Chapter 461: The Battle of Hangzhou (I)
Shi Bao was a little disappointed when he learned that Lu Shisang did not take the opportunity to take Suzhou, but he was still overjoyed by this great victory, counted the soldiers and horses, captured 20,000 Song troops, killed 10,000, and had 140,000 soldiers and horses.
Shi Bao's 140,000 soldiers and horses were actually the same as all the peasant rebel armies, with few soldiers, many old and weak, among which there were only 70,000 or 80,000 real warriors, and the rest could only be said to be people's husbands, and they were not even equipped with swords and guns.
Even so, this is still a very strong force, Shi Bao saw that Gao Yu was not completely defeated, worried about the problem of grain and grass, and decided to restore Huzhou first, so he left Lu Shisang and 20,000 elites, pretending to be 50,000, to prevent Gao Yu from attacking again. He took the remaining 120,000 back to Huzhou, as for those prisoners, he sent another 5,000 people to watch, Shi Bao's idea was that if Huzhou was opened, he could try to recruit 20,000 people, if the grain and grass were not enough... These 20,000 people are ready for food and grass.
When Shi Bao led the army to Huzhou, he learned that Huzhou had been lost.
Gong Wen, the Huzhou guard, was escorted to the big tent by the sergeant, Shi Bao looked at him angrily and asked, "You also have thousands of soldiers and horses in Huzhou, and there are countless piles of grain and grass in the city, and it has only been two or three days, why did you lose it?" β
Gong Wen drooped his head and replied, "The young general knows that it is powerful, since the Song army came, he has been guarding day and night, who would have thought that the Song Jiang soldiers are strong and strong, and the number of generals led by them are all brave, and the young generals are only 3,000 soldiers and horses, most of them are old and weak, really..."
"Did you burn the grass then?" Shi Bao asked again.
Gong Wen shook his head and said, "I wanted to burn it, but I was stopped by the local sergeant and village elder, saying that we have ruined the agricultural work for a year, and we rely on these grains and grass to work, if it is burned, we have to starve to death to the people of the city, and most of our subordinates are local people, so it is difficult to act." β
Shi Bao stepped forward angrily, kicked it down, and said angrily, "There is a city that cannot be defended, and an order cannot be carried out, what is the use of leaving you?" Listen to the order left and right, and go down and cut it! β
When Gong Wen's head was offered, Shi Bao was still humming angrily.
Under Shi Bao, with Lu Shi Nang as the respect, after Lu Shi Nang left, it was Qiu Rixin, the enemy of the Taoist, Xiao Yan Luo Shisheng had the highest status, in the Ming Sect, he was both one of the eight scattered people, at the time of the incident, he was also the only leader of an army, even a fierce general.
Qiu Rixin came out of the column and said, "Marshal, the army of Song Jiang is all Weishan Kou, the soldiers are only 20,000, and we are five times as large as it, we only need to attack day and night, but in three days, we will be able to recapture Huzhou." β
Shi Bao shook his head and said, "This Huzhou is surrounded by water, if you want to attack, the most important equipment, even if you rush to work day and night, you can't do it every day, then our grain and grass are exhausted, what should we do?" β
After that, Shi Bao stepped forward and looked at the map, and then said, "The grain and grass in Hangzhou and other places can also go to Jiaxing through the canal, but if you want to come to Suzhou, you must pass through Huzhou, Huzhou is not pulled, and Suzhou is difficult to attack....
Where is Shi Sheng! β
"In!" Shi Sheng came out of the line.
"I'll give you 10,000 elite soldiers and horses, you bring ten days of grain and grass, divide into three teams and go to Changxing, Song Jiang wants to block my grain road, I will cut off his back road first, if Song Jiang doesn't chase, you will go to restore Changxing, if you chase, you echo the current and future, I have my own army to help you!"
"Obey!" Shi Sheng gave up his hand and left.
"He Conglong" Shi Bao nodded again
"The last general!" A big man came out to answer.
