The noodles tasted terrible. Zhou Zhiruo and Zhang Wuji both forced themselves to eat them.
After eating the noodles, Zhang Wuji asked Gong Wu, "Miss Gong, how much is it?"
Gong Wu looked at Zhang Wuji with a complicated look and said, "Forget it. I know that what I cook tastes bad. As long as this Mrs. Zhou beside you doesn't cause trouble for me behind my back, I will be satisfied."
Zhang Wuji burst into laughter after hearing this.
But Zhou Zhiruo was very angry: "You little stinky girl, they say when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head, but why do you, a little stinky girl, always seek death?"
"To put it nicely, why don't you just lower your head and live a good life?"
Gong Wu said nonchalantly: "I haven't wanted to live for a long time, but I haven't made up my mind to die. Otherwise, Mrs. Zhou, please help me."
"You..." Zhou Zhiruo's eyes were almost spitting fire with anger.
"Silly girl, okay, this is all your own fault. We are both women. If I bully you, no one can find fault with me."
As she spoke, Zhou Zhiruo swung her hand and slapped Gong Wu in the face.
But at this critical moment, Zhou Zhiruo felt her body floating up.
Zhang Wuji carried her on his shoulders.
Zhou Zhiruo said unhappily: "Zhang Wuji, you are still using this trick? Let me go. Today, I must beat this stinky girl up. Let me down."
Zhang Wuji didn't dare to put Zhou Zhiruo down. He knew Zhou Zhiruo too well. If he put her down at this moment, she might really slap Gong Wu hard.
Seeing that Zhang Wuji had no intention of letting her go, Zhou Zhiruo could only shout at Gong Wu: "You little bitch, if you're brave enough, come back here tomorrow and I'll smash your little workshop to pieces."
Gong Wu also shouted without knowing the consequences: "It's a deal, I will still be here tomorrow, and you can kill me if you have the guts."
This scene attracted a lot of people's attention.
Including a team of Mingjiao soldiers patrolling the streets.
One of them said: "Isn't that Madam Zhou and the leader? It's really strange that there are people in this world who dare to compete with Madam Zhou. That little girl who runs the noodle shop is really a talent."
Another person said: "Who wouldn't say that? This little girl is indeed a talent. She even dares to offend a she-devil like Madam Zhou. She really doesn't know how to live or die."
"Just because of her courage to go against Madam Zhou, I must eat a bowl of noodles from her today."
Several Ming Cult soldiers walked up to Gong Wu and said, "Girl, give each of us a bowl of noodles, quickly."
Gong Wu was also very angry: "It won't be soon. If you want to eat noodles, just wait here obediently. If you don't want to eat, get out."
Those Mingjiao soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then they burst into laughter.
"Okay, girl, you are really strong. Today, we brothers must eat your noodles. We can wait."
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On the other side, Zhang Wuji carried Zhou Zhiruo a long way before putting her down.
Zhou Zhiruo was really angry: "Zhang Wuji, you used this trick on me when we were in Jiuquan. Now you come again. There are so many people on the street. Don't you think I have any face?"
Zhang Wuji said with a smile: "Zhiruo, others can only envy you, who dares to say anything."
Zhou Zhiruo still insisted, "Even if that's the case, why do you always side with that stinky girl? The noodles she made are not tasty, but the key is that what she said was so unpleasant. What's wrong with letting me teach her a lesson?"
Zhang Wuji said helplessly: "Zhiruo, don't you see your own identity? It's so embarrassing for you to compete with her. It would be terrible if our soldiers saw it."
Zhou Zhiruo said: "I don't care, I just can't swallow this."
Zhang Wuji pinched Zhou Zhiruo's little face helplessly and said, "Today, we two are out here to have fun. Please give me some face. If you are still angry with that little girl tomorrow, I will never stop you from dealing with her again."
…
In Jiangnan, Xuzhou, Chen Youliang's 400,000-strong army is at the gates of the city.
As long as he captured this city, Zhu Yuanzhang would be his only rival in the entire Jiangnan region.
The 400,000-strong army has already lined up, waiting for his order.
But just when he was about to give the order to attack the city, a messenger ran up to him in a hurry.
"Your Highness the King of Han, something terrible has happened. Zhu Yuanzhang is leading an army of 200,000 and heading straight to Huguang."
Chen Youliang was stunned for a moment, and he was a little suspicious whether he had heard it wrong.
He said to the messenger, "Don't be impatient. Take your time and repeat what you just said."
The messenger took a deep breath and said again: "Your Majesty, Zhu Yuanzhang is leading an army of 200,000 and heading straight to Huguang. According to the distance, he will be able to reach Changsha in five days."
Chen Youliang heard it clearly this time. He slammed the table and stood up and cursed loudly: "Well, you Zhu, how dare you sneak attack my capital."
"Damn it, if I had known you were so brave, I would have dealt with you first and then Zhang Shicheng."
Zhang Dingbian on the side hurriedly said: "Prince Han, Huguang is our old nest, and Changsha is your capital. If Changsha is lost, our hundreds of thousands of troops will be in chaos."
"At this moment, the morale of our soldiers is still high. Why not return to Changsha and fight a decisive battle with Zhu Yuanzhang?"
Chen Youliang waved his hand and said, "General Zhang, don't panic. Let me think about it."
Chen Youliang fell into deep thought, but after a moment, a hint of viciousness appeared in his eyes.
He said to Zhang Dingbian: "General Zhang, if we go back to defend Changsha now, I'm afraid we will fall into Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao. We still have tens of thousands of defenders in Changsha City, with sufficient food and grass. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang has an army of 200,000, he will not be able to take it down in a short time."
"We will not fight in Xuzhou anymore. Send a message to the soldiers of the three armies to take a detour to Hongdu."
"Hongdu is Zhu Yuanzhang's old nest. I want to capture his Hongdu before Zhu Yuanzhang captures my Changsha."
"Also, send a message to our navy, and ask the navy commander-in-chief Zhao Pusheng to take our navy and the troops left behind in Suzhou, and go up the waterway to the city of Hongdu. I will meet him there."
Zhang Dingbian quickly took the order and left.
Chen Youliang looked at Xuzhou in front of him and muttered to himself: "What a pity, Xuzhou. I can raze this place to the ground within ten days. Zhang Shicheng, you are so lucky. Just wait for me. I will skin Zhu Yuanzhang alive and then I will deal with you."
…
From this moment on, the situation in Jiangnan became even more chaotic.
Zhang Shicheng had just been defeated by Chen Youliang, with nearly 80,000 soldiers killed or wounded. At this moment, he only had one state and tens of thousands of soldiers left.
Compared with Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment, Zhang Shicheng has now completely lost the qualifications to dominate Jiangnan.
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