Xiao Xiao is depressed, cold and lonely, and his relatives are resentful.

The city of Hangzhou has not regained its original prosperous appearance, everywhere is the ruins and broken walls after the fire of the soldiers, and there is no former 'southeast shape victory, three Wu capitals, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times. 'The scene.

On the New Year's Day of the third year of Xuanhe, the people of Hangzhou spent their time in fear and chaos, and after the city was broken, it was followed by killing, killing officials and poor soldiers, killing soldiers and rich households, not just cutting off heads, but cruel killing, killing with different tricks, almost all the killing methods that human beings can imagine came up with.

After killing all the officials, errands, soldiers, and wealthy households, what followed was a fire for six days and six nights, which made the entire Hangzhou a mess and not prosperous in the old days.

The poor people of Hangzhou were first exploited by the imperial court Huashigang, and recently they were plagued by bandits, and the originally hard days became more and more miserable.

The so-called uprising in the feudal era was cognitively localized, and even if it was victorious, it was just a wedding dress for a small group of people, and the benefits were finally obtained for a small number of people.

The original Hangzhou Zhisi Yamen has been changed to the Holy Prince's Mansion by the righteous army, and at this time, the hall of the Holy Prince's Mansion where the generals of the righteous army gathered was silent, and no one made a sound.

After all, the paper can't contain the fire, Fang Qifo was defeated twice by the hands of the official army in Xiuzhou, and lost 30,000 brothers before and after, Fang Qifo, who retreated to Chongde County to collect the remnants of the army, had to report the battle situation to Fang La.

Until he finished reading the battle report, Fang La still looked unconvinced, according to his previous schedule, the main force of the imperial court official army was in Western Xia, and there were not many available soldiers in Biandu, at least three months before the official army would come to the south of the Yangtze River, and at that time he already owned half of the south of the Yangtze River, and had enough capital to face the north and south of the imperial court, but he didn't expect that it was only more than three months before the army started, and the official army would be killed in Xiuzhou, which was too far away from what he originally expected.

Fang Qifo was defeated twice by the official army outside Xiuzhou City, which made Fang Lawu angry and shocked, and the annoyance was that Fang Qifo was defeated for the first time, and he was actually defeated by the official army when he ambushed the official army, and there were countless casualties; The second time was wrapped up by the officers and soldiers, and more than 10,000 soldiers were captured. Shocked by the number of officials and soldiers, Fang Qifo, in order to shirk the responsibility for the defeat, said in the battle report that the main force of the imperial court officials and troops had more than 200,000 people, and they were well-equipped and could not be defeated.

In this battle report with Fang La, Fang Qifo not only exaggerated the number of the Song army, but also rendered Lotte heavily dipped in ink in order to alleviate his own guilt.

If Lotte saw this battle report, I am afraid that he would immediately lose his smile, the forbidden army brought from Biandu was only 50,000 people, plus the forbidden army of Song Jiangbu and Suzhou, as well as the Xiuzhou garrison, a total of less than 60,000 people, at that time, in order to scare people, the banner was 100,000, and it became 200,000 in the mouth of Fang Qifo.

His eyes swept over the officials and generals under his command, and Fang La opened his mouth and asked: "What do you think of the official army and the defeat of the Seven Buddha Tribes outside Xiuzhou City?" ”

"That Lotte is even the Western Xia, and the king of the Western Xia is dedicated to Biandu, which is by no means an ordinary person." After reading Fang Qifo's battle report, Prime Minister Fang Fei's face was solemn, and he suggested: "Holy Prince, the court's response is faster than we expected, and we should urgently transfer Zheng Demon King and others to King Beiqin!" ”

"The prime minister is right!" The master of the military advisor Fang La, Monk Wang, who is known as the old Buddha of Wang Gong, nodded, and then narrowed his eyes: "The Holy Father has issued an edict, and the Demon King Zheng will definitely return to the master to save him, and Yu Dao'an of Yongjia and Chen Shishi of Fang Yanshan, Qiu Daoren of Shengxian and others are far away from Hangzhou, and the place where they are located is mountainous, it will take a lot of time to send the letter to him, and I am afraid that it will be too late to return to help." ”

Monk Wang said this with a pun, although Yu Daoan, Chen Shishi, Qiu Daoren and others were under the banner of Manichaeism, they may not be of the same mind as Fang La, so Monk Wang and Fang La both knew that these people might not be reliable.

