Since he has made the situation clear to the prince, and the original mess in Shuzhong is not carried by Zhu Shuren, then Zhu Shuren is naturally very motivated to immediately march westward.

The day after receiving the order, on the first day of December, Zhu Shuren took the lead in the front of the Huguang Army, which had been prepared to stop in Wuchang Mansion.

Zhu Shuren himself will also lead the Chinese army to set off on the second day of December.

Because the tired soldiers need to change their defenses after a long battle, the troops that Zhu Shuren brought to Sichuan this time are mainly Jin Shenghuan and Jiang Shoude, who rested in Hunan after the Battle of Hengzhou, plus Liu Guoneng, who was deployed on the second line during the Battle of Chenxian, and Zhang Huangyan, who had already moved west at the beginning and arrived at Qutang Gorge in advance.

The small Yuan battalion brought by Yuan Shizhong will also follow Liu Guoneng to act, plus the thousands of men and horses collected when Guide annihilated Li Jiyu's troops, there will be about half of the troops in this battle, that is, about 35,000 people, all of whom have participated in the peasant army.

Of the 70,000 troops sent by Zhu Shuren, more than 50,000 were old people, including 15,000 in Zhang Huangyan's department, about 20,000 in Jiang Shoude and Jin Shenghuan, and between 15,000 and 20,000 in Liu Guoneng's department.

Huang Degong and Zuo Zixiong, the two major generals (Huang Degong also added the number of rebellious generals), will not move, Huang Degong will temporarily replace Liu Guoneng and be responsible for the defense of Henan, while Zuo Zixiong will be responsible for the local defense of Huguang.

Originally, if it was a surrender general of the peasant army in exchange for another person, and he was asked to spit out the territory he had operated for several years, and change his guard to fight elsewhere, it would still be easy to cause chaos.

But Liu Guoneng already admires and loyalists Zhu Shuren very much, plus this time there is a reason for the incident, Huang Degong's troops have fought the main force before and need to rest, Liu Guoneng still has potential, of course, let him move, Liu Guoneng can also understand.

As for the number of people who had joined the peasant army, it reached half of the total strength, which was also very dangerous in the eyes of outsiders. But Zhu Shuren can be divided and controlled layer by layer, and if Liu Guoneng is used to control other former peasant armies, he will be absolutely as safe as Mount Tai if he treats people sincerely-

Liu Guoneng's only son was sent to Nanjing Guozijian three years ago, introduced by Zhu Shuren himself, and worshiped under Mr. Wu Meicun.

In the past few years, Liu Guoneng has accepted several more concubines, and some have given birth to children, but the oldest will not be more than two years old. Liu Guoneng is also very conscious, all concubines who have children are sent to Nanjing for education, saying that Nanjing is safe, and the living conditions are good, and the children can be good from primary school and become a scholar in the future.

As for the lack of women after the concubines are gone, Liu Guoneng is not worried at all, anyway, not all concubines are pregnant, and besides, in this kind of troubled times, women can accept it at any time.

Sometimes Liu Guoneng chats with Zhu Shuren, and he will feel that Lord Futai is too honest and self-suffering, although the family has money, there is really no need to make money to be an official, and he can still be an official.

But they all became governors at the age of twenty-three, and they were also made earls, and before marrying a wife, they only had three or four concubines and only gave birth to one daughter, which was too little.

Replaced by a vulgar person like Lao Liu, just without a son, it is enough to accept ten or eight, and Lord Futai, as an uncle, will get a dozen or even dozens more, and everyone will be convinced.

These are all digressions, anyway, Liu Guoneng is still quite inferior to his background and vulgarity, and he has been thinking about letting his son squeeze into the circle of cultural people in the future all his life, and it is best not to fight with knives and blood.

With his performance of sending all his children to Nanjing, his loyalty to Zhu Shuren is absolutely safe.

Therefore, Zhu Shuren asked Jiang Shoude and Jin Shenghuan to open today, and tomorrow he will set off with the Chinese army composed of Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong.

In this way, you can also brush another wave of loyalty by the way, and show that you are not suspicious of employing people and not using suspicious people.

Especially Yuan Shizhong, who has just surrendered, will definitely have a little bit of worry in his heart, "We who have been thieves, I don't know if we will be discriminated against by our descendants after following the country's surname, and whether we will be stumbled by people wearing small shoes".

If Zhu Shuren was completely unguarded against Yuan Shizhong and only had Yuan Shizhong's troops by his side, he would not be so bold. And let Liu Guoneng cross the bridge as an intermediary and add insurance, which can not only be absolutely reliable, but also show his courage and honesty, the best of both worlds.

