Han Wu came from a humble background and was not a big shot. Although he could wield swords and guns, the Song Dynasty sought after good men who were called out outside Donghua Gate, not dragon and tiger martial arts masters.
Therefore, Han Wu had been looked down upon by others since he was a child, and he had never received anyone's attention, let alone gained power.
Now that I have turned over, I have finally become the overlord, I have finally made the decision, and I have everything I have today. Wouldn’t it be a pity if I just gave up all this?
Nanchang is his foundation, Nanchang is everything to him, Nanchang is a symbol of his turnaround and an opportunity for him to change his destiny.
With Nanchang, he is the overlord.
Without Nanchang, he would be just a bastard.
So when facing the danger of his life, Han Wu was very hesitant, not knowing whether to run away or stick to Nanchang and stick to his honor, symbol and power as the overlord.
It's a tough choice.
Han Wu was still hesitating, but the fluctuation of people's hearts in Nanchang caused by Wu Dayan's failure had already triggered some chain reactions.
Some people have already tried to leave Nanchang City and escape south to survive.
This situation was reported to Han Wu by his cronies. Han Wu suddenly panicked. He knew that if the people were scattered, he, the overlord, would become a bastard without waiting for the Song army to come over. Therefore, the city must be controlled well, and everyone would Can't let go.
The situation in the city helped Han Wu make his decision. He realized how shallow his foundation as an overlord was. Without any coercion, he didn't even have a chance to survive.
So he ordered his subordinates to gather the troops, close the city gate, and then decided to kill Wu Dayan in public to declare his determination to resist the Song army.
To say that this man was quite capable in traveling around the world, he soon thought of a way, summoned all the subordinates who led the troops, and spoke to them.
“We all come from poor backgrounds, and we never imagined that we would be able to enjoy so much money, houses, women, and eat such delicious food today.
Things that we never dreamed of in the past have been placed in front of us. After all this, are you still willing to go back to the poor mountains and rivers to eat chaffy vegetables? "
When he asked this question, his subordinates who were a little panicked calmed down.
A group of people looked at me, and I looked at you, and everyone showed a hesitant expression.
That's right, it's right to hesitate, everyone is reluctant to part with it.
It’s precisely because you can’t bear it that you have to fight hard!
"If you don't want to, then we have to fight hard. If we don't fight hard, the best result for us is to escape into the mountains and eat chaffy vegetables. From then on, we will live like savages and have nothing. If we fight hard, although we may lose, But it’s also possible to win, and if you win, you can keep everything you have now!”
Han Wu's face was full of excitement, and his words were extremely inflammatory.
The subordinates thought about what they had and enjoyed in this short period of time, the delicacies and beauties they could not even dream of, as well as such a big room, such a big bed, such soft pillows... who Can you give up?
"Delicious food, interesting women, and a good house to live in are all obtained through hard work. If you are willing to fight with me, if you have a piece of my flesh to eat, you will not let you drink soup. If you are not willing to fight with me, Yes, let's go now.
If we lose because we don’t have you, you will eat chaffy vegetables and become savages and hide in hiding for the rest of your life. If we win, you must never come back to me. I don’t know you guys who betrayed your trust and abandoned you at the critical moment. Brother's bastard! "
Han Wu's words completely moved most of his subordinates.
Only two people chose to run away because they were too scared, while most of the others chose to stay and fight.
They told their subordinates exactly what Han Wu told them, and asked their subordinates to pass these words on to their subordinates, passing them down layer by layer, making everyone who wanted to escape think. clear.
A person's life is not always able to live such a good life. If you don't fight with your life, you will never want to live such a good life again.
Food, money, beautiful women, and comfortable houses, if you don't fight with your life, they will be snatched back by the Song Army soon!
After a period of chaos, the morale of the soldiers in the city gradually stabilized. They decided to fight for the delicious food, beautiful women, big houses, and land that belonged to them.
Han Wu immediately held a military meeting and made the decision to defend Nanchang.
In addition, he immediately sent people south to contact the rebels in various places, asking them to go north to support them for the sake of being fellow rebels, and to defeat the Song army together.
