Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 145: Guo Tianxu was frightened to death when he was announced to the public!
Li Pusheng chuckled: "I didn't expect that you actually believed it."

"This is not a question of belief or not. What is important is that it is rare for someone to be willing to think of these things besides thinking of becoming an emperor."

Sang Shijie replied at this time.

"You betrayed me! You will not die a good death!"

Li Pusheng became angry and shouted loudly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang stabbed Li Pusheng in the back.

Li Pusheng immediately leaned forward and fell to the ground, looking back at Zhu Yuanzhang in shock.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought that Zhang Cheng had reminded him that Zhao Pusheng might be alert. In order to prevent any changes, he simply did not tell others to take action. Instead, he directly pulled out the knife in Xu Da's hand and gave it to Li Pusheng first. One knife.

When it was time to be decisive, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very decisive.

Li Pusheng's body suddenly convulsed, and then he looked back at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang stabbed him several more times until he died completely.

Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang threw the knife on the table and ordered the other Chaohu generals: "Kill all his men! Zhang Desheng was promoted to the commander-in-chief, and he and his men immediately divided up his power."

Yu, Liao and others immediately said yes and left.

After these people left, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered: "Cut off his head and pass it on to the whole army."

If discipline is not strict, everything will be difficult.

Especially for the army, and it is a joint army.

Therefore, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng unanimously chose to show their heads to the public.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that Zhao Pusheng was killed by Zhang Cheng.

Only after he was about to meet Zhao Pusheng did he know that Zhao Pusheng had escaped.

"Ran away?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question in astonishment, and couldn't help but cursed: "Mr. Zhang really expected it. This Zhao Pusheng is really alert!"

"Your superiors, if you let this Zhao Pusheng leave, there will be endless troubles."

Xu Da couldn't help but say something to Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Don't worry too much, Mr. Zhang has already taken precautions."

Xu Da felt relieved after hearing this.

Soon.

Tang Shengzong brought up a human head that had just been soaked in lime.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the head, he asked, "Whose head is this?"

"Go back to the top, this belongs to Zhao Pusheng!"

Tang Shengzong replied.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da looked at each other and laughed.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Who killed him?"

"Mr. Zhang killed him."

"This guy yelled at Mr. Zhang before running away, but he didn't know that Mr. Zhang had good intentions. Instead, he fell into the trap set by Mr. Zhang and was killed by Mr. Zhang."

After Tang Shengzong said that, he added: "It's our knife we ​​used!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't listen to Tang Shengzong's last words. He only smiled at Xu Da with his hands on his hips and said, "What a great Mr. Zhang. Fortunately, I have him!"

"Yes!"

Xu Da also smiled and agreed.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Tang Shengzong: "Send the head to Guo Pingzhang and Zhang Zuocheng first, and tell them how this head came from."

"Yes!"

Xu Da couldn't help but glance at Zhu Yuanzhang here.

Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled and left here.

Soon.

Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou had two heads on the cases before them.

"This Mr. Zhang is really clever!"

At this time, Guo Tianxu looked at the two heads in front of him and sighed.

Zhang Tianyou also nodded and said with admiration on his face:
"He said before when we were discussing together that Li Pusheng and Zhao Pusheng might rebel after arriving at Huangdun, and it turned out that he was right!"

"Uncle, tell me, if we had not tolerated their idea of ​​great unity and did not hesitate to fight Zhu Yuanzhang, would we have suffered the same fate?"

Guo Tianxu suddenly asked.

After hearing this, Zhang Tianyou stared at Guo Tianxu and then said:
"It's hard to tell!"

"Mr. Zhang is very tolerant of dissidents. People like us are quick to eliminate them when they are not tolerated. This is unexpected and really chilling!"

"Yes!"

"Fortunately, the reason why we were unwilling to accept the Datong Society at that time was because the Datong Society was led by Zhu Yuanzhang, not because we did not accept the ideas of the Datong Society."

Guo Tianxu slumped on his chair and started talking.

Zhang Tianyou nodded and said: "In any case, given that he already knew that the Chaohu navy was available, that Li Pusheng and Zhao Pusheng would rebel, and that Zhao Pusheng would immediately defect when Li Pusheng was just invited to a banquet, even if we don't accept Zhu Yuanzhang, we can't accept it." You have to obey Mr. Zhang! So, if he wants us to accept the current result, maybe this will make the ending better for you and me. After all, at least we are no match for a man like him."

In fact, what Zhang Tianyou and Guo Tianxu didn't know was that Zhang Cheng didn't have a miraculous plan, but just knew the progress of history.

