Qiming 1158

Chapter 1126 Mao Teng is a Talent
As far as surrender is concerned, Mao Teng really has no psychological burden.

His father died of illness a long time ago, but his mother passed away not long ago. He was forcibly retained by the court because of the military emergency, and he was unable to go back to the funeral, so his wife and children took care of the funeral and supported the mother's coffin back home. filial piety at home.

As a result, his wife and children are not currently in Lin'an, but in their hometown in Fujian.

So Mao Teng recruited Fuyou, the leader of the personal soldiers, and asked this good subordinate who was his closest and most trusted subordinate to help him solve this problem, and asked him to take the most reliable manpower to quickly detour to his hometown in Fujian to find his wife and children, and then bring his own wife and children with him. They went out to sea together by boat and went to Huainan East Road in Jiangbei.

After Fu You gave the order, he led five or six capable men to leave Jiankang Mansion and go to Fujian by water.

Mao Teng, on the other hand, sent another of his cronies to negotiate with the Ming army, expressing his willingness to surrender, but with a few conditions, he hoped that the Ming army would agree.

Zhou Zhi was curious when he learned that the general of the Song army in Jiankang House was about to surrender, because so far there has not been a case of a general of the Song army surrendering before a battle. Isn't this guy worried that the policy of the Ming kingdom will kill him?
However, being able to choose to surrender may be a reflection of his confidence in his own past experiences.

Moreover, this was the surrender of a general at the command level. Zhou Zhi paid more attention to it, so he took Zhou Zhixue, the military secretary, to the agreed Dongyang Town to meet the commander of the Jiankang Capital.

Mao Teng pretended to be very honored for Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue's presence. Facing the two of them, he was quite polite. He not only hosted a banquet for the two of them, but also presented them with expensive gifts. The appearance of ganging up with the two of them.

This gift is really not simple, the whole box of gold and silver, and pearls, the price is quite good.

So the two smiled and then turned around and ordered that these gifts be recorded on You Yijun's public account, and reported to the Privy Council for the record, for future expenditures - it is exactly the so-called that all the seized should be returned to the public, and all of them will be used to improve the life of the army, no ambiguity.

After so many years of fighting, with the perfect establishment of the military security system, the Ming army has no resistance to the military rule that everything captured should be returned to the public.

"Since the war between Daming and Song, many generals have died in the battle, and many have escaped, but I have never seen anyone who voluntarily surrendered before the war. I don't know why Mao Tongzhi did this?"

At the dinner table, Zhou Zhixue asked Mao Teng with a smile.

It was not long after Mao Teng was transferred to Jiankang Mansion, but he had heard a lot about the establishment of the Ming army. He learned that there was a kind of establishment in the Ming army called instructors.

Today, Zhou Zhi, a general of the Ming army who is famous in the south of the Yangtze River, does not speak. It is the secretary Zhou Zhixue who speaks first. He knows that the rumors are true, and the status of the secretary of the Ming army is indeed very high.

"To tell you the truth, surrender was not my goal, I really have no choice. I heard that the army was heading south, the prefect ran away, the county magistrate ran away, not a single official from the top and bottom ran away, and even the rich and landowners fled along with them. , and finally spread to the army.

In just a few days, my army also ran back and forth with 500 people. They couldn't stop them, and they couldn't be defended. It can be seen that your army is so powerful. I think about it again. , it may not be a capital offense, but my military general is not ordinary. "

Mao Teng sighed: "If I run away, I really have no chance of my life after returning to Lin'an. The one who promoted me to do the capital was the former privy envoy Chen Kangbo Chen Gong. A few days ago, Chen Gong he... After Chen Gong passed away, I am not familiar with Yu Yunwen, the successor to the privy envoy, and I am really not sure about entrusting my life to him.

I can’t run, I can’t fight, I can’t fight, you can see these shrimp soldiers and crab generals under my command, it’s impossible to defeat your army, I can’t run and run, I can’t fight, I really don’t want to die, the only way is Only surrender remains. "

Zhou Zhixue smiled lightly.

