Chapter 600 Fang La will be destroyed, Wang Qingqi will rise

"Quick, block the officers and soldiers, Brother Gao, you lead the people to withdraw quickly, and Chen Lie and Chen Lie go to block the officers and soldiers" Si Xingfang didn't wait for Gao Yu to agree, he had already led Chen Lie to run over, looking at Si Xingfang's back, Gao Yu sighed, and could only organize people to retreat quickly.

Si Xingfang personally led the troops to resist Yang Zaixing, which was really a helpless move, and now that his morale is low, he, the commander of the army, is leading the way, so the situation is not good. Si Xingfang wanted to entangle Yang Zaixing, Yang Zaixing would not give him a chance, more than 3,000 cavalry directly dispersed, with a small force of soldiers and horses in the rear of the side to pursue those fleeing thieves, at this time, Xiao Yue also led the troops to appear in the west, and beat the front troops of Gao Yu fiercely, just a pillar of incense time, more than 30,000 thieves could not care about each other, even if Gao Yu shouted vigorously, but in order to survive, all the thieves could only leave what they had in their hands, scatter and retreat and flee in all directions. It's also strange, as long as you drop the property in your arms, the cavalry of the Dingguo Army will ignore you and let you escape. Money is good, but life is not worth much.

An hour later, Si Xingfang also fled west with the defeated army, leaving only a lot of property on the ground, Xiao Yue was not busy chasing Si Xingfang, and cooperated with the Niu Gao army that came later, and collected all the property on the ground.

The property in the hands of the Si Xingfang was snatched back, but there was no way on the Lin'an side, as soon as the remnants of the Si Xingfang arrived, Fang La ordered the withdrawal of Lin'an, and when he left, he also lit the Lin'an Palace with a fire. This palace is magnificent, and it has only been twenty-three years since it was built, but this palace, which cost a lot of money, was burned to ashes by Fang La. How else to say that the rebels are sometimes admired and sometimes hated?

When Niu Gao came to Lin'an, he could only see thick black smoke and skyrocketing fire, and after learning that the palace was destroyed, he had no choice but to sigh.

In the first battle of Hangzhou, although Song Jiang was a bag, he at least had a credit for Hangzhou City, and the Dingguo Army also robbed Hangzhou of wealth, but Tong Guan didn't get anything, and he also lost a lot of soldiers and horses. As for Lin'an, Tong Guan won't rob it, the palace has been burned, what are you doing robbing Lin'an, are you afraid that the anger of the official family will not find someone to spread it?

Fang La's army was defeated and left Hangzhou, and he could only retreat to Qingxi County, Muzhou, but at this time, how could he give Fang La time to breathe? Especially Tong Guan, without waiting for Fang La to gain a firm foothold in Qingxi County, directly sent troops to Muzhou Fenshui County, wanting to approach Qingxi County as much as possible, in order to cooperate with Tong Guan's military operations, Song Jiang and Lu Junyi could only divert to the southeast to attack Deng Yuanjue's department in Muzhou City.

Fenshui is a small city, coupled with Fang La's hasty response, reinforcements from the United States and Europe arrived in time, so that Xin Xingzong only took half a day to lay down Fenshui City, and then Tong Guan's army went south, and it took a day to reach ten miles north of Qingxi County, but when it came here, it was a little difficult to move forward. Qingxi County is the headquarters of Fangla, and most of the surrounding villages and towns are Manichaeans, and when you get here, you not only have to face the regular army of thieves, but you also have to be careful of those villagers from time to time.

Tong Guan is difficult to move an inch in the north of Qingxi County, Song Jiang's attack on Muzhou City is not smooth, that Deng Yuanjue is known as the first fierce general under Fang La, that is not a waste of fame, this person is not only brave in battle, but also wise, in the face of heavy siege, Muzhou City is guarded like a copper wall, two days, Song Jiang has lost several leaders, but never hit the head of Muzhou City. Storming is not a way, you can only ask Yu Wu Yong, what good ideas can Wu Yong have, think about it and come up with an idea that is not too bad, he asked people to go into the city to send a letter to Deng Yuanjue, and recruit Deng Yuanjue in the name of the imperial court, but the envoy who persuaded him to surrender did not know what to say, and directly made Deng Yuanjue cut off his head.

Muzhou on the east road and Qingxi Town on the west road were all blocked, but the Dingguo army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, was stationed in Hangzhou and looked lively.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and gradually came to November, on the fourth day of November, Xiao Yue suddenly arrived at the city of Muzhou, and what made people fall through the eyeballs was that Deng Yuanjue surrendered the city on the same day, which can make Song Jiang angry enough, he doesn't know what Deng Yuanjue thinks, since you have the intention to surrender, you can surrender when the envoy enters the city, why wait until now, and let both sides lose so many soldiers and horses. Deng Yuanjue naturally would not explain to Song Jiang, in his eyes, Song Jiang is also the Liangshan bandit, if he wants to surrender, he should also surrender the national army, what is the matter of surrendering a Liangshan bandit, and it was not Song Jiang who defeated him Deng Yuanjue.

As soon as Deng Yuanjue surrendered, the pressure on Qingxi County increased sharply, and on the sixth day of October, Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, and Xin Xingzong attacked Qingxi County from the southeast, north, and south, even if the high walls of Qingxi County were thick, under the siege of 80,000 people, it still became crumbling.

