The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 339 Designing the sack, the end of Li Zitong
Zhu Yuanzhang, as early as when he was attached to Li Zitong, had a huge ambition hidden in his heart.

However, because of the lack of strength and fledglings at that time, he has been loyal to Li Zitong for many years in a low-key manner.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang is buying people's hearts under his command, wooing various generals, and secretly recruiting talented people.

Therefore, today's Zhu Yuanzhang is already full-fledged, and he can turn his face against Li Zitong at any time.

However, the rise of the Taiping Army gave Zhu Yuanzhang a chance to get rid of Li Zitong by living up to his own reputation.

This trick is called "Killing with a Borrowing Knife!"

Obviously, there will soon be a huge wave in the land of Jianghuai, and it is only a matter of time before the sky changes.

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Wu Jun
It is only said that the Wu army is ready to go, and Sun Jian is preparing to personally lead the army to assist Lin Shihong.

But when the troops were sent out, the scouts came to report urgently that Li Zitong's army was coming.

For a moment, the scene was startled, and Sun Jian felt incredible for a moment!

"Why is this?"

"But you made a mistake in listening to the news?"

It's just that Sun Jian couldn't believe it for a moment, and he couldn't help asking in a questioning tone.

Hearing this, the scout was impatient, and said with crying eyes: "My lord, it's absolutely true!"

"Li Zitong's general Zhu Yuanzhang has led an army of [-] people across the Yangtze River."

"We've arrived in Yicheng now, and we're stationed here. We're eyeing Wu Jun, and we may be invaded at any time."

Following the scout's report in a crying tone, Sun Jian also knew the current predicament.

It seems that Li Zitong wants to put Benhou to death no matter what!
"But, did Li Zitong really just sit back and watch Lin Shihong perish?"

Immediately, Sun Jian was puzzled again, and he couldn't help but speak.

At this time, Zhang Zhao on the side seemed to understand everything, and said confidently: "My lord, I'm afraid Li Zitong's plan is not limited to this."

"Yizhao guessed that Li Zitong would definitely send reinforcements to help Lin Shihong."

"It's just that it's not really aid, but to create momentum so that the Taiping army will be cautious and dare not attack the city with all their strength."

"Next, Li Zitong will mobilize an army to attack our army. As long as our army is wiped out, then we will be able to gain a firm foothold in Jiangdong."

"At that time, even if Lin Shihong's troops perish, Li Zitong will be able to fight against the Taiping Army!"

Analyzing every word, Zhang Zhao also guessed almost all the strategies Zhu Yuanzhang planned.

However, in an instant, Sun Jian was angered. Sun Jian's character is extremely irritable, so how could he tolerate his "deception too much"?

"All officers and men, Li Zitong bullied people too much, bullied me Wu Dierlang, can you tolerate it, what should you do?"

"No, no!"

"Kill all the enemy troops, and kill them so that they are terrified!"

For a moment, seeing Sun Jian's unique personality charm, instantly raised the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers under his command.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Jian turned his guns and directed the whole army to kill Yicheng.

Although Zhang Zhao and others all opposed Sun Jian's impulsive actions, they should not send troops easily.

But how could Sun Jian, who was so angry, obey?
Immediately afterwards, Sun Jian left his eldest son Sun Ce to stay in Wujun, and appointed Han Dang as a general to lead the attack.

He vowed to defeat Zhu Yuanzhang in one fell swoop, and then seize Yicheng and expand his territory.

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Yicheng, Military Mansion Lobby

"Ha ha!"

"Yun Sheng is really lucky. After hearing that our army has assembled in Yicheng, that reckless man Sun Jian has already led the army to kill him!"

Suddenly, there was a solemn yet majestic laugh in the lobby of the military mansion.

Above the main seat, I saw a middle-aged general wearing a golden armor with a high expression. This general is Zhu Yuanzhang.

Hearing this, the scholar named "Yun Sheng" stood up and said slowly: "My lord, since the fish has already taken the bait."

"Our army should also implement the next plan!"

This scribe was none other than Zhu Sheng, the founding minister of the Ming Dynasty who was born, and it was Zhu Sheng who put forward the strategic decision of "building walls high, accumulating grain widely, and becoming king slowly".

As for the plan to destroy Sun Jian this time, it was precisely from Zhu Sheng's handwriting.

It can be said that Zhu Sheng has thoroughly considered Sun Jian's irritable character.

As early as when our own army gathered in Yicheng in large numbers and formed a situation of eyeing Wujun, we knew that Sun Jianjian would lead the army to fight for it.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and the people under his command have long aimed at this and designed Sun Jian's troops.

Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also prepared a plan to rescue Li Zitong, but he was killed in battle.

In this move, Zhu Yuanzhang's ambition is not insignificant. He not only wanted to kill Li Zitong secretly, but also annexed his tribe.

He is even planning to capture and kill Sun Jian in one fell swoop and seize Wu Jun.

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Since Li Zitong led the army to go south to support Lin Shihong, the Taiping Army continued to shrink the line of defense and moved closer to the camp.

Originally, according to the strategy offered by Zhu Yuanzhang, as long as the advance reaches a certain range, the march can be stopped.

Then create a big momentum, let the Taiping army throw a mouse, and dare not attack the city with all their strength!
However, in the past few days, Li Zitong led the army to defeat the Taiping Army, so he had no choice but to shrink the line of defense.

This made Li Zitong feel confident and passionate for a while, thinking that the Taiping Army's combat strength was mediocre.

Therefore, Li Zitong immediately ignored the Taiping Army, changed his original strategy, and marched into Xin'an with all his strength.

In fact, the reason why Li Zitong chose to continue to march was not simply a matter of the Taiping Army's "pure and weak" combat effectiveness.

The most important point is that as Zhu Yuanzhang's military achievements become more and more outstanding, his reputation in the army is almost comparable to him!

This could not help but make Li Zitong feel threatened, so the Taiping Army is not weak now.

Li Zitongcai suddenly changed his mind on the occasion, and the whole army continued to march into Xin'an, not only to help the South Vietnamese army break out of the siege.

Afterwards, it is even more necessary to lead the army to continue to attack the Taiping Army, and strive to drive the Taiping Army out of Yangzhou in one go.

As long as this move can be realized, it is not difficult to imagine that Li Zitong's military might will not be shaken by then.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang can no longer make him feel threatened.

However, Li Zitong didn't know that all of this was just Shi Dakai's plan.

Now Li Zitong is just taking another step towards the gate of hell.

Xu Da, the number one founding general in the early Ming Dynasty, is now in Li Zitong's army.

Xu Da, as the top commander, had actually seen the plan of the Taiping Army long ago, but he did not confess it to Li Zitong.

Because Xu Da was one of the generals who Zhu Yuanzhang secretly recovered when he pacified Jianghuai.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang appreciates him very much, Xu Da can be said to be a diehard loyalist, and he is only loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Today, Xu Da followed Li Zitong to the south to rescue, which was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Its purpose is to monitor Li Zitong, exhaust all plans, and put him to death!
Therefore, after Li Zitong announced that he would change his decision and lead the army to meet the military order head-on, Xu Da did not stand up to dissuade him.

Because, Xu Da's mission is to make Li Zitong die here.

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I just don't know how Shi Dakai should defeat the Jiangnan army and kill Li Zitong?

(End of this chapter)