Zhu Yuanzhang stood outside the house, silently watching the bandits in Lupaizhai put out the fire. The fire was not big and was extinguished in a short time.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his eyes towards the direction of Juyi Hall of Lupai Village, and saw a few figures coming along the loess path. The leader was Zhang Biao of the village, followed by a black-faced man.
"Zhu Zhenfu, what do you mean? Why did you burn down the house in my village?" Zhang Biao asked sharply.
Zhu Yuanzhang cupped his hands and said: "The situation is urgent, and the village leader Zhang refuses to meet, so Zhu has no choice but to make this move!"
Zhang Biao snorted and said, "If you have any problem, please speak up!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "To be honest, our army is about to have a decisive battle with the Yuan army. Everyone in the world knows that Lupai Village is the vanguard of anti-Yuan Dynasty, and the leader of Zhang Village is a hero. I specially invite the leader of Zhang Village to defeat the Yuan Dynasty together!" p>
Zhang Biao said: "I'm sorry, our Lupai Village has been put under the command of General Manager Zhang of Jiangdu Army. From now on, I will only obey the orders of General Manager Zhang!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart sank, his eyes slowly turned to the black-faced general, and said: "Who is your Excellency?"
The black-faced general was quite polite to him and said, "I am Zhao Desheng, the deputy commander of the Jiangdu Army!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking a lot, and suddenly smiled and said: "Commander Zhao is here this time, and he is recruiting more than just a copycat of Lupai Village, right?"
Zhang Biao rushed to say: "Yes, in addition to Bi Village, there are six other mountain villages in Dingyuan that are ready to join the Jiangdu Army! We are discussing the details of this matter, so I won't accompany you. Zhu Zhen, please excuse me!"
Order his subordinates to send Zhu Yuanzhang out.
"Wait a minute!" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and stared at Zhao Desheng with burning eyes: "This decisive battle is related to the survival of Jiangdu Army. General Zhao, can you listen to me?"
Zhao Desheng frowned and said, "Are you being alarmist?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "Tuotuo is about to lead his troops to attack Yangzhou. If our army can defeat the Yuan army at this time, it will definitely demoralize the Yuan army! On the contrary, if our army is defeated, the morale of the Yuan army will rise greatly, and your army will be sure to stop Tuotuo.
Get rid of the army?"
Zhao Desheng remained silent.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "First of all, brothers Tuotuo. If our army wins this battle, we will not be able to escape the relationship, and Tuotuo will also be implicated! If Emperor Yuan punishes Tuotuo for this, it may be possible to avoid a military disaster in Yangzhou!"<
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Zhao Desheng showed an expression of emotion and said: "Your words do make some sense, but I need to report this matter to the manager before I can make a decision!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said anxiously: "Our army is going to have a decisive battle with the Yuan army tonight, and there is no time to wait for General Manager Zhang's order! Everyone in the world only knows that Jiangdu Army has four good generals. I think your Excellency is very brave, and you should be no worse than those four people. Why not fight with them?"
Can we defeat Yuan together and become famous all over the world in one battle?"
Zhao Desheng showed an expression of interest, and after a while, he said with a dark face: "Your Excellency is so busy talking, don't you want us to be used as bait for your army?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said sternly: "General, please be at ease. You only need to support us from the rear. When we start fighting, it will not be too late to join the battle!"
Zhao Desheng thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "If you don't explain clearly what the situation is outside Haozhou City, it will be difficult for me to believe you!"
Zhu Yuanzhang then told the Yuan army about the change of commanders. All the commanders in Haozhou wanted to rob the camp, but he was worried about the enemy's deception, so he hoped that Zhao Desheng would lead the army to respond!
Zhao Desheng thought to himself that if the Yuan army did set up an ambush, he could judge whether to help based on the situation at that time. If there was no ambush, he could also take credit for the Haozhou army's robbery of the camp.
Thinking of this, he made a decision in his heart and turned around and said, "What do you think, Village Master Zhang?"
Zhang Biao was silent and did not answer.
Zhu Yuanzhang went to persuade Zhang Biao again: "Master Zhang, don't you just want to make some achievements by actively persuading other mountain villages to merge with Longtan Village? Now that the credit is right in front of you, why should you let it go so easily?"
Zhang Biao still remained silent.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Your Excellency has always been on good terms with our army. If you can defeat the Yuan army together with our army, you can not only achieve great achievements, but also maintain the righteousness of friends. Why should you hesitate?"
Zhang Biao finally spoke: "Although there are five thousand of us in total, many of our brothers don't even have anyone to take advantage of them, let alone armor, helmets, horses and strong bows. How can we defeat the main force of the Yuan army?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "This is not easy, I can provide you with weapons!"
Zhang Biao laughed and said: "Since Zhu Zhenfu is so generous, I have nothing to say!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and said: "With the help of you two, our army will definitely win this battle!"
Zhao Desheng thought secretly: "In five days' time, the general manager's wedding will be held. Just in time for me to destroy the Yuan army in Haozhou, I can treat it as a wedding gift to the general manager!"
This time he came to recruit Zhang Biao and other thieves, and brought 300 people with him. He selected a clever subordinate among them and asked him to bring the news back to Jiangdu.
When the soldier returned to Jiangdu with the news, it was already three days later, and it was only one day before Zhang Yangquan's wedding.
Zhang Yangquan has been preparing for the wedding these days. After learning that Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhao Desheng for help, he felt quite complicated.
"What's wrong? I think helping the Haozhou Army defeat the Yuan Army is a gain without any harm. Why do you seem unhappy?" asked Qin Lingjun on the side.
