However, after laughing, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he couldn't be happy at this time, so he pulled Hu Weiyong, who reported the news, over and said, "Come on, come on, Weiyong, go." ”

After finishing speaking, he seemed to remember something, and asked casually, "Alas? By the way, what about Liu Bowen? Why didn't he come? The city gate didn't greet him, and the edict gift didn't arrive, so why did he go? ”

Originally, it was just Zhu Yuanzhang's casual words, but Hu Weiyong seized the opportunity and hurriedly said: "Your superiority, Liu Bowen is here, and he is under the city." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about it originally, and said casually: "Then why don't you participate in the ceremony?" ”

Hu Weiyong said: "He's joking with people." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned: "Oh? What to say, what to laugh at? ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, Hu Weiyong suddenly stood in place, not daring to speak.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was really fooled by his set, and shouted: "Say it directly!" ”

Hu Weiyong pretended to be afraid to say it, and whispered: "He, he said that Dashuai and King Ming were acting, and also said that King Ming was a fake emperor and wouldn't live long." ”

Listening to Hu Weiyong's words, the surrounding soldiers suddenly became bustling.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face also changed instantly.

Gloomy as water.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang, who has just been crowned King of Wu, is happy and proud in his heart, but now when he hears such words at this time of great joy, he can imagine the anger in his heart.

With a wave of his sleeves, he suddenly turned and left.

The generals behind him followed one after another.

And that Hu Weiyong just stood in place, waiting for everyone to pass.

As Li Shanchang, who was walking at the end, slowly walked down the stairs, he looked at Hu Weiyong and immediately asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Seeing Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong hurriedly ran to Li Shanchang's side in a few small steps, and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Mentor ......."

Listening to Hu Weiyong's words in his ear, Li Shanchang suddenly smiled.

Laughed and looked at Hu Weiyong, and said, "Well done, done right!" ”

Downstairs in Jinling City.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked in front alone with an ugly face.

In my heart, I was always thinking about what Hu Weiyong said just now.

He secretly said in his heart: "Liu Bowen, you are smart, since you see things so clearly, you shouldn't talk too much!" If you run around with your tongue and show off your cleverness, you're not smart. ”

At the Jinling City Gate.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally led the civil and military forces and sent King Xiaoming to a sedan chair outside the city gate.

After sending off Queen Xiao Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately called his cronies Dahu over and said: "Dahu, you escort King Ming to Chuzhou, after arriving in Chuzhou, order the prefect of Chuzhou to build a palace for King Ming, it doesn't matter how big or small, the most important thing is to have an outer court and an inner court, like a look, from now on, the civil and military forces of Chuzhou will carry out the royal ceremony and worship King Ming." ”

The big tiger immediately said: "Obey!" ”

"Go ahead."

After King Xiao Ming finished everything he had to do in Jinling City, Zhu Yuanzhang impatiently sent him to Chuzhou.

And although the little Ming King is young, he is not a fool.

can also guess a thing or two about Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

And the reason why he is so cooperative is entirely because he has long been used to such days.

Liu Futong at the beginning, why didn't he treat him like this.

Inside the city.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished doing these things, Ma Xiuying came here with Zhu Biao, and when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang, she immediately smiled and said: "The concubine visits King Wu." ”

Hearing Ma Xiuying's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to say something with a smile.

Zhu Biao, who was behind Ma Xiuying, shouted: "Meet my father." ”

But Ma Xiuying said jokingly: "I can't say that my father is handsome, I should say that my father is the king." ”

Hearing Ma Xiuying's words, Zhu Biao hurriedly changed his words and said in his immature voice: "Meet my father." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he heard this, and said, "It's okay." 、”

After speaking, he looked at Ma Xiuying and said, "Sister, you will damage us." Aren't you the queen mother now? ”

Ma Xiuying didn't mention it, but said: "As soon as they sealed you, you sent them away, and you didn't even pay tribute to them with a glass of wine." ”

In this way, only Ma Xiuying dares to say it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang now.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly: "We really don't have time, we are about to board the ship." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered something, and instructed: "By the way, sister, after we go on the expedition, this Jinling City will be handed over to you, there are a total of 12,000 defenders in the city, and 30,000 soldiers and horses in the south of the city are monitoring Zhang Shicheng." We have to take the rest of the soldiers and horses away to meet Chen Youliang. ”

Hearing this, Ma Xiuying immediately said: "Don't worry, but leave Juntao for me." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned back: "Then how can it be done, this battle is very critical, victory or defeat directly affects our life and death, not to mention Jun Tao, then Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, we have to take it away." ”

Ma Xiuying couldn't help asking: "You took it all away, so who did you leave for me?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Don't worry, we have already planned for you." ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted behind him: "Hu Weiyong! Come here! ”

When Hu Weiyong heard this, he hurriedly ran over and said, "Ascend." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then said to Hu Weiyong: "After we go on the expedition, you will stay in Jinling with your wife, and you will sit in Zhongshu Province and have full authority to handle military and civil affairs." ”

As Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Hu Weiyong was immediately stunned.