On the ninth day of November, the general of Qingxi County, Si Xingfang, was injured by a stray arrow and died, and after three days of fierce fighting, there were only 70,000 remnants left in Qingxi County, and the arrows had been used up. In a few days, Fang La has aged a lot, but he is middle-aged, and he has seen gray hair on his head, he looks sad at this time, how can he still have the demeanor of the Holy Prince's Sect Master? Si Xingfang was killed in battle, Wu Sheng was killed, half of the remaining soldiers and horses were wounded, and the most important thing was that the arrows were gone, the rolling wood was gone, how to defend the city just by people? Maybe it's only a matter of time before the city breaks. Fang Fei, Lou Minzhong, Shen Shou and others came together, no matter what the situation was, they would never defect to the Dingguo Army like Deng Yuanjue and Shi Bao. Shi Bao originally belonged to Zhao Yougong, and Deng Yuanjue was a high-roller in the rivers and lakes, the most important hero, so it was not surprising that he surrendered to the national army.

Seeing that Fang La's face was pale, Fang Fei stepped forward and said, "Sect Master, it's only a matter of time before Qingxi County is not guaranteed at the moment, do you hope that the Sect Leader will make plans early?" ”

"Hehe, Mr. Fang, do you want the deity to continue withdrawing? Qingxi County is our hometown, where else can we retreat if we leave here? Fang La's face smiled bitterly, he didn't want to withdraw anymore, and then retreat elsewhere, isn't it still rootless duckweed?

Lou Minzhong knelt on his knees and said emotionally, "Sect Master, please think about it, there is a way to leave the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood, as long as the sect leader is alive, there is always hope." Besides, leaving Qingxi County is not only to escape, but also to be able to use Qingxi County to better block the officers and soldiers. Moreover, the terrain of Bangyuan Cave and Zitong Cave in the west of the county town is complicated, and as long as they are hidden in them, it will not be easy for the officers and soldiers to exterminate us. ”

Fang La's expression moved, and he couldn't help asking, "Lou Minzhong, what do you mean, how can you better stop the officers and soldiers if you lose Qingxi County?" ”

"Sect Master, please think, if we wait to put more fire-stirring things in the city, now when the wind is tight, bring the officers and soldiers into the city, a fire will definitely burn the officers and soldiers into the army, then take advantage of the chaos of the officers and soldiers, wave the troops to slash and kill, will definitely make the officers and soldiers suffer heavy casualties, so, although we have lost Qingxi County, but the officers and soldiers have suffered heavy losses, how can we quickly pursue us? Cultivating in the area of Zitong Cave for a month, it only takes one chance for the sect leader to return to Qingxi and make a comeback. ”

Fang La pondered carefully, thought for a long time, and nodded slowly, "Okay, just listen to you, this time, let these court eagle dogs enjoy themselves." ”

On the tenth day of November, Xin Xingzong in the north took the lead in breaking through the north city gate, the thieves could not resist, retreated all the way, and fled directly from the west gate, with the fall of the north city gate, the south city gate also fell one after another, tens of thousands of troops swarmed in, and the thieves fled out of the city in a swarm. It's just that before Xin Xingzong, Song Jiang and others were happy, they saw that fires were burning everywhere in the city, and in a short period of time, the entire Qingxi County became a fire city.

On November 12, the situation near Qingxi County finally stabilized, but at this time, counting the number of people, the more than 80,000 people who had attacked the city before had lost more than 50,000, and only more than 30,000 people were left How could they pursue Fang La? Xin Xingzong and Song Jiang were greatly injured, and the more than 10,000 people in Lu Junyi's department were still good, but at this time, everyone had no fighting spirit.

Niu Gao hid in Muzhou City to see the scenery, after learning about the battle situation in Qingxi County, he was so angry that he scolded Tong Guan for being incompetent, as long as he besieged the city well, he could slowly trap Fang La, and stay in the month of La, the grain and grass will not continue, and Fang La is not only defeated. But Tong Guan was anxious, and as a result, Qingxi County was defeated, and tens of thousands of Song Haoerang were also lost. There is no way, Niu Gao can only come to Qingxi County in person, because just yesterday, he got the news that Wang Qing went north to Henan Mansion, Zhao Yougong ordered Niu Gao to solve the war in Jiangnan and rush to Luoyang.

Knowing that Fang La hid in the area of Zitong Cave, Niu Gao did not rush to send troops to fight, the area of Zitong Cave is dense with mountains and forests, the road is rugged, and the Zitong Cave and Bangyuan Cave are even more secret, the terrain in the cave is complicated, and it is not a simple matter to catch Fang La in that kind of place.

Niu Gao led people to the area of Zitong Cave to see, this place is really complicated, not to mention 50,000 people, even if the 100,000 army is put in this vast mountain, it is estimated that it will not be able to set off any storms.

In mid-November, Bianliang was already a little cold, and Zhao Ji waited for a long time to get good news from Jiangnan, but he waited for the news that Wang Qing waved his troops north. Wang Qing was not only for looting this time, but also seemed to be bent on taking Luoyang, and Liu Guangshi, the commander of Xijing, and Hu Yanqing, the commander of Mengzhou, urgently gathered troops, but after all, it was a little unsafe. Zhao Ji didn't have the heart to ask the Dingguo Army to help exterminate Wang Qing, every time that nephew went to a place, he had to reshuffle the local officialdom, and some changes in Hebei and Jiangnan could still be endured, but Zhao Ji really couldn't stand that nephew stretching out his claws to Luoyang, Xijing.

Luoyang's status is too important, this is the Great Song Dynasty Xijing, second only to Tokyo Bianliang's Cunzài, how can others be allowed to get involved?

Zhao Guan's family thought so, but His Royal Highness King Qin was rarely active, and without waiting for the imperial court to appoint, he let Xiao Zhiyun lead 20,000 soldiers and horses out of Hangu Pass early, as for what Xiao Zhiyun wanted to do, the fool knew it. R1152