One Eighty Seven, Innocent
Xu Renjie appeared beside Zhu Yuanzhang and said calmly: "Brother Zhu, should you send someone to catch up and kill the child!"
If Wang Er was replaced by Wang Mei and others, they would definitely not be able to say this, but Xu Renjie could say it and do it.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "No need! Even if this child doesn't inform others, the other rebels under Wang Jiayin will come here sooner or later. Think about it, if I divide you, Wang Er, Miao Mei and others into several small teams and pass through a mountain. There is a mountain village in the mountains, will you gather here to take a look?"
"This...of course!" Xu Renjie pointed: "Then it's cheaper to this child... I saved my life! Humph! By the way, Brother Zhu, if all Wang Jiayin's subordinates gathered here, I'm afraid there would be a total force of nearly 20,000... So many people, what should I do if I want to seize our village?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "If they want to take the robbery, I will let them know that it is not possible to win a battle if there are too many people! But you can rest assured about this matter, we will definitely not be able to fight because they cannot take our village."
"Huh? Why?" Xu Renjie was puzzled.
"Because Wang Jiayin... Forget it, I won't talk about it now, you will know in a few days." Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to say that because Wang Jiayin's personality was too naive, but he thought that after his reincarnation, he had never met Wang Jiayin. If he commented on a person he had never met before, it would be shocking, so he suppressed him and stopped talking.
What kind of person is Wang Jiayin? He is an innocent person! Although he led tens of thousands of rebels to rebel and became the leader of dozens of rebel troops, and although he was a border army, he was well-managed and could be regarded as a rare and excellent general in the rebel army, none of these could cover up his innocent and elegant nature.
His most innocent and romantic expression is that he values friendship very much. He regards all the righteous army in the world as a family and regards all the leaders of the righteous army as his own brothers. When others are in trouble, he has to go to help. Therefore, he is recommended as the leader by all the righteous army! Some people may say, how can this be called innocent and romantic? This is an advantage! Is there any mistake in valuing friendship?
That's right, if he is an ordinary person or just a soldier, then valuing friendship is an advantage, but he is a big brother who commands tens of thousands of thieves. In this case, it is not good to value friendship! People who value friendship are too principled, too savvy, and too easy to be plotted against by others through "brotherhood"... People who value friendship will definitely not become heroes!
Zhu Yuanzhang was almost certain that even if Zhang Xianzhong and other bandit leaders wanted to seize their village, as long as Wang Jiayin arrived, his innocence would start to explode, and no bandit could attack his village!
Of course, although this estimate is always the same, Zhu Yuanzhang would not just put all his bargaining chips on Wang Jiayin. He still stepped up his vigilance in the parody and ordered sentries and scouts to closely monitor the movements around him.
A few days later, another rebel army arrived.
As usual, Zhu Yuanzhang brought a group of leaders down the mountain to "welcome". This time he came a bandit army with a mixed cavalry and infantry. There were more infantry, more than a thousand, and fewer cavalry, with only about two hundred cavalry. But this number of cavalry is already very rare.
You should know that the Ming Dynasty was short of horses. Most of the officers and soldiers were infantry and very few cavalry. In addition to the border troops, you saw a man riding a horse in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. This person was either a general or a scout, and usually he was not a cavalry.
This bandit can actually have two hundred cavalrymen. It is really scary to say that the officers and soldiers are gasping for breath.
Moreover, these cavalry are very skilled in equestrianism. They ride horses on complex mountain roads. They are like walking on flat ground. They can even nap and sleep, drink water and eat steamed buns, and even wear clothes and comb their hair...
"These people grew up on horseback." Zhu Yuanzhang said to the leaders around him: "The very elite cavalry... is not simple!"
The mixed cavalry army approached, and the flag in the army was raised by the wind. Everyone saw the words on it clearly, and saw the word "博" on the flag, swaying in the wind.
It was the King of Breakings Gao Yingxiang! Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved, and everyone's eyes were looking at the leader of the bandit Gao Yingxiang, but Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes quickly floated to the side... Where is Li Zicheng? Where is the devil Li Zicheng?
It took Zhu Yuanzhang a long time to find Li Zicheng. He was still very young and looked almost the same age as Zhu Yuanzhang. He was dressed very ordinary and his aura was not impressed. However, his eyes were ethereal and deep, as if he contained great ambitions.
He led an infantry team with about 100 people in the back, which was very inconspicuous. The reason was very simple. At this time, Li Zicheng was just a small leader under Gao Yingxiang, and only managed the more than 100 men brought out by Li Zicheng from Lijia Village. He was assigned to the "Eighth Team" by Gao Yingxiang.