"Mao control is frank."

Mao Teng smiled awkwardly.

"Don't say that, I can't do it either..."

"Having said that, Chairman Mao must also know that surrendering to our army is not an easy matter. Our army has very high requirements for those who surrender. I don't know..."

"I've always known that your military's military rules are strict, so I've tried my best to restrain the army in the past few days, so as not to cause the army to disturb the people, and I haven't done anything that hurts the world, and I tried my best to make the Jiankang House more stable.

And in the end, I haven't done anything that hurts the world, that is, embezzling military salaries, taking empty salaries, then buying land, etc., or beating and scolding some of my subordinate soldiers, showing off their power, etc...

But I definitely did not indulge the soldiers to disturb the people!If your army doesn't believe this, you can ask the surrounding people, it's really not true!Now that your army has come, everything in Jiankang House will be handed over to your army, including myself. "

When Mao Teng said this, Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue were a little surprised.

Good guy, I did my homework before surrendering, and thoroughly studied the policy of the Ming Dynasty!
It's really all foreshadowing...

Mao Teng handed over all his official seals, official uniforms, and the order of military deployment to Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue.

Then this guy smiled cautiously and said, "That being the case, Jiang Jiang will give his life to the two of you. Also, as for the family property, if the Ming Kingdom wants to do business, then I will never do it. Hidden secrets, those land and houses... I heard that the state has a redemption policy, right? I accept it, and I will never resist!"

This attitude, this cognition, this awareness.

If he doesn't succeed, who succeeds?
Zhou Zhi, who had never had a good impression of the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, felt that Mao Teng was a rare talent...

Since when did this guy prepare to surrender?
Are you preparing for this day?

Because he can be regarded as clean or even excellent compared to other Southern Song officials and generals, so Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue have such doubts.

But come to think of it, no one should be so bored, right?
Because of the escape of the civil officials and the non-resistance of the generals, the Ming army quickly and completely obtained Jiankang Mansion on the fourth day after the start of the war, that is, on August 24, the fifth year of Hongwu.

As a result, the legendary strong defensive line of the Yangtze River in the Southern Song Dynasty no longer existed. Two important towns along the river were breached and occupied by the Ming army within four days, and even Dusong Pass, an important checkpoint further south, was occupied.

With an army of 3 troops, You Yi's army once again broke through the defense that the Song army had painstakingly managed for several years, and made great contributions.

It is hard to say whether the outstanding tactical planning and combat effectiveness of the Ming army accounted for the main reason, or whether the Southern Song Dynasty voluntarily gave up defense and tried to shrink the defense line.

And on the evening of August 24th, Central Capital received the news of the start of the war sent urgently from Zhouzhiliubaili.

After receiving the news, the staff headquarters immediately held an emergency meeting, and put the news of the war between You Yijun and Jiangnan Song army on the battle map for analysis.

"You Yi's army went south, and the Zhenjiang Mansion and Jiankang Mansion in the Southern Song Dynasty were the first to bear the brunt of about [-] troops. According to You Yijun's report, they received the news that the Song army was shrinking its strength, and learned that the Song army was in the process of clearing the walls and clearing the field, so they decided to send troops."

Xin Qiji pointed at the area of ​​Zhenjiang Mansion on the map with a wooden stick, and said, "Although You Yi's army is not as strong as Song's army, I believe that You Yi's army can win. According to the predetermined plan, if You Yi's army can achieve the goal of conquering Dusong Pass , that would be the best situation."

Su Yonglin nodded.

"However, You Yi's army has only one army, which is not enough to truly threaten Lin'an City, but the Henan Corps should have already received news that they will send troops to Lin'an soon. On the way, Suzhou Yang was blocked and approached Lin'an.

In addition, some of the artillery units of the Shenji Battalion and the general artillery units of the cavalry can also be transported by the naval warships to the Lin'an battlefield to enhance the siege firepower at that time... It is a general rehearsal for the complete destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty in the future! "

(End of this chapter)