Yuxikou is located on the border between Hezhou and Wuwei, and is a confluence of the Yangtze River and Chaohu Lake.

Ten miles north of Yuxikou is a plain area extending in all directions. At this time, a wooden shed was erected on the plain, with a large round table under the shed and a carpet underneath.

This is the meeting place chosen by the three families to discuss the rescue of Chaohu.

The original meeting time was yesterday, but today, Zhu Yuanzhang has not come yet.

Fang Yuan was sitting on a big rock not far from the wooden shed. He looked at Zhao Pusheng to the west of the wooden shed and saw that he was roasting mutton around the fire.

"Grandma, this kid will enjoy it! Something happened to Zhu Yuanzhang, and he is the happiest!" He curled his lips and said.

Li Er said lightly: "I'm afraid his happiness will be in vain!"

Fang Yuan glanced at Li Er and said, "Brother Li, do you think Guo Zixing can't compete with Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Li Erdao: "Zhu Yuanzhang pulled out Wuwei's troops, and Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Wuwei. Guo Zixing's prestige in the army has long been surpassed by Zhu Yuanzhang!"

Fang Yuandao: "But everything Zhu Yuanzhang had was given by Guo Zixing."

Li Erdao: "So even if Zhu Yuanzhang wins the fight, Guo Zixing will be safe and sound."

Fang Yuan nodded, agreeing with him.

A quarter of an hour later, Fu Youde rode his horse from the direction of Yuxikou, came to the two men, cupped his hands and said: "Two generals, we have just received news that Zhu Yuanzhang is leading an army and is heading here!"

Fang Yuan raised his head and asked, "Did Guo Zixing let him out?"

Fu Youde said: "Last night, more than 20 generals under Zhu Yuanzhang broke into Commander Guo Zixing's mansion at the same time and forced him to release Zhu Yuanzhang from prison. Guo Zixing had no choice but to agree!"

Fang Yuan said coldly: "Sure enough, there was a mutiny. How is Guo Zixing now?"

Fu Youde said: "Guo Zixing is still the commander-in-chief, and Zhu Yuanzhang takes the post of deputy commander-in-chief, but the army only listens to Zhu Yuanzhang's orders!"

Fang Yuan looked up at Zhao Pusheng and saw that the latter was listening to a report from a subordinate. After listening, he stood up and kicked away the roasted sheep on the fire. Apparently, he also learned that Zhu Yuanzhang had regained control of the army.<

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Fang Yuan was secretly amused. Zhao Pusheng must be hoping that both Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Zixing would be injured, and he would take the opportunity to occupy the entire territory of Wuwei.

Li Erdao: "General Fang, since Zhu Yuanzhang has arrived, the negotiations will begin soon. What should we propose later?"

Fang Yuan touched his beard and muttered: "The best result is of course that the three of us rescue at the same time, defeat Zuo Junbi, and then take the Yu family and his son back to Jiangdu to recover!"

Li Erdao: "I'm just afraid that both of them have hidden agendas!"

Fu Youde suddenly said: "Zhu Yuanzhang is full of tricks. According to the news sent back by Yu Tonghai yesterday, I found some suspicious things!"

Both of them knew that he was thinking sharply, so they both asked: "What's suspicious?"

Fu Youde said: "Zuo Junbi claimed to the outside world that within half a month, three more charity warehouses in Luzhou were robbed by Chaohu bandits, and then he launched an army in anger. However, Yu Tonghai said that in the past half month, the Chaohu water village had not been dispatched.

Once again!"

After Yu Tonghai came to Chaohu with them, he quietly sneaked back to Chaohu Water Village and kept secretly communicating with them.

Fang Yuan frowned and said, "Could it be Zhao Pusheng who did it?"

Fu Youde shook his head and said: "When Zhao Pusheng was in Chaohu, he did rob the Luzhou Yicang because of the lack of food. However, he is occupying Wuwei now, so there is no need to rob the food again!"

Li Er's eyes flashed and he said: "So you suspect that Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to do it?"

Fu Youde nodded: "Yes!"

Fang Yuan frowned and said, "Why did he do this? Aren't the Liao brothers in Chaohu Water Village still wanting to join him?"

Fu Youde said: "I can't think of it now, but judging from Ren La Wuwei's actions, it's hard to predict his actions. I'm afraid there is another conspiracy!"

Fang Yuan said in a rough voice: "No matter what he wants to do, we don't have to go into the muddy waters of Wuwei. As long as we save the Yu family and his son, we will leave immediately. I don't want to miss the general manager's king-conferring ceremony!"

Li Erdao: "Then if they propose a rescue later, there is no need for us to agree to avoid being plotted by them!"

Fang Yuan nodded. With the strength of the Jiangdu navy, they could forcefully break through the blockade and take away the men of the Yu family and his son.

They didn't take action before because they hoped to join forces with the other two companies to reduce losses. Now that they have hidden agendas, they might as well go it alone!

An hour later, near noon, Zhu Yuanzhang finally arrived with his army. He left his troops a mile away and only took Xu Da and Tang He to the wooden shed.

At this time, Fang Yuan, Li Er and Fu Youde also came over, and Zhao Pusheng on the other side also strode over with two of his men.

Zhao Pusheng, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Fang Yuan sat in a triangle, and the others stood behind them.

Zhao Pusheng was a big man with a purple complexion. As soon as he sat down, he attacked Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Shuai Zhu, the date we made was yesterday, but you only arrived today. You have to give me an explanation!"

Tang He snorted and said: "There are some problems within our army, and you should know it, so why bother to make things difficult!"

