First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Bows and arrows were also shot at the top of the city, but the Ming army did not retreat, but gathered bows and crossbows, used firecrackers, blasted at the top of the city, and fought back fiercely.

Being condescending on the city, it is natural to take advantage of the right time and place.

But the problem is that they met the ruthless Ming army.

It’s okay for everyone not to be afraid of sacrifice, and they have summed up a full set of experience after going through hundreds of battles.

They prepared large shields to guard against bows and arrows, the kind that can be connected together, and more bows and crossbows, which have an extremely long range, and those powerful firecrackers.

Relying on the skillful techniques of the soldiers, as well as the guy in his hand, he managed to suppress the counterattack from the top of the city.

It took less than a day to fill up the moat.

Immediately, the big guy rushed to the city with the ladder on his shoulders.

Put up the ladder and start climbing the city.

At this moment, the Yuan army at the head of the city has begun to collapse, and it is difficult to support it.

The achievement of ascending the city first is right in front of your eyes, several generals, including Lan Yu and others, are determined to snatch the achievement of ascending the city.

Li Wenzhong stopped Lan Yu, "There will be opportunities to make meritorious deeds in the future, and you must give up this merit!"

Lan Yu glared at Li Wenzhong, "Who gave you the shame to tell me about this? How can anyone take credit for this? You don't want it, do you?"

Li Wenzhong chuckled, then pointed to the soldier who climbed up the ladder and headed for the city, and said softly, "His surname is Wen!"

"arts?"

Lan Yu was startled, "A descendant of Prime Minister Wen?"

"Well! It's from the Wen family!"

When Lan Yu heard this, her heart was shaken, and she felt sore.

"Back then, Prime Minister Wen was escorted to Dadu, but now we are Dama Jindao, entering Dadu! It really is different!"

The generals of Sapphire saw that after the descendants of the Wen family ascended the city, the army rushed in and took the Qihua Gate.

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"Master Zhang, Mr. Zhang!"

"Good news from the front, our army has entered Dadu!"

At this moment, Zhang Ximeng was sitting in the carriage, more than 30 miles away from Dadu.

Hearing this news, he was also relieved.

Even though he knew the result would be like this, Zhang Ximeng's face was flushed with the indescribable excitement of successfully entering Dadu and recovering his hometown.

"Quick, quick!"

He urged loudly, and the coachman also stood up and waved his whip, and hurried towards Dadu.

Jiang Nan's face was even redder than that of Zhang Ximeng, who was riding in the same carriage.

"I've been looking forward to it for so many years, and it's finally here! Shouldn't the master write a poem?"

Zhang Ximeng coughed slightly, "Well, you also know what I'm capable of. Poetry is not my strong point, so don't be ashamed of it."

Jiang Nan smiled and said: "Yes, I know that the master is the current school sect, and the world looks up to him. Now that he is in Dadu, what do you want to write? What kind of article do you want to write?"

Zhang Ximeng took a deep breath and looked up. The outline of the city wall of the capital was in front of him, covering a large area... Zhang Ximeng couldn't hide his surging emotions, but he said calmly: "500 years, although the soil is still the same, the people's hearts are completely different. Along the way, the further north you go, the more severe the Hu Feng will be. The Mongolian nobles, seductive officials, occupy the land, wantonly graze horses, and the people become serfs, and they are squeezed to the extreme, which is terrible."

"The first thing we do when we enter Dadu is to recognize clearly who is the enemy and who is the friend! When we talk about expelling the barbarians, what are we going to expel! Relieve the people, who are we going to rescue!"

Zhang Ximeng said decisively: "There are many big clans here who have followed the Khitan since the Five Dynasties and were willing to be eagles and dogs. Since it is to expel the Hulu, it is not limited to the Yuan court. Only Han people. Tell Xu Da what you mean as soon as possible!"

Chapter 559 Celebrating Victory

Xu Da led the soldiers and horses into Qihuamen, and quickly defeated the remaining Yuan army in the city. The whole battle was smooth, with only a few places where fierce conflicts occurred.

Yuan Tinghuai King Timur Buhua and Prime Minister Zhang Kangbo all led their troops to fight to the death, but were captured one after another.Prime Minister Zuo Qingtong tried to commit suicide by hanging himself, but was rushed in by the Ming army. Before he could die, he was rescued and became a prisoner of the Ming army.

