Qiming 1158

Chapter 1127 You are an official to share your worries for you

Su Yonglin's opinion was supported by the General Staff Headquarters.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty refused the peace talks, there was nothing to say, until they agreed.

So the staff headquarters immediately issued an order to mobilize the Weihai Navy stationed in Shandong, so that the Weihai Navy was mobilized. At the same time, dozens of artillery groups from the Shenji Battalion, which had just completed training, were ordered to go south to strengthen the siege of the Ming army. firepower.

At the same time that Zhongdu made a decision, the news of Zhou Zhi's dispatch of troops was also sent to Xiangyang. Zhang Yuejing was very upset when he learned that the Southern Song Dynasty refused peace talks and was ready to fight stubbornly, and immediately ordered the army to prepare for dispatch.

At that time, the military strategy in various places had basically been completed, so Zhang Yuejing directly ordered the transfer of Chen Qiaoshan's Destruction Army, Xutong's Second Peasant Division and Shenji Battalion to follow him down the river to Lin'an. .

This is the fastest way.

So at the end of August in the fifth year of Hongwu, the Ming army marched towards Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The only three garrison troops in Zhenjiang, Jiankang, and Chizhou that could cause some obstacles to the Ming army also quickly collapsed, leaving only the last army of Chizhou Prefecture.

The army of Chizhou Dutongsi had no time to replenish after the deployment of troops, with only 2 people.

After learning that Zhenjiang Prefecture and Jiankang Prefecture had collapsed, and that the Ming army in Jinghu area had begun to march along the river to Lin'an, Chizhou prefect Qiao Jing and Dutong Secretary Yan Minde were frightened. in the state.

Some officials and wealthy landlords of Chizhou Prefecture have already begun to move further south, and they dare not stay in Chizhou Prefecture anymore.

Under such influence, Qiao Jing's psychological defense line fell and she decided to escape.

As soon as Qiao Jing left, Yan Minde couldn't take it anymore, leaving deputy general Xu Qing to take over his position and ran away by himself.

When Xu Qing saw that Yan Minde wanted to be a scapegoat, he yelled angrily. After Yan Minde escaped, he quit his job and left his deputy, Lu Biao, to replace him.

Lu Biao also yelled angrily, and after Xu Qing escaped, he also escaped.

Several military chiefs in a row have fled, the upper and lower are effective, and the junior officers and big-headed soldiers below do not want to stay here and wait to die, so on a dark and windy night for a month, [-] Song troops fled in large batches. .

By the time the Ming army marched along the Yangtze River to Chizhou Prefecture in early September, the [-] Song army had already fled, and not a single one remained.

The Ming army easily entered and occupied Chizhou, and opened the road to Lin'an, and the road was unobstructed. The professional sentry cavalry sent out to search for the enemy did not find any trace of the Song army.

man, how can this be?

After hearing the specific news, Zhang Yuejing sighed.

Song Jun's will to fight is completely abolished, and to such an extent, they are considered to be the only one.

Then Zhang Yuejing announced that the army would go ashore and marched from Chizhou Prefecture to Ningguo, then arrived at Dusong Pass, and then marched towards Lin'an.

Although the Ming army was not hindered by any threat just like marching on its own land, it does not mean that there was no resistance at all. Dengcheng resisted the attack of the Ming army, and was completely defeated by a round of artillery fire from the Ming army.

This little bit of garrison strength was not enough to cause even a little damage to the Ming army, and the Ming army occupied Ningguo County without any losses.

The Ming army successfully entered the city, and in the end, only Zhai Gong himself resisted with a knife and wanted to fight the Ming army in the street.

Zhang Yuejing was very emotional when he heard this, and talked with Zhai Gong in person.

"All the troops and officials have fled, and the prefect of Ningguo has fled, why are you the only one who didn't?"

Zhai Gong sneered.

"I am a civil servant who guards the land, and I have the responsibility of guarding the land. I will eat the king's money and share the worries of the king. This is my duty as a minister! As for those timid as mice, they will be ridiculed by future generations! I would rather die than run away, Ming dog, kill me."

"Shi Junlu, share the worries for the ruler... Share the worries for the ruler! By the way, this is the most fundamental duty of your officials. You are an official to share the worries for the ruler, but it has nothing to do with the people..."

