Chapter 83: The Road of the Cross (Part 2)

"This." Zhang Shicheng and the civil and military officials under his command were stunned, and their faces gradually began to turn red. Especially Li Bosheng and Lu Zhen and other military generals who had a lot of interactions with Wang Kerou before, they wanted to find a crack in the ground immediately.

It's so embarrassing, it's so embarrassing. I was quietly planning how to hold a Hongmen Banquet and annex other people's team and territory. Who would have thought that Wang Kerou took the initiative to deliver the territory to her door. Compared with the two, it's clear who is gentleman and who is villain.

"This time the troops were sent in a hurry, and many things on the nest were not ready. If we were taken advantage of by the thieves, we would be in a dilemma." Wang Kerou didn't know that the dispute had just happened within the Changzhou army. Seeing that Zhang Shicheng refused to respond, she thought that this person was seeing him, and smiled and continued to add, "So, since the initial goal has been achieved, I am going to go back to Zhenjiang. On the one hand, based on the recent experience gained on the battlefield, we will rectify the troops under our hands. On the other hand, we can also look behind you, so that you can deal with the Tartars with confidence."

"This, this, brother, you are so polite." No matter how thick-skinned Zhang Shicheng was, he was ashamed to hear this, and his cheeks were bleeding. He rubbed his hands in front of him for a few times, and responded stutteringly, "Then Huzhou was captured by you and your brothers. Brother, why are you so embarrassed to take it for nothing? Just don't worry about returning to Zhenjiang. Just leave two or three hundred people in Huzhou. I will send another 2,000 troops to Gui'an County to watch for you. When you have freed up your hands, my troops will be withdrawn." (Note 1)

"No, no, Brother Zhang's troops are not sufficient, and I don't know how to manage the place, so I might as well give you Huzhou City directly." Wang Kerou waved his hand hard when he heard this.

"How can that be? You treat me, Zhang Jiusi, as someone, and you actually have a shameless attitude to grab territory from your brothers." Zhang Shicheng suddenly became polite and refused to accept the other party's gift.

Seeing that the two brothers and brothers were respectful and were not over, Changzhou Army Chief Huang Jingfu was very anxious, coughed a few times, and then interrupted with a smile, "Lord, don't you invite General Wang to sit in the camp? It's not reasonable to keep talking outside the gate."

"Ah, if you don't say it, I almost forgot, blame me, blame me." Zhang Shicheng immediately slapped his head fiercely, apologized loudly, and then grabbed Wang Kerou's arm with his other hand and said loudly, "Who is the matter of Huzhou City? Let's talk about it later. Today, brother, you have time to come. We must drink dozens of bowls."

"My little alcohol tolerance is not my brother's opponent." Wang Kerou was pulled a few steps and shook her head with a smile.

"Don't pretend, you boy. They are all brothers who pushed salt bags back then. No one of us knows who." Zhang Shicheng refused to let go, and continued to pull Wang Kerou and strode into the military camp. "Don't worry, you have drunk today. I will send you eight-carrying sedan chair to send you back. If you are willing to live with my brother, I will find four beauties to warm your bed for you. Don't worry, they are all innocent servants who have never been touched, and they will never fool you with the broken flowers and willows."

"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, you are so polite." Wang Kerou had no choice but to follow Zhang Shicheng to continue walking deep into the barracks.

After a moment, he arrived at the Central Army Commander's tent. Zhang Shixin and Zhang Shide had already arranged a banquet inside in advance. Everyone sat down with guests and hosts. Wang Kerou's personal soldiers were also brought into the barracks by Zhang Shicheng's son-in-law Pan Yuanshao, and a banquet was set up next to the Central Army Commander's tent.

Wu has been a land of fish and rice since ancient times, and its food culture is very developed. In addition, Zhang Shicheng is now in a proud mood and never considers living within his means. Therefore, this banquet was extremely luxurious, which made Wang Kero smile and almost bit his tongue several times.

At the dinner table, the guests and hosts had a very harmonious conversation. In addition to their respective gains on the battlefield in recent times, they also looked forward to the general trend of the world. They all firmly believed that the Yuan Dynasty was already declining, and even if there were help from gods, they would not be able to revive again.

"Half of the grain from the Mongolian Yuan was supplied to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces." Seeing that Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou had never touched the topic, Huang Jingfu was anxious and found an opportunity that he thought was appropriate and interrupted loudly: "In the south, Wenzhou has many mountains and few lands, and the resources are not rich. Therefore, as long as the lord and General Wang work together to take Hangzhou, it is equivalent to jamming the grain bag of the Mongolian Yuan court. If you hold your hands tightly, you can prevent a grain of rice from being transported to Dadu again."

"That's the reason." Cai Yanwen and Huang Jingfu have always been in tune with each other. They picked up a cup of wine and added with a smile, "Although the two generals are in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as they can cut off the food supply of the Mongolian Yuan court, it is impossible for the capital to continue to recruit troops to go south. Invisibly, they also helped General Zhu a great favor."

"That's natural. As the saying goes, the emperor is not short of evil soldiers." Zhang Shide quickly took over the conversation and turned the wine cup to Wang Kerou. "So I want to say more. Brother Wang is not in a hurry to return to Zhenjiang now. Our two families are united and take down Hangzhou first. After the money and food in Hangzhou, it will be much easier for Brother Wang to rectify the troops."

"This is reasonable." Wang Kerou first raised the wine cup and ran into Zhang Shide, and then slowly savored it, explaining with a smile, "Mr. Huang, Mr. Cai, and Jiuliu, what you said must be reasonable. I had the same idea before this, but yesterday, I heard a news that the chief general began to consolidate the army again. The five previous armies were all to be expanded into wings. General Manager Zhu called it a legion, and Wang Xuan's Huang army had been directly reorganized into the Sixth Legion in Shandong, with a total force of nearly 70,000, and the supply of arms and food was exactly the same as the other five legions."

"This is what you said seriously." The Changzhou military and civil and military officials present were slightly stunned and blurted out their questions.

Recently, they have been busy planning to set up their own business. They have not paid much attention to the changes in Huaiyang. They only know that Zhu Chongjiu, Xu Dahai, and Hu Dahai have all crossed the Yellow River and killed four generals Tuotuo, Xuexue, Chahan Timuer and Li Siqi at the foot of Mount Tai. However, they don’t know that while letting go of the fierce battle with Tuotuo, Zhu Chongjiu still has the energy to re-plan his Huai'an army.

"Why should I lie to you?" Wang Kerou took another big sip of wine, and her face showed a bit of warm redness due to the stimulation of alcohol. "So I thought about it, just refer to Wang Xuan's method and directly merged into the Huai'an army with his brothers. Otherwise, he would be taken to the door and he would take the initiative to take the initiative to ask for it."

Note 1: Due to special historical reasons, Huzhou is divided into two counties, and Wucheng and Gui'an are both capitals.

Note 2: Acute inflammation of tonsillos, whimper
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