Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 44 Empty Haozhou Gunpowder!

"Subordinate Guo Xing!"

"Subordinate Guo Ying!"

"Meet Marshal Du!"

Guo Xing and Guo Ying are indeed the 24 generals in Huaixi.

"Haha, two strong men, we have heard about you a long time ago. From now on, we will be brothers of our own family, and we will kill Tartars together to earn military merit!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

After all, Guo Zixing was still in front of him, so it was inconvenient to say something too warm.

"My subordinate, Marshal Xie Du!"

Both Guo Xing and Guo Ying also clasped their fists in salute. The two brothers had long been in Guo Zixing's army, and they had long admired Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation for military discipline.

The two brothers can't wait to go to battle to kill the enemy immediately, and show their skills to Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang!

Having arranged Guo Xing and Guo Ying, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said to Guo Zixing.

"Father-in-law, we already have enough soldiers and horses. I just discussed with my younger brother. I plan to leave Haozhou for battle in five days. I will ask my father-in-law to bring troops and horses tomorrow, and prepare to take over the city defense of Haozhou!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously.

"Five days, it's too...too urgent!"

Guo Zixing's face was full of joy, and he almost blurted out the word 'great', but forced it back.

"It's not too urgent. Right now, rebels from all over the country are attacking cities and territories. If we don't move out sooner, we might not even be able to drink soup!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously.

This is not to fool Guo Zixing, it is the truth.

The leader of the Red Turban Army, Liu Futong, was preparing for a three-way northern expedition to Mengyuan. Important towns such as Xuzhou, Guide, and Ruyang had already been captured by the Red Turban Army.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that if he didn't send troops south quickly, maybe Dingyuan, Chuzhou and other places would be occupied by some red scarf troops.

At that time, I will be in a dilemma. I can't attack the red scarf allies in order to grab the territory.

In that case, I would have no place to stand.

"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare!" Guo Zixing quickly agreed.

He didn't dare to be polite anymore, if Zhu Yuanzhang was delayed for another two days, it would be unbeautiful.

After Guo Zixing went back, he asked his three sons Guo Tianci, Guo Tianxu and Guo Tianjue to command the army and horses, ready to take over the city defense and the territory left by Zhu Yuanzhang at any time.

And he took out the handsome seal of "Marshal Guo of Haozhou Capital" that he had prepared long ago.

Keep it in your arms at any time, ready to issue the Anmin military order as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang leads the army to leave.

What is the security of the people and the uneasiness of the people, but secondly, the main purpose is to brighten up the 'Marshal Guo of Haozhou Capital'.

Inside Haozhou City, Zhu Han is making final preparations to leave Haozhou City.

Hu Yiba hurried in with a full face.

"My lord, I have already bought all the gunpowder in the city, and nothing has been lost!" Hu Yiba said excitedly.

For Zhu Han, nothing is more useful than gunpowder.

The next step is to attack Dingyuan and Chuzhou, and a quick victory will rely on gunpowder.

"What about the salt, sulfur, sugar and spirits in the city?" Zhu Han asked again.

Fire nitrate and sulfur are the raw materials for making gunpowder. Another raw material, charcoal, is very easy to obtain, so there is no need to hoard it specially.

As for sugar and spirits, they are another big killer that Zhu Han is going to test.

Distilled and purified high-concentration alcohol, together with combustion-supporting viscous sugar, is definitely the most powerful incendiary bomb.

The infantry array used to deal with the Yuan army will have a significant effect.

"My lord, these subordinates have also bought up all the shops and pharmacies in the city!" Hu Yiba said.

After everything is ready.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally led the army to leave from Haozhou. The five great men, including Guo Zixing and Sun Deya, took their subordinates out of the city to see them off.

"Marshal Zhu has won all the way, and the thieves will be put down as soon as possible!"

"Marshal Zhu, if you need anything, just ask, Sun will definitely help!"

Guo Zixing and Sun Deya sent the wine together, wishing that Zhu Yuanzhang would leave immediately.

Whether it is Guo Zixing or Sun Deya, they all feel that after Zhu Yuanzhang leaves Haozhou, they themselves will win the new battle.

After all, Guo Zixing has the title of marshal of the capital, and Sun Deya and others have a numerical advantage in joining forces.

"Zhu is in Haozhou, thanks to everyone's help, I am really sad to leave this time!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled while holding a wine glass.

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Han saw that Guo Zixing and Sun Deya were all embarrassed.

He laughed in his heart, these people were afraid that their elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang would not leave.

At this moment, he saw Guo Tianxu, the second son behind Guo Zixing, staring straight at Zhu Yuanzhang's army.

Zhu Han followed his eyes and saw that there was a team of family members of Zhu Yuanzhang's army. Among them, his sister-in-law Ma Xiuying was directing everyone to line up and prepare to leave.

Guo Tianxu's eyes fell on his sister-in-law Ma Xiuying.

"Guo Tianxu, the toad wants to eat swan meat. My brother is already married, but he still doesn't give up. Fortunately, he is leaving Haozhou City, otherwise this guy will definitely make trouble!" Zhu Han thought to himself.

Soon, after some politeness, Zhu Yuanzhang got on his horse and waved, and the whole army officially set off. Ten thousand soldiers and almost the same number of family members marched forward in mighty fashion.

Under Zhu Han's suggestion, the whole army was divided into front and rear armies.

The front army consisted of [-] Longxing pro-armies and most of the recruits, while the rear army consisted of a small number of recruits and all their family members.

The former army was led by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

The rear army was commanded by Tang He, and the marshal's wife Ma Xiuying was also in the rear army.

Regarding this arrangement, Zhu Yuanzhang has never understood the reason. Now that the army was marching, he asked Zhu Han next to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang now feels that if he doesn't ask Zhu Han some questions every day, he will miss a lot of progress.

"Brother, why do you insist on dividing into two armies?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Brother, the distance we are marching this time is very far, hundreds of miles. If the soldiers are with their families, if there is a battle, the soldiers will first go to protect the family members beside them, and then let them go quickly." It is very difficult to line up to meet the enemy, after all, it is human nature to protect relatives." Zhu Han said.

Hearing this statement, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement.

Especially the three thousand soldiers of Longxing, all of them have gone through hardships and never abandoned their relatives. If there is a crisis, they will definitely protect their families.

"If this is the case, can't they get together once in a while? For example, after the battle of Dingyuan City, let them get together once. Why do you have to prepare to conquer the whole of Chuzhou before you let them get together?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again .

For their southward attack this time, Dingyuan and Chuzhou are two important nodes, and there are more than a dozen other counties that must be captured.

After this battle, there will be no two or three months without thinking about ending it.

(End of this chapter)