From beggar to emperor: I am not Zhu Yuanzhang

Jiangxi mountainous area.

The heavy rain has been falling all day and all night, and there is still no sign of stopping. A simple camp in the mountain collapsing is crumbling under the attack of heavy rain. The military flag above the observation deck is also wet by the rain and droops. Wisps of smoke are floating in the sky above the camp. It's lunch time.

Luo Zhixiang and Li Tao, who were wearing raincoats, rolled up their trouser legs and trudged through the rain that flooded their calves. They had just moved their camp to a higher ground to prevent greater damage from flooding after nightfall.

The two of them waded through the water to the hillside, opened the curtain of the big tent and bent down to get in.

Tian Kai was lying on the wall and studying the route on a simple map. When he saw the two people coming in, he asked them to sit down and asked: How are you? What's going on in the camp?

Luo Zhixiang reported to him: "Brother, the rain is too heavy. I went to check around. Many tents in the camp are leaking. Many of the brothers' clothes and bedding are wet. The situation is not optimistic."

Li Tao added: "The camps in the low-lying areas have been moved to higher areas, but our large grain and grass camp was hit by the flood and a lot of grain and grass was washed away."

Luo Zhixiang was worried: "Brother, we can't go on like this. If we spend a few more days like this, tens of thousands of our brothers will be dead, and they won't even have food rations."

Tian Kai pointed at the map: "I have been thinking about this issue today. We are now located at the junction of Chizhou (now Chizhou, Anhui) and Raozhou (now Shangrao, Jiangxi). The mountains here are undulating, the roads are rugged, and there is heavy rain. Time is very tight, we must move out as soon as possible, leave here, and go to Raozhou first."

Li Tao looked at the map and said: "It's still more than 100 miles away from Raozhou. Even if we can't get there at the fastest, we won't be able to get there until tomorrow night. And now that the road is blocked by heavy rain, it may take more time."

Tian Kai: "The situation is critical. We can't wait any longer. I don't think the rain will stop for a while. I will inform you. After dinner, all the troops will put on their raincoats and set off in the rain. We must reach Rao before tomorrow night." state."

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Nanping Prince's Mansion in Hongzhou.

Zhong Kuangshi hurriedly entered the door and went straight to the bedroom. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the maids serving Nanping King Zhong Chuan to drink medicine. Zhong Kuangshi waited at the door until his father finished drinking the medicine before going in to report.

Recently, Zhong Chuan's old problem has recurred. He has been bedridden for several days and has to take several medicines every day. Fortunately, under the doctor's careful care, he has recovered well and looks much better than before.

This Zhong Chuan was a great warlord occupying the northwest of Jiangxi Province. He was originally from Gao'an, Hongzhou. In his early years, he was a small businessman. Later, he lost money in business, and when the wave of peasant uprisings swept across Jiangxi, Zhong Chuan simply pulled up a team and went up the mountain to turn into bandits. Later, he captured Fuzhou and used his strength to force the court to appoint him as governor. This was very similar to Yang Xingmi's fortune history.

Later, Zhong Chuan drove away Gao Maoqing, the Jiangxi observation envoy, and replaced him. Soon he captured Hongzhou, the capital of Jiangxi (today's Nanchang, Jiangxi). As Zhong Chuan's power grew rapidly, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty had to appoint him as the Jiangxi regiment training envoy. , became a senior official at the provincial level.

Zhong Chuan devoted himself to development in Jiangxi. He did this for 30 years and completely built Jiangxi into his Zhong family kingdom. The imperial court had nothing to do with him, so it had to continue to seal him, until he was granted the title of Military Envoy of Zhennan Army, Taibao of the Inspection School, Zhongshu Ling, and King of Nanping.

This official has achieved the ultimate.

Zhong Chuan has been operating in Jiangxi for 30 years and has already achieved all-round control. No one can think of Jiangxi taking advantage of him. Even his son is very wary.

To put it bluntly, he believed in no one but himself.

Now he is bedridden, feeling very uneasy, fearing that his sons will have some dangerous ideas. This is what he fears most.

Therefore, he has been doing everything possible to pretend to be a tough guy in front of his son. As long as his son is present, he will definitely be full of energy and motivation, making it impossible for others to see any flaws.

