Qi Fang doesn't have to listen to what Zhao Hao and Shi Hao say, but he must listen to Zhao Gou.
Since Zhao Gou asked him to listen to what Zhao Hao and Shi Hao said, he listened.
He marched according to the designated route and established plan, broke through Jinxi County and Nancheng County, and successfully moved south to Nanfeng County. He fought with the peasant army in Nanfeng County. At one time, the peasant army of three brigades in Nanfeng County could only parry but not fight back. .
In terms of siege and attack, Qi Fang did have two skills. The Forbidden Army trained by Yang Cunzhong was considered to have good combat effectiveness. Putting aside military discipline, it was also a good professional army.
But just because he has two brushes, it doesn't mean that others don't have two brushes.
The courageous Xu Tong led the army, carrying pancakes as rations on his back, and led two brigades of troops through the hills and mountains in the cold wind of late October and early November.
With firm faith and the spirit of iron feet under the leadership of Xu Tong, they marched all the way, not forgetting to look at the words affixed to the backpacks of their comrades in front of them.
While marching, I am still learning culture and growing.
This army stopped to drink mountain spring water when they were thirsty, and stopped to take a few bites of baked pancakes when they were hungry. When they were tired, they gathered together to keep warm, and slept for a night. Although the environment was harsh, it could not make them hope in their hearts. The fire goes out.
After marching for seven days and seven nights, Xu Tong led two brigades of soldiers to cross a mountain road of less than 200 miles and climb two mountains. They finally arrived at Guixi County, Xinzhou, and killed a small number of unsuspecting and confused armed men. , successfully occupied Guixi County.
Qi Fang never expected that the peasant army would make such a bold tactical move, and the general would personally lead his troops to attack his rear area for 200 miles.
He did not arrange many garrison troops in Guixi at all. The main garrison troops were arranged in Jinxi County and Nancheng County.
The weak garrison force in Guixi County was easily defeated by the raiding peasant army. Officers and local civil servants were killed. The real rear area of Qi Fang's army was destroyed. The grain depot was occupied by the peasant army, and all supplies were seized.
After a long-distance attack, the peasant army bravely conquered Guixi County, but it was at the end of its battle. Xu Tong knew that the soldiers were very tired, so he allowed the peasant army to cook a hot meal here.
The soldiers were very happy. They took out the meat stored in the warehouse and stewed it for hundreds of pots. The soldiers from the two brigades gathered around the hot stove and had a good meal and hot dishes, and drank a few drinks. Bowl of hot soup.
Then Xu Tong ordered a lot of hot water to be boiled, so that each soldier could take a comfortable hot bath, change into clean clothes and shoes, and finally had a good sleep, which relieved his fatigue.
When they woke up the next day, they were still the same vigorous army.
The officials and civilians of the Song Dynasty who were captured by the peasant army were arranged to bake pancakes for one night and gave them to the peasant army as rations for the subsequent march. When the peasant army was ready to go, full of baked pancakes and water bags had been prepared. Okay, they put the pancakes in the dry food bags, hung up the water bags, lined up in an orderly manner, and were ready to set off.
Not only that, in order to further disgust the Song court, Xu Tong also ordered that the remaining grain, livestock, and carts be distributed to all the civilians as rewards.
The peasants were originally forced to serve the army by the officials of the two states. They were full of resentment but did not dare to vent it. Now that the peasant army had given them so many benefits, they were overjoyed. They thanked the peasant army profusely and hurriedly pushed the cart. He drove the cattle and horses and ran away with the grain bags on their backs.
After a while, the entire large granary was empty, and there was only a mess on the ground.
Looking at his masterpiece, Xu Tong nodded with satisfaction and continued to lead his troops to attack eastward.
He repeated his old tricks, marched at high speed, and soon attacked the unsuspecting Yiyang, killing the county magistrate and some officials who tried to resist.
After replenishing a wave of weapons and food as usual, they continued to attack eastward to Shangrao County, the capital of Xinzhou.
There was no response from Shangrao County and was defeated by the fast-moving Peasant Army raiding force. The governor of Xinzhou tried to escape, but was overtaken by the Peasant Army and beheaded. Not many other officials, big or small, survived.
During this period, Xu Tong's troops also happened to bump into a grain team that came to transport grain to support the front line. Xu Tong was overjoyed and immediately commanded the army to surround and annihilate the escorting army and accept the grain.
After Shangrao County was captured, the accompanying troops thought that their goal had been achieved and they could retreat.
But Xu Tong was not satisfied. After thinking for a while, he issued the order to continue eastward.
Faced with doubts, Xu Tong patiently explained.
"Don't worry, the Song Dynasty people can't bring out any troops to threaten us now. All the troops that can be mobilized have gone to suppress us. Where can other troops be mobilized? Looking around, there is no established military armed force with more than 500 people.
