More than ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and Tong Guan sent someone to deliver an urgent letter.

The letter said that Fang La's troops were in decline, and he was afraid that he would return to Muzhou in the near future, and hoped that he would help intercept him.

Zhao Ta calculated in his heart that there were actually two ways to return to Muzhou from Suzhou, take the Huzhou line, or take the Hangzhou line.

The two roads are parallel, and you can reach Muju by either way.

And even if Fang La's army is defeated, only half of the original 400,000 army remains, and there are still about 200,000, but he only has more than 30,000 people, how can he intercept it?

Interception will certainly not be intercepted, and it is okay to fight an ambush and take advantage of it.

But you can't deploy troops on both routes, there are more than 30,000 people in Hangzhou, and then divide into two lines, then it is not an ambush, but a search for death.

Normally, he is in Hangzhou, and there are more soldiers and horses in Hangzhou than in Huzhou, so Fang La will definitely bypass Hangzhou and go to Huzhou, but this is just speculation according to common sense.

Fang Lapa is a hero, if he thinks the same thing as ordinary people everywhere, then even if he can't be the leader of the Ming Sect, he can't become the Holy Emperor.

Zhao Ta got up to find Zhu Xiuniang, Zhu Xiuniang is painting in the room, painting a picture of the Qiantang roll, her brushwork is not delicate, the majestic road of opening and closing, but quite skilled, the white waves on the picture are monstrous, and the momentum is magnificent.

After looking at the painting for a while, Zhao Ta touched his chin and smiled: "Xiuniang, your chance for revenge has come!" ”

Zhu Xiuniang stopped writing and looked at him, her eyes were cold, and she was silent.

Zhao Ta said: "Fang La is about to be defeated, this king and Tong Guan judge that he will retreat back to Muzhou, so as to run eastern Zhejiang, but there are two ways to return from Suzhou to Muzhou, one to Huzhou, one to Hangzhou, I plan to ambush him and kill him in one fell swoop!" ”

Zhu Xiuniang looked at him proudly, and said in a dull tone: "Is Fang La so easy to kill?" ”

Zhao Ta thought for a while: "If it is like the delay when Wang Qing rebelled last year, he may become a big climate, Fang La is far from being comparable to Wang Qing, don't talk about killing at that time, even if he is defeated, he will have to pay a great price." ”

Zhu Xiuniang's eyebrows moved, and she continued to hold the pen, and above the huge tide, there was immediately a water bird fighting with the tide, Zhong Linghuixiu, who was not afraid of death, and danced in the wind and waves.

Zhao Ta glanced at the bird, and said: "However, this time the official family is wise, quickly integrates several people to conquer, and has the Western Army as the main force, it is bound to break the traitor as quickly as possible, and the current Fang La is not difficult to kill." ”

Zhu Xiuniang said coldly: "Then I wish the prince a victory and success!" ”

Zhao Ta was dissatisfied: "It's obviously to avenge Xiuniang, why is there such a yin and yang weirdness?" ”

Zhu Xiuniang didn't speak, and began to inscribe, using wild grass, seeing that the corners of Zhao Ta's mouth twitched, she actually had a wild grass, this is looking down on authority.

He said slowly: "Although this is a good time to kill Fang La, Hangzhou has few soldiers, so I can only ambush one of them, so I don't know if it is better to ambush Huzhou or Hangzhou......

Zhu Xiuniang's movements froze slightly when she heard this, then put the pen away, and thought: "Naturally, it is an ambush in Huzhou, and the thief chief Fang La must know that the prince has troops in Hangzhou, how can he come from here?" ”

Zhao Ta nodded and said, "I see, but I didn't expect it." ”

Zhu Xiuniang continued: "The prince can send a general to lead the troops to ambush Huzhou on the road, and his family is waiting for good news in Hangzhou!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Xiuniang is really insightful, I was still hesitant, but Xiuniang reminded me that this Fang La's escape all the way will definitely avoid places with many soldiers, there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses in Huzhou, and he will definitely go to Huzhou." ”

Zhu Xiuniang nodded, and didn't look at Zhao Tan, just fiddling with the picture scroll.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Ta's mouth, and he suddenly stepped forward to stop and hug Zhu Xiuniang.

Zhu Xiuniang suddenly exclaimed: "Zhao Ta, this day...... What are you doing?! ”

Zhao Ta didn't speak, walked to the couch and put her down gently, and then reached out to untie the curtain......

