The news of Zhang Hongfan and Fan Yashan's defeat quickly spread throughout Fuguang and shocked the southeast.
Left deputy commander Li Heng quickly received Zhang Hongfan's scattered troops and learned that the Song army had god's help. He also felt the pressure of the sword, so he retreated to Gannan.
Only a fool would go head-on against the sword. Zhang Hongfan was already scared out of his wits. Now that he had retreated to Gannan, he had actually retreated 300 miles!
While they retreated, they quickly sent the news to Lin 'an.
Lin 'an's left deputy Ah Shu and Zhe's governor Fan Wenhu were celebrating the victory of the Song Dynasty. When they learned that Yashan had lost, they were furious.
This place was too far away, and they were unable to sense the sword's aura. As such, they dismissed Zhang Hongfan's words as nonsense.
"How dare this dog bully me! The southerners retreated to Yashan and were barely surviving. The Khan gave him this final battle, and he actually retreated 300 miles? "Ah Shu raged.
"The Zhao Dynasty's rule and army are all pedantic. They exclude people who are different from them and use mediocre people. Their rewards and punishments are illogical, causing the court to be divided. Such a country was swept by our Dayuan, so how could they have god's help? Zhang Hongfan must be exaggerating to avoid responsibility! "Fan Wenhu took the chance to say.
In the Song Dynasty, Bayan was the main commander, while Ali, Hague, and Ah Shu were his left and right. Bayan left after taking down Lin 'an, while Zhang Hongfan was only a ten thousand official at the start. He followed behind Bayan and gained some merits. However, as Fan Wenhu and the others had high positions and had contributed to taking down Lin 'an, Khubilai did not send Ah Shu or Fan Wenhu when he learned that the government in exile was in Guangdong. Instead, he promoted Zhang Hongfan to the Mongolian and Han army marshal. He led 20 thousand cavalry to wipe out the remaining Song Dynasty forces.
He gave him the final credit of destroying the country to prevent Fan Wenhu from being unrewarded.
This was indeed a 'merit of annihilating a nation' for free. Anyone could destroy the wandering imperial court established by the wandering Wen Tianxiang and the others.
In the end, that was indeed the case. Apart from Wen Tianxiang conquering the dozens of counties in Gannan, the other Anti-Yuan defensive lines collapsed without any pressure at all. During the Battle of Yashan, the Song army was like a trapped beast.
How could it be possible for him to lose? Furthermore, almost all of the Song army's two hundred thousand soldiers and soldiers had died, with only Zhang Shijie and seventy of his personal guards remaining. That was even more ridiculous!
"I don't care how he tried to avoid responsibility, I just want to know how he lost! Even ten thousand pigs won't be defeated by seventy people! "Ah Shu said angrily.
Fan Wenhu said, "Or perhaps Zhang Hongfan is raising bandits for his own sake, and is already disloyal."
Ah Shu looked at him and sneered. What he said sounded reasonable. If it weren't for the fact that they were raising bandits for their own sake, how could the 20,000 elite Yuan soldiers have lost?
Moreover, the Yuan army's losses were caused by the previous naval battle. When they retreated in defeat, not many people died. It was purely due to the collapse of their morale.
But after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't figure it out. Was Zhang Hongfan looking for death? Currently, the Meng Yuan Empire was like the sun in the sky, invincible in all corners of the world. He was only the Marshal of the Meng Yuan Empire. At most, he could only manage 20,000 troops. Half of them were from the Meng Yuan Empire. Was he retarded?
Looking at the soldiers under Zhang Hongfan's command, it was clear that they were still the same as when he was still the Ten Thousand Households.
In Ah Shu's eyes, Zhang Hongfan was not even worth a fart. He only needed to give an order, and Zhang Hongfan's subordinates would tie him up and bring him here to be dealt with.
The more he thought about it, the more suspicious it was. Looking at the military report, Zhang Hongfan spoke in a low voice as if he was weeping and complaining. In the end, Zhang Shijie used a demon sword to flatten all the boats. He spoke as if he was serious and did not seem to be talking nonsense.
How could he dare to talk nonsense about such things? If he was the only one who lied, would the ten thousand Meng soldiers also lie with him?
Ah Shu's prestige in the army was not something Zhang Hongfan could compare to. This kind of thing could be easily uncovered with a little investigation. How could Zhang Hongfan dare to talk nonsense?
"Report this matter to the Great Khan and send another 40,000 troops to Gannan …" Ah Shu said.
Fan Wenhu quickly said, "I will present Zhang Shijie's head to the Marshal."
Ah Shu waved his hand and said, "No, I will go personally! You will lead 80,000 Han infantry south along the Fuzhou front line and intimidate the southerners. Zhang Hongfan said that Zhang Shijie saved a member of the imperial clan. Then he will definitely support that member of the imperial clan and order the various factions to rebel. The southeast will definitely surrender and rebel. "
40,000 plus 80,000, that would be 120,000 troops. It was almost all the troops they had. Furthermore, the kings in the north were rebelling, and Khubilai wanted to transfer them north.
Fan Wenhu was shocked, "Marshal, why are you making such a big fuss over a minor issue?"
"The Song army is already in a desperate situation. Why would Zhang Hongfan not want the merit of destroying the country? Even if he was stupid enough to raise bandits for his own sake, he could have just stopped fighting. Why force 200,000 Song soldiers to death and then lose to Zhang Shijie? What about raising bandits? Is he killing bandits for his own sake? "Ah Shu said angrily.
