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For the Mongolian army, when Beijing and Tianjin were all occupied, the South of the Great Wall could no longer organize an offensive line of defense against the Wu army. Langfang was also abandoned by the Mongolian army and retreated to the Great Wall to defend against the Wu army.

On the other hand, Wu Jun in Shanxi began to continue a round of Northern Expedition after getting supplies for half a year. Both Hohhot and Dalian were captured by the Wu army in November 205, but Ulanqab was like a tortoise's shell. Zhu Queqing had to stop the attack. The two sides entered a stage of strategic stalemate. Wu Jun also began to transfer troops from the south to the north, intending to defend.

In February, the ethnic minorities in the Huaihe River rebelled, and the rebels were fierce. Zhu Queqing in Beijing had to ask the more than 200,000 defenders in the north to withdraw 100,000 to fight the rebellion. But at this time, the Mongolian army mobilized the remaining more than 200,000 troops in March 206, intending to take offense as defense, and launch a large-scale attack from the Great Wall area to Beijing, Tianjin, Zhangjiakou and other large cities. However, the front line of the Wu army only had more than 100,000 troops at this time, and the remaining 200,000 troops were all in the Huaibei area, and the situation was precarious. Wu Jun ministers all suggested retreating, but Zhu Queqing was unwilling, and planned to use this large-scale offensive of the Mongolian army to completely wipe out its main force. As a result, Zhu Queqing formulated a secret battle plan and distributed it to the various military camps, ordering them to act according to the plan and not violate it.

On March 29, Bu Ce repulsed the Mongolian army, and after reading the order, he immediately led 30,000 elite soldiers to attack Guyuan from Zhangjiakou. After the capture of Guyuan on April 3, when the Mongolian army had not yet reacted, they attacked Yangjiawan and approached Chifeng. Chifeng was the warlord city on the front line at that time. Once it was captured, it meant that the central system of the Mongolian army would collapse. So the Mongolian army had to slow down the offensive and draw troops to support Chifeng.

Bu Ce's army was like a sharp sword, splitting the Meng army's offensive with one sword, which greatly eased Zhu Queqing's pressure. At this time, the main force of the rebels in Huaibei was also annihilated by Sun Qi, and 100,000 Wu troops began to return north. But the Mongolian army commander Hu Menghan not only did not suspend the offensive, but launched a more violent attack (but mainly against Bu Ce). On April 15, after Yangjiawan was captured, 100,000 Mongolian troops also surrounded Bu Ce. Yangjiawan is surrounded on all sides.

In order to break through the siege, Bu Ce had to let his younger brother Bu Fan leave 2,000 elite soldiers to guard Liujiawan. He led 25,000 people to attack the weakest small defense line, but failed due to the help of the northern Mongolian defense line.

On April 19, when he heard that Yangjiawan was being attacked, Bu Ce knew that there was a lot of misfortune, so he attacked Hemagou and successfully drove away the Mongolian army. At this time, there was a gap in the south, but Bu Ce did not. Breaking out of the siege from here, he chose to march into Weijiaying to ambush the reinforcements. Sure enough, as expected by Bu Ce, the main force of the northeastern defense line, 30,000 people, was rushing to Hemagou. With Bu Ce's order, the Wu army of more than 20,000 shot arrows at the Mongolian army. The Mongolian army was killed and injured most of the time before they could react. After shooting 2 rounds of arrows, more than 2,000 cavalrymen behind the slope jumped out and rushed towards the enemy. The 30,000 elites of the Mongolian army disintegrated and fled in all directions.

Although Bu Ce won the battle, he was not idle. Before he could rest, he attacked Shuangmiao, and the defense army collapsed immediately. At this time, Bu Ce no longer played tricks on the enemy, he directly broke through, and led 20,000 elites to rush to Chifeng. But Bu Ce forgot that his younger brother was guarding Yangjiawan. From April 19 to May 2 when Bu Ce broke through, Bu Fan repelled more than 30 attacks, and on May 3 there were only 300 people around. At this time, the northeastern defense line was re-sewed by the Mongolian army. Under this embattled situation, Bu Fan was finally defeated, and on May 5, he was shot several times and died under the sword of the Mongolian army.

Although Bu Fan died in battle, most of Bu Ce's main force was preserved, so he decided to attack Chifeng after killing the remnants of the scattered Mongolian army. At this time, the commander of the Mongolian army thought that more than 30,000 people of Bu Ce were still in Yangjiawan, and the city was empty. Facing the menacing Wu army, they were powerless to resist and could only retreat to the north. After Chifeng was occupied on May 21, it meant that the command center of the Mongolian army collapsed, and all the Mongolian troops on the side of the Great Wall lost their command. Most Mongolian troops surrendered because they ran out of food and forage. In the Tianjin-Huludao area, the Mongolian army of more than 100,000 troops was surrounded, and when the navy was defeated and there was no foreign aid on the land, Qi Daorong had to surrender to the Wu army. By June 21, the 230,000 Mongolian troops had suffered more than 60,000 casualties and surrendered more than 100,000 soldiers. The surviving Mongolian troops had to withdraw to Mobei and Northeast China, while the Wu army suffered more than 40,000 casualties. With no offensive capability, Wu Jun completely controlled the initiative in the war.

On October 10, after gathering an army of 300,000 troops, Zhu Queqing waved his sword and made another northern expedition. The two brothers Bu Zebli rushed to the northeast bravely. More than 100,000 Mongolian troops were killed and scattered by the 30,000 vanguards of the two brothers. Zhu Queqing personally led the army to attack the northwest and Ulaanbaatar. The Mongolian army was defeated, and the king of Khan even moved the capital to Almaty to escape the attack of the Wu army.

On January 3, 206, after occupying Harbin and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia no longer had the ability to attack the Central Plains and had to succumb to Wu. But at this time, the Mongolian army in Ulanqab had resisted for more than a year and had not surrendered. Zhu Queqing personally ordered his guard to surrender, but the guard would not surrender.

On January 19, the only remaining 2,000 men of his defenders broke through to the west and escaped the pursuit of 40,000 Wu troops. Zhu Queqing was very angry, but to no avail, he could only stop the army.

On January 31, Wu and Mongolia formally signed an armistice treaty, and the two-year battle finally ended. The state of Wu began to attach importance to economic development, disarmed a large number of troops, disarmed and returned to the fields, and the people gradually lived a good life. But this situation didn't last long, just......(To be continued)