"You also lead 5,000 elite soldiers and horses, bring ten days of grain and grass, and wait for Shi Sheng to set off half a day later, and then raise troops, if Song Jiang chases Shi Sheng, you will attack him, if you don't chase, you go to Anji to camp and eat, just wait for this Song Jiang army to be defeated and surround its defeated army."
"Obey!" He Conglong also took the order and left.
Shi Bao said to the others, "Song Jiang has few soldiers, I will attack in advance, I will lead 60,000 as the main attack, General Qiu will lead 30,000 as the auxiliary attack, Hua Gang and Hua Yuan, you will each bring 10,000 soldiers and horses for a feint attack, and attack them separately."
In addition, I sent a letter to Hangzhou, asking the Holy Father to send water divisions and grain and grass to our army, otherwise our army would be in danger after half a month. β
Shi Bao is actually not too worried about the grain and grass, Hangzhou is only a day's work away from Huzhou by water, Song Jiang soldiers dare not fight in the field, Huzhou is near the plains, if it is not good, it will not take the big road, and it will not be delayed for too long.
On the city of Huzhou, Song Jiang looked at the smoke and dust in the north, sighed and said, "If there are 3,000 cavalry, you will be able to defeat the enemy in the field." β
Zhu Yan on the side was worried that Song Jiang was greedy for merit to attack, so he said, "Now that we have occupied Huzhou, the city here is high and the pond is deep, and the grain and grass are enough for our army to eat for several months.
The thieves are now cut off from the grain route, the grain and grass in the village will be less than half a month, and thousands of soldiers and horses will cross the border, which is a plan to lure the enemy. β
Song Jiang sighed: "I just thought of the Marquis of Pingyin... Today, in addition to the Western Army, he is the only one who has thousands of horsemen. β
Zhu Yan nodded silently.
ββHangzhou Shenggong Mansion
The history of Hangzhou can be traced back to the Yu period, it is said that when Yu toured south, he sailed by boat, and gave up his Hangzhou ("Hang" is the meaning of the ark) here, so it is called Yuhang, Hangzhou is backed by the Qiantang River, the river flows into the sea, the terrain is flat, since the Western Han Dynasty is the land of fish and rice. By the time of the Northern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou had 200,000 households, making it the largest county in the southeast.
But since the Fang La uprising, Hangzhou's population began to decline rapidly, on the one hand, a large number of poor people participated in the Fang La army, on the other hand, many rich families were slaughtered by Fang La, but even so, Hangzhou still has more than 100,000 households, 3 or 400,000 people, is a rare big city in the world.
Although Fang La established himself as a king, he did not establish a kingdom, but called himself a holy prince, so there was no royal palace, but a holy prince's mansion.
At this time, after reading Shi Bao's battle report, Fang La, who learned that the war in the north had changed, was convening everyone to discuss the matter.
"Huzhou is a place for our army to hoard grain and grass, and it was lost like this, Shi Bao is good! Wait and see, what shall we do now? Fang La said after handing the letter to everyone to circulate.
After Fang La proclaimed himself the Holy Father, he also established a hundred officials, among which the original left and right light envoys were named the left and right prime ministers, Fang Yuan was the emperor's uncle, Fang Tian was the crown prince, and the rest of the people had titles.
Lou Minzhong touched his beard and said, "General Shi will plan this time, Gao Yu has lost 30,000 soldiers and horses, he will definitely not dare to look south, the Holy Father does not need to worry, as long as the sailor is sent north, it will not take half a month, Huzhou will be restored." β
Fang La nodded, and nodded, "Ling Zhai Yuan and Guan Qiao will lead three thousand sailors to bring grain and grass to the north on the same day to help General Shi defeat the enemy." β
Fang La's subordinates have two sailors, one is stationed in Hangzhou, there are four generals Cheng Gui, Zhai Yuan, Qiao Zheng and Xie Fu, and the other is stationed in Shezhou, guarding the four brothers of Fang La's henchmen Zhao Yong, Zhao Meng, Zhao Gang and Zhao Qiang.
