Chapter 300 Zhu Yuanzhang's next episode of celebration

The expansion is very straightforward, and it is very clear to see the problem. Accompanying the king is like a tiger. Since the emperor is coming to fight and take down the master, there must be no good thing. If the master goes back, I'm afraid there will be a worry about fate. Now, a group of high-ranking officials in most of the capital have been arrested. This is a political storm.

The expansion also knows that the current Yuan Dynasty has been shaken by wind and rain, relying on the Taishi here. If the Taishi falls down, then the end of the Yuan Dynasty will come. Hama and his gang came to power. It's okay for them to plot and govern the country. They don't have the ability.

Be sure to protect the teacher! This is the most direct idea of expansion. As for other things, he didn't think so much.

It's different. If he wanted to resist, he would have resisted as early as in the barracks. He knew that it was the emperor of the capital who listened to the slander, and he wanted to go back and explain it to the emperor. Even if the emperor still wants to punish himself, he is not afraid of it. After a few ups and downs, he has seen it. If he lives high in the temple, he worries about his people, and if he is far away from the world, he worries about his king. To be a loyal minister and an example in the world.

"Expansion, the most important thing for you at present is to return to Baoying City, collect all the troops, and defeat Zhang Shicheng." Tuo Tuo said, "As long as you can take down the Gaoyou Mansion, my safety will be guaranteed."

Expanding the seven-foot man, he also sighed at this time: "Master, go to my army first and watch me defeat Zhang Shicheng. Let's go back to Dadu together!"

Totou shook his head firmly: "If you want me to die, I have to die. The emperor wants me to go back. I can't delay. Otherwise, it will be a great rebellion and a crime of bullying the king. As ministers, we must have the part of being ministers." He returned to the car: "The military situation is urgent. You should put the state first. Don't delay any longer."

The expansion gritted his teeth: "Withdraw!" For today's plan, we can only take the Gaoyou House first.

The army once again embarked on the road to the south. After a few miles, he always felt uneasy. He transferred a thousand-person team, returned again, and quietly followed the convoy of the detachment. If there was anything wrong with the detachment, it would be better to take care of it.

The next day, the expansion reached the periphery of Baoying City, but found that he was in a dilemma.

The officers and soldiers in Baoying City have disappeared without a trace!

Since the capture of the Taishi, hundreds of thousands of troops have lost their backbone and have no intention to fight. Tai Fuhua and Xue Xue could not suppress the crowd. Coupled with the surprise attack of anti-thieves, the interior of Baoying City was all messed up, and the soldiers collapsed everywhere. After a thousand miles, Baoying City once again planted Zhang Shicheng's flag.

The expansion knew that he had lost the opportunity. Without those remaining officers and soldiers, it was unrealistic to attack Baoying City with his current people and horses. He fought hard with Zhang Shicheng's army, and he could only be injured by himself.

Think about it over and over again, expand the decision, return to your residence again, discuss with your father, see how the situation is in most of the capital, and then make a decision. These forces must not be consumed here for no reason.

Baoying City returned to his hands again. Zhang Yang stood in the county government of Baoying City, looked at the sky around him, and fell into meditation.

This battle has been completely over. From now on, the tars will no longer have the ability to pose a great threat to themselves. Moreover, I'm afraid it won't be long before the tars will send people to make peace with them.

Because most people need to eat, Zhang Yang occupied the Gaoyou Mansion and inserted a stake on the canal, cutting off the connection between the court and the south.

Although they can transport grain in the south by other means, the cost will be very high, and most food prices will rise sharply. The court made peace with itself, or if the court came to recruit himself, did he agree or not? What should I ask for? Do you want to be the provincial Zuocheng? Or do you need more?

At this time, I have come to a critical place, or a fork in the way. My victory will have a huge impact on the whole country. Should I take advantage of this victory to hit most of the capital and completely bury the tartars, or develop south in the original direction first?

