Qiming 1158

Chapter 696 Don't forget that I promoted you!

Wang Quan got the news that Zhenjiang Mansion was breached very early.

Not long after the war started, he sent people to observe the situation in Zhenjiang Prefecture, in order to obtain first-hand information in time, so as to compete for credit or escape.

In this regard, what he does is similar to that of Guo Hao. They are the kind of people who are very good at taking advantage of the difference in information to avoid disadvantages. They may have a better grasp of all kinds of information than Zhao Gudu in the palace. To be well-informed, so the official luck prosperous.

Well-informed people in any era are not simple things. For them, it has become an instinct to wait and see the situation before doing something.

Liu Qi asked him for help. He was just a fart, saying that he was good, but he didn't plan to send troops to help.

It wasn't pure reluctance. If he really had 1 troops and sent [-] to Liu Kai to help Liu Kai and earn a good reputation, he was not unwilling, so he should be considered a good person.

But the problem is that no one knows better than him that the nominal 4 garrison army of Jiankang Mansion was eaten up by him and his officers to less than [-] people...

Nearly half of the 4 troops were paid, and most of the remaining less than [-] were reduced to the officers' private servants.

This is also a beautiful sight in the Song army. The daily tasks of these soldiers are not to train military skills and physical strength, learn knowledge and culture, and other skills. Their daily job is to help their superiors handle private affairs, just like a family slave. state.

Officers can assign their troops to do anything, such as what the women need at home, what work needs to be done at home, the child in the family needs someone to call a doctor, the mother at home wants to eat delicious fish, and people need to travel across several states. Buy it from the government, and then ship it back quickly to avoid staleness.

With the army in this situation, you asked him to help Liu Qi fight, but he would be willing, but can the army win?

The army is not the type that can be used on the battlefield by handing out weapons and armor casually. Even the most basic soldiers have to learn the use of weapons and armor and how to obey the orders of officers to advance and retreat.

Can the soldiers who were treated as private slaves by the officers to do chores for them, or even plant private fields and sell private salt, win the war?
These officers are really earning money. They can enslave the soldiers who are paid by the imperial court to do things for themselves when they eat empty wages. It is equivalent to the court paying them to support their family slaves.
Under such an atmosphere, the whole Jiankang mansion's garrison army can really pull out a face-to-face confrontation with the Ming army, probably only in the early 3000s, and the most elite of them is about [-] people. Funds are allocated to train troops that need to stay around to save their lives.

So Wang Quan can send reinforcements to Liu Qi?

Whether it is the imperial court or Liu Qi, they are all the same, and I have no idea how embarrassing it is for Wang Quan to be the commander of the army!
This is a major event that involves him earning a lot of money from empty wages!
Kingship is really hard.

Therefore, when it comes to wartime, the most important thing is not to fight, but to obtain information. By obtaining information in advance to gain the time difference, we can smoothly turn danger into safety, escape in time, and solve difficulties.

The Ming army was brave and good at fighting. He had heard of such things a lot. He was stationed near the Yangtze River and had business dealings with Huainan. He knew that when the Ming army expelled the Jin Army on Nanjing Road, it was like a tiger that swallowed thousands of miles!

The Jin army, who was also difficult to deal with, was beaten by the Ming army just like Sun Tzu. He was completely defeated, and he never defeated the Ming army even once.

In the face of such a fierce enemy, you asked me to go all out?

What a joke!
So when Wang Quan heard the news of the fall of Zhenjiang Mansion, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately arranged for his cronies to help pack up all the property that could be brought in by his family, packed hundreds of large boxes, and transported them all to the navy's ship. .

The navy is going to take away, in addition to the navy, you can also take away the truly elite and capable army that can be used to save lives, that is, the 3000-man life-saving army, but he endured the heartache and did not eat empty wages, but paid them in full Elite soldiers raised on military pay.

He ordered the more than 3000 people to be ready to escort him out of Jiangning at any time.

As for where to go...

Seeing that the target of the Ming army's attack this time should be to the south, to find trouble with the emperor, so he went west, so it was absolutely safe, and the Ming army would not pursue him.

Of course, if the Ming army didn't come and went directly to Lin'an, it would be even better. He could fish in troubled waters, stick to Jiangning symbolically, and even "send troops to attack but cannot win through hard battles", maybe in the end, not only will he not have to bear the guilt, but he will also make a fortune credit.

