I heard that Yang Xiao kicked this "ball" to Wudang. Zhang Wuji asked, "Then what did my master say?" ”

Yang Xiao replied: "After Zhang Zhenren read Xu Shouhui's recital and his subordinates' handwritten letters. He said in the old man, 'public before private'. His old man said that since Chen Youliang had taken refuge under Xu Shouhui, he had contributed to the great cause of opposing the Yuan Dynasty. If you kill him at this time, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of the righteous people in the world. ”

"Therefore, after discussing with Song Daxia, Zhang Zhenren planned to give priority to public and then private, so he allowed Chen Youliang to 'wear guilt and make meritorious service'. Although the culprit of Song Qingshu's death was Chen Youliang, he was somewhat to blame. If Chen Youliang really changed his past mistakes and really assisted the rebels to expel the Tartars in the future, this is a righteous move for the country and the people, and Song Qingshu's blood debt can be released. ”

So we followed Zhang Zhenren's instructions and truthfully transmitted the news to Xu Shouhui. Since Chen Youliang has also become a member of our rebel army. ”

Zhang Wuji asked, "Then when did Xu Shouhui die?" ”

Yang Xiao continued: "It was about a year ago. At that time, Xu Shouhui was fledgling. Although Xu Shouhui had already had a heart of disobedience and called himself Emperor Tianwan before, he only called himself in private. But just a month before his death, he brazenly proclaimed himself emperor and declared himself out of our control. ”

"Oh? I didn't expect him to want to rebel so impatiently? Zhang Wuji said with a sneer.

Yang Xiao nodded and continued: "Yes. However, Xu Shouhui has also recruited troops in our name over the years, and he announced that he would break away from Mingzun's jurisdiction and establish himself as emperor, which also caused many people to be dissatisfied. And Chen Youliang took advantage of everyone's dissatisfaction with him and booby-trapped Xu Shouhui in Quarry Rock. After that, Chen Youliang replaced Xu Shouhui and inherited his foundation. ”

Zhang Wuji couldn't figure it out a little, so he asked: "Yang Zuo, I don't understand a little. Although Chen Youliang can murder Xu Shouhui, how did he stabilize the regime? At least I know that Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng will not obey him so easily. ”

Yang Xiao smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said, "This is because Chen Youliang has our support. ”

"Huh!?" Zhang Wuji was surprised, "What? Would we support him? What the hell is going on? What else happened during my absence? ”

Yang Xiao replied, "That's right. After Xu Shouhui's death, it did cause instability within the Tianwan Army. But Chen Youliang wrote to us and called us a minister. announced that he was setting things right, Xu Shouhui was a chaotic minister and a thief, and he was just getting rid of the chaotic ministers for Mingzun. ”

"After we discussed this matter, we decided to accept Chen Youliang's title of vassal. First, if the Tianwan regime is in chaos, it will be unfavorable to the rebel army in the south. At least King Liang, the Great Yuan, who was rooted in Yungui, was eyeing Jiangnan. If the foundation is messed up at this time, it will only be beneficial to Zhu Yuanzhang and King Yuanliang. ”

"Second, Chen Youliang is willing to provide us with a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance, and serve us as the master. After discussing with Lord Liu, Zhu Niangniang, and the Eagle King, I felt that the advantages of accepting Chen Youliang's title of vassal outweighed the disadvantages. So we issued an edict of 'Zhao'an' to Chen Youliang. ”

"What is written in the edict is that Chen Youliang is named the king of Hanyang. Commanded Xu Shouhui's old troops. And after Chen Youliang got our canonization, he also gave us a large amount of ordnance, grain and grass for face. And cede to us the city on the border of Xiangzhou, where Wudang Mountain is located. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Wuji nodded and said, "Hmm! In this way, Chen Youliang is a kid who understands current affairs. ”

Yang Xiao smiled bitterly again, and he said, "It would be nice if this kid could always know the current affairs." At first, Chen Youliang really put Fengmingzun as the first priority, and he was quite courteous to us. But then the rumors of Meng Yuan came over. ”

At this time, Chen Youliang took the opportunity to defect, not only did he not declare war, but also re-sent troops to occupy the land of Xiangzhou that had been ceded to us before, cutting off our retreat to the south. And he also opened his eyes for Meng Yuan, saying that we murdered Mingzun and set up another puppet. ”

"And Zhu Niangniang is indeed fake, and we don't have the invincible strength of the sect master. Later, he was defeated and retreated by Wang Baobao and Toto, and even lost the capital Bianliang. Even if this thing is false, it has become true in the eyes of the world. ”

So Chen Youliang took the opportunity to establish himself as the emperor and was called the 'Great Han'. And bewitch those soldiers who were once loyal to Mingzun to attack us and Zhu Yuanzhang. Because in his lies, Mingzun has been murdered by us. ”

"He inherited the throne of Emperor Mingzun and took over the banner of anti-Yuan, which is the destiny of heaven. And our 'murder' of Ming Zun is unforgivable. And Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Mingzun was a fake and fake Son of Heaven's life, and it was Sima Zhao's heart to ask for the Quartet. Under the banner of revenge for Mingzun, he gathered a lot of capable people and righteous people under his command. Now he is the biggest prince in the world. ”

Zhang Wuji nodded after listening.

Although Chen Youliang's strength has reached the point where he can wrestle with Meng Yuan, Zhang Wuji also noticed a key point.

That is, Chen Youliang used his fame to attack all kinds of rebels and expand his power in the name of avenging Mingzun and punishing Mingzun.

In this way, many soldiers under Chen Youliang's command still recognize Ming Zun very much, and even regard him Zhang Wuji as their spiritual pillar.

Zhang Wuji now has his own ideas, since the soldiers under Chen Youliang's command still regard themselves as respectful. Then as long as he appears in front of these soldiers and clarifies all the facts, then maybe these soldiers will turn against him. He can even directly co-opt Chen Youliang's forces for his own use.

Zhang Wuji thought about it and felt that this ready-made "peach" was not picked in vain. If he can collect and surrender the 600,000 army under Chen Youliang, and then annex Zhu Yuanzhang and eliminate Zhang Shicheng, then he can directly sit in the south and face north, and use the Yangtze River, Han River, and Huai River as a barrier to fight against Meng Yuan's real division.

At present, Chen Youliang has established himself as the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang has coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and Zhang Shicheng is not on his side.

Now the princes of half of the south of the Yangtze River have a justifiable excuse for crusade.

Now is the best opportunity to eliminate them, unify half of the south of the Yangtze River, and completely integrate the forces of the rebel army. At that time, he led people to sit in the south and face the north to accumulate the northern expedition, and Fan Yao sent Xiliang soldiers and horses into the customs. Caught between two sides, Meng Yuan will not be broken in a few days.

Now Zhang Wuji is sighing, it is really "Sai Weng lost his horse and knew that it was not a blessing". Although he lost Bianliang and lost his basic plate, he was a little distressed. But the people closest to them are safe and sound.

And the princes of all walks of life died themselves, giving him an excuse to get rid of them. And talents such as Liu Bowen and Lu Chang did not serve Zhu Yuanzhang because of the butterfly effect of detachment and not being deposed.

Now it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and there is a virtuous man without an owner.

I went to Persia by myself, but I didn't expect to have so many unexpected gains.

(End of chapter)