When Tian Shizhong and Qi Fang's vanguard troops were advancing towards Yuanzhou and Longxing Prefectures, Han Wu was hugging the beautiful concubine he snatched from the homes of a wealthy family in Nanchang City.

The important "generals" under his command were similar to him. They were all in Nanchang City, enjoying their wealth and glory, and felt that they had lived in vain for the first half of their lives.

Even an important subordinate under Han Wu's command was immediately in the wind because of excessive hard work and died directly on the bed, becoming a laughing stock of the rebel army.

Even Han Wu scolded him after he found out, but he was useless. He was almost in a few seconds. Is he still a man?

What a lucky guy. He finally lived a good life, but he died in just a few seconds. It’s useless!

With this group of people taking the lead, the officers and soldiers of the uprising army below were similar. After they eradicated the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty and the landlords and gentry in the local area, they snatched their wealth and enjoyed it themselves, turned over and became masters, and then there was no movement.

All have become masters, what else should I do?

So when the Song army vanguard came in front of them, of course they had no actual preparations and just rushed to fight.

On July 26, Wu Gong, the vanguard general under Tian Shizhong, led the vanguard army of Xiangyang, to Wanzai County. Taking advantage of the unprepared rebel army, he defeated 10,000 rebel army in Wanzai County, beheaded more than 800, captured more than 8,000, and won the first big victory.

The rebels were completely unprepared for the raid from the Song army and soon collapsed in panic. The officers took the lead in escaping, and the soldiers followed closely behind, without organizing effective resistance at all, and the battle ended.

Wu Gong got a good start and quickly reported the victory. He was praised by Tian Shizhong. He then sent 7,000 troops to Wu Gong, allowing Wu Gong to obtain ten thousand troops.

After obtaining ten thousand troops, Wu Gong's confidence increased greatly and led his troops south to Yichun County, fighting with Han Wu's overlord army in Yichun County.

The overlord army in Yichun County was not more combat-effective than the overlord army in Wanzai County. It did not show any strong combat power in the face of the attacks of the Song army. It was soon defeated and the entire army was wiped out.

Wu Gong successfully destroyed this overlord army and killed Han Wu's sworn brother Liu Changgong, who had just been named the Marquis of Powerful Wu.

Speaking of which, Liu Changgong was committed suicide and was named Marquis of Weiwu. He was very happy and started to show off his pomp and did not make military preparations at all. He ignored military defense and wanted to enjoy his happiness.

He took his subordinates to hunt and have fun in the north of Yichun County for many days and every day. This situation was discovered by Wu Gong's pioneer sergeant and reported to Wu Gong. Wu Gong then sent his general Zhao Hua to lead troops to raid Liu Changgong's hunting ground.

When Zhao Hui raided, Liu Changgong was in a state of interest and took the beautiful concubine he snatched from the home of the Yichun County Magistrate to play difficult games on the horse's back, and successfully developed difficult postures.

In broad daylight, it was smooth and smooth. On the smooth horse's back, Liu Changgong was doing happy things, and he was having a lot of fun.

When the Song cavalry rushed to the scene quickly, Liu Changgong didn't react at all. He was shot to death with an arrow naked, and all the accompanying people were killed.

The Song army then quickly rushed to Yichun County, defeating the overlord army under Liu Changgong's command, and annihilated its entire army.

Liu Changgong's troops, as well as the part of the family, were about 40,000, and they all did not react, nor did they organize or resist. After being raided by the Song army, they were in chaos, and many more people died of killing each other than those killed by the Song army.

Yichun County was then recovered by the Song general Zhao Sheng. Wu Gong then rushed over to rectify the army, clean up the mess, beheaded all the officers of Liu Changgong's remnants, killed all the families, and the remaining soldiers were organized into the army for their own use.

Then he instigated the soldiers to burn, kill and loot in Yichun.

Because it was betrayal of the Song Dynasty, it was not an exaggeration to burn, kill and loot. Moreover, after a long-distance raid, the soldiers accumulated a lot of pressure and urgently needed to release their desires, otherwise it would be difficult to lead the troops.

As Wu Jie's eldest son, Wu Gong grew up in the military camp with his father since childhood. He deeply knew that leading troops was an art. He not only had to strictly punish and constrain military discipline, but also knew how to satisfy the desires of soldiers.

Only by being appropriately strict and appropriately relaxed, one strict and one lenient can soldiers improve their loyalty, be willing to obey the general's command, improve their morale, win battles, and ultimately gain fame and fortune.

Wanzai County is too small, with few people, and the soldiers' desires are not vented, so they are in a bad mood and the atmosphere in the army is not good. Wu Gong clearly felt it.

There are more people in Yichun County, which is more conducive to the soldiers venting their venting. So Wu Gong ordered the soldiers to act recklessly in Yichun, and they could burn, kill, loot, or rob.

The Song army soldiers who had accumulated a lot of negative emotions yelled and rushed into Yichun County. They did whatever they wanted. After a day, the army left a mess and advanced towards Fenyi County.

At this moment, the rebels in Fenyi County already knew about the Song army destroying the army of Yichun County. They were very scared. While sending people to convey information to Nanchang, they were fiercely discussing whether to fight or not.

Because there were less than a thousand rebels in Fenyi County, they felt that staying to fight the Song army would be useless, so they fled decisively.

When Zhao Xian led the vanguard army to Fenyi County, he occupied Fenyi County without any effort.

So Fenyi County was protected.

A city that chooses to surrender without resisting cannot burn, kill, loot, and should be given preferential treatment and restrain military discipline to avoid every city in the future. Wu Gong also has a deep understanding of this rule.

A qualified general is nothing more than a general who knows when to restrain military discipline, when to indulge soldiers, and can really do this.

Being skilled in tactics, dare to fight and fight, and you won’t run away when you encounter an enemy. You can basically be considered a famous general.

Wu Gong felt that he was moving quickly towards the direction of a famous general, and he was very happy.

At this point, Yuanzhou was recovered by the Song army, so Wu Gong's army continued to advance towards the Linjiang army, preparing to take down the Linjiang army along the two rivers, Xiushui and Ganshui, and then directly attack Nanchang along the river.

Since the rebel army is so vulnerable, what other plans are they afraid to formulate?

The news of Wu Gong's victory reached the ears of Tian Shizhong in the back. Tian Shizhong was very happy and urgently added 10,000 troops to Wu Gong, allowing Wu Gong to transform from a pioneer general to a leader.

He was old and had already submitted a letter to beg for bones and was preparing to retire from the position of commander of the Ezhou army. He had "retired from glory". Unexpectedly, an uprising broke out before it was about to come and he needed to pacify it.

It is better to revolt than to be forced to go north to confront the Ming army like a wolf or a tiger.

The predecessor of the Ezhou army under his command was Yue Fei's Yue Family Army. When he took over, the Yue Family Army had a population of 100,000, which was the only powerful army in the Southern Song Dynasty that could launch a strategic offensive alone under the condition of complete logistics.

The Jin army was very afraid of this strategic force.

However, after Tian Shizhong took over the Ezhou army, he was ordered by the court and kept excluding and attacking Yue Fei's old subordinates, destroying the Yue family army to pieces.

A strategic force was transformed into the Ezhou army, which had no advantage except for a little more people. The murderous tiger turned into a dog guarding the house.

Of course, the Southern Song court and Zhao Gou did not care about losing a powerful army that could launch a strategic offensive, and they did not intend to launch a strategic offensive at all.

Compared to this, it is most important to completely eliminate the potential rebellion risks of Yue Family Army.
Chapter completed!