The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 344
When night comes, a new moon hangs high, and the crescent moon looks like a beautiful boat.

On the canal, Changkong Haozhi Ningyuan Shenzhou rides the wind and waves on the water surface, taking advantage of the spring breeze and heading south along the water.

Inside the Shenzhou, a snow-white boat is shaking gently, riding a Luan down to Yangzhou in the March of fireworks...

Liangzhe East Road is full of flames.

As Fang Qifo, Generalissimo of the Holy Dynasty, captured Quzhou and Wuzhou, the entire Zhedong Road was also in chaos.

After Fang Qifo's army had a short rest in Wuzhou, the soldiers pointed directly at Yuezhou, the capital of East Zhejiang Road. At this time, there were continuous rebellions in Yuezhou, Mingzhou, and Taizhou. rise up.

There was the Song Dynasty, which was the dynasty with the most uprisings.

But there is an eternal paradox in this. Since Qin, although Song has rebelled the most, it is also the only dynasty that has not been overthrown from within.

Song Dynasty died outside, not inside.

Liu Song died in the Jin Dynasty, and Li Chuang died in the Ming Dynasty.

Except for the Song Dynasty, other dynasties were overthrown internally, and there were so many rebellions in the Song Dynasty, but none of them succeeded.

The reason is probably that some of the rebels had impure goals, and the people's livelihood policy of the Song Dynasty was too good.

Except for the uprising caused by the lack of food, many of the others wanted to use the uprising as a seesaw to enter the officialdom.

Murder and arson were recruited, and in the Song Dynasty, it was not just empty talk.

From a bandit to an official, the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon, and the herbivore will eventually eat meat.

The various people's livelihood decrees of the Song Dynasty were also another reason for the difficulty of rebellion. These decrees, to a certain extent, neutralized the consequences of land annexation, and together with promoting business and trade, maintained the balance and stability of the dynasty. .

But when it came to the Emperor Daojun, the situation suddenly changed. The Emperor Daojun was so happy that he pushed the people's livelihood and government orders to an extreme in ancient times. A good thing has turned into a bad thing. All kinds of government orders and assessments are falsified, money is spent uncontrollably, cheating the lower and hiding the truth, and corrupting the law.

A large sum of money to help the people's livelihood has fallen into the pockets of corrupt officials, and it is rarely used in practice.

However, the source of these money is the increase of taxes and taxes. It is taken from the people, but it is not used for the people in the end. As a result, conflicts among the people are fierce, and the momentum of rebellion is even more violent...

In Yuezhou, the capital of Zhedong Road, the city gates are tightly closed, and even several water gates are sealed with iron gates and huge stones. Obviously, I heard that the city of Hangzhou was broken due to the omission of the water gates.

Fang Qifo's camp was set up in front of Yuezhou City, and he went away in a row, I don't know how far away.

Right now, he has assembled the members of the Mingjiao sub-altars of the Zhuzhou East Zhejiang Road, and more than a dozen green forest heroes who rebelled. The total force under his command is nearly 20, which is no less than the army led by Fang La on the North Road.

He was not in a hurry to attack Yuezhou. After all, Yuezhou was also a big city, and he learned the lessons of Hangzhou and Muzhou's broken cities, and guarded the whole city like an iron bucket, without any flaws.

At this moment, it was getting dusk, Fang Qifo was sitting in the handsome tent drinking tea, he was not wearing any armor, he was wearing a pure white robe, as elegant as snow, spotless.

Fang Qi is the seventh in the Buddhist family, and the thirteenth in the Fang La family. He is two years older than Fang La, but looking at his face and appearance, he is only in his twenties, and there is no trace of middle age at all.

His lower head was accompanied by one person to drink, and he was not wearing any armor. He was wearing a dark black suit and fast shoes, a green cloak, and a golden mask on his face. Only his eyes and half of his chin were exposed, so he couldn't see his appearance. .

After Fang Qifo took a sip of tea, he said leisurely: "Brother Lin is a true hero, why bother to cover up his appearance? If you take off the mask, in the name of your 80 Imperial Army instructor, the prestige of Liangshan's second leader will definitely inspire the soldiers and suppress those Heroes of the green forest."

