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Chapter 1040 The Ming army is heading south?

Zhao Yucheng believed that under the situation of the north and the south, even if the Xiangyang army wanted to retreat, they could only retreat to the east.

But heading east is not a correct escape route.

Because Zhao Yucheng knew that in Zhang Yuejing's plan, the peasant army was responsible for blocking the southern route of the Xiangyang army, and the Henan Corps was responsible for solving the northern and eastern routes.

Their first wave going south not only to attack Xiangyang, but also to take down Suizhou and Xinyang troops, completely surround the Xiangyang army, and eat them in one bite.

However, although the Song army in Xiangyang knew that the peasant army had launched an offensive, it did not think that the Jiujiang army and the Ezhou army would be defeated like a mountain.

They would not even think that the 6 people of these two armies were defeated in about a month.

The Song Army in Xiangyang stared nervously at the Henan Corps of the Ming Army, completely unaware of the danger from the side and rear.

It was not until Xu Tong led the second division of the peasant army to attack Changshou County, Yingzhou, along the Han River, and divided his troops to attack Jingmen, completely blocking the southward road of the Xiangyang Song army. There seems to be something wrong behind the scenes.

But at this moment Xu Tong was already eyeing them behind them, ready to go north at any time.

Zhao Yucheng then dispatched Zhang Xiaohu to move southward to Jiangling County, and even planned to further attack Yiling, blocking the way for the Sichuan army to leave Sichuan first.

The fierce offensive of the peasant army was completely unexpected by the local officials of the Southern Song Dynasty. They were completely powerless in the face of the peasant army after the destruction of the Jiujiang army and the Ezhou army, and it was impossible to successfully defend against their threat.

The military force in the hands of the local officials is okay to bully the common people, but if you really have to face the peasant army, that is, Brother Pingtou singled out the lion on the grassland. You can only say that your courage is commendable. Go to the next life to practice hard, and try not to be stupid again in the next life.

Therefore, when faced with the peasant army with a strict military appearance and a higher armor rate even than the regular Song army, they all benefited without exception.

They did not dare to surrender, for fear of being liquidated by pulling a list. The only thing they could do was Run. Run, with a family and a mouth. The peasant army attacked from east to west, so they nervously entered the Sichuan-Shu channel, thinking about going to Sichuan refuge.

Officials and wealthy families fled the city with their families, and the peasant army conquered the cities one by one. The entire middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the peasant army set off a wave of offensive.

And in the fringe area of ​​this frenzy, when the Xiangyang army realized the problem later, their governor Wang Yan, the official prefect of Xiangyang, finally arrived.

It is also a coincidence that Wang Yan rushed the peasant army to cut off the connection between the Sichuan and Jinghu theaters and succeeded in leaving Sichuan at the last moment, and went smoothly all the way to the Xiangyang area, which was not yet caught in the war.

Until he arrived at Xiangyang Mansion to take office, he thought that he was only taking over a more severe situation, requiring him to adjust his troops, study the deployment, and take over the work that Yao Zhong had not completed to improve the three-dimensional defense of Xiangyang.

Then that's what happened. Anyway, the Ming Kingdom is repairing the Yellow River. It is definitely impossible to use the power of the whole country to go south at this time. They can't handle it.

But when he took office and learned the latest military intelligence, he was stunned.

what's the situation?
I just came over from Jingmen, and now Jingmen has been conquered by thieves?

Isn't the bandit army on Jiangnan West Road?Isn't the battlefield on Jiangnan West Road?How did you get here?How did it hit my rear?
Wang Yan arrived for the first time, and before he could figure out the specific situation, he was directly confused by the latest news.

After trying to stabilize his emotions, he hurriedly asked about the specific situation, and after some understanding, he realized that the problem had arisen.

The peasant army fought with the Jiujiang army in early March, and then the Ezhou army asked for help from the Xiangyang army in advance because they were worried that the Jiujiang army would not be able to carry it and it was their turn to carry it.

But Zhou Benyuan ignored them at all because he was annoyed by the fact that the Ezhou government had brought down Yao Zhong, and the lack of weapons. After a while, there was no news from Ezhou.

But the new news is scary enough.

The peasant army has all gone to Jingmen, doesn't this mean that the Ezhou army and the Jiujiang army are almost finished?

Two armies, with a staff of 6 people, is that the end?

Wang Yan looked at the military map, confused.

Not to mention that Wang Yan was confused, and the other generals of the Xiangyang army were almost confused. They didn't expect that it would take less than a month for such a thing to happen directly behind them.

Are the Jiujiang army and the Ezhou army both pigs?
Are they the kind of pigs who don't fight at all and just run away?
6 people!Two armies!Lost to a bunch of mud legs?

After a short period of confusion, Wang Yan, who had been through hundreds of battles, regained his composure. He carefully analyzed the peasant army's marching intentions and the currently known information, and came to a conclusion.

A somewhat spooky conclusion.

"These traitors are cutting our way out!"

Wang Yan took a deep breath and said slowly: "Fangyang to the west is the land of the Qinling Mountains, and the mountains and mountains are difficult to travel. It is impossible to retreat as a large army. To the north is the Ming Kingdom, and the south is the best retreat, but it was cut off by traitors. already."

A ministry will speak at once.

"What about east? Isn't the east still under our control?"

Wang Yan raised his head and looked at him coldly.

"As long as the Ming army goes south, do you think the Xinyang army and Suizhou can stop the Ming army's attack?"

"The Ming army is heading south?!"

The officers present all gasped.

"I am now increasingly suspecting that there is collusion between the Ming army and the bandit army."

Zhou Benyuan walked up to Wang Yan and said, "When the thieves were in action, the Ming army performed martial arts aggressively, and even entered the border to take the initiative to provoke. Such a thing has never happened before, but it has happened now. In case, this is the Ming Dynasty. What about the actions taken by the army to cooperate with the bandit army?"

Wang Yan was silent for a while before speaking slowly.

"This is not the worst case. The worst case is that the Ming army moves from north to south, and the bandit army moves from south to north, and surrounds us and traps us to death."

According to Wang Yan's analysis, one of the officers present was counted as one, and they all looked ashen.

It is precisely because this speculation is reasonable and very likely that they are blue-faced.

And Wang Yan's speculation has not stopped.

"If the above speculation is true, the bandit army and the Ming army plan to besiege Xiangyang and destroy our army, then their intention is definitely not just a Xiangyang, Xiangyang, but the barrier of Jinghu Lake, Jinghu, the waist of the Song Dynasty. .

If Xiangyang is not protected, then Jinghu will not be protected, if Jinghu is not protected, then the ridge of the Great Song Dynasty will no longer be there, and the territory of the Great Song Dynasty will be cut off by the Ming Kingdom. Is it worth talking about? "

(End of this chapter)