Chapter 8 The eighth chapter seeks the overall situation and makes great achievements in the first battle

In 1360, 50-year-old Liu Bowen met 33-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang.Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang based on his many years of life experience, this person's inner world is extremely dark and deep. According to the common saying, the city is extremely deep, and it cannot be seen through years of observation and practice.But Liu Bowen is not a mortal, he is a person who has walked through the chaotic world. Of course, he has also learned keen insight from innate magic, and can see other people's souls through their bodies. At the welcome banquet that Zhu Yuanzhang prepared for them, Liu Bowen peeled off Zhu Yuanzhang's skin with sharp eyes and discovered the deepest secret in his heart.Zhu Yuanzhang's heart has been beating irregularly, restless and terrified, but it doesn't show on his face.Liu Bowen knew that this man who had just passed his thirties wanted to wipe out all the heroes in the world, and even included the Yuan Empire in his plan.However, he didn't know where to start.

Confucius said that when a person is fifty years old, he knows the destiny of heaven.The so-called destiny is actually knowing what you should do and what you can do.Do what you should do; do what you can do, and finish it quickly.After Liu Bowen discovered the secret deep in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, he naturally knew what to do, and he also knew that he could help Zhu Yuanzhang do it. But at the reception banquet that Zhu Yuanzhang prepared for them that day, Liu Bowen didn't say a single word of value.He is not Zhang Yi's kind of person who just opens his mouth to make false and empty words, let alone Ye Chen who hesitates to speak.Of course it is not Song Lian, because Song Lian's strengths are not in strategy.

Liu Bowen knew himself too well, and he would never open his mouth without careful consideration.But once you open your mouth, it must be effective.Because before speaking, he will do his homework. The four were awarded official positions by Zhu Yuanzhang at the reception banquet.Liu Bowen got a not-so-important military post, that is, senior military staff officer. From the name, this post is only one step away from "military", but just like a dog and a hot dog, there is a huge difference. Zhang Yi and Ye Chen were also awarded official positions, but Liu Bowen could tell from their faces that they were not satisfied.As for Song Lian, who was originally Zhu Yuanzhang's secretary, he had distanced himself from them a long time ago.The three of them were arranged to go to the Confucius Temple that Zhu Yuanzhang specially explained. The environment was good, and the food and clothing were good, but Zhang Yi and Ye Chen felt that something was missing.Ten years back in time, Liu Bowen will definitely feel the same way, it is a kind of mood swing after a slight derogation of dignity.But now, Liu Bowen, who is already fifty years old, is as calm as the water in an ancient well, without any waves.

When Liu Bowen was fifty years old, he was invited by Zhu Yuanzhang to work as a senior military adviser in Yingtian, his base. Pay attention to. There are two things to prove about this. The first thing is this: when Liu Bowen met Zhu Yuanzhang for the first time, he was interviewed alone.Zhu Yuanzhang didn't prepare any food and wine for Liu Bowen, but ate and drank himself.Liu Bowen stood at his dining table for a long time before Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and asked Liu Bowen, "I heard that you are a Jinshi, can you write poems impromptu?" Liu Bowen sneered inwardly, and said, "Why can't the basic skills of a scholar be?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his chopsticks in the air twice: "Take this as the topic!" Liu Bowen blurted out: "Looking at a pair of Xiangjiang jade together, the second concubine shed tears." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "Scholar's smell." Liu Bowen said: "It's not over yet. The Han family has ruled the world for four hundred years, and it's all in the Liuhouyi borrowing time." These four poems need a simple explanation. The first two sentences are about the chopsticks used by Zhu Yuanzhang. The chopsticks are made of Xiangfei bamboo, like crystal green jade.The allusion of Xiangfei Bamboo is as follows: the sage Shun married two wives, Ehuang and Nvying. above, streaks are formed.Therefore, the striped bamboo is called Xiangfei bamboo.

The last two sentences also use an allusion: when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were in a stalemate in the struggle for the world, a Confucian scholar under Liu Bang gave him an idea, saying that the descendants of the six countries who were watching from the sidelines were made princes. Help you deal with Xiang Yu.Liu Bang was undecided, so he revealed the matter while having dinner with his counselor Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang immediately objected, grabbed a handful of chopsticks from Liu Bang's table and said, "Please let me use these chopsticks to plan for the king." One, two, three, four to analyze the disadvantages of doing so, put a chopstick on the table for each one.This is the origin of the idiom "borrowing chopsticks to raise funds".Liu Bang listened to Zhang Liang's advice, so he avoided the phenomenon of separation and separatism, and allowed the Han Dynasty to live for four hundred years.

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback when he heard this impromptu poem by Liu Bowen. He threw away his chopsticks, bounced them up and held Liu Bowen's hand, saying, "It's so late to meet each other!" The second thing is this: After Zhu Yuanzhang settled Liu Bowen and others properly, he asked his secretary Tao An: "How are these four people?" Zhu Yuanzhang had his reasons for asking Tao An.Tao An is well-read, has a photographic memory, and is full of resourcefulness. He once asked Zhu Yuanzhang to take Yingtian (called Jiqing at the time). As long as he has Yingtian, he can rule the world according to its terrain.After Zhu Yuanzhang got Yingtian, he took Tao An with him, and whenever he had something to do, he would definitely ask.

Tao An has a keen insight, and when Zhu Yuanzhang and others came, he also made a lot of observations and did his homework. Coupled with some hearsay, he made a judgment and said: "In terms of management, I can't compare with Zhang Yi and Ye Chen." ; In terms of knowledge, Song Lian dumped me a few blocks; in terms of strategy, if Liu Bowen claims to be second, no one in the world dares to be the first, let alone me!" Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind from then on to reuse Liu Bowen. These two incidents revealed a message: Although the result was satisfactory, Liu Bowen's strategy was finally recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang, but the beginning was not good, and Zhu Yuanzhang was still suspicious of Liu Bowen's ability.

Many years later, Wang Shizhen, a native of the Qing Dynasty, said that in the Ming Dynasty, Zhejiang was rich in chiefs.Liu Bowen is the head of the ministers; Song Lian is the head of the civil servants; Fang Xiaoru is the head of the loyal ministers; Yu Qian is the head of the heroes. Fang Xiaoru was the minister of Zhu Yunwen, the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, launched the Jingnan Campaign and captured Nanjing. Fang Xiaoru would rather die than surrender, and was punished by Zhu Di.Yu Qian was the civil servant of Zhu Qizhen, the sixth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After the Tumu Fortress, Zhu Qizhen was first captured by the Mongols, and he was escorted to Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty at that time. Yu Qian resisted tenaciously and won Victory in the defense of Beijing.

