After instructing the generals, everyone led their troops to the expedition under Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze.

The first to set off were Tang He and Liao Yongan's conquest armies led by Xu Da. The first stop of their attack was Zhenjiang, not far from Yingtian Mansion.

At this time, the person guarding Zhenjiang was the Yuan army general Wan Zhe Tu.

When he heard that Xu Da, the general under Zhu Monk, was leading his troops to attack him, Wanzhe Tu, as an outstanding general of the Yuan army, fully demonstrated the personal heroism that the Tatars of the Yuan army should have. Before Xu Da could

When the army approached the city, he abandoned a group of his men and fled the city alone.

As the deputy generals, Jiwu and Pingzhang Dingding heard the news that their boss had already greased his feet and fled before starting a fight with the enemy, and they became very angry.

You little bastard, you usually show off your strength and show off your power, but you never expected to turn into a useless coward when you meet the enemy. You are really the scum of human beings, a useless snack with pig brains and fat intestines.

After their boss escaped first, they may have had the idea of ​​​​escape, but before the two of them could take action, the crusade army led by Xu Da had already arrived at the city.

Facing Xu Da's mighty army, the two's last escape route has been firmly blocked by the other side.

In this case, there may be some chance of survival if you fight hard, but if you don't fight, you will only die.

Because Xu Da, as the commander of the crusade army, had no intention of negotiating peace with them. This battle was the first battle that Xu Da sent troops to crusade, and it was also his first battle as a general. The new officer took office three times.

Fire, he had to burn this fire. Before he came here, he had made preparations to attack Zhenjiang fiercely, to show his majesty, and even more to show his prestige.

Looking at the tall city wall in front of him, his resolute eyes were calm and calm.

Zhenjiang defenders, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

After the army arrived, Xu Da did not give the opponent any chance to breathe. When the army came to the city, he launched an order to attack the city.

As the deputy generals of the defenders, Ji Wu and Ping Zhang Ding resisted tenaciously. It was not until they both died in the battle that the Zhenjiang defense battle ended in failure.

While destroying the city, Xu Da led the army and officially entered Zhenjiang City.

In the past, after encountering stubborn resistance from the enemy, in order to vent their resentment and anger, as rebels, they would have made a big fanfare like the Japanese invaders entering the city, and even played killing games such as burning vine armor soldiers.

, but the boss’s words of caution when parting were still in my ears.

If you play this kind of game at this time and it is spread to the ears of your boss, you will definitely be in trouble.

More importantly, although I am now out of the surveillance range of the bald donkey boss with a face like a shoehorn, the guy standing at the front of the team looks very friendly and has a hazy smile.

A man who kills without blinking an eye.

Although on the surface this man looks well-mannered, has a pleasant smile, and speaks normally, but beneath his approachable face, once the low and churning murderous aura breaks out, it will be overwhelming and unstoppable.

This kind of person has a unified name, and everyone generally calls him: Smiling Tiger.

If Zhu Yuanzhang is a giant dragon that no one can subdue, Xu Da, who is the number one general under Zhu Yuanzhang, must be a smiling tiger that kills people invisible.

Zhu Yuanzhang cannot be provoked, but Xu Da dare not provoke him.

If you offend him, your body will be shattered.

Now that the city has been destroyed, it is better for me to stay calm and peaceful. If I make trouble at this time, I will be the only one who suffers.

As the saying goes: shoot the first bird.

I still understand this eternal truth.

That is to say, under this kind of invisible deterrence and deterrence, Xu Da's army, which took Zhenjiang with great difficulty, did not harm the people in the city.

History books say: Yan Ran was in the city, and the people did not know that there were soldiers.

This means that the people in the city are still living peacefully, but after a big war, the people don't even know there is such a war.

I think there is a certain amount of moisture in this sentence.

Because according to our normal thinking, although the common people live in the city, it is impossible for them to have no contact with the guards. After all, when leaving the city and entering the city, you have to pass other people's scenes and look at their faces. Not to mention the guards at that time.

The army in Zhenjiang still belonged to the Yuan Dynasty. In the eyes of the defenders, where animals were more important than people, it was impossible for the people they risked their lives to protect not to be oppressed by them.

When the number of defenders is insufficient, or when they are short of gold or silver, or when they miss a young wife, they will still look at the people in the city without hesitation.

And at such a time of life and death, would the defenders in the city really be stupid and fight against their opponents instead of recruiting some militiamen as free men to serve as numbers?

Will they be so kind and let the people in the city go?

I think not!

From the perspective of fighting, it is unreasonable, because fighting is, after all, a big deal, a life-and-death business. At this point where you die or I die, in the confrontation between swords, guns and iron horses, in the midst of huge rocks being smashed and burned by tung oil,

In this situation, when their own lives were about to be saved, they would probably whisper in a low voice: Khan, brothers outside the city, let's keep our voices down during the war. If we can solve it by force, don't speak out, so as not to alarm the people in the city.

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This kind of completion is nonsense and cannot happen.

The real purpose of writing this in the history books should be to promote that the Zhu Jiajun led by Xu Da was well-managed, treated the people with courtesy, and did not disturb the people. They were true soldiers of the people.