He originally just thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would let him assist Ma Xiuying in management, but he didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would let him sit in Zhongshu Province and handle military and political affairs with full authority!

This grace is too great.

When Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hear Hu Weiyong's voice for a long time and turned his head to look, Hu Weiyong reacted, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang with a grateful face: "Obey!" ”

"Minister, you must live up to your expectations."

Looking at the expression on Hu Weiyong's face at the moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied.

Said slowly: "The first major thing you did was to send the edict of King Ming to the three counties of five states, eight prefectures, and thirty-three counties. and all the commanders of the rebel armies in the north and south, tell them that our Zhu Yuanzhang has been named the king of Wu, and the king of Ming ordered all the rebels in the world to crusade against Chen Youliang, and ask them to obey our orders. ”

When Hu Weiyong heard this, he instantly understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, and shouted loudly: "The subordinates will do it!" ”

After saying that, he happily turned around and left.

Looking at the back of Hu Weiyong leaving, the corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

But Ma Xiuying on the side said suspiciously: "What is this person?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyelids and said confidently: "Look, it's no worse than Li Shanchang." ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Biao on the side and said, "Biao'er, after we leave, you have to study hard at home and take good care of your mother." ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, before Zhu Biao could say anything, Ma Xiuying on the side asked unexpectedly, "You know?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

"What do we know?"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand, Ma Xiuying smiled and shook her head silently.

But the more Ma Xiuying is like this, the more curious Zhu Yuanzhang becomes.

"What the hell do you know?"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's anxious appearance, Ma Xiuying no longer hid it from him, and whispered a few words beside him.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stared at his eyes and said happily: "Really! ”

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang roaring, Ma Xiuying was anxious, patted his arm, and said, "It's not enough for three months, what are you yelling." ”

Listening to Ma Xiuying's lesson, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely happy, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, our fault, our fault, let's not say it." ”

After speaking, he bent down carefully, helped Ma Xiuying and said, "You have it, don't send us off, you better go back and rest quickly, Biao'er, come, go back with your mother." ”

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance, Ma Xiuying said helplessly: "It's only been a few months, it's okay, you can go quickly." ”

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer hesitated, got up and came to the horse led by the guards beside him, took the reins of the horse with one hand, stepped on the stirrup and jumped over.

Riding on the horse, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Ma Xiuying: "Don't worry, let's die." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and took the soldiers behind him and headed in the direction of the Yangtze River.

Riverside.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead in boarding the warship docked by the river.

At the same time, all the soldiers boarded the ship one after another.

Soon.

As the ship set sail, the sound of 'whine' rang out all around.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing on the bow of the Taishan, looked at the appearance of these hundreds of warships setting sail, with a smile on his face and top ambition.

Handsome ship, on Mount Tai No. 1.

Xu Datang, Chang Yuchun and the others all went to the warships under their respective commands.

There are only Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and others on this handsome ship.

And Qi Heng had already hid in the cabin to rest.

On the deck at this moment, Li Shanchang was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to inspect all parts of the warship, leaving only Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen standing on the deck.

Looking at Liu Bowen beside him, Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly: "Mr. Liu, this big war is coming, is this heart pounding?" ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Liu Bowen nodded with a smile and said, "Yes." Nervous and excited. What about the handsome? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled: "I'm nothing, I'm used to it." If I don't fight on this day, I feel strange and uncomfortable in my heart. ”

Liu Bowen brought the conversation to the point of business, and said: "By the way, Dashuai, now our 200,000 troops are facing Chen Youliang's 600,000 army, and the outcome is unpredictable." And during the time when the commander was away, I went to walk among the soldiers below, and many of our soldiers were afraid of the enemy. ”

Listening to Liu Bowen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang said disapprerovingly: "It's normal to fight, this is normal, the courage is a thing." Therefore, we must win the first battle, as long as we win the first battle, the military spirit will pop out! ”

Hearing this, Liu Bowen on the side nodded in agreement.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "On the way from Yimeng, we have been uneasy in our hearts, if Chen Youliang gives up Hongdu and takes Jinling directly, then Jinling City will definitely not be able to stop it. ”

Liu Bowen said: "Fortunately, Chen Youliang didn't do it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and continued: "We have always regretted it in our hearts, but what Mr. said is right, we shouldn't go north." ”

Liu Bowen hurriedly said: "That's just speculation." ”

But Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and smiled, and said: "No, that's because Mr. is very smart, so Mr. often says things that others can't say and others don't dare to say." ”

"For example, Mr. talked and laughed at the city gate and told people that we were acting with that Xiao Ming Wang, and said that Xiao Ming Wang would not live long."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and looked at Liu Bowen on the side.

