Qian Song

Chapter 143 All the Way East (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)

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After being defeated in the decisive battle with the Song Army on the Western Front, Fang La led 10,000+ remnants of the defeated generals and first withdrew to Shezhou.

Later, after learning that the Song army on the western front was advancing towards Shezhou, Fang Layi's army had to withdraw from Shezhou and return to Muzhou.

At this time, the consequences of Fang La's dirty work were manifested.

After the Song army regained Shezhou, the landowners and gentry in western Zhejiang welcomed the Song army on the western front, and rewarded the three armies by killing pigs and sheep.

A large number of landlords and gentry also took the initiative to spend money and food to recruit the brave to pull up the team, and spontaneously helped the Song army on the western front to encircle and suppress the Fanglayi army.

Among them are several large landlord armed forces, such as the armed forces of the local tyrants Deng Changshi and Deng Xi in Jiangshan County, the armed forces of the local tyrant Xu Zhong in Suichang County, and the armed forces of Zhang Xian, each with more than [-] people.

As for other small groups of landlords' armed forces, they cannot be counted.

These landlord armed forces all attached to the Song Army on the Western Front and obeyed the dispatch of Zhong Shidao, and went to Muzhou to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the opposing Layi army.

This is class struggle.

These landlords and gentry knew very well that if they did not go all out to support Zhao Song to destroy Fang Layi's army, they would have to be blackmailed by Fang Layi's army as before and serve as Fang Layi's cash machine.

And that's not the worst.

In the worst case, West Zhejiang is occupied by Li Cun.

You know, at most Fang La would rob them of some money and food, but Li Cun would take away all the huge land in their hands and distribute it to those lowly civilians. They snatched their beautiful wives, beautiful concubines, daughters and even mothers and distributed them to Li Cun's vulgar farmers.

Therefore, even if they are bankrupt, these landlords and gentry must be armed to help the Song Army defeat Fang La and Li Cun.

——The money and food are gone, as long as they have land in their hands, all their wealth will come back in a few years. Besides, as long as they make military exploits, the Zhao and Song courts will also reward them, so what they lose will be Will be back sooner.

In short, the landlords and gentry in the west of Zhejiang have put their efforts together, and they are even a bit desperate.

Many of these landlords and gentry families have the custom of practicing martial arts and even reading military books.

Plus they are fighting for their own interests.

As a result, the combat effectiveness of these landlords' armed forces is not weak, and some of them are not even inferior to the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

With these armed landlords familiar with the terrain of Muzhou helping the Song army, Fang Layi's army soon fell into a large encirclement of the Song army and the landlord's armed forces on the western front.

Hundreds of thousands of troops came from all directions to Muzhou.

Therefore, it is also difficult for Muzhou to hold on.

After several fierce battles, Fang La led Fang La's rebel army to transfer to Qingxi.

Later, the Song army and landlord armed forces on the western front compressed the encirclement again.

In desperation, Fang La had no choice but to lead Fang La's rebel army back into the place where their uprising began—Bangyuan Cave.

Bangyuan Cave has many mountains, the road is winding and tortuous, and there are many cliffs on both sides, so the terrain is very dangerous.

Taking advantage of the complex and dangerous terrain near Bangyuan Cave, Fang Layi's army has been dealing with the Song army on the western front and a group of landlord armed forces for more than a month.

Moreover, during this period of time, Fang Lalian reined in the previously defeated troops, and coupled with the coercion of the people, brought his trilogy back to more than 20.

There is one thing, Tong Guan did not make a mistake in his judgment, that is, as long as Zhao Song gives Fang La a sigh of relief, it will not take long for Fang La to make a comeback and become stronger.

At that time, Fang La will never be soft-hearted to those landlords and gentry again, he will be like Li Cun, no, he will be more ruthless than Li Cun, he will definitely kill all these landlords and gentry.

——What Fang La regrets the most is that at the beginning, he was greedy for trouble, rapid expansion, and Li Cun's Zhejiang River and Wu land. Otherwise, like Li Cun, he would develop steadily to the west, and then wipe out all the landlords in the territory. Just like what he said during the uprising, "robbing everyone's wealth and spreading it to raise the crowd", he will never end up in such a difficult end.

