Chapter 152 Business "In the first year of Huaxia, in the summer and May of the twelfth year of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, Tamerlane first led an army of 300,000 troops to confront the red scarf general Liu Futong in Shahe.
They could not advance an inch for several decades.
In late June, Huaidong warriors Wu Er Er and Chen De led 3,000 warriors to come to the rescue.
They carried more than 40 artillery pieces in small boats.
They approached Timur's camp in the middle of the night and fired all cannons.
The Yuan army was frightened and trampled on each other, causing numerous casualties.
Prime Minister Tuotuo's brother, Henan Pingzhang, also wanted to escape first, so he controlled his horses to keep him.
First, Timur cut him with his saber and said, "I am not my life."
Then he ran away.
Puppet Yuan Huguang Pingzhang Gongbu Ban wanted to organize his army to fight back, but Chen De bombarded him with artillery and smashed his head.
Liu Futong, Zhima Li, and Zhao Junyong each led an army ashore, rushing left and right, as if entering an uninhabited country.
At dawn, the Yuan army collapsed, and all military resources were accumulated by the rebels.
Chen De, also known as Zhishan, was the son of Chen Shouxin, a member of the Han army in Huguang.
Shouxin was always popular in the army, and he was hated by Gongbu Ban of Pingzhang in Huguang.
He planned to kill him and pretended to be drunk and fell from his horse.
Chen De appealed to his father for several years to no avail, so he threw himself into the red scarf in anger.
He is the deputy commander of the Fourth Army under Zhu Bayi's account.
He has extraordinary intelligence and can convince the crowd.
Together with Hu Dahai, Wang Bi, Wu Yongchun, and Rakshasa Ivan, they are also known as the Five Tigers of Huaidong."
National History Anecdotes, Biography No. 121 "First Timur collected his scattered troops and arrived at Bian.
The general guarding Bian said to him: "You are a general, and when you see the enemy collapse, I will impeach you.
This city cannot be entered." " Then he went around the city and settled in Zhongmou.
Not long after, the four armies of the Red Turbans arrived and used gunpowder to blow apart the south gate and enter the outer city.
Brother Kuanche, the king of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, shot Sesame Plum with a powerful crossbow and hit the left shoulder.
Sesame Li drew his sword and broke the arrow, climbed the ladder to the wall with one arm, beheaded Brother Kuanche, and Bianliang was broken.
Zhao Jun took advantage of the victory to lead his army eastward and conquered Suizhou and Suiyang.
Liu Futong led the army to threaten Zhongmou, but Timur did not dare to fight and fled across the Yellow River.
King Bu led his troops to respond to Futong three times and conquered Tang, Song, Ru, Luoyang and other prefectures and counties.
Most of Henan and Jiangbei provinces were owned by the Red Scarves."
Xin Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 225 This summer is destined to leave a mark in history.
In more than half a month, Meng Yuan lost Bianliang, Suizhou, Zhongmou, Zhengzhou, Yingyang, Hulaoguan, and Luoyang.
Three-thirds of the land in Jiangnan and Hebei provinces has been lost.
The Red Scarf Army, after seizing Huai'an, a financial and taxation center, at the end of May, completely connected Huai'an Road, Guide Prefecture, Bianliang Road, Henan Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Anfeng Road, etc., the four prefectures and three roads. together.
Watch and help each other and fight the enemy side by side.
More importantly, artillery made a name for itself in this chaotic and fierce battle.
The four-pound cannon produced by the Red Scarf General Workshop in Huai'an has become the most favored magic weapon of the Red Scarfs of all walks of life.
Not only were Zhima Li, Zhao Junyong, Mao Gui and other former Xuzhou clique teams used as a magic weapon to defeat the enemy, Liu Futong, Bu Wangsan and others also sent their confidants to carry heavy gold, copper ingots, wrought iron and other strategic materials.
Huai'an City lined up to buy.
Qingjiang Town, more than ten miles northeast of Huai'an City, is the most mysterious place in the eyes of all foreign guests who come to Huai'an.
This triangular area facing the Huaihe River on the left, the canal on the right, and the Yellow River in the north was designated as a military restricted area shortly after Huai'an City fell into the hands of the Red Turban Army.
Without the personal orders of Zhu Bayi, Su Mingzhe, Xu Da and other important figures, ordinary people would be driven away by the cavalry as long as they dared to approach.
If he dared to continue to approach after being expelled twice in a row, the third time would be a salvo of dozens of matchlock guns waiting for him.
Within fifty steps, no matter how skilled the spy is, he will be beaten into a hornet's nest alive.
As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.
The more a place is protected from prying eyes, the more people want to know what secrets are hidden inside.
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Some idle men who did not dare to go to Qingjiang from land rented boats and sailed down the west bank of the Huaihe River.
This trick worked really well.
As long as they didn't get close to the weapons workshop on the west bank, Zhu Bayi couldn't be so arrogant that he even blocked the waterway.
It's just that with a pair of naked eyes, it's difficult for a peeper to see what's going on.
According to them, the entire Qingjiang Town, along this side of the Huaihe River, has become a waterwheel workshop.
Waterwheels two to three feet high were lined up next to each other, almost filling the entire river bank.
The tinkling sound of forging iron continued day and night, and could be heard clearly from a distance of more than ten miles.
"Also, I bet you spent a lot of effort and saw dozens of waterwheels."
Some guests from afar inquired intentionally or unintentionally at the tea house and tavern.
"Also, there is the dock.
The Qingjiang River was originally a good place for shipbuilding.
