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Chapter 280: A Soldier Who Surrenders Without a Fight

"What a boldness, dare to say this here, don't you want to live?"

Li Heng stiffened his face, although Li Yong said that his heart moved, if he pulled the team out of the city and fought with the Song army in the field, the chance of victory would be greater than that of defending to the death. This is not Li Heng's nonsense, the Yuan army has always lacked the means to defend the city, and in the initial battle, they captured the enemy's city, and they all snatched it and killed it all and left, and never went to garrison the city.

Until now, most of the tasks of guarding the city were handed over to the surrendered Han army, and the cavalry of the Yuan army stationed in the city was still mainly mobile combat, and the Yuan army was also archers to defend the city, and would not operate other tools such as rolling wood stone trebuchets to defend the city.

"Li Shuai, the Song army is too strong, too strong, we can't hold it! Li Shuai, I can't wait. ”

Li Yong did not give up, and continued to want to move Li Heng to abandon the city and leave.

Li Heng shook his head and didn't answer, watching the Song army under the city collect troops and return to the camp, this day has passed like this, but what about tomorrow? Tomorrow you will send a piece of meat to feed Song Jun like this? He is very aware of the current situation, if he leads his troops to retreat to Yungui, he can keep this military strength, but he has to give up the horses and materials in Wuzhou, and even if he fights to the end, he may not be able to hold Wuzhou.

The artillery of the Song army didn't want to blow up the city wall of Wuzhou, because Liu Changhai felt that the city wall was his own, and if it was blown up, he would have to spend money to repair it, so it was better to adopt such a deterrent tactic and destroy the courage of the Yuan army in the city little by little.

This night, Li Heng fell asleep, slept very sweetly and comfortably, and had a sweet dream, until the sergeant who gave the order woke him up in the morning.

"Report to the marshal, last night, someone escaped from Xicheng at night, and killed more than 50 Xicheng guards, destroyed the city gate and left."

"Who? Who is so bold? ”

"General Li Yong's opponent, as well as several generals of other large battalions, took nearly 20,000 men and horses."

"Ahh

Li Heng's face suddenly turned pale, now it's all over, the army's heart is over, the generals under his command did not mutiny, they took off his head and surrendered to the Song army, which is already quite worthy of him Li Heng. The 20,000 who were taken away were still elite troops, and there were still more than 30,000 horses left, most of whom were Han soldiers who had surrendered before.

"Order, drum three links, the Chinese army assembles!"

Li Heng didn't dare to delay for even a day this time, and after summoning the remaining generals, he let the generals present choose for themselves as soon as he talked about the night.

"Lead the troops to the land of Yungui, there is still a glimmer of life, or defend Wuzhou, live and die with Wuzhou City, and don't let the Song army easily succeed, generals, this time it's up to you to choose!"

After Li Heng finished speaking, the other generals in the tent looked embarrassed, fighting to the death and not retreating is definitely not the best choice, Boyan's 400,000 troops were killed and wounded, and they didn't take Guangzhou down, aren't we sending this little man to death in vain!

But everyone didn't guess Li Heng's thoughts, if anyone said that there was nothing wrong with abandoning the city and fleeing at the moment, but in the future, if you need to find a scapegoat, then today's talkative person is not the best candidate.

"Humph! Since everyone doesn't decide, it's better for me to decide. The order went down, immediately packed up the supplies and ordnance, and the army withdrew from Wuzhou tonight, and turned around to take refuge in Yunnan-Guizhou. ”

"Obey, handsome and wise! Handsome and wise! ”

Li Heng secretly said in his heart, everything is a waste, he wants to escape for his life, he is afraid of taking responsibility, but no one dares to say it, no wonder his combat strength has been getting weaker and weaker recently, it is because these generals are too afraid of death. Without waiting for the sky to be dark, the Yuan army, which had already packed up the soft things, opened the gate of the West City, and Li Heng led the defeated generals with more than 30,000 remnants of the army, and fled from Wuzhou in a hurry and ran in the direction of Yungui.

Although the movement in the city was deliberately suppressed, it could not be concealed from the Song army outside the city, but this happened to fall into Liu Changhai's arms, and the purpose of this time was basically successfully completed. With the vigorous cooperation of the Yuan army, the soldiers of the Song army were highly motivated, and they were eager to get on their horses to pursue the fleeing Yuan soldiers.

The grass-roots officers deliberately emphasized discipline in the ranks, and through this campaign, there was a good improvement, and the newly recruited soldiers lived with the grass-roots officers every day, and they watched what the officers did, and they studied little by little, and made very rapid progress.

These interns of military academies already have a very good foundation, and they have profoundly studied the modern military theories compiled by Zhao Tianyou in the lecture hall, and this time they have put them into practice to bring them into play, driving the growth of ordinary soldiers, and at the same time improving their ability to understand.

The people in the city spontaneously took out the wine they treasured at home and placed it at the crossroads to reward the Song soldiers who entered the city, but when they saw the Song soldiers walking in unison, no one took a look at the wine, meat and delicacies on the table, and they all clapped their hands Chen Zanjun was strict in discipline.

Wuzhou is the hub of the southwest waterway and land transportation, occupying the junction of the two Guangzhou, and is the important place for the expansion of the southwest Guizhou Shu at that time, and the Yuan army also meant this at that time. The waterway from Wuzhou can go south along the Xijiang River, directly to Guangzhou or turn to the Pearl River, that is, Xinhui Yashan also has a waterway to communicate, the Song army took Wuzhou, which is equal to Guangzhou and the Yuan army in the southwest Yungui, there is an important layer of protection.

After two days of inventory, the huge horse farm established by the Yuan army was cleared, and the 80,000 war horses and mountains of forage were stocked, which was a huge wealth, especially the Song army, which was rapidly expanding its strength, was an indispensable material.

"Oh, beautiful, I've never fought such a happy battle, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight can also be used by me Ling Zhen. I said, Changhai, why don't we work hard, go west, and take Liuzhou down? ”

Liu Changhai smiled.

"Lord Dutong, do you think that my general sent us out to occupy this small Wuzhou? You can underestimate my general, after standing firm in Wuzhou, where will you naturally go back to Liuzhou, the entire southwest Yungui land is our battlefield, and countless cities need to be attacked and occupied, are you afraid? ”

"How can I be afraid, it's too late for me to be happy! How long does it take? Did General Zhao give the order? ”

Liu Changhai said: "Soon, first transport half of the war horses back to Guangzhou, and at the same time bring half of your cavalry back, continue recruitment training in Guangzhou, and increase the number of cavalry." Then we will recruit troops in Wuzhou, and after the expansion of the cavalry is ready, the next step is to send troops to Liuzhou, and the time cannot exceed two months. ”

"Two months? How many soldiers can we recruit, it is impossible to have so many people, when Kublai Khan conquered Guangxi, the corpses were killed all over the field, ten rooms and nine emptiness, how can there be so many soldiers! ”

"Don't worry, Ling Dutong, you just need to release the news of recruiting cavalry to ensure that you have countless soldiers!"