Nowadays, looking at the entire Ming Cult, from Zhang Wuji to ordinary soldiers, who dares not to give face to Zhou Zhiruo?
Not to mention that Zhou Zhiruo wanted to hear her called Her Majesty, even if she wanted to hear others call her Empress, it would not be a problem.
The Mingjiao soldiers in front of her knelt down without even thinking and shouted loudly: "Greetings to the Queen."
Zhou Zhiruo laughed heartily, and her laugh was one of immense confidence.
Zhou Zhiruo was an orphan and she had never thought about what status she would have in the future.
But now, being called the Queen was a great honor, satisfying the vanity in her heart.
After Zhou Zhiruo laughed wildly for a few times, she turned to Gong Wu and said, "You little rascal, did you see that?"
"Even though I'm not the queen, there are people who are willing to call me Her Majesty the Queen. You little stinky girl, you will never reach my level in your lifetime."
Zhou Zhiruo said to the soldiers kneeling on the ground: "Brothers, please stand up. No matter what, I still want to thank you brothers for giving me this face today."
"Otherwise, I will be embarrassed in front of this stinky girl."
"Ha ha ha ha……".
Zhou Zhiruo laughed and left.
Gong Wu behind her was so angry that her face changed color.
Gong Wu was angry and said to the group of Ming Cult soldiers: "You are a group of grown men after all, why are you so afraid of Zhou Zhiruo? She asked you to call her Queen, so you did it. You are a bunch of cowards, I am ashamed for you."
One of the Ming Cult soldiers said to Gong Wu, "Little girl, Madam Zhou's bravery is beyond your imagination. Looking at the entire Ming Cult, apart from the leader, she is the only one who can mobilize the three armies. Madam Zhou usually doesn't look at us straight in the eye, but strictly speaking, she has never bullied us."
"Even if Madam Zhou is not the queen, it does not affect her status in the hearts of us soldiers."
Gong Wu was left speechless by the words of the Ming Cult soldier.
In Gong Wu's heart, it was obvious that these men were cowardly, but they insisted on giving themselves a high-sounding excuse.
…
On this day, Zhou Zhiruo did not smash the tables, chairs and benches in Gong Wu's small workshop, but those tables, chairs and benches could not escape the fate of being destroyed.
Because Gong Wu was very angry that day, she smashed all the tables, chairs and benches herself.
Perhaps only in this way can Gong Wu alleviate the hatred in her heart.
…
Five days later, the war broke out again in Jiangnan.
Chen Youliang's army of hundreds of thousands has arrived at the city of Hongdu.
This is Zhu Yuanzhang's old nest. If he cannot defend Hongdu, the morale of Zhu Yuanzhang's 200,000 troops on the expedition will be demoralized.
If Zhu Yuanzhang could defend Hongdu, he would be able to sweep across Chen Youliang's territory. If he could not defend Hongdu, Zhu Yuanzhang would most likely be defeated and killed.
In this battle, Chen Youliang's strategic deployment cannot be said to be wrong, but he did not take one thing into consideration.
That is Hongdu, and even Zhu Yuanzhang's entire Jianghuai area, are far inferior to Chen Youliang's Huguang, or his capital Changsha.
This strategy of raiding each other's strongholds was a disadvantage for Chen Youliang from the very beginning.
Chen Youliang, a great hero of his generation, was well aware of this.
But he didn't care.
Because Chen Youliang firmly believed that Hongdu was just a small city, and his army of hundreds of thousands could raze it to the ground within a day or two. After razing Hongdu, it would still be in time for him to return and fight a decisive battle with Zhu Yuanzhang.
…
Hongdu City, on the city wall.
Zhu Wen is at the forefront, making final deployments.
Before Zhu Wenzhen took over the defense of Hongdu, everyone thought he was a good-for-nothing who only knew how to eat, drink, gamble and have sex.
But today, all the soldiers in Hongdu City have looked at him with admiration. Within a few days, Zhu Wenzhen actually raised the city wall of Hongdu by nearly ten feet.
Under the command of Zhu Wenzhen, this small city of Hongdu became impregnable.
There were only 30,000 defenders in the city.
However, under Zhu Wenzhen's deployment, several thousand reserve troops were still retained.
Under the city of Hongdu, Chen Youliang remained calm and composed.
Not long ago, he had just fought a fierce battle with Zhao Min in Yuan Dadu.
In that battle, the troop ratio between the two sides was four to one.
With his own army of 400,000, it didn't take long for them to capture the Yuan capital.
At this moment, the ratio of his troops to those inside and outside Hongdu City was about twenty to one. Even for the wealthy Chen Youliang, this was the first time he had fought such a powerful battle.
While chatting and laughing, Chen Youliang waved the folding fan in his hand.
Tens of thousands of soldiers from the Chen Han Dynasty rushed forward.
On the city wall of Hongdu, Zhu Wenzhen shouted loudly to the soldiers around him: "Brothers, Chen Youliang has begun to attack the city. Our soldiers in the city are not as many as Chen Youliang's."
"So in this battle, we must not use the life-for-life tactics. Only if we are all alive can we defend Hongdu."
…
According to the strategy given by Zhu Wenzhen, we should try our best to avoid close combat with Chen Youliang's troops.
Therefore, when Chen Youliang's soldiers just rushed to the city of Hongdu, countless barrels of kerosene poured down.
The moment the war broke out, the city of Hongdu was engulfed in flames.
Kerosene, a city defense weapon that can only be used in critical moments, was actually used by Zhu Wenzhen the moment the war started.
This unconventional style of play really left Chen Youliang confused.
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Jinyang City.
At noon that day, when the sun was shining brightly in the sky, a caravan from the south of the Yangtze River slowly arrived.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the scale of this caravan is unprecedented.
Ordinary people have never seen such a grand scene even in their entire lives.
There were hundreds of carriages.
At this time, Zhao Linger was already waiting for the caravan in Jinyang City, and Zhang Wuji was with her.
Zhang Wuji smiled and said to Zhao Linger, "My dear sister, is this the gift you told me about?"
Zhao Linger said proudly: "Young Master, with such a big ceremony, aren't you satisfied?"
"These things are basically what you need for your enthronement and enthronement."
"Besides, I was going to be with you that day. I confessed my life story to you a long time ago. I am the descendant of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and the only one. This time, I made such a big fuss just to satisfy my vanity."
"As for all these expenses, they are all taken out of our private vaults. Young master, you are not blaming me for being extravagant, are you?"
Zhang Wuji quickly said: "My dear sister, you are very precious now, how dare I blame you? What's more, these things were all taken out from your own private treasury by you. I didn't help you at all, and I feel quite embarrassed."
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