"Your Majesty, do you remember me?"

"You are a hero, but the soldiers and people of the Yongle Dynasty are not. They just want to live! ”

"The smartest decision we have made in our lives is to follow Your Majesty."

"Think more about the soldiers and civilians who are willing to die for you, and think more about their parents, wives and children. You can't bear to let them end up?! ”

"We can eat and drink enough, all because we are content with Your Majesty."

"If there is really a day when the Yongle Dynasty is defeated, I hope you can figure it out."

On June 18, Fang La woke up in his bedroom.

The luxurious bedroom was filled with the aroma of medicine, and Fang La leaned on the pillow with the help of the famous doctor who was entangled in his mind and the Shaw Brothers who had red and swollen eyes.

Not far away, there were many voices of relief in the hall. Fang La drank a bowl of medicinal soup and called Fang Fei, Shen Shou, Gao Yu, and He Conglong to come in and inquire about the current battle situation.

After Fang Fei, Gao Yu and the others signaled to each other, they began to piece together the previous few days of fighting.

After Fang La's life and death were unknown, the Great Zhou army and the traitors insisted that Fang La was dead and began to make waves.

Most of the Yongle Dynasty soldiers were confused and at a loss. But there are still nearly 30% of the troops who ignore the rumors and grit their teeth and continue to fight.

Han Shizhong ordered all the torches to be lit and the city was broken in the night battle. Wang Yu ordered thousands of heavy ordnance to shoot at close range, and he didn't even care about the lives of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Army.

The sea of fire burned the city, and even Fang Tianding could see it dozens of miles away.

When approaching, the north wall of Hangzhou City collapsed two openings again, and the northern section of the east city wall also collapsed one opening.

Regardless of his injuries, Gao Yu kept running among the soldiers and young men, saying that he saw with his own eyes that His Majesty was still alive. The soldiers and young men of the Yongle Dynasty finally regained some fighting spirit.

Once they went to the city to fight, the Great Zhou army was very uncomfortable, and suffered heavy casualties under the attack of the Yongle Dynasty's self-made hard crossbows, improvised trebuchets and remnants of bed crossbows, double-bow bed crossbows, and three-sentry guns.

Fang La's ironclad pro-army turned grief and anger into strength, and tens of thousands of armored elites were on the front line, with more than 30,000 soldiers and more than 50,000 Yongle Dynasty people desperately resisted, and finally forced the Great Zhou army to retreat once.

After digging out His Majesty, who was covered in burns, from the pile of corpses, the soldiers and people of the Yongle Dynasty finally got rid of the feeling that "the sky is falling".

The soldiers and people of the Yongle Dynasty snatched back Fang La, who was seriously injured but not dead, but the breath he lifted was also vented.

The Great Zhou army had firmly controlled several city walls, and had also pulled some vehicle-mounted bed crossbows, three-sentry cannons, and catapults to the head of the city with a winch, which obviously could not be driven away.

Fang La was unconscious. He Conglong, Gao Yu and other high-ranking generals were in charge, and wisely gave up the northern city wall, as well as the part of the eastern city wall north of the East Qingmen.

For three consecutive days, the army of the Yongle Dynasty and Qingzhuang fought a bloody battle with the Great Zhou army that broke through the wall, while steadily retreating southward. Of course, Fang Lajun did not forget to destroy the houses and streets along the way, and to build low walls using bricks, wood, and furniture.

By the evening of 17 June, the Great Zhou army had advanced to the line between Ya and Dongqingmen in Qiantang County, occupying a quarter of the city's area. Han Yanzhang, who was promoted to commander, restrained tens of thousands of troops to test south, and immediately returned north when he touched the fortress groups of flower markets and medicine markets further south.

"Dongqingmen has been blocked. The minister has ordered the construction of a number of sheep and horse walls near the city gates, or in places where the walls are more vulnerable, so as not to repeat the situation where the walls will suddenly collapse and our troops will not be overwhelmed. ”

Gao Yu, with bandages tied around his neck, chest, and left arm, said with difficulty.

"If the Great Zhou army wants to attack the flower market and medicine market in the south, it must at least face the defensive line of five to ten roads of my Yongle Dynasty. Except for a few fortified mansions that were converted into fortresses, our army demolished houses to collect materials, dug streets and stones, enough to build more than a dozen sheep and horse walls, and the rest was enough to supply more than 200 simple trebuchets. ”

He Conglong was in charge of the construction of the defense line and reported the brief situation to Fang La.

