As far as surrendering is concerned, Mao Teng really has no psychological burden.
His father died of illness a long time ago, and his mother passed away not long ago. He was forcibly retained by the court due to a military emergency and could not go back to attend the funeral, so his wife and children took care of the funeral affairs and carried his mother's coffin back home. Keep filial piety in your hometown.
As a result, his wife and children are currently not in Lin'an, but in their hometown in Fujian.
So Mao Teng found his own soldiers, Commander Fu You, and asked his most trusted and trusted subordinate to help him solve this problem. He asked him to take the most reliable manpower and quickly detour to his hometown in Fujian to find his wife and children, and then took him with him They took a boat out to sea together and headed to Jiangbei and Huainan East Road.
After Fu You gave the order, he led five or six capable men to leave Jiankang Mansion and take the waterway to Fujian.
Mao Teng sent another of his trusted generals to negotiate with the Ming army and expressed his willingness to surrender, but there were a few conditions, which he hoped the Ming army could agree to.
Zhou Zhi was curious when he learned that the Song army general in Jiankang Prefecture was preparing to surrender, because so far there has been no case of a Song army general surrendering without fighting. Isn't this guy worried that the Ming Dynasty's policy will kill him?
However, being able to choose to surrender may be a reflection of his confidence in his own past experience.
Moreover, this was the surrender of a general at the level of the capital commander. Zhou Zhi paid more attention to it, so he took Zhou Zhixue, the military secretary, to the agreed-upon Dongyang Town to meet with the commander-in-chief of the Jiankang capital.
Mao Teng pretended to be honored by the arrival of Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue. He was very polite to them. He not only hosted a banquet for them, but also gave them expensive gifts. He looked like he was ganging up with the two of them.
This gift is really not simple. It contains a whole box of gold and silver, as well as pearls and jade. The price is quite good.
So the two of them smiled and accepted it, then turned around and ordered these gifts to be recorded in You Yijun's public account and reported to the Privy Council for future expenditure - it was exactly what was said that all seizures should be returned to the public and used to improve the lives of the army, unambiguously.
After so many years of fighting, and with the improvement of the military security system, the Ming army no longer resisted the military rule that all captured items should be returned to the public.
"Since the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, many generals have died in battle, and many generals have fled. However, I have never seen those who voluntarily surrendered to the city before the war. I wonder why Commander Mao did this?"
At the dinner table, Zhou Zhixue asked Mao Teng with a smile.
Mao Teng had just been transferred to Jiankang Prefecture not long ago, but he had also heard a lot about the establishment of the Ming Army. He learned that the Ming Army had a establishment called instructors. If the rank was high, they were called scribes, and they had a high status in the army.
Zhou Zhi, the general of the Ming Army who is now famous in Jiangnan, did not speak. The first person to speak was the secretary Zhou Zhixue. He knew that the rumors were true and the status of the Ming Army's secretaries was indeed very high.
"To tell you the truth, surrender was not my purpose. I really had no choice. I heard that the army was marching south. The prefect and the county magistrate ran away. Every official from top to bottom ran away. Even the rich and landlords ran away with them. , and finally affected the army.
In just a few days, three to five hundred people from my army ran away one after another. They were unable to stop and were unable to defend themselves. This shows the great power of your army. I thought about it again. If a civilian official can run away, if there is anyone in the army, Having connections is not necessarily a capital crime, but I am an extraordinary general. "
Mao Teng sighed: "If I run away, I really have no chance of survival when I return to Lin'an. The person who promoted me to be the governor of the capital was the original privy councilor Chen Kangbo and Chen Gong. A few days ago, Chen Gong... After Chen Gong passed away, I am not familiar with Yu Yunwen, the successor as Privy Councilor, and I am really not sure about entrusting my life to him.
I can't run away, I can't beat you again and again. You can see these little soldiers and crab generals under my command. It's impossible to defeat your army. I can't run away, I can't beat you again. I really don't want to die. The only way is... All that remained was surrender. "
Zhou Zhixue smiled lightly.
"Mao Zong was honest."
Mao Teng smiled awkwardly.
"Don't say that, I can't help it..."
"Having said that, Commander Mao also needs to know that surrendering to our army is not a simple matter. Our army's requirements for surrenderers are still quite high. I don't know..."
"I have always known that your army has strict military regulations, so I have tried my best to restrain the army in the past few days, so that the army will not disturb the people, and I have not done anything harmful to nature, and I have tried my best to make Jiankang Mansion more stable.
And in the final analysis, I have never done anything harmful to the world, that is, embezzling military pay, taking empty pay, and then purchasing land, or beating and scolding some soldiers under my command to show off my power and so on...
But I definitely didn’t let the soldiers disturb the people! If your army doesn't believe this, you can ask the people around you, it's true! Now that your army has arrived, everything in Jiankang Mansion will be handed over to your army, including myself, for your disposal. "
When Mao Teng said this, Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue were really a little surprised.
Good guy, you did your homework before surrendering and studied the Ming Dynasty’s policies thoroughly!
It’s true that everything is planned in advance...
Mao Teng handed over his official seals, official uniforms, and the troop deployment orders of the capital commander to Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue, handed over the command of the army, and took off the uniform of the capital commander.
Then the guy smiled cautiously and said: "In this case, the surrendered general will hand over his wealth and life to the two of you. Also, as for the matter of family property, if the Ming Dynasty wants to deal with business affairs, then I will never do it." Hiding private property, those land and houses...I heard that China has a redemption policy, right? I accept it, and I will never resist!"
This gesture, this knowledge, this awareness.
If he doesn't succeed, who will succeed?
Zhou Zhi, who had never had a good impression of the Southern Song generals, felt that Mao Teng was a rare talent...
When on earth was this guy ready to surrender?
Are you preparing specifically for this day?
Because he was considered clean and even excellent compared to other officials and generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, both Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue had such doubts.
But come to think of it, no one would be so bored, right?
Because of the flight of civilian officials and the non-resistance of military generals, the Ming army quickly and completely captured Jiankang Prefecture on the fourth day after the war began, that is, August 24th of the fifth year of Hongwu.
As a result, the legendary strong Yangtze River defense line in the Southern Song Dynasty no longer existed. Two important towns along the river were captured and occupied by the Ming army within four days, and even the important pass further south, Dusong Pass, was occupied.
With an army of 30,000 troops, You Yi's army once again broke through the defense that the Song army had worked hard for several years, which was a great achievement.
It is hard to say whether the Ming army's excellent tactical planning and combat effectiveness were the main reason, or whether the Southern Song Dynasty's tactics of actively giving up defense and trying to shrink the defense line were the main reason.
And on the evening of August 24th, Zhongdu received the news of the war that had been urgently delivered from six hundred miles away from Zhouzhi.
After receiving the news, the General Staff Headquarters immediately held an emergency meeting and put the news of the war between You Yi Army and Jiangnan Song Army on the battle map for analysis.
"You Yijun went south, and the two capitals of Zhenjiang Prefecture and Jiankang Prefecture in the Southern Song Dynasty bore the brunt of the attack, with about 50,000 troops. According to You Yijun's report, they received news that the Song Army was shrinking its troops, and learned that the Song Army was strengthening the walls and clearing the country, so they decided send troops."
Xin Qiji pointed at the Zhenjiang Prefecture area on the map with a wooden stick and said: "Although You Yi Army is not as powerful as the Song Army, I believe that You Yi Army can win. According to the predetermined plan, if You Yi Army can achieve its goal of conquering Dusong Pass , that would be the best situation.”
Su Yonglin nodded.
"However, Youyi's army only has the strength of one army, which is not enough to truly threaten Lin'an City. However, the Henan Corps should have also received the news. They will soon send troops to Lin'an. Before that, I suggest dispatching the navy army from the water. Blockade Suzhou Yang on the road and advance towards Lin'an.
Moreover, naval warships can also be used to transport part of the Shenji Battalion's General's Artillery Battery and Chariot General's Artillery Battery that have just completed training to the Lin'an battlefield to enhance the siege firepower at that time... It can be regarded as a general preview of the complete annihilation of the Southern Song Dynasty in the future! "
