"The city of Dingyuan is broken, and the Jianghuai army has withdrawn." Xu Shiji was in Zhongli City, and after receiving this important information, he was stunned at first, but then he became happy again.

He knew very well that this was His Majesty's strategy that worked, and it seemed that he did not come to the rescue directly, but several shots hit the fate of the Jianghuai army, forcing Du Fuwei, Shen Faxing and other Jianghuai troops to retreat.

"In terms of the ability to use troops, Your Majesty is really perfect, the imperial army arrived on the north bank for less than half a month, but it won one after another, forcing the 300,000 army to withdraw, reversing the situation, turning the passive into active, it is really clever!" Xu Shiji sighed with emotion and heartfelt admiration.

The surrounding Fang Yanzao, Wang Junyi, Wei Yijie and others also nodded one after another, happy and deeply admired.

"Fortunately, Your Majesty drove the expedition in person, and solved the problem of Jianghuai at once." Fang Yanzao sighed.

Wang Jun was stunned and also admired: "Your Majesty has led troops to fight all these years, conquering everything and being invincible, comparable to a famous general in history!" ”

"General Xu, do we want to pursue, now that the two or three hundred thousand Jiangxi troops have withdrawn, the army must be unstable, as long as the army pursues, it will make them more nervous, and even collapse, we can harvest some, and it can be regarded as revenge for the dead soldiers." Wei Yijie hugged his fists.

Xu Shiji pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Pursue, bite their tails to the death, never let the Jiangnan army withdraw so easily, there are few horses in the south, and the cavalry of this allied army is not much, we can send a cavalry, a light infantry to chase after them, and constantly harass their broken descendants." General Ben with tens of thousands of main forces in the rear press, once the allied forces turn around on a large scale, we will take the opportunity to rush and kill, drag down the speed of the enemy's retreat, I believe that His Majesty has already led troops to the front to intercept, will not let go of this opportunity. ”

"General Xu, the last general is willing to lead his troops there." Wei Yijie took the initiative to ask for help.

Wang Jun was stunned and also hugged his fists and said: "The last general is also willing to go." ”

Xu Shiji glanced at the two of them and said, "General Wei, you lead 20,000 troops, go on the road lightly, and 5,000 cavalry, to drag the Jianghuai army after the break." General Wang, you lead 10,000 cavalry, make a detour from the side, harass the allied forces in front, take the opportunity to cover up, the enemy stops and blocks, you retreat, the enemy marches, and you keep attacking, don't let the Jianghuai army have a good time! ”

"The last general understands!" Both answered.

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Du Fuwei withdrew his troops and rode forward, this time he didn't even see Luo Zhaoyun's army, he was forced to retreat, and he felt very aggrieved.

Kan Ling returned from being wounded and explained to Du Fuwei the details of the sneak attack on Dingyuan City that night.

"It seems that when Xu Shiji retreated, a hidden pile was set up in Dingyuan City, we were careless, and we did not conduct an inventory of the people in the city." Duvowe sighed.

Most of them, the peasant rebels, were from poor families, lacked political understanding, could not think of many details, and did not understand that after entering the city, they first blocked the archives and household registration, and checked the population in the city, which were the faces of temporary stay.

Of course, before Xu Shiji left, he had people burn the file and household registration, even if Du Fuwei and others sent someone to investigate, there would be many loopholes.

Zheng Dongping, a strategist, analyzed the situation and said: "Chief, the imperial army is gathering more and more, Huainan has an army of 200,000, and although Jiangdu County is nominally under the control of our righteous army, it is actually not governed at all. In normal times, wherever the rebels went, they controlled which city, and there was no effective mobilization in the nearby towns and villages. As soon as the city was lost, the surrounding area was all gone, unlike the imperial court, which constantly sent civil officials to infiltrate the towns and villages, to be county commanders and governors, and to truly govern the localities. At present, the entire Jiangdu County is now under our control, and only Liyang County is the foundation, so it is a little difficult to fight against the imperial army. ”

When Du Fuwei heard this, he was silent and sighed deeply, he also realized this, but there was nothing he could do.

Because most of these so-called heroes are from poor families, and most of the talents who can be won over are martial artists from poor families, and it is okay to lead troops to fight, but it is a little difficult to govern the state and county and settle the country and the people.

There were no detailed rules and regulations, no new laws were promulgated, and there was some confusion in the cities they controlled, not to mention the local counties and towns, which were still using Sui law or the traditional patriarchal system in the countryside to regulate the behavior of the people.

He Du Fuwei may be able to dominate one side, let him really be the prince and king, promulgate decrees, govern civil affairs and economy from now on, and engage in the imperial court's set of three provinces and six ministries, etc., whether it is political literacy, vision, knowledge, or ability, it is not enough.

Du Fuwei looked at Kan Ling and the strategists, and sighed lightly: "What do you say we started the army for?" ”

Kan Ling was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Of course, it is to overthrow Yang Guang, the faint monarch, and bring the clansmen to be able to survive in the troubled times, with clothes to wear, food to eat, and no government oppression!" ”

Du Fuwei said: "Yang Guang has died a long time ago, the north has been unified, it is Luo Zhaoyun's new court, I heard many merchants from the north to the south, at present, the north is stable, the people live and work in peace and contentment, there is no war and thieves, it is much better than our land south of the Yangtze River, fighting for each other, and the situation of the vassal kings being divided, we are now united to fight against the northern court, is it really correct?" ”

When Kan Ling heard this, he was stunned and speechless.

Because Du Fuwei's words make sense, for Kan Ling, who has not read many books, he wants to refute it, but he can't see a reason.

Even the strategist Zheng Dongping fell silent, chewing on the meaning of his words, which seemed to have some truth.

What is the point of resisting the imperial court now, how long can they hold on, they have won, and there have been countless casualties, can they really exchange for the stability of Jiangnan?

Du Fuwei saw that the two of them were speechless, and said with a wry smile: "This is just my temporary words, which have bothered me for a long time, but if you really want to give up resistance and return to the imperial court, I am afraid that our allies will not agree, even the soldiers of Liyang County and Danyang County will not agree, the time is not right, it is useless to think more, so let's continue to struggle." ”

Zheng Dongping and Kan Ling both nodded, the current situation is difficult to ride a tiger, some people may want to submit to the palace, but most people are used to doing whatever they want in their own territory, and they want to directly submit to the imperial court, I am afraid it is not so easy.

At this moment, a scout rushed over to spread the word that the army led by Wang Xiongdan was caught up by the soldiers and horses sent by Xu Shiji and was fighting.

Du Fuwei's face changed slightly, he still came, and immediately decided: "Don't stay, speed up the march, and leave Zhongli County early!" ”

He did not send people back to help, because when the army withdrew, it was a very dangerous time to be chased and killed by the enemy, and it was likely to cause the rout of the whole army.

After the military order was delivered, more than 200,000 soldiers and horses sped up their running, and there were too few cavalry, all of them walked on two feet, and a tense atmosphere appeared on the faces of some soldiers.

In particular, the troops led by Zhang Shan'an, Shen Faxing, Wang Hua, and others were all improvised fleeing peasants who were selected as soldiers, and their military quality was low and their training was scarce. At this time, I already had the idea of running for my life, and when I was running, there was some crowding and collision in front and back, and the formation began to be disordered.