Qiming 1158

Chapter 742 Wu Gong feels that he is moving fast in the direction of the famous general

When Tian Shizhong and Qi Fang's vanguard troops were advancing towards Yuanzhou and Longxing Mansion respectively, Han Wuzheng turned his arms around the beautiful concubine he had snatched from a wealthy household in Nanchang City.

The important "generals" under his command were similar to him. Together, they turned the clouds and rains in Nanchang City, enjoying the glory and wealth, and only felt that the first half of his life had been in vain.

Even an important subordinate of Han Wu's subordinates was overworked and immediately died on the bed, becoming the laughing stock of the rebel army.

It's useless to scold Han Wu even after he found out about it, and he'll get wind immediately after three or two strokes, is he still a man?
Really unlucky guy, he finally lived a good life, but he died in three or two times, it was useless!
With this group of people taking the lead, the officers and soldiers of the insurgent army below are similar. After they eradicated the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty and the landlords and gentry, they grabbed their wealth and enjoyed it for themselves.

They have already become masters, so what else?

So when the Song Army vanguard came to the front, of course, they had no actual preparations and just rushed to meet.

On July 26, Wu Gong, a vanguard general under Tian Shizhong and the magistrate of Xiangyang, led 1 vanguard troops to Wanzai County. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the rebel army, he smashed [-] rebels in Wanzai County, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured [-] soldiers. More than a thousand, won the first big victory.

The insurgent army was completely unprepared for the surprise attack of the Song army. In the panic, it quickly collapsed. The officers took the lead in fleeing, and the soldiers followed closely. There was no effective resistance at all, and the battle was over.

Wu Gong made a good start, and quickly reported the victory, which was praised by Tian Shizhong, and then sent an additional [-] troops to Wu Gong's commander, allowing Wu Gong to gain [-] troops.

After gaining the strength of [-] troops, Wu Gong's confidence increased greatly, and he led the army south to Yichun County, where he fought against Han Wu's Bawang Army in Yichun County.

The Bawang Army in Yichun County was no more effective than the Bawang Army in Wanzai County, and it did not show any strong combat effectiveness in the face of the attack of the Song army. It was quickly defeated and the entire army was wiped out.

Wu Gong successfully eliminated the overlord army, and also killed Han Wu's sworn brother, Liu Changgong, who had just been named the Mighty Marquis.

Speaking of which, Liu Changgong killed himself and was named the Mighty Marquis. After he was very happy, he made a show of pomp and did not make military preparations at all, ignoring military defense, and just thinking about enjoying himself.

He took his subordinates to hunt and have fun in the north of Yichun County every day for many consecutive days. This situation was discovered by Wu Gong's vanguard sentry and reported to Wu Gong. Wu Gong then sent his general Zhao Xu to lead troops to raid Liu Changgong's place. hunting ground.

When Zhao Yu made a surprise attack, Liu Changgong, just because he was interested, played a difficult game on horseback with a beautiful concubine he had snatched from the Yichun county magistrate's home, and successfully developed a difficult pose.

In broad daylight, it was smooth and clean, and on the smooth horseback, Liu Changgong was doing pleasant things and enjoying himself.

When the Song army cavalry rushed in, Liu Changgong didn't react at all, and was shot naked by an arrow, and all his entourage were killed.

The Song army then quickly attacked Yichun County, smashing the Overlord's army under Liu Changgong and annihilating the entire army.

Liu Changgong’s tribe and the 4 people who dragged his family and his family did not react, and there was no preparation for organization and resistance. After being raided by the Song Army, all the people were in chaos. Many more died.

The county seat of Yichun was recaptured by Song general Zhao Hu, Wu Gong then came to rectify the army, clean up the mess, behead all officers of Liu Changgong's remnants, kill all their families, and incorporate the remaining soldiers into the army for his own use.

Then he indulged the soldiers to burn, kill and loot in Yichun.

