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Some of Wen Tianxiang's generals, such as Zhang Tang, Xiongfei, Wu Xishuang and others, led troops to Ganzhou one after another, eager to fight Dachun again.

Facing the mighty Song army, Dachun, who only had a Mongolian team of [-] people, naturally did not dare to fight.

Therefore, Dachun's response method is exactly the same as a year ago, shrinking the defense line with all his strength, and withdrawing all [-] Mongols and [-] newly attached troops into Ganzhou City.

Ganzhou is Jiang You's waist eye.

As long as Dachun can defend Ganzhou, even if Zhao Kuangyin takes down the entire Jiangxi, it will be useless.

As soon as the Mongolian army arrived, they could immediately regain all the lost ground.

And let Zhao Kuangyin taste the fiasco of Wen Tianxiang's counterattack against Jiangxi last year.

In fact, if Dachun only stays with a Mongolian team of [-] people in Ganzhou City, he can hold on for more time.

At least it won't be a problem until Li Heng's [-] cavalry reach the city.

However, in order to consume more cannon fodder from the southerners, he also withdrew [-] new attached troops into Ganzhou City, which became his biggest defeat.

These new attached troops were originally the troops of the Southern Song Dynasty. They belonged to the lowest rank of troops in the Mongolian state, and they didn't even have military pay.

Therefore, the fighting spirit of the newly attached army is very low.

But the new attached troops are all genuine Song people, and they are not the same as the northern Han'er.

These newly attached troops had a strong sense of belonging to the Song court.

What they hate are the faint kings and treacherous officials in the court.

But this time, it was Zhao Kuangyin and Wen Tianxiang who killed the city of Ganzhou. One was the founder of the country, and the other was the most famous loyal minister.

The two generals commanding the [-] newly attached troops, one named Xia Bo, was the third son of General Xia Gui.One is Hu Yinglei, Xia Gui's son-in-law.

Xia Gui is also very funny. He fought against the Yuan Dynasty all his life. He fell to the Yuan Dynasty at the age of 79 and died at the age of 80.

So later generations ridiculed him with a poem, "If you die at the age of 79, you should be listed on the list of loyal ministers!"

In fact, Xia Gui's surrender was more just to save his family's life. After all, when he surrendered, Xiangyang had already been lost, and the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty was a foregone conclusion.

At this time Xia Gui was dead.

His son Xia Bo served as the general manager of Yuezhou Road, and now he was called into Ganzhou by Dachun to help defend the city.

The [-] new attached troops under Xia Bo's command are all veterans who have fought against the Yuan army for many years, and their fighting strength is not bad. If they really defend the city with all their strength, they will definitely be able to defend the city of Ganzhou as solid as gold.

But how could they defend the city with all their strength!

Many of these new attached troops have a deep hatred for the Mongolian cavalry.

They were only forced by the Xia family to surrender to Meng Yuan, and they didn't really work for Meng Yuan.

Now that Zhao Kuangyin and Wen Tianxiang were approaching the city, some low-level generals of the newly attached army immediately began to act in private, preparing to open the city and surrender.

What is surprising is that Xia Bo and Hu Yinglei, two old men in their 60s and [-]s, are determined to work for Dayuan instead.

Maybe it was because they fought for the Song Dynasty for decades, the Song Dynasty court chilled their hearts.

Perhaps they thought it would be useless for Zhao Kuangyin to come, and it was a foregone conclusion for Dayuan to unify the world.

They don't want to jump back and forth.

Therefore, I am going to make great achievements in the defense of Ganzhou, so as to raise my official position to another level.

It was precisely because Dachun saw through their minds that he invited them into Ganzhou City.

But Dachun forgot that Xia Hu's loyalty to Dayuan does not mean that other new generals of the attached army are also loyal to Dayuan.

For example, Zhou Ziwang, the newly attached army Wanhu, is the most active senior general anyway.

Zhou Ziwang is also very cunning.

He knew that before Xia Bo and Hu Yinglei surrendered to Mongolia, they used tricks to trap and kill the general Hong Fu who was loyal to the Song Dynasty.

