Chapter 195 Alliance
"What is the difference between this move of the governor and Yuan Highway during the Three Kingdoms?" At almost the same time, Lu Lu once asked angrily in the prefect of Gaoyou City.
The weapons and supplies of six thousand soldiers and horses, as well as enough food for three months, sent a ship to send them across the Yangtze River. However, Zhang Shicheng, the leader of these people, only helped the Huaian Army to open the gate of Gaoyou City, and his contribution was far less than the rewards given to him. And from the previous behavior of this person, he was definitely not an easy person to control. If he was not careful, he would completely break away from Zhu Bashiyi's control and become a major concern for the entire Huaian Army.
There is no need to mention rare allusions. A familiar example can illustrate all the problems. That is Yuan Shu and Sun Ce during the Three Kingdoms. According to the current folk sayings, when Sun Ce was poor and destitute, he went to Yuan Shu twice. Yuan Shunian spent money to support him in his relationship with his father Sun Jian twice. He also recommended Sun Ce as the lieutenant of Zhechong, providing him with food, grass and military pay, and let him pacify Jiangdong for himself.
.As a result, after pacifying Jiangdong, Sun Ce immediately refused to obey Yuan Shu's orders. When Yuan Shu became emperor, he decisively broke up his friendship. Not only did he rebel himself, but he also took Lu Su, Zhou Yu and others to take more than half of the prefectures and counties under Yuan Shu into his pockets. As a result, Yuan Shu's power was reduced, and soon he was defeated by the three families of Liu Bei, Lu Bu and Cao Cao. When he died, it was said that he could not even drink honey water.
It can be said that more than 70% of the reason why Yuan Shu was defeated in the late Han Dynasty was that Sun Ce, who had mistrustled Sun Ce, built the Jiangdong tiger with one hand. How similar is the relationship between Zhu Bashiyi and Zhang Shicheng now? It is a hundred times different from that between Yuan Shu and Sun Ce back then. Both are hundreds of times different in strength, and one side gives almost unconditional support and trust to the other side. If Zhang Shicheng has gained a foothold in Jiangnan, it will be too late to regret it. After all, his attack on the territory of the Mongolian Yuan can be said to be a crime of silence against the people. To attack the territory of the Red Turban Army, one must have to bear the charge of fighting against the same family.
"This, this is not so!" Zhu Bashiyi didn't know the allusion of other things, but he read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms several times. Lu Lu once squirted his forehead and explained with a hint of awkwardness. "Didn't we have predicted it before sending troops this time? At most, we can push the troops to the north bank of the Yangtze River. We can't take care of those places on the south bank within a year and a half. Let Zhang Shicheng go over and make trouble for the court, so wouldn't it be better for the southern government troops to stare at us all day?"
"When did my Huaian army fear fighting against others!" The old Jinshi thrust his chest and his snow-white beard floated up and down. "Just with his 6,000 gangsters, Zhang Jiusi, can shelter my Huaian army from the wind and rain? I think beautifully, how can he stop a truly strong soldier? If an opponent who can even stop him, how can he do anything to the Huaian army?"
This is the disadvantage of not traveling through the indigenous people. Among all the people here, except Zhu Bashiyi, no one would believe that Zhang Shicheng, a small character who seems insignificant, is one of the most critical figures that led to the destruction of the entire Mongol Empire. At the very ruthless time, his family once dragged down the millions of troops of the Mongol court alone! He would not know that although Zhang Shicheng lost to Zhu Yuanzhang in the battle for the world, he was secretly commemorated by the people under his rule for hundreds of years because of his extensive moral politics. (Note 1)
Unfortunately, Zhu Bashiyi could not say this reason at all, and no one would believe it. After all, Zhang Shicheng's outstanding features are only focused on his cunning and decisiveness, and other aspects are not worth mentioning at all.
"Please calm down, old man!" I couldn't bear to see Zhu Bashiyi being criticized by himself, Fu Youde stepped forward and gave Lu Lu Zeng a tribute to him as a junior, and then took the initiative to take the responsibility on himself. "It was Mo General who made his own decision and agreed to Zhang Shicheng's conditions first. The chief executive just didn't want me to be untrustworthy in the Red Turban Army, so he fulfilled his promise for Mo General!"
"You, you a little governor, why should you agree randomly?" Lu Lu once did not give Fu Youde face at all. He turned his head and roared at him, "If you want to fight Gaoyou City, you don't need Zhang Jiusi's help. How many more hours can we spend? Just want to show off your ability, just want to show your ability! You dare to attack Gaoyou with more than 100 cavalrymen. What if you are blocked by officers and soldiers? Wouldn't all of those more than 150 brothers die because of you? Personal bravery, on the battlefield, what can personal bravery be used to? In the past, Lu Bu was the best of the three armies, but in the end he could not escape the end of a Baimen Tower hanging! "
"You!" Fu Youde's face turned black when he was criticized, but he had no way to deal with Old Man Lu. The old guy was not only Zhu Bashiyi's grandfather, but also Zhao Junyong's mentor. His seniority was two generations higher than him, and he decided to rely on his seniority and would give in to anyone who saw him.
