Su Yonglin's order made Zhou Zhi a little confused at the time, but now Zhou Zhi understands it.

"So that's it. Your Majesty had expected such a day. Then I understand. Since the orders have arrived, what else can I worry about? Send troops directly!"

Zhou Zhi quickly issued an order to send troops. At this time, the Song army in Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jiangnan'an was preparing to retreat south, and the preparations for the Ming army to attack south were not sufficient.

Although Wang Fang ordered a strict monitoring of the Ming army's operations on the North Bank of Jiangbei, the Ming army had already begun to prepare for war. Now the preparations have ended and we are just waiting for the order to advance. As long as the Ming army's attack speed is fast enough, the Song army will not be able to react.

In fact, the same is true.

Zhou Zhi issued an offensive order on the evening of August 19th. On August 20th, it was just dawn and a glimmer of light appeared, the Ming army began to cross the river on a large scale on the north bank of the river.

At this moment, the Song soldiers who were in charge of monitoring the Ming army on the south bank of Jiangnan were dozing off on the beacon tower, but they didn't notice that the Ming army ships had crossed the river.

So soon, the Ming army's vanguard successfully solved all the beacon towers of the Song army along the coast, and did not let them ignite the beacon fire, and then quickly attacked and advanced, leaving room for the subsequent troops' large-scale landing.

The vanguard team continued to attack the three lines of defense set up by the Song army from Zhenjiang Prefecture to Jiang'an, and made continuous breakthroughs smoothly. From early morning to bright sunset, it was about ninety o'clock. The vanguard of the Ming army had successfully broken through the three lines of defense of the Song army and was at the city of Zhenjiang.

Zhenjiang City Defense was relatively empty and lazy because most of the soldiers went out to "help" the people to "strengthen the walls and clear the fields", so the Dongcheng Gate was then knocked down by the Ming army vanguard, and the city was in chaos.

The Thunder God Cannons carried by the Ming army were thrown out one after another, causing an explosion, and the sound was like thunder and huge, making the Song army think that the main force of the Ming army suddenly came and defeated the Song army's psychological defense line. The Song army in the city was defeated like a mountain.

At that time, the commander-in-chief Wang Fang was counting supplies at the military camp outside the city. He was not in the city, and the Song army could not resist effectively in the city, and the city was soon taken down by the vanguard of the Ming army.

When Wang Fang learned about this, he was shocked and quickly ordered the army to counterattack.

More than 5,000 Song troops rushed to try to recapture Zhenjiang City, but at this time the main force of the Ming army had arrived. The Song army's counterattack was intercepted outside Zhenjiang City by the Ming army, and the encounter immediately started...

The You Yi army in Zhou Zhi's army did not equip firearms, and it was still the old standard equipment of the Ming army, but there were many cavalry.

Among the 30,000 troops under Wang Fang, there were only more than 500 cavalrymen serving as his personal guards.

The Ming army formed a formation with infantry and cavalry as mobile combat forces to attack the Song army's formation. The Song army's formation was unstable. Wang Fang had no choice but to fight with 400 cavalry to try to block the Ming army's advance, but the cavalry was defeated and completely wiped out by the Ming cavalry. Even the rear route was confiscated by the Ming cavalry.

The Ming army's infantry was also brave in fighting. They had not fought for three years. Once the war started, the army was so fierce that they could not bear to defeat the Song army's formation head-on. The Song army could not resist and soon fell into collapse.

Wang Fang was shocked and knew that Zhenjiang would be punished by his mistake, so he planned to lead the remaining personal guards to launch a desperate charge and attack the central army of the Ming army, but was held tightly by the deputy general.

"Stay the green mountains here, and you are not afraid of burning firewood. But now you have the only way to retreat immediately, collect defeated troops on the road, and quickly head south to Dusong Pass. As long as you guard Dusong Pass, you can stabilize your position. The general can also use such merits and demerits to defeat them, and there will be no way out!"

Of course, Wang Fang didn't want to die helplessly. He gritted his teeth, ruthlessly gave the order.

"withdraw!"

So Wang Fang gave up his army and fled south with more than 100 personal guards while the chaos was in the chaos.

More than 5,000 Song army lost a lot outside Zhenjiang City, and the entire army was wiped out. The Ming army won the battle and captured Zhenjiang City. They defeated the army of the Song army's Zhenjiang Metropolitan Command in one fell swoop. Wang Fang had worked hard to manage the defense along the river for three years, and was completely penetrated by the Ming army in one morning.

