Qiming 1158

Chapter 695 He is running away
For Geng Xingwen, these Song soldiers were completely unimportant. Even if he did not capture them, these defeated soldiers would naturally be captured by the large army behind them.

These prisoners are said to be sent to Haizhou to participate in the vast Yellow River remediation project of the Ming Empire as the labor force of the upcoming Yellow River Remediation Project.

Before Geng Xingwen went to battle, he heard from a familiar friend of the Fuxing Society that the captured Song Army prisoners of war would make them work while transforming them.

By that time, when the Yellow River has been rectified, they will have completed the transformation and can become their own people.

It would be good to have more prisoners. These prisoners definitely don’t need to be paid for their work, and they don’t need to pay white bills. They just need to manage their meals. many things.

Geng Xingwen despised these bits and pieces of mosquito meat, he wanted to eat a big fat meat.

Just so patiently chasing and chasing, finally, Geng Xingwen caught the main force of the Song army in Huzhen Town.

At that time, there were still about [-] of the fallen troops of the Song army, which were rapidly advancing, and Geng Xingwen directly galloped past with the cavalry.

While quickly passing through the middle of their team, tearing their connection, while quickly unfolding the encirclement formation, forming a big circle, froze to enclose all this group of people in it, forming a faint encirclement circle, enclosing the more than 2 people. Surrounded by broken soldiers.

The Song soldiers and Song generals who still had strength in the encirclement certainly did not want to be eaten like this. They chose to resist with all their might, especially the cavalry around Wu Chao and Wei Tang, who immediately gathered to attack and tried to kill the senior officers. out a bloody way.

However, their actions attracted Geng Xingwen's attention, so Geng Xingwen personally led his own soldiers to rush over and confront them directly.

The two cavalry slaughtered together, and the battle was very fierce. Geng Xingwen himself brought his personal guards into the battle and confronted them fiercely. After about two sticks of incense, the Song army cavalry was defeated, and Geng Xingwen won the final victory.

Then came the one-sided killings and captives.

Those who dared to resist were killed, and those who dared not were taken prisoner.

Originally, these defeated soldiers had no will to fight. The cavalry who fought against the Ming army were still the elites who fought to escape and survive. The elites were defeated. What choices did the rest have?
The soldiers of the Ming army shouted to surrender and not kill, and at the same time beheaded Song soldiers who were lying on the ground without throwing away their weapons.

The superiority of cavalry over infantry without an army formation was evident at this moment.

To be honest, if it was 2 pigs, Geng Xingwen would definitely not be able to take it down, but if there were more than [-] pigs, he would be able to take it down, because pigs will not surrender before exhaustion, but people will.

Many Song soldiers were frightened when they saw the roaring cavalry of the Ming army. They quickly threw away their weapons and ran without life. Being killed in front of him, he quickly hugged his head and lay down, shivering.

Obviously, the final outcome has been determined.

On April 1000th, the Ming army's pursuit troops completed the pursuit and interception of the Song army's rout in Hufu Town. The Song army was defeated and lost. About 1000 people were beheaded and killed, and more than [-] clever people took the opportunity to escape. , Most of the rest were captured by the Ming army.

This time, Geng Xingwen finally had no way to divide his troops and continue to move south.

He led the cavalry to guard nearly 2 captives on the spot, and interrogated the captured Southern Song officers by the way.

Wu Chao, Wei Tang and Guo Zhe were all interrogated and explained their military positions and what they had done before.

Through their interrogation, Geng Xingwen determined the deployment of the Song army along the southern route and the main force of the Lin'an Imperial Army. He recorded all the military information he knew and sent someone to Zhou Zhi, who was behind him. He looked at Guo Zhe and Wei Tang with interest.

"We, General Wu, have fought in the end, and we fought back and forth with our navy at the beginning, and he was quite brave, although there is no guarantee for the evening... I don't know if this word is used correctly, but he fought anyway. , the two of you ran without hitting, is that appropriate?"

Guo Zhe and Wei Tang were tightly bound, kneeling in front of Geng Xingwen with their heads bowed, not saying a word.

