Just as Zhang Wuji finished saying this, Yang Xiao began to cry, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. Hexi is your base camp, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is your only child, but now..."
"I deserve to die, Your Majesty, please punish me. Even if you cut me into pieces, I will have no complaints."
Zhang Wuji sighed and said, "General Yang, you have done your best. Some things are not your fault."
"Don't mention you. Three days ago, wasn't I also defeated by Zhao Min?"
"Let's not talk about the past anymore. You are a capable general under my command. If I want to conquer the world in the future, I can't do without your assistance."
Zhao Linger, who had been behind Zhang Wuji, also said: "General Yang, you don't have to feel any burden in your heart. Just assist His Majesty wholeheartedly. As for my son's affairs, I have never blamed you from the beginning to the end."
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The more Zhang Wuji and Zhao Linger acted like this, the more ashamed Yang Xiao felt.
He is a man of integrity, but he also has moments when he can't stop crying.
At this moment, a slender jade hand gently patted Yang Xiao's shoulder: "Dad, His Majesty and the sisters have finally come back here."
"You are a grown man, so stop crying here. Your Majesty has just experienced a great battle. The most important thing now is to rest."
After hearing his daughter's voice, Yang Xiao suddenly came to his senses and said, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. A grown man actually has the habit of crying like a little woman."
"Jinyang has been recaptured by me. This place is only a day's journey away from Jinyang. Let's go back to Jinyang and have a good rest."
Zhang Wuji was surprised: "You took Jinyang back! When did this happen?"
Yang Xiao quickly replied: "It was the day when you fought with Zhao Min."
"I led 60,000 soldiers from Daxing to support you, but when passing through Jinyang, we were blocked by an ambush left by Zhao Min."
"The number of ambushing troops was about 10,000. I led my soldiers and fought a fierce battle with them, and took advantage of the situation to recapture Jinyang City."
After hearing this, Zhang Wuji nodded and smiled, "General Yang, what you said makes sense."
When Zhao Min and I were fighting, it was impossible for her not to pay attention to what was behind her. You rushed to support me day and night, and you were not badly defeated by the 10,000 well-rested Yuan soldiers who ambushed you. This is already a great achievement.
Yang Xiao quickly said: "I am also very ashamed. Although we have recaptured Jinyang, we have suffered more than 10,000 casualties among our soldiers."
Zhang Wuji said: "Let's not talk about these things for now."
"The reason why I lost the battle with Zhao Min this time is all my fault."
"I underestimated Zhao Min and overestimated myself."
"I made mistakes before and after the war, but compared to me, Zhao Min's mistakes were even bigger, and her mistakes were irreversible."
"When I was defeated and retreated that day, Zhao Min should have taken advantage of the situation to gather all her troops and turn around to fight west again, as long as she was fast and ruthless enough."
"It is not difficult for her to sweep across Hexi with an army of more than 200,000."
"It's a pity that Zhao Min acted on impulse and chased Zhiruo and Miss Yu alone for a whole day and night, wasting the opportunity to expand the victory."
After hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo couldn't help laughing and said, "Women are women. No matter how much they care about the world, they can sometimes be petty. Now it seems that the night Miss Yu and I entangled with Zhao Min, we actually helped you a lot."
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "Of course, otherwise our current situation will only get worse."
…
A day later, Zhang Wuji and others returned to Jinyang.
After going around in circles for so long, it seems like we're back to the starting point.
However, Jinyang at this moment is completely different from when Zhang Wuji left.
After all, before this, Zhao Min's army of more than 100,000 had been stationed here for nearly three months, and the people in the city had been plundered beyond recognition.
Looking at the desolation in the city, Zhang Wuji took the lead and said to Zhao Linger: "Sister, you go back home and pack up first. There are too many things in the city. I will deal with them first and go back home later."
Zhao Linger quickly agreed, and then she took her sisters away, but Zhou Zhiruo was not included. Of course, Zhou Zhiruo herself had no intention of leaving.
After all, she has always had the habit of accompanying Zhang Wuji to handle government affairs. Even if Zhou Zhiruo doesn't like this habit, she will never give this opportunity to other sisters.
Zhou Zhiruo knew Zhang Wuji too well. If she were by Zhang Wuji's side, he could still restrain her a little. But if it were any other sister, Zhang Wuji would inevitably take advantage of her secretly.
…
On the other hand, although Zhao Min had just won a battle, she was now in confusion. The food and grass she brought with the army could not last for too long.
In addition, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses brought by her master caused the limited food and grass to be consumed even faster.
It is early spring now, not autumn. If it were autumn, she could collect food and fodder from the people. But now, the people are starving to death, and there will be no extra food and fodder to supply so many soldiers under her command.
Just like what Zhang Wuji said before.
At this moment, Zhao Min also felt a little regretful.
She should have taken advantage of the great victory a few days ago, quickly concentrated her troops, and turned around to continue advancing westward.
But she chose to chase Zhou Zhiruo and Yu Fei, and wasted a whole night on them.
As a result, the next morning, he was beaten by Zhao Linger again until he vomited blood.
It took her two days of rest before she finally recovered.
…
At this moment, Zhao Min had already called Wang Baobao and Han Yulou to her side. Her face was pale and she asked them weakly: "Master, General Wang, although I won the battle with Zhang Wuji, the overall situation has not changed at all. The responsibility for this lies entirely with me."
"I should have taken advantage of that victory and continued to pursue westward to expand the results of the war, but my little woman's heart played tricks on me, and I ended up in this situation."
"Now that things have come to this, do you two have any way to ease the current situation?"
Wang Baobao and Han Yulou looked at each other.
Then, Han Yulou spoke first and said, "Your Majesty, the responsibility for this matter lies entirely with me. Zhang Wuji escaped from my hands. I had such a good opportunity, but I failed to hunt him down. I deserve to die."
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