While Li Luo took advantage of the victory to expand his victory and recovered the eleven prefectures and counties on Hangzhou Road, Chen Shuzhen, who had occupied Qingyuan City, also quickly suppressed the officials and gentry who were extremely angry in Qingyuan City.

The Tang army on the southern route also seized a large amount of money and grain, and issued a notice claiming that under the order of the Duke of Tang, the gentry would skillfully obtain the land they seized to the poor and liberate the slaves of the evil gentry and traitors.

The news was spreading rapidly to western and southern Zhejiang as if it had grown wings. The people who heard the news cheered and were filled with joy. However, the governments and gentry and tribes from all over the country gritted their teeth, and while sending letters to various places for help, they quickly trained the village soldiers and recruited young and strong people.

On April 17, Chen Shuzhen, who had just occupied Qingyuan City for one day, had already received news that Li Luo had swept Hangzhou Road. Chen Shuzhen immediately made an expedition to the west as planned.

She left 10,000 troops to guard Qingyuan City, personally promoted 30,000 troops and 5,000-day national army slaves, and attacked Jiande Road.

After several major defeats in Lin'an and Qingyuan, the Yuan army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang lost nearly 100,000, leaving only 60,000 to 70,000 troops scattered in western Zhejiang, southern Zhejiang, Jiqing and other places.

Although the loss of 100,000 troops were almost all traitors, their combat power was good and they were definitely a powerful force. However, within just one day, they were destroyed under the attack of the Tang army. Although there were also factors in the Yuan army's trap, it still showed that the Tang army's combat power was far superior to that of the Yuan army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

This made the Yuan court officials who learned the news fear the power of the "rebels".

The remaining 70,000 to 80,000 Yuan troops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were unable to rescue Lin'an and Qingyuan in time because the Tang army was quick to act. When Lin'an and Qingyuan fell, they could only stick to their local area and wait for reinforcements from other provinces.

However, although there were many Yuan troops in the surrounding provinces, they were temporarily unable to rescue Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The Henan Province, Jiangbei Province, across the Yangtze River, has nearly 100,000 cavalry and nearly 100,000 Han troops, with almost 200,000 elite troops, but they cannot cross the river. They can only watch the chaos in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

There were originally 50,000 Han troops in Fujian Province south of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but because of the rebellion of Li Jie of Fujian, the White Lotus Sect, he was too busy to take care of himself. Li Jie was originally a general of the Yuan army and had 10,000 Han troops under his command. Once he rebelled, and with tens of thousands of young and strong White Lotus Sect, he was inseparable from Pingzhang, Fujian.

There are nearly 100,000 Yuan army in Jiangxi Province, including 30,000 cavalry from Wanzhedu, which is very strong. However, central and northern Jiangxi is occupied by Huang Hua and the White Lotus Sect. The two sides have now joined hands to unite more than 100,000 to fight against the Jiangxi Yuan army. Wanzhedu is also difficult to get out of here.

The number of Yuan army in Huguang Province is larger and stronger, not even considered the chieftain barbarian army in its jurisdiction. However, half of the Yuan army in Huguang was led by Zhang Hongfan to Guangzhou Road to suppress Zhao Liangqin's small court. The other half, under the leadership of Hudu Timur, suppressed the White Lotus Sect's Master and "Emperor Daliang" Xiao Yin.

There are now four rebels in the south, and the Yuan army in several provinces are very busy. Where can I have time to come to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to suppress Li Luo's rebels?

Besides, the rebels came quickly, and even if the Yuan army in other provinces could get away, they would not be able to catch up.

Therefore, the remaining Yuan army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in tragedy. They were almost all traitors and had few cavalrymen. How to deal with the new artillery of the Tang army?

So, Xu Shuzhen led only more than 30,000 troops and horses, and it was as if he had entered a deserted state. Seeing that there were few soldiers in the Zhejiang-Western Yuan army, she simply boldly divided the troops into three groups, each with 10,000 people. She attacked Jiande Road, all the way west, all the way to Taizhou Road, and all the way to Wuzhou Road.

No one can be the government of the Yuan court.

Mrs. Xu strictly followed Li Luo's political strategy and the aftermath. Every time the Tang army occupied a prefecture and county, it posted notices of Anmin and proclamation of Yuan Dynasty, and executed officials and gentry who were extremely guilty of death, confiscated their wealth, released their slaves, and distributed their manors to the people.

