Looking at the direction of Zhaozong's escape, Xu Da felt reassured.
Without any suspense, Wang Baobao became a prisoner. The middle road was in disarray, morale plummeted, and gradually some people began to leave the battlefield.
With one, then two and three, more and more soldiers began to flee.
We are defeated again and again, and there is no one to direct us. If we don’t run away now, we will wait until later.
The situation was stronger than the people, and the Ming army became more and more courageous as they fought, chasing Zhaozong in the direction where he left.
The Yuan army began to collapse, and the Ming army harvested in the rear.
When Harazhang and Manzi saw that the middle road was broken, Zhaozong began to flee, commanding his soldiers and horses to pursue Zhaozong in the direction he left.
The Ming army pursued him very closely, and there were fewer and fewer personal guards around Zhaozong.
Fortunately, the departure direction was at Halazhang's left army, and Halazhang arrived in time and rescued Zhaozong.
Zhaozong met Harazhang, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued his escape.
After missing Zhaozong by a small margin, the Ming army cursed in their hearts, then regrouped and chased Zhaozong.
The Central Route Army led by Xu Da and the East Route Army led by Li Wenzhong officially merged.
Looking at each other, nothing was said.
At any time, the leader on the surface is the one who has the greatest credit and is of great symbolic significance.
The Yuan army has been defeated and is not worth mentioning. No matter how many people are killed, it is not as valuable as a Zhaozong.
Xu Da and Li Wenzhong remained silent and commanded their men to chase Zhaozong.
Of course, in addition to Zhaozong's greatest contribution, the Ming army also pursued the Yuan army. After all, there was only one Zhaozong.
For the soldiers, picking up heads is more practical now.
He chased them all the way, leaving a trail of corpses behind.
Even if Harazhang allocates manpower to harass, it is of no use at all. He cannot make a splash and is bitten behind by the Ming army.
The 30,000 troops of Harazhang's left army were getting fewer and fewer as they were pursued by the Ming army. By the time Harazhang wanted to divide his troops to block the attack again, the manpower was already stretched thin.
Forgetting to look at Zhaozong in the end, Ha Lazhang was already determined to die.
Halazhang, Tuituo's eldest son, studied under the southern scholar Zheng Shen. When Zhaozong was young, he was also entrusted with Tuituo's family and played with Halazhang.
As a slave, she is also Zhaozong's eldest child.
Even though his father died unjustly, Harazhang was still qualified as a minister of the Yuan Dynasty.
The original history was defeated by Lan Yu, and his nephew surrendered. He still harassed the borders of the Ming Dynasty.
Loyalty is unquestionable.
"Your Majesty, take care. This servant can no longer serve your Majesty."
Recalling his childhood memories, Harazhang still insisted on his duty as a courtier even though he was beaten by himself.
There was a trace of tears in Zhaozong's eyes.
"Can we come together?"
"No, no one can escape from it."
Taking a deep breath, Zhaozong spoke slowly.
"Take care of yourself."
"Take care of yourself."
For Zhaozong's chance of survival, Harazhang risked his life and led his last three thousand troops to delay the Ming army for two quarters of an hour.
In half an hour, Zhaozong walked a long way, but there were still soldiers and horses fighting around Li Harazhang at the rear. After all, Harazhang couldn't stop everyone.
Thousands of soldiers and horses pursued Zhaozong's remaining few hundred personal guards and Zhaozong himself.
Even though Zhaozong had fewer and fewer personal guards, Zhaozong did not give up escaping, looking forward to that glimmer of a miracle.
There was no accident. When the last personal guard was beheaded, he looked at the Ming army surrounding him.
Zhaozong smiled bitterly and raised the knife in his hand to commit suicide.
He was knocked down with the back of a knife, and he didn't forget to ridicule him.
"Why did you go there earlier? Now you are our prisoner and we can't help you anymore."
He tied up Zhaozong Wuhua and embarked on his return journey.
The main force tracking Zhaozong gathered together and defeated and captured Harazhang, and the pursuit came to an end.
The stars were just right tonight, and the stars were shining brightly. The Ming army's faces were filled with joy after a busy day, especially when the news of Zhaozong's capture came out.
All the Ming troops cheered, which meant that the war in the north was basically over, except for Liaodong and Yundi.
Especially the capture of Zhaozong was a huge blow to the remaining Yuan army.
At this stage, after clearing the remaining enemies on the grassland, you can go back. Not to mention going home to reunite, just going back to repair is a great satisfaction.
When Xu Da and Li Wenzhong got the news of Zhaozong's capture, they also smiled happily, gave Zhaozong a friendly look, and then looked at the team that captured Zhaozong.
"Is this the Yuan Emperor you captured?"
"Back to General, yes."
"Very good, please register with Mr. Kong. The general will not forget your contribution."
"Thank you, General."
"Well, back off!"
"yes."
"etc."
The people who were about to leave stopped when they heard this and looked at Li Wenzhong.
"Whose general are you?"
"Mr. Huiguo, we are the subordinates of Xuanning Hou Cao Liangchen."
"Very good, I will be promoted to the third level when I return."
"Thank you, Lord."
"Back off!"
The soldier happily withdrew, leaving Xu Da to look at Li Wenzhong.
"Wenzhong, is it necessary?"
"Yes, we have to know who captured it. Then we will be rewarded based on merit!"
"You have to know that I am a general. I have my share in everything. Why do I have such a clear division?"
"Brother Ming is settling the accounts. You are still the elder. I can't do without yours, and I can't do without mine either! I haven't done enough in battle along the way, so I have to make up for it."
After thinking about it, if Lan Yu could find Emperor Yuan's lair, then this operation would have ended perfectly.
Even if Li Wenzhong's Eastern Route Army had the credit for capturing Zhaozong, it was completely incomparable. After all, without his participation, Li Wenzhong might not have been able to get it.
"Okay, do you know why I only have 30,000 people here? That's because I sent 10,000 people to find Emperor Yuan's lair. Let's wait for good news!"
"That's good. No wonder you are so generous. It turns out that the credit is no less than this. But I am also afraid that if they get the news, they will run away and it will be difficult to catch them. Now there is no need to worry."
After all, we have been through life and death together, the overall situation has been decided, and the atmosphere now is quite harmonious.
The two of them chatted for a while and listened to the statistical data coming from their subordinates. However, it was getting late and it was not convenient to collect the data, so they waited slowly.
"Report, the general and the vanguard officer Lan Yu led the army to break through Helin and captured more than a hundred people including concubines and princesses, King Wu Duoerzhi, Dai Wang Dalima and three thousand people from Pingzhang and below, and 77,000 men and women. The remaining people, as well as precious seals, talismans, gold and silver seals and other items, and more than 150,000 horses, camels, cattle, and sheep."
"Haha, good, good."
Speaking of Cao Cao's arrival, the news that Lan Yu defeated He Lin made Xu Da's face filled with uncontrollable joy and he cheered loudly.
Li Wenzhong on the side heard this and said sourly.
"Congratulations, General. It's gratifying that the center of Yuanting has been wiped out in one fell swoop."
"Tongxi, it wouldn't be such a great victory without you, and it wouldn't be so easy to defeat the Yuan army."
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