Among the four top bosses, Liu Bowen is the most dazzling.Because without him, the possibility of Zhu Yuanzhang establishing the Ming Dynasty would be reduced, and the chances of Fang Xiaoru and Yu Qian appearing later would be very small. But in Yingtian City in 1360, Liu Bowen, who had just arrived, was far from being valued by Zhu Yuanzhang.However, he is not in a hurry. Over the years, he has developed a "natural" spiritual inspirational law.Every morning, he would walk out of the Confucius Temple while the mist was still there, and walk on the bluestone slabs wet by the mist.At that time, the birds hadn't woken up yet, and the sky was blue-grey. Occasionally, blue smoke would come out from the chimneys of several houses, but it was quickly melted by the blue-gray air.He walked halfway around the inner city, then leisurely walked back to the Confucius Temple, had some breakfast, spread out the paper, dipped the pen into the ink, and wrote six large characters: Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs.

On the left side of his desk, there is a scribbled map, which is a map of heroes in the south of the Yangtze River.From this map, Liu Bowen saw Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic conception: the straight line drawn on the map "from Jiangyin in the north, along Taihu Lake to Changxing" is Zhu Yuanzhang's important line of defense. The goal of defense is Zhang Shicheng in the east; Zhang Shicheng in the south; Zhu Yuanzhang's main force is gathered in Huizhou, ready to enter the east of Zhejiang at any time; the west is in close contact with the Tianwan Empire, only defending but not attacking; Chahan Timur who became Duke Huan of Qi in the Yuan Dynasty. Liu Bowen nodded at the map, and wrote with a pen: "Because of the chaos in the world, you jumped up from the bottom, unarmed, and had nothing to rely on. It can be called Wang Shiye." This is a brilliant gesture of a scholar writing an article, just like Huang Feihong's signature move before fighting, without any real meaning.The following is the dry goods. The first strategy: the world is not ruled by one person, only the virtuous live in it.The Yuan Dynasty lost its morality, and the land of China was like a pot of boiling water.People look forward to a virtuous person like looking forward to nectar in a severe drought.If you can follow the example of Shang Tang and Zhou Wu to suspend the people and punish crimes, you can follow the public opinion and replace them. The second strategy: the Yuan Dynasty is at the end of its strength, and because of Liu Futong's beheading action, he is bloodied and exhausted, and has no time to take care of southern China. We should first set up the southeast, and then go north. Great things will happen. The third strategy: In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng was the first to revolutionize and become the first king. Don't do this kind of thing.The so-called shooting the first bird, we should now use the banner of the Han-Song Empire to expand the territory. Outsiders seem to think that the Han-Song Empire is expanding the territory.This is the source of Zhu Sheng's "reigning king slowly". The fourth strategy: Yingtian is the former capital of the Six Dynasties, bordering Jingchu in the west, Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the east, surrounded by mountains and rivers, capable of both defense and attack, it is really a treasure land of destiny, and it should be built here as the capital in the future to unify the world. Fifth strategy: We have two enemies, Chen Youliang in the west and Zhang Shicheng in the east.Chen Youliang occupies all the land in Jing and Xiang, spying on Jiangdong, and he has occupied most of the world.But Zhang Shicheng only has the land of Bianhai, with Kuaiji in the south and Huaiyang in the north. Although he has great ambitions, he can't unite his knowledge and action.Chen Youliang is extremely tough and has military tactics, so our first enemy should be Chen Youliang.Hunters often say that when shooting a group of ferocious beasts, pick the hardest ones.The ancients said that the strong are captured first when thieves are captured.If the strong are defeated, the weak will surrender.If we get Chen Youliang's territory, the world will be settled.The basis of the second policy "first south and then north" is the basis of this policy "first Chen and then Zhang". The sixth strategy: the so-called "the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world".If you want to win the hearts and minds of the people, you must practice morality and save punishment, and lightly pay and pay less.There is an excellent negative teaching material in front of us - the Yuan Dynasty.As long as we do the opposite, we can win the hearts of the people. The seventh strategy: vigorously recruit the world's heroes.Talents are more precious than gold. Without talents, it is like water without a source and a tree without roots. The eighth policy: Plowing without forgetting war, war without forgetting plowing, using plowing to prepare for war, and using war to protect plowing.The source of the Weisuo system founded by Liu Bowen later lies here. Unfortunately, we can only write here. There are different opinions on the last ten strategies in "Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs". , creepy.In any case, he never imagined that there really was such a genius-level figure in the world who could plan the outline for the founding of the country before the dawn of victory. "Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs" is almost the idea in the most ignorant corner of his heart that is