Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 3 I suggest going to Chaohu

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When the cock crows three times, the world becomes bright.

The main house of the Zhu family had been arranged as a mourning hall, with two headless corpses placed in the middle, covered with white cloth. Zhu Shou, dressed in mourning, knelt there and cried inconsolably.

Lu Jin sat in the yard, dazed and yawning.

Last night he explained what happened to Zhu Shou and Zhang Wen. Zhu Shou was anxious to collect his father's body, so Lu Jin had no choice but to go with him again.

Zhu Sijiu was temporarily handed over to the care of a neighbor lady. The three of them pulled a cart to bring the body back. Zhang Wen also brought the horse back and hid it in the village.

He has been busy traveling through time since yesterday. In the meantime, he saw others killing people and he also killed someone himself. Then he escaped carefully all the way and helped someone collect the bodies in the middle of the night. He was extremely nervous and now feels tired and sleepy.

The most important thing is confusion!

In the morning he asked Zhang Wen, it was now August 1351th of the eleventh year of Zhizheng, which was , the first year of the Red Turban Rebellion, and he was currently in the countryside of Feidong, Luzhou. This was quite extraordinary.

Originally, when Lu Jin realized that he might be at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, his first thought was to seek refuge with Chong Ba Ge.

With his master's degree in mechanical engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, doctoral student in materials science, and status as a member of China's manned lunar landing project team, even if he couldn't become a Xiao He, at least he would have no problem becoming the Minister of Works.

But the problem is that it is now 1351, and Guo Zixing did not rebel until 1352, so Chongba Ge should still be a monk in Huangjue Temple now.

What the hell are you going to do? Are you going to become a monk together? Or should you go there early to make yourself familiar with the crowd?
Originally, this idea was just an inertia of historical thinking. Now, if we think about it carefully, Zhu Yuanzhang's political philosophy, his tendency to kill meritorious officials, and his reversal of history by enfeoffment in the country led to a tragedy like the Jingnan Campaign with heavy casualties.

He was also stubborn and even his own son Zhu Biao couldn't persuade him.

It is true that he rebuilt China and his achievements are indisputable, but would I really have a good ending if I defected to him?

Lu Jin couldn't help but have a big question mark in his mind!

Then he was confused. Who else could he support if not Zhu Yuanzhang? He looked down on others.

Go it alone? The war between the time travelers and the children of the planes? !

As a man working in aerospace, Lu Jin naturally didn't believe that humans could summon meteorites. Thinking of this, he finally mustered up some courage.

Just give it a try first, and take one step at a time. With the historical spoilers turned on and hundreds of years of experience and knowledge added, you may not be worse than Zhu Yuanzhang!
"Brother Lu?"

Just as Lu Jin was dozing off, Zhang Wen came over with three bowls of porridge and a pile of pickled vegetables.

"There's nothing good in our country, please bear with me."

When Lu Jin first arrived yesterday, they heard that he had killed an armored cavalryman alone and seized weapons, armor and horses. Zhang Wen and Zhu Shou were very impressed.

In addition, Lu Jin was the oldest among the three, Lu Jin was 23, Zhang Wen was 21, and Zhu Shou was 20, so the two of them always called him Brother Lu.

Moreover, Lu Jin was dressed strangely, with many strange things on him, and he didn't look like a cheap guy. He was also tall and handsome, which made the two men feel a lot of awe and mystery about him.

Lu Jin hurriedly helped to bring it over and put it on the small table in the yard, "I'm not a spoiled person, it's okay as long as there is something to eat."

But looking at the horrible food on the table, let’s not talk about whether it’s delicious or not, there’s not even a piece of dry food. Can two big guys really be full with such a small amount of food?

In ancient times, when conscripting labor, each person had to be given two liters (about three kilograms) of rice every day. Regardless of whether the rice could be distributed to the people or not, at least this amount was recorded on the books.

An adult laborer, if there is no side dish and he only eats staple food, can eat four or five kilograms of food a day.

Those who fantasize that they can support a army of warriors with just plain porridge and pickles are probably just feeding beggars. You pay even less than the corvée labor conscripted by the imperial court.

Lu Jin gained a new understanding of the living conditions of the people here.

Thinking of this, he took out two pure meat sausages from his backpack.

"This is sausage. I only have two left. Let's share this one among the three of us, and keep the other one for Xiao Sijiu."

As he said this, he took out a folding knife and cut the ham into three equal parts, taking only one portion for himself.

Zhang Wen was delighted when he saw this, his saliva started watering at the smell of meat, and he quickly greeted them.

"Zhu Shou, come and eat. Brother Lu even brought some meat." Zhu Shou's hoarse voice came immediately, "I can't eat anymore. You guys eat. There's not many people at home. Please forgive me for not entertaining you well."

Lu Jin and Zhang Wen looked at each other, and hurried over to help Zhu Shou over. Lu Jin even scolded him.

"How can you not eat? Do you still want revenge? If you starve to death, who will avenge your father? An elder brother is like a father. Now Sijiu only has you as a relative. If you die, who will take care of Sijiu? When you see your father in the afterlife, and he asks you where Sijiu is, how will you answer?"

"Yes, I want revenge. I want to take back my father and elder brother's heads!" Zhu Shou clenched his fists so hard that they made a crackling sound. He said with gritted teeth, and finally regained some fighting spirit.

