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Chapter 333: ‘The Rise of the Chu State, Chen Sheng as King’

Chapter 333: ‘The Rise of the Chu State, Chen Sheng as King’

People from aristocratic families always make multiple bets. For example, Zhang Shan now has quite a few people from aristocratic families under his command, but these people can never enter the center of power, which makes them very angry.

After all, even a commoner like Zhu Yuanzhang could enter the center of power, while those who truly controlled the world were excluded. How could they not be angry!

Although he wanted to turn around and leave, Zhang Shan was now very powerful and almost the largest force besides the imperial court. The scale of other rebel forces was far smaller than that of Zhang Shan.

There were even many rebels who came to join Zhang Shan, making his team increasingly powerful.

However, there were more and more problems. Apart from the unruly gangsters, the most troublesome issue was food.

There wasn’t much food originally, only enough to feed everyone for half a month. Now that there are more people, the food can last even shorter periods of time.

“We can’t delay any longer.” Zhang Shan said, “Pass the order down, prepare to march south and take over Bashu!”

Everyone nodded. The land of Bashu was rich in resources and had a natural terrain that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was perfect for early stage development!

This action was both good and bad, because everyone in the martial arts world wanted to start a war directly, but the people were very happy because Zhang Shan said that as long as they took over the land of Bashu, every family would be able to get their own land.

This is land! As long as you have your own land, do you still have to worry about having nothing to eat?

Moreover, they had long heard that the land of Bashu was rich and there was definitely something that could be grown in the fields.

As a result, nearly 100,000 troops under Zhang Shan were all gearing up for a big fight.

“It is said that we have an army of 100,000, but excluding the old, weak and sick, there are actually only more than 50,000 people. Even so, our equipment is a bit insufficient. We can only arm 40,000 people at most. There is also a problem with the quality of the soldiers. These people were all common people who farmed the land before. They have no rules and discipline at all. If a real fight breaks out, I am afraid they can’t even beat the 10,000 regular troops.” Zhu Yuanzhang talked about the current situation and carefully observed Zhang Shan’s expression.

Whenever Zhang Shan showed his impatience, he would say something nice to avoid becoming the other party’s punching bag, but unexpectedly, Zhang Shan did not get angry at all, as if he had anticipated the current situation.

Zhang Shan certainly knew that farming was not as good as the regular ones. In this era when people were still ignorant, the lower class people were far behind in both physical fitness and intelligence.

“I’m not an expert in training soldiers, Five Elements Flag.” Zhang Shan looked at the five people beside him. They were the flag bearers of the Five Elements Flag.

Zhuang Zheng, dressed in white, bears the Sharp Gold Banner; Wen Cangsong, dressed in green, bears the Giant Tree Banner; Xin Ran, dressed in red, bears the Fiery Flame Banner; Tang Yang, dressed in black, bears the Flood Banner; and Yan Yuan, dressed in yellow, bears the Thick Earth Banner.

“Your Majesty!” The five of them bowed.

“How many people do you have now?”

“Report to the Supreme! Three thousand men under the Sharp Gold Banner!”

“One thousand men under the Giant Wood Banner!”

“Two thousand men under the Fiery Banner!”

“There are one thousand men under the Flood Banner!”

“Five thousand men under the banner of Thick Earth!”

Their Five Elements Flag alone has 10,000 people. Except for the 5,000 people under the Thick Earth Flag, who are both old and young, the other four flags are all elites and are strong and healthy!
“Okay, the sharp gold flag will follow the main force, the thick earth flag will be responsible for logistics for the time being, the giant wood flag and the blazing fire flag will cut in from the side, and the flood flag is too lethal, so don’t use it unless it’s necessary.” Zhang Shan said. The flood flag among the five elements flags doesn’t spray water, but a deadly poison. Anyone who touches it will die, and it’s too lethal.

Moreover, the Ming Cult likes to use water and fire together. Once the poisonous water evaporates, it will turn into poisonous gas. By then, it will be difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, and the losses will be huge.

“Then when do we set off?” Yang Xiao asked.

“tomorrow!”

The military order was passed down, and the entire Guangmingding was in operation.

At night, Zhang Shan sat cross-legged to practice. He felt that his skills were getting stronger recently, and he was about to reach another level.

But Zhang Shan didn’t know how to cross this threshold, which made him a little annoyed.

“Brother!” Zhang Wuji walked in, and after seeing Zhang Shan practicing, he sat aside and waited.

Zhang Shan opened his eyes helplessly and said to Zhang Wuji, “Why don’t you sleep with your three little wives at night? What are you doing looking for a man like me?”

Zhang Wuji hesitated for a moment and said, “Brother, I want to leave.”

“Leave? Now?” Zhang Shan frowned, a little unhappy: “You are my number one little brother, how can you leave at this time?”

