Chapter 796: The Situation in the Two Zhejiangs
As a member of the Imperial City Division, Huang Kanzhen's identity was kept secret, and the two moved to the back house prepared by the government for Lotte, and Wu Song and Yang Zhi stood guard outside the door.
Haimao, Dongying Silver, Huang Kanjian also has shares, with an annual income of more than 10,000 yuan, and it is precisely because of common interests that it has already become a member of Lotte.
After entering the back house, Huang Kanzhen hurriedly bowed and said: "Congratulations to the Hou Ye, congratulations to the Hou Ye, the suppression of the Western Xia has made an immortal contribution to my Great Song Dynasty!" ”
"You and I are not outsiders, or there are a lot of false courtesies!" Waving his hand to signal Huang Kanjian not to be polite, Lotte asked with concern: "Hangzhou City has fallen into the hands of thieves, and all the brothers under his command are safe and sound?" ”
"There is Lao Hou Ye to worry about!" Huang Kanzhen thanked him and said: "The brothers ate such a meal as the Imperial City Division, and they were destined not to be distinguished in front of others, and they only lived by pretending to be ordinary people. ”
"Nothing is good!" Lotte nodded. In fact, Lotte knows that these Imperial City Divisions don't even know their identities to the government, so how can the rebels know.
After a pause, Huang Kanjian continued: "Hou Ye, please rest assured, Hua Ticket Number, as well as Wang Zuo, Wang Yuanwai, Bai Fanzheng, Bai Yuanwai and others heard about the Manichaean uprising, and they also took the first step to pack up their family and retreat to Zhoushan overseas in Mingzhou. ”
Hearing that his father-in-law Wang Yuanwai and Concubine Mo's father-in-law Bai Yuanwai and others were fine, Lotte breathed a sigh of relief, as long as these people do not fall, it means that their foundation in the southeast of Hangzhou is still there, and now Fang La's troubles in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the killing of the official eunuchs and gentry also means that the cards have been reshuffled in the territory of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
"How are the navy armies of Xiu, Yue, and Hangzhou now?" Lotte then asked.
"There were many followers in Fang La's uprising, and when they attacked Hangzhou, the naval forces of Hangyuexiu and Sanzhou lost a lot of support." Huang Kanzhen sighed and said: "Fortunately, the establishment is still there, and now the boat is retreating to the sea to confront the thieves." ”
Lotte then asked, "It's been a long time since I've been away from Biandu, what is the situation in Hangzhou now?" ”
When in Biandu, relying on the Hangzhou Hua ticket number as a stronghold, Lotte can also get the battle report of Hangzhou, after the city of Hangzhou is broken, the news obtained by Lotte is gradually decreasing, the Imperial City Division and the forbidden army are two systems that are not subordinate, the information heard by the Imperial City Division is to be reported to the Son of Heaven, since Lotte led the army south, there is not much information from the two Zhejiang, and now Huang Kanjian is coming, so it is natural to have a good life to investigate.
Listening to Lotte's inquiry, Huang Kanjian clenched his fists and confessed: "Master Hou, you used to ask the little ones to inquire about Manichaeism, but the little ones didn't take it to heart, but I didn't expect that this Manichaeism is so powerful that it will also harm half of my Great Song Dynasty." ”
With a slight smile, Lotte pushed the matter cleanly: "Ben Hou only heard that there were cults that coerced the people and embezzled the people's family property and property, but he didn't know that this Manichaean church had the intention of rebellion. ”
Lotte is so prevaricating, Huang Kanzhen also believes that Drunken Begonia is the concubine of Lord Le, which is a well-known thing in Hangzhou Mansion, and Drunken Begonia is now in the Imperial City Division, Huang Kanzhen knows that Drunken Begonia's parents were forced to death by Manichaeans, and it is naturally reasonable for Lotte to avenge his concubine.
Huang Kanjian continued: "In the early winter of last year, when this party raised his arm, millions of people echoed, which seemed to be accidental, but it was actually an inevitable thing to plan for a long time!
Recently, the little one only knew the origin of this Fang La, in the Zhezong pilgrimage to Shao Sheng, this Fang La was forty-eight years old, took over the position of the 25th generation of the head of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang people called Manichaeism, and the Min people called the Ming Sect. ”
Hearing this news, Lotte was also taken aback, in the past, he only knew that Fang La was a member of the Ming Sect, but he didn't expect that Fang La was the leader of the Ming Sect during the Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, this news was shocking.
