Chapter 140 Yangzhou Breaks (Part 1)
Since Xu Ning retreated, Yangzhou has been occupied by the Yuan army. At the beginning, Zhang Hongfan's team was responsible for the defense. However, why did the Yuan Dynasty feel at ease to hand over this place to others, so it sent troops to guard it. At this time, the general was Da Dali, who had fought with Zhang Shun several times in Xiangyang.
Speaking of Da Dali, he is also an alien. He has had many dealings with Zhang Shun, and even became a prisoner twice. He worked as a coolie in the mines in Shennongjia for several months. However, because he has a difficult-to-explain relationship with A Shu, and he is also a member of the Golden Family, he was redeemed by A Shu both times with a lot of money, and he did not mention this past story.
However, Da Dali no longer had the ambitions he had at the time. As soon as he talked about fighting, especially fighting with Zhang Shun, he would immediately have some strange reactions, such as sweating, restlessness, and incontinence when his hands and feet were trembling severely. There was no trace of ambitions he had at the time. It was precisely because of this A Shu that he did not let him be the deputy marshal of the southward army, but just asked him to follow Ali Hague to guard the rear here.
Ali Hague led his army to Lin'an. He also thought that it was a relatively important place, both military and politically. However, he did not bring Dali with him, but arranged him to Yangzhou later, because in the eyes of many people, it was relatively safe and the location was not that important. But who knew that there were unexpected situations in the world. When Zhang Hongfan was powerful, everything was fine. At least they had already trained all the same line as Yitian. However, as Zhang Shun's army entered the battlefield, the form here changed tremendously.
In order to better transport supplies to the front line, Zhang Shun ordered the opening of this route, so this place became a training ground for the people in Zhang Shun's reserve. They fought here with great success. Although they could not be swept, they also made outstanding contributions. They took down many small county towns and other places one after another, which completely opened up this route and completely cut off the contact between Zhang Hongfan.
A Shu had sent troops several times to harass him and to strangle the other party's throat, but the effect was minimal, not only that, they also suffered a lot of losses in the loss of soldiers and generals. With the emergence of the musket, the Yuan army completely gave up the idea of attacking here. They began to shrink their defense line. Yangzhou, which was supposed to be inexplicably becoming a prominent part, but this place was still responsible for contacting Lin'an and providing support supplies there. In this way, Da Dali, who was originally leisurely and had nothing to do, suddenly became an important figure again.
But Da Dali didn't want such a result. In fact, he was treated well after being captured for the first time, and was released in less than three days. However, after becoming a prisoner of war, Zhang Shun did not treat him well at all, and deliberately did not talk about redeeming people. So those few months were hell on earth for him. He got up before dawn and could go back to rest in the middle of the night. He ate dog food every day, and he had to be taught a lesson from time to time. It was called "clearing his mind and recognizing his position". This treatment made his originally strong body collapse quickly. Now let alone going to war, he would just take a few more steps and get panting.
And that's not all. The damn lame man Meng still used various means to insult him, abuse him, and intimidate him, making him tremble all over whenever he heard the unique sound of iron feet stooping on the ground. He still often had such nightmares, and he would scream in fear every time. After he came back, he received good medical treatment and cured all the external injuries, but the psychological trauma could not be healed, so he could only numb himself by drinking alcohol. Now he was drunk almost every day. At the beginning, he didn't dare to be arrogant, but later because there was nothing, no one cared about being arrogant. But now when he could no longer be arrogant, he was still the same. On the one hand, he couldn't do anything without alcohol paralysis, and on the other hand, he really couldn't get some energy.
The main generals are all like this. How good can the people below be? Yangzhou looks lazy from top to bottom. Even if he has become the front, he has no corresponding consciousness. Instead, he still feels that it is just that. This allows you to imagine how huge the panic caused when they heard that Zhang Shun's troops had appeared under Yangzhou City.
At that time, almost all the Yuan army generals in Yangzhou were drinking at Da Dali's mansion. This guy didn't know if he felt safe because he was with a group of people, so he often called all the generals he could find to drink together. Over time, this became a tradition. Everyone was drinking while watching the singers raised by Da Dali, singing and dancing. He was in a very good mood. At this moment, someone hurriedly ran in and reported, "The big thing was not good. We found signs of Song army activities under the city. The scout team we sent had not come back for two days." If this was the past
It was simply a joke, because the scout disappeared, which meant it self-evident. But Da Dali had long ignored the training of the army and ignored the scouts, so it often happened that the scouts went out for several days and did not come back. I don’t know where they went to Xiaoyao. Anyway, this is the norm, so no one found it strange that they didn’t come back a day. It was not until this morning when they found an enemy appeared in the distance on the city wall. They were afraid and immediately closed the city gate. They were so scared that they hurried back to report the news.
The room suddenly became quiet, and the dancers and musicians subconsciously stopped their movements and looked at the generals in a panic. In an instant, the generals' performance made them fall into their glasses, because everyone jumped up from their seats, and their faces were panicked. Some grabbed their armor and put them on their bodies, but they couldn't put them on; some grabbed the sword, but their hands were trembling constantly; some ran out directly, not knowing whether to go to war or escape, but they didn't see the way clearly, and they hit the door frame, making a loud bang, and then fell straight to the ground. Anyway, they were in chaos and were not even in a state of being a soldier.
Chapter completed!