Chapter 117 Xuzhou vs. (Part 2)

"You old" Zhu Bashiyi immediately became furious when he heard this. Ba Dou's big fist was raised and he wanted to smash it directly on the old Jinshi's face. But seeing the old guy's thighs trembled, but he was raising his head to avoid it, the rage in his heart quickly turned into a cold again.

Old man Lu was greedy for life and fear of death, and that was like a false change. Otherwise, this old man would not have been captured by the Xuzhou army at the beginning. Then he chose to surrender on the spot in the battle of the Red Turban Army defeating Yuekuochaer.

It is obviously impossible to let a person who is so afraid of death, break away from the relationship between Xuzhou Hongqian and Yingzhou Hongqian for the Tartar court at the risk of his whole family being killed. Since Mr. Lu is not the death period mentioned in the military book, there are only two reasons for him to say the previous words. First, he did find the cracks between Yingzhou Hongqian and Xuzhou Hongqian through various observations. Second, he was eager to show something and wanted to prove himself in this way.

Obviously, the latter type is the most likely. Otherwise, why should Lao Lutou have been in a banquet again, or is tactful and detourful? Just just say what Zhao Junyong said just now. I believe that with Zhao Junyong's carefulness, it will definitely be accurate to provoke him!

"Are you an old thief? If you don't die, you will be a thief! I am nearly 70 years old, so it's okay to call you an old thief!" Seeing that Zhu Bashiyi's fist had not been hit for a long time, Lu Lu Zeng shook his head and added with a sneer. "It is precisely because he is an old thief with a dark heart that he dares not think too well about others! Governor, don't be embarrassed and annoyed, so I asked again. Now the red scarf in the world is really considered a close family?"

This sentence is more worthy of beating than the previous sentence, and has greater lethality. Zhu Bashiyi is no longer the moment when his soul just merged last year, and he was completely disgusted with the situation in the world. Since becoming the governor of the Left Army, he has almost never put down his hand. His two ears are constantly collecting all the information around him.

According to his understanding, there are probably more than twenty rebels under the banner of the Red Turban Army today. Among them, there are four or five companies that are comparable to the Red Turban Army of Xuzhou or far above the Red Turban Army of Xuzhou. There are only four or five companies that are closest, such as Han Liner and Liu Futong's division of Yingzhou Red Turban, which is the object of Sesame Li's repeated efforts to meet. A little farther away, there are also Bu Wangsan and Zhang Chun, who occupied Dengzhou and Nanyang, who called himself Beisuo Hong Turban; Meng Haima, who occupied Xiangyang, Gongxian and Zigui, who claimed to be Nansuo Hong Turban. There is also one that is not far away and close, pressing behind Liu Futong's division like a huge rock, is the Huaixi Red Turban, led by Xu Shouhui and Peng Yingyu, who has established the Tianwan regime on its own and the year was Zhiping. To the east, there are already troops in Anqing, Chizhou, and even in Suhang, some people have begun to raise troops to respond.

If these four Red Turban Army could unite and work together to deal with the Mongolian Yuan court, I am afraid that there would be no Yuan soldier in the entire Jiangbei province of Henan Province! However, the gap between ideals and reality is always cold. So far, except for Sesame Li who has been trying to open up contact with Liu Futong and others, other Red Turbans have never been in contact with each other. Even Xu Shouhui's Tianwan regime has a vague trend of fighting with Han Lin'er and Liu Futong. He is preparing to fight for who is the destiny of heaven before expelling the Mongolian Yuan!

These are all well-known facts, and Zhu Bashiyi couldn't deny it even if he wanted to deny it. Of course, he had no shame to use his fists to force Lu Lu to close his eyes and pretend not to see it. He gritted his teeth and gasped for a while before spitting on the ground and said hatefully: "No matter how many people he wants to be emperors, as long as they are willing to fight with the Tartars, I will think they are their own people! You want to provoke me to part ways with them, haha, although I am a little stupid, you shouldn't try your best, Lao Lu!"

"I dare not!" Lu Lu had definitely tried his best tonight and was beaten to death. He shook his head and continued to sneer. "My family has moved to Xuzhou. If Xuzhou Hongscarf encounters something unexpected, how can I be alone?! The reason why I asked the governor to say this today is to tell the governor that he wants to join forces with others to fight against the Yuan Dynasty. First of all, you have to ensure that you have the family background to join forces with others!"

"What do you mean?!" Zhu Bashiyi was stunned again, let go of his fists, and asked with wide eyes.

The old man named Lu didn't say a few words tonight, but it was an indisputable fact that his family's lives were already tied to the Xuzhou army. If the Xuzhou army was wiped out and the Yuan Dynasty slaughtered the city, he would probably not let anyone of his family named Lu go. Not only that, he would destroy the "magic achievements" of two armies in succession, and would probably tie him to the capital city, and would not relieve his hatred if he was cut into pieces in public.

