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"General Liu, General Lu, you and the other camps can be erected, are they strong?"

Liu Yuanjing and Lu Shangqi stood up and clasped their fists respectively and said, "General, our army's camp has been set up. Arrows, stones, kerosene and other defensive materials are well prepared. Just wait for the dry army to attack, and they will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"

"Report—" At this moment, a soldier walked in quickly.

"Report to General, Marshal Xiao sent a messenger!"

Shen Qingzhi was startled when he heard the words, he glanced at the generals, raised his hand and said, "Please come in the messenger!"

"promise!"

The messenger quickly came in, he clasped his fists to Shen Qingzhi and said, "I will meet General Shen!"

Shen Qingzhi nodded and asked: "I don't know why the commander-in-chief sent an envoy here?"

The messenger took out the official letter and said: "The commander-in-chief ordered the general to lead his troops to withdraw to the south quickly, and not to fight the dry army!"

"What? Retiring without a fight? What are you doing?" This time, the hornet's nest was stabbed, and all the generals in the lobby were blown up, shouting one after another.

Shen Qingzhi was also very annoyed, one retreat was enough, this Suicheng was an important point in Jingyu, once this place was abandoned, the army could drive straight to the edge of the Yangtze River.

Shen Qingzhi suppressed his anger, raised his hand to signal the other generals to stop making noise, and asked: "Dare to ask the envoy, what is the commander's intention in doing this, please enlighten me!"

The messenger looked around and hesitated.

Shen Qingzhi said: "The envoy just said, there are no outsiders here!"

"Well, the reason why the commander-in-chief ordered the general to lead the army to retreat is because the Qian army has captured Jingling!"

"What?" All the generals were shocked, Jingling was lost, the army could go straight to Xiakou, or send troops to the east to cut off the waterway, and then cut off the retreat of all the troops in Suicheng. This is a bargain! 555x.org

Chapter 1037 Grab Time

Zhao Junsheng's 4000 troops rested in Jingling City for three full days before setting off to march eastward. The lieutenants and academies couldn't figure out how to let the team rest for such a long time. Chance to Xiakou.

When attacking Jingling City, the surprise attack was successful. Only dozens of soldiers were lost, but more than 1000 Song soldiers in the city were captured. For the safety of the rear of the army, Zhao Junsheng took the captured generals of the [-] Song soldiers before sending his troops eastward. Killed all the officers and officers, and transferred officers from the dry army to serve as officers, and then ordered these captive soldiers to monitor each other, and if they found someone who had escaped or misbehaved, they could report to each other, and if it was found to be true, they would be rewarded, so As a result, the more than [-] captive soldiers of the Song Army were wary of each other, and no one trusted anyone, so they could only obediently obey the orders of the officers and generals of the Qian army.

When the Gan army marched eastward under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng did not let these Song army captives stay in Jingling City, but brought them along with them, and asked them to take simple weapons to supervise the recruitment. The peasants followed in the middle of the team to transport grain and supplies. Whether it was grain, or the carriages and ox carts loaded with grain and supplies, they were all collected from Jingling City. The granaries were all emptied.

Facts have proved that it is not that there is no food in this world, it is not that there is not enough food to eat, but that those big landlords, wealthy households and grain merchants who are devoid of conscience control the amount of food flowing to the market, and always control the market by selling low and high prices , so that the food on the market is always in a situation of short supply.

Four thousand dry troops, plus more than one thousand surrendered troops, made a total of five thousand soldiers and horses, and there were more than five thousand peasants accompanying them to transport grain and grass. Dang pull several miles to start

The marching speed of the team was a bit slow, because Zhao Junsheng brought all the food that Jingling could carry, including many large siege and defense equipment, a large number of arrows, kerosene and some shortages. All military supplies have been shipped.

Zhao Junsheng looked at a map while riding on horseback, sometimes thinking, sometimes staring at the map for pondering.

Niu Dali couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I have something that I don't understand, please ask Your Majesty to explain it!"

"Say!"

"Our army is not far from Jiangxia. We can rush to Jiangxia as soon as possible to block Shen Qing's army, and then carry out a north-south attack with Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao. Why did His Majesty delay his departure for a few days in Jingling? Could it be that? Want to let them cross the river on purpose?"

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Niu Dali, and asked, "Stop Shen Qingzhi's army? Can you block it? Could it be that if Shen Qingzhi wants to cross the river, he can only go through Jiangxia?"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Junsheng handed over the map, pointed to the map and said, "If our army captures Jiangxia first, Shen Qingzhi will go straight to Jiangxia when he gets the news? He won't turn to the east and enter Shouchun?"

Niu vigorously scratched his cheeks, "Then what does His Majesty mean to wait for Shen Qingzhi's troops to arrive in Jiangxia, and then our army will quickly attack and eat this Song army? But in this way, the timing will not be very good for me. If our army It was too late, Shen Qingzhi's army had already crossed the river to Xiakou, if our army had gone early and was found out by Shen Qingzhi's scouts, he would definitely turn to Shouchun in the east!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "I have already arranged this matter properly, you guys just restrain the soldiers, especially keep an eye on the more than 1000 captives who surrendered to me, don't make any mistakes!"

"promise!"

Zhao Junsheng actually understood the intention of Song Army coach Xiao Bin very well. On the one hand, Xiao Bin wanted to preserve his own strength, and on the other hand, he wanted to drag down the under-prepared army by lengthening the front and supply lines. Stationed in each captured city, then Xiao Bin can concentrate his forces to counterattack, pulling out the dry troops in each city bit by bit like pulling out nails.

