"Master Hou, Fang La led the army to retreat!"

Early the next morning, the general was gathered to discuss the matter, and a school captain rushed to the Sidao of the Zhizhi Mansion.

When the generals heard this, I was not glad.

"Surprisingly!" Lotte nodded, and then asked, "After Fang La retreated, where did he lead the army?" ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, according to the report from the scouts outside the city, Fang La led the bandits to retreat to Fuyang along the Qiantang River." The lieutenant hurriedly replied.

After listening to this captain, Lotte walked to the front of the area, looked at it carefully, and then shook his head: "Fuyang City is almost not in danger to defend, if Le's estimate is not bad, Fang La will retreat all the way to Tonglu and Muzhou, and he will not be able to escape the end of destruction." ”

Then Lotte smiled again: "In all dynasties, in addition to Liu Bang, the emperor of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, who else can make things happen, Fang La took advantage of the evil sect to start an incident, and confused the people for a while, how can he be confused for a lifetime!" ”

The army was discouraged and invincible for a long time, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers under his command, and Fang La's retreat was also a helpless move.

Who wants to go to war if there is a good day, and besides, the people in the southeast are not as strong as the people in the northwest, so it is not good to fight bravely.

When the generals were cheering, a lieutenant hurriedly entered the embassy and said: "Master Hou, yesterday Tong Shumi led 100,000 Han men and horses of the Western Army to cross the Yangtze River at Quarry Rock, and now he has arrived in Taipingzhou, and he will go to Yizhou in the future. ”

"Report ......" The lieutenant had just finished reporting when another soldier came to report.

"Say!" After hearing the news, Lotte's face was a little cold.

The soldier said: "There is a Jiangnan West Route Army from Xinzhou to Quzhou and Wuzhou!" ”

"The Western Army has just appeared at this time, and the last general always feels a little bit like a snake!"

"The Western Army is not enough, the northwest road is far away and there are still extenuating circumstances, the bandits have been in trouble in the southeast for half a year, and the forbidden army stationed on the Jiangnan West Road has never appeared, Hou Ye led me to defeat the rebels and other bandits to frustrate the spirit of the rebel army, and blocked the counterattack of 300,000 rebel troops, this Jiangnan West Route Army thinks of attacking the rebel army, it is really interesting,"

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Hearing the report, the generals first looked at each other, and then their faces were difficult to look at, and in the eyes of the generals, these people were obviously here to grab the merit.

"Don't be impatient!" The generals under his command were indignant, and Lotte signaled to silence, and then the generals were busy.

Lotte's eyes swept left and right: "Fang La's command has millions of soldiers, even if the deserters are not counted by our army's frustration, the bandits on the entire two Zhejiang roads are conservatively estimated to be 500,000, and now Le's command is only 100,000, that is, with one as five, how many brothers will the army lose, how many white-haired people will send black-haired people, and how many orphans and widows will be added!" ”

"Hou Ye Gaoyi!" The generals were busy, and they also understood that it was not easy to destroy Fang La with more than 100,000 people.

Turning his gaze to the soldier who had reported earlier, Lotte asked, "Which generals of the Western Army did they come to the southeast to quell the chaos this time?" ”

When the soldier heard this, he hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the Hou Ye, the head of the Hou Yanlu will be slightly appeased and Liu Yanqing and Liu Shuai will ......."

Hearing this, Lotte snorted heavily, and the frightened soldier hurriedly stopped, causing a group of generals under his command to be stunned, and it could be heard that the relationship between Le Hou Ye and this Liu Jingluo was obviously very bad.

"Go on!" Hearing that the soldier stopped, Lotte said, "Go on." ”

The soldier cautiously replied: "In addition to Liu Jingluo, there are also Yang Weizhong and Yang Jingluo, General Wang Yuwang, Wang Huan, and Xin Xingzong to treat the generals. ”

Lotte nodded: "These people are heroes, and the thieves can be leveled!" ”

The generals didn't dare to say anything, but their hearts were tight, at the beginning, this Liu Yanqing Liu Jingluo lost 30,000 elite Western troops of the Great Song Dynasty, if it weren't for Tong Guan protecting him in front of the Son of Heaven, he would have been beheaded in prison, and it is reasonable not to enter the eyes of Hou Ye, Hou Ye Le, Wang Huan, Yang Weizhong, and Xin Xingzong have a high evaluation, and I think these people have real skills.

