The Song generals questioned Han Shizhong: "What do you mean by the surname Han, do you want to surrender to the Xia army?"
"That's not what I mean.
"The surname is Han, then what do you mean" The Song army general continued to ask.
"I mean, we've got to find a place where it's easy to defend and hard to attack."
Han Shizhong walked to the map and said to everyone: "Generals, you can take a look, even if we withdraw to Jiangnan, how can we have a river network in this area, but they are all plains and are simply unable to defend, lose Huainan, Jiangnan will lose the barrier, it is impossible to hold here, don't you forget, back then, Li Qing, the king of Yan, led tens of thousands of cavalry of the Xia army, and the entire Jiangnan was turned upside down, and now it is still commanded by Li Qing, the king of Yan, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, Do you think we can hold it?"
"Han Shizhong, tell me what you think," Seed Master Dao asked Han Shizhong.
Han Shizhong pointed to the map and said: "Our only chance is on Jiangnan West Road, which is all hilly and has small plains, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, we can use this as a foundation to gradually consume the combat power of the Xia army, and finally carry out a counterattack." ” Everyone looked at each other, and after thinking for a long time, Master Dao sat on the handsome chair and said: "Okay, then do what Shizhong said, and take Jiangnan West Road, this time the army retreats under your personal command, first lead the 500,000 troops to withdraw to Jiangning Mansion, and then gradually withdraw the follow-up army." ” "Yes, the last general commanded," Han Shizhong took the military order.
Say withdraw, but is it so easy to withdraw?
Regarding the news that the Song army was going to evacuate, Li Qing, the king of Yan, had already noticed it, so not long after the Song army began to evacuate, the Xia army began a very bold action, and a part of the cavalry of the Xia army bypassed the key defense areas of the Song army, and then carried out a roundabout intersperse, directly attacking the Song army's various evacuation sites on the north bank of the Yangtze River, causing the Song army to suffer very heavy casualties.
However, even if the Song army paid great casualties, it did not stop the pace of retreat, and the Song army from the beginning of the organized retreat, into a big escape, the road to escape is not so easy to walk, in the face of the Xia army from the rear pursuit, the Song army began to surrender, originally left in Chuzhou to prepare for the death battle of the 100,000 Song army soldiers, in the second day after the evacuation of the division to the Xia army surrendered, Chuzhou City stored all the grain and grass baggage fell into the hands of the Xia army.
And for the Song army's surrendered soldiers, Yan Wang Li Qing made a bold application, reorganized them into chaos and Xia soldiers as officers, so that these soldiers became the Xia army's sharp weapons to attack the Great Song Dynasty, you say it's strange, in the Song army, the Song army prisoners of war who were sick and sick, in the battle to attack the Song Dynasty, it was also a sigh, for the meritorious soldiers, Li Qing did not have a word, everything is the same as the Xia army, the reward should be rewarded, the punishment should be punished.
In the city of Yangzhou, the 50,000 Xia army and 100,000 Song troops led by Yan Shu descended all the way south along the canal and directly attacked the Yangtze River, and the areas east of Yangzhou also fell into the hands of the Xia army, and the Xia army collected a large number of ships from this area, which can become an important means of transportation for the Xia army to cross the river in the future.
Within half a month after the Song army began to withdraw, the rule of the Great Song Dynasty in Jiangbei was completely uprooted by the Xia army, and the power of the entire Great Song Dynasty has shrunk to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Song army deployed a million troops in Jiangbei, of which only one-fifth were killed and wounded, more than 50 people became prisoners of war of the Xia army, and only less than 300,000 people fled back to Jiangning Mansion south of the Yangtze River.
Jiangyin Great Song Jiangnan Water Division camp.
Since Li Bao died in battle, Miao Jiang replaced Li Bao as the commander of the Jiangnan Navy Division, although today's Jiangnan Navy Division is only half of the strength of the past, but because of the position of the Jiangnan Navy Division, yes Miao Jiang has a great say in the court, at this time Miao Jiang has heard of the news of the defeat of the Great Song Dynasty, Miao Jiang is not a die-hard person, otherwise he would have died in the Battle of Changguo Island or when he was captured, and he would not have lived to the present.
The camp of the Jiangnan Navy Division in the middle of the night is very quiet, there is an important person in the Chinese army tent in Miao Jiang, which is being received by Miao Jiang in person, this person is Zhou Hai, and now Zhou Hai's identity is the envoy of the Yan King of the Great Xia Empire, that is to say, Zhou Hai represents the Yan King Li Qing and not the court of the Great Xia Empire, of course, these Zhou Hai will not tell Miao Jiang the truth.
"General Miao, I don't know what you're thinking about" Zhou Hai asked Miao Jiang.
Miao Jiang smiled and said, "General Zhou, your courage is really big, you are not afraid that I will slaughter you with a knife." ” Zhou Hai laughed and said: "General Miao, do you have the courage to do this, don't forget that you still have a letter of integrity, if I die, I will definitely send this letter to Emperor Zhao Mao of the Song Dynasty as soon as possible, where do you believe it, do you think Zhao Mao will deal with you after seeing this letter, you think it is good, now that the Great Song Dynasty is thin, there are only a few days left, but I think if Zhao Mao disposes of you, it will be easy; Didn't your absolute Zhao Mao install others among the sailors?"
Zhou Hai's words made Miao Jiang feel that his back was cold, and Miao Jiang asked Zhou Hai: "General Zhou, what do you think I should do?"
Zhou Hai smiled and said: "This Great Song Dynasty is like a leaky boat, leaking water everywhere, I am afraid that it will completely sink into the river of history in a short time, this sinking broken ship, why don't you hurry up and get on another new ship, when will you wait?"
Miao Jiang looked at Zhou Hai and said: "General Zhou, even if I want to get on a new ship, the helmsman of this new ship must always give me a name, don't forget that I still have 8,000 warships and more than 100,000 sailors and soldiers under my command."
Zhou Hai replied with a smile: "Of course I won't treat you badly, your people will all be incorporated into the sailors of the Great Xia Empire, my prince is a prince of Shangjuan, His Majesty will give you the title of marquis, if you are willing to lead the troops, these eight thousand warships are still commanded by you, but if you are only willing to be a rich man, can the gold and silver beauties still be missing you, you must know that if you surrender now, you can still continue to make meritorious contributions, this is the last chance." ” Miao Jiang still said with a cautious face: "The general is very important at this time, you allow me to discuss with my brothers, the general can be the master of our military camp for two days, and I will definitely give the general a satisfactory answer after two days, I don't know what the general wants."
"At most, one day, if there is no news at noon tomorrow, it will be late," Zhou Hai said
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