Just two days ago, he had already received news that the general of the Southern Expedition Deng Yu led an army of 100,000 to enter Tangzhou (now Tanghe, Henan). The defender abandoned the city and fled. Deng Yu took the opportunity to force Nanyang to force him to block the enemy at Wadian. The next day, he occupied Nanyang and captured twenty-six people including the Yuan Dynasty defender Shi Kexin, Zhang Jujing (also known as Zhang Jing), and captured more than 1,500 soldiers and more than 150 horses.

The southern army successfully captured Tangzhou, meeting the plan expected by Zhu Yuanzhang. Deng Yu's 100,000 troops just rightly restrained the Tatar army in the north, which reduced the resistance for the advancement of the Northern Army. The northern army set out from Le'an on the fifth day of March, arrived in Jining on the 16th, opened the Nailaopo Bath and entered the west of the Yellow River. They continued to Yongcheng, Guide (now south of Shangqiu, Henan), Xuzhou (now Xuchang, Henan), and arrived at Chenqiao (now Fengqiu, Henan). Kaifeng guard Li Keyi and Zuo Junbi were blamed for each other but fought. Finally, Li Keyi led his troops to flee west, and Zuo Jun, Henan Bi surrendered.

On the eighth day of the fourth month, Xu Da's army advanced west from Hulao Pass (now near the Sishui River in Xingyang, Henan) and defeated Tuoyin Timur's 50,000 defenders in Taer Bay in the northern part of Luoshui (now Yanshi, Henan). King Aluwen of Liang surrendered, and Luoyang was then owned by the Ming army. So he took advantage of the victory to join Song (now Song County, Henan), Chen (now Suiyang, Henan), Ru (now Linru), and other states. On the 22nd, Feng Zongyi, the right deputy general of the conquered enemy, and Kang Maocai, the commander-general, was ordered by Xu Da to conquer Shanzhou (now Shanxian County, Henan). On the 26th, he occupied Tongguan, and the Yuan garrison Li Siqi and Zhang Sidao fled west to Fengxiang and Fucheng (now Luochuan, Shaanxi). It took less than two months for Henan to pacify here.

Zhu Yuanzhang closely followed each step of the two armies, fearing that one step would make a mistake, but now it seems that everything goes very smoothly. The intelligence said that the Northern Expedition Army went up the Yellow River from Jining to attack Bianliang; along the way, Yongcheng, Henan, Guide (now Shangqiu, Henan), attacked Xuzhou, and Deng Yu led Xiangyang, Anlu, Jingling and other troops to attack Nanyang in the north, supporting the main battle of the Northern Expedition and attracting the combat power of the Tatars. The Northern Expedition Army was able to conquer Bianliang, Luoyang, Song (now Songxian, Henan), Shaanxi (now Shanxian, Henan), Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan), Ru (now Linru, Henan), and Henan, without fighting, they occupied Tongguan, completely opening up all the portals of Dadu.

Today, the shielding of Dadu has been withdrawn, foreign aid is isolated, and it has been trapped in the arc-shaped encirclement of the Ming army. It is the best time to hit a single blow. Once Dadu is captured, the morale of the Tatars will inevitably be declining, and the morale of heroes from all walks of life in the Central Plains will inevitably be greatly boosted, which is very powerful for the Tatars who quickly swept away the Central Plains in the army of the north and south.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed the imperial pen and frowned and thought about it carefully. He thought about the various fronts of this battle in his mind, and then carefully wrote: "In accordance with the heavens, the emperor ordered that from today on, Feng Sheng, the right deputy general of the conquering the enemy, guarding Bianliang, He Wenhui, the left prime minister of Jiangxi Province, guarding Henan (now Luoyang, Henan), Guo Xing, the general of the state, guarding Tongguan, and the northern expedition army directly seized Dadu!"

Just after writing the imperial edict, an official wearing flying fish costume and embroidered spring sword quickly walked over, occupied it outside the study door, clasped his fists and whispered in the study door: "Emperor——?"

"What's the matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly. After a few days of probation, he is now familiar with the role of the emperor. Every word he says is full of the majesty of the emperor.

The two eunuchs beside him trembled after hearing this, and their originally arched bodies were even more arched.

"Report to the emperor, you have just arrived at Fengtian Palace and scolded each other for some reason. General Zhou even beat someone?" The Jinyiwei outside the door said respectfully.

"What? Beat someone?" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and said angrily: "Why did you take action?"

Zhou Dexing was Zhu Yuanzhang's playmate when he was young, and Zhu Yuanzhang called him brother. Zhou served Zhu Yuanzhang very early, accumulated military achievements, and was promoted to the Grand Marshal of the Left wing. Later, he was promoted to commander and left-level prime minister of Huguang Province. Zhu Yuanzhang trusted him very much. When he heard that he was taking action, he looked disbelief and pondered for a moment, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The Jinyiwei outside the door was the deputy commander Jiang Yan, responsible for monitoring the every move of the ministers in the hall. If there was any wind and grass, you would like to report to Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. He had already seen everything in the hall and heard it clearly. After Zhu Yuanzhang asked, he dared not hide it. He respectfully bowed his body and told everything that happened in the Fengtian Palace.

"It's outrageous!" Before Jiang Qi's words could be finished, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang snorting coldly and cursing: "I want to go on a morning court!"

When he entered the Meridian Gate, he saw that it was not yet the fifth day and the morning court had not yet come, Yang Xiancai breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a sign from his waist and handed it to the guard guarding the city gate. He then freed up his hand, touched the sweat beads on his forehead, and breathed, saying, "Fortunately, it's not yet the morning court, and I finally fulfilled my mission and invited the lord to enter the palace. With the lord here, that old man Li Shanchang would not dare to be too presumptuous!"

Liu Bowen laughed and cried, saying, "Mr. Yang respects me so much. I have such great ability. The Prime Minister is ranked below one person and above ten thousand people. How can I, a small censor, shake a prime minister?"

Li Bin's incident allowed Yang Xian to fully see Liu Bowen's power. Even if he was under one person, Li Shanchang, who was above ten thousand people, had to watch him kill Li Bin. Although Liu Bowen took a leave, he was still recalled by the emperor. This shows that the emperor's trust in him is enough. Although the two have too big differences in official positions, they are comparable in strategy, scheming, and credit. With him, Li Shanchang also needs to consider his ability. Even this is the case.

When he helped Liu Bowen into the square of the Meridian Gate and walked straight to Fengtian Hall, Yang Xian smiled and said, "Sir, you have finally come. I don't know what you have done. If you enter the palace later, everything will depend on you!"

"Mr. Yang is too serious. I, Liu Bowen, are just a scholar. I don't have that much ability. Look, it's useless to come this time. I'm afraid this fight will be even more fierce?" Liu Bowen joked. Even though he said that, he was still a little worried. The Zhejiang East Group is all weak scholars, not generals from Huaixi. If you really fight, the one who suffers losses is not his own. Besides, this is the palace, the emperor's place. If you beat people here, no matter what the winner wins or loses, it will not look good with the emperor's face. I have to punish you. I don't know who the emperor will be directed to later? It's really a headache?"

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