Now, Fang La only hopes that God will give him another chance to start again. By then, he will surely realize his dream, overthrow the dark rule of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and become emperor himself.

At this time, Tong Guan's document to urge the army to march arrived, and Zhong Shidao issued a strict order that Fang Layi's army must be wiped out within one month.

In this context, Zhongshi Daoqin led 10,000+ troops to station in front of Bangyuan Cave, and Xin Xingzong led 10,000+ troops to station behind Bangyuan Cave.

After everything was ready, Xin Xingzong's tribe first attacked Jianmen Ridge in Bangyuan Cave.

Jianmen Ridge is the west gate of Bangyuan Cave. Once the Song army opens it, it may be a matter of time before Fang Layi's army is wiped out.

Therefore, Fang La personally led tens of thousands of elite Manichaeists to attack the Song army here.

Relying on the fact that Jianmen Ridge is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Fang Layi's army repelled hundreds of attacks by the Song army within more than ten days.

There is a hidden path on the south mountainside of Jianmen Ridge, which is the main way in and out of Bangyuan, named Nanshan Pass.

The Nanshan Pass is covered by lush bamboo forests, so it is very hidden. People who are not familiar with the terrain here will not be able to find it anyway.

Later, the Song army captured several traitors of Fang Layi's army who had fled from the mountain.

With these traitors as guides, Xin Xingzong's department entered Nanshan Pass by detour from the trail, set up iron artillery overnight, and launched an attack.

The iron cannons were fired one after another, only to blow up the Nanshan Pass with earth and rocks, and the smoke filled the air.

Under the cover of iron cannons, Yang Keshi led a western army to rush over.

When Fang La deployed his troops, he thought that the Nanshan Pass was hidden and the Song army would not attack from here, so he only sent a small amount of troops to guard it.

When the Song Army's iron artillery bombarded them, the elite of Fang Layi's army did not flinch. They chanted hymns while resisting danger, and launched a fierce battle with the Song Army.

The two sides fought fiercely here until late at night. Wang Gong Laofo, the leader of the Manichaeism and Fang La's military adviser, died in this battle. Fang La himself also lost his horse and sword.

The elite of Fang Layi's army suffered countless casualties in this battle.

Similarly, Song Jun did not lose many people in this battle.

The blood of both sides dyed the Jianmen Ridge blood red.

Later, the Song army continued to reinforce, and Fang Layi's army had to abandon Jianmen Ridge.

The Song army fought and advanced, blared dysprosium and set fire, desperately compressing the living space of Fang Layi's army.

At the same time, Zhong Shidao also defeated the defense line of Bao Kang, Fang Qifo and others, and led an army to attack Bangyuan Cave from the east of Bangyuan Cave.

Fang Layi's army, who was besieged in Bangyuan Cave, had no choice but to start a bloody battle with the Song army.

Seeing that Fang Layi's army was too tenacious and killed a large number of their soldiers, the Song army killed and set fire to the mountains and plains, compressing the strategic space of Fang Layi's army.

The two sides fought from early morning to night, and from night to dawn.

After several days of hard fighting, there were only more than 7 Fang Layi troops left.

Under the leadership of Bao Kang, Fang Qifo, Guan Sunzhong, Fang Shizong and others, these 7 people continued to fight and retreat with the Song army, looking for opportunities to break through.

However, Fang La's family and a small number of Fang La's rebels lost contact with the main force because of the chaos.

On this day, Bao Kang and others fought and retreated to the north side of Bangyuan Cave.

——Here is a trail that can go down the mountain.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Bao Kang and the others arrived here, they rushed out a Song army composed of 2000 people.

Seeing this, how could Bao Kang and the others not know that Song Jun also had an ambush here?

Fang Qifo sighed: "The soldiers are trapped here today, and our death in this day is not a crime of war!", and then prepared to fight a bloody battle with this Song army.