After waiting for the waiter to pass the order, Fang La sat back in his position and sighed, "Now that Wang Qing has been destroyed, Tian Hu is about to die, Song Jiang has surrendered, and I am the only one left."
Today, there is another battle report, Liangshan Jiang Xinzhi led the army out of Xuanzhou, and Yu Qingzheng led the army to fight, but it is not optimistic, what do you think? β
Fang Yuan said first, "The Holy Father is not annoyed, we don't rely on others, now the plan, when the west defends the east and attacks, if you can conquer Jiaxing, take Huating, attack Suzhou, and occupy the risk of the Yangtze River, you can divide and conquer it with the Song Court." β
Fang La thought for a while and said, "Send Deng Yuanjue to Jiaxing with 30,000 soldiers and horses to help, and tell the Three Holy Princes that King Gu doesn't want him to say that it is difficult!" The lonely king only needs Jiaxing!! β
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"Boom"
Bursts of thunder seemed to be a thunder god beating the drum in the sky, Zhu Wu looked out, the rain in the sky kept falling, like a broken line of pearls falling one by one, there is no boundary between heaven and earth, but fused together, I can't tell where the sky is and where is the earth, oh, by the way, he can't see the land in his eyes, only the ocean.
The huge wind and waves threw Zhu Wu's boat around, Zhu Wu frowned, endured the discomfort, and held the book, in fact, he couldn't see what was written on it, but he just hoped to rely on these to make himself better.
"It's a lot of wind and rain." Zhang Shun walked into the cabin, looked at Zhu Wu, who was still holding a scroll in his hand, and said with admiration, "Mr. has good skills, and he is still as immobile as a mountain in such a wind and rain." β
Zhu Wu smiled bitterly, "In the past, I went to sea with Hou Ye for the first time, and it took me more than three days to vomit before I eased up, but now this kind of wind and rain is still very uncomfortable, and I can only rely on these words to make myself better." β
Zhang Shun touched his head and said with a smile, "If I read these books, I will be sad if I don't want the wind and rain, this wind and rain will come and go quickly, and we will definitely be able to reach the Zhoushan Islands tomorrow." β
Zhu Wu asked, "Brother Zhang Shun, have you ever been to Zhoushan?" β
Zhang Shun shook his head and said, "No, but the people of the Wu family should be familiar with it." Zhoushan is known as having a thousand islands, the largest of which are Changguo and Daishan, of which Changguo is said to be named by Wang Xianggong. β
Zhoushan has been placed as a county at this time, when Wang Anshi was still a county order, it was classified as Changguo, but because of the danger of the seaway, although there are thousands of islands, but less than 10,000 people, but also because of the sea frontier and set up a military village inspection.
Zhu Wudao "After our army enters Zhoushan and other places, less than three days, Hangzhou will know, so this battle must be fast, after capturing Zhoushan, our army will raid Hangzhou the next day." β
Zhang Shun smiled and said, "The brothers all know, but they don't know where the Wu family's fleet has gone." β
"The Wu family is a good player, and they will definitely not miss the appointment." Zhu Wu looked out the window, and suddenly remembered that when he was in Huayin Mountain in the past, he sighed a lot for a while.
The wind and rain on the sea really can't last, in the middle of the night, the rain stopped, Zhang Shun and others gathered the boats, counted them, there were three ships missing, I don't know whether they capsized or lost, sighed for a while, and continued to think about Zhoushan.
By the beginning of the sun, the fleet could already see the outline of the Zhoushan Islands, and a fleet also sailed from the Zhoushan Islands.
