Fang Yuan went to the river where he confronted Liu Guoxuan, and saw the three armies of the Zheng army, the left, the center and the right, and the camps of the second army of the waterway were cooperating with each other, attacking any battalion, at least two battalions could support, and if he was deeply aware of the art of war, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Liu Guoxuan, it is worthy of its name!" Gan Hui, Shi Lang, and now with Liu Guoxuan, Zheng Jialiang will have so much, but it's a pity that the Zheng family father and son don't know how to employ people, otherwise how could they have lost so quickly? ”

Feng Ting heard him praise Liu Guoxuan, but in fact, he was slapping himself in the face, and asked Fang Yuan with shame on his face, "Governor Fang, I failed to break Liu Guoxuan's rear army, pursue the fleeing Zheng Sen, and ask the military law to punish you." ”

Fang Yuan saw that he was really too sensitive, and thought that he was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, so he laughed, and began to comfort him again, saying, "Commander Feng, you rushed to the outside of Hangzhou as scheduled, scared Zheng Sen into the desert and fled, saving the people of a city, only meritorious." But! Courage is commendable in fighting a war, but if you can make good use of strategy and combine wisdom and courage, you can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Feng Ting hurriedly asked him for advice on how to fight this battle in order to quickly break through the defense line arranged by Liu Guoxuan.

Fang Yuan stared at Liu Guoxuan's military camp on the other side of the river, pondered for a while, smiled and said, "Our army has individual combat strength and superiority in troops, and the Zheng army on the other side will inevitably be like a great enemy, and it will always be dike against the movement of our army." Any small troop movement can make Zheng Bing a pawn of a frightened bird. ”

"This place is full of rivers, whether it is attacking or retreating, it will be limited, I suggest that Commander Feng make a suspicious strategy, break through in three ways, feint in two ways, and attack one main way. Do you think Liu Guoxuan can guess which way of our army is true and which is false? If he couldn't guess the truth, would he dare to stay where he was, waiting for our army to outflank him? ”

Feng Ting listened to his preaching, and suddenly suddenly divided the whole army into three routes, only the left side was a real attack, and the middle and right two roads were a virtual attack.

Liu Guoxuan saw that the Xuanjia soldiers were divided into three ways, and he couldn't figure out the reality and fiction. He has been defending for three days, which can be regarded as a successful completion of the military order issued by Zheng Sen to hold on for two days, and if he continues to fight, if he is exploited by the Xuanjia army and loses his troops, then the gains outweigh the losses, and it is better to take advantage of the good ones.

Liu Guoxuan immediately ordered two or three thousand Zheng soldiers to join forces in one place, take advantage of the night to retreat south, and go to join Jinhua Mansion.

In the early morning of the next day, Feng Ting saw that Liu Guoxuan on the other side of the river had indeed withdrawn his troops, and he was convinced of Fang Yuan's suspicious tactics, and immediately went to report the good news to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan and Feng Ting ordered the sentry cavalry to go to the city to report the news first, and then drove the troops to the city of Hangzhou.

At the golden gate of Hangzhou Chengyong, Governor Zhang Bingzhen, political envoy Shen Tingyang, and envoy Li Ting took the political secretary Yamen, as well as officials at all levels of the Hangzhou government office, and lined up to welcome Fang Yuan into the city.

Zhang Bingzhen and Shen Tingyang accompanied Fang Yuan to enter the city from Yongjin Gate, and when they arrived at the city gate, they entered the dilapidated water and drought gates, and the ruins and broken walls showed how tragic the previous siege battle was.

Zhang Bingzhen said, "The main battlefield this time was in Yongjinmen, and the guards in the city held out for ten days, killing more than 2,300 people and almost losing everything. ”

The so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, if Zhejiang and Hangzhou were under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Bingzhen was indeed the governor of Zhejiang. But now that it has been replaced by Fang Yuan's rule, whether Zhang Bingzhen can continue to be the governor of Zhejiang depends entirely on Fang Yuan's face. Fang Yuan's decree could immediately deprive him of all official positions.

Zhang Bingzhen took the opportunity to come to invite credit, and took all the credit for defending the city on himself, just in exchange for Fang Yuan to continue to support him as the governor of Zhejiang.

Fang Yuan was silent when he heard this, he didn't bother to pay attention to Zhang Bingzhen's thoughts, what really made him speechless was that Zheng Sen's last madness before retreating was indeed unexpected.

Everyone entered the city gate and passed by Zhufang in the west of the city, and Fang Yuan saw the streets and merchants of Zhufang at a glance

The miserable scene after the shops and houses were destroyed by Zheng Bing, as well as groups of people who lost their money and female dependents, and were crying at the door of their homes.

Seeing the tragic situation of the people, Fang Yuan was so angry that he gritted his teeth and asked, "Zheng Bing raped and plundered in the city?" ”

Zhang Bingzhen reported truthfully, "Governor Fang, after Zheng Bing entered the city, I immediately organized officers, soldiers and prisoners to fight with him for three days and three nights. But in the end, they were outnumbered, Zheng Bing robbed silver and women in the west of the city, and did all kinds of evil! ”

A thick murderous intent rose in Fang Yuan's heart, and he secretly thought, "Zheng Sen, Zheng Sen!" I never thought that you were also a ruthless person, since you made the first year of junior high school, don't blame me for being fifteen! ”

Hundreds of people suddenly stepped forward to stop everyone's carriages and horses, and knelt on the ground in unison to plead, "Officials! Go after those brutes and get the women back from you! ”

Hundreds of people begged together, hoarse, which was also deliberately arranged by Zhang Bingzhen. He also wanted to pursue Zheng Bing and recapture the woman who had been snatched away. However, the guards of Hangzhou Mansion chased after him and sent food to Zheng Bing, so he could only provoke Fang Yuan to send the Xuanjia Army to pursue.

