Chapter 50: Back Way (Part 1)

One living person, one killer is the biggest difference between the Huaiyang General Administration and the Mongolian Yuan court. Although the Huaiyang New Deal damaged the privileges of some gentry, its starting point and result were to allow more people to survive safely. However, the Mongolian Yuan court liked to kill all the people in the conquered areas indiscriminately.

So after the gentry in Yangzhou City gathered together for a whole afternoon, they finally made a choice beyond the expectations of many people. They did not want to die, nor did they want to put the lives of the whole family and the young and old family on the great mercy of the Yuan Dynasty. They had never heard of the precedent of great mercy of the imperial court before. They wanted to survive and live as much as possible in the Huaiyang New Policy, and the love was nothing more than to give timely help.

As for the original intention of the gentry gathering together at first, whether some of them had been bewitched by the meticulous works of the Mongol Yuan, these are no longer important. The current results are the best for the General Administration and the military and people in Yangzhou City, so that madmen would dig into the bottom of the matter.

Immediately, Wu Yongchun, the commander of the Fourth Army, bowed to the courtesy and thanked Liu Bowen and the Yangzhou gentry who entrusted him to come to reward the army. Then, he summoned his staff members to the enemy building and formulated specific implementation plans according to the strategy that Liu Bowen had just offered. Those staff members were excellent in the imperial examinations and had received special training in the martial arts lecture hall. Therefore, their actions were extremely professional. Soon, they took out the things Wu Yongchun needed.

Immediately, the powerful personnel were selected and various resources were mobilized. The entire Fourth Army was running at high speed like a machine. The effect on the first day was only mediocre. The second day, there was a little restlessness around the enemy camp. But in the afternoon of the next day, rumors were already spreading in Dong Tuanxiao's military camp. It was said that Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou took advantage of everyone's war outside to fight, and they rushed to Suzhou and Hangzhou. Now there are wars everywhere in the eastern Zhejiang area. Anyone who followed Dong Tuanxiao to trouble the Huai'an army was subjected to bloody revenge from Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou. Some high-ranking families who contributed money for Mao Hulu soldiers, and even the whole family, were killed.

The rumor was so violent that the morale of the Zhejiang army under Dong Tuanxiao fell. After less than two hours of attack on Jiangwan during the day, they stopped the field in a hurry. After returning to the camp, some generals simply proposed to Dong Tuanxiao directly, giving up the meaningless waste under Jiangwan city, and quickly sent people back to eastern Zhejiang to defend their hometown.

"Don't be fooled, this is a military plan. Just such a simple plan, how can you hide it from me?" Dong Tuanxiao himself was also nervous by the rumors, but in front of the generals, he had to look calm and composed, stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Mr. Xuan Wei's eyes were like lightning, and we naturally admired them. However, we were all fighting with the masters. The other side of our hometown and the other side of our hometown were indeed very empty. If it was really taken advantage of by villains, the generals did not dare to talk back to Dong Tuanxiao openly, but continued to persuade him to turn around.

"That's not true. If the thief really attacks, the remaining soldiers and horses in the prefectures and counties will be unable to resist."

"There is a saying, I am not afraid of ten thousand, I am afraid of anything."

"The reason why Monk Peng fought to the city of Hangzhou last time was because we were out of the war, and now it was Zhang Zishicheng."

In an instant, the strife in the central army was as turmoil as a pot of porridge. Among the ten people, at least eight people had the idea of ​​going home and were unwilling to continue fighting with the Huaian army.

"Stop." Dong Tuanxiao was upset when he heard this, and slapped the table hard and interrupted sternly, "What's the matter? It's obvious that you are afraid when you see the thief's arms sharp. The thief Shicheng really wants to raise an army to advance eastward. First of all, he has to conquer Wuxi Prefecture. Sun Tongzhi of Wuxi Prefecture had crossed the river to transport military rations to me yesterday. In just one night, how could this place have fallen into the hands of Zhang Bid?"

"This, this?" The generals felt a little relieved when they heard this. However, someone soon whispered, "Zhang Zhei has always been cunning. Maybe he deliberately put Wuxizhou and refused to take it. He went south to attack Yixing. It was not between Taihu Lake. He could not take long for him to go around Yixing and Huzhou."

"Yes, Zhang Zhei has always been cunning and never fights head-on when fighting."

"There is also the king thief, who has been favored by Zhu's butcher Zhu's unsuccessful murder. If he is determined to contribute to Zhu's butcher Zhu's, it is the best choice to surround Wei and save Zhao."

Everyone, you say one word or one word, can't believe that your future is safe and worry-free.

It’s not that they are easily deceived, but that the battles over the past few days have indeed become less and less fun. Tens of thousands of people besieged a small town. I don’t know how many defenders there are in the city, but they are killed and injured every day. Especially since four days ago, a group of sharpshooters who specialize in shooting black guns at generals appeared in the city. There were already three thousand commanders who lost their lives in a confused manner across more than 200 steps. No one can guarantee whether he was the next one to get black guns.

"How can those who are nonsense and generals decide to advance and retreat based on guessing?" Dong Tuanxiao was so angry that his face turned pale. He drew out his sword and cut off a corner of the desk. "If anyone dares to disrupt our morale again, he should be such a case."

"Hiss,." The generals took a breath of air. In a blink of an eye, the entire central army tent was silent. The nickname "Dong Shaved" was not random. Although Dong was born as a Confucian scholar, there were probably hundreds of thousands of thieves who died at his hands over the years. The Mongol Generals who were killed in public for violating the order were not less than a hundred people, including the bloodlines of several authentic founding four heroes.

"We are all supported by the elders in eastern Zhejiang. You are worried about your hometown, so Dong feels the same." He strongly suppressed everyone's desire to retreat. Dong Tuanxiao changed his tone and added with a pleasant look, "Fortunately, it is not far from Wuxi and Yixing. Dong will send someone to cross the river to inquire about the news from these two places. If these two places are still safe and sound, it will prove that the rumors outside are a trick of the enemy's suspicion. If any of these two places is in trouble, Dong promises you to divide your troops to rescue immediately. What do you think?"

"Thank you, sir."

"My lord is far-sighted, and I will admire you."

"Sir, I'm reckless."

A burst of cheers immediately sounded in the central army tent, and everyone looked excited, as if they were not the ones who were yelling to retreat.

Before the cheers fell, a sudden sound of horse hooves came from outside the door. Immediately afterwards, Dong Tuanxiao's confidant Cheng Mingzhong, the envoy of Xuanwei from Zhejiang, rolled in and rushed in. Regardless of the many people around, he lay on the ground and shouted with panting: "Sir, please return quickly. Zhang, Zhang, and Wang thieves went south together. Yixing, Changxing has been trapped in the two places. From Changxing to Huzhou, on the east bank of Taihu Lake, there has been constant fire in recent days. If you don't return quickly, you will die without a burial place."

Note: I have a severe cold, so I can only write about it today. Sorry,
Chapter completed!