Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 139 Most of them are young rebels

Within three days of Zhu Wenzheng's arrival here, he assembled the Shenji Battalion of the First Army and began to fight across the river.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng and others have reorganized the jurisdiction of Chuzhou Xingzhongshu Province and reformed its organization.

However, because the Shenji Battalion had already established a reputation in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, its name was retained and used as a special title for an independent battalion.

The commander and instructor of this independent battalion is Zhu Wenzheng.

After Zhu Wenzheng led the Shenji Battalion to cross the river, he immediately launched a bloody counterattack against the Yuan soldiers and landlord armed forces who were raiding the villages along the Jiqing Road.

Bang bang!

The leading troops of the Shenji Battalion, which had just landed in Yanziji, penetrated into the village about thirty miles away from the river, encountered Yuan soldiers who were looting the village, and immediately shot at these Yuan soldiers.

These Yuan soldiers carrying chickens and geese were beaten to death in large numbers on the spot.

Many people stopped crying as a result, including some women who were being pushed to the ground by the Yuan soldiers.

However, after Zhu Wenzheng made such a decision, Li Wenzhong, who was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to gain experience with Zhu Wenzheng, couldn't help but said to Zhu Wenzheng:

The Shenji Battalion pursued them all the way, directly to the vicinity of Zhenjiang City.

"Mr. Zhang's words are correct, but it also depends on the time. Now a large number of Yuan soldiers are in the countryside, not in the big cities. Even many landlords and militiamen have gone to the countryside. What are we doing in the countryside? We are waiting for them to gather together to ambush us. ?"

The girl was almost raped by Yuan Bing and was extremely frightened. She had also seen the righteous deeds of the Shenji Battalion of the rebel army, so after seeing Zhu Wenzheng killing Yuan Bing, she instinctively ran to hug him and regarded him as a Being able to save her big brother seemed to be the only way to make her feel at ease.

Zhenjiang City is now the capital of Zhenjiang Road. Its geographical location is very important and it is the key point of communication between Nanjing and Yangzhou.

The Han landlords and semu people who committed the crime together with the Yuan soldiers began to flee crazily after seeing the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, shouting as they fled.

After Zhu Wenzheng arrived outside Zhenjiang City, he decided to attack Zhenjiang City.

The other officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion didn't laugh either, but they just hit those Yuan soldiers harder.

"At this time, it is better to concentrate our forces and attack a big city. If we attack it, we will save it! Force the Yuan soldiers and landlord militiamen from the countryside to come back. Attacking Zhenjiang City will just force Duo'er to call back all his troops."

Zhu Wenzheng was even hugged by a girl when he was passing by.

This made Zhu Wenzheng, who was hugged by a woman for the first time, stunned.

"Run quickly! The bandits are coming!"

"Send me an order to have the artillery team behind you come up quickly and prepare to attack Zhenjiang City."

Although many of the elite soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty who also came to the countryside to collect grain and sweep were wearing iron armor, they were also frightened by the infection and hurriedly stopped their sweep and ran to various cities and towns.

At this moment, he seemed to understand what Zhang Cheng had said.
The concept of "compatriots", so he stretched out his hand and gently put it behind the girl, smiled and comforted: "Don't be afraid, we are here!"

The girl nodded slightly, still crying.

Zhu Wenzheng only noticed that her eyes were full of tears, and he felt compassion and justice in his heart.

Because the Shenji Battalion is now an independent battalion, its main mission is independent guerrilla warfare, so the infantry is basically equipped with horses.

Therefore, the Shenji Battalion's marching speed is also very fast.

"Cousin, the guerrilla warfare taught by Mr. Zhang requires us to focus on rural development and not to seek big cities, lest the gains outweigh the losses. Why did you suddenly decide to attack a big city like Zhenjiang?"

But at this moment, he didn't feel any lust, even though the girl hugging him was half-undressed and her breasts were slightly exposed.

"What's more, our Shenji Battalion's current equipment is better than that of the Yuan soldiers, not worse than the Yuan soldiers. Not to mention the armor, there are sophisticated fire blunderbuss, divine fire flying crows, and vehicle-mounted bronze cannons that Mr. ordered to cast. At this time If we don't capture a big city, Duo'er won't dare to sweep the empty city easily, how long will we have to wait?"

Zhu Wenzheng wanted to give more advice to his cousin, so he explained his reasons to Li Wenzhong in detail.

After hearing this, Li Wenzhong thought for a while and said, "That's right. Both my uncle and Mr. Zhang said that it is better to have no books than to have all the letters. It seems that your ability to conquer Jiqing in the past was not only a result of Mr. Zhang's teachings, but also your own cleverness." related."

Zhu Wenzheng smiled slightly and patted Li Wenzhong on the shoulder.

Li Wenzhong continued: "Most of the homes of the people we rescued have been destroyed. In this rainy day in the south of the Yangtze River, they also need a temporary place to stay."

"Well, you're right."

Zhu Wenzheng glanced at Li Wenzhong in surprise. He did not expect that Li Wenzhong was really thinking by himself.

At this time, Li Wenzhong pointed to the group of people following behind him: "Cousin, look, the girl who hugged you before has also followed you along with her fellow villagers."

"Isn't she really committed to you and wants to be with you for the rest of her life?"

Li Wenzhong laughed as he spoke.

Zhu Wenzheng glared at him: "Why do you talk so much! I came with my fellow villagers to seek shelter from our Shenji camp. You said it was like recognizing me as husband and wife!"

Li Wenzhong smiled sarcastically: "I'll just tell you."

