Zhu Yuanzhang and others looked at Chen Youliang's body on the throne, and they all had a headache.
Although Chen Youliang is not popular among the people, if he is willing to surrender, Jiangdu's army will be able to grasp the righteousness and quickly completely occupy Chen Youliang's territory.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time and said: "As soon as this person dies, it won't take long for a lot of kings to appear in Huguang Province!"
Yang Sanqiang suddenly said: "Chen Youliang also has two sons. Do you want to order a search? If one can be captured, it might be useful?"
Liang Rong hurriedly said: "What use can two children do? Besides, His Royal Highnesses the King and Princess do not like to use this method. It is safest to conquer Huguang Province in a down-to-earth manner!"
Yang Sanqiang nodded and stopped mentioning the matter.
Han Er rushed into the hall with a face full of joy and shouted: "Three generals, brothers and sisters found dozens of concubines in the harem, and one of them is really a damn... too..."
It seems that I can’t find the words to describe it.
Yang Sanqiang said angrily: "These concubines will be escorted back to Jiangdu Mansion and presented to the king. Don't think too hard!"
Han Er smiled and said: "Of course I understand, but you three can always go and have a look. That girl is like a little goblin. I guarantee that you three have never seen her before!"
Yang Sanqiang touched his chin and said with a smile: "Is it that exaggerated?"
"It's not an exaggeration, you will know it when you go there!"
Yang Sanqiang smiled and said: "General Zhu, General Liang, in that case, let's go and have a look!"
After Liang Rong was abandoned by his wife, he avoided women like a snake or a scorpion, shaking his head and saying: "What's so good about a woman?"
Yang Sanqiang, however, couldn't help but put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Go and take a look. After all, they are the harem beauties that Chen Youliang collected from all over the world. It would be good to be more experienced! General Zhu, what do you think?"
Zhu Yuanzhang also put his arm around Liang Rong's other shoulder and said with a smile: "That's right. Chen Youliang has good eyesight. Let's go and grow his eyesight!"
The three of them came to the Luchen Hall of the harem together, and saw dozens of beauties in royal attire standing in two rows in the hall, all of them bowing their heads, which was very endearing.
Liang Rong was born as a refugee and had little knowledge. He always felt that the leader of the village, Her Royal Highness Concubine Shen, was already a rare beauty in the world.
At this moment, I glanced over and realized that these two rows of women were all beautiful in appearance and graceful in figure. They were all as stunning as the two His Highnesses.
In fact, Chen Youliang also gave him several women, but the maids and maids he chose were naturally unwilling to give away the harem treasures.
Liang Rong looked at each other, his heart beating unconsciously.
Suddenly, after seeing a woman in a green dress at the back of the left column, I felt a hot breath rising from the soles of my feet and going straight to my forehead.
I saw the woman with an almond-shaped face and peach cheeks, and a charming appearance. Liang Rong seemed to have been struck by lightning, and was stunned in place, motionless.
Yang Sanqiang saw his appearance, winked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and the two of them came outside the palace together.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Brother Yang, what's wrong?"
Yang Sanqiang then told the situation at Liang Rong's home, and said seriously: "We were able to capture Wuchang this time, thanks to Brother Liang for risking his life. Otherwise, we jointly request the king to give the woman to Brother Liang."
How about being a wife?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What Brother Yang said is reasonable, but I think there is no need to rush to request an order. Send these women back to Jiangdu Mansion first. If there is no accident, it will not be too late to ask for an order again."
Yang Sanqiang said blankly: "What accident is Brother Zhu talking about?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced around and whispered: "Brother Yang also saw that woman just now. Let me ask, what does Brother Yang think of her?"
Yang Sanqiang said: "The country is beautiful and fragrant."
Zhu Yuanzhang added: "Yes, to be honest, even I am a little tempted. I am afraid that the king will be tempted by such a woman!"
Yang Sanqiang understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.
He was afraid that Zhang Yangquan also fell in love with this girl, but because they requested the decree in advance, she could not be included in the harem, and he would be angry with them.
This consideration is not unreasonable. He nodded and said: "Brother Zhu reminded me that I didn't think carefully."
Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject and said: "Brother Yang, what are your plans next?"
Yang Sanqiang said: "Of course we are waiting for the king's will!"
Zhu Yuanzhang whispered: "Brother Yang, you are a personal guard. If you wait for the order, you will definitely be recalled to Jiangdu Mansion. Don't you think it's a pity?"
Yang Sanqiang's eyes flickered and he said, "Brother Zhu wants me to ask the king for permission to stay in the army?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly: "Now that our army has captured Wuchang, the next step is to attack Huguang and Jiangxi, the two major provinces. The difficulty is not great, but the credit is not small!"
