First Minister of Ming Dynasty

The commander of Lvpaizhai seemed displeased, and couldn't help but said: "We have long run out of food, and if we haven't delivered it yet, are we starving to death? If we don't have enough food tomorrow, we'll go and seek refuge with Lao Zhang!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled all over his face, "It will take time to allocate and deliver the food. Please be safe and don't be impatient. It will arrive tomorrow."

The Marshal of Lvpaizhai thought about it, finally nodded, let the horses and horses disperse, and each buried their pots for cooking. He also wanted to get off the horse and rest for a while.

It's just that he didn't notice that Lao Zhu didn't go far, he just went out dozens of steps and turned his horse's head... At this moment, Hua Yun suddenly waved the red flag, Lao Zhu saw the opportunity came, and immediately galloped away Stand out and rush over.

Although the number of people is small, the division of labor is clear. Fei Ju led twenty people, like a machete, to cut off the communication between the commander of Lvpaizhai and other subordinates, and Lao Zhu took the rest to arrest them.

They rushed over like lightning, and the commander of Lvpaizhai saw that something was wrong, and wanted to climb on his horse again. At this moment, Hua Yun was closest to him, jumped up suddenly, and rolled to the ground holding him.

Relying on her strong body, Hua Yun crushed the Marshal of Lvpaizhai under her body.

"Help! Help!"

The donkey brand marshal yelled at the top of his voice, and his guards were about to rush up, but at this moment, Lao Zhu had already arrived, and he charged hard, holding his saber high in his hand, which scared the group of people back and did not dare to come over.

Lao Zhu turned around and drove away all the guards, then called two people to dismount, assisted Hua Yun, and captured the commander of Lvpaizhai.

Looking at the other side, the more than 1000 subordinates are still stupid. Not only do they not want to come to rescue them, but they don't even know what happened.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. We are the Red Turban Rebels, and we won't kill people casually. You all squat down, don't run around, and the rations will be delivered soon."

Lao Zhu yelled sharply, and Fei Ju also led the cavalry, galloping around the outer circle, stopping those who tried to escape.Soon, these people will be honest.

Lao Zhu easily took control of the situation without a single soldier or a single drop of blood shed.

Even if the fighting strength of Lvpai village is too weak, it is enough to be proud of it.

At this moment, Hua Yun came in front of Lao Zhu, angrily said to him: "Sir, I asked them all to come out and cross the river together... But this thing insists on taking half of the people across the river first, to see what Marshal Guo is like, if you want to Donate generously, and he will bring everyone here. This bastard is really cunning!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also expected it, and there was no surprise.

"Fei Ju, take ten brothers to watch. Let's go to Lvpai Village with Hua Yun."

This old Zhu is really brave, there are only thirty people, and he dares to divide the army... But Lao Zhu just played it, and he took it for granted.

He asked Hua Yun to be in the front, and everyone came to Baogong River, and when they arrived at Lvpai Village, the people inside were completely unprepared, and the generals had left, so they would not waste their time.

Hua Yun just said that he was ordered by the commander-in-chief to let them cross the river together and enjoy the blessings.

This group of people were originally left behind, and now they heard that they could leave this dilapidated place, so they were naturally rejoiced. Taking advantage of the night, they lit up torches and prepared to set off.

But at this moment, someone came to deliver a letter suddenly, and Lao Zhang from Hengjian Mountain sent a batch of grain, which was worth a thousand shi. I hope that the heroes of Lvpai Village can return to the imperial court!

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, he almost laughed out loud, "It's so good, we accept it." Turning his head, Lao Zhu said to half of the soldiers and horses in Lvpai Village: "We will give you food, are you willing to serve us? ?”

What else do these people say, whoever feeds them will work hard for them, there is nothing wrong with it!

In a blink of an eye, Lao Zhu had almost 2000 more people, and there was still a thousand shi of grain waiting for him outside, but there were [-] yuan troops to escort the grain...

Chapter 45 Lee Sun Jang

Twenty against two hundred, it was one to ten again, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not panic at all. The continuous combat had given him strong confidence. Not necessarily afraid of two hundred ordinary soldiers and horses.

What's more, today's Yuan army is not as good as before.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the soldiers in Lvpaizhai to receive the food first, and told the Yuan army that the commander-in-chief agreed to join Lao Zhang, but there were still some details to be discussed, so he would send envoys to ask them to wait for a while.

Yuan Bing had no doubts, because they knew that the situation in Lvpaizhai was difficult, and it was reasonable to surrender.Moreover, this gang of Yuan soldiers was also greedy. They asked Lvpai village for money and beautiful women, and they said that they had worked hard all the way and brought food, and they wanted to be the groom's officer in the village.

Send the most beautiful girls and make them happy!

The soldiers in Lvpai Village rolled their eyes angrily, these garlic canned heads don’t know what kind of dog urine moss they have, they want to write good things, you should still think about how to reincarnate for the rest of your life!