Zhu Wu could see from the binoculars that the ships coming from the opposite side were all under the flag of the Wu family, and he was overjoyed, "I didn't expect the Wu family to come earlier than us." β
The two fleets approached, and a young man in the Wu family's fleet came through the small boat and said to Zhu Wu, "Wu Xuan of the Wu family has seen Mr. Zhu. β
Zhu Wu sighed, looked at it carefully for a while, and then said with a smile: "In the past, I met Xiao Langjun with Hou Ye, Mr. Xu and others in Mingzhou, and he was still a child, but today he has become a young man, and your sister is also relieved that you are here?" β
Wu Xuan is the real head of the Wu family, the younger brother of Wu Di.
Wu Xuan was a little shy, his face flushed, and then he bowed, "Sister has a saying, a good man is looking for a marquis in the army, not to mention that although the world is big, there is no enemy of my sailor." β
Saying that, Wu Xuan's face was full of pride again, more than half of the sailors in Liangshan were built by the craftsmen of the Wu family, whether it was the destruction of Goryeo or the pacification of the Wa Kingdom, Wu Xuan, as the head of the Wu family, had all taken credit, so although Wu Xuan had never even seen blood, he was already a fake battalion commander.
"Okay, really good boy." Zhu Wu patted Wu Xuan and encouraged, "You wait to come to Zhoushan first, what is the situation in Zhoushan?" β
Wu Xuan smiled and said, "It's funny, although the Ming Sect sent people to occupy Zhoushan, but there are less than three hundred soldiers, and there will be only one member, just to collect jewelry, I waited, the guard will leave and take people to escape by boat, we only saw his back, and I don't even know if there is a hair." β
Zhu Wu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "The thief army acts with the theory of ghosts and gods, and most of them are lazy wizards, so they should be destroyed." β
After that, Zhu Wu ordered the whole army to be stationed on several large islands in Zhoushan, first pacify the local people, Zhu Wu left Wu Xuan and a thousand people to garrison, set up a camp, and led the whole army to Hangzhou.
The history of Hangzhou can be traced back to the Yu period, it is said that when Yu toured south, he sailed by boat, and gave up his Hangzhou ("Hang" is the meaning of the ark) here, so it is called Yuhang, Hangzhou is backed by the Qiantang River, the river flows into the sea, the terrain is flat, since the Western Han Dynasty is the land of fish and rice. By the time of the Northern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou had 200,000 households, making it the largest county in the southeast.
But since the Fangla uprising, the population of Hangzhou began to decline rapidly, on the one hand, a large number of poor people participated in the Fangla army, on the other hand, many rich families were slaughtered by Fangla, but even so, Hangzhou still has more than 100,000 households, more than 500,000 people, is a rare big city in the world.
On the Qiantang River, a fleet is patrolling, and the composition of this fleet is very messy, not only Meng Chong, fighting ships, but even flower boats in it.
On the flower boat, two generals are leaning on the bed, looking at the beautiful scenery of the Qiantang River.
"Hey, I really envy Zhai Yuan and Guan Qiao, the two of them, maybe they can fight for a while in Huzhou, and get some military merits, we are here, it can be described as a waste of time."
It was Cheng Gui who spoke, the head of the Hangzhou Water Division, and Xie Fu was opposite him, these four people were originally the leaders of the Mingjiao Wind Department, the Mingjiao was divided into four parts of heaven and earth, wind and thunder, the officials and soldiers were born in the heavens, the landlords and squires were born in the ground, the fishermen and sailors were born in the wind department, and the farmers and craftsmen were born in the thunder department. In order to preach according to the profession when preaching.
"What do you envy, isn't it easy to live in Hangzhou?" Xie Fu touched his lower body and said, "Let's go to Xiaoyao again in the evening, it's strange to say, they are all raised by their fathers and mothers, why are those mothers-in-law so white and soft?" Especially those official ladies, the taste is just not ordinary. β
Saying that, Xie Fu also licked his tongue, and after Fang La's uprising, he killed all the men in the official mansion, and the women were filled into the women's house, so Xie Fu said this.
