Qiming 1158

Chapter 694 Song Jun's "Great Turning Forward"

After a series of military arrangements for Cui Hui in the Jianghuai Theater in the Southern Song Dynasty were completed, Zhou Zhi learned of Liu Qi's death.

He suddenly felt a little emotional.

"He died of illness before it was time to fight. It seems that God didn't intend for me to fight him."

"Liu Qi is also considered a veteran of meritorious service. It is a pity to die like this."

Zhou Zhixue sighed for a while, and then said: "I thought he could do more, and even fight against us in person, but now it will never be possible."

"That's true, but instead of surrendering, Yangzhou City hangs up white flags and intends to fight to the death. Will there be any danger?"

Zhou Zhi asked Zhou Zhixue.

Zhou Zhixue thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"I think, let's trust our soldiers. Even if Song Jun is a sad soldier, he is still a trapped beast. Although Ling Zishi is young, he is also a veteran and can be trusted. We have our mission, and a quick decision is the best policy. As for Yangzhou City , let Ling Zishi pay more attention, this is his task."

Zhou Zhi nodded.

"Okay, just as you said, make a quick decision."

According to Zhou Zhi's arrangement, the Ming army played a triumphant song, and after taking Zhenjiang Mansion, they divided their troops into two groups, all the way to Jiankang Mansion, and all the way to Lin'an, each carrying out their own tasks.

In the face of the too rapid and comprehensive failure of the Jianghuai Theater, Song Ting and Song Jun were obviously not psychologically prepared.

Originally, the ten thousand defenders arranged by Liu Qi in Zhenjiang were not so easy to be defeated by the Ming army.

As long as they insist on defending, the four thousand Ming army can't help Zhenjiang at all, and it is definitely not easy to gain a firm foothold on the southern bank of the Yangtze River.

However, the remnants of the Song Dynasty navy in Jiangbei were too embarrassed to retreat. They also brought false news that Liu Qi had been defeated by the Ming army at that time, and the result was very smooth to frighten Wei Tang, the defender of Zhenjiang.

After thinking about it again and again, he felt that since Liu Qi was defeated, he must have died, and there was nothing to say sorry, so he took the lead and escaped with Wu Chao.

The commander ran away, and of course his subordinates did not want to die, so they scrambled to escape, and even took the big households in Zhenjiang to run with the army, for fear of being plundered by the Ming army.

Zhenjiang's army escaped completely, and the remaining two or three kittens also followed the flow, either hiding in the people, or simply preparing to wait for the Ming army to join the Ming army and eat.

So when 4000 pioneers of the Ming army arrived in Zhenjiang, they took Zhenjiang, an unguarded important town, without bloodshed. luggage.

The Zhenjiang defenders continued to flee south, and the speed was very fast.

On April 2th, in Jintan County, Wu Chao and Wei Tang, who fled in embarrassment, bumped into [-] Lin'an Imperial Guards who were wandering in Jintan County and were unwilling to continue going north.

This forbidden army actually arrived in Jintan County when the Ming army arrived in Lujin Town, which is actually very close to Zhenjiang.

However, Guo Ze, the leader of the Imperial Army, was originally a member of the Imperial Army in exchange for bribes.

Before leaving, he heard the news that the Ming army was brave and good at fighting in the forbidden army, and also heard that there were many cavalry soldiers, just as fierce as the golden soldiers of the year. go, so timid.

After leading the troops to set off, Guo Zhe felt that it would be very dangerous to be too close to the front line. He would not be able to escape at that time, and he would be punished for losing his troops, so he decided to stop at the Jintan and wait and see the situation.

Waiting and watching the situation can be said to be a political skill that can make a profit.

Because of this political ability, he was able to gain a firm foothold in the position of a senior official of the forbidden army and was not eliminated.

In his opinion, the old man Liu Qi was so good at fighting, so let him fight.

If Liu Qi wins, he will immediately go north and compete for credit. At that time, with his shameless and DPRK connections, he will be able to get a piece of the pie no matter what, and take advantage of this victory.

