Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 251 Zhu Yuanzhang’s military ability is too strong, it’s all Zhang Cheng’s fault for discovering him!
Yin Keren couldn't help but twist his forehead. Of course, he had decided to defend Yanping to repay the kindness of the Yuan Dynasty and Chen Youding.

But when Yin Keren thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's aggressive attitude, he felt a little frightened.

"Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng, how on earth did you find such a person as Zhu Yuanzhang!"

Yin Keren therefore blamed all of this on Zhang Cheng being too powerful.

Because in his opinion, if Zhang Cheng had not been so good at recognizing people, it would not have been possible for such a powerful military figure as Zhu Yuanzhang to appear and become the leader of the Datong Society.

This is because Yin Keren, as an elite, will naturally despise people from the common people, and subjectively prefers to think that powerful people from the common people should have become so powerful because of the suggestions and discoveries of people from the elite. of.

Therefore, Yin Keren became so emotional at this moment.

Then, Yin Keren did not dare to rest anymore, but immediately began to organize Chen Jun to regain Shanguan, an important gateway in Yanping.

Then, Chen Jun naturally encountered an ambush.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not immediately eat the ambushed Chen army, but instead ordered a siege but not an attack.

In the end, Yin Keren decisively chose to surrender in Kaicheng, betrayed the 20,000 Chen troops he sent, and only knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang:

"The people of Yanping have been hating the traitor for a long time. Fortunately, the Chinese army has finally arrived. It's like the rain comes after a long drought for us, the people of Yanping!"

"He's making excuses for himself!"

Chen Youding laughed.

When Yin Keren saw a large number of Chinese troops appearing in Yanping City, he could only beat his hands and stamp his feet, and gritted his teeth and said: "Well, you Zhu Yuanzhang, why are you so cunning! If you have the ability, let's all concentrate our forces, set up military formations, and fight hard once!"

Xiao Zhonggui replied: "He also explained in the letter why he surrendered without a fight."

Because he knew that the Chinese army always liked to focus on annihilating active forces, he sent more reinforcements, and taught the generals sent to reinforce the besieged Chen army the so-called magical military formation that he had long figured out to defeat the Chinese army.

"I'd like to hear his excuse."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and asked the capital commander He Wenhui to stay in Yanping, while he led Li Wenzhong, Yin Keren and others to continue to attack Fuzhou.

Yin Keren didn't know it was a trick and thought it was because Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have enough troops to ambush him, so he didn't attack, rather than because he didn't want to kill Chen Jun who was ambushed.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang went against the norm and directly withdrew the troops besieging Chen's army, leaving only a small number of troops to guard against Chen's troops leaving the city to aid Yanping. He continued to pretend to besiege this part of Chen's army, and directly led the main force to attack the empty troops. Yanping City.

"He also said that Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a genius in using troops, and he did not just rely on cannons to strengthen ships, so he advised the Duke to surrender the thieves as soon as possible!"

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At this time, Xiao Zhonggui came over and said, "Yin Keren surrendered to the city and advised us to open the city and surrender."

"He persuaded us to surrender?"

After Chen Youding knew that Yanping surrendered without a fight, he kicked several cases in front of him and asked in a deep voice with his cheeks tensed:
"That bastard Yin Keren, didn't he say he would defend Yanping for me?!"

"Before he had time to strategize, he lost the Shanguan Pass. Before he could use the military formations he had figured out by studying the military books of the past dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang saw through his life gate, making it impossible for him to defend Yanping. city."

Chen Youding asked: "Then what did he say?"

Xiao Zhonggui replied: "He said that the main reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang is too powerful and he is no match for him!"

Chen Youding took a deep breath and looked at Xiao Zhonggui deeply.

Chen Youding suddenly shouted: "It's all excuses!"

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Chen Youding grinned and laughed: "He, Zhu Yuanzhang, is just a man. How much does he know about how to use troops?"
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Zhang Cheng was not surprised when he learned that Yanping surrendered without a fight.

Because he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would not be able to disappoint him militarily.

As one of the few Hongwu Emperors in history who successfully directed a hearty Northern Expedition, if he was lacking in managing domestic affairs, then Zhu Yuanzhang would never be too weak in the military.

If we really want to forcefully say that Zhu Yuanzhang has any shortcomings in military affairs, then it can only be the entire bureaucracy that holds him back.

However, now that the number two figure Zhang Cheng has increased productivity so high and opened the map so much, it cannot be said that it will hinder Zhu Yuanzhang at all, but will only encourage Zhu Yuanzhang's military achievements.

However, after Zhang Shide made it clear that he had attached himself to the Yuan Dynasty and led his troops to the south to conquer his brother Zhang Shicheng, Zhang Cheng deeply felt that Datong Society could not only have Zhu Yuanzhang as a military genius. It would be better to have one dozen, or even several dozen. It would be better if a military genius appeared.

After all, in today's world, Datong Society will not only face one external enemy, but several.

Only one Zhu Yuanzhang was not enough to deal with the multi-faceted military pressure.

"Zhang Shicheng must keep it!"

"His regime can only be annexed by our Datong Society, not by Hu Yuan!"

Zhang Cheng informed Guo Tianxu of the Privy Council about the news that Zhang Shide went south to betray Zhang Shicheng, and expressed his views to Guo Tianxu.

Guo Tianxu nodded: "So, we have to send another group of troops north to assist Zhang Shicheng. Who do you think Mr. Zhang should send?" "Let Wen Zheng go!"

Zhang Cheng said.

