Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 264 Northern Expedition! The troops are approaching the capital!
In order to unify the north and the south as soon as possible, Zhu Yuanzhang formally sent someone to convey his request for Zhang Shicheng to join the Datong Society and remove himself from the title of king.

Zhang Shicheng did not refuse.

Because he knew that he was no longer able to fight against Datong Society.

After all, the Chinese army has basically controlled Huaiyang.

So Zhang Shicheng went to the king's house and came to Jiqing, where he was made a marquis by Zhu Yuanzhang on the grounds of his meritorious service.

After Zhang Shicheng surrendered, Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to persuade Liu Futong to let Han Lin'er go to the imperial title and join Datong Society.

Since the Han and Song Dynasties were attacked by the Yuan Dynasty and Zhang Shicheng, their strength has been greatly reduced. Now they are relying on the support of Datong Society to survive.

Therefore, because Liu Futong knew that he could not fight against Datong Society, he agreed to join him and let Han Lin'er take the imperial title.

This is the end.

By the sixth year of Longfeng in the Han and Song dynasties and the autumn of the 20th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty, the entire south, except the southwest, had become unified.

Even if it weren't for the disharmony between these landlords and armed forces, and the Yuan Ting's officers and soldiers could only focus on defense due to lack of financial resources, the entire Yuan Ting would still have the ability to send troops south.

Zhu Yuanzhang also changed his name to King Wu, and officially ordered a court meeting to discuss the Northern Expedition in the name of King Wu.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's idea, he planned to send the navy to capture Tamluo and Liaodong, as well as Jizhou and Xuande areas before advancing into Shandong.

However, the current relationship between Tamra and Goryeo is not good.

Because in this life, the Northern Expedition of the Han people was seven years earlier than in the original history.

Shortly after.

In order to take Liaodong first, the court also decided to march to Tamna (Jeju) in advance and send troops to Goryeo to coerce Goryeo to assist Datong Society in sending troops to Liaodong.

Today's Tamna is a country that has nominally surrendered to Goryeo, but in fact has its own independent political power.

Not to mention the officers and troops led by Taifeiyin and other nobles of the Yuan Dynasty.

However, because Zhang Cheng proposed to prevent the Yuan court nobles from escaping with large amounts of gold and silver in advance, which would then affect the new country's economy in the future, he should use the current strength of the navy to march into Liaodong in advance and seize the Jizhou and Xuande areas to end the Yuan Dynasty. Because of the retreat route of the imperial nobles, the final Northern Expedition plan was based on the original history, with the addition of the strategy of sending partial divisions to take Liaodong and other places first.

Yu Tonghai and Hua Yun were designated by Zhu Yuanzhang as general and deputy general of Liao respectively. They were fully responsible for the affairs of Liao, including the capture of Tamluo and the passage of Goryeo during the process of Ding Liao.

The purpose of this is to avoid frightening the Emperor Yuan Ting and the princes and ministers by taking action in the interior first, so as to paralyze them so that they do not have to rush to escape beyond the Great Wall. They still have illusions and think that they can hold on with their own strength in the north. The northern half of the country.

Therefore, the Northern Expedition was something that Datong Society had to be cautious about.

After Yu Tonghai and Miao Daheng arrived at Tamna, they used their ships and cannons to force the surrender of the Tamna Kingdom. They also forced the Koryeo officials from Tamna to serve as guides, captured the King's Palace of Koryeo, and forced the Koryeo Kingdom to surrender.

After all, although the Chinese army now has excellent firearms, if it really wants to fight in the north, which is not very familiar and is more conducive to large-scale cavalry operations, it may fall into a huge defeat if it is not careful.

Therefore, if the Datong Society uses troops to seize control of Tamna, there is no need to worry that Goryeo will aid Tamna, as long as the Datong Society is willing to recognize the local power and status of the ruler of Tamna.

Otherwise, the historical incident of Tamluo requesting submission to the Yuan court in the 22nd year of Yuan Zhizheng would not have happened.

However, in fact, Bei Yuan at this time actually still has some strength.

The general strategy of the Northern Expedition was still similar to the original history. It still adopted the strategy advocated by Zhu Yuanzhang of taking Shandong first and Henan second.

The landowners' armed forces led by Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and his son, and Dashe Badulu and Polo Timur alone totaled two to three hundred thousand each.

Zhang Cheng was very pleased with this.

