The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 290: The Great and Powerful Man of Ming Dynasty

The Qiexue army was in front, Emperor Wu's dragon cavalry was behind, and the two sides were several miles apart. Zhu Houzhao and Temujin began a chase on the grassland in the sky.

After a while, the Xiao brothers and the Eighth Division returned to the Qiexue army.

Zhang Sanfeng and his two companions chased after them and tried to stop the Qiexue army.

But Temujin, who led the Qiexue army to charge, was too terrifying. Even with the help of the three celestial beings, Zhang Sanfeng and his two companions could not stop him at all. Zhu Houzhao was several miles away, and even if he tried alone, he would not be able to achieve much effect.

He could only lead the Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry to chase after him, shouting and cursing.

After chasing for more than ten miles, Zhu Houzhao had to stop because he found that the speed of Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry was a little slower than that of Xue's army.

After more than twenty miles, the distance between the two sides was still increasing.

The slight difference in speed is in equipment such as armor.

The equipment of Emperor Wu's Dragon Riders is much stronger, but also heavier and slower.

If they continue to chase, it will be disadvantageous to Emperor Wu's Dragon Riders.

He could only angrily order them to stop and return to clean up the battlefield.

This war officially ended.

Countless spies from all directions came back to their senses from their shock.

"It's over! Phew! It's like a battle between gods and demons!"

"Yes, it's terrible!"

"It's over. The Holy Martial Emperor and the Martial Emperor Dragon Riders have won! From today on, the strongest person in the world is the Holy Martial Emperor."

"No, the Holy Emperor and the Wu Emperor Dragon Riders did not win. The Mongols only retreated temporarily because they did not want to fight the Ming Empire to a loss of strength. That's why they retreated. The strength of both sides is still evenly matched."

"Yes, the Ming Empire's wealth is evident from this battle. Their crossbows are simply formidable, and everyone has one. If they lose a dragon rider, they can immediately replenish them.

How could the Mongols be willing to use the Qiexue Army to fight against the Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry?"

"Bullshit, that's just what Temujin said. The fact is that he and the Keshig Army escaped. The Holy Martial Emperor and the Martial Emperor Dragon Riders are the strongest."

"No, to be fair, the strength of both sides is similar, and the winner has not yet been determined."

"It's ridiculous. Apart from other things, looking at the number of people who died on the battlefield, it is obvious that more people died in the Mongols."

"In order to avoid being consumed, the Mongols had to withdraw decisively. This must have cost them something, and it was normal."

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Some people were lamenting the horror of the battle which did not last long but was enough to shock the world.

There were also many people who were thinking and even excitedly arguing about the outcome of this battle.

Some people believe that Zhu Houzhao and Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry won, after all, it was Temujin and the Qiexue Army that escaped.

But some people also believe that Temujin did not want to fight a war of attrition with the Ming Dynasty, and when he saw that the two sides were evenly matched, he took the initiative to withdraw.

After all, in terms of attrition, the Mongols were no match for the Ming Dynasty.

The outcome between the two sides has not yet been determined.

Neither of the two views prevailed, and amid much debate, this information began to spread like wildfire to all corners of the world.

It will take time for it to spread.

That evening.

There were four hundred and eighteen corpses of dragon riders. Zhu Houzhao and all the Emperor Wu's dragon riders were there, watching the corpses silently as they were swallowed by the flames.

At the front of the flames, Zhu Houzhao turned around and glanced at all the Wu Emperor's dragon riders.

He shouted loudly: "We have won this battle. From now on, we are the strongest in the world."

"The strongest! The strongest!"

The somewhat sad atmosphere was mostly dispersed, and the momentum rose amid the uniform shouts.

"That shameless old man Temujin is still denying it.

But it doesn’t matter. We will avenge our 418 brothers and all the Ming people who were killed by the Mongols in the past with our own hands.

We will definitely kill Temujin and wipe out the entire Mongol Yuan Dynasty." Zhu Houzhao raised his arms and shouted.

"Revenge, destroy it!"

"Revenge, destroy it!"

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The shouting sounds as if they were one and the same never stopped for a long time.

Only after seeing the bodies of all the dead dragon riders burned into ashes and placed in urns did Zhu Houzhao and the dragon riders begin to disperse.

Central tent.

"Damn Temujin, he killed 418 of my brothers.

Also, we clearly won, but he ran away and refused to admit it."

Zhu Houzhao said angrily, his sadness turned into anger, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Duke Zheng did not try to persuade him, because he knew that the biggest reason why His Majesty was so angry was that more than 400 Dragon Riders had died.

No matter how you persuade, it's useless.

Your Majesty can only calm down on his own.

After two breaths, he changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, Temujin is cunning and treacherous. He knows he is no match for us, so he will definitely not fight us head-on, but will keep dragging us here."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao felt even more depressed, as he also felt that Temujin would do this.

After thinking for a few breaths, Zhu Houzhao decisively looked at the people present and asked, "What do you have in mind?"

After a few moments of silence, Duke Zheng spoke first: "If Temujin leads the Keshig Army to follow us around, we really don't have any good solution.

They could not go deep into the grassland to avoid logistical problems and ambushes by the Mongol army.

We cannot just ignore it and let Temujin attack the Sui Dynasty, where he would be entangled by it.

Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is now in the period of reform. It is definitely not a good thing for you to leave for too long.

The only way now is to defeat it completely with absolute force." "Absolute force." Zhu Houzhao frowned.

"If Temujin leads the Keshig Army and does not engage in combat with Emperor Wu's Dragon Riders, then he can only use his experts to attack.

On the Mongol side, if Temujin is not counted, there are three powerful celestial beings.

These three powerful celestial beings can be suppressed by the old slave, Master Zhang and the Wuji Saint Monk.

But they are with Temujin. Once we fight, we will be suppressed by the strength of the Qiexue army. So we can only maintain the suppression and cannot really do anything to them.

The remaining Temujin is the most difficult to deal with.

In order to deal with Temujin who led the Qiexue Army, at least two powerful people in the realm of heaven and man must work together.

In this way, even if Temujin could not be defeated, the aftermath of the fight would be enough to cause damage to the Qiexue army.

Over time, the casualties of the Keshig army will be too great, and Temujin will be defeated." Duke Zheng said slowly.

Several people present nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, you are one, but it is difficult to find another powerful celestial being." Zhang Sanfeng frowned slightly.

“It can also be supplemented by Grandmasters at the ultimate level. Five or six should be enough.

Let them tie up a powerful celestial being, and one of the three of us monks will be free to deal with Temujin." Wuji frowned and said.

Zhu Houzhao hesitated, shook his head and said, "The Ming Dynasty's reforms are continuing. It's not good to withdraw all the great masters and extreme masters."

"In that case, the only people who can reach the heavenly realm in the Ming Dynasty are those few people." Wuji thought for a moment, and continued slowly while meeting the gazes of the three people:

“In the Ming Dynasty, there are only a few people who have reached the heavenly realm that I know of.

Among them, the supreme master Ling Donglai has long disappeared, and the great hero Chuan Ying has been traveling all over the world and no one knows where he is?

Only the Li family of the Ming Dynasty has any relationship with it.

There is also Wu Wudi, who defeated Emperor Shitian back then, but Wu Wudi is busy lifting the curse on the Wu family and probably won't pay attention to it.

Finally, it is Longhu Mountain.

Longhu Mountain has a close relationship with the Heavenly Master Sun En, so they might be able to invite him here.”

When it comes to understanding the strong men in the Ming Dynasty's martial arts world, Wuji is the strongest among those present, because he has lived the longest.

Although Zhu Houzhao and Zheng Gong had the Ming Dynasty court to rely on and had strong intelligence capabilities, when it came to the existence of the realm of heaven and man, sometimes they really couldn't find out much.

Because these people in the heavenly realm may not be people of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Ling Donglai lived before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

The same is true for Chuan Ying.

Sun En is even less so.

After listening to this, Zhu Houzhao said without hesitation: "Let's try them all and see if we can invite one or two of them."

Naturally no one had any objection.

“Also, spread the news about the losses of our Wudi Dragon Cavalry and the Qiexue Army, so that the whole world knows that Temujin has been defeated.

He is a defeated general under my hands, and the Mongols will be crushed by the Ming Dynasty sooner or later." Zhu Houzhao said loudly again.

The Jinyiwei people acted quickly.

Just when Zhu Houzhao and others were thinking of ways to completely defeat Temujin, two hundred miles away.

Temujin and his men had just settled the army and gathered in the central tent, all of them silent.

In this battle, the statement to the outside world and to the Qiexue Army was that they were not defeated, but they just did not want to fight a war of attrition with the Ming Dynasty.

But everyone present knew that the Mongols had lost this battle.

Because the Qiexue army lost more than 1,100 people.

Because the Xiao brothers and the Eighth Master Ba all knew that they were at a disadvantage.

Especially the Xiao brothers, who were very confident and had a high opinion of themselves. They were hit again after the last time.

If they hadn't run fast, they would have been injured by Zhang Sanfeng and Wuji.

Neither of them could accept it.

He was defeated first by Zhu Houzhao because Zhu Houzhao caught him off guard, and Xiao Jingtian was a little careless.

Moreover, there has only been one Zhu Houzhao in history, so it is barely acceptable.

But Zhang Sanfeng and Wuji were just juniors among juniors in front of them. How could they be superior to them?
So after returning to the Qiexue army, the two brothers of the Xiao family had gloomy faces and did not say a word.

Ba Shiba was fine, as he was good at spiritual arts and had strong fighting skills, so even Duke Zheng couldn't do anything to him.

After another moment of silence, Temujin glanced at everyone and sighed, "We still underestimated the foundation and national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of true strength, Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry is not as good as the Qiexue Army.

But in terms of equipment, Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry was far superior to the Qiexue Army.

Their war horses, weapons, and armor were far superior to those of the Qiexue army.

They also practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra as a whole, so that they could catch up with our Qiexue army in just a few years.

It can be said that the cost of one Emperor Wu Dragon Rider is equivalent to that of three or even four Qiexue troops.

I didn't deserve this small loss from Qiexuejun."

Everyone looked over and saw the Mongols nodding their heads.

That’s how they feel today, too.

The reason why the Qiexue army didn’t win the battle today was because of their lack of equipment.

If they had the same equipment, the Qiexue army would definitely win.

(Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 will be updated around 10 o'clock.)
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