"Kill!"

Qi Xiang gave an order, and the musketeers rushed towards the Yuan infantry like wolves, killing countless Yuan soldiers.

"Damn it, bastards!"

Seeing that the Yuan army suffered heavy losses again, Kong Kejian's face turned pale.

The tactics of the cavalry of the Red Turban Army have been used several times, but they have been tried and tested repeatedly, killing and wounding a large number of Yuan army infantry.

This made Kong Kejian very depressed.

"My lord, the tiger has run away!" A subordinate behind Kong Kejian suddenly shouted.

Kong Kejian frowned slightly, only to see that the Mongolian cavalry led by Ji Huer did not turn back to the Yuan army array, but rushed towards the northwest, obviously about to run away.

Kong gritted his teeth with hatred, but he also fell into a great panic because of the rout of his allies.

At this moment, the Red Turban Musketeers suddenly retreated.

Kong Kejian and the other Yuan troops thought that something had taken a turn for the better.

However, when they saw that the artillery in the Red Turban Army array was pushed out again, the soldiers of the Yuan Army could no longer restrain the fear in their hearts.

"Defeated!"

"Run!"

I don't know who shouted first, and then the entire Yuan army array quickly collapsed like an avalanche!

Extreme Soul Chaos

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the artillery of the Red Turban Army fired a salvo.

Rumble!

Boom!

The salvo artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the infantry of the Yuan army, and the remaining courage was all gone.

"Defeated, defeated!"

"Run for your life!"

......

The Yuan army was defeated and retreated, while the Red Turban Army crushed the Yuan army in a crushing posture.

"Quick, quick, evacuate, evacuate!"

Seeing that the Yuan army was defeated and retreated, and the Huer, who was fleeing in the distance, was also pale, he never thought that the Red Turban Army would have such a terrifying combat effectiveness, and in less than half an hour, the Yuan army was completely defeated, and a large number of soldiers lost their armor and fled to the rear.

"Let's go!"

Seeing the complete defeat of the main infantry of the Yuan army, Zhu Huer immediately retreated the cavalry around him and led the remaining troops to withdraw westward, preparing to escape from here.

Seeing the defeat of the Yuan army, Zhu Han did not send troops to pursue, he knew that there were not many people who could escape, and there were countless Yizhou rebels ambushes on the mountain road behind.

"Qi Xiang, you immediately pursue the Tartar infantry." Zhu Han looked at Qi Xiang and said.

"Yes, sir!" Qi Xiang nodded and immediately rushed to the battlefield.

Zhu Han turned around and glanced at the direction of the retreat of the Yuan army, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Kong Kejian, you, the Holy Father, I'm afraid it's the end!" ”

"Order, the whole army attack!" Zhu Han shouted as he looked at the army in the distance.

......

"Retreat, retreat, if you don't retreat, it's too late!" Looking at the Red Turban Gunners pouring in from all directions, Kong Kejian finally understood that the enemy in front of him was not something he could resist.

If these red turban thieves can escape, it is already a blessing, where do they dare to think of anything to turn defeat into victory.

Guarded by his own soldiers, Kong Kejian rode his horse and fled desperately, even if he trampled on the soldiers of the Yuan army, he didn't care, and fled to the rear.

"My lord, don't we want our banner?"

"The banner is too heavy, and it is important to save your life."

Kong Kejian threw away almost all the burdens that he could throw, and finally trampled a bloody way and chased Huer's ass to escape from the battlefield.

......

Wang Shiji and others of the Yizhou Righteous Army followed behind the Red Turban Army and excitedly pursued and killed the Yuan army, and a big victory made all of them full of strength, and even ran for more than ten miles without feeling tired.

After this battle, Kong Kejian lost almost all his soldiers and horses, and the Mongolian cavalry led by Tuhuer was also converted by half, and only led hundreds of cavalry to flee back to Yizhou City.

Even if they returned to Yizhou City, Kong Kejian and Tuhuer did not dare to stay, and abandoned the city and fled that night, and they didn't even care about setting fire to the newly hoarded grain and grass materials in Yizhou City.

Under the city of Yizhou, the Red Turban Army and the Yizhou Righteous Army led by Zhu Han appeared at the gate of the city.

Tens of thousands of Yizhou gentry and people went out of the city to greet them, and people held dry food and wine in their hands.