"Mr. Shan, General Zhu did this right!" Seeing that Lu Lu had become more and more excited, Mao Gui couldn't help but come forward to explain, "Don't just get angry. Our Red Turban Army must always pay attention to the word "credit". Moreover, the territory of the Huai'an Army will become larger and larger in the future, and more heroes will definitely come to join us. We must give them a precedent so that they can feel that General Zhu is worthy of their followers. Otherwise, they will still be rich and delicious in a county town. Why do they have to surrender to yours?"
"Rare! It's just a group of mobs!" Lu Lu once glanced at him and curled his lips disdainfully. But the voice and tone of his speech finally slowed down a little. "I know that there are some things you don't like to listen to. But I have to say them out. Manager Li, Manager Zhao, and Marshal Liu of the Red Turban Army, have recruited many heroes recently. Don't just think about expanding the team. Sometimes the team expands too quickly, which may not be a good thing! How many people can really help in the war besides shaking flags and shouting? If they do anything bad, the people will remember them all in vain. Inside and outside, do you think you have taken advantage of it or suffered a great loss?!"
"Hey!" Mao Gui's face turned red when asked, and his forehead was covered with sweat. Lu Lu once said that although his tone was very harsh, every word was right. Now, the Red Turban Army has more or less the problem of rapid expansion of strength and uneven quality of members. The combat power that can be produced is not much higher than that of the last Shahe Battle. For example, Zhao Junyong, the 5,000 elite troops sent this time is almost half of his field force. The 10,000 people led by Mao Gui also accounted for almost one-third of the new force under the Sesame Li tent.
This was the result that only happened when Xuzhou and Suzhou worked hard to implement Zhu Bashiyi's original military training method. The red scarf princes in other places were even more powerful outside and were both strong inside. Even though they all claimed to be 100,000 or 200,000, they really went to the battlefield and could produce one-tenth of the war soldiers they claimed to be!
"Hehe!" Fu Youde sneered in a low voice. The old Jinshi's words do have a strong sense of reason, but the attack is too wide! After careful calculation, he, Mr. Fu, is not a general trained by the Xuzhou Army himself. He is also one of the "heroes" who come to vote. If all those who come to vote are just substitutes, why should he, Fu Youde stand here?
"Brother Fu, don't go to heart. Mr. Shan is old and is angry now. Sometimes he can't help but think about it thoroughly!" When Zhu Bashiyi heard this, he could no longer bother to argue with the old Jinshi, and quickly smiled and filled the hole for him.
"I'm not talking about you!" Lu Lu Zeng quickly realized that he had accidentally brought Fu Youde in, turned his head and explained angrily, "It's not that your brother and General Li Xixi. There are no one out of a hundred like your brothers. And you are now completely under General Zhao. I mean, those who surrendered to him but still brought their troops to a separate camp. Who knows what he is thinking about?"
"What do you always say?" Fu Youde was unhappy and simply went straight, "You can't cut Zhang Jiusi with one knife and then swallow his troops? Since others came to join me, they must feel that following General Zhu is worse than fighting alone. Those who are willing to come to join will definitely not be as strong as General Zhu. Your boss cannot drive them to the court because they are weak. Or as long as they come to join, they will just annex them regardless of whether they are willing or not. In that case, who dares to come again in the future? Your Huaian Army is very capable, even if you don't need others to help you during the war. But some people must stay to maintain order in the place where they are captured? Every gram of one city will divide your main force to guard. After five or six cities, how many people will be left by General Zhu?"
"This" Mr. Lu's beard trembled and could not speak for a long time. The weak army of Huai'an army is a fact that no one can deny. The big reason for its weak army is that Zhu Bashiyi and he were too picky. In the past, they only believed that the team they trained had very few, or almost did not accept foreign seekers. Although this maintained the combat effectiveness of the team and greatly reduced the burden on the local area, the troops were not enough when they expanded to the outside world. Otherwise, there would be no need to even bring up the likes of Guo Zixing and Sun Deya this time to form a five coalition army.
What is even more depressing is that although Guo Zixing and Sun Deya joined the coalition forces, they have not played any role so far. Instead, because of their poor strength and slow marching speed, they have dragged everyone down.
"Okay, okay, I'll say less!" Seeing that the atmosphere in the room became more and more stiff, Mao Gui Shao had to bite the bullet and smooth things over for everyone. "The words of Senior Lu were also out of kindness. But our current actual situation is not as simple as the old man said. In short, I think that at this time, one more person will be better than one less rebellion in the court. Whoever really wants to fight for the world can't be at this time. He has to fight back the Tartars first, and then argue with who is the boss and who is the second. If General Manager Li was like Mr. Lu said at the beginning, because someone might not be able to control it, he would quickly kill him. Haha, it's not me that I'm afraid that today, we people would not have the chance to stand together, let alone deal with the Tartars side by side!"
Chapter completed!