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287. Change of policy

In the evening, two bonfires were ignited under the braised cloud seal.

The thick smoke rolled, proclaiming the complete end of this wild encounter.

More than 100,000 corpses were burned to ashes and blown away by the wind.

Yue Peng, Su Quandang, and Zhang Hongwei led the remaining less than two thousand soldiers, as well as Zhao Da and Zhao Hu's four hundred flying dragon troops to Cenxi. Wuzhou City has been broken, and it is no point in continuing to stay here.

Their mission was always just to assist in defending Wuzhou City.

Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Jue took Jin Hao, Ge Xiuhong, Miao Youli and others to lead the remaining soldiers to continue to go to Hanjin overnight.

Until this time, Zhao Dongting, who was leading his army from Duanxi to Yizhou, had not learned about the battle.

His army was escorted with food, grass and weapons, as well as 15,000 yuan surrendered soldiers and thousands of people. The march was slow, and it would probably take nearly ten days to arrive in Yizhou.

In this way, late the next night, Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Jue led the remaining troops to Hanjin.

The scouts of the Song army in Hanjin County in the field discovered it early and reported to Liu Zijun, the commander of the Tianxiong Army, and Jiang Xiu, the commander of the Tianman Army. The two of them and their generals arrived at the city gate to wait.

When they saw Wen Tianxiang and others leading their soldiers to slowly walk towards the city gate under the torch, they both had complicated expressions in their eyes.

They had also learned about the result of the bloody battle between Wen Tianxiang and the others with the Yuan army on the way, and had sent a quick horse to report to Zhao Dongting.

Eighty thousand powerful troops defended Wuzhou, but now there are only so many people left to come back to Hanjin, which is a shock to anyone.

When Wen Tianxiang and the others got closer, Liu Zijun and Jiang Xiu went up with them, "Brother Tianxiang, are you okay?"

Liu Zijun is also a fellow villager of Wen Tianxiang, and is only a little younger than Wen Tianxiang. He has followed Wen Tianxiang for many years. When he learned that the Yuan army caught up with Wen Tianxiang and others who left Wuzhou City, what he was most worried about was Wen Tianxiang's safety.

Wen Tianxiang shook his head gently and said nothing.

He led his army to Hanjin overnight, sleeplessly, and now he was almost unable to speak.

Liu Zijun looked around him and didn't see Du Hu's figure, and couldn't help but ask again: "Where is Du Hu?"

Wen Tianxiang pointed to the back and said, "He was injured by an arrow and was behind."

As he said that, he took the lead in walking into the city.

At this time, he really didn't care about what to say to Liu Zijun. He needed rest, and the soldiers needed rest even more.

Liu Zijun hurriedly ran to the back of the army when he heard this. When he saw Du Hu, who was pale and extremely weak, he could not stop his eyes from being red.

While they were fighting with Wen Tianxiang and the Yuan army, most of the little brothers were killed. Now, there are only these brothers left.

The army followed Wen Tianxiang into the city.

As soon as we arrived in the city, soldiers collapsed in the city and fell asleep.

Liu Zijun and Jiang Xiu quickly asked the soldiers under their command to take over the food, grass, weapons, and wounded soldiers.

The army had already prepared food and brought it to the city gate.

The soldiers who entered the city had just eaten dry food for the past two days. Suddenly, they ate the hot food, and some people couldn't help but burst into tears.

They really didn't expect that they would come back alive, and more brothers would stay in the wild forever...

Wen Tianxiang, Zhang Jue, Ge Xiuhong and others drove their horses to the government office, but they could only cheer up. They couldn't sleep yet because they had to discuss how to resist the Yuan army next.

Liangjin County is just a small town and it is difficult to resist the attack of the Yuan army, not a long-term place.

After Liu Zijun and Jiang Xiu hurriedly arranged the soldiers entering the city, they rushed to the main hall of the government office.

As soon as he arrived at the hall, Liu Zijun said to Wen Tianxiang: "Military order, the emperor sent a secret letter last night."

Wen Tianxiang was discussing carefully with Zhang Jue and the others. When he heard this, he was so excited that he said, "Hurry and show it to me."

Liu Zijun took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to Wen Tianxiang.

Wen Tianxiang read the letter and pondered for a long time, "Change the whole into pieces, avoid the real and attack the virtual..."

Then he handed the letter to Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue read it and said, "Military Order, this is your strength. Next, you will be in charge of the army!"

Originally, he had command of the five armies of Tianxuan, Tiangu, Tianmeng, Tianfu and Tiangui, but now he intends to hand them all over to Wen Tianxiang.

Wen Tianxiang was not humble and nodded slightly.

