Fankou is a port, named after it is located at the entrance of Fangang.

The Song army stationed here also had two thousand men, and more than seventy military ships were also in case of emergency.

The reason why Wang Shun set up troops and military ships here is that if the Jiujiang army collapses and the Wuchang defenders cannot fight against the peasant army, they can quickly retreat through the military ships in Fankou, so that they will not be caught up and wiped out the entire army.

However, the Fankou Guard obviously did not expect Xu Tong to lead the peasant army to come from behind.

On the afternoon of March 18, Xu Tong led his troops to forcibly march and soon killed from Bailuji to Fankou.

After a little breathing, the army took advantage of the evening when the Song army was having a group meal and raided Fankou.

They burned the Song army's warships with rockets, and the army broke into the port to kill the defenders and destroy the ships...

The Song army in Fankou was not prepared, and most of them were frightened and fell into the water, or trampled on each other and died, and a few were captured.

Only a few Song army crossed the Yangtze River through ships and fled to the north of the Yangtze River to survive.

Xu Tong won another victory.

But for some reason, Xu Tong did not have a strong joy of winning. He always felt something was wrong in somewhere, and he always felt that something was missing.

After thinking for a long time, he knew what was missing.

What about the famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty?

Where are the elite army of the Southern Song Dynasty?

What about a truly powerful enemy?

Where is it?

As a big country, you should have some real skills, right?

Xu Tong felt that from the beginning of their revolt, he had not discovered any offensive that the Southern Song Dynasty was powerful enough to threaten their survival, nor had he encountered an elite army led by famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Why are these people so incompetent?

What about a capable person?

Is it so big that I can’t even take out a capable person?

Xu Tong was very confused about this.

But no matter what, after three consecutive victories, the defense line of the Ezhou army was torn from the rear by Xu Tong. At this moment, the Wuchang Song army was completely isolated.

What's even more terrible is that at this time they didn't know that their lairs were finished, and their retreat, including the grain road, had been cut off, and they were in a state of being attacked by both sides.

After capturing Fankou, the peasant army faced the choice of whether to continue attacking Wuchang or to garrison on the spot.

Let's continue to advance. There are still 10,000 Song troops in Wuchang, while Xu Tong only has less than two thousand troops with poor physical strength.

But if he was stationed on the spot, he was worried that Zhao Yucheng's main force would be dragged down by the Jiujiang army, and he could not quickly resolve the battle and could not eat the Wuchang Song army in time.

After struggling for a stick of incense, Xu Tong made a decision. He decided to use psychological tactics to let all the captured Song army go to Wuchang to spread the news that Ezhou had been captured by the peasant army, which made the Song army in Wuchang panic.

Only when the other party panics will make mistakes, and only when the other party makes mistakes will he have a chance.

He ordered the entire army to rest and eat more food to replenish their physical strength. Then he deliberately asked the guards of peasant soldiers to talk to them about the army going to attack Wuchang when they rested for a day.

Then in the second half of the night, they pretended to be unfair, and the guards dozed off, deliberately letting hundreds of captured Song soldiers go.

Hundreds of Song soldiers ran to the death at night, some of whom chose to go south to escape, while some arrived in Wuchang in the afternoon of March 19th to seek protection.

Then the news that Ezhou and even Fankou were captured by the peasant army spread among the Song army in Wuchang.

They were frightened from the general to the soldiers.

When did the peasant army come here?

What's going on?

Didn’t the peasant army fight bloody battles with Jiujiang in the east? Why did it suddenly appear in Ezhou?

But the frightened Song army defeated soldiers would not lie.

The Wuchang Song army was suddenly panicked, and the soldiers were panicked, not knowing what they should do.

At this moment, the Wuchang Song Army was facing a very terrifying situation.

The east is the main force of the peasant army, and the west is the old nest was captured by the peasant army's surprise attack troops. The retreat route was cut off and the food route was cut off. The food in Wuchang City was only enough for them to support it for ten days and half a month at most. According to the news brought by the defeated troops, the peasant army will attack Wuchang next.

Wang Xun, the chief general of the Song Army in Wuchang, immediately realized that he had only two ways to go.

In this case, he will definitely die, because food will never last until reinforcements arrive. If the Jiujiang army is over and the peasant army attacks in both directions, he will have no place to cry.

There is a high probability of death from going east and west, and he knows that his subordinates are silver-shaped spear heads, which are simply unusable. With Wuchang City as a turtle shell, he can still hold on for some time, but if he leaves the city to play field battles, it means that the turtle has no shell.

Then, only north or south are left.

To the north is the Jiangbei region. Although it is also the Song Dynasty, it is closer to the Ming Kingdom in Jiangbei. He was very afraid of the Ming Kingdom and was unwilling to go north. Then the only way was to go south.

Go south from Wuchang and then cross the road to Yuezhou in the southwest region. As long as you can escape to Yuezhou, it will be safe.

As for the responsibility of defending the territory, he was completely out of his consideration. He could not even guarantee his own safety, so what else would he want to do?

And keep thinking about it

The Jiujiang army is in danger, the Ezhou army is over, and two of the three armies in the Jinghu War Zone are already in danger. Although the Xiangyang army is strong, facing the elite Henan Corps of the Ming Dynasty, can we go south to support regardless of their threat?

The sudden attack launched by the peasant army is too fierce.

If Mingguo seizes this opportunity and moves south, the Jinghu War Zone will inevitably collapse completely. At that time, who will still worry about a small Wuchang city?

So what's the point of staying here?

Waiting to die?

After thinking about this problem clearly, Wang Xun had decided to apply oil to the soles of his feet to moisten Yuezhou.

But it is obviously impossible to carry the army with him. Now the army is a burden to him. Continuing to take these new recruits who have never been on the battlefield will only slow down his escape.

So he decided to first act like defending Wuchang and waiting for the support of Xiangyang army, stabilize the new recruits, deceive them, and then escape quietly.

This will give you enough time to distance yourself and ensure safety.

He ordered his subordinates to spread rumors in the army that the Xiangyang army was heading south to attack Ezhou, and the peasant army was defeated and soon the Xiangyang army would recover Ezhou and annihilate the peasant army.

So what the Wuchang army needs to do now is to stay in Wuchang and wait for reinforcements. If you escape rashly and lose the city, the fate will only be even worse.

There is always a good market for gossip, and there is never a shortage of people in the world who only believe in gossip but not official announcements.

So this rumor spread quickly among the Song army, giving Song Bing a hint of comfort in despair.

Seizing this opportunity, Wang Xun led his personal soldiers to patrol the city defense with great majesty, condolences to the soldiers, and give some rewards, which really stabilized the people's hearts. The soldiers calmed down and believed that the main generals were still in Wuchang City and did not escape, which proved that it was really okay.

The Xiangyang army is here to save them!

Of course, this is a lie. After Wang Xun showed up once, he took his personal guards and sneaked away that night, leaving behind a city and ten thousand new recruits.

Wang Xun ran very fast, and he turned into the wind and rode away with an extremely elegant and elegant figure.

The Wuchang City and ten thousand new recruits whom he left were abandoned, and the new recruits in Wuchang City did collapse less than a day after he left, as he expected.

Because Wang Xun could not be found everywhere, let alone the soldiers, the middle-level officers were also confused and frightened, and they led the soldiers to look for Wang Xun.

But after searching, the officers and soldiers gradually became nervous.

And at this moment, the gunpowder depot where gunpowder was stored in the city exploded.
Chapter completed!