Because it was a city that betrayed the Great Song Dynasty, it was no exaggeration to burn, kill, and loot. Moreover, after the long-distance raid, the soldiers had accumulated a lot of pressure, and they urgently needed to release their desires, otherwise it would be difficult to lead the troops.

As the eldest son of Wu Jie, Wu Gong grew up with his father in the military camp since he was a child. He deeply knew that leading soldiers was an art. He not only had to impose strict punishments on military discipline, but also knew how to satisfy the desires of soldiers.

Appropriate strictness, appropriate leniency, between one strict and one wide, can make the soldiers increase their loyalty, be willing to obey the command of the general, improve the morale of the soldiers, win the battle, and finally gain fame and fortune.

Wanzai County is too small, there are not many people, and the desires of the soldiers have not been vented, so the mood is not good, and the atmosphere in the army is not good, Wu Gong clearly felt it.

However, there are more people in Yichun County, which is more conducive to the soldiers to vent, so Wu Gong gave an order to allow the soldiers to act recklessly in Yichun, and they can burn, kill and loot as they want.

The Song army soldiers who had accumulated a lot of negative emotions rushed into Yichun County shouting and doing whatever they wanted. After a day, the army left a mess and marched towards Fenyi County.

At this moment, the insurgents in Fenyi County already knew about the Song army's destruction of the army in Yichun County. They were very frightened. While sending people to pass the news to Nanchang, they discussed fiercely whether to fight or not to fight.

Since there were only less than [-] rebel troops in Fenyi County, they felt that staying and fighting with the Song army was a waste, so they ran away decisively.

When Zhao Xu led the vanguard to Fenyi County, he occupied Fenyi County effortlessly.

So Fenyi County was preserved.

A city that chooses to surrender without resistance should not be burned, killed, and looted. It must be treated preferentially, and military discipline must be restrained, so that every city in the future will choose to resist desperately. Wu Gong also deeply understands this rule.

A qualified general is nothing more than a general who knows when to restrain military discipline and when to indulge soldiers, and can really do this.

On top of this, he is proficient in tactics, dares to fight and dares to fight, and runs away without encountering an enemy. Basically, he can be regarded as a famous general.

Wu Gong felt that he was moving fast in the direction of the famous general, and he was very happy.

At this point, Yuanzhou was recaptured by the Song army, so Wu Gong's army continued to advance in the direction of the Linjiang army, preparing to take the Linjiang army along the Xiushui and Ganshui rivers, and then follow the river to Nanchang.

Since the insurgent army is so vulnerable, what plan is it that they dare not make?

The news of Wu Gong's complete victory reached the ears of Tian Shizhong in the rear. Tian Shizhong was very happy, and urgently added 1 troops to Wu Gong, so that Wu Gong would be transformed from a vanguard general to a leading general.

He was very old, and he had been begging for bones earlier, and he was about to retire from the position under the command of the army in Ezhou.

An uprising is an uprising, which is better than being forced to go north and confront the wolf-like Ming army.

The predecessor of the Ezhou army under his command was Yue Fei's Yue Family Army. When he took over, the Yue Family Army, which numbered [-], was the only powerful army in the Southern Song Dynasty that could launch a strategic offensive alone with complete logistics.

Jin Jun is very afraid of this strategic force.

However, after Tian Shizhong was in charge of the Ezhou army, under the order of the imperial court, he kept crowding out, attacking and even murdering Yue Fei's old army, tearing down the Yue family's army to pieces.

A good strategic force has been transformed into today's mediocre Ezhou army, which has no advantages except a little larger in number. The murderous tiger has turned into a dog of the household.

Of course, the Southern Song court and Zhao Gou didn't care about losing a powerful army that could launch a strategic offensive, and they didn't plan to launch a strategic offensive at all anyway.

Compared with this, it is most important to completely eliminate the potential risk of rebellion against the Yue family army.

Tian Shizhong completed this task very well, and was considered by the court as "hard-working" and "loyal", so he became the absolute leader of the Jinghu Theater in the Southern Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)