The man sighed: "Lin only hated being blind for half his life. He believed in Gao Qi first, and then Song Jiang. Such an end made the heroes of the world laugh at him. How can he see others? If he doesn't hit Tokyo, kill Gao Qi and Song Jiang These two thieves will definitely not take off this mask."

Fang Qifo nodded. He could understand Lin Chong's difficulties. He was obviously skilled in martial arts, and his status was not too bad. Fleeing to the south of the Yangtze River like a bereaved dog is really depressing.

He comforted him and said: "The Song Emperor is fatuous and innocent, the imperial court is greedy for dictatorial power, oppresses loyal and good people, and the common people are fish and meat. Song Jiang pretends to be a hero, but he is a flattering villain who uses knives behind his back. Who in the world doesn't know? Brother Lin, don't be too exaggerated. I blame myself, I will kill myself in Tokyo the next day, capture Gao Qiu and Song Jiang, and hand them over to Brother Lin. "

Lin Chong clasped his fists and said, "Thank you Marshal Gao Yi, Chong will swear to the death to serve the Holy Duke and the Marshal!"

Fang Qifo waved his hand: "Brother Lin, you don't have to be so polite. Although you have kept your name incognito, you have always joined the holy religion. Even if you didn't get an official position in the court, you still have the status of an envoy in the church. My holy pilgrimage The holy religion is the foundation, under Mingzun, you and I are brothers!"

Lin Chong nodded his head hastily, and said in Mingjiao ritual: "There is no joy in life, and no pain in death. The sun and the moon never fall, and the light lasts forever."

After a while, Lin Chong went back to the tent and saw Hu Sanniang was mending clothes, but she was a young girl who danced with guns and sticks, and only loved arms.

Seeing this, Lin Chong suddenly had another almost forgotten scene in his mind, he couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart, he pinched himself hard, then walked forward and hugged Hu Sanniang.

Hu Sanniang turned her head slightly, her expression was a little yellow and haggard, but she smiled and said, "Your Majesty is back?"

Lin Chong nodded: "I sat drinking tea with Marshal Fang and talked about military affairs, and the weather was so beautiful before I knew it."

Hu Sanniang sewed a few more stitches hastily, barely sewed the clothes together, then inserted the iron needle, and said: "Is your husband hungry, I'll go and heat up some food."

Lin Chong shook his head and said, "Where can I still eat, now my heart is full of anxiety. I have been in the army for a long time, but I have not made any contribution. I am afraid that Fang La will look down on me and weaken my reputation as a leopard head."

Hu Sanniang was puzzled and said comfortingly: "Now that my husband and I have changed our names, how can we get a name?"

Lin Chong shook his head and said, "The name change is to prevent Song Jiang from knowing his whereabouts and plotting against him. But Fang La and the others are not ignorant of their identities. Now that they have the opportunity to become a dragon, don't they grasp it? But if they don't make meritorious deeds, they will be afraid of one day in the future." If it’s really in Tokyo, it won’t be reused.”

Hu Sanniang said: "I don't understand these things, I only rely on what you do."

Seeing that she didn't have any ideas, Lin Chong thought about it for a while, and then fell asleep with his clothes on, without a word for the whole night.

In the early morning of the second day, Fang Qifo asked the generals to discuss matters, and dozens of generals sat down on both sides.

On the left are all brought out from Bangyuan, headed by Bao Daoyi and Shi Bao, on the right are Mingjiao people from Yuezhou, and heroes who rebelled and defected, led by Zhu Yan from Quzhou and Taoist Qiu from Yuezhou.

It has been five or six days since Fang Qifo's army arrived in Yuezhou, but they did not attack or besiege the city. Those generals who originally helped Yuanyuan were fine, but the local heroes on the opposite side couldn't bear it.

Zhu Yan opened his mouth and said: "Marshal, the troops are already approaching the city, and all the fortifications are ready. If we don't attack again, it will just waste food and grass, which is not good for the army."

