Chapter 342 Ying Tianfu

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the tower of Yingtian Mansion and looked into the distance.

It has been 14 years. Since the rise of the army, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind has been particularly broad, but the reality is always unsatisfactory.

Offensive collection is his established strategic intention. Only when he comes to the south of the Yangtze River can he open up the situation. However, now that this place has been occupied, the situation has not been opened.

In the east, the Yuan general is determined to guard the Zhenjiang River; Zhang Shicheng in the southeast has taken the lead, occupying the Pingjiang River, Hangzhou, and plundering the west of Zhejiang; in the south, the Yuan general Ba Sier is stationed in Huizhou, and the other army is stationed in Ningguo; in the west, Chizhou has been occupied by Xu Zhenyi, and there is also the established Tianwan regime; in the southeast, the Yuan general Shi Moyi is guarded by the office. In the state, Shi Muhou's grandson guarded Wuzhou, and Song Boyan did not guard Quzhou.

If you want to open up the situation in this chaotic situation, there is only one way: fight!

has always been besieged by the Yuan army, so that although Zhu Yuanzhang has a firm foothold in Yingtianfu, he can't get out.

Now, the provincial army besieging Zhu Yuanzhang has withdrawn from all important places, and the temporary siege of Yingtianfu should have been lifted.

Where can I find a breakthrough?

Zhu Yuanzhang's mind moved silently. In this troubled world, what did he rely on until now? Force!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's strength is weak, his army training is absolutely the first. The quality of the army has always been very high. If you want to enter his army, you must go through strict screening. Those who are not suitable to be soldiers will never enter his team. Moreover, his generals, especially Xu Da, are brave. The fierce general, so the combat effectiveness of his army has always been higher than that of the Yuan army.

However, he was very dissatisfied with the weapons equipped by his army.

The area he occupied hardly produces iron. Last time, thousands of catties of iron were used from Zhang Shicheng, which had been used for a long time. Now the weapons are almost mainly seized, resulting in weapons taking advantage of.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang regretted that Jiao Yu, who made firearms for him, also ran to Zhang Shicheng's camp. Now Zhang Shicheng's army mainly uses firearms as a weapon, which is powerful and equipped with many artillery. I heard that those artillery can collapse the city wall with one shot. With that kind of weapon, the siege is not easy to catch. Come on.

That Jiao Yu, who created some smart weapons here, heard that he was heavily used when he came to Zhang Shicheng, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very dissatisfied.

Jiao Yu was originally her own person, and she should find Zhang Shicheng to come back!

"Lord Pingzhang, military information came from Jiangbei." A guard shouted.

Since Han Liner, the king of Xiaoming, took the throne, he began to set up hundreds of officials under his command. Zhu Yuanzhang fought Jiqing and occupied a large area of territory. Zhu Yuanzhang was promoted to the same peer of the Privy Council, and soon he was promoted to Pingzhang in Jiangnan and other places. Zhu Yuanzhang's official position is not rare at all, but in order to show his obedience to the monarch. Or let the servant call himself like this, only the closest brother, or continue to call him the eldest brother.

Is there a military situation in Jiangbei? Is it the changes of the tartars in the north?

Zhu Yuanzhang marched into the south of the Yangtze River. The tars in Jiangbei were mainly handed over to Liu Futong to deal with them. However, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not relax his surveillance of Jiangbei. He could not hide anything from his ears.

"Say." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"There are signs of instability in the court of the northern tartars. Probably because of the struggle for imperial power, the emperor and the prince are estranged from each other. It is said that the two armies of Datong and Taiyuan are still fighting." The guard said.

Datong is the headquarters of the Yuan general, and Taiyuan is the department of the expansion of Timur. The two are loyal to the emperor and the prince of the current dynasty. The two people are strangling to death, which shows that there is really something wrong.

The struggle for imperial power has always been the most cruel struggle.

However, this is the best. The tars are not only unable to deal with the rebels everywhere, but also have internal in internal war. It is definitely a good opportunity for the rebels and for themselves.

That means that you can temporarily ignore the power of the Tutars, and you can continue to expand your territory and attack the city.

He has long taken a good look at another strategic place: Zhenjiang.

Zhenjiang is in the lower reaches of Yingtianfu, across the river from Yangzhou and beat Zhenjiang. Sooner or later, Yangzhou will also be its own. Moreover, Zhenjiang is also the hometown of fish and rice, with rich grain production.

