Daming: Spoilers about the future, Zhu Yuanzhang collapsed

Liu Bei was somewhat unbelievable at what Han Cheng said.
It is hard to imagine how brave and capable a veteran in his sixties can be.

Also, who are the Five Tiger Generals that Han Cheng mentioned?
He also seemed a little curious in his heart.

The Five Tiger Generals, they sound very powerful...

Han Cheng didn't need Liu Bei to say much, he just needed to see his reaction.

You can know what he is thinking.

However, he could understand all of this.

After all, it’s amazing to hear that such an old man still has such fighting power and is so brave.

Most of them will have some doubts in their hearts.

Then he continued:

"In the 16th year of Jian'an, you, the Emperor's uncle, entered Sichuan under the guise of helping Liu Zhang, the governor of Yizhou, fight against Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, with Fa Zheng as your accomplice.

Huang Zhong marched with the army.

In the 18th year of Jian'an, Liu Huangshu broke with Liu Zhang.

Huang Zhong and Zhuo Ying led their troops from Jiameng Pass towards Chengdu.

Liu Huangshu first led his troops to Guanzhong and then joined forces with Huang Zhong's army.

Huang Zhong often charged into battle, and his courage and perseverance were unrivaled among the three armies.
Attack all the way to Fucheng.

Liu Zhang sent his generals Liu Gui, Leng Bao, Zhang Ren, Deng Xian and others to stop him, but they were all defeated...

Huang Zhong followed Liu Bei to attack Mianzhu, and the Mianzhu defenders Li Yan, Fei Shi and others surrendered one after another.

In the 19th year of Jian'an, Huang Zhong accompanied Liu Bei to lead the army to besiege Chengdu.

Dozens of days later, Liu Zhang surrendered.

After the uncle entered Chengdu, he rewarded Huang Zhong according to his merits and appointed him as the general to suppress the invaders..."

From then on, I really took action against Yizhou.

Conquered Bashu.

After hearing what Han Cheng said, Liu Bei felt a lot of different emotions in his heart.

After hearing Han Cheng talk a lot about how Huang Zhong followed him into Yizhou and fought in the east and west.

We have a clear understanding of Huang Zhong's bravery.

This Huang Zhong is really unexpected.

If it weren't for what Mr. Han said, no matter how hard I thought, I would never have imagined that a veteran in his sixties could be so brave when leading his troops to charge into battle.

No wonder he became one of the Five Tiger Generals.

Just when Liu Bei felt that this was Huang Zhong's limit.

Han Cheng's next words told him clearly that this was just the beginning.

Huang Zhong's most glorious moment has not yet been mentioned.
Still behind...

"In the 22nd year of Jian'an, the governor of Shu County and General Yangwu, Fa Zheng, advised Emperor Liu:

Cao Cao conquered Zhang Lu in one fell swoop and took control of Hanzhong. He did not use this opportunity to seize Bashu, but left Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He to guard the city and returned north.

This is not because of lack of wisdom, but lack of strength.

It must be because of inner worries.

It was suggested that Emperor Liu take the opportunity to capture Hanzhong.

This is a gift from heaven, and I cannot miss the opportunity.

Uncle Liu, you adopted this suggestion and decided to send troops north to capture Hanzhong.

In the spring of the following year, the emperor's uncle appointed Zhuge Liang as the chief military and food supply officer for Yizhou's rear area, and sent General Zhenglu, the governor of Baxi, Zhang Fei, General Pingxi, Ma Chao and other generals, including Wu Lan and Lei Tong, to attack Xiabian first.

Uncle Liu and Fa Zheng led General Zhao Yun of the Yijun Army, General Huang Zhong of the Suppressing Enemy Army, General Wei Yan of the Yamen Army and others and marched towards Hanzhong.

At that time, Cao Cao had been promoted to King of Wei, and he stationed General Xiahou Yuan, the General Who Conquers the West, to garrison Yangping Pass.

