Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 113 Guo Zixing becomes king, Mengpo, Zhu Yuanzhang takes orders in danger

Guo Zixing was just happy about the appearance of the "white turtle with the word" when Li Menggeng's sudden words made him feel as if someone had poured cold water on him.

Guo Zixing then asked Li Mengeng in a deep voice: "Do you have any real evidence?"

"Have!"

As Li Menggeng spoke, he took out a letter and said:
"This is a letter I just got from the slave of the Ren family."

"This letter is a reply from a monk in Wuhe to Manager Ren. In the letter, he asked how to operate the effect of the white turtle with the word "White Turtle".

"And this monk also said that they have found the white deer and are willing to sell it to Manager Ren for twenty gold as a second blessing for you, Marshal."

Ren Zhigong's face turned gloomy here.

He really didn't expect that Li Menggeng would come out of nowhere like this.

Ren Zhigong couldn't help but glance at Li Mengeng.

"Commander! It hasn't been long since Haozhou learned a lesson!"

Ren Zhigong immediately yelled at Zhu Yuanzhang and refused to let Zhu Yuanzhang speak any more, and said to Guo Zixing:
"Commander, you must not be fooled by Zhu Yuanzhang!"

Guo Zixing, who felt deeply disappointed, had to take it seriously.

"Commander!"

Ren Zhigong then spoke urgently.

Ren Zhigong hurriedly knelt down and denied in a panic:
"Commander, I am so unjust. I don't even know that this white turtle is man-made!"

He understood Guo Zixing's character, so he believed that as long as he got involved with Zhu Yuanzhang, he could make Guo Zixing hesitate.

Guo Zixing replied.

Guo Zixing immediately took the letter over and opened it to read.

Li Menggeng lowered his head with a hint of guilt.

Because Ren Zhigong saw Zhu Yuanzhang grinning at the side, he suddenly pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Commander, it must be Zhu Yuanzhang. It is Zhu Yuanzhang who teamed up with Li Menggen to humiliate him!"

Li Menggeng denied Ren Zhigong's statement at this time and said:
"What's more, I have no personal grudge against General Manager Ren. There is no need to frame him. I do this just to be loyal to the commander, so I have to tell the truth!"

After reading it.

"Of course I have the desire to follow the commander-in-chief and become a hero and be rich for generations, but I really don't have such sinister thoughts!"

Ren Zhigong was also driven into panic now, so he pinned his own motives on Zhu Yuanzhang and forced it to be Zhu Yuanzhang's motives.

Therefore, when Li Menggeng said this, Guo Zixing also nodded:

"You don't know, then why did Li Yushi say that you got this letter from your slave?"

"I am a close confidant of your old department, and I have been following you! If you really believe their words at this time and kill me, you will have fallen into their trap!"

Ren Zhigong said: "Commander, you can't believe his surnamed Li's words! I'm afraid that humble servant has been bribed by Li Yushi, and Li Yushi deliberately took this opportunity to frame me, Commander!" "

At this moment.

However, Ren Zhigong shouted at this moment, stared at Li Mengeng, and asked Li Mengeng: "Why do you suddenly want to harm me like this?!"

"These days, who knows if someone will assassinate you because of power and wealth!"

As Ren Zhigong said this, he kowtowed again and said, "Commander, please give me a lesson!"

Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but squint at Ren Zhigong.

Ren Zhigong then hurriedly said: "The commander-in-chief doesn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang has always secretly wanted to be recruited by Hu Yuan, so he colluded with Hu Yuanduo, and often secretly showed his favor to Hu Yuan. This time, he must have accepted Hu Yuanping Zhangye." Tamerlane deliberately used this method to assassinate you in order to cut off the cronies around you and make your power in Chuzhou City even weaker in the future. In this way, he can directly attack you when the Yuan soldiers arrive. You are forced to surrender the city!"

"Commander, I am not humble. I did get this letter from Ren Zhigong's slave."

then.

Guo Zixing turned around, looked at Ren Zhigong, and asked Ren Zhigong seriously: "I bet this white turtle is not an auspicious sign from heaven, is it you who is doing something secretly?!"

"How do you explain it!"

After Guo Zixing said that, he looked at Ren Zhigong: "Ren Zhigong, tell me the truth, do you have such thoughts?"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said to Guo Zixing: "Father, Commander-in-Chief, Yuanzhang has absolutely no such intention!"

"This indeed shows that the white turtle with the word "Not from Heaven" is someone who is deliberately asking us to become king in advance. They think that we have been following Mr. Zhang's suggestion of "slowly becoming king" and ruined his plan. Therefore, we have to use this method. This method allows us to quickly become the king and also inspires the brothers in the rebel army to obey the dragon."

Guo Zixing bared his teeth as he spoke: "This man is really despicable and shameless!"

People in this era still believe in God's will, so there is a big difference whether auspiciousness comes from heaven or is man-made.

"There is no such thing as being humble. There is really no such thing as being humble!"

Guo Zixing was indeed a little moved at this time.

"You have!"

Now that Guo Zixing knew that the white turtle was man-made, he regained his senses.

"Li Menggeng!"

"Li Yushi is right!"

Li Mengeng still didn't raise his head, and only said: "Commander, no matter what happens, what is certain is that the white turtle is not an auspicious sign from heaven, but is actually man-made. Someone deliberately encouraged the commander to become the king, and then let the commander be pushed ahead by Hu Yuan. Notice that the commander-in-chief, like Zhang Shicheng, was surrounded and suppressed by Hu Yuan in advance with heavy troops!"

He has always been very suspicious, especially his experience in Haozhou, which made him even more distrustful of human nature.

Therefore, Guo Zixing did not immediately decide to deal with Ren Zhigong.

