Qiming 1158

Chapter 1036 He is not enough to underestimate the enemy
After Ezhou was breached, Xu Tong did not stop.

His task is not yet complete.

After interrogation, he learned that the Song army had other troops stationed in other places, such as Qingshanji, Bailuji, Fankou and Wuchang, and there were [-] soldiers of the Ezhou army in these four places.

Wang Shun seemed to focus his defense on the east. He did not expect that the peasant army would go over the mountains and go out of Jiangxia Mountain to attack the Ezhou base camp directly, so he sent it.

He sent it, and the entire army left behind sent it, so the logistics of the Ezhou army were basically sent.

To make matters worse, the important transportation channels and retreat channels of the Xiangyang army were also cut off.

After Xu Tong won the victory, he seized a large amount of grain and materials, but when he opened several arsenals in Ezhou, he found that there were not many ordnance left in these arsenals, and even if there were, they were mostly inferior, not good .

It seems that the good products were really sold to the peasant army by them.

With this kind of reserve, even if Xu Tong did not make a sneak attack, the Ezhou army directly confronted the main force of the peasant army, and it would not last long.

But according to this, the Jiujiang army also has arms trade with the peasant army, so wouldn't the Jiujiang army not last long?
Xu Tong looked at several arsenals and laughed.

On March [-], after only one night of rest, Xu Tong was dispatched again.

He left 2000 troops stationed in Ezhou, and the troops were divided into two groups. Under the leadership of deputy general Jiang Gao, 2000 people crossed the Chaos River to attack Hanyang, and [-] people led by him personally went to Qingshanji to attack the Song army in Qingshanji. .

He would not dare to split up his troops because of the small number of his troops, because he was sure that, except for Ezhou and Xiangyang, there would be no established Song troops stationed in the cities in other places.

It is impossible for the Song army to arrange tens of thousands of troops to defend each city, and it is impossible to arrange all the regular troops with sufficient deterrence in the local area. The military expenditure is too large, and the Southern Song government cannot afford it.

They can only arrange some foxes and tigers in the local area, which is enough to deter the civilians.

But it is obviously not enough to deal with the peasant army.

Therefore, the time has come for the ten thousand soldiers to drive away.

The time has come for a large-scale siege.

Although he did not have [-] troops, the Southern Song Dynasty also did not have enough military strength to deal with his elite, and he himself had enough courage to confront the Song army.

What's more, Song Jun didn't know his details at all. He asked the soldiers to put up more flags and pretend to be a large army. If they were afraid, they could scare Song Jun to death.

as predicted.

Although Xu Tong felt that he had despised the Song army, it was necessary to correct his attitude and avoid overturning because of underestimating the enemy. It was necessary to consider the influence of the brave generals and brave soldiers in the Song army. Reflection is necessary.

Because Su Yonglin said that in order to despise the opponent strategically, it is necessary to pay attention to the opponent tactically.

In the grand strategy, the collapse of the Southern Song Dynasty is inevitable, but in terms of tactics, some of the outstanding generals and elite troops of the Southern Song Dynasty can still cause them some trouble.

Therefore, Xu Tong conducted self-reflection in a timely manner, suppressed his emotions of underestimating the enemy, and forcibly adjusted his emotions.

But Song Jun's performance was still ruthless telling him—

In the face of Song Jun, he is not enough to underestimate the enemy.

When he thought that the surprise attack on Ezhou caused great chaos in Ezhou, and that the collapse of more than 1 troops was the lower limit of the Song Army, the Song Army could still tell him with a contemptuous smile——

Do you think this is my lower limit?
pattern!Tucson broke!

The lower limit can be extended infinitely downward!
On the afternoon of March [-], Xu Tong led an army of [-] peasants to Qingshanji to launch an attack.

He was ready to fight a close-quarters raid, defeating the Song army with a valiant and sudden attack.

However, when the [-] Song troops stationed there found that the peasant army was coming from behind with a large number of military flags, they did not resist and collapsed directly.

The garrisoned officers were so frightened when they saw this scene, they took the lead in fleeing without resistance at all.

The officer ran away, and of course the soldiers would not resist desperately. They dropped their weapons and fled all over the mountains and fields. They ran very fast, but they didn't want to resist.

The vast majority of Song soldiers instinctively ran to the riverside to the north, competed for ships, and tried to cross the Yangtze River to escape to Jiangbei to survive.

But there were too many people and few ships, not enough for everyone to take a boat to Jiangbei to escape, so they began to fight for the right to use and ride the boat.

Many people were beaten and even died because they fought for the boat, and many people fell into the water and drowned because they fought for a living space after getting on the boat.

In order to save their lives, they will never feel any guilt for pushing their comrades into the water.

On the contrary, they will only regret that they are not firm enough, not strong enough.

When the peasant army chased to the riverside, more than half of the more than 40 Song Army ferry boats were already driving in the river, and the riverside was full of Song Army corpses, as well as Song Army soldiers who were fighting each other for boats. On the one hand, they are willing to fight with their lives.

But when they saw the peasant army chasing after them, they collapsed again and jumped into the river without even thinking about it, trying to swim across the Yangtze River.

As a result, of course, a large number of them were swept away by the surging river and drowned. About half of the Song army ships trying to cross the Yangtze River on the ferry also lost control because of the rush of the river, or rolled over, or went downstream without knowing what was going on. place.

Some of the remaining ships were attacked by arrows from the peasant army, some died, and some used the corpses of their companions as shields, successfully evading the shooting of the peasant army, and narrowly escaped.

Of course, these people were only about two or three hundred, and most of Song Jun died by the river.

The peasant army did not die in this battle, only more than 20 people were sprained and injured because they were too eager to chase the Song army.

The 2000 Song Army stationed at Qingshanji were wiped out.

Xu Tong was speechless about this victory.

No, this should be my luck. There must be people who dare to fight in the Song army, but I haven't encountered them yet.

Tactically pay attention to the opponent!Tactically pay attention to the opponent!
Can't slack off!Don't underestimate the enemy!

So he expressionlessly ordered the entire army to rest for a while, and then continued to attack Bailuji. He still had to take the Song army by surprise with a quick and resolute surprise attack, and then defeat the Song army through a brave battle.

But he encountered a similar scene again.

On the afternoon of March [-]th, the peasant army arrived at Bailuji and launched a sudden attack. The Song army stationed in Bailuji saw the peasant army attacking from the rear and saw so many military flags. They thought it was a large peasant army coming. So it collapsed quickly.

Like Qingshanji, Bailuji was garrisoned by the Song army without any effective resistance, and Bailuji was quickly occupied by peasant troops.

A small number of the two thousand garrisoned Song troops died in battle, most of which were similar to the Song troops in Qingshanji. They died in the scramble by the river and on the way to cross the river. In order to compete for the ferry and the living space, they bravely drew their swords to their comrades and companions. , with red eyes fighting to the death, the intensity of that momentum fully proved that they were not without combat effectiveness.

It's just that Xu Tong doesn't understand why these people can't use this combat power on the battlefield of confrontation.

In the end, many Song soldiers died by the river - by killing each other.

The remaining part fled to Jiangbei by boat, some were shot to death by the peasant army, and only a few were captured alive by the peasant army.

Xu Tong felt greatly shaken, and he began to doubt whether Su Yonglin's so-called "tactical emphasis on opponents" concept could be applied to the Southern Song Dynasty.

Can?

Can't you?
He was also a little confused.

He let the army rest for an hour, ate a lot of pancakes and cheese to replenish his strength, solved his personal problems, and then moved on to Fankou.

(End of this chapter)