"Deputy Marshal, the grain depot and silver depot in the city are all intact!"

Chang Yuchun happily came to report, in order to ensure safety, Chang Yuchun led his own soldiers into the city first to take over the city defense.

"Good! Enter the city! Zhu Han nodded with satisfaction, and then led the army into Yizhou City with a wave of his hand.

After entering Yizhou City, the first thing is, of course, to open a warehouse and release grain, and recruit loyal soldiers and horses!

The people of Yizhou were oppressed by the Yuan Dynasty, and they already had a deep hatred, but now with Zhu Han leading the Red Turban Army to support them, they are enthusiastically signing up to join the army, hoping to join Zhu Han's Red Turban Army.

"Wang Shiji!"

On the school field outside Yizhou City, Zhu Han looked at the dense crowd of people who came to join the army and shouted loudly.

"Marshal, the last general!" Wang Shiji hurriedly responded.

"From today on, you are the prefect of Yizhou, concurrently serving as the chief soldier of Yizhou, responsible for recruiting soldiers and horses, and then attacking Jining Mansion in Qufu, there must be no mistake!" Zhu Han told Wang Shiji.

"The last general obeys!"

Wang Shiji respectfully agreed.

This time, he not only subdued Yizhou, but also wiped out the soldiers and horses of the Confucian family of Yanshenggong, and there was no longer a force in the whole of Shandong that could resist the righteous army.

As for Hama, the left prime minister of Shandong, I am afraid that he will be scared to pee his pants when he sees the banner of Zhu Han of the Red Turban Army.

The news that Zhu Han led the army to recover Yizhou and defeated the Holy Duke of Yan, Kong Kejian, soon spread throughout Shandong.

Many Yizhou scholars and wealthy businessmen came to visit and provided Zhu Han with various assistance.

In Yizhou City, Zhu Han organized the re-organization of the local rebel army in Yizhou, and soon gained a firm foothold, and at the same time began to liquidate those local tyrants and bullies who colluded with Meng Yuan, confiscated their homes, confiscated their land, and then distributed them to the rebel soldiers.

Almost in just one month, just one Yizhou Mansion has gathered more than 30,000 righteous soldiers and horses!

The surrounding Jining Mansion and Yidu Mansion were trembling and falling into extreme panic, but the local Han people were greatly encouraged, and they raised troops to resist the tyranny of Mengyuan, and one by one they held high the banner of the Red Turban Army, which could easily summon tens of thousands of people!

Among them, in Qufu, the old nest of Kong Kejian, the Holy Gong of Yan, a rebel army also emerged, claiming to be the Liberation Army, and sent people to Yizhou to ask for annexation and reinforcements.

Zhu Han attaches great importance to this rebel army in Qufu, because this Guangfu army has a large number of people, reaching as many as 15,000 people, which shows how ruthlessly the Yansheng Mansion oppresses the people in Qufu.

"Qi Xiang!" Zhu Han sat in the Yizhou Mansion and summoned Qi Xiang, the commander of the Musket Cavalry Regiment.

"The last general!" Qi Xiang hurriedly responded.

"You take three hundred musketeers to Qufu to assist the Guangfu Army in capturing Qufu." Zhu Han commanded.

"Yes!"

Qi Xiang responded.

"Also, pass on the commander's order, from now on, except for the rebels of Jining Mansion and Yizhou Mansion, they all belong to your unified dispatch, Yizhou and Jining soldiers and horses support each other, if anyone dares to disobey the military order, I will give you the first cut and then play, and those who violate the military order will be decided!" Zhu Han continued.

"Yes!"

Qi Xiang responded.

"Go ahead!"

Zhu Han waved his hand.

Qi Xiang immediately hurried out of the city with three hundred cavalry and set off towards Qufu.

After the first battle of Morning Glory, Qi Xiang's musket cavalry can be said to have performed excellently, not only for the Yuan infantry is a dimensionality reduction attack, but also for the brave and good Mongolian cavalry.

Moreover, after much observation, Zhu Han found that Qi Xiang had a huge advantage, that is, he could get along well with anyone.

After coming to Yizhou for such a short time, Wang Shiji and other righteous generals in Yizhou were all very good with Qi Xiang's personal teaching.

