First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 281

The troops of the Zhu family who rushed in were already exhausted, sweat soaked in their jackets, panting like cows, and some soldiers were shaking their hands and feet. Faced with this situation, Deng Youde knew in his heart that the soldiers urgently needed a rest before they could recover their strength and needed to fight.

But at this time, how can it be delayed?

"Our brethren are fighting for their lives, the superiors are graceful, and the elders have instructed us that it's time for us to do our best, everyone listen, divide two thousand households and attack Watergate, and the rest will attack Simon with me!"

After Deng Youde instructed, he took the initiative to lead the troops and pounced on them.

The defense of Huzhou City is still tight, and troops and horses are allocated to each city gate, and they are ready to stand. Unfortunately, due to the sudden breach of the water gate, Zhang Tianqi led troops to the rescue and dispatched troops and horses from all the city gates, and there was no chief general. And Deng Youde is indeed a fierce general. He wears two layers of armor, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other.

First of all, he concentrated his bows and crossbows, so that the defenders at the top of the city could not lift their heads, and then he took the simple ladder. Now, Deng Youde was very skilled. When he arrived at the head of the city, he waved his weapons and slashed wantonly. The follow-up soldiers quickly followed up, and he successfully opened the door without much effort.

After entering the city, Deng Youde was in trouble. Huzhou city is not small. Where is the most valuable target? To rescue Li Wenzhong, or to attack a crowded place?

Just when he hesitated, a group of young men from the city, about twenty or thirty people, ran out of an alley.

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"Go this way, go this way!"

Deng Youde was still hesitant, and the other party hurriedly said, "We are from this city, and this is the yamen!"

Deng Youde thought about it for a while, and finally decided to take a gamble. He asked the soldiers to follow him and moved forward quickly. Sure enough, he crossed a few streets and came to the front of the original prefectural government office.

Right now, this is Zhang Tianqi's residence, and he will only guard the center of the city. . A three-foot-tall flag fluttered in the wind.

Deng Youde saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Set fire to me and burn this bastard's nest!"

In an instant, the fire soared into the sky, like a large candle, and the entire Huzhou City could be seen, with thick smoke billowing and flames soaring.

At this time, there were still more than 20,000 troops in the city, almost four times the number of Zhu's army. If they could be mobilized, they could still turn defeat into victory.

But when the prefect's yamen caught fire, it was completely messed up.

The soldiers and horses in the whole city lost their command and people were in chaos.

Some people say that Zhang Tianqi is dead and his head has been chopped off. Others said that all the Zhu family's army was killed, hundreds of thousands of troops, and the magic weapon fell from the sky.

At this time, no one can tell the truth from the fake, the city shouts and kills constantly, and the fire is soaring into the sky.

Many simply threw their weapons and ran away.

People's hearts are broken, the consequences are really terrible, and there is no way to deal with them.

Zhang Tianqi was stunned to find that there were not many soldiers and horses around him. On the contrary, the Zhu family army actually had the upper hand, and there were shouts of killing in all directions.

His face was pale, and at this moment, he only felt that something flew away from his head. Just now, how fierce the Zhu family army was. He saw it. If it fell into the hands of these masters, it would not be ashes!

Without much hesitation, Zhang Tianqi turned his head and ran.

Even the main general fled for his life like this, not to mention the others. The big guys fled one after another, and the number of people around Zhang Tianqi was visibly reduced.

He fled to the east gate in a hurry, and was about to escape when a group of soldiers and horses of the Zhu Family Army suddenly appeared in front of him.

Zhou Dexing carried his weapon and rushed in front.

"Don't let that grandson go! Catch me alive!"

Zhang Tianqi's soul flew away, he turned around and ran away, but where else could he go? Many young men in the city came out with courage, and they gave directions to the Zhu family.

Wherever there is a collapsed army, they will kill them.

Soldiers who are occasionally alone will be ambushed by young men and arrested directly.

The battle lasted for a day and a half, and Xu Da's main force also arrived and successfully captured Huzhou.

After counting, the Zhu family's army lost about 1,100 people, and Li Wenzhong's advance team alone lost nearly 500 people.

Including Li Wenzhong, he also had three injuries on his body. In particular, he was slashed by an arrow on his neck. If he went a little further inside, he would shoot through the artery, and he would definitely die.

Xu Da was also quite sighed, "This time you have made a great contribution, and I won't agree to it if you don't give a big reward!"

Li Wenzhong respectfully thank you.

At this time, Zhou Dexing also came. He was lucky and caught Zhang Tianqi.

"This grandson escaped into a private house, and even got a set of women's clothes, intending to escape in disguise... You don't look at it, you have a beard, and you want to deceive the eyes of the master! Dream!"

Zhang Tianqi's old face was flushed, and he was frightened and annoyed. He could only grit his teeth and said, "Quickly kill me with one knife! Give me a treat!"

Xu Da looked at him and sneered: "There is no need to dress up as a hero, we have our own rules, and we will not wrong a good person! Naturally, we will not let a bad person go and take him away!"

With Zhang Tianqi being captured, the Huzhou battle ended quickly.

Even Xu Da couldn't help shouting for luck.

The siege battle has always been a problem. Even in Hongdu, the Zhu family's army took more than two months, and Zhang Shicheng was famous for his good defense.

Playing for a year and a half is normal.