Of course, if it weren't for the Song court's order to withdraw troops south to concentrate on defense, Wang Fang might not have been defeated so quickly.

But now that things have come to this point, there is nothing to say. Wang Fang fled south, trying to gather the defeated troops, and quickly headed south to Dusong Pass to guard the city to protect the safety north of Lin'an City. However, what he did not expect was a Ming cavalry pursuing him tightly and not relaxed.

This Ming cavalry was one and two horses. Wherever he ran, the Ming cavalry would chase him. He looked like he would not give up until he achieved his goal. Wang Fang had no choice but to order half of his personal guards to give up the war horses and flee in all directions, and give the war horses to him so that he and the remaining personal guards could also be one and two horses, so that he and the remaining personal guards would continue to flee south.

The two men fled and chased each other, causing Wang Fang to chase him to heaven and earth without any way.

Gu Min

Wang Fang originally planned to gather the defeated troops to defend Dusong Pass, but after being chased by the Ming cavalry at an extremely fast speed, there was no choice but to let the deputy general lead the remaining guards to fight the Ming cavalry to death, giving him the chance to escape.

The deputy general led more than fifty personal guards to fight with the Ming cavalry who were more than twenty times more than him with the determination of death, and soon all died in battle. Under the protection of the last three personal guards, Wang Fang ran to death and fled towards Dusong Pass.

The Ming army killed all the blocking Song army and chased them all the way. As a result, Wang Fang's last three personal guards were forced to fight the Ming army to a decisive battle to win Wang Fang's life. Wang Fang finally successfully fled to Dusong Pass.

But the bad news was that the Ming cavalry abandoned their horses and followed them up the mountain. They fought with the Song army guarding the pass for a bloody battle. After losing more than 100 people, they actually broke through Dusong Pass and defeated more than 500 Song army defenders in Dusong Pass. Dusong Pass was then knocked down by the Ming army.

Wang Fangze ran away while the Ming army fought against Dusong Pass.

Wang Fang originally wanted to fight to the death, but failed, so he was determined to gather the defeated troops to guard Dusong Pass, but failed. In the end, there was only one goal left, which was to make himself survive.

Fortunately, the Ming army did not chase after the Dusong Pass and let Wang Fang go. Wang Fang, who was in a state of disgrace, was able to continue to survive.

But after he calmed down, he found that tens of thousands of troops were gone, and he was the only one left. Is there any possibility of returning to Lin'an?

What would happen if I returned to Lin'an if I was exempted from my own life?

Yu Yunwen was originally dissatisfied with him. Now he fled back to Lin'an alone, lost his garrison and lost his army. What else can he do to establish himself?

Yu Yunwen was furious and probably would have surgery on him and killed him, so he would never go back.

But his parents, children and tribesmen are all in Lin'an. What should they do if they don't go back?

Will it be killed?

Wang Fang was heartbroken. After thinking hard for a while, he decided not to return to Lin'an.

Anyway, no one knows that they are still alive. Even if they are defeated and killed in battle, the court will not treat their families harshly, which will make the rest of the generals feel disappointed.

Therefore, although the families of the defeated and dead will no longer be treated as such good officials, they will at least be able to save their lives.

If I go back and lose my life, I will inevitably implicate my family and he will be punished with him. I may even be exiled or something, and I will be truly worse than death.

The current situation is extremely dangerous, and Lin'an may be very dangerous. The Ming army has taken away Dusong Pass. Once they have gained a foothold, Lin'an is a piece of meat in their mouths, and the Song Dynasty is in danger.

At this moment, you should not run around no matter what. It is best to find a place to hide and make plans after the war is over.

So he decided to hide in the mountains around Lin'an incognito, and wait until the war is over before secretly returning to Lin'an to inquire about his family. If his family is still peaceful by that time, it would be best if the family can escape from Lin'an together and escape south, the farther away, the better.

If he can't find his family, or his family is unfortunately disposed of by the court, then... he has no choice. A big man still has the possibility of survival.

Wang Fang sat alone in the wilderness, thinking about his years of experience, and couldn't help but sigh to the sky and mock his incompetence and cowardice.

He also vowed to fight to the death with the Ming army to avenge Liu Qi... Now, let alone avenge, he can't even save himself.

General...

I'm sorry for you!

Wang Fang knelt down and cried for a while, then took off his armor, left only a single coat, and ran to the jungle.

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