General Xu Huang, who suppressed the bandits, stationed his troops at Ma Mingge Road, and General Zhang He, who eliminated the bandits, guarded Guangshi...

In February, Zhang Fei attacked Gushan, threatening to cut off Cao Hong's army's retreat. Cao Hong attacked Zhang Fei and Wu Lan.

Wu Lan was defeated and beheaded.

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao led their troops to retreat...

In April, Emperor Liu attacked Ma Ming and sent General Chen Shi to cut off the road to Ma Ming Pavilion.

Xu Huang of the Wei army led his troops to intercept, and Chen Shi's army fell into the valley, suffering heavy casualties.

Soon, Ma Mingge Road was captured by Liu Huangshu's army.

Then they attacked Guangshi and Yangping Pass.

Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang and Zhang He gathered troops to fight back, but the emperor's uncle failed to defeat them.

He then urgently wrote to Yizhou to request reinforcements.

Prime Minister Zhuge asked Yang Hong for his opinion, and Hong said:
Hanzhong is the throat of Yizhou and the chance of survival. Without Hanzhong, there will be no Shu!
This is a disaster for our family. Men should fight and women should transport troops. Why hesitate to send troops?

So Prime Minister Zhuge quickly mobilized troops and sent them to Hanzhong to reinforce the emperor's uncle.

In the first month, Emperor Liu Bei failed to capture Yangping Pass after a long siege, so he led his troops to cross the Han River to the south.

They set up camp in front of Dingjun Mountain.

Xiahou Yuan led his troops to fight for the mountain, built a siege to confront Liu Huangshu's army, and led light troops to guard the southern siege.
Appoint Zhang He to guard the eastern siege.

Liu Huangshu's army attacked Dongwei at night. Zhang He's army suffered a disadvantage in the first battle, so Yuan divided his troops to help He.

So Liu Huangshu used Fa Zheng's strategy and ordered Huang Zhong to make noises several times without attacking, so that Xiahou Yuan would relax his guard.

Then he suddenly attacked Nanwei, crushing the front and advancing with unstoppable force. Xiahou Yuan's army was defeated, and Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan with a sword at the foot of Dingjun Mountain..."

What Han Cheng said brought Liu Bei a lot of information.

After gaining a foothold in Jingzhou, he planned to take Bashu and then Hanzhong.

These are just some ideas that Kong Ming and I have come up with.

Haven't started yet.

But now, Mr. Han told him clearly that he and others had done just that.

Moreover, you can get a lot of details from it.

This feeling is very strange.

He was happy that he could really take Yizhou in the future and compete with Cao Cao for Hanzhong.

However, all this joy was replaced by the strong shock caused by what Han Cheng said later when Huang Zhong chopped Xiahou Yuan with a sword.

Huang Zhong is so brave?!
Liu Bei was really shocked.

Originally, he thought that what Huang Zhong had done was good enough.

Considering his age, the achievements he has made are already worthy of praise.

Who would have thought that later on, he would actually be able to kill Xiahou Yuan with a knife!

That’s Xiahou Yuan!
A close and trusted minister of Cao!
The reason why Cao thief was able to possess such great strength was that the brothers of the Cao family and the people of the Xiahou family played a huge role in it.

Especially Xiahou Yuan, he is really talented.

Who would have thought that in the end he would be fired by Mr. Huang.

This news had a particularly great impact on Liu Bei...

"General Han Sheng, you are truly a hero!

He is really still strong despite his age!

Thank you Mr. Han for your reminder. When I return, I will immediately meet General Han Sheng and promote him and entrust him with important tasks!"

After being shocked, Uncle Liu immediately said these words to Han Cheng.

There was some uncontrollable joy and excitement in his voice.

Compared with Cao Cao and the Eastern Wu, his foundation is really too poor.

That is why we are always eager to recruit talented people.

