Qiming 1158

Chapter 716 The ministers are still fighting to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?
Ma Hongxing told Zhou Zhi about this after the battle, letting Zhou Zhi know that there was still a new force of the Song army resisting in the Chizhou area.

Its commander Li Xianzhong is good at commanding and has a strong ability. The training degree of his troops is significantly higher than that of other Song troops. The combat power is quite strong and tough, whether it needs to be annihilated with all his strength.

Zhou Zhi learned about this, took some time to think about it, and then replied to Ma Hongxing, asking him not to continue.

Song Ting has signed an armistice agreement, agreeing to the four conditions of Daming, becoming a vassal of Daming, and the war is over, so don't start the war again, and prepare to retreat to Yangzhou in the Huainan area from now on.

Unless the Song general takes the initiative to attack Jiankang House again, there is nothing to say and kill him, but if he does not attack again, then the Ming army should not take the initiative to attack.

There will be more opportunities in the future, but now the most important thing is to retreat.

Of course, if there is any good thing in Jiangning City, remember to take it away, take away everything that can be taken away, don't save money for the superior people of Song country.

After Ma Hongxing received Zhou Zhi's order, although he was depressed because he could not personally destroy Li Xianzhong, he was also excited that Daming successfully achieved all strategic goals.

So he looked in the direction of Chizhou for a while, wrote down Li Xianzhong's name, and vowed that when the army crossed the river to destroy the Song Dynasty, he would defeat Li Xianzhong himself and cut off his head.

Since attacking the Southern Song Dynasty, he has won a complete victory. Only this victory was not so straightforward and complete, and even a little bumpy.

This made him very unhappy.

Li Xianzhong, I remember your name, this time you are lucky, next time, you will not be so lucky!
Then, Ma Hongxing began to retreat under Zhou Zhi's order, and arranged for the army to take away all the good things in Jiangning City.

For example, the grain, money, all kinds of cloth, wood, oil paper, fuel and other important military supplies in the warehouse, all of which are in the Jiangning City warehouse, are taken away, and nothing is left.

Because there were too many things and too many things to pack, it took three trips back and forth for the navy ships to load them.

When all the Ming troops who occupied Jiankang House retreated to the Huainan area, Zhou Zhi also led the main force of the Ming Army in the Southern Expedition to Zhenjiang House and began to retreat in an all-round way.

Similarly, including Zhenjiang Mansion, all the official military warehouses in the Southern Song Dynasty city occupied by the Ming army during the southern expedition were all evacuated by the Ming army.

Although the Ming army maintained discipline towards the civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty during the Southern Expedition, and Qiu did not commit any crimes, they were rude to the official things. There is no need to smash it, it will still be Mingming in the future.

Just take it easy on your future self.

But Tang Si Tui looked really hurt.

Watching the Ming army remove all the grain, cloth, copper coins, livestock, wine, weapons, etc. from the warehouse in the city box by box, he felt that his heart was bleeding.

This wave of blood loss in the Southern Song Dynasty is serious, and the lost wealth does not know when and what month will it be replenished, but what is certain is that it is completely impossible within five years.

Just the Jianghuai Theater and the 10,000+ troops of the Forbidden Army that were destroyed and annihilated by the Ming army do not know how much effort it will take to rebuild.

Fortunately, the Ming army moved quickly, and when they said they would retreat, they would retreat.

On May [-], the last Ming army fleet left Jiangnan with the last batch of Ming army military personnel and set foot on the land of Huainan East Road, thus ending this southern expedition, the first war of Ming and Song Dynasties. That's it.

Tang Situi and the accompanying officials of the Southern Song Dynasty carried the emperor's ceding edict to the prefectures on Huainan East Road to convey the ceding order.

All Southern Song officials and officials left Huainan East Road within a time limit, regardless of whether they were locals or not.

Tang Sihui felt strange about this.

In the past, the expulsion personnel were expelled by officials, and rarely affected the officials, because most of the officials were locals, and it was inconvenient to rule without them.

