After carefully thinking about it in his heart, Qi Heng looked at everyone and said, "I have a way to get a lot of food in three months, and the amount should not make thousands of us hungry." ”

"However, I need the commander to transfer five hundred people for me, and it won't take long, a few days."

"In these three months, the brothers still need to think of a way. In addition, if the porridge shacks of the hungry people in the city are short of food, they can be changed to once every two days, in short, they will not die of hunger, and their bodies will not help us in a short time. ”

Hearing Qi Heng's words, everyone was a little puzzled.

It only takes a few days to get a batch of food enough for thousands of people to survive the winter in three months......

It's really a bit unbelievable, but since Qi Heng said it, everyone still has some trust in him.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Qi Heng and said, "Engong, do you really have a way?" ”

Qi Heng nodded: "There should be no problem." ”

After receiving Qi Heng's confirmation, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

said with a smile: "Since Engong has said that he will give us food for the winter, brothers, we can't be idle, don't dare to say anything else, won't we get it for Engong for three months?" ”

"Tang and Xu Da, you will send people to the surrounding cities tomorrow to inquire about the news, since we have come out of Haozhou City, we can't be idle, his Yuan army eats meat, and we can't go hungry."

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Xu Datanghe immediately took the order.

Meanwhile.

Outside the low city wall of Huanggang, someone suddenly shouted inside: "Is there anyone, open the door!" ”

The soldiers who were on duty in the city hurriedly ran to the city wall, looked at the soldiers outside, and asked nervously, "Who are you?" ”

I only heard the general led by the soldiers outside say: "I am Li Changping, the general manager of the Sun Department of Haozhou City, and today I led 2,000 brothers under my command to join Zhu Dashuai, and I hope to report it!" ”

When the soldiers on the city wall heard this, they were stunned, but it was not for him to decide whether to open or close the city gate, so he shouted, "Wait a minute, and let me go after I have returned." ”

After saying that, he walked towards the marshal's mansion in the city.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was discussing the strategy with the brothers in the house, suddenly ran in front of a soldier and said: "Dashuai, there are people outside the city who claim to be the old general of Haozhou Sunbu, and they lead 2,000 soldiers who want to come to join Dashuai. ”

Hearing the soldier's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, but then he understood, and said calmly: "Let them in." ”

After speaking, he felt inappropriate: "Forget it, I'll go with you." ”

Upstairs at the city gate.

Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the light of the torch and immediately saw Li Changping, who was the leader of the comer.

Immediately, he laughed loudly: "It turned out to be the Changping brothers!" ”

"Someone, open the door!"

With Zhu Yuanzhang's order, the gate of Huanggang City was opened, and Li Changping led two thousand brothers into the city.

After Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Changping were reserved for a while, they arranged for someone to take them to the place where their army was stationed, and let them temporarily grieve for one night.

However, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was about to leave, Li Changping said mysteriously: "Dashuai, don't rush back first, you go to the city gate and wait for a while." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

"What are you waiting for?"

Li Changping said with a smile: "Not long after I left, there were people in Haozhou City who had the same idea as me, and they all wanted to come to Zhu Dashuai. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised: "Okay, then you guys rest first, and I'll take a look." ”

Coming to the gate of the city, just as Li Changping said, another team of people came slowly.

It is also the general manager of the Sun Department of Nahao Prefecture, with nearly 1,000 soldiers.

"Brother Liu Kan!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Mr. Qian outside the door with a happy face.

Then Liu Kan also hurriedly came to Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and arched his hand: "Dashuai, Liu Kan is here with his troops, and Dashuai will not take him in." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "How come, hurry, come in." ”

While walking, Liu Kan said: "I thought I was the first to come to Dashuai, but I never thought that Li Changping would take the lead, it's really hateful." ”

Where does Zhu Yuanzhang care about this, he said: "If you come, you are a brother." ”

"But we just came to Huanggang, and we don't have a place to live, so we will first wronged everyone to live in the barracks temporarily, and then find a way after dawn."

Liu Kan said: "What did the big marshal say?" By the way, Marshal, when I first came, I happened to meet a large number of people coming here, but your soldiers and horses? ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled and wanted to say something, a shout sounded outside the city gate again.

"Zhu Yuanzhang! Zhu Chongba!! ”

Hearing this voice, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

In confusion, he turned around and left, only to see that outside this small Huanggang, it was already full of people at this time.

The army stretched for hundreds of meters in front and back, and it was overwhelming.

Just looking at this, Zhu Yuanzhang estimated that there were almost 10,000 of these people.

Looking at the young general in battle armor at the head, Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled: "Are you?" ”

But the person on the other side didn't answer and asked: "Your Excellency is Zhu Yuanzhang, the deputy marshal of the Haozhou City Righteous Army?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and was about to say something, when he saw the general on the opposite side suddenly knelt down on one knee and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "In Xia Deng Youde, a person from Longxuli in Hongxian County, after he was born, he and his father raised a righteous rebellion against the Yuan, and a few days ago he was suddenly attacked by the Yuan army, and his father Deng Shunxing and his brother Deng Youlong died in the hands of the Yuan army. ”

"Now the city has been captured by the Yuan army, there is nowhere to go, I heard that the marshal is the deputy marshal of the Red Turban Army in Anhui, loyal and righteous, and also retreated to the Yuan army of 100,000 with the plan of doubtful soldiers, and the friendship is admired, so I came here to take refuge, and I hope that the marshal will accept it!"

Listening to Deng Youde's words, everyone on the side had no expression, but Qi Heng in the corner was recalling something.

Deng Youde......

Last Name: Deng .....

"It can't be Deng Yu, right?"

Qi Heng vaguely remembered that after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, among the noble heroes canonized, there should not be many people surnamed Deng, and the most famous is naturally Deng Yu.

Before Deng Yu took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, he was not called Deng Yu.

Deng Yu was named by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now this Deng Youde led nearly 10,000 soldiers to take refuge here, and with such great merit, it is impossible to be nameless.

Thinking of this, Qi Heng can basically confirm that this Deng Youde should be the Deng Yu of the later generations.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Deng Youde, who looked solemn, and saw that his expression did not seem to be fake, so he immediately helped him up in person, and said: "Brother Deng mourns, the Yuan army regards us and other southerners as pigs and dogs, although our righteous army has different names, they do the same thing, your father and brother are good." ”

"Our Zhu Yuanzhang has just been driven out of Haozhou, and he has been assigned to this Huanggang, and he is worried about how to resist the Yuan in the future, and now Brother Deng has led troops to vote, we Zhu Yuanzhang is grateful, since Brother Deng you can see us, we will be a family in the future, not a thief, we Zhu Yuanzhang swear not to be a person!"