In the land of horse-producing land in the south of the Yangtze River, there are no war horses, and the rebels lack the right weapons to fit their hands, so they are at a disadvantage. With the advantages of horses and equipment, the one killed by the officers and soldiers is called a happy one, which can be said to be eating cucumbers raw and splitting toads alive.

When he was fighting happily, he suddenly heard Mingjin withdraw his troops from behind, although he was reluctant, but a group of forbidden cavalry still turned their horses and headed back.

The generals of the forbidden army of the four armies came to the army one after another, especially the commanders of several horse armies, who were still a little unwilling.

"Master Hou, why did you withdraw your troops halfway?"

"Master Hou, as long as this battle continues, you will definitely be able to exterminate half of the thieves on this road?"

The two commanders of the horse army who led the cavalry came to Shuai Qi Lotte, and Shi Li said. The armor of the two people and the war horses under the crotch were splashed with blood, and they were frozen into red ice skates at the moment, and when they approached the people, the smell of blood was even stronger.

Without answering the questions of the two, Lotte asked rhetorically: "Ben Shuai asked you, how many people are in our team?" ”

I don't know why Lotte asked such a question, and the commander of the Ma army made Deng Gang reply: "The actual number is 55,000, and it is claimed to be 100,000." ”

Glancing at Deng Gang, Lotte's gaze slowly swept over a group of generals, and asked again: "Ben Shuai asks you again, it has only been three months since Fang La's incident in Qingxi, how many people are under his command?" ”

This time, Lotte asked, and no one answered.

"Since you don't say it, then Ben Hou told you and the others that since the incident in Qingxi, Fang La has commanded more than 100 troops in just three months!" Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Lotte raised his voice, glared at the group and said, "Le asked you, this million people are left to you to kill, have you done it, are you finished?" ”

The generals were silent, and their hearts were even clearer, if they were in a hurry, the millions of people under Fang La's command would be pressed, and their own 50,000 people were really not enough to stuff their teeth.

After a pause, Lotte continued: "Everyone has also seen it, few of these thieves are wearing military uniforms and armor, and few of them are decent weapons in their hands, and you can win not because of how powerful you are, but because the opponent is a group of peasants, and they are peasants who are unbearable to be oppressed by Zhu Mian and Hua Shigang."

After killing these million peasants, only a bunch of old and weak women and children remained, who will plant the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and who will pay the taxes in the south of the Yangtze River? We are slaughtering these millions of chaotic troops, how do the people of the Great Song Dynasty view our officials and soldiers? Are we really winning? ”

After saying a few words, the generals under his command couldn't help but bow their heads and ponder, obviously what Lotte said was reasonable. If it weren't for the Gongtian Office, how could Jingdong, Jingxi, and Hebei be in turmoil, and even Song Jiang, who had the most momentum in Jingdong, would have surrendered to the imperial court; Zhu Mian used Huashigang as an excuse to oppress the people in the southeast and caused the rebellion between Zhejiang and Zhejiang, which is not a copy of the rebellion of the Gongtiansuo.

The generals were convinced by Lotte's words, and hurriedly bowed their hands: "Humble duty and obey the orders of the marquis." ”

Because of "Water Margin", Song Jiang was deducted a hat of loyalty, and in order to show Song Jiang, Fang La was deducted a dark hat, so that the people of later generations were not very interested in Fang La, but whether it was Song Jiang or Fang La, in the twentieth century, they were regarded as typical examples of resistance to oppression.

Therefore, Lotte knows that he will inevitably be criticized by later historians in the history books of later generations.

According to the words of his previous life, in later life, he was a typical dog leg of the feudal dynasty, a loyal thug of the landlord class, and the object of the dictatorship of the proletarian working people.

Even Lotte is still wondering if this plane will also have the same time and space in the previous life, will he even dig his own grave?

……

"Xiaguan Xiuzhou Zhizhou Hu Chunhou has seen Lord Lehou!"

"The last general Xiuzhou commanded the prince Wu to see the Marquis of Shoule!"

Seeing the fall of the imperial army to beat the bandits, these two Xiuzhou guards couldn't help but burst into tears of excitement, and hurriedly came out to greet Lotte and the others.

