After hearing this, Wei Yixiao quickly comforted him: "General Yang, don't think about the past anymore. What His Majesty said to comfort you was very right."
"What's so shameful about losing to Zhao Min?"
"If it were me, I would probably be even worse off than you."
"Even when our Majesty faces Zhao Min, he rarely gets the upper hand."
"Don't forget, Zhao Min surrendered, but she was not defeated. Although she is just a woman, she has the ability to lead troops in battle. Who dares to say no to her? If the Yuan court had not been doomed, there would be no place for our Majesty in this world."
After hearing this, Yang Xiao took a deep breath and then said, "Even so, I still can't get over that hurdle in my heart."
"If I could have defended Jinyang at the beginning, if Jinyang was lost at the beginning, but I could still lead most of the troops to withdraw, I believe that by now, we would not have so few available troops."
Wei Yixiao comforted him: "General Yang, don't think so many useless things."
"It's not that you are incompetent, it's just that Zhao Min is too powerful."
"Don't forget, just after your majesty unified Hexi, there was a great battle outside of Longcheng with Zhao Min. More than 100,000 people died in that battle, and your majesty was the commander-in-chief in that battle. If we talk about the casualties caused by wars over the years, the number of casualties among all the old men of the Ming Cult combined is not as great as your majesty's."
After hearing this, Yang Xiao frowned and said, "You old bat, although what you said makes sense, you must not say such things again in the future."
"Our Majesty is the chosen one of God. He is no longer the little leader he used to be. He is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. How can people like you and me criticize him?"
Wei Yixiao said: "I also know that I cannot criticize Your Majesty, but isn't this also comforting you?"
"If you still can't figure it out, just think about Zhao Min now. How miserable is she? She has changed from the former empress to a person with the same status as our daughter."
"Maybe in the past, I would have to look at my daughter's opinion."
Yang Xiao said: "Come on, our disappointing daughter, even now, her stomach has not shown any reaction. As for her cultivation, let alone compared with Zhao Min, even compared with the one from Emei, there is a world of difference. If it comes to a competition of brains, I dare not even think about it."
"I'm thankful that our girls are not bullied by Zhao Min. How can I expect them to be able to suppress Zhao Min?"
After thinking about it, Wei Yixiao nodded involuntarily: "General Yang, what you said seems to make some sense."
"However, our daughter is not as bad as you think. Compared with Zhao Min, our daughter is a little worse, but she is not completely useless. Even if our daughter is not one in ten thousand, she is at least one in a thousand. The most important thing is that they are still young, and youth is our asset."
"Moreover, our daughters and His Majesty can be considered to be from the same school. As for their loyalty, it goes without saying. As long as they don't do things like casting spells or cursing others to death, there will be no problem."
After Wei Yixiao said this, he gave Yang Xiao a slightly obscene look.
After receiving this look, Yang Xiao said helplessly: "Fortunately, we all have a beautiful girl, otherwise, we might not have a place in this great world."
"However, even if His Majesty favors our girl, we old guys still have to do something. After all, we are generals of the founding of the country. Even if we are not as good as the twenty-four heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion when the Tang Dynasty was founded, we can't be too low-class."
"It would be so shameful if future history books said that we got the position of general by offering our daughters as sacrifices."
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Having said this, Yang Xiao and Wei Yixiao exchanged a few words of greeting before each leading their troops away.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment, he no longer cast his gaze towards Fuzhou. He was the one who came here step by step. His original purpose was just to attack Zhang Wuji from both sides with Xu Da. But now, Xu Da was defeated, and this two-pronged attack became an empty talk. As for using his 200,000 troops to conquer Zhang Wuji, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have any hope of this. Zhang Wuji was not a fool. If he wanted to run away, Zhu Yuanzhang had no confidence that he could catch him.
Instead of wasting time, it would be better to focus on Zhang Dingbian behind him.
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Two days later, early in the morning.
After a few days of rest, the soldiers under Zhang Wuji's command have almost recovered from the fatigue caused by the battles in the past few days.
In the room, with the help of Yang Buhui and Wei Xiangjun, Zhang Wuji finally changed his clothes.
After breakfast, Zhao Min came to Zhang Wuji and said, "My dear, the situation on Zhu Yuanzhang's side is pretty much as I expected. He is not rushing towards us, but has stabilized. Even if he makes some moves, he is moving cautiously towards Zhang Dingbian."
After hearing this, Zhang Wuji nodded slightly and said, "Min'er, what do you think we should do now?"
After thinking for a while, Zhao Min said, "Zhang Dingbian can indeed be regarded as a famous general of the time. Even if he is not as good as Xu Da, he is not much worse."
"But a general of his level is really no match for Zhu Yuanzhang. Now that things have come to this, we should move towards Zhang Dingbian, and it would be best if we could join forces with him."
"If possible, after reuniting with Zhang Dingbian, I would like to take over the military power from him."
After hearing this, Zhang Wuji first smiled slightly, and then said just two simple words: "Okay."
Zhang Wuji was naturally very relieved about this, but Zhou Zhiruo on the side was a little unwilling.
"Zhao Min, the reason why we let you make the decision in the previous battle was simply because the number of the Three Doyan Guards under your command was larger. But if we join forces with Zhang Dingbian's army, the number of our Ming army will be several times that of your Three Doyan Guards."
"If you still want to be the head coach, wouldn't that be too ignorant of yourself? I advise you to give up this idea."
After hearing this, Zhao Min said to Zhou Zhiruo with a smile: "Fox spirit, do you mean that the three Doyan guards under my command do not belong to the sequence of the Ming army, or do you mean that the blood of my soldiers was shed in vain."
After hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo wanted to force an excuse. At this moment, she actually did not doubt Zhao Min's loyalty to Zhang Wuji. The reason why she didn't want Zhao Min to be the commander-in-chief anymore was just a little thought in her heart.
She just didn't want Zhao Min to continue to be so proud.
After thinking about this, she first said to Zhao Min: "I, I don't suspect that you have any ill intentions, but, to pacify Zhu Yuanzhang, you have to let Zhang Wuji do something, otherwise, all the glory will fall on your head."
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