Wang Chong's subordinates discussed and discussed and basically unified their thinking.
That is, he did not want to risk his life for Li Xianzhong's contribution.
We are not all from the same place at all.
After all, Li Xianzhong was from the Western Army and had a close relationship with the officers of the Sichuan and Shu factions. It was only later that he entered the direct lineage of Zhao Gou, not to mention that after the reshuffle of the Forbidden Army, Li Xianzhong's identity as a direct lineage of Zhao Gou seemed a bit embarrassing.
Because it is no secret that Zhao Hao and Zhao Gou have a bad relationship. Isn't it enough to explain that Zhao Gou, the Supreme Emperor, still stays in Wenzhou and has not returned to Lin'an?
The current imperial army is basically Zhao Hao's cronies, and Wang Chong has already surrendered to Zhao Hao. He was single-handedly promoted by Zhao Hao, and he and Li Xianzhong are obviously not in the same pot.
Wang Chong is like this, and so are his direct subordinates. Everyone has nothing to do with Li Xianzhong, an outsider, and they have no good impressions. Now that he is forcing everyone to do such dangerous things, it has directly turned into a dislike for everyone.
So they suggested that Wang Chong do something to save everyone's lives.
"General, you are our backbone, you have to help us."
"General, Li Xianzhong asked us to die together. We can't do this kind of thing."
"General, Li Xianzhong has old friendships with the Sichuan and Shu armies, but he has no dealings with us. He must prefer his old friends to us. We have no dealings with the Sichuan and Shu armies, so why bother to sacrifice our own lives to help him, Li Xianzhong?" ?”
His subordinates were really pitiful. Wang Chong himself did not want to die, but he was worried that Li Xianzhong of the Ming Dynasty would use this as an excuse to cause trouble for him after the war. After thinking about it, it was a dead end.
But what is certain is that if you go to Nanyang now, you will have a narrow escape from death, or in other words, you will definitely die, and basically you will not survive.
Escape back to the Southern Song Dynasty, activate your connections in the capital, and take a walk. The probability of surviving or dying is 50-50.
One is open at 91 and the other is open at 50-50.
The answer is already obvious.
Then Wang Chong was heartbroken and said angrily: "Li Xianzhong wants to trade my life for his own future. I won't let him do this! Let's go! If he doesn't let us live, we can find a way to survive ourselves! Okay!" It is better to live than to die, no matter what Xiangyang does, only by living can there be hope!"
"Best regards, General!!!"
The subordinate officers were overjoyed and immediately told the army soldiers about the incident.
When the soldiers heard that Wang Chong decided to take them to run away to survive, they no longer cared about how Wang Chong and the officers had bullied them in the past, and they were grateful to Wang Chong.
He was bullied, but he was still alive. If he died, everything would be over, and even the pension would be embezzled by the bureaucrats.
The entire army reached a consensus with astonishing speed and efficiency, and the interests of the upper and lower ranks of the Song army have never been so unified.
This is probably because they are all oppressed now, so regardless of whether they are big or small, they all stand together and form an amazing united front against Li Xianzhong.
So, wherever there is oppression, there is resistance.
Li Xianzhong obviously did not understand this truth.
After Wang Chong led his troops to escape, he did not forget to deliver false news to Li Xianzhong on time, telling Li Xianzhong where they were today, where they were tomorrow, where they were the day after tomorrow, how many Ming troops they encountered, how they fought, and so on.
In order to escape smoothly without being discovered prematurely, Wang Chong racked his brains. If this thought was used in war, he might be able to create a better-looking situation. Unfortunately, this situation was impossible to happen.
Needless to say, Wang Chong's luck is not too bad.
Because about five hours after he turned around and fled east toward Guangzhou, Pei Le, the deputy general of the trapped army, and Su Jianian, the secretary, arrived in Biyang County with 12,000 elite cavalry.
