Qiming 1158

Chapter 913 But I am not afraid at all!
Xue Wangzu died, full of despair, which made Xu Tong quite emotional.

He had some feelings for the personal loyalty of traditional scholars and officials, and heard that Xue Wangzu had a considerable political record in the county and had done a lot of good things, so he ordered Xue Wangzu to be buried.

But things have come to this point, it doesn't matter if Xue Wangzu dies or not.

Because Qi Fang and his army are bound to be doomed, and this expedition by the Southern Song court has also failed.

Xu Tong did not feel that Zhao Yucheng could not achieve even a tie, so one draw and one victory, the peasant army once again survived the Song army's attack and won.

Another crusade organized by the Southern Song Dynasty also failed, and the losses were heavy. The rear was attacked by the peasant army, and the war potential was seriously damaged.

Can they still organize the next siege?

Xu Tong did not know.

But Xu Tong has a temper.

There is no such thing as only allowing you to hit me or not allowing me to hit you.

If you hit me, I must respond to you, lest you think I am easy to bully.

So Zhao Guan's family, I have to come and see you!Bring you some gifts!
After destroying the Quzhou government treasury, Xu Tong continued to gallop toward the northeast with all mule and horse-like motorized infantry, eating and drinking spicy food all the way.

This time was November [-], and on this day, Qi Fang's army was on the verge of collapse under the attack of the peasant army.

Qi Fang heard the news that the food supply was cut off on the first day of November. He was shocked and quickly blocked the news, then tried to find out the reason, and led the troops to retreat.

Nanfeng County's peasant army was led by the second division instructor Zhou Qiang. After he found out that Qi Fang's army was preparing to retreat, he immediately guessed that Xu Tong's plan was likely to succeed, and Qi Fang's food supply had been destroyed.

So he decisively led the army to pursue.

At this moment, Qi Fang's army had only five days of food in storage. He was so anxious that he sent an elite force to counterattack the peasant army, which once stopped the peasant army's pursuit, but then there were rumors that the grain route was cut off and the rear was destroyed, which made the army's heart in chaos. Efforts were made to suppress it, but to no avail.

With the continuous reduction of food and grass, he could not control the trend of the army's collapse due to lack of food and grass. Seeing that the collapse of the army was unstoppable, he could only take a small number of personal guards and retreat north first, trying to get out of here as soon as possible and go to a safe place. Take a chance at life.

However, when he retreated to Nancheng County, he was attacked and surrounded by the peasant army that had been ambushed in advance.

He was surrounded by a small hill, and depended on the desperate defense of the guards to survive, but he had no food or reinforcements, and he had lost any possibility of escape.

The peasant army in Nanfeng County survived the most arrogant and crazy period of the Song army, and after the collapse of the Song army, the peasant army in Nanfeng County also rushed to attack bravely, disregarding casualties, and put the Song army under Qi Fang's command, which was still intact, hard. Life and life dragged to collapse.

Not only that, but they chased the remnants of the Song army all the way, and also killed them near Nancheng County, surrounded the remnants of the Song army in Nancheng County, and made dumplings for them.

On November [-]th, the peasant army launched a general offensive. The Song army, which had retreated to the south of Nancheng County, collapsed, causing countless casualties.

The main general Qi Fang tried to break out of the siege for the last time in the chaos of the army.

He led the last more than 100 personal guards to attack the blockade of the Peasant Army, trying to break through a gap to survive, but the Peasant Army withstood his impact and did not let him rush out. After half an hour of fierce fighting, Qi Fang's personal soldiers All died in battle.

Seeing that he was defeated like a mountain, Qi Fang was extremely desperate. Although he wanted to kill himself to be "loyal", he suddenly thought that he was originally a military thief, and he was also a rebel against the Song Dynasty in his early years. Why do you want to be loyal to the Song Dynasty? Woolen cloth?

Just for Zhao Gou's dead eunuch?

What a joke!
So he chose to surrender, threw away his weapons, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly begging the peasant army not to kill him.

The red-eyed peasant army hated this bastard who killed countless comrades in arms, but due to the discipline of the peasant army and the policy of the Renaissance Society, they did not do anything, but arrested Qi Fang and prepared to wait for Xu Tong to come back. Then hand it over to Xu Tong.

After Qi Fang was defeated and surrendered, the Song Army's crusade against the Peasant Army's Eastern Route Army was completely defeated. Not only that, but also achieved an end in which the entire army was wiped out. At least 7000 people were killed, and the rest were basically captured.

