When Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang were engaged in a decisive battle, Zhang Shicheng sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, maintaining neutrality. defeated Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang can be freed up to clean up Zhang Shicheng. Attacking Zhang Shicheng can not only fulfill the previous promise and achieve the goal of winning people's hearts, but also relieve the pressure on the north, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who kills two birds with one stone, will inevitably go all out.

After Zhu Yuanzhang killed his biggest opponent Chen Youliang, with the assistance of Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, and Gao Sheng, he made great efforts to control most of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. After two years of accumulation, the Ming army was strong and strong, and Zhu Yuanzhang was going to take Zhang Shicheng, who was entrenched in western Zhejiang and Jianghuai.

Zhang Shicheng took refuge in the Yuan court, sent 110,000 stone military rations to the Yuan court from the sea every year, and was proud of his achievements, asking Emperor Yuan Shun to give him the title of king, and in a fit of anger, Emperor Yuan Shun stripped him of his position as a lieutenant. Zhu Yuanzhang seized the contradiction between Yuan Ting and Zhang Shicheng and attacked decisively, and the Yuan army stood by and let Zhang Shicheng fend for himself.

After Zhu Yuanzhang's successful expedition to the west and Chen Youliang, as soon as he returned to Nanjing, he ordered Xu Da and others to plan to capture the Huaidong region, successively conquered Taizhou and Tongzhou (Nantong, Jiangsu), and surrounded Gaoyou. Zhang Shicheng sent a naval army upstream from the Yangtze River to rescue Gaoyou. Zhu Yuanzhang personally led the army to repel Zhang Shicheng's army, captured Gaoyou, and captured Huai'an, so the Huaibei area changed its flag.

One night at the end of July in the twenty-sixth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1366), Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly came to the Yang family general station, and crowned Yang Tongtai, Yang Tonglang, Yang Tongzhi, Yang Tongpu and others as the marquis of Wanhu, and asked them to do a good job in the pre-war ideological work of the Miao soldiers.

When Miao Bing heard that Wu Guogong was going to concentrate his main force to eliminate Zhang Shicheng, he had been waiting for this opportunity for eight years, and he screamed one by one, eager to immediately send troops to arrest the traitor Zhang Shicheng.

The news spread quickly, and Lan Yu, Mu Ying, and Yang Jing's generals Luo Mingfu and Xiao Zizhang were excited when they heard that there was another battle. Luo Mingfu wiped his seven-foot Luo family gun over and over again, while Xiao Zizhang took his 86-pound Xiao family knife and practiced the eighteen-way anti-knife method again and again. Lan Yu and Mu Ying carried the Yang family's big gun and danced in the camp.

As the saying goes: a seven-foot gun, a five-foot stick, a big gun is another eight inches, although many famous generals are proficient in eighteen kinds of martial arts, all kinds of weapons are not the same. The Yang family called the big gun, the Luo gun, and the seven-star soul breaking gun in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the marksmanship was basically not passed on.

The Yang family gun method must be taught by the internal members and main generals of the Yang family's group, and the Luo family gun method is evolved from the Jiang family's gun, and the Xiao family's knife method is impossible to test.

Lan Yu wanted to learn the Luo family gun, so he asked Luo Mingfu: "Brother Mingfu, can you teach me a few tricks from your Luo family gun?" Luo Mingfu didn't say anything.

Lan Yu raised his voice: "Are you still afraid that if I learn, I won't be able to surpass you?" ”

Luo Mingfu said: "The Luo family gun was created by the ancestor Luo Yi, and it is stipulated that if it is passed on inside and outside, it will not be taught." ”

Lan Yu said: "As far as your Luo family is stingy, my Yang family's marksmanship has not been learned from the Yang family." I see you still treat me as an outsider. ”

Luo Mingfu said: "Lan Yu, I really convinced you, my brothers are all settled, don't embarrass me, okay?" ”

Lan Yu said: "Okay, I won't embarrass you." You'll have to dance for me from beginning to end, and it's up to me to learn whether you learn it or not. "It's obviously a strong argument," but I won't tell anyone if I learn. ”

Luo Mingfu said: "Before the drill, I will briefly talk about the key details. The Luo family's marksmanship is strong and resolute, delicate and delicate, soft and delicate, and the veins are clear. The main attack parts of the full set of marksmanship are the throat, outer shoulder, tiger's mouth, crotch, crotch, knees, instep and other parts. ”

Lan Yu said: "It's the same as the Yang family's gun......"