Seeing this, Ren Zhigong continued: "Commander, this letter is just written by a monk. It is not a humble personal letter. It cannot be believed. Moreover, it is obvious that this is probably a trap!"

"Report!" Just when Ren Zhigong said this, Geng Zaicheng, the governor, came over and said to Guo Zixing:

"Commander! The Sentinel Cavalry has come to report that there are Yuan soldiers, said to be one hundred thousand, who have come to attack Chuzhou. They have set up camp twenty miles outside the city. Outside Chuzhou City, a large number of Yuan soldiers' Sentinel Cavalry have appeared. Our Sentinel Cavalry can no longer The enemy, so please withdraw to the city!"

"what?!"

Guo Zixing was shocked after hearing this.

Ren Zhigong was the only one who was not surprised by this. He even secretly rejoiced. He only glanced at Li Mengeng and said hurriedly:
"Commander! This Yuan soldier must have been recruited by Zhu Yuanzhang!"

"Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Menggeng planned to let you kill me for this matter first, and then take the opportunity to cause civil strife in the city, and then force you to surrender the city!"

Ren Zhigong once again placed his conspiracy on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang only glanced at Li Mengeng faintly.

But Li Menggeng said nothing at this time.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to stand up and said: "Commander Father, Yuan Zhang is willing to personally lead the troops to repel the Yuan soldiers to prove that he has not secretly made peace with Hu Yuan and does not dare to fight against the Yuan soldiers!"

But Ren Zhigong said hurriedly: "Commander, you can't do that!"

then.

Ren Zhigong then said: "Commander, you are aware that letting Zhu Yuanzhang go out at this time will only give Zhu Yuanzhang a chance to surrender directly to the Yuan soldiers! It's better to let me lead the troops out and fight against the Yuan soldiers, and also let me prove myself to the Marshal." It’s loyalty!”

"this."

Guo Zixing hesitated. He didn't know whether to believe Zhu Yuanzhang or Ren Zhigong.

At this time, Guo Tianjue walked up to Guo Zixing and said: "Commander Father, we can't let Zhu Yuanzhang go out. There is no guarantee that he will really surrender. Manager Ren is one of our own."

Guo Zixing secretly nodded after hearing this.

He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was more capable, so he was more worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would collude with Hu Yuan because he restricted his power. In that case, even if he was forced to surrender Hu Yuan and accept the recruitment, he was afraid that he would lose power to Hu Yuan. He didn't do as well as Zhu Yuanzhang on the court.

to this end.

Guo Zixing scolded Guo Tianjue: "Nonsense!"

then.

Guo Zixing then said: "Yuanzhang and Zhigong are both our own people, and they are both worthy of my trust. There may be other secrets in this, and it may be that others deliberately alienated and framed them, but no matter what, Yuanzhang's More capable.”

talking.

Guo Zixing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said with a smile: "So Yuanzhang, you stay in the city, the defense in the city is more important!"

Zhu Yuanzhang could only say yes.

Guo Zixing then said to Ren Zhigong: "We will give you a chance to prove your innocence! You lead your cavalry army to test the strength of the Yuan soldiers. If I see you fearing the enemy like a tiger, your whole family will be killed!"

"Please don't worry, Commander!"

Ren Zhigong was overjoyed.

"Father is handsome!"

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to persuade Guo Zixing not to trust Zhigong lightly.

But Guo Zixing waved his hand to stop Zhu Yuanzhang: "You don't have to say any more!"

And not long after.

Ren Zhigong really led his cavalry out of the city.

Guo Zixing, Zhu Yuanzhang and others also came to the tower to watch the Yuan soldiers.

But who would have expected that as soon as Ren Zhigong left the city, he dismounted his horse, knelt in front of the Yuan army's stronghold, and shouted loudly: "Sinner Ren Zhigong and his servants came to surrender, please Pingzhang to take him in!"

The Sentinel of Guo Department who was monitoring Ren Zhigong was shocked when he saw this, and immediately rushed back to report the matter to Guo Zixing.

After hearing this, Guo Zixing was stunned.

"The husband lied to me!"

Guo Zixing couldn't help but roared, and his whole face turned red to the color of pig liver.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly supported Guo Zixing: "Father, please calm down! It's not appropriate to get angry for such a villain."

Guo Zixing seemed to have high blood pressure, so when he was excited and yelling, he felt dizzy instantly. He was a little unsteady and fell half into Zhu Yuanzhang's arms and said:

"Yuanzhang, what should we do? This despicable villain surrenders the enemy, and he must know the truth and truth of Chuzhou!"

"Father, Yuan Zhang is willing to lead the troops to fight again!"

"Because it is impossible for the Yuan soldiers to trust Ren Zhigong and not worry that Ren Zhigong is pretending to surrender. Therefore, if Yuan Zhang leads his troops to attack the camp again, the Yuan soldiers will not dare to open the gate of the camp to admit this thief!"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have already had a countermeasure, so he immediately put forward new suggestions.

Guo Zixing was still hesitant.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "My father doesn't let Yuan Zhang go, so why should Tianjue and the others take this risk?!"

After hearing this, Guo Tianjue hurriedly said: "Father, it seems that the real villain is Ren Zhigong, and brother Guorui is trustworthy!"

Other generals of the Guo family also agreed and supported allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to lead his troops out to stop this incident, because they did not dare to go out on their own and fight against the Yuan soldiers' 100,000 troops.

Guo Zixing himself was naturally even more afraid to go out.

Therefore, after all these people said this, Guo Zixing finally made up his mind and said: "Okay, Yuan Zhang, you take Geng Zaicheng's one thousand horse army in the city and go out to fight Yuan Bing immediately!"

(End of this chapter)