Yao Zhong lags behind in obtaining military intelligence.

At this point, the Song army and the Ming army always had a very obvious gap. The Ming army regarded intelligence more important than anything else. Although the Song army attached great importance to intelligence, the level of intelligence collection was really hung up by the Ming army.

If you say it is Yao Zhong’s bad luck.

Li Xianzhong sent out his life to inform Yao Zhong of a team of cavalrymen who wanted to inform Yao Zhong about the combat information of the Ming army and was pursued and surrounded by peasant troops in the Jingmen area.

Although they fought desperately, they still did not escape. They were surrounded and annihilated by the peasant army and all died in battle. They failed to enter Sichuan and Shu. They told Yao Zhong about the battle news of the Ming army and the defeat of Li Xianzhong.

So Yao Zhong not only did not know that the battle in Xiangfan had been completed, Li Xianzhong's reinforcements and Xiangfan's Song army were wiped out, nor did he know that the Ming army was equipped with the latest firearms, nor did he know that the peasant army in front of him was actually a real Ming army or a particularly elite.

All channels for information transmission have been blocked by the peasant army. It is difficult for the Sichuan and Shu Song army to obtain effective information in the near future. Unless they come to see it themselves, they can know what happened.

So, all this is destined to be a tragedy.

Zhang Yuejing was thinking about having time to enjoy the scenic spots on both sides of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Sichuan, and felt the freedom of [Dragons to the White Emperor and Colorful Clouds] and [The sound of monkeys on both sides of the shore cannot stop crying]. By the way, he thought about what Zhao Yucheng said, but he learned that the Song army was coming...

He was still a little surprised.

"So fast? Logically speaking, it's August, right? It's also July. Yao Zhong is a bit too fast. Does the Southern Song Dynasty have such efficient operation efficiency?"

"It's fast, it's better to finish the meal earlier. It's a waste of money and food if you delay it later."

Su Jianian, the secretary of the army of the army, smiled and said, "I just don't know if Yao Zhong has learned about the battle in Xiangfan."

"I probably don't know. If I knew, I probably wouldn't have come."

Pei Le, deputy general of the army of the army, smiled and said, "Commander, I will command this battle?"

"Okay, it depends on how you command."

Zhang Yue nodded: "Yao Zhong is said to be a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, but I think he is a member of Wang Yan, so don't stay. If you can, kill him. If you can, you will no longer need these top people in the future land of Jiangnan."

Pei Le and Su Jianian immediately understood what Zhang Yuejing meant.

"Understood."

The two immediately went to prepare for this battle, waiting for the arrival of Yao Zhong's army.

Yao Zhong had no idea that he was about to face a cruel battle. Even the detective told him that he had seen some new weapons like black iron pipes equipped with Ming army, and he didn't care about it, and he didn't think it was a fatal thing.

Under such circumstances, Yao Zhong and the Ming army began to fight.

However, this battle was destined to be unequal from the beginning, and it was destined to be Yao Zhong's failure from the beginning.

Through the establishment and bombardment of a large number of artillery artillery, the Ming army made the Song army ships that originally had the advantage of quantity and combat effectiveness on the water surface dizzy and suffered heavy losses. A large number of Song army warships were sunk by Ming army artillery.

A large number of Song army sailors who were good at water war fell into the water because of the broken and overturned ships. They could hardly get close to the Ming army's water camp, and they could not launch the Jue Gang battle they were good at, so they were almost wiped out.

The Song army also tried to use firearms to fight against the Ming army, but when faced with the Ming army's firearms that surpassed the times, they were really unable to compete. Whether it was fireballs, fire caltrops, or thunder, they all had symbolic significance than actual significance.

Faced with such a situation, Yao Zhong was not only frightened but also frightened.

He never thought that the Ming army was equipped with such a terrifying weapon, and he didn't know what was going on with this terrifying weapon.

However, he knew very well that this battle could not be fought like this.

He lost the opportunity. Now that the navy is defeated, it is difficult for the infantry to win independently in such a place. He must quickly leave the battlefield and regroup, stabilize his position, and roar in Xu Tu.

So Yao Zhong ordered the army to retreat, trying to return to the Badong area to protect his main force, and then find a way.

Pei Le commanded the Ming army to win the blocking battle against Yao Zhong, and Yao Zhong retreated.