"The governor just said that Xuzhou is a place of four battles, and it is difficult to be operated as a nest!" Lu Lu Zeng finally attracted the attention of the other party as he wished. He put away his sneer and said seriously. "And General Manager Li and Zhu both went out to fight. If Xuzhou is in trouble, you will become a tree without roots and a fish without water. Even if others don't have evil intentions towards you, you will probably be controlled by others in three aspects: food, grass, baggage and military sources. Over time, you will inevitably have a rift with the master!"

"Why do you think that Changshi Zhao can't defend Xuzhou?!" Zhu Bashiyi felt nervous when he heard this, but he gritted his teeth and asked.

Old Man Lu is right, brothers have to settle the score clearly. If they lose Xuzhou, even if Sesame Li and he and I can meet with Liu Futong as they wish, they will probably be the guest general and will be held in elbows everywhere. If Liu Futong was a broad-minded and broad-minded person, he would definitely not do anything that would make the relatives hurt and the enemy happy. But if he was not afraid of ten thousand, he would be afraid of what if. If Liu Futong in history could really be far-sighted, he would probably not have the responsibility of expelling the Mongol Yuan in the end, he would not have fallen on Zhu Yuanzhang!

Just as he was thinking depressedly, he heard Lu Lu Zeng smile and continued, "Jun Yong is my disciple, so I will naturally help him with all my strength to defend the foundation of the Xuzhou army. However, Xuzhou is stuck on the canal and threatens the north-south shipping. Even if the court fails many times, as long as it can gather a sentry, it will definitely continue to use troops to this place. Jun Yong and I can withstand once and twice, and continue to fight one after another, but may not be able to defend the enemy a hundred miles away. If you rely on the city to defend, even if you can consume the enemy's army in the end, the farmland and mines outside the city will probably become a piece of white land. After many times, what's the difference between Xuzhou being able to defend or not?!"

"This-!" Zhu Bashiyi was speechless again, staring at Lu Luzeng with his eyes tightly, and his expression on his face changed.

What Old Man Lu said in the end was something he had always been worried about. However, he was only worried that Zhao Jun would use negligence to make things mistaken after he led his troops out. However, he did not expect that even if Zhao Jun tried his best to guard his hometown for everyone, as long as he could not defeat the enemy without waiting for the enemy to approach, Xuzhou City would still not be able to play a role as a base. As long as the Yuan army could successfully approach the city, the nearby farmland and mines would all be turned into ruins. In order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Mongolians, they would probably have to force Huang Laowai and others to burn it.

Knowing that he had been moved, Lu Lu once lowered his head and grabbed the teacup and savored it slowly. Every movement seemed unfathomable.

Zhu Bashiyi was so excited by the old guy's leisurely attitude that he grabbed the teacup and slapped it on the table, "Old man, don't keep it a secret. What should I do? If you have a good idea, take it out quickly! You said just now that if Xuzhou is not protected, your family will die here!"

"Is this how the governor always asks people for advice?" Lu Lu once rolled his eyelids at him and continued to be a dead pig without fear of boiling water. "Is it possible that in the eyes of the governor, I can't even compare to a craftsman who swung a hammer to make an iron?!"

"You just can't compare!" Zhu Bashiyi cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to say his thoughts directly. "The craftsman was hired by my Zuo Jun, so Zhu naturally can reward him at will. And you are always Zhao Changshi's mentor. What kind of virtue is Zhu? How dare you ask for rewards in front of you?!"

This was a bit stubborn. It gave Lu Lu Zeng enough face and eliminated the hope of threatening him. Lu Lu Zeng did take this trick and immediately smiled and slapped the table with his hands, "Okay, good teacher Zhao Changshi. I had no choice but to accept a disciple. Now it seems that I have been tied to this child. Well, I guess the governor has difficulties as well. I dare not ask you for any reward. If the governor thinks that the governor is useful after hearing this, please agree. When traveling to the nine heavens in the future, I will take care of my descendants. Governor, I don't know what you think?"

"I, take care of your descendants?" Zhu Bashiyi asked again in surprise, not understanding why the old Jinshi was so optimistic about his future. To be honest, he was not sure where he could take the future. Why should he promise to take care of other people's descendants?!

However, since the other party didn't care that he wrote a blank check, Zhu Bashiyi certainly would not leave any hope for the old Jinshi. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and added with a smile, "Okay, then Zhu promised you. In the future, if there is a place where Zhu needs Zhu to take care of in the Lu family, Zhu will never dare to refuse!"

"Thank you, Governor!" When Lu Lu heard this, he immediately walked to Zhu Bashiyi's front and bowed to the ground.