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang was ready at this moment. He led his subordinates and approached quietly. When there were still two hundred steps away, Lao Zhu suddenly accelerated.

Hua Yun and others followed closely!

"Kill Yuan Dog!"

A loud shout, like thunder.

In an instant, they had reached the Yuan army.

These Yuan soldiers didn't have time to react, they just watched stupidly.Such a strict iron cavalry, even their personal guards of Master Zhiyuan can't reach it!

When did Lvpai Village have such strong soldiers?

"Where are you from? How dare you be rude to officers and soldiers? Don't want to live anymore?"

How could Zhu Yuanzhang be frightened by the two reprimands? He didn't talk nonsense, clamped the horse's belly with force, leaned forward with his upper body, and rushed up at the fastest speed.

War horse, knight, armor, the three together, at least a few hundred catties in weight, coupled with the running speed, was like a broken bamboo, directly knocking the front Yuan soldiers into the air, and fell heavily on the ground, sending out bones shattering one after another The sound, spurting blood from the nose and mouth, was more ferocious than the fountain.

Lao Zhu ignored it, but took the lead, and the steel knife in his hand used the forward momentum to easily cut the back of a Yuan army who was trying to escape. The long wound almost split the man in two, and he fell on the ground On the ground, immediately killed.

Lao Zhu, who had killed two people in a row, rushed into the Yuan army, hacked and killed wantonly, Hua Yun and his subordinates also hacked and killed wantonly, and in a blink of an eye, more than a dozen Yuan soldiers were killed.

Seeing this, the other Yuan soldiers finally realized that it was not good.Let them fight recklessly with the cavalry, what is the difference between that and courting death.

The gang fled one after another.

Anyway, there are many people, as long as you run fast, you can always escape.

More than 100 yuan troops ran around like chasing ducks, in extreme embarrassment.

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that when reading history books with Zhang Ximeng, the most incomprehensible thing was that the thousands or tens of thousands of Song troops were often chased by dozens or hundreds of Jin and Mongols.

There are so many people, what is there to be afraid of, one person can drown the other party by spitting, why do they throw away their armor and armor, trample each other, and more people die by their own hands.

Are the Han people inherently cowardly, born to be hunted cattle and sheep?

Every time he saw these, Lao Zhu felt extremely depressed, and even wished that the records were all false.

But today, he led his brothers, chasing down ten times as many yuan soldiers, beating them to flee in embarrassment, the pent-up anger in his chest was finally released.

Lao Zhu yelled loudly, "Brothers in Lupai Village, follow us to kill the enemy! One head, ten stones of food!"

Lao Zhu issued a reward, and the people in Lvpai Village were shocked. They all forgot when was the last full meal?

Ten stones of grain is enough to bury them!

"kill!"

"Kill the Tartars!"

Under the heavy reward, the people from Lvpai Village swarmed out, their eyes glowing green, chasing wildly, as long as they caught up, they would be unreserved, and they would kill each other with swords and swords.

It stands to reason that the Yuan soldiers were better at fighting than the people in Lvpai Village, but they were scattered by Lao Zhu first, and killed a lot of them.

Coincidentally, the soldiers in Lvpaizhai are best at running.

It's just that in the past it was to avoid the enemy, but this time it was to chase and kill the enemy.

When Yuan soldiers continued to fall, the courage of the soldiers in Lvpaizhai increased to an incredible level.

The skinny and withered soldier, chasing the guy who was much taller than him, pounced on him with a knife.

Wrestle with each other, hug each other, and never let go.

Wait for the people behind to catch up, cut off their heads, and receive the reward together...

There were less than two hundred yuan soldiers, just like that, one of them didn't escape, and all of them were killed.

When the last few soldiers came back with their bloody heads, the sky over Lvpai village was filled with the fragrance of rice.

The japonica rice and white noodles sent by the Yuan army turned out to be a delicacy for the soldiers in Lvpai Village.

The big guy smiled and talked, he was happier than New Year's Eve.

Lao Zhu also followed in the crowd and ate the same food as the soldiers... The soldiers in Lupai Village were shocked when they saw it.In the past, their handsome man never ate with them.

The marshal likes to eat fish, no matter how cold it is, he will let people go down the river to catch fish for him, and whoever takes this job will be so angry that he will scold his mother behind his back.

Obviously, Lao Zhu's style made them feel fresh and new.

After the meal, Lao Zhu rewarded the meritorious deeds and put the food in front of his eyes. Whoever deserved the merits and how much food he should get... It was clear at a glance, and he couldn't fake it.

Fair rewards and punishments, sharing joys and sorrows, this is the common impression of Zhu Yuanzhang from the soldiers in Lvpaizhai.

It seems that it is not bad to follow this guy, at least he has a better future than the original commander.

Soon, Lao Zhu calmed people's hearts, gathered more than 3000 soldiers and horses, and also had a springboard to march into Dingyuan.

Linhuai and Zhang Ximeng should be notified of the results of the battle ahead, to arrange for more troops to go south to prepare for the next battle... Lao Zhu was making arrangements, but a guest came to Lvpai Village, and this person was a scribe.

