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The Jin army conquered Zhongjing, Emperor Tianzuo didn't know where to flee, Yeluchun proclaimed himself emperor in Yanjing, and Zhao Jijunchen had actually learned about these three major events that happened in the Liao State one after another.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Ji repeatedly discussed with ministers such as Wang Hao, Zheng Juzhong, Cai You, and Li Bangyan.

Combined with Li Yan's "easy", he laid most of the clouds.

Zhao Jijunchen came to a conclusion - the Liao State was doomed and was already vulnerable.

At the same time, this also gave Zhao Jijunchen an illusion that Li Yan may not be so capable of fighting, maybe it is the level of Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, the reason why Li Yan was able to defeat most of the cloud land so quickly was not because Li Yan could fight, but because the Liao State was too weak.

In this way, Zhao Ji's idea of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, which had been extinguished, was rekindled again, especially the situation on Tong Guan's side was very good, and he could completely exterminate Fang Lan's gang of rebels, which made Zhao Ji's heart even more moved.

In fact, it is normal for Zhao Ji to have this thought, after all, the demise of the Liao State is imminent, who doesn't want to take advantage of it?

However, while wanting to take advantage, Zhao Ji was still a little worried that Li Yan would go south, or misjudge the situation in Liao.

Wang Hao suggested that the guards on the border continue to explore what was going on in the Liao State, and if it was really vulnerable, they would continue to implement the strategy of Lianjin to destroy Liao, and take advantage of this opportunity to send troops north to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Cai You agreed with Wang Hao's suggestion.

However, Zheng Juzhong and Li Bangyan still oppose it - they believe that the Great Song Dynasty is now an eventful season, with internal and external troubles, in this case, it is already very good to be able to keep the ancestral family business, and stop thinking about external expansion.

The two were in favor and the two were against, and Zhao Ji was even more difficult to decide.

At this time, he reported that Yeluchun had sent two envoys to Xiongzhou, and asked for instructions on what to do?

Wang Hao believed that Yeluchun's claim to be emperor was a usurpation, and the Great Song Dynasty could never admit it, and the two so-called envoys should be expelled from the country.

Cai You, Zheng Juzhong, and Li Bangyan supported Wang Hao's view.

So, Zhao Ji wrote a codex to He Xu: "The lord of Liao is still there, and the king of Yan has to stand without permission?" This was an unjust act, and the Great Song refused to accept it, and immediately let the two so-called Liao envoys return. ”

Although Zhao Ji asked He Shu to drive Xiao Tzubo and Wang Juyuan back, he did not say anything, but in the face of the fragmentation of the Liao State, Zhao Ji had actually moved the heart of sending troops north to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

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For more than a month, fierce battles have taken place in Muzhou and Shezhou.

How intense is it?

At the most intense time, the Song army climbed first, and the two hugged behind, that is, when one person attacked, two people followed behind, the person in front died, and the person behind stepped on the corpse of the person in front of him to go up, and there was a great tendency not to break the city and swear not to give up!

Yang Keshi, a fierce general on the side of Shezhou, risked his life to attack for six days and nights, the dead bodies of the Song army were piled up, and the Liangshan army and the Fangla Yi army also suffered heavy casualties.

At the most critical moment, Yang Zhi and others almost abandoned the city and retreated.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Hua Rong personally led troops to help, and only then did he repel the attack of the Song army.

Seeing that Song Jun was really playing with his life, he really didn't treat people as people, Fang La was a little scared.

So, Fang La secretly ordered his second son Fang Hao to move the gold, silver and jewelry he had looted from Hangzhou City and other places to the Bangyuan Cave.

Bangyuan Cave has a dangerous terrain, dense forests, treacherous valleys, and countless karst caves are distributed, some are large and some are small, some are deep and some are shallow, it can be said that the terrain is extremely complex, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Obviously, Fang La was preparing to entrench himself in the area of Bangyuan Cave and fight the Song army to the end.

