June of the 12th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty.

Wang Meng, the chief manager of Haozhou, captured Chuzhou and Hezhou.

Haozhou, Dingyuan, Chuzhou and Hezhou were all in all four cities. With the conquered surrendered soldiers, Wang Meng truly had 100,000 armored men.

"To this day, only the lord in Huaixi is the only one who is the king. The lord can be called the king..."

In the big tent, Hu Weiyong was passionate, and the other generals were also a little yearning for him when they heard this.

If the lord of his own is a king, wouldn’t they be a marquis?

Wang Meng looked at the expectations in the eyes of Sun Xiao, Zhou Yong and others, but sighed in his heart.

Being a king is not simply a name, but more importantly, an invisible reputation.

With the hat of a red scarf leader, Liu Futong could roar hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and countless giant bandits came to serve.

Zhang Shicheng in history was not very powerful, but after becoming king and after the Battle of Gaoyou, he accumulated countless reputations and became the top three anti-kings in the world.

Rebellion is a very important name, only when a name is famous is famous is someone who follows you.

The way of raising hope for aristocratic families is not unreasonable, people now believe in this.

"Master Hu!"

Seeing Hu Weiyong making a generous speech, Li Shanchang said.

"Although our army is invincible in Huaixi, it has no natural danger to protect it, and the population under its rule is too small, so it is not the foundation of the king."

"For the lord, the king's name is a disaster, not a blessing."

At this time, only Li Shanchang put forward different opinions.

Hu Weiyong obviously disagreed when he heard Li Shanchang's words.

Wang Meng understood that what he was concerned about was nothing more than not playing the title of Wang and that he could not compete with Liu Futong in the north.

You must know a big event that happened not long ago.

Liu Futong led the Red Turban Army to defeat the Yuan army's chief general Heshuchi, and killed the Yuan general Gong Buban, defeated Timur's 300,000 elite troops, and won repeatedly and shocked the Yuan court.

At this time, Liu Futong was completely the best hero in the world.

The fact that he did not become king was nothing more than taking into account the dead Han Shantong.

You can see it as Xiang Yu who took the lead in the fight against "Will the kings, princes, generals and ministers be more likely to have any kindness?"

That's right, Liu Futong can be regarded as a combination of Xiang Yu, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and his fame and power reached its peak.

At this moment, Liu Futong's army was so powerful that no one could stand it.

Compared with Liu Futong, even if Wang Meng dominates Huaixi, he will still be difficult to compete with him.

At least in Hu Weiyong's view, he could not compete with him without adding the title of king.

But in Wang Meng's opinion, this king's name was a little too early.

The Yuan Dynasty was not without strength. If Wang Meng remembered correctly, Zhang Shicheng would revolt and be granted the title of king.

Yuan Prime Minister Tuotuo led a million troops (real numbers) to attack Zhang Shicheng.

In the end, Tuotuo was defeated, of course, the main reason for the defeat was within the Yuanting.

Although he knew that Tuotuo was a paper tiger, Wang Meng still recognized the background of the Yuan Dynasty.

Wang Meng did not intend to block the gun for Zhang Shicheng. Although he and Zhang Shicheng were also old acquaintances, they occupied the private salt markets in Taizhou and Haozhou respectively.

But colleagues are enemies, and there is no friendship between the two salt dealers.

A million-yuan army sounds quite scary.

Listening to the argument between Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang, Wang Meng did not say anything, but just listened silently.

It’s great if your subordinates have different opinions.

If his subordinates had the same opinions, Wang Meng would not dare to sleep.

Of course, Wang Meng also understood that the dispute between these two people was not only about becoming king, but also about secretly competing for the position of the head of civil officials.

Hu Weiyong has a better experience and can still suppress Li Shanchang.

However, Li Shanchang and Wang Meng have old age, and their ability to manage logistics is no less than Hu Weiyong.

Wang Meng was happy to hear about the dispute between the two.

He understood that both of them were smart people and they would only compete with each other at the moment.

Even if you want vicious competition, it depends on whether Wang Meng agrees or not.

After a long time, the two quoted classics and stated the pros and cons, and the other generals were also very interested in seeing this scene.

The two of them earned a blushing face and a thick neck, but they couldn't compete with each other.

At this time, Wang Meng came to an end and made a smooth move.

