First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 128

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"Upper position, the people of Yangzhou have seized the city gate, please enter the upper position!"

"what!"

Lao Zhu was overjoyed and ignored anything. He stepped out and rushed out. Sure enough, he saw the fire in the direction of Yangzhou, shouting loudly... He acted decisively and sent a few generals to the city.

Just when they were about to leave, Zhang Ximeng drove out.

"Lord, entering the city this time is extraordinary, and it is more important than Chuzhou. The remnants of the Yuan army in the city need to be cleaned up, the market must be maintained, and the most important thing is not to invade the houses, not to murder and set fire, and not to lose the hearts of the people!"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt right, nodded vigorously, and said to the generals headed by Feng Guoyong: "Did you hear the instructions of your husband? Who dares to violate the military order, we will not forgive!"

Feng Guoyong nodded hurriedly, "Humble duty, please follow the order." After he finished speaking, he said to Zhang Ximeng: "Sir, there is a shortage of food in the city now. Are we going to help the people immediately?"

Zhang Ximeng shook his head, "Not yet. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. If there are no proper rules, I am afraid that they will be messed up immediately. You first post a notice and ask everyone to wait at home. We will register and make a list, divide them into categories, and distribute them. Food. Those who are really not eaten, are weak and difficult to maintain, can be sent out first, and we will prepare some porridge in the military camp."

It's not that Zhang Ximeng broke his promise and reluctant to give the steamed buns. Those who have the strength to run out on their own will naturally be fine, but the old, weak, sick, and disabled are already in poor health. Two big steamed buns and a bowl of braised pork are not life-saving. That is terrible!

Feng Guoyong is a delicate one. He took down Zhang Ximeng's instructions, and immediately led the troops and pounced on Yangzhou City.

At this moment, the king of Dayuan Zhennan was already angry and anxious, and his soul was no longer possessed.

He led eight thousand elites out of the city, still thinking about fighting it, but as soon as he left the city, his back was cut off. He turned around and wanted to kill him, but found that many of his subordinates simply ran away. Some people carried weapons and went directly to Zhu Jiajun's side and knelt on the ground to receive buns.

The rest of the Yuan army was also panicked, and they wanted to kill back to Yangzhou, it was absolutely impossible.

"Go, go to Gaoyou with this king, and go to the Prime Minister Tuotuo!"

Boruopuhua wanted to leave with people, but before they ran far away, a man and horse rushed over.

Hu Dahai rushed to the front, carrying a sharp axe in his hand, and screamed like a group of evil wolves that had seen their prey. They chopped melons and vegetables, and divided the pelophus into two parts, leaving less than two thousand people for the pallus, and the prince flees in fright.

But he didn't run far, and he was besieged by Huayun, Feng Guosheng, Lu Zhongheng and others one after another, and there were almost no soldiers left.

There was also an arrow on Borropy's ass, and the pain was unbearable, so he could only lie on the horse's back, and his lower body was numb.

No matter what, as long as you can see the prime minister, ask the prime minister to send troops and avenge yourself!

Boruo Puhua ran to find out. Zhu Yuanzhang was already doing his utmost here. Every soldier got busy. To what extent?

Father Li Zhen brought all the people in the kitchen up there.

"You must stop the Yuan soldiers, try not to allow them to disperse into the countryside, nor do they harm the people, let alone set fire to looting..."

Zhang Ximeng confessed like a gun, and Li Zhen laughed and said: "Okay! I see!"

With a kitchen knife in his hand, the commander rushed towards the Yuan Ting defeated army.

No one would have thought that this group of people who came out of the kitchen had amazing fighting power. They were all strong and sturdy. They raised their swords and guns and were invincible. They would rush wherever there are more Yuan troops.

There were more than one hundred people in total, and more than two thousand prisoners were caught in a daze.

Li Zhen was satisfied, "You are all honest, turn around and give you a small stove to eat meat! Dare to be disobedient, or sneak away, don't blame me for not reminding you that it fell into the hands of the hungry, you are just The meat in the pot!"

The group of captives trembling with fright, quickly agreed.

Seeing that they were very well-behaved, Li Zhen said: "Let's do it, you dig a trench yourself, circle a camp, stay in it, do a good job, give you steamed buns, if you can't do it, eat fists. , Understand?"

"Understood, Understood!"

Another famous scene appeared. Yuan army captives dug trenches, built camps, and locked themselves up. That's an obedient!

Zhang Ximeng patrolled around and couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.

