When the Song army approached the city, the two armies gathered together and discussed jointly raising troops to attack Qingxi County.

At this time, Fang Lashen set up a dynasty in the source cave of the Qingxi Gang, and discussed the use of troops by Song Jiang with hundreds of civil and military officials, but heard that the defeated and remnant army and horses of Xizhou had returned, and reported that Shezhou had fallen, and the emperor's uncle, Shangshu, and Shilang had all been killed. Now the Song soldiers came in two ways to capture Qingxi. Fang La was taken aback when he heard this, and muttered, "Could it be that Heaven's will is like this? ”

Fang La didn't have time to think about it, and immediately gathered two classes of ministers to discuss, and said: "You and other secretaries, each of them will receive official titles, and they will share the wealth and wealth with the county and city. How could it be that the Song Jiang army and horses swept in, and the state cities fell, only Qingxi Da Nei. Now, the Song army is coming in two ways, how to meet the enemy? ”

Lou Minzhong, the prime minister of Zuo, said: "Now, the Song army has come to the city, close to the palace, and it is difficult to defend it with the strength of the Song army. It's a pity that there are not many troops left in our army, and I hope that Your Majesty will drive the expedition in person, and your Majesty's personal expedition will inevitably inspire the generals to charge into battle. ”

Fang La thought about it for a while, and replied, "Just do what you say!" ”

Immediately passed down the holy decree, ordering the six departments of the three provinces, the imperial historian, the Privy Council, the Governor's Mansion to escort, the second battalion of Jinwu, Longhu, big and small bureaucrats, all of them followed Fang La's personal expedition, that is, to fight to the death.

Prime Minister Lou played again: "What kind of general is handsome, can you be the front pioneer?" ”

Fang La said: "In front of the palace, General Jinwu and all the internal and external armies have recruited the emperor's nephew Fang Jie as the main vanguard, the horse step pro-army is the Taiwei hussar general Du Wei as the deputy vanguard, and the department leader helps Yuandong Ouchi to escort the Imperial Forest Army 13,000, and more than 3,000 generals to advance. ”

Fang Jie is Fang La's own nephew and the eldest grandson of Fang Yuan, the uncle of the Emperor of Shezhou, who heard that Lu Junyi killed his grandfather and wanted to take revenge, and was willing to become the vanguard of the front. Moreover, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is used to drawing a halberd from Fang Tian, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, and his martial arts are also very good, so Fang La agreed.

Du Wei was originally a blacksmith in Shezhou City, who could fight weapons, and was also a confidant of Fang La, who could use six flying knives, but he would not fight immediately, but would only fight on foot. Fang La's other holy decree sent the Imperial Forest to escort the capital teacher He Conglong, allocated 10,000 Imperial Forest Army, and the governor's soldiers and horses to go to the enemy Lu Junyi's army and horses.

The Song army attacked in two directions, and Fang La could only divide men and horses to meet the enemy in two places.

At the same time, Zhao Gou had already led a large army to Qingxi County, advancing by land and water, leaving Muzhou. Li Jun, the leader of the navy, led the navy ships and drove them up from the stream.

Wu Yong, the military advisor, suggested: "This trip to get the source of the Qingxi Gang, I am afraid that the thief leader Fang La will escape with his senses, deep in the mountains and wilderness, it is difficult to get it, if you want to capture Fang La alive, go to Beijing, and meet the Son of Heaven, you must be inside and outside, recognize me, and you can be captured." It is also necessary to know that Fang La will fall downward, so that he will not be lost. ”

Zhao Gou replied: "If this is the case, you must use deception to surrender, and you must plan it to get the inside and the outside." The former Chai Jin and Yan Qing have gone to do fine work, and they haven't seen some consumption so far, who is going to do it this time? It must be able to surrender by deception. However, Fang La's martial arts are strong, so he still needs to pay special attention. ”

Wu Yongdao: "This person is none other than Li Jun, the leader of the water army, he is honest and honest, and he can't see any hypocrisy." As long as the grain and rice in the ship are surrendered, I am afraid that Fang La will not doubt it at all. At this time, Fang La was short of grain and rice, and if Li Jun went to offer food, he was afraid that it would be too late for him to welcome him. ”

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "Then let Li Jun go and surrender!" ”

Then, Zhao Gou called Dai Zong and asked him to go and pass the order. Dai Zong's original words were caught, Li Jun nodded understandingly, and then called Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi to pretend to be the captains, and sent two people to pretend to be accompanying sailors, and rode sixty grain boats, all of which were equipped with newly changed grain offering flags, but they went up from the big stream.

Not far from Qingxi County, I saw that there were southern warships in the upper reaches to meet the future, and the enemy troops fired arrows together.

Li Jun immediately shouted on the boat: "Hugh wants to release the arrow, I have something to say." We and others are all worshippers, and they will dedicate grain and rice to the big country, and help the soldiers, and hope to be included. ”

When the enemy general saw that he was offering grain, he docked with him, and got on the boat himself, but did not find any weapons, so he did not release arrows, and sent people to come over the ship, asked about the preparations, and after seeing the grain and rice in the ship, he went to report to Prime Minister Lou, saying that Li Jun had surrendered with food. Lou Minzhong heard this and called for the worshippers to come ashore.