It wasn't until the evening that Zhao Ta walked out of the room, and then went to the front of the mansion and summoned Yao Pingzhong, Zhe Kecun, Du Bao, and Zhang Xian.

Wang Yu stayed in Jiangning, after all, Jiangning was dangerous, and he was not at ease if there was no one in charge.

His gaze swept over a few people, and Zhao Ta said: "Tong Guan has a letter, Fang La is about to be defeated and may return to Muzhou." ”

Several people looked at each other, and then looked at Zhao Ta together.

Zhao Ta took a sip of the tea bowl and continued: "There are two roads in Suzhou to return to peace, one is Huzhou and the other is Hangzhou, and now there are few soldiers, and if you want to ambush the other party, you can only choose one of them. ”

The four of them all frowned when they heard this, and they all calculated in their hearts that Hangzhou is the capital of western Zhejiang, and at least 10,000 soldiers must be left to defend the city, and there are only more than 20,000 people who can be sent out, and it is indeed impossible to divide the troops.

Zhao Ta said: "This king thinks...... It's time to ambush in Hangzhou! ”

"Huh?" Several people couldn't help but exclaim when they heard this, this is unreasonable, in this case, anyone will choose to ambush on Huzhou Road.

"Lord Wang, why do you want to be in Hangzhou?" Zhang Xian said cautiously: "Fang Baihua's rout army should join Fang La, Fang La knows that the prince is leading troops in Hangzhou, how can he go here again?" ”

Zhao Ta shook his head: "Fang La is back to Muzhou, how can he not prevent ambushes on the road?" Since he guessed that there would be ambushes, then according to common sense, this ambush soldiers would definitely be on the front line of Huzhou, where there were few soldiers, how could Fang La not think of this? ”

Zhang Xian: "This ......"

Zhao Ta said: "As long as Fang La's brain is not broken, he will think of this, how can he be willing to go to Huzhou again!" ”

Zhen Kecun said: "What the prince said is reasonable! ”

Zhao Ta said again: "So there is a ninety percent chance that Fang La will come to Hangzhou!" ”

Yao Pingzhong said: "This is, Fang La is not stupid, since everyone knows that there are few soldiers in Huzhou, and they know that he may have to go over there, we will definitely go there to ambush, how can he still go to Huzhou!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "So he goes to Hangzhou, if we really send most of the soldiers to Huzhou to ambush, he may not only go to Hangzhou, but also very likely...... Take Hangzhou! ”

Du Yan gasped when he heard this: "This Fang La will be so bold? The Western Army is still chasing behind, so dare to attack Hangzhou here? ”

Zhao Tan squinted his eyes and said: "It's not impossible, if you know that the Hangzhou army was sent to Huzhou to ambush, there are few soldiers in the city at the moment, even if you change to this king, you will also fight the idea of Hangzhou, after all, Shezhou, Muzhou, and several states on Zhedong Road are still in his hands, Hangzhou is located in front of these state cities, it is a portal-like existence, the city wall is high, and it can be attacked and defended, which is a strategic place for the current situation!" ”

Zhen Kecun said: "The prince sees that if Fang La goes to Hangzhou, then it will not only be a walk, but it is likely that he will have the intention of going to Hangzhou again!" ”

Yao Pingzhong scratched his head and said: "If he has a defeated army of more than 100,000 or 200,000, and Hangzhou City is not as good as Jiangning, which was attacked by Fang Qifo at that time, there are 60,000 or 70,000 people to defend it, then under Fang La's strong attack, it is really possible to break the city in a short time!" ”

Zhang Xian said on the side: "Even if we don't send an ambush army, we don't have sixty or seventy thousand people, and if we really send people to Huzhou to ambush, there will be more than 10,000 people left in the city at most." ”

Du Yan frowned: "More than 10,000 people defend the city, and the four sides of the city wall can only be divided into three thousand defenses at most, Hangzhou is so big, there are not many scattered ones, if Fang La's 200,000 troops attack...... Not only will it be broken in a short time, but it will be broken in the blink of an eye? ”

Zhi Kecun said: "Not only that, but where the city gate has to send more manpower, even if the eighteen city gates are not counting the water gate, there are thirteen, how to arrange?" What's more, the soldiers also have to rest, if Tong Shumi can't chase after him, won't these soldiers have to be divided into two classes? ”

As soon as he said this, everyone stopped talking and looked at Zhao Ta.

