Zhu Yuanzhang really understands Marshal Guo Zixing's thoughts very well.
Because Guo Zixing is a person who does not trust others by nature, especially he is suspicious of people with other surnames. one
Although he had given so many favors to Zhu Yuanzhang, Guo Zixing still had a hand in hand to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from getting bigger under him and losing control.
This kind of thing cannot be tolerated by Marshal Guo Zixing.
However, because Zhu Yuanzhang's talents are really outstanding, Marshal Guo Zixing admires and absolutely relies on him.
Let's put it this way, he has to discuss all major and minor matters regarding the rebel army with Zhu Yuanzhang.
And basically they were implemented in accordance with the strategies set by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the results were always very good. Moreover, it is much better than the methods Guo Zixing thought of himself.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's official position has not been officially promoted, because of his relationship with Guo Zixing, other rebel brothers are also aware of it.
Moreover, Marshal Guo Zixing also appointed Zhu Yuanzhang to train his rebel brothers.
Think about it, in this way, Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige among the rebel brothers under Guo Zixing is really getting higher and higher.
On this day, after discussion between Marshal Guo Zixing and several other marshals, they unanimously decided that Guo Zixing's troops would be the vanguard and go out of the city to meet the enemy.
They wanted to launch an active attack to repel Yuan Ting's strategy of surrounding their Haozhou City, because this was very important to their rebels.
There is still not enough food in Haozhou City, so they need to fight off this siege from Yuan Ting.
Then open a road and transport some food in from the outside. In this way, they can defend for a longer time.
Because the number of soldiers in the rebel army is still less than the number of Yuan Ting's army.
And in terms of combat effectiveness, they are even different, so in fact, several commanders are quite clear about this.
When they occupied Haozhou City, it was because there were very few defenders here.
Moreover, those soldiers were all arrogant, oppressing the people every day and depriving the lowest-level soldiers of their food and wages.
Therefore, there were no soldiers to work for them, and Guo Zixing and the others captured Haozhou City so easily.
Otherwise, Haozhou City, with such a prominent terrain, is really so-called easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they really can't take it.
This is also the reason why the generals of the Yuan Dynasty chose to besiege Haozhou City instead of attacking Haozhou City, because they really did not have the power.
Let's put it this way, if they want to break through Haozhou City, then their military strength is estimated to have to be increased by at least two or three times to make this possible.
And there will be a lot of artillery and other weapons to assist.
However, because now in the entire land of China, there are really so many rebels revolting.
They simply don't have enough power. It is impossible to send so many troops to a small Haozhou City.
Therefore, this situation is also the reason why Guo Zixing and other rebel troops can survive here.
At this time, the main target attacked by Yuan Ting was Liu Futong from Shandong.
Their rebel army is already the most powerful of all the rebel armies.
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the decision made by Guo Zhixing and the other marshals, he felt that it was completely based on his vision.
Zhu Yuanzhang, of course, volunteered. He wanted to be the vanguard officer and lead Xu Da, Tang He and the others to successfully complete their combat mission this time.
Marshal Guo Zixing really appreciates this point, because with tiger generals like Zhu Yuanzhang and the others here, he can really rest easy.
Only then can he strategize in Haozhou City without having to go to the battlefield and take that kind of risk. After all, swords and guns have no eyesight.
This time Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Tang and their military power expanded even more.
Let's put it this way, the rebel force they led this time can be said to be more than two-thirds of all the rebel forces under Guo Zixing, and it is the two-thirds with the strongest combat effectiveness.
Let's put it this way, if Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Datang and the people lead these rebel troops and run away, then the name Marshal Guo Zixing will be gone immediately.
The reason why he is respectfully called Marshal Guo here is because he still has these soldiers.
Without these rebel soldiers, he would still be Commander Guo, right? To be honest, not even air anymore.
During this period, whenever Zhu Yuanzhang was free, he would read the military books and battlefields he could find here. The most important thing was the terrain, rivers, and other resources and disadvantages around Haozhou City. , Zhu Yuanzhang knew what he was doing.
After all, fighting is not a trivial matter. It is not about playing games, it is about playing with one's life. If Zhu Yuanzhang had any unexpected thoughts, it would most likely lead to the annihilation of his entire army.
Think about it, in that case, would he still be alive? That is an impossible thing.
Therefore, for the sake of his future development and to get through the current situation, Zhu Yuanzhang must grit his teeth and get through his most difficult period now.
Why Zhu Yuanzhang said he was the most difficult is because his current position is actually quite embarrassing.
If he is not going to fight, then Marshal Guo Zixing actually has nothing to do. He has to ask Zhu Yuanzhang, because after all, fighting is the number one thing in the world now.
Therefore, this time Zhu Yuanzhang vowed in his heart that he would fight this battle well and build the reputation of the rebel army.
Because the last battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and those Yuan Ting troops was not actually a real face-to-face battle. He was just making a sneak attack or ambushing on the road, which was really a bit opportunistic.
Because if you do this, although Zhu Yuanzhang will also win, those people in Yuan Ting will not be afraid at all.
Without a head-on battle, it would be difficult to intimidate the Yuan Ting army, haha, so we must defeat them through a head-on battle.
Only in this way can the Yuan Ting troops be frightened when they think of Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, and in this way can the purpose of Zhu Yuanzhang's expedition be achieved.
Because only by achieving this goal can they truly find a way and successfully complete their military mission this time.
This time Zhu Yuanzhang had arranged everything before going on the expedition.
"Set off!"
