Tan Zhengyang held the phone tightly with his right hand and said firmly: "Grand Governor, please rest assured that our army has deployed heavy troops in Funing Mansion.

As long as the Song army dares to come, our army is confident to destroy the Song army.

After the mechanized force of the Song Army was eliminated, they could only stay in the coastal areas and be gradually eliminated by our army.

With the national strength of Song State, it was impossible to send reinforcements again.

Our army will definitely drive the Song army out of the country."

Tan Zhengyang put down the phone and walked to the sand table.

The Shu army had already laid a dragnet and was only waiting for the Song army to fall into the trap.

Tan Zhengyang had full confidence in encircling and annihilating the Song army.

At this time, Chief of Staff Xu Jingbei walked in anxiously.

"General Tan, something big has happened."

Tan Zhengyang saw Xu Jingbei panting and obviously running over.

He handed over a cup of tea: "First drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat. Don't worry about big things."

Xu Jingbei took the tea cup but did not drink it. He calmed his breathing and told the latest news he had received.

"The Song army was in Taoyuan County and suddenly returned to the seaside.

They also plundered more than ten thousand young people in the three counties of Taoyuan County, Wuning County, and Sangbei County.

If it were not for the limited transportation capacity of the Song army, they would have dared to plunder all the more than 200,000 people in the three counties."

When General Tan Zhengyang heard that the Song Army suddenly withdrew, he immediately thought that the news of the siege of the Song Army had been leaked, and that there were spies from the Song State at the top of the Shu Army.

He was thinking, who could be the spy?

They must not be the senior people who made the decision. There are spies among these people. The news of the arrival of reinforcements from the Shu Army has already been passed on.

The Song army would not risk attacking Funing Mansion at all.

There can only be spies among the middle-level generals.

This group of people is so large that it is not easy to find spies.

When he heard what Chief of Staff Xu Jingbei said, he immediately overthrew the Song army because he had received the news in advance and retreated.

He had felt before that Song Jun's movements were strange.

His previous speculation was that the Song army was just feigning an attack and taking the opportunity to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

This speculation looks more and more like Song Jun's true reaction.

Tan Zhengyang said loudly: "Hurry up and call the Governor's Office.

Ask Wan Fang and Youji about the movements of the Song army."

The military system of the vassal state was modeled on that of the empire.

The imperial army is divided into A Division and B Division.

The A-type division is the most elite field army. It is the main force that goes abroad to fight the enemy and defends against enemy invasion. The A-type division is responsible for the main force.

The B division, also known as the patrol battalion, is specifically responsible for the defense of a certain area.

The main task is to eliminate banditry and suppress riots.

They are all under the jurisdiction of the metropolitan governor's office, except that Division A is directly managed by the metropolitan governor's office, and division B is managed by the local governor's office.

This was also a way for the imperial court to check and balance the army.

After receiving the order, the staff immediately called the relevant departments and bureaus of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to inquire about the situation on the battlefield.

Tan Zhengyang and Xu Jingbei soon received a telegram from the Governor's Office.

Xu Jingbei read the telegram and said in surprise: "What is the Song army doing? The army attacking Funing Prefecture this time is not the main force of the Song army.

Their main force is actually destroying our country's industrial areas and plundering the population of towns and villages.

How dare the Song Dynasty do this? He is not afraid of imperial sanctions."

After Tan Zhengyang read the battle report, he gritted his teeth and said: "The Song Army is going to run away, and before running away, they chose to plunder our country's resources and population.

Now it can be determined that the Song army on the front line was feigning an attack.

As for the imperial sanctions, the Song army did not do anything extraordinary.

The plundering of resources and population is not prohibited by the Jianye Convention.

In the past, when the two countries went to war, they were basically able to avoid disturbing the people.

That's because the warring countries regard the local population as the future population of their own country.

Now that the Song Army is doing this, it is a bad start and will make it even more difficult for the people in the future."

Chief of Staff Xu Jingbei said anxiously: "We must return reinforcements now. If we give the Song army some time, the populations of the two prefectures will be plundered by them."

Tan Zhengyang sighed: "I have to bear the responsibility of judging Song Army's strategic mistakes.

Now I apologize to the King of Shu and ask for help."

…

In the palace of the King of Shu, King Qian Mingyi of Shu was furious.

"The population of our Kingdom of Shu is only nine million, including the indigenous people.

The core population of young and middle-aged Han Chinese in the country is only about three million.

This time, the Song Dynasty plundered more than 400,000 people in the land of Sanfu, including at least 300,000 young men.

They only plundered the Han people, not the natives.

This time our country directly lost nearly one-tenth of its core population.

Among them are five thousand industrial workers.

You know how much our country has paid to train these industrial workers.

My heart is bleeding now, we have lost so much, how long will it take for us, Shu, to lick our wounds before we can recover."

The Grand Governor He Feng stood up despite the anger of Shu King Qian Mingyi.

"Your Majesty, our army failed to investigate for a while and allowed Song State to commit such evil deeds.

When the two armies were fighting, who knew the Song Dynasty would take action against civilians?

This kind of thing has no precedent before.

Who would have thought that the regular army of a country would behave like this?

We have mobilized the army of Funing Prefecture and immediately went to encircle and suppress the Song army. This time we will definitely drive the Song army into the sea."

King Shu Qian Mingyi snorted coldly: "Although I don't understand military affairs, the situation is so clear. How can I not understand it?

The Song Dynasty obviously cannot defeat our army and is preparing to retreat.

Before retreating, they chose to plunder.

It was precisely because they wanted to retreat that they revealed their wolfish nature and plundered the local people without worrying about leaving a bad reputation.

Work is work, mistakes are mistakes.

Our army was able to defeat the Song army and crush the Song army's delusion of occupying our country. This is a credit that cannot be denied.

But this time we failed to prevent the evil deeds committed by Song Jun, and we must bear responsibility."

King Qian Mingyi of Shu's attitude was very clear, merits and demerits could never be offset.

Those who have merit must be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes must be punished.

Li Jiu, the prime minister of Shu, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, what Song did is disgraceful. Our country wants to make it known to the whole world and make people aware of Song's predatory nature.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Our country has suffered such great losses, and the Song Dynasty must pay the price.

Let the reputation of Song State be so bad that they will not be able to find allies to cooperate with in the future."

King Shu Qian Mingyi sighed: "Then let's arrange it this way."

He waited for a moment and then ordered again: "Let the troops on the front line speed up their march and try to recover our country's losses.

These people are still in the Song Army's camp, and it will take some time for the Song Army to transport them back to the country."

…

In the palace of the Song Dynasty, King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty saw the battle report and couldn't help but laugh a few times.

"Okay, that's great.

If we can recruit 400,000 people, this battle is worth fighting.

These are not 400,000 indigenous people, but 400,000 Han Chinese.

With these 400,000 people filling the domestic labor shortage problem, a large part of it can be solved.

We can also send more people to colonize."
To be continued...