Zhao Tan said with a smile: "So once Fang La concludes that we are ambushed in Huzhou, we will definitely attack Hangzhou, and after taking Hangzhou, we will connect with the state capitals behind us, take care of each other, can attack and defend, and the battle situation will enter a confrontation situation." ”

Zhi Kecun said: "Lord, then we will set up an ambush in Hangzhou and wait for Fang La to come in!" ”

Zhao Ta nodded, took a sip of tea, and thought for a moment and said, "This king has a clever plan here to let Fang La throw himself into the net. ”

Several people asked, "Lord Wang, what is the clever plan?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Have you ever heard of three points? ”

The four of them all nodded, and Yao Pingzhong said: "It's good to talk about this in the army!" ”

Zhen Kecun also said: "The little soldiers are familiar with it. ”

Zhao Ta said with a smile: "Zhuge Wuhou has a plan, I think I might as well borrow it and use it......"

A few people were puzzled, Zhao Ta took a pen and wrote a few words on the paper, and then showed it to the four.

The four of them were stunned at a glance, and Zhe Kecun was the first to react, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "The prince is well versed in the way of reality and reality, and he can be admired!" ”

Zhao Ta gently put the paper on the case: "You study the specific plan, go and prepare now." ”

The four of them stood up to say goodbye, and after a while, Zhao Ta also got up and walked out of the door, when the stars and moon were full of sky, as if it was a sign that tomorrow would be a good day......

On the afternoon of the second day, Tong Guan's secret letter came again, saying that the recent battle had killed tens of thousands of Fang La's army, and Fang La's army had retreated fifty miles to Suzhou, and I was afraid that it would soon retreat south.

Zhao Ta asked the person who sent the letter, and learned that it happened yesterday at noon, Suzhou is not far from Hangzhou, only more than 300 miles, if Fang La is determined to retreat, then the vanguard cavalry scouts are likely to have approached Hangzhou.

If Fang La's troops were in a hurry, it was estimated that they would arrive in Hangzhou tomorrow at the earliest, and the day after tomorrow at the latest.

Zhao Ta immediately asked a few people to discuss the matter, asked about the arrangement, and said that there were ambush traps outside the city and in the city.

Zhao Ta shook his head after hearing this, and said, "Not enough!" ”

Several people hurriedly asked, and Zhao Ta said: "Come here with your ears......"

On the morning of the next day, the main gate of Hangzhou East City, Dongtai Gate, the suspension bridge is flat, the city gate is wide open, and there are no soldiers to guard, only three or three two people, splashing the road in Qingshui, and sweeping the dust with bamboo brooms.

There were not many soldiers in sight above the city head, and Zhao Ta in front of the city tower was wearing a snow-white wide-sleeved robe, sitting expressionlessly behind a yaoqin in front of him.

The tail of the piano is scorched black, it is for the scorched tail, next to the fragrance, the green smoke is swirling, two children serve left and right, one holds the dust, one holds the wish, the forehead is dotted with cinnabar to open the wisdom, the lips are red and the teeth are white, and the jade is carved with powder.

Zhao Ta's fingers gently plucked the strings, and the yaoqin suddenly made a crisp and pleasant sound, because it was in a high place, and the melodious sound spread far away.

Zhao Ta suddenly showed a smile, and said loudly to the city: "Sect Leader Fang, don't go to Tokyo, how about the origin?" ”

No one answered him, and there was no one in the city except for the old men who were picking up in front of the gate.

He regained his expressionless face in a blink of an eye, continued to sit, and after a while, his fingers plucked the strings again, a smile appeared on his face again, and he said loudly to the city: "Sect Master Fang, don't go to Tokyo, how about it?" ”

There was still no response from the city, and not even a single bird had ever flown off.

After another half of the day, Zhao Ta repeated his previous expression again, "Sect Leader Fang, don't go to Tokyo, is it good?" ”

There was still no one outside the city to answer, and Zhao Ta did not move, so he repeated the actions and words until the sun went down in the evening.

Seeing that it was getting late, he slowly got up with the piano stand, and after sitting for a day, his body was numb.

The children on both sides fell to the ground, flattened their mouths, and almost cried directly.

Seeing this, Zhao Ta scolded with a smile: "Nothing to do, this king has never moved, you two sit and rest every half an hour, where do you come from so tired?" ”

A little boy touched his stomach and muttered, "Lord, ...... hungry"

Zhao Ta shook his head: "Go with this king to eat and drink, one roast chicken per person." Then he walked to the city steps.

Hearing this, the two children's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly got up and followed closely......

Early the next morning, Zhao Ta sat upright at the head of the city again, repeating yesterday's words and actions from time to time, but there was no movement outside the city.