about to come out, but he will never be able to come out with his wisdom.If the "Eighteen Strategies of Current Affairs" is made public, others will surely attribute to Liu Bowen's strategy if he becomes famous in the future, just like Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Dui", which will definitely make Zhu Yuanzhang extremely pale. It is said that after Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading "Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs" by himself, he dealt with it.Some people said that they hid it, some said that he burned it to ashes, and some said that after watching "Eighteen Strategies of Current Affairs", he found Liu Bowen in a hurry, immediately promoted Liu Bowen as a military adviser, and told Liu Bowen, you have never What "Eighteen Policies for Current Affairs" was given to me. It can be said that the "Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs" has been lost, so how did the eight strategies we listed come about?Many years later, someone deciphered Liu Bowen's "Yu Ion", and found that the eighteenth volume of this book was the content of "Eighteen Strategies of Current Affairs", but it was covered up with fables. There are ten other strategies that are roughly as follows: countermeasures for food and grass supply; coordination of water warfare and fire warfare; fortifying the city and abandoning the city to attract the enemy; suspicious tactics and countermeasures; construction of farmland and water conservancy; the salaries of generals in the army; Anti-robbing the village; counselors' consultation system; subordinate to the official establishment; the Northern Expedition. After Zhu Yuanzhang carefully read "Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs", he found that the first to fourth strategies were not issues he was about to consider, only the fifth strategy was imminent. In the fifth policy, we will find an unfamiliar name—"Chen Youliang".This strange name is very familiar to Zhu Yuanzhang, because he has hardly encountered a real opponent since he joined the revolution, and Chen Youliang is a strong opponent who would wake him up in his dreams. Chen Youliang has always been performing hard on the bustling South China stage, but he has always stood behind his leader Xu Shouhui, not attracting attention. When Liu Bowen was ten years old (1320), Chen Youliang was born in a poor fisherman's family in Tonghaikou Town, Xiantao City, Hubei Province. Because he had seven brothers, he suffered hardships since he was a child, and barely became an adult.Although he can barely fill his stomach every day, it does not hinder his active personality. He has learned superb fighting skills from various heroes. At the age of 20, Chen Youliang went to the county to take the martial arts exam, but because his fighting skills were not entertaining, he lost his name to Sun Shan.However, the local government saw that he was extremely powerful, so he was allowed to do odd jobs in the government office. Chen Youliang has been doing this unappetizing job for ten years.In the past ten years, he has only learned one thing: you must be an official to use your energy, otherwise, your energy is the blood on your body, and it can only maintain your own survival.Whenever he saw those arrogant officials hugging each other in the government corridor, the hairs all over his body stood up.He said to the pillar, I can also be an official, and I can have 100,000 people as my subordinates. At the age of 30, he resigned resolutely and went home to fish. On the calm water, he saw his strong back and his weather-beaten face. I plunged into the water and couldn't come out for half an hour.His decadent image made his father very unhappy. His father taught him that there is nothing wrong with being a fisherman. Your heart is higher than the sky and your life is thinner than paper. Do you still want to be an emperor?Chen Youliang rolled his big eyes and said, "Back then Liu Bang was just a little rascal, so he became a Han Gaozu!" This is a wild fantasy born of courage, but if it is put into practice, it is an ideal.One year later, in 1351, Xu Shouhui launched an uprising, which was overwhelming.Chen Youliang threw away his fishing nets, jumped off the boat, and incited more than a thousand fishermen to revolutionize Honghu Lake under the banner of "Honghu Branch of the Red Turban Army".Relying on the excellent organizational and control skills that he has learned and realized through years of experience in the grassroots government, his troops have doubled twenty-fold within a year.Although this number cannot be compared with the number of Xu Shouhui's troops, Chen Youliang's development potential is like a huge river in the deep sea, seemingly endless. In 1355, Chen Youliang met Xu Shouhui's general Ni Wenjun on the battlefield. Under Ni Wenjun's recommendation, Chen Youliang met Xu Shouhui and Xu Shouhui's huge and capable Tianwan corps.He devoted himself wholeheartedly to expanding the territory, and two years later, his excellent organizational and control skills, as well as his hard-working spirit, made him the backbone of the Tianwan Empire. At the same time, some scheming people discovered that Chen Youliang's ambition was like a giant beast, and began to turn towards Xu Shouhui.In Chen Youliang's mind, Xu Shouhui is an out-and-out good person. In such troubled times, his role should be to eat fast and chant Buddha, to save all living beings, not to use swords or guns. In the process of expanding the territory, Xu Shouhui's "satisfaction and happiness" made Chen Youliang hate him even more.Ni Wenjun also hates Xu