"Your Majesty's pro-army is less than five thousand. All the remaining armored soldiers combined, barely enough to count fifteen thousand. After replenishing from the young and strong people, the number of unarmored soldiers with weapons in hand was close to 50,000. ”

Fang Fei's body has lost a bit, and his three chins have become double chins. The core point of his responsibility is to explain the grim situation faced by the Yongle Dynasty, and the core point is: there is nothing more about the family background.

"More than 10,000 soldiers were seriously wounded, and more than 17,000 young and strong people were seriously injured. More than 10,000 soldiers were lightly wounded, and more than 14,000 young and strong people were lightly injured. The heat of the summer is very hot, and the epidemic is very easy to spread. Even if you make careful calculations, the medicinal herbs are only enough for 18,000 people, and the lime has bottomed out......"

Shen Shou said that the situation is the most worrying. Lack of food and clothing can still barely fight, once a large-scale epidemic of disease, it is really all over.

Ignoring the eyes and gestures of Gao Yu and the others, and insisting on saying the biggest difficulty at the moment, Shen Shou certainly had his considerations: a hundred thousand urgent difficulties are placed here. If you face it later, you will have more crises!

The coolness of saltpeter dissolution enveloped the entire bedroom. The use of saltpeter to make ice in summer is not a new trick, in the past dynasty, there were gate valve rich in the summer to enjoy the comfort brought by saltpeter ice, and it is now more popular.

The high-purity alcohol, perforated gauze and trauma medicine purchased from Li Xiang temporarily stabilized Fang La's life. But after all, it was a burn all over the body, plus the internal organs and bones were concussed and squeezed, Fang La only felt that the whole body was in pain and itching, and every breath brought great pain.

Fang La waved his hand for Fang Fei and the others to step back, closing his eyes and thinking carefully.

Shaw came from the back kitchen and carefully fed Fang La a bowl of refreshing lotus seed soup. When Fang La is more comfortable, he will change the bandages on his face, and the bandages in other places can only be changed by famous doctors.

The process of removing the bandage was as painful as cutting flesh with a knife, and scrubbing the wound with alcohol almost made Fang La unconscious again. When the ointment was applied, it was comfortable for half a stick of incense, and after the new bandage was put on, the sourness of ten thousand ants at the wound made Fang La's whole body tremble......

According to the instructions of several "imperial doctors" in the Yongle Dynasty, who were actually famous doctors who were coerced by Fang La, the Shao family did not dare to let Fang La sweat. She wiped the sweat of Fang Lap with a silk scarf that had been steamed repeatedly, and her movements were as gentle as for many years in the past.

Fang La was stupid. When was the last time you took a serious look at this good wife?

"Crying a lot, right?"

Fang La endured the severe pain, adjusted his sitting posture, and looked at his wife's face like a silver moon and asked.

Shao Shi couldn't control it anymore, tears the size of beans fell straight down, and he bit his lip and asked, "Your Majesty, and let the concubine call you husband." ”

"Husband, am I Yongle Dynasty, am I going to die?"

Fang La looked at the stubbornness in Shaw's eyes, couldn't bear to bully each other, nodded slightly:

"The walls of more than three zhang high can't stop the Great Zhou army, how can the streets and alleys in the city be stopped? As long as the Great Zhou army uses ordnance to fight steadily, our Yongle Dynasty can only abandon Hangzhou City and flee to other places. ”

"I ...... Ahem, don't pay attention to anything. After all, the husband didn't expect that the national strength of the Great Zhou would be so terrifying, and the money and food seemed to be endless! And there are many good generals, Shi Bao had the opportunity to defeat tens of thousands of Great Zhou troops in one fell swoop, but he was blocked by Yang Keshi. ”

"Shibao still has 30,000 or 40,000 people in Jiaxing. South of the Qiantang River, there are at least 70,000 soldiers in our Yongle Dynasty, who are holding back Yu Yunwen's riverside camp to the death, and are still blocking Liu Guangshi and Wang Shixin in the south. With this, it was not a problem for the husband to retreat along the waterway to the large mountains in the southwest. ”

Seeing that Shao Shi wanted to speak, Fang La grinned bitterly and continued:

"The husband knows what you have to say. That's right, when the time comes, the husband will be reduced from a tyrant to a giant. ”

"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, millions of people, dozens of fortified cities, millions of supplies...... There are so many conveniences in Hangzhou, but they can't stop the Great Zhou army. If you wander among the mountains and mountains, and are blocked by the Great Zhou for months or even years, you will definitely lose as a husband! ”

"Da Zhou is too rich. Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, presumably no matter who wins or loses in the Liaojin War, Da Zhou can at least guarantee the current situation in the north. Drilling the ravine for her husband will definitely not last long, and the lady guessed correctly, and Yongle Dynasty died. ”

Wandering and fighting in the mountains, no matter how many people were left in the Yongle Dynasty, they could only disperse into hundreds, tens, hundreds, and at most thousands of people to go to different places. If you are sick, there is no rule of law, you can only grab the food after eating, and if you can't grab it, you can only starve. One weapon is one less when it is broken, and one less is one when it is lost......