If Liu Qi is defeated, it means that the Ming army is too strong to be defeated. There is no need to kill him. When the time comes, he will immediately transfer in, protect the army, take the army away, and then hire someone to operate it. Maybe he can make a difference. overbalanced.

No matter how you look at it, this transaction is a steady profit, which is very in line with his long-standing philosophy of survival.

So Guo Ruo just kept watching, watching, watching, and watching, until Wu Chao and Wei Tang fled in embarrassment with more than 1 defeated soldiers, they directly turned waiting and watching into enemies.

As soon as I heard that Liu Qi was defeated, the army was over, Zhenjiang was lost, Guo Zhe was so frightened on the spot, all the merits and rewards were thrown behind his head, and the army was no longer needed, and ran with Wu Chao and Wei Tang without a word. .

The [-] Imperial Army had nothing to say.

The generals have all run away, what are they still doing here?
Run!
Otherwise, wait for it to stay and be slaughtered like a pig by the Ming army?

Therefore, most of the banned troops chose to follow the collapsed soldiers from the front line and started a "big turn".

They walked very slowly as they moved forward, as slow as the 70-year-old grandpa limping on crutches, maybe the grandpa thought he was a little faster than them.

And when he turned in, the one who ran was very fast, and the supernatural guardian Dai Zong tried his best to catch up, so he could only hide his face in shame.

This large army escaped from Jintan to Liyang, then from Liyang to Yixing, and from Yixing to Changxing.

Finally, on the way to Changxing, because of the small number of horses and the large number of infantry troops, the Ming army's chasing cavalry finally caught up in Huwei Town.

Geng Xingwen, who led the chasing force, was a delight.

After the army decided to go south, he led [-] elite cavalry as the forerunner of the army, responsible for the task of opening the way, searching for the enemy, and chasing the defeated enemy.

After the Ming army occupied Jintan County, they soon learned that a Song army of 2 people was stationed here, but they ran away with another army that had withdrawn from the north before the Ming army arrived. It is unmatched.

Zhou Zhi immediately handed over the pursuit task to Geng Xingwen, so that he could best catch up with this Song army and destroy it, and do his best to destroy the living force of the Song army and give them a heavy blow.

After Geng Xingwen took command, he led his troops to pursue and pursued along the route of Song Jun's escape. He didn't know whether Song Jun was running too fast or he was moving too slowly. He didn't catch up, and it wasn't until Huzhen Town that he finally caught up.

In fact, in the process of escaping, this troop is also constantly losing manpower.

The leading generals, officers and personal soldiers of course had horses to ride, but most of the leading soldiers had no horses and could only run for their lives on a pair of iron feet.

Of course, two legs can't run on four legs, not to mention that the average big-headed soldier can't eat enough and wear warm clothes every day, and there is not a few ounces of oil and water in his stomach. The team is drawn into a long snake formation, and it depends on who can run better than who.

Of course, these fallen soldiers were frightened, and of course they were afraid of being killed, so they ran for their lives. Can't get up.

Geng Xingwen pursued all the way, and along the way, he could find these Song Jun soldiers who were paralyzed on the side of the road. He saw that there were still a lot of them, but they couldn't fight. They were so tired that they couldn't even stimulate their desire to survive. It seemed that they had already Desperate, and lying in a state of death.

But he didn't have time to capture and kill the routed soldiers.

What he needs to do is to chase down the elite main force of Song Jun's escape, not to capture these half-dead soldiers. He is the vanguard chasing force and is not responsible for capturing enemy soldiers.

His goal is only to move forward, to keep moving forward.

Therefore, he directly sent people to shout at these Song army defeated soldiers.

"Put your weapons aside! Stay on the side of the road! Don't get in the way! We don't have time to capture you! Again, drop your weapons and stay on the side of the road out of the way! We don't have time to capture you!"

The Song army's defeated soldiers could not resist, and could only stay on the side of the road, all weak, watching the majestic Ming army cavalry galloping away on their majestic horses, an inexplicable emotion emerged in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)