Qiming 1158

Chapter 693 Completely destroy the Jianghuai Theater
Liu Qi was a general and was the son of Liu Zhongwu, the military governor of Luchuan.

Growing up in the army since childhood, reading military books, writing and practicing together, not only well versed in the method of marching and combat, but also thinking about strategy and tactics, and the ability is very high.

Before the Battle of Song and Jin, Liu Qi belonged to the Western Army. He fought with the Xixia people all the year round and won many times. He was famous in Xixia. Because the Xixia people were afraid of Liu Qi, they even used [Liu Dutong] to deter children when they were crying. .

After the battle with Hefei, Zhang Liao was on the same level.

Since the war between Song and Jin, Jin Ting coveted the land of Shaanxi. Song Ting authorized Zhang Jun to organize a battle in Shaanxi and organize the Jin army to march westward. After Zhang Jun arrived in Shaanxi for inspection, he felt that Liu Qi was very talented, and appointed him as the strategic envoy of Jingyuan Lujing. Knowing Weizhou, promoted him.

After Fuping's defeat, Liu Qi came to Zhao Gou's side to protect Zhao Gou and became Zhao Gou's cronie, second only to Yang Cunzhong. Good results were achieved in the two wars.

Later, although he became a civil official and was relieved of military power, he still kept his prestige. Until Wanyanliang's southern expedition, Wanyanliang asked the generals who would dare to attack Liu Qi's troops, but none of the generals responded. The soldiers attacked Liu Qi.

His prestige is probably at this level.

But the hero is too late, and he encounters an enemy that he can't fight no matter what, and he can't reverse the situation when he arrives.

Wang Fang and his generals watched Liu Qi's last moments, and when he died, they all burst into tears.

Soon, the news of Liu Qi's death spread throughout Yangzhou City, and the strong men in Yangzhou City and the soldiers brought by Liu Qi were crying.

Liu Qi was a man of forthrightness, with a stern and determined character, with the demeanor of a Confucian general, and he was not fond of money.

After he arrived in Yangzhou, he treated the people of Yangzhou in many ways to appease the people in Yangzhou. He never disturbed the people in the slightest. He recruited strong men more genially, and provided enough money and food. Therefore, the strong men and the soldiers were grateful for Liu Qi's kindness. When they learned of Liu Qi's death, they all sad for him.

After Wang Fang cried bitterly, he wiped away his tears, ordered white flags to be erected at the top of the city, and ordered the entire army to wear white headbands to express his grief for Liu Qi, and at the same time used this grief to boost morale and make the entire army a mourning soldier. .

The morale of the Song army in Yangzhou City was improved in this atmosphere. For a time, the soldiers and civilians in the city were quite sympathetic to the enemy, and they were full of anger at the Ming army outside the city. No one suggested surrender or escape. They decided to fight to the death. in the end.

Ling Zishi, the commander of the Ming Army outside the city, was holding a military meeting with the officers and instructors above the commander of the battalion under his command to discuss the main points of defense outside the city and the protection of food routes. Suddenly, he heard the cries in the city and saw the white flags erected at the top of the city. Immediately, he realized that something was going on in the city.

"I heard before that Liu Qi was seriously ill and dragged his body to Yangzhou to defend the city. Now, it seems that it is not Liu Qi who died of illness. If it wasn't for him, who in the city would be able to have the army erect a white flag for him at the head of the city?"

Ling Zishi looked at Wei Shuang, the secretary of the Second Division, beside him.

"It does seem so."

Wei Shuang stared at the city head for a while, and said, "No one except Liu Qi has such qualifications, but I heard before that Liu Qi is fair and has won the hearts of the army, and now it looks really different."

"How to say?"

Ling Zishi looked at Wei Shuang.

"Look, although Liu Qi is dead, the Song army at the top of the city is not chaotic, with a clear banner, and its morale is rising instead. It seems that the Song army in the city has become a mourning soldier, and we have to be careful in the future."

Wei Shuang took out the clairvoyance he was equipped with, looked at the city head for a while, and gave such a suggestion.

"It makes sense. I didn't expect that when Liu Qi died, Song Jun had the will to fight. It seems that winning the military's heart is not just talking about it."

Ling Zishi also took a clairvoyant and looked at the city head for a while, nodded, and asked again: "We are guarding the periphery of Yangzhou City and have the responsibility of guarding the food passage. If the Yangzhou defenders take the initiative to attack, I am afraid that it will cause the food passage. Dangerous, I suggest that we let the commander-in-chief know about it as soon as possible and ask him what he thinks."