Cheng Gui snorted, "This is because those people don't have to do things since they were young, don't bask in the sun, don't go through wind and rain, naturally they are different from us, the sect leader said, when the world is bright, we can also be like those officials, eat and dress every day, and sleep with mothers-in-law." β
Religion is actually very simple, giving hope, soothing the soul, allowing people to pin their hopes on the future and even reincarnation, and thinking that the suffering of the present is practice, so the Buddha talks about fate, the Tao talks about nature, the West says God arranges some, and the Middle East says thank Allah for his grace, in fact, they are all the same thing.
After the rain, the Qiantang River was very calm, drinking a little wine, listening to his best friend talking in his ear, Cheng Gui suddenly felt that such a day was so beautiful, and he wanted to make this moment eternal.
"What's that?" "There's wolf smoke! There are ships on the sea! β
Cheng Gui was in a daze, opened his eyes, listened to the panicked shouts outside, and then looked at the other side, Xie Fu had already gotten up and opened the hatch.
"What's wrong?"
"Report to the general! A large number of Song ships came from the sea, and they seemed to be enemy ships! "Sailors came in to report.
Cheng Gui laughed when he heard this: "The Qiantang River is deep and the waves are urgent. Our army is in the upper reaches and occupies the best geographical position, not to mention that the water war is nothing but a big ship defeats a small boat, a fast ship beats a slow ship, a bow and a crossbow beats a sword and a gun, the enemy comes from the sea, it must be a small boat, our army has a geographical advantage, the enemy is a slow ship, and there was wind and rain a few days ago, I am afraid that it has lost its morale, how can we defeat our army? β
After speaking, Cheng Gui said to Xie Fu again, "Brother Xie Fu, you go back to Shuizhai to give an order, so that all the armies will come out together, and they will be able to win the battle. β
Xie Fu was not polite, and went back to transfer troops on his own, Cheng Gui waited for a while, and then slowly saw the fleet coming from the sea.
Xie Fu didn't have a telescope, but he had a pair of good eyes, he looked from a distance, and found that the words "Pingyin" and "Liangshan" were hanging on the ship, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "This is Liangshan Shuishi?" β
The answer to him was the artillery of the Liangshan warship, after getting the two bases of Goryeo and Waguo, Jiang Deda shipbuilding, this time Zhu Wu brought more than 2,000 sand ships and fortune ships, among which there were 12 new 4,000 warships, more than 40 meters long, nearly 9 meters wide, with three layers inside and two layers outside, which can hide 300 soldiers and 20 guns.
More than ten of the front guns of the Liangshan warship in the front under the command of the lookout, began to bombard the Mingjiao sailors in the distance, Cheng Gui has never seen artillery, and was blinded by such an attack at once, since ancient times water warfare, mostly bows and arrows to defeat the enemy, Cheng Gui's ship also has a bed crossbow, but there are still nearly two or three thousand steps, the bow and crossbow can not reach, why can the Liangshan army attack themselves?
Cheng Gui didn't have much time to think about such a difficult problem, with the dispatch of Zhang Shun and other Liangshan water division generals, nearly thirty warships began to face Chenggui's fleet on the side side, although due to the difficulty of artillery casting, these thirty warships have less than one hundred and fifty guns of various types, but it is enough to form suppressive firepower, a round of salvo, more than twenty shells hit Chenggui's fleet, Cheng Gui watched his fleet be sunk four or five ships at once, anxious and angry, pulled out his sword, and said to the left and right, "The thief army is sharp in armament, the only plan." , in close combat, the armies follow me to advance! β
Most of the sergeants in the Ming Sect sailors were bitter fishermen and sailors, and they were desperate for the crushing of the official uniforms of the Song Dynasty, reciting scriptures in their mouths, pulling up the sails, stepping on the water wheels, and rushing towards the Liangshan fleet.
"Burn my body, blazing the holy fire, what is the joy of life, and what is the pain of death? For the sake of good and evil, only the light is the cause. Joy and sorrow are dust. Have mercy on me, there are many sorrows! β
As the sound of scriptures got closer and closer, many small boats in Chenggui's fleet began to ignite, preparing to attack, listening to the sound of scriptures in the distance, Zhang Shun on the boat smiled and said, "Can the scriptures be against my artillery?" Shoot me hard! β
With the approach of the two armies, the hit rate of the Liangshan fleet rose rapidly, the first salvo was one percent, the second salvo was nearly thirty percent, and the third salvo was nearly forty percent, all because although there were waves in the Qiantang River, it was very calm compared with the sea, and when the third salvo was fired, the distance between the two armies was less than 500 meters.
"Herald! The ship does not move! Get ready to take on the enemy! Artillery for shotguns! As the commander, Zhu Wu ordered, and each ship stretched out a slapstick seven or eight meters long from the side, and this weapon that should have been a sharp weapon of water warfare became armor to stop the fire ship at this time. Zhu Wu knew that what he wanted in this battle was fast, so he did not choose the tactics of fighting while retreating, but chose to fight in one battle.
Nearly three hundred meters, Cheng Gui's fleet has also lost more than half, Cheng Gui's eyes are about to crack, he just wants to bite off a piece of meat from the Liangshan fleet at this time, he took dozens of warriors, standing by the side of the ship, just waiting to take the side.
At this time, less than two hundred steps, Cheng Gui finally saw clearly what the Liangshan fleet on the opposite side relied on to attack him, and the swarthy artillery made him wonder.
"What is this? Could it be a new bed crossbow? Cheng Gui was puzzled, and the two fleets collided together.
There was a slap stick, except for a few of Chenggui's fireships that passed through the gap in the Liangshan fleet, the rest were blocked out, the bows and arrows of the two sides continued to be thrown, and the Liangshan army also began to have casualties, with another salvo, hundreds of artillery guns shot out thousands of iron pellets, and many sailors of the Mingjiao sailors were killed on the spot.
Cheng Gui brandished a war knife and stepped on the gangplank to rush to a Liangshan warship, just jumped on the boat, he raised his eyes, and was suddenly startled, hundreds of Liangshan troops with bright armor were waiting for him, more than ten spears stabbed at him, he brandished the war knife, left and right, and the Mingjiao sergeants who got on the boat with him did not have his good skills, and died under the shooting and assassination of the Liangshan army, and the battle was less than a moment, and the Chenggui Sailor Division was almost killed and wounded.
Before Xie Fu arrived at the water village, he heard bursts of cannons, of course, he didn't know that it was the sound of cannons, and thought it was thunder.
"It's weird, it's not like it's going to rain on this day." Xie Fu touched his head, saw that there were already ships sailing in the water village, nodded and smiled, "Okay, our army has moved, and this battle is half won." β
One by one the warships drove out of the water village, Xie Fu came to the handsome boat, because he was worried about Chenggui's comfort, he rushed downstream, while tidying up the formation, Xie Fu looked at the fireworks in the distance, worried in his heart, and kept urging the sailor forward, and suddenly saw a small boat rushing towards him.
"Quick, stop that ship and ask about the battle ahead!" Xie Fu recognized that it was his own ship and hurriedly said.
On that ship, it was the defeated Chenggui's subordinates, and the sergeant led by him came on the boat to see Xie Fu and cried, "General Xie, our army is defeated!" The Liangshan fleet didn't know what kind of weapon to use, and it could launch iron pellets from two thousand steps, and our fleet sank one after another, and the chief was helpless, so he ordered to attack it with a fireboat, and he led the team to impact the melee combat, how could the enemy ship have a lot of soldiers, and our army was defeated, and he was in charge... He has been martyred! β
"What?" Xie Fu grabbed the sergeant and asked loudly, "What do you say is wrong with him?" β
"Look, my lord!"
