The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 344 Discuss Danyang, the Jiangnan army retreats
Because at this time in Xuancheng, Zhu Yuanzhang specially held a grand funeral for Li Zitong in the city for acting.

It shows that he has no unreasonable thoughts about power and position, and lays the foundation for his smooth success in the future.

Therefore, the Wu Jun scouts who came to investigate easily sneaked into the city.

Afterwards, Wu Jun's scouts joined the spies in the city and went to the funeral scene to inquire together.

We must observe the reality with our eyes and see whether Li Zitong really died or died early, or is it Zhu Yuanzhang's conspiracy?
Of course, it is impossible to set up the mourning hall directly in the county mansion. For the sake of safety, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately rented an old house where no one lived in the aristocratic family.

Later, around his mourning hall, there were three steps, one sentry post, five steps and one post, which was extremely severe and terrifying!
However, none of this seemed to be a problem for Wu Jun's secret agent.

After all, Wu Jun's spies had obeyed Sun Jian's orders a long time ago and secretly lurked in the city to provide him with information.

In the mourning hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was dressed in mourning at this time, kneeling and standing here to guard his spirit!
Suddenly, Chang Yuchun, an eight-foot-tall, bearded and armored general, walked to Zhu Yuanzhang's side in a big stride.

Immediately, he whispered something in front of his ear, and then Zhu Yuanzhang said softly: "Yes!"

"Quietly pretend not to know, just let him investigate."

Hearing that, after receiving his order, Chang Yuchun took the order to retreat again.

Due to the "ignorance" of the Jiangnan Army, Wu Jun's spies naturally sneaked into the courtyard of his mourning hall.

Moreover, following Zhu Yuanzhang's publicity, almost all the aristocratic families in the city and celebrities from all walks of life came to express their condolences.

Therefore, now its courtyard can be described as a crowded group with many people.

This can be said to have provided an excellent camouflage for Wu Jun's secret agents.

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Outside Xuancheng, the Wu army camp
At this time, several scouts were secretly sending the news that the spies had inquired out of the city to the camp.

Sworn to Sun Jian, he was convinced of the news of Li Zitong's death in battle.

Hearing this, Sun Jian was overjoyed immediately, and shouted excitedly: "Okay, okay, okay!"

"Li Zitong is dead, the time has come for our army to defeat the Jiangnan army!"

After several days of fierce fighting, Sun Jian had to admit that Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely capable of commanding troops.

It can be said that he is the most powerful enemy he has encountered in his life, even the Taiping Army Wing King Shi Dakai who fought against the Taiping Army back then.

They are far from the strength of Zhu Yuanzhang's army command!

But there is no absolute, now is the opportunity to defeat Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, no matter how Zhu Yuanzhang can restrain his subordinates.

But the news of the defeat of the Jiangnan Army and the death of Li Zitong could not be blocked no matter what!

At this time, the Jiangnan Army must have lost its morale and its combat power has not been as good as before!
Therefore, given the current situation, Sun Jian has a great chance of capturing Xuancheng County.

If he can go further, he may continue to go north and seize Danyang County, an important place in the south of the Yangtze River.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Jian began to give orders, and the whole army assembled to attack the city again.

As for this siege, Wu Jun mainly focused on probing!

Sun Jian must observe carefully, what is the real combat power of the Jiangnan Army today?

Did Zhu Yuanzhang suppress the people under his command, so that the army's morale did not slacken, and they were still closely united.

"Boom boom boom!"

It is only said that the sound of the thundering drums sounded, marking that the Wu army began to attack again.

Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't dare to neglect, and immediately put on his battle armor, and went to the top of the city to resist.

For a while, as Wu Jun was brave enough to die, waves of attacks came one after another!

The Jiangnan Army also resisted tenaciously under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang.

The fierce battle between the two sides soon entered a white-hot stage.

However, after all, the Jiangnan army suffered a major defeat, and Li Zitong's new death has already affected his army's morale.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to suppress the morale of his army, he still showed fatigue in the resistance.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

After sieging the city for a long time, the sound of golden sounds rang out in the Wu army's formation, and the soldiers of the Wu army who were struggling to attack immediately receded like a tide.

In the big camp, Sun Jian smiled heartily and was full of excitement.

Although this attack failed to capture the city.

However, through the military formation, Sun Jian had already discovered that in the fierce offensive and defensive battles abroad, the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River were exhausted.

If it wasn't because Zhu Yuanzhang found out in time and made up for it in an instant, I'm afraid his army would have already killed the city.

All kinds of signs showed that the Jiangnan Army's military power had been blown away, and it was basically impossible for the Jiangnan Army to hold the territory on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, at this moment, how could Sun Jian not be excited?
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Night is approaching, and midnight is the deepest moment of sleep.

But now, in Xuancheng, a group of soldiers with distinctive armor is escorting the coffin to evacuate northward.

Looking carefully, this army is the Jiangnan Army, and it is Zhu Yuanzhang who abandoned the city and evacuated.

It turned out that after today's siege battle, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that his army's morale was already unstable due to the new defeat.

If you are fighting against the Wu army forcibly, I am afraid that the whole army will collapse on its own by then, so the gain outweighs the loss!

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to abandon the entire county of Xuancheng and hand it over to the Wu army.

Subsequently, our own army withdrew to the north with full authority, retreating to the last line of defense on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Danyang County.

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In the early morning of the next day, many soldiers in the Wu army camp were ordered by the generals.

They got up early in armor, and after breakfast together, under Sun Jian's order, they drove out of the camp and gathered in Xuancheng to stand by!
However, after the entire army of the Wu army was assembled, they were all ready to start attacking the city.

But at this time, a strange scene appeared, because there was no movement in the city.

Sun Jian couldn't help being very puzzled by this move, so he didn't dare to neglect, and immediately sent a death squad into the city to inspect.

After a long time, all the death squads who inspected returned safely, and reported to them: "Master, there is no one in the city, and there are no Jiangnan soldiers at all."

Hearing this, Sun Jian did not give any instructions for a long time. There are no enemy soldiers, so where did the Jiangnan army go?
These countless questions flooded into Sun Jian's mind in an instant, and his thoughts suddenly popped up.

After a long time, Zhang Zhao, who was accompanying the army, said, "My lord, could it be that Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to abandon the city because the Jiangnan army's morale was unstable?"

In the end, following Zhang Zhao's reminder, Sun Jian immediately sent sentry cavalry to the north to inquire.

Sure enough, the sentry cavalry of the Wu army found the traces of the Jiangnan army dozens of miles away.

The size of his army was no less than tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Immediately, the sentry cavalry did not dare to neglect, and hurried back to report them to Sun Jian.

For a while, Sun Jian directly led the army into Xuancheng, and then sent troops to attack various places.

Since its prefecture was seized, the rest of the places were completely included in the Wu army's forces in just two days.

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Immediately afterwards, Sun Jian's ambitions also began to grow, and he called all the generals to discuss and prepare to lead the army northward.

Captured Danyang in one fell swoop and completely expelled the forces of the Jiangnan Army to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

I don't know if the Wu army can capture Danyang and occupy the south bank of the Yangtze River?

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