Although he now has Kong Ming in his hands, he also has his second brother, third brother, Zilong, Zizhong, Xianhe and others.

But there really aren’t that many talents.

Especially now, after taking over four counties at once, Liu Bei felt that the talents he had were not enough.

After hearing what Han Cheng said and knowing that there was such a person on his side, how could he not be happy?
Promoting Han Sheng ahead of time will definitely enable Han Sheng to make more contributions to the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty.

By now, Liu Bei believed more and more in what Han Cheng said.

I think he came to this world because of some bizarre experiences.

Talking to people in later generations, they talk about what happened in those days...

"Of course, veteran Huang Zhong is simply a legend.
Before this, he had been unknown and was not valued by Liu Biao and his son.

Later, when he was over 60 years old, he followed his uncle and made many outstanding achievements.

It’s really fascinating!

The grey-headed man faces a powerful enemy, the white-headed man displays his divine power. He uses his strength to shoot the eagle bow, and swings the snow blade in the wind.

The majestic voice is like a tiger's roar, and the horse's galloping is like a dragon's flying.

The meritorious service of offering sacrifices is great, and the expansion of the imperial territory is great!"

As Han Cheng spoke, he was inspired and recited a poem in praise of Huang Zhong.

After hearing what Han Cheng said, Liu Bei deeply agreed.

"Mr. Han, please tell us more about the Battle of Dingjun Mountain."

After marveling at Huang Zhong's bravery, Liu Bei looked at Han Cheng and spoke.

At this time, Liu Bei had already realized that this was a huge opportunity for him.

The few words Han Cheng said at this time may play a huge role for them in the future.

Let them consider future events in advance and do things better as much as possible.

After saying this, he hurriedly bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and asked for writing brushes, ink and bamboo slips.

So as to record some important things.

Lest I forget.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Pen and ink are fine, but bamboo slips are not."

No bamboo slips?

Uncle Liu was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

How could it not be?
Could it be that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty... wants to take this opportunity to ask for something from me?
He thought of the Inspector who had been tied up and beaten by him.

After this thought arose, I thought about it again and suddenly felt relieved.

It's very normal for this kind of thing to happen.

After all, this is human nature.

And at this moment, these words are particularly important to me.

The other party took the opportunity to ask for some benefits, which was also good.
Chang immediately prepared to say something.

Zhu Yuanzhang was already smiling and placing a stack of papers in front of him.

“We really don’t have bamboo and wooden tablets here.

But we have paper.

Bamboo and wooden tablets are too heavy and bulky, and have long been eliminated..."

Liu Bei then realized that he had been wrong.

He looked down at the paper Zhu Yuanzhang had brought over, and his heart was shocked again.

Is this... paper?

When did paper become so white and of such good quality?

They did live without paper.

But relatively speaking, their Han Dynasty paper still seems very rough.

There was also some paper to write on.

But it is not popular.

The price is extremely expensive...

That is not a universal writing tool.

Their common writing tools were still bamboo and wooden tablets.

Moreover, even the most expensive paper they have is not as good as the paper in front of them.

Now, Liu Bei was even more certain that he had indeed come to the afterlife.

There are some things that cannot be faked...

He was also shocked by what Zhu Yuanzhang said, that bamboo and wooden tablets had been replaced by paper because they were not easy to use.

He knew how expensive paper was.

As a result, bamboo and wooden tablets have been eliminated, which shows that paper has become extremely common at this time.

This seemed unthinkable to him.

How great it would be if I were a big man and had so much paper!

After thanking Zhu Yuanzhang, he suppressed all the thoughts in his mind and began to listen carefully to Han Cheng's narration of the Battle of Dingjun Mountain and what happened next.

"…After Xiahou Yuan died, Zhang He hastily retreated to Yangping Pass.

The Wei army lost its commander and was in panic, not knowing what to do.

The military commander Du Xi and the military commander Guo Huai issued an order to the army:
General Zhang is a famous general of the country, and is feared by Emperor Liu.

