"Right now, the imperial court is going to fight it in Huguang, and in my opinion, Zhu Gaoxu will definitely find a way to yin us in other places."

"We must guard Guanzhong well."

"In case the pass is broken, when the official army and the rebel army are fighting in Huguang, Qu Neng's rebel army will go around from the pass to Huguang, and they can hit the official army, and the imperial court will inevitably be defeated again, so we must defend it here." Song Sheng said as he pointed at the map.

Song Jing looked at the map, and sure enough, if Guanzhong was broken, Qu Neng could lead the troops to drive straight in, and there would be two ways to choose at that time.

The first is to attack the western flank of the official army from Wuguan (the four major gateways of Guanzhong) to Huguang, Yunyang and Xiangyang.

The second is to enter Henan from Hangu Pass (the four major gateways of Guanzhong), and then go directly around from Henan to the back of Wuchang, which will appear directly behind the official army's fart drums, which is more dangerous.

Qu Neng could even ignore the Huguang officials and troops, drive straight from Henan to the south of the Yangtze River, and then the officials and troops would inevitably return to the division.

Song Jing and Song Changbao looked at the map and knew that Shaanxi was very important, and Guanzhong must be defended.

Guanzhong can't hold it, and after Qu Neng comes in, he can fight wherever he wants.

Because most of the soldiers and horses in Henan, Jiangnan and other places in the imperial court have been transferred to the Huguang front.

Song Jing didn't speak at this time, he was young, so he naturally let the older ones speak first, and at the same time glanced at Song Changbao.

Song Changbao looked left and right, and there was only their family in the hall.

"Fourth uncle (Song Sheng is the fourth), do you think the imperial court can win in Huguang?"

Song Sheng's face changed slightly, and he looked back at Song Changbao incredulously.

Song Changbao's face was red, and he was a little afraid to look at him.

"What do you want to say?" Song Sheng said slightly angrily, and then looked at Song Jing: "What do you want to say?" ”

Song Changbao was sprayed by him, and he didn't dare to say anything in fright, but his face was flushed.

Song Jing was young and vigorous, and finally couldn't help it: "My father died in the spirit wall, and he didn't get anything, if our Song family chooses the wrong one again, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Song Changbao nodded heavily, and his younger brother Song Changfeng was lost on the battlefield in Sichuan.

"Bang" Song Sheng slapped the table heavily and was furious: "You guys are crazy, how many uncles and brothers are there in Jingshi?" ”

Among Song Sheng's six sons, the second son Song Xuan died in battle, the third son Song Yu died early, and the other four were in Beijing.

The wives and children of the four are also all in Beijing, plus Song Changbao's family, the Song family, old and young, hundreds of people are all in Beijing, are you crazy? No matter?

Song Jing was unwilling and muttered, "Your Majesty won't do this?" ”

Song Sheng was happy, you really don't know Zhu Di, I dare to descend old man, he dares to punish our Song family to the nine clans.

"The fourth uncle doesn't need to surrender, just don't command effectively." Song Changbao said suddenly.

"You-you fart-——" Song Sheng has been wise all his life, how can he do such a thing.

He glared at Song Changbao: "Who did you learn from?" Did Zhu Gaoxu send someone to find you? He just said that Zhu Gaoxu would use yin tricks on the battlefield, but he didn't expect to come so soon.

He stared at Song Changbao incredulously, because Song Changbao has been following him recently, if he has a connection with Zhu Gaoxu, it means that in Xi'an City, he is already Zhu Gaoxu's person.

"No, of course not." Song Changbao denied it.

Song Sheng said coldly: "You both hand over the military power, from tomorrow, don't lead the troops, just be in my pro-military camp, temporarily as pro-soldiers." ”

"Ahh

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The weather in Fujian in October is good, and the whole of Fujian is very calm.

After the Han King raised his army, Fujian's soldiers and horses were mainly stationed in situ to guard against Liu Rong's army from Zhejiang.

At the end of July, Liu Rong asked the soldiers and horses of the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division to join him, and he attacked Fu'an from the direction of Chuzhou, and the soldiers and horses of the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division entered Shaowu from Jianchang.

As a result, Li Yuan first gave up Fu'an, defeated Shao Wu's Jiangxi Dusi soldiers and horses, and then let Liu Rong in, and defeated Liu Rong again in Ningde County.

Liu Rong saw the power of Li Yuan, the first general of Jingnan, so he quickly turned around and ran.

After Liu Rong ran back, he originally wanted to reorganize his troops and horses to attack again, but at this time, the news of the fiasco of the three major battles of Guangxi, Guizhou, and Sichuan had already reached this side, and Liu Rong was suddenly frightened and did not dare to attack again, so he could only temporarily hold the defense line in Chuzhou and Wenzhou.

At this time, Li Yuan in turn organized soldiers and horses and entered Jiangxi from Guangdong and Fujian, Jiangxi Zhu Di was originally ready to give up, it would be useless to think about it, because there were not many soldiers and horses available.

Jiangxi's soldiers and horses had been transferred to Huguang and Zhejiang, and Jiangxi was defeated and retreated under Li Yuan's offensive.

By October, the south of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, had been occupied by Li Yuan.

Fortunately, at this time, Li Yuan also knew that there were too few soldiers and horses, and it was inconvenient to go deep, and the rebel army and the official army were facing each other on the front line in Nanchang.

In this way, most of Jiangxi is in the hands of Zhu Gaoxu again.

Zhu Gaochu won victories in various battlefields, and with his full salary increase activities, the Ming court has been in turmoil, and officials in many places are waiting for Zhu Gaochu to come over and make a fortune together.