And Liu Bowen, who heard this, was suddenly shocked in his heart.

While thinking quickly in his mind, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Dashuai, I lost my words, I lost my words." Please forgive me. ”

looked at Liu Bowen, who confessed his mistake in front of him, and put on a look of admitting his mistake, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have so much anger in his heart.

However, he still looked at Liu Bowen in front of him directly, and said: "Yuanzhang, please sir, what should be said in the future, and what should not be said, never say." ”

Liu Bowen didn't dare to have the slightest disobedience, and hurriedly said: "Handsome, Berwen keeps it in mind and will never do it again." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and waved his hand.

Seeing this, Liu Bowen bowed and bowed, and slowly retreated.

The lower deck of the warship.

Liu Bowen, who walked down from the deck, was flustered and a little distracted on his face.

But I happened to meet that Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang looked at Liu Bowen and said, "Alas? Berwyn, this man is like water and the mountains are picturesque, why are you sullen and sad? ”

When Li Shanchang said this, he actually had a guess in his heart, but he still put on a look of incomprehension: "Oh? Where did the disaster come from? ”

At this moment, Liu Bowen hadn't figured it out yet, when he said in Li Shanchang's ear: "Trouble comes from the mouth." ”

"Let the big handsome knock hard, no, in a cold sweat, frightened."

Li Shanchang smiled and said, "You also have times when you are frightened, and you are still afraid?" Feign? ”

But Liu Bowen said: "I am really afraid, although the fright has passed." Forget it, let me tell you, before the handsome trained me, he praised me for this and that, went around in a circle, and then slaughtered me fiercely. ”

"Oh my God, why do you have to go around in a big circle."

Listening to Liu Bowen's words, Li Shanchang on the side chuckled and said: "The power of heaven is unpredictable, don't go, you don't know how powerful." ”

As he spoke, he smiled and walked aside.

Leaving that Liu Bowen, he stood there and shook his head helplessly.

Day 2.

Xu Da, Tang He, Chang Yuchun and other generals all came to Zhu Yuanzhang's handsome ship.

Standing on that deck, Tang He said to Zhu Yuanzhang beside him: "Big brother, tomorrow, our fleet will be able to reach Poyang Lake, but ......"

Listening to Tang He's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

"But what? Say? ”

Tang He said helplessly: "Big brother, we are now sitting on the steam boats made by the general, the speed is fast, and we will be able to reach Poyang Lake at dawn tomorrow, but the boats that Mr. Li and the others built need to use wind power, or manual oars." We go from Jinling to Hongdu against the river, and there is no wind, so it will take four or five days, to say the least. ”

"In the middle, three or four days are wrong, do you say we should wait or not."

Listening to Tang He's words, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned while listening.

Helplessly, he looked at the steam ships around him and couldn't help but say to the brothers around him: "You say, sometimes it's not good if it's too fast, right?" ”

They set sail together, but now there is a difference of three or four days between them.

It's not embarrassing.

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Shanchang, who had just come up, was also embarrassed.

After all, he was responsible for supervising the construction of those slow warships.

Now compared with Qi Heng's warship, it is completely one heaven and one underground.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak for a long time, Tang He continued: "Now we are not too far from Hongdu, but now we still can't see Chen Youliang and their warships, it can be seen that Hongdu is still in our hands, and Chen Youliang is still attacking the city. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the chair, also said: "Today, it has been one hundred and three days since Wen Zheng guarded Hongdu. ”

"We can't imagine how he persevered, to be honest, in today's situation, even if he loses the city, it is normal, but it has not fallen yet, but it is not normal."

Li Shanchang also spoke: "Hongdu is not only a city, how did the two million stone grain in the city be saved with hard work, with it, this campaign is enough." But without it, we can't fight for a long time, and we have to fight quickly. ”

Xu Da also said: "Mr. Li is right, it would be a pity that Hong Du was lost at this time." According to me, Hongdu must not be lost, even if it is a little far away from the rear army, it must be rushed over as soon as possible. After all, there are now more than 100,000 soldiers on these steam ships, which is enough to give Chen Youliang a hard time. ”

"As for the ships behind, I ordered them to speed up and come as fast as they could."

Listening to Xu Da's words and the words of everyone on the side, Zhu Yuanzhang understood that everyone was in favor of rushing over first.

After all, Hongdu is too crucial.