This kind of business-oriented talent, which is rare in Zhu Han's army, immediately left Qi Xiang in Shandong and was responsible for the unified command of the righteous armies in Yizhou and Jining.

After a short rest in Yizhou, Zhu Han led the new army back to Haiqu County, and then returned to Jinling by warship.

After the battle of Yizhou, the Confucian family of Yansheng Gong basically lost the ability to do things, and there was a high probability that they would lose their old nest Qufu, and without Shandong as the backing, it would be impossible for the Yuan army to go south from this place to threaten the Huainan area occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The new fleet led by Zhu Han soon arrived outside Jinling City, and as soon as Zhu Han got off the ship, he heard a rush of footsteps behind him.

"Seventy-five, seventy-five, no, no, no!"

Zhu Han turned his head and saw his second brother-in-law Li Zhen with a panicked face, sweating profusely running towards him.

"Panic what! Second brother-in-law, be careful of falling! Zhu Han saw the appearance of his second brother-in-law Li Zhen, frowned slightly, and hurriedly said.

"Seventy-five, no, Chen Youliang has hit our territory!" The second brother-in-law, Li Zhen, looked anxious and said eagerly.

"What, Chen Youliang has already attacked our territory? When? Does my brother know? Zhu Han was taken aback when he heard this, and his face suddenly turned pale, Chen Youliang was a potential enemy occupying the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, but Zhu Han didn't expect that Chen Youliang would dare to turn his face and attack him so quickly.

"Chongba has just returned from Suzhou, and our Anqing route has been cut off, and I heard that the defenders have suffered heavy casualties." The second brother-in-law, Li Zhen, explained: "You go back with me and give your brother an idea!" ”

Zhu Han's face suddenly became solemn, "Okay, let's go back immediately and find a way to beat Chen Youliang, a capricious villain!" ”

After that, Zhu Han immediately got off the boat, and his second brother-in-law Li Zhen quickly entered Jinling City.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang had just gathered all the generals and strategists to discuss countermeasures, and when he saw Zhu Han coming back, he suddenly felt a lot more at ease.

"Seventy-five, you're back." Zhu Yuanzhang immediately took his hand and said.

"Brother, I just heard about it, Chen Youliang attacked us?" Zhu Han asked.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and handed over several battle reports to Zhu Han.

Zhu Han took it and took a look, all of them were the news that Chen Youliang raised 200,000 troops and went down the river with thousands of warships, among which Chizhou had been captured by Chen Youliang, and the Chizhou defender Hua Yun was killed in battle!

"Damn!" Zhu Han was suddenly annoyed, he had really underestimated Chen Youliang's ambition and courage before, and he actually attacked and captured Chizhou!

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was also ugly, but he was still calm, and said calmly: "Although Chen Youliang's troops have a great advantage now, after all, he has only just seized power, and his internal situation is still unstable, there will definitely be flaws, we don't have to worry!" ”

Zhu Han also calmed down when he heard this, nodded, and then asked: "Brother, now that Chizhou City has been attacked by Chen Youliang, what about other places?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Other places are where our army is rear, Chen Youliang did not dare to rush to send troops, so 100,000 troops were stationed in Chizhou Mansion, but Chizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our army can't break through and take it back!" ”

"Damn!" Zhu Han gritted his teeth, Chen Youliang occupied the advantage of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River this time.

At this time, Zhu Han suddenly thought that since Chen Youliang was internally unstable, he must want to fight quickly, if he could lure the enemy deeper, wouldn't he be able to let Chen Youliang eat a big ambush for himself?

"Brother, we can come and lure the enemy deeper!"

Zhu Han said suddenly.

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked: "What method, how to lure the enemy deeper?" ”

Zhu Han said with a smile: "Chen Youliang sneak attack on us, it shows that he is also not very well prepared, he must want to fight quickly, if we can send someone to seduce him, just say that the Jinling garrison is empty, and we only need a large army to fight to capture Jinling City, I expect Chen Youliang will definitely be fooled!" ”

Zhu Han's analysis can be described as reasonable.

Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but also Xu Da, Zhou Dexing, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and Shi Nai'an and others on the side also nodded frequently in agreement.

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his face even more excitedly, and hurriedly said: "Good idea!" ”

Elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again, "But, how can we trick Chen Youliang into taking the bait?" ”

Zhu Han smiled: "Brother, do you remember where Kang Mao is from?" ”

"Kang Maocai?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized.

