Chapter 270 The storm is surging and the world is shaken
There are five counties in Anqing Road, among which Tongcheng is located in the west, with Luzhou in the north and Wuwei in the east, which belongs to the gateway of Anqing Road.
At this moment, Ming Yuzhen, Chen Youliang, Zhao Pusheng and others were sitting in the tower of Tongcheng. Everyone's expressions were solemn and silent, and the lobby of the tower was silent.
After a long time, Zhao Pusheng slammed the table and said angrily: "In my opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang has gone crazy. There is no need for us to speculate on the thoughts of a madman. We can just attack with the whole army immediately and kill him!"
Yesterday, when their 100,000-strong army arrived at Tongcheng to rest, Zhu Yuanzhang led an army to attack. With less than 20,000 troops, he actually wanted to attack Tongcheng where 100,000 troops were stationed.
This behavior was so weird that for a while, Ming Yuzhen did not dare to act rashly and hid in the city and watched!
Chen Youliang glanced at Zhao Pusheng and said sadly: "Marshal Zhao, if Zhu Yuanzhang is really that stupid, you won't be easily defeated by him!"
He is responsible for leading Ni Wenjun's 50,000 troops.
Zhao Pusheng stood up and said angrily: "Chen Youliang, who are you? You have only joined our Tianwan Army for less than two years, and you still dare to teach me a lesson!"
Chen Youliang sneered and said nothing, while the generals behind him glared at Zhao Pusheng.
Ming Yuzhen said hurriedly: "Commander Zhao, please be patient. Zhu Yuanzhang is full of tricks, so we'd better be careful!"
Zhao Pusheng snorted: "No matter how many tricks he has, he only has less than 20,000 men, so there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Chen Youliang said coldly: "Zhu Yuanzhang indeed only has less than 20,000 troops. How do you know there is no one else behind him?"
Ming Yuzhen was moved in her heart and said: "Marshuai Chen suspects that Zhu Yuanzhang has taken refuge with Prince Xiao Ming?"
Chen Youliang said calmly: "It may be King Xiao Ming or King Chu. Both of them have strong soldiers and horses. Borrowing Zhu Yuanzhang's men and horses is enough to give us a slap in the face!"
Zhao Pusheng snorted and said: "That's nonsense, why do they want to help Zhu Yuanzhang?"
Chen Youliang glanced at him sideways and said: "They are not helping Zhu Yuanzhang, but using Zhu Yuanzhang's hand to weaken us. Can't Marshal Zhao even understand this?"
Zhao Pusheng frowned and said: "The Northern Army is preparing for the Northern Expedition. The Jiangdu Army's goal is Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. They have no reason to provoke us now, right?"
Chen Youliang shook his head and said: "Such naive words come from the mouth of our general Tianwanjun. How ridiculous!"
Zhao Pusheng was about to get angry when Ming Yuzhen said in a deep voice: "Marshal Chen, just say what you have to say, why bother with sarcasm?"
Chen Youliang squinted his eyes and said: "The general trend of the world is actually a battle between the weak and the strong. Weaken others and strengthen ourselves. This is an unchanging principle and does not require any reason!"
Ming Yuzhen was silent for a while and sighed: "Yes, we will have conflicts with Jiangdu Army and Beijun sooner or later!"
Zhao Pusheng snorted: "According to what you want, our 100,000 troops will huddle in the city and be a joke to the world?"
Chen Youliang said leisurely: "If you say that, there is nothing wrong with it. As long as you can achieve the final victory, there is nothing wrong with being a turtle!"
Zhao Pusheng wanted to say more, but a general suddenly came in from outside the door and said with cupped hands: "Three generals, the scouts have just come to report that half of the troops outside the city have evacuated, leaving only about 8,000 troops!"
Zhao Pusheng was stunned and said: "He is crazy. He is already short of men and horses, and he has retreated partially?"
Ming Yuzhen sneered and said: "This shows that he is impatient! Marshal Chen is right. He is deliberately leading us out. As long as we stay still, there is nothing he can do!"
At this moment, a military order was issued, strictly prohibiting the army from attacking.
In this way, three days passed.
Early that morning, when Chen Youliang was patrolling the camp, he suddenly found that the soldiers were whispering. He pulled one of them over and asked, but the soldier hesitated and did not dare to speak.
Chen Youliang shouted: "If you don't speak again, I will chop off your tongue!"
The soldier finally said: "General, I heard that Marshal Ni rebelled in Hanyang. Is this true?"
Chen Youliang felt a chill all over his body. His first reaction was that Ni Wenjun was really losing his temper and causing trouble in Hanyang, right?
Then he thought about it, if there was really a situation in Hanyang, he should have received the news earlier than these soldiers!