"Lord." A voice came from my ear.

Zhang Yang knew that it was Shi Nai'an who came, and there was also a noise outside. It should be that the people who were scattered at the beginning moved back to Baoying City again.

"Mr. Shi, how are the people doing?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Lord, the people have been settled. I learned that we won another battle this time, and they are all celebrating the victory." Shi Nai'an said, "This time, we defeated the imperial army with less and more attacks, which has a very far-reaching impact. There is an endless stream of people coming to join the army."

Zhang Yang nodded. Although he won this time, he also exposed his shortcomings: after several expansions, the scale of the army is still not enough. If he wants to transfer to the whole country, he doesn't have an army of hundreds of thousands of troops. He has planned to carry out another round of recruitment and expand the size of the army to 100,000 people.

However, if the number of people is too large, there will be fewer people left to farm. Since I issued the measures to equalise the land and have been exempted from taxes for three years, the people like to farm and look forward to the arrival of a good day.

"Mr. Shi, thetars are defeated this time. I'm afraid the north will be empty, right?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Master, although the tars are defeated, the hundred-footed insects are dead but not stiff. The tars still have great strength. The two armies led by Chahan Timur and Li Siqi in the north are very difficult to deal with. Moreover, the north is Liu Futong's sphere of influence. He will definitely take this opportunity to come back again.

Hearing Zhang Yang's words, Shi Nai'an knew that the lord was probably moved to the north, which was contrary to the original plan. It was the right choice to go south first and seize a large area of affluent land.

"And in the south of us, Pingjiang Road, are still under the rule of the tars. The people there are waiting for us to rescue, and the power of the tars there is not very strong. With the help of this military power, we should cross the south of the Yangtze River and occupy those areas."

Shi Nai'an said: "There are many scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. The lord has always wanted to recruit talents. When he arrives there, there will definitely be gains. Most of the big families there are mainly engaged in business, supplemented by land production. As long as we take appropriate measures to balance the land without causing too much damage to them, we can get their support. After all, most of the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River still want to drive away the tars and return them to me, the Han people.

Zhang Yang thought, yes, if the army wants to develop, it needs a strong economy to inject blood for himself. Now I live in Gaoyoufu. Although I have a big deal of refined salt, it is still difficult to raise a strong army. In the south, the business is developed. As long as a certain amount of commercial tax is levied, I can have enough income. Although there is no commercial tax in this era, I will establish this set for them. The rules and regulations come.

As for the land in the hands of those people, it can be solved according to the method of treating the Shen family.

Although it has a more distinct political significance to fight the north, it can't get more benefits. It's better to fight the south first and consolidate your foundation.

If you want to fight the world, it is very important to have a strong base.

Moreover, with this victory, all kinds of injuries, large and small, will emerge. In Zhang Yang's memory, the two biggest forces are Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang.

Zhu Yuanzhang, he had already had an account with him. Originally, he thought that the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty in later generations had the capacity to be the emperor, but practice proved that this person was already a real villain, and he was not open and aboveboard at all. The history records of later generations must be wrong! Think about it. His history was written by scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Who dares to speak ill of him? Jin Yiwei had no choice but to kill his whole family.

And Chen Youliang is a hero in troubled times. This person has no benevolence, righteousness and morality. He joined Xu Shouhui's Red Turban Army, but trampled a person who promoted him under his feet and killed his good friend Ni Wenjun in an attempt to usurp the throne. He killed Tianwan general Zhao Pushheng, held Xu Shouhui hostage, and claimed to be the king of Han. After that, he killed Xu Shouhui and became the emperor himself. The name of the founding of the country is Dahan, and the name of the year is changed to Dayi. It can be seen that he despised all moral ethics and killed the people who took the throne. Unexpectedly, he called his year Dayi!

In the future, I will definitely have a conflict with these two people. Although from the perspective of anti-yuan industry, I should unite all the forces that can be united, in this era, if I sincerely associate with such people, then they will not hesitate to eat themselves without scum.