Shouhui, but unlike Chen Youliang, he purely wants to take Xu Shouhui's seat, while Chen Youliang has higher ideals, replacing Xu Shouhui is just a means for him, his purpose is to unify the whole of China, at least South China.Ni Wenjun and Chen Youliang's coveting of Xu Shouhui's throne is similar to that of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu's coveting of Qin Shihuang's motorcade.When Liu Bang saw Qin Shihuang's luxury motorcade, he said: "A man should be like that." But Xiang Yu said: "I will replace him." The ideals of the two are very different.The advisers around Xu Shouhui discovered Chen Youliang's wolf ambitions, and encouraged Xu Shouhui to transfer Chen Youliang outside.Xu Shouhui agreed, and he had no reason not to agree, because he thought that having Ni Wenjun by his side was enough. But Ni Wenjun let him down. In the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 1357, Ni Wenjun made a plan to murder him, leaked it beforehand, and fled to Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei), where Chen Youliang's garrison was based.Ni Wenjun thought that Chen Youliang didn't like Xu Shouhui either, so Chen Youliang should be his friend, and even if he wasn't a friend, he wouldn't be an enemy either.When he first entered Huangzhou, Chen Youliang did act like a friend and invited him to eat fresh grilled Wuchang fish.But when the meal was over, several guards with hatchets jumped out from behind Chen Youliang, and chopped Ni Wenjun into a meat paste. Of course, his head was intact, and Chen Youliang sent someone to give that head to Xu Shouhui.With Ni Wenjun's IQ, even if he lived another five hundred years, he would not be able to understand Chen Youliang's inner world. A person who could not understand other people's inner world would always do stupid things, so Ni Wenjun died. Xu Shouhui was so moved by Chen Youliang's performance of this scene of loyalty that he almost shed hot tears.After Ni Wenjun attempted to murder him, he was often depressed, thinking that there was no loyal person around him.Now, he thinks that there is, and this person is naturally Chen Youliang. Soon after, Chen Youliang was summoned by Xu Shouhui to Hanyang, his headquarters, where he was granted the high position of chancellor and at the same time commanded all the troops of the Tianwan Empire.Since then, most of Chen Youliang's body has been squeezed to the front desk.Although he actually possessed the vast territory of the Tianwan Empire and the brave and capable army, he didn't want to use such a vulgar method as the army to deal with Xu Shouhui.In the political labyrinth of Xu Shouhui's government, he had a clear goal and a firm will, and used rare political skills to sweep away all the people around Xu Shouhui who might threaten him.Xu Shouhui soon found himself alone, but he couldn't fight back. He didn't have the wisdom or motivation to fight back. When Chen Youliang stood at the highest point in Jiangzhou City (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province) and looked towards the east, he could see the Yangtze River flowing eastward at a glance.His sharp eyes pierced through the mist on the Yangtze River and continued eastward, and he would see Zhu Yuanzhang in Yingtian City who was in full swing. After jumping over Zhu Yuanzhang, he saw Zhang Shicheng who was relaxing by the sea. He kept looking to the east without turning around, because he couldn't see the enemy to the west and north, and the territory of the Tianwan Empire was too large, or in other words, Chen Youliang's territory was too large.He stared at Yingtian closely, turned around suddenly, and returned to his office like lightning, spread out a piece of paper, and wrote: Eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang's plan.I stopped writing and thought about it, and then wrote: Regarding the treatment plan for Xu Shouhui. In May of the lunar calendar in 1360, the plan to eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang was officially implemented. Chen Youliang's corps left Jiujiang and marched towards Chizhou City, which had just been occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang, at a lightning speed. But on the way, Chen Youliang's corps was ambushed by General Zhu Yuanzhang Xu Da. More than 3,000 people died. Chen Youliang jumped up so angry that he didn't care about Chizhou anymore, and gathered 300,000 troops to point directly at Yingtian, Zhu Yuanzhang's lair.Thinking of Yingtian City, one must win Taiping first.Taiping City is Zhu Yuanzhang's bridgehead in Yingtian. Since Zhu Yuanzhang got Taiping City, he has been strengthening the city wall all the time.But Chen Youliang took only three days to capture this city that Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely confident in.All the senior generals in Taiping City were killed, including Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son Zhu Wenxun. A few days later, when Chen Youliang's navy was quarrying stones and preparing to cross the river, Zhu Yuanzhang and his staff were summing up the lessons learned from the loss of Taiping City.Everyone expressed their opinions and debated for a long time, and finally someone said something: Chen Youliang captured Taiping City with the navy.He parked a tall warship under the southwestern city wall, which is a movable city wall. Soldiers can jump into the city by climbing the mast. How can we defend it? A dark cloud covered Zhu Yuanzhang's face. If Chen Youliang really crossed the river, he would have to fight hand to hand with this famous hero. He didn't have the confidence.Because Chen Youliang's navy