Zhao Pusheng sneered and said: "I don't care what bullshit happened among you! Our Tianwan Army and Jiangdu Army are the leaders of the world's insurrectionary armies. Who do you think you are and how dare you keep us waiting?"

Tang He was furious and was about to retort when Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and said calmly: "If Marshal Zhao has any request, just tell him!"

Zhao Pusheng narrowed his eyes and said: "The rescue of Chaohu Water Village this time can be divided into two routes: land and water. We are both armies, so we need to coordinate our operations in order to fight!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said unhurriedly: "So Marshal Zhao wants our army to obey your orders?"

Zhao Pusheng raised his head and said: "Not bad!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I'm sorry, I can't agree!"

Zhao Pusheng's expression changed drastically and he was about to speak out. Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "It's not that I don't want to listen to your orders, but I feel that bullying a small number with more will not win with force!"

Zhao Pusheng lost his voice and said: "What did you say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang solemnly said: "When a man stands in the world, he must do things openly and aboveboard. If the three of us join forces to attack Zuo Junbi's family, even if we win, we will still be laughed at!"

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As if he heard a joke, Zhao Pusheng slapped the table and laughed, and the two people behind him also laughed wildly.

However, after laughing for a while, he found that none of the three Jiang Dujun people were laughing. Zhao Pusheng suddenly felt bored and snorted and said: "It's not easy for an innocent person like you to survive to this day!"

Tang He said angrily: "What did you say?"

Zhao Pusheng seemed to feel that it was too boring to compete with Zhu Yuanzhang again, and waved his hand: "In that case, then you should not interfere in this battle. I will join forces with Jiang Dujun!"

Fang Yuan said calmly: "Sorry, our army is not willing to join forces with others!"

Zhao Pusheng was stunned for a moment and said angrily: "Since you are not willing to join forces, why come to discuss it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We can set an order and fight Zuo Junbi in order, so as not to interfere with each other!"

Zhao Pusheng sneered and said: "Well, you can be the first to go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said happily: "Thank you, Marshal Zhao, for making it happen!" He turned to Fang Yuan and said, "I wonder what General Fang thinks?"

Fang Yuan turned his head and glanced at Li Er and Fu Youde. Seeing that they both shook their heads, he said: "No!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "What does your army mean?"

Fang Yuan stood up and said, "Let's discuss it for a while and I'll get back to you later!" After that, he left the wooden shed with Fu Youde and Li Er and walked to the distance to discuss.

At this time, Zhao Pusheng seemed to have noticed something was wrong. He led his men to the side and heard one of his men say: "Commander, that boy Zhu Yuanzhang must have a conspiracy!"

Zhao Pusheng was stunned and said: "What conspiracy?"

"Think about it, if Zhu Yuanzhang was really an upright person, would he have taken away his right as a foster father? Would he have taken advantage of the Jiangdu Army and the Yuan Army to sneak attack Chuzhou? Would he have traveled thousands of miles to rob us of our inaction?"

Zhao Pusheng slapped his thigh and shouted: "Damn it, I was almost deceived by that kid!"

The subordinate said again: "This man is deliberately acting because he wants to rescue alone. If you think about it again, as long as he defeats Zuo Junbi, Chaohu Water Village will definitely be annexed by him, and Luzhou will also fall into his hands!"

Zhao Pusheng sneered: "So this is what this bastard had in mind!"

Another subordinate said: "It's okay to give Luzhou to him. We can take advantage of him and Zuo Junbi to fight and take back the other half of Wuwei's territory!"

The first subordinate said: "No, the three of us are here to discuss it together, and everyone in the world knows it. Under such circumstances, violating the agreement and launching a sneak attack will make everyone in the world laugh!"

Zhao Pusheng gritted his teeth and said: "Zhu Yuanzhang must have considered this before proposing a tripartite meeting!"

First the subordinate said: "Commander, there are more than 10,000 troops in Chaohu Water Village and more than 3,000 small boats. We must get them to break through the Yuan army's river blockade!"

Zhao Pusheng said coldly: "Since I know Zhu Xiaozi's plan, how can I let him take the lead?"

Another subordinate said: "I'm afraid Jiangdu's army will also come to fight for it, they are not easy to mess with!"

Zhao Pusheng pondered for a while and said: "It doesn't matter, Jiangdu's army should be coming for the Yu family and his son, and they haven't occupied the entire territory of Hezhou yet, so they shouldn't have time to fight for Luzhou and Wuwei!"

The subordinate said first: "That's right, otherwise they wouldn't have only 10,000 sailors!"

The three of them reached a consensus and returned to the wooden shed to sit down.

After a while, Fang Yuan and the other two people also came back. Zhu Yuanzhang cupped his hands towards Fang Yuan and said, "I wonder what General Fang's intention is?"

Fang Yuan said calmly: "You can take the lead if you want, but you must agree afterwards and you cannot force the three village leaders of Chaohu to join you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and was about to agree when Zhao Pusheng rushed to say: "Okay, I promise you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and said: "Marshal Zhao, what are you..."

Zhao Pusheng said loudly: "I thought about it. Zuo Junbi followed his father to annihilate the White Lotus Sect and killed many of my closest brothers. I must avenge this blood feud with my own hands!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and remained silent.

Zhao Pusheng snorted coldly: "You have no grudge against Zuo Junbi, so why do you have to rush to fight with him? Is there some conspiracy?"

Zhu Yuanzhang forced a smile and said: "How could it be?"

Zhao Pusheng said loudly: "That's good, the matter is settled like this. I will go to rescue the Chaohu Water Village. Before I defeat Zuo Junbi, you are not allowed to send troops without authorization!"

Fang Yuan nodded and agreed. Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a long time and finally agreed.
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