"Okay, there is no need to fight. Last year, we said that we built high walls, accumulated grain, and became king slowly."

"It's a matter of time sooner or later. Now there's no hurry, at least until next year."

Wang Meng's words immediately made a decision, and the two of them dared not argue again.

Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong both noticed the last sentence and immediately showed curiosity.

"next year?"

Wang Meng then spoke: "We intend to pass the Yangtze River natural danger next year and occupy Jiqing."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this!

Where is Jiqing?

It was once also called Jinling and Jiankang. This was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. If it could really occupy Jiqing, it would be the foundation of the king's career!

Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang didn't care about the argument that they had just been arguing and quickly began to think about the feasibility.

After a while, Hu Weiyong's eyes lit up immediately after he clarified his thoughts.

This is equivalent to avoiding the battlefield in the north, avoiding confrontation with Liu Futong and Yuanting.

Opening up a new battlefield in the south, a rich Jiangnan land, it is definitely fake to say that you are not jealous of it.

Occupying Jiangnan and being rich can raise millions of soldiers.

As for the Tianwan regime in the south, Wang Meng's monarch and ministers did not take it seriously.

After all, everyone knows that the Tianwan regime is, and there are huge differences within it.

The emperor is Xu Shouhui, the totem is Monk Peng, and the current power is the leading marshal Ni Wenjun.

By the way, there is also a Grand Tutor Zou Pusheng, which is really strange!

If you want to say that when Tianwan is the strongest, you have to wait until Chen Youliang comes to the stage.

His ambition and nature will prosper, and those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.

Only when Chen Jiusi uses iron fist and thunder means to turn all disobedient beheads and twist the red scarfs from the south into a rope can he truly intimidate Yuanting.

Li Shanchang was also pondering that once Jiqing was occupied, he would sweep the entire south with it as the center.

Occupying the country of fish and rice in Jiangnan, there is no worry-free logistics.

At the same time, there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River, which can completely rebuild the heroic style of the Eastern Wu.

Moreover, there is also the land of Huaixi as a wall for the Northern Expedition, which can attack and retreat or defend. This is the cause of the emperor!

After a long time, Hu Weiyong spoke: "Lord, if you want to survive the natural danger of the Yangtze River, will our navy not be enough?"

Wang Meng also pondered slightly when he heard this.

He had a navy army under his command, part of which was the navy army in Hezhou, and the other part was the peripheral armed forces when he was selling salt.

As for selling salt, how can you do without a ship?

But these forces only add up to thousands of people and more than a hundred ships, which is too few.

Wang Meng waved his hand: "If you don't have a ship, go build it!"

What came to mind again? Wang Meng smiled mysteriously: "We don't have a boat, don't there be Chaohu Water Village?"

Hu Weiyong's eyes lit up when he heard this: "What the lord said is very true."

Chaohu Shuizhai had dealt with Wang Meng a few years ago.

At that time, Wang Meng was merging boats and selling salt, so he naturally wanted to deal with these strong people who made a living on the water.

There are about 30,000 water bandits in this water village and thousands of large ships. The head man was named Li Pusheng, and he was also called Li Batou, one of the disciples of the Pu generation of Monk Peng.

Speaking of which, Monk Peng’s disciples are all talented, Zou Pusheng, Ding Pulang, Zhao Pusheng... Which one is not famous?

Sun Xiao was also a little excited when he heard this: "Yes, we sold salt in those years, and this water village has swallowed a lot of our things. Now it's time for them to spit it out."

Wang Meng nodded, looked at the civil and military officials on both sides and began to give orders.

"Hu Weiyong, you go to Chaohu Water Village in person, mainly to win over Zhao Pusheng, the double-killing general. We have dealt with him. This is a person with strategy and ambitions in his heart. You tell him that as long as he comes over, he will be the commander of our naval army."

"Li Shanchang, you are staring at the logistics, collecting iron and wood, building warships, and preparing for both."

"Zhou Yong, as the saying goes, you must first settle the country when fighting foreign countries. These days, you will take your cavalry and sweep the bandits around you. If you can, you will surrender."

"Sun Xiao, Chang Yuchun, you two lead ten thousand troops to Hengjian Mountain beside Haozhou, and subdue the group of Miao Daheng and his group stationed there. They lie beside the bed, so how can they allow others to snore!"

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In front of everyone, Wang Meng ordered the arrangements.
Chapter completed!