"After unifying the south of the Yangtze River, the king will definitely proclaim himself emperor first, and then assign titles to others. If Brother Yang wants to be granted a title of marquis, it's best to stay in the army!"
Yang Sanqiang was silent for a long time and said: "I appreciate Brother Zhu's kindness, but Yang is self-aware. As long as he can stay with the king and protect the king's safety, he will be satisfied. I don't want anything else!"
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Yang Sanqiang was a man with great ideas, so when he saw what he said, he stopped trying to persuade him.
There was still a large amount of gold and silver accumulated in Chen Youliang's treasury. Zhu Yuanzhang and his three men sealed the treasury, then posted notices to calm the people, waiting for the king's order.
The good news about Zhu Yuanzhang and others quickly spread back to Jiangdu Prefecture.
At this time, news of Chen Youliang's death had also spread.
In recent days, Zhang Yangquan has received news like this almost every day - a certain old Han general in Huguang Province or Jiangxi Province ceded territory and became king.
In just five days, the number of people claiming the title of king reached double digits.
Fortunately, Chen Youliang mobilized troops from various places before the battle. These people didn't have much strength in their hands, so it was nothing to worry about.
There are actually only three people who really need his attention.
The first person is Zhang Bixian from Huangzhou.
As soon as Chen Youliang died, he killed Chen Youren, called himself the King of Huangzhou, and allied with Zuo Junbi to attack Chen Han's territory in Jiangbei.
Since the two of them had not crossed the river, Zhang Yangquan did not intend to deal with them immediately.
The second person is Ming Yuzhen.
He has captured Chongqing and calls himself King of Shu.
Chongqing belongs to Sichuan Province, and Zhang Yangquan’s current targets are only Jiangxi Province and Huguang Province, so he ignored him.
The third person is Ding Pulang.
He was originally ordered to attack Yunnan, but halfway through, he received news that Chen Youliang had killed Xu Shouhui, so he quickly mobilized his troops to return, hoping to wipe out Chen Youliang!
Unexpectedly, just after returning to Jingjiang, I learned that Chen Youliang had been defeated.
He simply stationed troops in Jingjiang, called himself King Jingjiang, assembled more than 100,000 troops, expanded in all directions, and soon secured a territory.
Jingjiang belongs to Huguang Province, so for Zhang Yangquan, Ding Pulang is the one who needs to deal with him.
Of course, now he wants to clean up the small fish and shrimps first, and then remove the hard nails after eating up all Chen Youliang's territory.
He immediately issued an order for Xu Baisheng's army to divide into three groups and quickly march towards Jiangxi Province and Huguang Province to capture Chen Youliang's old territory.
Zhu Yuanzhang had Zhang Bixian to the north, so Zhang Yangquan asked him to stand still and guard Wuchang.
He also asked Yang Sanqiang and Liang Rong to take the captured civil and military officials and harem concubines back to Jiangdu Prefecture to present their victory.
Just as Zhang Yangquan issued orders one after another, other forces also took action.
Zhang Shicheng suddenly turned his guns and attacked Liu Futong's Xuzhou and Haining, seeming to have the intention of advancing into Shandong.
Chen Youding and Fang Guozhen also had to adjust their strategies because of Chen Youliang's death.
The two were originally entangled with Wenzhou's wild boar army.
Fang Guozhen adopted the strategy of luring the enemy, and although he successfully drew the Fujian Army into the battle, his plan to sneak attack Taizhou was discovered by Shanzhu, and he failed to capture Taizhou.
Therefore, we can only continue to harass the sea, forcing the boar to deploy a large number of troops to defend the coast.
After hearing the news, Chen Youding discussed with the generals and immediately withdrew his troops from Fuzhou and turned to attack the Han army's Meizhou Road and Chaozhou Road.
Fang Guozhen was very insistent at first and fought with Jiangdu's army at sea.
However, without Chen Youding to directly entangle the main force of the wild boar, Fang Guozhen was short of troops and his space was gradually compressed.
When Shanzhu gathered an army to counterattack and annihilate him from the sea, Fang Guozhen realized that he had no chance and had to retreat back to the Penghu Islands.
He was not idle, and immediately turned around and attacked the Han army on the Guangzhou Road, hoping to establish a new foothold.
Although these two people retreated, the wild boar did not intend to let them go.
After he obtained permission from Zhang Yangquan to fight, he immediately assembled his army and prepared to attack Chen Youding in Fujian.
Chen Youding regretted it and had to give up the idea of taking advantage of the opportunity to expand and transferred his troops to Fuzhou for defense.