Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 443 Arbitrary (please subscribe!)
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The chief envoy sent by the Kingdom of Jin this time was named He Lu, and the deputy envoy was named Da Diu.

This is Da Diu's second mission to Song.

Compared with the good impression of Song State for the first time, Da Diu was very annoyed at Song State's detaining and missing them this time.

What is even more annoying is Zhengshi Horu.

He was so impatient, Guozi Siye Quan Yanbang took them to see this and that every day, but he didn't talk about the north-south attack on the Liao Kingdom, nor what happened to Li Yan, which made Helu so anxious that his tongue got sore and his nose ran. Bleeding several times.

Later, Jin Guo sent people to urge them, and even brought Wanyan Aguda's personal letter, but Zhao Ji didn't see the Jin envoy, so he didn't give an explanation.

For this, all Jin people secretly hated Zhao Ji and his ministers.

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Besides, Tong Guan led his troops to conquer Fang La.

In fact, as early as when Wang Qing surrendered, the old and spicy Tong Guan ordered Liu Yanqing to lead his army to go south, captured Jiangning, Zhenjiang and other important towns along the Yangtze River, guarded the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and ensured that Fang Layi's army could not go north.

At that time, Fang La, who had no idea that Wang Qing would surrender, was still ordering the army to seize the southeast land. As a result, he could only watch helplessly as the Song army captured Jiangning, Zhenjiang and other important towns along the Yangtze River, losing the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

As a result, Fang Layi's army became passive everywhere.

The point is that Fang La also began to have discordant voices inside.

At the beginning, Bao Kang proposed to rescue Wang Qing, Chen Kuutong suggested to go north to occupy Huizhou and Muzhou, and then go straight to Bianliang, Tokyo to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

But Fang La didn't accept them all.

Now it is proved that Fang La is completely wrong.

In addition, Fang Fei suggested to Fang La not to kill all the officials in the prefectures and counties, and leave some good reputations to help manage the prefectures and counties, but Fang La refused to listen and asked the rebels to manage the prefectures and counties on their behalf.

As a result, Fang Layi's army, especially the rogue ruffians who mixed in with it, took chicken feathers as arrows and wreaked havoc on the village.

The Fang La Rebel Army, which originally followed the popular will, gradually began to lose popular support. Many people even missed the days when corrupt officials ruled in the Northern Song Dynasty.

It can be said that the situation of Fang Layi's army has taken a turn for the worse.

Under such circumstances, some people naturally questioned Fang La's ability, and there were even voices that asked Fang La to abdicate to let Xian.

Forced by this situation, Fang La called back the army of the Southern Expedition, and at the same time ordered Fang Qifo to attack, intending to consolidate his own prestige with victory.

but--

At the beginning, in order to quickly seize the territory in the southeast, Fang La transferred all the main force of the rebel army to the south, leaving only Fang Qifo as a partial army.

Under Fang La's repeated orders, Fang Qifo could only lead this partial army to fight the Song army in Huzhou (later Wuxing, Zhejiang), and was defeated by the general of the Song army Wang Zhi.

Fang Qifo retreated to Hangzhou City with the defeated army.

Wang Ting followed behind and besieged Hangzhou City tightly, and then several Song armies attacked Hangzhou City in turn.

Wang Xun ruled the army very strictly, and he was willing to take the lead at critical moments, so that the soldiers of the Song army were not afraid of death, and all gave up their lives to attack Hangzhou City.

Under the fierce attack of the Song army, even if Fang La personally went to the city to command, he was still gradually lost.

More importantly, Fang La was not well prepared, so that the city began to run out of food.

In the end, Fang La had no choice but to withdraw from Hangzhou City with the rebel army.

Before withdrawing from Hangzhou City, Fang La issued an order that broke the hearts of the people—he ordered people to rob the wealthy households in Hangzhou City, and forcibly took away all the craftsmen and boatmen in Hangzhou City.

