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

Chapter 259: Discussions in the main account, verbal promises

On the way back to the court, Cheng De's squadron passed by Luzhou Road three days later.

On this day, 50,000 troops were stationed outside the city of Wuwei Prefecture.

By this time, it was already dark.

Cheng De received an urgent document from Nanjing.

Cheng De immediately opened it and read it.

However, after Cheng De read it, he was so angry that he slapped the table.

"Fang Guozhen, how dare you humiliate me. Do you really think that I am easy to mess with?"

Cheng De looked coldly at Guozhen's name on the document.

Originally, they were planning to wait for Feng Guoyong and others to take over Chen Han's territory before they could deal with Da Zhou and Fang Guozhen.

Fang Guozhen accepted the position of participating in the politics of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the Yuan Dynasty. However, was this Yuan Dynasty official so easy to become?

Cheng De analyzed in his mind whether to destroy Dazhou first or Fang Guozhen first.

After weighing the pros and cons, Cheng De believed that Zhang Shicheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty was a greater threat than Fang Guozhen.

He thought for a moment and decided to secretly write down Fang Guozhen in a small notebook, and then he would take care of Fang Guozhen after he was done with Da Zhou.

at this time.

The captain of the soldiers outside the main tent reported that Liu Bowen and others were here.

Cheng De summoned them directly in the main tent.

"I am here to see you, Your Majesty!" Liu Bowen and others bowed and saluted.

Cheng De: "Ping Shen!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" everyone replied.

"I have sent someone to write to you a long time ago, why did you only arrive in Wuwei Prefecture today?" Cheng De looked at Liu Bowen and others calmly.

Hearing this, everyone spoke one after another: "Your Majesty, we were attacked by thieves on the way."

Cheng De's eyes swept over everyone one by one, "Thief? Where did the thief come from?"

Liu Bowen said calmly at this time: "Your Majesty, it is the remnant forces of the Yuan thieves running around Luzhou Road."

"Where are those thieves?" Cheng De asked again.

Liu Bowen was silent.

Cheng De looked at Ye Dui, Liu Yuan, and He Wenhui, "You guys tell me."

Ye Dui was the first to speak: "Those thieves, after hearing that His Majesty's army came to Luzhou Road, left in a hurry and did not care about us."

Cheng De frowned and looked at Liu Yuan and He Wenhui.

Liu Yuan and He Wenhui quickly nodded in agreement, "Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is. Everything I say is true. I hope your Majesty will learn from it."

Cheng De pondered for a moment, "Those thieves are really hateful. They dare to neglect my ministers. I want to ask for an explanation for you all. Do you know which direction those thieves went?"

"Your Majesty, they went to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the south." He Wenhui replied.

"Jiang and Zhejiang provinces?" Cheng De's eyes suddenly condensed.

Is it Fang Guozhen's territory?

"You all just stay and follow me back to Nanjing!" Cheng De said suddenly.

"According to the order!" Liu Bowen and others bowed in response.

"Come, take a seat!" Cheng De shouted to the captain of the soldiers outside the door.

The captain of the personal soldiers, named Zhang Wei, was from the same hometown as Cheng De.

Zhang Wei quickly took his men and moved several tables and tables and arranged them one by one.

After everyone sat down, Cheng De looked around and said: "This time I went on a personal expedition and fought with Chen Youliang's army of more than 300,000 people at Luotian and Hukou Pass. In one battle, I destroyed his army of more than 300,000 people. Then Chen Youliang There are even more heads on the ground. This battle has increased the territory of our Ming Dynasty a lot. I am happy in my heart."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Everyone said quickly.

Cheng De glanced at everyone, "Although I am happy, in addition to our Ming Dynasty, there are Fang Guozhen and Da Zhou in the whole south of the world. I hope that the whole south of the world is the land of our Ming Dynasty, and everyone is a well-educated person. Can you tell me how to get rid of Fang Guozhen and Da Zhou?"

Everyone frowned and fell into deep thought.

A moment.

He Wenhui said: "Back to Your Majesty, I think that your Majesty killed Chen Youliang this time, and this battle has consumed a lot of food. Now we don't have much food in the Ming Dynasty, and Wei Chen is worried that it will be difficult to fight for the remaining food." A big battle.”

Cheng De glanced at He Wenhui, "Of course I'm well aware of the food problem. If it weren't for the food problem, I would have sent people to take over the territory of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Dazhou."

He Wenhui's face froze, and then he said: "Your Majesty, I believe that it is not appropriate for the Ming Dynasty to start another war in the short term. It may be more beneficial to the Ming Dynasty to wait until the grain is harvested once before starting the war." Cheng De: "Waiting for the grain harvest once, wouldn't it be better? Don’t you have to wait half a year?”

He Wenhui: "Your Majesty, just wait for half a year. By then, Your Majesty will personally send a capable general and lead an army of hundreds of thousands to attack Dazhou and Fang Guozhen. It will be easier and the casualties will be smaller."

Cheng De: "What if Zhou and Fang Guozhen unite to attack our Ming Dynasty during this period?"

He Wenhui: "Then use all your strength to fight them. In this battle, all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will work hard, and they will definitely be able to destroy them in one battle. Since your majesty can destroy Chen Youliang, who is the most difficult to fight, then there are those who are not as good as Chen Youliang." Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen, I believe your Majesty will still be able to defeat them when the time comes."

Cheng De glanced at He Wenhui in surprise, "That makes sense. Everyone else, please tell me."