Luo Mingfu said: "Do you listen to me?" Otherwise, I won't practice it for you. Lan Yu didn't speak this time.

"Luo's gun is divided into upper, middle and lower three ways. The road gun is a martial point marksmanship, which is characterized by a large split and a big cover; The mid-lane gun is a Wendian marksmanship, characterized by delicate dexterity; The lower road gun is a gun point, a gun point, a gun point, the staggered marksmanship of civil and military, and the three-way gun has a clear marksmanship......"

"In short, the offensive and defensive methods of Luo's gun can be summed up in twelve words - blocking, taking, lifting, and pinching; splitting, collapsing, piercing, pointing; Pick, pluck, sweep, knock. ”

Lan Yu's head grew when he heard this: "I can't remember so much, is there a formula?"

"It doesn't matter if you have a flat gun, a king of guns, and high and low from far and near. Don't stop from the top, don't take it from the bottom, and see Hades at the middle point (throat). ”

Luo Mingfu's two mantras Lan Yu remembered them, Lan Yu clapped his hands and said: "The Luo family gun has 108 guns, and the Yang family gun has 360 guns, so doesn't it add up to 468 guns?" ”

Luo Mingfu couldn't help laughing: "You want to shoot both the Luo family gun and the Yang family gun?" Look, I'm going to fight-"

After speaking, Luo Mingfu gave Lan Yu a quick demonstration of his Luo family's marksmanship, and then sat down. Unexpectedly, Lan Yu actually carried his Yang family gun and killed it in the camp as usual, and the Luo family's marksmanship made it not leak, and he didn't pull down a single move.

After practicing, Lan Yu asked, "Brother Mingfu, how am I?" ”

Luo Mingfu couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Lan Yu, a strange talent!" In the future, he will become the pillar of the Ming army. ”

Xiao Zizhang walked over and said, "Congratulations to Brother Lanyu, you have 108 more marksmanship!" ”

"Hehehehe-" The three of them looked at each other and smiled......

Zhu Yuanzhang did not read many military books, but he was a genius military strategist and strategist, and he was quite strategic, and adopted the operational policy of capturing Huzhou and Hangzhou and cutting off Zhang Shicheng's arms. In order to confuse Zhang Shicheng, he secretly sent Zhu Yuming, Xiao Yu and others to infiltrate Pingjiang pretending to be merchants who returned to Pingjiang from Yingtianfu, and constantly spread rumors that the Ming army was going to attack the capital of Eastern Wu.

Zhang Shicheng suddenly felt like a tired egg, and he couldn't stop worrying, and he actually gathered more than eighty percent of the troops in Pingjiang, ready to fight Zhu Yuanzhang at any time. Hehe, the fish has taken the bait!

On August 4, Zhu Yuanzhang worshiped Xu Da as the general and Chang Yuchun as the deputy general, and led an army of 200,000 elite soldiers from Yingtian (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) to march to Taihu Lake. Before leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Huzhou is the gateway to attack Pingjiang, it is advisable to take it first, so that it is tired of running for its life, and its wings are tired, and then move the troops to Gusu, and it is necessary to take it!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also instructed Chang Yuchun and Xu Da to act according to the plan and not to change the battle plan at will.

Four days later, Xu Da led his army into Taihu Lake and sent Li Wenzhong to Hangzhou and Hua Yunlong to attack Jiaxing, intercept Zhang Shicheng's reinforcements, and encircle the point to send reinforcements.

From the 20th to the 24th, Xu Dajun led his troops to conquer the port and Bishan successively, captured Zhang Shicheng's generals Yin Yi, Chen Wang, Shi Qing, Wang Hai and others, and took advantage of the victory to enter the three bridges outside Huzhou City.