But this is not the end.

Before the war started, Pei Le ordered the commander of the Second Division of the Crack Army, Xu Ang, to lead his troops to cross mountains and ridges, and lead an elite force to walk on the mountain road and small roads, and to capture Yao Zhong's retreat at a very fast march speed.

Xu Ang blocked Yao Zhong's army in a very timely manner on the way back to Badong County, making him unable to move and fall into trouble.

Yao Zhong sent troops to attack several times, but Xu Ang held on to his dangerous position, so that the Song army could not retreat.

Then the main force of the Ming army went upstream and bombarded Yao Zhong's troops with artillery to temporarily live in the camp. After disrupting them, the army attacked them from the front and back, defeating the Song army in one go. A large number of soldiers of the Song army were forced to survive and even tried to dive to survive.

However, the success rate of diving to survive in such a place is really not high, and many people are swept away by the flow of water, and their life and death are unknown.

In the chaos, in order to survive, they even tried to kill each other and gained a life path through killing each other. However, because the road was too narrow, all the intentions of the Song army failed.

Although it is an elite army, the Sichuan and Shu army are also feudal troops after all. It is impossible to rely on them to persevere. Once more people die, no matter how powerful they were when they were organized, they are now defeated.

The defeated soldiers have no combat effectiveness.

Yao Zhong was well aware of this, but Yao Zhong knew even more that this was a battle that could not be defeated. He fought to the death and led his personal guards to attack the Ming army many times, but he could never open up an effective path.

Faced with such a situation, Yao Zhong finally became desperate.

A personal soldier expressed his willingness to sacrifice his life to protect Yao Zhong's successful retreat, but Yao Zhong refused sadly.

"I took a rash attack and did not find out the true situation of the army, so the army fell into this field. This is my mistake and a sin I committed. The Song Dynasty faced such a crisis because of me. How can I survive with such a slump?"

So Yao Zhong simply gave up his life and led his personal guards to attack the Ming army's central army to the death, trying to exchange the limit with Zhang Yuejing and Pei Le, who were pursuing the central army.

As a result, he ran into the musketeer of the Ming army head-on.

The musketeers remained as motionless under the command of the officers.

"Rise the gun! Let it go!"

The well-trained Ming army musketeers raised the crest rope gun and pulled the trigger at the attacking Yao Zhong's personal soldiers.

A series of bursts of gunpowder sounded, balls of white smoke rose into the air, and then led bullets were shot into the bodies of Yao Zhong and his personal soldiers.

These personal soldiers were very brave and were cultivated by Yao Zhonghua at a high price. They could eat meat every day and needed to work hard every day, be strong and full of energy.

Whenever the critical moment comes, Yao Zhong will let them rush to the formation. When they rush to the formation, they are very brave and have made contributions in the battle many times. Yao Zhong feels that with their strength, even if they cannot finally defeat them, they can still change the limit.

However, facing muskets, the physical advantages of these Song Bings were greatly reduced.

Before these Song soldiers could reach the forefront, they were wiped out under the fire of muskets.

Some were pierced through their chests, some were broken arms and thighs, some were pierced through their necks, and some were broken heads.

Yao Zhong rushed with him, but was shot six times. The most deadly lead bullet pill pierced through his helmet, smashed his head, and killed him on the spot.

Yao Zhong, the Song general who had been famous in northern Sichuan, died in battle on the bank of the Yangtze River.

After Yao Zhong's death, this Song army of 30,000 people was facing a dead end.

There was a strong defense in front and a fierce pursuit in the back. They lost their power and surrendered on a large scale in the end.

After the war, a little count was found that in addition to those who died in battle and those who drowned, about 23,000 people chose to surrender. The main force of the Song army stopped resisting and became prisoners of the Ming army.

After that, because there was no plan to attack Sichuan and Shu, the Ming army did not further attack Sichuan and Shu, but returned to Zigui. After Zigui was deployed, Zhang Yuejing personally escorted these Song army prisoners back to Xiangfan.

This day is the ninth day of the seventh lunar month of the fifth year of Hongwu.

The last strategic mobile unit of the Song army was completely wiped out by the Ming army. Since then, the Southern Song Dynasty has lost the ability to launch a strategic offensive on three fronts. More than half of the national troops have lost, and even the defense force is not left.
Chapter completed!