The fighting on both sides was very tense.
Zhang Dingbian's spies, who were the first to stay near Dadu, also returned to their camp as quickly as possible.
"Report, report to the general, the fighting has started, the fighting has started."
Zhang Dingbian, who had just fallen asleep, quickly opened his eyes.
He said to the spy, "Don't panic, speak slowly."
The spy swallowed and said, "Reporting to the general, the fighting has begun and Zhu Yuanzhang has begun to attack the city."
"Zhu Yuanzhang then divided his troops into two groups. One group attacked the north of Dadu, and the other attacked the west of Dadu."
"Before I came back, the fighting there was already intense."
"Zhu Yuanzhang piled up a lot of black fire next to the west wall of Dadu, and the entire west wall was blown down, leaving a hole of twenty to thirty feet long."
"General, please send troops to rescue them quickly."
After thinking for a while, Zhang Dingbian said, "Tell the soldiers to start cooking and have a good meal first."
"Then leave all the baggage behind, and after we have eaten and drunk our fill, we will fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the death."
The spy quickly said, "General, after we finish our meal, will there be any accidents on His Majesty's side?"
Zhang Dingbian said: "Your Majesty has fought on the battlefield for many years, and his cultivation is amazing, and he has always been invincible."
"There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in the capital city. They are not strong enough for attacking, but they are absolutely sure to defend the city."
"This place is still twenty or thirty miles away from Dadu. If the soldiers go to war on an empty stomach, they will inevitably be exhausted."
"But..." The spy had followed Zhang Wuji since the Ming Cult period. He was very worried about Zhang Wuji's safety, so he wanted to say something.
But Zhang Dingbian glared at him coldly and said, "How dare you! Your Majesty knows how to use people well. Since Your Majesty has appointed me as a general, I have the final say here."
"After cooking and eating and drinking their fill, the army set out."
…
Zhang Dingbian's decision was correct.
He had led troops in battle for many years, and when Zhang Wuji was still a powerful figure, he had already become a famous general of the time.
I wouldn't say his ability to lead troops in battle is better than Zhang Wuji's, but he is definitely not weaker than him.
When marching and fighting, having enough food is a very important thing.
The soldiers hurriedly made a fire and cooked. A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Dingbian's army set out.
But until this time, Zhang Dingbian's marching speed was still neither fast nor slow.
Many Ming army soldiers were eager to rush over and fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the death.
But Zhang Dingbian strictly controlled the marching speed.
He said to the impatient soldiers: "Zhu Yuanzhang just launched the attack not long ago."
"Since he chose to attack the city at night, he was ready to take Dadu in one battle."
"Zhu Yuanzhang has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and there are no less than four or five generals under his command whose talents are as good as mine."
"If we don't wait until Zhu Yuanzhang has exhausted all his trump cards and deployed his troops to the utmost, with only more than 100,000 of us, we will suffer more defeats than victories even if we go."
Many generals around him worriedly said: "General, by doing this, you are using His Majesty as bait."
"Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will come after you afterward?"
Zhang Dingbian laughed and said, "You people underestimate His Majesty."
"Your Majesty wants the world and wants to win this battle."
"And what I, Zhang Dingbian, want is to win this battle. As long as I can defeat Zhu Yuanzhang, I will accept it even if Your Majesty blames me afterwards."
…
Dadu.
On the top of the city wall, Zhang Wuji's sword was stained with the blood of countless people.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's offensive continued to be more powerful.
Zhang Wuji was in a dominant position and defended the city, but he still lost a lot of soldiers in a very short time.
Since Zhang Wuji started his rebellion, he had only encountered such a brutal battle during the battle with Zhao Min in Jinyang.
Such a brutal battle made him worry about the situation on Zhou Zhiruo's side.
Zhang Wuji quickly pulled Wei Yixiao to his side and said, "General Wei, mobilize another 10,000 soldiers from the city to go to the Queen's aid."
Wei Yixiao quickly said: "Your Majesty, the Queen's side is important, but you can't be left without someone to take care of you."
Zhang Wuji said: "Since Zhu Yuanzhang chose to blow up the city wall on the west side, then the west must be the direction of his main attack."
"No matter how fierce the attack here is, it's just a feint."
"I am enough here, you should lead your troops to provide assistance.
…
The war intensified, and Yu Fei in the imperial city was sweating profusely.
However, this time it wasn't painful, but urgent.
Yu Fei hated himself for not being able to help at such a critical moment.
Today's battle will surely be extremely brutal.
Han Zhao, who was standing by, was also very anxious when he saw Yu Fei like this.
He quickly comforted her: "Sister Yu, don't be anxious. In your current condition, there is no point in being anxious. You'd better calm down and wait for good news from the young master."
"Young Master is invincible, there will be no accidents."
Yu Fei said viciously: "What a pity, what a pity that all my cultivation is useless at the most critical moment."
Just when Yu Fei was so anxious that she didn't know what to do, two figures suddenly appeared in front of her.
Yu Fei couldn’t say that he liked the owners of the two figures, but he didn’t hate them either.
Those two people were Wei Xiangjun and Yang Buhui.
Yu Fei asked them coldly, "Why are you still here?"
Wei Xiangjun was stunned for a moment: "Then where should we be?"
Yu Fei said: "Although your two cultivations are not as good as mine, you are still capable of protecting yourselves on the battlefield."
"Since you have the ability to protect yourself, why don't you go into battle and kill the enemy?"
Wei Xiangjun said: "Well, it's not that we don't want to go. The last time Sister Zhou came back, she asked us to stay here honestly."
Yu Fei said coldly: "This is a different time now. You are all subjects of the Ming Dynasty. Your father is still killing enemies on the battlefield, but you just know how to do nothing here."
"If you had known this would happen, why would you have developed all these skills?"
"Your father sent you to Zhang Wuji not just to let you sleep with him."
Wei Xiangjun and Yang Buhui were already blushing from what they had said.
Yang Buhui quickly said: "Sister Yu, don't be angry. Before, we two were just thinking about listening to Sister Zhou. Now we will go to His Majesty and do our best."
As he spoke, Yang Buhui pulled Wei Xiangjun and ran away quickly.
Zhu'er on the side glanced at Yu Fei and said: "Miss Yu, how about I go to Brother Wuji too? Although my cultivation has been destroyed by Brother Wuji."
"But fortunately, some of my skills are still there, so I can help."
Yu Fei gave Zhu'er a blank look and said, "You, you'd better forget it. With the little skills you have left, you will only cause trouble for the young master if you go."
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