"Hey, hey, Lao Lu, what are you doing?!" Zhu Bashiyi was shocked by the old man's solemn appearance and quickly reached out to support him. "Just give us advice and use Yue Kuocha'er to stab Tuotuo's knife, can Xuzhou army still treat your descendants badly in the future? Don't do this, don't do this, you are so old that Zhu can't afford it!"

"I am nearly 70 years old. Even if I haven't defected to Xuzhou, how many more years can I live?" Lu Lu Zeng suddenly became stubborn again and insisted on finishing a bow. He raised his head and said with a desolate face. "The reason why he survived until now is to find a way for his descendants in troubled times. The governor is brave and scheming, and he is compassionate, and his achievements will not be small in the future. Therefore, I am shameless and asked you to pass by the mansion, just to sell this plan at a good price!"

As he spoke, he bowed and bowed again, and the hat almost touched the ground.

Zhu Bashiyi stood by the table in a daze, not knowing how to respond. Another bet that he would definitely become a big climate in the future, and he suddenly suppressed the whole family. How could he not feel that his shoulders were heavy?! At present, he is just a left army governor of the Xuzhou army. In Gaoli, he is equivalent to the ten thousand households of the Beiyuan side. Why do you make everyone so proud?!

"Although I don't know the military, I know a little about the situation in the world!" But what Lu Lu said next made him stunned, "Xuzhou is a place of four battles, easy to attack and difficult to defend. Since the King of Chu, no one has used this as the foundation. However, this place can use two waterways, Canal and Yellow River, connecting Bianluo to the top and Huai and Si to the bottom. Even if it was Suzhou and Hangzhou in the ancient Song Dynasty, if the boat troops went downstream, it would only take half a month's water journey." (Note 1)

"Hiss--!" Zhu Bashiyi himself could hear his gasp and air-conditioning sound. He had not considered the development of the southeast. But he abandoned Xuzhou and crossed the river to capture Suzhou and Hangzhou, but he didn't dare to think about it. Not to mention that the road was long and the logistics supply was difficult to sustain. Even if the logistics supply was sufficient, he wanted to sweep the Suzhou and Hangzhou area with just over a thousand warriors and four or five thousand auxiliary soldiers. Is that a god? Sun Ce of the Three Kingdoms era might not be able to do it!

Lu Lu Zeng didn't care about his thoughts at all and continued to give advice to the country. "What General Manager Li told the governor was that the army was coming to the destiny, which made the Yuan army in Suizhou not dare to go east easily. To restrain the enemy, how could the governor take action?! It was enough to use the power of Xuzhou's victory three times in succession, to send a brave general and a partial army, under the banner of the governor. The left and right were not just bluffing. Unless he was subject to the strict orders of the court, who would dare to come over and test the reality of this army easily?"

This is a big truth. The reason why Zhu Bashiyi slowly supervised the construction of a coercion and made preparations for the conquest was because the task given to him by Sesame Li was not under much pressure. Several county towns as big as a palm, and the local government had long become frightened birds. It is estimated that before the Red Turban Army could reach the city, the Mongols and Semu people in charge ran away themselves. There was no need to spend any effort to attack.

However, it was not Zhu Bashiyi's wish to openly act contrary to Sesame Li's military order. What's more, Lu Luzeng's suggestion was too whimsical and he had no confidence in success!

"I didn't advise the governor to go to Suhang now. I have passed the Jinshi exam, so I won't be so ignorant!" After secretly looking at the expression on Zhu Bashiyi's face, Lu Lu Zeng added confidently, "That's just what the governor will do in the future. With the governor's current strength, he can't afford such a large territory. At present, the governor only needs to take advantage of the boat and walk three hundred miles of water to the southeast. If all the soldiers board the boat and do not waste time on the shore, it will be only three days."

This is a reliable idea. Zhu Bashiyi was a little moved, "Sanbaili, where do you always want me to fight?"

"Huai'an!" Lu Lu once raised his head quickly and replied loudly, "This is the place where the official salt of the world is transferred and transported. The treasury is full, and gold, silver and copper coins are piled up like mountains. The city is facing the Yellow River in the north and Hongze in the west. There is a navy in charge, accompanied by the magical weapons used by the Xuzhou army on the Yellow River that night. Even if the court came with a million troops, it would probably not do anything to the governor. In case of a storm, it would take the canal south to conquer Yangzhou, draw down Zhenjiang, and take the two southeast Suzhou and Hangzhou provinces into the bag. At that time, two% of the world's finances and taxes will be included in the hands of the governor. No matter how many soldiers and horses in the court have no food or pay, what can I do to the governor?!"

Note 1: Until the late Qing Dynasty, the water transportation industry on the ancient Yellow River was still very prosperous. Especially in the lower section, from Bianliang to Yangzhou, with the help of the Yellow River and the Sui Dynasty canal, cargo ships shuttled through the weaving.
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