Guo Zixing gritted his teeth and wrote a letter. In this difficult situation, he had no choice.

The recipient of the letter is: Zhu Yuanzhang.

The content of Guo Zixing's letter is relatively simple. In addition to telling what happened after Zhu Yuanzhang left, more importantly, it focuses on elaborating on his experiences and current predicament.

The meaning is roughly: My dear son-in-law, please save me. The things I did in the past were all done by that bastard Guo Tianxu, and the things I did were not my intention. Seeing as how I saved you back then.

For the sake of the crisis, you, sir, have a lot of money and don't worry about it anymore.

Now you should have heard about my situation. Ever since Peng Zao lived with that useless thing, I have been completely isolated. In front of the crowd, I can't resist them all.

What's more important is that even if I want to leave now, Zhao Jun won't let go with that bastard and a few other bastards. They support their own troops and trap me in Haozhou City. Now I can say that I can

It is said that the bastard in the pot cannot move.

Seeing that I have saved you before, I am also your savior after all, and I am also the father of your wife Ma. For the sake of not looking at the monk's face but looking at the Buddha's face, please help me and let me leave Haozhou as soon as possible.

In this sea of ​​misery, go to Chuyang and enjoy two days of happiness. It is better than suffering here.

Guo Zixing's letter did not disappoint him.

After Zhu Yuanzhang received Guo Zixing's letter, Zhu Yuanzhang did intervene in the matter.

He wrote a letter to Zhao Junyong, briefly explaining his views.

The content is: The world is in chaos now, and this is a great opportunity for us to recruit heroes from all over the world. After you were defeated in Xuzhou and fled to Haozhou, my father-in-law Guo Zixing did not dislike you, nor did he reject you.

Just outside the city gate.

He opened the door and accepted you. Not only that, he also condescended to be under your management and obeyed your command. From this aspect, my father-in-law is very kind to you. ("Ming Dynasty Records"

Records: Guo Gong accepted others openly and treated each other with sincerity. He did not show any doubts, but he also bent over himself to serve the public. Guo Gong’s virtue is much greater than that of public officials.)

Now that my father-in-law is weak, what will you do now?

Not only did you not repay his original kindness to you, but you listened to the slanders of those villains and wanted to put him to death. In doing so, you have one-sidedly achieved the interests of those villains. When they grow stronger one day,

Will they in turn take action on you?

If you really do this, it is equivalent to trapping yourself in a cocoon and feeding a tiger into trouble. This will not only fail to achieve great things, but will also chill the hearts of the heroes. They will say in their hearts that you have no virtue and do not repay kindness.

It is said to be unethical; not repaying kindness is called unkindness.)

Even if we abandon our long-cherished wish, although Duke Guo is now weak, he still has at least more than 10,000 subordinates in his hands. If you really want to kill them all, he will definitely resist vigorously, even if

In the end, if things really succeed, your strength will definitely be greatly reduced. Will the other wolf-like marshals still obey your orders as they do now?

I think not!

So I’m going to give you an advice that kills two birds with one stone. You might as well listen to it first.

You will be kind to my father-in-law from now on, and take the initiative to let him leave the city and let him make room for you and your soldiers. By doing so, you will not only win the hearts and minds of the heroes, but also win a good relationship for you.

The reputation allows you to gain a lofty identity and status among the heroes without losing any profits.

If you do this, your Haozhou City will be stronger and your status will be more stable.

Otherwise, you will be in trouble. Not only will you fail to deal with Mr. Guo, but you will also have to pay for it yourself.

I'm afraid you have nothing to do with the business of losing your wife and losing your troops.

You may wish to consider my opinion!

I am doing this for your own good too!

There are only so many letters written by Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhao Jun in the history books, but I think there must be some words in them that Zhu Yuanzhang used to use his existing army to intimidate Zhao Jun, or some "grandson, let me show you the bright spots with your tactics."

If you are wise, let me go as soon as possible, otherwise my fart will destroy you!" Words like this are just not written down in the history books due to Zhu Yuanzhang's authority.

Because from: Jun Yongwen heard that when he entered Chuzhou, the military strength was very strong, he was quite frightened, so he waited for his son to show some courtesy. You can see the clues in this sentence.

On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote to Zhao Junyong, and on the other hand, he bribed the subordinates around Guo Zixing to help him say some good things about Guo Zixing.

It was under this double pressure of sticks and dates that Zhao Junyong finally agreed to let Guo Zixing go.

Let Guo Zixing lead his 10,000 troops to leave Haozhou City.

After leaving Haozhou City, Guo Zixing took all his belongings and family members without stopping and defected to Zhu Yuanzhang's command.

But what no one expected at this time was that Zhu Yuanzhang's approach surprised everyone.

After breaking away from Haozhou City controlled by Zhao Junyong and others, Guo Zixing came to Chuyang happily. Along with him were Guo Zixing's family members and his more than 10,000 horses.

In front of this motley crowd of 10,000 people, standing impressively were 30,000 fierce troops with strict orders and neat military appearance.