In late October, Xu An, the commander of Fujian, summoned many businessmen from the coastal areas of Fujian to Fuzhou for a meeting, and it is said that many coastal businessmen from Zhejiang and Jiangnan also secretly came to Fuzhou.

On that day, the compound of the Fuzhou Commander Yamen was overcrowded, and hundreds of businessmen from all over the Ming Dynasty gathered here, and they either received invitations directly from the Fujian Metropolitan Division, or they all received the news secretly in private.

In September, as the merchants of the two places spread all over the coast, many people got the news and secretly came to Fuzhou in spite of the imperial court's ban on sealing the sea.

There was a middle-aged man in the crowd who was looking left and right, looking surprised, his face was full of beard, his eyebrows were also very long, and he was wearing a hat on his head, and he was not afraid of the heat.

If someone looked at him closely, they would see that the beard on his face was probably deliberately put on a fake beard.

This person was none other than Chen Zuyi, the world's No. 1 pirate at that time.

Chen Zuyi's ancestral home is Chaozhou, Guangdong, and during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the whole family fled to Nanyang and entered the sea as pirates. Entrenched in Malacca for more than ten years, he became the leader of the world's largest pirate group at that time, with more than 10,000 members and nearly 100 warships at its peak.

He is mainly active in Japan, Korea, Wanwan, South China Sea, Indian Ocean and other places. More than 10,000 passing ships were plundered, more than 50 coastal towns were captured, and some countries in the South Seas even paid tribute to them.

In terms of influence at that time, Zheng Zhilong in later generations was not as good as him, but he did not end well, so his reputation in history was far inferior to Zheng Zhilong.

Half of the reason why the Ming Dynasty was banned from the sea was that it was robbed by Chen Zuyi.

When Lao Zhu was there, he offered Chen Zuyi a reward of 500,000 taels, and when Zhu Di came to power, this guy was also a ruthless person, and immediately increased the price to 7.5 million taels.

This makes Chen Zuyi the pirate with the highest bounty in history, and there will be no successor in the future.

Chen Zuyi was extremely sensitive to the news of the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade, and it is said that when the Han Dynasty raised his army, that is, in May, the city was occupied, news reached Nanyang, and the Fujian officials wanted to convene all the maritime merchants to discuss it in October.

He received the news a few months ago, and today he is even more bold to come and participate as a Nanyang businessman.

Of course, as he guessed, the gate was not strictly checked, and the guards simply asked him his name, address, what kind of business he was doing, and how big it was, and then let him in.

Of course, he said all the lies, and no one knew him anyway.

After arriving at the scene, he took two subordinates to look in the courtyard and felt very surprised.

The yard is relatively large and should have been renovated, with a long row of tables in the middle with all kinds of snacks, drinks, fruits.

This is the Dusi Yamen, and Xu An is the general of the army, this kind of arrangement is still rare in the eyes of businessmen, no, I have never seen it at all.

But what is certain is that Xu An's arrangement made everyone very happy and felt respected.

At this time, Xu An had not yet arrived, and businessmen from all over the world were eating and chatting in groups.

Chen Zuyi turned around and found that there were merchants from Jiangnan and Zhejiang, who were now at war with the King of Han, and he didn't expect to come over a lot, but what surprised him even more was that there were merchants from Japan and Korea, and even foreign merchants from Nanyang.

Fortunately, Chen Zuyi put on makeup, otherwise it would be troublesome to be recognized by Nanyang merchants.

There were almost 100 people at the scene, basically according to the province and the locality, Chen Zuyi listened to various local dialects, and felt a little unreal.

Because the Ming court has always looked down on businessmen, it has never convened so many businessmen to discuss matters, and the key people are all here.

"Second uncle, what does this Han King want to do?" At this time, he accompanied a subordinate to ask Chen Zuyi, who was his nephew Chen Feng.

Chen Zuyi thought for a while and whispered: "I heard that the King of Han paid the officials and soldiers of the world, this bastard must have no money, and he wants to pay attention to the merchants." ”

Chen Feng said with a smile: "The King of Han is about to rob Annan, will there be no money?" ”

Chen Zuyi was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled, the king of Han really doesn't talk about martial arts, and he has no etiquette of the Heavenly Empire, and when he arrives in Annan, he is like a bandit, I heard that Annan is about to be snatched up, and there is no silver in the market now, and copper coins are trading everywhere.

"He still has a lot of ideas, if he doesn't do this, how can he have the money to raise troops and buy people's hearts, I think he has a very deep routine, and Zhu Di will be very uncomfortable with the matter of paying officials in the world." Chen Zuyi said with a smile: "The officials on Zhu Di's side are waiting now, will he add it or not?" ”

Zhu Di wants to add, the court doesn't have so much money, if Zhu Di doesn't add it, the hearts of the people below will be scattered, and the team will be difficult to bring.

This trick is really ruthless, Chen Zuyi found that King Han is very powerful.

"Zhu Di is rich, second uncle, you are worth 7.5 million." Chen Feng said with a smile.

"He's got money." Chen Zuyi laughed.

The officials of the world know that Chen Zuyi is worth 7.5 million, I don't know how to feel, you are willing to spend money to catch a pirate, and you have no money to increase our salary?

Chen Feng asked again at this time: "From the second uncle's point of view, Han Wang and Zhu Di, who will win?" ”

Chen Zuyi thought for a while: "Zhu Di, I don't know him. He smiled after that, but this guy raised Lao Tzu's reward from 500,000 to 7.5 million, and he was a ruthless man.

However, Zhu Gaoxu seems to be even more ruthless.

(End of chapter)