When they learned that the Song army turned around and ran back, they were suddenly surprised.
"Ran?"
"so fast?"
"What happened? The information was leaked?"
"It shouldn't be. What kind of intelligence capabilities does Song Jun have?"
The original goal that Pei Le and Su Jianian needed to achieve was to annihilate the invading Song army. However, when they arrived in Biyang County based on intelligence, they learned that the Song army stayed in Biyang County for a while and then turned around and ran back. The speed Extremely fast, far exceeding the march speed.
It can be said that it is turning like the wind.
This left Pei Le and Su Jianian speechless.
As we all know, the Southern Song Dynasty court was unidirectionally transparent to the Ming Dynasty.
Their marching plan had already been known to Su Changsheng before it was passed on to the grassroots troops.
Su Changsheng quickly sent someone to pass the news to Zhongdu and the commander of the Henan Corps, Zhang Yuejing, in duplicate, clear and understandable, so Zhang Yuejing had already known about the Song Army's entire march plan.
From the time they set off from Lin'an, to the time they arrived at Anqing Prefecture, and then to stationed in Xinyang County, Zhang Yuejing knew all about this process.
The authenticity and value of this information are very high, because the march plan cannot be easily changed.
In ancient times, the route of the army's advance was a very important matter in wars. The so-called three armies moved ahead before food and grass were used. This advance basically locked the route of the army's advance.
When the army is advancing, it needs to inform the places on the march in advance to prepare, and let local officials dispatch civilians to prepare accommodation and food for the army. Otherwise, even if the army can carry its own rations, it will be difficult to find accommodation.
If it is windy or rainy and we have to sleep in the open, it will trigger a mutiny.
However, the poor military discipline of the feudal army made the army a nightmare for local officials and people. The local officials tried their best to push back and tried their best to prevent the army from passing through their jurisdictions.
Once they learned that the army was going to pass through the county, the local officials were first confused, then lamented, and finally resigned and made preparations with a sad face.
The government must be prepared, and the private sector must also be prepared. No matter whether the households are rich or poor, those who can benefit other places should be protected as soon as possible, and those who cannot escape should be transported to the county town, and their family property and everything else should be buried alive. The local officials will quickly reinforce it. The city gates were opened, and the supplies needed by the army were prepared and placed outside the city.
When the army arrived, the gates of the county town were closed tightly, and the men, women, old and children in the city were waiting in formation. The local officials went up to the tower to check the situation, and at the same time prayed hard in their hearts that these stinky Qiu Ba would at least have some conscience and some military discipline.
If the army takes the things and leaves, of course everything will be fine. If the army takes the things and refuses to leave, but also camps outside the city to harass them, it would be a complete nightmare.
It was not until two or three days after it was confirmed that the army had left the county that the local officials dared to open the city gate and restore normal life order.
This is not the end of the story, because we have to guard against insurgents attacking after the army is defeated, or the army triumphantly crossing the border, which is also a nightmare. Don't expect the feudal army to have any good intentions towards the people.
Therefore, civilian officials often have an innate resistance to the use of the military in combat. In addition to not wanting military generals to seize power, once a war breaks out, the results of local construction over the past four or five years will be destroyed, and the cost is too high.
In this context, there is no doubt about Li Xianzhong's marching route. If he rashly chooses another route or changes it temporarily, it will really cause a big trouble. Such a thing is something that military commanders cannot bear.
Therefore, Zhang Yuejing arranged a large number of well-tested regiment sentries in the Xinyang area in advance, and the Skynet Army also deployed many experienced spies in this area.
The only problem is that this time the Privy Council of the Southern Song Dynasty gave the general Li Xianzhong greater autonomy. It did not directly specify the offensive plan like the previous crusade against the peasant army and did not allow the frontline generals to violate it. This caused some troubles for intelligence work.
Then he learned that the Song Army was going to dispatch a main force of 50,000 people to cross the border and attack Nanyang County.
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