We should not only fight against them, but also beware of them at all times.

The north is the basis of the Yuan Dynasty. Moreover, there are not many waterways in the north, and it is very easy for cavalry to gallop. Therefore, when your cavalry strength has not reached a certain level, it is better not to provoke them. Your advantage lies in the navy. In the south, you can give full play to your advantages. Anyway, it is everywhere. It's to fight the tartars. Naturally, it's better to fight the tartars in the south first.

"Wait will settle down here, and we will go back to Gaoyou Mansion to discuss the southward." Zhang Yang said.

"The Lord is wise." Shi Nai'an said.

Suddenly, Luo Guanzhong came in a hurry.

"Lord, there is an emergency military situation." Luo Guanzhong said.

Emergency military situation? Isn't the tartar afraid of being hit by himself? Zhang Yang asked, "Is it the tars that has come out again?"

"No, it's Zhu Yuanzhang in the west." Luo Guanzhong said.

"Zhu Yuanzhang?" Zhang Yang asked, "What kind of military situation can Zhu Yuanzhang have?"

"Your lord, when we were fighting with the Tutar army in the past few days, Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the emptiness of the troops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province to lead the army to attack Jiqing." Luo Guanzhong said.

This Zhu Yuanzhang is really good at choosing the time. Zhang Yang thought that this person is also a hero with a strategic vision that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. He will beat down Jiqing, which means that he is also going to develop to the south?

"Bre the map!" Zhang Yang said.

The map at this time is not like that of future generations. There are various legends. The map drawn in proportion is just a kind of random drawing, and there will be various wrong sketches.

When you really fight a war, you must investigate it in detail.

Zhang Yang looked at the map in front of him for a while, and his eyes became colder and colder. At that time, he did not see where Jiqing was. Now, he finally understood that this Jiqing was Nanjing of later generations.

That is to say, after Zhu Yuanzhang was beaten here, he would become his nest in the future. He used this as a base to fight east and west, and finally established the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, he resisted the millions of troops of the imperial court here. Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to pursue the fruits of victory. He didn't see how much effort he fought, and he would not give up the territory.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang's attack on Chuzhou was probably intended here. He had already seen the rich places in the south of the Yangtze River.

It seems that he has to act quickly and can't let Zhu Yuanzhang take advantage of himself like this.

(Due to Zhang Yang's time travel and development here, there is a big departure from history. Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang did not win Jiqing until 1353. During the third attack, and he first attacked the upstream quarrying before attacking the downstream Jiqing, because Zhu Yuanzhang lacked a water army, which also became For the main obstacle to his future development, and now, due to the emergence of Zhang Yang, most of the troops and horses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have been dismobilized, which eventually led to Zhu Yuanzhang's first attack on Jiqing and successfully took it down.) Leave Zhang Tianqi's troops to guard Baoying, and the rest will immediately return to Gaoyou Mansion. Within ten days, bring enough ammunition and prepare to go south!" Zhang Yang said. Order Bian Yuanheng's navy to repair the warship, and prepare to go south after the tenth day.

With the afterglow of this victory, march to the south and take Pingjiang Road first. Let's see who dares to stop it! Zhang Yang is full of interest.

"At the same time, pay close attention to the movement of the north. If you find that the tars are still moving to the south, you will immediately use the carrier pigeon to urgently convey the military situation." When I go south this time, I will inevitably take away the experienced soldiers of the brigade. In case the tars kill a back gun again, I may really be hit.

However, in this era, even if it is a rush march, it will advance 100 miles a day and night, which is very different from the large-scale attack of the mechanized forces of later generations. As long as the north defends Baoying City and relies on Baoying City, if there are tars going south, it can be found at the first time that after the flying pigeons pass the book to Gaoyou Mansion, it will Fight for a few days of buffer time. At that time, Gaoyou Mansion will be ready for a long time. The tars have kowtowed in front of the Gaoyou Mansion several times. Will they still take their surnames to attack hard? This kind of possible surname is very small.

