New Capital, land that had once been the capital of Northern Yuan, was now firmly under the control of the Ming Dynasty army.
Looking around!
Flags fluttered atop the city walls—the military banners of the Ming Dynasty snapping loudly in the wind.
At the city gates.
Ming Dynasty soldiers stood watch everywhere, their vigilant gazes fixed in every direction.
Inside the city.
Quite a few Ming Dynasty soldiers were also out on patrol.
Though the city's commoners still carried traces of fear, under the orderly administration of the Ming Dynasty army, they had gradually begun to regain some vitality.
Ming Army soldiers patrolled down the streets, their footsteps neat and powerful.
Some of the roadside shops had reopened. Those former Yuan people cautiously greeted customers, though the unease in their eyes over the future was impossible to hide.
After all.
Their world had changed.
More than a month ago.
When the decree to continue the Northern Expedition arrived, over ninety percent of the Ming Dynasty army's forces had pressed onward without hesitation, charging northward with the vow to completely wipe out Northern Yuan's remaining forces.
Only one-tenth of the troops had remained behind to hold the seized Northern Yuan cities and territories.
Among those occupied lands, New Capital was undoubtedly of utmost importance.
Guo Ying, the Great General of the Northern Expedition, along with Zhu Di and Zhu Quan, the two Princes who held royal titles, were currently in New Capital as well.
While the main army continued the Northern Expedition.
Guo Ying naturally would not allow the two Princes, Zhu Di and Zhu Quan, to risk themselves.
The former Northern Yuan Chancellor's Residence!
It had now become Zhu Di's temporary quarters. Though the estate had endured the ravages of war, its former majesty could still faintly be seen.
"Prince."