A large number of Ming troops suddenly appeared outside Huzhou City, and Zhang Tianlin, the Huzhou defender, was shocked, and hurriedly divided his troops into three ways and went out of the city to block the attack. Xu Da also divided his troops into three ways to attack, and led the pikemen army with Wang Guobao to force the city directly, wanting to cut off the enemy's way back. Lan Yu carried the Yang family gun, Luo Mingfu held the Luo family gun, and Xiao Zizhang rushed forward with the Xiao family knife and killed Zhang Tianlin's Southern Route Army.

The three young men did not want to die when they started a battle, and what they saw in their eyes was not human heads, arms, and legs, but turnips, pumpkins, and eggplants. Fighting at close range, the enemy generals couldn't parry at all, and retreated again and again, behind them were thousands of Miao soldiers, all of whom were red-eyed and fearless, cutting people when they saw them, and chopping horses when they saw them. In less than half an hour, the Eastern Wu army was defeated, and the head, broken arm, and stump leg were thrown to the ground.

Zhang Tianlin suffered dozens of wounds, and his generals were killed to the point that there was not much left, so he hurriedly shrunk his forces and retreated to the city. Once Huzhou is lost, the natural barrier of Pingjiang will be gone, and Pingjiang will be in danger.

Zhang Shicheng sent Li Bosheng to lead the army into the city to defend the city with Zhang Tianlin, and sent Lu Zhen, Zhu Xian, and the fifth prince to lead 200,000 troops (actually only 60,000) reinforcements. The temporary commander-in-chief Lu Zhen entered the old hall in the east of Huzhou, and saw that the number of Ming troops was everywhere, so he did not dare to attack rashly, built five villages for self-protection, and passed the defense, and missed the opportunity.

Xu Da planned to eat this Wu army, which was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he built 10 fortresses on both sides of the Nangusao Bridge in Dongqian Town, blocking the road between the old hall and Huzhou City, and the two enemy forces were cut off. Zhang Shicheng personally led 100,000 troops to rescue, Xu Da, Yang Tongzhi, Yang Tongtai and others intercepted halfway through the soap forest and beat Zhang Shicheng back to Pingjiang.

Zhang Shicheng was unwilling to fail, and ordered his subordinates to reinforce Huzhou several times, but they were all repulsed. In order to lure the Wu army of the old hall to fight, Xu Daxue Xian sent an attack on Shengshan Shui Village, Zhang Shicheng urgently ordered the fifth prince to take the initiative to attack, and Chang Yuchun led his troops to fight with him, and retreated a little.

Xue Xian led the navy to fight hard, and Gu Shi, the commander of the navy, rowed a small wooden boat around the enemy's big boat, and most of the enemies on the big boat looked down at him and laughed.

Gu Shi took advantage of the enemy's slackness and jumped onto the enemy ship with several warriors shouting. The enemy was in chaos at once, and other ships of the Ming army took the opportunity to attack and burn the enemy's ships. The enemy army was defeated, and the fifth prince, Zhu Xian, Lu Zhen and others were surrounded, and there was no way to retreat, so they had to surrender obediently.

In November, Lü Zhen was escorted to the city of Huzhou to persuade him to surrender. The deputy general Zhang Tianqi and others surrendered in Kaicheng, and Li Bosheng could only surrender. Under the persecution of Zhu Liangzu's army, Xie Wu, the defender of Hangzhou, was also forced to open the city gate and surrender. In this way, Dongwu lost both left and right arms, and Pingjiang became an isolated city, facing the situation of being surrounded on the south, west and north.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent a letter to recruit Zhang Shicheng, but Zhang Shicheng, who was stubbornly resistant, ignored him and organized death squads to break through several times, all of which ended in failure. Li Bosheng, the former general of the Eastern Wu army in Hangzhou, knew that Zhang Shicheng was very tired, so he sent his friends over the city wall to persuade Zhang Shicheng, but he refused to surrender again.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhang Shicheng to be trapped and killed, surrounded but not beaten. Half a year later, the surplus of food in Hangzhou gradually ran out, Zhang Shicheng personally led tens of thousands of pro-troops nicknamed "Ten Dragons" to risk breaking through, after leaving the city, he saw that the Wu soldiers in the left west of the city were in strict formation, and he did not dare to commit it, so he turned to Zhoumen and killed the camp of Chang Yuchun. Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu and others waved their troops forward and fought fiercely with the Eastern Wu soldiers.