Kang Maocai was originally a general of the Yuan army, and later surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang, made a lot of military exploits, and was very appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang talked to trade before, and the middleman was Kang Maocai.

"Haha, that's a great idea!" Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to find Kang Maocai.

Poor Kang Maocai was worried along the way, and he also heard the news that Chen Youliang had succeeded in a sneak attack on Chizhou, which killed him.

I heard that Chen Youliang used a merchant ship to load soldiers, secretly entered Chizhou, and then robbed the city gate to succeed, Kang Maocai, as an intermediary in trade matters, was naturally afraid to die.

"Sinner Kang Maocai, see King Wu!"

As soon as he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, Kang Maocai knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty without saying a word.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of reproaching at all.

Quickly stepped forward and helped Kang Maocai up.

Kang Mao was relieved to see that Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry.

"General Kang, we need a favor from you now." Zhu Han said with a smile.

"Lieutenant Marshal, please command!" Kang Maocai said respectfully.

"We need you to seduce Chen Youliang and be fooled!" Zhu Han said directly.

When Kang Mao heard this, he almost collapsed to the ground without being frightened, and hurriedly refused: "Deputy marshal, the lower official is not good, the lower official and Chen Youliang have no private relationship!" ”

Dare to love Kang Mao thought that Zhu Han was testing himself.

"Haha, General Kang, don't panic! I'm not trying to test you, this time we plan to give Chen Youliang a plan to lure the enemy in, you are the most critical link, you must come forward, otherwise, once Chen Youliang senses that something is wrong, then he will definitely retreat! Zhu Han said.

Subsequently, Zhu Han took out the detailed plan to lure the enemy and did not hide it at all.

This kind of undoubted attitude made Kang Maocai greatly moved.

"This ......"

It's just that Kang Maocai is still hesitating.

"But, but the deputy marshal, Chen Youliang is as cunning as a fox, you let the last general lie to him, are you afraid that he won't take the bait?" Kang Maocai said.

"Hehe, don't worry about this, just do it." Zhu Han said with a smile.

"Alright then!" Kang Mao saw that Zhu Han said this, so he had to agree to it.

Seeing this, Zhu Han showed a smile.

"Then according to the arrangement of the deputy marshal, I will write a letter immediately, and I will do my best to cooperate with the deputy marshal!"

"Well, okay, hard work General Kang." Zhu Han said with a smile.

Immediately, Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang were responsible for assisting from the side, making Kang Maocai's letter look seamless!

In the letter, Kang Maocai used the Jinling Dongjiang garrison as the internal response, saying that the Jinling garrison was empty, and let Chen Youliang lead the army to go deeper, and then he could enter Jinling City.

The information in the letter is half-true, and after several changes, it is definitely not suspicious of Chen Youliang, unless Chen Youliang can resist the temptation of a quick solution.

Although this plan is to lure the enemy deeper, it can't be completely regarded as an adventure, the main thing is that Jinling City is strong, and when his army is killed under Jinling City, then even if he has more troops, Jinling City can be saved.

Kang Mao wrote the letter, handed it to the guards around him, and sent the letter to Chen Youliang.

Kang Mao had just finished everything, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and then he turned his head and arched his hand to Zhu Han, "Deputy Marshal, then the general will wait for Chen You's plan!" ”

"Okay, General Kang must cooperate with our plan, it will definitely succeed, and we can destroy Chen Youliang's army in one fell swoop and make him pay the price." Zhu Han said.

Although this time's plan was a little cloudy, in order to defeat Chen Youliang, Zhu Han had no choice.

Kang Maocai nodded, "Deputy Marshal, please rest assured!" The last general will be on standby with a large army at any time, and Chen Youliang will definitely not come back. ”

"Okay, General Kang, you must be careful to deal with Chen Youliang, don't be discovered by Chen Youliang."

"Don't worry, deputy marshal, I, Kang Maocai, am not living in vain, and I won't let Chen Youliang discover it! As long as he dares to come to Jinling, my Lao Kang will definitely show no mercy. Kang Maocai said with a smile.

"Haha, General Kang is really a hero!" Zhu Yuanzhang praised Kang Maocai.