The Yongle regime will be reduced to a grass robber in the mountains, and hundreds of thousands of troops will become a copycat alliance. The vast majority of the people loyal to the Yongle Dynasty surrendered, were killed, or starved to death, and those who survived were left to hide in corners to survive.

Shaw covered his mouth with his thick but white palms, trying his best not to let himself cry, but he couldn't hold back the bead-like tears. She choked up and said, "I didn't mean to, I deliberately annoyed my husband, I just ......"

"My husband and I have gone all the way, and we have endured hardships and enjoyed blessings. Because of the uprising of my Yongle Dynasty, many families were able to eat and clothe themselves, but I am afraid that millions of people will die. I have enjoyed blessings, lived others, and created sins, and there is no regret. was executed by the official family of the Great Zhou Dynasty or whipped after death, and the slave family recognized it! ”

"But our children and grandchildren are still young, and the children and grandchildren of those old brothers are still young. Some have just been born, and some are still in the womb. What's wrong with those soft, milk-only little people who want to die with us? ”

"There's no reason to let the ignorant little doll suffer because of us, and the slave family can't accept anything that the little grandson will be slashed one by one. The slave family would rather fall to death their children and grandchildren with their own hands, but the slave family can't do it......"

The teary-eyed Shaw cried heartbreakingly. She was already exhausted, and after suddenly saying what was in her heart, she cried and fainted on the edge of the bed.

Fang La reluctantly moved his right hand and touched Shaw's hairpin. He frowned and glanced at a few gray hairs in Shaw's black hair, and said apologetically:

"Our children and grandchildren will not die, and neither will the children and grandchildren of our old brothers. Li Xiang's wife is many years younger than me, but he lives better than me. It makes sense that the tree will die, and the man will live. ”

At one moment, Fang La's red eyes filled with tears. He looked up at the ceiling and said to himself:

"I was a damned man. However, hundreds of thousands of people followed me, countless warriors were willing to die for me, and hundreds of soldiers were willing to exchange their flesh and blood for me to survive. ”

"Carrying so much, how dare you easily abandon ......"

Shaw shuddered and woke up from his stupor. With slightly sour eyes, she shook her head and found herself wearing a silk robe.

Fang La motioned for Shen Shou and the others to stop, and asked with concern:

"Are you feeling better?"

Shaw sorted out the hairpin jewelry, took off the silk robe and folded it, and nodded: "It's looser." Fang Zuoxiang, Shen Zuoxiang? Why are you two here? ”

Not only Fang Fei and Shen Shou were in Fang La's bedroom, but Xu Bai and Ying Ming, who had just been handed over to the Yongle Dynasty by the officials, were also there.

The carved wooden frame that originally placed the map of Jiangnan East Road has changed its appearance. Several overseas maps are hung on them, and the shipping routes and hydrological conditions on the maps are highlighted, and the shapes of Goryeo, Dongying, Ryukyu, Yiju Island, and the Nanyang countries are faintly visible.

Fang Fei, Ying Ming and others saluted the Shaw Brothers.

Shaw nodded. Xu felt that there were outsiders, but she slept by the bedside, with a slight shame on her face.

"Time is too tight, there is no need to scruple about a few small sections." Fang La shook his head and continued to look at Yutu, "Li Xiang's guy is not omniscient and omnipotent. For example, the overseas customs, specialties, and official systems are still recorded in more detail in the original books in Hangzhou......"

Shen Shou held several books of different sizes, old and new, and continued to introduce the basic situation of the Goryeo Kingdom, the Dongying Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.

Half an hour later, Shaw's eyes grew brighter. She clenched her palms tightly and listened carefully to Shen Shou, Fang Fei and the others discussing there.

Such a major progress as the capture of the northern city wall of Hangzhou City undoubtedly gave the Great Zhou army a shot in the arm.

Da Zhou is already halfway there. No one thinks that Fang Lajun can still survive in Hangzhou City, the question is just how long it will take. Trebuchets, trebuchets, bed crossbows, divine arm bows, and crossbows will undoubtedly double the power of these weapons in street combat!

