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

Chapter 79 The Chuzhou Gentleman's Considerations!

This posture is absolutely unusual!
"Yue Zhang, do you have any orders?" Guo Jiang asked immediately, saluting.

Regarding his son-in-law, Lu Wendao no longer had the usual politeness, but asked directly.

"Zhong Tao, do you know that the forward of the Red Scarf Army has appeared outside the city now?"

Guo Jiang immediately replied: "I know, there is indeed such a thing, but I heard that the number of people is very small, only one or two hundred people, so it is not a cause for concern."

Even if they didn't go to Qingyuan Town to participate in the battle, Guo Jiang and other Han generals knew the weakness of the Red Turban Army, that is, the extreme shortage of cavalry, only one or two hundred cavalry at most, which could not stop the Chuzhou army from retreating at all.

Lu Wendao was dressed in a Confucian uniform. After hearing Guo Jiang's answer, he didn't express his opinion, but continued to ask.

"Is it true that the family property savings of tens of thousands of people in Chuzhou City have been reduced to ashes?"

Hearing this sentence, Guo Jiang was also very distressed.

The Guo Jiang family migrated from the north to Chuzhou, and accumulated a large number of land, real estate and shops in nearly a hundred years, all of which were inside and outside the city of Chuzhou. If it was burned to ashes, Guo Jiang's heartache would be no worse than anyone else's.

"Master Zhongcheng has made a decision, it is difficult to change!" Guo Jiang sighed.

When Lu Wendao heard the words, he suddenly said in a low voice: "It's up to people, why don't you unite with the rest of the Han generals, and go to persuade Mr. Zhongcheng!"

"Persuasion, how to persuade? Mr. Zhongcheng is not very popular now, whoever persuades again may lose his head." Guo Jiang immediately shook his head and denied.

The prestige of the Mongols had a great influence on these generals of the Han army.

"No, we must persuade him again!" Lu Wendao said in an unquestionable tone.

Guo Jiang suddenly noticed something unusual in it, "Master Yue Zhang, how do you want me to persuade you?"

Lu Wendao matched up with Zhuo, Gu, Zhang and other patriarchs, and then said to Guo Jiang.

"Ahema's semu cavalry are all out of the city to wipe out the rioters, and the defense of Chuzhou city is in your hands. If Mr. Zhongcheng still refuses to persuade him, what if some red scarf thief sneaks into the city of Chuzhou and assassinates Mr. Zhongcheng? Maybe!" Lu Wendao said.

Zhuo Hong, the Patriarch of the Zhuo family next to him, followed closely and said: "The red scarf thief sneaked into the city, there must be an internal response, maybe those Semu people colluded with the red scarf thief, in order to protect the safety of Chuzhou, we must arrest the Semu people in the city and put them in prison!"

When Guo Jiang heard this, he finally understood the meaning of the old father-in-law Lu Wendao and others.

This is to give Zhongcheng Aluhui one last chance. If he still insists on burning Chuzhou and retreating to Jiangdong, then these Chuzhou tyrants will turn the tables and stop messing with the Mongols.

"Okay, then I'll go and persuade Mr. Zhongcheng!"

Guo Jiang thought for a while, and immediately made a decision.

The interests of these Han generals' families have already been aligned with these local tycoons in Chuzhou. It is absolutely unwilling to ask them to destroy their families and follow the same path as the Mongols.

After Guo Jiang left his father-in-law Lu's house, it was almost nightfall.

He didn't care to wait, and found several other Han generals who were close to him overnight.

They all came to the Chuzhou government office together, and asked to see Mr. Zhongcheng, Aluhui.

In Chuzhou Zhongcheng Mansion, Aluhui was ordering people to clean up gold, silver, treasures and other valuables.

According to the information sent back by the scouts outside the city, a vanguard cavalry of the Red Scarf Thieves has appeared outside Chuzhou City, and the army of the Red Scarf Thieves must not be far away.

Alu Hui is ready to give an order to burn Chuzhou city tomorrow and retreat to the south of the Yangtze River with the army.

While he was busy, he suddenly got a report that Guo Jiang and other Han generals had come to ask for an audience.

"Let them wait first!" Aluhui said impatiently.

He was putting together an interrogation paper.

When the Yuan army was retreating in Qingyuan Town, they captured several soldiers of the Red Scarf Army, brought them back to Chuzhou City, tortured them, and finally got a lot of information about the Red Scarf Army.

In particular, the information about the leaders of the red scarf thieves was rare and precious information for Yuan Ting.

Among them, the information of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han's brothers made Aluhui feel very important. From the beginning of the attack on Chuzhou, to the defeat of Timur, and then to the defeat of Qingyuan Town, it was Zhu Han's credit.

Aluhui sorted out the information, and planned to leave a few hidden stakes when he evacuated Chuzhou, looking for opportunities to assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang or the Zhu Han brothers.

As long as any one of them is eliminated, this group of Red Scarf Army will definitely lose its strength!

After Aluhui thought about a few potential candidates, he remembered the Han general Guo Jiang and others waiting outside the door.

"Let Guo Jiang and the others come in!" Aluhui ordered loudly.

Soon, Guo Jiang and others entered the study room. When they saw Aluhui, Guo Jiang led several Han generals to kneel down and beg.

"Lord Zhongcheng, please stay in Chuzhou for the last time, the city is here and the people are here!"

"My lord, the city of Chuzhou is dangerous, and the red scarf thieves will definitely not be able to break through it. Please don't burn the city and abandon it!"

"We are willing to live and die with Chuzhou, please take it back!"

Guo Jiang and others kowtowed and begged not to burn down Chuzhou City.

They have repeatedly stated that even if the city is in danger, they will set fire to the city with their own hands, and will never leave a single plant or tree for the red scarf thieves.

However, in the face of their begging, Alu Hui was completely unmoved.

Aluhui smiled coldly and said contemptuously.

"You Han people are the most capricious. If you stay in Chuzhou, how is that different from dedicating the city to the red scarf thieves?"

When Guo Jiang and the others heard the words, they were suddenly ashamed.

From their great-grandfather generation, they followed the Mongols to attack the Jurchen Jin Kingdom, and then went south to destroy the Song Dynasty. It can be said that they have worked hard, but they were still so despised by the Mongols.

Facing Guo Jiang and others' repeated pleadings, Aluhui finally got angry.

"You Han soldiers are just a bunch of disobedient dogs! Ben Zhongcheng has already summoned Ahema back to the city, and will burn the city and retreat to the south tomorrow morning. Anyone who dares to speak any more will immediately be punished by the bandits!" Aluhui said without a doubt scolded.

Guo Jiang and the others were ashen-faced, and their last efforts also failed.

After Alu Hui reprimanded them, he ordered the Han generals to leave.

Everyone walked out dejectedly, only Guo Jiang stayed where he was.

There was a strange look in Guo Jiang's eyes, as if he was making a difficult decision.

At this time, a Han general next to him felt a little puzzled, tugged at Guo Jiang's arm, and asked softly.

"Brother Guo, let's go!"

Unexpectedly, Guo Jiang didn't respond to this, but suddenly yelled at Aluhui.

"Lord Zhongcheng, be careful, there are assassins!"

Guo Jiang drew out his saber and slashed forward!
. . .

Outside the city of Chuzhou.

More than a dozen cavalrymen are hiding in a forest to rest.

Zhu Han is also among them.

(End of this chapter)