There was silence in the court hall of Yingtian Mansion.
After hearing the news of Shangli's tragic defeat and Fu Youde's death, all the ministers were extremely surprised.
Li Shanchang first asked to report: "Your Majesty, after this battle, our army's strength has been greatly damaged.
If we continue to fight the Han army fiercely, it will shake the foundation of the country.
Maybe we can completely wipe out Chen Han with an overwhelming army, but in that case Our own strength is very likely to be severely damaged.
Zhang Shicheng in the east, Fang Guozhen in the south, and Yuan Ting in the north will definitely take advantage of the situation.
In the end, it will be a fight between the crane and the clam, and the fisherman will gain. " Hu Weiyong and Liu Bowen both agreed and seconded Li Shanchang's words.
Zhu Yuanzhang already had an idea in his mind, but he still asked them: "What do the ministers think it should be?"
Liu Bowen replied: "Although Chen Han's firearms are powerful, after the defeat at Poyang Lake, the population and financial resources were greatly reduced, and they will not be able to recover in two or three years.
Although our army cannot kill them for the time being, they are also unable to fully attack our territory. so Our army's strategy can be changed to defending in the west and attacking in the east, maintaining a confrontation with the puppet Han, and attacking Zhang Shicheng in the east, who is relatively easy to fight.
After we solve the worries of Jiangdong and Fujian, or obtain the same firearms as the Han army, we can then attack Chen Hanbu.
Late."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "That's all it can do.
At first, I thought that Chen Youliang was the only one in the world who could compete with me.
He thought that after Chen Youliang's death, things would go smoothly, the troubled times would be settled, and the world would be settled.
But he didn't expect Zhang Dingbian. , Zhang Bixian is also so powerful.”
"Your Majesty, according to the careful investigation of my subordinates in Wuchang City, Zhang Bixian, although he has a high and powerful position in Dingbian, is not in charge of their affairs.
Although Chen Li, the pseudo-emperor of the Chen Han Dynasty, is young, he is in charge of the affairs personally.
All decisions on military affairs, large and small, were made by him or reviewed by him."
Zhang Zhong suddenly came out and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang the results of Wuchang City's detailed work.
"Oh, it's so.
A kid of twelve or thirteen years old is actually so powerful.
That's what makes him worried when he grows up.
We defended from the west and attacked from the east for a few years, and they recovered their strength, and that kid grew up again.
It's even harder to deal with.
Even if we have more territory and strength, it will still be difficult to deal with them," Zhu Yuanzhang said worriedly.
Hu Weiyong smiled slightly at this time and said: "My lord, don't worry about this.
We can let our soldiers stationed in Gao'an raid Huxiang."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked in confusion: "We just wanted to attack Huxiang this time, but we lost to the Han army and 150,000 people were defeated by Shangli.
Why do you want to do it again?"
"Of course not.
Our large army cannot cross the line between Pingxiang and Liuyang, but the mountains and wilderness between Hunan and Jiangxi cannot be crossed by our large army.
But small groups of people can take the paths in the mountains, or lurk in the hills and plains during the day and night.
Wasn't it possible in the past?
Wait until these people come in After the plains of eastern Hunan, the Han army burned and plundered the four hinterland areas, leaving the Han army unable to collect food, recruit soldiers, and have children, and its vitality could not be restored.
The fertile fields of eastern Hunan and Hunan were thousands of miles away, and the Han army was insufficient in strength, even in places.
There are few young and strong men on board, so it is difficult to surround our soldiers who are going to loot. " Zhu Yuanzhang had planned this for a long time.
When Hu Weiyong finished speaking, he said with a melancholy face: "This plan is good, but it is a bit poisonous."
Hu Weiyong quickly said: "You are not a gentleman if you are too small, and you are not a husband if you are not poisonous.
Your Majesty must focus on the common people of the world to return to peace as soon as possible, and cannot only care about the people in one corner of Huxiang."
Zhu Yuanzhang then stroked his beard and said: "In this case, Gu Ye I can only bear the infamy in future generations.”
The autumn of the third year of the Chen Dynasty of the Han Dynasty was the harvest season.
Villagers in the Huguang area are harvesting grain with an animal-powered harvester promoted by the government.
This harvester always misses some corners and requires manual harvesting, but it still saves a lot of labor.
Warehouses in various counties and townships were gradually filled with rice, and the food stocks in people's homes also became abundant.
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At this time, the Wu army began to infiltrate and sabotage eastern Hunan with small forces.
The initial scale was a few hundred people per unit, but then Mu Ying and Lan Yu, who were in charge of this matter, discovered that the troops that had penetrated into the area with hundreds of people per unit were easily discovered and tracked by the other side.
They were captured by the Han before they even attacked one or two villages.
The cavalry troops of the army caught up and the entire army was immediately annihilated.
They immediately changed their strategy, making the size of the troops smaller and the number of troops larger.
Often there were only a few dozen people per unit, no more than a hundred at most.
It really worked, and it was indeed no longer so easy to be discovered by the Han army.
Even if the rangers of the Han Army's Internal Affairs Army discovered them, they should be able to burn and plunder a nearby village before the large group of Han troops arrived, and then retreat unscathed.
But what they didn't expect was that it would be difficult for a force of this size to capture a village.
Huangwa Village is a small village on the east bank of Liuyang River with a population of more than 100 households.
But there are only about twenty young men and women.
Some of the remaining young men died in the Battle of Poyang Lake, and some are now serving in the county's internal affairs army.
Without the harvesters, cattle, mules and horses lent by the government for free this year, it would be difficult to harvest this year's crops.
The sun was setting in the west on this day.
After a busy day, the villagers of Huangwa Village returned home from work.
After a while, smoke rose from the kitchens of every household.
Suddenly there was a scream in the distance, followed by the sound of firecrackers exploding, and a colorful firework exploded in the sky, which was really beautiful.
But when all the villagers heard this voice, their expressions changed.
This is the sound of special Liuyang fireworks.
Only one kind of people in the entire Han Dynasty is allowed to set off this kind of fireworks.
They were Han army scouts patrolling the countryside.
Once such fireworks are set off, it signals the presence of Wu troops infiltrating nearby.
To the south of Huangwa Village, a group of Wu Army infantry and cavalry rushed straight towards Huangwa Village.
A captain in the team also heard the sound of the Liuyang fireworks.
He frowned and said, "No, big brother.
We must have been discovered."
The commander who led the team said disapprovingly: "The Han army's reconnaissance cavalry is very good, and we will be discovered by them sooner or later.
But it doesn't matter, by the time the large group of Han army arrives, we will have looted all the villages in front and burned them to the ground." .
Then just go into the old forest in the mountains of Mufu Mountain and let them find it.
Another commander-in-chief muttered: "Damn, you just ruined my good deeds.
I haven't eaten meat in a few days, and I'm just looking for some girls to vent my anger.
It's definitely too late, so I can only Just do it.
I signed up for this robbery team just for this kind of good thing."
The boss, who had his back to him, had a look of contempt in his eyes, but he said: "Okay, Third Brother.
Let's get some more silver and merit rewards.
The girls on the Qinhuai River are much more attractive than these village girls and strong women."
The junior officers in the Wu army have the habit of worshiping the leader.
These three people are so called brothers.
As they talked, their pace did not slow down, and soon they arrived at the exit of the river bend where Huangwa Village was located
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