The Goryeo Kingdom was forced to agree to the Datong Society's assistance in sending troops to conquer the Yuan Dynasty, and sent envoys to meet Zhu Yuanzhang at the gathering to present a declaration of submission to the Datong Society.

After Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Goryeo was willing to send troops to assist the Datong Society in the Northern Expedition, he began to send more troops and food to Goryeo. At the same time, he officially started the Northern Expedition. He appointed Zhu Wenzheng as Pinglu General to march into Shandong, using Xu Da as his expeditionary force. General Lu entered Henan by boat from the Huaihe River.

After Zhu Wenzheng entered Shandong, he was unstoppable. In less than a month, he captured all areas in Shandong. Wang Xuan, Wang Xin and Zhang Shide, who replaced Taifeiyin to guard Shandong, all hurriedly withdrew northward.

After Xu Da entered Henan, he also attacked Luoyang and wiped out all 50,000 elite troops of Tuoyin Timur, the younger brother of Wang Baobao. After Emperor Yuan Shun learned that Shandong had been lost, he was very panicked and hurriedly summoned his ministers to ask for advice.

"Your Majesty, the only thing we can do now is mobilize all the troops from Guanshan and go eastward to do the king's service."

At this time, Tai Feiyin, who had become the right prime minister, raised his hand and expressed his opinion first.

Emperor Yuan Shun asked: "After all the troops in Guan and Shaanxi are mobilized, who can defend Guan and Shaanxi?"

"Li Siqi should be ordered to guard it."

Taifein replied.

Emperor Yuan Shun nodded.

Therefore, the Yuan Dynasty ordered Shaanxi Province Zuo Prime Minister Tulu, Du Marshal Zhang Liangbi and others to leave the pass and let Li Siqi guard Tongguan.

But in the end, neither Tulu nor Li Siqi obeyed the order.

The reason was that Emperor Yuan Shun only had edicts but no money and grain distribution, and these local armed forces had begun to hope that Datong Society could get rid of Emperor Yuan Shun for them.

Therefore, this allowed Zhu Wenzheng and Xu Da to continue to advance rapidly and join forces in Tongzhou in August of this year.

At the same time, Yu Dahai and Hua Yun also defeated Ruizhou in July of that year, Hua Yunlong, the commander-in-chief, also defeated Jizhou in August, and Miao Daheng, the commander-in-chief, defeated Xuande in the same month.

Emperor Yuan Shun soon learned of the news and was shocked.

"How did these Datong thieves appear in the passes in the north first?"

Emperor Yuan Shun couldn't help but ask Taifeiyin, Zhuo Sijian and other ministers.

Tai Feiyin said with a frustrated face at this time: "I think it was the Datong thieves who left by sea in advance."

After hearing what Taifeiyin said, Emperor Yuan Shun smiled bitterly: "It makes sense!"

Then, Emperor Yuan Shun collapsed on the throne: "So, my Dayuan is really doomed now?"

"Your Majesty, you can still defend the capital and order soldiers and horses from all over the country to serve the king."

At this time, Taifeiyin said something.

Emperor Yuan Shun still smiled bitterly: "Let's do it."

Then, Emperor Yuan Shun looked at Tai Feiyin and others: "Is it true that I, Dayuan, can't do anything against his Datong thieves?"

Tai Feiyin hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have secretly ordered Chen Zuren, the envoy of the Taichang Temple Ceremony Hall, to go south to meet Zhu Yuanzhang in the name of surrender, and to look for an opportunity to assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang! As long as Zhu Yuanzhang dies, Datong Society will inevitably be in civil strife, and I will be able to Even if Zhu Yuanzhang does not die, it will cause turmoil within him. Zhu Yuanzhang is uneasy and has to send his troops back south first. "

"What a plan!"

"I just don't know if it's too late!"

Emperor Yuan Shun sighed.

The gathering at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang did indeed meet with Chen Zuren, a civil servant of the Yuan Dynasty after he learned that he had come to surrender, and asked him about matters concerning Dadu and the Yuan Dynasty.

But Chen Zuren saw that Zhu Yuanzhang actually pulled out the soft sword from his waist and stabbed Zhu Yuanzhang.

What Chen Zuren didn't know was that there were secret guards around Zhu Yuanzhang, so he quickly ran out of the secret room and subdued Chen Zuren.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Chen Zuren: "Who asked you to kill me?"

(End of this chapter)