At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 185 The Cruel Chen Youliang
General Cheng De of the Sizhou Army led an army of 30 to attack Jiqing Road, and everyone in the world was shocked.

The court of the Yuan Dynasty was naturally gloomy. They wanted to suppress the thieves, but they couldn't do it.

When the Red Scarf Army led by Liu Futong heard the news, they were all silent.

In a short period of time, Cheng De gathered so many troops that Liu Futong's generals were shocked, and they were also quite afraid of Cheng De.

The Great Zhou court built by Zhang Shicheng was even more troubled because of this.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty Hall, the entire Great Zhou officials stood in line and were divided into two factions.

One group, headed by Prime Minister Li Xingsu, believed that at this time, Da Zhou should lead his army to attack the territory of Sizhou Army, especially Yancheng, which must be taken back.The reason is: firstly, it can be shameful, and secondly, it can take advantage of the opportunity to make the Sizhou army consume some strength. Even if the Sizhou army takes Jiqing Road, it will lose its strength.Three, it can increase Da Zhou's strength.

This faction is also known as the Hawk Faction.

The other faction, headed by Xu Yingjie Youcheng, believes that at this time, the Great Zhou should rest and recuperate. General Zhang Shixin and Zhang have already spent a lot of money and food in attacking Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Moreover, nearly 20 troops fought for more than three months. It only won a county in Jiangyin Prefecture.If Great Zhou started another big battle at this time, I am afraid that the attack on Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces would be aborted.Because at that time, the Great Zhou court could not afford to pay the soldiers who fought.But if the military salary is not paid, there will be a roar in the barracks, and the Great Zhou will be in danger.

Zhang Shicheng sat at the head, looking at Li Xingsu on the right and Xu Yingjie on the left, the whole court was clearly divided.

As for Zhang Shicheng's younger brothers, they did not participate in it and only maintained neutrality.Of course, this also has something to do with their secret instruction from Zhang Shicheng.

Zhang Shicheng frowned and said nothing.

On the one hand, he thought that what Prime Minister Li Xingsu said was indeed very reasonable.

But on the other hand, he thought that what Youcheng Xu Yingjie said was not unreasonable.

Such a situation made Zhang Shicheng feel embarrassed.

As the final decision-maker, he was caught in a difficult decision at this time.

No matter which one he chooses, he feels he will regret it.

Moreover, whether it is Li Xingsu or Xu Yingjie, they are all for the good of Da Zhou, and now they are even more for Da Zhou. They usually have a good personal relationship, but because of their different political views this time, they have turned against each other.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shicheng felt even more headache.

Although he was deeply troubled by the rivalry between Xu Yingjie and Li Xingsu, he was still extremely happy in his heart.

Otherwise, he will worry and fear every day.

Now, although such emotions are gone, there are more worries.

If the ministers are friendly, he will be worried; if the ministers are not friendly, he will be worried.

Regardless of the outcome, Zhang Shicheng was not satisfied.

However, things in the world are like this, and it is rare that the law of both is the reality.

Zhang Shicheng thought for a while and felt a headache, so he turned his attention to Prime Minister Li Xingsu: "Prime Minister, do you have a solution to what Xu Youcheng said?"

Li Xingsu was startled, with a helpless look on his face.

This is short of money, what can he do?He can't change money and food.

They also knew about the harvest of rice and wheat in the Sizhou Army site a few days ago, and they were even more greedy!
However, they didn't have the courage to rob at that time, and they couldn't bear the consequences of this robbing.After all, the opponent has at least 50 troops, and what is even more annoying is that the 50 troops are all elites.

All the officials of the Great Zhou court knew that Cheng De, the general of the Sizhou army who conquered captives, was very capable of making money. The fact that all the Sizhou army under him were equipped with armor was enough to illustrate this point.

This time, he proposed to take advantage of Chengde's attack on Jiqing Road to attack the Sizhou Army's rule. The most important purpose was to capture the Sizhou Army's territory and plunder the food of the people in their territory.

However, Li Xingsu did not directly state this purpose.He said it vaguely through the three reasons he stated earlier for attacking the Sizhou army's territory.

Of course, Li Xingsu's right to interpret this ambiguity is entirely in the hands of Li Xingsu. As for whether other people understand it this way, that's another matter.

When Li Xingsu heard Zhang Shicheng's words, he also fell into distress. The money and food needed by Da Zhou was not a small sum.

In a short time, if you want to get it, you can only rely on robbing.

However, Xu Yingjie's words are not without reason.

Moreover, both he and Xu Yingjie realized that some inexplicable changes had taken place in the king's heart recently.

In their view, it may have something to do with the position of the king.

Companion to a monarch is like companion to a tiger. It has always been like this since ancient times.