Fang Yuan trembled with anger, and asked sharply, "Governor Zhang, Zheng Bing also looted the silver, and the woman evacuated?" How long has it been since the evacuation? ”

Zhang Bingzhen said, "According to statistics, Zheng Bing robbed at least 500 women. ”

Shen Tingyang, the political envoy in charge of military affairs in Zhejiang, also reported, "Zheng Sen's main force has retreated for three days. The 5,000 Zheng troops who remained in the city and abused the people had only evacuated a day earlier, and they led their troops south along the waterway with the looted gold, silver, and women. ”

These Zheng soldiers with gold and silver and women will definitely not be able to escape far, Fang Yuan immediately called Feng Ting, and said loudly, "Commander Feng, you lead five thousand Xuanjia troops to pursue Zheng soldiers and snatch back the silver and women that were taken away." ”

Feng Ting gave up his hand to receive the order, but heard Fang Yuan shout again, "There is only one military order this time, not to surrender to these beasts, all of them will be slaughtered, and no one will be left!" ”

Feng Ting received the order and immediately dispatched troops and horses to pursue Zheng Bing.

The people who knelt down saw that Fang Yuan sent troops to pursue Zheng Bing, and even issued a military order to kill all the Zheng soldiers who had done many evils and gritted their teeth with hatred, and kowtowed to him in thanks.

Fang Yuan said loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, the battle in Hangzhou this time was caused by the Zheng family, but because of the unfavorable protection of the people by our government, we were unable to defend the enemy outside the city gate. The Governor will allocate 100,000 taels of silver as special silver to rebuild the three squares in the west of the city that were destroyed by the war, so as to help you return to your homeland as soon as possible and live a peaceful life in the past. ”

The war was originally a natural and man-made disaster, and Fang Yuan was willing to pay 100,000 taels out of his own pocket to rebuild the homes of the people, which was simply benevolent and righteous, and immediately attracted the cheers of the people of Hangzhou City one after another, and the shouts of 'Governor Fang's Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose 'resounded in the sky!

Fang Yuan's good deed deeply moved Zhang Bingzhen and Shen Tingyang.

The battle of Hangzhou City, strictly speaking, was the result of the Hangzhou government leading wolves into the house. It was Fang Yuan's duty not to come to the rescue, it was benevolence and righteousness to come to the rescue, and there was no fault, but he took responsibility for himself and was willing to allocate a huge amount of money to aid the construction.

Compared to the Zheng soldiers who burned and looted, Fang Yuan's benevolence and righteousness, and the strict military discipline of the Xuanjia Army are simply worlds apart, and then thinking of the stupidity of colluding with Zheng Bing before and luring wolves into the room, they are both grateful and ashamed, and thank Fang Yuan for his sincere salute.

Fang Yuan returned the salute between the two, made a cut, and asked, "Governor Zhang, where is Zheng Jun's Gan Hui?" ”

As soon as Zhang Bingzhen heard him call himself Governor Zhang, that is, he recognized his identity as the governor of Zhejiang, and his hanging heart also fell to the ground, and he hurriedly said, "Gan Hui's grain supervision team was besieged by our army on Phoenix Mountain. ”

Fang Yuan was eager to capture Gan Hui and asked, "How many soldiers and horses does Gan Hui have with him?" ”

Zhang Bingzhen was stunned, and Gan Hui's accompanying grain supervision team was only 300 soldiers and horses, but because Gan Hui was brave and good at fighting, the 3,000 Ming army could not surround him, and he fled to Phoenix Mountain. If it was bluntly said that Gan Hui only had two or three hundred soldiers and horses, but the three thousand Ming army did not dare to attack the mountains and take people, it was estimated that Fang Yuan would be annoyed and angry.

Zhang Bingzhen thought for a while and said, "Gan Hui accompanied at least 1,000 soldiers and horses, and he occupied a favorable position, and our army could not attack it for a while." ”

Fang Yuan saw the hesitation on his face at a glance, and said coldly, "Governor Zhang, the affairs in the army are not comparable to officialdom, and a single attack is the lives of hundreds of people, how many soldiers and horses does Gan Hui have on Phoenix Mountain?" ”

Zhang Bingzhen saw through the little trick by him, and didn't dare to hide it anymore, and said honestly, "There are only two or three hundred soldiers and horses." ”

Fang Yuan angrily reprimanded, "Gan Hui only has two or three hundred soldiers and horses, and at most a thousand Ming troops can besiege him on the mountain by virtue of the terrain, why don't you send two thousand soldiers and horses back to the city to defend the city?" If there were two more thousand soldiers and horses, Zheng Bing would not have captured Yongjinmen so quickly, as well as the three squares in the west of the city! ”

Zhang Bingzhen's face changed in fright, and he said truthfully, "Governor Fang, I gave an order to General Soldier Wang to transfer troops, and General Soldier Wang said that he would supervise affairs for General Manager Fang, and he couldn't come back to defend the city!" ”

Fang Yuan now knows that this Wang Yi is just cowardly and avoiding war, but as the chief soldier of Hangzhou, he sits back and watches the fall of Hangzhou, and this crime is enough to punish him with military law.