"Your Majesty, would it be too dangerous for Zhang Qianhu to take only this few people?"
Zhao Erhu looked at Zhang Huangyan's retreating back with some worry.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Zhang Youcai is just a deputy commander, and we have skinned Lu Jiude alive. He will not dare to resist the order!"
"It's just that the southern soldiers are not good at land combat and have no fighting spirit. I'm afraid they may not be the match for that mysterious army!"
When Zhao Erhu heard this, he said with a worried look on his face: "Yes, according to Lu Jiude, although the opponent only has four to five thousand people, they are all elite people, especially them..."
As he spoke, he stopped again, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise and said, "Your Majesty, did you already know that they were not here?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes, since Lu Jiude has different intentions, how can he let Zhang Daren lead his army to attack Linzi?"
"You must know that there are only a thousand people in Linzi. If Zhang Daren captures the city and finds that there is no food and grass in the city, how will Lu Jiude face them?"
"So the best way at that time was to pretend to agree, stabilize Zhang Daren first, and then send the mysterious troops to attack and kill him. This way, even if the incident happened, he would have a reason to evade."
Zhao Erhu thought for a while and said with some confusion: "How does your majesty know that Lu Jiude is related to that mysterious army?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "The soldiers and horses attacked Lu Jiude three times in succession, and succeeded each time, but Lu Jiude was safe and sound. Isn't this the best proof?"
After hearing this, Zhao Erhu fully understood, and at the same time he admired Zhu Yuanzhang even more
It turned out that when he had just interrogated Lu Jiude and learned that the mysterious troops had gone to Linzi, he was surprised and secretly rejoiced, but he did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang had already settled everything.
Then he said with some confusion: "Your Majesty, since you are worried that Zhang Qianhu is not his opponent, why do you still let him go?"
"You must know that according to Lu Jiude's confession, Guo Sheng's attack on Weifang was not to regain Shandong, but to escape for his life..."
It turned out that according to Lu Jiude's confession, after Zhu Ji was defeated in Tai'an last time, although the encirclement failed, their spies also successfully sneaked into Jinan and tried to persuade Guo Sheng to surrender.
However, Guo Sheng received help from Ren Qi and believed that even if he could not hold Shandong, he could retreat from the southwest, so he rejected Lu Jiude's proposal, but did not kill the person who persuaded him.
After Lu Jiude learned about this, he knew that there was still room for victory, so he besieged Shi Kefa and others while letting people secretly lobby Guo Sheng's generals.
At this time, Ma Chongxi led his army into Jinan. Relying on his higher official rank than Guo Sheng, he not only hindered him at every turn, but also wanted to seize his military power, which made him very angry.
Shortly afterwards, Gao Jie and Ma Jinzhong also entered Shandong and successfully defeated Ren Qi's troops.
Upon seeing this, Lu Jiude knew that the time had come to persuade Guo Sheng, so he asked people to lobby again.
Sure enough, after some hesitation, Guo Sheng agreed to hand over Shandong to Lu Jiude, but in exchange, Lu Jiude must ensure that he and his soldiers left safely.
Although Lu Jiude wanted to agree to Guo Sheng's conditions, the encirclement was already underway, and with Shi Kefa, Gao Jie and others on his side, he could not make the decision.
After some thinking, Lu Jiude believed that both Gao Jie and Xie Sheng wanted to occupy Shandong. As long as they provoked an internal fight between them, Shi Kefa would definitely mediate it personally, and he would be able to profit from it.
Therefore, he asked Guo Sheng to send a letter of surrender to Xie Sheng, telling Xie Sheng that as long as the other party could occupy Liaocheng and give Guo Sheng a way out, Guo Sheng would offer Jinan and other cities.
Sure enough, not long after Guo Sheng's letter was sent, Xie Xi went south to compete with Gao Jie for Liaocheng, and Shi Kefa also went to mediate as Lu Jiude expected.
Then Lu Jiude once again contacted the mysterious team through the contact information Gao Qiqian gave him, pretending to attack him and Shi Kefa's army, creating an opportunity for Guo Sheng.
This battle of Weifang is also the last battle, because as long as Guo Sheng captures Weifang, he can go to sea by boat and stay away from Shandong, and Lu Jiude can naturally accept the city occupied by Guo Sheng. This is why he sits back and watches. Reasonable reasons.
It was because of listening to Lu Jiude's confession that Zhao Erhu felt that he should return to Weifang to avoid leaving Guo Sheng. However, he did not understand why Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that Zhang Huangyan would not be able to defeat the mysterious army, but still let him go.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhao Erhu and said meaningfully: "Because Zhang Huangyan is a person who values love and justice. If we don't let him rescue and make friends, he will regret it for the rest of his life."
"Furthermore, as long as there is a war in Linzi, Guo Sheng will definitely come back to help, and the siege of Weifang will be lifted!"
In fact, there is another reason that Zhu Yuanzhang has not said, that is, this battle is also a test for Zhang Huangyan.
Zhao Erhu obviously did not understand what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, and nodded to himself: "Yes, if Guo Sheng just wants to go to sea, there is no need to attack Weifang... Your Majesty, could it be that Lu Jiude did not tell the truth?"
He then shook his head and said, "The younger one used Jin Yiwei's unique technique and almost never failed. And judging from the execution situation at that time, it is impossible for Lu Jiude to lie."
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered: "What he said should be true, but things may have changed later!"
"Things have changed?"
Zhao Erhu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a confused look.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "We are just guessing, because judging from Lu Jiude's layout, Guo Sheng will never be allowed to attack Weifang, but he will not occupy any cities."
Hearing this, Zhao Erhu nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, although they have an agreement, if Guo Sheng doesn't leave, Lu Jiude can't do anything to him, but why did Lu Jiude do this? Could it be that Guo Sheng used this plan to blackmail him? "
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "If Lu Jiude could do such a thing, how could he leave any clue? The only possibility is that he had more important things to deal with, so he gave up on this plan midway."
Zhao Erhu looked at the pile of bloody minced meat not far away and said with some confusion: "But he is already dead, what can he do?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What if he didn't die?"
"not dead?"
After Zhao Erhu exclaimed, he shook his head again and again and said: "It's impossible. It was the young one who rushed into the tent to catch him, and more than a dozen brothers died because of it. Moreover, Zhang Qianhu also confirmed Lu Jiude's identity at that time. It should be It can’t be fake.”
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly, and then said in a deep voice: "We also hope that he is really dead, but we have just carefully reviewed Zhu Ji's actions and feel that this possibility is very high."
"You should also remember that when Zhu Ji knew our identity, he was not only frightened, but also had no fighting spirit. But when the soldiers begged for mercy, he suddenly violently killed people, which shows that there was someone or something he was more afraid of. .”
"And he was Lu Jiude's confidant. Although he could resist his orders before, but later he did not rescue Lu Jiude and only focused on escaping for his own life. This also proves from the side that the Lu Jiude we captured is probably a fake. "
Zhao Erhu couldn't help but frowned after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's analysis.
Suddenly, his expression changed drastically and he said: "Your Majesty, if Lu Jiude is not dead, wouldn't it be very dangerous for Zhang Qianhu to go here?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "If our guess is correct, then Lu Jiude must not be in Shandong, and we have already sentenced him to death. Even if he is alive, he will not dare to show up again, so Zhang Huangyan will not be in any danger."
"What we are concerned about now is, what could happen that could make Lu Jiude change his original intention?"
After he finished speaking, he looked at the somewhat confused Zhao Erhu with a solemn expression.
Zhao Erhu couldn't help but show a look of panic on his face when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze.
Some people died, but not completely...