In this troubled world, if you stick to self-protection, sooner or later you will have to be swallowed up by others. The only right choice is that your own strength will continue to be strong, strong, and no matter how strong you are.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew this truth, so he broke away from Guo Zixing's work alone for a long time before he had today's achievements. Although Guo Zixing was still on his head and Han Lin'er was on Guo Zixing's head, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that these were all nominal.

If he has the same weapon as Zhang Shicheng, then why worry about the big deal? While Zhu Yuanzhang envied Zhang Shicheng, he was also very jealous. If he had a weapon like Zhang Shicheng, he would have fought all over the country long ago. However, this shrinking turtle actually became a running dog of the Tatars and became a Zuo Cheng in Jiangnan Province.

This makes Zhu Yuanzhang look down on Zhang Shicheng. Although this person is capable, he lacks the necessary conditions for achieving great things: ambition.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the richest. I'm afraid Zhang Shicheng's plan is to sleep on the pile of wealth!

Zhu Yuanzhang guessed very accurately. Zhang Shicheng in history was indeed such a person. After he got the richest place in the south of the Yangtze River, he completely degenerated and did not want to make progress. The army lost his combat effectiveness. After looking at Chen Youliang being destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was also killed by Zhu Yuanzhang's autumn wind.

However, history will not repeat itself. Since Zhang Yang has become Zhang Shicheng, he naturally knows that if he wants to take office, he must constantly strengthen himself, and he must not stand still. However, Zhang Yang knows better that it is very important to accumulate strength. At some point, compromise is not terrible. He nominally obeys the Yuan Dynasty, but only nominally. He can rise up again at any time.

"Brother, my men have caught a few people who came to the city to sell private salt." Guo Ying found Zhu Yuanzhang on the top of the city and told him.

The salt industry has always been a key tax industry, and Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception. In the land he occupies, he can sell salt, but he has to pay double the tax, which is also an important part of his fiscal revenue.

Because the land occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang is inland, all salt must be imported from the outside, so that some illegal salt dealers want to smuggle sea salt.

Guo Ying was in charge of the safety of Ying Tianfu. Yesterday, his men caught several salt dealers.

If it is an ordinary salt dealer, there is no doubt that if he is caught, he will either beheaded or let the other party pay a generous amount of compensation, and there is no need to report it at all.

Guo Ying received a report from people and was ready to arrest several salt dealers. At this time, they were trading in the largest warehouse in Yingtianfu.

Seeing the soldiers around them, these people did not panic at all, which aggravated Guo Ying's suspicion. When ordinary private salt dealers saw the officers and soldiers, their first reaction was to escape. Their comings must be not small.

Next, a man in the middle of the salt dealer came out and took out an ingot of gold. Yes, it was gold. He said this as a fine. Then, the other party picked up the pole and wanted to leave.

It is said that the gold is enough to be fined. Guo Ying originally wanted to let it go, but he always felt a little strange. The style of these salt dealers is more like soldiers.

"Stand up!" Guo Ying shouted.

At this time, the salt dealer who was about to go out slowly turned around, and there was already a short fire in his hand.

" Get out of the way!" Guo Ying was shocked.

It can be equipped with fire. What kind of salt dealer is this? It is clearly Zhang Shicheng's subordinate.

If the other party just comes to sell some private salt, forget it. Who knows if the other party is here to spy on some information?

"Ban, bang, bang." A few fires sounded, and several soldiers fell on their own side.

"Chase!" Guo Ying knew that after the fire sounded, it had to be reloaded, so they could take advantage of this time to capture all the other party.

Unexpectedly, in an instant, the other party fired a second sound.

Guo Ying had to look at the other party and was about to disappear in the alley. At this time, the soldiers in charge of the patrol finally arrived.

After paying the price of dozens of people, they finally caught these salt dealers.

How to deal with it? Guo Ying didn't dare to make her own decisions, so she had to find her eldest brother.

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "A few salt dealers, just do what you want." He didn't know that there were so many things in between.

"Brother, please take a look at this." Guo Ying took out the captured fire. This is carried by several salt dealers.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it over. This is a short fire. It is a short but powerful fire. Just looking at the tube, you will know that it is made of good fine iron, and the whole body reveals the edge of metal.

Where did such a good fire come from? Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the east.

Zhang Shicheng, why did you send these people here? Have you already fallen in love with Ying Tianfu?

