Chapter 288: Casting a Net to Catch Beasts

Although there were only two or three hundred people in Gan Hui's entourage, they occupied the favorable terrain of Phoenix Mountain, plus Gan Hui, who was brave and good at fighting, and a group of outlaws. With only 3,000 Hangzhou guards, if they want to go up the mountain to arrest people, it is estimated that they will also suffer heavy casualties.

Fang Yuan ordered the sergeant to go and give the order to Chigutai, and ordered the six thousand Xuanjia iron horsemen of Chigutai to rush to Hangzhou City in the starry night, preparing to attack the mountain with well-equipped Xuanjia sergeants.

Two days later, Fang Yuan and Chigutai led 5,000 Xuanjia troops to the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and Wang Yi, the chief soldier of Hangzhou, respectfully brought the two into the barracks, and greeted and served before and after the saddle.

Fang Yuan silently looked at the Hangzhou general soldier in front of him, who was working hard to please him, it was really difficult to beat the smiling man with a heavy fist right now, and if he wanted to punish him, he would have to wait until he captured Gan Hui on Phoenix Mountain, so he asked unhurriedly, "General soldier Wang, Gan Hui is still on the mountain?" ”

"Yes!"

Wang Yi truthfully informed the current military situation, "Phoenix Mountain was once the imperial palace of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was later converted into a temple and destroyed in a fire. However, there are still many city walls and houses left over from the imperial palace on the mountain, and Gan Hui is defending it according to the danger, and our army has been unable to take it for a long time. ”

Fang Yuan was already a military veteran, and as soon as he heard Wang Yi's introduction, he knew that although the palace walls and houses of the Southern Song Dynasty had been abandoned, after all, they were built according to the standards of guarding the palace, which was definitely conducive to defense. As long as it is slightly reinforced, it is a ready-made fortification, and with the urine nature of these guards, it is normal to play if they cannot be attacked.

Fang Yuan and Chigutai, under the leadership of Wang Yi, walked up the mountain, and the houses and city walls in the mountains were looming, and there was silence, but they could clearly feel the faint murderous atmosphere in the silence.

Fang Yuan and his party probed with binoculars from a distance, the gap in the city wall had already been filled with sand and stones, and the sergeant's sword soldiers behind the wall of the house were faintly visible, and it seemed that the Zheng army was still stationed. Since there is still Zheng Bing, then Gan Hui must still be trapped in the mountain.

The group walked around the mountain road, and did not find obvious flaws and gaps to drive straight into, it seems that Gan Hui is also like a torch, and has already arranged the fortifications as solid.

Fang Yuan and Chigutai returned to the Chinese military tent at the foot of the mountain and began to discuss strategies to break the enemy.

Chigutai said straight to the point, "Zheng Jun wants to fight with us in the streets of the palace, and if he attacks it, he will inevitably suffer a lot of losses." Now it is autumn, the weather is dry, as long as you put a fire, you can burn Zheng Jun to the ground. ”

His method is simple and rude, as long as there is a little fire, Zheng Jun will definitely not be able to defend it.

However, when there is a little fire on Phoenix Mountain, the smoke will immediately spread to the entire city of Hangzhou by the wind, and hundreds of thousands of people in the city will inevitably suffer from it. In order to deal with only two or three hundred, and to the detriment of the interests of hundreds of thousands of people, it is really a bit of a fuss.

Fang Yuan immediately vetoed Chigutai's method, what he wanted to adopt was still the old method against Gan Hui before, which was to use tear jerking and chili smoke to open the way, forcing Zheng Jun to be unable to hold on at all, and then conquer each line of defense one by one.

Fang Yuan summoned Chigutai, as well as three hundred elite Xuanjia sergeants, and equipped each of them with a gas mask, a set of explosion-proof equipment, a Xuanjia divine gun, a saber for slashing, a sword for slashing, a military dagger for self-defense, ten tear gas, pepper spray, and thirty bullets.

This is already the most elite assault force created by Fang Yuan, built in full accordance with modern standards, this kind of elite assault force to deal with these ancient armies, Fang Yuan firmly believes that it is easy to chop melons and vegetables.

The 300 assault troops have been assembled into an army, and Wang Yi, the general soldier of Hangzhou, was stunned when he saw this kind of elite soldiers armed to the teeth, a mighty and majestic division, and the other party was completely subdued.

Leading the assault force in the charge was the fierce general Chigutai.

The battle begins!

Under the cover of the woods, the raiding troops of Chigutai began to break through to the palace wall. Zheng Bing's firearms, bows and arrows could not penetrate the explosion-proof equipment of the assault troops at all, causing fatal injuries.

The assault troops, suffering some minor injuries, reached the side of the palace wall and began to throw tear gas and pepper spray into the fortifications through the gap in the palace wall. After the fortifications, Zheng Jun, who was preparing to fight in the streets, was choked and dizzy, and fled from the positions he had originally held.

Chigutai led the army to easily break through the first fortification, and when he rushed to the main hall of the Southern Song Dynasty Palace, he encountered the oncoming Gan Hui.

Gan Hui, who was fully armored and armed, flashed out from behind the palace, holding a shield in one hand and a Japanese broadsword in the other, rushing towards Chigutai, wanting to use the usual decapitation strategy.

Chigutai is also a brave and ruthless Mongolian character, and does not use firearms, one hand makes a saber, the other hand makes a sword, and the other hand makes a sword, and meets it head-on.

