Song Mingyue

Chapter 106 Persuade to surrender
The Battle of Xushan became a turning point in the battle against the rebellion. The rebel army entered the defensive stage in an all-round way and gradually perished.

The rebel army's 25 army finally packed up the remnants and defeated generals with only more than [-] people. They did not dare to enter Xiuzhou City again, but retreated directly to Hangzhou.

There were only 5000 people left in Xiuzhou City to defend the city. As a result, the morale was high. The Song Army, which took advantage of the victory, took only an hour to break through Xiuzhou City. He took the head of the guard Zhu Yan among the rebellious army, leaving the rebel army leaderless and quickly collapsed.

At the beginning of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, after the Song army's left-handed soldiers and horses rectified in Xiuzhou, they gathered Xiang troops from all over Chongde to help the battle, a total of 15 people, and launched a counterattack against the rebels in Hangzhou Prefecture.

In Hangzhou Prefecture, more than 8 rebels faced 15 Song troops. However, the rebels were already insufficient in terms of military strength and were at a disadvantage. Coupled with their inferior equipment and combat effectiveness, they were even more powerless to stop the advance of the Song army. , had to fully retreat to Hangzhou City.

However, under the defeat of the army all the way, countless food and grass were discarded, and the food and grass were already insufficient. If 8 people were trapped in a city, they would be even more passive.

Adviser Lu Jiang said "withdraw from Hangzhou immediately", thinking that this was "the only feasible solution", but Fang La was unwilling to give up Hangzhou, which was gained in bloody battles.

Tong Guan accepted Yang Keshi's strategy of besieging three ques and one, and encircled the north, east and west of Hangzhou city, leaving only the south gate empty.As time passed, Fang La finally evacuated Hangzhou with Fang Baihua, who had just recovered from serious injuries, and led [-] episodes to fight against the Xiang army "foreign aid" from the Song army who came to help the war continuously when the food and grass were running out and casualties were increasing. ", leaving Fang Qifo's department to stick to Hangzhou.

Fang La's army achieved certain results in the battle of intercepting and attacking the foreign aid from the Xiang army, and obtained a large amount of food and supplies, but it could not change the overall situation of the battle of Hangzhou. After all, the main force of the Song army besieging the city was the West Army, not local Xiang army.

Half a month later, the food and grass in the city were cut off, and Fang Qifo was forced to lead [-] remnants to open the city and break out from the south gate again.

This time, the Song army had long been prepared and set up a net at the South Gate of Hangzhou.

After a fierce battle, none of the rebels survived, and only a thousand or so rebels followed Fang Qifo to break out of the encirclement, passed through Fuyang and other places, and returned to Qingxi.

After Fang Qifo fled alone, Fang La was unwilling to lose the hard-earned Hangzhou, and even led an army of [-] to counterattack Hangzhou City. The result is naturally predictable. He was killed by the main force of the Western Army and fled in defeat. .Fortunately, there were Manichaeists along the way to support them, and they were able to carry out a strong resistance, so that the Song army who followed them did not dare to rush forward, so that the entire army would not be wiped out under the pursuit of the white stiles, and then retreated into Tonglu City, gaining a chance to breathe .

With the winning ticket in hand, Tong Guan's army on the left marched slowly to the south, and finally approached the city of Tonglu.

The Battle of Tonglu was Fang La's most outstanding defensive battle. 20 Song troops besieged the city on all sides and stormed for more than 20 days before breaking through Tonglu City at the cost of heavy casualties.

Fang La once again led the remnants of more than [-] defeated generals, and retreated to Muzhou City, the base area, and gathered the rebels from various counties in Muzhou who came to help, totaling more than [-] people.

The Battle of Muzhou was a battle in which Wang Wenqing, the founder of the Shenxiao Sect, showed his might. Wang Wenqing slammed down the city wall with divine thunder, and the Song army took the opportunity to enter the city through the gap in the city wall. Yu people.

Just at this time, the rebels from Quzhou and Wuzhou in the south heard the news that the rebels who came to help the war were rushing to Muzhou City. The three rebels joined together and gathered another 20 people. Shuidu (now Baisha), in Qingxi (Hecheng), repeatedly blocked the Song army who was pursuing the victory.

At this time, Liu Yanqing's right army, who captured Wuzhou, Xuanzhou, Huzhou, and Chizhou, merged with Tong Guan's left army, and the two armies were re-merged into an army of the first road, with a total of more than 28 people and a large increase in strength. , becoming more and more unstoppable.

Fang La saw that the two armies of the Song army were converging and their strength surged, so he had to voluntarily abandon Qingxi County and retreat to the insurgents' bases around Bangyuan and Yangtong.

At the beginning of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the main force of the Song Army's Western Army led by Wang Zhi took the lead in launching an offensive against Jianmen Ridge (also known as Jianmen Mountain), the gateway of Bangyuan.

The terrain of Jianmen Ridge is steep on the inside and gentle on the outside. Once it breaks through the mountain pass, it will be impossible to defend.At that time, Fang La only focused on placing heavy troops on the main road in the north of the Lingbei, but ignored the hidden mountain pass in the south of the Lingnan, and only sent a small army to defend, allowing Wang Zhi to take advantage of a big loophole.

This is also the most deadly loophole!
Wang Gong Laofo, the military advisor under Fang La's command, heard the news that he personally led an army of [-] to reinforce Lingnan, and tried his best to block the Song army back, but the opportunity was missed.

The breakthrough of the Lingnan Pass put the rebels completely passive.