is the common nightmare of all his enemies. Chen Youliang has been dealing with water since he was a child, so he is an expert in water.After participating in the revolution, he even brought this ability that others did not have to the extreme, and the "geographical advantage" also gave him ample opportunities.Most of the places where he fought were water, and on water, he was seldom defeated.For a long time, Chen Youliang has formed a fixed idea in his heart: navy is very important.Thoughts determine actions, and actions in turn solidify thoughts.So when he became the prime minister of the Tianwan Empire, years of undaunted hard work gave him an invincible armada. Sailing his fleet on the inland lake is like sailing in his own swimming pool, and his fleet sailing on the Yangtze River is like moving the three mountains and five mountains into the Yangtze River.When all his warships are launched together, the water will rise ten feet, like a tsunami.He has thousands of medium-sized warships, hundreds of large attack and transport ships like aircraft carriers, and countless assault ships.Enemies flee at the mere mention of the name of his heavy warship.These names are: Hunjianglong, Saiduanjiang, Knockdown Mountain, Jianghai Turtle... Chen Youliang was very proud of his fleet, especially when he was in the command ship on the Caishi River in the fifth month of 1360.There are two reasons for his pride: one is that he can meet Zhu Yuanzhang soon, but the scene may be a bit awkward-Zhu Yuanzhang is in a cage, and he is sitting on a tall and comfortable chair; the other is that before meeting Zhu Yuanzhang, He will accomplish something very important.This incident has a lot to do with his meeting with Zhu Yuanzhang.If this matter is not done, then when he meets Zhu Yuanzhang, he will not sit but stand. This person is Xu Shouhui.Sitting in his command ship, Chen Youliang thought of this bodhisattva-hearted man who is "satisfied and always happy".After thinking for a while, he stood up, took a long breath, clenched his fists resolutely, and said in his heart that the meeting with Zhu Yuanzhang in the cage would be of historic significance, and Xu Shouhui was not worthy to appear on this occasion at all. Xu Shouhui was sitting opposite him, and when he saw Chen Youliang standing up with a serious expression, and standing up straight, a very bad feeling came to his heart.He also stood up, and Chen Youliang greeted him, asking him to look out of the window. The river outside the window was shimmering and glowing red under the light of countless torches.The opposite side of the river was pitch black. Chen Youliang pointed to the dark place and told him, "That's Jinling. Zhu Yuanzhang is working day and night to make prison cages." Xu Shouhui asked stupidly, "Are you pretending to be us?" Chen Youliang laughed loudly, patted Xu Shouhui on the shoulder, and said, "It's just pretending to be himself, haha." Xu Shouhui had no choice but to smile apologetically. Before the smile had fully spread on his face, Chen Youliang slapped his palms twice, and a group of soldiers appeared in front of Xu Shouhui. They had ropes and mountain axes in their hands. Xu Shouhui's complexion changed drastically, his voice trembled, he stared at Chen Youliang, and asked, "Are you going to kill me?" Chen Youliang showed a very innocent expression, spread his hands and said, "I didn't kill you, you killed yourself." Xu Shouhui didn't study this kind of philosophical question, so naturally he didn't understand it. Chen Youliang talked eloquently, that in life, one should find one's own position.For some people, some positions are like the teeth of poisonous snakes, which cannot be sat.But as long as you sit on it, you must do things according to the requirements of that position, otherwise you will be eliminated by history.This is the ass decides the head.You just don't have this thought, so you were not killed by me today, but by yourself. Xu Shouhui's face was pale. According to historical records, before he died, he scolded Chen Youliang for being unfaithful and unrighteous, and even scolded Chen Youliang's eighteen generations of ancestors.But this record is not reliable, Xu Shouhui is an extremely open-minded person about life.Such a person, before death, is the same as he was in life, and will not resent anything. After Chen Youliang killed Xu Shouhui, he immediately did two things: first, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.But at the front line at that time, there was no place where he could be called emperor.After thinking about it, he finally thought of Wutong Temple.When inspecting the army during the day, he saw a towering and resplendent temple, which was the Wutong Temple built in the Song Dynasty.He first asked people to do a simple cleaning, and then took local materials, regarded the altar as a "dragon case", brought in a broken chair that seemed to be there, but disappeared when he sat on it, and then took the altar in front of the Wutong Temple. A mound is considered an "altar".He stuck his butt on the "Dragon Chair", almost squatting, and hastily started the enthronement ceremony.He opened a pair of piercing eyes, scanned the civil servants and generals below, and then said: "The state name of this powerful country I have established is Han, and the year name is 'Dayi'." Everyone shouted long live.It seemed to be the case, but it was a little regrettable: in the middle of the enthronement ceremony, a heavy rain came uninvited, and Chen Youliang had to escape back to the command ship in embarrassment.Before he could breathe, he wrote a letter to Zhang Shicheng, asking