Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 42 Plan to go south!

"Don't think about it in the north. Not to mention that it has been divided up by various soldiers and horses of the Red Turban Army. Our 3000-plus soldiers and horses can't stop the hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops." Zhu Han first made it clear that, Refuse to get involved in Liu Futong's Northern Expedition.

"Well, we think so too!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said.

"Then the remaining places are the three directions of east, west and south?" Xu Da thought while rubbing his stubble.

"We can't go to the west. I heard that the Jinghu Red Scarf Army won't deal with Liu Futong. We worshiped Liu Futong's incense. Going there will only cause trouble." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said.

The Red Scarf Army to the west of Haozhou belongs to the Red Scarf Army of Dabie Mountain in Jinghu. Although they also call themselves the Red Scarf Army, their leader Xu Shouhui is a faction of his own and does not buy Liu Futong's account.

Chen Youliang, king of the Han Dynasty who occupied Jinghu in history, came from this red scarf army.

Zhu Han accepted the quarrel, and continued.

"As for the east, there is no need to think about it. The private salt dealers in Yangzhou in Huaidong have strong soldiers and horses. There are thousands of soldiers and horses at every turn. It is very difficult to deal with. It is difficult to open the situation with our 3000 people. Once the Mengyuan in the north counterattacks aggressively, Haozhou It’s dangerous here, and so is Huaidong Yangzhou.”

In history, Zhang Shicheng's department was the private salt dealers in Huaidong. It can be said to be truly powerful. There were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at the beginning, and the rest of the private salt dealers and the Mongolian soldiers stationed in Yangzhou were definitely hard bones. .

"In that case, we can only go south!" Zhu Yuanzhang spread out a map and said slowly.

Xu Da, Tang He and others all surrounded him.

Zhu Han nodded, pointed at the map and said.

"Brother, Haozhou has no danger to defend. Once the Mongolian Yuan army goes south, it will bear the brunt of the brunt, but the Dingyuan and Chuzhou areas to the south of Haozhou are different. There are many waterways, which are convenient for naval warfare. No matter how strong the Mongolian Yuan army is , you have to kneel down there!" Zhu Han said very confidently.

Although it is located in Huaixi, Haozhou is close to the Huaihe River, which is more like the northern terrain. Although there is water conservancy in the Huaihe River, it is also very conducive to cavalry raids.

But Dingyuan and Chuzhou in the south are different. The mountains in Dingyuan are not conducive to cavalry raids. Chuzhou has convenient water conservancy and direct access to the Yangtze River. It is more like a county in the south of the Yangtze River. It is almost difficult for Mongolian and Yuan cavalry.

After hearing Zhu Han's suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang and others applauded.

"Good plan!"

"Go south, I heard that there has never been a drought in Chuzhou, and there is a bumper harvest every year!"

"Haozhou is facing a severe drought this year, and there may not be enough food to eat. It would be great to go to Chuzhou!"

Everyone unanimously agreed with Zhu Han's southward strategy.

"It's just that there are many yuan soldiers in Dingyuan and Chuzhou. The two places are horns of each other. I'm afraid it's not so easy to fight!" Zhu Yuanzhang worried.

Zhu Han didn't take this worry too seriously.

The distance between Dingyuan and Chuzhou is not very close, as long as they move fast enough, they are not afraid of any horns to help each other.

"Brother, there is no need to worry about this at all. Our current point attack tactics have been practiced very well. First break Dingyuan, and then break Chuzhou. They will never have time to react!" Zhu Han said confidently.

After these days of practice, Hu Yiba and other engineers' point attack and blasting were infinitely close to perfection.

In addition, Zhu Han improved a better gunpowder formula, which can blast the city wall with less gunpowder, which also shortens the time.

"That's great. In that case, we will go south to attack the city, and we will have nothing but food and grass!" Zhu Yuanzhang said happily.

Hearing this, Zhu Han said with a slight smile.

"Brother, after we go south, we're going to recruit soldiers and horses. Naturally, the more food, grass, weapons and armor, the better. We must take advantage of the opportunity to leave Haozhou and earn a fortune before leaving!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the words, he was a little moved immediately.

"Little brother, what are you going to do?"

"When we leave Haozhou, we can give up the position of Marshal of Haozhou to Guo Zixing. With the golden signboard of Marshal Du, Guo Zixing must be very happy. Taking the opportunity to ask him for a batch of food, grass and weapons, there is absolutely no problem!"

"Well, that's right, then let's do it like this!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and agreed without hesitation.

It's not that he deliberately cheated, but that Guo Zixing will definitely cooperate actively.

With the title of Marshal of Haozhou Capital, he can stand on top of Sun Deya and others in an open and honest manner.

For Guo Zixing, it can be described as a big goal.

really.

When Zhu Yuanzhang came to visit and said that he wanted to give Haozhou to Guo Zixing as the general, and that he planned to find another place to station, Guo Zixing couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes!
He didn't even ask Zhu Yuanzhang to speak. Guo Zixing just promised to support a large number of food, grass and weapons, lest Zhu Yuanzhang would regret not leaving Haozhou.

Guo Zixing had a good plan in mind, when he became the Marshal of Haozhou Capital, he could suppress Sun Deya and the others openly, no matter how unwilling they were, they would have nothing to do with him.

After all, Guo Zixing had the name of the Marshal of the capital at that time, and the strong support of his son-in-law Zhu Yuanzhang outside.

No matter how dissatisfied Sun Deya and others had to endure, unless they were not afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang's strong support.

Leaving Haozhou can be described as a win-win situation for Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Zixing!

In fact, Sun Deya and others were also very happy when Zhu Yuanzhang left Haozhou.

Although Guo Zixing became Marshal of Haozhou Capital, Zhu Yuanzhang was far away after all, and Sun Deya and the others could slowly find ways to counter Guo Zixing.

Haozhou City is so big, without one Zhu Yuanzhang, they can get more power.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang made it clear that he was going to lead his troops to leave, Sun Deya and other four marshals also generously donated their money and assisted in a large number of food and grass supplies.

When these supplies such as grain, grass, and battles were transported to Zhu Yuanzhang's army, Zhu Han was already happy.

"Brother, Guo Zixing and Sun Deya are really stupid. They can stay in Haozhou to protect us from swords and guns. Thank you!" Zhu Han joked.

"They all hope that we will leave Haozhou as soon as possible. Now that we have taken their things, we can no longer stay in Haozhou to cause trouble. My brother, when do you think we will leave?" Zhu Yuanzhang also asked with a smile.

Zhu Han thought for a while, and then said again.

"Brother, before we leave, there is one more thing to do!"

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly asked: "We already have enough food, grass and equipment, what else should we do?"

Hearing this, Zhu Han smiled slightly.

"Brother, we now have enough food, grass and equipment, so we can recruit more troops!"

"Didn't you say that soldiers are more expensive than elites?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked suspiciously.

"That was the beginning. Now that our army has experience, we can bring in more soldiers and horses. When we expand from [-] soldiers to [-], commanding them will not be a problem at all!" Zhu Han said.

(End of this chapter)