Guan Duo was not reconciled when he heard this, and ordered his light cavalry to follow him, and rushed straight out of the Yuan soldiers' camp to chase north.

As everyone knows, this road is full of Yuan soldiers vying to flee, how can they find the movements of Timur and Lao Zhang, so the team led by Guan Duo rode lightly and became a hellish Shura and launched a charge in the crowd.

The Red Turban Army rushed and killed for half an hour, and did not stop until the soldiers were exhausted, Guan Duo immediately sent someone to occupy this large camp, and personally sent his horse back to report the good news to Liu Fu.

Liu Futong didn't expect Guan Duo to achieve such a major result, needless to say, he praised him a lot, and immediately arranged for his men and horses to divide their troops to pursue, and it was best to catch Timur first, and if he couldn't catch them, he would scatter those fleeing Yuan soldiers and prevent them from gathering together.

First of all, Timur and Lao Zhang's previous failures were barely able to explain to Tokhtar and the emperor, just saying that they were defeated in a skirmish, but this time even the remaining remnants of the defeated generals were scattered, where can the matter be hidden?

The news that Timur's 100,000-strong army was defeated by Liu Futong spread all over the country, and most of the capital naturally got this report.

After receiving the news, his eyes darkened, and he almost fainted, so angry that he slapped the case on the case, and sighed again and again: "Mistake me first!" Mistake me first! ”

Seeing this, the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion did not dare to say a word, and hurriedly withdrew to call Ru Zhongbai and ask him to appease the Prime Minister.

If it is said that this prime minister's mansion is another small Yuan court, then Ru Zhongbai is the prime minister of Zhongshu in this small Yuan court, and he is only under Totok, so the news received by the prime minister's mansion naturally cannot escape his eyes.

He knew that the timid steward would come looking for him, so he had already tidied up his clothes and stood outside the study of taking off and waiting.

The steward just tiptoed out, and when he turned around, he saw Ru Zhongbai, and said in surprise: "I'm looking for you, the prime minister is really angry this time, go and help come up with an idea!" ”

Ru Zhongbai listened to what the steward said, and his heart was very satisfied, which means that his status in this prime minister's mansion is unparalleled!

Ru Zhongbai pretended to be calm and waved his hand, signaling the housekeeper to rest assured, and then stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, please see the detachment.

As soon as the steward went out, there was only a sound of detachment left in the study, and when he heard someone knocking on the door, he guessed that it was Ru Zhongbai, so he answered and let him in.

The reason why Ru Zhongbai is proud of himself is the first staff to get rid of his side, and he has his own ability.

Not to mention that Ru Zhongbai knew what his mood was when he looked at his expression, but at this moment, listening to his dull voice, he could feel the bottom of his heart, and whether he was really panicked.

Ru Zhongbai is not an outsider, and after a simple greeting with Toto, he got straight to the point: "The prime minister is angry, but because he received the news of Marshal Yexian's defeat? ”

"Defeated?" Totok snorted coldly, and said extremely dissatisfied: "If it is defeated, forget it, the entire 100,000 troops I allocated to him several times have been wiped out!" What is this system? What a sake bag rice bag! He lost all my face! Now I'm afraid that all the officials are waiting to see my jokes, how can the saint not blame me? When the time comes, how do you want me to answer when I get to the top of the main hall? ”

Ru Zhongbai has seen the appearance of getting rid of anger, even if he has been angry with his subordinates a few times, he has been present, but he is as confused as today, he has lost his demeanor, and his words are full of worry and fear, which is really the first time he has seen it.

The complaints in his mouth continued, one time he talked and took the case, and the other time he scolded and sat down to rest, and it lasted for a whole stick of incense, and Ru Zhongbai couldn't interject.

It wasn't until he was talking to himself that his mouth was dry, and after he drank the herbal tea, he wanted to ask Ru Zhongbai for advice.

Tokhtar also knew that he was out of shape at this time, and calmed down his mood by drinking tea, and soon changed back to the appearance of the prime minister who was not surprised.

"Everyone knows to stay away when I'm angry, but you're the only one who dares to get close every time."

Ru Zhongbai regarded this sentence as a praise for himself, and said with a smile like a slave: "Your subordinate is the servant of the prime minister, and as the saying goes, 'raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while', the master has difficulties, and he should be a subordinate to catch up with the master and share his worries." ”

There is a way to reach out and not hit smiling people, and Rao is to get rid of all kinds of hypocrisy and hypocrisy about officialdom are commonplace, but he is also happy to listen to Ru Zhongbai's sweet words, and the anger in his heart is suddenly half gone.

Tokh sighed: "My stupid brother is one-tenth as smart as you, and he won't spoil my big thing!" ”

Ru Zhongbai's eyes rolled, and he didn't dare to take Tok's words to complain about his younger brother, not only could he not blame Timur first according to his words, but also find a way to excuse Timur first.

Because Ru Zhongbai knew very well in his heart that the appearance of the face-to-face conversation between the two at this time was almost the same as the situation when he entered the palace to meet the emperor after a while, if he couldn't come up with the rhetoric and method to help Timur get rid of his guilt first, it would mean that it would be difficult for Tokhtar to save his brother and save his life.

"Prime Minister, although this battle seems to be a great defeat for our army, it has also limited the momentum of the development of this group of red turban thieves to the greatest extent. Let's not talk about it, let's just say that the Henan thieves faced by the first marshal have not made a big move since the first marshal left Beijing to fight, and they were once suppressed by the first marshal, so his subordinates thought that the first marshal had hard work even if he had no merit. As for the incident that happened later, it is extremely rare, not to blame Marshal Yexian for not having the ability to lead the troops, but rather because the officers and men of our army have been indulging in lust for a long time, and their combat power is far inferior to that of the former Mongolian iron cavalry. ”

Although there is no lack of meaning in Ru Zhongbai's words to help himself excuse himself, but judging from the facts, the army of the imperial court is indeed corrupt, and its combat effectiveness is low to a certain extent, otherwise even if it is really a waste to lead the troops in command, these red turban thieves would have been wiped out long ago.

"Having said that, but the annihilation of the 100,000 army is a fact after all, I was also in command at the beginning, but I personally recommended it to the saint, and now the defeat is so ridiculous, how do you want me to explain it to the saint? How to explain to civil and military officials? ”

Ru Zhongbai smiled when he heard this: "Prime Minister, forgive your ministers for saying something that you don't like, this defeat will have to be fought sooner or later." ”

Tokhtar was a little displeased: "Why is this? ”

Ru Zhongbai smiled and said, "You might as well think about how many corrupt officials in the court have been rectified since you returned to Beijing?" But these are all civil officials without exception! We have not been at war for a long time, and the military household system has been malfunctioning for a long time, and there are no fewer corrupt things here than in the officialdom. In addition, the soldiers were arrogant and did not take those thieves seriously, so the subordinates said that this defeat was a matter of time. ”