' expectations, it must be that Richard Han didn't know what agreement he had reached with Dadu, and maybe he made any promises, so he got Dadu's help."

"What will be the agreement? And what promises will it be? It can be said that most of them will send out the only army! ”

Deng She thought for a while, then made an assertion, and said, "It must be a matter of life and death!" Glancing up at Hong Jixun, Hong Jixun also happened to be looking at him, the two of them had a heart, and said in unison: "Capture Dizhou and open up the grain road!" It is convenient for Zhang Shicheng to take the sea route to transport most of the grain. ”

"A few days ago, the General Administration Department sent a piece of information from Dadu. said that because our sailors blocked the sea route and the land route was impassable, Zhang Shicheng did not send grain to Dadu this year. Now in May, there is no green and yellow, and there is already a shortage of food in the capital. Even if there is some relief from Shaanxi and even western Liaoning, these places are now in continuous war, and it is too late to take care of themselves, and I am afraid that it will be a drop in the bucket. ”

"......, when there is no food, people panic. You need to prevent most dogs from jumping off the wall! ”

Although there are sailors from Haidong patrolling on the sea road, the sea surface is wide, and it is impossible for Liu Yang and others to look at every inch of the water surface very strictly; As long as Dizhou is defeated, the area around Hejian Province is completely controlled, and the land route is unimpeded, then even if there will be some losses on the sea route, at least ten stops can be transported to Dadu for three or four stops.

"Although there are not many military horses in most of the capital, there are only thousands of people in total, and even fewer can be used. However, the war in Dizhou is actually in a state of see-saw, and once an external force joins, even if it is only a small point, it is very likely that there will be changes again. ......, lord, you must be wary of this side of the capital! ”

As the war progressed, Dunsher felt more and more that he had deviated from his original assumptions.

Originally, he just wanted to take advantage of the internal strife between Polo and Chahan to take down Jining. However, there was a Polo Lian Zhang Liangbi who attacked Yan'an and burned the flames of war into the pass, which alarmed Li Siqi; Then Dizhou was attacked, and Yidu was forced to fight on two fronts; Now, even most of them are involved! Moreover, Fang Congzhe's mission is successful, and perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang's troops will also appear on the battlefield in the near future.

Today and tonight, he suddenly had a faint realization.

This is no longer a small-scale battle, nor is it a large-scale battle, and it is very likely that it will develop into the final decisive battle in the Northlands! He muttered to himself, "'The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop'." ”

Hong Jixun didn't hear clearly, and asked, "Lord, what did you say?" ”

"The battle has come to this extent,......。 What do you think Richard would have thought, sir? There was a sentence that Deng She did not say, and he thought to himself: "I can't say it, Chakhan Timur will also feel that the war is gradually out of control." But he asked himself, "If this is the case, am I ready for Haidong?" ”

……

Richard thought about it like Dunshe.

Not only did Deng She arrange eyeliner in Dadu, but he also arranged eyeliner in Jinling.

Since Fang went from Zhe to Jinling, he was clear every time he met Zhu Yuanzhang and even the ministers of Jinling. It's okay to meet, but after the second meeting, it is obvious that there is something strange in Jinling.

One after another, there were brave generals who were out of battle to return to the city, and they were all dusty servants, and at a glance they knew that they were in a hurry, and some even rode back to the city, and they didn't even bring many personal soldiers. The information sent back by Cai Feige's book is said that last night, even Chang Yuchun, the first fierce general under Zhu Yuanzhang, also returned. All signs indicate that there will be a big operation in Jinling.

"Since the beginning of the year, only in the first month of the year, the Jinling Red Thieves and the puppet Han Chen Youliang have fought a few battles in Raozhou, and other than that, there has been no major war in Jinling. For no reason, suddenly a large-scale transfer of generals began at this time, and it was after meeting Fang Congzhe. Lord, there is a mystery here! ”

The person who spoke was Li Weixin.

Chakhan Timur frowned, held a candlestick, stood in front of the map, looked at it carefully by candlelight, and asked, "Is there anything else strange?" Has there been any change in the adjustment and defense of the various departments of the Jinling Red Thieves? ”

"Basically nothing has changed. There are only two. ”

"Which two?"

"One is in Jiande, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a military order and ordered Zhu Wenzhong to build a city and garrison. One is in eastern Zhejiang, where Hu Dahai carried heavy troops into Lingxi. ”

"Jiande? Lingxi? ”

Following the map, Tsakhan Timur found these two places separately. Jiande is near Hangzhou, not far away. Hangzhou is now in the hands of Zhang Shicheng. Lingxi is located in the traffic artery, can be east, can be west, echo Yanzhou to the west, and control Xinzhou to the east. Shinshu, adjacent to Chen Youliang's site.

