The fourth encirclement and suppression war tried to launch by the Southern Song Dynasty did not start.

Because the so-called fourth encirclement and suppression war actually became the strategic offensive of the peasant army, with the goal of completely breaking the Jinghu War Zone of the Southern Song Dynasty and cutting it into two sections.

The nature of this war was different when Zhao Yucheng decided to take the initiative to attack.

On the sixth day of the third month of the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhao Yucheng led his army to attack.

On the ninth day of March, Zhang Xiaohu, the commander of the Fourth Division, led the vanguard army to raid through De'an, killed more than 800 Song troops, took the initiative to attack and made a good start, and pulled out a military stronghold of the Song army.

On March 11, the main force led by Zhao Yucheng defeated the Southern Song navy in Duchang County from the waterway, destroyed more than 40 ships, captured more than 50 ships, and then the army landed on the beach, successfully captured Duchang County, and won another victory.

On the same day, Zhang Xiaohu's vanguard army attacked and captured the Nankang Army, defeating all the left army located in the Nankang Army, killing more than 600 people in the formation and capturing more than 1,300 people...

On March 12, Zhang Xiaohu's soldiers pointed straight at Xinqiao.

On March 13, Zhang Xiaohu defeated another army of the Jiujiang Left Army in Xinqiao, killing more than 400 people, capturing more than 1,500 people, and winning a complete victory.

On the same day, the main outpost naval army led by Zhao Yucheng was approaching the Hukou area and conducted some reconnaissance on the Song army navy in Hukou area.

On March 14, a group of about 60 ships of the Peasant Army Navy raided the Song army in the Hukou area in the early morning, attacked the Song army with rockets, defeated a group of the Song army arranged by the Song army in the Hukou area, burned more than 30 ships, and captured more than 60 ships.

On the same day, the main force of the Peasant Army infantry landed east of Xinqiao, and Zhang Xiaohu led the vanguard army to complete the task and moved closer to the main force.

In the afternoon of the same day, the two sides marched towards the headquarters of the Jiujiang Army and Dehua County.

At this point, on the eight days after the war began, the Song army had no victory. Faced with the active attack of the peasant army, the Song army's infantry and naval forces were defeated like mountains of fallen, and the peasant army's offensive was rapid and unstoppable.

The Song army did not expect this strategic attack launched by the peasant army. Until the peasant army started fighting, they did not know that the peasant army had already begun to attack.

But in fact, the series of war preparations of the peasant army are not absolutely secret, and there are no absolutely secret things these days, so the senior leaders of the Song army actually knew about the war preparations of the peasant army very early on.

When did Zhou Yun, the commander of the Jiujiang Army, know that the peasant army began to operate?

The answer is when the peasant army began to prepare in mid-February.

At that time, he heard from the businessmen who were doing business with the peasant army that the peasant army began to purchase large quantities of military supplies such as armed forces, cloth, etc., and began to collect ships, and there were signs of mobilizing the army. He looked very nervous.

But Zhou Yun didn't take it seriously.

Because at that time, the news that the court was going to launch the fourth encirclement and suppression operation had actually spread in this area.

The Southern Song Dynasty court had nothing to keep secret, and military intelligence was just like a sieve. The court decided to start a fight here, and all the well-informed merchants knew about this news.

When the merchants know, the peasant army will know, which is normal.

The merchants discovered business opportunities and began to hurry up and raise prices, selling things to the peasant army in large quantities. The peasant army also began to open their stomachs to sweep goods and spread money in large quantities.

The merchants made a lot of money, and the boss behind the merchants Zhou Yun and the officials in Jiujiang area also made a lot of money.

Ordnance is not something that ordinary businessmen can touch. If someone who can do such a business does not have an official background, you can't even think about it.

So the peasant army collected ships and the news of the abnormal movement of the army was in his opinion to deal with the fourth encirclement and suppression of the court. They were accumulating strength to prepare for resistance, and did this for defense. This is normal and no big deal.

The peasant army attacked accidentally counterattacked several times, but they were basically passively beaten, waiting for the Song army to attack them, and this time is no exception.

Zhou Yun didn't even think that the peasant army collected ships and that the army was preparing for an attack when it was abnormal movements.

He just felt very sorry for the fact that it became difficult to make money as soon as the battle started.

Then we stepped up the things that we were reluctant to take out and sell to the peasant army, and the prices rose and rose. Anyway, no matter how high the price was, the peasant army would buy them.

It's so happy.

In fact, in order to paralyze Zhou Yun and the officials in Jiujiang area, the peasant army still negotiated the ordnance business with Southern Song merchants on the water until the fifth day of the third month before the war. They kept saying that no matter how much the price, they would be charged as long as it was a good product.

The merchants brought the news back to Zhou Yun and others. Zhou Yun and others were blinded by the golden bars, thinking about making money, and not caring about anything else.

So some businessmen in the Southern Song Dynasty discovered that the peasant army was mobilizing civilians to collect important news such as big trucks and other important news were also gorgeously ignored by Zhou Yun and others, and all regarded as business opportunities.

The response strategy is to raise prices.

Want ordnance?

sure!

Have to add money.

I thought it was a difficult thing, but the peasant army did not say a word and paid as much as the price. The profit of 2300% was almost crazy about making merchants and officials. They were all focused on making money and didn't care about anything.

But they never thought that they would sell all the weapons to others, and when they came with weapons, what would they do to resist?

money?

Zhou Yun didn't care or pay attention to it. He just wanted to make money, turned a blind eye to the increasing number of pre-war alerts and made money.

So it was not until March 12 that Zhou Yun received a definite front-line military report that the peasant army launched an attack on the Southern Song Dynasty controlled area, with a strong momentum and De'an County had been captured.

Zhou Yun was shocked when he heard this, but he felt incredible and could not believe it.

Why did the peasant army, which was still in business before, suddenly start a war?

He is preparing to stock the ordnance agreement reached by both sides on March 5, and is preparing to make a big profit for him. As a result, the peasant army is fighting now?

Isn't want to pay anymore, so I have to buy it for zero yuan?

Zhou Yun could not believe this military newspaper, doubting whether it was a false alarm. While sending people to ask the main army to start rectifying and preparing for war, he also sent people to continue to go south to inquire about the news.

It took less than a day to finish, and after less than a day, Zhou Yun was extremely shocked to learn that tens of thousands of main forces of the peasant army were advancing towards Dehua County. The number was larger than that of the Jiujiang army.

At the same time, he received an emergency military report from two ports east of Dehua County, saying that the peasant navy captured their port and blocked the port. Now the port is no longer available and all the navy troops have been defeated.

In other words, he had just confirmed that the peasant army had launched an attack and was facing a situation that was hell.

He only had one port and a navy army to mobilize, and the main force of the peasant army, which had more than his army, was approaching Dehua County step by step.

how so?

How could the peasant army take the initiative to attack?

There is no sign that they are going to take the initiative to attack!

Never before!

In a panic, Zhou Yun forgot what he had not been vigilant when he should have been vigilant before, and quickly convened a military meeting to ask the generals for countermeasures.

He was panicked, and the generals would only be even more panicked. Everyone was good at making money. Even if they were unfamiliar at the beginning, they were talented and soon became an expert.

However, in terms of marching and fighting, it is generally mediocre.

A group of cobblers came up with various bad ideas, but none of them were useful. Someone advised Zhou Yun to not stand under the dangerous wall. If they were at this point, they would not be moist and they were still waiting for what?

Are you waiting for a welcome meeting for the peasant army to perform a few programs?

Hurry up and make a strategy change!
Chapter completed!