"Don't think about it in the north, not to mention that it has now been divided up by the Red Turban Army, and it will be difficult to stop the hundreds of thousands of troops of Mengyuan with our more than 3,000 soldiers and horses." Zhu Han first made it clear that he refused to get involved in Liu Futong's Northern Expedition.

"Well, that's what we think too!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said.

"Then the rest of the place is the three directions of east, west and south?" Xu Da touched his stubble and thought.

"It's not good in the west, the Jinghu Red Turban Army heard that it didn't deal with Liu Futong, we worshiped Liu Futong's incense, and if we go, we will only cause trouble." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said.

The Red Turban Army in the west of Haozhou belongs to the Red Turban Army of Jinghu Dabie Mountain, although they also call themselves the Red Turban Army, but their leader Xu Shouhui is a faction of his own and does not buy Liu Futong's account.

Chen Youliang, the king of the Han Dynasty who occupied Jinghu in history, came from this Red Turban Army.

Zhu Han took over the conversation and then said.

"As for the east, don't think about it, Huaidong Yangzhou where the smuggling salt dealers are strong and strong, there are thousands of soldiers and horses at every turn, it is very difficult to deal with, it is difficult to open the situation with our 3,000 people, once the northern Mengyuan counterattacks, Haozhou is dangerous here, and Huaidong Yangzhou is the same."

Historically, Zhang Shicheng's department was the smuggler of salt in Huaidong, which can be described as a real strength and arrogance, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at the beginning, plus the rest of the smuggled salt dealers and Mengyuan soldiers and horses stationed in Yangzhou, which was definitely a hard bone.

"In that case, you can only go south!" Zhu Yuanzhang spread out a map and said slowly.

Xu Da, Tang He and others all gathered around.

Zhu Han nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed to the map.

"Brother, there is no danger to defend in Haozhou, once the Mengyuan army goes south, it will bear the brunt, but the Dingyuan and Chuzhou areas in the south of Haozhou are different, where the waterways are vertical and horizontal, which is convenient for the naval army to fight, even if the Mengyuan soldiers and horses are strong, they have to kneel down when they get there!" Zhu Han said with great confidence.

Although it is located in Huaixi, Haozhou is close to the Huai River, which is more like the northern terrain, although there is a water conservancy of the Huai River, but it is also very conducive to cavalry raids.

But Dingyuan and Chuzhou in the south are different, Dingyuan is mountainous and not conducive to cavalry raids, Chuzhou is more convenient and directly connected to the Yangtze River, more like a Jiangnan county, and the Mengyuan cavalry is almost difficult to move an inch.

After listening to Zhu Han's suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others all applauded in agreement.

"Good strategy!"

"It's good to go south, I heard that there has never been a drought in Chuzhou, and there is a bumper harvest every year!"

"Haozhou is in a big drought this year, maybe there is not enough food to eat, it's great to go to Chuzhou!"

Everyone unanimously agreed with Zhu Han's southward strategy.

"It's just that Dingyuan and Chuzhou heard that there are a lot of Yuan soldiers, and the two places are horns of each other, I'm afraid it's not so easy to fight!" Zhu Yuanzhang said a little worriedly.

Zhu Han didn't take this worry too seriously.

Dingyuan and Chuzhou are not very close to each other, as long as they move fast enough, they are not afraid of any horns to help each other.

"Brother, there is no need to worry about this at all, our current acupoint attack tactics have been perfected, first break Dingyuan, and then break Chuzhou, and they will definitely not have time to react!" Zhu Han said confidently.

After these days of training, Hu Yiba and other sappers' acupuncture and blasting have been infinitely close to perfection.

In addition, Zhu Han improved the gunpowder recipe, which could blast the city wall with less gunpowder, which shortened the time.

"Great, in that case, let's go south to conquer the city, except for grain and grass, there is no shortage of anything!" Zhu Yuanzhang said overjoyed.

Hearing this, Zhu Han smiled lightly and said.

"Brother, after we go south, we have to recruit troops and buy horses, grain, grass, weapons, armor, and other things, naturally the more the better, we must take the opportunity to leave Haozhou, and make a lot of money before leaving!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately felt a little moved.

"Little brother, what are you going to do?"

"Let's leave Haozhou, we can give up the position of Marshal of Haozhou to Guo Zixing, with the golden sign of Marshal Du, Guo Zixing must be very happy, take the opportunity to ask him for a batch of grain and grass weapons, there is absolutely no problem!"

"Well, that's right, let's do it!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded without hesitation and agreed.

This is not that he deliberately extorted bamboo, but Guo Zixing will definitely take the initiative to cooperate.

With the title of Marshal of Haozhou, he can press on the heads of Sun Deya and others openly.

For Guo Zixing, it can be described as a big goal.

Really.

When Zhu Yuanzhang came to visit, he wanted to give Haozhou to Guo Zixing as the main general, and he planned to find another place to station, and he planned to say it, the surprise in Guo Zixing's eyes couldn't be hidden!

didn't even let Zhu Yuanzhang speak, Guo Zixing promised to support a large number of grain and grass weapons, lest Zhu Yuanzhang regret not leaving Haozhou.

Guo Zixing has a good calculation in his heart, and when he becomes the marshal of Haozhou, he can suppress Sun Deya and others openly, even if they are unwilling, they have nothing to do with themselves.

After all, Guo Zixing had the name of Marshal Du at that time, and he had the strong reinforcement of his son-in-law Zhu Yuanzhang outside.

Sun Deya and the others have to endure it no matter how dissatisfied they are, unless they are not afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang's strong reinforcement.

Leaving Haozhou can be described as a win-win situation for Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Zixing!

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang left Haozhou, and Sun Deya and others were also very happy.

Although Guo Zixing became the marshal of Haozhou, Zhu Yuanzhang was far away after all, and Sun Deya and they could slowly find a way to counter Guo Zixing.

Haozhou City is so big, with one less Zhu Yuanzhang, they can share more power.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang made it clear that he was going to lead his troops to leave, Sun Deya and the other four heroes also generously donated and helped a large number of grain and grass supplies.

When these supplies such as grain, grass, and soldiers were transported to Zhu Yuanzhang's army, Zhu Han was already happy.

"Brother, Guo Zixing and Sun Deya, they are really stupid, they can stay in Haozhou to block knives and guns for us, and thank us!" Zhu Han joked.

"They are all looking forward to us leaving Haozhou as soon as possible, since they have received other people's things, they can no longer rely on Haozhou to annoy people, brother, when do you say we will start?" Zhu Yuanzhang also asked with a smile.

Zhu Han thought for a moment, and then said again.

"Brother, before we leave, we have to do one more thing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked: "Our food, grass and equipment are already sufficient, what else do we have to do?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Han smiled slightly.

"Brother, we have enough food, grass and equipment now, so we can recruit more soldiers and horses!"

"Didn't you say that soldiers are not much more expensive?" Zhu Yuanzhang wondered.

"That was the beginning, our army now has experience, we can bring some more soldiers and horses, 3,000 soldiers and horses expanded to 10,000, and it is not a problem to command at all!" Zhu Han said.