In fact, after seeing this scene, I understood why Yuan Ting changed and took off, and hundreds of thousands of troops collapsed on the spot, and the overall situation was directly out of control... Yuan Ting had long been rotten. Starting from the Han Shantong uprising, it has already reached the first place. In the past four years, there have been successive natural and man-made disasters ahead.

The accumulation of Yuan Ting has been exhausted, and the foundation has long been left.

Take the team led by Bo Luopuhua as an example. He successfully got Yangzhou from Zhang Shicheng, but then something went wrong. He didn't carry much food, and he was supposed to let the Yuan army in the south of the Yangtze River provide the food.

But I'm sorry. There are also 200,000 people in Jiangnan. They need to eat and drink, and they have to deliver food to most of them. You should wait!

The friendly army is in trouble, not moving like a mountain.

This immediately turned the pluop into a pit.

He had to squeeze oil from the people of Yangzhou, and had to plunder nearby. Even so, the army still couldn't get enough to eat. There were complaints, and the hearts and minds of the army were lost.

At this point, it won't work if you don't want to collapse, and God won't agree!

The Yuan army who wanted to come outside Gaoyou City was similar to Yangzhou.

It's just that he is struggling to maintain it with his ability and prestige. When he took it off, the heart became distracted and suddenly out of control.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ximeng came up with an idea, what would happen if he continued to raid Yangzhou at this moment?

Can you defeat the hundreds of thousands of Tuotuo?

A smooth relief?

If this is done, wouldn't it mean that the two Huaihe Rivers will be unified, and the king's pattern at the end of the Yuan Dynasty will be achieved ahead of time?

This idea is so tempting that Zhang Ximeng wanted to go to Lao Zhu immediately and have a good talk.

But before he could move, the cruel reality broke Zhang Ximeng's illusion...From the city of Yangzhou, a dense crowd of people supporting the old and the young came out of the city gate and rushed out of the city.

How come there are so many?

Hasn't it been ordered that only some old and weak women and children who lack food should come out?

What exactly did Feng Guoyong do?

Just when Zhang Ximeng was about to get angry, Feng Guoyong came out in person, his face was full of horror, and if he could scare this civil and military talent into this, he knew how terrifying things were.

"Sir, we searched out a temple of the earth. There were more than 20 Yuan troops hiding in it. Before they could catch people, these Yuan troops ran out by themselves, all of them pale, as if they had seen a ghost. Yes. We asked, they even said nothing, but finally I went in and checked it. Inside, there were a lot of bones, all of which were human! There were dozens of holes, and there were children's. Skull!"

Feng Guo was trembling with his voice.

The boatman Old Qi said that cannibalism in the city, the big guy thought it was an isolated phenomenon, but after actually inspecting it, he realized that Yangzhou City has been miserable to the extreme. Fortunately, Zhu Jiajun arrived at this time. Otherwise, these 800,000 people, how much can they live? It's hard to say.

"Sir, what do you think?"

Zhang Ximeng took a deep breath, "Let's tell the workshops in the city to open the door for business immediately...the shop where you originally worked, you will return immediately. Even if there is nothing to do, we will distribute the food. Let's let it go first. Everyone makes a living, and then we will re-register the situation, and after verification, we will put food according to the person's hair."

"Then, what about the refugees?"

"The refugees let them come out and arrange for them to go to Zhenzhou, Liuhe, Chuzhou and other places to farm. If there is no serious thing to do, don't guard in Yangzhou. We can't afford idlers."

Feng Guoyong followed Zhang Ximeng's order and implemented it again.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was almost busy there. According to preliminary verification, there were more than 38,000 Yuan troops in the city. In addition to a small number of people who died in battle, there were some escaped. About 32,000 people were captured.

Since there is no time to tie up, and there is no house or tent, I can only paint the ground as a prison first and take care of it hastily.

In less than a day, so many people were captured, even if it was more than 30,000 pigs, it was not so easy to catch!

It shows how unpopular Yuan Ting is!

But even so, it doesn't mean that these people are willing to unconditionally belong to the Zhu Family Army.

Zhang Ximeng came to Lao Zhu to discuss the next move. He happened to encounter a group of Yuan army prisoners. They were about three to five hundred people, making a noise.

"You lied! Didn't you say that there are steamed buns? What about braised pork? What about stewed goose? Nothing! Just give Lao Tzu a white porridge? Play Lao Tzu as a monkey?"