In addition, there are a large number of Yuan court officials, civil and military officials.

A total of nearly a thousand people.

Xu Da asked people to take good care of them, and they were absolutely not allowed to commit suicide.

Then he ordered that the Imperial Palace of Dadu be sealed off, all treasuries were searched, and the atlas and money valley were sealed off...everything must be kept in a safe place, waiting for Prime Minister Zhang to come and receive it.

Xu Da also ordered Chang Yuchun to collect the state capital from west to east and close the Yanshan pass, and Hu Dahai to collect the pass from east to west, and at the same time send troops to pursue the movements of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

The whole process is easy and orderly.

Zhang Ximeng didn't need to worry about it at all. In this battle, he fully realized what it means to sit back and enjoy the benefits.

Really comfortable!

"You can write a good report to the lord, and celebrate the victory."

In fact, before Zhang Ximeng officially wrote the good news, there were already newspaper writers who quickly passed the news back.

Since the Northern Expedition, the greatest pleasure for the common people has been to listen to the news of success coming from the front...Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Hu Dahai have been nicknamed the Three Heroes of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as they go out to fight, they will be able to attack everything and win everything, so there is no need to worry about it.

What kind of Mongolian iron cavalry, what kind of Yuan court elite, facing our elite soldiers and generals, they are completely vulnerable.

The news continued to spread southward along the canal.

First of all, Shandong, especially Linqing, which is the base for the army to advance, fell into jubilation. The people were overjoyed and came out together.

Although Shandong has just been recovered and the people have little accumulation, the big guys still find out the food at home, make delicious food, reward the army, entertain the passing guests, and share the joy with everyone.

After passing Shandong, they entered the land of Lianghuai, especially Huaixi.

Sizhou, Haozhou, Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Hezhou... This is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang Longxing was, and it was also the source of the main force of the Ming army.

To say a simple thing, in Huaixi, the most powerful village, there are more than ten commanders in it, and there are thousands of households, countless.

If anyone's family doesn't have a relative of a general, they are ashamed to raise their heads.

Among this group of people, there is no doubt that Liu Jizu, the great benefactor who once gave Zhu Yuanzhang a cemetery, is the most eye-catching.Many people happily ran to Liu's house.

"You really know people with your eyes! Now you are in the top position. Not only have you become the emperor, but you have also ruled Yanyun! I heard that in terms of achievements, there are not many emperors throughout the ages who can compare!"

"The cemetery you gave is really wonderful, the feng shui is excellent, after the Lord Your Majesty, we folks in Huaixi will all have a bright face!"

Soon someone next to him said: "You only think about the superior, don't you know that the ancestral grave of our Mr. Zhang is next to the superior, one emperor and one phase, it is a good story through the ages!"

"Yeah, such a big happy event, we should celebrate it!"

Liu Jizu thought for a while, then clapped his hands and said: "That's true. Let's just set up a large banquet and invite the Huagu opera singers... Let's have a three-day banquet and three-day performance! It’s been repaired, I guess, it won’t be long, Marshal Xu, and other generals will all return to their hometowns, and return home with honor. We will celebrate then!”

"Yes, that's very good! This time it's our Huaixi folks' turn to show their faces."

……

Celebrations everywhere, laughter everywhere.

The victory report also arrived at Yingtian and sent to Zhongshu Province. Li Shanchang took it in his hand. After looking at it, he said calmly: "This Northern Expedition, with elite soldiers and strong generals, and Zhang Xiang's supervisor, can defeat the Yuan army and recover Dadu. , Of course, it makes sense!"

It's just that Li Shanchang's old face changed when he went down as a rewarder!

It is indeed reasonable, but the question is why not give it to me!Let me go, isn't it just as easy to win?

Think of me, Li Shanchang, the dignified prime minister, who has worked hard for more than ten years without even showing my face. Who can I tell my grievances?

Lao Li was filled with emotion, but he had no choice but to go to see Lao Zhu.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already received news from Guo Ying. Similarly, the victory was expected, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect to win so quickly.

"Mr. Li, how long has this battle been going on?"