At this moment, many generals rushed over and said: "General, it's not good, in the military camp..."
Chen Youliang interrupted coldly: "No need to say more, I already know it. Don't panic, this must be Zhu Yuanzhang's rumor!"
A general said anxiously: "Marshuai Chen, I wonder if Marshal Ni is really..." The rest of the words were not said.
Chen Youliang felt anxious.
Ni Wenjun's desire to be independent is no longer a secret within the Tianwan Army, so as soon as the rumor came out, even he almost believed it, let alone others.
In an instant, he realized the seriousness of the problem.
Even if they are like this, how will Ming Yuzhen and others react? Will Zhao Pusheng attack him directly indiscriminately?
While he was thinking about it, a general rushed to report and said: "General, it's bad, the brothers are fighting with the people from Zuoying!"
Before Chen Youliang had time to speak, another messenger came running up on horseback and said loudly: "Marshal Chen, Marshal Ming, please come over here!"
A cold light flashed in Chen Youliang's eyes, and he ignored the ordering soldier and said loudly: "Send the order, all the soldiers of the right camp will withdraw from the copper city from the south gate and assemble ten miles outside the city!"
The messenger said anxiously: "Commander Chen, Marshal Ming, please come over!"
Chen Youliang pointed at him and said coldly: "Go back and tell Ming Yuzhen that this is a rumor sent by Zhu Yuanzhang's people. I'm afraid that his brain will get hot and he will fight with me, so I will station outside the city first and wait for him to calm down."
, go and explain to him again!"
After saying that, he ignored the messenger, got on a war horse and left.
The messenger sent the news back to Ming Yuzhen in the tower. Zhao Pusheng said angrily: "Did you see that this kid had a guilty conscience and ran away?"
Ming Yuzhen remained silent.
What he is most worried about now is not whether Chen Youliang and Ni Wenjun have turned against each other, but that the 50,000 soldiers in the right camp knew that Ni Wenjun was rebelling, but they still obeyed Chen Youliang's orders!
If Ni Wenjun ordered them to turn around and attack the emperor, I'm afraid they would execute it without hesitation.
He had already made up his mind to kill Chen Youliang and other generals at the appropriate opportunity to regain control of this group of men.
But not now, because he knows very well that the culprit causing the current chaotic situation is Zhu Yuanzhang!
"General Zhao, it's obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang is spreading rumors about this. I finally understand why he put on such a display outside the city!"
Zhao Pusheng was stunned and said: "Why?"
Ming Yuzhen said: "He is trying to be mysterious so that we don't dare to attack. Only in this way can we have time to spread the rumors!"
Zhao Pusheng said angrily: "Damn it, why did you listen to me and just go out of the city to fuck him? Wouldn't this mess be over?"
Ming Yuzhen smiled bitterly and said: "I should have listened to you back then!"
A general suddenly rushed into the lobby of the city tower and said: "Commander Ming, Marshal Zhao, it's bad, General Jiang's people are fighting with the people from Youying!"
Ming Yuzhen said anxiously: "Immediately pass the order to my general so that the soldiers of the left camp must not conflict with the right camp!"
Zhao Pusheng waved his hand and said: "I'll go there myself!" He strode away from the tower.
Ming Yuzhen quickly called several generals and asked them to immediately recruit men and horses to the east gate to strengthen the defense of the city wall.
He knew very well that as long as there was chaos in the city, Zhu Yuanzhang would immediately attack the city!
As a result, the generals sent were gone for a long time, but no soldiers were transferred.
He hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the situation, only to learn that Zhao Pusheng had also started fighting with Chen Youliang's people.
The soldiers from the left camp all ran to the south gate and started fighting with the soldiers from the right camp who wanted to leave the city.
Ming Yuzhen was angry and anxious. At this moment, the scouts came to report that Zhu Yuanzhang's army was coming!
On September 19th, the fourteenth year of Zhizheng, two major events happened in the world at the same time.
The first one was that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was incompetent, defeated Tian Wan's army of 100,000 troops with less than 20,000 troops, and captured the Copper City on Anqing Road in one fell swoop, shocking the world.
The second incident was that at the Haozhou coronation ceremony, Han Qing'er was proclaimed emperor. However, when the civil and military officials were ennobled, Du Zundao and Sheng Wenyu were appointed as the left and right prime ministers, and the leader of the Northern Army, Liu Futong, was only given the position of Pingzhang. p>
The Northern Army officials were in chaos, and many military generals came forward to oppose it. At the critical moment, Liu Chun exercised the power of the Queen Mother to finalize the matter.
This was obviously a coup, and the initiators were Du Zundao and Sheng Wenyu. They also colluded with the Queen Mother Liu Chun, but Liu Futong was unaware of it, so it was completely defeated.