Xie Fu raised his eyes and looked, his hand slowly let go of the sergeant, dozens of Liangshan warships appeared in front of him, a head was hung high on the mast, although there was blood Xie Fu also recognized it clearly, only felt dizzy for a while, Xie Fu took a step back, held on to the railing, and only opened his eyes for a while, and found that it was not a hallucination, so he couldn't help covering his face and laughing, "Brother is gone, how dare my brother live alone in the world?" Herald! The whole army assaulted, never to the death!! β
- Anglican House
Fang La, who had already heard the sound of the cannon, anxiously circled around the main hall, he had already sent someone to gather everyone and inquire about the situation.
Fang La heard a sound of footsteps, looked up, and saw that it was Lou Min and others walking in.
"Holy Father, the battle situation has been known, it is Liang Shanshui who came from the sea, there are nearly forty large and small warships, and another fifty or sixty seem to be ships transporting troops, General Cheng has been martyred, and General Xie is meeting the enemy." Lou Minzhong simply explained the situation to Fang La, "At this time, you should gather soldiers and horses to prevent accidents." β
"How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?" Fang La hurriedly asked.
"There were originally 50,000 infantry, 20,000 sailors, and 1,000 cavalry in the city, but now Deng Dashuai has taken away 30,000, and the sailor has gone to Huzhou with 10,000 sailors, leaving only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and 10,000 sailors, and I don't know how many 10,000 sailors are left at this time." Fang Tianding, who was in charge of the soldiers and horses in Hangzhou, replied.
"20,000 soldiers? Possible a war? Fang La asked again.
Fang Tianding said confidently, "Father, rest assured, with the Fang Tianhua halberd in the child's hand, he will be able to hold Hangzhou!" β
In the past, Fang La got Chen Shuozhen's inheritance, his eldest son Fang Tianding and nephew Fang Jie both learned the halberd method in the book, and Fang La used the Western Regions Xuantie to create two sun and moon Fang Tian painting halberds, which were given to Fang Tianding and Fang Jie respectively.
The next general came out and said, "Shenggong, Liangshan soldiers and horses must be prepared this time, although our army has 20,000 people, but most of them are old and weak, according to the will of the last general, we should ask Shenggong to move to Lu'an Mountain, just in case."
"Du Wei! Where is your part in speaking here? Fang Tianding said dissatisfied.
"General Du is also thinking about the danger of the Holy Public, and the prince is angry." Fang Yuan touched his beard and said, "There are 100 enemy ships, when there are more than 10,000 soldiers, if you run out without a fight, you should laugh for the world, now there is still a general Liu Yun in the city, you can make him a general, the prince is the supervising army, lead the army to fight, if you are not defeated, then talk about others." β
Fang La nodded and said, "Good!" β
On the Qiantang River, the fierce battle was in full swing, the Liangshan battleships were strong and the artillery was sharp, and the Fangla Water Division had many soldiers, Zhu Wu saw that he could not tell the winner for a while, so he simply ordered the three generals of the rear army, Yuan Weiyi, Ping Zhengsheng, and Du Bai, to lead their headquarters to bypass the battlefield, seize the water gate, and attack Hangzhou.
This is also Zhu Wu's great confidence in the outcome of the water battle, and he is not afraid that the rear road of the infantry army will be cut off.
The soldiers led by Yuan Weiyi and Ping Zhengsheng were mostly elite Japanese soldiers and were also good at water warfare, and the two went hand in hand, using the ballistas on the troop transport ship to blast open the water gate and enter the city of Hangzhou.
At this time, Fang Tianding happened to arrive with Liu Yun with thousands of soldiers and horses, and as soon as the two sides fought, Liu Yun secretly said that it was not good, the elite of Mingjiao were all on the frontline battlefield, and Hangzhou's Benduo was old and weak, and it was not at all the elite opponent of the Japanese army led by Yuan Weiyi and the two.
