After a night of fighting, the chaos in Yangzhou gradually subsided. By the time Gao Cheng entered the city surrounded by guards, the blood stains on the streets were cleaned, and the corpses were dragged outside the city to be burned and buried.

When Gao Cheng entered the city, he saw that the people in the city were hiding in their homes with panicked faces, and secretly watched through the windows and cracks in the doors as a group of soldiers passed by on the street.

"Mr. Zhu, the next matter of releasing the people and pacifying the city will be handed over to you!" Gao Cheng came to a mansion that temporarily served as a palace, and first called Zhu Sheng and asked him to temporarily serve as a pacification envoy. Responsible for civil affairs inside and outside Yangzhou.

Zhu Sheng smiled, full of energy, broke through Yangzhou City, annihilated hundreds of thousands of Tartar troops, this time the great cause of the Ming army is really as stable as Mount Tai, he was excited in his heart, and hurriedly received his order.

Later, Gao Cheng called the commander of the Mengyuan Han army who surrendered to Cheng, and prepared to appease these generals who had just surrendered.

After counting, there are more than 300,000 people in Yangzhou City, and there are 360,000 Mengyuan infantry cavalry troops, including 50,000 Mongolian cavalry, 10,000 Han cavalry, and the remaining 300,000 people, except for tens of thousands of people, most of them are Han soldiers.

The highest position of these Han soldiers was nothing more than a commander of thousands of people, and they were restrained by the Mongol Ten Thousand Households and Thousand Households.

"360,000 troops, in addition to 50,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, the rest of the Han soldiers can be absorbed, so I have more than 500,000 troops in my hands?"

This time to capture Yangzhou City, Gao Cheng valued most not the head of Toto, but the army of more than 300,000 people. Coupled with the army he left behind in Zhenjiang, he instantly had the largest army in the world.

However, he thought that in the original timeline, Zhu Yuanzhang had an army of as many as one million after defeating Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng. When I think about it, my inflated mentality returns to its original state.

At this time, the generals of the Yuan soldiers who were a little frightened came to visit, Gao Cheng hurriedly stopped the calculation in his heart, with a smile on his face, and began to comfort these generals.

If we want to annex and absorb more than 300,000 troops, these people play a huge role.

After such a long period of exercise, Gao Cheng's soothing wrist is becoming more and more mature, and these surrenders are gradually relieved after he talks and arranges them one by one.

From the beginning of the Ming Sect to the present, Gao Cheng has no precedent for killing and surrendering, and many heroes who have taken refuge halfway have also been reused, and these generals have also inquired about Gao Cheng's previous style of acting, so they made up their minds to take refuge. Today, I officially contacted this King Wu, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Chang Yuchun came over with a few people with a happy face, and shouted: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Meng Yuan was killed by our army, this is his head!"

Gao Cheng turned his head to look, and in Chang Yuchun's hands, it was indeed a detached head. At this time, following Chang Yuchun was a big man with a national character face, and two lieutenants with extraordinary bearing. These people are Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Tang He.

Gao Cheng's gaze stayed on Zhu Yuanzhang for a moment, and then asked: "Okay!

Chang Yuchun said with a smile: "This time I can kill Toto, thanks to this Zhu Yuanzhang brother, it was he, Xu Da, and Tang He who found the traces of Totoh and blocked him at the north gate, otherwise he would have been Totoku this time!"

After Chang Yuchun finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang and the three of them stepped forward to salute: "Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, and Tang He of the Haozhou branch altar meet the king!"

Gao Cheng nodded, his heart was a little complicated, he originally wanted to refrigerate this Ming Taizu, but he didn't expect that the gold would shine wherever he put it, and he would shine if he gave a little sunshine. Should it be said that it is worthy of a hidden dragon?

However, now that the dragon qi on Gao Cheng's body has transformed into a real dragon, no matter how strong the dragon qi on Zhu Yuanzhang's body is, it must be suppressed. There can be no more opportunities to become Ming Taizu.

As the so-called time and time, before the Yangzhou War, Zhu Yuanzhang was still one of the candidates for the future True Dragon, but after the War, Gao Cheng had officially become a Chan, coupled with early precautions, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had the opportunity to become a Chan.

He is not the indecisive otaku Zhang Wuji. With his invincible strength now, as long as he doesn't die and go into hiding, it will only be a matter of time before he becomes an emperor.

Gao Cheng thought of this and said, "Lord Zhutan, you have made a lot of credit for killing Totok. Since this is the case, I will appoint you as the general! Xu Da and Tang He are the deputy generals, and I hope that after the arrival of the army of King Mengyuan and Ruyang, you will be able to make new contributions!"

For Zhu Yuanzhang, Gao Cheng actually admires it very much, this person has unparalleled skills, is proficient in resourcefulness, military command, and internal affairs, and is good at learning, from the beginning of the illiterate beggar, to the later export chapter, basically one person completed the entire Ming Dynasty's official system, military system, and civilian system.

He even compiled the Ming Dynasty and compiled the official manual after the arrival of the county prefect.

Such a person is the top talent in any era.

It's a pity that he was born poor, most of his brothers and sisters in his family were starved to death, and he was forced to leave home to beg.

After becoming the emperor, there were eighty or ninety founding heroes, and less than ten of them could die well. This is his biggest flaw.

However, Gao Cheng is now the monarch, and Zhu Yuanzhang is his general. This disadvantage is actually an advantage. As long as people have shortcomings, they can be mastered and manipulated.

Hearing that Gao Cheng asked the three of them to become generals and deputy generals, and there was no need to separate, Zhu Yuanzhang's city mansion couldn't help but show a hint of joy, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

Because Gao Cheng's current brilliance is too brilliant, it will only take one year to raise troops from Huzhou to sweep Jiangnan and break Yangzhou. can achieve the royal industry in such a short time, Zhu Yuanzhang is also sighing to himself.

Therefore, his greatest wish now is to be able to make meritorious contributions under Gao Cheng, and hope that after the founding of Mingjiao, he can become the founder of the country and glorify his ancestors. He does not yet have the ambition to stand on his own and compete for hegemony.

Subsequently, Gao Cheng ordered the head of Toktoku to be spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River to deter the Yuan soldiers in the two vast lands. Tokhtar is the central prime minister of Mengyuan, and his head was passed in the south of the Yangtze River, which immediately shocked everyone on both sides of the Yangtze River, whether Han or Mongolian, at this moment, they all realized that Gao Cheng's Ming army had completely become a trend!

For a time, Huguang and Fujian bloomed everywhere. Meng Yuan's rule south of the Yangtze River collapsed. The slogan of the Ming army to expel the Tartars and restore the Central Plains also resounded all over the world, making all the Mongolian people and people of color uneasy.

Even in Jinling City, some people are ready to go to the persuasion table and suggest that Gao Cheng be called the emperor and the founding of the country.

On the fifth day of the destruction of the city of Yangzhou, Timur, the king of Ruyang in Mengyuan, led 200,000 iron horsemen along the Grand Canal.

He was the only commander of Meng Yuan, and won the trust of Emperor Yuan, but it was a pity that not long after he went south from Xuzhou, the prime minister was defeated and died. Left with a mess.

After the Ming army broke through Yangzhou, it quickly swept around, and Lan Yu led his troops to break through Huai'an, pushing the area of engagement to both sides of the Huai River. From the Huai River to the Yangtze River, most of the land of Huainan fell into the hands of Gao Cheng.

In this case, Gao Cheng naturally did not wait for death in Yangzhou, but personally led the army north. Came to Huai'an to prepare to meet the enemy. Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Tang He, the three generals who had just been promoted, were also in the army.