There are many officers and soldiers, and there are even more famous Xia Marshal Lotte leaders, Fang La must no longer ignore them as ordinary officials and soldiers in the past, and hurriedly asked: "How many people are there in Fang Qi's Buddha's hand?" How many people are there in Hangzhou? ”

Prime Minister Fang Fei replied: "Before attacking Xiuzhou, Fang Shuai divided his troops to attack Xiuzhou all the way, all the way to attack Huzhou, it is said that the attack on Huzhou was slightly frustrated, there were some casualties but there were more than 20,000 people, Fang Shuai still had 20,000 hands, and Hangzhou had 60,000 defenders, a total of 100,000 horses. ”

100,000 against 200,000.

The officers and soldiers are not only numerous but also well-equipped, according to Fang Qifo's report, they are even more well-trained elite of the forbidden army, and they are by no means capable of those miscellaneous soldiers, and immediately the lobby was quiet, and everyone's complexion became more and more solemn.

After a little thought, the general Pang Wanchun came out and said: "Demon King Zheng has nearly 200,000 horses in his hands, as long as the Holy Father summons, there will be people from all walks of life to come to King Qin, and he will definitely be able to gather 400,000 troops in Hangzhou to reject the official army in ten days!" ”

Hearing Pang Wanchun speak like this, the originally tightly knit brows of the group immediately relaxed.

When everyone was happy, Prime Minister Fang Fei's words immediately silenced everyone: "There are not many grains and herbs in Hangzhou, and 400,000 troops are gathered in the city, and Hangzhou is overwhelmed." ”

Since the beginning of the army in October last year, a group of soldiers only know how to burn and kill, killing a lot of court officials, Xu Ling, soldiers, and rich households, but also burning a lot of grain and grass.

The daily consumption of grain and grass by the 400,000 troops is at least 4,000 stones, and 120,000 stones in January.

The production in the areas occupied by the rebels was seriously damaged, and the places that were not destroyed were all under the control of the officials and the army, could the rebels still go to the areas occupied by the government to buy grain?

In addition, even if the government is willing to buy, the righteous army does not have so much money, although it occupies a lot of territory in the two Zhejiang, robs the government and the rich officials and wealth, at first these silver coins are still distributed to the poor people, and then the silver money is gradually swallowed by some generals, and it is absolutely unrealistic to let these generals spit out the money they eat until they eat to buy military rations.

"Far water can't quench your thirst!" When the generals of the righteous army were depressed, the military advisor Monk Wang said something that made Fang La and the generals even more depressed: "King Zheng and the Holy Father's order led his troops south, occupying Wuzhou, Quzhou, Qingtian, and Jinyun, and recently took Chuzhou, which was guarded by 20,000 officers and soldiers, which can be described as repeated victories.

However, Chuzhou and Hangzhou are far away, there are three hundred and fifty miles away, and the road is rugged and the traffic is inconvenient, on the contrary, Xiuzhou is only one hundred and fifty miles away from Hangzhou, during which the waterway is vertical and horizontal, the shipping is very developed, although Fang Qifo occupies Chongde Ran's command but 20,000 horses, it is difficult to resist the official army to go south, and the official army goes south, and the army goes south, and the situation can be outside Hangzhou in a day, and Hangzhou is in danger! ”

In short, in a word, there is a shortage of troops and food now, and the situation is extremely dangerous.

General Shi Baoyan said: "Holy Prince, Chongde City is small, and the last general suggests that the Seven Buddhas of Fang Qi be transferred back to Hangzhou!" ”

"Accurate!" Fang La nodded and ordered: "Order someone to lead the troops back to the division with Fang Qifo, and at the same time send someone to summon the Demon King Zheng to lead the troops from the state to King Qin!" ”

Rao is like this, 100,000 against 200,000 is also a great disadvantage.

