The commander of Tonglu County, Muzhou, was Lu Shinang, who took sole power after attacking and killing Fang Baihua, and took advantage of the drought to win more than a dozen state capitals, which was more powerful than Fang La. However, Lu Shisang did not claim the title of king, but called General Pingnan.

Lu Shisang did not get carried away, he knew that the real combat strength of his soldiers and horses was not as good as that of Fang La's original rebel army.

The main force of Fang La's rebel army was privately trained Manichaeans, and the leaders of the sect, Wang Yin, Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue, Fang Qifo, Fang Jie and others, also had the courage to be unsuitable. At the beginning, Fang La divided his troops into two routes, preparing to use the North Route Army to unify the Jiangnan East Road and then face Tong Guan's soldiers and horses, so he put the elite of the sect in the North Route Army. The twelve gods of Jiangnan assigned to him are all second-rate figures in the sect, and he later swept more than a dozen state capitals, although he also recruited some heroes, but there were no fierce generals comparable to Shi Bao and Deng Yuanjue.

His troops are not as good as Fang La, Fang La is not as good as the Western Army, and the Western Army is not as good as Da Liang, so when Lu Shisang heard that Da Liang was sending troops south, he hurriedly mobilized 300,000 soldiers and horses to Muzhou to prepare to resist Da Liang.

The recruits under the command of Lu Shisang are not as good as the recruits of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there are some generals in the Southern Song Dynasty who know how to train soldiers, but most of the soldiers under the command of Lu Shisang are Manichaeans. However, Lu Shisang also had a luckier place than the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jiangnan Bureau established by Li Li was mainly active on both sides of the river, and the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty was close to the river, so it was greatly infiltrated by the Jiangnan Bureau. Lu Shinang's territory is further south, and the forces of the Jiangnan Bureau have not yet penetrated, so the situation of Lu Shinang's soldiers and horses is better than that of Zongze. When 300,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Muzhou, they did not flee much.

However, after Daliang swept away the Southern Song Dynasty with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, the deserters under the command of Lu Shisang began to increase. Lu Shisang could only close the camp, hoping that the soldiers and horses of Daliang would come as soon as possible and fight it out.

When the survey came to report that the soldiers and horses of Daliang had already camped twenty miles outside the city. Lu Shisang convened his generals to discuss, and finally sent 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack at night, 20,000 veterans, and 30,000 new soldiers. If he succeeds, it is enough to defeat the soldiers and horses of Daliang, and if he fails, he still has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and it will not affect the overall situation.

After the soldiers and horses of the night attack left the city, Lu Shisang could not sleep. He spent the whole night waiting for good news, and even worshipped gods he didn't believe in very much. Although the annihilation of the soldiers and horses sent will not affect the overall situation, if the night attack fails, he really does not have the confidence to defeat the prince of Daliang head-on.

Overthrowing the Song Dynasty, defeating the Liao State, sweeping away the Western Xia, and forcing the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender, these glorious achievements were all laid in one year. Emperor Qin and Han Wu can't. Tang Zong and Song Zu couldn't either. Prince Daliang is a god of war who has not been born for a thousand years, maybe it is really a god or not, and those of them born in the same era are destined to be supporting roles.

It wasn't until the fifth watch that I heard a report from outside the house.

Lu Shisang hurriedly called someone in.

The person who came was the category of the hanging guest god who was responsible for the defense of the city tonight, and the category was also that he didn't close his eyes all night, just waiting for news at the west gate, and finally waited for a rout to come back. So he hurried to report the news.

The Great Liang Prince pressed down on their heads like a big mountain, leaving them breathless. The more they knew about Prince Liang's achievements, the more panicked they became, but the soldiers who knew a little more were less afraid.

