At this moment, Duan Zihao was in an extremely sad mood. In today's battle, he lost not only Dahukou, but also the 150,000 soldiers handed over to him by Zhao Min.
Except for the tens of thousands of people behind him who broke through, the rest were probably killed by Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher knife.
After today's defeat, it will be even more difficult for the Yuan court to make a comeback.
Duan Zihao didn't know how to face Zhao Min.
But even so, he never thought of escaping.
Even after returning to Dadu and being tried by military law, he had no regrets.
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On the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang and his soldiers were hurriedly resting their troops. The next morning, he would lead the victorious army to continue the Northern Expedition.
He patted Xu Da's shoulder and said, "Brother, why did your troops suddenly appear here?"
Xu Da was flattered by the title of "brother".
He quickly said: "Your Majesty, Duan Zihao is not that easy to beat."
"Dahukou is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and he has 150,000 troops stationed here. If you attack by force, the number of soldiers killed will be unimaginable."
"And in Yuan Dadu, the situation has become relatively stable."
"Chang Yuchun has 200,000 troops surrounded there, so there shouldn't be any accidents."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with some concern: "Zhao Min is not someone you can easily mess with. Back then, she burned down the mountain without bloodshed and almost wiped out my entire army. Even today, I often dream of the scene of that day."
Xu Da quickly said: "Your Majesty, times are different now."
"Although Zhao Min is still the same Zhao Min, you have already taken control of the entire Jiangnan region."
"The supply of soldiers, food and money is inexhaustible, and the generals under his command are as numerous as the stars in the sky."
"The Yuan court is about to end, and you are the one who is truly destined by heaven."
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said, "Brother, it is indeed a great achievement that you can come to help me today."
"In today's battle, we defeated more than 100,000 of Duan Zihao's troops."
"But I always feel that things seem to be going too smoothly."
"Zhao Min is not an easy person to deal with. I always feel that something unexpected is waiting for me."
Xu Da actually had the same premonition as Zhu Yuanzhang.
Because when he was at the foot of the Yuan capital and had just parted with Chang Yuchun, he felt that something seemed wrong.
But he couldn't figure out where the error occurred.
Just when Xu Da was stunned, Zhu Yuanzhang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, we won a great victory today. The only flaw is that Duan Zihao escaped."
"Don't think too much about it for now. We haven't seen each other for a long time. You can accompany me for a few drinks tonight. Tomorrow, we will lead our troops to meet Chang Yuchun to avoid any more trouble."
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that Chang Yuchun had been defeated and killed. Otherwise, his good mood would have been ruined.
The sudden loss of 200,000 soldiers and a capable general was a loss that even the wealthy Zhu Yuanzhang could not afford.
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Three days later, Zhu Yuanzhang's vanguard army rushed back to Dadu without stopping.
Lan Yu, the vanguard general, was so shocked that he was speechless when he arrived at the city of Dadu.
He originally wanted to rush to Dadu as soon as possible and see Zhao Min again.
But what he saw at this moment was an endless stream of dead bodies.
He didn't know what had happened, but he knew that Chang Yuchun's entire army was probably wiped out.
Lan Yu looked towards Dadu, and what caught his eye was a slim woman in red on the city wall.
Although he couldn't see the woman's face clearly, Lan Yu was still sure that the woman was Zhao Min.
Faced with such a scene, Lan Yu no longer had the mentality of making Zhao Min unable to live or die.
All he wanted now was to grind Zhao Min to ashes.
Lan Yu gathered up all his strength and shouted loudly, "Zhao Min, where is General Chang now?"
Zhao Min smiled and picked up something at her feet. Then she used all her strength to throw the thing at Lan Yu.
Lan Yu didn't know what it was, so he quickly bent his bow and drew his arrow.
The arrow cut through the sky and instantly collided with the object thrown by Zhao Min.
The soldiers under Lan Yu hurried forward to check, and then the blind soldier brought the thing in front of Lan Yu.
"General, I don't know whose head it is."
Lan Yu took a closer look and immediately fell off his horse.
Others may not recognize this human head, but Lan Yu knows it and cannot recognize it any more.
This head belongs to Chang Yuchun.
When it comes to bravery, he is the best general under Zhu Yuanzhang.
But now, the world-famous General Chang has been beheaded.
The person Lan Yu admired most in his life was Chang Yuchun.
But now, Chang Yuchun has ended up like this. How can Lan Yu not be sad?
For a moment, sad wails spread throughout Lan Yu's army.
One of his lieutenant generals said: "General, let's attack the city and avenge General Chang."
In grief, Lan Yu waved his hand and said, "It's impossible to attack."
"Our vanguard army has only 20,000 people, we can never defeat Zhao Min."
"Your Majesty's army of hundreds of thousands will take two or three days to arrive here."
"Pass the order down, the rear team will be the front team, retreat, quickly..."
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Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that something unexpected might happen to Chang Yuchun, so he asked Lan Yu to lead a cavalry to rush to the rescue.
But Lan Yu was still a step too late.
At this moment, Lan Yu could only hold Chang Yuchun's head and retreat obediently.
On the other side, Zhang Wuji was still galloping across the grassland.
In recent days, he seems to have gotten used to this kind of life.
Zhou Zhiruo and others followed beside him.
After galloping for dozens of miles, Zhao Linger smiled at Zhang Wuji and said, "Young Master, have you been crazy enough? I'm hungry. Let's stop and eat something and wait for the soldiers behind us."
Zhang Wuji quickly tightened the reins of the warhorse under his crotch.
"Okay, then let's listen to my sister and take a rest."
Zhou Zhiruo said disdainfully: "You are the emperor now, don't always listen to this woman."
Zhang Wuji said with a smile: "Zhiruo, don't I always listen to what you say?"
Zhou Zhiruo said: "You obey my orders? Ever since the day I followed you, I have always told you that you are not allowed to touch me without my permission."
"But have you ever heard it once?"
Zhao Linger and Yu Fei both burst into laughter when they heard this. Yu Fei quickly comforted Zhang Wuji, "Sister Zhou, there are some things that the young master can listen to you, but for that kind of thing, you must listen to the young master."
"Otherwise, you would lose a lot of fun!"
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