Chapter 2 2. Qishui, the capital, was established, and Xu Shouhui ascended the throne

Liu Futong's Red Scarf Army developed rapidly within a few days, and its influence in the Huanghuai area gradually expanded, and more and more ordinary people were affected by the "Red Scarf Army". Xu Shouhui is one of those affected.He was originally a cloth dealer, with a handsome appearance, a good-looking talent, and a man of integrity.In the spring of the eleventh year of Yuan Zhizheng, Xu Shouhui was running his own business in his hometown. Although he was often extorted by officials of the Yuan Dynasty and the business was not easy, Xu Shouhui only wanted to earn some silver and expand his business.And in July of this year, it has long been rumored that the miraculous Red Scarf Army uprising passed through his hometown. Liu Futong's power and the unstoppable momentum of the Red Scarf Army deeply shocked Xu Shouhui.

As a businessman, Xu Shouhui is clever and cunning, but if he wants to rebel against the imperial court and seek great things, what he lacks is a partner, and he cannot do everything in the world with his own strength.At this time, he thought of two close friends: Zou Pusheng, a blacksmith in Macheng, and Peng Yingyu, a monk in Yichun County, Jiangxi.Xu Shouhui quickly got in touch with these two people, expressed his views on Liu Futong's uprising, revealed his anti-Yuan ideas, and got the support of Zou and Peng. The leader of the uprising is in place, but strategies are needed to encourage the gathering of local civilians.

Xu Shouhui and Peng Monk agreed that Liu Futong's White Lotus Sect has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and using the White Lotus Sect to create their own teachings is the most effective way to attract the people.Soon, Xu Shouhui and his two companions gathered a group of people, preaching everywhere about the gods of Liu Futong's White Lotus Sect and the power of the Red Turban Army.In August, many civilian husbands who were dissatisfied with the court gathered under Xu Shouhui's door. That day Xu Shouhui was about to go out when Monk Peng came in in a panic: "Brother Xu, I heard that the imperial court is already paying attention to our actions. I'm afraid we are in a bad situation now."

Xu Shouhui heard the words and sent for Zou Pusheng. Zou Pusheng was at a loss when he heard the information, he didn't know what to do, he hesitated. Seeing this, Xu Shouhui took the hands of Zou and Peng and said, "Now, the three of us must work together to achieve great things. Since the court has taken action, we might as well take this opportunity to reverse and catch the court by surprise." After the three discussed, they decided to launch an uprising in the Dabie Mountains the next day. In the evening of the next day, the three gathered the believers in their respective responsibilities.Xu Shouhui was a smart man, he knew that Han Shantong relied on Tuo Song's statement, and he was just an ordinary cloth dealer, if he wanted to win the hearts of the people, he had to deify himself and the leaders.

Facing the crowd of believers, Xu Shouhui spoke eloquently: "The imperial court has repeatedly persecuted us ordinary people. It is really unbearable. I have waited for the believers of the White Lotus Sect to overcome several difficulties, but now the world is in chaos. Liu Futong invited me to attend his meeting a few days ago. Army, I can't bear to leave everyone behind." Monk Peng stood up and said, "Everyone, Chief Xu is in trouble now, and we need everyone to help." Everyone asked what was the matter. "Someone secretly reported that Chief Xu gathered a crowd to cause trouble and colluded with the Red Scarf Army, and the imperial court is about to arrest him." Zou Pusheng said angrily.In Xu Shouhui's small group, brotherhood has always been the most important thing for everyone, so when they heard this news, many people were aggrieved. Some threatened to die for Chief Xu, and some were going to fight the court...

At this time, Monk Peng signaled everyone to be quiet, walked around a few people, walked up to Xu Shouhui, and pulled off Xu's shirt. Everyone looked at his back and was shocked. It turned out that Xu Shouhui had a big word "Buddha" written on his back, but at this moment Xu Shouhui looked blank, as if he didn't know what everyone was surprised about. Monk Peng said: "The Buddha entrusted me with a dream last night, saying that the world is in great chaos, and there will be a person who can save everyone. This person has the word 'Buddha' on his back. Leader Xu has been preaching for a long time, and he is always thinking of everyone. God's will, we should elect Chief Xu to lead the people to resist the oppression of the imperial court."

Xu Shouhui said: "You don't need to panic. I also dreamed that the Buddha gave me the word 'Buddha' a few days ago. I didn't know why at the time. It turned out that the Buddha asked me to protect everyone. I will die." At present, everyone supports Xu Shouhui as the leader.Xu Shouhui declared that he should wear a red scarf and be a branch of the Red Scarf Army. Soon, Xu Shouhui led the crowd to conquer Luotian in one fell swoop.After that, the rebel army fought continuously, successively conquered Huangzhou and Qishui, and stopped in Qishui County. Stopping in Qishui, Xu Shouhui was full of pride and excitement thinking about his victories in the past few days.

Such a smooth achievement often stops people from moving forward. Xu Shouhui just took the victory in front of him too seriously. He only owned the small area of ​​Huangzhou and Qishui, but Xu Shouhui quickly established a small country, and Qishui was his capital.Xu Shouhui became the king of a country, a small country known as Tianwan Kingdom.The so-called "end" is to put something on top of the "Yuan" Dynasty, so that Xu Shouhui feels at ease, and feels that he can suppress the Yuan Dynasty. Xu Shouhui's Tianwan Kingdom is not big, but it has everything in place.The organization was set up in the same way as the Yuan Dynasty, and it was cast with a copper seal and issued coins to manage this small country well.During the period from the uprising to the founding of the country, a group of brave and resourceful people gathered: Ni Wenjun as the leading marshal, Zou Pusheng as the grand master, and Chen Youliang as the clerk...these people played an important role in Tianwan Kingdom.

