Lian Chengjue couldn't understand why, so he had to ask first: "I heard that Chang Yuchun, the general of Chang Sheng, was also defeated, I don't know if your envoy knows about it." ”

The herald spoke; "The general's news is very accurate, General Tang He and General Chang Yuchun have already lost three battles in a row, and they have retreated for dozens of miles before they can take up their positions."

Lian Chengjue hurriedly asked: "In this case, why didn't Wu Guogong let the men and horses of Chuzhou go to help as soon as possible, but only as long as we sent 10,000 horses." ”

The herald smiled and said: "Wu Guogong thinks that the generals are all friendly troops, but now he is facing the fierce soldiers of the Han King Chen Youliang, and the troops under Zhang Shicheng are different, Wu Guogong is afraid that the Chuzhou soldiers will make any mistakes, and it is not easy to explain to the dead Xiao Ming King Han Lin'er and his son, which is also a piece of Wu Guogong's painstaking efforts." ”

A hurried Chuzhou general shouted and said: "What is a painstaking effort, I think it is Wu Guogong who is afraid that I will wait too much and steal the limelight of Yingtian's troops." ”

Immediately, someone chimed in and said: "That's right, your Yingtian Chang Sheng's general Chang Yuchun has been defeated, I'm afraid that Yingtian's army will no longer be able to find a general who can turn the situation around, so it's better to let our more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Chuzhou stand up for Wu Guogong, and drive the Han army of Han King Chen Youliang back to his hometown." ”

"By the way, as long as I wait for the battle array, Zhun Bao can let Han King Chen Youliang eat." A sturdy general began to speak babble, this person was the general of Chuzhou who was defeated by Chu Liuyan that day, and his mind was a little unbright. This person is in the army of Chuzhou, although he has also fought several battles, but he has never fought against the Han army under the Han King Chen Youliang, and he thinks too highly of himself, and he has this "heroic dry cloud" words.

As soon as the generals of Chuzhou heard this person's words, they all burst into laughter, and the face of Lian Chengjue, who had always been lonely and arrogant, also showed a smile.

Lian Chengjue patted the case, and the noisy generals suddenly quieted down.

When the herald saw such a posture, he knew that Liancheng Jue was a master of all words among the more than 100,000 Chuzhou soldiers, so he took a step forward and said: "General, this is Wu Guogong's sincerity, Chuzhou soldiers and horses have not been in battle for a long time, Wu Guogong said that he had no intention of thinking about Zhang Shicheng's general approach and used Chuzhou soldiers and horses as a shield. ”

When Lian Chengjue heard this, his face changed, and his face became gloomy.

When the Chuzhou generals heard this, they were all shocked and remembered something.

It turns out that Zhang Shicheng, a private salt tyrant, is ruthless and unscrupulous in doing things, although he has a limit, but he has a very special method for leading troops.

Because he did a private salt business in his early years, Zhang Shicheng and the generals and soldiers paid the most attention to the relationship with kindness, and when they went to war, they would repay each other with death.

Moreover, Zhang Shicheng also has an extremely characteristic method of recruiting soldiers, that is, to open the door and recruit people extensively. Whether it is a high-roller in the rivers and lakes of three religions and nine streams, or a straggler who is outcast, if he wants to be a soldier and eat food, as long as he votes for Zhang Shicheng, he will be accommodated, but he may not be able to make up for it immediately. This set is completely a set of methods summed up by Zhang Shicheng in the process of selling illicit salt, and selling illicit salt is a capital crime, so this method is generally adopted to seek suitable candidates.

As long as the battle provokes start, Zhang Shicheng will order people to put these stragglers and high-rollers in front, and if they win the battle, they will immediately follow up with a sharp division to cover up and kill the other party.

If you don't win, you can still maintain your strength, then see the opponent's weaknesses, and then send a crack detachment to take advantage of the shortcomings, and then attack with all your might.