If we don’t defeat the Song Army, everyone will be doomed sooner or later. If we defeat the Song Army, we can do whatever we want. So, considering that we are all rebels——
Give me a brother!
Han Wu did not place all his hopes on the support of the rebels. He also did some work on the defense of Nanchang, and implemented tactics such as fortifying walls and clearing fields in the surrounding areas.
Finally, for the sake of safety, he asked a group of his most trusted subordinates to dig a tunnel from the inside of Nanchang City to the outside of the city in his residence. They were prepared to escape through the tunnel once the city could no longer be defended. From then on, he lived incognito. The life of a savage.
He doesn't want others to be a savage, but he is willing to be a savage. If everyone wants to be a savage, he will have no chance to be a savage.
Such military preparations continued until Qi Fang's army arrived at Qiaoshe Town, across the river from Nanchang.
The overlord army's sentinels and the Song army's sentinels fought a battle, and the fight was evenly matched. Then they retreated from each other and reported back to the other side's army.
It was the third day of August. Wu Gong was advancing with great success, penetrated the Linjiang Army, captured Qingjiang County, and was besieging the last remnant of Liu Laosan's troops in Zhangshu Town.
But King Han Bawang knew nothing about this and was confronting Qi Fang's army.
Seeing that the Overlord Army had no intention of taking the initiative, Qi Fang led his army across the Gan River carefully and gradually surrounded Nanchang City. However, the Overlord Army in the city was still waiting at the top of the city, as if he was determined to fight a simple and complete siege. battle.
So Qi Fang personally went outside Nanchang City to explore the situation inside the city and get a preliminary understanding of Nanchang City Defense.
"What does the flag on the city head say? Can you see it?"
Qi Fang walked around Nanchang City and was very interested in the content of the flag on the city head.
His subordinates with good eyesight told him that the big flag on the top of the city said the word "overlord", which may be the title of a thief.
"Overlord? It's funny. The first overlord was the Overlord of Western Chu. He died at the hands of Liu Bang and failed to succeed. The second overlord was the Little Overlord of Jiangdong. He failed to succeed and was killed by an assassin.
It can be seen that the title of Overlord is ominous, or in other words, no one can bear this title except the real Overlord. I did not expect that there is a third Overlord now, but I don’t know how this third Overlord died. "
Qi Fang sneered for a while, then ordered the army to prepare to attack the city. At the same time, he sent people from all directions to explore the movements of the rebels in the surrounding areas, in case there were rebels coming to help without him knowing about it.
Although the rebels from all sides have their own plans, it cannot be ruled out that some people come to help out of desperate thoughts.
On the fourth day of August, Li Dao led 20,000 troops south to Luling and successfully captured Luling City, which was only garrisoned by more than 3,000 people. Zhang Xiaohu, who controlled this area, was caught off guard.
Zhang Xiaohu was originally attacking Guiyang, but after learning the news that the Song army was heading south, he immediately led his army back to support, but failed to catch up.
As soon as his large army arrived in Wan'an County, Luling City was lost. The entire defenders were wiped out, and only a handful of them broke out of the encirclement and fled.
After Li Dao captured Luling, he allowed his soldiers to plunder for a day. The soldiers of the Song Army under his command ravaged Luling to a great extent in one day, and did everything except not setting fire to it.
One day later, the negative emotions caused by the long journey and high-pressure management were released by the soldiers of the Song Army. They were very satisfied with the general and were willing to continue to listen to his orders and continue fighting.
Li Dao, who is well versed in "the art of employing troops", no longer remembers what it means to freeze to death without tearing down houses or starve to death without taking captives. He only knows to use the most conventional and effective methods to organize troops, which is good for himself and the soldiers.
As for whether it's good for the people...who cares?
The man who cared about the people was dead. He had been dead for a long, long time, so long that Li Dao had forgotten what that man looked like.
So Li Dao continued to lead his troops southward, preparing to regain Taihe County.
Zhang Xiaohu hurriedly arrived at Taihe County and immediately set up defenses. However, the forward troops were too tired to defeat the Song Army's forward troops and were quickly defeated. More than a thousand people were killed. The troops fled back to Taihe. county.
As a result, the Taihe County rebel army was shaken.