Kang Maocai was immediately flattered.

"General Kang, then I have to work for you!" Zhu Han said.

Kang Mao nodded, turned around and walked out.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were waiting for the news of Chen Youliang.

Finally!

Three days later, Kang Mao rushed forward and said that Chen Youliang had taken the bait, and he had sent someone to secretly come to contact him, and he really wanted to attack Jinling!

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly overjoyed, laughed and patted Zhu Han's shoulder, "Haha, Qiwu, you are really Zhuge Liang's reincarnation!"

"Hey, brother, you're trying too hard!" Zhu Han said with a smile.

Chen Youliang was also very cunning, and specially sent someone to see Kang Maocai secretly, and according to the main points in Kang Maocai's letter, he checked them one by one inside and outside Jinling City, lest he meant to deceive him.

Sure enough, everything was as Kang Mao said.

There is indeed a shortage of soldiers and horses in Jinling City, because the streets are full of notices recruiting strong men to join the army, and there are groups of wealthy businessmen who have fled outside the city, all of which show the emptiness of Jinling City.

After getting the envoy's affirmation, Chen Youliang finally put his mind at ease and summoned his troops overnight to take the battleship and march towards Jinling!

In Chen Youliang's opinion, his sneak attack will definitely be perfect, as long as he can capture Jinling, it is basically the overall situation has been decided, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers have great ability, and they can't help themselves.

"Jinling, send troops!"

Chen Youliang stood on the bow of the battleship, listening to the surging river in his ears, and couldn't help but clench his fists,

There was a shout.

At this moment, Chen Youliang couldn't wait, and he couldn't wait to take Jinling immediately and loot all the belongings of Zhu Yuanzhang and the wealthy people in Jinling.

At that time, you can expand your power and become the lord of the world!

Of course, among them, one person is still needed to cooperate, and that is Kang Maocai.

Soon, the army led by Chen Youliang sneaked to the Dongjiang River outside Jinling City in the night.

According to the agreement with Kang Maocai, they will meet at the wooden bridge near the Dongjiang River, and then tear down the wooden bridge and follow the waterway directly into Jinling City.

However, when Chen Youliang led his army to the Dongjiang River, he found that there was no wooden bridge.

"Where's the wooden bridge!?"

"Where's the wooden bridge?"

Chen Youliang dragged the messenger who contacted Kang Maocai and asked fiercely.

The envoy was also confused in the night, "Marshal, this is it, Xiaguan remembers that this is the wooden bridge, I don't know why, now it has become a stone bridge!" ”

"Are you sure?" Chen Youliang couldn't help but ask.

"The next official is confirmed!"

Chen Youliang pushed the messenger away and shouted under the bridge: "Lao Kang, Lao Kang!" ”

"I'm Lao Chen, where are you?"

There were three calls in succession, but there was no response at all, except for the sound of a frog and toad.

Several generals also felt that it might be too dark to go to the wrong place, and they proposed to continue to look for it.

However, Chen Youliang is so vigilant, after delaying for so long, he already realizes that something is wrong.

"It's not right!"

"Either Lao Kang cheated me, or Lao Kang was exposed!"

Chen Youliang's heart sank, and he immediately ordered.

"Pass my order, and immediately retreat with the whole army!"

Chen Youliang urged sharply, and the entire fleet suddenly fell into a scramble to retreat.

At this moment, there was a sudden roar, and a bright light pierced the night, straight into the sky, and then exploded into a dazzling firework.

"Kill!"

"Capture Chen Youliang alive!"

"Kill Chen Youliang!"

The originally pitch-black surroundings suddenly shouted and killed!

I saw countless torches lit up from the sky above the Dongjiang River, covering the sky above the Dongjiang River in an instant, like stars falling, flying towards the fleet.

"Not good!"

Chen Youliang's expression instantly became solemn.

It all came so suddenly.

Their fleet turned out to be surrounded!

"Give up attacking Jinling immediately and withdraw!"

Chen Youliang decisively gave the order.

The fleet immediately retreated, but these fireballs seemed to have eyes, and the hit rate was very high!

There were even some that directly hit the boat next to Chen Youliang.

"No! Retreat! ”

Chen Youliang shouted loudly.

He also knew the consequences of such a hasty escape, and many ships would crash into each other and be destroyed, but the situation was critical, and he couldn't care about it anymore.