Zhang Wuji scratched his head: “But I really can’t help much. When there were fewer people, I could still help my brothers see doctors, but now there are more people and there are military doctors. I really have nothing to do here!”

“Hmph! They are all excuses! I think you just want to take your wives to a place where no one will disturb you to live your life!” Zhang Shan ruthlessly exposed Zhang Wuji’s little thoughts. The latter smiled guiltily, as this was indeed his plan.

“It’s okay for you to leave. After I conquer Bashu, you can take your wives and leave.” Zhang Shan said.

“Okay! Thank you, brother!” Zhang Wuji was happy.

“Alright! Don’t thank me, brother. However, you’d better go to Wudang Mountain to find Grand Master before you leave. He has been thinking about you all these years.”

“Yes! I will definitely go to see Grand Master. My marriage with Zhiruo still depends on the Wudang seniors to worry about it.”

Zhu’er and Xiaozhao didn’t have so many requirements, and Zhou Zhiruo didn’t care either. After all, they were people of the world and didn’t care about trivial matters.

But Nun Miejue cared a lot about this matter. Her successor as the leader was abducted by Wudang. If there was not even a proper wedding, Nun Miejue would dream of killing Zhang Wuji with the sword of the Heavenly Sword every night!

Zhang Shan nodded and said, “It seems that leaving is fake, and returning to Wudang to get married is real~”

Zhang Wuji smiled shyly, feeling that his thoughts were completely seen through.

~
The next day.

Under the Guangming Peak, a mighty group of 100,000 people set out southward, heading straight for Shu.

They did not encounter the Yuan army along the way, mainly because their place was too remote, and the Yuan court was corrupt. They did not get any food from the two counties they encountered on the way, which gave Zhang Shan more headaches. It took ten days for the army to cross the wasteland and arrive in Qinghai.

“There must be food here!” Zhang Shan’s eyes were like an eagle, and Yin Tianzheng and others behind him were also eyeing him covetously. Their desire for food and grass had reached its peak!
Along the way, they robbed everything they could, so the team expanded a little, and it is estimated that there are now 120,000 people. Although the number of people has increased, the food has not increased. All they encountered along the way were rocky areas, or rocky areas that were simply impossible to cultivate. In these places, the food was pitifully scarce and basically negligible.

Whoosh!
Wei Yixiao flew over from the horizon. After his injuries healed, his martial arts skills improved further. Now his lightness skills can be said to be the best in the world.

“Your Majesty, I have already arranged what you ordered, and I believe it will be effective soon. Moreover, I have also found out some news from the Central Plains during my trip. Many people in the east have already risen up in rebellion, and Zhang Shicheng is said to have become a powerful figure. A Red Turban Army in Yingzhou has also revolted in the name of my Mingjiao branch, causing quite a stir. Uprisings have also occurred in Xuzhou, Xiangyang and other places, but these people are not from my Mingjiao branch. However, they all rose up in rebellion after hearing about your story, Your Majesty!” Wei Yixiao finished telling all the information he had gathered in one breath.

“Great! The world has suffered from the Yuan Dynasty for a long time. Now that righteous men all over the world have risen up, they will sooner or later drive these Mongols out of the Central Plains!” Zhang Shan was overjoyed. He didn’t expect that as soon as he took action, so many people outside responded!

What the people behind them were even more curious about was what Zhang Shan had asked Wei Yixiao to promote again? This time, he even kept it a secret from them.

Facing everyone’s puzzled looks, Wei Yixiao chuckled and said, “You’ll know when the time comes.”

Everyone rolled their eyes at him. It was so annoying to keep people in suspense!

But after a few days, they knew what Zhang Shan was promoting.

“The Supreme is actually the reincarnation of the ancient emperor! Seeing the suffering of the Han people, he came down from heaven to save the people from the water and fire!”

“No wonder he was named the Supreme Master of the Martial World at such a young age. It turns out he is the reincarnation of the Human Emperor!”

“The Emperor is back, we are saved!”

Song Yuanqiao looked at Zhang Shan and said, “I didn’t expect you to be the reincarnation of the ancient emperor!”

Just as Zhang Shan was about to explain, Song Yuanqiao continued, “That’s right. Master said that you were born knowing everything and are a natural saint. We didn’t believe it before. After all, you were nothing special before. You were even a naughty kid. But now it seems that you have deceived everyone except Master.”

Zhang Shan laughed dryly. Since Song Yuanqiao had convinced himself, he had no more explanation.

As the news that Zhang Shan was the reincarnation of the Human Emperor spread, the Yuan court was completely panicked.

Who doesn’t know the reputation of the Human Emperor? Now Zhang Shan claims that he is the reincarnation of the Human Emperor and is here to fight them. Then they are done!
Emperor Yuan Hui in the palace was so anxious that he could not sit still, and the Mongols outside the palace were even more crazy. They gathered together for debauchery every day and enjoyed the final madness.