Fan Wenhu did not dare to say anything more.
Ah Shu said, "There must be something fishy about this matter. I want to see what kind of deity the Song army has to help them!"
He believed that Zhang Hongfan was really defeated. However, he was still skeptical about the demon sword's words. Thus, he decided to go personally.
That day, he led the troops down south and split up. He wanted to ensure that the Song army would never be able to turn the situation around.
3rd month, 21st day, when Ah Shu's troops arrived at Jizhou, the news of the Song army winning at Yashan had already spread throughout Jiangnan.
The speed at which the news spread was because someone had purposely added fuel to the fire. It was not Lanbai She but Zhang Hongfan.
All of a sudden, the land of Song was in an uproar.
Hearing that the people and civilians of Yashan had sacrificed themselves for the country, many of them were in so much pain that they wished they were dead. In the end, Zhang Shijie actually had the help of a demon sword, crushing the Meng army and shocking the world.
At such a desperate moment, such a miraculous victory appeared. Wasn't that a blessing from the heavens?
Instantly, many of the people and civilians who were unwilling to be ruled by the Meng Yuan Empire were extremely emotional. Many of the factions that were still resisting the Yuan Empire had their morale raised.
Zhang Shijie once again raised the flag of the Song Dynasty, making Zhao Mengyi the emperor and recruiting people from Yue Guang.
Unfortunately, during the Battle of Yashan, the Meng army had already collected too much grain. Furthermore, although Zhang Hongfan gave up on Yue Guang and retreated to Gannan, he was careful and took away all the grain. Even if he couldn't bring it away, he would burn it.
As a result, a famine broke out in Guangnan. Although the people were willing to rebel, they did not have any grain left.
Zhang Hongfan knew that the strength of the demon sword was unstoppable, which was why he retreated 300 miles. However, he could at least starve them to death, right? Could it be that the ancestors of Huaxia would conjure food for you?
Without grain and weapons, even if there were many people who supported him, they would just be a burden.
Just as Zhang Shijie was in a fix, he saw Mo Qiong disappear for a period of time. When he returned, he opened up an empty warehouse and revealed a warehouse full of grain.
"…" Zhang Shijie was shocked, "Isn't this an empty warehouse?"
Mo Qiong said, "Open the warehouse and release the grain. This is the grain that the Meng army left at Yashan when they retreated."
Zhang Shijie looked at Mo Qiong, thinking to himself, Do you think I'm a fool?
Mo Qiong smiled, "Don't you understand the official words? Just tell the people that. However, don't recruit them. You will just be a burden to them. "
Mo Qiong was riding an armored warhorse. He wore light armor and held a spear in his hand. There was a bow and arrow hanging from the horse's back. He looked like a Song Dynasty general.
Master Gou was at the side. He did not even wear a helmet and carried a huge halberd. This thing's blade was originally made of wood and was only used as a ceremonial weapon in front of the camp.
In the end, this fellow picked it up and modified it. He used his life's cigarette to forge a steel halberd.
When Zhang Shijie saw this fellow use a cigarette butt to melt the weapon, he suspected that they were from the School of Yin-Yang and not the School of Mohism.
There was also Jiang Long, who was also a weirdo. He was good at sewing. Of course, he couldn't do that on the battlefield. He wasn't Dongfang Bubai, so he simply picked up two meteor hammers and a flying guillotine.
Finally, Che Yun was normal. Like Mo Qiong, she also used a spear.
"I know that you are strong, but Zhang Hongfan still has 20,000 elite troops. If you let someone take away the sword, how can the 72 of us deal with 20,000 troops?" Zhang Shijie said.
It turned out that Master Gou had given the sword to Adams and told him to go to Dadu to talk to Khubilai.
After all, in this world, the recognition of the four Khanates was unavoidable. Khubilai would definitely not accept it, but it was okay. He would accept it slowly.
"72 people, light horses. Just leave half a month's worth of food. Leave the rest of the food for the villagers. They want to fight against the Yuan, so they can stay in Guangyue and Guangzhou. At the same time, they can help you spread the news of Yashan's victory. Taking them away will just be harming them. We can't protect so many people, "Mo Qiong said.
Zhang Shijie's scalp went numb. Just the 72 of them, from thousands of miles away, to Fishing City?
He thought that they were relying on the sword. Who knew that these people would send the sword away? Then what were they relying on? You want to rely on your lousy silver spear and his fine steel halberd?
"We probably won't even be able to get out of Guangyue. If Zhang Hongfan knows that we don't have the sword, he will definitely kill us," Zhang Shijie said seriously.
"Don't worry. My brother has the courage to fight against ten thousand men." Mo Qiong pointed at Master Gou and said.
Master Gou grinned and led the way.
They wouldn't use their special ability to deal with normal people, but they could use their special ability. Actually, they could even use guns. However, to reduce the influence of the sword, they shouldn't use the technological weapons that the people of the current generation didn't understand.
They fought with the Mongolian army in a way that the people of the current generation could understand.
Master Gou had more than 3,000 kilograms of muscle strength. His reflexes were beyond the limits of humans. His 900 muscles gave him more stamina than cows and horses. He could kill bears with his palms and tear tigers and leopards apart.
His skin was tougher than hippos and rhinoceroses. Even if Li Cunxiao was alive, he wouldn't be as strong as Master Gou.
What Zhang Shijie didn't know was that Master Gou and Mo Qiong didn't show much when they fought against Divine Sword Jiang Cheng.
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