The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

287 - Change policy
In the evening, two groups of bonfires were ignited against the backdrop of red-burning clouds.

Thick smoke billowed, announcing the complete end of this field encounter.

More than [-] corpses were burned to ashes and blown away by the wind.

Yue Peng, Su Quandang, and Zhang Hongwei led the remaining less than [-] soldiers, and Zhao Da and Zhao Hu's [-] flying dragon troops drove countless horses to Cenxi.Wuzhou City has been destroyed, and it is meaningless for Zhao Da and Zhao Hu to stay here.

Their mission was always to assist in the defense of Wuzhou City.

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

And until this time, Zhao Dongting, who was leading the army from Duanxi to Yizhou, had not heard the news of the battle.

His army was carrying grain, grass, and weapons, as well as 5000 Yuan soldiers and thousands of civilians. The march was slow, and it might take nearly ten days to reach Yizhou.

In this way, in the middle of the night of the next day, Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Jue led the remnant army and finally rushed to Tanjin.

The Song Army's scouts in the field in Tanjin County discovered it early and reported it to Liu Zijun, the commander of the Tianxiong Army, and Jiang Xiu, the commander of the Tianman Army.The two of them waited at the gate of the city with their generals.

When they saw Wen Tianxiang and others leading the soldiers exhaustedly walking towards the city gate under the torches, they both had complicated expressions in their eyes.

They have already learned the result of Wen Tianxiang's bloody battle with the Yuan army on the way, and they have sent a fast horse to report to Zhao Dongting.

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

When Wen Tianxiang and the others got closer, Liu Zijun and Jiang Xiu went up to meet them together, "Brother Tianxiang, are you alright?"

Liu Zijun is also Wen Tianxiang's hometown boy, only slightly younger than Wen Tianxiang.He had followed Wen Tianxiang for many years, and when he learned that the Yuan army had chased Wen Tianxiang and the others out of Wuzhou City, he was most worried about Wen Tianxiang's safety.

Wen Tianxiang shook his head lightly, but did not speak.

He led the army to Tanjin overnight, without sleep, and now he almost didn't even have the strength to speak.

Liu Zijun looked around him, but he didn't see Du Hu, so he couldn't help asking, "Where's Du Hu?"

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

As he said that, he took the lead to walk into the city.

At this time, he really didn't care to continue talking to Liu Zijun.He needs rest, and the soldiers need rest even more.

Liu Zijun heard the words and ran to the back of the army in a hurry. When he saw Du Hu who was pale and extremely weak, he couldn't stop his eyes from turning red again.

During the battle with Wen Tianxiang and the Yuan army, most of them were killed. Now, only these brothers are left.

The army followed Wen Tianxiang into the city.

Just after arriving in the city, some soldiers collapsed in the city and fell into a sound sleep.

Liu Zijun and Jiang Xiu hurriedly let the soldiers under their command take over the grain, grass, military equipment and wounded soldiers.

Already, Huotou in the army had prepared food and brought it to the gate of the city one after another.

The soldiers who entered the city had only been eating dry food for the past two days, but when they suddenly ate this hot food, some of them couldn't stop crying.

They really didn't expect that they could come back alive, and more brothers stayed 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 can't sleep yet, because they still have to discuss how to resist the Yuan army in the future.

Tanjin County is only a small town, it is difficult to resist the Yuan army's attack, and it is not a long-term place.

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

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

Wen Tianxiang was having a detailed discussion with Zhang Jue and the others. When he heard this, his spirit froze, and he said, "Hurry up and show it to me."

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

Wen Tianxiang read the letter, pondered for a long time, "Break the whole into parts, avoid the real and attack the false..."

Then he handed the letter to Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue looked at it and said, "Military order, this is your strength. From now on, you will have full command of the army!"

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

Wen Tianxiang did not give in, and nodded slightly.

Right now, the five armies of Tianxuan, Tiangu, Tianmeng, Tianfu, and Tiangui actually don't have many troops left.

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

The people discussed again in detail.

The past few days.

Yue Peng, Su Quandang, Zhang Hongwei and others led the army back to Cenxi.Then it was arranged according to Zhao Dongting's secret letter.

In Wuzhou City, Yuan general Tuoheer also led [-] soldiers under his command into the city.

Zhao Dongting was still on his way to Yizhou, and while he was marching, the scouts came to report that hundreds of soldiers were rushing towards them from behind.

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

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

These hundreds of soldiers were naturally the [-] Flying Dragon Army led by Zhao Da and Zhao Hu.

They all carried wooden boxes with grenades inside. After Yue Peng and others rushed to Cenxi, they took a rest and hurried to chase Zhao Dongting's troops again.

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

Then, Zhao Da and Zhao Hu hurried to Zhao Dongting's chariot under the leadership of Tianxian soldiers.It's just that there is a scout next to them.

But this scout set off from Tanjin County. He had just rushed to Cenxi, and happened to meet Yue Peng and the others leading the army back to the city, and then followed Zhao Da and Zhao Hu to chase Zhao Dongting's large army.

"emperor!"

Zhao Dongting heard Zhao Da's rough voice in the chariot, and hurried out of the chariot.

Seeing the dusty faces of the two of them, he didn't bother to inquire about their relatives, and just asked: "Can the military aircraft order and others come to Tanjin?"

Zhao Da, Zhao Hu and the scouts all knelt down in front of the chariot, Zhao Dao said, "The military commander should have arrived at Tanjin, but..."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the scout next to him.

The scout hurriedly took out the letter from his pocket and held it up with both hands, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent military report from General Liu Zijun."

Seeing Zhao Da and Zhao Hu's expressions, Zhao Dongting felt a little bad in his heart.

Inside the chariot, Qin Han also pricked up his ears.

After he learned that Wen Tianxiang led the army out of Wuzhou City, he expected that their journey to Tanjin would never be too smooth.

Now, there should be results, right?
Zhao Dongting opened the letter, but his face turned pale.

He knew that the Yuan army would catch up to Wen Tianxiang and the others sooner or later, so he asked Yue Peng and the others to rush to support them, but he didn't expect that the loss would be so huge.

Although the number of casualties in the letter is only an estimate, the scouts in this era have extremely accurate eyesight, and this estimate may not be far from the actual number.

Of the eight armies under Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Jue, there are less than 2 people left?
The Tiankui Army, Tiangang Army, Tianji Army, and the cavalry who came out of Tanjin County 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.

"Get up!"

He got Zhao Da, Zhao Hu and the scouts to get up, and then hurriedly walked into the chariot.

Once inside the chariot, he handed the letter to Qin Han and said, "It looks like we can't go to Yizhou anymore!"

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

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

Zhao Dongting said: "Wen Junjiling and Zhang Fujunjiling suffered heavy losses. We can no longer go to Yizhou to stand on the sidelines. With their current troops, even if they are guerrillas, they may not be able to hold a stalemate with the Yuan army for a long time. I intend to send the Qiongzhou army How do you feel about taking all of Tian Xianjun there?"

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

According to what Zhao Dongting said, if both the Tianxian Army and the Qiongzhou Army were brought to the front line, in the Southern Song Dynasty, there would really be only tens of thousands of Qiongzhou soldiers left, and Liu Hongyi's more than [-] Leizhou Army.The Qiongzhou army is still incapable of dealing with the rebels, but Liu Hongyi's [-] Leizhou army alone has little chance of dealing with the Yuan Dynasty.

And why didn't Zhao Dongting know this?

After a slight silence, he said: "As long as I'm not dead, Da Song is not dead!"

(End of this chapter)