The trench used to prevent the enemy's sneak attack was shallow and rough, and the horse-repellent piles in the trench were composed of various branches piled up together, and the tents and tents did not maintain the due distance between the tents and tents at all, and they were supported together in a chaotic manner, and there were no drainage ditches dug to isolate each other from fire attacks to extinguish the fire.

There is no lookout of the enemy tower, only three or five patrol soldiers standing next to the horse rejection pile, from time to time to look towards Xiuzhou City, this is the camp of the rebels.

The fact that the fortifications are nothing but a non-existent proves the necessity of the army's professionalism and, even more, proves that a group of peasants who have not undergone military training are qualified soldiers without weapons.

I haven't read any military books, and I've been cultivated in the Western Army for a long time, so Lotte naturally has a glimpse of the know-how of the army's stationing. They are a rabble, and if they use fire, the fate of these rebels is unimaginable.

The drums of the gathering generals rang out, and the meal was made at the end of the hour, and the assembly was completed at the hour, and then the city was set out and lined up neatly outside the city.

Unwilling to accept yesterday's defeat, Fang Qifo also held his breath in his heart, and wanted to fight with the imperial army today, so that his subordinates were ready for the battle as soon as possible, and when he saw the official army leaving the city, he also ordered his subordinates to go out of the camp to fight.

Standing at the head of the city, Lotte can see the uniform clothing and neat pace of the officers and soldiers, which is a clear contrast to the uneven and messy of the rebels, which is the difference between professionalism and amateurism.

The contest between professionalism and non-professionalism is destined to be inferior to non-professionalism, no matter how these rebels charge, they are not afraid of death, and they are finally blocked out of the formation by the forbidden army, and the long rejecting rifles and shields make these rebels with uneven weapons invisible, and they can't be killed, and the rain of arrows flying out of the archer camp behind the forbidden army is harvesting the lives of the rebels one after another.

The army advanced step by step, and the rebels couldn't stand the casualties and began to retreat, and those arrows fell to the ground and retreated weakly, and the rebel soldiers who groaned were stabbed to death by the gunners of the forbidden army, and then stepped over the corpse with an indifferent face.

Yesterday, these rebels killed two officers and soldiers, disemboweled them alive and hung up the sky lanterns, which filled the hearts of these officers and soldiers with anger, and they didn't care at all about the lives of these rebels, no matter whether the anti-soldiers who fell to the ground were seriously injured or lightly injured, they were all killed by one shot, and the whole battlefield was full of blood.

Seeing this scene in Song Jiang's eyes, his heart couldn't help sinking, he had fought many victories with the official army before, not because of how strong he was, but because the forbidden army he faced was too weak, and he occupied a favorable terrain, unable to let the official army show his strengths, if he encountered such an opponent in the plain terrain, he was powerless.

In terms of personal combat strength, these officers and soldiers of the imperial court are not very strong, but with equipment and training, they are not comparable to those armies who rely on personal bravery.

is still the same as yesterday, against the officials and troops of the imperial court, the other party is still crushing the righteous army. Looking at the repetition of this scene, the eyes of the rebels were all shocked, their composition was some displaced people who had lost their land and could not bear the oppression, prisoners and horses, the composition of the personnel was complex and not well trained, the officers and soldiers tore apart their own formation, and also tore the last bit of resistance in their hearts.

At first glance, it was no different from yesterday, the righteous army was still defeated and retreated, Fang Qifo's eyes turned red, and his heart was even more unwilling, and he shouted: "Gather our archers and shoot at these dog officers!" ”

Since the beginning of Qingxi's army, Fang Qifo has participated in most of the battles of the righteous army, until he grew up to become the general of the righteous army, and was appointed by Fang La as the commander of the Northern Expedition, but this battle Fang Qila saw the difference between the righteous army and the imperial forbidden army, and the professionalization of the imperial forbidden army was not comparable to the righteous army, that is, the forbidden army in front of the forbidden army under the leadership of Cai Zun and Yan Tan, the soldiers and horses of the Liangzhejiang Road, was also greatly inferior.

