Qiming 1158

Chapter 1123 Military generals, do not arbitrarily discuss the government!
In mid-August, Yu Yunwen's order was conveyed to the Jiankang Metropolitan Division, Zhenjiang Metropolitan Division and Chizhou Metropolitan Division.

At this moment, only Wang Fang was still in charge of the first three capitals, and the other two had been replaced.

After receiving the order, Wang Fang felt that the order was debatable, so he immediately submitted a table to the Privy Council, explaining the significance of Zhenjiang Prefecture's defense relative to the Yangtze River defense, and the significance of the Yangtze River defense to the entire Southern Song Dynasty.

Then he also said that he had operated the Jiang Defense System in Zhenjiang for more than three years, and also vigorously strengthened the defense force of Zhenjiang City, which greatly enhanced the defense force of Zhenjiang City.

After receiving Wang Fang's performance, Yu Yunwen was furious and scolded Wang Fang, telling him not to show off his poor military knowledge, which a three-year-old knows, but at present, to focus on the overall situation, he must shrink the line of defense and put only the It would be foolish to have the rest of the force spread out over three places.

What's more, the Ming army also has powerful artillery that can break through Fancheng and Xiangyang City!

What are you in front of these weapons?
Yu Yunwen also rebuked Wang Fang, as a military general, he must not arbitrarily discuss the decision of the imperial court, and must not violate the order of the Privy Council, otherwise he will be replaced, and his crimes must be punished, so that he does not think that he can be presumptuous in times of national crisis.

The more in times of crisis, the more cautious you must be in your words and deeds, don't think that everyone is Yao Zhong!
Generals, obey orders!Disobeying orders and discussing government affairs rashly is triggering the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty!Da Song can't hold you down!
Wang Fang was terrified after being reprimanded by Yu Yunwen, and was very dissatisfied.

When Chen Kangbo was a privy envoy, he was polite to him because of his brave behavior of sticking to Yangzhou and not surrendering or retreating. He was also willing to obey Chen Kangbo's command, but this Yu Yunwen scolded him as soon as he came to power.

I'm a soldier, what's wrong?
I defended Yangzhou and did not retreat, until the Ming army did not conquer Yangzhou. This is my credit, how can you ignore my credit?
Having said that, he is really powerless in the face of Yu Yunwen's rebuke, not to mention that he can't compete with the Privy Council. Now Yu Yunwen is even Pingzhang in military and state affairs, holding military and political power, saying that if he is replaced, he will be replaced, and he has no ability to resist at all. .

Therefore, he could only swallow his anger, accept the order, and reluctantly gave up the Zhenjiang River Defense System, which had been in operation for several years and was quite deterrent.

Since the end of the first war between Ming and Song Dynasties more than three years ago, Wang Fang has been in charge of the capital of Zhenjiang Prefecture. In his tenure, he has worked hard to train troops and build a sound defense system. He is always vigilant against his enemy on the north bank of the Yangtze River. , You Yijun is attacking Zhou Zhi.

He did not forget how his old superior Liu Qi died, nor how the city of Yangzhou, which they had been defending, was taken away by the Ming army in an almost insulting way.

He spent more than three years upgrading and building Zhenjiang's Jiang Fang and Zhenjiang City Defense, spending a lot of effort and military spending, and he personally followed up on the construction of many things.

For example, the bed crossbow along the river, the gunpowder weapon arrangement along the river, the beacon tower along the river, the navy and the three lines of defense along the river and so on.

He also made a lot of improvements in Zhenjiang city defense, heightening and strengthening the city wall, widening the moat, storing a large number of defending items, building more urn cities, training soldiers to master more city defense skills, etc. Anyway, he really paid a lot. blood.

Therefore, the army of the [-]-strong Zhenjiang Metropolitan Division who was taken away by Li Xianzhong before is still very good at fighting and insists on fighting, but it can't hold the artillery and muskets of the Ming army.

This is normal. It may not be able to withstand it if it is someone else. The weapon that surpasses the times is in front of us, and it is a hurdle to overcome the fear of it, let alone other things.