Fang Qifo glanced at him and said: "The defense of Yuezhou City is flawless. Even if we have many soldiers, even if we get here under a strong attack, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."

Zhu Yan frowned, he had voted for Fang Qifo since he went south to attack Quzhou, naturally he knew that the Seventh Buddha, the Bright Left Envoy, marched prudently and did not take any risks, so he kept his mouth shut.

On the other side, another Taoist enemy stroked his beard, raised his whisk and said, "Marshal, even if you don't send troops to attack the city, you must surround it and cut off the news and food routes of Yuezhou. The accumulation of Hangzhou, as long as the city is besieged, there will be panic inside, and the door will be opened and surrendered if it is not possible."

Fang Qifo looked at Taoist Qiu and smiled slightly. Zhu Yan from Quzhou is a member of Mingjiao. This Taoist Qiu is not. He is a local bandit in the green forest of Yuezhou. .

He said: "General Qiu's words are reasonable, but I see that there are many waterways in Yuezhou, interspersed and disorderly. Outside the water gate, it is in a mess. The terrain is different from Hangzhou. I am afraid that the siege of the city will not work."

Qiu Daoren thought for a while when he heard the words, he is a local, he knows the geographical characteristics of Yuezhou, after careful consideration, if it is true, he can't help but feel ashamed in his heart, and he doesn't speak anymore.

At this time, another human said: "But it's not a solution to stop like this all the time. The soldiers in my army and the old and the young are trapped in the city. They are all in a panic. They want to capture Yuezhou as soon as possible and reunite with their families."

Fang Qifo took a look, this is also a hero who started an incident in Yuezhou. He was about to speak, but someone hummed: "I don't have any family members in this city, I just want to get out of the city as soon as possible and kill the officials and soldiers." Merchants, the big scale divides the gold, and the large plate divides the silver!"

This is a hero from the green forest cast by Mingzhou, nicknamed Xiaobatian Chu Meng, he is a first-class master, and he is quite famous along the coast of Mingzhou.

Fang Qifo said: "You don't have to worry, it's only a matter of time before Yuezhou is taken down. I have my own strategy and arrangements here, and it will save a lot of attack damage."

Chu Meng said: "Marshal Fang, I don't care what clever plan you have. You can take down Yuezhou right now, but you have to garrison and wait. I don't know if you wait for a birdie. I'm afraid that even if Yuezhou is taken down, all the corrupt officials and wealthy households in it will run away. There is nothing left of gold and silver, where is there oil and water to fish for?"

Fang Qifo saw that he was not inferior, his face darkened, he closed his eyes slightly, and did not speak again.

At this time, Shi Bao on the opposite side said angrily: "What are we afraid of? Don't we still think that the lives of soldiers are precious, and the siege must be filled with human lives. If we can take it by chance, why take it by force?"

Chu Meng curled his lips and said: "It sounds good, I'm afraid that even if the city is taken, nothing will be lost. The rich will all run away, leaving only an empty city."

Shi Bao said: "We act in a clear way, we put the safety of our subordinates first, how can we think about the gains and losses of money!"

Chu Meng sneered and said: "It's no good, who is willing to work hard for you? I think your Mingjiao just speaks nicely, but when you do things, they are as silver as wax guns, and they are useless at all!"

Shi Bao was furious when he heard the words, he jumped up from the chair, pointed at Chu Meng and said, "How dare you insult my Holy Cult?"

At this time, Chu Meng also felt that his words were a little too much, but he refused to admit his mistake, he just said: "I won't fight, that is to say, if you don't want to attack the city, I will bring my brothers to fight Yuezhou. Don't talk about taking Yuezhou, it's embarrassing for your Mingjiao."

Shi Bao was already furious at this time: "You insult my holy religion, and you have to violate military orders, what are you going to do, Chu Meng?"

Chu Meng is a tycoon in the green forest in Mingzhou. He is an uncompromising figure. He doesn't listen to military orders the most. He snorted and said, "Is it okay for my family to fight Yuezhou?"

