Chapter 21 Section 4 Advance with retreat and develop independently

In the winter of the thirteenth year of Zhengzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang made an unexpected request to Guo Zixing: hand over his 700 subordinates to others to lead, and he only led Tang He and other 24 soldiers to leave Haozhou and go south. Development power. Guo Zixing was puzzled: You stayed here well, and I treated you well, so why are you leaving? Zhu Yuanzhang replied, I am just thinking about your old man.Think about it, there are many small chiefs in Haozhou City, and you seven chiefs are crowded here, and none of them can use it.The so-called three caves of the cunning rabbit, I will go outside to open up a new territory. In case something happens in Haozhou, you can go far away!

Guo Zixing thought that this was really the case, so he let Zhu Yuanzhang go. It was Zhu Yuanzhang's long-awaited idea to leave the first peasant uprising army he had defected to and develop independently.He later described the causes and consequences of his decision in the article "Ji Meng": At that time, although Yu was still a young man, it was not a good idea to taste the masterpieces of Shuai Shou for a long time.In the spring of next year, Yuan general Jia Lu died, the city was besieged, and he returned to his hometown. He collected hundreds of disabled people, dedicated them to the superior, and gave me the title of governor.In the winter of that year, Peng Zhao claimed arbitrarily that most of his subordinates insulted people, and I knew that he was wrong. Hundreds of people led twenty-four sharp men to travel south to Dingyuan.

That is to say, when Zhu Yuanzhang was still an ordinary soldier, he secretly observed the actions of the leaders of the rebel army, and felt that they were muddling along, enjoying one day at a time, not a long-term solution.After becoming an officer, he judged that the second king Peng Zhao was not someone who could achieve great things, and he felt that there was no future for him to hang out with them.That's why I decided to "travel south to Dingyuan" and open up a base area by myself. The fact is true, the level of Zhao Peng and Guo Zixing is not much higher than that of Guo Zixing, they are only keen on robbing property, and the only way to manage the army is to fight and kill in the underworld style.Zhu Yuanzhang looked down on them deep in his heart.

Through the understanding of Peng Zhao Ershuai, Zhu Yuanzhang already understood what happened to the famous "kings", "emperors" and "generalissimos" all over the country.Most of the peasant leaders are short-sighted, and the Ning style bed of a scholar lady is their ultimate goal.Therefore, they are doomed to be only paving stones on the road of revolution, and cannot achieve great things.Who can make a big deal?It must be someone like Zhu Yuanzhang.Because he is born with unique self-control and judgment, and everything is measured by the length of his life.Therefore, he saw the absurdity and ridiculousness of other people "on the screen of the swallow's nest" at a glance, and resolutely broke with them.

The development of going south can be regarded as the starting point for Zhu Yuanzhang to make a clear plan for the overall situation of his life. And once he is given more space, his ability will be even more unrestrained.On the way to the south, Zhu Yuanzhang's tricks in the rivers and lakes were tested.Not long after he set off, he heard that there was an army of more than 3,000 landlords in Zhangjiabao, Dingyuan. The army was alone and lacked food. It was a dilemma between the Yuan army and the rebel army.Zhu Yuanzhang went to surrender in person. When he arrived in Zhangjiabao, he was eloquent, appointed an official and made a wish. The leader of this armed force was very moved and promised to join Zhu's army three days later.Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and went back to wait.Unexpectedly, the next day, another rebel army went to recruit this armed force, and the conditions were better than those offered by Zhu Yuanzhang. They changed their minds and prepared him to vote.As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he made a decisive decision, rode to the outside of Zhangjiabao, and sent someone to invite the leader, saying that he had something important to discuss.As soon as the leader arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately handed over his weapons, sent people to escort him back to Zhu Jun, and then sent people to Zhangjiabao, saying that the leader had changed his plan and switched to Zhu Jun.The subordinates didn't know what to do, so three thousand rebels set fire to the barracks and followed.The leader had no choice but to admit the fait accompli.In this way, the three thousand landlords were armed by Zhu Yuanzhang, who used both soft and hard methods, and successfully recruited them to surrender by deceptive means.

Along the way, Zhu Yuanzhang recruited a large number of farmers who had been driven to nowhere by the famine, "gathering within a month, covering the fields with red flags and filling the hills."The army went south and captured Chuzhou in one fell swoop, and the team grew to 30,000. Just when Zhu Yuanzhang's army was in full swing, Guo Zixing fell into a critical situation.It turned out that the two tigers finally had difficulty sharing the same mountain. Just as Zhu Yuanzhang predicted, Peng Da and Zhao Jun used fire to merge, and Peng Da was killed.Guo Zixing fell into the hands of his old enemy, and Zhao Jun did not dare to deal with Guo Zixing because he was afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang's 30,000 troops in Chuzhou.Guo Zixing was restless and asked Zhao Junyong to let him go to guard Chuzhou.Zhu Yuanzhang also sent people to spend money to bribe Zhao Junyong to intercede for Guo Zixing.Zhao Junyong unexpectedly gave permission, Guo Zixing escaped from the tiger's mouth, and led his 10,000 horses to Chuzhou. Zhu Yuanzhang handed over his military power and was heavily restrained by Guo Zixing.Guo Zixing couldn't help but be overjoyed to see his army in great strength, his troops with a clear banner, and his army in order.