Guo Tianxu nodded: "After we cross the river and gain a foothold, we have to talk to Mr. Zhang again and ask him to give us a clear path."

"Ming Lu may have pointed it out, that is Datong Society!"

"Let's first take a serious look at the philosophy of Datong Society."

Zhang Tianyou said at this time.

Guo Tianxu nodded.

With Li Pusheng and Zhao Pusheng being eliminated, the Chaohu Navy completely surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang's rebel army.

The fact that these two men were revealed to the public also caused other non-direct generals of Zhu Yuanzhang's rebel army to reduce their ambitions a lot, making the entire army more unified.

Therefore, in the next battle against Yuxikou, the entire rebel army was very focused and united.

"Liao Yong'an and Yu Tingyu's navy will attack Yuan Ting's navy at Yuxikou first. They must make sure they go ashore or withdraw eastward!"

"The two naval forces of Zhang Desheng and Sang Shijie attacked Caishiji and Niuzhuji respectively to prevent their reinforcements."

"Tang Chang led the first naval camp. Once he saw the Yuan army retreating, he would immediately block its retreat on the east side!"

"All armies on land must be prepared and defend in sections. As long as the Yuanshui army comes ashore, they will be killed if they don't surrender!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang issued the order at the military council, the commander-in-chief of each army and the commander-in-chief of the capital all accepted it.

It is worth mentioning here that after going to Waliang Lei, Zhang Cheng recruited fishermen and water bandits to form a navy army, but there were not many warships, so he built only twenty-seven, of which ten were built by Tang He He took them to Huaiyang, and there are eleven more ships that are now mainly responsible for transporting grain to the mountains and rivers to support Zhu Wenzheng's troops. There are still six ships led by Tang and his younger brother Tang Chang, who follow the main force of the army and are used to supervise the naval forces in Chaohu. , and also served as a mobile reserve force for Zhu Yuanzhang's rebel forces on the water.

After all, the water network in this area is dense, and there are several clippers with platoons of artillery, so victory is naturally more guaranteed.

Zhang Cheng blocked Zhao Pusheng's path with six warships.

Back to the topic.

Because the armies were more united, after Zhu Yuanzhang issued the order, they implemented it seriously and did not dare to neglect it.

Liao Yong'an and others who were responsible for attacking the Yuan Ting navy took advantage of the fact that the Yuan Ting navy's warships were taller and difficult to turn, so they directly used small boats to fight. Most were burned by fire and sunk in the water.

Although Yuan Ting's naval forces, inspired by "five thousand shi of food", tried their best to fight to the death, and many honest and courageous officers and soldiers did not hesitate to jump ship to fight on the rebel boats, but in the end they were defeated due to lack of flexibility, and in the end they were defeated. The young man could only run away in panic.

However, Yuan Ting's navy, which fled in a hurry, was bombarded by rebel gunboats, and had no choice but to return to Yuxikou, abandon the ship and land on shore, intending to engage in a land battle, but was defeated by the combined efforts of the rebels.

Manhaziya was also forced to land and retreat, and during the retreat, he cursed He Mu and other generals: "Waste, waste, how could the country support you bunch of wastes? It was not easy to snatch five thousand shi of food from the people's mouths and give it to you." , and you ended up fighting like this?" "Zhongcheng calmed down. Although the brothers tried their best to fight to the death, the imperial court gave us too little shipbuilding silver, so we were only equipped with big ships and few small ones. That's why we are in this situation. "

He Mu explained.

"shut up!"

Manhaziya was already in a bad mood because he thought that the twenty-five thousand shi of food he had spent on greed had not been transported in time. When He Mu said this, he roared angrily on the spot and scolded He Mu:
"You should think more about your own problems in everything, don't just blame the court!"

"The imperial court is also very difficult!"

After Manhaziya said this, He Mu felt ashamed and gritted his teeth and said:

"Yes! It's the humble generals who are incompetent. Now we can only make up for our mistakes by doing our best to protect Zhongcheng from breaking out!"

After hearing what He Mu said, Manhaziya stopped criticizing these Han officials and generals.

But not long after, Manhaziya was ambushed by Xu Da on the way back and was captured. The rebels also completely occupied Yuxikou and removed the last stronghold of the Yuan Dynasty at Jiangbei Ferry.

……

Youcheng Duoer, Zhongshu of the Yuan Dynasty, did not know the news of the fall of Yuxikou at this time.

Now he is in the prison interrogating three officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion of the Rebel Army who were captured due to guerrilla attacks.

"tell me!"