He decided to abandon some of the ships and immediately led his army to flee Jinling.

As soon as his thoughts fell, he heard a loud bang, and a ship was instantly hit by a fireball, and the ship suddenly burst into flames.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this scene, Chen Youliang scolded angrily and immediately ordered to move forward at full speed.

"Quick! Speed up, hurry up! ”

Chen Youliang kept urging the crew, he knew that if this continued, if a ship was burned and blocked the channel, he would not be able to run if he wanted to, and he would definitely not be able to escape at that time.

But, even so, the fleet continued to move forward extremely slowly.

"Quick! Fast! ”

Chen Youliang kept shouting, his forehead was also drenched in sweat, and his eyes were red.

The trebuchets and artillery that Zhu Han had arranged in advance had already been ready to attack, and at this time they were already in full swing, firing incendiary projectiles at Chen Youliang's fleet on the river.

One by one, the incendiary projectiles fell on the river like raindrops, smashing Chen Youliang's flagship ship and escort ship into thousands of holes.

"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded, and Chen Youliang's flagship ship was blown to pieces, and puffs of black smoke rose up.

"Damn Kang Maocai!"

Chen Youliang cursed, while jumping onto another battleship under the escort of his own soldiers, and then raised the sails and fled to the rear desperately, but before their figures could escape far, they were attacked again, the tall mast was broken and broken, and the battleship shook violently, Chen Youliang sat down on the deck, his face pale.

"Quick! Quick, quick, hurry! ”

Chen Youliang hurriedly urged his subordinates to speed up, and kept yelling.

Suddenly, a pro-soldier pointed to the bright river not far away and said loudly, "Marshal, there are enemy troops intercepting!" ”

Chen Youliang looked in the direction of his finger and saw that on a warship on the river, a burly and resolute strong man stood there, staring at their warship with a pair of eyes, as if he wanted to destroy all of Chen Youliang's ships.

The coming general turned out to be Kang Maocai!

"Kang Maocai, what the hell do you want to do!"

Chen Youliang finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and shouted at Kang Maocai.

"Hahaha!"

"Chen Youliang, I advise you to surrender obediently!"

Kang Mao stepped onto the warship and shouted loudly.

"Humph!"

Chen Youliang snorted coldly and said, "If you want me Chen Youliang to surrender, you Kang Mao is not qualified yet!" “

Kang Maocai was furious when he heard this, and immediately led his army to launch a surprise attack on Chen Youliang.

However, the two warships next to Chen Youliang desperately guarded and blocked Kang Maocai's attack.

However, the entire battlefield situation was still dominated by Zhu Yuanzhang's army.

Chen Youliang saw the opportunity and led the remnants of the navy to break through the encirclement and fled to the wide Yangtze River.

The Dongjiang River behind Chen Youliang is the sky-high fire and the sound of killing!

A big defeat ended Chen Youliang's ambition to annex Jiangnan.

These soldiers also looked terrified.

"Marshal, what shall we do? Do you want to return to Chizhou? ”

An adjutant general approached Chen Youliang's side and asked in a low voice.

"I can't go back, once I go back, I will fall into the encirclement of Zhu Yuanzhang, and we can't hold Chizhou!"

Chen Youliang said calmly.

Under his orders, these sailors and horses continued to rush desperately, fleeing towards Hubei, their rear.

Chen Youliang knew very well in his heart that in this battle, his naval division suffered extremely serious losses, and he was afraid that he would not be able to fight again in the short term.

However, although Chen Youliang was defeated, his strength was still strong, and Huguang's strength was still enough to support his revenge.

Moreover, many of his generals and veterans have escaped, these people are his elite, and with them, he will soon be able to retrain a soldier and horse.

Thinking of this, Chen Youliang had hope in his heart again.

......

At the same time, in the mansion of King Wu in Jinling City, Zhu Yuanzhang, King of Wu, was gathering the generals and began to discuss the rewards for meritorious deeds.

Last night's big victory made Chen Youliang suffer heavy losses, and he no longer had the strength to call the board.

"King Wu, there is still one Chizhou left, let me take it back!" Xu Da pleaded.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, nodded and said, "You take 20,000 soldiers and horses to capture Chizhou." ”

"Yes!"

