The edict was successfully out, so Zhao Bing put the matter aside. He didn't care whether he could catch Wang Yanwu and punish him. In fact, it was just a cover for him to be defeated, but he deserved that he was unlucky and hit the gun. Otherwise, who would be unlucky???????? w      w.

As for whether Wen Tianxiang can be redeemed, Zhao Bing knew that the possibility was almost zero. In terms of cost, the Mongols spent more than ten thousand taels of gold to wipe out Wen Tianxiang's military. However, in terms of influence, grasping Wen Tianxiang is much more valuable than ten thousand taels of gold. Therefore, the significance of this edict is more about expressing his attitude and letting scholars understand that the good time of becoming an official who is a fool has passed.

Furthermore, the current situation is moving very fast, and it is becoming increasingly unfavorable to the court. In December, Wang Daofu gathered the defeated officers and soldiers to attack Guangzhou again and failed. Ling Zhen led his army to rescue him, but he was also defeated. Ling Zhen fought again in Jiaotang, Panyu, and was defeated again. Afterwards, Ling Zhen retreated to Dongpu, collected the army, and continued to fight, but all failed. The Yuan Dynasty persuaded surrender with Xuanwei's official position, but Ling Zhen refused to accept it and retreated back to his hometown. Under Li Heng's pursuit, Wang Daofu could not gain a foothold in Guangdong, so he could only retreat to Yashan and was appointed as the Minister of War.

At this moment, after Zhang Hongfan wiped out Wen Tianxiang's governor's army, he led his troops to continue to move south to the vicinity of Chaozhou, and sent a scout cavalry to find the whereabouts of the remnant Song Xingchao, and ordered Li Heng to resolve the "bandits" in Guangdong as soon as possible so that he could join forces to fight the remnant Song. On the other hand, he sent people to contact Ali Hague in Guangxi, hoping that he could send troops to help prevent the remnant Song forces from continuing to escape, and strive to annihilate them to the coastal areas of Guangdong.

Zhao Bing knew that the final decisive battle was coming. Now, as long as the Song Dynasty was still resisting, the Xingchao and his subordinates were isolated in a corner of the sea and became a real lonely army. This island and reef became the last piece of territory of this country that was once the most advanced and prosperous country in the world, and it really reached a point where there was nowhere to retreat.

To be honest, Zhao Bing thought that the troops in Xingchao were generally not without the power of a battle. When Xingchao went to sea to take refuge from Fuzhou, he had 170,000 troops and 300,000 civilian troops, including more than 10,000 Huai soldiers with Yingzhou as the main force. He knew that this number might be an imaginary number, but the water he saw in Quanzhou was not too large at first. After all, Yingpan had also been stationed dozens of miles in Jiazi Town, and many civilian troops were recruited from Quanzhou, and nearly a thousand warships were stolen from Pu Shougeng.

Zhao Bing thought this could be said to be the largest fleet he had ever seen, and it is probably the largest sailing fleet in world history. Zheng He's fleet of voyage to the Western Ocean was considered to be extremely large, but the number was only 10% of theirs. As for the Western fleet, even in the era of sailing battleships, it had never had such a scale. Those who could be comparable to them were probably born in the Normandyde during World War II during the 6th War, but they were also divided into batches and short-term. In the process of the dynasty, there were not only troops, but also government agencies and courts. This was truly a country floating on the sea.

Of course, these troops are not all elite soldiers. The reality can be seen by just listing more than 10,000 Huai soldiers alone. Since Fuzhou went into the sea, many wars in Chaochao have suffered a lot, especially in the fierce battles with Liu Shen in several times, the damage was greatly affected. Chen Yizhong alone lost more than 800 warships and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Zhao Bing secretly counted that after reaching Yashan, he still had no less than 100,000 military and civilians. During this period, various volunteers and scattered soldiers who served the king came to meet. Although there was no accurate number, he was sure that the population of 200,000 gathered in Chaochao was more than 200,000. However, although there were many people, there were many idle people, among which the officials, family members, eunuchs, palace maids, etc. were estimated to account for 30%.

There are only two troops controlled by Xingchao: one is the Huai Army, which is mainly the Yingzhou Army. They will definitely suffer losses in the battle, but new recruits are constantly joining. The number is now about 30,000, of which more than 10,000 elite soldiers are more than 10,000, but they are Zhang Shijie and horses, which are difficult for others to mobilize; the other is the imperial guards in front of the palace based on the children of the Jiang family and the defeated imperial guards. They were originally the most combat-effective troops in Xingchao, but after the bloody battle in Quanzhou, they were severely injured. After that, they almost charged forward and retreated in the back and suffered huge losses in each battle, and their quality inevitably decreased. The number of people descended from the civilian army was also floating up and down. With the death of Jiang Wanzai and the casualties of the Jiang family's children increased, although Jiang Zi took over, the morale and combat effectiveness of the imperial guards in front of the palace were no longer the same as before, and the control of the Jiang family also weakened.

The imperial army is like this, so it is not difficult to imagine what other troops look like. The number of volunteers coming to serve the king everywhere is the largest, about 80,000, but they have not been trained, do not know the battle formation, have loose discipline, and are not subordinate to each other, so the combat effectiveness can be imagined. Therefore, these people either act as "cannon fodder" or use as civilians. They can only be said to be commendable and useless, and can only be considered as soy sauce in battle. The numerous officials, families and idle people are strictly burdens. In battle, they not only cannot help, but also have to divide their troops to protect them. Of course, Zhao Bing is also considered here at this time.

However, after several battles, Zhao Bing also realized that naval battles are different from those of six battles that require close-killing hand-to-hand combat against swords and guns. What is important is the performance and firepower of warships, and the importance of personnel quality is not as important as those of the 6 battles. Although the Qiongzhou Navy has undergone several trainings, he does not think that he can gain the upper hand in hand-to-hand combat with Mongolian soldiers. Their victory is mainly due to the advantages of warships and weapons. When the two armies are on the side, they have already used crossbows and rockets to deal severe damage and shock to the enemy with their crossbows and rockets. Strictly speaking, the progress of weapons has helped them win.

At that time, the North Korea still has more than a thousand warships, most of which are large ships. Although they do not have advanced weapons such as crossbows and rockets, they at least have an advantage in the collision with their tall hulls in naval battles. There may be more elite soldiers in the Yuan army, but considering that most of the Yuan army led by Zhang Hongfan were elite soldiers transferred from the north, they were not familiar with water wars, so even if the power was not superior to the Song army, they were much stronger than the Yuan army in terms of number, and they were quicker and more convenient than the Yuan army with their backs on Yashan Island to replenish their troops.
Chapter completed!