Their current political disagreement is a scene that His Majesty likes to see, and they are only cooperating with His Majesty, and they may go all the way to darkness on this road.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Xingsu bowed to Zhang Shicheng: "Reporting to Your Majesty, what Xu Youcheng said, I have no solution. However, I still think that attacking the Sizhou Army's territory is indeed a good opportunity at present. You can't lose, you can't do it again. Now Cheng De is leading an army of 30 in Liuhe City. Moreover, it is September [-]th. Presumably at this time, Cheng De may have already launched an attack on Jiqing Road. Your Majesty, the only chance is This time. I missed it, and I am afraid it will be difficult to have it again in the future.”

Hearing this, Zhang Shicheng frowned even more. Although his heart was moved, the words of You Cheng Xu Yingjie made him maintain his sanity in time.

If Da Zhou was brought into crisis because of this rash attack, then he would naturally not be happy.

After all, he still thought that the Great Zhou that he had built could be passed on for generations to come.

So, after careful consideration, Zhang Shicheng finally made up his mind.

After making up his mind, Zhang Shicheng felt a lot more relaxed.

Zhang Shicheng glanced over the faces of Li Xingsu and Xu Yingjie one by one, and said, "This king has thought twice and decided to adopt Xu Youcheng's words. Now, I should rest and recuperate. At present, my brother Zhang Shixin is still attacking In Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, this matter is the top priority. As for other matters, you can wait for a while. For recuperation, Prime Minister Lao and You Cheng are jointly responsible."

Li Xingsu wasn't disappointed at all, and told him rationally that the king's decision was the safest course of action.

However, in his heart, he was somewhat unwilling.

After all, this time is indeed a great opportunity. If I miss it, will there be such an opportunity in the future?I'm afraid there won't be any more by then.

Li Xingsu sighed lightly, and silently accepted the fact.

After hearing Zhang Shicheng's final decision, Xu Yingjie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Yingjie thought to himself: Damn, these few days have been so fucking tiring!For the Sizhou Army, I also broke my heart.I must inform the general in detail about what happened these days. After all, this is a credit to me.

Xu Yingjie believed that as long as the general took action against Zhang Shicheng, he would have a way to quickly speed up Zhang Shicheng's defeat.

He has already won [-]% of the generals under Zhang Shicheng's command.

This [-]% is actually a lot.

More importantly, the defender of Tongzhou is still Liu Ren, and once the general attacks Zhang Shicheng, I am afraid that Liu Ren of Tongzhou will be the first to turn back and give Zhang Shicheng a backstab, and he will still vomit blood.

Thinking of this, Xu Yingjie began to look forward to it.

At the same time, Xu Yingjie began to miss his child a little.

His own child, according to the letter from Jueshengwei, has already been born, and he has been raised fat and white, quite like him.

I hope the general can wipe out Zhang Shicheng within three years!In this way, he can go back and spend time with his wife and children.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, neither he nor Liu Ren thought about leaving an heir.Because once heirs are left behind, they must be the ones who will be in trouble at that time.

Leaving an heir would definitely attract the general's suspicion, and their wives and children would be in danger.

Not leaving any heirs would make Zhang Shicheng feel more guilty and trust them more.

After all, he, Xu Yingjie, told Zhang Shicheng that his ambition was to help Zhang Shicheng pacify the world. If the world was pacified, he wanted to return to his hometown to become a Taoist priest, and he also asked Zhang Shicheng to let him go when the time came.

He remembered very clearly that at that time, after Zhang Shicheng heard his words, he was so moved that he confided his heart to him and said everything.

When Xu Yingjie learned that Liu Ren was inhumane and did not leave any heirs, he almost laughed out of breath.Only Liu Ren could do this.

If he remembered correctly, Liu Ren's daughter was three years old.Moreover, she looks pretty good and pleases him very much.At that time, it will be just right to be his son's wife.

Female junior, holding golden bricks.

If Liu Ren knew that Xu Yingjie was already thinking about his precious daughter, he would definitely come back from Tongzhou overnight and try his best to find Xu Yingjie.

Of course, Liu Ren didn't know about this.

Xu Yingjie looked at Zhang Shicheng, feeling full of complications.

How nice it would be if you were an ordinary person!
It's a pity that your appearance blocked the general's way.

Moreover, in terms of ability and means, you are no match for a general.

In the future, no matter what, I will plead with the general for you, and let him spare his life, which will not be in vain for you and me.

Zhang Shicheng's expression suddenly became extremely serious: "My dear friends, do you know that a big event happened to Xu Shouhui at Tianwan?"

Li Xingsu looked a little astonished.

Xu Yingjie narrowed his eyes and listened silently.

What Li Xingsu thought was, wasn't he always responsible for the information on Tianwan?If he remembered correctly, he hadn't sorted out the news over there to show the king, so how did the king know the news over there?

Could it be that the king has secretly mastered an intelligence agency by himself?

Thinking of this, Li Xingsu felt both relieved and complicated.

Fortunately, the king has grown up, but the complication is that their relationship cannot go back.