Since Zhao Junsheng had guessed Xiao Bin's plan and purpose, he would naturally not follow this person's routine, so he did not leave a single soldier in Jingling, but brought everyone along, not only did he not Leaving troops to guard Jingling, and bringing all the captives and surrendered troops, on the one hand, it was to concentrate the troops, and on the other hand, it did not leave future troubles for its own rear.

But this time he emptied Jingling and got more than 8000 shi of grain, which was enough to feed the army for several months. In addition to other military supplies seized, he didn't have to worry about being blocked at all, and he didn't have to worry about the problem of grain roads.

Outside Anlu City, the temporary camp of the Song Army.

Shen Qingzhi, Liu Yuanjing, Lu Shangqi and others led the army to Anlu after two days and two nights of continuous marching. This time they retreated, they only brought half a month's dry food, other than that, all other military supplies and food were discarded in the following places. The county is reserved for the dry army. On the one hand, it can reduce the burden and retreat with light equipment, and on the other hand, it can delay the dry army.

Shen Qingzhi's plan was successful, and the large amount of food, grass and other military supplies left behind allowed the Qianjun's pursuit speed, but Shen Qingzhi, Liu Yuanjing and others did not feel at ease, because the fall of Jingling made them restless. The speed is fast enough to reach Jiangxia before them and cut off their way to cross the river.

Therefore, Shen Qingzhi dispatched an elite squad of cavalry to rush towards Jiangxia at the fastest speed on the way of leading his troops to retreat southward. He had to ensure that Jiangxia was still in his own hands before the army arrived. Otherwise, , When they rushed to the vicinity of Jiangxia, they found that Jiangxia had fallen into the hands of the Qianjun, so he and the 9000 men under his command could only flee eastward in embarrassment.

The team had already rested outside Anlu City for two hours, Shen Qingzhi didn't intend to let the army continue to rest, but he had to wait for news now.

At this moment, a fast horse came galloping, the horse was already foaming at the mouth, and the knight on the horse was panting from exhaustion, his face turned pale.

With the neighing of the war horse, the horse lost its strength and fell to the ground while running, and the knight on the horse was also thrown out and fell to the ground.

"Hurry up and bring him here!" Liu Yuanjing shouted.

Several soldiers quickly ran over to carry the knight over. Liu Yuanjing took a water bag and poured a few sips of water into the nearly unconscious knight, and the knight regained consciousness.

"General, general, the latest news is that the army is still wantonly confiscating grain and fodder, civilian husbands, horse-drawn carts and other means of transportation in Jingling. The grain and grass collected may not be worth tens of thousands of stones!"

Liu Yuanjing immediately said: "Okay, Ben will know, you should rest well! Come, get him something to eat and drink!"

"Yes, General!"

Liu Yuanjing got up and walked quickly towards Shen Qingzhi, clasped his fists and said: "General, the spies are here to report that the Gan army is still in Jingling. They are collecting grain, military supplies and means of transportation, and they have recruited many civilian men. According to the spies, the Gan army is still in Jingling. The army collected tens of thousands of stones of food and grass in Jingling!"

"Oh?" Shen Qingzhi got up when he heard the words, and he said: "If there are tens of thousands of stones of food and grass, plus other military supplies, the marching speed of the dry army should not be fast. If our army travels day and night, we should be able to catch up with them To Jiangxia!"

Liu Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, as long as Jiangxia City is still in our hands when we arrive, we will be safe! Even if the dry army attacks Jiangxia City, our army can still defend the city. Send sailors to cooperate, maybe we can make a beautiful counterattack!"

Shen Qingzhi immediately gave the order: "The order will go on, the team will rest for two minutes, and we will start after two minutes. We can't delay any longer, we must rush to Jiangxia as quickly as possible!"

"Yes, General!"

Previously, it was not that Shen Qingzhi had thought of leading his troops to turn to the east, but the cavalry of the Qianjun Army were not vegetarians. The most important thing was that before they crossed Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, the road was flat and there was no danger to defend. Being overtaken by Qianjun's Qingqi, the consequences are unimaginable.

Two quarters later, the Song army set off and continued to advance towards Jiangxia.

This time, Shen Qingzhi didn't dare to hold back on the marching speed, and he ordered the army to advance at full speed.

Not to mention whether Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao's army behind him will catch up, but as long as the army in Jingling City arrives at Jiangxia City first, if Shen Qingzhi doesn't want to fight to the death with the army in Jiangxia City, he can only Quickly swung his troops eastward to escape.

The burden brought to the soldiers by advancing at full speed is huge. At the beginning, the soldiers could persist, but after half a day of marching, many soldiers couldn't hold on anymore, and the marching speed slowed down spontaneously.

Seeing that this was not going to work, Liu Yuanjing immediately dispatched some soldiers on horseback to supervise both sides of the team, reminding the soldiers loudly at all times to keep their speed. For those soldiers who deliberately slowed down, the supervisors whipped them with whips, and many of them were punished. The skin was torn apart.

That night, Song Jun camped in the territory of Yunmeng, but the next morning, he found that more than 200 people had escaped in the dark. Shen Qingzhi was so angry that his beard was raised. Send troops to capture all those deserters.

After losing his temper, Shen Qingzhi had no choice but to send someone to write a letter to the surrounding government, asking them to send people to arrest the deserters, and then ordered to continue to retreat south with the army.