"We won, we won!"
"Great Ming Wan Sheng!"
"Long live Your Majesty!"
After the first large-scale battle, the Ming army won an overwhelming victory.
There were many reasons for their victory. For example, Li Shiming attacked the Wala camp for the first time and lowered their morale.
Or perhaps it was because of last night's strategy of exhausting their troops, leaving only 10,000 of their 40,000 cavalry to use.
Their infantry would not be able to rest well, and their siege state would be reduced.
But at this moment, everyone's thoughts became the same.
"We won!"
"Victory!"
Cheers spread from outside the city into the city.
The people inside heard that they had defeated Wala and won a total victory.
All of them were cheering and jumping for joy, their emotions surging.
The entire capital was filled with cheers!
The civil and military officials were all smiling.
It swept away the gloom brought by the defeat of the Earth Wood Fort.
However, in the Wala military camp.
It was desolate and lonely.
Outside the tent.
Yexian's trusted aides knelt on the ground.
On the ground at the front lay a corpse.
Yesen's younger brother, Chuoros Polo.
The biggest loss in the morning was not the soldiers, but the death of this man.
Polo was Yesen's right-hand man, and he was second only to him in the military camp.
However, he died under the Ming army's artillery fire during the day.
The Wala clansmen risked their lives to snatch his body back.
There was only silence inside and outside the tent.
Everyone lowered their heads guiltily and remained silent.
After a long time, he walked out of the tent.
Looking at his brother's corpse on the ground, his face could not help but show some grief.
However, he suddenly turned to the subordinate kneeling on the ground.
He spoke slowly with a firm voice.
"Five years ago, we defeated the Mongol tribes.
Three years ago, we subdued the three guards of Wuliangha.
A year ago, we conquered the grasslands. Even my grandfather, Mahamu, couldn't do this!
Now, we have defeated the main force of the Ming people and captured their emperor.
He had overcome all obstacles and arrived at the capital, only one step away!
We can't lose!
It's impossible to lose!"
Facing Ye Xian's words, the generals only lowered their heads and knelt.
Clearly, he had not recovered from the defeat at noon.
Seeing this, Ye Xian walked among the crowd.
He whipped them." Wake up!
There's going to be a war!"
"Wake up!"
Everyone raised their heads and looked at Ye Xian with a determined expression.
The humiliation of defeat motivated them.
"We won't lose!"
"We won't lose to the capital!”
Seeing that the morale was good, he said coldly.
"Tomorrow, the entire army will attack the city!"
Someone asked," What about the wise emperor?”
Obviously, he was talking about Zhu Qizhen.
Yexian said coldly.
"Tell that idiot to wash his neck tomorrow and wait.
If the capital was breached, his head would be hung on the city gates!”
"Understood!"
……
In the capital, Li Shimin was listening to Yu Qian's battle report.
The more he listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. Why did he have to fight a few battles?
Was the number of people on his side increasing?
From the initial hundred thousand to the current two hundred thousand.
Putting aside their combat strength, these were all soldiers wearing armor!
"Reinforcements came from outside the city again?"
"Your Majesty, 30,000 soldiers from Baoding and 20,000 soldiers from Cangzhou came yesterday.”
Yu Qian counted the reinforcements.
And it was far more than that.
"Henan's 100,000 troops are rushing over and are expected to arrive the day after tomorrow.
Four hundred thousand troops from the south were expected to arrive in five days.”
Li Shi Min was stunned by the large scale of the royal army.
Didn't the Earth Wood Fortress defeat all the elites in the north?
Big Ming's family background was so thick?
Their military equipment had been wasted for more than ten years, and they had pulled out a million troops at the first incident?
Moreover, they were all soldiers who could fight on the battlefield.
He was not an untrained civilian.
In Li Shimin's Zhenguan years, this was simply unimaginable!
After all, after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it was the Sui and Tang Dynasties that established the country.
After the war, there were only three million households left in the world, which was a total of 12 million.
The Ming Dynasty had a population of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.
Li Shi Min had experienced the vastness of the Ming Empire.
Sometimes, he really didn't understand.