Although it is outrageous, this is the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhang Shan’s army came all the way to Qinghai, where they finally encountered the first regular army.

“Your Majesty, I have found out clearly that there is a princess of the Yuan court leading troops to resist in front. They are not many in number, and the people of Xining Prefecture are not contributing, so they can’t stop our attack at all.” Wei Yi smiled.

“Princess?” Zhang Shan said, “These Mongolians are really strange. They don’t come up with their own names, but instead use our Han people to get names.”

“There’s no other way. Apart from the royal family, most of the ministers in the court are still Han people. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so much food appearing inexplicably on the road.” Yang Xiao said.

It has been more than a month since they left Guangmingding. Zhang Shan originally thought that he would soon be able to attack the city for food, but he didn’t expect that since the news of his reincarnation as the Human Emperor spread, there has been no shortage of food on the road!

Now there is even more than enough food, enough for them to hold out until they reach Shu.

“Sure enough, my strategy of ‘The rise of the Chu State, Chen Sheng as the king’ works really well!” Zhang Shan secretly rejoiced in his heart.

However, he didn’t know that the reason why he was so successful, in addition to the news of the reincarnation of the Human Emperor, was mainly because the people’s hearts were already leaning towards him, a Han Chinese.

The Mongols had entered the Central Plains less than a hundred years ago, but they had divided people into four classes, with the Han people being the lowest class. Anyone could come and step on them, and it was almost as bad as the time when the Five Barbarians invaded China during the Jin Dynasty. People were already filled with resentment and wanted to expel the Mongols immediately and let the Central Plains return to Han rule.

Although they are still at the bottom, at least it is better than now!
At this time, the front line.

Zhao Min looked at her army that was almost crushed and was so angry that her teeth were itching!

“Damn it! What a bunch of good-for-nothings!” Zhao Min’s eyes turned red. She never thought that Zhang Shan’s army was so powerful. Logically speaking, they had been traveling for a month and should be starving and have no fighting power.

But how could those people look like they were starving? She saw that they all had rosy complexions and were full of energy. They looked like an elite group of soldiers!

At this time, the general named Zhao Xin was fighting against Zhao Min’s 500 cavalrymen and 3,000 infantrymen. This man claimed to be a descendant of Zhao Zilong and was an expert in leading troops in battle. With the mentality of giving it a try, Zhang Shan let him lead 10,000 troops to lead the charge.

I didn’t expect that this man was indeed a talent, able to use this group of new recruits with no combat experience to fight against the brave and capable Mongolian soldiers!
You have to know that Zhao Min is a princess, and her father is the Prince of Ruyang, the last dignity of Mongolia. The soldiers assigned to her are naturally not good-for-nothings. They are all veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. However, they were still blocked by Zhao Xin and could not advance in a short time.

Just when Zhao Min was extremely anxious, two armies of a thousand men rushed out from the high ground on the side. Their leaders were wearing red and white clothes. The moment they saw this group of people, countless arrows fell towards the rear of the Yuan army!

Swish swish~!

“Retreat! Run!”

The Yuan soldiers were in panic for a moment, and then a general shouted to them.

These people quickly stabilized their position, raised their infantry shields above their heads to block the first wave of arrows, and then quickly ran towards the lower area.

There was no other way. They also wanted to occupy the high ground, but the guys in red clothes were setting fire! They were also pouring oil! Setting fire was bad enough, but they were also pouring oil. It was simply insane!
Seeing these people running to a lower place, the people under the Fiery Flag smiled.

Zhao Xin also ordered his men to beat drums and retreat, leaving the place to the Ruijin Banner.

A dense rain of arrows swept over, and the Yuan soldiers ran faster. If they were a step slower, they would be pierced into hedgehogs by the rain of arrows!
Zhao Min fled with the army, but her eyes were always fixed on the rear, filled with resentment!
Thousands of elite soldiers and five hundred cavalry were crushed by the enemy. This is simply a shame!

Just as they were fleeing, another group of people in green clothes ran out. They were divided into groups of ten, carrying a huge piece of wood in their hands. They used the small slope to roll the wood out!

The log weighing thousands of pounds would roll down with a “bang bang bang” sound and would soon catch up with the slow-running Yuan soldiers. Under the acceleration, the Yuan soldiers would be instantly degraded and die.

“Quick! Change direction! Avoid the logs!” the Yuan army general shouted.

Needless to say, the Yuan soldiers had already changed direction. For a moment, the Yuan soldiers fled in all directions, and the previous discipline disappeared in an instant!
High up, the laughter of Zhao Xin and others spread throughout the forest, and could not dissipate from Zhao Min’s heart.

Soon, the news reached Zhang Shan. Upon learning of his great victory, Zhang Shan was not very excited.

At this moment, he was sitting in the main seat, still thinking whether he should use the ultimate supreme power he had just obtained to directly change the world?
(End of this chapter)