Before the troops were mobilized, Zhu Shuren inevitably invited the prince to inspect the preparations and say a few words about the army. Of course, when I look back, I can't go without giving the prince a little labor fee as a heart.

The prince originally didn't understand military affairs at all, and he didn't know how much work to worry about when the army was mobilized.

Now that he has seen the busy appearance of the troops, he has a lot of things to prepare, and he has to admit that the country surnamed Ye really takes the affairs of the court to heart, and he does not dare to slack off.

In particular, even the peasant army took refuge in the reorganized troops, and they were able to form an army on their own, and the country surnamed Ye still carried them with him.

In contrast, in history, in the same period of this year, Huang Taiji should have entered the gate from Jimen again and plundered, but Wu Sangui would have delayed for half a year before returning to Beijing after getting Chongzhen's decree

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While the troops were preparing to set off, in the evening of the same day, some personal affairs were also coming to the door and needed to be handled by Zhu Shuren.

The person who came was the second lady of Governor Fang's family, Fang Ziling.

Zhu Shuren didn't feel surprised, he had to come.

Fang Ziling met with Zhu Shuren yesterday at the reception banquet after receiving the order, but his father and brother were there at the time, and he didn't have much to say.

This time, she plucked up the courage to come to the door alone, and even specially picked her brother to come back before she went out. In order to prevent him from bumping into his brother, he was afraid that when Fang Yizhi was working during the day, he would be with Zhu Shuren.

As soon as the two met, Fang Ziling originally wanted to get straight to the point and ask each other what they wanted. But in the blink of an eye, she noticed a figure she had seen yesterday and had always lingered.

Bian Yujing has changed his clothes and served beside Zhu Shuren, and his dress is completely different from when he discussed current affairs with Ziling and Bian Yujing half a year ago, and created a record book to discover the black material of the thief.

Fang Ziling couldn't help but ask first: "I want to congratulate the country's surname, this is another confidante to be accompanied, from now on, the red sleeves add fragrance and talk at night?" ”

Zhu Shuren did not evade, and generously admitted: "Yujing has helped me several times, and when I ransomed Miss Li, she was also eager to help Zhang Luo.

I have always said that I want to repay her, she will practice all her life, and I will also let her live her life without lacking. But since she has figured it out and is willing to accompany me for the rest of her life, I will naturally not fail her.

Yujing's talent and insight, you also know, the original three confidantes around me are nothing more than a gracious entanglement with me, and they naturally came together. But when it comes to my understanding of my governance philosophy and historical vision, the three of them are not as good as Yujing. understands me so well, and of course she has to give her happiness. ”

Fang Ziling didn't know how to answer, but bit her lip for a while and let out a long breath:

"Sister Yujing's insight, how can I not know. In this way, I would like to congratulate the country surnamed Ye, this expedition, can first get the auspicious omen of 'Pinglin Yunniao Eight Window Autumn, and Suppress Xichuan Forty Prefectures', and it will inevitably be victorious, and finally destroy Zhang Rebellion. ”

Fang Ziling is also full of poetry and books, and she is easy to believe. These two ancient poems were written by Xue Tao in the Tang Dynasty to Li Deyu, the envoy of the military department of the inspection school at that time, Chengdu Yin, and Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu.

is Li Deyu in the "Niu Li Party Dispute" in the junior high school history textbook,

At that time, it was the turn of Niu monks and children to be the prime minister, Li Deyu was excluded from the place, built a border building in Chengdu, and later sent troops to deal with Tubo in western Sichuan and expand several states. Xue Tao's poem was written when Li Deyu's Chipbian Building was completed, and he went to the party.

Fang Ziling said two sentences casually, pointing out that Bian Yujing's background was the same as Xue Tao's, and he fell into the dust, although Bian Yujing was rescued as a teenager without being killed, after all, he was from a humble background.

But Xue Tao was also the first female branch in the Tang Dynasty, known for her extraordinary knowledge, and people were able to discuss the gains and losses of current politics with the prime minister at that time, which was also a high recognition of Bian Yujing's vision.

And Zhu Shuren also wants to enter Sichuan to use troops, Fang Ziling uses analogies, but also with the help of the good omen of his predecessors, to ask for a lottery. After all, Li Deyu fought against Tibet back then, and he also won a big victory.

After Zhu Shuren and Bian Yujing heard this, their expressions also softened, obviously they were really used.