But just when the two sides were about to fight, the general in his 40s who was headed by the Song army suddenly said: "Wait a minute."

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The two parties who were about to fight were all stunned, not understanding what this person was going to do?
In this kind of fatal situation, it is impossible for this person to be a fool. He asked straight to the point: "Is there Fang Shenggong among you waiting?"

Seeing that this person wanted to find Fang La, Bao Kang and the others remained silent.

This person knew that Bao Kang and the others did not speak because they did not trust him, so he introduced himself: "Xiao Ke, Song Jiang of Jizhou, was similar to Fang Shenggong before, and he also led a group of heroes to revolt in Liangshanluo. Because of the defeat in the previous battle, we had to temporarily be recruited by Zhao Song to avoid disaster."

After hearing Song Jiang's self-introduction, Bao Kang's eyes lit up: "You are Song Gongming?!"

Obviously, Bao Kang had heard of Song Jiang.

This is easy to do.

Song Jiang mentioned the past: "May I ask who is Fang Shenggong?"

Because he knew about Song Jiang's deeds, and Fang Lazhen was not among them, Bao Kang replied truthfully: "Fang Shenggong separated from us and is not here."

Who would have thought that Song Jiang would be overjoyed when he heard that Fang La was not among the group.

But Song Jiang didn't show it, and he asked calmly, "Sheng Gong has lost a lot, what are your plans?"

At this critical moment of escaping, what plans can Bao Kang and the others who are determined to escape have?
Song Jiang also knew that it would be difficult for people like Bao Kang to ask this question now.

But this is related to Song Jiang's purpose of rescuing Bao Kang and others, so Song Jiang has to ask.

Seeing that Bao Kang and the others were silent, Song Jiang, who was also afraid of having long nights and dreams, said bluntly: "From Xiaoke's point of view, there is only one way for you to go, and that is to go to the east of Zhejiang Province to join the Huben Army and the Governor Li. If you have this intention , the matter of everyone going down the mountain is on Xiao Ke's body."

"This……"

To be honest, Bao Kang was very disgusted with Song Jiang taking advantage of the fire to rob.

But the lives of these people are now in Song Jiang's hands, so Bao Kang can only ignore his own feelings and ask: "Song Yishi is the subordinate of Li Dadu?"

Song Jiang shook his head: "Although Xiao Ke has been friends with Li Dadu for a long time, he has never met Li Dadu."

Then, Song Jiang said very bachelorly: "To be honest, we want to use you as a capital to meet Li Dadu, so if you are willing to follow me to vote for Li Dadu, I will give up my life to save you, everyone. If you don’t want to follow me to vote for Li Dadu, we will not block your way, we will not change the green mountains, and the green water will flow forever. See you in the rivers and lakes.”

After a pause, Song Jiang said again: "However, Xiaoke has something to say first, the Song army is ambushed along this road, if you are a little careless, you will be unable to escape."

Song Jiang said it so straightforwardly, which made it difficult for many people.

However, this is only a small number of people. Most of them, seeing that they have this chance of survival and that they have a very good candidate, immediately yelled: "I would like to follow Song Yishi to vote for Li Dadu!"

After someone took the lead, countless people immediately responded.

As a result, people like Bao Kang who are still hesitating have become a minority.

Bao Kang could guess with his heels that if they were still unwilling to vote for Li Cun, Song Jiang would definitely bring those who were willing to vote for Li Cun down the mountain.

Bao Kang secretly said: "What a sinister villain, he is sure that I will definitely throw a mouse in the future."

Bao Kang took a deep look at Song Jiang, who looked loyal and treacherous, and then looked at Fang Qifo, Guan Sunzhong, Fang Shizong and others.

Fang Qifo gave a long sigh: "Hey~ I am like a bereaved dog today. If I can get the protection of Li Dadu, there is no reason to hesitate. And everyone, don't forget, my sister-in-law, Fang Baihua, is the mother of the Buddha. Li Dadu is also the main wife."

Fang Qifo's words were not only for the audience, but also for Song Jiang.

really!

Seeing that Fang Qifo was Li Cun's uncle, Song Jiang's arrogance was immediately suppressed.