After hearing this, Ye Dui also said: "If you are willing to fight, you will perish, and if you forget to fight, you will be in danger. I think that the Ming Dynasty is now weak and lacks food, so it is not suitable to start another war. Also, I suggest that your majesty can send envoys to go there separately The Zhou Dynasty and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces deceived them with words and asked them to bow their heads and pay tribute. If they refused, then use the power of the whole country to attack them. Your Majesty destroyed Chen Youliang and promoted the prestige of our Ming Dynasty in one battle. The ministers thought that no matter what Zhang Shicheng or Fang Guozhen must be terrified. When the time comes, they will just bow their heads and pay tribute."

Cheng De nodded, "What you said makes sense. I have accepted this suggestion."

Then, Cheng De looked at Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan looked calmly and looked at Cheng De: "Your Majesty, I think Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng are not of concern. Now your Majesty should worry about Liu Futong and the Yuan Dynasty in the north. In Wei Chen's opinion, the south will be unified by your majesty sooner or later, but the north If so, with Liu Futong here, I am afraid that His Majesty’s ambition to drive out the barbarians may not be realized.”

Cheng De glanced at Liu Yuan and said calmly: "The Liu Qing family is worried too much. There will definitely be a big battle between Liu Futong and the Yuan Dynasty in the north. If two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. Don't worry about the north side for the time being. , let them continue fighting for a while. Furthermore, I also made some arrangements in the north. I just don’t know what happened to those arrangements now."

hiss!

Everyone took a breath and looked at Cheng De in shock.

Over there in the north, His Majesty actually has arrangements?

Listening to His Majesty's words, it seems that arrangements have been made early.

Your Majesty's thoughts are so far-reaching that they can't even match them.

So, everyone said one after another: "Your Majesty's far-sighted plans are unparalleled by others. It is a blessing to the Ming Dynasty!"

Cheng De glanced at everyone indifferently, but he was thinking in his heart: I wonder if He Sanwu has become Liu Futong's confidant now?

He Sanwu, I hope you can do it.

According to historical records, there must be a big war between Liu Futong and the Yuan Dynasty, and the troops would be divided into three groups.

If He Sanwu followed his instructions, then after Liu Futong failed to attack Yuan, the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops would definitely be able to be integrated by him.

However, this premise is that he must get into Liu Futong's confidants.

Thinking of this, Cheng De had some expectations.

"Your Majesty!" He Wenhui suddenly spoke.

Cheng De looked at He Wenhui.

He Wenhui: "Now that your majesty has defeated Chen Youliang, it will not be far away that Chen Youliang's territory will be taken into your hands by your majesty. This is certainly gratifying, but has your majesty ever thought about post-war governance? Those territories need people to manage them. , so that the people in these places will only be grateful for His Majesty's kindness from now on, instead of Chen Youliang's kindness."

Cheng De pondered for a moment and said, "After I return to Nanjing, I will raise this matter in the court meeting and let the ministers find ways to fill up the talents for governance as soon as possible. Secondly, I intend to open the imperial examination again and select scholars through the imperial examination to govern. In this way, I think there will be no worries.”

He Wenhui nodded, "Since your Majesty has made a decision, I will say no more."

Afterwards, Cheng De chatted with everyone for a while and then asked everyone to go down and have a good rest.

Cheng De walked out of the main tent, suddenly raised his head, looked at the starry night sky, and thought in his mind that he would unify the south as soon as possible, then wipe out the Northern Yuan, unify the world, and restore peace to the world.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night and it's time to rest."

Hearing the words of Zhang Wei, the captain of the soldiers next to him, Cheng De glanced at him and said, "It's time for you to get married when you go back this time!"

Hearing Cheng De's words, Zhang Wei blushed.

"Is there a girl you like?" Cheng De asked.

Zhang Wei hesitated: "There is a possibility that I am not worthy of her."

Cheng De became interested, "Oh? Then what role does the other party want you to be worthy of her?"

Zhang Wei: "At least he must be a general."

Cheng De smiled, "To kill Chen Youliang this time, you have been working hard in front of me without complaint. Moreover, the battle in Luotian City is extremely dangerous. If you hadn't blocked the knife for me several times, I might have died there. So I rushed. For this reason, I will also make you a general."

"Look, how about the fourth-grade loyal general?" Cheng De narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei was stunned, and after reacting quickly, he quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted: "General, I thank you for your kindness!"

Cheng De nodded, "You deserve this. I hope that you are loyal and organized, and can handle the things I asked you to do without fail. I have intervened in your marriage, and I will make a decree." , granting you a marriage to the person you like. What do you think?"

"I would like to thank you again, Your Majesty. I have nothing to repay for His Majesty's holy grace. This life is your Majesty's from now on." Zhang Wei said with tears in his eyes.

Cheng De glanced at him with satisfaction, "I will keep your life for now. There are many people who are captains of my soldiers, and many of them have become generals. I intend to keep you as captains of my soldiers, but But because of this, you cannot personally lead the troops in the battlefield, do you have any complaints in your heart?"

Zhang Wei: "I don't dare! Also, I hope your Majesty will know clearly what I am capable of. I will not be able to command thousands of troops and horses on the battlefield. If I lose Your Majesty because of this, I will not do it." With thousands of troops, the general may not have the face to face His Majesty. The general believes that a person must clearly understand his own abilities. If he does something beyond his personal scope, he may be harmful to himself and the country."

Cheng De looked at Zhang Wei and saw that he was speaking from the bottom of his heart and smiled, "You can see yourself clearly. Many people just can't see themselves clearly."

Zhang Wei was silent.

(End of this chapter)