Seeing this, Fang Tianding was in a hurry, he relied on his own bravery, carried Fang Tian's halberd, and said to Liu Yun, "General Liu, you command, wait for me to kill their main general, the thief army will be defeated!" β
Where is Liu Yun willing to do it, but he can't stop Fang Tianding, Fang Tianding took the elite of heavy armor and rushed straight towards Ping Zhengsheng, these elites are all Fang La's guards left by his side, they are all masters of Mingjiao, loyal to Mingjiao, and a charge suppressed Ping Zhengsheng's offensive.
"Where will the thief be? Come out and die!! Fang Tianding rode a war horse, wielding a Fang Tianhua halberd of more than three meters, slashing left and right, and the ironclad warriors guarded the left and right, rushing back and forth, killing more than ten Liangshan soldiers in a row, so not majestic, Ping Zhengsheng, who was commanding in the rear, exclaimed, "I followed the Marquis of Pingyin to fight in the Chu State, and I have never seen such a character, even if it is Luan and Dong, it is just like this." β
Ping Zhengsheng's dress was different from that of other Japanese soldiers, so he was favored by Fang Tianding, and Fang Tianding let the ironclad warrior open the way and rushed towards Ping Zhengsheng.
Ping Zhengsheng saw Fang Tianding staring at him, knowing that street fighting was the most important morale, so he led a group of Ping family warriors to meet him, just as soon as he fought, Ping Zhengsheng felt bad, this Fang Tianding halberd was like a dragon in Fang Tianding's hands, less than five times, Ping Zhengsheng couldn't resist it, and was cut off the battle armor, if it wasn't for Ping Zhengsheng to hide quickly, he would have died this time.
The other Heijia warriors saw that Ping Zhengsheng was in danger, and they all rushed forward to block Fang Tianding, the rise of Fang Tianding's killing, left and right, but half a pillar of incense time, even killed the seven generals of the Ping family, and the Ping Zhengsheng who killed was terrified, but he was afraid of Zhu Wu's military law and did not dare to escape, Ping Zhengsheng said to the left and right, "Die here today, the family seal will not be lost, if you retreat, the Ping family's century-old foundation will be destroyed, and you should fight to the death!" "Anyway, with the rest of the Heijia samurai to fight to the death, Fang Tianding was a little blinded by Ping Zhengsheng's lifeless play, and he was actually stalemate.
At this time, Du Bai also rushed in with the army, and Du Yan saw Fang Tianding's dress, and said with great joy, "The thief will take a break!" He rushed over with a spear.
Fang Tianding put aside the war knife that was slashing at him, took the time to look, and saw the first battle general rushing towards him with a spear, and shouted, "It's a good time!" Fang Tian drew a halberd, and with a flick, he used a small branch to cover Du Yan's spear, Fang Tianding drew it again, this move didn't know how many heroes' blades were broken, but it was stuck here in Du Yan, only to hear the uncomfortable sound of squeaking and squeaking, Du Yan actually didn't let go.
Ping Zhengsheng on the side saw that the opportunity was a knife, Fang Tianding screamed, the armor piece had already flown away, and he let go of Du Yan's spear at the moment, and turned his hand to Ping Zhengsheng is halberd, Ping Zhengsheng blocked it with a horizontal knife, but was pushed off the war horse by a huge force.
"Escort the prince away!" The ironclad warrior saw that Fang Tianding was injured and hurriedly rescued him, Du Yan and Pingzheng Sheng knew that the person opposite was Fang La's son, Du Yan was overjoyed and said, "My son is leaving, leave your head!" β
Fang Tianding heard the anger and wanted to turn back and fight again, but was stopped by the samurai, and couldn't help shouting, "The thief will be the same name!" β
"Chu people Du Yan is also!"
At this time, on the river, the results of the water battle also came out, although Xie Fu desperately died, but in the face of artillery fire, it was just more floating corpses, Zhu Wu killed Xie Fu's sailors, while letting Zhang Shun and others pursue, while mobilizing twelve big ships to come to the water gate to help the infantry attack the city.