The situation today is urgent and we cannot resolve it without General Zhang.

He then appointed Zhang He as the chief general, and sent troops to deploy the troops, which finally stabilized the army's morale.

The next day, Uncle Liu, you wanted to cross the Han River again and attack Yangping Pass.

The generals of the Wei army thought that they were outnumbered and wanted to use water as a formation to stop Liu Huangshu's army.

Guo Huai believed that this was a sign of weakness that would not be enough to defeat the enemy and was not a good strategy.

It is better to set up a formation far away from the water, lure the enemy in, and then attack them when they are halfway across the water. Then their defenses can be broken.

Seeing that the Wei army retreated to the distant waters and set up their battle array, Emperor Liu hesitated and did not dare to cross the river...

In March, Cao Cao, seeing that Hanzhong was in danger, left Chang'an through the Xiegu Road and went to Hanzhong to personally command the battle.

Uncle Liu, you should also concentrate your forces, hold the dangerous places, avoid engaging in a battle, delay time, and consume the Wei army.

He also sent Huang Zhong to lead troops to attack the Wei army's granary at the foot of the northern mountain.

General Han Sheng has not returned yet.

He then sent Zilong with dozens of cavalry to conduct reconnaissance.

Zilong encountered the Wei army suddenly and rushed bravely to their front line, causing chaos in the Wei army.

Zhao Yun fought and retreated, and the Wei army dispersed and reunited, chasing them to Zhao Yun's camp.

At that time, Zhang Yi, the chief of Mianyang, was about to close the camp gates and defend the city, but Zhao Yun used the empty city plan and ordered his soldiers to open the camp gates and stop fighting.

When the Wei army arrived in front of Zhao Yun's camp, they suspected an ambush and did not dare to pursue him and turned back.

At this time, Zhao Yun ordered his soldiers to beat drums to the sky and chase and shoot with powerful crossbows. The Wei army was terrified and panicked, trampling on each other, and countless people fell into the river and drowned.

The next morning, you, Uncle Liu, went to Zhao Yun's camp to inspect him and praised him: "Zilong is full of courage!"

"Zilong is really brave!"

After listening to what Han Cheng said, Liu Bei couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

At Changbanpo, Zilong fought back and forth and rescued Adou.

At this time, the Battle of Hanzhong also saw such bravery.

You are truly worthy of being Zilong!
"…The Wei army and Liu Huangshu's army confronted each other for more than a month, and many soldiers fled.

The army's morale was low due to a lack of food supplies.

In May, Cao Cao used "chicken ribs" as a password. He abandoned Hanzhong and withdrew his troops northward..."

Hanzhong has been recovered!

Liu Bei was excited!

The Longzhong Strategy that Kong Ming had mentioned to himself is progressing steadily and is being realized.

After taking Hanzhong, the next step is to wait for any changes in the world and order a general to lead the troops of Jingzhou to march north from Jingzhou.

Here in Yizhou, we will go north from Hanzhong and capture Guanzhong. We will advance on two fronts, capture Cao Cao and return to the old capital!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but get goosebumps all over my body.

I have been a soldier for half my life, and all I have ever wished for is to restore the Han Dynasty one day.

In the past, he felt that these things were out of reach.

Now it is waving to me.

How could he not be excited and in a good mood?

As he was thinking this, he suddenly remembered the three families returning to Jin.

When Sima Zhao was still alive, he destroyed the Han Dynasty which he and others had established.

All of a sudden, all the excitement in my heart disappeared.

It was like having a bucket of cold water poured over my head.

There are also many confusions in my heart.

Obviously, all of this was progressing steadily and developing in the direction that Kong Ming had once told him.

The situation is very good.
How come it eventually developed to that point?
Failed to conquer the Central Plains and returned to the old capital.

What on earth happened in the meantime?
(End of this chapter)