Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 175 Dare to fight tooth and nail for the land assigned to you!

Guo Tianxu and Shao Rong both looked shocked, secretly sighing that Zhu Yuanzhang was really ruthless. It was clear that his wife was pregnant with Liujia and was still waiting to give birth in Jiangbei, but he didn't care at all, and he did not hesitate to let the Yuan soldiers occupy the ferry to prevent the rebels from retreating. hope.

But it was difficult for the two of them to say that they really wanted to return to Jiangbei if the war was not going well, which made other colleagues in the Political Affairs Hall look down upon, so they didn't say anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang made such a decision, which completely suppressed the two people's fear of taking risks, so that the two relatively peaceful consuls in the rebel army had to focus on fighting with the Yuan soldiers for the time being. On the matter of fighting.

Let me say that people always want peace of mind.

The rebels were no exception. After many of the rebels settled down in Jiangbei and had property, they also wanted to return to Jiangbei and live a comfortable life in the rear, instead of fighting on the front.

Among the ruling officials of Zhongshu Province, Guo Tianxu and Shao Rong also had this idea at this time.

Although Guo Tianxu wanted to compete with Zhu Yuanzhang for the throne, he could not conquer Zhu Yuanzhang and other forces, and he did not dare to go alone because he was afraid that he would be wiped out if he went alone because he was too weak, especially without Zhang Cheng to go alone with him. Down, and now he sees that Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige is getting higher and higher, and his desire to compete for position has faded a lot, so he only wants to preserve his strength and his aggressiveness has weakened a lot.

The same goes for Shao Rong. He knows that he is not a direct descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang. The more active he is and the more contributions he makes, the less he will be able to get favors in the future. He might as well start looking for opportunities now to settle down.

This is an unavoidable situation.

However, as a rebel general who was not directly related to Zhu Yuanzhang, he would naturally consider whether he should protect himself wisely, whether he should keep a low profile, and whether he should consider a way out, and there was no need to work too hard for Zhu Yuanzhang.

The rebel army finally established the basic response strategy for the next step, which is to face the Yuan soldiers head-on in Taiping.

anyway.

What's more, Zhang Cheng has now asked the rebels to set a larger goal, which is to drive out the Tartars, restore China, and save the people of the world. Therefore, no one can say that they will settle down before such a goal is completed, and they will sit back and enjoy the results.

The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River under the control of the Yuan Dynasty now also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang's rebel army wanted to destroy the old rites and would not give funerals to the martyrs. In addition, Emperor Yuan Shun gave them the privilege of paying money and grain to atone for their sins and gain official positions. As a result, they all became more active in supporting the army and laboring the army. Not only did they donate a large amount of food and money to officials to atone for their sins, but they also used this privilege to force the villagers to repair roads and provide fodder for the passing Yuan soldiers.

Zhang Cheng is already a member of Zhongshu Shengpingzhang, so there is no need for him to go to the battlefield to fight the Yuan soldiers in person.

Meng Sanzi, a newly recruited soldier of the First Army of the Rebel Army, tightened his grip on the gun in his hand because he saw the Yuan soldiers winding up like a black dragon in Cihu Town.

Fu Shou and other bureaucrats had learned their lesson, and this time they provided sufficient food, horses and armor to the Yuan soldiers who went on the expedition.

"Don't be afraid! If you die in battle, your family can get another thirty stones of grain. But if you lose the war and let the Tatars win, your family's land will be gone, because many of our land now belongs to their Tatars. The rich and powerful bureaucrats granted land in the south of the Yangtze River."

After Zhu Yuanzhang became the leader of the rebel army, Zhu Yuanzhang himself and his direct descendants were naturally willing to work hard and try their best, especially Zhu Yuanzhang himself. He could pay more for his own imperial path. After all, the rewards would be great.

However, many of the newly recruited civilians will definitely go to the battlefield to fight. Some have been sent to Cihu Town, the forefront of contact between the rebel army and Yuan soldiers, and saw the mighty Yuan soldiers coming with their own eyes.

