In July 1354, Zhu Yuanzhang broke away from his commander Guo Zixing and started a business with 24 people, including Xu Da, Tang He, and Fei Ju.
No direction, no shelter.
When passing by Zhangjiabao near Dingyuan, I learned that there were 3,000 bandits in a nearby cottage, and there was a shortage of grain and grass recently, and the owner of the village wanted to join the rebels.
So they went to the donkey brand village to see the owner. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I am Marshal Guo Zixing's subordinate, he and you are fellow villagers, I heard that you are short of food here, and specially sent us to discuss with you whether you are willing to join forces with Guo Dashuai to create a great cause?"”
When Zhu Yuanzhang left the village, he left Fei Ju to lead the way for the owner of the village, the purpose was to let Fei Ju stay and monitor the owner of the village in case there was a change.
It can be seen that those who are good at accomplishing great things must not only be brave and strategic, but also consider everything in every detail.
After leaving the cottage, they recruited troops everywhere and got 300 strong men.
Three days later, Fei Julai reported that the owner of the village had repented, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the other party had seen through his lies, and he speculated that if the owner of the village was killed by a trick, his people were likely to submit to him, so he ordered his strong men to hide in the grain bag, pretending to be grain, and when they arrived at the donkey brand village, Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to report to the owner of the village, and Commander Guo Zixing sent someone to transport military rations, and asked the owner of the village to come and sign for it.
The owner of the village was overjoyed after hearing this, and flew out.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw the arrival of the owner of the village, and gave an order, and the strong man in the grain bag immediately broke out of the bag, quickly tied up the owner of the village and chopped it directly, and the other bandits had no leader, so they surrendered. Zhu Yuanzhang received 3,000 soldiers.
earned the first pot of gold in his life.