Someone took the lead, and many prisoners followed up and murmured against the little soldiers of the Zhu Family Army.

The little soldier was also angry, "You are prisoners! Not an uncle! You still want to eat steamed buns and roast meat, no! You have enough fists, do you want it!"

At this time, the one who took the lead in the trouble, yelled again, "Have you seen? What kind of master, it is a lie, don't be fooled by the big guy, follow me, let's kill! Find a clear road again!"

Tens of thousands of prisoners, the number is more than Zhu Jiajun.

There are those who are obedient, and naturally there are those who are disobedient.

The trouble was not limited to this place. Zhang Ximeng immediately urged the horse to come over and saw that he had arrived. There were many soldiers from the Zhu Family Army behind, and this group of prisoners were finally honest.

Zhang Ximeng called the little soldier over and asked about the situation.

The little soldier grieved Baba and said the matter again, "Sir, they are all unreasonable. They are obviously prisoners, and they should be severely punished if they don't listen to military orders!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "This is what you are not. Although they are captives, they must not be stern. They must be kind, reasonable, and behave in a proper manner."

Zhang Ximeng criticized a few words, turned his head, and said to the prisoners: "You are not satisfied with the porridge and pickles. I want to ask, what do you usually eat? But is there better?"

He asked twice, but no one answered. Zhang Ximeng walked over, grabbed a thin prisoner, and smiled: "Tell me, what do you usually eat in the army?"

"Eat, eat black flour pancakes, rotten, rotten vegetable soup."

"Then, then do you think white porridge and pickles are not good?"

With embarrassment on the face of the prisoner, he mumbled for a long time, and only said: "I, I didn't say it's bad, it's..." He swept the corner of his eyes towards the leading troublemaker, but he didn't dare to say it, so he lowered his head. .

Zhang Ximeng saw it in his eyes and understood in his heart.

"Are you a general of Yuan Ting? What did you do before?"

The leader was a little hesitant, and said after a long while: "I, I am a thousand households, I, I voluntarily surrendered, yes, I am meritorious!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and threw him aside, grabbed the little soldier of the Zhu Family Army backhand, led him to the other soldiers, and then said earnestly: "Do you understand? These ordinary soldiers are our people, you just The harsh words scared them all. This is not the way to do things."

After speaking, Zhang Ximeng raised his head again and said, "Brothers, the Zhu Family Army is a team of poor people. Among us, there are many soldiers of Yuan Ting. As long as they are kind and honest soldiers, they are our brothers and feet. Everyone. He is also a reasonable person. Rice and meat cannot be delivered all at once. Please be considerate."

Seeing that Zhang Ximeng's tone was kind and reasonable, the prisoners nodded one after another.

"My lord said so, we will understand."

Zhang Ximeng smiled again, "One more thing, I want to tell everyone that those high officials, generals, ten thousand households, thousand households in the Yuan Ting army... ~www.mtlnovel.com~ But there are plenty of people who do evil and instigate things! They are not reconciled to losing power, and they want to agitate the big guys and give them their lives. This is no good at all!"

When the thousand household heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and he was so moved that he got up and wanted to run, but he heard Zhang Ximeng's drink.

"Take it down!"

In an instant, someone rushed up and took down this thousand households. How could he be convinced, and shouted, "You lie, you don't count! Lao Tzu has been fooled by you!"

He yelled, but a soldier covered his mouth and dragged it down.

Zhang Ximeng smiled, looked at the other prisoners, and smiled: "Don't be afraid of the big guy. Just remember one thing. You are also poor people. We are all the same. What did this person do in the army just now? Everyone As long as you stand up and report, if there is a real incident, you will immediately be punished severely!"

Zhang Ximeng glanced across all the prisoners, and finally fell on the thin prisoner, encouraging: "Speak, I'll call you the shots!"

The young captive pondered over and over again, and finally said: "He, he deducted our food and payment, and also killed a dozen people, and ate nothing...Does this count?"

Zhang Ximeng laughed, "Naturally, I will take him over now and confront you--does the big guy have the courage?"

The captives looked at each other, and some of them showed hesitation and entanglement on their faces. They peeked at Zhang Ximeng and seemed a little distrustful. One of the captives boldly said, "You, can you really call us the shots?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Then you might as well think about it, why do we protect Yuan Ting's running dog, Eagle Dog?"

The captive struggled for a while, and finally said: "Then, then we will believe you once! Speaking of this beast...he has done a lot of bad things!"

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