As a result, after a few days of fighting, the victory was won and it fell into the hands of Zhu Jiajun. How could he not be overjoyed?

Xu Da decisively ordered that Zhou Dexing lead a force, pretending to be the main force, to attack Jiaxing, contain Zhang Shicheng's troops, and then let Deng Youde be the vanguard and take Hangzhou directly.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had also led all the civil and military forces to reach the territory of Huzhou.

Riding on the horse, Zhu Yuanzhang looked to both sides. Gradually, he found that the roadside ridges were neat and the paddy fields were continuous, very well-organized, and at first glance, he was a farmer.

"Whose land is this? How much?"

Zhang Ximeng didn't know either, so he could only ask others, and soon, there was news that Zhang Tianqi made the military camp.

Intrigued, Lao Zhu jumped off the war horse and took the initiative to come over to check. Zhang Ximeng also followed behind. After they passed through a paddy field, they found a neat house.

The houses were built of adobe with straw roofs.

There is a well in the yard, a warehouse, a barn, and even a pond for composting in the back... Everything is available.

Lao Zhu looked around and couldn't help but said, "Let's see this Zhang Tianqi, he is a talent!"

Zhang Ximeng also praised again and again, "I must be better at farming than me!"

Lao Zhu didn't say anything, just mounted his horse and led the crowd into Huzhou.

"Goodbye to the boss!"

Li Wenzhong actually waited at the gate of the city and was in charge of welcoming Lao Zhu.

It turned out that Xu Da did not want to delay the time, and had already supervised the troops to go south, while Li Wenzhong was injured, so he just stayed, and while he was recovering, he waited for Lao Zhu to arrive.

Zhu Yuanzhang took his nephew's hand and asked him warmly, quite relieved.

"Good boy, good fight!"

Li Wenzhong's face was slightly red, and suddenly he said boldly: "Superior, I, I am not a child! I can lead the army!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing, "Yes, you are indeed not a child, Commander Li Wenzhong! You lead the troops well, and strive to win more battles! Let everyone look up to you!"

Li Wenzhong was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.

Lao Zhu asked about the siege process again, and then asked Zhang Tianqi to be brought up.

"We heard that you were one of the eighteen poles, and you killed Tartar with Zhang Shicheng?"

Zhang Tianqi hesitated slightly, nodded and said, "That's right."

"Then we want to ask you, what did you think at that time?"

"No, I didn't think much about it, I just couldn't live anymore."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "So now, can you live on?"

Zhang Tianqi was stunned again, and after a long while, he muttered: "I, I am under the command of King Cheng, so naturally I can live on. If Wu Guogong wants to kill, he will kill, there is no need to say that."

Lao Zhu smiled slightly, "Zhang Tianqi, we want to ask you, you know that you can't survive, you want to rise up, how does Zhang Shicheng govern the land of Suzhou and Hangzhou? Are you worthy of the people who follow you? Are you worthy of your original self?"

Faced with the questioning, Zhang Tianqi was stunned and speechless.

At the beginning, they were not used to Yuan Ting's style, and it seemed that Zhang Shicheng did the same.

Repairing the palace, collecting beauties, extorting levies... On top of the various extortionate and miscellaneous taxes, I have to charge a lot more, raise soldiers, raise officials, especially hundreds of thousands of stone grains, and send them to Dadu to be his loyal minister of the Yuan Dynasty. .

Thinking of a few years ago, and looking at the present, it does make people feel a little ashamed.

"Wu Guogong, win the king or lose the bandit, you just kill people!"

"No!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "A matter of the world~www.mtlnovel.com~ Billion trillions of Limin, how can it be so simple that the king succeeds and the bandit loses? Fight the city with force and fight the chaos with benevolence. Qing and Qiu did not commit any crimes, so it was decided in one fell swoop. Every time I heard that the generals won a city without killing them, I was overjoyed. It is only for the benefit of the country that the children and grandchildren will receive its blessings."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed very much: "Let's see that you are stationed in Huzhou, and you can still benefit from the cultivation of fields. You are a talented person who is willing to do good. Let's ask you what you thought at first, just want to know, whether you still want to cultivate the land and benefit the people. ?"

Zhang Tianqi was surprised again. If Zhu Yuanzhang talked to him about prosperity and wealth, he might surrender, or he might refuse... But there is always a way to deal with it, but when it comes to this, he is in a mess.

"I, I can't say it well either."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled dumbly, "Mr. Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Ximeng immediately said: "My lord, the minister has just made plans. The territory of Hongdu is close to Poyang Lake. In terms of the situation, it is very similar to Huzhou on the coast of Taihu Lake. If General Zhang is willing, he can go to Hongdu to settle fields and build water conservancy for the benefit of one party. "

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then said again: "Zhang Tianqi, what do you think?"

When Zhang Tianqi heard that he was going to Hongdu, he didn't need to fight Zhang Shicheng directly, he was relieved immediately, not to mention that he also thought of his poor background, when their family didn't even have an acre of land, they could only carry brine in the salt field, that Don't talk about the day.

"I, I will!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a smile, "Let's come to Huzhou to eliminate chaos for the people. Immediately put up a notice to allow the people to avenge their grievances, immediately prepare for the equal distribution of land and acres, suspend all extortionate and miscellaneous taxes, and collect them again after the land is granted. Commander, behead!"

Zhang Tianqi listened silently, and lowered his head even deeper...

Chapter end