"Subordinate Guo Xing!"

"Subordinate Guo Ying!"

"Meet Marshal Du!"

Guo Xing and Guo Ying, the two brothers, are worthy of being ranked among the twenty-four generals in Huaixi, born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and at first glance they are good at charging into battle.

"Haha, two strong men, we have heard of you a long time ago, from now on we will be our own brothers, and we will kill Tartars together to earn military merits!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

After all, Guo Zixing is still in front of him and has not left, and it is inconvenient to say if he is too enthusiastic.

"Subordinate Marshal Xie Du!"

Guo Xing and Guo Ying also hugged their fists and saluted, their brothers had already been in Guo Zixing's army enough, and they had long admired Zhu Yuanzhang's military discipline and prestige, and now they have switched to his command, which is simply a joy from the sky.

The two brothers can't wait to go into battle immediately to kill the enemy and show their skills to Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang!

After arranging Guo Xing and Guo Ying, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said to Guo Zixing.

"Father-in-law, our first soldiers and horses are almost enough, I have just discussed with my younger brother, I plan to leave Haozhou in five days to fight, and tomorrow I will ask my father-in-law to take over the city defense of Haozhou!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Five days, too...... It's too urgent! ”

Guo Zixing's face was overjoyed, and he almost blurted out a sentence of 'too good', and he forcibly held it back.

"It's not a hurry, now that the rebels are attacking the city, if we don't start early, maybe we won't even be able to drink the soup!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously.

This is not to fool Guo Zixing, this is exactly the case.

Liu Futong, the leader of the Red Turban Army, has prepared for the three-way northern expedition to Mengyuan, Xuzhou, Guide, Ruyang and other important towns have been captured by the Red Turban Army, and even Huainan and other places have already had a large number of righteous troops under the banner of the Red Turban Army.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that if he didn't send troops south quickly, maybe Dingyuan, Chuzhou and other places would be occupied by some Red Turban Army.

At that time, he was in a dilemma, and he couldn't attack the Red Turban Army's allies in order to grab territory.

In that case, you won't have a foothold.

"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare!" Guo Zixing hurriedly agreed.

He didn't dare to be polite anymore, if Zhu Yuanzhang delayed for another two days, it wouldn't be beautiful.

After Guo Zixing went back, he let his three sons Guo Tianci, Guo Tianxu and Guo Tianjue each command the soldiers and horses, ready to take over the city defense and the territory left by Zhu Yuanzhang at any time.

And he took out the handsome seal of 'Marshal Guo of Haozhou', which had been prepared a long time ago.

At any time, he carried it in his arms, and was ready to issue an order for the people of the people as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang led the army away.

What is to calm the people but not the people, but secondly, it is mainly to shine a light on the 'Marshal Guo of Haozhou'.

In Haozhou City, Zhu Han was making the final preparations to leave Haozhou City.

Hu Yiba ran in in a hurry with a face full of hurriedness.

"My lord, all the gunpowder in the city has been bought back by me, and it hasn't fallen at all!" Hu Yiba said excitedly.

For Zhu Han, there is nothing more useful than gunpowder.

The next step to attack Dingyuan and Chuzhou is to rely on gunpowder for a quick victory.

"And what about the fire and brimstone, and the sugar, and the spirits, which are in the city?" Zhu Han asked again.

Gunpowder and sulfur are the raw materials for making gunpowder, and charcoal, another raw material, is very easy to obtain, so there is no need to stock up.

As for sugar and spirits, they are another big killer that Zhu Han is preparing to test.

The high-concentration alcohol distilled and purified, coupled with the viscous sugar that fuels combustion, is definitely the most powerful incendiary bomb.

The infantry array used against the Yuan army will be very effective.

"My lord, my subordinates have also bought all the shops and pharmacies in the city!" Hu Yiba said.

After everything is ready.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally led the army to leave Haozhou, and Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and other five heroes took their subordinates out of the city to see each other off.

"Marshal Zhu has won all the way and put down the thieves as soon as possible!"

"If Marshal Zhu is in need, just open his mouth, Sun will definitely help!"

Guo Zixing and Sun Deya sent the wine together, and they couldn't wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to go away immediately.

Whether it is Guo Zixing or Sun Deya, they all feel that after Zhu Yuanzhang leaves Haozhou, they themselves will win in the new competition.

After all, Guo Zixing has the title of marshal of the capital, and Sun Deya and others have a numerical advantage when they join forces.

"Zhu is in Haozhou, thanks to your help, I am really reluctant to leave this time!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled with a wine glass.

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Han saw that Guo Zixing and Sun Deya were all embarrassed.

He laughed in his heart, these people were afraid that the old brother Zhu Yuanzhang would not leave.

At this time, he saw Guo Tianxu, the second son behind Guo Zixing, staring at Zhu Yuanzhang's army with a pair of eyes.

Zhu Han followed his gaze and saw that there was the team of Zhu Yuanzhang's family members in the army, among which his sister-in-law Ma Xiuying was directing everyone to line up, preparing to pull out.

Guo Tianxu's gaze fell on his sister-in-law Ma Xiuying.

"Guo Tianxu, the toad wants to eat swan meat, the elder brother is already married, and he still doesn't give up, fortunately he has to leave Haozhou City, otherwise this product will definitely make trouble!" Zhu Han said secretly in his heart.

Soon, after some politeness, Zhu Yuanzhang got on his horse and waved his hand, and the whole army officially started, and 10,000 sergeants plus almost the same number of family members marched towards the front.

At Zhu Han's suggestion, the whole army was divided into two armies.

The front army is 3,000 Longxing pro-army and most of the recruits, and the rear army is a small number of recruits and all the family members.

The former army was personally commanded by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The rear army was led by Tang He, and the marshal's wife, Ma Xiuying, was also in the rear army.

Zhu Yuanzhang has never understood any reason for this arrangement, and now that the army is marching, he asked Zhu Han next to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang now feels that if he doesn't ask Zhu Han some questions every day, he will miss a lot of growth and improvement.

"Brother, why do you insist on dividing the front and rear armies?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Brother, the distance of our march is very far, hundreds of miles, if you let the soldiers and their families together, once they encounter a battle, the soldiers will first protect the families next to them, and then let them quickly line up to meet the enemy, but it will be very difficult, after all, it is human nature to protect their relatives." Zhu Han said.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement.

Especially the three thousand Longxing soldiers, they have never abandoned their relatives after going through hardships, and if there is a crisis, they will definitely protect their families.

"If that's the case, can't you let them get together once in a while, for example, after beating Dingyuan City, let them get together once, why do you have to keep preparing to conquer the whole territory of Chuzhou before letting them get together?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

This time, they went south to attack, Dingyuan and Chuzhou are two important nodes, and the remaining dozen or so counties must also be captured.

After this campaign, there is no need to think about the end of two or three months.