A knife in love

Chapter 901

Li Qiufeng knew the prestige of Chahan and his son, and thought to himself that the power of the Demon Cult was many times greater than that of Fengmen Village.The various sects of the martial arts feared it like a tiger, and finally had to join hands with the Yuan army and Zhu Yuanzhang's rebel army to lure the demon sect to Yuntai Mountain, and finally wiped out it all.If it hadn't been forced to a situation where there was no other way, the major sects would never have colluded with the Yuan army.The stone wall outside Wuji Temple of Yuntai Mountain is extremely precipitous, comparable to the cliffs outside Fengmen Village.If there were no cloud ladders and return cannons of the Yuan army, I am afraid that it would be more difficult to attack that cliff than ascend to the sky.It seems that the Xu family has been fighting with the Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua families for hundreds of years. During this period, they bought people from the rivers and lakes several times to attack Fengmen Village together, but they failed every time.Finally, at the critical moment of life and death, he remembered to use the power of the Yuan army to break through Fengmen Village.It's just that it was the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Yuan army was at the end of its strength, so if the Xu family wanted to hold the Yuan army's thigh at this time, they were afraid that it would be self-defeating.

But I heard Gao Cheng say: "The five families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua knew the news of the collusion between the Xu family and the Yuan army. The clansmen joined the Red Turban Army and are fighting against the Yuan Army in the east of Henan. Since the Xu family has defected to the imperial court and is colluding with the Yuan Army to attack, the five families cannot support themselves, so it is better to form an alliance with the Red Turban Army, and the Red Turban Army will send reinforcements to rescue Fengmen Village Therefore, the Yuan army did not dare to attack Fengmen Village.

"After the five family heads made an agreement, they sent people to bring a lot of money to meet Liu Futong, the commander of the Red Scarf Army in eastern Henan. At that time, Liu Futong was defeated by Chahan and his son. They are trapped in several isolated cities in eastern Henan. However, the military resources are exhausted, and without military pay, they cannot recruit soldiers. They are about to be wiped out by Chahan and his son. Fengmen Village sent a large amount of gold and silver, which can be used to recruit soldiers and buy food. How could Liu Futong not be overjoyed? Moreover, the heads of the five families also promised that a large amount of gold and silver would be sent to Liu Futong's army after the event was completed. When Liu Futong was in poverty, he was like a man about to die of thirst, knowing that there was a glass of poisoned wine in front of him. But he had to drink it. Liu Futong immediately ordered to mobilize a Red Scarf Army unit that was active in southern Henan to go north to raid Kaifeng, forcing Chahan's army to neither go east to attack Liu Futong, nor go north to destroy Fengmen Village."

When Gao Cheng said this, he glanced at Li Qiufeng, and then said: "The commander of this Red Scarf Army is Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty."

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he said in his mouth: "Emperor Taizu has always fought against the Yuan army in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, how did he end up in the south of Henan?"

Gao Cheng said: "My lord doesn't know. The world only knows that the two battles between Taizu and Chen Youliang were water battles. But they don't know that before the decisive battle of these two battles, Chen Youliang once wanted to get involved in Henan, and sent tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. People's elite troops were led by his confidant generals into southern Henan. Emperor Taizu always regarded Chen Youliang as the greatest enemy in his life. He was very surprised to know that Chen Youliang sent troops into Henan. His advisers persuaded him that Chen Youliang must not be allowed to go north to the Central Plains Otherwise, Chen Jun would control Henan, and he would be able to watch Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south, and attack Dadu in the north at any time, which would have taken advantage of the terrain. Therefore, Emperor Taizu led [-] elite soldiers and quietly entered southern Henan to prevent Chen Jun from advancing northward. .

"In order not to be taken by Zhang Shicheng and the Yuan army, before the Emperor Taizu sent troops, he sent someone to send a secret letter to Liu Futong, the commander of the Red Turban Army at that time, saying that he had brought 1 troops from the north to the south of Henan, and asked Help Liu Futong relieve the danger in eastern Henan. Because he was worried that Zhang Shicheng and the Yuan army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would attack him from behind, he asked Liu Futong to send a small group of red scarf troops into Jiangsu and Zhejiang to attract the Yuan army and Zhang Shicheng's troops. The reason why Emperor Taizu did this Said that, first, he was afraid that Liu Futong would be suspicious of him, thinking that Emperor Taizu’s sudden northward march was to snatch the land in Henan, so he deliberately said that the number of soldiers and horses was small. Second, in the name of saving eastern Henan, Liu Futong would not allow Jiangsu and Zhejiang The Yuan army and Zhang Shicheng in the area copied their own retreat.