Lotte nodded: "No wonder it can gather millions of true feelings in a few months, this Fang La has laid the foundation for 20 years for rebellion, and the time is also very in place, taking advantage of the lack of skills in the Northwest Forbidden Army, and the imperial court is almost out of soldiers to start an incident, which greatly improves the success rate of the uprising." ”
At this time, Huang Kanjian asked Lotte: "Master Hou, do you know how Chen Jian, the envoy of the two Zhejiang systems, and Zhao Yue, the envoy of Qian, died?" ”
"Le Mou read the report of the two Zhejiang provinces in the imperial court, didn't the two adults die in the chaos and die in the country?" Lotte Jue's Huang Kan Inspection Department is strange, but he can only say according to what he knows, since the fall of Hangzhou City, Wang Yuanwai and others avoided trouble, and Lotte cut off the source of information in Hangzhou.
Huang Kanjian said carefully: "At the end of the winter of last year, Fang La waved his division west to attack Shezhou, beheaded Guo's division, and conquered Shezhou in one fell swoop. After that, he conquered Xiuning, Yixian, Jixi, Qimen, Wuyuan, Ningguo and other places. In addition to sending two partial divisions to take Xuanzhou in the north and Xinzhou in the south, Fang Laqin led most of the troops to Hangzhou. At the same time, Fang Baihua, the sister of Fang La, who took Hangzhou in the east, also fell into the new city and Fuyang, and the soldiers came outside the Fengshan Gate of Hangzhou.
Zhizhou Zhao Ting exclaimed: 'How can there be such a powerful army, which occupies so much space in less than two months!' Then Zhao Ting took the lead in absconding, and then a large group of government officials also fled, leaving only Chen Jian, the envoy of the two Zhejiang systems, and Zhao Yue, the envoy of Lian Yue, to lead his troops to hold on.
On December 29, Fang La returned to Hangzhou to join Fang Baihua and launched an offensive against Hangzhou. Seeing that the chaotic army attacking the city was strong, Chen Jian and Zhao Yue led their corporal soldiers to surrender, Fang Lanian and Fang Baihua were killed in battle, and Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and a group of subordinate corporals and officials were either cut off their flesh and cut off their bodies, took their lungs and intestines, or boiled them into anointing oil, pierced them with arrows, and tortured them by all means......"
"You must know that the thieves are so ferocious, and they have ended up like this, why are the two adults Li and Zhao so unsafe." Hearing that Chen Jian and Zhao Yue ended up like this, Lotte called out a pity, and asked: "Who is this Fang Baihua, with the same surname as Fang La, listening to the name is more like a woman, I don't know what the relationship with Fang La is?" ”
"Back to Master Hou's words!" Huang Kanzhen hurriedly replied: "This Fang Baihua is Fang La's sister, although it is a female stream, it is a great character, Fang La's Qingxi battle at the beginning of the incident, the thieves called it 'Xikeng Victory', Cai Zun, Yan Tan's 5,000 troops were wiped out, and this Fang Baihua contributed a lot.
Later, Fang Baihua led the East Road Rebellion Army to Hangzhou, and before attacking Hangzhou, he also had a general in Fengshanmen Mantou Mountain, which is said to be very morale-boosting. ”
Speaking of this, Huang Kanzhen deliberately aggravated his tone: "In order to repay the pain of losing his sister, Fang La not only killed Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and the officials and soldiers who surrendered, but also killed many wealthy families in Hangzhou City, and then set a fire, and the fire burned in Hangzhou City for six days and six nights, until it was extinguished after heavy rain. ”
"Stupid!" Lotte snorted lightly, in Lotte's opinion, Fang La's body is more gangsteric than righteous, and he is by no means a person who can achieve great things.
Then Lotte said, "With this evil deed, the people of Hangzhou do not support Fang La, and after this fire, I am afraid that there is not much grain and grass left in Hangzhou City." ”
"Master Hou said it!" Listening to Lotte pinching the point, Huang Kanjian hurriedly said: "The purpose of the humble post to come this time is to inform the Hou Ye of this, and now the rebel army has captured Liangzhejiang, and it seems that the situation is very good, but the rebel army only knows how to fight and act brutally, and does not know how to govern it at all."