Song Jiang smiled and said: "All of you give Xiao Ke some time, Xiao Ke can handle some housework."

As soon as Song Jiang finished speaking, Shi Bin, Zhang Shun, Peng Qi and others surrounded Yang Zhi, Guan Sheng and others.

And Yang Zhi, Guan Sheng and the others also looked wary.

Seeing this, Song Jiang wept and said: "36 when I went, and eighteen pairs when I came. If there is one less person, I will swear to die and not return home. At the beginning, 36 of my brothers were upset that the court and the people fought for profit and took Liang Shanluo by force. The fisherman survived and led the crowd to rise up, threatening to overthrow the Song Dynasty, replace the emperor with a better one, and fight for a piece of blue sky with the people. I think back to the time when I waited for the heroic words, I still hear them. However, although Yang Jian died, his successor, Li Yan, became even more serious. He is still the emperor who doesn’t care about the suffering of the people and only knows how to enjoy himself, the world is still surnamed Zhao, and the sky is still the same dark, and there is no change because of my brothers, so many of my brothers died in vain!"

Speaking of this, Song Jiang took off the helmet on his head, and threw it aside without hesitation: "Although I, Songjiang, are not talented, I will not wear the Zhao Song Wusha that was stained with my brother's blood."

As soon as Song Jiang finished speaking, Wu Yong, Shi Bin, Zhang Shun, Peng Qi and others either took off their hats or helmets, and then they all followed Song Jiang's example and threw them on the ground.

Hearing Song Jiang's heartbreaking words, Guan Sheng's face was already flushed with embarrassment, and seeing that all the brothers threw away the "official hats" stained with the blood of the deceased brothers, Guan Sheng also quickly took off the helmets, Throw it to the ground.

Only a few people like Yang Zhi still wore their hats or helmets.

——This group of people sincerely voted for Song.

Seeing that Yang Zhi was still reluctant to part with his official position, Wu Yong persuaded: "I have made great contributions a few days ago, and more than half of my brothers were killed or injured. If you pay off your past crimes and don't reward me, I'm afraid that in the eyes of those generations, I will be a thief for a day and a thief for life, so I won't be favored by him, and Li Dadu and my kind will definitely not despise me. I wait."

Thinking of what happened a few days ago, Yang Zhi was also very angry. Thanks to him being so flattering to Xin Xingzong, he killed hundreds of ant thieves in the first battle, but he was not rewarded.

Thinking about it again, what Wu Yong said is also very reasonable. Li Cun was also from an uprising, so he shouldn't be like Xin Xingzong and others who don't reward for their merits.

He also thought that Li Cun is quite powerful now, maybe he can really achieve great things, then he will be a minister of the dragon, and his prospects will be even greater.

Besides, people are not grass and trees, and familiarity is ruthless. Could it be possible for him, Yang Zhi, to forget those old brothers?
Sighing, Yang Zhi also took off his helmet and threw it on the ground.

With Yang Zhi taking the lead, those who followed Yang Zhi almost all chose to vote for Li Cun.

In the end, there were only more than 100 people left, and they were still reluctant to wash their identities with great difficulty.

Seeing this, Song Jiang glanced at Shi Bin and other cronies indiscriminately.

Without further ado, Shi Bin and others took their cronies to make a sudden attack and killed more than 100 people who were unwilling to vote for Li Cun with Song Jiang.

Yang Zhi glanced at Song Jiang unobtrusively, and thought with lingering fear: "I thought my brother had changed, but no, my brother is still so ruthless!"

Bao Kang and the others were also shocked by Song Jiang's ruthlessness, and thought: "This group of people are really old thieves, and they don't even blink when they kill their own people!"

After clearing out his team, Song Jiang and his 2000 people led Bao Kang and his tens of thousands of people, and went down the mountain to kill the places where the Song army's defense was weak.

Soon, Song Jiang and Bao Kang broke out of the siege, and then went all the way east...

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　Sorry, I originally wanted to write two chapters, but I have been writing this chapter until now, and I really can't write two chapters.

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