Yes, Chen Youliang took action.

While Zhu Yuanzhang was busy dealing with the siege of Anfeng, and while Stubborn was busy rescuing Han Lin'er, his so-called immediate boss, the titular Dragon and Phoenix Emperor, Chen Youliang, who had been watching the development of the situation quietly but at the same time, was already ready to take action at any time.

Sensing an excellent military opportunity.

When he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang, as the commander-in-chief of the army, was not sitting in the central government at this important time, but had nothing to do and went to Anfeng to serve his boss, Chen Youliang, who had been silent for a long time and could no longer hold back his excitement and excitement, decided to

Take action.

Chen Youliang seemed to have been mentally prepared before deciding to take action, and he had even determined the target of the attack in advance.

So he set off for his destination without hesitation.

His first target was not Yingtianfu, Zhu Yuanzhang's most important strategic base, but rather he chose to gather heavy troops to attack Hongdu City, which was almost tightly defended.

I still can't imagine how much determination and courage it took for Chen Youliang to make such an almost crazy decision in the warlord melee situation at that time.

Because in the face of such an excellent opportunity that can be said to be given by God in vain, if Chen Youliang leads his troops to attack Yingtian, whose defense is almost weak and the army is almost emptied, leaving only an empty shell and only a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals guarding it, then Chen Youliang's army will

It is certain that we can go straight to Huanglong and capture Zhu Yuanzhang's rear headquarters in one fell swoop.

Not only that, if Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic headquarters was taken over at once, the several security barriers set up in front of Yingtian Mansion such as Taiping, Longwan, Haozhou, etc., which had been captured with great effort several times, would also be cleared one by one by Chen Youliang.

If that is the case, the little strategic advantage Zhu Yuanzhang originally gained in the Battle of Longwan will definitely be gone.

When that time comes, Zhu Yuanzhang's few remaining soldiers and horses will probably be able to forget about the world and sigh, helpless, and wait for destruction.

This would have been an excellent business.

It can be said that it is a guaranteed profit and no loss deal.

I personally think that if this excellent political benefit was placed in front of Zhang Shicheng, a businessman, then Zhang Shicheng would definitely choose to attack Yingtian directly.

But it is a pity that Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng are different. They are two completely different types of people.

Whether psychologically or ideologically, the two of them are completely different beings.

There are also different ways of dealing with problems.

In fact, this choice is not difficult to understand.

Now that I have talked about it here, I think it is necessary to talk about the personality characteristics of the two characters in my personal opinion.

After the personality characteristics of these two characters are fully explained, it becomes clear that Chen Youliang made such a choice.

First of all, the first point is directly related to his personal character.

Zhang Shicheng has been dealing with money since he was a child. He was born as a private salt dealer and can be said to be an out-and-out businessman. He is a profit-seeking person who combines treachery and greed. He wants to maximize his own interests and will use all means to maximize his own interests.

What a treacherous villain.

The original intention of this kind of people in doing anything is to minimize costs and extract low-priced or even free labor, and maximize their own profits.

To put it simply, Zhang Shicheng, a mountain cannon, only cares about profits.

That is money.

It's like breaking a hole and losing a life.

In front of money, they jump faster than anyone else.

When it comes to money, they calculate better than anyone else.

This kind of people have a popular belief, that is: profit.

In their eyes, all transactions that are not aimed at profit are bullshit.

But Chen Youliang is completely different.

Chen Youliang has been involved in politics from the beginning. It can be said that he is a politician through and through, and he is also an extremely evil and ruthless conspirator.

In the eyes of conspirators, what they value is often not tangible benefits, but an ideological thing that cannot be clearly explained or understood.

This kind of thing is called: rights.

What these people value most is often political interests. Although they are both interests, there are essential differences between them.

The political interests that Chen Youliang values ​​​​are absolute rights. In his view, as long as absolute rights exist, economic benefits can be easily obtained.

The way to obtain economic benefits here can be by force or robbery. If you have to, you can go to some extremes and choose some extortion transactions that white people despise but underworld people often do. Anyway, if you have a gun in your hand, you are the boss.

, I have the final say how I want to play. At worst, after the final benefits are obtained, I will kill all the people who know about it, so no one will know that I did these things. They can think of this kind of easy and easy-to-get business.

It can be done.

This type of people have a basically consistent approach, which is:

I will beat anyone who dares to disobey my orders;

Anyone who dares to disobey my command will be destroyed by me.

This is the consistent strategy implemented by people like them, and it is also their personal ideological principle.