——, Jiande is also Yanzhou. His real name was Jiande, and after being beaten down by Zhu Yuanzhang, he changed his name to Yanzhou Mansion. But Yanzhou is considered a "false name", so Chakhan Timur and Li Weixin are still called "Jiande".

Chahan pondered for a long time and was silent.

Zhu Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, "sister-in-law", originally surnamed Li, was accepted by Zhu Yuanzhang as a fake son, renamed "Zhu Wenzhong", at the age of nineteen, he was a general of the army, first "from the war", and then took charge alone. In the year he joined the army, he was awarded the title of "Left Deputy Commander and Marshal's Office in Front of the Tent" for his military exploits.

"In front of the tent" Yunyun, that is, the "command department of the pro-army in front of the tent", is Zhu Yuanzhang's henchman, which is similar to the nature of Haidong Wuya. The "Left Deputy Commander" is the "Left Deputy Commander", which is half a level lower than the "Commander of the Left Vice", which is equivalent to the deputy 10,000 households, but in fact it has a higher status than the deputy 10,000 households.

Although Anfeng's Song regime was under the banner of the former Song Dynasty, it was still greatly influenced by Meng Yuan in terms of military system, from the imperial court to the local government. Names such as "the commander of the pro-army in front of the tent", "Haidong Wuya" and so on can all be found in the establishment of Mengyuan.

——, and also includes Haidong's "Proton Army", as well as Jinling's "Gentleman" and "Sheren" Erwei, in fact, it is not much different from Meng Yuan's "Cowardice". The difference is only in the finesse of the points. For example, the two guards in Jinling, the "Junzi Wei" are all the nephews of civil officials, and the "Sheren Wei" are all the nephews of military officials, which is relatively fine; However, Haidong does not care about literature and martial arts, and his children and nephews are all filled into the "Proton Army".

Although Zhu Wenzhong is only 212 years old so far this year, he has been fighting for a long time and is already well-known for his courage and resourcefulness, "the weight of the weapon is heavy, and the people are unpredictable", "the brave crown of the generals", "the battle is vigorous, and the enemy is stronger", and at the same time, he is strict in governing the army, and he has ordered the death of those who trespass into the people's houses, and a soldier borrowed the people's kettle, so he was beheaded. It can be said that in Zhu Yuanzhang's army, in the face of all the generals, whether it is governing the army or military exploits, he can definitely rank in the top five.

Hu Dahai is also one of the famous generals in Jinling.

He is different from Zhu Wenzhong, Zhu Wenzhong is quite knowledgeable, once studied under Jinhua famous Confucian Fan Zugan and Hu Han, knows the scriptures and righteousness, can also write poems, and the poems he wrote are "impressive".

Hu Dahai is otherwise, he was born as a small vendor of fried fritters, and he doesn't know a single big character, but although he is illiterate, he can break the corporal, "everywhere he goes, he visits Haojun", Liu Ji, Song Lian and other "four gentlemen" were recommended to Zhu Yuanzhang by him. And the army is also very strict. He often said something like this: "My warriors don't know books, but they only know three things: don't kill people, don't plunder women, and don't burn down houses." "Thinking that the military is fighting for attachment from far and near", he is invincible, which can be described as Zhu Yuanzhang's right-hand man.

The most important point is that he, like Zhu Wenzhong, is loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew and righteous son, needless to say.

Although Hu Dahai is not Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, and he is not one of the first people to follow Zhu Yuanzhang, he can see his loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang from one incident.

He has two sons, Zhu Yuanzhang was in Kewu Prefecture, because of the lack of food and banned winemaking, but one of his sons was "the first offender", Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and wanted to practice the law. At that time, Hu Dahai was fighting outside, and Wang Kai "do not punish" to prevent Hu Dahai from rebelling. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It is better to make the sea rebel against me than to make me unable to do so." "He killed it with his own hands. After Hu Dahai found out, he didn't react at all, and when he returned from the battle, he was still as respectful as before.

"Zhu Wenzhong and Hu Dahai are all Zhu Yuanzhang's henchmen. Zhu Yuanzhang put one of them in Jiande and added the city wall; One was placed in eastern Zhejiang, monitoring the pseudo-Han. is clearly arranging the back road, beware of Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang. At the same time, after seeing Fang Congzhe, he transferred generals one after another. Sir,......, what does Zhu Yuanzhang mean? ”

"Could it be in Henan!"