When the generals were silent, Lotte said loudly: "Rest today, order the brothers under his command to rest well, and send troops to Fuyang tomorrow to pursue the bandits, Liu Yanqing's rice bucket and the gang of dry rice on Jiangnan West Road can compete with us for military merit, but we can't compete with us for the head of Fang La!" ”

Trapped in Hangzhou for a few days, except for the previous encirclement and suppression of Fang Qifo, the real hard battle has not really been fought, a group of soldiers from the morning to the next morning held back a lot of energy to do a big job, got the order of Lotte one by one screamed, like a tiger down the mountain.

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On March 1 of the third year of Xuanhe, Fang La led 300,000 troops to counterattack Hangzhou and failed, and retreated south on March 7, and on March 8, Lotte led his troops to the southwest to pursue Fang La's department and broke Fuyang on March 11.

At the beginning, Fang La started an incident in Qingxi, and after occupying Qingxi, he occupied Muzhou and went down the Fuchun River, occupied Tonglu to capture Fuyang, and then took Hangzhou.

Not only did the loss of Fuyang surprise Fang La, but the other army of the imperial court went south from Yizhou to Shezhou, in addition to the Song army on the south road of Jiangxi to attack Xinzhou and Quzhou, and the righteous army was already surrounded on three sides.

For this reason, Fang La had to order Zheng Demon King and divide his troops into two routes, the first route was to lead Zheng Demon King to lead the army to the north to support the Shezhou defenders to defend the northwest; On the other hand, Huo Chengfu, Zhu Yan, and Wu Bang led the Song army to resist the Jiangnan West Road, and Chuzhou Hongzai cooperated from the side, and after defeating the Song army of the Jiangnan West Army, he left troops and horses to garrison a little, and marched north to Shezhou with the division to support Zheng Mowang; In addition, he came to resist a Song army led by Lotte, and at the same time ordered Lu Shinang, who was attacking Taizhou, to abandon the original plan and cross the Qiantang River north with the intention of attacking Lotte's department from the queen of Lotte, forming a front and rear attack.

This time Fang La's decision is still very correct, the Song army on the South Jiangxi Road does not have much combat effectiveness, even if it can't win, at least it will be a stand-off, as long as Zheng Demon King can withstand the offensive of the Northern Song Army, Rong Lu Shibao and his own troops to defeat Lotte, and then wave Shezhou, and Zheng Demon King will join forces to fight a decisive battle with Fang La's Western Army, as long as they win a battle, they will be able to bring back the current decline and passivity, and it is not impossible to win the Great Song Dynasty.

In fact, Fang La's deployment is also correct, Zheng Mowang led his army to Shezhou, relying on the mountainous geographical advantage of Shezhou, according to the road pass to block the western army, which was very effective in delaying the progress of the official army; Huo Chengfu, Zhu Yan, Wu Bang led their troops and the Song army on Jiangnan West Road also fell into a stalemate, although there were defeats, they were still under control; However, what made Fang La uneasy was that the news of the flood in Chuzhou was not smooth, and he did not send troops to deal with the battle between Huo Chengfu, Zhu Yan, and Wu Bangbu in Wuzhou and the Song army on the Jiangnan West Road, so that the righteous army was overwhelmed.

What Fang La didn't know was that Hong Zai was hesitating at this moment, and he got the letter of surrender sent by Lotte, and saw that the official army and the righteous army were killed in a mess on the entire Liangzhejiang Road, whether to join the official army or follow Fang La to continue the rebellion, and he was always in a state of indecision, or waiting to see which side could gain the final advantage.

Hong Zai is not stupid, he knows that the Great Song Dynasty at this time is going all out to encircle and suppress Fang La, and there are millions of people under Fang La's command, and the strength should not be underestimated.

On the way to retreat to Tonglu, in order to gain time to wait for Lu Shisang to lead the troops to encircle Lotte with him, Fang La had to split his subordinates and distribute them on the road from Fuyang to Tonglu to delay the offensive of the official army.

As mentioned in the previous book, except for the area of Taihu Lake in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the south and west of the Qiantang River are all in the hilly and mountain ranges, which is very unfavorable for marching and fighting. In the process of attacking Tonglu, Lotte encountered the same situation as the Western Army encountered in Shezhou, and from time to time was blocked by a small group of rebel troops blocking the mountain pass, and it was not until March 24 that it entered Tonglu.

On March 27, Lotte led a large army to the city of Muzhou.

Fang La, who was standing at the head of the city, looked at the officials and soldiers outside the city, his eyes were complicated, and he led the army to attack the city of Hangzhou on December 29 last year, how heroic he was, imagining that he would one day reign in the world, and he would be chased by the officials and soldiers in less than 90 days ago, and he couldn't help but sigh.

In addition, another piece of news hit Fang Ladou, and Chuzhou Hongzai surrendered to the imperial court.

Riding a horse and standing beside Lotte, Xiuzhou commanded the prince Wu Yan and said: "Lord Hou, although Fang La is trapped in Muzhou, there are still more than 100,000 horses under his command......"

Although he has only been by Lotte's side for less than two months, Wang Ziwu has learned a lot about Lotte's character. Knowing that Lotte is sympathetic to his subordinates, he will never use the lives of his subordinates to win military merits, but in front of him, tens of thousands of righteous troops are trapped in Muzhou, even if they use their lives to fill it, the officers and troops may not be able to attack Muzhou.

"Master Hou, unless we adopt the strategy of trapping, otherwise it will be difficult for our army to take the city." Song Jiang also nodded beside him and said.

Without answering the words of the two, Lotte instead asked, "How is the battle situation in Shezhou, Wuzhou, and Quzhou?" ”

A general next to him replied: "Demon King Zheng relied on the geographical advantage of Shezhou to block the western army outside Shezhou City, but it has shown a tendency to be overwhelmed, and the defeat is only in the morning and evening; The bandits in Wuzhou and Quzhou could not support because they did not receive the support of Hong Zai, so they gave up Wuzhou and retreated to Quzhou.

Lu Shinang, who originally attacked Taizhou, is now leading his army to the north, but he is only blocked by the Qiantang River, and now he is going west to Shangjiang with the intention of supporting Fang La. ”

Song Jiang said in a low voice: "It seems that it is more likely that the Western Army will steal merit with Hou Ye!" ”

"It would be good for him to stay in Muzhou for another day!" Regarding Song Jiang's words, Lotte was noncommittal, staring at Muzhou City and smiling without saying a word.

Wang Ziwu, Song Jiang and others were puzzled, but Shakuchi and Tu Sixin knew that their own marquis smiled like this, and he must have an idea.

That night, with a thunderbolt of lightning that filled the sky, and an earth-shattering loud sound, a huge gap appeared in the southern wall of Muzhou City.

Immediately, rumors spread among the people that when today's son is the true dragon son of heaven, Fang La is a demon and monster in the world, and it will be intolerable to heaven.

In ancient times, when science was not developed, many natural phenomena could not be explained, so people admired the power of heaven, and soon the rumors spread in Muzhou City, and Fang La couldn't help it if he wanted to, and forcibly suppressing it would only cause the people to be disgusted with the rebels.

In order to avoid the official army chasing behind, tens of thousands of horses were sent to the south of Muzhou, Shuidu, and Hecheng to block the official army.

On that day, Lotte secretly ordered people to gather all the gunpowder in one place at night, and put it outside the southern city of Muzhou City at night, and blew down the city wall of Muzhou in one fell swoop; At the same time, Lotte secretly let people release rumors, saying that the city wall of Muzhou was destroyed by the sky, which means that the sky punished Fang La, and the people at that time were superstitious and naturally believed that it was true, and it could confuse the heart of Fang La's army, so that the army's heart was scattered, and why not kill two birds with one stone.

The reason why it was chosen in the south city, Lotte naturally had its own plans, led the army to be stationed in the north of Muzhou City, and the south of Muzhou City was adjacent to the Fuchun River, and went straight to Qingxi along the river, intending to let Fang La's army retreat in Nancheng, otherwise he would have 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight with Fang La, and I don't know how many soldiers and generals would be lost.

On April 15, Fang La, who had fought and retreated, led his army to retreat into Qingxi and returned to the place where he had raised his troops.

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