In their eyes, only guns and soldiers and horses are their spiritual pillars, and the absolute power in their hands is their personal belief.

In their view, all means must be based on the premise that they have absolutely huge military power as the fundamental foundation, and can absolutely control the military appeal and military deterrence as the basic guarantee.

This kind of people also have their basic belief, which is: the ends justify the means.

In the eyes of such people, as long as they can reach the peak of power, any means can be used by them.

What they value is often only the results, but they never pay attention to the process.

In my opinion, such people have no real friends, only political ambitions that are continuously acquired and infinitely amplified.

To put it simply, they have no friends, all they have are interests.

In the face of absolute political interests, any emotional things can be ruthlessly abandoned.

If in the chaotic environment at that time, whether it was Zhang Shicheng or Zhu Yuanzhang, their way of doing things was still in line with the most fundamental characteristics of human nature, then Chen Youliang was an outlier among them.

Even some of Chen Youliang's peculiar ideas can be said to be alien among aliens.

In the face of aliens, ordinary people's way of thinking will not work on them.

In heterogeneous brains, their organizational structures, growth patterns, and logical thinking are all different.

It can be said that there is absolutely a missing string in Chen Youliang's mind, a bridge of emotions that most human beings should and should have.

Their methods of obtaining benefits are often extreme, and they will never give up by any means necessary.

This is why he was able to start as a weak scholar with no physical strength, and then after quickly becoming familiar with and understanding political rules and military methods, he could easily and happily kill his political opponents one by one with the help of others.

This was the fundamental reason why he then killed his master Xu Shouhui on a stormy night.

The behavior of this kind of people is like playing chess, playing the unpredictable and extremely mentally demanding game of Go. In a duel with the opponent, they will never make any meaningless movements. Every move is a pure routine.

Every move is under their complete control.

Their series of actions can be said to be traps and killings at every step.

And everyone among them is a pawn in their hands.

As long as these chess pieces still have value, they can continue to survive.

Once they lose their use value one day, they will face only one result.

That is: destruction.

Although the way these people behave and deal with things is somewhat extreme, they often have a fatal character flaw.

That is, I am only allowed to betray the world, and no one in the world is allowed to betray me.

It can also be said that they have an extreme revenge mentality.

In the eyes of this type of people, they always hold one view, that is:

If others don’t betray me, I can betray others;

If someone offends me, I will cut the grass and root it out.

This is also the real reason why Chen Youliang would rather abandon Yingtian Mansion and besiege Hongdu. He has only one purpose for coming this time, and that is: revenge.

To avenge Hu Mei's betrayal.

While taking revenge, you are also avenging shame, avenging the shame of being betrayed.

While apologizing, I also warn those soldiers who still have thoughts of betrayal in their hearts: If any of you dare to act disloyally or unjustly to me, then Hu Mei is your example, and Hu Mei today will be your fate in the future.

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It can be said that Chen Youliang's purpose in doing this was to establish his authority and establish his absolute prestige as a dictator.

Don't miss the opportunity; it will never come back.

A few years ago, when I had just taken control of Tianwan Kingdom, I was so prosperous at that time. I was very popular, drank, played, and slept well. I never dared to do anything while lying down, and no one dared to do it.

Making irresponsible remarks and talking behind your back.

But after the Battle of Longwan, his original arrogant and domineering life was gone forever.

Not only were his soldiers, horses, money and food constantly depleted, but the Prime Minister who had urinated on the kang and fought together with his former fellow countrymen and former comrades-in-arms had ruthlessly betrayed him. The person who could hand over the position of Prime Minister of a country must be

They were brothers who had exchanged hearts and exchanged lives, but the brother whom he valued most stabbed him in the back when he was in the most critical moment.

What's even more disgusting is that Prime Minister Hu Mei's rebellion obviously didn't have a good start. After Hu Mei's rebellion, the rest of the extra forces were ready to take action, and it seemed that they were likely to escape the control of their own rights.

In this case, Zhu Yuanzhang's trip to Anfeng gave himself an opportunity to show off his talents.

It's tolerable, but it's intolerable.

In today's world, I can only let the world down, but the world can never let me down.

Aren’t you, Hu Mei, a traitor to my revolution? Well, then I’ll stab you Hongdu first to vent the anger that has been buried in my heart for a long time, and to declare a fact to the world: Any revolutionary who dares to betray me

, no one can expect a good ending.

It was under the influence of this extreme revenge mentality that Chen Youliang mobilized the power of the whole country to strategically besiege Hongdu.
Chapter completed!