The war on the border of Shandong continued, and Shanxi, Henan and other places far away from it were still within the sphere of influence of the Mengyuan court. However, today's Mengyuan court can be described as stormy, with Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition army pressing the border, and there are partisan disputes with the expansion of Timur, Li Siqi, etc., even if they occupy a wide area from Shanxi to Tongguan, but the warlords in this are chaotic, and the partisan disputes in the court have even evolved into cannibalism with bayonets.

Among them, Timur, who had outstanding military talent and extraordinary courage, was particularly prominent, and he was even hostile to the main faction of the imperial court, and led his troops to leave, and even set up his own province, and the imperial court issued an order, but he was stubborn and unwilling to have a southern expedition. Even if the war on the Shandong border was raging and the imperial court was in danger, he didn't care...... The imperial court repeatedly urged him to go south, but Timur should not be, and could not help but make him have different intentions, so the imperial court not only ordered to deprive Timur of his military rights, but even sent troops to suppress and force Timur to submit to the imperial court. After the military power was forcibly reduced, Timur led his troops to retreat to Zezhou and Jinning, and even captured Jining, killing all the officials of the court, and the court was also terrified......

Speaking of the ministers of the same faction as Timur, his younger brother Timur was at Luoyang at this time. However, although he is the master of a general, it is in name only, the court infighting continues, and there is little consideration for the government in Henan and other places in the south, and the relationship between the two brothers is very good, so Timur often leads troops to Luoyang and other places to meet his brothers, of course, every time he goes, there are serious things to mention......

This time was no exception, in Jinning, Kuangkuo Timur once again received an edict from the imperial court, ordering him to lead troops to support all parts of Shandong to block Zhu Yuanzhang's northern expedition. However, Timur did not seem to take Zhu Yuanzhang's army in his eyes, in his eyes. He attaches more importance to the infighting of the imperial court, and he is excluded by the imperial court in every way, and he seems to be somewhat hostile to the Mengyuan court. Kuokuo Timur neither believed in the imperial court, nor was he afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he seemed to be destined to be a hero of his generation......

But he is still an official of the imperial court, and it is difficult for the country. It was impossible for Timur to sit idly by. However, the imperial court blindly only wanted to deal with itself, and took advantage of this edict to order Timur to lead troops to support Shandong, and to take advantage of his absence in Shanxi to deprive and suppress his military power, no matter whether he won or lost, the main faction of the imperial court could achieve the goal of destroying himself. But how could Timur not know the plot in this, he had already thought of countermeasures, first, to relieve the difficulties of Shandong, and second, to expand his own strength. Continue to confront the rebels of the imperial court......

"Brother, we're meeting again-" In the Luoyang General's mansion, Timur, who came from Jinning, came without saying hello, but Timur was a little unexpected.

"Brother, you're here, I'm afraid here...... It's not good to entertain ......" Taphrenia Timur was a little timid, as if he was worried about something.

Kuoku Timur saw through his brother's mind at a glance. Then he smiled and said: "I know, now the whole court regards me as a rebel against the party." Are you afraid that I'll be here to make friends with you and spread the word afterwards?"

"How so......" Timur smiled tremblingly and continued, "we are brothers, no ...... There's no reason not to meet......"

Timur's words and deeds never wasted time, and he did not even take off the armor on his body. Straight to the point: "You also know my character, I never beat around the bush when I say things, I came to Luoyang this time, naturally I have a request for my younger brother, you...... I don't think you won't say yes, right?"

"Where's that? Of course, the younger brother agreed...... "Timur was still nervous."

"Okay, I'll ask you to help me do something, and when I see the great things of serving the court, not only can I raise your reputation and prestige, but we won't be talked about by others anymore, right?"

"Yes...... What is it?" asked Taphrenia Timur continued.

Timur looked at it and said bluntly: "The imperial court issued an edict ordering me to lead troops to support the Shandong border...... But you know, I naturally won't agree to this kind of thing that clearly takes advantage of me to lead troops to fight abroad, but actually deprives me of military power...... I need a garrison that can recruit troops now, and this Luoyang is pretty good, so brother, you know what I mean?"

Tamur looked at Timur with suspicious and nervous eyes, and did not say a word for a long time.

Kuangku Timur continued: "I want you to replace me with my younger brother and go to Jinan Chengguan in Shandong Province to garrison...... If I guessed correctly, Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition army went deep, and the first target would be Wang Xuan and Wang Xin in Yizhou City. This father and son are like grass on the wall, they have no prospects, and they will be defeated in a short time. But most of Shandong's military strength is concentrated in the hands of Yizhou City, the father and son, Yizhou is lost, Shandong will not be protected, and when you go to Jinan, I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang's troops will have attacked the city...... But don't worry, I won't let you send your brother to death -- you just have to make a show and deal with the errands of the imperial court, and when my side has enough soldiers and horses, you can naturally come back and continue to be your commander of the Luoyang army; when the time comes, our brothers and sisters will join hands to defeat the chaotic party and thieves of the imperial court by force, and then turn back to deal with Zhu Yuanzhang, wouldn't it be perfect?"