The big war is coming, who doesn't want to ask for a few historical lottery heads, more psychological comfort, even if it's just a good mood, it's good.

Bian Yujing was a little ashamed and didn't dare to be: "Thank you sister Jiyan, how can the little sister be able to compare with seniors like Xue Tao." The little sister just wants to be able to follow the son, listen to the teachings in the morning and dusk, and record his aphorisms, this life is enough to wish.

Sister, in fact, you know that Gongzi is by no means a person who is greedy for wealth and wealth, he has such a net worth, there are only a few of us around him, he is already very affectionate and righteous, and he is definitely not ...... It's not ......"

Bian Yujing wanted to help with the agreement, but he didn't know how to phrase it for a while, but fortunately, Fang Ziling also took the initiative: "Okay, needless to say, the surname of the country, the little sister just wants to know what you think about the little county lord of Luwangfu." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Shuren will not evade: "The little county lord is innocent, his nature is not bad, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid suspicion between the monarch and the minister, since I want to marry the little county lord to reassure people's hearts, I will naturally treat her well in the future."

However, Miss Fang is also a rare confidant in my life, if Miss Fang is willing to wait, and can accept the status under the county lord, then I will definitely give you a title in the future.

It's a big deal, after pacifying Xichuan, I will exchange my credit for the prince to allow me to openly take a concubine. Or by other means, in short, in a year and a half. As long as you are willing to wait, two years at most, I will definitely give you a name. ”

"Two years ......" Fang Ziling was obviously very shy, and the other party took the initiative to find out this relationship, so that she had nowhere to hide, but when she heard the number of two years, she was a little dazed, as if she recalled some unbearable past,

"Two years, is it really fate? I remember that when you wrote "The Continuation of the Thief", I saw that you were straight and straight, saying that the thief and Luo and Ma would inevitably merge and plot to harm each other.

At that time, I also advised you not to speak too much, lest you not be able to fulfill it in the future, and you will be frivolous and disgraceful. As a result, you made a two-year bet with me, and in the end, it only took half a year for everything to come true.

At that time, if I didn't gamble, whatever you said was what it was, with my father as your boss at the time, and my brother also had a good relationship with you, if it was a matter of course, I am afraid that everything would have settled now......

Hehe, haha, everything is really fate, it was my little sister who brought it on herself. Okay, when it comes to this, there are no outsiders here, what else does the little sister have to be afraid of being ashamed, just rely on you and wait for you for two years. ”

Fang Ziling said as she spoke, her expression became more and more depressed, obviously thinking that if the first two-year gambling contract did not exist at the beginning, she might be a husband and a child now, even if it was a little slower, maybe she would have been pregnant.

I am so competitive, and in the end I have come to this point, it is really fateful. She even thought that her aunts were very beautiful when they got married, and in the end, her uncle was killed by thieves and went home to be widowed.

Could it be that the women of the Fang family are too good, too strong, and they are all Kefu? Whether you should really take a step back, both sides are more relaxed.

Of course, this kind of thought is only out of fear and superstition of fate, and it flashes away in my mind, and after I calm down, I will still be a little unwilling.

Fang Ziling sighed for a while, then turned to Bian Yujing, stroked Bian Yujing twice, pinched her collarbone, and sighed:

"Sister, there was a moment just now, my sister was very envious of you. Although he came from a humble background, he didn't have to worry about his status and status, he could be at peace with what he encountered, and if he wanted to pursue his own happiness, he boldly pursued it. My sister has a father who is a governor and an elder brother who is a prefect, but she can't be too embarrassed for them. ”

As soon as Bian Yujing was told by her, she also decided to confess completely and tell all the caution she had had:

"Sister Ziling...... There are some things that you don't get angry about. Half a year ago, when you asked your little sister for advice on creating a record book and commenting on history, at the beginning, your little sister only thought that you were a future young grandmother, so she was so respectful to you and followed you everywhere.

However, after a long time, I found that my sister's insight is indeed above me, and what we see is also the same, and my little sister really admires it. Although you are not the young grandmother of the main house in the future, we can still read history together in the future and evaluate the gains and losses of the past and the present, I hope it will be the same as it was at the beginning, okay? ”

Fang Ziling: "Okay, no matter whether this negative man keeps the contract after two years, anyway, my sister will come to study with my sister when she is free in the future." But next time, my sister will make a heroic work that is no less than Xue Tao's 'strong Xichuan Forty Prefectures', and strengthen the morale of thieves. ”