On June 19, Lan Yu led an army of 10,000 people to Helin along the road he had come.

Horin is also known as Hala Horin.

In 1220, Genghis Khan founded the capital of the Mongol Empire, Hala Horin, on the basis of the ancient Kereb or Uighur capital.

In 1235, Wokotai and Han craftsmen built the capital on the bank of the Orkhon River, that is, with Hala and Lin as the name of the city.

Four miles north and south of the city, about two miles from east to west, the Wan'an Palace where the Great Khan lives is in its southwest corner, surrounded by palace walls, about two miles in circumference.

According to the records of the French envoy Lubrooke, who visited Horin in 1254, there were two residential areas in the city: one was the Huihui area, which contained a market; One is the Han area, and the residents are all craftsmen.

In addition, there are many official residences, as well as 12 Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, 2 mosques, and a Christian church.

Due to the strength of Mongolia, Hala Horin became one of the most famous cities in the world at that time, and many kings, envoys, priests, and merchants from various countries visited it.

The first four khans of the Mongol Empire, namely Genghis Khan, Ogedei, Guiyou, and Möngke, all sat in Hala and Lin to manage the dynasty.

After Kublai Khan came to power, the political center shifted south, and Holam became a regional capital.

Since then, there has been development, but it is not too big, until Zhaozong retreated to Helin, and took the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to gain a foothold in this place again.

Lan Yu led a large army here, and the soldiers and horses left behind immediately panicked and urgently closed the city gate.

When the news reached the imperial city, the central ministers left behind by the Northern Yuan Dynasty were immediately divided into two factions.

One faction is mainly based on surrender, and in just over a hundred years, the literati have not learned the style and have been corroded.

One faction tended to wait for reinforcements, waiting for news from Zhaozong's army, and at the same time sent men and horses to urgently send a message to Zhaozong before the blue jade army could complete the encirclement.

Lan Yu arrived at Helin and observed the soldiers and horses left behind a little.

So he sent 2,000 men and horses at each of the other three city gates, and there was no hope of attacking the city, but he definitely couldn't let a single person go.

Lan Yu is an existence that dares to fight at any time, and combined with the situation, he simply analyzed the situation of Helin.

There are not many people defending the city, and with the dispatch of a large army, the defense of Helin must be empty.

It didn't give much time to the high-level people left behind in the city.

Directly dispatched the death squad to rush under the city gate with the earth-shattering thunder, followed by a feeling of the sky collapsing.

Without giving the defenders of the city wall much time to react, and before they could figure out what the Ming army that rushed into the city gate was doing, they blasted the city gate, including the adjacent city wall, into a large gap.

At the moment when the defenders were shaken, the city gate changed hands, and Lan Yu led 4,000 men and horses to rush into Helin.

If you enter a no-man's land, you will be killed, except for the people and horses who stay behind, and control the city gates.

He led his men and horses to take control of the other three city gates.

The wolves entered the flock, and the results can be imagined.

Without waiting for the surrender faction and the main battle faction to divide the victory, He Lin changed hands.

"General, this is the process of the pioneer officer Lan Yu defeating Helin."

"This time he was captured by Lin, and the post-war affairs will still be decided by the general."

Xu Da replied after listening to the herald sent by Lan Yu tell the specific story.

"Reply to Lan Yu, the Northern Yuan has been defeated, Emperor Yuan, Wang Baobao, and Ha Razhang have all become prisoners of the ranks, except for the army led by the barbarian who is missing, the rest are not to worry."

"In Helin, just count the gains this time, if you encounter the remnants of Mengyuan, don't fight with them, just wait for the army of General Ben and Cao Guogong in Helin."

"Yes."

The overall situation has been decided, Xu Da's main thing now is to seek stability, and the rest is slowly cleared.

After a busy night, it was not until the next morning that the specific results were counted.

In addition to Zhaozong, Wang Baobao, Harazhang, these Mengyuan generals and high-level soldiers.

The 100,000 army assembled by Meng Yuan was more than 40,000 people, the remaining 20,000 were cut down, and the rest plus the army of the barbarians totaled 40,000 people who were missing.

After all, it was a prairie, and the Yuan army was defeated too quickly, and 100,000 pigs could not be caught, not to mention the blessing of horses.

His own Middle Route Army and Li Wenzhong's Eastern Route Army suffered 20,000 casualties, 6,000 were killed on the spot, and the remaining 14,000 were wounded in large and small ways.

If Zheng Xiong's alcohol could not be disinfected, almost half of the 14,000 people would have been able to return alive.

The march of the ancient armies was unadaptable, and the non-combat attrition caused by medical and health care was also terrifying, not to mention these wounded soldiers.

First carried out a simple treatment, and then transferred more than 10,000 troops from his own and Li Wenzhong's men to escort the wounded soldiers back to Yanmen Pass.

Sent back with the good news of the victory and the specific process of the battle, which will be sent to Nanjing City and handed over to Lao Zhu.

This time to deal with the defeated and captured Yuan army, the means were a little gentler, and when the overall situation was decided, only 30,000 people were buried, leaving 10,000 Yuan troops waiting for Lao Zhu's fall.

So many people are the result of accurate calculations, and they can give them a bite to eat, so that they will not starve to death, and at the same time, more than 10,000 people are also trying to send a signal to the prairie.

Surrender can be had, not necessarily death.

The two sides were buried on the spot when they died in battle, the difference is that one side is victorious, one side is defeated, and the treatment after death is different.

The Ming army set up a biography to the tree monument, recording the legend of these soldiers who came from afar and died in a foreign land.

The living remembered the dead, so they packed up their mood and went to Helin.

On June 21, the Central Route Army and the Eastern Route Army were meeting with Lin Shunli, and at the same time heard good news from Lan Yu.

On June 20, the barbarian led more than 20,000 remnants of the army to Helin, intending to attack and rescue the high-ranking people captured by Meng Yuan.

As a result, for Lan Yu, who was strong and dared to fight last year, although there was Xu Da's order, Lan Yu did not hesitate to lead 8,000 men out of the city.

In the face of the defeated Yuan army, which was tired of people and horses, Lan Yu despised it and ignored it.

Eight thousand against twenty thousand, the advantage is in me, Lan Yu rushed to kill, and the Yuan army that lost its courage was not a united enemy, and it was defeated and lost.

After losing more than 10,000 people, the barbarian did not mention the words of salvation and continued his escape journey.

After chasing for a while, Lan Yu turned the horse's head and cleaned up the results.

It is self-evident who is more important, watermelon or sesame, mainly in the face of the provocation of the Yuan army, Lan Yu can't bear it, and he doesn't want to bear it.

Two thousand casualties were exchanged for more than 10,000 prisoners, and Lan Yu's heart was very satisfied, thinking about the reward for going back.

Xu Da got the news of the victory from Lan Yu, and did not praise or punish him, but just wrote a note about the specific process of Lan Yu's battle and sent it back to Nanjing City, waiting for Lao Zhu's ruling.

So far, Lao Zhu's plan to clear the desert has been a great success.

Xu Da and Li Wenzhong put the finishing touches and sent an army of 30,000 to sweep the prairie.

There is no need to do anything in the rest of the time, just wait for Lao Zhu's holy decree.

(End of chapter)