Many of the big ships on the canal and the Yellow River came from there.
We were far away and saw that the dock seemed to be expanding.
But it was not as conspicuous as the water wheel.
That’s it” "Don't you already have a navy under the shipbuilding governor Zhu Dudu?
Why do you want to build more ships?"
The foreign guest frowned and continued to investigate.
"Then how would we know?
Our Governor Zhu has always been mysterious in his work."
The local idlers tilted their arms and made a dissatisfied look.
"As for our Governor Zhu, everything is good.
Even if he behaves unreasonably, since his old man is here, dirty water cannot be poured into the street casually, and garbage is not allowed to be dumped outside the yard.
Even donkeys and buffaloes are not allowed to You have to put a excrement bag on the back of your buttocks.
If you are caught by a policeman defecating on the street, you will be fined.
It’s really not ambiguous at all.”
"Then you young and old men in Huai'an just put up with it," the foreigner was stunned again and said with a somewhat provocative tone.
"Of course you have to endure it.
Why don't you think those salt merchants are so powerful?
In just one night, they were chopped into pieces by Governor Zhu.
Besides, although Governor Zhu has weird rules, he does things fairly.
He never hires people to work for free.
As long as you do it, you will definitely be paid.”
"Wages, do you also get paid when you work for the government?"
"Of course, only those bastard officials in the Yuan Dynasty made people work without paying them.
Our commander, Governor Zhu, is a revolutionary army.
Do you know that we are changing our fate against the will of heaven and changing all the rules that used to bully others?
Change it” As soon as he finished speaking, a team of servants suddenly walked in from the door.
First he bowed to everyone, then raised a tin trumpet and shouted loudly, "Fellow fellows, please excuse me.
Locals, don't move.
Foreign guests, please take out the identity paper you received when entering the city."
"This, this is not allowed to eat."
Several guests with foreign accents were furious.
They stood up and waved their arms in protest.
Their protests did not arouse sympathy from the locals.
Including the idle men who had been drinking tea and chatting with them earlier, they all sat on their chairs honestly, pretending that it had nothing to do with them.
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Immediately, a group of three or four guards came forward and asked the out-of-towners for identification papers.
Check them one by one according to the age, place of origin, appearance, and purpose of coming to Huai'an written above.
If the person is found to be completely correct, he will salute politely, return the identity paper to the other party, and leave a few coins of tea money to apologize.
When an impostor was discovered, he was immediately tied up with a rope and arrested on the spot.
If anyone dares to resist, he will immediately blow the copper whistle he carries with him.
Soon, the Red Turban Army soldiers training nearby rushed over, greeting them with spears and knives, and chopped the resisters into pieces.
Similar things happened almost every day in the city after entering July.
Hundreds of spies were caught on the spot, filling the prison in Huai'an City to the brim.
What made Zhu Ba11 and others dumbfounded the most was that more than two-thirds of the captured spies were not from the Meng Yuan side, but from various Red Turban armies.
There are Guo Zixing's men in Haozhou, Bu San's men in Luoyang, and Sun Deya's men in Dingyuan.
Even Xu Shouhui, who was far away in Huguang, sent spies to find out the secrets of artillery manufacturing.
"Didn't I sell it to you if I promised to pay for it?"
Being annoyed by the spies, Zhu Bayi had no choice but to take out a few of the leaders who looked like them from the prison and protest in person.
"This, this, Commander, Commander, please calm down for the moment."
He himself also knew that what he did was not honest.
The spy leaders blushed and stammered in response, "You sir, your boss's copper cannon is so powerful.
It's awesome.
It can brake up to one thousand kilograms of copper.
Door, the price is too scary.
So, for my family, my master is wondering if he can get some money back and make a few cannons himself.
Secondly, the price will be cheaper.
No need to wait in line at your place.”
"Get out of here!"
Zhu Ba11 was furious and kicked the speaker to the ground.
"When I make cannons, I don't need to pay the craftsmen wages.
When I make cannons, I don't need firewood and molds.
The time and materials I wasted in order to make cannons don't count as money.
Get out of here.
Go back where you came from.
Go back and tell your master that if you are caught by me again, don't buy anything from me again.
Zhu always means what he says."
"Hong San, take all the Red Turban Army spies in the prison to the boat and drive them out.
The spies sent by Meng Yuan were also immediately taken out of the city and beheaded to show everyone that I don't have that much food.
Raise these bastards” "Yes."
Xu Hongsan, the commander of the personal guards, agreed, lit up dozens of fully armed guards, and swarmed forward.
First, the spy leaders of the Red Turban friendly forces were put on the boat, and then all the people from the Red Turban Army were taken out of the prison and thrown to the north bank of the Yellow River, allowing them to leave on their own.
Those spies from the Meng Yuan Dynasty were not treated so well.
After his identity was verified, he was immediately taken to the outside of the city and executed.
There were also some people who were neither Red Turban allies nor inferior to the Mongolian and Yuan forces, but were purely Jianghu figures looking for trouble.
They were taken to the salt fields on the seaside to perform hard labor.
They did not last for three to five years.
There is no chance to come out and cause chaos to the Huai'an army.
Zhu Bayi, obviously still angry in his heart, soon issued a more domineering order, "Send the order, starting from tomorrow, the prices of the artillery for General Manager Li, Zhao Changshi and Governor Mao will be reduced." 30%, priority Pick up the goods.
The supply to Marshal Liu will be arranged in the second order, and the price will be reduced by 20%.
The price of others who have sent spies to Huai'an will be increased by 50%, and the order will be based on the number of spies who are caught.
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