"Is it true that your Mr. Zhang has always been in Jiangnan and has never returned to Jiangbei District?"

Duo'er only played with the fire gun sent by Ren Zhigong in her hand while asking the three officers and soldiers of Shenji Battalion who were kneeling in front of her.

"Pooh!"

"Dog tartar!"

A rebel named Huang Shouye spat directly at Duo'er first.

Duo'er only wiped her face, gritted her teeth, and said, "Cut his mouth open and his tongue. I want to see how he can spit it out!"

As a result, Huang Shouye was dragged down, and while he was struggling, Yuan Bing cut his mouth open with a knife, causing blood to drip from his mouth.

Duo'er only looked at Leitu, another rebel soldier, with a sinister smile on her face: "You tell me, I can save you from such suffering!"

"Then come closer. I naturally speak with a low voice, so I'm afraid you won't be able to hear me."

Letu replied.

So, Duo'er only really came closer and turned her ears.

But at this moment, Lei Tu rushed up and bit Duoer's ear.

"what!"

"Bastard!"

"Open his mouth quickly!"

Duo'er just screamed and started shouting.

The Yuan soldiers beside him hurriedly opened Lei Tu's mouth, even punching, kicking and gouging his eyes.

But even though Lei Tu was kicked so hard that his waist hurt and his eyes were gouged with blood, he still refused to let go and still gritted his teeth and pulled him out.

And thanks to the fact that he had plenty of food and good nutrition during his time in the rebel army, he grew very strong and powerful as a young man. He was like a young bull, and he bit off Duo'er's ear. .

With his mouth full of blood, he laughed heartily and said:

"You dog-Tatars who don't regard our people as human beings and slaughter and rape them whenever you want. If you want me to betray Mr. Zhang's information, don't even think about it!"

"Mr. Zhang is our great savior. I won't tell you a word about him!"

Duo'er only covered her bloody broken ear and felt a hint of terrible fear from Lei Tu's smile, so her face darkened: "Cut him, right here!"

As a result, Lei Tu was dragged down and chopped up.

"what!"

Not long after, Lei Tu's screams were heard, and Duo'er only asked another captured rebel, Zheng Lai Wang:
"Would you like to tell me?"

Laiwang didn't answer.

"Didn't you hear that?"

"Cut his ears off."

Duoer just gritted her teeth and spoke.

"Yes!"

"what!"

Not long after, Laiwang screamed, and not long after, blood started to flow from his ears.

Duo'er just sneered and asked: "Can you hear it now?"

Laiwang still didn't answer.

"Cut his ears again."

Duo'er just gave another order.

"Yes!"

So Yuan Bing walked up to him again and pulled Lai Wang's ears.

Lai Wang was already trembling and said hurriedly: "No, no, I said it, I said it."

"Lai Wang, don't say anything!"

The rebel prisoners who had not yet been tried had to shout.

Lai Wang ignored it, just lowered his head and trembled all over.

Duo'er just laughed, bared her serious yellow teeth, and said, "Very good! Then tell me, has your Mr. Zhang been in Jiangnan?"

"Mr. Zhang returned to Jiangbei in the twelfth lunar month of last year, and he hasn't been here since."

Lai Wang cried and replied.

Duo'er was shocked after hearing this and said: "Then who is in Zhenjiang now?"

"It's our General Zhu."

"Who is General Zhu, what is his name, what is his identity, and what is his origin."

"Zhu Wenzheng, the nephew of Prime Minister Zhu Yuanzhang, the commander of our Shenji Camp, and a student of Mr. Zhang."

"How many people do you have in Zhenjiang?"

"Just five thousand people."

"Impossible! So many flags that appeared during your march have been seen by our people."

"That's false! It's meant to make the people accompanying the army dance and confuse you."

After Lai Wang said this, Duo'er only darkened her face again, then laughed again, and said to Fu Shou and others: "It seems that we have all been deceived!"

At this time, Fushou said with a flattering smile: "Fortunately, Your Majesty, you are wise and let us find a way to capture a few talkatives. Otherwise, we really don't know that there are not many thieves in Zhenjiang."

Fushou said, "So, can we continue to go to the countryside to clean up? After all, the entire army is still short of food."

"At least Zhenjiang doesn't have to worry about not being able to recover."

Duo'er only said this at this time.

But at this moment, Yang Yuangao, who had been transferred to join the army next to Duo'er, walked over quickly: "You Cheng, there is news that Yuxikou has been captured, and our army in Yuxikou, Jiangbei, has been defeated!"

"what?!"

After hearing this, Duoer stood up immediately.

(End of this chapter)