The battle lasted for four hours before it ended, and the damage to the buildings in the city was far greater than Tang Ning had imagined.

The main reason is that in order to block the pace of the Song army when the Jin soldiers retreated, they threw gunpowder and set fires, resulting in serious losses to many people's houses or shops on the streets.

However, the people in Youzhou City are more tolerant, and in their eyes, as long as they can drive away these golden people, it doesn't matter.

Of course, this is the people who have not lost their families. Those who have lost their family members may not be able to remember anything but grief.

At this point, there was nothing Tang Ning could do. He is just a commander who leads the troops to fight, and he has no ability to bring people back to life, at most, he tells the families of the deceased to let them mourn and change.

As long as the war continues, death is inevitable.

After the war, Tang Ning sent men to attack the county seat near Youzhou. There were not many resistance forces in the county, especially after hearing that Youzhou City had fallen, they had little desire to fight. As soon as the Song army arrived, they simply surrendered.

After three days of rest after the assembly, Downing once again ordered the march.

Starting from Youzhou, Tang Ning may no longer be able to rely on the superiority in troops.

Due to limited supplies, the Song army was unable to draw too many troops from Hebei and Hedong to guard the cities it had occupied.

Therefore, after the capture of a state capital, the defensive forces in the capital city and county town must be managed by the Ninth Route Army itself.

Youzhou is a big city, and there are seven or eight county seats below. In addition, tens of thousands of prisoners were still in the city, so Tang Ning had no choice but to divide 30,000 soldiers to assist the new Youzhou Zhizhou appointed by the imperial court to manage local affairs.

This Youzhou magistrate also brought 20,000 soldiers, and there are 50,000 of them, so there should be no trouble in Youzhou.

Although it was a little painful for Tangning to divide 30,000 people at once, Tangning still gained a lot in Youzhou.

Thanks to the previous Youzhou Zhizhou, he got all the grain and grass to the treasury of Youzhou City for unified distribution, after Tang Ning captured Youzhou City, the golden soldiers guarding the imperial treasury did not have time to burn the treasury with a fire, and they were already hacked to death by the officials of the Wude Division.

A part of it was left for the garrison and the people, and there was still a lot of the rest, at least enough for Tangning's army to eat for more than half a month.

In addition, after the capture of Zhuozhou, the Song State could directly transport grain, grass and soldiers to Zhuozhou through the Yongji Canal to support the front line, saving a lot of time for transporting grain and grass, and the Ninth Route Army could also receive supplies faster.

The only thing that makes people scratch their heads is that the weather in Zhuozhou is relatively cold, and the water in the Yongji Canal is frozen into soldiers.

But this is not something that Tang Ning is worried about, whether to send someone to dig the ice or not, that is what the governor of Zhuozhou should worry about.

In December, it was frozen. In another month, it will be another Spring Festival. Look at this progress,

Tang Ning felt that this year's Spring Festival should not be able to be spent with his family.

Reaching out to catch the snowflakes falling in the sky, Tang Ning, who was trying to create a melancholy atmosphere of literary and artistic youth, was hit in the face by a snowball.

Who is so bold? Tang Ning was furious, turned his head to look, and saw Pei Xiantong wearing a thick layer waving at him in the snow: "Dog officer! Let's have a snowball fight! ”

When the soldiers passing by saw this scene, they all smiled.

In the boring and dangerous military life, the handsome lady is like a fairy, as long as you see her, your mood will involuntarily improve.

Tang Ningxin said that every time he had a snowball fight, he was the only one who was beaten, and none of the snowballs he threw could hit Pei Xiantong.

This woman relies on her good skills, jumping and moving without giving a chance at all, such a person, what are you playing with her?

"Don't fight." Tang Ning refused: "What do you change for the blind movement on a cold day, hurry up and get on the horse, we still have to hurry......"

Before the words fell, another snowball was slapped in the face.

Tang Ning obviously saw the snowball flying towards him, and he also tried to move his head to the side, but he still received a solid blow.

"Come down for a snowball fight!" Pei Xiantong pouted and said.

"Don't deceive people too much! My brethren are watching, where are you putting my face on like this? No matter how bad I am, I'm still a generalissimo of the Nine Routes, I ......"