Cai Jing specially set up a manufacturing bureau in Hangzhou, gathering thousands of craftsmen. These craftsmen used gold, silver, ivory, rhinoceros horn, bamboo, wood and rattan to make all kinds of exquisite utensils and decorations for Yanfu Palace and Longevity Mountain. Many, second only to Tokyo Bianliang.

In addition, there are three government-run shipyards and dozens of private shipyards in Hangzhou, with a total of nearly [-] boatmen.

Plus the families of these craftsmen and boatmen.

When Fang La withdrew from Hangzhou City, a total of 8 to [-] people were brought out.

Some people may be puzzled, what is Fang La doing with so many craftsmen and boatmen?

The answer is, someone wants it.

Who wants it?

Who else, of course, is Li Yan.

Li Yan promised Fang La that as long as Fang La recruited craftsmen and boatmen for him, he would supply Fang La with sharp weapons such as unconscionable cannons, thunderbolts, and bed crossbows.

Now that it is the time when Fang La's forces are alive and dead, how can Fang La recruit slowly, naturally they are all caught, and then sent to Li Yan to exchange for sharp weapons to save his life.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of Fang La's southern expedition had been withdrawn. Fang La hastily distributed these soldiers and horses in Shezhou, Muzhou, Quzhou, Fuyang, Xincheng, and Tonglu fortified layer by layer, while he himself withdrew to Qingxi County.

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Qingxi County, the temple of Manichaeism.

Li Jun and Xiao Jiasui chatted with Fang La's civil and military officials while waiting for Fang La to come.

Li Tianrun said with great admiration: "The governor is really the number one hero in the world. He regained most of Yundi in one fell swoop. This is something we Han people have not done for more than 100 years."

Li Jun said confidently: "This is just the beginning, the governor will definitely be able to recover Yanyun sixteen prefectures in one fell swoop and never end the trouble."

Si Xingfang said: "It's a pity that the leader of the Liao Dynasty ran away. He has a great influence on the land of Yanyun, and keeping him is just a trouble for the future."

Chen Kuutong said with a smile: "It is very likely that the Liao Lord was deliberately let go by the governor."

Chen Kuutong's words immediately attracted the attention of others, and Xiao Jiasui laughed even more: "Why did Brother Chen say that?"

Chen Kuutong laughed and said, "Brother Xiao is testing me?"

Xiao Jiasui smiled and said, "Don't dare, dare not, I just want to hear Brother Chen's opinion."

Chen Kuopong said: "Then I dare to guess. The governor may want the Lord of Liao to restrain the main energy of the Jin people... If the Lord of Liao is not dead, the land won by the Jin people will be unstable, and the people under his jurisdiction The generals and courtiers who surrendered will all miss their homeland, and there will be huge hidden dangers. Therefore, the Jin people have to focus most of their energy on the Lord of Liao, and have no time to compete with the governor for the land of Yanyun."

Speaking of this, Chen Kuutong looked at Xiao Jiasui and asked, "Brother Xiao, is your guess correct?"

Xiao Jiasui secretly admired the viciousness of Chen Kuutong's gaze, but he said noncommittally: "I don't know whether it's right or not. After all, I'm not in Yundi, so how can I know what's going on here, and how can I know what the governor thinks?"

Chen Kuutong smiled and said nothing.

Lu Shinang said: "I still can't figure out why the governor wanted to recover the land of Yanyun for Zhao Song? Brother Li, Master Xiao, can you help me clear up the confusion?"

Li Jun smiled and said: "Although my family's chief governor discussed this matter with us courtiers, he took the big idea himself. Therefore, we don't know what he thinks about this matter."

Bao Kangdao: "The chief governor is a genius made by nature. In a few years, he has exhausted his plans, which made Liangshanpo become as powerful as it is today. You can act arbitrarily at critical moments. This is the inevitable result of great things."

At this moment, Fang La walked into the temple, and Bao Kang's words were heard by Fang La, which made Fang La feel extremely harsh, and then Fang La's face sank, "There is something in Bao Kang's words, are you mocking me? Can Li Yanzhi still act arbitrarily?"

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(End of this chapter)