Xiangyang City.

On the city wall, which is more than three feet high, the dark red blood stains have not yet solidified, exuding a fishy smell. Under the city wall, there were countless corpses, and they were more than a foot high.

These were corpses dressed in tattered armor, and the collectors removed the armor from the corpses and threw them into a pit to bury them.

The three-zhang high city gate was incomplete at this time, and a group of soldiers were passing.

On the city tower, Luo Chuan looked at the tragic scene in front of him with a very emotional expression. It has been five years since he came into this world. At that time, he was also in Xiangyang, but in the mountains outside the city.

At that time, he had just entered the secret world, crossed into Zhou Ziwang's troops, and broke out of the encirclement with Chang Yuchun and others that night. Then he met Zhang Wuji and found Jiuyang Shengong.

After Luo Chuan and Zhang Wuji separated three years ago, they returned to Yuanzhou and took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang learned the method of military training in Wu Mu's suicide note, which won Zhou Ziwang's attention.

As for Luo Chuan, the life-saving benefactor, Zhou Ziwang is lukewarm.

Luo Chuan didn't have the idea of working hard for Zhou Ziwang, so he naturally wouldn't use his hot face to stick to the other party's cold ass. He joined Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang knew Luo Chuan's ability, coupled with his sense of righteousness, he directly made Luo Chuan a military advisor. In this way, in the past three years, Luo Chuan has been helping Zhu Yuanzhang with advice and making great contributions as a military advisor. Zhu Yuanzhang has also risen step by step because of this, and now he has commanded 10,000 elite soldiers alone.

In the past three years, Zhou Ziwang has swept south of the Yangtze River and has developed into the Eighth Route Army. Each army ranges from tens of thousands of horses to tens of thousands of horses. Chang Yuchun, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and others each led the army.

This time the long-term attack on Xiangyang did not fall, and Zhou Ziwang ordered whoever entered Xiangyang first to be named the king of Xiangyang for the sake of shame. It can be seen how much Zhou Ziwang is haunted by the fiasco five years ago.

Originally, Luo Chuan didn't plan to join in the excitement, but Zhu Yuanzhang coveted the title of King of Xiangyang, and Luo Chuan could only sacrifice his life to help.

In the past three years, Luo Chuan has been cultivating hard, Jiuyang Divine Skill has been practiced to the second level, and his strength has also been promoted to an intermediate martial artist.

In order to help Zhu Yuanzhang, Luo Chuan sneaked under the city gate at night and planted explosives, and after blowing up the Xiangyang city gate, Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to attack Xiangyang in one fell swoop

After the overnight battle, Zhu Yuanzhang had completely captured Xiangyang and was cleaning up the spoils at this time.

At this moment, two people walked not far away, it was Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da.

"Big brother, second brother!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands and was about to bow to Luo Chuan, and said, "Virtuous brother." This time, thanks to you, I can capture Xiangyang City first!"

"How dare you!" Luo Chuan waved his hand repeatedly.

"The occupation of Xiangyang this time is all the credit of the virtuous brother, at this time I can be crowned king, and I will sit on the throne with the virtuous brother!" I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang does have the talent to be a leader and has a great talent for acting. If it were an ordinary person, hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to give up the throne, I am afraid that he would have been grateful for it a long time ago.

But Luo Chuan is not from this world, and he has no feeling for the so-called throne. The reason why he helped Zhu Yuanzhang was just to complete the task.

Luo Chuan shook his head and said, "Big brother, do you think King Zhou will really crown you king?"

Xu Da was puzzled: "King Zhou made a promise in front of the whole army, how can there be any reason to change the order overnight?"

"Now, we are all subordinates of King Zhou, and we must all obey King Zhou's orders. If you suddenly become the same level as King Zhou, do you think King Zhou will feel comfortable?" Luo Chuan said, "Even if King Zhou has to crown his eldest brother as king for the sake of face." But this matter will definitely become a thorn in King Zhou's heart, and from then on we will all become a thorn in the side of King Zhou who wants to get rid of it, and when the time comes, I am afraid that any difficult bones will send us up until our strength is exhausted. ”

"If King Zhou ignores morality, then don't blame us for being ruthless!" Xu Da said angrily, "My eldest brother and I have a combined army of 30,000, and they are all elite soldiers. ”

"Big brother, do you think the same way?" Luo Chuan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang kept a calm face, frowned and did not speak. Obviously, Xu Da's words were similar to what he meant.

Luo Chuan shook his head and said, "Even if we can divide Xiangyang and occupy the land as the king. But since then, he has been on the opposite side of King Zhou. Moreover, Xiangyang is the key point of the Central Plains, and the Tartars will definitely not give up if they lose Xiangyang. If we stay here, we can only become a shield between the king of Zhou and the Tartars, not only will we not be able to increase our strength, but we will continue to consume our strength. Once our strength is consumed too much, it will be easy for either Tartar or King Zhou to clean us up. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly shrank, and he said anxiously: "Brother Xian, what do you say we should do?" Obviously, Luo Chuan's words hit his weakness.

Luo Chuan said: "Big brother, do you remember that I once said: "Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Fengwang, it's just a slogan. Once crowned king, it will attract the attention of the world, become a thorn in the side of the Tartars, five years ago, King Zhou's fiasco in Xiangyang is still vivid. What we have to do is to secretly develop and accumulate strength, and when we have hundreds of thousands of troops, we don't have to worry about money and food, and then we don't need to be canonized by King Zhou, we ourselves are kings. ”

"Listening to the words of the virtuous brother is better than reading a book for ten years. Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "If it weren't for the reminder of my virtuous brother, I'm afraid I would really be complacent on the cliff!"

"However, King Zhou's Chrysostom has been opened, and the whole army knows that the eldest brother has defeated Xiangyang and wants to be crowned the king of Xiangyang, how can we refuse?" Xu Da worried.

Luo Chuan had already taken a countermeasure, and said: "Big brother, it's better to pretend to be sick and postpone the matter of sealing the king for the time being, and after a while, the matter of sealing the king will naturally be slowly forgotten." At the same time, on the grounds that the army had suffered too much loss, we applied to be transferred to the rear to repair, and the land south of the Yangtze River was the land of fish and rice, which could be used as a granary for us to accumulate strength. When the time comes, we can compete for the world!"

These words reached Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. Zhu Yuanzhang has never been a person who is willing to be subservient to others, so he made a quick decision, pulled out the short sword on his waist and stabbed it into his chest!

"Big brother...... What are you doing!" Xu Da exclaimed.

Luo Chuan's complexion also changed suddenly, and he hurriedly stepped forward and clicked Zhu Yuanzhang twice on his chest to help him stop the bleeding.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was like gold paper, and he said weakly: "If I pretend to be sick, I will definitely not be able to hide the old fox of King Zhou, but it will arouse King Zhou's vigilance." ”

"But you can't do it...... In case of an accident, how can I explain it to the brothers!" Xu Da said bitterly.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and said lightly: "Isn't there a brother Sichuan here, his medical skills are unparalleled in the world, and this little injury is nothing." ”

Luo Chuan helped Zhu Yuanzhang take care of his wounds, and his opinion of Zhu Yuanzhang deepened a lot. Zhu Yuanzhang is worthy of a generation of heroes, ruthless to the enemy, and ruthless to himself. In the end, he can take over the world, and it is not unreasonable.