Thinking of the enemy and the enemy, the generals of the rebel army still looked solemn.

Seeing the faces of the courtiers, Fang La cheered up and said: "As long as you hold for three or five days, when the Zheng Demon King and other generals lead the army of King Zhenqin to arrive, nearly 400,000 troops will be able to attack the officers and troops inside and outside, and they will definitely be able to retreat in a battle. ”

I have to admit that Fang La's idea is correct, as long as Lotte is defeated, the imperial court will not be able to help Fang La in a short period of time, and even Fang La can complete his original strategic concept, occupy Jiangnan and rule the Great Song Dynasty.

What Fang La can think of, can Lotte not think of?

"Report ......" When Fang La thought that the overall strategic situation had been decided, a soldier came to report.

"What?" Fang La asked.

The soldier said: "Holy Father, there are official and naval warships against the Qiantang River, and the ships of the Qiantang River are either plundered or burned, except for some of them, and then go against the current to the Fuchun River of the Qiantang River, and the other is now anchored in the Qiantang River and confronted our army across the river. ”

The lower reaches of the Qiantang River are called the Qiantang River, and part of the swim is called the Fuchun River, in the eyes of the people, the whole river is full of poetic feelings, but in the eyes of Fang La, the whole river divides the place it occupies into two, and it is still an important transportation money.

Fang La's rebellion was still short, and he did not form a naval army, and the imperial navy's occupation of the Qiantang River meant that the imperial court controlled its own transportation lines, and it also cut off the connection between itself and the subordinates under the command of Qiantang Jiangnan.

Hearing that the imperial court navy occupied the Qiantang River, General Lu, who had not spoken, couldn't help but blurt out: "This Lotte is really extraordinary!" ”

Fang La also meant the importance of the Qiantang River, and was even more surprised by General Lu's attitude, and asked, "General Lu also knows this Lotte?" ”

General Lu hurriedly replied: "I used to be a classmate of Taixue, but I have only seen it, but I am not familiar with it. ”

Most of the generals in the uprising were born in Caomang, although they had heard of Lotte, but they didn't pay attention to it, Monk Wang was interested at the moment, and asked: "General Lu, what kind of character is this Lotte, you might as well say that you know it with us, so that I can come up with a corresponding strategy!" ”

Without answering the question raised by Monk Wang, General Lu handed over his hand to Fang La and said: "Holy Father, Lotte can't be taken lightly, now that our army is at a disadvantage, it is better to withdraw from Hangzhou immediately and do another thing!" ”

Hearing Lu Jiang speak like this, Fang La's face turned cold, and he reprimanded: "Joke, Hangzhou came from a bloody battle, and my father's sister died in this battle, how can Hangzhou give up so hard!" ”

"Holy Prince, there are only 60,000 horses in Hangzhou, there are only 20,000 horses under Fang Shuai, and some are no more than 100,000 horses, and the official army has 20 horses, in terms of military strength, our army is already at a disadvantage, and there is not much grain and grass left in the city, and the Qiantang River is based on the imperial army, it is difficult to transmit news to Jiangnan, if the reinforcements are not trapped in a city, it is bound to be more passive, and immediately withdrawing from Hangzhou is the only feasible plan."

In addition to Hangzhou, only Shezhou and Muzhou are under control, and half of Shezhou and Muzhou are in Fuchun Jiangnan, and the rest such as Chizhou, Yizhou, Taipingzhou, Guangdejun, and Huzhou have a small group of Manichaeans who are in rebellion, but they are not in the control of the imperial court.

The Qiantang River was cut off by the imperial army, and Hangzhou had no contact with the Qiantang Jiangnan Righteous Army, so the situation naturally deteriorated.

Lu Jiang's scholar was upright and outspoken, Fang La was displeased, and said angrily and disdainfully: "What is there to fear if the imperial court naval army occupies the south of the Qiantang River, just send someone to swim across the river to deliver the news, don't wait a few days for hundreds of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River to arrive, and the imperial court officers and troops will collapse like chickens and dogs." ”

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