Moreover, there is a rule in the Art of War called Ten Thousand Soldiers to Drive, which means that after breaking through the heavily defended city on the enemy's border, only ten thousand troops are needed to gallop across the enemy's territory, because the enemy's military strength is simply not enough to attack every corner of the country. A sufficient number of troops are deployed in each city.
Although we only have four thousand people now, as long as we use them properly, we can still roam freely on their territory. But they have nothing to do. We can keep going east, even if we fight to Lin'an, it is not impossible! Believe me! "
The accompanying officers and instructors were frightened by Xu Tong's boldness.
Good guy, conquering Xinzhou is already very risky, but Xu Tong actually wants to attack Lin'an?
"What are you afraid of? It's only six or seven hundred miles from Shangrao to Lin'an. Now we're heading east to Pingchuan. We don't have to worry about any enemy threats at all. Just go out and mess them up, and then I'll take you back to fight them. , to ensure that they will not dare to attack us again for two or three years!"
The more Xu Tong talked, the more excited he became, and it seemed that he really wanted to go to Lin'an to sit down with Zhao Guan's family to discuss the matter.
However, not everyone was so bold. The officers and instructors under his command quickly persuaded Xu Tong not to make everyone unable to come back. After all, Xu Tong reluctantly agreed to do what he could and retreat if he couldn't defeat them.
But now a great strategic opportunity is right in front of us. A good opportunity to destroy the military potential of the Southern Song Dynasty is right in front of us. How can we not seize it?
We have to continue to the east and attack Quzhou!
Quzhou is also a logistics supply state for Qi Fang's attack, and there should be a large amount of logistics supplies. If these logistics supplies are captured or destroyed, the Southern Song Dynasty will lose a considerable part of its war mobilization capabilities.
If they want to start a war again in the future, they will have to think carefully.
It's not Xu Tong's style to always be beaten passively.
He yearned very much for the tactics used by the Liberation Army to invade Yanyun. Su Yonglin resisted the main force of the Jin Army in the rear. The Liberation Army in front had already reached the Yanyun area and even surrounded Zhongdu. The battle lines on both sides were long, but the Liberation Army still won the victory.
He felt that he was paying tribute to his idol and expressing the highest respect to his lifelong idol, Su Yonglin.
The only pity is that he does not have hundreds of thousands of troops. Otherwise, he will really fight all the way to Lin'an, surround Lin'an again, and send the entire Zhao Guan family to Zhongdu to toast Su Yonglin.
So Xu Tong directly led his army to attack Quzhou.
In order to reduce the physical exertion of the soldiers and increase the speed of the advance, Xu Tong, after seizing many horse-drawn carriages, donkey carts and ox-carts used by the Song army to transport grain, decided to implement mule and horse maneuvers for the army, allowing those who could ride horses to ride on them, and those who could not ride horses. Take a ride to increase your marching speed.
The whole army was riding fast on horseback, and soon arrived at Yushan County, where they captured Yushan County, and then arrived at Changshan County, where they again captured Changshan County.
Along the way, the local officials of the Song Dynasty could not stop the peasant army from advancing, and they were defeated like a mountain.
Xu Tong led his troops in carriages and horses, which was a great pleasure. They also had the opportunity to eat hot meals, hot dishes, drink hot soups, eat big bowls of meat and rice, and the food was even better than in the base area.
In mid-November, Xu Tong led his army to attack Xi'an County, the capital of Quzhou, captured the governor of Quzhou, killed officials and soldiers who tried to resist, and completely destroyed all the logistics arrangements of Qi Fang's headquarters. In fact, the verdict was pronounced. Qi Fang was sentenced to death.
Xue Wangzu, the governor of Quzhou, couldn't believe this situation at all. After he was captured, he was still confused to confirm whether Xu Tong was a peasant army. Could it be some timid Song Dynasty army in disguise?
Xu Tong slapped Xue Wangzu so hard that stars appeared in his eyes.
"Sooner or later, I will arrive at Lin'an City, ask for a drink from Zhao Guan's house, and then send him to the underworld to meet his ancestors. Do you think I am a Song soldier?"
Xue Wangzu was completely desperate.
Those who can say such treacherous words are of course the rebels.
The fact that they can appear here means that Qi Fang is finished. This time the battle against the rebels failed again, and the rebels counterattacked here.
Isn’t the Song Dynasty completely doomed?
Quzhou was captured, and they continued to march to the northeast, which was Yanzhou.
After passing the unsuspecting Yanzhou, there is the unsuspecting Lin'an Prefecture!
Lin'an City is in Lin'an Prefecture!
Is the Song Dynasty coming to an end?
The Song Dynasty is coming to an end!
Xue Wangzu was extremely desperate, so when the people around him were not paying attention, he accelerated towards the stone pillar next to him, hit it with his head, and broke his head violently. He was bleeding and lying on the ground, twitching and staring. It's hopeless.
"He is quite a tough guy, but unfortunately, he is an incurable gentleman."
Xu Tong shook his head helplessly, obviously feeling a little bit disturbed by Xue Wangzu's death.