him to attack Zhu Yuanzhang's back. He said: "This is called making dumplings, and Zhu Yuanzhang should pay attention to his head and his tail." After the letter was delivered, he had been waiting for a few days, and finally got impatient.So he sighed to the other side of the Yangtze River and said, "I'm so stupid, why do I ask others for what I can do!" The city of Yingtian was flying like dogs and dogs.Infallible military information has been sent to Zhu Yuanzhang's desk: Chen Youliang is about to launch an attack, and his fleet has begun to move. Zhu Yuanzhang held a general military meeting. At the meeting, some people said pessimistically: "Chen Youliang's fleet is invincible in the world. Even if Han Xin is resurrected, it will not help. We should negotiate with him and donate some cities to preserve our strength." Someone said half pessimistically and half optimistically: "Fight with him first, and then we'll talk if we lose." Someone said: "Give up Yingtian, and go to Zijin Mountain to defend." Some people proposed a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and wanted to send an army to attack Taiping, which Chen Youliang had just occupied, to contain him. The troops are waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. The conference venue soon became a vegetable market, everyone was spitting and arguing with others, only Liu Bowen remained expressionless and didn't say a word.His quietness was seen by Zhu Yuanzhang.As soon as the meeting was over, Zhu Yuanzhang called Liu Bowen into the secret room.Zhu Yuanzhang's first sentence was to ask: "Do you have any good plan (Mr. Plan will be safe)?" Liu Bowen blurted out: "First kill those who advocate surrendering and offering the city and those who advocate going to Zijin Mountain to defend." This is not a strategy, but Zhu Yuanzhang understands, so he nodded and said: "Surrender and retreat are definitely not a good way. , I firmly disagree." After pausing for a while, he asked again, "But what is your strategy?" Liu Bowen sorted out his thoughts and talked slowly: "Chen Youliang attacked Taiping and took it in three days. This kind of combat power is awe-inspiring. But Taiping City Linjiang, Chen Youliang used his navy, and his advantage lies in the navy , if we can avoid his strengths and play his weaknesses with our strengths, we can succeed." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Bowen longingly. Liu Bowen went on to say: "We can lure them to the land and set up ambushes in some key areas. Their water army is not available, and the number of the army is smaller than ours. At this time, if we ambush them, we can get the most at the least cost." results." Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and laughed, and said, "Sir, you think the same as me." But how to implement this strategy, Zhu Yuanzhang still asked Liu Bowen to talk about his ideas.Liu Bowen said: "I know there is a man named Kang Maocai here. He used to work under Chen Youliang, and Chen Youliang had a good impression of him. You can ask him to write to Chen Youliang, saying that we can cooperate with each other." Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Chen Youliang has always been suspicious. How can you trust Kang Maocai?" Liu Bowen said: "If you want a fish to take the bait, of course you can't tell the fish that there are earthworms to eat. You have to give it earthworms to eat, so it can take the bait." Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Where are the earthworms?" Liu Bowen said: "Chen Youliang likes For the water army, let Kang Maocai inform him that he has moved the wooden Jiangdong bridge on the Sancha River from the Yangtze River to the western city wall of Yingtian. In this way, Chen Youliang's water army can pass through the Qinhuai River to reach the Under the city walls of Yingtian. Chen Youliang will definitely trust Kang Maocai, because he is too eager for quick success. A person who is eager for quick success will never let go of any opportunity, even if the opportunity is risky, he will convince himself that there is no risk." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction and said, "You are really a master strategist." Liu Bowen said: "We set up heavy troops at Jiangdong Bridge to give him a head-on blow. Of course, our navy and his navy can't compete, so we can only force him back. After Chen Youliang is defeated, he must retreat to Longwan and go ashore. Stand firm. In this way, we will concentrate the main force of the army to launch a full-scale attack on it, and Chen Youliang will undoubtedly lose." When Zhu Yuanzhang handed over the plan to Li Shanchang, Li Shanchang was dumbfounded and said: "What we are worried about is that Chen Youliang will come, why invite him now?" Liu Bowen snorted and ignored him.Zhu Yuanzhang explained to Li Shanchang, but Li Shanchang was still worried.The reason is simple, to lure a powerful enemy under the nose, if there is a slight difference, it is to lure the wolf into the house. However, Chen Youliang was very face-saving. When Kang Maocai sent someone to implement the plan instructed by Liu Bowen, Chen Youliang's eyes lit up and asked: "Where is Mr. Kang?" How?" Answer: "Wooden bridge." Chen Youliang rubbed his hands together, and excitedly said to the visitor: "Go back and tell your master, I will definitely be there, see you soon, and call 'Old Kang' as a signal." After Zhu Yuanzhang got the news, he jumped up excitedly, but Liu Bowen told him that it was not the time to be excited. This battle was not only to repel Chen Youliang, but also to annihilate his main force. According to Liu Bowen's opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang began to carefully arrange the battlefield, let Kang Maocai lead part of the navy to ambush at Jiangdong Bridge, and then sent General Chang Yuchun to take 30,000 people to Shihui Mountain to wait for the Chen Youliang Corps who landed in Longwan. Xu Da's corps and others acted as a mobile attack force outside Yingtian's southern city.The main force of the navy was sent to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to ambush the retreating Chen Youliang navy.He himself led the reserve team stationed at Lulong Mountain in the northwest of the city wall.Here, he can overlook the Yangtze River and the entire war zone. Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to wave the red flag to indicate that the enemy had entered the battlefield, and to wave the yellow flag to order Chang Yuchun's troops from Shihuishan to attack. After all the arrangements were completed, Liu Bowen reminded Zhu Yuanzhang that Kang Maocai's navy was far inferior to Chen Youliang's. If there was a slight mistake and Chen Youliang broke through the Jiangdong wooden bridge, it would be a big disaster.Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "What should I do?" Liu Bowen smiled and said: "Let Li Shanchang rush to work day and night, replace the wooden bridge with an iron stone bridge, and quickly reinforce it." Li Shanchang went to do it with an unhappy face. On the morning of June 23, 1360, the sun had just risen from the horizon, and Chen Youliang's huge fleet had already appeared under Yingtian City.The vanguard fleet went straight to Jiangdong Bridge under the leadership of Chen Youliang.From this point of view, Chen Youliang is very trustworthy, but Kang Maocai made him doubt the beautiful character of "trustworthiness".He suddenly discovered that the bridge was not made of wood, and called "Lao Kang" repeatedly, but there was no movement.His heart was beating violently, which was a sign of panic.Just when he was sure that this was a conspiracy and was about to turn around, Kang Maocai yelled: "Hit me!" Chen Youliang found that his fleet was immediately caught in the rain of arrows and flames, but his fleet had an extraordinary ability to resist blows, so he fought back. On the one hand, they withdrew from the Jiangdong Bridge.As Liu Bowen expected, he withdrew to Longwan, ordered soldiers to land, dug trenches and erected fences, prepared to make a quality resistance, and then seized the opportunity to launch a decisive counterattack. But Zhu Yuanzhang would never give him such an opportunity. He had a clear view of Chen Youliang's landing on the top of Lulong Mountain.He ordered the soldiers around him to wave the red flag. All the troops knew that the enemy had entered the battlefield. Zhu Yuanzhang's troops from all walks of life, including his reserve troops, beat their drums and rushed towards Chen Youliang's landing troops.Chen Youliang ordered his troops not to be rigid, but to attack instead of defending.Soldiers from both sides rushed into the battlefield under the leadership of the god of death and began to fight fiercely. When the battlefield was stalemate with blood and flesh, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to raise the yellow flag, and Chang Yuchun's ambush troops jumped out.They waited too long in ambush without moving, and as soon as they saw the yellow flag unfurling, they rushed towards the flank of Chen Youliang's corps like tigers out of their cage.Chen Youliang's line collapsed in an instant, and the soldiers, including Chen Youliang himself, fled to the battleship to escape for their lives.But God was not blessed, the tide happened to be low at that time, and the huge warship could not move, so Chen Youliang had to escape to a small warship, and finally escaped by virtue of his maneuverability. But the god of misfortune did not leave him. He fled to Caishi, and Zhu Yuanzhang's chasing troops had already arrived.他调头来希望能转运，又大败。他只好退到太平，朱元璋的追击部队像冤魂一样紧紧不放。在猛烈的攻击下，陈友谅的部队丧失了守城的信心，只好弃城而逃。厄运紧紧地跟随他，又卷土重来紧紧地抓住他。很快，安庆也在朱元璋兵团的咆哮声中陷落，接着就是信州。信州一失，陈友谅的地盘的大门就向朱元璋毫无保留地敞开了。陈友谅用几年时间获得的战果，在不到一个月的时间内全从手中如水一样流走。 此战对陈友谅是个晴天霹雳，他的军舰至少有一半——百余艘巨舰和数百艘中型战舰——被朱元璋俘获。朱元璋把这些军舰充实到自己的海军中，这使得两年后，朱元璋的海军实力和陈友谅势均力敌。除了这些军舰外，陈友谅还留给了朱元璋两万具自己士兵的尸体，及七千多名俘虏。 此战后来被称为龙湾之战，龙湾之战让朱元璋名震南中国，这话刘伯温早就说过，如果这次能击败陈友谅，那么将来的大业就成功了一半。刘伯温所以这样说，是因为当时的中国本土内，陈友谅是实力雄厚的标杆，能击败他，就击败了其他野心家的幻梦。刘伯温功不可没。朱元璋发现，这场战役就像是刘伯温设置的一个游戏，每一步都在按照刘伯温的指令进行。朱元璋说：“这是未卜先知的人。”刘伯温却望着青田县的方向，泪眼婆娑地说：“我不是，不然，我怎么可能预测不到我老母亲的去世。” 刘伯温的母亲富老太太在1361年阴历八月间离开人世，刘伯温说自己没有预料到母亲的去世，是因为他离开青田时，母亲身体很强健。还有，1361年，朱元璋已开始对陈友谅发动了战略性总攻，刘伯温整年都全身心地投入到这场决定历史命运的大战中来，分心无术。 陈友谅自龙湾惨败后，虽然逃得很狼狈，但站稳脚跟后，马上以雷霆之势反攻朱元璋。1361年阴历七月，陈友谅突袭安庆，朱元璋在安庆的守卫部队还未反应过来，陈友谅兵团就攻陷了这座朱元璋到手还没满一年的战略重镇。 朱元璋的反应极为激烈，把逃回应天城的安庆守将处决。同时他打了个冷战，陈友谅的确有过人之处，这是个并不好惹的对手。当他转身问刘伯温“计将安出”时，刘伯温没有给他计策，而是给了他一张请假条，回老家守孝。朱元璋无论如何都不同意，在这个关键时刻，刘伯温就是他的空气和阳光，就是他人生的导航仪。 他给刘伯温写了封情感生动的信。这封信后来被称为《御制慰书》，信中指出以下三点： “第一，您的老母去世时已是八十岁，这是喜丧，就是在太平时期，又有几人能如此高寿？” “第二，您来帮我建立大业，如今大业未成就要走，恐怕不太好。但您非要走，我也不能拦着，因为我在应天城中就推行孝顺之道，我不能出尔反尔。” “第三，当年徐庶的老母被曹操捉去，徐庶对主人刘备说，'我方寸已乱，必须要让我走'，刘备就放徐庶走了。我觉得这是天理人心，但您母亲已去天堂，无论我现在放您走还是一两年后放您走，您都不能再见到她老人家了。现在正是我用您之际，过了这段艰苦时日，我当以最隆重的仪式送您回家。” 刘伯温已经五十一岁，对朱元璋信中所说的三点，当然一想就通。他没有丝毫犹豫，深吸一口气，坐回了朱元璋对面，开始制定对陈友谅发动总攻的军事计划。 按朱元璋的意思，陈友谅兵团虽然一年前受到重创，但从他攻陷安庆的兵力来看，仍然是势不可当。想要彻底扫平他，必须稳扎稳打，做地毯式的进攻。 刘伯温说：“不要把自己固定死，看着来。” 朱元璋说：“那总得有第一步吧？” 刘伯温说：“当然，先打安庆。” 朱元璋问：“然后呢？” 刘伯温说：“打着看。” 朱元璋“咦”一声。这个发音如果用一段文字来解释的话就是这样的：你当初给我的《时务十八策》，可是非常具体且目的明确的。但现在这个计划，怎么看都不像是计划，有点像骑驴看唱本走着瞧的味道。难道是老娘的死，给了你沉重的心理负担，让你方寸乱了？ 刘伯温一眼就看穿了朱元璋的心理活动，但他没有为朱元璋解惑。他站起来，招呼朱元璋跟他走出房间，夜色如水，繁星点点。他看着幽暗的天空，随后指着一颗发亮的星星说：“那是金星。”又随手一指那颗星星左边的星星说，“那是火星。金星在前，火星在后，这是出师必胜之兆。所以，只需出师，一切已由天定。” 朱元璋对星星特别有感觉，因为从小风餐露宿，饿得难以入睡时，就会仰望星空数星星。