After speaking, he turned his head to look at Qi Heng and Ma Xiuying beside him, and said, "Let's eat?" ”

Hearing this, Qi Heng asked, "What about Brother Xu?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Xu Da, they are still busy in the barracks, Sun Deya, they didn't repair it at all last time they came here, and now the soldiers in the city don't even have a place to live, so they eat with the brothers in the barracks." ”

Qi Heng nodded: "That's good." ”

While everyone was eating, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Engong, after meeting Deng Youde today, I suddenly heard him say a piece of news. ”

"What's the news?"

"Now there are 20,000 brothers in our Huanggang, and we can't be idle all the time, so we are thinking about going to the city to destroy the Yuan army, and at the same time, we don't have to crowd in the broken place of Huanggang."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang swallowed a mouthful of food and continued: "Let's talk about this in the barracks today, then Deng Youde said that they happened to pass through Chuzhou on the way here, and there have always been 20,000 troops of the Yuan army guarding the town. ”

"Moreover, we are now occupying Huanggang, the place is too small and the people are poor, and they can't support our more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, let alone development."

"If you can take Chuzhou and raise troops in one state, it will be more than enough."

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's seemingly casual words, Qi Heng nodded and said, "It's a good place to go." ”

"Does Eun Gong think so too?"

Qi Heng said with a smile: "Now the north of Haozhou is the battlefield where Liu Futong and the Yuan army are fighting, and we and Liu Futong are under the command of King Xiao Ming, so there is really no need to stir up." ”

"Moreover, the Yuan army in the north is strong, and most of the rebel armies are in the south. Although we have 20,000 elite soldiers now, we are not more than in the face of the big forces, so if we want to develop, we must be in the territory that has been muddied in the south. ”

"We are in the north of Anhui, and there is Jinling City in the south, so we are naturally mainly southbound and constantly developing."

Qi Heng's words were euphemistic, but the meaning was clear.

Now in this situation, there is only Chuzhou in the south to fight, right?

Moreover, Huanggang belongs to the boundary of Haozhou, and there must be no place in Haozhou.

So, the only option is Chuzhou.

After getting Qi Heng's affirmation, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We also think Chuzhou is a good place, and besides, we were in Dingyuan before, so it is convenient for us to go south." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang had already made a decision in his heart, and said: "Engong, I guess that in a few days, we will leave for the south, but our army can't take our family with us, right?" ”

"And now Huanggang is the base of our army, if we fail to attack Chuzhou, there will be a place to retreat, so let's think about it, this Huanggang still has to be guarded."

Hearing this, Qi Heng suddenly realized.

Feelings: Zhu Yuanzhang's words are not asking himself at all, in fact, he has already had a plan in his heart, and the question he asked just now was just a passing.

And the real intention was for him to defend the city.

Qi Heng, who understood the meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang's words, immediately smiled and said: "Big brother, if you want Qi Heng to defend the city, just say it, why beat around the bush." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was pierced by Qi Heng's blunt words, suddenly laughed.

"Aren't we helpless, Xu Datang and Chang Yuchun are our arms on the battlefield, and they are also good at charging into battle, if they are allowed to defend the city, it will not be a loss of combat power in vain."

"Moreover, they are brave and brave, but now Huanggang is not only defending the city, but also the barracks and civilian houses must be restored, where do they understand this."

"So let's think about it, you are the most suitable for Engong, with Engong here, Huanggang is foolproof, and Engong can also help deal with the affairs of the city."

"The most important thing is that we and our brothers' families are all in this Huanggang City, if we hand it over to one person casually, don't we feel at ease."

Zhu Yuanzhang began to flatter after playing with this heart, Qi Heng really couldn't listen to it, so he said: "Qi Heng is the one who receives the order, why should the eldest brother say this." ”

After speaking, he said: "Just now I was wondering, the eldest brother has always been a pioneer and an example in front of the brothers, how can he run back alone today, dare to be like this." ”

The matter has been resolved, and Ma Xiuying interjected: "Sir, don't look at your eldest brother as honest and honest on weekdays, but he actually has a lot of eyes." ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he laughed again.

But in fact, he knew in his heart that he didn't come back today just to defend the city, but to use it as an excuse to ask Qi Heng to go out of the mountain.

Although Qi Heng also helped him a lot before, he never had an official position.

So Zhu Yuanzhang is not good at sending anything.

But then it was different, this time inviting Qi Heng out of the mountain to defend the city was the beginning of really entering his army.

After discussing this matter with Qi Heng, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't stay long, and after swallowing the food in the bowl a few times, he got up and said: "In this case, our military camp is still busy, Engong, you eat slowly, let's go." ”

"Okay, big brother go slowly."

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang leave, Qi Heng picked up the bowl again to eat.

Ma Xiuying, who was on the side, sighed and said: "Alas, it's easy to have a gentleman here to relieve my boredom these days, and now that Mr. is also busy, I am going to be bored in the house again." ”

Qi Heng replied: "Isn't this just the right time to find a sister for my sister-in-law." ”

Hearing Qi Heng mention what happened just now, Ma Xiuying couldn't help but be happy.

In the afternoon, General Qi Heng still stayed with Ma Xiuying, and he came to the barracks.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, let Qi Heng know about the remaining sergeants in advance.

Now Huanggang has a total of 20,000 troops, and Chuzhou alone has 20,000 defenders, and it is not so easy to conquer.

So the troops brought out this time can't be too small, so the plan is about 18,000.

It was left for Qi Heng to defend the city with 2,000 soldiers.

Originally, there were less than 2,000 people in Huanggang, but considering that Guo Tianxu's people were capricious, it was not impossible to turn around and attack Huanggang once they learned the news of their troop transfer, so they left 2,000 soldiers for Qi Heng's dispatch.

In this regard, Qi Heng naturally would not refuse.

Things on the battlefield were capricious, and the information in his head was in the general direction.

And there is no advantage at all in these things.

Once Guo Tianxu really came to attack Huanggang in a frenzy, he really had no choice.

If you have 2,000 soldiers in your hand, you can still deal with them for a while, so that you won't be able to defend the city.