Tayin Timur knew where his brother's military might was, and he didn't dare to oppose anything, he didn't even care about the emperor of the dynasty, so what else did he dare not do? So, after making sure that he was just going to deal with an errand and not worry too much about his life, he agreed: "My brother understands, my brother will reorganize his troops and horses, and go to Jinan, Shandong Province to guard for his brother."

Timur smiled and nodded, as if all the plans were developing logically......

"My lord, I'm back—" At this moment, a cold voice came from the side of the entrance of the General's Mansion. Not only was the sentence cold, but the appearance of this person was also extremely strange, and the soldiers guarding the door did not notice it immediately.

"It's you who came back...... "Kuoku Timur knew this person, so he was not nervous, and asked with a smile, "Wuliang Tuoduo, I asked you to go to Xuzhou and Huaibei to survey the enemy's situation, but I didn't expect to come back so soon...... How about it, are those two old guys from the court master faction dead?"

It turned out that the person who came back was Wuliang Tuoduo, who came back from Huaibei, and he also had a conversation with Xue Qiang before he set out to conquer Wolf Pass...... I saw that he had a look of indifference, ignoring the doubts of the soldiers at the door, and even did not pay attention to the expanded Timur in front of him. He walked straight to Timur and didn't even pay a salute.

"Lord Hui, they are all dead...... Wuliang Tuoduo replied in an extremely cold tone, "Xue Qiang finally died at the hands of Xu Da because Zhu Yuanzhang bought An Chaocheng, the deputy general of Huaibei; It is worth mentioning that the unit that really defeated the heart of the Yanzhijitai army was the vanguard military headquarters under Chang Yuchun——"

"It's what you talk about a lot...... That Zhao Zichuan's army, a descendant of the Zhao family?" After listening to this, Timur chuckled in his usual tone, "Hmph, you still speak so unruly, just like your ancestors...... But your ancestor was the famous Mengyuan general Ashu who captured Xiangyang City in the Song Dynasty back then, what are you doing yourself?"

"It doesn't matter what I am, what matters is that I know what I need to do......" Ura Todo replied with a chuckle. "No matter what you instruct me, my goal will not change, I will let Zhao Zichuan personally die in my hands, and I will definitely get the Qiankun Second Sword that my ancestors failed to seize from the pre-Song royal family......"

"You are so stubborn that you are not afraid to disobey the orders of this general and be dealt with by military law?" asked Timur inadvertently.

"In this troubled world now, who is the boss doesn'......t count as empty words," Uliang Todo shouldn't show weakness. He continued to chuckle and said, "Aren't you the same, my lord, and you don't even care about being the emperor......

The character of this Uliang Todo is indeed somewhat similar to that of Timur. After hearing this, Timur said with a smile: "If you dare to speak so presumptuously in front of me, are you not afraid that I will really kill you one day?"

Urliang Todo was not intimidated by this persecuting tone, and said indifferently: "If you really have the ability...... Dealing with today's incompetent emperor, you don't care about it, but deal with me...... If you provoke me. I'm not going to give up with you—" With that, Uliang Todo slowly cast an oppressive look at Timur.

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder was a little strong between the two, Timur wanted to step forward to stop it. However, at the critical moment, Timur restrained himself, he calmed down, and said about the topic that Uliang Todo was interested in: "Okay. It is worthy of the person I enlarged Timur fancies, and he is really similar to General Ben in his bones...... Since you are so determined to kill Zhao Zichuan and seize the two swords of the Zhao family, you can make it and give it a try, and let me also convince General Wuliang, just like your ancestor, General Ashu, the founder of the country......"

"I'll show you—" Ura Todo just said this, and then turned and walked away, still ignoring the guards at the door who were deliberately obstructing, as if he had ignored everything here......

"Why are you still pestle, aren't you going to the whole column of soldiers and horses heading to Jinan?" Seeing that Timur had not left, Timur couldn't help asking.

Deyin Timur immediately came to his senses, and in the face of his brother's persecution, Deyin Timur didn't want to stay here for a moment longer, and ran out of the general's mansion after being nervous for a while......

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition army had slowly moved towards the northeast of the mountain. Although the capture of Xuzhou and Huaibei opened the passage for the Northern Expedition to Shandong, there is still a difficult choice in front of Zhu Yuanzhang -- there are two planned routes for the Northern Expedition to Shandong: one is to go north from Xuzhou, planning to take Jining and Jinan first, and then Yidu in the east; and the other is to go north from Jianghuai to Yizhou and then to Yidu.

And the news of the war ahead has been obtained, and the Mengyuan court has sent Shandong Xuanfu to make Puyan Buhua sit in Yidu to guard the gate of Jingdong Division, no matter which way he chooses, he will eventually point his sword at Yidu. As for the first route, Meng Yuan's troops were scattered, but the intelligence was insufficient, and he was afraid that he would be in danger of getting involved; and on the second route, Wang Xuan of Yizhou had privately written a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang to show goodwill, and the intelligence was full, but most of Shandong's military strength was here, and he was afraid that there would be a hard enemy to block it...... While the army was marching north, Zhu Yuanzhang was still discussing the choice of offensive route with Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other trusted generals......