At the same time, each prefecture and county stationed three to five hundred Tang troops, and in the name of the Qingyuan Jiedushi, appointed the rural officials brought from Haidong as prefecture and county officials instead of Li Luo.

These people were just small rural officials in Haidong, but they were all literate, familiar with the grassroots, and familiar with the governance methods of the Tang Dynasty. They were able to replace the corrupt officials of the Yuan court.

Li Luo in central Jiangsu and Zhejiang and Xu Shuzhen in southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang are progressing smoothly, and the progress of Wen Tianxiang in the northern army is also expected.

The Tang army, who came prepared and made great progress, fully demonstrated the quality of long-term professional training.

Regardless of individual soldiers' quality, obedience, fighting will, command, strategy and tactics, the Tang army is far ahead of the traitor army. Even with quantity and equipment, the Tang army has an advantage.

As a major area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Jiqing Road has three ten thousand households and a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses, which is definitely a lot.

However, this battle could not be fought for the Yuan army on Jiqing Road. Facing the 40,000 Tang troops who were like wolves and tigers, the 30,000 traitors gathered in a hurry, they resisted for a while at Longjiang Pass (Xiao Pass) outside Jiangning City, and collapsed under the volley of artillery of the Tang army.

The Tang army cavalry took advantage of the situation to pursue the situation and chased them all the way to the foot of the Mufu Mountains. The Yuan army was killed and injured and captured, with nearly 20,000 people. Three commanded 10,000 households, but only one escaped.

These men wearing strong and holding sharp men, working hard for the Yuan court and raising gentry, could not stop the Tang army at all.

The Yuan army general had to gather the defeated troops and retreat into Mufu Mountain, which simply gave up Jiangning City.

Because Jiangning City, the capital of Jiqing Road, has been half-destroyed, and it is difficult to defend as a strong city.

As the ancient capital, Jiangning City (Jinling) was originally a giant city with high walls and deep moats. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and was surrounded by tigers and dragons. It was actually easy to defend and was also a military rank.

It is also true that after the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, the height of the Jiangning city wall was lowered and many city defenses were destroyed. Because this city had the imperial energy dragon vein, this was done to prevent Han people from rebelling on this city in the future.

The paradox of history is here.

Jiangning City is already difficult to defend, so the officials in the city will certainly not wait to die.

Therefore, when Wen Tianxiang arrived at the city of Jiangning City where the tiger was entrenched, most of the officials in the city had already escaped.

Wen Tianxiang led the army into Jiangning City without any effort. At the same time, Hu Gu's cavalry were sent to pursue the remnants of the Yuan army.

The defeat of the 30,000 traitor army on Jiqing Road means that the main force of the Yuan army in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang was basically eliminated. The remaining tens of thousands of people, except for surrender and escape, could no longer prevent the Tang army from restoring the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Wen Tianxiang entered the prosperous and familiar Jiangning City, and his heart was fluctuating and filled with emotion.

Jiangning, I am back.

He had come to Jiangning many times, and at that time, he was still a minister of the Song Dynasty.

Since Jiangning fell into Meng Yuan's hands, he thought he would never have a chance to come to Jiangning again.

But, today he is here.

And not alone.

He brought tens of thousands of troops here. This time, he was not a minister of the Song Dynasty, but a general of the military advisor of the Tang Dynasty and a governor of Jiqinglu.

Even though Wen Tianxiang is a steady person, he wants to laugh out loud at this time. This elegant middle-aged man rode on the horse with a smile on his face. Looking at the city that returned to the hands of the Han people, he was really crazy about the young man.

How lucky it is to meet a wise king and have hope of recovery! How happy is such a life experience! It should be revealed!

Thinking about the embarrassment of leading tens of thousands of tired soldiers who were short of swords and guns, the distress of the Yuan army, and the desolate despair of wandering around the Lingdingyang, but now he has led tens of thousands of tiger and wolf troops into the south of the Yangtze River. Wen Tianxiang really felt like a different world and couldn't help but burst into tears.

As soon as Wen Tianxiang entered the city, he ordered the public notice of Anmin and the proclamation of Yuan Dynasty. He also posted his own "Wenshan to Jiangnan Scholars" and ordered the Tang army soldiers to search for Yuan court officials, traitors and evil gentry to maintain order in the city.

After dealing with these, Wen Tianxiang entered the General Administration Office of Jiqing Road, Yuanting, and used the General Administration Office as the head of the military commander.

When the people of Jiangning City saw the Tang army entering the city, they not only did not fear, but also watched. Many people also bowed to the Tang army among the crowd.

