This matter met with little opposition within the six-member group, and Chen Kangbo decided to use his power to force the passage of the bill.
The matter of reactivating Yao Zhong, who was awaiting trial, caused great controversy in the DPRK and China. It was already a central issue without anyone adding fuel to the flames.
However, Chen Kangbo rejected all opinions at the court meeting and argued with many opponents, insisting that the national crisis was greater than all else, and capable generals should be used to avoid a worse outcome.
Because of Chen Kangbo's tough stance and the support of the warring ministers, this bill was passed, Yao Zhong was released, and was appointed as the pacifier of South Beijing Road, so that he could lead the Sichuan and Shu troops out of Sichuan to rush to Xiangfan.
After Yao Zhong learned the news, he immediately went to thank Chen Kangbo, and then quickly left Lin'an. He rushed towards the land of Sichuan and Sichuan with the order to mobilize troops, preparing to mobilize troops and horses to rush out of Sichuan for support.
Although this set of actions will take at least three or four months to mobilize enough troops to go out to fight in Sichuan, he believes that the Xiangfan army can persist until that time.
He has confidence in the army he has trained.
In a state of crisis, the bureaucrats of the Southern Song Dynasty also exerted a lot of motivation in order to survive. .
Facing Ming's second southern invasion, they hated Ming's treachery, but were afraid of Ming's critical attack. They placed their hope in the army's desperate fight, and were willing to tolerate their greed a little for this.
However, the Southern Song Dynasty bureaucrats, who had not worked efficiently for a long time, failed to achieve much success even if they occasionally acted seriously. The Southern Song Dynasty army was reorganized and reorganized. When Li Xianzhong's vanguard army was ready to set off, it was already April 21.
At this time, less than half a month had passed since the Ming army bombarded Fancheng and Xiangyang. Fancheng's city wall had been damaged in many places, and Xiangyang's city wall had also suffered a very violent blow.
Su Yonglin mobilized the manpower and material resources of Zhongdu and sent ten general artillery batteries and thirty cavalry general artillery batteries to the Shenji Battalion to enhance the Shenji Battalion's firepower.
After He Feihu obtained these equipment, he immediately stepped up the bombardment of Fancheng.
To put it mildly, the defenders of Fancheng began to forge weapons with iron bullets fired by the Ming army into the city to attack them for defense.
However, the Ming army's attack on Xiangfan was not limited to artillery bombardment on land.
In view of the fact that Xiangyang and Fancheng relied on the Han River to exchange supplies and exchange supplies, the Ming Navy organized a large number of manpower to launch an attack on the Song Navy in the Xiangfan area.
Xiangyang City and Fancheng stand across the water. Relying on the navy, they can communicate with each other through the Han River even when land transportation is cut off. For example, Xiangyang City provides a lot of manpower support to Fancheng because of its relatively sufficient manpower.
Wang Yan also tried to send naval troops through the Han River to the rear of the Ming army to attack their grain roads, so as to repel the Ming army.
But this attempt was shattered by Zhang Yuejing, who had been prepared for it.
After receiving the news that the Song Army dispatched its navy in the hope of breaking the stalemate, Zhang Yuejing ordered the temporarily formed Ming Army's Inland River Navy to launch a strong attack on the Song Army's Xiangfan Navy to cut off the last communication channel between Xiangyang City and Fancheng.
He did not allow the two cities to communicate with each other and help each other under his siege, and he could not allow the Song army to think of using the navy to cut off his retreat.
The Xiangfan Navy of the Song Army was not weak. Its main stations were the two docks in the north of Xiangyang City, and the number of ships was about 200.
So Zhang Yuejing organized more than 300 large and small warships to enter the Han River, strangle the Song Navy's advance route from the east and west sides, and engage in fierce battles with the Song Navy.
In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the navy, Zhang Yuejing also asked the soldiers of He Feihu's Shenji Battalion to transport some cavalry and general artillery to a slightly larger warship.
So when the Ming Navy and the Song Navy fought, the power of artillery was once again demonstrated.
On April 22nd of the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, the Ming Navy concentrated its main force to launch a strong attack on the Song Navy. The Song Navy fought bravely, but was ultimately defeated by the majority of the Ming Navy's strength and the bonus of artillery, and suffered a disastrous defeat.