As the saying goes: 'Before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first'. There are many Manichaeans, and the chaotic army does not worry about the source of soldiers, not to mention that it is a long-distance battle, but there is not much grain and grass in Hangzhou at the moment, if the army of Hou Ye besieges Hangzhou and cuts off the grain and grass of Fang La, or in a few days, Fang La's grain and grass will withdraw from Hangzhou.
Hangzhou is an important town in the southeast, if Hou Ye takes Hangzhou, when Hou Ye triumphs in Biandu, he will definitely become a grandfather. ”
Hearing this, Lotte's face did not change, but his heart couldn't help but smile bitterly, his own hands plus Xiuzhou's soldiers and horses, at most only 60,000 people, and the chaotic army has millions of people, how can these tens of thousands of people with their hands trap Hangzhou.
Seeing that Lotte was silent, as if there was something unspeakable, Huang Kanjian tried to ask: "Master Hou seems to be worried, is he worried about the lack of troops and the anti-thief is strong?" ”
"Exactly!" Huang Kanjian is not an outsider, Lotte admits frankly.
"Master Hou, don't worry!" Huang Kanzhen hurriedly persuaded, and then said: "After Fang La captured Hangzhou, he ordered Fang La to order Fang Qifo to lead 60,000 people to Chongde and take Xiuzhou in the north; Zheng Mowang and others led their troops south, and with the cooperation of the local Manichaeans, they went down to Wuzhou, Quzhou, Qingtian, and Jinyun, and outwitted 20,000 officers and soldiers who were trapped in Chuzhou; At the same time, the bandits who occupied the Wuyuan area in the early stage have also conquered Kaihua, Changshan, Jiangshan and other places, and their troops are under the city of Xinzhou.
So far, from the outside of Suzhou in the north, to the city of Xinzhou in the south, from the shore of Wenzhou Bay in the east, to the top of the Yellow Mountain in the west, throughout the two Zhejiang roads of Hangzhou, Mu, Wu, Qu, place, Suzhou, Lake, Xiu, Yue, Wen, Taiwan and Jiangnan East Road She, Xuan, Xin 14 prefectures, there are traces of bandits, but also gather millions. ”
Listening to Huang Kanjian's words, Lotte's brows furrowed a lot tighter.
The official mansion was captured by the rebels, but the Imperial City Division, which was a secret organization, was still intact, and Huang Kanjian, as all the secret agents of the Imperial City Division stationed in Liangzhejiang, naturally obtained accurate information.
Listening to Huang Kanjian's statement that the situation in Zhejiang and Zhejiang is so severe, Lotte is also drumming. Because of his arrival, this time and space has undergone great changes from the time and space where he was in his previous life, and the Western Army stationed in Western Xia will not be able to return to the southeast for a while and a half, and he only relies on these more than 50,000 people and horses, and he can't destroy the righteous army, but he will be wiped out by the righteous army.
Seeing that Lotte's brows were furrowed even tighter, Huang Kanzhen continued: "Master Hou, listen to the humble position, at the moment, I see that the bandits are powerful and occupy a wide area, but in fact, the thieves have only captured 52 counties in six states, and the states of Hu, Xiu, Wen, Taiwan, Su, Xin, and Xuan have not been conquered by the rebels.
Although the thieves have millions of soldiers, most of them are old and weak and untrained people, and they are scattered all over the two Zhejiang, and they are not connected to each other, such as the Northern Expedition of Fang Qifo, although there are 70,000 people, after capturing Chongde, the arrogant division of troops into two roads, and attacking Xiuzhou and Huzhou at the same time, not only was half destroyed by Hou Ye, but also attacked Huzhou all the way I am afraid that it will not win. ”
After listening to Huang Kanjian's analysis, Lotte's tightly knit brows gradually stretched: "How many people are there in Hangzhou City now?" ”
Huang Kanzhen replied: "After the bandits captured Hangzhou, he ordered his subordinates to pretend to be poor people to mix in the rebel army, so as to respond to the rebellion of the imperial army in the future. ”
Listening to Huang Kan's words, Lotte sneered: "Although Fang La's ambition is eternal, he has great ambitions and talents, and the elite of the imperial court are all stationed in the north, if he wants to encircle and suppress the bandits, he must march from the north to the south, and the north only sends Fang Qifo to act as a partial teacher, what is the difference between this and self-destruction!" ”
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