Downing's voice stopped abruptly, and he took off his gloves and wiped the snow off his face again.

"You can't get down!" Pei Xiantong seemed to be a little unhappy.

Tang Ning sneered and said, "Good men don't fight with women." With that, he shook the reins and ran forward.

Pei Xiantong, a woman who punched and kicked Tang Ning at every turn, naturally would not let Tang Ning go because of this, as soon as she turned over and jumped on the horse, she chased Tang Ning away with a roar.

At night, the Song army set up camp on the border of Shunzhou, preparing to rest here for the night, and then continue to send troops tomorrow morning.

With bruised eyes, Tang Ning was holding a pre-war meeting with the generals.

"Shunzhou is not a difficult place to attack, the only thing to care about is that the terrain near Shunzhou is more suitable for cavalry.

When we fought in Youzhou before, we didn't encounter cavalry, and judging from the last general, it is very likely that those cavalry came to Shunzhou and prepared to intercept us here. ”

Lu Qiren pointed to the map and said: "Also, pay attention to the distance between these two county towns and Shunzhou City, these three cities are like a semicircle, which can surround the enemy army attacking Shunzhou City."

Therefore, we can't be in a hurry, it's best to attack these two counties in two ways first, and then attack Shunzhou City.

Marshal, colleagues, this is only the opinion of the general, if there is anything inappropriate or incomplete, please point it out. ”

Big guy, look at me

, I'll look at you. They all said that they had no opinion.

Lu Qiren is a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and under normal circumstances, his plans will not go wrong. Besides, even if there are some omissions, isn't there still a handsome?

Together, these two people can always come up with a foolproof plan. During the previous time when Lu Qiren was away, these generals had to lose more than a dozen hairs every time they had a meeting.

But on this night, the situation in Shunzhou changed dramatically.

There was nothing wrong with the plan, the problem was with the defenders of Shunzhou themselves.

The governor of Shunzhou came to the door with a few servants that night, and met Tang Ning very humbly.

Tang Ning still felt in his heart that this person was probably lying when he reported his family, because there was no reason why the governor of Shunzhou would find him. It's not that there is no need to fight, as long as the cavalry is used well, in the rare plain area of Shunzhou, the Song army may not be able to beat the Jurchen cavalry.

It wasn't until Shunzhou Zhizhou took out his big seal that Tang Ning suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Danyang Hou, I'm here to surrender!" The governor of Shunzhou looked at Tang Ning nervously.

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After taking over Shunzhou, Tang Ning knew why the governor of Shunzhou surrendered.

Because the Song army spread the news of the capture of Youzhou City to Shunzhou within one day, the defenders of Shunzhou were extremely panicked. Later, rumors spread in the army, saying that the reason why Tang Ning was able to easily capture Youzhou City was because he knew witchcraft.

Anyway, on this aspect of feudal superstition, the rumor-mongers made the Shunzhou garrison clearly arranged.

The Jurchens themselves are a people whose culture is still in the stage of ignorance, and as soon as such rumors are spread, some of them begin to secretly become deserters. One appeared, and there was a second, and the result was that the defenders of Shunzhou had a total of 36,000 people, and in the end there were less than 3,000 left.

There is a county where the defenders have even fled, and the city is completely undefended, is there any point in continuing to defend it?

Although the governor of Shunzhou surrendered from the Song State to the Jin State before, he surrendered back now, just to save his life.

Tangning didn't want to pity him, and there was no need to pity him. After taking over the city defense, he reported the matter here truthfully, and when the governor appointed by the imperial court arrived, he left 15,000 people and led the rest of the troops to continue to march to Danzhou, the last state capital on the Yanshanfu Road.

Once Tang Ning defeated Wanyan Lou's troops in the Gubei Pavilion outside Danzhou, and chased Wanyan Lou's room all the way to the Daimyo's mansion.

Now that he has the opportunity to revisit his hometown, Tang Ning does not plan to go to the Gubei Pavilion again.

Where is the place where the Jin soldiers are heavily defended, Shangjing Huining Mansion will transport troops south through Luanshui, and if you go to the Gubei Pavilion, you will definitely meet these people.

In a short period of time, Tang Ning did not plan to meet the reinforcements of the Jin State, and the variables were too great.

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