Some small Song army warships were very unlucky. They were hit by Ming army artillery. The hull broke with one blow. Most of the sailors on board were killed and could not continue to fight.
After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the Xiangfan Navy of the Song Army was completely wiped out and could no longer control the Han River.
The two docks in the north of Xiangyang City were captured by the Ming Navy. The Ming Army ships approached the north of Xiangyang City and used chariots and general cannons on the ships to bombard the north city wall of Xiangyang, which was only more than 40 meters away from the Han River. This caused a huge deterrent to the Xiangyang defenders. .
The complete annihilation of the Song Navy made the two cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng unable to communicate with each other, and they faced helpless isolation. Gu Xi
Zhou Benyuan and Wang Yan witnessed the defeat of the Song Navy and the Ming Navy's show of force after winning the battle. They felt palpitated and extremely worried about this, but they were unable to do anything.
But for the Second City of Xiangfan, the biggest threat is not the Ming Navy, but the Ming Army has not dispatched infantry to attack the city since the war began.
The only few confrontations were outside the military stronghold. At that time, the Ming army had destroyed the military stronghold with powerful artillery fire, forcing the remaining Song army to confront it head-on, and then won a great victory.
They didn't even know how many people the Ming army had lost since the war started.
And they have indeed lost more than 3,500 people, and even more are injured and lying on hospital beds. Recently, wounded soldiers have continued to die, and their losses are still increasing.
So for them, the most terrifying thing now is no longer the navy, but the Ming army has created a brand new way of warfare.
Hot weapons war.
Firearms, which had never been considered as the main battle weapons by the Song army, were suddenly greatly improved in the hands of the Ming army. The Ming army suddenly used firearms to increase the temperature of the battlefield and dominate the battlefield.
The Song army launched artillery bombardments on the city from a very long distance, and the Song army tried to fight back, but it was almost ineffective because their weapons could not reach the distance of the Ming army.
How can we fight this battle?
At this time, the reinforcements of the Song Army had just set off from the gathering place. To reach the Xiangfan battlefield, it would take the fastest vanguard army about half a month.
Zhou Benyuan and Wang Yan were anxious, looking to the stars and the moon, waiting for the Song army to rush to help.
At the same time, apart from sending troops to assist Xiangfan, Lin'an also took other actions.
Yu Yunwen realized that time was running out, so he decided to quickly implement his strategy of destroying the Ming Dynasty Yellow River Dam.
He decided to attack Ming's weakness and force Ming to retreat.
If his conscience still felt a little bit condemned before, now, he no longer felt this way at all.
He must take action as soon as possible to avoid a devastating blow to the Southern Song Dynasty. If the Southern Song Dynasty is gone, what value does his conscience have?
So he came to the secret farm outside Lin'an City, gathered together the three hundred "soldiers" participating in this operation, and told them the news of the upcoming mission.
The three hundred "soldiers" had different feelings about this.
Some people are frightened by this, some feel desperate by this, some feel miserable about it, and only a handful of fools are excited by it.
"The Song Dynasty has provided you with shelter, food, shelter, clothing, and daily necessities for you. It has spent a lot on you. Now, it is time for you to repay the Song Dynasty..."
Yu Yunwen stood in front of 300 people and delivered a "pre-war mobilization speech" to them.
It focused on the various services provided to them by the Southern Song Dynasty after they arrived in Lin'an, how much money was spent, how much convenience they were given, etc., but did not mention at all that the finances they brought with them when they came were enough for these people to live safely in the Southern Song Dynasty. Live a stable life.
It's a pity that all the money fell into the hands of the Southern Song Dynasty bureaucrats.
So they now need to pay some compensation for the Southern Song Dynasty's efforts, and the content of the compensation is to let them sneak into the Yellow River construction site to destroy the Yellow River dam.
To do this, they need to learn the use of various tools, learn to swim, learn to hide themselves, learn to move at night, and learn to destroy projects to the greatest extent.
In order to let them master professional skills, Yu Yunwen also arranged for them to observe and practice on site, and personally demolished a small abandoned dam.
This is a compulsory course for them.
They need to fully master these skills so that they can dismantle the Yellow River dam better and faster.