In fact, it is estimated that after Zhu Yuanzhang won the celebration, he will not have the strength to continue to attack the city for the time being. He has to take a break, right?

Zhang Yang guessed it right. At this time, although Zhu Yuanzhang took Jiqing, he could only temporarily stay in Jiqing and let the tired soldiers rest.

Although he won this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang also paid a heavy price.

At the beginning, on Anfeng Road, in Haozhou, and in Dingyuan, Zhu Yuanzhang's army could not develop much, because the land here was barren enough to support his army. Therefore, if you want to develop, you can only cross the Yangtze River and reach the south of the Yangtze River. The peace and Wuhu are all places rich in rice, as long as you can cross the long as you can. Jiang is another world.

And in Haozhou, together with those unmotivated Red Turban Army, there will never be development. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang took his own people and horses to beat Chuzhou and resisted the provincial soldiers and horses in Chuzhou for several months. Finally, Zhang Shicheng in the east began to make trouble. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang began to seize the opportunity to prepare for the celebration on the south bank.

However, there is still a Yangtze River in the middle. Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates have a walking army and a cavalry army, but no water army.

There are no boats, so I can only look at the river and sigh.

When the soldiers and horses in most of the capital were besieging Gaoyou Mansion aggressively, Zhu Yuanzhang was still worried. It happened that two Chaohu Water Armyes of the Red Turban Army came to return. Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and dealt with the merger in person.

It should not be too late. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the army to prepare for war. Just as Detuan arrived in the north of Gaoyoufu, more than a thousand warships of the Chaohu Water Army, carrying Zhu Yuanzhang's walking horse army, marched to the south of the Yangtze River.

Xu Da and the fierce general Hua Yun each led 10,000 elite soldiers to rush to Jiqing in two directions for the vanguard of the whole army.

At this time, there were only 10,000 defenders in Jiqing City.

However, Jiqing is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The dangerous side next to the Yangtze River is a tall wall built with huge stones. If you want to attack Jiqing directly from this side, you have to climb on the vertical wall, which is impossible.

More importantly, although Zhu Yuanzhang paid more attention to the development of firearms, Jiao Yu ran away, and his research and development of firearms fell into a standstill. Although it was equipped with fire, it was not very powerful, and there were also artillery with a range of only dozens of feet, which was not a big threat to the solid wall.

The tall city has a very good view. They threw bows and arrows from afar, causing great casualties to Zhu Yuanzhang's troops.

Two attacks in a row, with little effect.

At this moment, Xu Da and Hua Yun changed their tactics. They no longer directly attacked the unattainable waterfront wall, but divided their troops into two ways and quietly landed from 20 miles upstream and downstream. Without the circumstances of the defenders unconsciously, they reached the walls on both sides of the east and west.

Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang led the main force to attract the attention of the defenders on the waterway. After all, the tars had a considerable disadvantage: the strength was insufficient. They thought that as usual, the other party would fight with them on the water. They only needed to shoot arrows from afar to block the other party's approach.

Unexpectedly, two teams of soldiers quietly touched on both sides of the east and west. It was not until they climbed up the top of the city that they were found by the only 100-man garrison. At this moment, everything was too late.

Xu Da was also in the first team. He held a long gun in his hand and turned all the tars close to the ladder to the ground. A steady stream of soldiers poured into the city, and they finally succeeded.

After pedaling on the wall, they immediately rushed to the north wall. Although the Taters were brave, when they saw the soldiers who had rushed up, they knew that the situation was gone.

Some tartar soldiers began to resist, and some tartar soldiers had slipped out of the city and prepared to escape from the south gate.

Jiqing City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, fell into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang.

The great rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River are also in his eyes.

(to be continued)