Liu Bowen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Ming army has really retreated. I saw it clearly from the city wall."
"Now, only Zhang Wuji and his tens of thousands of men are left fighting under the Xinwu city."
Liu Bowen's words were very sincere. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he did not seem to be lying. What's more, there was no need for him to lie.
"Why is this?".
Zhu Yuanzhang asked back.
Liu Bowen hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, if my guess is correct, Zhao Min led most of the troops to retreat. Something must have happened. It is very likely that General Tang's reinforcements have arrived."
"Tang He?"
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said these two words: "Xu Da and others are trash, Tang He is also trash. In the Battle of Changsha, if his reinforcements could have broken into the city a quarter of an hour before I retreated, I would not have ended up in this situation today."
Liu Bowen comforted him, "Your Majesty, there are not so many things that can go as you wish in this world. General Tang's failure to capture Changsha naturally had his reasons, but at least, General Tang is loyal. Otherwise, he would never have led troops to help."
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression eased slightly.
"Well, there's no point in talking about the past. But if Tang He's reinforcements have really arrived, then we should get out of the city and fight as soon as possible."
"If we can attack from both sides together with Tang He, we can turn defeat into victory in this battle."
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A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Min had already formed a battle formation on a flat area. Two or three miles away, smoke and dust were billowing. Just as the scout had said before, there really was a reinforcement of the Wei army, about 20,000 people.
Zhao Linger on the side said: "Sister Min'er, are you confident?"
Zhao Min smiled and said, "Of course. In this battle, we fought all the way from Changsha to Xinwu. It was my mistake to let Zhu Yuanzhang escape. But now, both armies have become exhausted. The Wei army has rushed for more than a hundred miles and must be exhausted. As for us, although we are also exhausted, at least we have rested for a while."
"Even with the more than 10,000 soldiers left for Zhang Wuji, the number of people we have is still more than the Wei army in front of us."
Zhao Linger glanced behind her and found that just as Zhao Min said, her own soldiers still made up the majority. As for the Wei army, they had rushed over for more than a hundred miles and had participated in some battles under the city of Changsha before. How much combat power could such a tired army have?
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When Tang He was galloping on his horse, he suddenly saw flags waving in the distance and a dense crowd of people was vaguely visible. It seemed that there were no less than 30,000 people.
Tang He quickly pulled the reins of the warhorse under his crotch.
Immediately, Xu Da and others also stopped beside him.
No one is blind. What Tang He can see, others can naturally see as well.
Xu Dayan said: "They must be Zhang Wuji's troops."
Tang He thought to himself, "Isn't this nonsense? If it's Chen Youliang's troops, then it would be a miracle."
Although he thought so in his heart, Tang He was still polite in his words. He still had some respect for this former marshal. These days, anyone who could survive after being captured was considered a capable person.
"Marshal, what do you think we should do now?"
Xu Da quickly waved his hand and said: "General Tang, stop talking nonsense. I can no longer bear the title of Marshal in this lifetime."
"Even if I manage to survive, I will still be worried. Your Majesty will definitely blame me in the future. I just hope that General Tang can say a few good words for me and the other three generals in front of Your Majesty in the future."
As he spoke, Xu Da looked at Feng Sheng and the other three.
In response to Xu Da's words, Tang He just smiled bitterly: "Marshal, you and I, as well as the other generals, have worked together for many years. We have a life-and-death friendship. If that day really comes, I will protect you even at the cost of my own life."
"Just look at what to do with the tens of thousands of Ming troops not far away."
After hearing this question, Xu Da frowned. He turned around and looked at his own soldiers. They had first fought a big battle, and then rushed over a hundred miles. Among his own soldiers, cavalry only accounted for a small part, no more than two thousand. As for the other soldiers, they were all infantry. An infantry that had just rushed over a hundred miles could not have any combat effectiveness.
He had just tightened the reins of the warhorse under his crotch when the soldiers behind him had already collapsed on the ground.
However, Xu Da took another look at the Ming army two miles away. It was only two miles away, but Xu Da just took a careful look and said, "General Tang, the current condition of the Ming army does not seem to be very good."
"We and they have just run a distance of more than a hundred miles. Since we are in this situation, they are naturally in the same situation."
Tang He didn't want to listen to Xu Da's nonsense now. What he wanted to hear was whether they could fight.
"Marshal, the situation is urgent. His Majesty must have been trapped in Xinwu City. I only have one question for you now: can we fight this war?"
After hearing this question, Xu Da just felt a little overwhelmed.
Can we fight? As a former captive, Xu Da had no right to say such things.
It's okay to say that he can fight if he wins, but if he loses, the more than 20,000 soldiers behind him will most likely be wiped out.
Xu Da turned his gaze to Feng Sheng and others behind him.
Three generals, please say something.
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