In the blink of an eye, the outside of the city was calm and peaceful, and no change could be seen, but not long after the sun arrived due south, it was visible to the naked eye that billowing smoke and dust were raised on the official road in the northeast direction......

Fang La's heart was impatient at the moment, and his face was not good-looking, just because he did not listen to General Lu's strategy that day, he went north to attack Jiangning, held the Yangtze River, and even now suffered frequent defeats.

Suzhou didn't take it, not to mention, but also lost Huzhou and Hangzhou, and was forced to retreat south, and abandoned Xiuzhou, which had already been defeated.

On Fang Qifo's side, the entire army was scattered, and no one was found.

Fang La had no choice but to comfort his family, and after returning to Muzhou, he would regroup and start again, this time he would never go to Suzhou, but go to the three towns of Jiangning to grab the Yangtze River natural insurance.

General Lü once again offered advice, saying that on the way back, he could take the opportunity to recapture Hangzhou, form a northern gateway, and temporarily confront the Song army.

As soon as Fang La heard the reason, he did not hesitate and went straight to Hangzhou.

And Huzhou did not give up, he listened to General Lu's arrangement, and sent fast horse scouts to investigate first, if there were indeed signs of ambush, then this side would directly attack Hangzhou!

However, now that the army was approaching the city of Hangzhou, he was a little puzzled.

The front of the Malay newspaper said that the Hangzhou Dongtaimen suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate was wide open, and there was no military guard, I don't know what the reason is.

He took Wang Laofo, Lu Jiang, Deng Yuanjue, Pang Wanchun, Zhou Jingbao and others to watch in front of the battle.

Sure enough, the gates of the city were wide open, and there were no soldiers to guard them, so I couldn't help but be suspicious in my heart.

At this moment, I only heard a voice from the head of the city from afar, full of anger: "Sect Master Fang, don't go to Tokyo, how about it?" ”

Fang La looked up and saw cigarettes curling in the city, and a faint person dressed in white, plucking the strings, was looking at him.

"Zhao Ta?" Even though it had been a long time, Fang La still recognized at a glance that the head of the city was the King of Song Qin who had fought him in Tokyo.

He immediately frowned, looked at the people under the city who splashed water and swept the dust, looked at the city again, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

At this time, all the generals were also puzzled, and Pang Wanchun said: "Could it be that you are talking about the empty city plan in three points?" ”

Deng Yuanjue also said: "I heard that the Baihua girl was deceived by this bird king in Hangzhou, he didn't have many soldiers and horses, but he set up a camp of 100,000 people, and even the Baihua girl didn't dare to go out of the city to face the enemy. ”

Zhou Jingbao said: "That's it, according to the military division, Hangzhou is very likely to send troops to Huzhou to intercept my holy army, he doesn't have many soldiers, and I'm afraid there aren't many people guarding the city at the moment, so he has an empty city plan!" ”

Fang La groaned: "This person actually learned from Zhuge Kongming to use the empty city plan...... Strategist, what do you think about this? ”

Lu Jiang's expression is complicated, he listens to the melodious sound of the piano at the head of the city, it is an ancient song of a hundred birds and a phoenix, playing wonderfully, quite a person's style.

Then he frowned and said, "Wait a little longer......"

Zhou Jingbao said: "Zhuge Kongming used the empty city strategy to scare Sima Yi away, but he categorically couldn't scare us back, I think he still went into the city, caught this Zhao Ta'er, peeled his skin and cramped, and cut it with a thousand knives!" ”

General Lu was silent when he heard this, and Fang La's expression became solemn when he saw that he didn't speak.

At this moment, suddenly a fast horse came running up from behind, and the man on the horse carried the command flag, and in the blink of an eye, he came near.

Seeing the joy behind this man, Lu Jiang hurriedly turned his horse's head sideways and asked, "How did you listen?" ”

The man gasped and replied: "Holy Father, military advisor, as expected, there is indeed an ambush of the Song army on the Huzhou side!" ”

General Lu looked at Fang La when he heard this: "Holy Father, the Hangzhou soldiers did go to Huzhou to ambush, and this Hangzhou ...... at this moment I'm afraid it's really an empty city! ”

Fang La's face immediately showed a touch of relaxation, he looked up at Zhao Ta in the city, and snorted coldly: "Pass on my military order, kill in the city!" ”

With his order, the army behind him immediately set off and rushed towards the city of Hangzhou......

(End of chapter)