At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 13 Ambition
It has been seven days since Cheng De took control of Sizhou City.

And Cheng De also moved his office to Wanhu Mansion!

Wanhu Mansion is luxuriously furnished, but Cheng De is still wearing coarse linen clothes.

Although several brothers persuaded him to wear better clothes, Cheng De didn't want to enjoy it prematurely.

At present, he has only won Sizhou City. If he starts to enjoy it now, then there is no talk of overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty!

From frugality to extravagance is easy, from extravagance to frugality is difficult!
This sentence, the ancients do not deceive me, there are too many bloody lessons in history, and Cheng De does not want to be remembered by history as a lesson!
But through this matter of dressing, Cheng De realized that there was a problem in the army.

A general who cannot share weal and woe with his soldiers is not a good general!Especially in troubled times, even more so!
It was the first time Cheng De had the land of Sizhou City, and he wanted to win more land. For this goal, Cheng De decided to talk to all the brothers one by one.

Of course, this matter needs to be done in private!

Now, one of the biggest problems facing Cheng De is that the total number of troops in Sizhou City is only about [-]. After two attacks by the Red Turban Army, the number of soldiers in Sizhou City has dropped sharply!

Fortunately, most of the ones who were wiped out were yuan soldiers, so he no longer felt distressed!
But to win more territory, you need more soldiers. Now this little army can't support you for a long time.

After much deliberation, Cheng De decided to expand the army!
At present, Cheng De tentatively plans to expand the army by [-]!No matter how many, it will affect the farming and labor in Sizhou City!

However, before increasing the number of troops, he decided to attack those rich and unkind people, including Yuanren!

Of course, if Yuan's heart is in Han, then he, Cheng De, can naturally magnanimously forgive him, provided that this Yuan man has not done anything harmful!
Therefore, he decided to send someone to investigate first, in Sizhou City, who are rich and unkind people, who have a heart for the Yuan Dynasty, and who are Yuan people.

This kind of trivial and tedious work requires a very patient, careful and serious person to do it. Naturally, Cheng De thought of He Sanwu!
He Sanwu had a delicate mind. After he took down Sizhou City, he got his consent and posted a notice in front of the city gate, informing the people in the city that the benevolent, loyal and brave uprising general Cheng De, who killed the Yuan thieves, is now in charge of Sizhou City. By the way, I also said what Cheng De said earlier about his great ambition of expelling the Hulu and restoring China, and his heroic resistance to the Yuan army. For a while, Cheng De's name was like a thunderbolt in Sizhou City!
This action not only stabilized the hearts of the people in Sizhou City, but also deterred many people from the Yuan Dynasty who were doing evil on a daily basis, making the law and order in Sizhou City much clearer all of a sudden!
However, Cheng De knew very well that under the calmness in front of him, there must be an undercurrent!

Now, what he has to do is to fill up all this undercurrent!

Cheng De was sitting at his desk thinking, not long after, the sound of "da da -" made Cheng De withdraw from his thoughts!
"Brother, you are looking for me!"

Cheng De turned around and looked at He Sanwu with a calm expression, "He Sanwu, I have an important task for you to do. If this matter is done well, it will be a great achievement for our rebel army to grow stronger." There are many benefits!"

"Brother, just give me your orders, and I will definitely do my best to complete it!"

"In Sizhou City, there are still many people who are hostile to us. Among these people, there are people from the Yuan Dynasty, some people who were rich and unkind in the past, and some people who are willing to be the lackeys of the Yuan Dynasty. For these people, I have never Spare them! But now there is a problem, that is, who are these people? How many people are there? We don’t know all of this!"

"So, I want you to be in charge of a secret investigation. If you want people to give people, and if you want money to give money, I only give you five days to investigate, to find out exactly what they did, and whether they used it secretly against our rebel army." Stumbler! After this matter is completed, I will promote you to Xiaodu Commander, who can command 500 people. If there is a shortage of people, I will replenish you after I increase my troops!"

"Brother, I will finish this matter within three to five days!"

"By the way, did your second uncle pick it up?"

"Brother, my second uncle heard that I'm promising in Sizhou City, he wants to take his family to join me, and he's on his way now!"

"Okay, your second uncle is here, remember to tell me, I have something very important to ask him for help!"

"For this matter, I will say hello to my second uncle in advance, I believe my second uncle will definitely help my eldest brother!"

Cheng De patted He Sanwu on the shoulder and said, "Are there any literate people in our village?"

He Sanwu frowned and thought for a while, before he said: "It seems that there is, but that person has an extremely weird temper and likes to be alone. Since he settled in our village, he has basically never left his yard!"

"Why haven't I heard from Li Sanqi about this?"

"Brother, that man is over 40 years old now, and he has been living on the mountainside in the back of the village. By the way, I heard from the village head that the man brought his family to seek refuge. He doesn't know what he does. The village chief said that the man was extremely knowledgeable!"

"Really? It seems that after I finish my work in Sizhou City, I have to go back to the village and meet this man!"

