A moment later, two tall horses appeared under Zhou Zhiruo and Zhu'er.
When Zhang Wuji saw the two of them, he was stunned for a moment.
"Why don't you two take a good rest in the carriage?"
Zhou Zhiruo replied: "We are not just vases, why should we stay in the carriage all day?"
Zhu'er said with a smirk: "Sister Zhou misses you. People say that a day without seeing you feels like three autumns. Sister Zhou, when I don't see you for a while, it feels like three autumns."
Zhou Zhiruo quickly rolled her eyes at Zhu'er and said, "You little bitch, stop pushing everything onto me. It's obvious that you're missing a man, yet you insist on blaming me..."
Listening to the bickering between the two of them, Zhang Wuji felt unprecedented satisfaction.
For a man, having two close female friends who will accompany him through life and death is the most fortunate thing in the world.
Zhang Wuji was speechless and could only look at the two of them with loving eyes.
Seeing such an affectionate look, Zhou Zhiruo blushed when her eyes met his.
She lowered her head and said nothing, while Zhu'er beside her said with a smile: "Sister Zhou is worthy of being a fairy. She is obviously in heat, but she still looks so shy."
"I can't pretend with the look on your face. Now, I just want to drag Brother Wuji to a deserted place and fight him for three hundred rounds."
Zhou Zhiruo gave Zhu'er a cold look.
"You little girl, can you please stop saying what you think? If you don't feel ashamed, I do."
Zhu'er said disdainfully: "What's there to be ashamed of? Do we need to hide anything when we three are talking?"
…
On the other hand, Guo Zixing, who was stationed in Caizhou, had received intelligence.
Zhao Min personally led an army of 80,000 to fight.
For many years, Guo Zixing had never felt such great pressure.
He angrily pounded the table in front of him with his hands.
"Why? Zhao Min's 80,000-strong army came right under Zhu Yuanzhang's nose. Why didn't that Zhu guy send troops to stop them? I shouldn't have taken him in in the first place?"
Faced with Guo Zixing's anger, the generals before him chose to remain silent.
It was not until a long time later that a man named Ding Taian spoke.
"Grand Marshal, in my humble opinion, it is not necessarily that Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to stop it. The city defense troops in Hezhou where he is stationed are no more than 30,000."
When facing Wang Baobao alone, it was already very difficult to resist, so how could they spare any troops to stop Zhao Min?
Guo Zixing glared at him coldly: "General Ding, why do I feel like you have something else to say?"
Ding Taian quickly said: "Marshal, I was just saying it casually just now. If you don't want to listen, I will just shut up."
Ding Taian was indeed obedient and kept his mouth shut.
But after he shut up, the generals under Guo Zixing became even more silent.
Guo Zixing was so angry about this dead silence that he slammed the table.
"Why don't you say something? Caizhou is in crisis now, and this is when I need you. If you don't think of a solution, when I die, you will all be doomed too."
Guo Zixing turned his gaze to Ding Taian again.
"General Ding, you were very talkative just now, why are you mute now?"
"Tell me, what should we do next?"
Ding Taian said with an embarrassed look: "General, before the 80,000 reinforcements led by Zhao Min arrived, we generals had already made this suggestion."
"We suggest that you concentrate all your forces and fight a decisive battle with Wang Baobao. You have been managing this land under our feet for more than 20 years. The finances are stable, there are sufficient food and grass, and the people are united."
"If I had fought Wang Baobao to the death with the determination to die before Zhao Min arrived, my chances of winning would have been at least 70%."
"Even after Zhao Min's reinforcements arrive, your chances of winning a decisive battle with her are still 50-50."
"But you insist on dividing the troops to guard all the cities. The consequence of your doing so will be that Zhao Min will be the only one left to fight us."
"Right now, none of the troops in Hezhou, Yinchuan and Dongling cities can move. If we move, Wang Baobao will definitely attack the city with all his might, and then we will be even more passive."
"The decisive battle rhetoric again": Guo Zixing slammed the table in anger again.
He would not admit that he was timid and did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the Yuan army.
The land under his feet was acquired after more than 20 years of hard work.
Now Guo Zixing is over fifty years old, and all he wants is to have a good sleep with his concubines every night.
If we were to lose the decisive battle, this huge family fortune would be wiped out in an instant.
Guo Zixing forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart.
He also knew in his heart that now was not the time to lose his temper with the generals under his command.
Guo Zixing glanced again at the generals in front of him.
"The best time for a decisive battle has passed. Even if I want to fight now, it's too late. Is there any other way?"
All the generals under Guo Zixing stared at each other in amazement. After a long time, someone spoke cautiously.
"General, I don't think there's anything to be afraid of. The walls of Caizhou City are high and thick, and there's plenty of food and grass. I think we can defend it for a year or two without any problem."
Guo Zixing glared at the man coldly.
"A year or two, what should I do after a year or two?"
Ding Taian on the side hurriedly said: "Marshal, in my opinion, the situation will change in less than a year or two."
"Nowadays, none of the rebel kings in the world are easy to deal with. Maybe one of them will stab Zhao Min in the back. There is no good way out now. I am afraid we can only defend Caizhou and wait for the situation to change."
…
Guo Zixing and his generals discussed for several hours and thought of the best solution, but there was no other solution.
Now we can only defend Caizhou to the death.
…
Two nights later, Zhao Min's 80,000-strong army gathered at the foot of Caizhou City.
Zhao Min asked Duan Zihao beside her: "Mr. Duan, what do you think of Caizhou compared to Zhang Shicheng's Longping Prefecture?"
Duan Zihao smiled bitterly and said, "Empress Dowager, Caizhou is different from Longping Prefecture. Even if Guo Zixing is a loser, this is the place he has run for more than 20 years."
"This battle will be very difficult for us."
"Is it difficult?" Zhao Min laughed disdainfully.
"Our ancestor Genghis Khan was able to sweep across the world with an army of more than 200,000. Now I have 80,000 soldiers under my command, so how can I not be able to take Caizhou?"
"Order the soldiers to retreat five miles, bury the pots and cook, and have a good rest for the night. We will start the attack on Caizhou early tomorrow morning. We must take this city by dusk."
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