Chapter 584: The Truth

The Battle of Zhili actually ended on the 20th day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Yongle (the second year of Hongxi). It only took one morning for the Han army to defeat the main force of the official army from the front, but it was even more time-consuming to pursue the army northward and accept the defeat. At noon on the 21st of the first lunar month, Zhu Gaoxu led the front army with tens of thousands of cavalry and arrived outside the Fengtai Gate of the capital. The Chinese army divided its troops and went to various city gates of the capital. Except for the south city gate, only two hundred households teams were mobilized at each other gate; the purpose was to control the entry and exit of people in the outer city of the capital.