Zhang Wuji's preparation for Zhu Yuanzhang was "peace talks" or "war".

If Zhu Yuanzhang is willing to negotiate peace, then he is willing to give up Shou County and other places occupied by Liu Futong to Zhu Yuanzhang. Then exchange it back to Zhu Jiuzhen and Yin Yewang and others, and settle the matter peacefully.

Zhang Wuji did this, not because he lost his power and humiliated the country, and he was afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's just that now he has obtained Chen Youliang's Jingxiang land, and this place will be his real basic plate in the future.

Compared with the Central Plains presented by Liu Futong before, this is an attack, retreat and defense. And there are 600,000 troops who have really served themselves.

And the Huainan area where Liu Futong is now entrenched is just a small place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend for himself.

And the most important thing is that Runan and other places have been captured by King Ruyang and others, which can be regarded as completely cutting off the connection between Jingxiang and Huainan.

The current situation is that Huainan, where Liu Futong retreated, has now become an enclave.

If this enclave is held, the gains outweigh the losses. It was surrounded by enemies on all sides, with Zhang Shicheng to the east, Zhu Yuanzhang to the south, and Mongolian Tatars to the north and west.

So the best option now is to abandon this "enclave" that is difficult to defend. Then the remnants of Liu Futong's main force were withdrawn to Jiangnan to rest.

And the enclave of Huainan has become a coveted "bone".

Zhang Shicheng, Detached, Zhu Yuanzhang are all staring at this place.

Because there is an old saying, "Guarding the river must guard the Huai". Now that he has obtained the land of Jingxiang, the Yangtze River natural insurance has been shared with Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang.

And what he wants is not to defend against peace, but to fight out, to go on the Northern Expedition, and to annex the entire Great Yuan. Therefore, the land is useless to oneself. For Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng, it can be said that they are their own northern gates.

And if Tokhtar wants to attack Jiangnan, he must take Huainan, where Liu Futong is entrenched. It will certainly become the focus of contention in the future. In particular, this strategic place is the most important to Zhu Yuanzhang. It can be said that this is an important barrier to defend his capital division.

If this land is given to him, then he will be able to sleep well in the future. Otherwise, if it is taken away by Tokhoff or Zhang Shicheng, then it will be like a knife hanging over his head. After all, Totoh and Zhang Shicheng are not as "benevolent" as Zhang Wuji.

So in Zhang Wuji's conception, Zhu Yuanzhang has no reason to refuse. And in this way, he can not only pick up Zhu Jiuzhen and the others unharmed, but also throw out the useless burden of Huainan. And it won't tear up with the brothers of the past.

But Zhang Wuji will not suffer. Although the land of Huainan was given, he did not return Hongdu City.

This is because Zhang Wuji does not want to repeat Guan Yunchang's mistakes.

At that time, Shu Han and Dusun Wu took Xiangshui as the boundary and set the Xiangshui Alliance. Jiangxia, Changsha and other large counties repaid half of the southern counties borrowed from Sun Wu.

Originally, after the establishment of the Xiangshui Alliance, the Jingzhou dispute between Sun Wu and Shu Han should have ended.

But unexpectedly, Lu Meng, the governor of the Eastern Wu Naval Army, took advantage of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition to cross the river in white clothes and disguise himself as a businessman, undeclared war, and attacked against the alliance.

In the end, Guan Yu's main force failed to return in time, which eventually led to the result that Jingzhou was captured and Guan Yu died.

In the future, he will also go on a northern expedition based in Jingxiang, and Zhu Yuanzhang's moral lower limit is not much different from that of Sun Quan. It cannot be ruled out that this will happen in the future.

Therefore, in order to put an end to this kind of thing, Zhang Wuji must nail a nail in Zhu Yuanzhang's hinterland.

As long as Hongdu City is in his hands, then Zhu Yuanzhang's westward waterway will be blocked by Zhao Pusheng's warships, and no matter how much trouble comes, it will not escape the eyes of the defenders of Jingzhou. And Zhu Yuanzhang dares to betray the alliance, then he can also use Hongdu as a base and destroy him by land and water.

Therefore, Zhang Wuji was also ready to start a war with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Most of the people Ding Pulang took with him were old, weak, sick and disabled, or newly trained recruits. These people maintain local law and order, and it's okay to defend a city, but if they fight, they may have some strength. And so many people also waste food.

In Wu Mu's suicide note, there is a cloud: "The soldiers are expensive but not much expensive".

Now Zhang Wuji is left in Hongdu City, it is the elite troops left by Xu Shouhui and Chen Youliang, as well as Zhao Pusheng's navy.

Now he has 150,000 horses and 100,000 sailors in his hands.

Although the army of 250,000 is more than half of the previous 600,000. But these soldiers and horses are enough to annex Zhu Yuanzhang and look at the entire Jiangdong.

After Zhang Wuji waited in Hongdu City for a few days, Yang Xiao and the others finally arrived.

And then Zhang Wuji did not delay, and immediately convened Zhang Dingbian and others for a meeting.

At this meeting, in addition to letting Yang Xiao get to know them, Zhang Wuji also arranged the official positions of Liu Futong and Yang Xiao. What was discussed was the issue of "peace talks" or "war" against Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhang Wuji looked at everyone and said, "Okay, my words are finished, what do you think?" ”

The first to speak was the privy envoy Zhang Dingbian, who took out a map from his robe.

This map was drawn by them before attacking Zhu Yuanzhang. It clearly depicts the current situation of the various forces.

After hanging up the map, he pointed to it and said: "Judging from our map, the minister thinks that it is feasible to abandon Huainan and exchange Huainan for flooding formulated by His Majesty. As for the reason, His Majesty has already said it before, so I won't say much here. ”

Fu Youde also looked at the map and nodded, "Hmm! This way we can withdraw our fists without losing sight of each other. I also agree with His Majesty's holy ruling. ”

Zhang Wuji then looked around at everyone, and everyone had no opinion.

Zhang Wuji said: "Okay! Now that the matter of peace talks is over, it is time for us to talk about the matter of fighting. Although the overall situation is undecided now, it is not the time to kill each other, but if Zhu Yuanzhang is obsessed, then we will go hand in hand to completely eliminate him. ”

Zhang Wuji looked at Zhang Dingbian and said, "General Zhang, Mr. Liu, you are my privy envoy and privy deputy envoy. And they are all battle-hardened people. You can discuss the specific march plan with Zhao Dudu. Although we intend to value peace, we must also be prepared for war. ”

Zhang Dingbian, Zhao Pusheng, and Liu Futong all stood up and said, "The minister is ordered!" ”

At this time, Yang Xiao said: "But Your Majesty, there is one thing we still have to act as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Wuji asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yang Xiao replied: "Just when we arrived, the Bat King came out with the news that Zhu Yuanzhang's house seemed to be building a high platform in Jinling City. I don't know what he wants to do. But I suspect that this guy is building a 'meditation platform'. ”

"Shouzen platform?" The crowd exclaimed in unison.

Zhang Wuji touched his chin when he heard the words and said, "Hmm! It is not excluded that he has such a small action. Now my prestige is in full swing, and now Hongdu City is in our hands again. Inevitably, he will jump off the wall in a hurry. Although Jiuzhen is a puppet, the jade seal and the golden seal of the heirloom country are in her hands. If he wants to play the show, he has to do it. ”

(End of chapter)