After many discussions, Su Yonglin had a comprehensive guidance on political work, and issued this opinion to relevant departments for review and implementation.

After the political work is over, there is also military work.

The Battle of Xiangfan ended successfully, and the main forces of the Peasant Army and Henan Corps were well preserved, and they had the ability to continue to launch the next round of attacks.

Of course, the next round of attack is also a must.

This war is definitely not enough to conquer one Xiangfan city. This war not only requires the capture of the two Xiangfan city, but also further capture the Zhongdu area of ​​the Southern Song Dynasty, physically cutting off the Southern Song Dynasty.

Su Yonglin immediately ordered the Privy Council to issue the Yanyun Corps' 10,000 cavalry of the White Army and the Huben Imperial Guards, a total of 40,000 people to go south to support.

After the first phase of the battle was successful, Su Yonglin asked Zhang Yuejing to launch a strike against the Southwest Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road and Jinghu South Road of the Southern Song Dynasty with the existing troops.

Su Yonglin asked Zhang Yuejing to command the command to complete a comprehensive attack on the central theater of the Southern Song Dynasty, occupying the southwest Jingxi Road, Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road, and cutting off the entire territory of the Southern Song Dynasty in half.

At the same time, Su Yonglin began to plan to reorganize the peasant army led by Zhao Yucheng into the Jiangxi Corps...

Zhao Yucheng led more than 100 cadres to the south, and from scratch, he formed an army of 80,000 people, occupied an entire area as a base in the heart of the Southern Song Dynasty, cooperated with the Ming army to fight a beautiful annihilation battle, and successfully destroyed the newly rebuilt army of the Southern Song Dynasty.

In this battle, the peasant army first defeated two main troops in the Jinghu War Zone, annihilated 60,000 enemies, and then the Ming army's Henan Corps as the main force, annihilated 120,000 enemies, and the Song army was annihilated 180,000.

During the entire battle, the performance of the peasant army was remarkable and worthy of praise, which was praised by Su Yonglin.

The entire military force of the Southern Song Dynasty has not even recovered to the level of 400,000 after reconstruction, about 370,000, which has almost taken away half of this wave.

After several years of reconstruction, all the investments of tens of millions of yuan were wasted. After this battle, the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty was not only a consensus within the Ming Dynasty, but also an consensus within the Southern Song Dynasty.

Just when the Yellow River project is completed, Su Yonglin will be able to go south in full swing, destroy the Song Dynasty, and start a new era of unification.

The chaotic times of more than 200 years since the separatist rule of the vassal states in the late Tang Dynasty will completely end during Su Yonglin's Hongwu period, and this essentially the chaotic times of the Warring States Period will also end in this era.

However, at present, we still have to finish the road step by step. We cannot hurry, jump, or run, so as not to twist our feet.

Moreover, although the Jinghu War Zone was destroyed and the Jianghuai War Zone was destroyed, the Sichuan-Shu War Zone still has combat effectiveness.

Although the Sichuan-Shu War Zone in the Southern Song Dynasty also lost 40,000 troops.

Xin Qiji has a relatively complete report on this point.

"Based on the information currently obtained, there is an army in the southern Song Dynasty that is moving towards Fengjie, with a population of about 30,000. It is the most elite Sichuan and Shu army in the Southern Song Dynasty. Depending on the posture and direction, it is necessary to go to Xiangfan to support it.

Once they leave Sichuan, they will face the first and third divisions of the peasant army under Zhao Yucheng. Based on the current situation, the combat effectiveness of the peasant army is not enough to face the Sichuan and Shu army head-on, so they should be asked to retreat and hand over the battle to the Henan Corps."

Su Yonglin nodded.

"This matter is left to the General Staff Headquarters to be responsible for coordination. The General Staff Headquarters are fully responsible for the tasks of military command. This is your mission and scope of responsibility. If necessary, you can go south at any time and coordinate the overall situation."

"clear."

Xin Qiji and Ma Weiying nodded.

Military affairs continued like this.

So not only did the Hedong Province mobilize a large amount of materials to support Henan Province, but now the Guanzhong Province is also required to provide storage materials to support Henan Province's operations. Su Yonglin sent the Privy Councilor Sun Ziyi and the Minister of Finance Lin Jingchun to go out to work together to comprehensively coordinate the support of the Hedong Province and Guanzhong Province for this military operation.

The scope of the war was required to be expanded, but for the Ming army on the front line, the intensity of the war was reduced very normally.

Such a situation can be said to be without any doubt.

Because the Southern Song Dynasty's maneuvering strategic counterattack power had been completely lost, the next thing left to the Ming army was the Fish Pond Bureau driven by thousands of soldiers.

All the main combat troops in the Jinghu War Zone of the Southern Song Dynasty were wiped out, and no army could be found to resist the attack of the Ming army.

The captured Song soldiers were asked by the Ming army to engage in coolies to repair and restore the damaged areas in the war. Before the specific order arrived, Zhang Yuejing consciously controlled the scope of the siege, mainly to consolidate the results of the battle and restore the local area.

He is temporarily committed to the rest and restoration of the army and the restoration of people's livelihood.

During this period, Zhao Yucheng went to Xiangyang City to pay homage to Zhang Yuejing. When they met with each other, they were extremely excited and said a lot.

Zhang Yuejing and Zhao Yucheng had no friendship before. If we really want to say friendship, it is when Zhao Yucheng was studying and studying the theoretical knowledge of the Restoration Association. At that time, Zhao Yucheng and Zhang Yuejing attended cram school together and had a relationship.

Later, Zhang Yuejing was alone, and later Zhao Yucheng was ordered to go south from Henan to enter the Southern Song Dynasty to open a base. Many of the supplies were transported by Zhang Yuejing.

"Speaking of this, I really didn't expect that you kid could really pull up the team. He even pulled up a team of 80,000 people in one breath and rushed through many encirclements. This is completely different from the naughty young man back then."

Zhang Yuejing teased Zhao Yucheng back then.

Zhao Yucheng smiled bitterly.

"I was young and energetic when I was young and dared to do anything and wanted to do everything. After hearing the basics, I felt that I knew everything, could do everything, and could do everything. So what happened?"

"Do you understand now?"

"I have walked all the way the Chairman has walked, and I have said goodbye to myself in the past. I have also learned a lot of truths and seen a lot of things. Now I know how difficult it is to achieve great things."

"That's natural. We know how difficult and dangerous it has been along the way, but we have to say, how can we succeed without the chairman? At that time, we were completely dependent on the chairman. We did whatever he said, and we had almost no way to go on independently.

Everything the Chairman did was right. He had almost never made any mistakes. He had made all the things he had told and walked on as he expected. This is why many people regard him as a god. To be honest, I once thought that the Chairman was a man from heaven.

Zhang Yuejing smiled and said, "It's ridiculous to think about it now, but at that time, I really thought so, don't say it out."

Zhao Yucheng also laughed.

"We are not from heaven, who dares to say that we will destroy Jin in three years? Actually, I feel that if the Chairman made up his mind to destroy Song, he would not have to wait for a year. I have to wait until now, just to renovate the Yellow River and think about ending the Yellow River project..."

"The progress of the Yellow River project is still good. Before the war started, I went to find Tian Guizi. He said that the progress was smooth and that the siege would be over in the eighth year of Hongwu at the latest. By then, it would be the end of the Southern Song Dynasty."

"Eight years in Hongwu..."

Zhao Yucheng sighed: "Although it's a bit regretful, it's good. At least, we can make the base more solid. By the way, how about leaving me to take charge of the Sichuan and Shu army in the Southern Song Dynasty?"
Chapter completed!