At this moment, Yang Xiao was in high spirits and full of pride.
Just as he was fantasizing about becoming a marquis and a prime minister in the second half of his life, a messenger suddenly ran in front of him.
"General, urgent news from Longcheng."
Dragon City! Yang Xiao frowned and quickly took the urgent report.
This urgent report was not sent to him by Wei Yixiao, but by Yang Xiao's spy left near Longcheng.
The urgent report read, "Ashilan's 250,000 troops are besieging Longcheng, and the situation is critical."
Two hundred and fifty thousand troops! Yang Xiao couldn't help but feel nervous. What does two hundred and fifty thousand people mean?
In his entire life, he had never seen a crowd of 250,000 people. He didn't know what that scale looked like.
Yang Xiao originally wanted to take over Shanxi and then join forces with Zhang Wuji to take over Hexi, but now it seems that God may not give him this opportunity.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Xiao quickly ordered the army to stop resting and return to defend Longcheng.
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Yang Xiao's approach was correct. Regardless of whether Longcheng was Zhang Wuji's base camp, just because there were Zhang Wuji's two women in Longcheng, Yang Xiao had to send troops back to rescue them immediately.
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According to Zhang Wuji's strategy of fighting to support the war, Yang Xiao's army has grown from 40,000 to 50,000 at the time of the expedition to 80,000 now.
He left 20,000 troops stationed in Shanxi.
The remaining 60,000 people hurried back to Fanglong City.
At this moment, Yang Xiao kept praying in his heart. He prayed that Wei Yixiao would not lose face for Zhang Wuji, and prayed that Wei Yixiao would hold on until the day when he would return to rescue him.
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In the south of the Yangtze River, Han Yulou rode non-stop. After several days of running, he was the first to arrive at Wang Baobao's residence.
At this moment, Wang Baobao was still confronting Zhu Yuanzhang.
Wang Baobao was a general who had experienced many battles. The moment he saw Han Yulou, he knew that something must have happened in Dadu.
Han Yulou didn't waste any words. After meeting Wang Baobao, he said directly: "General Wang, the Queen Mother has ordered that Jiangnan is no longer needed. You will follow me to lead all the Yuan soldiers in the Jiangnan region to return to defend Dadu."
Wang Baobao asked nervously: "Sir, what is the situation in Dadu? You have come here in person. Is Dadu imminent?"
Han Yulou smiled slightly: "Don't worry, General Wang, the Queen Mother's talent is not something that people like us can guess."
"Although Chen Youliang's 300,000 troops besieged Dadu, Dadu is still as stable as a rock at this moment. As long as we return as soon as possible, Dadu will be safe."
What Han Yulou said was not bragging. Zhao Min was indeed a powerful character. As long as she was alive, Chen Youliang would not be able to take Dadu.
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The next morning, inside the imperial city of Yuan Dadu.
Zhao Min just opened her hazy eyes.
She was indeed a little tired recently. Chen Youliang's army attacked the city day and night, and her soldiers suffered 30,000 to 40,000 casualties during this period.
Chen Youliang surrounded the city on three sides. The Yuan capital's military strength was already insufficient, and with so many casualties, the military strength in the city seemed even more stretched.
After washing her face, Zhao Min rushed to Duan Zihao's side.
"Mr. Duan, what was the situation last night?"
Duan Zihao shook his head helplessly: "It's not a big deal, it just resulted in hundreds of casualties."
Zhao Min felt a little sad, but there was nothing better to do.
She said to Duan Zihao, "Mr. Duan, let's hold on for a while and wait for my master to come back."
"When the time comes, I will gather hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses together, and we will be invincible. My master is right. It is already very difficult to reorganize the Yuan Dynasty. Why don't we conquer a new territory?"
Duan Zihao quickly said: "The Queen Mother is right. There are too many rebels in the world nowadays. You will definitely suffer losses if you disperse your troops like this."
"Only by concentrating our forces together again can we defeat them one by one."
After thinking for a moment, Duan Zihao continued, "Empress Dowager, the current situation is very chaotic. After you gather your troops together, you should consider becoming emperor."
Zhao Min was stunned when she heard this, and then she said: "Thank you Mr. Duan for reminding me. If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten about this matter."
"You are right. The current situation is chaotic. If I don't proclaim myself emperor, people will be dissatisfied. Chen Youliang has already proclaimed himself king. If I don't proclaim myself emperor, won't I be left behind by him?"
Zhao Min agreed to become emperor.
This was not all due to Duan Zihao's persuasion, Zhao Min naturally had her own thoughts.
The Yuan Dynasty is now in such a state of chaos. Judging from the current situation, even if she gathers hundreds of thousands of troops together, she may not be able to sweep the world.
Zhao Min thought to herself, "While I still have the strength to become emperor, I should do what I want to do as soon as possible."
"If one day I fail miserably, it will be too late."
After sending Duan Zihao away, Zhao Min took an apple and walked to the city wall.
At a glance, the city was already a sea of blood and corpses.
Zhao Min just laughed it off at this scene.
Her lotus-like steps and beautiful posture made the soldiers defending the city dare not look directly at her.
Zhao Min came to the most conspicuous position at the edge of the city wall.
In this most conspicuous position, the most beautiful woman in the Yuan Empire actually sat there.
The soldiers guarding the city nearby quickly reminded: "Empress Dowager, it is dangerous here, please come down quickly. There are countless archers in Chen Youliang's army, and they are all eyeing this place."
While eating an apple, Zhao Min said, "What are you afraid of? Today, I, the Queen Mother, will let you see what I can do."
The brave Zhao Min sat firmly on the city wall.
There seemed to be a bottomless abyss under her feet, and in that abyss, there were countless corpses.
Zhao Min lowered her head and glanced. If an ordinary person saw this kind of scene, they would be scared to death. However, after seeing it, Zhao Min remained calm.
She didn't even stop chewing the apple.
Even though she is a woman, Zhao Min's temperament is incomparable even to those battle-hardened generals.
Today, Zhao Min didn't even wear armor, and she didn't even wear her signature golden mask on her face.
But the reason she wasn't wearing a mask might be because she was eating an apple.
Zhao Min was dressed in red and wore a pair of embroidered shoes with gold lace.
Through the holes in the embroidered shoes, you can still see her snow-white little feet.
Zhao Min sits firmly on the city wall in this pose.
She was shaking her legs intentionally or unintentionally.
Through the slit in her blood-red skirt, one could seem to see her snow-white ankles and jade-like round calves.
beautiful.
The rebels outside the city of Mei were stunned.
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