It seems that he should be around forty, with a flowing beard and full of energy.

"My name is Li Shanchang... I heard that there is a rebel army here, so I came to visit."

Li Shanchang!

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't realize what these three words meant at all. He just felt that Zhang Ximeng, a literati under his command, was too tired to deal with complicated affairs.The kid complained from time to time, asking himself to find more literati.

However, in the vicinity of Haozhou, the talents have already been divided up by several marshals, and his chances are not great.

Now that I am going south, indeed there are literati coming, and it can be regarded as God helping me.

"Mr. Li called us a rebel army, but in the eyes of the court, we are thieves!"

Li Shanchang laughed loudly, "It's an ancient common sense to win the king and lose the bandit. When the world is peaceful, it will be the king's righteous army!"

Zhu Yuanzhang moved slightly, then smiled and said: "The world is peaceful. These four words are easy to say but difficult to do. When do you think the world will be peaceful?"

Li Shanchang said calmly: "At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the war was chaotic, and heroes rose together. Han Gaozu, as the head of the pavilion, fought against the soldiers of the bandits in Mangdang Mountain. He was open-minded and magnanimous in nature, knew people well, and did not kill people indiscriminately. He became an emperor in five years. Today The Yuan court is dark, the rules and regulations are in turmoil, the red scarves are everywhere, and the mountains and rivers are falling apart. If there are heroes and heroes who can follow the example of Han Gaozu, it will not be difficult to pacify the world!"

Li Shanchang talked eloquently, Zhu Yuanzhang listened patiently, and couldn't help nodding slightly.

"Mr. is indeed a great talent, and his words are convincing."

Li Shanchang also nodded with a smile. He prepared for a long time, just to impress the person in front of him.Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and Xiao He, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, Fu Jian and Wang Meng, Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi... a good story is just around the corner!

When Li Shanchang was delighted, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said with a smile: "A few months ago, someone told us that we should be compared with Han Gaozu, and now you are the second person."

"what?"

Li Shanchang turned pale with shock, isn't he?

A few months ago, weren't you still trapped in Haozhou?

Did someone tell you this back then?

Who is it that got ahead of me?

Li Shanchang's heart is full of question marks... In every troubled time, many literati join the rebel army, hoping to assist the Ming Lord, win the world, and achieve immortal achievements.

Li Shanchang studied legalism all his life, and he was also a well-learned man, but he was also depressed because the Yuan court did not reuse Han people.

Seeing the red scarves everywhere, he also wanted to take refuge in the Ming Lord. Coincidentally, he heard from his relatives in the grain business that Mr. Zhu in Haozhou City had a great reputation, was decisive in killing, and was a hero.

After Li Shanchang inquired carefully, he felt that Lao Zhu had a bright future, so he decided to join him.It's just that he never expected that there would be someone earlier than him?Could it be that someone has better eyesight than him?

"Mr. Li asked us to follow Han Gaozu, so it can be said that he is our Xiao He!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Li Shanchang hurriedly bowed, "Don't dare, thanks to the praise, I am willing to follow around."

"Okay! Mister is comparable to Xiao He, and we have another Zhang Liang beside us... we only need Han Xin who is brave enough to win the three armies, this world belongs to us!"

Lao Zhu laughed heartily, but Li Shanchang couldn't laugh...Who is Zhang Liang?

Get out and let me take a good look at you!

Chapter 46 The Ordinary Zhang Ximeng

Li Shanchang read a lot, because Yuan Ting's imperial examinations were intermittent, and Li Shanchang didn't have a suitable way, so he couldn't walk this way.It is precisely because of this that Li Shanchang did not spend too much effort on the Four Books and Five Classics, but instead learned a lot of Legalism, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

After he became an adult, he worked as a clerk for a period of time. It was not until the rise of the Red Scarf Army that the world was in chaos, and Li Shanchang returned home to avoid disaster.

After hearing about Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation, he decided to seek refuge.

Therefore, summing up his experience, Li Shanchang has super ability to handle affairs and is an unparalleled official.

It is this self-confidence that makes Li Shanchang firmly believe that as long as he comes out of the mountain, he will be reused.Who else is better than him?Can't!

No, the first thing Li Shanchang did was to help Zhu Yuanzhang sort out the situation in Lvpaizhai.

Lao Li showed his skills and worked hard for two full days from morning to night, thoroughly counting the situation in Lvpai Village. A total of 1000 strong and strong were selected, and more than [-] were old and weak, unable to enter the army. , Li Shanchang meant to give them some travel expenses and let them go home.

Taking this well-thought-out plan and sending it to Lao Zhu, Li Shanchang only waited for praise, and wanted you, Zhu Yuanzhang, to know who is the real Xiao He!

But contrary to Li Shanchang's expectations, Zhu Yuanzhang took it over and looked at it carefully for a long time. Instead of praising him, on the contrary, he frowned.

"Superior, is it not to your liking?" Li Shanchang asked tentatively.