After Zhu Wenzheng was arrested and imprisoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, how to deal with Zhu Wenzheng was an extremely thorny issue.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry and wanted to kill Zhu Wenzheng to establish his authority.

But some people disagree, this person is none other than Zhu Yuanzhang's wife Ma Xiuying. Ma Xiuying has a good impression of this white and pure nephew Zhu Wenzheng.

"What, you're going to kill Wenzheng's nephew."

Ma Xiuying, who was drinking tea with Zhu Yuanzhang, heard Zhu Yuanzhang say that he wanted to kill Zhu Wenzheng Liwei, and the teacup in his hand couldn't hold it for a while, fell to the ground, and fell to pieces.

"So far, I have no choice but to do it, I can't let Zhu Wenzheng go by, let the soldiers underground think that I am different from each other, and I will not punish my family for such a thing."

Ma Xiuying said to him beside Zhu Yuanzhang: "No matter how you say that Zhu Wenzheng is also your nephew, he has suffered a lot with you in the past few years, even if he does this, he is young and ignorant, this time you can let Wenzheng go." Even if the children are ignorant, it is okay to discipline and discipline, and there is no need to shout and kill, so that outsiders can see the jokes. ”

Although Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Ma Xiuying's words were good, he still couldn't tolerate Zhu Wenzheng rebelling against himself like this.

"Zhu Wenzheng is young, but if Zhu Wenzheng is let go, several other righteous sons will also think that my godfather is too benevolent to Zhu Wenzheng, not to mention that Zhu Wenzheng spends all his time drinking and being cynical, this time he actually did a big rebellion, if I don't punish him, I will let others follow suit, how can I get it." Zhu Yuanzhang refuted Ma Xiuying's words.

Ma Xiuying pondered for a while and said: "You, you have received a lot of righteous sons, but which of these righteous sons can be like Zhu Wenzheng who can guard Hongdu for you for so many days, and he didn't ask you for help, so he just guarded Hongdu." Isn't that a big deal? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated, and knew in his heart that if Zhu Wenzheng had not refused Chen Youliang in Hongdu, then it was very likely that his men and horses would have asked Chen Youliang to make dumplings, but he couldn't figure out that Zhu Wenzheng actually did such a thing, now is the season when the two armies are facing each other, if this kind of thing is not handled well, it will definitely have a very bad impact on the battle situation. So Zhu Yuanzhang said to Ma Xiuying: "Zhu Wenzheng's matter, don't get involved, let me think about how to deal with it." ”

Ma Xiuying knew that she couldn't say that Zhu Yuanzhang should not kill Zhu Wenzheng at the moment, so she silently retreated and returned to her room.

Ma Xiuying pulled the two maidservants and whispered a few words, and the maidservants hurried out.

After Ma Xiuying left, Zhu Yuanzhang kept thinking about what to do with Zhu Wenzheng, and after sitting and thinking about it for a while, he got up and went out.

Other generals in the army also heard the news that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to kill Zhu Wenzheng, and they had been waiting in the military tent for a long time.

Everyone has been talking about this matter, some advocate killing Zhu Wenzheng, and some feel that Zhu Wenzheng has just made a great contribution, and according to Zhu Wenzheng's ability, it is really possible to kill him.

Zhu Yuanzhang could already hear the noise in the room outside, but when Zhu Yuanzhang came in, everyone stopped talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said: "Since everyone knows about Zhu Wenzheng, then I won't hide it from everyone, you all tell me how to solve this matter." ”

Xu Da gave Li Shanchang a look, and Li Shanchang opened his mouth to intercede for Zhu Wenzheng: "Zhu Wenzheng is too young and acts too Meng Lang, this incident, fortunately, did not cause too much turmoil, please marshal for the sake of Zhu Wenzheng's recent stubborn defense of Hongdu, the great merit of the enemy's fight for every inch of land and the refusal of Chen Youliang, this time he let Zhu Wenzheng go." ”

Before Li Shanchang's words were finished, Chang Yuchun, who was as fierce as fire, spoke: "I don't accept Li Junshi's words. The generals of our army are not desperately resisting Chen Youliang, how can they let this Zhu Wenzheng go unpunished because of Zhu Wenzheng's strong refusal of Chen Youliang's merits, if the order is not stopped, how can the marshal order the army in the future, if the marshal lets Zhu Wenzheng go this time, it will inevitably chill the hearts of the soldiers. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Chang Yuchun say, and immediately said: "What General Chang said is right, although I am a marshal, but I can't forgive Zhu Wenzheng's sins for his merits, and besides, this marshal has always been rewarded and punished for governing the army, Zhu Wenzheng has been meritorious in rejecting the enemy, I have already rewarded him, and I can't spare him if something like this happens." ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang's words were finished, Li Shanchang, Xu Da and others felt that there was no need to kill Zhu Wenzheng, and the faction felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was very intense, and they didn't know how to persuade for a while.

