Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Sixth South
"We...will win now?"
In the camp, Chen An looked at Liu Chu in front of him with some suspicion. At this time, he seemed to be in disbelief.
"Maybe...right?"
Faced with Chen An's questions, Liu Chu became a little less confident and his tone was hesitant.
Don't blame them for acting like they've never seen the world before. It's actually been too smooth along the way.
It took more than half a month for them to move south from the front line, and now they have reached the Song Kingdom's territory, but they have not encountered any obstacles.
It turns out that all the difficulties and obstacles they thought they would encounter during the process did not exist.
Difficulty? None.
Walking along the way, people were overwhelmed by the wind, and it was like a grand scene to welcome Master Wang.
As Chen An walked along, many local people took the initiative to welcome them, bringing various supplies to reward the army, and happily welcomed them into the county.
This is a great guy.
The situation is completely different from what Chen An had imagined before.
Chen An almost thought that he had read a fake script, thinking that he was not an invader from Dahua, but a soldier who defended their homeland.
This gap is a bit too big.
So much so that Chen An was cautious at first, almost thinking that this was a trap set by the enemy and wanted to run back directly. However, after a closer look, he understood the root cause here.
This is all thanks to King Tai and Liu Sheng.
Three hundred thousand soldiers on the front line were fighting against Chen An, but people always had to eat.
It would have been okay if the battle was resolved quickly, but in the face of Chen An's shameless delaying tactics, King Tai and Liu Sheng had to stop, and they continued to waste time with Chen An there.
But while they are consuming it, food cannot be created out of thin air.
Self-sufficient?
Totally impossible.
Not to mention that Chen An had already taken advantage of the situation and moved the people away early. Even the small teams that were constantly sent out to harass them were enough to eat them up.
If you want to farm, no problem.
After working hard for more than half a year, believe it or not, a fire will be set on you.
Due to various practical difficulties, self-sufficiency is impossible.
Therefore, the logistical pressure of an army of 300,000 people also fell on the Song Dynasty.
For ten years, the people of the Song Dynasty lived in dire straits.
Not only did they have to bear an extremely high tax burden, they also had to act as coolies to escort food and bear heavy labor, which was extremely miserable.
Therefore, within the Song Dynasty, the war-weariness mood was actually extremely serious and had long spread everywhere.
This is how the raging wave of rebellion in recent years came about.
Because the people no longer want to be patient, it is basically a pile of tinder.
There are countless moments of misery everywhere.
Thinking about it this way, one can imagine the reactions of these people.
After all, the children are all neighbors, and the principles are the same.
After realizing that these people were really welcomed by the street, rather than a specially disguised illusion, Chen An realized that the opportunity was not to be missed, and then quickly led his army southward, conquering cities and territories along the way.
The Song army failed to organize any decent resistance at all.
It seemed that the previous great defeat had destroyed all the elites in the Song Dynasty who could fight.
It sounds incredible, but if you think about it carefully, it seems normal.
After all, if you really think about it, they have been in a stalemate on the front line for almost ten years.
A full ten years.
No matter how rich your family background is, it should all be ruined.
This behavior seems to be normal now.
The Song Dynasty itself was suffering from internal and external troubles and had already reached a certain level of decay.
At this point, some problems that had been covered up before exploded rapidly, leading to the current results. "The long... coach
In front of him, Liu Chu couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and asked: "Are we going to continue fighting?"
"No, let's not fight...
Chen An hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head slowly.
Just kidding, if this fight continues, I'm afraid it will reach the capital of the Song Dynasty.
Although this idea is very tempting, Chen An still remains sober.
In other words, he is not floating yet.
Although it suffered a crushing defeat, the Song Dynasty was a great Song Dynasty after all, and its strength was only comparable to that of the entire Great China. Such a big country, even at its current level, would not be easy to defeat.
"According to our information, the Song Dynasty is now divided and the internal strife is serious.
He thought for a moment and spoke slowly: "If we don't go on, they will probably be busy fighting among themselves and won't have much time to take care of us. But if they push too hard, I'm afraid it will be different.
The trapped beast is still fighting.
Today's Song Dynasty is still in the midst of internal strife. Many ministers in the court are attacking each other, and most of them adhere to the idea that in order to resist foreign aggression, they must first settle the domestic affairs.
If Chen An doesn't go too far and just maintains the current level, they may feel uncomfortable, but most likely they won't make up their minds to deal with it.
But if Chen An went too far and marched directly towards the imperial capital of the Song Dynasty, then the situation might be different.
Under the huge external pressure, these people may temporarily put aside their conflicts and turn to deal with Chen An with all their strength.
Then the situation will be different again.
If you are frustrated at that time, the situation will be even more troublesome.
Chen An thought for a moment and finally felt that he couldn't take the risk.
This is enough for now.
"All right."
Liu Chu nodded with regret. Although he was a little ready to move, he finally gave up on this touching idea. "But we don't have to go to the imperial capital of the Song Dynasty, but we have to go to another place.
Chen An's voice then sounded.
Liu Chu couldn't help but be stunned, then subconsciously lowered his head and looked at Chen An pointing in another direction.
That's a place not too far from here.
"Mingzhou?"
Liu Chu spoke softly and named the place.
Time passes slowly.
Under the attention of many eyes, Chen An led the army to evacuate directly and did not continue southward.
While this disappointed many people, it also made the Song Dynasty heave a sigh of relief.
Fortunately I didn't come.
At this moment, the Song Dynasty can be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles, and it has reached its most dangerous period.
There are constant factional fights inside, and there are rebellions by aristocratic families outside. It cannot be said that it is divided into pieces, but it can be said to be similar.
If Chen An still leads his army southward at this time, the outcome will be really hard to predict.
Maybe in one battle, the entire Song Dynasty would be in danger of overthrowing.
But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the subsequent battle report came.
The Dahua army raided Mingzhou.
Mingzhou fell.
Suddenly, the entire Song Dynasty was in an uproar.
The reason for this is that Mingzhou is a very special place for the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!