Before Xu Shouhui became emperor, he had more contact with the people at the bottom. Although he was eager to build a country and become emperor, he did not forget the sufferings of the people. He put forward the slogan of "destroying the rich and benefiting the poor", which won the support of the poor peasants.The Red Turban Army was strictly disciplined, neither sexually promiscuous nor killed, and soon grew to hundreds of thousands of people.Xu Shouhui did not expect to achieve such an achievement in just a few years, and what he did not expect was that victory was so easy. After a period of peace and enjoyment, Xu Shouhui began to worry. Looking back on the road he had traveled, he suddenly felt that what he had obtained was not solid.Although he is the king of a country, the power of the Yuan Dynasty is still strong. The heroes around him are not much worse than him no matter whether they have established a country or not. These forces may destroy him at any time.Moreover, Xu Shouhui has already felt that these troubled brothers and sisters under him seem to be obedient and obedient, but in fact they inevitably look down on the cloth dealers back then, and all of them think that they have merits only because of their own merits, so this is not the way to go.After much deliberation, Xu Shouhui decided to continue to act and expand the strength of Tianwan Kingdom.

The end of spring in the twelfth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1352) was a very important season for Xu Shouhui. Emperor Xu thought about it for a long time, and decided to use the existing forces to attack the surrounding areas in an all-round way.Marshal Ni Wenjun objected to this. In his opinion, spreading out operations with such a small force is undoubtedly suicidal.In fact, he was unwilling to put in all his efforts for Xu Shouhui. He felt that his talents and abilities were better than Xu Shouhui's, so he disdained the master who started as a cloth dealer.The person who strongly supported Xu Shouhui was Chen Youliang. This person was very scheming and had some means. Although he had a good relationship with Ni Wenjun in private, he had been expecting Emperor Xu to promote him, but he had never had the opportunity to make meritorious service.

Emperor Xu can no longer take care of so much, and now he must act with the majesty of the emperor.Besides, Tianwan Kingdom has many heroes capable of fighting. Xu Shouhui did not rely on the clever strategies of Zou Pusheng or Ni Wenjun this time. He decided to show his talents and dispatched all troops to attack in an all-round way. Xu Shouhui sent Chen Youliang to attack Jiangxi Province all the way. He was very relieved of Chen Youliang because he saw Chen Youliang's eagerness to improve.For the attack on Jiangxi, Chen Youliang issued a military order, and this was the first time he held military power and led troops to fight alone.Before setting off, he told Xu Shouhui that he would never return.While attacking Jiangxi, Xu Shouhui sent Taiwei Ni Wenjun to attack the central and southern part of Huguang Province. Although Ni Wenjun was dissatisfied, he did not dare to disobey the emperor's will at this moment.After all, Xu Shouhui was not worried about Ni Wenjun, and at the same time sent his subordinate Ming Yuzhen up the river, from Huguang Province to the west, and went straight to Sichuan.As for Huguang Province, it was Xu Shouhui's friend in need, military adviser Peng Yingyu, who led the army to attack large areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces from the northeast corner of Jiangxi Province. All the soldiers set off, and Xu Shouhui really couldn't sleep all night in the somewhat empty capital, full of worries.This time, it can be said that all the capital has been gambled, and the Tianwan Kingdom will prosper if it wins, and perish if it does not win.And Emperor Xu is most worried about the Yuan Dynasty at this moment. If the Yuan Dynasty sends troops to besiege his capital at this time, how will he face it?All the soldiers set off...Thinking of this, Emperor Xu could only force himself to be calm, and all he could do was wait, wait, wait for information from various armies.To be precise, he was waiting for good news, and he had never expected good news to come to him so much. In just half a year, Emperor Xu's army lived up to his expectations, attacked bravely, was invincible, and reported successes frequently.Tianwan Kingdom's territory has spread to Huguang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Jianghuai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and the influence of Tianwan Kingdom and Xu Shouhui has also become greater.It was also this time that Chen Youliang made great contributions, was promoted to marshal, and became more obedient to Emperor Xu.In Chen Youliang's view, on the basis of the previous victories, the attack on Longxing is undoubtedly a victory, but the emperor refused, so he had to adjust his strategy and cooperate with Peng Yingyu to successively attack the eastern Jiangxi province and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces where the Yuan Dynasty's forces were relatively concentrated. The south-central attack of the Yuan Dynasty successively captured Raozhou, Xinzhou, Huizhou, and Hangzhou from Yuan Ting, and hit as far as Fu'an, Ningde and other counties on Fuzhou Road. Xu Shouhui's Tianwan Kingdom occupied the central territory of the Great Yuan Empire in a short period of time, and its momentum was huge for a while.Compared with Liu Futong at that time, Xu Shouhui's team also became an important one in the peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty.Everything has two sides, and it was this huge momentum that annoyed the Yuan Dynasty government. How could the Yuan Dynasty let go of such a rapidly developing rebel?In the next few years, the development of Tianwan Kingdom gradually slowed down, and the main energy was put on dealing with the siege of the Yuan Dynasty.