"Bring those salt dealers." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Soon, several men with blue noses and swollen eyes were brought up.

Dozens of my own people were killed by several people of the other party, which is a loss of face. How can the people who escort them give them a good color? It's not bad if they don't stab a few times.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the man behind him, he felt very familiar. He walked over and suddenly laughed.

"It turned out to be the Shixin brothers. I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm all right." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

These salt dealers are led by Shixin.

As Zhang Yang forced the court to agree to the conditions for liberalization of the salt market, the refined salt accumulated for more than half a year had a market. In the base of Dingxi Salt Farm, a large number of refined salt was purified, with high quality. After circulation, it quickly occupied many markets.

Shixin is responsible for some of the sales.

In addition to the areas controlled by the imperial court, there have been large areas occupied by the rebels and did not obey the orders of the imperial court. Shixin was moved to let the refined salt circulate to these areas.

Shi Xin often does this kind of thing. He is originally a private salt dealer. Under Zhang Yang, he has done many salt sales. He is naturally familiar with this kind of thing.

Therefore, Shi Xin did not say hello to Zhang Yang, so he went to open up the market.

Who knows, there was an accident here.

Those who followed Shixin to transport salt were all soldiers who had killed people on the battlefield. Those who had experienced the battlefield were not afraid of such small accidents at all. Shixin originally wanted to buy it with money. Who knew it, he could only run away. In order to run away, he could only kill a few people on the other party.

What they carry are all short Wufeng, with strong firepower, but the range is slightly closer.

Seeing that he was about to get out of danger, he was surrounded by many people and killed dozens of people for nothing, but he still didn't get away.

Kill so many people on the other side, thinking that the other party will let go of themselves? Then don't have beautiful dreams.

As a result, he saw that the other party did not directly cut off several of his own people on the spot, but took them to the wall. Next, he saw the person he was once familiar with, Zhu Yuanzhang.

Last time I did business with Zhu Yuanzhang, I didn't take advantage of it, and I was almost empty by Zhu Yuanzhang. Shi Xin knew that this was a big deal, which was more troublesome than killing myself directly. Maybe it would bring a lot of extra things to the eldest brother.

" Mr. Zhu, yes, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Shi Xin said.

"I heard that Mr. Zhang has recently become Zuocheng of the Jiangnan River Province of the imperial court. Zhu is busy with military affairs and has no time to congratulate him." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Where, where, Mr. Zhu occupied Jiqing and changed his name to Ying Tianfu, which is in accordance with God's will." Shi Xin said.

Zhu Yuanzhang's words just now were obviously mocking the eldest brother for defecting to the Yuan Dynasty. Of course, Shi Xin would not let go of it. You occupied a broken ground and called Ying Tian. What day can you respond to?

No one can beat Shixin by being stubborn.

After listening to this, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic just now: "I don't know if Mr. Zhang asked Shixin to come, but what's the matter?"

Is there any need to say this? Naturally, it is to make a fortune. Shi Xin said, "My eldest brother now has many salt farms. He has produced so much salt that he has to sell it. Moreover, I heard that Yingtianfu is short of salt. Didn't I send some salt for the people of Yingtianfu?"

"Is Mr. Zhang asking you to come just to send salt?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Oh no, Shi Xin was shocked. He was just surrounded. He answered just now, indicating that he was arranged by the eldest brother to come. Listening to his tone, the eldest brother arranged for himself to come. Transporting some private salt was a cover, and there were other purposes.

What's the purpose? Spying on military affairs? Shi Xin knew that Zhu Yuanzhang must have ulterior motives when he asked such a question.

"Sir Zhu, you don't know that it's not a small matter to send salt. There is so much salt in the salt farm. Our eldest brother has a headache all day long, so he has to find a way around to borrow Guibao for convenience." Shi Xin said.

"It's a pity." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "If you say hello to me in advance, with my relationship with Mr. Zhang, you can completely open up. However, your eldest brother is also a person who leads the army. Knowing the importance of the ban, I really have to kill you!"

Bah, if you really wanted to kill us, you would have done it a long time ago. Why wait until now? Shixin knew that if the other party said so, there was room for negotiation and wanted to ask for a price.

"Come on, take them to prison and wait for them to fall." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Shi Xin turned his head and walked down, knowing what the hell Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking. In short, he was not in danger for the time being.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the back of several people, and a perfect plan gradually formed in his mind.

(to be continued)