First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 95 Ambush Success

The Qin and Sui Dynasties are lessons from the past. Zhu Biao naturally knows what he should do. The most important thing now is to rest with the people, encourage marriage and production, support land reclamation and farming, hold imperial examinations to recruit grassroots talents, build water conservancy, lighten corvee and pay less, and encourage business and so on...

  Thinking about it now, there are a lot of things to do after going back, but there is no need to think about so much now, the most important thing is to destroy Beiyuan.

  Liu Bowen passed on Zhu Biao's reward, hope was kindled in the hearts of the soldiers, and the haze of yesterday seemed to have dissipated a lot.

   Rested for another morning, and after lunch, the army set off again. Zhu Biao left Bowen Liu Bowen to deal with affairs in Beiping, settle the injured soldiers, and arrange the follow-up supplies of food, grass and luggage.

  Lan Yu and Quan Xu also recovered a lot, and insisted on going north with Zhu Biao, no one was willing to let go of this opportunity.

  Zhu Biao personally wrote a memorial to Zhu Yuanzhang, explaining his current situation and the necessity of going north, and finally affixed his seal of Prince Bao and General Tiance!

  Zhu Biao brought 30,000 people to the north. Fortunately, Jiang Xiahou came to help in time, and Zhu Biao added another 10,000 soldiers and horses. Otherwise, he would be transferred from the rear army, which would not be conducive to Liu Bowen's handling of Beiping's affairs.

   There are still 40,000 people sent by Xu Da, and Zhu Biao has no time to wait for them.

  Fortunately, there were enough horses, and they caught up with the former army at noon the next day. The arrival of Zhu Biao's commander-in-chief undoubtedly boosted the spirits of the soldiers.

  Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and others welcome Zhu Biao into the big tent, and Beiyuan's fleeing army is in front, but both sides have to eat no matter what, so the two armies sent scouts to watch each other closely.

  Bei Yuan thought that as long as he entered the grassland, he would be safe, while the Ming army knew that Song Guogong had already laid an ambush ahead, so naturally they were not in a hurry.

   After Zhu Biao asked about the situation, he took over the military power again. Now after sending the disabled soldiers back to Beiping, there are still 150,000 people left in the army, and Song Guogong's side is more than 200,000!

Such a force far exceeded Zhu Biao's expectations, Zhu Biao looked at the generals in the big tent and said: "The recovery of Yanyun is just a matter of convenience, and now the achievements that have been passed down through the ages are in front of us, and I hope that the generals will not slack off! "

The generals naturally knew that the most difficult battle had already been fought, and fame and fortune were just around the corner. As long as the success was achieved, the title must be raised. They are all just marquises now. This time they follow the prince to destroy Beiyuan. You can also be a duke of a country!

  Chang Yuchun watched quietly from the side, Zhu Biao came at the right time, such feats cannot be accomplished by a courtier, neither he nor Li Wenzhong.

  Zhu Biao encouraged them a few more words, and let them go down. After they finished eating the big cakes painted by Zhu Biao, they had to go to draw big cakes for the people below.

  Zhu Biao sat on the chair and ate a mouthful of steamed buns, looked at Chang Yuchun and said, "Thanks to Uncle Chang this time, otherwise the plan would not have been carried out so perfectly."

  Chang Yuchun smiled and shook his head: "It is His Highness who decides the world in the first battle, not the last general. It is Wen Zhong who commanded the battle with the prince of Beiyuan. The last general just showed his face."

   Li Wenzhong bowed to Chang Yuchun and clasped his fists. Chang Yuchun's intention was obvious that he wanted to give all the credit to Li Wenzhong. Although it was because Chang Yuchun was already unsealed, this kind of affection was still essential.

   As the leader of the royalist party, Li Wenzhong must gather military power for the Zhu family, but now his achievements are too few, and his prestige is not enough.

   Now that he has defeated the army of Beiyuan and followed General Tiance to destroy Beiyuan, it is only natural for the class teacher to further crown the king after returning to the court, so that he can control the generals in a legitimate way.

  Zhu Biao didn't speak, but in his heart, Chang Luohua's status had once again risen a lot. The Chang family had done everything that should be done, and he would naturally reciprocate.

  Zhu Biao looked at Li Wenzhong and ordered: "The former army assigned 50,000 cavalry to Lan Yu and Mu Ying, and let them act as vanguards to drive the defeated Bei Yuan army to Song Guogong's side as much as possible."

  Li Wenzhong immediately promised that what he got was enough, just like Chang Yuchun gave him the meritorious service, now he also has to support Lan Yu and Mu Ying, even if these two are not his henchmen.

   It’s not that Zhu Biao doesn’t trust Li Wenzhong, but it is necessary for military power to control each other, otherwise how can Zhu Biao’s will be carried out.

  The army continued to pursue in the afternoon, Beiyuan still had 70,000 to 80,000 people, and those who were seriously injured had been abandoned.

The Beiyuan scouts also saw Zhu Biao's handsome flag returning to the camp, and on the way of chasing him, the prince Beiyuan sent a letter asking for peace, hoping that the two families would stop fighting and get back together. Beiyuan was willing to send the princess and marry him. And promise never to go south! "

  Zhu Biao only replied one sentence, it is okay to talk about peace, but the prince of Beiyuan should come in person.

  The matter naturally ended without a problem, and Lan Yu Muying kept harassing the opponent's flanks to help them correct their route.

On the morning of the next day, the Beiyuan army finally stepped into Song Guogong's encirclement. Under Zhu Biao's army, under the attack of both sides, the Beiyuan army was defeated in an instant.

  The prince of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was also captured by Mu Ying himself, and the problem arose after the soldiers were taken into custody.

   How to arrange these tens of thousands of people has become a problem. For example, the Marquis of Nanxiong advocated killing them all, and the Marquis of Lu'an wanted to recruit them. After all, this is an elite of 50,000 people.

  Song Guogong also said: "It is undoubtedly a good opportunity for them to lose their fighting spirit now. If they can call down a few generals, they will trick open the gate of Shangdu and take down the puppet emperor of Beiyuan in one fell swoop.

  Zhu Biao was also thinking, Wang Baobao's letter was useless in the first place, he was the mighty King of Henan in the world, who could scare him when he died? What's more, the political situation in Shangdu is changing rapidly, maybe the guard has already gone down.

   It would be nice if the soldiers from Bei Yuan could be used to trick the gates of the city, after all, they also came from above.

   But what guarantees their loyalty?

  But Zhu Biao really wanted to keep these people. Using barbarians to control barbarians is always a good way, no matter which nationality it is used in.

  Just like Zhu Di’s 3,000 Battalion, which was developed with the 3,000 Cavalry from the surrender of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. In many cases, the traitors attacked their own compatriots more ruthlessly.

  Zhu Biao first ordered to collect the soldiers' weapons, and they were hungry, as long as they didn't starve to death. As for their generals, give them good food and let them eat in front of the soldiers.

   First of all, we must divide them and make the soldiers hostile to their generals. No matter what happens, we should not worry about the shortage but the inequality!

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