"If the man behind the wolf soldiers is Zhu Hengjia, the Yunnan chieftain can enter Huguang from Guangxi and disrupt Jiangnan."
"If this is the case, then the so-called Annan invasion and bunker building may just be a cover-up to confuse us..."
However, when Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Li Zushu was in charge of this matter, he shook his head slightly.
Because judging from Li Zushu's previous performance in the capital, this person has a strategy, a careful mind, a well-connected layout, and is good at using smoke screens to confuse his opponents.
If Zhu Hengjia was really the man behind the scenes, they would never send troops from Guangxi.
But if they don't take the route to Guangxi, Guizhou and Sichuan are both covered with high mountains and numerous chieftains. It might not be easy for them to take the route.
Even if they could successfully use the passage, it would take at least several months to clear the checkpoint. By then, the court would have already prepared everything, so what could they do?
"Is it possible that Li Zushu just wanted to clean up the person behind the scenes? If so, then the person behind the scenes is most likely Mu Tianbo."
"You must know that Mu Mansion was breached, and Mu Tianbo became the victim..."
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang had this thought, he immediately denied it.
Because the current situation is chaotic, even if he knows the person behind the scenes, he will not take action for a while. With Li Zushu's intelligence, it is impossible not to see this.
Furthermore, if Mu Tianbo does this, not only will he lose more than two hundred years of wealth in the Mu family, but if the imperial court becomes angry and calls him back to the capital to punish him, he will have no escape.
Then he thought of Zhang Xianzhong's sudden abandonment of Sichuan and entered Guizhou and Huguang, and suspected that the matter was related to Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu.
It's just that according to the news from the newly built Jinyiwei Liaison Station in Sichuan, Zhu Zhishu was extravagant, but regarded wealth as his life. The people of Sichuan complained about him. It is impossible for such a person to have such scheming and ability.
"Since it's not for soldiers, it's probably for money."
"The Mu Mansion dates back more than two hundred years, and the accumulated wealth should be very huge. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly abandoned Sichuan. In addition to the threat from Li Zicheng, he may also have known about Yunnan."
"It's just that we heard that Zhu Zhishu was the richest among the feudal kings. If Li Zushu wanted money, why didn't he attack Zhu Zhishu first?"
"Yes, both Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are eyeing Sichuan now. If he takes action rashly, it will be disadvantageous. It is better to occupy Yunnan first and then march north."
"It's just that although this method can raise money, it can't disturb Jiangnan. If we pacify the north and then send our troops south, won't he make wedding clothes for us?"
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's brows that had just relaxed a little immediately wrinkled.
He thought for a while, but didn't come up with a reasonable explanation, so he looked at Huai'an again.
Because the wolf soldiers appeared here before, it should also be one of the opponent's goals.
And according to Zhang Dabiao's investigation in Huai'an, one of the two mysterious troops may be Liu Zeqing's people. ..
Just because the other party made no further moves, Zhang Dabiao couldn't confirm it for a while.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite sure of this, because Liu Zeqing had previously believed that the capital would fall, so he resisted the order and fled south.
Today, the capital is not only safe and sound, but also defeated the rebels.
But Liu Zeqing has never asked for mercy, and he never fought hard in Huai'an. He must have found someone to rely on, so he feels confident.
Coupled with the Guo Sheng incident, Zhu Yuanzhang was more sure that there were people behind the two mysterious troops.
He originally suspected Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong, but according to Jin Yiwei's information, although this person had some talents, he was far inferior to Li Zushu. Even if they became allies, it would not be possible to create the previous situation of equal power.
But apart from Zhao Zhilong, he couldn't think of anyone else who was suspicious.
Then he thought that Zuo Xianmei was involved in Guo Sheng's matter, and now that Zuo Xianmei had offered to help Zhang Huangyan seize Wuchang, he felt a little doubtful.
Because if Zuo Xianmei saw through his intentions, then Zuo Liangyu should also know about it. But what puzzled him was that Zuo Liangyu did not send troops south, but asked Zuo Mengeng to lead his army into Shaanxi.
"Could it be that Zuo Xianmei knew that Zhang Xianzhong was about to leave Sichuan, so she worried
You can't keep your heart in Wuchang, so you deliberately try to be a favor?"
"But Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, and only the remnants of his troops came out of Sichuan. They were much weaker than Bai Wangying at the time. Considering that Wuchang's troops can completely defend it, is there something else that we don't know about?"
"Maybe Li Thief also wants to attack Wuchang, but Yuan Zongdi has already entered Sichuan, Li Mou and Hao Yaoqi are attacking Jierhalang, and Tian Jianxiu is also confronting Zuo Menggeng. He has no available troops."
"No, Thief Li is now besieged by Gao Jie and Zuo Liangyu, and he has not evacuated Xi'an. This means that he has no intention of entering Sichuan and wants to leave east. Moreover, there is no news about Liu Zongmin and Li Guo so far. I am afraid they are doing this secretly."
"If this is the case, Li Thief should have no time to care about Wuchang. Is it still related to Li Zushu?"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was back to his original confusion, he couldn't help but rub his temples and sighed: "Hey, it's a pity that although Brother Li Wu rescued Li Jing, he was worried that Jin Yiwei would leak the secret, so he didn't transmit the details."
"If we could know the people behind the scenes, we might be able to deduce their intentions..."
It turned out that because Guo Sheng went south and the vassal kings recruited troops, Jiangnan was once in chaos.
However, this gave Brother Li Wu, who had been searching for Li Jing's whereabouts, an opportunity. He took advantage of people's panic and bribed many servants of powerful people, and finally found out that Li Jing was imprisoned in Xu Yunjue's house.
Brother Li Wu was alone due to the situation. He originally wanted to use the power of Nanjing Jinyiwei, but he was worried about leaking the secret.
Just when he was distressed, he happened to learn that Zhang Dabiao had led his army to Huai'an, so he sent a message asking for help.
After Zhang Dabiao got the news, he immediately sent people to Nanjing and successfully rescued Li Jing.
Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about the affairs in the north and wanted to return to the capital after Guo Sheng's defeat. However, because the person behind the scenes was unknown, he was worried about another turmoil. At the same time, he heard about the affairs of the vassal kings and Li Jing, so he still stopped in Linyi.
While Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought, Yang Qi came in and presented two memorials.
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a memorial and looked at Yang Qi: "Is there any news about Li Jing?"
Yang Qi bowed and said: "Not yet, but according to Brother Li Wu's previous news, Mr. Li should arrive in the next two days."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Okay, tell Zhang Dabiao and ask him to send someone to respond."
"Although Jiangnan's Jinyiwei has been reorganized, time is short and there may still be fish that have slipped through the net. We must not let Li Jing get hurt again because of our negligence."
Yang Qi said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Brother Zhang has asked Zhao Erhu to take care of him."
Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied when he saw that Zhang Dabiao had thought of this matter in advance. After signaling Yang Qi to step back, he looked at the memorial in his hand.
He just glanced at it a few times and immediately frowned.
It turns out that this memorial was written by Wang Jiayan, Minister of the Ministry of War. The memorial first talked about the awarding of Zheng Sen and other matters.
Later, he reported that after receiving the reward, everyone's fighting spirit was very high. Zheng Sen, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhihu and others jointly requested a fight, hoping to take the opportunity to take back Pi Island.