This time, his son suddenly came to see him, which caught him off guard. He quickly sent away the maid, sat up, calmed down his mood, and asked: "Kuang Shi, aren't you in Raozhou? Why did you come to Hongzhou suddenly. "

This Zhong Kuangshi was the eldest son of Zhong Chuan, who was the governor of Raozhou at this time.

Zhong Kuangshi was speechless for a long time, obviously he hadn't figured out the reason yet. After a while, he thought of a move, so he tentatively said: "I heard in Raozhou that my father has been unwell these past few days. He is feeling very anxious and worried. I will come over to visit my father right away."

Although Zhong Chuan is old, his heart is not. As soon as he heard this, he understood that this kid was trying to trick me.

He immediately said seriously: "Don't listen to people's nonsense. What's wrong with my father? This is very bad. Some people with ulterior motives spread rumors every day, and their purpose is to mess up Hongzhou and Jiangxi. Can you Don’t fall for their tricks.”

Zhong Kuangshi took a peek and saw his father's face glowing red, chatting and laughing happily, showing no signs of illness.

He couldn't help but secretly murmur, is there really someone spreading false news? Then what is he doing?

Zhong Chuan asked: "You came all the way here just to take a look at dad, right?"

Zhong Kuangshi waved his hand: "No, no, no, my child has more important things to report. According to a secret report from the border army, an army was discovered in the mountain depression at the junction of Raozhou and Chizhou, and was marching towards Raozhou. Hai'er sent spies to investigate and discovered that this army was under the banner of Yang Xingmi, and the leader was named Tian Kai."

"Tian Kai——"

When he heard the name, Zhong Chuan jumped up. He was very familiar with this man. He was Yang Xingmi's number one general. Strange, why did he come to my territory for no reason?

"Is there anything else going on there?" he asked his son again.

Zhong Kuangshi said: "Haier heard that Tian Kai and Yang Xingmi had a falling out and fled with [-] troops. Yang Xingmi was so angry that he issued a wanted order and hunted him everywhere."

"It must be that Tian Kai is desperate and wants to come to Hongzhou to join his father."

Zhong Chuan snorted: "You are too naive. This Tian Kai is the number one tiger general under Yang Xingmi, and he has [-] elite soldiers. How can he be willing to surrender to me so easily? This time he sneaked into Jiangxi secretly, I think he must be the one to hide. The purpose of man.”

"Immediately send more manpower to closely monitor their whereabouts along the way. If there is any violation, take it down immediately."

After a day of rapid march, Tian Bo's Crouching Tiger Camp finally arrived outside Raozhou City after nightfall the next day.

Tian Kai sent Luo Zhixiang as his representative to the city to deliver a message, hoping to discuss cooperation matters with Zhong Kuangshi.

At this time, he revealed his trump card and expressed to Zhong Kuangshi that he was willing to submit to King Nanping and serve for him, and hoped to go to Hongzhou to meet Zhong Chuan in person.

I heard that Tian Kai came to surrender and brought [-] troops.

Zhong Kuangshi was a little confused. Since ancient times, which general surrendered with so many soldiers? Was this a surrender or a false surrender? Zhong Kuangshi was a little dizzy and couldn't figure it out.

But since Tian Kai had already brought it up, Zhong Kuangshi had to say it, let alone conceal it. He immediately sent someone to report the situation to Zhong Chuan.

Hearing that Tian Kai, Yang Xingmi's most powerful general, was coming to surrender to him, Zhong Chuan was extremely happy. He said excitedly to the ministers: "I have heard of Tian Kai's reputation for a long time, and today we can meet him in Hongzhou. It’s really a fate given by God.”

After saying that, he immediately ordered someone to send a letter to Zhong Kuangshi, asking him to make arrangements immediately to send Tian Kai and others to Hongzhou, and he would receive them personally.

After Zhong Kuangshi received his father's handwritten letter, he did not dare to neglect and immediately sent people to Tian Kai's camp to discuss relevant matters and informed them that Zhong Chuan had decided to meet Tian Kai in Hongzhou and hoped that Tian Kai would leave as soon as possible. go.

After receiving the news, Tian Kai took a short rest for two days in Raozhou and immediately embarked on his journey south.

After leaving Raozhou, we walked for half a day and arrived at Pengli Lake (today's Poyang Lake). To the southwest of the lake is the location of Hongzhou. But when Tian Kai and the others arrived at Hongzhou City, they encountered a trouble.

This troublesome incident made Tian Kai very angry and almost exploded on the spot. Someone gave him a difficult problem.