Zhang Shicheng used this unique strategy to lay down the territory of Jiangnan, and grew from a small small leader selling illicit salt to an extremely powerful overlord, which cannot but be attributed to this unique method.

However, later the territory was larger, and there were naturally more people to collect, and it was not easy to screen, and Zhang Shicheng did not have so much energy to manipulate such a thing, because the combat effectiveness of Zhang Shicheng's troops was weakened a lot, but this strategy and strategy were still inherited, and it became an extremely obvious tactic of Zhang Shicheng's department.

However, this method of warfare is not shameful for the regular generals who speak out, so although Zhang Shicheng occupies the richest areas of the country, the generals in other places still have a view of him as a hillbilly, an outburst landlord, and there seems to be a salty taste of private salt that cannot be removed.

This is also the reason why aspiring generals would rather join other masters with relatively small forces than succumb to Zhang Shicheng's command.

The words of the herald undoubtedly showed on behalf of Zhu Yuanzhang of Wu Guogong that Zhu Yuanzhang of Wu Guogong would definitely not treat these guest troops as cannon fodder that could be sacrificed like Zhang Shicheng, but sincerely hoped that the more than 100,000 soldiers in Chuzhou would suffer fewer casualties.

The Chuzhou generals below Liancheng Jue are naturally not fools, and they also understand the intentions of Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang, and feel the grandeur of Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang's fists, some impulsive Chuzhou generals shouted feverishly: "Brother Lian, since Wu Guogong can treat me like this, why should I spare my life, it is better to take all the people to help General Chang Yuchun." ”

There are even generals who said: "Wu Guogong values us so much, how can we make Wu Guogong laugh, if we only send 10,000 soldiers and horses to help, I am afraid that they will be made fun of by the heroes of the world in the future." ”

"Big brother, I don't think I have to hesitate, let me take tens of thousands of horses, pull out the camp overnight, find the Han army led by the Han king Chen Youliang, the dog thief, and level his camp tent, one is to avenge General Liu Futong, and the other is to repay the kindness of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu." A general impulsively prayed in front of Liancheng Jue, and actually cried bitterly.

"That's it, when I was in Anfeng, I was besieged by the Han army so badly, I almost lost my life, I have already been angry, and I want to avenge this arrow." A general shouted.

One of them will echo: "That is, the last time our army was besieged by the Han army, how many brothers' corpses were left behind, and in the end, there was no effort to bury them, and the blood flowed and the bones were all over the field." We will avenge our fallen brothers. ”

In the Chuzhou tent, there are countless Chuzhou generals who automatically ask for help and ask Liancheng Jue to let him fight, but Liancheng Jue is thinking about something, and he is deaf to the generals' petitions.

Seeing this situation, the herald really admired Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart, such a few short words, the Chuzhou general who could be bewitched was so excited, and Wu Guogong's clever words and deception were really clever.

Later, a large number of Chuzhou generals knelt down in the big tent.

Seeing this, Lian Chengjue knew that this matter could not be stopped, so he said: "I have already heard the words of the generals, since Wu Guogong is so kind to my Chuzhou soldiers, and how can I Chuzhou soldiers be willing to live in the queen, I will be selected in the martial arts arena today, and tomorrow I will send 40,000 horses to help General Chang Yuchun and help him attack and kill the Han army." ”

Listening to Lianchengjue's words, the generals of Chuzhou were all excited, although 40,000 horses were only part of the troops of Chuzhou, but 40,000 horses were selected, but they were carefully selected from more than 100,000 Chuzhou soldiers and horses, and naturally they were not far behind, so the generals had to lead the team to fight.

Lian Chengjue felt that since he was going to fight against the Han army of Han King Chen Youliang, one was to take revenge, and the other was not to weaken his reputation, so he also personally selected the most powerful generals in the army and ordered them to prepare and take 40,000 horses to meet the battle tomorrow.