"You are bored, I will arrange something serious for you. You ask them to put up the military flag of the 'Shenji Camp' and Mr. Zhang's flag with the word 'Zhang' on the camp. I want all Yuan soldiers to know that Shenji Camp Jiying and Mr. Zhang have come to Jiangnan again. We have only been away from Jiangnan for a few months. I think the names of Mr. Zhang and Shenjiying can still scare Yuan soldiers here." Zhu Wenzheng ordered Li Wenzhong at this time.

After hearing this, Li Wenzhong said: "Then it is better to mobilize the people to embroider more flags like this, thousands of them, so that the Yuan soldiers will feel that Mr. Zhang and the Shenji Camp have never left Jiangnan and have grown stronger. Yuan soldiers did not dare to go to the countryside anymore, which made Duo'er unable to sleep, so he had to withdraw all the soldiers quickly."

"You kid can do it!"

Zhu Wenzheng smiled and pushed Li Wenzhong gently.

"I just remembered what they said about my uncle going to Hezhou just to use a lot of torches to trick Yuan soldiers into not taking back Hezhou. He is now learning and selling."

Li Wenzhong replied with a smile.

"That's how it should be. Although we are trying to achieve great unity, we are also fighting for our uncle. We are all one family, and a family should work hard in one place and strive for one goal!"

Zhu Wenzheng nodded, said a few words, and adopted Li Wenzhong's opinion. Geng Bingwen, who was promoted to the commander and deputy instructor of the Shenji Battalion because of his excellent performance in the graduation examination of the second general class of the Military Academy, gave the order. explain:

"Go and organize the people. First designate a place in the camp so that they can temporarily settle down in an orderly manner. Set up a mutual aid club and appoint the presidents of each club to ensure that after Zhenjiang is captured, the entry into the city will be orderly."

Geng Bingwen raised his hand and said yes.

then.

Zhu Wenzheng said to Li Wenzhong: "You should also go and be responsible for mobilizing good female workers among the people to do what you just mentioned."

"Hey!"

Li Wenzhong agreed and ran out of the camp with the soldiers assigned to him by Zhu Yuanzhang. He turned back and shouted to Geng Bingwen: "Geng Xundao, hurry up! If you wait any longer, my unknown cousin will not know where to go." Where is it?"

boom!
A piece of soil suddenly flew towards Li Wenzhong.

Li Wenzhong suddenly felt as if someone had punched him in the back. He couldn't help but look back and saw Zhu Wenzheng pouting and looking towards Zhenjiang City with a serious look on his face.

Li Wenzhong smiled when he saw this, and just followed Geng Bingwen to the team that was followed by the people.

Zhu Wenzheng laughed secretly after Li Wenzhong left, but he still couldn't help but cast his eyes in the direction where Li Wenzhong and Geng Bingwen left, and also wandered around the crowd of people to see the figure of the girl who hugged him.

Zhu Wenzheng is not yet twenty years old, Li Wenzhong is only sixteen years old, Geng Bingwen and Xie Cheng are both young, one is in his early twenties and the other is not yet twenty.

Like Zhu Wenzheng and others, Zhu Yuanzhang, who led the entire rebel army, was also young, only in his twenties.

The entire rebel army is also very young and energetic, just like most of its leaders.

Innocence and wit coexist.

Both integrity and courage.

The enterprising spirit and curiosity are still very strong, and there is even infinite longing and hope for the future.

No fear or worry.

Even in the relationship between men and women, there is a beautiful reverie of pure love in addition to sensuality.

Therefore, Li Wenzhong would have a lot of curiosity and expectations after seeing Zhu Wenzheng being hugged suddenly by a girl.

And Zhu Wenzheng also unconsciously expressed the desire of some young people to pursue love.

And this kind of mentality gave him a stronger desire to conquer Zhenjiang City and establish a new era of Datong.

"Master Geng, what do you think is the best way to defeat Zhenjiang City?"

Li Wenzhong also asked Geng Bingwen about how to attack Zhenjiang.

"I guess we still have to use big cannons to blast it. After the city collapses, we can use a ladder to climb in!"

"However, I think it is more interesting to defend Zhenjiang City. After facing the powerful artillery of our rebel army, I feel that strengthening the city wall is not enough. We also have to dig trenches and build mounds of earth to allow the cannonballs to be fired. It would be better to remove the power and wait for them to come in, then we can rely on the inner wall to resist."

Geng Bingwen spoke to Li Wenzhong very seriously, and Li Wenzhong listened more seriously and said: "Then we will talk to my cousin later and ask him to prevent the defenders in the city from digging inner trenches."

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After Li Wenzhong left, Zhu Wenzheng told Xie Cheng, his fellow commander: "Take a person from the Qian Headquarters and go outside the city to continue to search for and suppress the reactionaries, leaving more alive, because I think it is definitely the reactionaries in Zhenjiang who are harming the people around here. When the time comes, these captured opponents will be evidence that we will liquidate some landlords and bureaucrats in Zhenjiang City!"

Xie Cheng accepted the offer and rode out with a Shenji battalion from Qian Headquarters.

As Zhu Wenzheng said, today's Shenji Battalion has advanced equipment and is very advantageous in counter-mopping up. Therefore, Xie Cheng can easily discover the traces of the reactionaries through the newly developed telescope.

And Xie Cheng, who was less than 20 years old, was also a young and heroic young man. When he came to the countryside where Yuan soldiers and landlord armed forces were causing trouble, he jumped on his horse and rushed in with a newly developed three-eyed blunderbuss, like smashing a gopher. Generally smashed the heads of a large number of reactionaries.

For a time, as a large number of brains burst out, it seemed that he and his soldiers had made the land of Jiangnan more colorful throughout the spring.

(End of this chapter)