With it and without him, those are two completely different things.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking in his mind: "But the warship behind is windless, how to speed up." ”

Xu Dadao: "We can only rely on people to row, organize all the soldiers and braves, and row in three shifts, which can be as fast as a moment, as for us, since we can arrive earlier, we will naturally have to be earlier." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer hesitated, and said directly: "Well, okay, just do as you say, give the order to the rear army, and let the soldiers below the thousand general take turns to take the pulp and take the nearest road to rush over." Let's go straight to Hongdu! ”

The crowd shouted, "Yes!" ”

At this time, Chang Yuchun, who was standing in the corner, suddenly spoke, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Dashuai, after arriving in Hongdu, who will be the main attacker?" ”

But Xu Da scrambled: "Do you still want to ask?" Of course it's me! ”

But Tang He also said: "I trained the water master, I'll go!" ”

But how did the two of them know the 'secret' that could not be told between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chang Yuchun, they lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at everyone, and directly pointed at Chang Yuchun and said, "Chang Yuchun." ”

Hearing this, Xu Da and Tang He were immediately unconvinced, but Chang Yuchun shouted happily: "Obey!" ”

Early in the morning of the second day.

The sky was just dawning, because on the edge of the rivers and lakes, there were rising clouds and mist all around.

Hongdu City.

After a long night, the soldiers who hadn't slept for a while were woken up by a distant voice.

A soldier slowly walked over the corpses of soldiers on the castle tower and looked out.

Looking at the enemy troops running in the distance, he suddenly exclaimed: "The enemy is coming!" The enemy is coming! ”

Hearing the shouts of the soldiers, Zhu Wenzheng, who was sleeping, was covered in blood and lying on the ground with his hair scattered, and slowly opened his eyes.

At this time, Deng Yu also came to his side.

Zhu Wenzheng said weakly: "Brother Deng, help me up quickly and go to meet the enemy." ”

Looking at the appearance of his brother, Deng Yu was also uncomfortable in his heart, and said: "Now you can't move these two legs, and it's useless to go out." ”

"You're here with me outside!"

But Zhu Wenzheng said firmly: "No! I've got to be here, I've got to make it visible to the brethren, come, carry me out! ”

Just when Deng Yu was hesitating, Zhu Wenzheng suddenly shouted: "Go!" ”

Seeing this, Deng Yu couldn't say anything more, waved his hand, called a few soldiers, and just carried Zhu Wenzheng towards the top of the city.

All the way.

Zhu Wenzheng looked at the dejected and embarrassed soldiers around him, as well as the corpses in that place, gritted his teeth, and said to Deng Yu beside him: "Stop!" ”

Pointing to the flagpole on the side, he said, "Come, take the rope and tie me to the flagpole." ”

Faced with Zhu Wenzheng's stubbornness, Deng Yue said intolerantly: "How can this work!" ”

But Zhu Wenzheng said: "Tie it up!" Tie me up to stand, quick! ”

As Deng Yu ordered someone to tie Zhu Wenzheng to the flagpole, Chen Youliang's army outside also attacked.

Moreover, Chen Youliang, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, couldn't sit still now, and came directly to the front of the army in person, with armor in his hands, shields and spears in his hands, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Listen, heroes! Today, I will lead the siege, and if I am going to fall, you will rush up with my body! Before sunset, take Hongdu! Come on!!! ”

As Chen Youliang's shout sounded, the effect was still very good.

One by one, the surrounding soldiers attacked the city of Hongdu.

But halfway through the run, Chen Youliang stopped.

Only the brave soldiers were left to rush forward.

Soon.

The battle spread from below to above.

Now there is an extreme shortage of troops in Hongdu City, and in the face of the general attack launched by Chen Youliang now, it is impossible to hold it at all.

Zhu Wenzheng, who was on the flagpole, looked at the battle around him, and knew that he could not participate in the battle, and shouted loudly to the soldiers around him: "Brothers! Hongdu City is ours, and it will always be ours! The marshal is coming, and the Han army is about to end! Brethren, go up to town! Fight to the death!! ”

Zhu Wenzheng, who couldn't move his whole body at the moment, was full of fighting intent in his shouting, and he was unyielding.

However, with their continuous persistence, in the face of the continuous Han army, they still fell behind after all.

Looking at the city walls that were constantly being captured, Zhu Wenzheng cried and shouted: "Handsome! Why haven't you come yet! The city is lost! ”

Just when Zhu Wenzheng saw that the current situation was irreversible, and his heart was dead, Deng Yu suddenly ran over and shouted at Zhu Wenzheng on the flagpole: "Brother Zhu! They're coming! They're coming!!! ”

Hearing Deng Yu's words, Zhu Wenzheng slowly raised his head.

He looked out of the city, listening to the distant sound of the trumpet, and his face instantly revealed a look of ecstasy.

"This trumpet, I'm familiar with it, it's the big handsome, it's the big handsome!"

The army of more than 100,000 people, who were the first to arrive in Hongdu City, under the order of Zhu Yuanzhang, instantly rushed towards Chen Youliang's army outside Hongdu City.

The overwhelming number of soldiers frightened the soldiers of the Han army, who had been fighting continuously for nearly 100 days, in an instant.

Without fighting, they retreated to the rear one by one.

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