Three days later.
The first thing Zhao Min did after returning to Dadu was to issue an imperial decree.
"The traitor Zhang Wuji caused chaos in the world. In the Battle of Longcheng, he killed countless members of the Yuan Dynasty royal family. We call on righteous men from all over the world to fight against this traitor. Anyone who can take his head will be rewarded with Xuzhou and Longcheng."
Zhao Min not only sent this edict to several princes outside the Great Wall, but also to the rebel kings in the south.
The meaning is very clear, which is to stir up conflicts between Zhang Wuji and other rebel kings and the princes outside the Great Wall.
It would be best if they could provoke a war between them. One would gain strength while the other would decline. In that case, the Yuan Dynasty would have a chance to recuperate.
If it doesn't trigger a war between them, then there's no point in fighting, and Zhao Min won't have anything to do with it.
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A few days later, on the grassland outside the pass.
Inside a huge military tent, a man in his fifties had just finished a two-hour battle with several of his concubines.
This man's name was Asilan, and his ancestor was also a descendant of Genghis Khan. For many years, his family had inherited the title of prince on the grasslands outside the Great Wall.
Just as Ashilan was breathing heavily, one of his maids walked in.
"Your Highness, an imperial edict has been sent from Dadu. Would you like to take a look at it?"
Ashilan frowned: "Was it sent by the Queen Mother?"
The maid replied, "Yes, my lord."
After thinking about it, Ashilan said, "Read it to me. I want to see what tricks the queen mother is trying to play."
The maid read the imperial edict, the general content of which was that Zhang Wuji wantonly slaughtered members of the Yuan royal family, and Zhao Min wanted to invite several princes outside the Great Wall to send troops to jointly fight against Zhang Wuji and the various rebel kings in Jiangnan.
After hearing the contents of the edict, Ashilan frowned.
He thought to himself, "Isn't Zhao Min quite capable? It is said that she is invincible. How could she suddenly wipe out the Yuan Dynasty royal family inside the Great Wall in one battle?"
"This is a bit unreasonable."
After thinking for a while, Ashilan said to the maid: "First, ask the spies inside the pass to find out the news, and by the way, send someone to ride fast and call the other princes on the grassland."
After the maid left, Ashilan poured himself a glass of wine and poured some red powder into the glass.
Ashilan drank it all in one gulp, and in an instant, he regained his strength.
He smiled obscenely and walked towards his concubines.
Those concubines could no longer bear it, and they said in horror: "Prince, you, you don't want more, do you?"
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In Longcheng, Zhang Wuji had just received a secret letter sent back from Dadu.
Zhang Wuji stared at the content for a long time, and finally just smiled helplessly.
Zhou Zhiruo on the side asked, "What are you so happy about?"
Zhang Wuji pulled Zhou Zhiruo into his arms and said, "It's not a good thing. Zhao Min can't do anything to me for the time being, so she wants someone else to deal with me."
Zhou Zhiruo struggled for a while: "Just say what you want to say, don't always touch me. It's broad daylight, and it would be so embarrassing if Zhu'er and Miss Han saw us."
Zhang Wuji held his hands tighter, put his nose on Zhou Zhiruo's shoulder and sucked hard a few times.
"It smells so good," Zhang Wuji then placed the secret letter in Zhou Zhiruo's hand.
Zhou Zhiruo knew that she couldn't break free from Zhang Wuji's arms, so she could only let him do what he wanted.
However, when she saw the contents of the secret letter, she still frowned.
"Damn Zhao Min, you really shouldn't have let her go last time. It's only been a few days and she's trying to do bad things to you again."
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "This is normal. After all, we are not from the same front line. Even if she sent people to dig up my ancestral grave, it is not strange."
Zhou Zhiruo said: "Zhao Min is now ordering everyone in the world to attack you, what are you going to do?"
"Command the whole world?" Zhang Wuji sneered: "The only people she can command now are the few hundred thousand soldiers inside the pass."
"However, most of those Yuan soldiers were deployed in the south, confronting various rebel kings."
"Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng alone tied up 500,000 to 600,000 of her troops, and there were still nearly 100,000 troops needed to guard Dadu and Zhigu Pass."
"If she throws away these troops, she will have nothing left. The last time she wanted to conquer Xuzhou, she had already mobilized her last reserve forces."
"So now, Zhao Min has no way to do anything to me. Otherwise, with her personality, if she wanted to take my head, why would she use someone else's hand?"
Zhou Zhiruo said with some concern: "How do you plan to deal with the Mongols outside the pass and those rebel kings in the south? What should we do if they really come to attack you?"
Zhang Wuji said: "What are you afraid of? Do you think those rebel kings in the south will listen to her? Even if those rebel kings really come to attack me, it is definitely because they want to do so on their own, and it has nothing to do with Zhao Min."
"What we really need to worry about may be the Mongols outside the Great Wall. However, the Mongols' speed of action should not be that fast. If they want to go south, it will take at least two or three months."
"But in the next two or three months, I should still be able to do something."
Zhang Wuji put his nose against Zhou Zhiruo's shoulders again and took a few deep breaths.
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Half an hour later, Zhang Wuji held a meeting in his mansion.
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