At this time, the upper floor of Haozhou City.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who came here early in the morning to supervise, looked at Xu Da, Tang He, and Chang Yuchun who suddenly appeared in the city, and his eyes widened.

At this time, Xu Da under the gatehouse shouted to the city: "Open the door!" I'm Xu Da! ”

Hearing the familiar voice downstairs, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly ordered: "Quick, order someone to open the city gate!" ”

After a while, more than 3,000 people from Xu Da, Tang He and Chang Yuchun entered the city.

Looking at Xu Da and the others who walked up to the city tower, Zhu Yuanzhang walked over quickly and asked expectantly, "How is it?" How's it going? ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, Xu Da was stunned.

"How's that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened: "What did you do last night?" ”

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, the three of them said helplessly: "We didn't do anything, according to Brother Qi's order, we slept in the woods in the north after we left the city." ”

"Slept all night?"

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's incredible expression, Xu Da and they also understood very well, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, even they themselves felt incredible.

"Didn't we tell you anything else?"

Tang He shook his head: "No, just say let's run back openly." ”

Tang He's words made Zhu Yuanzhang completely confused.

What the hell is Qi Heng doing?

"Look, Brother Qi, they're back too."

Hearing Xu Da's words, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked out.

I saw the mountain in the distance, Qi Heng, Feng Guoyong, and Feng Sheng, two brothers, with nearly 3,000 men and horses, were running towards the city.

Soon, in full view of everyone, they came to the city.

The gates were opened.

Qi Heng trotted all the way, feeling that his lungs were about to explode.

Panting, he leaned against the wall below the city gate.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ran over with Xu Da and the others, and when he saw Qi Heng, he asked: "Engong, we really don't understand your strategy, what are you going to do?" ”

Qi Heng waved his hand, gasped, and said, "Wait, wait for me to rest." ”

After a while, it wasn't until Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were waiting in a hurry that Qi Heng recovered.

took a sip of the tea handed by the soldier, and slowly spoke: "Dashuai, what did you just say?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked eagerly: "Engong, what is your plan?" ”

Hearing this, Qi Heng smiled and asked rhetorically: "Marshal, do you know who led the Yuan army on the other side?" And why? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Didn't Tang He's subordinates inquire clearly before?" The commander is the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, Tokhtar Timur, isn't this time just to get rid of our rebels? ”

Qi Heng said: "The big marshal is only half right. ”

"Oh?"

Qi Heng continued: "This time, the Yuan army commanded seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses, known as one hundred thousand, and they came to Huaixi to quell the rebellion, but their goal was not only us. ”

"The soldiers of the Yuan army are well-equipped, there are more than 10,000 cavalry alone, and there is a steady stream of troops gathering, how can such a big battle be just for our Haozhou City, which has only twenty or thirty thousand troops?"

"In this quelling of the rebellion, Timur was ordered by the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty to quell rebellions in various places. The reason why they chose our first stop in Haozhou City is only because Huaixi is a passage connecting the north and the south. ”

"Once the Huaixi rebellion is put down, it can first isolate the northern and southern rebel armies of the Yuan Dynasty, so that the rebel forces cannot be connected in tandem and cannot form a subversive harm to the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, it is only necessary to wait for the Yuan Court to slowly recover, and the troops from all over the country will gather, and they can be broken one by one. ”

"He understands this truth, but not everyone understands it."

Speaking of this, Qi Heng breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of water, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and the other brothers around him unhurriedly and asked, "Do you think, who does the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty want to get rid of the most?" ”

Seeing Qi Heng's unhurried appearance, Xu Da said helplessly: "Brother Qi, just say it quickly, don't go around us." ”

When Qi Heng heard this, he immediately laughed.

And Zhu Yuanzhang on the side was thinking along Qi Heng's train of thought.

After a while, he glared at the beads of his eyes and said, "It's King Xiao Ming!" ”

Qi Heng clapped his hands and said, "That's right! ”

"For the Yuan court, an uprising like the one we have in Haozhou City today is just a local rebellion. But King Xiao Ming is different, he established the Great Song Dynasty, the era name Dragon and Phoenix, this is the trend of competing with the Yuan Court. ”

Speaking of this, Qi Heng's face changed, and he said: "So, I expect that it is impossible for Tokhtar to drag on us for too long, even if he wants to, the court will not agree, and the Yuan court will definitely not sit idly by and watch someone claim the king!" ”

"Didn't the Tokhtar army come all the way and didn't meet other rebels? Why do you want to go north? Their army, or the real intention of the Yuan court, is for him to eradicate the Xiao Ming King in the north! ”

And the reason why Tokhtar stayed in Haozhou was that he clearly knew that Huaixi was a key place! Once the entire Huaixi completely falls into our hands, even if the Yuan court wants to pass through the north and south, it will be a problem. ”

Speaking of this, Qi Heng stopped.

Zhu Yuanzhang and the other brothers were thinking.

After reacting, Xu Da couldn't help but say, "Even if Brother Qi is right, why are you taking us back and forth?" We still don't understand. ”

Qi Heng showed a mouthful of white teeth and said, "Since Na Totu has not been here for a long time, why should we fight with him?" As long as we create a momentum of increasing troops for him, let him understand that we will not be broken by him in a short period of time with the advantage of Haozhou City's defense of the city, and then we will have to weigh and weigh ourselves to get rid of ourselves, once we lose too many troops here, or delay for too long, will the Yuan Court be dissatisfied with him? ”

"The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty asked him to beat King Xiao Ming!"

After Qi Heng said his last words, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, who were pondering, lit up.

He understood.

Qi Heng's strategy, to put it bluntly, is taking advantage of the situation!

Borrow the power of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty!

Although they themselves knew that the soldiers led by Qi Heng were all the troops in the city itself, they didn't know!

Originally, there were more than 20,000 troops in Haozhou City, but now they have increased by five or six thousand, and this force will break 30,000!

Moreover, he does not know whether there will be any reinforcements in the future.

In this way, their seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses want to break through a city of more than 30,000 troops in a short time, which is difficult to imagine.

Plus the pressure that the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty gave him. Eighty percent of Tokhtok is about to retire from the army.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of amazement.

He could clearly feel that the person who could come up with such a plan was not just smart. The examination of the overall situation, the observation of details, and the control of the situation in this strategy are all completely lacking in Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly woke up to the fact that sometimes fighting a war depends not only on the bravery of the soldiers, but also on the overall planning of the generals.

He has never read any books since he was a child, and after following Guo Zixing, he just led his troops to rush into battle to kill the enemy, as if Qi Heng opened a window to a new world, allowing him to see a completely different method of warfare.

This is undoubtedly an unprecedented shock for Zhu Yuanzhang, who has never seen this.

With the imperial court's urgent destruction of the founding of the country, the danger of the siege of Haozhou City was broken.

The more he thought about it, the more excited Zhu Yuanzhang became.