In order to win this battle, the peasant army suffered heavy losses. After the war, the instructor of the Second Division, Zhou Qiang, made some statistics and learned that the Second Division lost soldiers and soldiers. The number of soldiers killed in the battle alone reached more than [-], and almost everyone was alive. People are hurt and exhausted.

Two brigade commanders and brigade instructors were killed, seven battalion commanders and battalion-level instructors were killed, and more than 20 grassroots officers were killed.

It can be said that the casualties were heavy.

However, Song Ting's loss will only be greater, because this matter is not over yet. Xu Tong is a vengeful person. He said that if he wants to bring some gifts to Zhao Guan's family, he must bring some gifts to Zhao Guan's family.

He took his army to gallop all the way, first broke Longyou County, then Lanxi County, and then turned southeast to attack Jinhua County, winning again and again.

Jinhua County organized a certain defense force because someone quickly reported the news, but this defense force was not enough, and the peasant army broke the county seat in less than half a day.

The peasant army rushed into the county seat, killed the resisting Jinhua magistrate, captured the governor of Wuzhou, and then executed him.

After replenishing the ordnance and grain vehicles, Xu Tong's subordinates shouted the slogan of victory and demanded to continue to attack the northeast. It was already a show of morale and prestige, and they did not take the weak Songnai prefectures and counties in their eyes. .

But Xu Tong made a decision that surprised them.

"This road is not easy to go. Since the other party is prepared, he must have sent someone back to report the letter. If we continue to fight, we will encounter more and more resistance. They are entangled, and this road is over."

The subordinates were surprised and asked what to do next.

Xu Tong walked back and forth a few times, looked at the map he had seized from the Jinhua government treasury, and pulled the captured local officials over to inquire, and quickly made a decision.

"Collect the boats, go north along Lanxi, take Jiande by surprise, then merge into the Zhejiang water, follow the Zhejiang water all the way to the northeast, pass Tonglu County, reach Fuyang, and then go north, which is Lin'an."

Xu Tong punched the map with a punch, his eyes full of passion for progress.

"Zhao Guan's family must be waiting for us in Lin'an! How can we not go to Lin'an to say hello to him!"

Several instructors in the army slowly regained their composure from the frenzied passion, and raised the dangers of this tactic to Xu Tong one after another.

"Forget about other places, there are not many soldiers, but Lin'an is the imperial capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. There must be a forbidden army. We only have a few thousand people. If we are entangled by the forbidden army, it will be troublesome. Whether we can come back is a question."

Xu Tong smiled.

"I know what you are talking about, but I have to tell you that no one can stop us as we go all the way, that is to say, it may be a little troublesome to come back, but what are the iron feet we trained in the mountains for food? for this?

The Zhao Guan family has attacked us several times in a row, just to want our lives. You can swallow this breath, but I can't. Don't think about the Southern Song Dynasty too terrifying. Many times, how strong the enemy is depends on how scared we are! "

Saying that, Xu Tong got on his horse and laughed loudly: "But I'm not afraid at all! Let's go! Let's go and say hello to Zhao Guan's house! Come and don't be indecent!"

Xu Tong laughed loudly and galloped on his horse.

And his laughter obviously infected the peasant soldiers around him.

From this, they were full of pride, and they followed Xu Tong's pace one after another, and they no longer had the slightest fear of the Southern Song Dynasty in their hearts.

So in an instant, the world is wide!
Xu Tong took the army to collect many ships from the Jinhua County area. There were soldiers in the army who could handle the boats, so he carried the soldiers on board and went north along the Lanxi direction, entering the Yanzhou boundary.

The junction of Lanxi and Zhejiang water is Jiande County, the capital of Yanzhou, and the current governor of Yanzhou is the former prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Tang Situi.

Tang Si, who once held the power of the prime minister, has also gone through several ups and downs, so he doesn't care much about being denounced.

In his opinion, these are the political rules of the Song Dynasty. There have not been many ups and downs, and he is embarrassed to say that he has been a prime minister. How can a prime minister have not experienced ups and downs?

With such a high status and such a heavy power, of course, it is necessary to attract envy, jealousy and hatred. Just as Tang Situi once also defeated Zhang Jun, it is not surprising that Zhang Jun defeated him in turn.

So when he was forced to retire, he remembered the previous retirement of Zhang Junzhun, so he returned to his hometown with peace of mind to recuperate, entertain his grandson, read and write, and wait for his recovery.

(End of this chapter)