Thinking of this, Zhang Wuji immediately made up his mind in his heart, and also thought about his specific plan of action to annex half of Jiangnan.

That is to go to Hongdu first to reveal his identity in front of hundreds of thousands of troops and expose Chen Youliang's lies. It would be great if he could collect the soldiers and horses under Chen Youliang's command. If you can't, if you kill Chen Youliang, then it will be beneficial to yourself.

After that, he integrated Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses, and then found Zhu Yuanzhang to settle the general account. As long as the two strongest forces in Jiangnan are defeated, then Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Chen Youding and others will be captured alive in a few days. When the time comes, the outside must first settle the inside, and lead the troops to pacify Yungui and unify the entire half of the south of the Yangtze River. After recuperating and recuperating, he turned his fist and waved the Northern Expedition to dominate the world.

So Zhang Wuji exchanged a few more words with Yang Xiao, and after asking about some specific situations, he immediately set off for Hongdu City.

Zhang Wuji was not in a hurry before, because in his eyes, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang were just "snipe and clam fighting", and what he had to do was to wait for them to lose and "make a profit".

And now he is in a hurry, precisely because he regards Chen Youliang's 600,000 soldiers and horses as his property now. The battle of Hongdu was extremely tragic, and if he was a day late, then thousands of soldiers would be killed and wounded. This loss is his own "property", and Zhang Wuji is of course in a hurry.

Zhang Wuji never expected that Chen Youliang, a fool, also borrowed his reputation, since this is the case, then he will accept everything he has unceremoniously.

And Zhang Wuji is still very grateful to Chen Youliang, if it weren't for Chen Youliang who had kidnapped Xie Xun and his enemy before, Zhang Wuji really didn't want to kill him. even wants to give him a lifetime of wealth and make him a comfortable rich man.

Because Chen Youliang's unintentional move helped him eradicate two big troubles.

One is the toad Song Qingshu. It would be easy for Zhang Wuji to kill Song Qingshu, but Song Qingshu was the only son of the master Song Yuanqiao. Song Yuanqiao treats himself well, if he kills his only son, it is really not easy to start.

Even if someone else around him killed him, then the master and the master found him, if he ignored it and didn't investigate, then it would be a little unreasonable. If he doesn't kill him, Song Qingshu, a toad, thinks about his Zhiruo every day, although this is harmless, but when he thinks about it, his heart is very angry.

After all, the territory and the sergeant, Zhang Wuji can slowly accumulate it by himself, anyway, the world will be his sooner or later, it will be nothing more than a few years later.

But Song Qingshu has the family relationship between the master and the master, and this matter is much more difficult for Zhang Wuji than attacking the city.

At present, Chen Youliang helped him eradicate Song Qingshu, which did Zhang Wuji a great favor. This is arguably his greatest credit.

And Chen Youliang's second credit to him is to help him eradicate Xu Shouhui. Xu Shouhui has a very high reputation among the rebels, and if he does it himself, he will inevitably be accused of killing a hero.

At present, Chen Youliang has done it for himself, and he also helped him integrate the forces left by Xu Shouhui, and let him Zhang Wuji pick ready-made peaches, which is also a great achievement.

If it weren't for the disadvantage of letting Chen Youliang become bigger, he would even want to use Chen Youliang to kill Zhu Yuanzhang directly. Then he came out and pretended to be a good person to take in Xu Da and others.

However, you can't be too greedy, and now you can take the opportunity to collect Chen Youliang's 600,000 soldiers and horses. Just look ahead to what's in front of you.

After Zhang Wuji left Shou County, he rushed to Hongdu at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

During this period, when Zhang Wuji passed by the Yangtze River, he also saw the sign notice posted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

This notice said that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to requisition merchant ships, fishing boats, and even the flower boats of the Qinhuai singers in his jurisdiction. Anyway, as long as it is a ship, Zhu Yuanzhang will requisition.

And it is also clearly written that Zhu Yuanzhang is willing to pay ten times the fare for borrowing a boat. If the ship is damaged, then the compensation will be made according to the price.

Of course, this is not Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness. It was nothing more than his expediency.

Zhang Wuji knows this matter very well, because if he wants to fight a decisive battle with Chen Youliang, then the warship is indispensable. After all, behind Chen Youliang's 600,000 army were countless building ships.

Even if Zhu Wenzheng held Hongdu, Chen Youliang's main force could also withdraw by ship and make a comeback in the future.

Now that Chen Youliang is pouring out, although it is menacing, it is also a great opportunity to annihilate his main force.

It was Hu Weiyong's idea to levy ships at a high price, which was essentially a gamble and a risk. Because Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of fulfilling his own promises at all.

According to Hu Weiyong's idea, if the bet is won, then the gains obtained after defeating Chen Youliang can pay off the arrears of these boatmen, so as to maintain Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation.

But if they lose, then they don't have to pay it back.

Although this is a "big gamble" related to fate, Zhu Yuanzhang still entered this "game" without hesitation and got on this "gambling table".

If this victory is achieved, he will, as in history, annex Chen Youliang's forces, and then unify most of the south of the Yangtze River, and finally succeed in the Northern Expedition and become the familiar Hongwu Emperor.

But if he loses this battle, then he will become the second Guo Zixing and Liu Futong. Although this gamble is very risky, if you win, the profit is also huge.

The real Zhu Yuanzhang in history was lucky, he won the bet. Shortly after defeating Chen Youliang, he sent Liao Yongzhong to drown Han Lin'er and Liu Futong. After removing the last obstacles, he himself ascended the throne in Jinling and achieved the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty.

But this time, Zhang Wuji wanted Zhu Yuanzhang to lose, and he didn't even have pants.

Because he will take Hongdu City as an outpost fortress to attack Jiangdong. And after he takes Hongdu, he will not go further. Instead, they rested on the spot and announced to the world. will not fight with Zhu Yuanzhang in the fateful "Battle of Poyang Lake" in history.

If this is the case, then Zhu Yuanzhang's boat will be borrowed in vain. He neither got the big break Chen Youliang's gain, nor did he have the means to repay the tenfold remuneration promised to the ship's family.

And it did not hold the Hongdu City, let alone solve the main force of the 600,000-strong army. Instead, the 600,000-strong army became a sharp knife against his hinterland.

Zhang Wuji wanted him to know two things.

"He is the real Mingzun, and there is no good end to going against Mingzun."

"Gamblers generally don't end well."

Two days later, Zhang Wuji arrived near Hongdu City.

Although he was now near Hongdu, Zhang Wuji did not get too close. Because Hongdu is now completely surrounded by the 600,000 troops under Chen Youliang's command, it is impossible to get through.

Moreover, within a radius of dozens of miles of this city, there are camps of Chen Youliang's army.

Zhang Wuji stood on the trees on a small hill, looking at the banner and camp in front of him. Now Zhang Wuji has thought of a scene, that is, the "burning company camp" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written in the early Ming Dynasty, and many of the details of the story are borrowed from the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

If Zhang Wuji didn't have the same position with Chen Youliang at the moment, he might really can't help but itch his hands to set a big fire and come to "burn the company camp".

(End of chapter)