It's not that Zhang Ximeng doesn't want to intervene, it's because he really doesn't have the strength.

An army of 400,000 yuan came overwhelmingly, unstoppable and invincible.

Tuotuo defeated Zhang Shicheng's troops one after another, and then surrounded the city with a large army. At the same time, he also raided the surrounding areas, and Yancheng, Xinghua, and Taizhou fell one after another.

Zhang Shicheng has been compressed into Gaoyou City, and his life hangs on a thread.

His Highness Prince Cheng was desperate and decided to surrender.

That's right, Zhang Shicheng surrendered!

He secretly sent an envoy with a personal letter to see Tuotuo.

Zhang Shicheng's attitude was extremely humble. As long as the Yuan Dynasty court could give him a way out, he was willing to submit to the court, surrender the city, act as the court's vanguard, and help kill the Red Turban Army.

All in all, as long as Dad Tuotuo nods, Zhang Shicheng will be your good son.

At this time, Zhang Shicheng perfectly explained how desperate a person in a desperate situation must be!

Ten thousand versus four hundred thousand!

One city fights the world!

How is it possible to win?

Please, please give me a chance to be a dog!

Facing this letter, if Tuotuo nodded, in an instant, Gaoyou city would be destroyed and Zhang Shicheng would surrender. If nothing else happened, he would become the executioner of the Red Scarf Army like Chahan Timur, Li Siqi and others.

Zhu Jiajun, who is right next to him, will become the first victim.

The overall situation of the world, the rise and fall of dynasties, and the historical trend, all fell into Tuotuo's mind at this moment... Faced with this letter asking for surrender, the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, who was both civil and military, said lightly, "No surrender!"

Not only was he not allowed to surrender, Tuotuo added, "When the city is broken, they will all be slaughtered, leaving no one behind!"

The envoy fled back to Gaoyou in embarrassment with a clear answer.

Not even allowed to surrender, how desperate it must be!

Zhang Shicheng is not as stubborn as Zhang Ximeng expected, but he is not even allowed to surrender. The final road is cut off, so he has no choice but to die!

In this case, the only way to live is to die!

Our surname is Zhang!

Zhang Shicheng did not hide anything and directly told the entire city's soldiers and civilians about his attempted surrender, as well as the Yuan army's answer.

"Folks and brothers! It's not me, Zhang Shicheng, who wants to harm the big guy! It's Yuan Ting who has gone too far! If cutting off my Zhang Shicheng's head can save the big guy's life, I will rip off his head right now!"

Zhang Shicheng was full of grief and indignation, "Yuan Tatars are not human beings! They are determined to massacre the city and kill all of us! If nothing else, just stick out your head with a knife, shrink your head with a knife, and ask us to follow Zhang Shicheng to death!"

Zhang Shicheng, who was in desperate situation, completely exploded.

Similarly, the soldiers and civilians in Gaoyou were also angered.

These common people, who are like weeds, don't care who is the master of Gaoyou City. Even if the Yuan army comes and squeezes harder, they can accept it. Anyway, they are just hanging on!

But who would have expected that there are people who don't accept surrender and just want to kill everyone!

In this case, we will fight you to the end!

Grass and mustard are weak, but they are also tenacious. Wildfire cannot burn them all, let alone Tuotuo!

"Fight! Fight with the Tatars!"

“We still don’t know who will live and who will die! Let’s fight Yuan Tatar to the end!”

"King Cheng, don't be afraid, we will definitely win!"

…

In desperation, Gaoyou was united as never before, and the military and civilians put aside everything and went all out.

Zhang Shicheng finally relaxed a little. Who would have thought that he would rely on Tuotuo's help to stabilize the morale of the army.

Immediately in the following days, the Yuan army attacked the city frantically. Zhang Shicheng personally went to the city to supervise the battle. The "eighteen poles" who had joined him in the incident also went to the city to supervise the battle. Gaoyou's soldiers and civilians fought desperately to resist the Yuan Ting's attack.

After days of fighting, corpses piled up under the city, and the canal next to it was stained red with blood.

Facts have proved that no matter how powerful the army is, when faced with a united city, it will be helpless and passive.

Gaoyou City survived the initial attack amid strong winds and heavy rain!

Tuotuo was not a fool. He soon realized that the hope of conquering Gaoyou in one fell swoop was shattered. The war had entered a war of attrition and turned into a competition of internal strength!

It all depends on who can't hold on first!

At this moment, Tuotuo seemed to be hesitant. If he agreed to Zhang Shicheng's surrender, wouldn't it be much easier?

This thing is very ironic. Tuotuo is recognized as a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, with first-class abilities and character.

With the army approaching, Zhang Shicheng had no choice but to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty. This was a natural thing. As long as a normal person agreed directly, everything would be over, so there was no need to create extra complications!