Li Jun landed on the shore, saw Prime Minister Lou, goodbye!

Lou Minzhong asked, "Who are you under Zhao Gou?" What is the service? Why did you come to offer food and worship this time? ”

Li Jun replied: "The villain's surname is Li Mingjun, he was originally a good man on the Xunyang River, and he robbed the law field in Jiangzhou and saved Song Jiang's life. Now that he has been recruited by the imperial court and has to be a pioneer, he forgot about my previous kindness and humiliated the villain many times. Although the Song army now occupies a large number of states and counties, its brothers are gradually gone. He still didn't know how to advance or retreat, and forced the villain to wait for the navy to move forward. Therefore, he was humiliated, so he specially offered his grain and rice ships to the great country selfishly. ”

When Prime Minister Lou Cheng saw Li Jun say this, he also believed it, and it was also because there was a real need for grain and rice in the army, otherwise he would not believe it so easily.

So, Prime Minister Lou Cheng took Li Jun to see Fang La in the Inner Dynasty and told him about offering grain and worshipping. Li Jun saw Fang La's worship again, and talked about the past. Fang La also didn't have any doubts, and he also believed what he said. Moreover, Fang La asked Li Jun, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi and others to guard the ships of the water village and take charge of the navy.

Fang La also promised Li Jun that as long as he destroyed the Song army, there would definitely be another reward. Li Jun was overjoyed, and after thanking him, he went out to carry the grain and rice ashore, and then handed it over to the people in the granary, and left.

The words were divided into two ends, and Zhao Gou asked Song Jiang and Wu Yong to divide the military horses, and sent Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Lin Chong, and Zhu Tong to be the front team, leading the vanguard army to the border of Qingxi County, and facing the army led by Fang Jie, the nephew of the emperor of the Southern Kingdom.

The two armies set up positions, Fang Jie stepped out with a halberd, and Du Wei followed on foot. Na Du Wei hung armor sideways, hid five flying knives on his back, and held a seven-star sword in his hand, following behind. The two generals came out to the front of the formation. Lin Chong took the lead in the battle, holding the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, and directly took Fang Jie. Although Fang Jie is young, his martial arts are not bad.

The Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand was even more powerful, and he fought with Lin Chong for more than 20 rounds without a win. Fang Jie saw that Lin Chong's reputation was well deserved, and he really had strong means, and he also released his lifelong knowledge, and he did not allow any leisure. The two were fighting to the interval, and Lin Chong used his true skills to not let Fang Jie go to some empty space.

The two fought heartily, but they didn't watch out for Du Wei. Unexpectedly, when the two of them were fighting, Du Wei flashed out from behind the horse, grabbed the flying knife, and flew towards Lin Chong's face. Lin Chong immediately provoked Fang Jie, and swept directly over with another shot, knocking down all the flying knives.

Lin Chong shouted: "The thief should die!" ”

Lin Chong skimmed Xia Jie and went straight to Du Wei. Seeing that Lin Chong ignored him, Fang Jie was so angry that he jumped like thunder, patted the horse's back, and chased after him directly.

When Du Wei saw Lin Chong coming, he was not ready to fight him. Although Du Wei's flying knife is powerful, it is only a long-range attack, and the hand-to-hand combat is not as powerful as Lin Chong, and when he saw that the flying knife he secretly attacked was beaten down by Lin Chong, he was also surprised, how could he be willing to fight with him, and immediately returned to the formation.

Lin Chong saw Du Wei fleeing back to the camp, he was anxious and angry, looked at Fang Jie who was rushing over, and stabbed him violently in a fit of anger. Fang Jie grabbed his horse and immediately held Fang Tian's halberd and blocked Lin Chong's attack. Lin Chong saw that he couldn't succeed in a single blow, so he withdrew the Zhangba snake spear, and then turned his horse back to the camp.

When Fang Jie saw Lin Chong fleeing, he thought that he was afraid of himself, so he couldn't help but feel a little proud, and shouted in front of the battle: "Lin Chong is nothing more than that, no matter how good the Song soldiers are, come out and die quickly!" ”

Lin Chong heard Fang Jie's wild words, and couldn't help but be so angry that he rode forward again but was stopped by Zhao Gou, only to see an army appear in the distance, but saw that the golden melons were dense and the iron axes were lined up; Fang Tian painted a halberd, and the dragon and phoenix flags were in line. The flag is in full swing, and the green dance and red fly are accumulated; The jade stirrup carved saddle, a cluster of beads surrounds the green. The flying dragon umbrella scatters green clouds and purple mist, and the flying tiger flag pans the haze and smoke; The left serves the next generation of civil officials, and the right serves a full row of military generals.

I saw that under the umbrella of Jiuqu Huangluo, the jade bridle was free, and the grass-headed prince Fang La was sitting. I saw that he was wearing a golden head at the corner of the sky, wearing a robe with a collar of sun, moon and clouds, and nine dragons, a gold-inlaid treasure inlaid exquisite jade belt around his waist, and a pair of double-gold sewn Yungen Dynasty boots.

Zhao Gou looked at it and couldn't help but mock: "Claiming to be the emperor in vain, and posing as a luan, it's really ridiculous!" ”