Seeing Fang Qifo sitting on top of him silently, Shi Bao didn't know what the left envoy was thinking, so he said, "I don't care if you fight Yuezhou or not, you have to make it clear about insulting my holiness!"

Chu Meng also got angry when he heard that, Shi Bao was just a young man in his early twenties, and he was not well-known in Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces. He was based in Mingzhou, who would be disrespectful?When he was criticized by a brat, he said, "I've said it all, so what?"

"Me!" Shi Bao was young after all, although he was furious, he didn't know what to do. After all, he was not a marshal, so he couldn't issue orders, so he couldn't help but be at a loss for words.

At this time, a faint voice suddenly came from behind the handsome case: "Since General Chu looks down on my Mingjiao, then Mu will learn General Chu's methods."

When everyone heard the words and looked around, they saw a big man wearing a golden mask behind Fang Qifo speaking. These days, they all knew that this big man was called Mu Shuang, and he was Fang Qifo's personal bodyguard.

This Mu Shuang was Lin Chong's alias. He followed Fang Qifo to the south. Although the army trapped two cities, but because he had been by Fang Qifo's side and had no chance to make a move, he hadn't done anything. Seeing Chu Meng's rampant at this moment, Unable to move in his heart, he opened his mouth to invite a fight.

Chu Meng glared at him and said with a sneer, "Does the wooden guard want to challenge me?"

Lin Chong said: "It's not a challenge, General Chu underestimates my holy religion, and Mu wants to learn a thing or two."

Chu Meng has a very high status in the green forest in eastern Zhejiang, and he is also a first-class master. He is not interested in the little-known Mu Shuang in front of him. If Fang Qifo makes a move himself, he doesn't mind fighting with him.

With a look of contempt on his face, he snorted coldly. Lin Chong could see his thoughts, and couldn't help but said excitedly: "Could it be that General Chu is not good at spears and sticks, so he dare not compete with Mu?"

Chu Meng knew that the general was aggressive, but everyone in the tent looked over, but couldn't help but said: "A mere unknown person, come to fight if you don't accept it!" After saying that, he got up and walked out of the tent.

Everyone looked at Fang Qifo, seeing that Fang Qifo was still closed and silent, they all stood up and watched.

Lin Chong copied the flower gun, raised his legs and walked away. Suddenly, Fang Qifo's faint voice came from behind: "The eighth of the holy canon."

Lin Chong shuddered when he heard the words, and then quickened his pace. Article [-] of the Mingjiao canon, those who insult the holy religion with words, die!
Outside, Chu Meng raised his Pu Dao earlier, and when he saw Lin Chong coming out, he swung the knife away without saying a word.

He is a first-class martial artist with superb swordsmanship, so he wanted to defeat Lin Chong with a single move.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chong held a spear in his hand, collapsing, striking, stabbing, picking, pulling, making it flow like clouds and flowing water, but seeing the shadow of the spear rolling like a wandering dragon, and the cold light heaving and spitting like a plum, he used more than a dozen moves to kill Chu Meng. In a cold sweat.

Chu Meng was astonished at this moment, he didn't expect that one of Fang Qifo's bodyguards would have such martial arts skills.

It's not like he didn't have unique skills, he gritted his teeth a little bit, and used his housekeeping skills to slash a horse with eighteen swords. This kind of sword technique is a method that he has practiced since he was a child.

Although Lin Chong had the upper hand before, under these eighteen strikes, he couldn't help retreating one after another, and was forced by the opponent dozens of steps away.

But when the No.18 knife was cut out, he seemed to be unable to retreat, suddenly his body fell to the side, and he slid back against the ground, and then the spear shot out from his armpit like flying clouds and lightning. , in the middle of Chu Meng's chest!

Chu Meng stopped for a moment, with an expression of disbelief on his face, staring blankly at Lin Chong. After a while, the simple knife in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, and blood flowed out from his chest...

Two days later, the Mingjiao in Yuezhou City should set fire to the city and open the gates of the city. Fang La's army took the opportunity to rush into the city, and Yuezhou City was destroyed.

(End of this chapter)