When Zhao Zhongbai, a member of the Qianhu rebel army stationed in Cihu, passed by Meng Sanzi, he patted him on the shoulder and said these words.

It's just that it's hard to express this kind of thoughts clearly.

As a result, these Yuan soldiers marched very fast, so that at this time, a large black mass of Yuan soldiers appeared in Cihu Town, and a large number of Yuan Ting warships gathered on the river, stretching like mountains, and the scenery north of the river on the other side could not be seen.

Meng Ziyi smiled: "We are not afraid of death! If we were afraid of death, we would not join the rebel army! You are right, if the Tatars win, our fields will not be our fields, so we will still If you starve to death, you might as well fight with the Tatars now!”

Zhao Zhongbai nodded and looked forward.

Meng Ziyi also looked forward with burning eyes. At this moment, he still remembered how happy his parents were when they got the land allocated by the rebels, especially when they rubbed the field deeds over and over again, even more tenderly than when they rubbed their unweaned son.

And Meng Ziyi felt that even if it was to keep his parents' share of the joy of getting the land, he couldn't give up now.

Yuan Bing's eyes were also glaring.

Because their commander-in-chief Chen Yexian had already ordered that Cihu Town be taken and massacred.

This made everyone in Yuan Bing feel like they were on stimulants. They wanted to take over Cihu Town and indulge themselves in a big way.

And Zhao Zhongbai also saw these Yuan soldiers pushing the big carts forward with great morale. The speed was so fast that he didn't need clairvoyance to see the expressions of some Yuan soldiers in front of them.

"The Tatars have also learned to be smart. They know how to set up cart formations and how to hide gunmen behind the cowhide carts."

Zhao Zhongbai then spoke to the instructor Wang Yixian.

Wang Yixian nodded: "What's more important is that their cavalry army has one man and three horses on both sides. We can't leave the town and can only defend by the town wall!"

"This is all because of traitors."

"Brothers, please cheer up and hold on until reinforcements arrive."

Zhao Zhongbai expressed his views to Wang Yixian with a solemn face, and at the same time said to the governor Zhu Tong:
"Send a fast horse to inform Commander Shao that the Yuan soldiers are coming prepared and need support as soon as possible, or that we may be allowed to temporarily evacuate Cihu."

Wang Yixian and Zhu Tong both nodded.

The commander stationed at the quarry, Shao Si, was organizing the quarrying people to move to Taiping City at this time, and because some people really wanted to relocate and were too concerned about the newly acquired land, they were unwilling to leave, and even hid quietly, so Shao Si Si also had to go to the countryside in person to supervise.

"I'm telling you, old man, your life is at stake. Don't worry about the crops. The Tatars are very fierce. You don't know that."

Shao Si even personally carried a 50-year-old man who broke his bones as he ran away to avoid the rebels mobilizing him. While carrying him to the transfer center, he persuaded him.

The old man said: "I know the Tatars are fierce, but those fields have to be taken care of. Besides, I'm fifty, so it doesn't matter if I'm killed."

"It doesn't matter. Mr. Zhang said that farmers who cultivate and produce are better than monks who only know how to recite sutras and Confucian scholars who only know how to do it. We would rather not protect monks and Confucian scholars than we must protect people like you first."

After Shaosi sent the old man to the concentration area, he continued to inspect along the river, and cursed at his partner Zhou Zhiliang:
"What the hell is this? In the past, when people were robbed, they had to search everywhere. Now to rescue people, they have to search everywhere. The same goes for the people. In the past, when we treated them like bandits, they just hid everywhere. , now that we treat them as family members, they are hiding everywhere!”

"There is nothing we can do. People regard harvesting crops as more important than their own lives. After all, they are all people who almost starved to death."

Zhou Zhiliang started talking, and suddenly pointed to a section of the river filled with rocks in front of him and said: "Look, there are all the people there, and there are also Yuan soldiers' warships. It should be Hu Yuan's sailors who captured the people from other places and rushed them there. of."

Shao Si also looked over and immediately ordered: "Go and save them!"

"The Yuan soldiers want these people to consume our food, but we are not afraid!"

Then, Shao Si said again with a smile.

(End of this chapter)