Seeing this scene, Guo Zixing was naturally happy.

Guo Zixing was happy, but some people were unhappy, and very unhappy.

They are Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou respectively.

Here I would like to briefly talk about my views. I roughly divide people in the world into the following categories:

One type of people are smart. This type of people can see clearly into other people's hearts. When they feel the other person's murderous intention, they can withdraw in time and choose the small over the larger. This type of people is the most rare, such as Tang He;

The second type of people are wise. These people know what they want and what their abilities are. They will never take what they shouldn’t take materially, such as Xu Da;

The third type of people are desireless. These people don't care about any benefits. All they care about is their own dedication. They sacrifice themselves for others and don't care about any material enjoyment at all, such as Chang Yuchun;

The fourth type of people are greedy. This kind of people want to take advantage of anything and are only interested in profit, but they are relatively smart, such as Hu Weiyong (we will talk about it later);

The last category of people are extremely stupid. These people have no brains and are extremely greedy. They are people who combine shamelessness, greed and ambition. They are people who dare to make money even in the frying pan. It can be said that in this world,

There is nothing they dare not do, there is no money they dare not take, but the bad thing is that they only have courage and no brains. They are a group of fools who can dig out three hundred taels without any silver.

Unfortunately, Guo Zixing is the fifth type of person, and his son and brother-in-law are even more so.

According to our common sense, when others help you when you are most sad, you should remember the kindness of others and repay the kindness if you have the opportunity in the future.

But Guo Zixing doesn't think so, nor does his son Guo Tianxu and brother-in-law Zhang Tianyou. In their eyes, it seems natural for Zhu Yuanzhang to save them from fire and water. Doing so is Zhu Yuanzhang's responsibility, and he has nothing to do with it.

repayable.

No need to repay.

After arriving in Chuyang, the three of them seemed to have forgotten the humiliation they had suffered a few days ago, as well as the blow they had suffered in Haozhou City.

"Have I ever stayed in Haozhou City?"

"It seems not, I remember that I have been staying in Chuyang!"

"Where is Haozhou City? Why don't I have any impression of it?"

"Chuyang City is so nice. It has mountains, water, and beauties. Why should I stay in Haozhou, a place where birds don't shit?"

A few days after arriving in Chuyang City, Marshal Guo's sexual ailment relapsed, because when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's 30,000 uniform troops, Guo Zixing's habit of listening to slanders began to relapse again.

Under the instigation of the other two people and the indiscriminate bombardment of his wife, he first became suspicious and felt that Zhu Yuanzhang did not really want to stay here. The reason why he stayed here was because he wanted to harm him that day.

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In order to eliminate suspicion, he successively assigned several very important positions in the Zhu Jiajun army to his own people, and then asked that Li Shanchang be transferred to Guo Zixing for his use and deployment.

Guo Zixing believed that doing so was equivalent to cutting off Zhu Yuanzhang's left and right arms.

But what he didn't know was that in Li Shanchang's eyes, he sincerely looked down on Guo Zixing. How could Guo Zixing, a useless snack, be compared with Zhu Yuanzhang.

If Zhu Yuanzhang is a real dragon, Guo Zixing is an worm that only knows how to chirp.

If the Yuan army is a waste snack, then Guo Zixing is not even a waste.

He is useless except for spending money.

So Li Shanchang very smartly touched his nose and shed tears, complained to Zhu Yuanzhang in tears, and did not want to leave. (Ming Dynasty Records: Shanchang was willing to do it, so he cried and complained to Zhu Yuanzhang.)

However, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have no intention of stopping Guo Zixing, nor did he satisfy Li Shanchang's request. He agreed to Guo Zixing's request.

Not only did Zhu Yuanzhang have no complaints, but after Guo Zixing arrived in Chuyang, he made a decision that no one expected.

After Guo Zixing made all arrangements, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a general order and handed over all the 30,000 troops currently belonging to the Zhu family army to Guo Zixing's control and deployment.

This shocked everyone.

Because everyone present knew that Guo Zixing had no other merits except being a second-generation rich man.

He doesn't know how to lead troops, let alone fight.

All he knows how to do is spend money, spending the family property left to him by his old man.

There is no difference between this kind of person and a playboy.

If Zhu Yuanzhang had not come to help, Guo Zixing would still be hiding in Haozhou City in front of the incompetent son, crying for his father and mother every day, begging for help from some fairy sister.

Zhu Yuanzhang was able to help him out of the sea of ​​misery regardless of past grudges, which was considered to be the most benevolent and righteous. There was no need to hand over the military power he had worked so hard to build into his hands.

How could they be convinced if such a person who was not even considered a waste was allowed to command their group of tiger and wolf warriors?

But when everyone looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, it didn't seem like he was joking.

At this time, everyone seemed to see Zhu Yuanzhang's determination.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was uncompromising in his words among the army, was like a god in their hearts. If he offended the King of Hell (Yuan Army), there might be a chance of survival, but if he offended the gods, there would be only death.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had made up his mind, no one dared to say anything more, so the matter was settled.
To be continued...