His abacus is playing beautifully.

When he heard that a Ming army was coming in the direction of Jiankang Mansion, he was regretful, because he might not be able to get the credit.

But this did not prevent him from immediately ordering the army to prepare and escape with him.

Yao Xingli, his subordinate general, knew that he was about to escape. Yao Xingli was a brave and bloody general. Seeing that Wang Quan was about to run away, he immediately stopped Wang Quan and tried to persuade him.

"Jiankang is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River. There is really no room for loss. The general is responsible for defending the soil, but now he has to leave. If the court finds out and the court investigates after the incident, how should the general respond?"

Wang Quan felt that it was important to escape, Yao Xingli dragged him to prevent him from running, because he wanted him to die, so he was very unhappy.

"What am I going to do to get you to make irresponsible remarks? Without me, you can have today? Don't forget that I promoted you! Without me, you are still suffering under the hood!"

"Precisely because of this, the subordinates are deeply grateful for the general's kindness, so they can't watch the general be punished by the court!

Yao Xingli continued to persuade.

But this did not change the determination of the kingship.

"Okay, you said that if I ran away, I would be held accountable, then you stay! The rest of the army will be handed over to you, and you will lead them to defend the city. If you win, I don't want the credit, it's all yours! I won't rob you, how? Are you satisfied?"

Yao Xingli was stunned.

"General, your subordinates are only generals and subordinates. You cannot lead the entire army, and the entire army will not obey the dispatch of your subordinates. What about defending the city? The Jiankang Mansion is under the control of you, the general!"

"Then I will appoint you to be the deputy commander and command the entire army in my place. Are you satisfied?!"

Wang Quan glared at Yao Xingli, then packed his bags, left Jiangning City under the escort of the elite guards, and fled for his life.

He kept his promise and really handed over the power to lead the army to Yao Xingli.

But what's the use of that?

Yao Xingli wanted to cry without tears as he looked at Jiangning City, which was in disarray, and the army defending the city like a crooked melon.

What's more terrible is that at this moment, some troops have heard the news of Wang Quan's escape, and they have already followed the general's footsteps and started to flee. It is too late to rectify the army.

And the Ming army was close at hand, and he was about to arrive. Yao Xingli had no choice but to call the rest of the panic-stricken generals, assign them tasks, and try to do something to remedy the situation. Maybe it was too late to restore the situation.

Yao Xingli planned to deploy the remaining 2 troops who had no time to escape in Jiangshan outside Jiangning City, using Jiangshan's mountainous terrain to build a line of defense, and then building a second line of defense in Jiangning City itself, so as to defend Jiangning City to the death and fight for the enemy. Jiangning City can be defended.

It was his only way.

The generals took the order in a panic, and then led their troops out of the city to Jiangshan for defense.

On April [-], the Ming army arrived at the periphery of Jiangshan, and then occupied Jiangshan effortlessly, crossed Jiangshan, and reached Jiangning City.

Why was the Ming army able to occupy Jiangshan without breaking a sweat?
The reason is very simple, because Yao Xingli's army in Jiang Shan escaped overnight, and there was not a single one left.

All run away!

Even the supervising troops arranged by Yao Xingli and the supervising troops who prevented the rest of the army from escaping ran away.

The flags and baggage that were scattered all over the mountains and fields were discarded by them, just to run away, so that the Ming army also spent some time collecting loot in the mountains and fields.

When the Ming army approached the city, Yao Xingli was dumbfounded.

At this moment, Yao Xingli himself and the [-] Song soldiers stationed in Jiangning City were left in the entire Jiangning City. There were no other troops, and even the defense of Jiangning City to deal with the Ming army's attack had not yet been completed.

He originally hoped to defend Jiangshan, so that the Ming army could not directly attack Jiangning City, so as to buy some time, so he deliberately arranged the main force on Jiangshan's defense line.

Who would have known that Jiang Shan's defenders ran clean overnight, and if there was not one left, Jiang Ningcheng and the four thousand defenders were left dumbfounded and became clowns.

The Jiangning defenders were greatly shaken by this kind of stimulation, their military morale was unstable, and they also had the tendency to try to escape. Yao Xingli hurriedly threw money and promised more money.

The so-called reward must have a brave man, Yao Xingli used money to stabilize people's hearts, and fabricated a non-existent reinforcement to hang the courage of the defenders in the city head, trying to fight against the cruel fate.

(End of this chapter)