Lotte is very casual: "Don't be polite to the two adults." ”

After a little greeting, Hu Zhizhou and Wang Liwu welcomed Lotte into Xiuzhou City.

Xiuzhou Prefecture, Hu Zhizhou once again thanked Lotte: "The thieves are besieging the city on all sides, and we are alone, if it is not for the timely arrival of the Hou Ye, Xiuzhou City will be cut off from grain and grass in a few days, and then it will inevitably fall into the hands of the thieves, and we will inevitably end up like the officials of Hangzhou City if we have no hope of breaking through!"

"This is the duty of the Hou!" Lotte was noncommittal and asked, "What is the current situation in the city?" ”

Hu Zhizhou hurriedly replied: "Hearing that the thief leader Fang La has started an incident, he has paid less taxes, and the people of the city are ready to move, and they have gathered a few people to make trouble, if it were not for the lower officials and the king's commander, the people of the city would have already made trouble, and when the time comes, Xiuzhou City will definitely fall into the hands of thieves." ”

"You two are doing a good job, Ben Hou will say it clearly when he is sparse!" Lotte nodded.

Hu Zhizhou and Wang Ziwu hurriedly said: "Thank you, Master Hou!" ”

Lotte continued: "Your Majesty has removed the Ying Feng Bureau to abolish Huashigang, and even removed Zhu Mian from his official position. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Hu Zhizhou and Wang Ziwu bowed together, how did the two of them not know the reason for the rebellion of the people in the southeast, and the two were also deeply disturbed by Huashigang, Hu Zhizhou was also an official of the imperial court, and he was inevitably subjected to the exploitation and drinking of the Ying Feng Bureau.

Huashigang is not only invading the people, but even the officials and soldiers are also invading, but the officials and soldiers are the eagle dogs of the court, how can they cause chaos.

"Wait for your orders, and the lower officials will do it!" Hu Zhizhou hurriedly said, and then asked again: "I don't know when the Hou Ye will fight the bandits, and the lower officials can prepare for the Hou Ye accordingly." ”

"In the near future!" Lotte nodded.

"Song Jiang!" Then Lotte called.

"The last general!" Song Jiang is listed.

Lotte instructed: "Select 100 people who are good at shooting, throw the arrow book and the camp of the chaotic army, warn the rebel army, the imperial court will send 500,000 troops to encircle and suppress the rebel army, and the chaos will only be put down sooner or later. For those who lay down their arms and submit to obedience, the court will not blame the past, and if they are still ignorant and rebellious, and go the same way as the thieves, they will be exterminated from the nine clans......"

After receiving Lotte's orders, Song Jiang hurriedly said: "The last general will obey the order." ”

After speaking, Song Jiang was about to leave.

"Wait!" Lotte called Song Jiang and added: "The arrow book is attached to the reward, and those who capture or kill the Fang Qi Buddha alive will be rewarded with ten thousand gold." ”

"The last general obeys!" Song Jiang answered again and hurriedly went out to do what he was told.

Lotte obviously believes that at present, it is necessary to attack the heart, and the soldiers who can surrender without a fight are the best strategies.

……

At night, a few miles away from the north gate of Xiuzhou City, thousands of people were cleaning the battlefield in the dark, and the dug pit was lined up with a bare corpse that had already been stiffened and peeled, and then these bare corpses were buried by this person with soil.

At the same time, people in sackcloth and cloaks were surrounding a bonfire, spitting out a series of strange words like incantations from time to time, and dancing with their hands and making strange movements.

In the dark night, the defenders guarding Xiuzhou City could clearly watch this scene, and immediately reported to Lotte, but the night did not know the truth and truth, and Lotte did not give the order to attack out of the city.

The veterans who guarded Xiuzhou City and fought against the rebel army knew that those people outside the city who were wearing sackcloth and cloaks were Manichaean members, and they were holding funerals for the dead according to the canons. Manichaeism advocates the emptiness of coming and going, so according to the Manichaean teachings, the burial must be naked, in order to show that the coming and going are empty and there is no concern.

In the tent of the rebels, the flickering candle flame jumped rapidly, and under the flickering candlelight, the angry face of a face also brightened and darkened, which made people feel very frightened, and the person who was guarding the man was even more cautious.