The truth is, a headless corpse looks too tragic.
"Drink slowly, don't choke." Zhang Wen was also comforting his brother, then turned to ask Lu Jin.

"Brother Lu, you said yesterday that you wanted to join us in voting for the Red Scarf, but we haven't decided who to vote for. How about you help us make a decision? Then the three of us can go together and take care of each other so that we won't be bullied."

Lu Jin immediately perked up when he heard that.

"I have been wandering overseas and just returned to China not long ago. I don't know much about the recent situation. Can you tell me which red scarves are around here first?"

So Zhang Wen began to introduce the recent rebellion situation. Of course, it was only what he knew. After all, the two of them were just farmers and had limited channels for obtaining intelligence. Lu Jin then added a little bit based on his own understanding of history.

In May 1351, Han Shantong, a member of the White Lotus family, Du Zundao, a student who dropped out of the Imperial Academy, and Liu Futong, a police officer from a wealthy family, spread rumors and instigated an uprising of migrant workers from the Yellow River.

As a result, the matter was leaked, Han Shantong was arrested and killed, and Han Shantong's son Han Lin'er fled to Xuzhou.

In the same month, Liu and Du fled to Fuyang, Anhui, and again made anti-Yuan speeches, issued anti-Yuan manifestos, put forward the slogan of the Northern Expedition, and raised the flag of rebellion.

In June, the Yuan court sent the Azov Army to suppress the rebellion, which was defeated.

In July, Liu and Du's Red Army successively captured large areas of counties and cities in Xinyang and Zhumadian, Henan Province, opened warehouses to release grain, expanded the army in preparation for war, and suddenly recruited 100,000 soldiers, which was quite impressive.

In July of the same year, a Maitreya woman called "Miss Jinhua" used sorcery to confuse the people and gathered a crowd to rebel near Chaohu Lake. Her disciple was named Li Pusheng, who, together with Chao people Liao Yongan, Yu Tonghai, and Christian Zhao Pusheng, built a navy and rose up against the Yuan Dynasty to support Liu Du's Red Army.

Then the Chaohu navy was suppressed that month, Miss Jinhua was killed, Liao Yongan's troops retreated to Chaohu and built a stronghold to protect themselves, Zhao Pusheng occupied Hanshan slightly to the north, and Li Pusheng hid near Wuwei County where Chaohu Lake flows into the river.

There were probably three Yuan armies that defeated the Chaohu navy.

One is Hefei next to Chaohu Lake, which was called Luzhou at that time. Luzhou had a hereditary commander named Zuo Junbi, who had thousands of soldiers under his command.

Those armored cavalrymen who killed innocent people and claimed credit for their achievements yesterday were Zuo Junbi's men.

The second is Lu'an, southwest of Luzhou. There was a "righteous army" general named Zhu Liangzu, who also participated in the suppression last month. To put it bluntly, he was the Yuan court's militia organization, but Zhu Liangzu returned to Lu'an after the battle.

The third group is Kang Maocai from Heyang. He is from Qizhou, Hubei Province. He is also a militia general. He led more than 10,000 soldiers and naval forces stationed in He County. Because of his meritorious service in suppressing the Red Turbans, he is now appointed as the Huaixi Xuanwei Envoy.

The above is the situation around Hefei.

As for the heroic feat of eight people including Zhima Li and Zhao Junyong capturing Xuzhou at night on August 10, the news had not yet reached Hefei.

Also in August, Miss Jinhua and Zhao Pusheng and Li Pusheng's master, the rebel leader Peng Yingyu, led by cloth vendor Xu Shouhui, rebelled again in Hubei. In September, they occupied Huanggang and repelled the counterattack of the Yuan court. In October, they proclaimed themselves emperors and founded a new country, named "Da Song", not "Tianwan" as recorded in unofficial history, as evidenced by unearthed cultural relics.

Guo Zixing had to wait until the beginning of next year before he rebelled.

Chen Youliang? Chen Youliang rebelled last year (1350). In fact, among the several forces at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was the first to rebel, one year earlier than "The Stone Man with One Eye". However, he did not receive enough publicity in the early stage, and there was no public opinion to build momentum. His development was slow and he never became a force to be reckoned with. At this time, he was still a nobody.

The events in Xuzhou, Hubei, and Haozhou have either not happened yet, or have not been reported yet. At present, Lu Jin can only intervene in the affairs of Chaohu.

After thinking for a while, he said, "My suggestion is to join Liao Yongan's Chaohu Navy."

"Why? He was beaten so badly that he shrank into the lake and can't get out. Can we have a good life following him?" Zhang Wen and Zhu Shou were puzzled.

“First, I don’t like religion. You two brothers have also been educated to some extent and you should know that no one can succeed by believing in religion. Therefore, I will not support Zhao Pusheng and Li Pusheng.

"Secondly, it is precisely because the Chaohu Navy is in a miserable situation now that we have to surrender to them. After all, it is easy to add icing on the cake but difficult to provide timely assistance. If we surrender to them now and win a few battles, we will have the right to speak and no one will dare to look down on us." Lu Jin explained to the two.

Zhang Wen and Zhu Shou looked at each other and nodded.

"We listen to Brother Lu."

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