It is fair to say here that even though Fang La has a lot of shortcomings, he has never wavered in the matter of opposing the Song Dynasty, you must know that Zhao Ji has recruited Fang La countless times, but Fang La just ignored it and worked with Zhao Ji to the end.

To say that Fang La is ready to continue to fight guerrilla warfare with the Song army in the area of Bangyuandong, in fact, it is nothing, he just needs to tell others that he believes that most people can understand Fang La, and even support Fang La.

But Fang La was worried that his subordinates would not follow him, after all, they had a better choice, that is, to flee to Wenzhou Port, and then take a boat to Li Yan's territory to live a happy life.

Therefore, Fang La wanted to hide the gold, silver and jewelry behind everyone's back, and then keep a back hand.

Actually, if Fang La is a little more hidden, it will be nothing.

However, Fang Hao's hands and feet were not easy - when he was escorting the gold and silver treasures out of the city, he was frightened by the horses, which caused several carriages to overturn, and the gold, silver and jewels were spilled all over the ground.

This was seen by many people.

Then the news came out that the Holy Father was planning to run away alone.

One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, this news spread more and more widely, and the more it spread, the more it tasted.

In the end, the version that came out had already changed that Fang La had already run away with a family and gold, silver and jewelry, and then the entire Qingxi County panicked.

Later, even if Fang La personally stood up to clarify the matter when he heard the news, he could not prevent the news from continuing to spread.

The most terrifying thing is that the news reached Muzhou City.

The defenders in Muzhou City could barely support it, but when they heard that Fang Ladu had fled, their morale suddenly fell to the bottom, and thousands of people fled from Muzhou City that night.

As soon as this opening was opened, it was out of control - in just three days, nearly 10,000 people ran away, and those who didn't run were also extremely demoralized.

Coincidentally, the Song army, which was eager to break through the city of Muzhou, launched a series of lifeless attacks.

In order to boost morale, Fang Tianding personally kicked the city to resist.

But no matter how you say that sentence, the crockpot will not be broken from the well, and the general will inevitably die in battle.

Somehow, just like that, a stray arrow shot right on Fang Tianding's front door, taking away the life of Fang Tianding, who was only in his early thirties.

As soon as he saw Fang Tianding's arrow, the already sluggish momentum in Muzhou City was even more overwhelming, and then it was forcibly broken by the Song army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Bao Kang temporarily took the position of commander and led the defeated army to retreat to Qingxi County.

The Song army covered up all the way and chased it all the way to the city of Qingxi County, where the corpses of the soldiers of the righteous army were all along the way.

The rebels are defeated!

Bao Kang and others, who finally escaped back to Qingxi County, hurriedly went to find Fang La and asked what was going on with the matter of "the Holy Father escaped"?

As a result, the remaining Chen Hoop bucket, Lou Min and others told Bao Kang and others that Fang La, under the protection of Fang Wuxianggong and Fang Qifo Yijun, took his wife Shao Shi, his second son Fang Bo (second prince), Prime Minister Fang Fei and other cronies to help Yuandong arrange a defensive line, and now there are less than 30,000 defenders in Qingxi County.

When Bao Kang and the others heard this, they were furious: "The Holy Father really ran away!" ”

Lou Minzhong explained for Fang La: "The Holy Father did not run, but saw that the defenders in Muzhou City fled back one after another, and it was expected that Muzhou City would not be guaranteed, so he took people to the back mountain to arrange the last line of defense. ", and then told Bao Kang and others about Fang La's secret fortune of gold, silver and jewelry.

Bao Kang and the others listened, and their expressions eased slightly.

However, the outspoken Si Xingfang still couldn't help but say: "In the final analysis, it is still the selfishness of the Holy Father!" ”

When Bao Kang heard this, he immediately remembered that because of Fang La's selfishness and single-mindedness again and again, their previous good situation was wiped out, and he remembered that some time ago, Fang La targeted him everywhere and forced him, the former second-in-command, to be a staff officer for his son, so he turned his heart sideways and said: "Everyone, should we discuss, what should we do next?" ”

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