With the Ming Empire's massive size, shouldn't it be able to subdue the surrounding countries?
Why was it so weak in less than a hundred years?
After a while, Li Shi Min said.
"In that case, don't let the Japanese army from Henan come to the capital.
He had them head north to recover the lost cities and cut off Yexian's retreat.”
Li Shi Min paused for a moment and said.
"Mm, as for the royal army from the south, let them guard Northern Zhili for the time being.”
He never thought that he would one day be troubled by having too many soldiers.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yu Qian, the Minister of War, could finally heave a sigh of relief.
In today's battle, half of the capital's predicament had been resolved.
However, there were many things that he had prepared earlier that he had not had the time to use.
After all, with Li Shiming, the emperor who was well-versed in military strategies, he was more like a spectator.
They did nothing but watch the Wala people lose.
There was only one thought in his mind.
Taizu Taizong had shown his spirit, and the fate of the Great Ming Dynasty was still there!
What Yu Qian didn't know was that Li Shimin had only revealed the tip of the iceberg.
If Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were alive in the heavens.
Perhaps he would wonder why the Ming Emperor had such a monster?
If he came over, he might not even be able to defeat them.
The fourth day, the fifth day.
The Wala army launched a fierce assault on the capital.
From Desheng Gate to Xizhimen Gate.
After being defeated, he turned around and wanted to sneak attack Zhangyi Gate.
But who would have thought that Li Shi Min would be able to predict the future.
He had all the Divine Arms Battalion troops lie in ambush in the residences outside the city.
He had also failed in his surprise attack with his men, and now he had taken in the full firepower of the Divine Arms Battalion.
When the reinforcements from Xizhimen arrived, Wala was defeated once again.
This time, they had no chance to return to the camp to regroup.
Because Li Shi Min had personally led his troops to attack them.
Ye Xian was helpless and could only flee with Zhu Qizhen.
The infantry could not escape, but the Wala cavalry was still there.
The Ming army lacked warhorses and was unable to pursue them for long distances.
He could only watch as they escaped from his sight.
Of course, Li Shi Min could still lead the cavalry to chase after them.
It was just that Yu Qian and the other ministers had advised him to not take the risk.
Outside the capital.
"Your Majesty, please be careful!"
Yu Qian and dozens of civil officials knelt on the ground, almost surrounding Li Shimin and his horse.
"Please reconsider, Your Majesty!"
In their view, they had already won the battle to defend the capital!
There was no need for Li Shiming, the emperor, to take the risk!
Yexian's cavalry was left with more than ten thousand men, which was still a considerable threat.
Not only were the Ming army's cavalrymen few in number, but their combat strength was also weaker.
What if Wala retaliated and the Emperor was defeated?
They did not dare to take this risk!
Such a good emperor could not repeat the same mistakes!
"Shi Heng, lead the troops and pursue."
Li Shi Min had no choice but to give up on the idea of chasing him personally.
These few days of battle had also made him feel excited.
However, with so many ministers persuading him, it didn't matter if he went or not.
"Understood!"
Shi Heng got up from the ground and immediately gave chase.
The civil officials naturally followed the Emperor back to the city.
It wasn't easy to meet a wise ruler, so he couldn't lose him!
The battle to defend the capital had come to a successful end.
Yexian was like a stray dog, fleeing in Bei Zhi Li.
There were royal guards everywhere, and there were soldiers waiting in formation.
When the northern tribes heard this, they were the first to be defeated. The grassland tribes retreated one after another.
He ran towards the depths of the grassland, afraid of the Ming army's subsequent revenge.
Three days later, Ye Xian fled from the Purple Jing Pass.
He couldn't help but feel regret as he gazed at the distant capital.
More than 100,000 troops were wiped out. Was he wrong?
He shouldn't have such great ambitions to attempt to conquer the Country of Light.
However, it was too late for regrets.
Because the pursuers had arrived, they could only bring their personal guards and flee towards the plains.
The blood of countless Wala people flowed on the ground.
Before they sent out their troops, they were filled with ambition.
But in the end, he died in a foreign country.
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