On the one hand, they were indeed too exploited and wanted the government to be killed quickly. Not to mention the Tang army, which was known as the benevolent and righteous army, even if they were bandits in Jiang bandits, they thought they were at least better than the Yuan army.

On the other hand, the spy organization that had long been sneaking into Jiangning City has already done a lot of publicity in secret. It is said that Li Luo was a Han hero and descendant of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang army was a royal army that saved the people from water and fire. Not only did they want to restore the Central Plains and expel the Tartars, but they also wanted to reappear the prosperous Tang Dynasty, etc.

Under such circumstances, the expectations of the people of Jiangning for the Tang army were like a long drought and looking forward to the rain, and they were almost welcomed by the sidelines.

Seeing the Tang army soldiers lined up in an orderly manner into the city, each with bright armor and strong armor, the people in the city were amazed and couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Good guy, you're so majestic! This is what Master Wang should be like, looking at him and raising his breath!"

"Oh, if we Han people had such troops, the Song Dynasty would not have been destroyed!"

"How powerful are tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers defeated so quickly?"

The common people were talking a lot and their words were down-to-earth. In short, they had a good impression of the Tang army.

读书的士子们,说的话又不同了.

"Brother Zishan, the sharpness of the Tang army is really the Hu Ben's army! The appearance of Li Luo's famous general is like this, which shows his man!"

"Brother Mo Chen's words are reasonable! Such a momentum must be the elite of the world! I have seen many military forces, and I have never seen the prosperity of today."

"Oh? In the opinion of Brother Zishan, how about the Tartar Iron Cavalry?"

"Different. The Iron Cavalry of the Tartars is of course the best elite soldiers in the world. However, relying on horsepower, they come and go like the wind and invade like fire. The word "fast", "spoken", and "ruthless", "like a group of jackals and wolves." The Tang army was neat and uniform, like an arm commander, majestic and morale like a tiger. It seemed that there was only one word, which was most appropriate."

“当得起何字?请子山兄指教.”

"war."

"war?"

"Yes, it's just the word "war". Look at the Tang army, it seems that they came for war, were born for war, and their desire for war was revealed. It's really like the ancient scholars in the Spring and Autumn Period, drawing their swords solemnly, just seeking a battle!"

While the two scholars were guiding the Tang army to discuss, they suddenly heard many people shouting.

"Mr. Wenshan is here! Who do you think of the Grand Commander of the Tang Army? It's Mr. Wenshan! Look at the notice!"

“什么!文相公来了?”

"Hahaha, Grandpa Wen has entered Jiankang, we are all worry-free!"

“快去拜见文山先生!”

"Go together!"

Among the people watching the Tang army enter the city, many scholars squeezed out and went to find Wen Tianxiang in groups.

Jiangning is a major cultural heritage in Jiangnan, and has a gathering of literary styles. There are many scholars. Although there are traitors, they are more loyal and righteous people who uphold the great defense of China and the barbarians.

Of course, they respected Wen Tianxiang, who was both the Wenzong of China, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and the hero of the anti-Yuan Dynasty.

It can be said that Wen Tianxiang has high popularity among the Shilin, Jiangnan and the remnants of the former Song Dynasty, but his appeal is still there.

Soon, the headquarters where Wen Tianxiang was located was blocked by hundreds of people. Although many were scholars, many were not.

This is where Li Luo is worse than Wen Tianxiang.

When Li Luo entered Lin'an, no scholar took the initiative to surrender. The scholars in Lin'an are still observing the Duke of Tang, observing whether Li Luo is wise and whether he is worthy of his success.

However, as soon as the scholars of Jiangning knew that Wen Tianxiang had entered the city, they ran around and told each other and came to join forces.

Wen Tianxiang heard a large number of scholars asking for advice in the headquarters, and smiled and said, "My Tang arrived in Jiangnan, and great things will be saved!"

…………

Since the Yangtze River and the sea surface were blocked by the Tang Army Navy, it was not until the end of April that most of the people received the long-awaited military information report from Jiangnan.

At this time, more than 100,000 Tang troops had already conquered the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even Pingjiang Road (Suzhou) and Wenzhou Road had been taken down.

When the officials of the Yuan Dynasty Tongzheng Department heard the report, they did not dare to report to Kublai Khan first, so they had to find the Privy Councilor Boyan and the Right Prime Minister An Tong first.

When Boyan and An Tong learned that Li Luo raised the flag and rebelled, they also attacked Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they were furious.
To be continued...