"After Emperor Taizu led his troops into southern Henan, Chen Youliang was furious and ordered to attack Emperor Taizu. Who knows that Xu Shouhui, who had always been treated by him as a puppet, was about to move, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of Chen Youliang's tens of thousands of elite troops to march north to Henan, Chen Youliang and his cronies were all killed and regained power. After Chen Youliang got the news, he broke out in a cold sweat, and personally led people to put Xu Shouhui under house arrest in the mansion, and arrested all his cronies. At the same time, he hurriedly ordered the tens of thousands of elite soldiers who entered southern Henan to return to Jiangxi. Just in case someone took advantage of the chaos and rescued Xu Shouhui.

"After Chen's army retreated, Emperor Taizu saw that the crisis had been resolved, and was thinking of leading his army back to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. His great adviser, Lord Liu Ji, firmly opposed it. Lord Liu said that the Central Plains is a battleground for military strategists. Now that the army has arrived South Henan must not be easily withdrawn. What's more, this trip is under the banner of relieving the danger in the east of Henan. The army of Chahan and his son is still attacking Liu Futong. If there is no momentum and a few battles, Liu Futong will only think that Emperor Taizu There are other plans, and it will definitely be unfavorable to Emperor Taizu in the future. Therefore, we cannot retreat for the time being. Even if we want to withdraw to Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the end, we must leave a few small troops in Henan to harass the Yuan army. After Jiangnan is settled, the army will advance northward. At that time, these small troops staying in Henan can serve as internal support to facilitate the army to fight.

"Emperor Taizu listened to Mr. Liu's idea. After Chen's army retreated to Jiangxi, he did not withdraw his troops immediately. Instead, he stationed in southern Henan, dispatched troops, and planned to take root in southern Henan. At this time, Liu Futong's The envoy arrived in Emperor Taizu's army and asked Emperor Taizu to send troops to approach Luoyang and Kaifeng, forcing the main force of the Yuan army to return to defense, so that it could neither advance eastward nor northward.

"The lobbyist sent by Fengmen Village went to Emperor Taizu's army together with Liu Futong's envoy. After the envoy delivered the order, he returned to the east of Henan. However, the lobbyist from Fengmen Village stayed and secretly met with Emperor Taizu. He Informed Emperor Taizu of the news that the Xu family colluded with the Yuan army to break Fengmen Village, and implored Emperor Taizu to send troops to rescue Fengmen Village and defeat the Xu family's plot.

"Emperor Taizu only had military affairs in mind, so he didn't care about these small family grievances. Although the lobbyist promised to repay him with a lot of money after the matter was completed, Emperor Taizu only dealt with it a few words, and then sent him out of the big family. Seeing that Emperor Taizu was so indifferent, the lobbyist felt extremely disappointed, so he wanted to rush back to Fengmen Village to report the matter. But when he was about to leave, someone invited him over, saying that he had something important to do talk over."

When Gao Cheng said this, he glanced at Li Qiufeng and said, "Does your lord know who this person is?"

Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice, "Of course it's Master Liu Ji."

Gao Cheng smiled slightly, and said: "Your Excellency is indeed very clever, no wonder the Shangguan sent you to Fengmen Village to handle errands. Yes, the person who found this lobbyist was Mr. Liu Ji and Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu took out a map of Henan , asked the lobbyist to point out the location of Fengmen Village, and asked about the topography of Fengmen Village in detail. The lobbyist heard Mr. Liu speak and knew that this person was definitely not an ordinary person, so he explained the situation of Fengmen Village in detail. After Lord Liu heard this, he asked the lobbyist to stay in his tent, while he himself went to see Emperor Taizu.

"The lobbyist stayed in the big tent, fidgeting like an ant on a hot pot. It was not until dawn that Master Liu returned to the big tent and told the lobbyist that General Zhu had agreed to send troops to help Fengmen Village This time, two thousand elite soldiers will go to Fengmen Village with lobbyists to help the five families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua defend Fengmen Village. The Yuan army will never be able to attack the village within. When the Yuan army starts to attack, the spies hiding outside Fengmen Village will spread the news. In less than half a month, General Zhu's reinforcements will enter Henan and force the people who besieged Fengmen Village. The retreat of the Yuan army can keep Fengmen village safe.

"After the lobbyist heard this, he was naturally overjoyed, and thanked Mr. Liu a thousand times. As expected, Emperor Taizu ordered two thousand elite soldiers and horses to accompany the lobbyist to Fengmen Village. Since then, the two thousand troops The soldiers stayed in Fengmen Village. Later, the Xu family really colluded with the Yuan army to attack Fengmen Village. Although the Xu family repeatedly reminded, the general of the Yuan army thought that the opponent was just a group of green forest bandits, and did not take it seriously. When the Yuan army and the Xu family killed Outside the stone wall, just as he was about to use the ladder to climb up the stone wall, two thousand rebels ambushed in the forest near the left suddenly came out. This army is an elite army under the command of Emperor Taizu. It has been battled for a long time, and each of them is equal to ten. Yuan The army was caught off guard, and it was in the mountains, so the cavalry could not play a role. In less than an hour, the 5000 yuan army was completely killed, and all the generals in command died in the hands of the rebels. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Xu family fought hard. Lives escaped."

(End of this chapter)