Chapter 22: Moving the capital to Bianliang
Bianliang was victorious, and the morale of the red scarves was unprecedentedly high. Liu Futong and all the generals gathered in the city to defend the mansion, held a celebration banquet and rushed 800 miles to report the victory to King Xiaoming in Bozhou.
In the middle of May 1356, King Xiao Ming led hundreds of civil and military officials to Bianliang and officially moved the capital here. Bianliang is the ancient capital of five dynasties, and its geographical location is very important, and the Red Turban Army can move the capital here to fully control the south of the Yellow River and the north of the Yangtze River.
At the same time, the Jiangnan Red Turban Army also reported frequent good news, Zhu Yuanzhang led a total of 250,000 soldiers and horses on the left and right, and in March this year, Huguang Province (now Hunan and Hubei Provinces) was all recovered. In April of this year, Yingtian (Nanjing) was regained, and all parts of the south of the Yangtze River were fully controlled.
King Xiaoming issued an edict to announce to the world: Zhu Yuanzhang was appointed as the political affairs of Pingzhang in Jiangnan Province, and Wu Guogong, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty. Feng Liu Futong is the right prime minister, and he is in charge of Pingzhang political affairs in Henan Province. Zhang Dakui was named General Shenwei (formerly General Shenwei), and the privy envoy of the Privy Council. Feng Maogui is the Pingzhang of Yidu Province (Qingzhou, Shandong), Feng Zhao Junyong is the Pingzhang of Huai'an Province, Feng Pan Cheng (Broken Pan) Guan Duo (Mr. Guan) is the Pingzhang of Liaoyang Province, and Cui De is the Pingzhang of Caozhou Province.
(Note: The Privy Council Privy Envoy and the Pingzhang political affairs are from the same product, and the Pingzhang is the same as the local official position.) The Privy Council is a military officer, and the Privy Council is a military officer, and the Privy Council is a civil officer. )
Today's Jiangbei Red Turban Army has exhausted the territory south of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River, and the Jiangbei Red Turban Army has grown from more than 100,000 at the beginning to more than 300,000 to nearly 400,000 people, and is known as 500,000 to the outside world. At this time, the northern red scarves had been connected with the Jiangnan Red Turban Army. The soldiers pointed directly at the capital of Yuan, and for a time the Yuan court was shaken, and the panic could not be stopped.
Da Kui has experienced a hundred battles within a year, and he has rarely played against a combination of generals. For a time, the name of the Great Song Shenwei General resounded all over the country, and the scenery was unparalleled for a while, and Zhang Dakui was 25 years old at the time.
"Come, drink!" Da Kui held up a large bowl and drank a bowl of wine first. The next group will follow suit. It is not only a celebration banquet, but also a congratulatory party. Da Kui was promoted to the privy envoy of the Privy Council, and he was already above 10,000 people under one person, even Liu Futong's prestige in the army was not as good as Da Kui, but there was still a prime minister's sign hanging there. Da Kui, the prime minister, didn't dare to think about it, he knew that he didn't have that ability. If it comes to charging into battle, Da Kui dares to say that he is brave and champions of the three armies, and no one is unconvinced. Fame is made by real knives and real guns!
At the head of Da Kui sat Yang Yonghuai, Feng Biao and seven or eight generals in the army who threw their tempers. The other table was more than ten people, led by Jia San to drink. Those generals are now sitting on one side of the emperor, and Da Kui can only gather the brothers who are now friends in Bianliang.
After three rounds of drinking, one of the partial generals who accompanied him praised: "At that time, I saw it all when I was fighting in Bianliang City, our General Zhang was called a god brave! Rushing into the enemy group as if there was no one, the Yuan soldiers saw the wind and fled, and the enemy general was even more cut melons and vegetables.... As he spoke, this guy was holding chopsticks as a gunman, and he kept talking, which was called an eyebrow dance.
Da Kui laughed and said, "Okay, I've heard you say it eight times." If I want to say, fighting on the battlefield is to drop ten times with one force. No matter what move he makes, if I shoot him, he won't be able to stand it and die!" "Okay!" Everyone around him coaxed, raised the wine bowl and drank another round of .......
It is still a majestic palace wall, and it is still a palace of luxury. But the north wind is gusting, and the snow outside the Dadu Palace is already a bleak scene.