Xu Da took the order and drove in the direction of Chizhou with 20,000 soldiers and horses.

In fact, it was not only a Chizhou, Xu Da led the army to pursue Chen Youliang all the way, and took Chizhou bloodlessly, and then continued to swim upstream, and the cities such as Nanchang and Jiujiang along the way were also looking at the wind.

Everyone already knew that Chen Youliang was defeated outside Jinling City, losing most of his soldiers and horses, and he was already powerless to fight against Zhu Yuanzhang.

Everyone in the world can clearly see that Zhu Yuanzhang has been like a divine help all the way, no matter what the opponent is, no one has ever been able to bargain for Zhu Yuanzhang.

With such a powerful character, who doesn't know how to stand in line.

This situation made Xu Da very depressed, and led an army of 20,000 from Jinling, all the way to thousands of miles, recovering and conquering more than 20 cities, but there were almost no killings and beheadings, because all of them were despaired.

After Xu Da took Jiangxi, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were very happy.

Because Jiangxi's products are abundant, not only there is sufficient grain, but also in Jiangxi also produces precious porcelain, especially the porcelain of Jingdezhen, which has made rapid progress in the Yuan Dynasty and has become a treasure that sells all over the world.

As long as the porcelain in Jiangxi is controlled, the profit of trade can basically be doubled.

For Xu Da, who captured Jiangxi, although he did not have many beheadings and prisoners, Zhu Yuanzhang still sent someone to Xu Da to add an official to the rank of knight, and awarded him the position of governor of the Chinese army, becoming the head of all the generals second only to Zhu Han.

After getting Jiangxi, Zhu Han's silver coin plan has also begun to be put on the agenda.

The defeat of Chen Youliang this time basically ensured peace and stability in Jiangnan.

Chen Youliang returned from a big defeat this time.

It is absolutely impossible to recover without a year or two.

"If it weren't for the fact that we wanted to develop Jiangnan and cultivate the people's strength, I would definitely lead the army to personally recruit Chen Youliang and knock down his lair!" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry about Chen Youliang's sneak attack this time, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many things that needed to be done inside Jiangnan, he would definitely not just let Xu Da lead 20,000 soldiers and horses, and stop just capturing Jiangxi, he would inevitably go up the river and annex Huguang.

Zhu Han naturally understood the thoughts of the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, and he said to the elder brother with a smile, "Chen Youliang is no longer worried after this defeat, even if he makes a comeback, when the time comes, our strength will rise sharply, it is definitely not something he can compete with with Huguang and one place, and it is even more impossible to defeat us!" ”

Zhu Han didn't have too much to worry about Chen Youliang, because Chen Youliang's tactical level was there.

Even if he expanded his military power in Huguang, it would only be to build a bunch of classical warships.

And Zhu Han will have a large number of artillery warships by then.

One artillery battleship was enough to destroy ten classical warships.

This technological gap is definitely not something that can be made up in terms of quantity.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers have already discussed, and now they are dedicated to developing their strength.

"The minted silver coins have come out for samples, brother, take a look."

Zhu Han pushed a small box in front of his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

This small box is beautifully crafted, lined with precious velvet and topped with several silver coins of various sizes.

"This coin is so beautiful!"

Zhu Yuanzhang held a silver coin in his hand and exclaimed with admiration in his mouth.

These silver coins are beautifully painted with eucalyptus and have a large 'Zhu' character on the obverse.

That's right, it is the surname Zhu of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, and its representative is naturally Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu in Jiangnan.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang's King Wu is a real seal, this kind of real seal vassal king must have his own coinage right, and write a 'Zhu' character on it, and no one can say anything that is not in accordance with the rules.

"Dude, look at the side of it again." Zhu Han said.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately picked up the side of the silver coin and looked at it.

I saw that on the side of the silver coin, there were thin layers of tooth patterns, and these gears looked exquisite.

"What is this for?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhu Han said with a smile, "With these tooth lines, you can prevent some greedy people from scraping silver on them, as long as the tooth patterns are incomplete, the currency can be said to be defective." ”

Zhu Han set up a special workshop for minting silver coins in Jinling City, and all the techniques used were taught by Zhu Han to craftsmen.