"One has [-] soldiers and horses, and the other has [-] soldiers and horses. Weitang, did you know that when our army just landed and was about to attack Zhenjiang, there were only [-] soldiers and horses? If you knew, you would choose to abandon it. Run away from the city?"

Geng Xingwen looked at Wei Tang with a smile.

Wei Tang was stunned for a while, with a look of shame on his face.

"The defeated general does not dare to speak bravely. I only ask the general to be tolerant and spare my life. There are still eighty old mothers in my family, and there are groups of children under their knees. My life!"

Geng Xingwen shook his head, sighed, and looked at Guo Ze again.

"What about you? Guo Zhe, you have [-] imperial troops in your hand, why didn't you go to support Liu Qi? Instead, you lingered. Before our army went south, you ran away. If you choose to resist, you might be able to take advantage of our army's foothold. If you haven't regained Zhenjiang, turn the situation around, you have [-] troops in your hands, what are you doing wrong, why are you running away?"

In addition to depression, Guo Zhe's oily face was also depressed.

"How can a defeated general dare to fight against the Ming army? I heard that Liu Qi was defeated, and I knew that the mere [-] soldiers and horses were no match for the Ming army. Only the last resort can retreat, who knows..."

Guo Zhe glanced at Geng Xingwen, then lowered his gaze quickly, and said, "Da Ming's army swept across the Central Plains and destroyed the Jin Kingdom, how mighty and majestic, how can I be an opponent? Now that I have become a general of the army, I dare not What to do, only think that there are seniors and juniors at home, and I ask the general to spare my life."

Geng Xingwen felt speechless after listening to the two men's answers.

After a while, he asked again: "Have you never thought of fighting to the death with the Daming army? Just like your colleagues who died in battle?"

The two looked at each other - confirmed their eyes, they were people who were greedy for life and afraid of death.

There is no such thing as a fight to the death.

Only those who lead the army quickly into survival and the like can survive and continue to enjoy the glory and wealth—this is the most important thing. If there is no glory and wealth, it is meaningless to live, but if there is glory and wealth, then no matter what. Don't want to die.

Geng Xingwen finally sighed, shook his head, and said nothing.

Holding the army in hand but not wanting to resist, only knowing to run away, how can this battle go on?

Even if there are 100 million troops, if they are filled with such people, it will be a state of subjugation.

There was a serious problem with the military system and the will of the state in the Southern Song Dynasty. The problem that was not a problem in the Ming army actually became political correctness here. If this is not defeated, who can defeat it?

On April [-], Zhou Zhi led the main force to Huxu Town in a hurry and accepted all the results of Geng Xingwen's battle.

He praised Geng Xingwen's victory, gave him a great credit, and then announced that the army would continue to move south, and the next target was Huzhou.

After winning Huzhou, there will be a waterway to Lin'an. Before Lin'an City, there was no obstacle that could hinder the advance of the Ming army.

Is it actually such a simple thing to come to the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty?

If it was the same in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhou Zhi felt that he could almost understand why Jin Bing was so greedy. In the face of such an opponent, even he couldn't help the lion's desire to open his mouth, and he would think of making a fortune from him.

Apart from Liu Qi, is there no general who dared to fight against the Ming army?
It is not that there is none. If such a big country does not have some generals and troops who dare to fight, the Jin Kingdom will have been unified when it went south, and there is no need for Wanyanliang to continue [the first peak of Wushan immediately].

It's just that Zhou Zhi has not met more generals and soldiers who dare to fight until now.

In the same way, Ma Hongxing, who divided his troops to Jiankang Mansion to carry out the strategy mission, did not encounter any more daring generals and soldiers.

He took [-] troops and navy troops to Jiankang Mansion by water and land, preparing to fight Jiankang's guard Wang Quan, further destroying the military defense of Jiankang Mansion, and completing the task of completely destroying the Jianghuai Theater in the Southern Song Dynasty.

And what is the king doing at this moment?

He is running away.

(End of this chapter)