"As you have seen, there are two roads to choose from in the Northern Expedition to Shandong to seize Yidu, Dongdaemun, what do you think?" In the camp, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xu Da and Chang Yuchun and other generals.

Xu Da thought for a while and affirmed: "Marshal, according to the opinion of the last general, first pass through Yizhou from Jianghuai North, and then go to Yidu, this road has a better chance of winning - the marshal should remember that a few years ago, the Taishou King of Yizhou announced that his army was Lianke Chen Youliang and other warlords, and he knew that our army was getting stronger, so he sent a private message to the marshal...... It can be seen that this Wang Xuan is just a man who rides on the wall, even if he has most of the soldiers and horses in Shandong, he does not have much courage to compete with our army, so the route to Yidu through Yizhou is more safe——"

"Ben Shuai thinks so too...... Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Although Puyan Buhua of Yidu is a literary general, he is loyal to the imperial court and his integrity is still there...... Compared to this, Yizhou Taishou Wang Xuan, who had a friendship, was a breakthrough, although he had a large number of soldiers and horses, but he had long been afraid of the momentum of our army for many days, and he also intended to join our army, if he could find a way to surrender him, he would be able to take Yizhou without injury and control most of the men and horses in Mengyuan Shandong, which was almost equivalent to controlling the entire Shandong-"

"Surrender, then what should I do......" Chang Yuchun couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry, Ben Shuai has been prepared before...... Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, "It is already a matter of time before Xuzhou Huaibei is captured, as early as a month ago, Ben Shuai has ordered General Chang to lead General Zhang Xing, the deputy envoy of the Tiger Ben Left Guard, to Huai'an garrison, and Ben Shuai also wrote to Wang Xuan and his son in Huai'an to persuade him to surrender...... I think that according to this face, coupled with the persecution of the army, Wang Xuan and Wang Xin's father and son should not be ......"

"Can't be careless, marshal......" Xu Da reminded on the side, "Since Wang Xuan and Wang Xin's father and son are grass on the wall, they must be repeatedly untrustworthy, and at the same time as surrendering, we have to wait and see what happens......

"This handsome man also knows ......," Zhu Yuanzhang nodded softly.

Chang Yuchun seemed to have an idea at this time, and Mao Sui recommended himself: "This way, marshal, let's not say that the surrender is unsuccessful, let the last general lead the army to fight with Wang Xuan and Wang Xin's father and son outside Yizhou City, so that they feel afraid, so as to deter their father and son, and they are more willing to surrender, aren't they?"

"What General Chang said is very true, then do what General Chang wants......" Zhu Yuanzhang also had no objections, Chang Yuchun's idea was very correct, but Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to think of something again, raised his hand and said, "Wait-it's okay to fight a battle, but it must be the vanguard army under General Chang's account, that is, the troops of General Tang Zhan, the descendant of the Tang family-"

"What does the marshal mean......" Chang Yuchun saw that Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be deliberately testing the meaning of the vanguard, but he was not good at saying it positively, so he simply wondered and led to the Tao.

"In the first battle of Xuzhou, they won more with less, and they went down to the city pass by surprise......" Zhu Yuanzhang showed a mysterious smile, and then said, "This time, Ben Shuai wants to see what kind of beautiful battle General Tang can fight in the battle of Yizhou......

"Since the marshal personally ordered, there is naturally no problem, not to mention the great victory of the vanguard army, and now is the time when morale is high......" Chang Yuchun also replied in a low voice. However, Chang Yuchun doesn't seem to be very confident, Zhu Yuanzhang's "attention" to the vanguard army made Chang Yuchun feel a little uncomfortable, although when he captured Xuzhou, he had the same feeling when he talked to Lu Zhao, but he just couldn't say why......

And at this moment, the vanguard army has not stopped working. The capture of Xuzhou has made great contributions, and the vanguard army has expanded again, but the expansion of the army will also have to reorganize the training of the Five Absolute Formations, and each retraining will also take a lot of effort. In addition, now that the main force of the army is slowly moving north, the training of such a formation is even more difficult, and the unlucky troops have come to a mountain-like strange hill, and the formation training cannot be carried out at all......

On this day, the army marched north to rest, and the officers and men in the army also recuperated and prepared for a battle that might occur at any time after the northern expedition to Shandong. However, the camp is still quiet, after all, even if the casualties in the first battle of Xuzhou are average, the energy of the troops will be consumed a lot, and before the next battle, they must take this opportunity to recuperate. Therefore, except for Tang Zhan, Lu Jing, Lao Jiu and others who were still planning the Northern Expedition in the camp, the rest of the soldiers were almost resting and were not busy anymore......

However, there is one exception, and that is Su Jia, who has been treating and caring for the wounded in the wounded camp with the medical department...... (To be continued.) )