Soon, under the order of Fang Qifo, the rebel army began to retreat, and in front of a group of archers, they drew their bows and arrows to shoot at the Song army.

It's just that the decline cannot be changed.

Fang Qifo stared at a pair of eyes, his eyes flushed with blood.

Soon, a general under his command came to report: "Marshal, our archers are few, the training is insufficient and the soft bows used are incompatible, the bows and arrows of the officers and soldiers cannot shoot far, the officers and soldiers are not only wearing armor but also equipped with shields, the bows and arrows we shot over were blocked, and we did not shoot a few Song soldiers at all, but our archers did not have armor protection, and many were shot and injured by the Song army!"

Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, and when the Great Song Dynasty opened the country, it only hit the southern Tang Dynasty of Jinling City, and Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, directly accepted the land and returned to the Song Dynasty, and the two Zhejiang almost never had any sword soldiers.

After a long time of peace, the daily drills of the officers and soldiers of the two Zhejiang provinces are like child's play, and those craftsmen who make military equipment can cope with it, and they can make up for it, and they can make up for it, plus the generals' empty salaries, so that the soldiers under their command can work for themselves, and the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty in Jiangnan can have any combat effectiveness.

The decline of the battlefield, Fang Qifo did not see it, but he believed or did not want to admit it, since the beginning of the army, he can be said to be invincible, and the two defeats yesterday and today are the reality that he cannot accept.

In front of the two armies, the officers and troops were invincible, and the rebel army composed of chaotic people was defeated and retreated, and now it was not far from the camp of the rebel army.

Seeing such a decline in front of him, Fang Qifo still tried to organize a counterattack by the righteous army, but was persuaded by the generals next to him: "Marshal, the Song army is approaching our camp, let the brothers retreat to the camp to defend it!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai, let's reserve our strength first, we can fight in Xiuzhou later, the brothers are dead, but the cost is lost!"

"Marshal, although our holy army was defeated this time, it has gained a lot, the officers and soldiers rely on the benefits of the soldiers to bully me, and our army can also learn the way of the officers and the army, and return to the division to gather soldiers to fight each other."

The subordinate generals persuaded one after another.

Hearing this, Fang Qifo couldn't help but smile bitterly, what the generals under his command said was not wrong, but Xiuzhou was defeated, and the righteous army was also defeated.

Fang Qifo knew that according to the original plan of the Holy Father, after taking Hangzhou, he would go all the way north, occupy the southeast half of the country to have the capital to confront the imperial court, until he drew the river and ruled, but he didn't expect that the imperial court officers and troops would come so fast, and Xiuzhou City was invincible, which meant that the righteous army turned from offensive to defensive, and it was in danger in the future.

It was precisely because of this thought in his heart that Fang Qifo decided to fight to the death with the imperial court reinforcements outside Xiuzhou City, but this knock broke his head and bleed.

Xiuzhou has no chance of winning.

"Retreat, guard according to the fence, don't let the officers and soldiers break the camp!" Fang Qifo ordered, his voice trembling with a hint of unease.

The sound of Mingjin closing the troops sounded, and the rebels could not resist the rush of the rebels to retreat towards the camp, and the officers and soldiers who were advancing steadily in formation let out earth-shattering cheers in unison.

"If Master Hou doesn't transfer those two horse armies out, he will enter the thief army camp at this moment, and the official army will almost immediately annihilate the entire army of thieves." At this time, a very discordant voice came from the head of Xiuzhou City.

You don't need to look at who it is, Lotte also knows that this voice that is neither male nor female comes from Shi Goudang.

Ignoring Shi Dang, Lotte ordered: "Beat the drum and continue to attack the disruptive military camp." ”

"Yes!" Some generals hurriedly answered, and then shouted loudly: "Beat the drums, attack and disrupt the military camp." ”

The drums from the head of Xiuzhou City shouted like thunder, and under the waving of the flag, the generals understood the meaning of the flag, and immediately the shouts of killing sounded like a sea of mountains, and a group of forbidden troops rushed forward, crossed the shallow and rough trenches dug by the rebel army for defense, and then began to stir the wooden branches used as fences with their spears......

