A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 30 Persuading Fang Guozhen to Surrender (1)

"Fang Guozhen has the talent of a general, but he is greedy for comfort and enjoys the glory and wealth of his own country. He has no intention of fighting for hegemony. To deal with him, we only need to divert tens of thousands of troops, defeat him several times, and then send a lobbyist. , you can easily obtain the land of the three mansions."

Yan Ling heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question, thought about it for a while, and gave an answer.

Fang Guozhen is actually a pretty good handsome guy.

Not to mention the several times he defeated the Yuan army, let's talk about Zhang Shicheng, who was also beaten to the point where he couldn't find his way.

Strangely enough, Zhang Shicheng seemed to have spent all his luck in Gaoyou. Throughout the late Yuan Dynasty, Chahan Timur, Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang, and Kuo Kuo Timur were all showing off, but Zhang Shicheng was the only one getting beaten.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the overall luxury and lewdness of Soochow's top brass. Generals in Soochow generally like to make money, and even bring singing girls with them to fights. Even if Zhang Shicheng doesn't grant them official posts and make wishes, these people will not Fight as ordered.In the end, even if they lost, Zhang Shicheng didn't bother to care and just lived his own life. How could he not be defeated like this?
In the 17th year of Zhizheng year, Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng fought in Kunshan. After seven battles and seven victories, Zhang Shicheng was defeated miserably.

He is still very good at military affairs.

But for such a strong man, he has no ambitions and only wants to live his own life in separate countries.Moreover, he is good at playing both sides of the situation, taking refuge with whichever side is stronger, and having affairs with various forces. This cunning character is extremely inconsistent with his honest appearance.

Therefore, Yan Ling has only one word for him: fight.

However, it was not a chasing and fierce beating, but a threatening one.

We must know that in the previous conflict between the two armies, Hu Shen defeated Fang Mingshan, Po Ruian then attacked Wenzhou, but he was defeated once and lost a city. Fang Guozhen was so frightened that he immediately wrote a letter to surrender, and offered to supply Xiwu with 3 platinum gold every year. Ten thousand taels.After Hangzhou was captured by Xiwu, he actually began to continuously build sand ships and transport his treasures on them, as if he was planning to run away.

It seemed like he was going to spend the rest of his life at sea.

At this time, Fang Guozhen has long lost the heroic spirit of his early years.
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In the 26th year of Zhizheng, Zhu Liangzu was ordered to lead his army to attack Fang Guozhen.

Although he is a demoted general, he is brave and loyal in battle. Over the years, he has accumulated merit and been promoted to participate in political affairs.

He attacked Taizhou first. Fang Guoying was defeated and fled, and Taizhou was captured.

Attack Wenzhou again, and within a few days, they also occupied the entire territory.

Only the last Qingyuan was left. Since it was where Fang Guozhen's old camp was, he had accumulated heavy troops. Zhu Liangzu was short of troops and temporarily stopped.

It's time for that lobbyist to show up.
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This is the first time Yan Ling has returned home in the past 15 years since he left his hometown to join Zhu Yuanzhang in the 11th year of Zhizheng.

Of course, although he has not been back for a long time, he still has the same control over the family. The family will send a considerable number of letters to Yan Ling's location every month, and he will decide the direction of major events. As for the rest, Things were controlled by his second uncle Yan Kang and his two adult brothers.

He doesn't have to worry about losing his authority at all, because the situation has gradually become clear in the past two years, and Zhu Yuanzhang is already looking to conquer the world. As for Fang Guozhen where they are...

Not to mention.

As Xiwu grew stronger, his position became more consolidated.

Yan Ling came to Qingyuan Mansion, and he faced a huge city.

He has never seen this city.In the early Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian nobles were worried that the Han people would rely on the city walls to resist, so they ordered the destruction of all the cities in the world. It was not until the great chaos in the 20th year of Zhizheng that the Qingyuan City was rebuilt. Now it is a tall and solid pass, and the senior officials of the Yan family have all Moved into the city.

If Xiwu were to attack by force, the price would probably be high.

Yan Ling narrowed his eyes. His trip was to remove this price for Xiwu.Entering the city, there were already people waiting there.Seeing Yan Ling's arrival, he was quite polite:

"This way, please." As soon as he turned around, a rather luxurious carriage appeared.

As soon as he saw the car, Yan Ling knew for sure that Fang Guozhen was ready to surrender.

The reason why he insisted on not surrendering was just because he hoped to gain some more benefits for himself.

Sure enough, as soon as he walked into Fang Guozhen's mansion, he was greeted by a strong man.

It was Fang Guoying, but after so many years, Yan Ling had forgotten what the original prisoner looked like, but the other party's next sentence directly revealed his identity:

"Yan Ling! Do you still remember what happened in Yin County in the past? They captured us back then, but pretended to let us go, tricking my brother into owing you a favor. Now you still dare to come see us?"

As he spoke, he actually drew out his sword and struck him on the neck.

Yan Ling didn't even blink. He stood upright on the spot with a smile on his face, watching helplessly as the sword blade struck his neck.

A strong gust of wind flashed by, and the knife stopped steadily not far from Yan Ling's neck, showing the opponent's strong control.

"A bit brave." Fang Guoying snorted.

"What happened in Yin County that day was my uncle's doing. Your brother and I have already reached a conclusion, so why bring up the old matter again?" Yan Ling smiled slightly, clamped the blade of the sword with two fingers, and pushed it away slowly but firmly: "As for me, This time, I am here to save your Fang clan, but you must know that the catastrophe of annihilation is just around the corner!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Fang Guoying's expression suddenly changed, but even the guards around him couldn't help but draw their swords. Yan Ling even noticed keenly that there seemed to be a figure flashing behind the window of the room not far away.

"How dare you dare to curse my family! If you don't say anything today, just stay here!" Fang Guoying was really angry this time, so she just said You want to exterminate the clan, who can bear this?
Yan Ling was unhurried. What he wanted was Fang Guoying's words.

"May I ask this general, who in today's world can be called a hero?"

Fang Guoying snorted coldly and accepted his criticism: "There are so many heroes in the world!"

"Xichuan Ming Yuzhen, who occupied the kingdom of Tianfu, defeated the Yuan army several times, managed it well, and founded the Xia Dynasty, can be called a hero."

After hearing this, Yan Ling smiled and shook his head:

"Ming Yuzhen went south to plunder the territory and was defeated by the King of Liang. He died young and his son Mingsheng was not as high as his father. He is not considered a hero."

Fang Guoying then said:
"Chen Youding in central Fujian used to lead dozens of troops to break into the enemy's formation. His bravery was unparalleled, and he defeated Tianwan's army and the Han army many times. He had good command and controlled eight counties in Fujian. He can be regarded as a hero."

"Although Chen Youding was in a separate state, he was loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, willing to be subordinate to others, and ignored the arguments between Huayi and Huayi. He is not a hero."

Yan Ling rejected him again.

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