The explosion at the gunpowder depot ignited the panic that the Song soldiers in Wuchang City had accumulated for a long time.

At the same time, someone shouted that the thief army was coming - the Song soldiers in Wuchang City fell into a crazy mood and fled one after another.

When you encounter obstacles, you can punch and kick them at the least, and draw swords at the same time. Push and trample on each other can be considered a politeness. Using a knife to open the way is also considered a gentleman's behavior.

They killed each other, slashed with red eyes, regardless of who was around them, friends, relatives, or people who were still eating in a big pot yesterday.

All of them had red eyes and fought each other in order to survive without distinguishing themselves from each other.

In order to leave Wuchang City and to escape from the city alive, they have been desperate.

Ten thousand Song troops completed their self-destruction in this collapsed state that was completely part of the bombing camp.

However, at this moment, no military force of a peasant army launched an attack on them.

When the news was sent to Xu Tong by the peasant whistle cavalry, Xu Tong couldn't help but remember the previous battle between Zhao Yucheng and Shao Hongyuan.

He also took advantage of the other party's emotions and the harsh environment within the army, but unexpectedly he could defeat an army by relying on rumors.

From this, he further confirmed the description of the Song army and all oppressive regimes written by Su Yonglin in the internal training materials of the Revival Society.

Born in oppression, you will surely die in oppression, not only oppressing the ruled, but also oppressing themselves, oppressing and exploiting them at all times, and are always in the fierce oppression and counter-oppression movement, so that the plunder of the weak at the bottom must be used to relieve the tension and opposition within the army.

But can this last long?

Of course it is not possible.

Because there is no common emotional bond and value identity that transcends everything, regional factions divided by counties, prefectures and other regions will naturally appear within the army.

Or there may be factions of different political origins, such as the Zhang Jun faction, the Yue Fei faction, the Han Shizhong faction, the Liu Guangshi faction, etc.

Various factions of all sizes will be derived from political factions and regional factions, tearing a complete army apart.

Regional contradictions and political contradictions will fill the entire army. The army has a long lack of mutual trust, warmth, and true friendship between comrades. There is no emotional bond between them. They are in a state of mutual defense and opposition.

In peacetime, for the ration of materials, military pay, and various benefits, they will fight openly and secretly, slap the table and smash the bench to make each other embarrassed.

When it comes to critical war periods, the various contradictions accumulated in daily life often lead to a total outbreak on the high-pressure battlefield.

They will destroy themselves before the enemy actually launches an attack and make a laughing stock.

Why were the Song army always defeated with superior troops and suffered heavy casualties?

It was not because the Song army could not fight, but because the fierce internal conflicts had worn out all their combat power. When they needed to face the enemy, they no longer had the strength.

The disgust towards the internal enemy exceeds the disgust towards the external enemy. They are even willing to sell their companions to the enemy and use the enemy's hands to eliminate the "enemy" whose political lines are not dealt with.

Can such an army win a battle?

joke.

Xu Tong confirmed the correctness of Su Yonglin's words through the actual cases that happened in front of him, and realized how valuable the bonds established by class emotions among the peasant army group are.

Through extremely simple class emotions, even a soldier who has never been exposed to the theoretical knowledge of the Revival Society can feel this true friendship, which makes the peasant army have the mutual trust and warmth that the Song army will never have.

Even though they come from different backgrounds, speak accents, or live habits, etc., they all share a common highest recognition.

Anti-oppression, anti-exploitation.

They also belong to a fighter against oppression and exploitation. Since they have the same goal, this goal can transcend all differences and unite everyone closely.

Therefore, the peasant army can move forward and entrust their backs to their comrades on the battlefield, trust each other absolutely, cooperate with each other, and work together to achieve the ultimate strategic goal with all their hearts and minds, and do not care about the interests of individuals and small units for this reason.

They will be guided by global interests as the highest orientation.

However, the Song army was still worried about being cheated by their teammates at all times. When they went to the battlefield, they had to face two enemies, one was the peasant army and the other was their own people.

Where is there a reason not to fail?

"The Chairman had long foresaw the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, and what we did was to speed up this process."

Xu Tong put together the Revival Society training materials and textbooks held in his hand, stood up, and issued new instructions.

"Let's move forward. Although there are many soldiers in Wuchang and Song dynasties, it is impossible to stop us. We will definitely win this battle."

With Xu Tong's order, the peasant army of less than two thousand advanced decisively towards Wuchang.

When they arrived in Wuchang, it was already dawn on March 22. At this moment, Wuchang City was in chaos, with thick smoke everywhere, and wherever they saw, corpses were everywhere.

Xu Tong seemed to be coming late and didn't catch up with the most intense battle.

However, after they entered Wuchang City to search, they met a seriously injured Song army officer with more than a dozen wounded subordinates somewhere in the city.

After seeing the peasant army, the Song army officer put down his weapons and surrendered, and asked to see their commanders, and then reveal his identity as a member of the Tianwang Army and a member of the Revival.

"I am a member of the Liangzhe Branch of the Fuxing Association. I have been in the association for three years."

"Are you a Revival member?"

When Xu Tong heard that he was a member of the Fuxing family, he was immediately surprised. He immediately stepped forward and held his hand, then called the military health officer to bandage him the wound and tried to save him.

However, his wound was too deep and he was bleeding too much, and he was already exhausted. The health officer barely bandaged the wound for him, then looked at Xu Tong and shook his head.

"The wound is too deep, and I can do nothing unless I send it back to the rear immediately."

He didn't seem to feel very sorry for such an ending. He looked at Xu Tong with a complicated expression, but was a little moved.

"When we decided to cause turmoil in Wuchang City, we thought that this would end, but we would not regret it. With the four of us leading a team of more than 200 people, we could toss ten thousand Song troops. This deal is too cost-effective, hahahahaha."

He smiled with relief.

Xu Tong quickly asked, "Are there any other three people? Are they also members of the Fuxing family? Where are they?"

He shook his head.

"They are all members of the Revival. As for where they are, I don't know. We acted separately, and in the end, the bombing camp is too chaotic."

Xu Tong was in a complicated mood and held his hand tightly.

"I'm sorry to you, comrade, I'm here too late."

He shook his head.

"What are you sorry? We are all very happy to know the news that Ezhou was broken by you. We all want to wait for you to come and we cooperate with each other and kill each other. Who would have thought that the waste general actually fled. If we don't seize the great opportunity of panic, we will really regret it.

Isn’t it good now? The army has no losses and can continue to fight. It only depends on our few people and my subordinates, hundreds of people, tossed out ten thousand Song troops, and saved more comrades from killing and injuring us, right?”

Xu Tong held his hand tightly and nodded firmly.

"I will ask for merit for you, military merits, and the Revival Society will also ask for merit for you. Everything you do will be commended, don't worry!"

"That's good, that's good"

He nodded, then shifted his gaze and looked at the dozen subordinates surrounding him.

"Comrades and the others, they don't know my identity, but they are always willing to follow me to die and ask you not to make things difficult for them and let them go home. This is me and me."

He couldn't finish his words, but Xu Tong knew what he wanted to say.

A dozen subordinates around him cried bitterly and could not get up for a long time.

Xu Tong watched all this with his own eyes, couldn't bear the sadness in his heart, rubbed his eyes and sighed.

It was not until this time that Xu Tong remembered that he had never asked his name.
Chapter completed!