Zhang Yuejing reached out and took an arquebus from the personal guard beside him, aimed it at Zhai Gong, pulled the trigger under his astonished gaze, shattered Zhai Gong's chest with one shot, and shot him to death on the spot.

Zhai Gong fell to the ground, twitched for a while, and died.

Zhang Yuejing returned the matchlock to the personal guard beside him.

"Worrying for the ruler, but not for the people, what's the point of such an official? It's nothing more than whether the oppression is lighter or heavier. It all depends on his own conscience, conscience, and a few people. Can you still have a conscience about power?"

Zhai Gong guarding Ningguo County was nothing more than a small episode on the marching route. Afterwards, the Ming army encountered no resistance and successfully arrived at Dusong Pass on September [-]th.

When they arrived at Dusong Pass, they found that Dusong Pass had been occupied by the Ming army, so they successfully crossed Dusong Pass and advanced to Lin'an.

Dusongguan goes all the way to the southeast, and you can see Lin'an City in just one day's effort.

Zhang Yuejing learned from the Dusongguan defenders that his general Zhou Zhi had led the main force of You Yi's army to cross Dusongguan and head south a few days ago.

Because there was no powerful siege weapon, Zhou Zhi could only wait silently for Zhang Yuejing's arrival, but he did what he could.

For example, he defeated a Song army that was on the road to the northeast of Lin'an City, defeated this Song army, destroyed their military stronghold, and advanced to a place very close to Lin'an City, and the defenders of Lin'an City were in chaos.

Yu Yunwen also tried to send troops to attack You Yi's army to regain control of this important road, but he couldn't defeat the Ming army, and was pushed back by the Ming army to the edge of the moat. If the Song army on the city wall hadn't released arrows, the Ming army would not have easily retreated. .

At this point, the Lin'an City defenders were completely desperate, and they finally settled on one thing.

They really couldn't beat the Ming army in field battles. The huge gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides could really make people feel hopeless.

This confirmation is a consensus among the Southern Song Dynasty and the opposition. They really can't beat them. The Ming army is too strong. No matter how they fight, they are not opponents. They can only retreat or rely on the city wall to resist.

For a time, the atmosphere of pessimism in the court was so strong that the forces of the Lord Peace faction, which had been stubbornly suppressed, succeeded in turning over.

The main peace faction headed by Shen Gai occupied an important advantage in the court.

The main battle faction, headed by Yu Yunwen and Yang Wanli, is in jeopardy.

It wasn't like this at the beginning. At the beginning, the forces of the main battle faction were still very strong.

Yu Yunwen just took office and promoted a group of young officials who were mainly fighting for him to serve him in some more important positions. With the support of Zhao Kan, he quickly mastered the political affairs, and mobilized a lot of strength to manage the city defense and make the city defense model. Kind.

The city defense is similar, and the forces of the main battle faction are stronger, and I feel that there will be absolutely no way to deal with the Ming army in the future.

It didn't take long for the bad news to come.

Dusong Pass was broken by the Ming army.

Good guy, more than ten days had passed since Yu Yunwen ordered the three towns in the south of the Yangtze River to shrink their forces and return to Lin'an. Yu Yunwen was still planning how to defend the [-]-[-] troops who had returned, and how to withstand the Ming army's attack at Dusong Pass. , and suddenly learned that Dusong Pass was lost.

Yu Yunwen was shocked and didn't know where the Ming army came from, but he made a decisive decision and immediately dispatched his generals to lead [-] troops to recover Dusong Pass.

How can Dusongguan be lost?

After the 1000 Song troops arrived at Dusong Pass, they found that more than [-] Ming troops guarded Dusong Pass, and when they tried to attack Dusong Pass, they fully realized the fortification of this pass.

In order to guard here, Yu Yunwen prepared a lot of rations and tools for the city, but he didn't use them, and all of them were used by the Ming army.

The three thousand Song troops met under the Dusong Pass with blood and blood, and they attacked for three consecutive days without breaking.

The Song army, who had an advantage in numbers, was defeated by the small number of Ming army on the mountain. The Song army fled and was chased by the Ming army for several miles.

They failed to recover Dusongguan at the most critical time.

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