The destruction of Jianmen Ridge is tantamount to declaring Fang La's complete demise. Unwilling, Wang Gong and Old Buddha lead the crowd to fight against it, trying to drive the white stile soldiers out of the mountain pass, but the white stile soldiers are the strongest soldiers in the world.

In order to defend the door of Bangyuan, military advisor Wang Gong and Laofo, together with thousands of rebel generals, stained every inch of Jianmenling with their own blood.

Later generations called this mountain "Blood Stained Ridge", and this battle was called "Blood Battle Arrow Gate".

Since the Battle of Xushan, the Song army has been pushing all the way, invincible. In just two months, Fang La has been forced into the gang source, and the Lingnan gate has been broken, forming a situation of catching a turtle in an urn.

In just over two months of war, the rebels suffered nearly 15 casualties. In addition, the casualties of innocent civilians caused by military disasters far exceeded the direct casualties of the war.

Even the soldiers of the Song Army, who had won successive victories all the way, lost 3 to [-] soldiers.

In the entire Liangzhe Road, there are many corpses everywhere, and the ground is stained red with blood, especially in the Muzhou area, where there is often no human habitation for dozens of miles, only ruined walls, bones exposed in the wild, and miscellaneous people watered by blood. The grass grows wildly, and there are wild grasses everywhere. It is extremely desolate, as if it has come to ancient times.

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At night, Tong went through the big tent of the Chinese army.

The large tent, which is extremely ornately decorated with Shu brocade and tassels, is already brightly lit, spacious and bright.

Outside the tent door, a group of young Shengjie soldiers and generals stood awe-inspiringly. Outside the tent door were hung a military law prohibition sign and displayed imperial equipment.

That team of red-tasseled iron armored soldiers from the Victory Czech Army stood facing each other, holding their long spears obliquely, forming a ∧-shaped spear array, each of them was full of murderous aura and majestic.

Tong Guan this big tent, the outer tent is divided into four or five rooms of light and shade, which can accommodate thirty or forty people to serve.The floor is covered with velvet blankets, and the furnishings inside the house are extremely luxurious, including palace lanterns, incense burners, painting screens, rugs, coffee tables, etc. It's like entering a palace in this wilderness.

In the big tent, the fragrance was dense, and there was no sound. Tong Guan was flipping through some book and reading it, with a solemn expression on his face.

"Report to Xuanshuai, Wang Tongzhi asks to see you!" Someone passed the report outside the door.

Tong Guan showed disgust on his face, and shouted in a deep voice: "No see, tell him to come back tomorrow!"

"Here!" A voice came from outside the door.

Tong Guan threw the scroll in his hand aside, picked up a jade cup on the desk, poured himself a glass of wine, and sipped it slowly, but his eyes were murderous.

This Wang Weizhong was obviously ignorant of current affairs, he repeatedly asked to see him, but he persevered, which made Tong Guan extremely disgusted, and his heart was already murdered.

"Report to Xuanshuai, Mr. Zhao begging to see you!" Another report came from outside the door.

Tong Guan was furious, he jumped up suddenly, and when he was about to drop his wine glass and throw a tantrum, he suddenly figured out something, and the anger on his face disappeared immediately.

It's not Wang Weizhong, it's the young master!
Tong Guan's face changed slightly, and he put down the jade cup gently, straightened his clothes, and then said loudly: "Come in!"

Before the words fell, Zhao Hao was already dressed in armor, strode in, and came proudly.

After entering the big tent, he didn't speak, but sat down in front of Tong Guan with a golden knife, picked up a jade cup, poured a glass of wine slowly, and drank it all. Then he said to Tong Guan who was stupefied: "Sit !"

Tong Guan was stunned for a moment, although he was a bit unaccustomed to Zhao Hao's domineering attitude towards him, he finally sat down without the slightest temper.

His lifeline is in Zhao Hao's hands, he can't be tough even if he wants to...

"The young master is visiting late at night, what advice do you have?" Tong Guan asked cautiously, compared with the other soldiers before, he completely changed his face.

Zhao Hao drank two more glasses of wine... This guy's wine is really good, sweet and sour, with an excellent taste, and then he said to Tong Guan: "The general offensive will be suspended tomorrow, and I want to go to the rebel camp alone to persuade Fang La all come to surrender!"

"What?" Tong Guan's complexion changed drastically, and he almost fell to the ground in shock. He said anxiously, "Although Fang La is at the end of his road, he is still stubbornly fighting. Young Master is in danger alone at this time, and I am afraid that he will be taken advantage of by traitors."

In fact, sometimes he wished that Zhao Hao would die, so that after he died, he would be able to be alone and be happy without any pressure.The problem is that this guy has celestial arts, and Tong Guan is a stalker after all. Besides, he is over fifty now, but he still wants to live a few more years by relying on Zhao Hao's celestial arts. Be happy, make up for what you lost in the first half of your life, so the curse belongs to the curse, I really don't want Zhao Hao to die.

Zhao Hao said coldly: "The rebels still have 12 troops. If they attack forcefully, even if they are annihilated, our army will suffer heavy losses. I want to persuade Fang La and the others to surrender themselves. Afterwards, he was allowed to leave freely, and the sergeants along the way were not to stop him."

12 rebels, 12 living lives, 12 Chinese sons and daughters, after all, he couldn't bear to let them die by the swords of his compatriots...

Tong Guan said with a helpless wry smile: "As long as you catch the culprit, you can turn over to the steward. The rest of the rebel soldiers can let them disarm and surrender and leave. I'm afraid Fang La won't surrender..."

"I have my own calculations, you can just act according to my son's words, don't be long-winded!"

After Zhao Hao finished speaking, he strode out, leaving Tong Guan alone in the tent with a helpless look on his face.

(End of this chapter)