"Alright, anyway, let the commander-in-chief make preparations."

Wei Shuang nodded in agreement.

So soon, Ling Zishi sent people south to tell Zhou Zhi that Liu Qi died of illness and the Yangzhou garrison became a mourning soldier, and asked Zhou Zhi's opinion on the matter.

In order to speed up the process of the war, Zhou Zhi chose to besiege Yangzhou City instead of attacking, but the defenders in Yangzhou City still existed.

Regardless of whether there are anti-encirclement measures, the risk always exists, and this Song army always has the possibility of threatening the Ming army's food supply.

Now it is to see if this Song army can make some achievements before the Ming army forces the Southern Song Dynasty.

Of course, this is very difficult.

When Zhou Zhi knew about this, he was already in Zhenjiang City.

He saw a large amount of Song Army military reserves in Zhenjiang City, and saw a huge amount of food, military spending, military supplies, etc., and he was overjoyed.

"The storage in this city is enough for my army to use the southern expedition for a month. The wealth of the Southern Song Dynasty is indeed true. Unfortunately, although the wealthy is rich, he has no courage. Ten thousand troops are scattered as birds and animals. If it is like Yangzhou, it can last at least three or five months. Wasn't our army in a dilemma at that time?"

Zhou Zhi ridiculed the Song army for being timid and incompetent, but he did not dare to defend when he had the upper hand. As soon as the Ming army had the upper hand, he would disperse and give up a huge amount of military resources.

However, it seems that the Southern Song Dynasty has hardly made any progress for so many years.

The experience of almost subjugating the country was forgotten by them into the dog's stomach.

Bunch of assholes!

"It's not that they can't understand why these Song soldiers fled so quickly, and they don't understand why they fight."

Zhou Zhixue stood beside Zhou Zhi and said slowly: "Song soldiers are only for food and clothing, or they are desperate, or they are forced to join the army, so they become Song soldiers. For them, joining the army is a means of survival.

I joined the army just to live, but when faced with a life-and-death situation, all but a small number of elites fled. Is it something strange?Not to mention that the officers in the Song army demanded anything from the soldiers, and held the power of life and death. Song soldiers hated the officers so much, how could they fight to the death for them? "

The generals immediately felt that Zhou Zhi's theory was very reasonable.

The Song army is not like the Ming army. The soldiers of the Ming army themselves have no problem of survival. The Ming Empire's policy of benefiting the people can make them live much better than before.

After joining the army, they can give their families more protection, get preferential policies in terms of land and taxation, and the local government will take more care of them. Their lives in the army are quite good, they are well fed, warmly dressed, and have no officers. He was beaten and scolded at every turn, and he was still educated.

There are not so many bad things happening in the army. Naturally, there is cohesion and centripetal force. There is clear room for improvement and rewards for accumulating military merit. Of course, soldiers fight for the first place.

Comparing the two, the situation in which the Song army retreated and the Ming army fought bravely for the first place seemed extremely natural, not surprising.

Zhou Zhi then held a military meeting and decided on the plan for the main force of the army to move in two directions.

He led the way and then went south, and handed it over to his lieutenant, Ma Hongxing, to lead the way to Jiankang Mansion, striving to defeat the Songma infantry and navy troops in Zhenjiang Mansion.

"Let's continue to the south, it seems that the probability of a difficult crunch ahead is very low."

Zhou Zhi stretched out his finger and pointed to the south: "I understand how the people of the Jin Kingdom went south back then. The Southern Song Dynasty really didn't make any progress at all."

"Where's the navy? The Guazhou navy is not all the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty."

Zhou Zhixue asked: "Jiankang Mansion still has a navy man, and Qingyuan Mansion also has a navy man."

"So I divided a team to go to Jiankang Mansion, and marched both by water and land, and devoured Jiankang Mansion's horse infantry and navy troops. The Mingzhou navy division had to look at Kong Zhende, and try to destroy the military power of the Southern Song Dynasty as much as possible. , this battle will definitely hurt the Southern Song Dynasty."

Zhou Zhi sneered: "If Zhenjiang Mansion and Jiankang Mansion are taken down by us, and then the Mingzhou Navy is destroyed, the Southern Song Dynasty's military power in the Jianghuai area will be completely destroyed by us, and it will not be able to rebuild the Jianghuai area within five years. defense!"

(End of this chapter)