To put it bluntly, I write it like this for other people to see, and its main purpose is to highlight my own uniqueness.

Highlight that you are a teacher of friendship, a teacher of peace, and a glorious example of a teacher of the people.

Showing the difference between oneself and the other unruly people who rebelled together.

To put it simply, this is done to win people's hearts.

Shortly after Xu Da captured Zhenjiang, bad news came from Huzhou.

The bad news is: Zhang Shicheng, who was unwilling to be left alone, had just resolved the crisis in Gaoyou and ordered his army to attack the city and expand his territory to celebrate the establishment of his new dynasty.

Perhaps because his boss was honored at the ceremony, and in order to show his merit and win favor, Zhang Shicheng's troops worked hard when attacking Huzhou, and miraculously captured Huzhou, which was held by the Yuan army.

And before the excitement of just winning Huzhou could be completely vented, Zhang Jiuliu, the marshal who led the army to win Huzhou and the younger brother of Zhang Shicheng who had just been crowned, heard that someone had taken it one step ahead of him.

We went down to Zhenjiang, but the one who captured Zhenjiang was actually the soldier who looked like a wild donkey.

Zhang Jiuliu, also known as Zhang Shide, is the brother of Emperor Zhang Shicheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He has followed Zhang Shicheng to sell illicit salt since he was a child, and later followed Zhang Shicheng to rebel. Among Zhang Shide's brothers, Zhang Shide is the strongest and most powerful.

One of the strategies played a vital role in Zhang Shide's founding career.

After hearing the news that Zhenjiang was besieged, Zhang Shide's pink cheeks just rose a little with joy before they were instantly covered by black clouds.

This bastard, this bald donkey, clearly wants to challenge me, uncle.

If you dare to compete with me for territory, I think you are impatient and will see if I don’t beat the shit out of you today!

Zhang Shide, who was holding back his anger, was furious when he looked at Zhenjiang, which was so close. His original plan was to break through Huzhou first and then attack Zhenjiang. After Zhenjiang, he would go straight to Jinling.

But I didn't expect that in this section, a bald donkey would make a move in the middle.

In order to lay out his long-term interests, and to vent his frustration, Zhang Shide first told his brother Zhang Shicheng, who had just ascended the throne and was in charge of Gaoyou, in a letter from his family about his current situation and inner thoughts. After obtaining his brother's consent, he wrote

The army went out on a large ship and led troops to attack the defenders of Zhenjiang.

At this time, Xu Da, who had just captured Zhenjiang and was still hot on his back, heard the news of Zhang Shide's invasion. He did not rush to send troops. Instead, he reported the news to Zhu Yuanzhang first. When he saw Zhu Yuanzhang giving him the next instructions,

, there should be a slight smile on the sharp cheeks.

He never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was far away in Jinling, would make such arrangements.

A person who is petty is not a gentleman, and a person who is not poisonous is not a husband.

Originally, we were rivals who knew each other but had no contact with each other. Now that you are the first to break the pattern, there is nothing to hesitate about.

Aren’t you coming to attack my Zhenjiang?

It is also impolite to come and go without reciprocating.

Since you want to hit me in Zhenjiang, then I will hit you in the back first.

I will hit your hometown: Changzhou.

In order to capture Changzhou in one fell swoop and take the absolute lead in the first battle with Zhang Shicheng, Xu Da asked Zhu Yuanzhang to send troops to assist before sending troops.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in charge of Yingtian, was indeed unambiguous. He directly dispatched Tang He and Zhang Biao to lead 30,000 troops to assist Xu Da in besieging Changzhou.

After the two armies arrived in Changzhou, Xu Da led the army to attack the northwest gate, Tang He attacked the north gate, and Zhang Biao attacked the southeast gate.

When the army here was fighting fiercely, Zhang Shide, who was still wandering on the road and had not arrived in Zhenjiang in time, heard that Changzhou behind his home was besieged, and the soldiers and horses besieging him turned out to be the Zhu Jiajun whom he was preparing to attack. When he did

Zhang Shide, the leader of Zhang Jiajun, suddenly panicked.

I'll knock your lungs out.

I'm going to hit you, okay?

You're a good fool. Originally, I was the host and you were the guest. But what's happened? The roles of host and guest have been reversed. You really don't regard yourself as an outsider.

Changzhou is a place that cannot be lost.

If Changzhou is lost, it will be equivalent to cutting off the channel between Huzhou and Gaoyou, and oneself will become an isolated army. At that time, only oneself will suffer.

Zhang Shide sat on the horse and looked at Zhenjiang, which was already slightly silhouetted, and shook his head helplessly.

Let’s stabilize Changzhou first and then talk about it.

As for Zhenjiang, I’ll save it for later.

Quickly turn around and return troops, we will go to support Changzhou.

When the soldiers heard that the originally scheduled combat mission to attack Zhenjiang was temporarily canceled, their high spirits relaxed slightly.

It's better not to fight. You can save the melon seeds in your head and use them to crack walnuts and eat the melon seeds later.
To be continued...