No one would have thought that it was this inconspicuous "Eighth Team". Later, Li Zicheng moved to the world and was famous. He was called the "Old Eighth Team". He was the most elite and core unit under Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng was ups and downs. As long as the Old Eighth Team was still there, he was a centipede, and he died without being stiff. Unfortunately, in the battle of Shanhaiguan, the Old Eighth Team was completely wiped out by the Eighth Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, causing Li Zicheng to lose his trump card and never recovered from then on.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought maliciously: If I suddenly ordered all the elites in the parish to be released and Li Zicheng and his old eighth team were killed here, how would the subsequent history change?
"Brother Zhu...Brother Zhu...What are you looking at? Brother Chuangwang is cleaning you..." Someone next to him reminded him in a low voice. Zhu Yuanzhang then withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Gao Yingxiang.
Gao Yingxiang was dressed very gorgeously. He grabbed a set of Ming army officers' armor from somewhere to cover him. With his dark skin and black face, he looked quite majestic and domineering. He stepped on a tall horse and saw that he was extraordinary at the sight. However, Zhu Yuanzhang was not interested in him because this person's eyes were hollow and ruthless, but lacked the shrewd and capable light, and he could not become a great man in the end.
"The King of Chuang came from afar, thank you for your hard work... Please go to the small hill here to rest. The Eight Kings brothers are already resting on it, and you are just together." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the prepared hill like the one who received Zhang Xianzhong.
Last time, he almost turned against Zhang Xianzhong, but this time Gao Yingxiang's reaction was completely different. He was not as smart as Zhang Xianzhong. He only heard Zhu Yuanzhang prepare a rest place for him, but he could not hear the meaning of alienation from it... Smart people listen to people's words, and stupid people listen to people's words, but they could only hear the words on the surface.
Gao Yingxiang happily walked up the mountain and joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong.
As he was walking, Li Zicheng came out of the crowd behind him, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Uncle...why are you doing so happy?"
"Shouldn't I be happy?" Gao Yingxiang smiled and said, "In recent years, no one has ever given us a good look wherever we go. Zhu Ba is good. I heard that we are here, we are going down the mountain to greet us, and we have arranged a rest in the camp for us. I haven't met such a good person in a long time."
"Uncle... my nephew doesn't think so..." Li Zicheng whispered: "Zhu Ba went down the mountain to greet him, but he did not want us to go up the mountain. He also prepared this place for us to rest, and he did not want us to go to his village to rest. This is an obvious way to keep people from thousands of miles away... You have to see clearly, don't be fooled by his appearance."
"Hmm?" Gao Yingxiang's whole body trembled slightly, and he suddenly realized: "Good nephew, you reminded me, I'll go see the Eight Great Kings and hear what he said..."
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In the next few days, all the young leaders under Wang Jiayin gathered towards Zhu Yuanzhang's village. Some of them found them by themselves, while others met Li Yichun halfway and were guided by Li Yichun. In short, there were more and more people. Soon, the hills that Zhu Yuanzhang prepared in advance were not enough. He also arranged a few hills nearby, or valleys, forests and other places where temporary rest were used, and set up a large number of tents to "receive" Wang Jiayin and his party.
Some of these leaders who have arrived one after another are very famous, such as Zijinliang, Lao Huihui, Cao Cao, lighting lamps... Some are also unknown, such as the sweeping king, the extermination of the red wolf, the armor-breaking cone...
Zhu Yuanzhang treated them equally and arranged a place to rest for them. However, Zhu Yuanzhang only managed to keep it in check, regardless of food, and let them solve it themselves... Fortunately, there was a severe drought in the world, and everyone was short of food. The other rebel leaders did not blame him for this. If he was a small bandit, if he could really provide food to Wang Jiayin's 20,000 troops, he would have seen a ghost.
After a few days, Wang Jiayin's main force finally appeared. The last reason he arrived was because he was "the palace behind" his leaders. You should know that these people retreated into Huanglong Mountain by Hong Chengchou, the governor of the grain. There might be pursuers behind him at any time. Wang Jiayin was very loyal and took on the responsibility of giving his brothers the palace behind him. Therefore, when he came to Zhu Yuanzhang's village, all the leaders under his command had arrived. Looking around, dozens of hills were built into camps, and his eyes were filled with tents... so loud.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang could come to welcome Wang Jiayin, the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong and the general Li Zicheng came first. The two of them caught Wang Jiayin and immediately whispered: "Brother, you are finally here... This Baishui Zhu Ba is so weird... Everyone is discussing to attack him!"
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