Zhao Min, who was standing under the city, had already blushed with shame: "Zhu Wenzhen, you are too presumptuous. Even though I am no longer the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, I am still not someone that a dirty person like you can make fun of."
"I did give birth to a child for Zhang Wuji, but so what? I am willing. In this world, I, Zhao Min, will have children with whoever he wants. This is my ability."
"With a scum like you, you still want me to be your concubine? I know men like you too well. In this life, at most you can only fantasize about being with me in your mind. In this life, you will never be able to touch even a hair of mine."
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Zhu Wenzhen naturally didn't care about Zhao Min's sarcasm.
"Hahaha, I touched a hair of yours? You wish. You first married Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty, and then married Zhang Wuji. This general has many spies in the north. Until now, I have not heard that Zhang Wuji has given you any status."
"I'm afraid that with your status, even if you lost your virginity in front of Zhang Wuji, he would at most treat you as a maid to warm the bed. Now you, let alone wanting me to touch you, even if you strip naked and stand in front of me, I would find it dirty."
"You..." Zhao Min was so angry that she was speechless.
Han Yulou on the side stepped forward quickly and said: "Your Majesty, don't get into a verbal dispute. You were born into a royal family, and you are no match for Zhu Wenzhen with his street thugs' methods."
Zhao Min took several deep breaths before she finally managed to calm down the anger in her heart.
"The whole army is in formation."
Han Yulou thought Zhao Min was going to give the order to attack, but she just gave a loud shout and rode away.
Han Yulou did not dare to delay, he hurriedly followed. At the same time, a team of 100 men in the army also hurriedly followed Zhao Min.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
Zhao Min said angrily: "It's so shameful, this damn Zhu Wenzhen, after I arrived in Dadu, Zhang Wuji never said a bad word to me. Who the hell does he think he is, to dare to humiliate me like this."
"One day sooner or later, I will tear him into pieces."
Han Yulou said: "Zhu Wenzhen really deserves to die, but Your Majesty cannot abandon the soldiers of the three armies and come out alone to sulk."
Zhao Min frowned: "Master, am I as useless as you said? I just want to take a look at the four walls of Chuzhou and the surrounding environment."
"Although Zhu Wenzhen is hateful, he is a famous general after all. He is probably invincible in the world when it comes to defending cities. At the beginning, more than 20,000 people were able to resist Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops. Now I only have 60,000 people in my hands. Chuzhou City can only be taken by strategy. If we attack by force, even if all my soldiers are killed, I may not be able to take it down."
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Zhao Min looked furious on the surface, but she was actually still calm. Although she was no longer the Empress of the Yuan Dynasty, the pride in her heart still remained.
Over the years, she has commanded hundreds of wars, big and small, and has won almost every battle. Now, she has just taken command of the troops again. If she fights well in this battle, her status in the hearts of the soldiers will remain the same as before, but if she fights badly, it will become increasingly difficult for her to convince the people.
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Zhao Min and her group of more than a hundred people circled around Chuzhou City. When they returned to the front of the two armies, it was almost an hour later.
At this moment, the sun was setting, and Zhu Wenzhen on the top of Chuzhou City was still sitting there as steady as a rock.
Han Yulou bowed again and asked, "Your Majesty, can you think of a plan to defeat the enemy?"
Zhao Min shook her head slightly: "Order the soldiers to rest here and set up camp under the city of Chuzhou. As for the siege, we will talk about it later."
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That night, Zhao Min once again called her three confidants, Wang Baobao, Han Yulou and Duan Zihao, to her side.
She went straight to the point and said, "Master, two generals, to be honest, I think Chuzhou City can be taken. More than a year ago, I captured Jinyang, which was guarded by Yang Xiao's 100,000 troops, in just one day. The city walls there were even taller, and the troops were ten times more than Zhu Wenzhen's now, but I still took it down. Yang Xiao's 100,000 troops couldn't stop me then, and Zhu Wenzhen can't stop me even more now."
Wang Baobao said: "Indeed, the Chuzhou garrison has only 10,000 soldiers, and we have 60,000 soldiers. Your Majesty, Mr. Han, and Old Duan, you three are all top-notch masters of the world. Although my attainments in cultivation are a little worse, I do not consider myself a waste. Therefore, I also think that we can definitely take down Chuzhou."
Zhao Min said: "That's true, but I haven't finished what I said just now."
"Chuzhou can indeed be taken down, but how much will it cost us? I just walked around the four walls of Chuzhou and found a very serious problem. That is, the total number of troops on the four walls of Chuzhou is probably only two to three thousand. From this point of view, it can be seen that Zhu Wenzhen is indeed a master."
"He must have used most of his troops as mobile forces, providing support wherever a crisis occurs."
"Therefore, I conclude that even if we can capture Chuzhou, we will have to pay a very heavy price. That price may be at least tens of thousands of casualties. We are the attacking party, and the actual number of casualties may be even greater than I estimated."
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The three people present actually agreed with what Zhao Min said, but they did not rush to express their opinions because they knew that Zhao Min would definitely have something else to say next.
Sure enough, when Zhao Min saw that the three of them remained silent, she continued, "Master, two generals, we only have these 60,000 people now. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. What Zhu Wen said on the city wall today hit my soft spot. After all, I'm just a woman, and I was almost embarrassed to death by his words."
"This is more hateful than killing someone. The morale I had managed to build up this morning was almost completely destroyed by his few short words."
"Therefore, for us, there is now an even more terrible outcome, that is, we will not be able to capture Chuzhou at all."
"Once the siege is hindered, it may be okay for a day or two, but over time, the morale of the army will surely be broken. As long as the morale of the army is broken, we will be finished."
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Baobao said, "Your Majesty, we generals are willing to die for you anytime and anywhere. As long as we fight to the death to capture Chuzhou, the morale of the army will surely return to its previous state."
Duan Zihao glanced at Zhao Min and said, "Your Majesty, I seem to have guessed what you want to say, but I don't know if I'm right."
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