"At that time, let me go with my brother!"

"Okay, by the way, in our village, let's see if we can recruit soldiers. Everyone who signs up to join the army will be rewarded with an acre of land, three taels of military pay every month, and three meals a day!"

"Brother, in fact, even if only three meals are provided, there are still many people in the village who want to sign up to join the army. These days, many people can't live any longer!"

"Although what you said is very reasonable, since I, Cheng De, want to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and let the Han people in the world stand up and be the masters, then I have to use enough benefits to impress those who want to be soldiers, otherwise, it won't last long ! After all, this is a long-term thing!"

"Besides, I plan to recruit soldiers from our village, and then let you train them. After the training, let these soldiers be my own soldiers. I can't trust others, but I can trust the villagers. After all, everyone is the same The village, know the root and the bottom!"

"Brother, in fact, several neighboring villages in our village have heard of Big Brother's name. I think recruiting soldiers from other neighboring villages will be enough. They will also obey and respect Big Brother!"

"Okay, this matter, after you finish the investigation, you will personally lead someone to go and get this matter done!"

"Okay, brother, if there is nothing else, I will go to work now!"

After Cheng De nodded, He Sanwu left in a hurry.

Looking at the soldiers stationed outside the Wanhu Mansion, Cheng De pointed to one of them and said, "Give me an order to let Li Sanqi come to my place, just say that I have something to see him! By the way, let Yang Wei come too!"

"Yes, General!" The soldier saluted Cheng De respectfully and left quickly.

After returning to his desk, Cheng De thought that October was about to pass, and it would be November soon. Looking at the complete territory map of the Yuan Dynasty hanging high on the wall in front of his desk, Cheng De was very envious!

At this time, Cheng De planned in his mind to win Xuyi before December, and then overcome Chuzhou and win Dingyuan, so that his territory will be a tripartite confrontation, and they will watch and help each other!

Looking at Xuyi, Chuzhou, and Dingyuan on the map, Cheng De fixed his eyes on them.

"Let's bear with it first, wait until the hostile forces in Sizhou City are eliminated, and then expand the army to train and prepare for war, and then I will personally lead the troops to take them down in one fell swoop!" Cheng De murmured.

"However, before that, it is better to design the military positions of the army!"

Thinking of this, Cheng De thought carefully in his mind, then took out a piece of paper, and wrote down the general military positions in simplified Chinese characters on it with a brush: Ten Household Chief, Hundred Household Chief, Xiaodutong (commanding 500 people), Dadu Commander (command 1000 people, and the head of a thousand households can be used in Jinyiwei, which is temporarily abolished), Pianjiang (command 3000 people), Yajiang (command 5000 people), general (command [-] people, to show the difference, lead the marshal by himself, and Generalissimo is also responsible for political affairs, people's livelihood, etc.).

Looking at these, Cheng De silently put them away, thinking that after the military expansion is completed, it will officially start to implement these in the army.

At present, there is another urgent thing waiting for Cheng De to do, and that is to practice calligraphy.

Although he can write modern simplified Chinese characters, in this era, not being able to write the characters of this era is equivalent to being illiterate and uneducated.

Before, he intentionally asked Luo Yan to teach him in order to make up for this shortcoming.

During this period of time, whenever he had time, he read "The Art of War by Sun Tzu", and kept reading and reciting it. He believed that if he was given a few more days, he would be able to recite it completely.

Moreover, in addition to reciting, he constantly combines the classic battles he knows in his mind to understand, and has a deeper understanding of how wars are fought!

Only war will teach him how to really fight!
This is Cheng De's deepest experience!
Putting aside his complicated thoughts, Cheng De looked at Haozhou on the map!

Haozhou!The place where Zhu Yuanzhang made his fortune in the future!

Guo Zixing in Haozhou has an adopted daughter, Ma Shi, who will leave a virtuous name in history in the future.

Now that he knew about this woman, Cheng De thought that after taking Xuyi, Chuzhou and Dingyuan, it was necessary to go to Haozhou, and then take Haozhou and Ma Shi by the way, and let her be his wife.

As for her being Zhu Yuanzhang's wife in the future, what Cheng De thinks about this is that it is something in the future, and everything may change before it happens, so why can't she be my wife?

Moreover, it can also make Zhu Yuanzhang's future more tortuous in advance, so that he has one less enemy. Now that he knows the trajectory of the future, as a person who wants to participate in the world competition, it is stupid not to do so!
Thinking about this, Cheng De had some concerns about how to win Ma Shi.

Although conspiracy is a bit shameful, as a qualified hero, there is nothing wrong with using conspiracy!

If you can help yourself to end the troubled times as soon as possible, even if you keep using conspiracy, you can bear it!

"Mr. Ma, you will be mine sooner or later!" Cheng De murmured in his heart, staring at Haozhou.

"Just wait! There will be such a day sooner or later!" Cheng De firmly believed in this point.

(End of this chapter)