Even if Zhang Shicheng is pretending to surrender, he can still be caught first, and always give people a way to survive. Surrounding three and missing one is the right way.

Why did Tuotuo lose his mind and insisted on killing Zhang Shicheng? Moreover, killing Zhang Shicheng was not enough, and even threatened to massacre the city. Is this because he thought it was too easy to attack the city and wanted to find excitement for himself?

Even after the review, people only found two reasons. First, Zhang Shicheng had surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty in the early days, but then rebelled again. His character was worrying and he was not worthy of trust.

Secondly, Tuotuo thought he was sure to win, so in order to intimidate the Red Scarf Army in the world, he planned to massacre Gaoyou and use hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to shock the world and completely suppress the momentum of the Red Scarf Army.

In fact, these two reasons are very pale, because both of them are analyzing why Tuotuo did what he did, but they did not explain clearly the reason why Tuotuo had to do what he did.

Facing the overwhelming tide, those who are among them do not have much room for choice. Even if you are the commander-in-chief of the armed forces or the prime minister of a country, you do not have much room for escape.

Because he didn't dare to accept Zhang Shicheng's surrender!

Governor of the world's army, carrying the king's orders to the south... Tuotuo must have a hearty performance. Only in this way can he explain to the emperor and the people of the world, and suppress those voices that oppose him.

The victory is not big enough and the record is not brilliant enough.

He will be labeled as wasting money and wasting time.

If Zhang Shicheng's surrender was accepted and Zhang Shicheng rebelled again, he would be guilty of fostering self-respect and plotting evil intentions.

In the Yuan court, Tuotuo's political opponents had sharpened their knives and wanted to attack Tuotuo from any angle.

Sitting in Tuotuo's position, even the emperor of Dadu did not trust him.

Tuotuo rode on the back of the tiger. He had no choice. Only victory and cruelty could suppress those chaotic voices. Only hundreds of thousands of heads could restore the majesty of the prime minister.

The enemy in front of him is Zhang Shicheng, and the opponent behind him is Pingzhang Zhengshi Hama, countless Mongolian dignitaries, and the emperor on the dragon throne!

Tuotuo's situation was finally clarified many years later, after Zhang Ximeng obtained the actual records of the Yuan Dynasty in Dadu and conducted a comprehensive review.

This Dayuan's last hope is that he really has too few choices.

After being frustrated in his direct attack on Gaoyou, Tuotuo had to change his tactics. After sweeping around Gaoyou, he then set his sights on a county town.

That’s Liuhe!

This was a very inconspicuous small city, and Tuotuo did not take it seriously. Yancheng, Xinghua, and Taizhou, which one was not bigger than Liuhe? None of these cities could stop the Yuan army, let alone the small Liuhe.

Tuotuo also knew that Liuhe was not under the control of Zhang Shicheng, but under the rule of a man named Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang?

never heard of that!

There are many handsome men in red scarves, but there is no one like him.

In the border between Huaihe River and Huaihe River, there are a lot of red scarf thieves who are kings, including Peng Da, Zhao Junyong, Zhang Shicheng, and Marshal, and there are more than a handful of them, more than a certain brand of potato chips...

In front of so many powerful seniors, Zhu Yuanzhang only dared to be called the envoy of the Suppressor.

What a huge official position and military power this is!

Not surprisingly, Tuotuo underestimated Zhu Yuanzhang.

He sent two Mongolian households to attack Liuhe, intending to take Liuhe lightly as soon as they passed by, completely clearing all the cities outside Gaoyou, and then concentrate his forces to besiege Gaoyou.

The capture and killing of Zhang Shicheng is right before our eyes!

The person responsible for attacking Liuhe was Tuotuo's younger brother, Timur.

As brothers, the elder brother serves as the prime minister and the younger brother serves as the censor. The two brothers cooperated tacitly and maintained a rare period of peace.

First, Timur's highlight moment happened to Liu Futong.

After the rise of the Red Scarf Army in the Central Plains, Timur was appointed by his brother to lead the army to kill Liu Futong... At first, everything went smoothly, with consecutive victories, but suddenly Timur was defeated before Timur, and the defeat was very serious.

awful.

The reason is very simple. The previous results were all achieved by Timur's vanguard general Gong Buban. As a result, in a raid, Gong Buban was killed by the Red Scarf Army. Later, Timur was frightened and embarrassed.

They were defeated and all the cities they recovered were lost to Liu Futong.

If this was the end, that would be it, but Tuotuo loved his younger brother and sent many more troops to him. A total of 300,000 people were gathered to continue the decisive battle with Liu Futong.

A funny scene occurred. Liu Futong's tentative night attack caused a mutiny in the military camp of 300,000 people, and Timur was so frightened that he ran away first.

Made the same mistake twice!

The Yuan army, who did not know what was going on, trampled on each other. From 300,000 people, only 10,000 were left in the end, and they retreated hastily.
To be continued...