Chapter 21: The one with strong soldiers and horses is the Longxing Temple!
When the river workers dug it out, they matched it with the song "The stone man with one eye dances to the Yellow River and the whole world rebels", and the rebellion can be linked to God's will in an instant.
"The leader of the White Lotus, Han Shantong, was reported and killed by a traitor last month. I guess this must be the rumor spread by Liu Futong of the White Lotus, a signal to prepare for an army!" Zhu Qiwu patiently explained to everyone.
When everyone heard this, their blood boiled immediately.
They have already made preparations, now they need money, food, and soldiers!
Just waiting to use the banner to do big things!
"Chongba, let's do it!"
"That's right, Brother Chongba, let's rebel against his mother!"
"Brother Chongba, everyone is coming with you!"
Faced with everyone's requests, Zhu Chongba was very satisfied.
This was exactly the purpose of calling everyone together for discussion.
"Qi Wu is right. Liu Futong from Yingzhou is probably going to start an army now. We can't wait any longer."
"Everyone be prepared immediately. As long as there is any movement in Yingzhou, we will respond immediately!"
"Take down Haozhou!"
Liu Futong’s White Lotus Sect has a large number of people!
Only when they began to raise their troops could the various regions of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties be unable to coordinate the encirclement and suppression campaign.
Otherwise, if Zhu Chongba and others raise their troops first, they may soon face a heavy encirclement and suppression by the Mongolian Yuan.
"Yes, follow Brother Chongba and let's fight against Haozhou!"
"Conquer Haozhou!"
"Conquer Haozhou!"
In the eleventh year of Zhizheng, it is May.
In the old course of the Yellow River outside Yingzhou City, migrant workers who repaired the river unearthed a huge strange stone man with a strange face and only one eye.
It fits the sentence in the ballad that has been circulating in the past few years: "The stone man with one eye can jump to the Yellow River and the world will rebel."
In an instant, there was an undercurrent surging among the more than 100,000 migrant workers repairing the river outside Yingzhou City.
Liu Futong, who had already been prepared, immediately used the White Lotus Congregation to make preparations.
soon.
Liu Futong raised troops outside Yingzhou City, claiming to have an army of 200,000, and vowed to fight against the Yuan Dynasty.
The rebels used red cloth as turbans, so they were called the "Red Turban Army"!
The red scarf army was so sharp that they captured Yingzhou City in just two days.
Later, Liu Futong led a large army to defeat Zhu Gao and Cang Li, capturing and killing tens of thousands of Meng Yuan.
Suddenly, the Central Plains was shaken, and the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties quickly dispatched troops from surrounding Henan, Huaixi, Jinghu and other places to encircle and suppress them.
A lot of the Mongolian and Yuan troops in Haozhou City were also taken away, only about half of the usual number.
Longxing Temple.
Zhu Chongba is planning with more than 20 old brothers.
"Brothers, the time has come for us to do something big. Haozhou is empty now, with less than three thousand troops. As long as we work hard, we can open Haozhou City!"
The group of old brothers around were also inspired by the momentum of the Red Scarf Army, and they were all gearing up.
"Chongba, we can't wait for a long time, just tell us how you want us to fight, absolutely unambiguous!" Tang He said excitedly.
"Yes, Brother Chongba, I'm just waiting for your word on how to fight Haozhou." Xu Da followed up and said.
"Chongba, you decide the strategy, and we will follow!" Zhou Dexing and others also looked at Zhu Chongba and said.
The Red Scarf Army killed the Mongolian and Yuan Tatars in Yingzhou, opened warehouses and distributed grain to relieve the victims, and all they did were happy things to do justice to God.
Tang He, Xu Da and others were once forced to die by the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty.
Now that the opportunity has come, I can't wait to rush into Haozhou City immediately, do justice to heaven, and kill all the corrupt officials.
"Haozhou's city defense is strong. There are only two ways to break through Haozhou."
Zhu Chongba touched his hair that had grown a few inches and continued with a solemn expression.
"One way is to attack by force, break through the city defenses, and break into Haozhou City."
"Another way is to lure the Yuan troops out of the city first, and then destroy them. Without the defenders, Haozhou will naturally fall into our hands."
After listening to Zhu Chongba's words, Tang He, Xu Da and others all started talking about it.
In these days, Zhu Qiwu obtained a lot of military books, such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Li Weigong's Questions", etc. and taught them to them.
Tang He, Xu Da and others already had a lot of military insights.
After some discussion, they all felt that the second method was better.
"Chongba, the city wall of Haozhou is very high and big. Didn't I, Sun Tzu, say that ten times the force can be used to siege the city? We are only 3,000 people, and the Yuan army of Haozhou is also 3,000 people, so we can't attack the city at all.
The second option is better, first lure the Yuan army out, we will set up an ambush and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind, then Haozhou City will be ours." Tang He said.
Xu Da and others also agreed with this suggestion.
After all, although Zhu Chongba and the others had 3,000 troops, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties if they attacked the city, and there was plenty of food and grass in Haozhou City. Even if they were to besieged without attacking, they would not be able to deprive the defenders of food for three to five months.
exhausted.
"We are also discussing with everyone, whichever method is better, then use that one!" Zhu Chongba said calmly.
This is their first battle, and they must win beautifully.
While most people agreed to lure the Yuan army out of the city to ambush, Zhu Qiwu shook his head.
When Zhu Chongba saw this, he immediately became confused and quickly asked Zhu Qiwu.
"Qiwu, what do you think?"
Zhu Qiwu glanced at the crowd and said, "I don't think it's good."
"What do you mean, luring the enemy out of the city to ambush, isn't this a bad plan?" Zhu Chongba asked.
Everyone was also confused for a while.
They all felt that this plan was perfect, as it could not only destroy the Yuan army, but also capture Haozhou City without any effort.
More importantly, setting up an ambush to kill the enemy can also reduce your own casualties.
But Zhu Qiwu's plans have always been tried and true. Although everyone has doubts, they all want to hear Zhu Qiwu's thoughts.
"Brother, luring the enemy into an ambush is of course a good plan, but if it doesn't work, it's a useless plan."
Zhu Qiwu said in his heart that he had accelerated his brother Zhu Chongba's rebellion.
But they don't have that experience, and they are somewhat inexperienced after all.
"Qiwu, please tell me quickly, why is our plan useless?" Zhu Chongba asked quickly.
If this plan doesn't work, not only will they not be able to capture Haozhou City, but their hiding place will also be exposed.
It would be tragic if the Yuan armies from several surrounding states were attracted to join forces to besiege.
"Brother, Luo Wenqing, the magistrate of Haozhou, has always been timid. Even if we raise flags to rebel outside the city, he may not dare to send troops out of the city! As for the Haozhou Daru Hua Chi Timur, he is also a similar thing." Zhu Qi
Wu said.
After more than half a year of investigation, Zhu Qiwu already had a very good understanding of everything in Haozhou City.
After listening to Zhu Qiwu's analysis, Zhu Chongba and others immediately felt that it made sense.
Their plan just now was a bit wishful thinking.
Seeing this, Zhu Qiwu followed up and said.
"Not only that, Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and others in Haozhou City each have thousands of servants. They have long been interested in rebelling, but they are just afraid of the reputation of the Yuan army."