Zhang Shicheng didn't notice the look on Li Xingsu's face, but glanced around at the crowd and said: "Just a few days ago, Commander-in-Chief Ni Wenjun of Tianwan felt that Emperor Xu Shouhui of Tianwan was not as capable as him, but he sat in the emperor's seat, so he thought Instead, they conspired in Hanyang Mansion to get rid of Xu Shouhui. Unexpectedly, the matter was leaked and Ni Wenjun fled to Huangzhou."

When he said this, Zhang Shicheng had a wonderful expression on his face: "What I didn't expect was that after Ni Wenjun fled to Huangzhou, he went to the subordinates who he promoted from the paperwork to the position of marshal, but was killed by his subordinates Yes, and gave his head to Xu Shouhui. And he, this subordinate, also successfully received all the soldiers and horses under Ni Wenjun. This person, suddenly, became the most powerful person under Emperor Tianwan."

Li Xingsu's complexion changed: "Your Majesty, this person is ungrateful and cruel. He is a person not to be underestimated. Who is this person?"

Hearing Li Xingsu's words, Zhang Shicheng joked, "Could it be that the prime minister thinks that such a person can threaten my great Zhou?"

Li Xingsu did not answer this question.

Zhang Shicheng felt a little bored, so he replied: "This person is named Chen Youliang. According to the report from the spies, this person first recruited troops in Mianyang, and then under the instruction of Ni Wenjun, he directly controlled the entire Huangzhou. There are as many as 20. Now that Ni Wenjun is dead, all of the more than [-] troops under Ni Wenjun have been taken over by Chen Youliang. It can be said that the current Tianwan military power is all in the hands of Chen Youliang."

Hearing this, Li Xingsu sighed: "Chen Youliang is so ruthless, I'm afraid it's not a good thing for Xu Shouhui. I feel that this Chen Youliang may get rid of Xu Shouhui just like Ni Wenjun."

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of all the people present changed.

Hearing Li Xingsu's words, Zhang Shicheng thought to himself: Fortunately, I don't have such people under my command, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to sleep well.According to what the prime minister said, this Chen Youliang was indeed terrifying.

When the king and ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were discussing this matter, Cheng De, who was in Liuhe City on the other side, also received news about Chen Youliang.

Yesterday the army tentatively attacked Jiqing Road, but the progress was not smooth.

He temporarily chose not to move the army, waited for the right opportunity, and took Jiqing Road in one fell swoop.

During this period, he sent out all the spies in the general, aiming to collect all kinds of intelligence and wait for the opportunity.

Today, that is, September [-]th, he received information from the Jueshengwei.

This information is still about Chen Youliang.

According to intelligence, this Chen Youliang has now become the most powerful person in the Tianwan regime.

When he saw this information, Cheng De couldn't help but admire this Chen Youliang, who had 30 people in just a short time.At the same time, his fear of Chen Youliang grew deeper.

A bold and capable person like Chen Youliang is really scary.

Fortunately, before that, among the 20 people he sent, one person had already infiltrated into Chen Youliang's confidant.

As for the other 19 people, nine died in battle, and the remaining ten were soldiers under Chen Youliang.

Of the twenty people, Cheng De was quite pleasantly surprised that one of them managed to sneak into a confidant like Chen Youliang.

At that time, although he thought that it would be best if 20 people could join Chen Youliang.

However, when those 20 people took action and entered Mianyang.At that time, Cheng De knew deep down that none of these 20 people could succeed.Because Chen Youliang is really a terrible hero.

Especially for a hero like Chen Youliang, almost no one believes in anyone, but as long as he believes in someone, it means that he can soar into the sky.

What Cheng De didn't expect was that the person who got into Chen Youliang's confidant was Zhang Jiuyi, Zhang Qijiu's nephew, which was beyond Cheng De's expectation.As for Yang Wen recommended by Yang Zhongkai, he is still alive.However, it is still Chen Youliang's soldier.

With Zhang Jiuyi at his side, even if he faced Chen Youliang in the future, Cheng De thought he still had a good chance of winning.

If Zhang Jiuyi gave Chen Youliang a backstab at a critical moment in the future, then Chen Youliang would definitely lose to him.

Suddenly, Cheng De thought that shortly after Chen Youliang killed Ni Wenjun, he killed Xu Shouhui and established the Chen Han regime.

I'm afraid that Xu Shouhui won't live long.

After taking Jinling City, Chen Youliang's power will inevitably expand a lot.

At that time, the two neighbors of the Sizhou Army were Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng.

At that time, I will be like history. If I want to unify the south, I will face the same problem as Zhu Yuanzhang in the original history: hit Chen Youliang first, or Zhang Shicheng first?
Cheng De felt that Zhang Shicheng was not to be feared compared to Chen Youliang.

Moreover, on Zhang Shicheng's side, he had buried two very deep chess pieces, which could determine the victory of the battle at critical moments.

(End of this chapter)