Lu Shisang looked at the anxious look of the category and sighed. Said: "Defeated? ”

The category nodded and said: "The soldiers and horses of Daliang have been prepared for a long time, and as soon as they entered the camp, the ambush soldiers in the camp rose up and swept them out of the camp. I didn't have to flee for a few miles. Another ambush came out and scattered them. The soldiers and horses who had just fled back were only a few hundred. Or a brother in our church. Once the recruits are dispersed, there are not many people who will come back. ”

Lu Shisang nodded and said, "Be careful, don't be mixed into the city by Liangshan's spies." ”

Previously, in order to prevent the Manichaean cultists who were mixed with the people, Tong Guan slaughtered the people of Muzhou. After Fang La was extinguished, although people came to Muzhou to farm, Muzhou was still sparsely populated. There are only a few hundred households in the huge county town of Tonglu, and after the news that Daliang wants to go south to sweep away the Southern Song Dynasty and Lu Shinang, Lu Shisang asked people to strengthen the city defense of Tonglu and expand the military camp. This time, Lu Shisang raised troops to resist the beam, and the soldiers and horses he led were all in the city.

"Yes."

When he hurried back to the west gate, he set up his troops and horses on the hour and took precautions.

The scope did not dare to open the city gate, but only dragged the rout soldiers up to the city with hanging baskets and ropes. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the sky to dawn, and the situation outside the city was clear at a glance.

Not only were there no soldiers and horses within a few miles, but there were no defeated soldiers returning to the city. Until the gates of the city were opened, the defeated soldiers who came back were only a few thousand.

After the scope was handed over to the city defense, he came to Lu Shibao to report again.

Lu Shisang didn't sleep all night, and he was a little tired, so he could only drink tea to refresh himself, and when he saw the arrival of the category, he asked the soldiers to give the category a cup of tea.

The category couldn't wait for the tea, so he said anxiously: "General, there are less than 5,000 soldiers and horses who have returned, and none of the generals who led the troops have returned." ”

Lu Shisang was also stunned and asked, "Zhang Jinren and Gao Keli didn't come back either?" ”

The category said: "The brothers in the sect who fled back said that Zhang Jinren was beheaded by a double sword, and Gao Keli was poked off the horse by Fang Jie's halberd, and it was difficult to save his life if he fell from the horse in the chaos. ”

Zhang Jinren and Gao Keli can be said to be the two people with the highest martial arts among the twelve gods of Jiangnan, and after the two of them, there are only six gods left in Tonglu County. Shen Gang of Fuzhou and Xu Tong of Liuding Shenming Prefecture led 50,000 troops to guard Fujian Road to guard against Li Hui on Guangdong Road. The god of Dunjia should be Ming in Muzhou, and the god of Youyi Pan Wende defended Wulong Ridge.

Of course, there are many new generals, and on that day, Lu Shibao instructed Shen Gang, the god of heaven, to design and kill Fang Baihua and Fang Jie, but he didn't expect to be broken by Shi Bao and save the two. Lu Shisang was worried that Fang Baihua would make this matter public and split the soldiers and horses under his command, although Fang Baihua and the three of them were also empty, but Lu Shisang still led his troops south to Fujian Road, away from Jiangnan Road, which had the most eyes and ears of Manichaeism. Later, most of the soldiers and horses recruited were appointed to heroes from all over the world, rather than Manichaean people, to prevent Fang Baihua from suddenly jumping out and seizing power.

There are 300,000 soldiers and horses in Muzhou, except for the 100,000 soldiers and horses led by the ten gods of Jiangnan, and the other 200,000 soldiers and horses are all led by the heroes recruited later. In the past, it can be said that Lu Shisang was attached to Manichaeism to fight the world, and now Manichaeism is attached to Lu Shinang to preach.

When Lu Shisang heard Fang Jie appear, he couldn't care about Zhang Jinren and Gao Keli, and said, "Fang Jie is here?" That Fang Baihua and Shi Bao are also there? ”

The category said: "Shi Bao killed General Li Wu, and he didn't see the Holy Aunt, if the Holy Aunt was there." I will not let them kill their brothers in the sect. ”

Li Wu is a foreign hero recruited by Lu Shinang, and he collided with Shi Bao, not knowing that the wind splitting knife in Shi Bao's hand was a treasure knife, and after two hard hits, Shi Bao cut off the weapon in his hand with a knife, and then took his life with a knife.

Lu Shisang was also relieved when he heard that Fang Baihua was not there. Fang Baihua is a holy aunt and has a very high status in the sect, if Fang Baihua comes forward to mobilize the Manichaean congregation. The Manichaean soldiers and horses led by the twelve gods of Jiangnan will definitely split. Although he had twenty new generals, the strongest combat power was still the 100,000 Manichaean veterans, and if the 100,000 veterans were divided, his strength would be lost by at least one-third.

He looked at Lu Shisang hesitantly and said, "I heard a piece of news. I don't know if to talk about it. ”

Lu Shisang said: "But it's okay to say." ”

"The brothers in the sect said that the general instructed Shen Gang to design an attack on Shenggu and Fang Jie, but was bumped into by Marshal Shibao and killed Shen Gang's soldiers and horses, but Shenggu was shot to death. Fang Jie and Shi Bao came this time to seek revenge on Shen Gang and the general. ”

Lu Shinang's face immediately changed greatly, and he patted the table and said: "Nonsense, that day, Shen Gang told me that Chao Yong sent someone to look for the Holy Aunt, and the Holy Aunt took Fang Jie to the north. They must have voted for the girder. Now I want to help Chao Yong dominate the world, and deliberately break the morale of our army. ”

The category hesitated: "If the Holy Aunt is still there, then we can send someone to ask Daliang for peace." The Great Liang came by unifying the north and sweeping away the Western Xia and Southern Song Dynasty. The morale of our army was not high in the first place, and the failure of yesterday's night attack made it even more difficult to resist the enemy. My aunt and I are both from Manichaeism, and we will probably not see the destruction of our religion. ”

Lu Shisang knew that Fang Baihua was really killed. Shen Gang was killed that day, and he also saw Fang Baihua hit an arrow. It's just that I don't know if the injury is serious. Now it seems that Fang Baihua must be dead, otherwise with Fang Baihua's temperament, if he can't persuade Chao Yong, maybe he will fall out with Chao Yong and go down to Jiangnan to protect the foundation of the sect. Even if they don't come, they will definitely not let Fang Jie and Shi Bao help Da Liang to kill the brothers in the sect.

"The Great Liang unified the north, destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, and was about to dominate the world, wouldn't it be humiliating for us to seek peace? The Holy Father would rather die than be dishonored before, refusing the Song Dynasty to recruit An, how can we lag behind. There are still more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Tonglu, and there are only 80,000 people in the beam, so we may not be defeated. ”

When Daliang sent troops, there was a proposal for peace under the command of Lu Shinang, but most people did not agree. Everyone felt that there were only 100,000 soldiers and horses in the south of Daliang, 200,000 soldiers and horses in the Southern Song Dynasty in front, and 450,000 soldiers and horses under Lu Shinang. It wasn't until the Great Liang defeated Zong Ze's 150,000 army in the first battle and forced the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender that the people in the main battle began to feel that the Great Liang who unified the north and swept away the Western Xia was not something that the soldiers and horses of Jiangnan could resist. The voice of seeking peace was also much louder, but Lu Shisang had a ghost in his heart, and guessed that Fang Baihua was likely to be in Chao Yong's army, so he would talk about it after the battle.

The category naturally knew about Fang La's affairs, and the Song Dynasty Zhao'an was before Tong Guan's army went south, and at that time, the soldiers and horses in the sect were like bamboos, and everyone thought that they could sweep the south of the Yangtze River and then dominate the world, so they naturally would not accept Zhao'an. When Tong Guan's army went south, the Western Army gathered arrogant soldiers and fierce generals, and the imperial court spent a lot of money to arrest Fang La, and Fang La surrendered and had no way to live.

However, it can't be said that Fang La would rather die than be humiliated, and he didn't want to be thought that he was cowardly, so he could only bow his head and eat tea.

The night attack failed, and Lu Shisang also knew that Daliang would raise troops to attack within half of the day, so he immediately summoned the generals in the city to discuss countermeasures.

Sure enough, after the generals in the city heard that the night attack had failed, and none of the five generals had returned, the voices advocating peace were louder.

Everyone was still arguing, and the general in charge of the sentry came to report: "The soldiers and horses of Daliang have left the camp and are coming to Tonglu." ”

Lu Shisang immediately suppressed the arguing generals and said: "Although the attack on the camp failed last night, the soldiers and horses of Daliang must be tired. The generals listened to the order, quickly went to order the troops and horses, and followed me out of the city to destroy the enemy. ”

"Yes"

When everyone saw Master Lu's order, they all had to get up and obey the order.

More than 200,000 soldiers and horses went out of the city to line up, it took an hour, the whole army was divided into the front army, the middle army, the left army, the right army, the back of the Tonglu city, each army has more than 50,000 people.

As soon as they lined up, the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang appeared on the horizon.

Although there are only 80,000 soldiers and horses in Daliang, they are boundless, and the lineup is much neater than that of Jiangnan soldiers and horses.

The two armies faced each other, and the Jiangnan recruits, who had never experienced a big battle, couldn't help but tremble their legs. And under the myth of the invincibility of the prince, there are few people who are afraid to fight.

As soon as the Liang soldiers and horses were stationed, Fang Jie flew out. shouted: "Where is the Lu Shi Bag dog thief? ”

Many Manichaean sect members knew Fang Jie, and when they saw Fang Jie scolding Master Lu, they couldn't help but talk about it.

"Look for death."

The generals of the former army who didn't know Fang Jie saw that Fang Jie was just a young man, so they immediately rushed out of the battle to take the lead.

Fang Jie was also furious when he saw that someone was working hard for Lu Shinang, and he danced the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand, and greeted him.

The two horses were staggered, Fang Jie turned sideways to avoid the attack, and the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand stabbed out like lightning. And he took the thorn off his horse.

Shen Luan, the god of mourning, beat his horse out of the battle and shouted: "Fang Jie, you are also the leader of the sect, why did you help Da Liang to kill my brother in the sect." ”

Fang Jie and Shi Bao sneaked into Tonglu County, just looking for some middle-level brothers who knew each other. I didn't dare to find the twelve gods of Jiangnan.

"Master Lu killed my aunt, today I want to avenge my aunt, who dares to stop it, don't blame me for the ruthlessness of the halberd in my hand."

When Shen Pan heard Fang Jie say that Lu Shisang had killed the Holy Aunt, he was stunned on the spot.

Fang Jie clenched his fists and said: "Master Lu killed the Holy Aunt, according to the rules of the sect, I also asked General Shen not to stop me." ”

Shen Pan was regretting his appearance at this time. Now he was in a dilemma, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "You said that General Lu killed Shenggu, is there any evidence?" ”

Shi Bao, who was helping Fang Jie to suppress the formation, heard this. Beat the horse out of the battle, and said: "On that day, I broke through from Bangyuan Cave, and after recovering from my injuries, I went to Wenzhou to find you." When I arrived outside the city, I happened to encounter Shen Gang leading people to attack Shenggu and Fang Jie, and I killed Shen Gang and saved Fang Jie. It's just that the holy aunt was shot by an arrow in the center and died. ”

Shi Bao's status in the sect is slightly higher than that of Master Lu, and Shen Tuan can hear Shi Bao's words. And he believed seven points in his heart.

"Master Lu comes out."

"Lu Shi came out"

"Master Lu comes out."

The Manichaean congregations in front of the array were even more discussing, and some of the congregants who had received the favor of the Fang family shouted, and many Manichaean congregants followed suit.

When Jiangnan recruits saw such a situation, they also talked about it.

Lu Shinang couldn't hear the conversation in front of the battle in the Chinese army, and when he saw that the front army was clamoring loudly, he hurriedly sent someone to check it.

"Fang Jie and Shi Bao said in front of the battle that the general killed the Holy Aunt, and now the brothers in the sect let the general go out to confront him."

When the Manichaean generals around Lu Shisang heard this, they were also suspicious.

On that day, Fang Baihua and Lu Shisang had already made a plan to separate Tong Guan's personal soldiers, and wanted to fight Huzhou to avenge the holy aunt, but within two days, Shen Gang suddenly said that Fang Baihua took Fang Jie to go north to find the little overlord Chao Yong. Many people felt a little strange at the time, but they didn't expect that someone would kill the holy aunt.

At this time, when they heard Fang Jie say that Lu Shisang killed Fang Baihua, they couldn't help but suspect it. If Fang Baihua is here, the command of the Manichaean army must be at least divided into two. And without Fang Baihua, Lu Shisang can monopolize power.

Lu Shisang glanced at the expressions of the people around him, and saw that the Zhongjun was also a little agitated, so he could only say: "How can General Ben be this kind of person, wait for me to confront Fang Jie." ”

When he had finished speaking, he rode and marched to the front army.

The Manichaean congregation saw the Lu Shisang banner move, and the noise of the drumming slowly became smaller.

Lu Shisang also regretted the previous arrangement, he released 20,000 soldiers and horses in the front army, 10,000 on the left and right armies, and 20,000 in the Chinese army. If the soldiers and horses in the sect cannot be pacified, there is no need to fight this time, and the four armies will be defeated.

Fang Jie saw Lu Shisang come to the front of the formation, and the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand was also tightened more and more.

Shi Bao heard Fang Jie's fingers gurgling, and hurriedly said, "Don't be impulsive, it's not too late for us to poke his villain's face and kill him again." ”

When Fang Jie heard this, he forcibly suppressed the urge to fight the horse.

Lu Shisang came out of the battle, hugged his fists and said: "Marshal Shi, General Fang, it's been a long time. Both of them are the leaders of my sect, how can they help Daliang to kill my brothers in my sect? ”

Fang Jie's eyes widened, and he glared at Lu Shinang and said, "If you hadn't killed my aunt, how would I have fought against the brothers." A good man is a good man, if you admit it, I will give you a good time. If you don't admit it, when I catch it, you will have to cut it with a thousand knives. ”

Lu Shisang frowned and said: "I heard Shen Gang's report that day, the little overlord sent someone to see you, and then you went north, when did I kill the holy aunt?" ”

Fang Jie roared: "The prince didn't send anyone at all, it was you who instructed Shen Gang to trick us out of the city, and then ambushed the archers in the valley, wanting to shoot us, not wanting to be broken by Marshal Shi who rushed to the rendezvous, and killed the archers, but my aunt was shot dead." Do you think it or not? ”

Lu Shisang ignored Fang Jie, turned his head to look at Shi Bao, and said, "What Fang Jie said is true?" ”

Shi Bao nodded and said, "It's true." ”

Lu Shisang frowned and said, "Since Marshal Shi said this, there should be no falsehood in this matter." Unexpectedly, Shen Gang was so mad that he dared to kill the holy aunt. I'll let people take Shen Gang down and let General Fang dispose of it himself. ”

Fang Jie didn't buy it, glared at Lu Shisang and said, "If he doesn't have your permission, he dares to harm Shenggu and me?" ”

Lu Shisang shook his head and said: "I really don't know about this matter, if you don't believe it, when Shen Gang is arrested, we will confront him face to face." ”

Shi Bao said: "Where is Shen Gang?" ”

"He's on Fujian Road."

Fang Jie frowned and said, "He is your confidant, otherwise you wouldn't let him stay in the rear." How could you not know what he did? ”

Shi Bao nodded and said, "I'm afraid that when you go to catch Shen Gang, he has already run away, right?" ”

Lu Shisang really thought this in his heart, everyone knew that Shen Gang was his confidant, if he arrested Shen Gang and let Fang Jie be executed, then who would be willing to follow him.