In August 1123, the Second Division of the First Army of Zhennan attacked Chaozhou City at night.

Although the strength of the two sides was equal, the morale of the Zhennan army was stronger and the firearms were better, and finally captured the city of Chaozhou, and the remnants of more than 5,000 bandits returned to the north and fled to the Fujian Road.

In this battle, because the bandit army led by Song Jiang was equipped with muskets and had the advantage of the city wall as a basis, the battle loss ratio between the two sides reached three to one, which made everyone in the world look sideways.

In the first battle of Chaozhou, more than 10,000 bandits first wiped out the garrison corps of the Zhennan Army of thousands of people, and then entered the city and began to burn and plunder, tens of thousands of innocent people died tragically, and then the first army of the Zhennan Army attacked the city and thousands of soldiers were killed.

After hearing this bad news, Li Nan, the lord of Zhennan, was furious, and immediately reported the matter to the world, and quickly dispatched the elite troops of Sichuan, Jiaozhi, Dali and the provinces of Zhancheng, and advanced to the north on all fronts, vowing to annihilate the Song bandit army.

In the Nanwang Mansion in the town of Guizhou, Li Nanduan sat in the Yin'an Palace, instructing the folds sent from all over the country, thinking about the current situation.

This time, the Song State used the Songjiang bandit army after Zhao'an to tentatively attack Chaozhou, although it brought disadvantages to the military deterrence of Zhennan, but there were also some relatively good signs.

Earlier, the four states of Shu and the east and west roads of Guangnan occupied by the Zhennan army, because the people lived under the rule of the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, so they all believed that Zhao and Song were the orthodox monarchs.

Under the influence of the idea of loyalty to the monarch and defending the country, even if Li Nan made a decision to reduce taxes and reduce taxes in the newly occupied places, vigorously develop infrastructure, provide high-quality rice seeds, etc., these people did not appreciate it, but the brain-dead behavior of the Song State really angered people of insight everywhere.

Human nature is selfish, so in most cases, people will naturally judge the priority of doing things according to the order of individual, family, and country.

From ancient times to the present, when the interests of the state conflict with the interests of the family and the interests of the family clan, many people will choose the latter, and when the interests of the individual conflict with the interests of the family, it is obvious that more people choose the former.

After the battle in Chaozhou City, the little demon Tyrion did not let go of this good opportunity for publicity.

He hired a large number of Chaozhou survivors to go to the state capitals of Sichuan and Guangnan to carry out propaganda, and tell the cruelty of the Song bandit army in public.

As the so-called rabbit dies and the fox is sad, thinking that the things in Chaozhou City are likely to happen to themselves and their relatives, those people who were originally looking forward to returning to their homeland, due to worry and fear, quickly changed their minds, in the eyes of these ordinary people, home is the most important thing.

A large number of young men took the initiative to ask to join the local garrison, and there were many squires who were quite prestigious in the local area, and also asked the king of Zhennan to let them buy weapons to protect their homes.

Li Nan would never agree to such a thing as buying weapons for arming himself, but he encouraged the young men who took the initiative to join the army.

In this situation, the number of garrison corps in various parts of Zhennan increased dramatically, and with these local troops for defense, those regular corps were liberated and quickly put into the northern front.

War is actually about spending money, and the army's weapons and equipment, and material supplies require a lot of money, and the dead soldiers also have to be paid death pensions.

According to Li Nan's instructions, after careful deliberation by the ministers, combined with the ready-made examples of some countries in later generations, a set of rigorous and perfect systems was quickly established.

The families of all soldiers who die or become disabled in the line of duty can receive subsidies of varying amounts for life, tax exemptions on arable land, free schooling for their children, free medical care for the whole family, and other very generous incentives.

After this perfect pension system was distributed to all the troops, when the soldiers shouted long live, they also had a bottom in their hearts, and for a time the momentum was like a rainbow, and the voice of the war was endless.

According to Li Nan's original plan, during the period before the Jin soldiers went south, Zhennanguo should maintain a state of recuperation, but he never expected that Song Guo had just experienced two failed Northern Expeditions, and before he could take a break, he would attack himself.

Since the Song State took the lead in breaking the peaceful situation between the two countries, Li Nan would not stand still and be beaten, so he gathered the four major corps of the Zhennan Army and launched an attack on the Fujian Road, Jiangnan West Road, Jinghu North Road and Jinghu South Road of the Song State.

If the Zhennan army captures all the lands of these four states, it can be said that Zhao Song has really lost half of the country.

In October, Leonidas, commander of the Third Army of the Zhennan Army, led his troops to attack the southern part of Hujinghu, and the officials of the prefectures and counties along the way fled when they heard the news, and finally the army came to Changsha, the capital of Jinghu.

After the Battle of Chaozhou, the Song State also knew that it seemed to be causing trouble, so it sent envoys several times to explain that what the Song Jiang bandit army did was not instructed by the imperial court, but no one believed this kind of, and all the envoys were expelled.

Realizing that Zhennanguo was determined to start a war this time, Zhao Ji of Huizong, who was anxious to quell the rebellion, had no choice but to urgently transfer 100,000 forbidden troops from all over the country to Changsha from among the famous generals of the Western Army to resist the rebellion in the south.

The Song army stationed in Changsha City had a total of 120,000 horses, including 30,000 soldiers equipped with newly developed muskets, while the Third Army of the Zhennan Army who came to attack the city only had 20,000 soldiers.

This official collision between the Song Kingdom and the Zhennan Kingdom is of great significance. It is not only related to the situation of several other battlefields, but also attracts the attention of neighboring countries.

If the Song State loses this battle, then I am afraid that the Western Xia and Jin States will make some moves. And if the Zhennan Kingdom is defeated, the Zhenla Empire, which has long wanted to be disgraced in the south, and the Song Kingdom, which is eager to recover the territory of Shu and Guangnan, will also become even more aggressive.

In the south of Changsha, the Zhennan Army has set up a large camp, although the Third Army has only 20,000 regular soldiers, but there are more than 10,000 people with the army, and at this moment the black sea composed of 30,000 people is all over the land, and you can't see the end at a glance.

Several flags were set up in the Zhennan military camp, Leonida, the commander of the legion represented by a spear and a shield, and the red firefox was the lieutenant Mary, but it was the red two-headed giant banner that was fluttering in the wind that made the whole army cheer.

The red two-headed giant flag is the exclusive banner of the king of Zhennan, and since this banner appears here, it means that this is not an ordinary battle, but a personal expedition by the lord of Zhennan.

The lord of a country is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Li Nan's arrival gave the soldiers infinite courage, but it also worried many of his subordinates and concubines. So far, Li Nan has not had any children, so if something goes wrong with him, the emerging country will collapse in an instant.

In fact, Li Nan originally wanted to sit in Guizhou, but when he heard that the Song army had 30,000 musketeers this time, it was indeed a challenge for the Zhennan army, which had always relied on firearms.

Excluding the two factors of firearms and high morale that surpassed the current era, in fact, the overall quality of the Zhennan army, which lacked sufficient foundation, was not as high as that of the armies of the Song and Liao countries. In addition, there are also famous generals on the Song army's side, and this time is a very severe test for the Zhennan army, so he must personally sit in the town to feel at ease.