Among them, the anti-counterfeiting technology is unique in the world, and the picture on this silver coin is definitely not drawn casually, which contains a lot of mysterious anti-counterfeiting signs, only the experts of the Jinling Mint can see from the inside.

In this way, it is possible to prevent a large number of profiteers from counterfeiting silver coins with shoddy goods.

With so many coinage secrets, Zhu Han told his brother Zhu Yuanzhang one by one.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was suddenly very happy, and he said with a smile, "With this batch of silver coins, then our trade in Jiangnan will probably have to multiply several times!" ”

The prosperity of commerce and trade in Jiangnan gave Zhu Yuanzhang a taste of the benefits of collecting commercial taxes.

Zhu Yuanzhang in history was an emperor who extremely suppressed commerce.

Now, under the influence of Zhu Han, he has become a monarch who attaches great importance to business.

Zhu Han said with a smile, "Well, if you turn it over several times, I'm afraid it's still too fast, but if you increase Jiangnan's taxes by about 30%, it's absolutely no problem!" ”

"Nowadays, Jiangnan has frequent business and trade, and a large number of copper coins have long been insufficient, as for paper money, it is definitely a thing of the lake, if we want to have the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, we can't touch paper money for the time being."

Originally, paper money is a good thing.

Paper money is easy to carry, conducive to large-scale commercial transactions, and can also realize the control of credit money, for the central government of the imperial court, can reduce a large part of the financial pressure on the minting of money.

However, the paper money thing, after decades of fooling around with Meng Yuan, has already tossed credibility worse than wiping mats.

Even, if anyone dares to propose a sentence to issue banknotes, it will definitely make the people in Jiangnan call him a big dung.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Han did not dare to risk the world, and it was the right way to obediently mint silver coins and gold coins.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said approvingly, "Paper money is the source of trouble, Dayuan is so corrupt, one of the biggest culprits is paper money!" ”

After Jiangnan had this batch of minted silver coins, commerce and trade suddenly burst into a new round of vitality.

Especially after Jiangxi was annexed, the tax card between Jiangxi and Jiangnan was canceled by Zhu Hanti's suggestion.

In other words, there is no longer the original double tax on the trafficking of porcelain and other products from Jiangxi to Jiangnan.

As a result, a large number of Jiangxi porcelain entered the market in Jiangnan at a lower price, and the silk, paper, cloth, silverware and lacquerware and other goods abundant in Jiangnan were trafficked to Jiangxi at low prices, and the two places soon achieved a win-win situation, and the proportion of tax burden did not increase, but because of the increase in quantity, the collection of commercial tax increased by about 30%!

The financial income of the entire Wu Wangfu has already made Zhu Yuanzhang a little worried.

It's not that you don't have money to spend, but how to spend the money reasonably.

After all, the army under his current command did not expand greatly according to Zhu Han's suggestion, but used the new army as a template to gradually reorganize and train, and did not pursue too large numbers, but pursued elites.

For these extra taxes, Zhu Han suggested that his brother Zhu Yuanzhang put all of them into the construction of workshops and schools in Jinling, Jiezhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou.

"Brother, you don't know, if we don't have these workshops, I'm afraid we won't be able to make so many good things."

"Now Hu Dahai in Quanzhou has sent people to report the victory, the first batch of sea ships they sent have arrived in the area of Zhancheng to the south, and then to the south of Boni and other countries, have also sent people to get in touch, and the trade in Nanyang will soon be opened!"

"The little glass, sugar and other goods that Quanzhou County originally stocked are not enough to sell in Nanyang!"

As soon as the Maritime Silk Road in Quanzhou was opened, Zhu Yuanzhang would never be short of money again.

Especially with the naval escort under Zhu Han, he will not be afraid of any pirate raids at all, and there will be no accidental losses.

Therefore, Zhu Han strongly built

Zhu Yuanzhang, the elder brother, invested all the extra money he earned into the construction of various workshops and schools.

Regarding Zhu Han's suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang accepted it without refusal.

"Seventy-five, what are you teaching in these schools, I can't understand it anymore." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but complain.

Since the royal capital was set in Jinling, Zhu Yuanzhang gathered his nephews and nephews, as well as the sons and nephews of other generals and other teenagers in the school in Jinling, so that they could read and write with Mr.

Originally, this was a traditional private school, but after Zhu Han's mixing, all the new schools taught in this school were strange in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion.