Zhao Tan's army camped more than ten miles away from Hangzhou City, and did not approach the city.

He has too few soldiers and horses to besiege the city, like a big city like Hangzhou, although there is no distinction between inside and outside, but the area is not much smaller than Jiangning, and there are four sub-cities in the outer defense.

Attacking Hangzhou can only outwit it, neither besiege the city nor storm it, everything is limited to the weakness of the troops.

From the mouths of the thieves captured in Huzhou, it was learned that most of the remnants of Fang Qifo's army that had fled had entered Hangzhou, and a small part continued to travel south without knowing where to go.

In Hangzhou, there were originally 20,000 or 30,000 people left behind to defend it, and with these defeated troops, there were already nearly 100,000 people.

People are attacking the city with more soldiers and horses than in the city, so they can attack hard, but the number of Zhao Ta's soldiers is only half of the city, and the difficulty of recovering Hangzhou can be imagined.

However, he was not in a hurry, and began to strengthen the fortifications after establishing the camp, and sent outposts to investigate everywhere.

After killing several groups of scouts in the city in a row, Hangzhou also figured out his movements, but did not react violently, just closed the city gates, and put on strict guard.

Zhao Ta camped in the remnants of Gaoting Mountain, called a place in Liancuigang.

Here and Gaoting Mountain intermittently connected, the terrain is higher, you can go straight to Hangzhou City, you can retreat all the way to the north, you can also directly enter Gaoting Mountain.

There is Gaoting Temple in Gaoting Mountain, worship Gaoting God, there are many other temples and ancestral temples, and there are ten miles of stone city in this mountain, there are castles and other buildings in it, the garrison can be used as a garrison, it is built by Qian Biao of Hangzhou Thorn Shi at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

These ten miles of stone city are now barren, and Jiangnan has been promoted to peace without a big war, so the imperial court has never stationed troops in it, and after Zhao Ta arrived, he immediately sent Ding Da Crab, Second Crab, and Shi Qian to investigate.

He did not follow the usual practice in Liancuigang's big village, but lined up an arc, half of Liancuigang was a camp tent, and according to the number of 100,000 soldiers stationed in the village, for a while Hangzhou City could not figure out how many people and horses he had.

According to the thieves captured in Huzhou, as well as the news sent by the scouts to inquire back, Hangzhou is Fang Baihua and Fang Fifteen in charge at the moment.

This is normal, Fang La is to operate Hangzhou as the capital of the Holy Dynasty, and naturally leave the closest people to guard it.

Fang Baihua is his sister-in-law, and Fang Fifteen is his uncle and brother, all of whom are his trusted subordinates.

Fang Baihua has a team of 3,000 female soldiers, all of whom are women, and it is said that all of them have practiced a bow and horse martial arts, and they are not much better against men on the battlefield, and even one person can fight two or three men without defeat.

Fang fifteen is a blacksmith, good at building weapons, before Fang La's incident, many weapons in the Ming Sect were created under his guidance, he himself is infinitely powerful, proficient in martial arts, horse battles rarely meet opponents, people give the nickname "Xiao Cunxiao".

Zhao Ta camped in Liancuigang for three days, both sides did not do anything, this day there was a report from the Malay, saying that it was Hangzhou Beichengtou erected two big flags, the pole is like a bowl, the word is like a bucket, and the sky is hunting.

One flag reads "Overthrow Zhao Song", and the other reads "Capture King Qin Alive"!

Zhao Ta couldn't help laughing when he heard this, what did he do to capture him alive, he didn't have fish and meat in Jiangnan, he had to be captured alive to avenge the people's hatred, not to mention that if you want to write, you should also write about capturing Zhao Ta alive, not the king of Qin, he is not the prince of the Fangla Holy Dynasty, how can this still use the honorific title?

This kind of thing is made by Fang Baihua at a glance, he is still very impressed by Fang Baihua, when Liao was fighting, he signed up in front of the Fu Si, Fang Baihua and Hu Sanniang had a good fight, but they also met the opponent in chess, and they would meet a good talent.

And now the fate of these two people is very different, she became the eldest princess and female general of the Holy Dynasty, but Hu Sanniang was ruined by Liangshan, and finally Song Jiang recruited An, and fled with Lin Chong, and now she is missing.

He sighed slightly for a moment, and then called for people to prepare the army and horses, and wanted to go to the city to watch in person.

More than half an hour later, Zhao Ta took Du Bai and Zhang Xian and led 10,000 soldiers to the north of Hangzhou.

I saw that above the north gate of Hangzhou North City, two huge flags were erected.

Zhao Ta put his hand on the pergola and looked at it, and sure enough, on one side it was written "Overthrow Zhao Song", and on the other side it was written "Capture the King of Qin alive"!

He touched his chin, and looked at the city carefully, this northern city of Hangzhou can be said to be heavily guarded, especially after he led the troops to arrive, all kinds of bows and crossbows were erected, and stone machines and other objects were all facing the city.

After another moment, I saw a commotion at the head of the city, and there were many people rushing in, and a woman in red was faintly clustered in the middle.

Because of the distance, Zhao Ta could only look at the approximate color and figure, but he had never forgotten it, and from that height and posture, he could conclude that it was Fang Baihua.

I saw Fang Baihua separate from everyone, walked to the battlement, looked down from afar, and shouted loudly: "But His Royal Highness King Qin is in person? ”

Zhao Ta's eyebrows jumped, this is the battlefield, is it a time when you are a life-and-death hostile person, do you speak like this? What would other people think when they heard that?

He was silent for a few breaths and replied: "It turned out to be the Hundred Flowers Woman, I haven't seen her for a few years, and she has always been good?" ”

Baihua above the city was unconsciously excited when she heard this, but she didn't expect Zhao Ta to still remember her, and now that there is no Fang La by her side to watch, her words are less jealous: "Your Highness has come from afar, and you should have asked Your Highness to enter the city to rest, but the two armies are facing each other, and it is really difficult to do this, please also ask Your Highness Haihan!" ”

Zhao Ta's temples jumped, and he smiled: "The Hundred Flowers Woman is too polite. ”

Fang Baihua thought about it in the city, in fact, she didn't know what else to say, after all, she had only spoken to Zhao Ta once in Tokyo, and then the fight, as well as the Lantern Festival, were just watching from afar, so she was really not familiar.

But she didn't want to just forget it, after all, girlish feelings, years of deep cultivation, it was an exciting moment, so she ignored the surprised eyes of the surrounding generals, and said loudly: "Why don't I invite Your Highness to have a glass of water." ”

Well? Zhao Ta was stunned when he heard this, not only he was stunned, but almost everyone in the city and under the city was stunned.

Du Yan hurriedly said on the side: "Lord Wang, this matter is not appropriate!" ”

Zhang Xian also said: "Lord Wang, lest there be fraud!" ”

The generals in the city also panicked, "General Baihua, this is absolutely unacceptable!" ”

"General, what if the suspension bridge is put in Kaicheng and the Song army rushes over directly?"

"General, I heard that this Qin King Zhao Ta is scheming, cruel and tyrannical, known as the king of birds, and the general must not take risks!"

Fang Baihua could not listen to everyone's persuasion at this moment, but stared at the city with bright eyes, and retorted in his mouth: "I have known King Qin for many years, I know what kind of person he is, King Qin is a humble gentleman, and it is definitely not as unbearable as you say." ”

The people around him couldn't help but grin when they heard this, if they said that this Qin King Zhao Tan was a humble gentleman, they would never believe it, this person beat Wang Qing last year, and killed Huaixi with a river of blood, not to mention, how many holy soldiers did he kill in these days? In the first battle of Jiangning, I am afraid that more than 100,000 people died!

This man is an executioner, where is a humble gentleman!

Zhao Ta groaned in the city, if he could talk to Fang Baihua face-to-face, although it was impossible to persuade him to surrender, after all, she was Fang La's own sister, but at the moment there was no way to attack the city, Hangzhou was a big city, and there were few soldiers in his own house, so he might as well take this opportunity to explore Fang Baihua's tone and see if he could find some flaws in Hangzhou.

As for the other party's poisoning in the wine, he is not afraid, and the so-called poisons at the moment are only a few kinds, which can be tested with silver.

Emperor Taizu once built a martial arts and poison two warehouses, although the poison library was later destroyed by Emperor Renzong, but there is a poison scripture in the arsenal's military genealogy, and there is no signature on it, but you can guess that it must have been written by Emperor Taizu, but how dare Taizu sign this kind of sinister thing.

This poison sutra lists the various poisonous herbs and poisons in the world, as well as how to use them, as well as the methods of distinguishing and detoxifying.

Zhao Ta saw the poison, but what he focused on was the method of distinguishing and detoxifying, and he could almost distinguish the poisoned things at a glance, so he was not afraid of such things.

He rushed to the city and said: "Since the Hundred Flowers Woman is so polite, then the king is better to be respectful than obey his fate!" ”

Fang Baihua was overjoyed in the city, and hurriedly ordered someone to go to fetch wine, intending to go out of the city to drink with Zhao Ta.

Seeing this, the people next to him were so anxious that they slapped their legs and stomped their feet, this is okay, what if they really want to open the city gate, and the other party is surrounded by an ambush and rushes in together?

However, they had no choice but to go to prepare wine while inviting Fang Fifteen to come over and persuade them.

After a while, Fang Fifteen hurriedly went to the city, but he was a big man with thick eyebrows and beard, and when he saw Fang Baihua, he hurriedly said: "Sister Baihua, what are you doing?" ”

Fang Baihua didn't look at him either, but said: "I'll go outside the city to drink with King Qin, don't stop you, fifteenth brother!" ”

Fang Fifteen was so angry that he clenched his fists: "Sister Baihua, that fowl king is insidious and cunning, he has killed countless of my Ming Sect brothers these days, this is a deep feud in the sea of blood, how can you drink with him?" What did this make the disciples in the sect and the soldiers in the army think? ”

Fang Baihua shook his head and said: "This is the fifteenth brother, you are short-sighted, when I was in Tokyo, I listened to the gentleman of the tile tea shop talk about books, the two armies are fighting, and it is common to drink and reminisce before the battle, so that it can show grace and demeanor, and it will not delay the future battle." ”

"Hundred flowers, you ......" Fang Fifteen's beard trembled, but there was no way to take Fang Baihua, Fang Baihua is not only Fang La's sister-in-law, but also the only little lady in their clan, whether it is a brother or a younger brother, everything will let her go, so she has developed a somewhat pampered temperament, and only Fang La will listen to what she says, but now Fang La is not in Hangzhou!

Fang Baihua said: "Brother Fifteen, you don't have to say it again, I will take Huo Niang and Yulian to go, and after passing the suspension bridge, you will pull up the bridge again, and see if King Qin will be embarrassed by me!" ”

Fang Fifteen's face immediately changed when he heard this, he didn't say anything when he went out of the city, and he only brought two people, how could this be!

Huo Niang and Yulian are the leaders of the women's team, although their martial arts are also extraordinary, but what is the use of taking the two of them out? If the king of birds really had bad intentions, the three of them would not have come back at all!

Fang Fifteen gritted his teeth at this moment, and could only take a step back to speak: "Baihua, if you really want to go out of the city, I won't stop you, but you must not only take Huo Niang and Yulian there, I will order 10,000 soldiers and horses to accompany you, and come back after drinking." ”

He also had no choice, although he knew that Fang Baihua had been to Tokyo before, how could he know this King of Qin? Where are there any good people in the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty, although Fang Baihua is willful, but her mind is simple, she doesn't know about the past and it's not easy to say, but today she has come to the city, and if she goes out again, she is afraid that she will be deceived!

Fang Baihua shook his head when he heard this: "Fifteenth brother, I have made up my mind, just bring the fire lady Yulian, you don't have to stop me, King Qin is a gentleman, and he will definitely not be embarrassed!" ”

Fang Fifteen was born with a black face, but at this moment it was even darker than ink, he opened his mouth and continued to dissuade him, but at this time, the wine was delivered, Fang Baihua said to the two women behind him: "Fire Niang Yulian, follow me out of the city!" ”

The one who was called the fire lady was also dressed in red, wrapped his head in a red veil, carried two lancets, and took the wine jar and held it in his arms when he heard the words.

Yulian was dressed in black, carrying a sword, and also took a wine bowl and held it in her hand.

Fang Baihua walked towards the city, and Fang Fifteen hurriedly followed: "Baihua girl, don't let the Holy Father know about this matter, I'm afraid I will blame it!" ”

Fang Baihua paused, turned around and said: "Brother Fifteen, don't use the Holy Father to press me, now there are only you and me in this Hangzhou City, even if the Holy Father is to blame, you have to wait for me to go out of the city and drink the wine!" ”

Fang Fifteen was helpless, and hurriedly summoned people and horses when he arrived at the city, planning to go out of the city with Fang Baihua, Fang Baihua's face turned cold: "I said that the three of us will go out, Brother Fifteen, don't force the girl to turn her face, everyone will be ugly at that time." ”

Fang Shifu was so angry that he gasped, but he couldn't just let it go, watching Fang Baihua get on the horse and take the fire lady Yulian out of the city, how dare he pull the suspension bridge again, that is, he piled all the soldiers and horses at the city gate, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he could rush out to save people.

Fang Baihua was excited, crossed the moat with her second daughter, and went straight to Zhao Tan's army.

Zhao Tan watched Fang Baihua ride out of the city over there, and couldn't help but shake his head, and Du Yan wondered in the back: "This woman is bold, but it's rare!" ”

Zhao Ta sighed: "She knew that I would not embarrass her, so she dared to act like this." ”

Du Yan didn't understand the reason, even Zhang Xian didn't know, Zhao Ta said again: "In this woman's heart, I am a gentleman, how can I do such a disgraceful thing." ”

The two of them were silent, Zhao Ta sighed again, he didn't expect that Fang Baihua only had three people out of the city, if he took the opportunity to capture Fang Baihua at this moment, then the thief army in Hangzhou would inevitably be in chaos, even if there were more soldiers in the city, I am afraid that they would not be able to hold Hangzhou, and even he could use Fang Baihua to blackmail the other party and put forward all kinds of favorable conditions to facilitate the capture of Hangzhou.

But he can't do that, do something and don't do something, this kind of thing just can't be done.

Fang Baihuama approached, looked at Zhao Ta with both eyes, and clenched his fists and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin, don't come unharmed?" ”

Zhao Ta looked her up and down, this side of the flowers was basically the same as a few years ago, with big eyes and big mouths, fair skin, and a free and uninhibited appearance.

He recalled in his mind the situation in front of the palace secretary that day, Fang Baihua and Hu Sanniang rolled and pounced, and couldn't help but smile: "Hundred Flowers Woman, the style is still the same!" ”

Fang Baihua's face was slightly red when she heard this, but she didn't twist, she jumped directly on the war horse, and ordered Huo Niang and Yulian to pour wine behind her.

These two women looked at Zhao Ta curiously, the propaganda of the army and the Ming Sect, this Qin King Zhao Ta is a big devil who kills people without blinking, and he is a first-class scum of the Zhao Song royal family, but at this moment, he looks polite and polite, and he has a strong reading atmosphere, where does he look like a demon.

After being full of wine, the two hurriedly stepped forward, and Fang Baihua said, "Please drink, Your Highness." ”

Zhao Tan jumped off the horse with a smile, followed by Zhang Xian, and then took out a small silver knife from his arms and stepped forward to taste the wine, originally the wine was tasted with silver needles, but no one would carry that kind of thing with him, this small silver knife was given to him by Jian Suyi when he was in the broken jade building before Zhang Xian left Tokyo, and asked him to take it with him, saying that it was for emergencies.

Zhang Xian tasted the wine with a silver knife, and the fire lady over there was suddenly a little unhappy, and said, "What are you doing?" Do you suspect that my general poisoned the wine? ”

Zhang Xian was willing to pay attention to her, and after trying it, he retreated, Zhao Ta stretched out his hand and picked up the wine bowl, and when he saw it, it was not a good wine, just an ordinary flower carving, and nodded: "Now that the two armies are facing each other, it is rare for the Hundred Flower Woman to trust her so much, come on, come on, this king respects you a bowl." ”

Fang Baihua looked at Zhao Ta's heroism, how could he let him respect first, so he brought the wine bowl to his mouth before he could say anything, and drank it with a "grunt", and then wiped the corners of his lips and said: "I respect Your Highness." ”

Zhao Ta smiled slightly, drank a bowl of wine, and then said: "If the city of Hangzhou is broken one day, what will happen to the Hundred Flowers Woman?" ”

Fang Baihua smiled and said: "Your Highness is too underestimated by a hundred flowers, there are hundreds of flowers in Hangzhou City, and Hangzhou is easy to break." ”

Zhao Ta's expression was a little stunned when he heard this: "That's true, the big wall of Hangzhou City is strong, and there are 100,000 soldiers, where is it easy to break...... Bring me the wine again! ”

Later, Huo Niang hurriedly stepped forward to pour wine, and couldn't help but think in her heart, although the Qin King of the Song Kingdom had a scholarly temperament, he didn't pretend to drink and talk, but he was also a good man, no wonder his own general wanted to go out of the city to drink with him.

The two drank another bowl of wine, and Fang Baihua said: "Your Highness, if my holy army goes north to Tokyo and shatters the imperial court, what will Your Highness do?" ”

Zhao Ta laughed out loud and said, "I never thought about it, but this king thinks that it is difficult for you to cross the Yangtze River even with a hundred flowers!" ”

Fang Baihua said with a smile: "Your Highness is arrogant, Huo Niang, pour wine!" ”

The fire lady stepped forward to pour wine again, the two drank another bowl, and then chatted a few words, Gu was in the ring back then, and then you drank the entire jar of wine with a bowl and I with a bowl.

At this time, he saw Fang Baihua arching his hand, his face flushed and said: "Your Highness, Baihua is drunk, so I will leave." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, watched the two girls help her back to the city, turned around and got on the mount, and went back to Liancuigang Dazhai.

After arriving at the camp, as soon as he sat down in the big tent of the Chinese army, a soldier came to report that Ding Da Crab had returned from exploring the stone city of Gaoting Mountain.

Zhao Ta's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Call them over to talk." ”

(End of chapter)