At this time, after the curtain was raised, a handsome figure came in, and everyone suddenly looked at each other, and Xu Da was even more happy, knowing that the rescue was coming, and Zhu Wenzheng's head could be saved.

The person who came was Chu Liuyan, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Chu Liuyan: "Liuyan, you are here, very good, Ben Shuai has one thing in his heart that he can't resolve, now that you are here, it's great, this time Zhu Wenzheng was able to successfully capture, you have made great contributions, I will listen to your meaning in this matter." ”

Chu Liuyan had already heard the news from Ma Xiuying's maidservant, and Ma Xiuying had asked him to save Zhu Wenzheng's life, so he had already thought of a rhetoric in his heart, so he said to Zhu Yuanzhang with retreat: "Marshal, I don't know if the marshal has anything to ask for my opinion." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said: "It's how to deal with Zhu Wenzheng, you might as well tell me your opinion." ”

Chu Liuyan said unhurriedly: "Marshal, in the battle formation of our army, there are many people who can capture the city and kill the enemy, such as General Chang, General Lan, etc., but there are not many generals who can strictly defend the city, Zhu Wenzheng is one, now the end of the war has just started, Chen Youliang has thrown hundreds of thousands of male soldiers and marshals will hunt in the meantime, the thief army is strong, our army has to hold the city everywhere in addition to the main force, there are often cities that change hands several times between the enemy and us, if at this time, behead Zhu Wenzheng, I'm afraid it will have an adverse impact on those soldiers who defend the city, if someone defects because of this, wouldn't this help Chen Youliang. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was shocked, and secretly said in his heart, why didn't he think of this layer, it seems that Zhu Wenzheng can't be killed at the moment.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's Huo Ran stood up and said to the soldiers: "Chu Junshi's opinion is indeed very reasonable, and the commander will temporarily guard Zhu Wen and wait until the war calms down a little before discussing this matter." ”

After putting Zhu Wenzheng's matter on hold for the time being, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately brought up another topic.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said: "Chen Youliang, this puppet, is really not ready to let go of Ben Shuai this time, and Chen Youliang will definitely not give up when he comes out of the nest this time." Therefore, what we are going to face is the great impact of Chen Youliang's soldiers, and you think that this Ying Tian can be defended at the moment. ”

Xu Da was also very worried about this matter, he had already estimated the strength of the enemy and me, and felt that Chen Youliang's strength was too great, if he barely guarded Ying Tianfu, it was very likely that he would be trapped to death by Chen Youliang's army.

So Xu Da stood up and said: "Marshal, the thieves are big at the moment, and Ying Tian is afraid that there is no way to protect it, I mean it is better to take the initiative to abandon the city, first avoid Chen Youliang's edge, open the length of Chen Youliang's battle line, and then look for an opportunity to fight with Chen Youliang, when the time comes, Chen Youliang will inevitably divide his troops to garrison the city, then there will be a lot fewer people and horses chasing him, you might as well attack head-on at that time, or eat them in sections." In this way, the gains and losses of one city and one pool can be accumulated into big victories, and then Chen Youliang can be defeated. ”

As soon as Xu Da's plan was proposed, Li Shanchang even claimed that it was good: "I am very much in favor of Tiande's proposal. ”

Other generals also spoke in favor of it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent.

At this time, Chu Liuyan said in a loud voice: "Although Brother Xu's method is good, it does not work for Chen Youliang, with Chen Youliang's character, he will definitely not divide his troops to garrison the city, and he will definitely lead the troops to chase after him, if we abandon Yingtian, not only will we not get any benefits, but it is very likely that we will be caught up by Chen Youliang, who is good at land warfare, and when the time comes, it may be bad, my opinion is that not only can we not abandon the city, but we must fight a decisive battle with Chen Youliang in Yingtian." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang heard Chu Liuyan's words, the light in his eyes flashed, and he immediately said to Chu Liuyan: "Liuyan, since you have such a proposal, you must have a plan in your heart." ”

Chu Liuyan smiled and said: "It's not successful, but I have an opinion, it's better for me to say it and give it to the public counsellors for detailed reference." There is an important reason why Chen Youliang is now following us and others. ”

Li Shanchang immediately asked, "I don't know why." ”

Chu Liuyan said: "Chen Youliang's backyard has already caught fire, I heard that the Yuan army has begun to attack Chen Youliang, if Chen Youliang doesn't want to look at each other, he is likely to step up his efforts to deal with us, on combat strength, our sailors are not as ready as Chen Youliang, I think Chen Youliang is in a hurry to perform, he will definitely let his sailors pass through the Yangtze River, along the Qinhuai River to Yingtian City, and the only thing that can restrain Chen Youliang on this waterway is a wooden bridge on the river, this wooden bridge is called Jiangdong Bridge, if he is allowed to come from here, We can't stop his sailors, so we must ambush Chen Youliang here, and according to my observation, Longwan is a very suitable place, the ground is open, and we can use the mountains to do a good ambush, so we can surprise the enemy here. ”

Everyone was in favor of Chu Liuyan's proposal.