但他不懂星相学，在刘伯温口中那些代表着吉凶祸福的金星火星，在他眼里只是个芝麻大的星星而已。 他当然也不想向刘伯温请教星象学，当领导的不必全都懂，有人懂，而且能为你所用就可以了。 他相信刘伯温没有装神弄鬼，因为人家的确有本钱，龙湾之战就是证明。他小心翼翼地问刘伯温：“那么，什么时间出师比较好？” 刘伯温看了他一眼，回答：“准备好了，就出。”停了一会儿，补充说，“要师出有名。陈友谅杀了他的君主徐寿辉，这就是咱们进攻他的一个理由。” 朱元璋对这样的把戏驾轻就熟，在军队准备完成后，大将徐达和常遇春的先头部队向安庆挺近，他则带着刘伯温乘坐从陈友谅那里缴获的巨大战舰逆流而上。首舰船头竖一杆大旗，写了八个大字：吊民伐罪，纳顺招降。 当陈友谅听到那杆大旗上书写的内容后，失声叫道：“朱元璋这畜生真是恬不知耻，哪些'民'让你伐我了？我有何罪？招降我？我们都是红巾军，你是用的什么身份来招降我？” 陈友谅吼叫完毕就冷静了下来。因为他和朱元璋都知道，口号、标语都是虚的，真到台面上，实力才是真的。 陈友谅当然有实力，自夺回安庆城后，他把所有的攻城部队当成了工程部队。在短短的一个月内，昼夜赶工，终于把安庆城铸造成了一个铜墙铁壁的钢铁之城。徐达和常遇春的先头部队在安庆城下死伤惨重，但没有取得一丁点进展。 朱元璋在指挥舰里坐立不安，踱来踱去。首舰上那杆大旗上的八个字没有给他带来一点运气，他觉得刘伯温应该说点什么了。 刘伯温就说道：“既然安庆城这么难攻，那我们就不强攻了。留下一部分兵力做非决定性的攻击，主力绕过安庆，奔袭陈友谅的老巢江州。江州一落，安庆孤立无援，指日可下。” 朱元璋恍然大悟，刘伯温所谓的“打着看”原来是这样啊。 陈友谅建国后，把江州作为自己的首都。江州坐落在鄱阳湖入江口，是南中国兵家们的必争之地，也就是说，它时刻都有成为战场的可能。陈友谅把首都修建于此，只能说明一点：他太自信，自信没人有能力把这里变成战场。 但“自信”这种人类本应该具备的美德往往飘忽不定，稍不小心，就变成了自负，甚至是自以为是，从而引来祸端。 陈友谅在江州城里把所有的精力都放在了安庆，所以当徐达以风卷残云的神速扫清了江州城外围的防御，进抵江州城下时，陈友谅大惑不解，进而恍然大悟，原来朱元璋攻安庆是虚，打江州才是实。 徐达在陆上发动总攻时，朱元璋的舰队也到了。这一突袭让陈友谅方寸大乱，慌乱之中，他无法冷静下来指挥，结果江州城就这样稀里糊涂地丢了。不过在江州城陷前的一个黑夜，他顺利地逃出，奔向了武昌。 从他和朱元璋正式对决开始，厄运之神一直就成了他形影不离的朋友。在武昌城的时候，他也没有过上一天舒心的日子。因为朱元璋兵团在从江州追击他的一路上，像巨兽一样吞食了他所有的城池，一直吞到武昌城下。他被困住了。 正如刘伯温所预料的一样，陈友谅在安庆城的守将一听说江州陷落，马上开门投降。朱元璋兵团势如破竹，像鲨鱼一样冲进了陈友谅控制多年的江西行省这个鱼缸里。 可能就在江西，刘伯温的大名开始以裂变的速度传播。无论是敌还是友，都传说应天城里有个刘大仙，能呼风唤雨撒豆成兵。他是朱元璋的助手，卜算出朱元璋可以坐天下。 稍有点知识的人散播说，刘伯温是集政治家、文学家、军事家和魔法师于一身的人物。他并不是人，而是上天派下来的神，是来辅佐朱元璋一统天下的。 不仅仅是敌人和朋友这样说，就是在朱元璋政府内部，也有人说，刘伯温这人的确是个神乎其神的人物，他很少靠理性的思考来决断事情，而是靠灵明。有一件事在军界广为流传，让刘伯温的头上顶上了半仙的帽子。 这件事是这样的。陈友谅首都江州被攻陷后，在追击陈友谅，同时扫荡陈友谅地盘时，有一座城池成了钉子，久久不能攻下。攻击部队的司令冯胜就偷偷向刘伯温请教。刘伯温闭目许久，然后就对冯胜说：“先从城下撤围，然后到某某地方，见那个地方青云升空，就埋下伏兵。大概半个时辰后，你就能见到有黑云升空，黑云的下面就是前来追击你的敌人埋伏的地方。但你不要动，中午时，黑云渐散，又和青云相接，这是敌人没有等到你，回城了。此时，青云和淡淡的黑云开始移动，你跟随它们，当青云和黑云彻底消散后，你就能碰到敌人，攻击他们，一战可定，城也可下。” 冯胜吃惊地张大了嘴巴，死都不信。但刘伯温掷地有声地说：“按我说的办，不成，我负全责。”冯胜其实也没有别的办法，只好半信半疑地去依计行事。结果正如刘伯温所说的那样，有青云有黑云，冯胜看到青云和黑云出现后，欣喜若狂，更让他欣喜的是，后来的事态果如刘伯温所预料的那样。 朱元璋政府那些将军们自此更加敬重刘伯温，而刘伯温也名正言顺地成了朱元璋的第一军师。 1361年阴历十二月的某一天，朱元璋坐在胡床上正听一个人说话，那人说了句什么，朱元璋没答话，站在他身后的刘伯温就踹了他一脚。当然，刘伯温没有踹朱元璋的屁股，而是踹了朱元璋坐的胡床。朱元璋被这一踹，马上就脱口而出四个字：没有问题。 古人说了，皇帝沾染过的一切都是神圣不可侵犯的。虽然1361年时，朱元璋还不是皇帝，但他手下那些人早就把他当成皇帝了。刘伯温居然踹朱元璋的凳子，难道吃了熊心豹子胆？ 这件蹊跷的事是这样发生的：陈友谅在江西的城池被朱元璋不断地鲸吞时，那些城池中的陈友谅手下的将军们纷纷投靠朱元璋，这里就有驻守龙兴的胡廷瑞。胡廷瑞是陈友谅的一员文武全才的将领，但他是半路出家，年轻时在元政府翰林院上班，那时就表现出了能文能武的资质来。后来南方不太平，那个在多年后引诱陈友谅到江东桥的康茂才在洞庭湖称王称霸，搞得政府苦不堪言。元朝中央政府的宰相脱脱就推荐了胡廷瑞到洞庭湖剿匪。 胡廷瑞二话不说，收拾了简单的行李就奔了洞庭湖。一路上用少得可怜的军费招了一批江湖高手组成小兵团，到了洞庭湖后，胡廷瑞三下五除二，就把康茂才和正要崭露头角的土匪流氓们收拾个干净。但他没有杀这些人，而是把他们变成了自己的人。中央政府得到捷报后，就给了胡廷瑞一个丞相的空头衔，胡廷瑞就用这个空头衔和他那支江湖高手组成的兵团为自己开疆拓土。中央政府得知胡廷瑞已失控的消息后，就想把他招进中央来，但胡廷瑞机灵得很，以各种借口推脱，其实就是不想放弃兵权。中央政府使出最愚蠢的一招：你不来，我就去剿你。 胡廷瑞大笑，他知道中央政府没有这个能力，可还是做了准备工作。他的准备工作就是投靠了当时风生水起的陈友谅。陈友谅很器重他，谋杀徐寿辉做了皇帝后，就封他为江西行省丞相（江西行省省长）。初期还好，江西大半个地区他说了算。不过后期就不好了，首先是陈友谅做皇帝后在政府内部大清洗，一批老资格的大将都被陈友谅或杀或逼走。其次，陈友谅和朱元璋开战后，屡战屡败，江西行省有大半都入了朱元璋的口袋，他这个江西省长已名不副实。 所以，用他的话说就是“弃暗投明”，暗，自然是陈友谅，而明，当然就是朱元璋。 1361年年末，他派了使者来见朱元璋，说要把龙兴城双手奉上，不过，不是无条件的。朱元璋对送上门来的龙兴城兴趣极大，就领着刘伯温见了那位使者。 使者说了第一个条件，不能降胡廷瑞的爵位。 朱元璋立即说：“放心，还让他当江西省长。”然后补充道，“我的江西行省省长。” 使者又说了第二个条件：不能拆散胡的军队，胡投降后，胡的军队还由胡来带。 朱元璋脸色就笼上了一层乌云，不说话了。就在这个时候，刘伯温从背后踢了他胡床一脚。朱元璋的反应极快，马上说：“没有问题。”又补充说，“你家将军如果觉得兵少，我还可以给他补充。” 使者高兴地离开后，朱元璋几乎流着口水对刘伯温说：“龙兴城不费一兵一卒就能得到，这真是天降大运。多亏了你，你这一脚胜过十万兵。” 当朱元璋夸奖刘伯温时，刘伯温却头脑冷静地说：“先不要高兴得太早。胡廷瑞也是狡狯猜疑之徒，您这样爽快地答应他，使者传话稍有差池之处，他必然多想，这事就泡汤了。” 朱元璋急忙问计，刘伯温说：“写一封动人心弦的信给他。” 这封信当然不可能由朱元璋亲自来写，所以代笔人自然是刘伯温。 这封信以朱元璋的口吻开头：“您的使者来说您有弃暗投明之意，这是您明达之处，我很欣慰。可您却担心我整编您的部队，实在是过虑。我革命十多年，奇士、英才两手空空地归顺我的，太多了。这些人能有先见之明，不必等我去请就来的，我都在能力范围内给他们最大的物质支持。没有兵的，我给他们兵，没有爵禄的，我给他们爵禄。像您这样带着一支军队来我这里的，我怎么可能整编您的军队呢？如果您消息灵通，您就知道陈友谅手下那些归顺我的将军们现在的生存状态。在龙湾之战、江州之战中，他们立下大功，我都给予了厚重的赏赐。他们和我从前的将军们其乐融融，我对他们也一视同仁。要知道，他们的归降可都是在城破力竭之时，很多都是不得已才归顺的。而您，却是主动归顺，您与我之间未经一箭一矢。从这一点而言，我会更加敬重您。得失之机，间不容发，您要尽快做决断。” 胡廷瑞读了这封洋溢着热情的信后，眼睛有点湿润，深吸了一口气后，就说：“准备准备，咱们去见朱元璋。” 江州之战后，刘伯温再向朱元璋请假回家。朱元璋开始答应了，同时实践诺言，给刘伯温准备了一支装扮华丽的卫队。当刘伯温正要启程时，朱元璋又反悔了，要刘伯温帮他办完一件事后再走。这件事就是婺州、处州的苗军叛乱。 苗军是元政府在南中国失控的情况下，从今广西调入南中国的以苗族为主体民族的野战军。他们贯于野战和偷袭战，曾在短时间内帮助元政府阻挡了许多反政府武装的发展势头。不过很快，他们在元政府心目中就失去应有的地位。因为他们军纪太坏，烧杀抢劫，不问目标。所过之处，鸡犬不留，寸草不生。当然，毫无反抗能力的普通百姓是他们行凶的最主要目标，不过有时候，他们也会抽风一样抢劫政府军。 刘伯温在处州工作时，就对他的上司三番五次提过，必须要整顿苗军的军纪，否则，他们就是方国珍、张士诚第二。 元朝政府并不是傻子，当然也不是瞎子。他们对苗军的恶行早有所闻见。不过正如那些政府的大家伙们所说，如今是非常时期，小节出入可也。只要他们能帮我们对付叛乱者，军纪问题就不是问题。 问题是，没有军纪的部队不可能有高尚的情操，他们和反政府武装作战的同时，也在和反政府武装合作。比如，朱元璋在婺州的驻守部队中就有一支数目可观的苗军，在处州，苗帅贺仁德的部队几乎算得上是处州军区的主力。这些苗军是自动自发地投靠朱元璋的，因为在朱元璋向婺州和处州发动进攻时，他们见朱元璋兵团锐不可当，于是保存实力，举手投降。对于这几支苗军，朱元璋曾想过整编他们。可有人劝他说：“整编他们，必然引起他们反感，如今又不是只有您一家，他们随时可以去投靠别人。安全起见，暂时先让他们自成一体，只要不闹事，等我们把江南消化掉，再动他们也不迟。” 朱元璋当时正和陈友谅打得如火如荼，自然就把这事放下了。但婺州和处州的苗帅们却放不下。据他们在反叛后的声明中称，朱元璋的人骑在他们脖子上拉屎，他们自进了南中国后，哪里受过这样的窝囊气，所以必须要起义。 这种理由，连鬼都不信。朱元璋政府在婺州的军政长官是胡大海，胡大海是朱元璋的得力干将，虽是武人，却颇懂政治，而且宅心仁厚，曾自我评价说：“我虽然未读过书，不过知道带兵有三件事不可做。一、不滥杀；二、不抢妇女；三、不烧人家房屋。” 无论任何人都不相信，这样一个懂政治又有良知的人会对苗军苛刻。即使是婺州的几位苗帅，也对胡大海留有深刻印象。当他们商议起义时，就有人说，必须要杀掉胡大海，因为他有兵权。有个叫刘震的苗帅就失声叫道：“胡大人对我等情深义重，我们怎能下得了手？” 其中一个叫蒋英的苗帅跳出来，说：“你们下不了手，我可以。” 蒋英是言行一致的人，一天早上，他邀请胡大海到他军营中观看士兵的弓弩训练，半路上，他安排好的一个苗将突然冲出，跪在胡大海面前，颤声道：“蒋英要杀我。”胡大海未及回答，转头去看蒋英。蒋英从容地从腰间解下流星锤，对着那位苗将就甩了出去。当然，这是虚的，因为胡大海必然阻拦。胡大海真就阻拦，抬手准备去格开蒋英的胳膊，他也的确做到了，但由于惯性，蒋英的胳膊一停，甩出去的流星锤就回来了，胡大海的脑袋恰好在流星锤回来的路线上。嘭的一声，胡大海的脑袋被砸得稀巴烂，身体也飞了出去。 蒋英一声喊，不知从哪里冒出了一批苗兵，把胡大海的卫队全部诛杀。其他苗帅也控制了胡大海的部队，蒋英坐上会议室里胡大海的位置，说：“婺州是咱们的了，把这消息通知贺仁德将军。” 蒋英等苗帅谋杀胡大海，没有直接的利益，归根结底，他们投降朱元璋后，受到了军纪的约束。这对于不知军纪为何物的他们，简直就是一种心灵的摧残。他们的起义纯是为了解放心灵的重压。这种想法，在处州苗帅贺仁德和李佑之那里早已有之。 处州城中最活跃的是贺仁德，怒火攻心的也是他。苗帅们在处州城的日子差强人意，这是因为处州城的军政长官是耿再成和孙炎。耿再成治军严厉名声在外，孙炎是个自我控制力强而又目空一切的人，两人发自内心地对苗军没有好感。耿再成是因为他们的军纪，孙炎则是因为他们首鼠两端、毫无理想。 由此可知，苗帅们在处州的日子并不好过，贺仁德每天都失眠。当他得知婺州的苗帅们翻身做主人后，几乎不加任何思索，领着他的部队就冲进耿再成的办公室。耿再成当时正在吃饭，闻听是贺仁德造反了，摔了筷子，哇啦叫起来，集合身边的士兵二十人，开了大门，和贺仁德火速交上了火。由于他势单力薄，所以战斗很快结束，他被剁成了肉泥。 耿再成的肉泥还在滴血，贺仁德和李佑之的苗军已迅速控制了孙炎和处州的一批高官。贺仁德对孙炎有浓厚的兴趣，因为在处州这段时间，孙炎始终保持着高高在上的样子，对他们这些苗军冷眼相看。现在，贺仁德把孙炎投进了大牢。他去看孙炎时，就站在门口的台阶上，不下去。 他也摆出高高在上的样子，问孙炎：“降我，我让你官复原职。”孙炎满脸血污，那是在反抗时苗兵赏赐给他的礼物。他站起来，一瘸一拐地走到台阶下，当他确信贺仁德能看清他的举动后，就狠狠地向地上吐了一口唾沫。贺仁德没有恼火，一挥手，两个苗兵就端了盘子送到孙炎面前，有个