Wang Fang knew that the Ming army had excellent firearms, and he also knew about the fall of Fancheng in Xiangyang, but he was very confident in his years of hard work and was unwilling to give up his long-run city defense in vain.

However, under Yu Yunwen's coercive order, he could only reluctantly accept this order.

"Zhenjiang's city defense is so perfect, even if it will eventually be broken, I can break the two front teeth of the Ming army, but why is the court so timid? I don't even have the guts to confront the Ming army head-on? It's better to just surrender!"

Wang Fang muttered a few words to his subordinates indignantly, and then ordered the army to withdraw and be transferred from Zhenjiang House to Dusongguan for defense.

His new task is to stick to Dusongguan and resolutely block the pace of the Ming army's attack from the north to the south.

And he heard that the other armies would continue to go south, to deploy defenses near Lin'an City, and build Lin'an City into a very powerful military barrier to resist the attack of the Ming army.

In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, that is, basically not to allow the Ming army to obtain military supplies from the land evacuated by the Southern Song army.

This covers a relatively wide range. It can transfer people, destroy food, water and other necessary things, and destroy roads and bridges, thereby reducing the advance speed of the Ming army and increasing the logistics burden of the Ming army. some type of.

There's a lot to do anyway.

Wang Fang didn't want to do this at first, but Yu Yunwen forced him to do it. He had no choice but to order the destruction of the rice that the farmers planted in less than half a month to be harvested, and then forcibly relocated the population and disrupted traffic. route.

With this order, the army of Zhenjiang Prefecture, which had good military discipline under Wang Fang's restraint, revealed its savage and cruel side, and the people of Zhenjiang Prefecture suffered.

The Song army scattered out and began to destroy farmland, roads, and houses. The farmers did not want to destroy the food they had worked so hard to grow, nor were they willing to be seized by the Song army who took advantage of the fire to seize their wealth and children. As a result, they were brutally suppressed by the Song army, and many people were killed.

And Wang Fang doesn't care, he only cares about the overall situation.

"Although this is beneficial to the overall situation, this will make life difficult for next year. Even if the Ming army is repelled, what should we do with the starving people everywhere?"

He complained so much to the cronies around him.

But he does not have the qualifications to participate in politics, he only has the qualifications to execute.

It is impossible for the Ming army on the Jiangbei bank not to know about such a big movement of the army in Zhenjiang. The day after they did this, You Yijun on the Jiangbei bank got the news, and along the way, they also learned that the Southern Song Dynasty decided to reject the terms of the peace proposed by the Ming Kingdom. .

Zhou Zhi learned about these things from Jiangnan's eyeliner's mouth, and also learned that Song Jun was carrying out the so-called "hard wall and clearing the field" operation, which was greatly shocked and dissatisfied at the same time.

"What hard walls and clear fields are clearly robbers! Hateful, shameful!"

Zhou Zhi was very angry, and at the same time, he thought of the order Su Yonglin gave him more than half a month ago.

This order is not only about rectifying armaments, but also a special order.

When Su Yonglin considered the possibility that the Southern Song Dynasty might refuse to negotiate the terms of peace, he thought that the Song army in Jiangnan would likely engage in some kind of action to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, so once You Yijun found out that the Song army was going to clear the walls and clear the fields in the south of the Yangtze River, he should immediately dispatch the army to attack Zhenjiang and Jian on the southern bank of the Yangtze River. Kang.

The Song army must not be allowed to complete the so-called fortified walls and clearing the fields, and the Song army must not be allowed to destroy the livelihood of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. They should immediately go south, defeat the Song army in the chaos, and occupy the Jiankang and Zhenjiang houses, and then advance directly south to Dusong Pass. area.

Of course, it would be best to break through Dusong Pass, which would greatly deter Song Jun and Lin'an.

If there is such a situation, then as long as he informs Zhongdu and Zhang Yuejing before sending troops, he can send troops south, without having to ask the staff headquarters before sending troops, the troops are very expensive, and they send troops directly.

(End of this chapter)