In Zhang Cheng's view, Zhu Wenzheng is the second Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's a pity that historically, Zhu Wenzheng did not play much value in the subsequent battle against the Yuan Dynasty.

But in this life, Zhang Cheng had no intention of letting Zhu Wenzheng only show his talents on defense.

Guo Tianxu also recognized Zhu Wenzheng's ability, so he adopted Zhang Cheng's opinion and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to transfer Zhu Wenzheng in the name of the Privy Council.

However, Guo Tianxu became more jealous of Zhu Yuanzhang and even more angry with his brother.

Because he had to admit that Zhu Yuanzhang's people were very competitive, whether they were relatives or old friends, they all performed well. Even his nephew's adopted son had begun to stand out and was quite famous in the military.

Only his own brother Guo Tianjue was timid in doing things, but he was very bold in engaging in corruption together with Hu Weiyong and others.

Guo Tianxu could only be grateful that because of Zhang Cheng's appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have to eliminate him and allowed him to continue working in the position of Privy Councilor.

Soon after, Zhu Yuanzhang also received a request from the Privy Council on the Fuzhou front.

Naturally, he agreed without hesitation to let Zhu Wenzheng independently lead his troops north to assist Zhang Shicheng.

Because people like Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou can still stay in Datong Society and hold important positions, he naturally does not mind that his nephew continues to rise in status in the military.

However, Zhang Shicheng has not yet requested military assistance from Datong Society. Therefore, Datong Society is only preparing to assist Zhang Shicheng in advance, and has also prepared its commanders, troops and horses in advance.

Let us say that Zhang Shicheng was shocked and angry when he learned that his younger brother Zhang Shide had defected to the Yuan Dynasty and sent his troops south to conquer him.

"How could he do this?!"

"It's in vain that Fei Gu always trusted him!"

Zhang Shicheng said somberly in front of Zhang Shixin and others.

Zhang Shixin couldn't help but persuade Zhang Shicheng: "Brother, calm down. The second brother must have been instigated by the Tatars for doing this. I'm afraid there are other villains, but in my humble opinion, given the current world situation, I can only take refuge with the Tatars." He will become a rat on the street, and everyone will beat him up, because the world's hearts have changed so fast in the past few years!"

"Even celebrities such as Liu Ji and Song Lian began to denounce the Tatars, and criticized Chen Youding in newspapers for being loyal to the Yuan Dynasty and not allowing the Han people to stand up. This was a shameless act of betraying our ancestors!"

"This is enough to show that people's hearts have changed drastically. Otherwise, they would not have started calling the Tatars and people like Chen Youding thieves."

"So, even if the second brother is confused and betrays us, it does not mean that we will lose, because we are the ones who win the hearts of the world! After all, brother, you have always loved the people like a son, otherwise you would not have endured the humiliation."

After Zhang Shixin heard what Zhang Shixin said, he understood what Zhang Shixin meant, and asked Zhang Shixin: "You mean, let us ask for help from the Datong Society, which represents the people of the world?"

"Brother is wise!"

"Now the people of the world are represented by the Datong Society. As long as we get the sympathy of the Datong Society, we don't have to worry about the destruction of our foundation."

Zhang Shixin immediately replied with his hands in hand.

Zhang Shicheng nodded and really asked Datong Society for help.

After the Datong Society received Zhang Shicheng's letter asking for help, it was justifiable and legitimate for him to let Zhu Wenzheng lead his troops to the north.

Zhang Shide didn't know yet that the Chinese army from Datong Society had moved north.

When he was attacking Huai'an, because the defender of Huai'an refused to surrender, Xu Youwen, a Confucian scholar beside him, said to him so that he could annex the fields here in the future:

"After capturing Huai'an, we should massacre all the Han people in the city on the grounds that the general guarding Huai'an is a Datong thief who alienated your brothers and prevented your brother from joining the imperial court.

"In doing so, one is to clean up the Datong thieves; the other is to scare your brother. Since your brother is greedy for pleasure, he will be greedy for life. If we massacre the city, he will be afraid. At least we can scare the civil and military officials around him and persuade him to surrender. "

After hearing this, Zhang Shide, who had been crowned king by the Yuan Dynasty, accepted Xu Youwen's suggestion and ordered:
"On the order of Chuan Gu, all common people in Huai'an City, except the main tribe Meng and Semu people, will be slaughtered! To prevent Datong thieves from making any mistakes."

Although Zhang Shide is a Han, he does not care about the Han people in his heart.

Otherwise, he would not have chosen to surrender to Yuan Ting.

Because like Chen Youding, he would rather accept the superiority of the foreign Han people than accept the concept of great harmony.

Moreover, even in history, Zhang Shide was the main official who persuaded Zhang Shicheng to join the Yuan Dynasty as soon as possible.

Therefore, Zhang Shide can be said to be a more stubborn and reactionary person than Zhang Shicheng.

Because although Zhang Shicheng does not have much enterprising spirit, his reactionary nature is relatively not that great.

When Zhang Shide issued such an order, the entire area around Huai'an City became a purgatory on earth.

Fortunately, at this time, Yu Tonghai had already been ordered by Zhu Wenzheng to go north in advance, and had already arrived in Huai'an Prefecture. When Zhang Shide's army attacked Huai'an, he bombarded Zhang Shide's army, forcing Zhang Shide to temporarily stop the attack. Return to Shandong.

Because of this, Zhang Shide became furious: "Damn it, I was ordered by the imperial court to attack Huai'an. What does it have to do with the Datong bandits!"

(End of this chapter)