At present, the five armies of Tianxuan, Tiangu, Tianmeng, Tianfu, and Tiangui are actually not left with many troops.

Wen Tianxiang looked at the sand table in the hall with the lamp and said, "Then let's discuss how to arrange troops..."

Everyone started to discuss it carefully again.

The past few days.

Yue Peng, Su Quandang, Zhang Hongwei and others led their troops back to Cenxi long ago. Then they also arranged them in a tight manner according to Zhao Dongting's secret letter.

In Wuzhou City, Yuan general Tohoer also led his 40,000 soldiers into the city.

Zhao Dongting was still on the way to Yizhou. While he was moving, the scout came to report that hundreds of soldiers from behind were rushing towards them.

After Zhao Dongting learned about this, he was first surprised, and then realized that this should be his own army.

The Yuan army had just experienced the Battle of Wuzhou, and there was no reason why soldiers could catch up with them so quickly. So he ordered the army to stop and wait.

These hundreds of soldiers were naturally the 400 Flying Dragon Army led by Zhao Day and Zhao Hu.

They all carried wooden boxes with grenade launchers inside. After Yue Peng and others arrived in Cenxi, they took a short rest and hurriedly came to chase Zhao Dongting's troops.

When Huang Chen approached, they were stopped by the soldiers of Tianxian.

Then, Zhao Da and Zhao Hu hurriedly ran to Zhao Dongting's chariot under the leadership of the Tianxian army. However, there was a scout next to them.

The scout set out from Hanjin County. He had just arrived in Cenxi and happened to meet Yue Peng and his army back to the city. Then he followed Zhao Da, Zhao Hu and others to chase Zhao Dongting's large army.

"emperor!"

Zhao Dongting heard Zhao Da's thick voice in the carriage and hurried out of the carriage.

Seeing the two of them covered in dust, he didn't care about their well-being, and said, "Can military order and others get to the Jinjin?"

Zhao Da, Zhao Hu and the scout both knelt in front of the carriage. Zhao Dadao said: "The military order and the soldiers should have arrived in Hanjin, but..."

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at the scout next to him.

The scout quickly took out the letter from his arms and held it in both hands, "Master, this is the urgent military report from General Liu Zijun to you."

Zhao Dongting looked at Zhao Da and Zhao Hu's expressions, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

Inside the carriage, Qin Han also raised his ears at this time.

After he learned that Wen Tianxiang led his army out of Wuzhou City, he expected that their journey to Hanjin would not be too smooth.

Now, there must be a result, right?

Zhao Dongting opened the letter, but his face turned pale.

He knew that the Yuan army would sooner or later catch up with Wen Tianxiang and the others, so he asked Yue Peng and the others to rush to support him, but he did not expect that the losses would be so huge.

Although the casualties in the letter are only estimates, the scouts of this era have extremely accurate eyesight, and this estimate is probably not much different from the actual number.

Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Jue's eight armies were left with less than 20,000 people?

The Tiankui Army, Tiangang Army, Tianji Army, and the cavalry who left the city to support them also suffered heavy losses.

The cavalry system of the Song army was almost wiped out in this battle.

This almost made Zhao Dongting faint.

"You guys get up!"

He asked Zhao Da, Zhao Hu and the scout to get up, and then hurried into the carriage.

When he got into the carriage, he handed the letter to Qin Han and said, "It seems that we can't go to Yizhou anymore!"

Qin Han didn't say anything, but just read the letter, and his brows gradually frowned.

Then, he said, "Your Majesty, don't go to Yizhou, are you planning to bring Tianxian army to deal with the Yuan army?"

Zhao Dongting said: "Wen Junjiling and Deputy Junjiling suffered heavy losses. We cannot go to Yizhou to watch the walls. With their current personnel, even if they are guerrillas, they may not be able to fight with the Yuan army for a long time. I intend to bring all the Qiongzhou army and the Tianxian army over there. What do you think?"

When Qin Han heard this, he said quietly: "If this is the case, if our army is defeated, the Song Dynasty will really have no chance to prosper."

According to Zhao Dongting, if the Tianxian army and the Qiongzhou army were brought to the front line, the Southern Song Dynasty would be left with only tens of thousands of soldiers in Qiongzhou, as well as more than 30,000 Leizhou army from Liu Hongyi. The Qiongzhou army was still too busy to deal with the riots, and with Liu Hongyi's 30,000 Leizhou army, there would undoubtedly be little vitality to deal with the Yuan Dynasty.

And why didn’t Zhao Dongting know this?

After a slight silence, he said, "As long as I am not dead, the Song Dynasty will not be considered dead!"
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