Tuhuan Timur (Emperor Yuan Shun) sat in front of the stove and fell into deep thought, 'My world is in chaos, who can recover the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains lost by the Great Yuan for me.' All the soldiers and horses did not obey the king's orders, and most of the 300,000 soldiers and horses could not leave without permission. What should I do, what should I do?' Today, those princes and ministers who used to be pampered are helpless, and I really don't know what is the use of raising these wastes. Tuhuan Timur cursed secretly, and last year he sent a general to answer Badulu with an army of 200,000 to attack Bozhou, who would have thought that the whole army would be wiped out.
Now there are no generals in the DPRK and China, and the Red Turban bandits are growing in momentum, and it is heard that the bandits have exceeded 500,000. Thinking of this, Tuhuan Timur couldn't help but hope that Prime Minister Arutu would come back soon.
At this time, Gong'e outside the palace reported: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Arutu asks to see." When Tuhuan Timur heard this, he grabbed a life-saving straw like a drowning man, and hurriedly said: "Take the prime minister to the side hall to wait, and the widow will arrive later." Gong E replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." Then he turned and left. Tuhuan Timur was very excited, and the prime minister of Arutu was the pillar of the Great Yuan. Resourceful and talented, he can hide millions of soldiers in his heart.
The war in the south of the Yangtze River was raging, and Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang and other southern red turban bandits were getting worse and worse. Yuan Ting sent Arutu to command and dispatch, who wants the north to be in trouble again. Unexpectedly threatened Dadu, Xiao'er had no choice but to rush Arutu back to Dadu to ensure that the Yuan family was in the country.
When Tuhuan Timur washed and changed clothes and rushed to the side hall, Prime Minister Arutu was already waiting in the palace. Arutu is now very old, and the years have been written on his face with vicissitudes, and when he saw Tuhuan Timur enter the temple and bend down to kneel. Tuhuan Timur hurriedly walked a few steps, helped the old prime minister up with both hands, and said: "The prime minister is quickly exempt from courtesy, and the prime minister has been cleared all the way." Arutu smiled and said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, the old minister is still in good health." ”
Tuhuan Timur took Prime Minister Arutu's hand and walked to the side of the chair and sat down, and couldn't wait to express his worries. Arutu smiled and said: "The northern red scarf is a terrible disaster, although it occupies several cities in various places, but its foothold is not stable. Tuhuan Timur hurriedly asked: "Does the prime minister have a strategy to break the enemy?" Arutu said with a smile: "Now the red turban bandits in the north claim to be 500,000, but in fact there are less than 400,000. Moreover, the garrison of the cities is scattered, and His Majesty can send good people to break each one. ”
Tuhuan Timur frowned and said: "Now there is no general in the court, and there is a general among the red turban bandits, known as the Shenwei general." This person is extremely brave and invincible, I don't know if the prime minister has a suitable candidate to defeat this person?" Arutu smiled and said: "What is there to fear about the courage of the horseman? There are four troops and horses north of the Yangtze River that can be mobilized, and the generals who lead the troops are all brave and resourceful people. Tuhuan Timur hurriedly asked, "Are those four places?"
Arutu said with a smile: "Chahan Temur, who guards Yingzhou, has 250,000 male soldiers. Although this person is greedy for money and lustful, he is also a rare general, and His Majesty can order him to lead 200,000 troops to attack from the west. The second was the son of Badulu, Bilo Timur, who was wise and brave and had a vendetta against the Red Turban bandit General Shenwei for killing his father. His Majesty can give him a hereditary title, leading most of the capital to attack from the north with 200,000 soldiers and horses. The third is Li Siqi, the political minister of Pingzhang in Zhongshu Province, who has always been good friends with Chahan Temur. He can mobilize 200,000 soldiers and horses from Zhongshu Province to attack from the south. The last one was Zhang Shicheng, who was located in western Zhejiang, and he led his subordinates to attack from the east with 200,000 troops. The four roads have a total of 800,000 soldiers and horses, and it is difficult to resist the red scarf bandits. ”
Tuhuan Timur was overjoyed when he heard this, and then wondered: "The first three ways that the prime minister said are very few people, and that Zhang Shicheng was originally a bandit and once set himself up as a king. Later, because of the defeat of Zhu Yuanzhang in the battle with the Jiangnan Red Scarf, I was demoted to Dayuan, is this person credible?" Arutu smiled: "Your Majesty don't worry, that Zhang Shicheng is from a low background. Your Majesty can be a high-ranking official, and forgive him for not disobeying. ”
When Tuhuan Timur heard this, he couldn't help but pat the table and said, "Okay, just follow the prime minister's plan." Give him a four-way pinch. ”