Li Shanchang thought for a while and said: "If you count from the time when the superior named Zhang Xiang as the supervisor, it took four or five months before and after Zhang Xiang swore to go out for the expedition, and it was only more than three months. Among them, the commander Feng Dadu captured Tongguan and surrendered Li Siqi. It took more than a month. It took only [-] days from Linqing to conquer Dadu, and it was less than a month!"

When Li Shanchang said this, he couldn't help feeling admiration.

It didn't take much time, and we took action from Guanzhong, dealt with Li Siqi, tried to find out the real situation of the Yuan army, and then decisively went north to take Dadu.

The seemingly uncomplicated operation is full of wisdom and consideration.

If Li Siqi is unwilling to surrender and fight to the death with the Ming army, it means that the Yuan army still has the heart, and the battle of Dadu will not be so smooth.

In Zhang Ximeng's sleeve, there are at least three more plans.

This included letting Guan Duo send troops from Goryeo to contain the Liaodong Yuan army.

Including landing with naval forces, cutting off the connection between western Liaoning and Dadu.

It also includes dispatching troops, making extreme detours, and plotting to go to the capital.

There is even a plan to temporarily abandon Dadu and besiege Shanxi...

It's just that Yuan Jun's crotch pulling made these plans all become backup plans.

To put it bluntly, most of the attack this time depends not on whether it can be taken down, but on how much it costs to take it down!

"Superior, I have made a rough calculation at the moment, and Zhang Xiang still has at least half of the food and grass in his hand. There is still a balance in such a big battle. I really don't know what to say. Just based on this alone, you should be rewarded heavily." Zhang Xiang is."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was also gratified.

As I said a long time ago, when it comes to a well-regulated battle, few people can beat Zhang Ximeng.

"Mr. Li, don't rush to be happy now, the burden on you is still heavy."

Li Shanchang was startled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, is there still a battle to be fought?"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

Naturally, the battle was to be fought, and it was Wang Baobao of Shanxi who was fighting. He wanted to wipe out this Yuan army, and then take Shaanxi and Gansu, and drive the Yuan army completely beyond the Great Wall.

There are still many battles to be fought, needless to say.

It is only natural that the ruling and opposition parties still have to work hard.

It's just that compared to the past, Daming can celebrate the victory.

"Give this good news to the various newspaper offices, let them polish it, and send it out tomorrow morning, so that everyone can know about this great news!"

Li Shanchang quickly agreed.

In fact, without waiting for the newspaper office to act, the soldiers carried the red flag and went to Beijing to deliver the good news. The common people had already guessed it.

That night, countless people came out of the house, calling for friends and companions.

The streets are decorated with lanterns and festoons, which are ten times, a hundred times more lively than New Year's Eve.

Citizens, supporting the old and the young, came out of the house one after another, saying to everyone: But you won?The other party must answer: that is natural.

In an instant, both sides laughed, joy from the heart.

The creativity of the people is always endless. The big guys bought Kongming lanterns and ran to Xuanwu Lake.

Let the big guys fly the Kongming lanterns together.

If you look carefully, you will find that there is a note under the Kongming Lantern with the word "Dayuan" written on it.

Obviously, this is not a prayer for the Yuan Dynasty, but a farewell to the complete end of this stupid and tyrannical dynasty.

Da Yuan is dead!

Really dead!

Don't worry anymore, those guys who show their teeth and claws will come back again, snatch the land of the big guy, and take away their daughter-in-law...

They were utterly defeated and never thought of coming back.

To bury the Great Yuan Dynasty, the deeper the better!The sooner the better!

No one wants to live the days of being a cow or a horse, a slave or a handmaid.

Those elderly people burst into tears as they spoke.

"Until today, the land deeds His Majesty gave us are counted." The old man sighed.

The junior junior beside him said, "It's already been done! Give it to us that day, and whoever dares to take it away will fight with their lives!"

The old man was stunned for a long time, then suddenly laughed again, tears and smile appeared on the vicissitudes of life at the same time.

"Okay, well said! You young juniors are better than us and more promising than us!" The old man stretched out his hand, patted the young man on the back, and praised sincerely: "That's what you want! Don't, don't talk to us!" It seems that I have been a slave for most of my life, and now I think about it, my face has a fever!"

One night passed, and the next day, the newspaper was fresh out of the cage.