The two of them were trying on the custom-made dresses for the groom and the bride in the Longtanzhai textile workshop.
Zhang Yangquan turned around and saw that Qin Lingjun had put on a bright red phoenix crown and a halo. The heroic spirit on her body had faded a bit and became a bit more charming.
Zhang Yangquan withdrew his gaze and sighed: "I don't really want to help the Haozhou Army, but if I don't help, I'm worried that they will really be wiped out by the Yuan Army. Alas!"
Qin Lingjun only thought that he didn't like the Haozhou Army because of Zhao Junyong, and smiled and said: "Anyway, Zhao Desheng has already gone to help, so it is useless to think about it."
Zhang Yangquan thought about it and changed the subject: "Have all the wedding gifts been sent out?"
Qin Lingjun sat in front of the mirror, nodded and said: "Well, it's all done."
Zhang Yangquan walked up behind her, put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Have you forgotten your family?"
Qin Lingjun looked at Zhang Yangquan through the mirror and said, "Who is it?"
"Bian family!"
Qin Lingjun said: "I knew you would mention their family!"
Regarding the wedding list, Zhang Yangquan let Qin Lingjun decide. Anyway, he was alone and it would be the same for anyone he invited.
However, he kept thinking about Bian Ying's gift of the horse, so when he saw that the Bian family was not on the invitation list, he asked one more question.
"What? Do you have any concerns?"
Qin Lingjun sighed and said: "You and I both know Bian Yuanheng's talents. He follows Zhang Shicheng and will become our enemy sooner or later. So I thought it would be better to keep a distance from the Bian family to avoid embarrassment in the future!"
Zhang Yangquan was moved in his heart and said: "Do you also think Zhang Shicheng will become our enemy?"
Qin Lingjun turned to look at him and said with a smile: "You said this yourself. If you want to achieve great things, you have to win the hearts of the people! Since Zhang Shicheng is also winning the hearts of the world, it shows that he is very ambitious!"
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said seriously: "As long as we defeat Tuotuo's army, Zhang Shicheng will probably fall out. But before that, we still have to cooperate with him!"
Qin Lingjun said "hmm" and suddenly said: "I invite so many old villagers to come to the wedding banquet, but the officials and gentry invite few, is there something wrong?"
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "There's nothing wrong with it. Since it's our wedding, of course it's up to you and me to have the final say. You don't have to worry about what others think!"
Qin Lingjun smiled slightly, took out the phoenix hairpin from the box, and handed it behind her. Zhang Yangquan took the phoenix hairpin and slowly inserted it into her bun. He looked in the mirror and saw Qin Lingjun in the mirror. In addition to her beauty and heroic spirit, she also
A little more majestic.
Sanshui Village is located 30 miles north of the city, with a population of more than 600 households. It is one of the largest villages in the suburbs.
The villagers all discovered that the village chief, Liu Wu, had been restless and nagging for the past two days. Yesterday, he stepped on dog feces because he was not looking at the ground while walking.
That morning, Zheng Xiucai, the only man in the village who had studied for several years, was called home by Liu Wu.
Tuen Chang Liu enthusiastically pulled Zheng Xiucai to sit at the guest table, where there were also small drinks and dishes.
Zheng Xiucai said uneasily: "Captain, if you have something to say, just tell me directly. I have spoken first. I will leave the village next month. It's useless for you to persuade me!"
Liu Wu smiled and poured him a glass of wine.
"I know! I know! There are several new government schools opened in the General Manager's Mansion, and you want to apply for admission to teach! Although I don't think you have much hope, but if you want to have a better future, I will never stop you!" p>
Zheng Xiucai said suspiciously: "Then what do you want from me?"
Liu Wu coughed twice and said: "Xiao Zheng, you also know that since we haven't read books, we don't understand some things about literature and Zou Zou, so we can easily make jokes!"
Zheng Xiucai said: "Can you tell me the key points?"
Liu Wu smiled and said: "Then let me tell you straight, tomorrow is the wedding between the general manager and the head of the village. I have been thinking about it for a few days, but I really don't know what gift to give!"
Zheng Xiucai hesitated for a moment and said: "Captain, don't think too much. This kind of wedding requires invitations. Even if you prepare gifts, you can't send them in!"
Liu Wu felt as if he had been hit in the head and shouted: "How could that happen? I heard that Wang Laosan from Erhetun next door also plans to give gifts!"
Zheng Xiucai said: "I heard that the General Manager's Office only sent out three hundred wedding invitations, and most of them were given to the earliest residents of Longtan Village. Even among the officials and gentry, only a few people received the wedding invitations."<
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Liu Wu suddenly realized that what Wang Laosan next door liked to say most was: "I am the first person to be with the leader of the village, so you all should be polite to me!"
Liu Wu's face turned pale. He had spent a lot of energy and property preparing gifts these days. Could it be that all his work was in vain?
"Zheng Xiucai, you are smart, can you help me think of a way to get a wedding card?"
Zheng Xiucai looked embarrassed: "Captain, don't talk about me. Even the Xue family in the east of the city can't get the wedding invitation. I see you..."
At this point, seeing Liu Wu's gloomy expression, he quickly changed the subject: "You definitely can't go by yourself, but you can go with someone else!"
Liu Wu was stunned and said: "What do you mean?"
"As long as you go with someone who has an invitation, the guard shouldn't be in trouble!"
Liu Wuyi clapped his hands and said: "Yes, I can follow Taigong He in! Haha, he is indeed a scholar, and his mind works really fast!"
He immediately packed up a mule cart, prepared some peaches and radishes as specialties for the He family, and rode the mule cart into the city.