Hong Fu was originally Xia Gui's family boy.

From a servant to a general of the Song Dynasty, he is wise, brave, and loyal.

It's a pity that he was trapped and killed because he refused Xia Gui's surrender request.

He rejected the proposal of other generals to inform Xia Bai and Hu Yinglei of the matter anyway, and instead told these generals,
"Xia Bo and Hu Yinglei once trapped and killed the good general Hong Fu, they absolutely dare not surrender to the Song Dynasty again.

What's more, we already have so many people, enough to dedicate Ganzhou City to Emperor Taizu.

Why use the people of the Xia family to let them continue to ride on our heads! "

These generals were persuaded by Zhou Ziwang and began to secretly plan the uprising.

After Zhao Kuangyin arrived at the city of Ganzhou, he immediately dispatched an elite army in full armor, pushing a cart to fill up the moat in the east of the city.

In order to gain the trust of Da Chun and Xia Bai and Hu Yinglei, Zhou Ziwang took the initiative to ask for a team of [-] people to defend the city.

When the Song army filled up the moat and went up to attack the city with ladders, Zhou Ziwang led his soldiers to defend the city, not retreating an inch.

He also drew the big bow in his hand and shot down three lieutenant generals of the Song Army one after another.

With the last arrow, he played at a super level and hit the chest of Wen Tianxiang, who was supervising the battle 200 meters away.

After Wen Tianxiang was hit by the arrow, his expression was startled, and then he fell on his back.

Seeing that Wen Tianxiang seemed to have been shot in the vitals, Zhao Kuangyin was shocked and hurriedly called for money to withdraw.

Sitting at the head of the city, Dachun, who led [-] Mongolian soldiers as the supervisor of the battle team, saw this scene and immediately gave Zhou Ziwang a thumbs up.

"Zhou Wanhu, if you shoot the Wen thief to death, it will be a great achievement. Once the Wen thief dies, these militias will collapse. At that time, we will lead the army to attack and capture that red-faced man Zhao Kuangyin.

Haha, His Majesty will at least seal you as a senior official with tens of thousands of households! "

Zhou Ziwang knelt down to salute Dachun, flatteringly said, "This subordinate just succeeded by luck. The greatest credit is your commanding skills, my lord."

Zhao Kuangyin thought Wen Tianxiang was seriously injured.

But Wen Tianxiang, who was carried into the military tent, immediately opened his eyes, and retreated left and right, and then took out the long arrow stuck in his chest.

"Emperor Taizu, don't worry,"

Wen Tianxiang said with a smile,

"Look at this arrow!"

Zhao Kuangyin took the arrow, only to find that the arrowhead of this arrow was blunted on purpose, and the shaft was wrapped with silk.

When I opened the silk, I saw that there were only two lines written on it.

"Sinner Zhou Ziwang, at midnight tonight, we will welcome Emperor Taizu and Prime Minister Wen into the city."

"Ha ha!"

Zhao Kuangyin laughed and said,

"Baoyuan is unpopular. I will destroy Ganzhou this time."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't doubt at all that this was Zhou Ziwang's trick to surrender.

If Zhou Ziwang really worked for Dayuan and killed Wen Tianxiang with one arrow, he would have made a world-class feat, so why is there any need for extra effort?

Whether it is Zhao Kuangyin or Wen Tianxiang, they will not be the first to enter the city when they attack the city.

Therefore, based on this silk letter alone, it can be determined that Zhou Ziwang really wanted to revolt before the battle.

Wen Tianxiang said happily,
"I heard that Zhou Ziwang had a heart of loyalty. The reason why he surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty was coerced by the old man Xia Gui. Now that I see it, it is indeed so! After breaking Ganzhou, we don't have to worry about being flanked by the Mongolian army."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded.

"That's right. Chen Diaoyan and Pan Mei are now in Meizhou to stop Li Heng, a member of the party. Li Heng's offensive is very sharp. The Xingsong Army is fighting very hard. We must use the fastest speed to break through the city of Ganzhou. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous .”