I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 113: Chaos breaks out, the ambitious Chen Youliang

The rebel forces at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were like a multitude of people crossing the river, but in the end only five or six forces emerged.

Among them, there are four groups called the Red Turban Army.

The northern Red Turban Army led by Han Shantong and Liu Futong,
The Red Turban Army in the south was led by Xu Shouhui and Chen Youliang.

There are also two smaller groups, namely Wang Quan and Zhang Chun who are in charge of the Red Turban Army in the North, and Meng Haima who are in charge of the Red Turban Army in the South.

The rest are naturally non-Red Turban forces led by the Celestial God Sect.

Including Fang Guozhen, who is now the Pirate King, and Zhang Shicheng, who became famous for defending Gaoyou City.

Among the several forces, the strongest one was naturally the Tianshen Sect founded by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The second place is the Tianwan Empire established by Xu Shouhui in the West.

It is said that when Xu Shouhui chose this name, he was worried that his country's name would not be able to suppress the Yuan Dynasty, so he added a few strokes above the Yuan Dynasty.

Every time Tianyu sees this, he feels that reading more is still useful. At least it will not lead to such feudal superstition.

However, at this time, the Tianwan Empire was no longer under the control of Xu Shouhui, who became emperor by relying on his looks.

It took Chen Youliang four years to successfully turn Xu Shouhui into a glorious commander without troops.

At this time, Chen Youliang was sitting on the throne that should have belonged to Xu Shouhui, looking down coldly at the handsome old man with cold sweat on his forehead below the steps.

Chen Youliang seemed to be talking to himself and said:

"It's time to meet that ghostly fellow."

Xu Shouhui below immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

He looked at Chen Youliang tremblingly and advised in fear:

"Are you going to cause trouble for Zhu Yuanzhang? There are gods and immortals over there. Haven't we already investigated? There are immortal arts, buildings, and even immortals. Our territory is not small now, so why bother to cause trouble for them?"

Xu Shouhui was a very superstitious person and never tired of worshiping gods and offering sacrifices to his ancestors.

Therefore, when facing the Ming Empire where science was the dominant force, the first thing Xu Shouhui thought of was to run as far as he could.

In history, Chen Youliang also had Xu Shouhui beaten to death when he invited him to worship gods.

At this time, Chen Youliang looked at Xu Shouhui as if he were a mentally retarded person.
It was not until Xu Shouhui's legs were shaking and the fear in his heart could no longer be stopped that Chen Youliang withdrew his gaze.

Chen Youliang shook his head with a sigh and said with a smile:

"It is indeed a miracle that you can survive until now in this chaotic world."

Xu Shouhui fell to his knees on the ground, and was so frightened by Chen Youliang's words that tears streamed down his cheeks:
"I don't want to be the emperor anymore. I'll give the throne to you and I'll be the chancellor. Is that okay with you?"

Chen Youliang looked speechlessly at the Tianwan Dynasty emperor who was about to piss himself with fear, and once again felt that it was only natural for him to sideline this waste.

He is nothing but a good person. It makes me angry every day when I see him sitting on the throne so high up.

However, at this time, Chen Youliang did not directly kill Xu Shouhui and ascend the throne as in history.

Because Xu Shouhui is still useful now.
Look at Liu Futong, he has Han Liner as his messenger.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a Han Shantong under his command. Except for Zhang Shicheng, the private salt dealer, everyone else was looking for someone to take the blame and put on stage to play a counter-acting role.

Therefore, Chen Youliang was also prepared to let Xu Shouhui live for a while longer. After all, even he was afraid of facing Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang's military achievements were so brilliant.
While everyone was fighting guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, others had already defeated the imperial court on the front line.

Now four years have passed, and no one knows how powerful Zhu Yuanzhang, who controls Yingtian, Shandong and Henan, has become.

If he couldn't defeat me, maybe he could still have some room for easing the situation with the help of Xu Shouhui. If Chen Youliang followed the original history, he would naturally not consider the consequences of failure. After all, his strength was the strongest in front of Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Today's Chen Youliang has developed secretly with the help of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he will naturally not become as arrogant as he was in history.

But he would not be afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Because he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had no navy, while he himself had an invincible naval fleet.

Like the quarry that Zhu Yuanzhang conquered with great effort using magic,

He only needed to drive the warship and use the short ladder to easily climb the city wall.

And it’s not like we didn’t do anything during these four years.

A large number of spies poured into Yingtian to investigate Zhu Yuanzhang's background.

As the Tianshen Religion developed, Yingtian gathered more than a million people and soldiers.

In order to stimulate the economy that had collapsed due to war, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered to improve the status of merchants, attracting many merchants to Yingtian to do business.

In addition, when the imperial palace was being built, Zhu Yuanzhang did not order the redstone system to be concealed, which resulted in the pistons, Qiankun bags (backpacks), and redstone ecosystems that were hailed as magical arts being basically exposed to the intelligence of the imperial court and people like Chen Youliang.

After all, these "magic arts" are architectural functions derived from sandbox games, and their application on the battlefield is very limited.

It might work as a brilliant strategy on the battlefield, but once it is used too many times, it will be easy for others to find a countermeasure.

Therefore, Chen Youliang would never submit to Zhu Yuanzhang just because of his supernatural power.
This is also the reason why Chen Youliang looked at Xu Shouhui as if he were mentally retarded.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, let alone a fight for the destiny of a country.

As long as Chen Youliang does not withdraw from the stage of the struggle for national destiny, there will be a battle between him and Zhu Yuanzhang sooner or later.

Rather than waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang's power to grow, it is better to let yourself choose the time to start a war.

At least in the current situation, as long as he could delay Zhu Yuanzhang for a few days, the forces of the entire Central Plains, including the imperial court, would rise up to attack him.

Chen Youliang stepped down from the throne that did not belong to him and came to Xu Shouhui's side.

Xu Shouhui trembled like a sieve and looked at Chen Youliang approaching him in despair.

Just when he thought he was doomed,
Chen Youliang suddenly laughed out loud on his gloomy face: "Hahaha~"

Xu Shouhui shuddered and took a step back in fear.
Seeing that Chen Youliang didn't make the next move, he smiled flatteringly without knowing why: "Ha, haha~haha"

Chen Youliang glanced at him, patted Xu Shouhui on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Give the order, we are going to go to war with the Ming Empire."

Xu Shouhui, who had experienced despair, nodded repeatedly.
At this moment, he finally realized that he, as the emperor, had no say at all, and if he was obedient, he could live longer.

As Chen Youliang clapped his hands, a group of ministers filed in from outside the hall.

At this time, the person sitting on the throne was Xu Shouhui.

Chen Youliang bowed to His Highness and said loudly:
"In the east, there is a rebel named Zhu Chongba, who uses the name of the gods to fool the people and disrupt the government. I now inform your majesty that you should send troops to attack him!"

All the ministers stepped forward and said loudly:

"I hope Your Majesty will agree!"

Xu Shouhui's face turned pale, and he was filled with despair as he looked at the court below where there was no opposition.

But when he saw Chen Youliang's eyes gradually narrowing, he immediately nodded in response:

"Can!"

(End of this chapter)