This was a hand-to-hand fight between the two fiercest generals of the Xuanjia Army and the Zheng Army, and none of the sergeants dared to participate in it, so they dodged away one after another and responded to the battle.

Gan Hui and Chigutai were killed, you came and went, and the swords and swords fought for half an hour, but they were still invincible.

The two main generals here fought hand-to-hand combat, and the Zheng army, which had no backbone, could no longer stop the well-equipped Xuanjia sergeants, who were far superior in terms of individual soldier quality and fighting spirit, and were scattered and fled by the assault troops, and could not organize effective resistance at all, so they could only huddle inside and outside the houses, relying on the terrain advantage to support them.

The assault troops, led by two hundred households, divided into two teams and counted the remnants of the Zheng army next to each other.

An hour after the start of the war, the assault troops searched the palace and temple, which had become ruins, and killed more than 100 Zheng soldiers. There were still more than 100 Zheng soldiers who could not withstand the offensive of the assault troops, and did not dare to defend the palace anymore, but chose to flee to the main peak of Phoenix Mountain immediately.

Gan Hui is not a reckless man who blindly fights, the reason why he has been pestering Chigutai to fight viciously, and not leading Zheng Bing to defend is because he knows that the general trend has gone, and no matter how he defends, today has reached the end of the day. Instead of cowering and escaping, it is better to directly kill a fierce general of the Xuanjia Army, and you can get back the original.

I don't know that he fought viciously with Chigutai for an hour, but he still couldn't win Chigutai, and he didn't even have the upper hand, it was just a tie.

Seeing that the Zheng soldiers had broken down and scattered to the back mountain, Gan Hui knew that it was impossible to kill Chigutai, so he immediately shook his sword and fled to the back of the palace, rushing to join the Zheng army who fled to the main peak.

Because the mountain road is narrow, a small road can only pass through one person, and Chigutai did not pursue it again, but stayed in the captured palace and temple ruins, and sent people to report to Fang Yuan, so that Fang Yuan came to preside over the overall situation.

Fang Yuan led two thousand Xuanjia soldiers into the ruins of the Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Palace, there was no food supply on the main peak at all, there was no point in attacking again at this time, only need to send people to guard the mountain road of the lower main peak, and Gan Hui and his party could be trapped on the mountain.

Fang Yuan ordered the Xuanjia army to block all the mountain roads that descended from the main peak, including the mountain woods with no roads and gentle slopes, so as to prevent Gan Hui from taking the opportunity to escape from the mountains. On the one hand, he sent a sergeant to send a letter of persuasion to Gan Hui on the main peak, promising that as long as Gan Hui surrendered, he would immediately reuse it, and all the pro-soldiers would not be blamed for the past.

Gan Hui, who was on the main peak, held on for a long time, and even sent a few sergeants to explore the various mountain roads on the main peak, looking for any gentle slopes and forests with small slopes to escape.

Half a day later, the sergeant who went to investigate reported that more than 100 Xuanjia troops had been stationed on all the gentle slopes that could go down the mountain, and the trees were covered with thorns and thorns; All that remains is to jump off the steep slope where life and death depend on the will of heaven.

At this point, all Gan Hui's retreat has been completely blocked, and after holding on for another day, the more than 100 soldiers accompanying him have been dizzy with hunger, and they can only reluctantly sit or stand.

Gan Hui saw the tragic situation of all the relatives and soldiers who were depressed and waiting for death, if the Xuanjia army attacked at this time, the Zheng soldiers would have no strength to fight.

Gan Hui overlooked the city of Hangzhou under the Phoenix Mountain from the main peak for the last time, and at this highest peak bird's eye view, the situation within a radius of ten miles from the other party could be seen at a glance, and the banner of the Xuanjia Army fluttered, and within the sight, there was no army of the Zheng Army.

Coach Zheng Sen has evacuated Hangzhou City, and he has left his lone army to evacuate!

Tears of despair oozed from his eyes, and now he was in a desperate situation, so he had to commit suicide and be buried to repay the kindness of Zheng's acquaintance.

Gan Hui knelt on the ground facing south, slowly drew his saber, and put it on his neck, preparing to kill himself.

A pro-soldier hurriedly sent Fang Yuan's letter of persuasion, Gan Hui glanced at it obliquely, didn't look at the content, and said with a miserable smile, "Defeated, but there is a death to repay the Zheng family, and I will never be a slave with three surnames." ”

Several pro-soldiers knew that as soon as he died, everyone was not spared, and began to persuade one after another.

"Commander Gan, death is lighter than a feather and heavier than Mount Tai, and only by keeping a useful body can you repay the kindness of the Zheng family!"

"It's better to surrender first, as long as you go down the mountain, you will have a chance to escape at any time."

"Why do you want to run away, it is better for Commander Gan to surrender, and then find an opportunity to behead Fang Yuan, this is the greatest reward for the Zheng family."

As soon as Gan Hui listened to the persuasion of the crowd, he thought about it and reasoned, first deceive Fang Yuan, and then wait for the opportunity to assassinate, he could destroy the biggest opponent of the Zheng family in one fell swoop, compared to the worthless suicide in front of him, killing more than 100 lives of his own soldiers, it is obviously a better choice.

Thinking of this, Gan Hui threw away his saber and said dejectedly, "Go and report to Fang Yuan immediately, as long as he spares more than 100 of my own soldiers, Gan Hui is willing to accept surrender!" ”