The battlefield north of the Qiantang River was affected by the sudden change in the battle situation in Hangzhou, and a series of battles and changes occurred.

Northwest of Hangzhou.

Huang Ai, the general of the Fangla army in Deqing County, while resisting the 5,000 Zhou army under the city, carried out a series of deployments in the mountains and forests in the northwest, and he had already cleaned up Dusong Pass and stationed more than 2,000 troops in it.

Northwest of Hangzhou, a closer place.

In order to prevent Yao Pingzhong from reaching the city of Hangzhou, Fang Tianding took away half of the orphan army from Huang Ai's hands and fought with Yao Pingzhong several more times. The two sides did not distinguish between victory and defeat, and Fang Tianding saw that it was no longer meaningful to contain Yao Pingzhong's department, and he had the intention of returning to Hangzhou City.

Northeast of Hangzhou.

Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue, and Si Xingfang in Jiaxing City discussed secretly for a while, and decided that Deng Yuanjue would sit in Tongxiang City, and Si Xingfang would sit in Jiashan County.

"That won't kill him? Fang La, this traitor, is really fateful! ”

Yu Yunwen looked at the information sent back by the secret spy in the camp tent and frowned.

Zhang Tianlei hugged his fists and said, "Don't worry. The Yongle puppet dynasty had no choice but to run to the mountains of Jiangnan West Road, and the collapse was just around the corner. ”

Yu Yunwen nodded, sighed and said:

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, the people in the mountains will suffer again."

On June 20, Fang La ordered the execution of more than a dozen people who had reported to the Great Zhou army and nearly killed him.

There are cracks in the hearts of the people of the Yongle Dynasty. Those who secretly took refuge in Da Zhou were not only the old brothers who accompanied Fang La in the early days of the incident, but also the heroes from all over the world who later joined him, and the women around Fang La.

Hundreds of people, along with their families, were driven to the vicinity of the battle line and beheaded. Some people in the Yongle Dynasty were worried, others were trembling, and some were related.

The crack is bigger.

Throughout late June, the Fang La army and the Great Zhou army launched a bloody battle in the city of Hangzhou, house by house.

The Great Zhou army used bed crossbows and large arrows to shoot through low walls, threw a large number of stones to smash the fortress, and fired crossbow arrows to eliminate the soldiers of the Fangla army. It also uses fireballs and poisonous smoke fireballs to open the way, and when it encounters fierce resistance, it throws tribulus fireballs and thunderbolt fireballs.

The battlefield space was very narrow, and the Fang La army could only resist the superior weapons of the Great Zhou army with flesh and blood. Despite all their desperate efforts, Fang La's army continued to retreat south.

As of 28 June, the Yongle Dynasty had sent out more than 20,000 wounded soldiers and young men through West Lake.

In the middle of the night of June 28, hundreds of small boats of the Fangla army, laden with stones, ran out of various tributaries of the Qiantang River and gathered together in a desperate manner. Scuttle the ship and sink itself, block the Qiantang River, and block the fleet of the Great Zhou Army!

On June 29, the Yongle Dynasty fell apart and began to fall.

To the north of Hangzhou City, tens of thousands of people with their hearts to the Yongle Dynasty scattered and fled. The city barracks of the Jiaxing defense line were wide open, and the small 200,000 Yongle scattered towards the people.

The remaining more than 300,000 people in Hangzhou helped the old and the young, and set off to the mountains of Jiangnan West Road amid the sound of crying and shouting.

The Yongle Dynasty south of the Qiantang River has a small number of 100,000 people. They took as much food, medicine, and weapons as they could, and took refuge in the mountains nearby, and began a long struggle to survive.

As soon as the Great Zhou army was about to stop it, it shrank under the threat of nearly 200,000 square troops and waited for battle, so they could only let the people leave.

The elite of the Fang La army has already suffered more than half of the casualties, and it has only maintained the number of 200,000 after continuous replenishment, which is much inferior in combat strength. Although with the addition of the troops in Fang La's hands, the Yongle Dynasty only had 200,000 remnants of the defeated army, but it still maintained its basic command and structure.

On June 30, the soldiers of the Fangla Army in Hangzhou City supported each other and looked angrily at the Great Zhou Army, which occupied half of the area of Hangzhou. When their parents, wives and children stay away, they will pounce on the Great Zhou army and fight the last battle!

Fang La's last move before fleeing once again caused a sensation in the entire Great Zhou!