However, the Ming Kingdom has stated that even the officials will be expelled. I don't know what it is, or does it have enough manpower to take up local positions?
Although it is strange, these things have little to do with Tang Situi. He can't control it, and he doesn't want to care about it. This kind of thing is naturally handled by the Ming army himself.

With the arrival of the ceding edict and the garrison of the Ming army, the prefectures of Huainan East Road gradually belonged to the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty, and eight places such as Chuzhou, Gaoyou Army, Taizhou, Tongzhou, Xuyi Army, Yangzhou, Chuzhou, and Zhenzhou were successively attached. Something unexpected happens.

If there is anything unexpected, it is probably that the Song army defenders in Yangzhou City felt extremely painful and did not understand the emperor's ceding edict.

"The ministers are still fighting to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first? Wait until the ministers are dead in battle, and it will not be too late to surrender!!!!"

Since Liu Qi's death, Wang Fang, who has been sticking to Yangzhou and not surrendering, is in great pain.

To be honest, Wang Fang's performance is still commendable. Since Yangzhou City was surrounded in reverse, he has repeatedly led troops out of the city to attack and harass, trying to fill the river with sandbags to fill a way for the soldiers in the city to come out, and then threaten Ming Ming. The logistics of the army.

However, the firepower of the Ming army was ferocious, and the large rockets and Thor cannons were continuously fired and bombarded, blowing up the Song army to disgrace, so Wang Fang's ferocious firepower against the Ming army never succeeded.

Despite this, Wang Fang also attacked the Ming army's blockade line many times, fighting during the day and at night. The Ming army was quite exhausted. Later, Ling Zishi organized the Ming army to use two shifts of day and night before regaining the initiative. right.

It seems that there is a lot of grain in Yangzhou City. The Ming army surrounded Yangzhou for a month and a half, Yangzhou stood still, and the city was not in chaos, indicating that there was no shortage of grain. .

Therefore, Zhao Tan's edict of ceding territory is very important.

Because of the special circumstances of Yangzhou City, Tang Situi personally brought the edict of ceding the territory and asked the Yangzhou defenders to give up their resistance, and carried the edict of ceding the land as the official minister Zuo Pushe. His identity was completely sufficient.

The king cried bitterly against Tang Situ, in the face of the edict of ceding the land, and in the face of the emperor's request.

"The ministers have been holding on until now, never letting the Ming army succeed, Yangzhou stands still, do you have to give in now?"

Thinking of the hard work of the soldiers and civilians in Mancheng, Tang Situi felt uncomfortable.

But he cannot change the overall situation, much less destroy the overall situation.

"This is something decided by the official family. We, the ministers, must abide by it. Otherwise, it will be disrespectful and rebellion. Besides, if the normal battle is lost, what can you do if you haven't lost a single city? Can we turn the tide of the war?"

Wang Fang knew that he could not turn the tide of the battle, but he still remembered Liu Qi's instructions before he died. Liu Qi said that he could not surrender or admit defeat, and there was still room for recovery.

But is there still room for redemption?
Obviously not anymore.

Holding the edict of ceding the land, Wang Fang looked at the Ming army that was swarming outside the city, and finally gave a painful retreat order to hand over the city of Yangzhou to the Ming army.

The soldiers of the Song army who have been fighting till now, watched the gates of the city they fought for opened, and the soldiers of the Ming army entered proudly. Their hearts were full of pain, unwillingness, and deep sadness. Weeping.

Even the strong men in the city who fought with Song Jun were in tears because of such a scene.

After observing such a scene, Zhou Zhi, who entered the city, was deeply touched.

"The Song army is not all greedy for life and fear of death. If there is kingship, there is Liu Qi, if there is Guo Zang, there is Li Xianzhong, if there is Wu Chao, there is Yao Xingli. The army can't just see the Southern Song Dynasty as a good enemy to deal with."

Zhou Zhixue followed Zhou Zhi, and Wen Yan gave his opinion.

"I think the Southern Song army can't keep up with the construction of the Daming army no matter what they do. The training and spirit of the Daming army is far beyond the comparison of the Song army, and the biggest gap between the two countries is not in the army. , but above the court."

(End of this chapter)