After such instructions were in place, the herald sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, knew that his goal had been achieved, so he said goodbye to Lian Chengjue and the generals, and returned to Yingtian.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw the herald coming back, and hurriedly asked how things were going, and the herald laughed and said: "Wu Guogong is wise, 40,000 Chuzhou soldiers and horses are already in Wu Guogong's hands." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked, saying that 40,000 soldiers and horses in Chuzhou had already been allocated to participate in the war.

The herald returned: "Yes, General Lian Chengjue has personally ordered that tomorrow he will send a cadre of generals with 40,000 soldiers to help in the battle." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened, sighed slightly and said: "This time it is a dangerous move, but I don't know how long these 40,000 soldiers and horses and the army sent out earlier will be able to resist." ”

The herald was also silent when he heard this, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was happy to have been irritable again, waved his hand at the herald, signaling that he wanted to be alone and quiet, and let the herald go out first.

As soon as the herald saw Zhu Yuanzhang's gesture, he already understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, so he quietly retreated.

"A short-term plan, not a long-term plan, to stop the boiling of the soup, after all, it is better to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle." Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang slowly chanted.

"Wu Guogong said that it is not bad, the soup is raised to stop boiling, but it is only saved for a while, and it is not as complete as the bottom of the kettle." A clear and graceful voice came to mind outside the door.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he knew that the person who came must be Chu Liuyan.

Sure enough, Chu Liuyan walked in from outside the door, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, Wu Guogong: "Wu Guogong, I heard your chanting outside the door just now, Liuyan took the liberty to guess whether Wu Guogong was going to let someone out." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "I just chanted indiscriminately, didn't Master Chu think that there was any extraneous sound in the sentence that I just recited indiscriminately." ”

Chu Liuyan smiled and replied: "If Wu Guogong didn't have such a meaning in his heart, I believe that Wu Guogong would not recite such words." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang neither admitted nor denied it, but just smiled and said: "I just said casually, if the girl who is smoky has to make such an explanation, there is no other way for the princess." From the beginning to the present, the Smoke Girl has made great contributions to my army, is there any suspicion about it now? ”

Chu Liuyan smiled and said, "What Guogong said is very true. If so, then please don't blame Wu Guogong. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally understood Chu Liuyan's extraneous voice, so he waved his hand and said, "It's okay to do this, there is no need to say anything." ”

Chu Liuyan knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to talk about Xu Da to himself, so he smiled slightly, and asked sideways: "Wu Guogong is here, don't you know the gossip outside." ”

Chu Liuyan teased him, but Zhu Yuanzhang was hesitant in his heart, glanced at Chu Liuyan and asked, "Could it be that someone outside has passed on some gossip about me?" If you hear something, you might as well tell me about it."

"I've only heard about it a little, but I don't know if Wu Guogong has the grace to listen to it."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he already knew that Chu Liuyan's next words would not sound good.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's pretentious kung fu has been cultivated deeply, and Zhu Yuanzhang's face did not react to Chu Liuyan's words, but he just said: "Since the prince of my country has been in charge of Yingtian, although he has been self-disciplined and respectful, and has repeatedly called for discussions, if Chu Junshi has any news, he might as well listen to me." ”

Chu Liuyan didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to say such a thing after hearing his words, he was stunned, and he couldn't say anything for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Chu Liuyan's expression was different, and naturally knew that Chu Liuyan must not have expected him to speak like this.

Knowing this, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, said to Chu Liuyan: "The public of my country is not a person who loves himself, and there are a lot of things to discuss between his actions, but Chu Junshi has nothing to say, so there is no need to hide it." Zhu asked himself if he was worthy of the sky, the earth, the people, and his conscience. Born in heaven and earth, who can be without fault? It is understandable that someone will destroy it. ”

Since Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang said so, Chu Liuyan also had to speak: "Wu Guogong is a heavy send, respectful and cautious, and should be trusted by the subjects of heaven. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Chu Liuyan, smiled slightly and said: "What the Liuyan girl said is mostly beautiful words, such words, call me here"