Obviously, the fence stacked by branches is not something that can be provoked by one person, but it can't stand a large number of people, and it becomes easier for a group of Song soldiers to pick up these branches with their spears.

As soon as he withdrew from the front of the camp to the camp, a general immediately came to report: "Marshal, the Song army is destroying the fence around the camp, or it will attack the camp!" ”

The fence is the last barrier of the camp, if it is broken by the official army, the 50,000 brothers under his command become lambs to be slaughtered, and the official army can slaughter them.

Fang Qifo's face became ugly, hesitated for a moment, and ordered: "Pour fire oil on the fence outside the camp and set it on fire!" ”

Lighting the fence to stop the officials and soldiers is tantamount to drinking doves to quench their thirst, but at this moment, Fang Qifo can't take care of so much, and the generals under his command have no other better way.

When the order was passed down, Fang Qifo let out a long sigh, and then made another decision: "When it gets dark, the whole army will retreat in the direction of Hangzhou!"

Due to the gap in equipment, the field battle with the Song army is undoubtedly sending to death, and now all Fang Qifo can think of is to rely on the solidity of Hangzhou City to consume the official army, and the cost of siege warfare has been the largest since ancient times.

Jars of fire oil were poured on the fence outside the camp, and a fierce fire ensued, separating the officers and rebels.

For the time being, the rebels were safe.

"Hmph, if I don't wait to take a fire attack, the thieves will start to set fire to protect themselves." At the head of Xiuzhou City, Shi Goudang looked at the situation of the enemy and me, and said sarcastically with his orchid finger.

"Dog minion, shut up!" Listening to Shi Goudang's sarcastic remarks, Tu Si said angrily: "The surname Shi, you have to remember this eggless play, you are just a slave today, and my Hou Ye is not only a Hou Ye but also an emperor's son-in-law, you are a slave dog who dares to sarcastically say sarcastic about the master's son-in-law, is this the legendary slave bully?" ”

"You ......" Listening to Tu Si scolding himself mercilessly, Shi Goudang was angry: "Our family is an official family slave, and our family represents the Son of Heaven to supervise the army, and you dare to insult our family even if you are a private slave, don't you even take the official family in your eyes?" ”

While speaking, Shi Goudang's eyes swept left and right and said hatefully: "Come on, pull down this slave who doesn't know how to respect the humble and the lawless!" ”

As a supervisor, in addition to having some power to lead the army, Shi Goudang also has a cadre of guards around him, and most of these people were arranged by Liang Shicheng.

"Well, Ben Hou's subordinate is right, Shi Gou is really a slave bully!" When the guards beside Shi Goudang were about to move, Lotte looked at Shi Goudang and raised his eyebrows, and then said with a cold face: "Don't think that you Shi Goudang has been promoted by Liang Shicheng's eunuch, thinking that you have the ability to fight against this Hou Division, and you are still very far behind this Hou Xiang." ”

The guards around him who were originally about to move, heard Lotte's words, and immediately didn't dare to move again.

The commander and the prison army fell out of harmony, and all the generals at the head of Xiuzhou City did not dare to speak rashly, and these two people were not easy to mess with, and everyone began to pretend to be dumb.

Shi Goudang cocked his orchid fingers, and his body shook with laughter: "Our family's prison army is sealed by the Son of Heaven, if Hou Yejue's Shi can't do this prison army, you can ask the official family to replace it!" ”

If the general and the prison army are out of harmony, and the general asks for the replacement of the prison army, the Son of Heaven will be filled with imagination, and first of all, he will imagine that this general has no different thoughts.

Lotte's face was slightly pale, and Shi Goudang felt to himself.

Then Lotte smiled lightly and said: "There is a popular saying among the people, the toad crawls to the instep of the foot - it doesn't bite, it responds to people!" ”

After speaking, Lotte no longer paid attention to the puffed up Shi Dang, and ordered: "Order the left and right horse armies to surround the camp of the Seven Buddhas." ”

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