The noisy night finally passed, and at dawn, the teams on both sides of the river breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
The Ming soldiers who were responsible for the trouble last night hurriedly drank a bowl of porridge with meat, then entered the camp and fell asleep.
Li Wenzhong smiled: "I think the person on the other side must be very anxious."
"The key is that they can't rush over and die. What are the plans of the people in Helin City?"
Han Zheng looked into the distance. There was a city there, but it was beyond his field of vision.
"Coming, coming. The Chinese Army sent news that General Feng of the West Route Army has arrived with a large number of prisoners, cattle, horses, and baggage, and is setting up camp."
A team of fast horses ran over shouting, and others followed suit: "General Feng of the West Route Army has arrived outside Helin City, General Feng of the West Route Army has arrived outside Helin City..."
Their shouts spread across the river and were faintly heard by those on the other side.
"It's fake, it's fake. Back off, don't fall into the enemy's trap." Ha Jizhang, who knew the situation, was anxious.
"No, no, the Ming Army's West Route Army is coming!"
As soon as Ha Ji Zhang sent someone to appease the team, one of his own people ran over and shouted.
"Come here, take it down for me. How dare you spread false news." Ha Jizhang was angry.
"No need." Manzi said to stop Ha Cizhang. He knew it was useless. Li Wenzhong's team and his own team were actually waiting for the news.
Don’t say it’s true, even if it’s false, listen to it seriously.
What can be changed by killing the person who spread the news at this moment? On the contrary, it will chill other soldiers.
"What should I do?" Ha Cizhang began to worry.
"Pretending to mobilize troops for reinforcements, will Li Wenzhong be fooled this time?" Manzi thought of an idea.
When Li Wenzhong tried this trick once before, he didn't move at all. He only took the others and ran back.
"Okay, let's eat first, take a rest after eating, and then retreat." Ha Cizhang thought it would work, so he lured Li Wenzhong over and beat him.
An hour passed, and Manzi and Ha Cizhang's troops began to withdraw in an orderly manner.
"Did they withdraw?" Han Zheng looked through the binoculars.
"Maybe it's fake. Xu Da can hold on. We'll wait for news from Xu Da and their scouts see a large group of people before we take action."
Li Wenzhong was still afraid of being fooled, and it was not cost-effective to lose manpower. Feng Sheng's West Route Army came over, and there were no enemies behind them.
The two armies converged, but the troops of many barbarians and Ha Cizhang in Beiyuan were still unable to defeat the Ming army.
The two armies combined totaled 150,000 people, 30,000 flintlock muskets, and 15,000 modified muskets, plus rotating flintlock muskets that were sent one after another.
From here to Helin, it's about half a day's journey. If you fight, you can go there by yourself.
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"Hurry, dig quickly, take a rest after digging, and give you a full meal."
Feng Sheng's army arrived, twenty miles away from Xu Da's army, and a large number of cattle, horses and baggage were sent to the rear of the Chinese army.
The people of the West Route Army urged the prisoners to work, beating and arresting them all the way. Some surrendered voluntarily and were treated well.
They kept running and didn't even turn around to fight. When they got here, they were beaten once by Xu Da's army. They continued to circle north, and Xu Da gave way to the gap there.
From that position, they entered Helin City, and Helin City's logistical pressure increased instantly.
Feng Sheng had 50,000 men and captured more than 42,000 prisoners, more than 50,000 horses, and more than 40,000 oxen.
Including the prisoners and cattle and horses that Xu Da captured along the way, including Li Wenzhong's previous harvest, he could get about 150,000 cattle and horses after the battle.
Considering that the prisoners can help mine, I feel that there is no compensation and the war has made money.
Feng Sheng's army had set up camp, and it was exactly noon when he ran over to see Xu Da.
Both parties expressed their hard work to each other, but there were smiles on their faces.
"The only thing left is this city. If the city is broken, they can only run north. There is not so much food in the north."
Feng Sheng looked at Helin Cheng and shook his head slightly.
Beiyuan lost its current territory, and food was the biggest problem. Before, people farmed, providing them with enough food.
Once they left, they would not be able to find a large number of people in the north to help them grow food, and they would have no choice but to return to their nomadic ways.
"After the fort is built, our Ming Dynasty can rest and recuperate, and we have more good weapons, then we can attack them again.
His Majesty the Imperial Seal wants it, but in the end we can only rely on force to seize it. If he doesn't give it 40,000 fusiliers, we will pursue them all the way.
In fact, it would be better if we could catch Aiyou Shilida La, but it’s a pity..."
Xu Da knew better the strategic purpose of this battle, drove Bei Yuan out, and also found a way to get the imperial seal.
Then grab Aiyou Shilitra and make Aiyou Shilitra surrender.
It's just that Xu Da didn't want to arrest him. The Ming army needed to kill a lot of people, and the opponent also had a lot of people. There was no point in killing a hundred thousand Ming army soldiers in a desperate encirclement and suppression campaign.
Now that we have good weapons, if we attack slowly and with human lives, the Ming Dynasty will have fewer troops to fight.
The current 200,000 soldiers are the most powerful team in the Ming Dynasty. They will have to return part of Yingtian Mansion's barracks when they return.
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At the moment when the Ming Army's West Route Army and the Central Route Army successfully joined forces, Nanjing City was also desperately arresting people.
Officials from Shangyuan County and Ningguo County were gathered together, and their families were taken care of.
Those arrested included the guards of the Prince's Palace and Prince Qin's Palace, as well as Zhu Yuanzhang's men who joined this morning.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate all unstable factors in Yingtian Mansion, leaving honest people to work.
The little bosses who usually thought they were powerful were arrested one after another, and they had nowhere to go.
Then when the six Scars were discovered, they had been poisoned and died.
The petty bosses all pointed out which person in the Yamen had helped, and the official who was pointed out also testified that it was Zhao Linchuan who was the former Yushitai.
Went to find Zhao Lin again. Zhao Lin fell into the well and drowned to death.
On the contrary, he received a lot of letters in his study, in which he contacted other people. After reading the letters, he did not find any useful information.
"Hanhan, we are still missing a move!" After knowing the situation, the head of the village found Hanhan and sighed.
"Not bad. Our goal is not to kill any minister. Now we can occupy the place and run it well. It is a treasure land."
Zhu Wentian never thought that he could find the last person, and it would mean nothing to him.
It depends on whether Zhu Yuanzhang is willing to deal with people. Zhao Lin doesn't write letters and doesn't usually communicate with people?
Bury the thorn in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart now so that it can be used at any time in the future.
And I believe that there are ministers from the DPRK and China involved, and the ministers don’t want this place, but the people who do the dirty work.
Now a large number of people were arrested, and other accomplices could be found out from their mouths, and they all rushed to mine.
Mining will keep you full and not hungry, so you don’t have to worry about wages.
As for how their families live? It was considered a mercy not to ransack their homes.
Like the ringleaders, their homes will be confiscated. If they have multiple properties, only the smallest one will be left for their family to live in, and the others will be confiscated.
"Oh! That's true. What are we going to do with that place?"
The head of the village knew that such a large area was a collaboration between Xiaqiu Village and the palace.
"To build the Chaotian Palace, we must first open a market and use the money earned from the market to build the palace complex. It is not suitable to use that place as a market. Your Majesty really needs that location."
Zhu Wentian still wants to build Chaotian Palace according to the historical appearance, which is comfortable to look at.
(End of chapter)