Looking at those dead brothers, Fang Qifo had a cold face, and the color of his face became even more angry.

The first battle with the imperial court reinforcements, and under the sneak attack of the left and right, not to mention the falling flowers and rivers that were beaten by the official army, and the lives of thousands of brothers were lost.

Since the incident, there has never been such a big defeat, and it is regarded as a great shame in Fang Qifo's life, but when he thinks of the fierceness of the infantry and the speed of the cavalry today, Fang Qifo's angry face is even more shocked.

The equipment of the forbidden army of the imperial court is really good, and it looks well-trained, which makes Fang Qifo, who only knows how to use the strategy of internal and external cooperation and sneak attack to fight, gain insight, it turns out that the battle can still be fought like this, using the advantage of equipment to beat the opponent.

At present, the army under his command can gather 2,000 pairs of armor, as for the standard weapons of the imperial court, there are 1,000 pieces of good, as for the horses, only a few generals have horses, that is, plus buffalo and donkeys and mules to transport supplies, a total of a few hundred horses are good, can this form a cavalry?

Fang Qifo smiled bitterly.

While Fang Qifo smiled bitterly, there was a sudden shout of killing outside, and then he fell silent after some shouting.

Fang Qifo raised his eyebrows: "What happened?" ”

Soon a soldier went out to inquire, and soon the soldier came back and said: "Commander, as soon as a Song army opened the city gate and ran to our army camp, it shot a lot of arrows into the camp......

"Show it to me!" Fang Qifo said in a thick Qingxi accent.

After hesitating for a moment, the soldier presented the arrow book shot by the Song army to Fang Qifo's hand, and then said: "In order to prevent the Song army from robbing the camp, several hidden piles were set up outside the camp, and only then did we shout that it was our dark pile that caught the two Song army archers who shot the arrow book in the camp......"

As he spoke, the soldier looked at Fang Qifo's face, only to see that Fang Qifo's face became more and more hideous, and he was frightened.

At this time, the deputy Fang Chang and the generals under his command entered the tent one after another, obviously related to what happened just now, and Fang Chang, who came first, asked: "Seventh uncle, have you read the arrow book shot by the official army?" ”

"Look!" Fang Qifo's complexion returned to normal, and he said with a smile: "I didn't know until today that the head of my Seven Buddhas' neck was so valuable, I knew that I wouldn't rebel when I was in Qingxi, and let my family cut off my head, so that I could buy 10,000 acres of land, and the entire Fang family clan would live a good life just by collecting rent." ”

Hearing this, Fang Chang immediately laughed.

Even the soldiers under his command couldn't help laughing.

However, the laughter soon stopped, and everyone saw that Fang Qifo's picture already had a murderous aura.

Seeing Fang Qifo like this, anyone who knew Fang Qifo's temper knew that Fang Qifo was going to kill someone.

Sure enough, Fang Qifo opened his mouth solemnly: "Pass on the order of the marshal, disembowel the two officers and soldiers who captured the archery book, and light the sky lantern again before they are out of breath!" ”

"Yes!" The subordinates hurriedly answered.

At the same time that the corporal under his command should be, Fang Qifo said again: "When the execution, it must be shown to the Song officers and soldiers, I don't believe that these Song soldiers are not afraid of death?" ”

Since the uprising in March, according to Fang Qifo's experience and cognition in the past wars, these officers and soldiers in the imperial court are all timid and afraid of things, and today they disemboweled these two officers and soldiers in front of the Song army, and then lit the sky lantern, which will definitely make the officers and soldiers afraid and dare not fight with them again.

For the captured officials and soldiers, Fang La and his generals and soldiers have always been treated like this, this morning the righteous army suffered such a big loss as Lotte, how could Fang Qifo and others not let out their resentment against the officials and soldiers.

Slapped the arrow book in his hand on the table, Fang Qifo looked at the generals under his command and asked: "Fang Chang, this arrow book says that Zhao Ji's old emperor has removed Hua Shigang from the Ying Feng Bureau, and even removed Zhu Mian's official position, do you think this is true?" ”

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