Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 624 Great Victory
Outside Tong Guan's army camp, Fang Jie, Du Wei and Gong Wen were standing at the front of the army on horseback. Seeing that Tong Guan's camp had hung up a sign refusing to fight, they challenged them to fight several times, but no one accepted the challenge.

Gong Wen said, "Your Excellency, although Tong Guan has suppressed the turmoil in the army, I'm afraid the army is unwilling to fight. It is better to lead the soldiers to attack the camp. A camp wall cannot stop our army."

Fang Jie said: "It seems that the Prime Minister's plan has really succeeded. This guy dare not go out to fight and can only defend the camp. Without morale, what is the use of a hundred thousand troops?"

"Gong Shouyu, you and General Du will each lead 10,000 troops to attack the main camp together, and break through the main camp in one go. I will lead the central army to chase the enemy to the north."

After hearing this, Gong Wen and Du Wei each accepted the order.

After preparing for a moment, the two men split into two groups, and the 20,000-strong army, regardless of ranks, rushed towards Tong Guan's stronghold.

Tong Guan watched from the camp and ordered the soldiers to beat drums. Tens of thousands of bows and crossbows shot arrows at the soldiers led by Gong Wen and Du Wei.

In the armies of Gong Wen and Du Wei, large numbers of soldiers were shot down.

Fang Jie, who was supervising the battle from behind, saw this and his mouth twitched. He thought that Tong Guan's army had no intention of fighting and naturally did not carry enough shields. Now that they attacked the stronghold in a hurry, they suffered a great loss.

Seeing Tong Guan's army being hit by crossbow arrows like rain, Fang Jie couldn't help but waver. After three rounds of arrow rain, the two teams of soldiers had rushed to the front of the camp, and Fang Jie finally felt relieved.

I thought that after joining the battle, I could quickly break through the big camp, but I didn't expect that Tong Guan's big camp was defended very well and I was unable to defeat it.

While the front army was engaged in battle, the rear army was still being shot at by arrows, and the soldiers attacking the village were showing signs of lack of strength.

When Fang Jie saw this, he ordered the central army to beat the drums and was about to go into battle himself.

The deputy general cried out in surprise: "Sir, Huzhou... Huzhou seems to have changed..."

After hearing this, Fang Jie quickly turned around to look.

Fang Jie was startled to see black smoke rising from the city of Huzhou. As he was hesitating, a burst of cannon fire sounded, and all four gates of Tong Guan's camp were opened, and a large number of soldiers rushed out of the camp, shouting as they rushed, "The imperial army has conquered Huzhou, and those who surrender will not be killed."

For a moment, Fang Jie's army was in chaos.

Some were fighting forward, some were fleeing backward, the army was in chaos. Fang Jie hurriedly urged his troops to suppress the riot, killing seventy or eighty people, but still could not stop the chaos.

Wang Huan, Xin Xingzhong, Duan Pengju, Chen Zhu and others led their troops into Fang Jie's army and attacked them together, causing Fang Jie's army to collapse.

Fang Jie saw that the situation was not good, so he led his troops and rode away. Fang Jie's troops were badly defeated, and Feng Mei and Bi Sheng led their troops to intercept and kill them. They chased them all the way to Huzhou, and Tong Guan called for the troops to retreat.

Counting the gains, Wang Huan presented Du Wei's head, Xin Xingzhong killed Gong Wen in the chaos, Bi Sheng captured Lou Minzhong alive, and the other generals also made contributions.

No less than 40,000 of Fang Jie's troops were killed or captured, leaving only 20,000 who were either scattered in the countryside or bypassed Huzhou and headed for Deqing and Dusongguan.

After a brief reorganization, Tong Guan ordered Feng Mei and Bi Sheng to lead 3,000 cavalry each to chase and kill the enemy along the way.

It was not only to expand the results of the battle, but also to prevent Fang Jie's defeated army from staying, so that Wang Bin and Wang Weizhong could take advantage of the situation to capture Deqing and Dusongguan.

The two armies chased and killed them from noon till night, and refused to let them go. Fang Jie's defeated army did not dare to stop and ran for their lives. Of the 20,000 soldiers, only 5,000 could enter Dusong Pass and Deqing.

Most of them were trampled to death by the pursuing cavalry, and the rest either hid in the wilderness or knelt down and begged for mercy.

Let's talk about Dusong Pass first. When the soldiers patrolling the pass saw a large number of defeated soldiers rushing in from the pass, they shouted, "Open the gate quickly! We are the rescue troops from Huzhou. We have been defeated. Please let us in."

The lieutenant did not dare to delay and immediately informed the defending generals Jiang Yin, Wu Sheng and Wei Heng. The three were shocked when they heard the news and did not dare to delay. They put on their armor and went up to the top of the city to see what was happening.

Jiang Yin shouted, "Who are you leading? Who is leading the troops?" A soldier responded loudly, "We are under the command of the emperor. We have suffered a defeat recently and the general has been lost in the army."

A soldier guarding the city took a torch and identified the person. He said to Jiang Yin, "General, there is nothing wrong with the uniforms and flags. The man who spoke to me is Zhang Qinhu, a fellow villager of mine, who is serving in the imperial guards."

Jiang Yin heard this and shouted to the soldiers on the city wall, "Even so, we still need to identify them carefully. Look around, do you know any of them?"

A soldier said, "That's Niu Lao San, the head of Huzhou."

He recognized more than ten people in a row, all of whom were soldiers from the Huzhou garrison and the Muzhou imperial guards.

Jiang Yin was still worried, so he asked Wu Sheng and Wei Heng to go to the city to meet him, and then he said, "Let him in."

The gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and the soldiers were hung down. They rushed in, and Jiang Yin couldn't stop them. Wang Weizhong, a soldier who had sneaked in from behind, shouted, "Go in quickly, go in quickly! They are chasing us from behind."

A group of soldiers and horses were seen flying out from the pass. A general was in the lead and shouted, "Don't run, you traitors, leave your lives behind."

The defeated Fang Jie soldiers had already become frightened birds. The troops, which had just calmed down, suddenly became chaotic and rushed to Guanzhong.

Wu Sheng and Wei Heng, who were guarding the door, shouted again and again: "Do you want to die? Why are you running around like this?"

While they were arguing, Wang Weizhong squeezed in, drew out his spear, raised his hand and shot Wu Sheng, hitting him right in the throat. Wu Sheng was obviously dead.

The soldiers who followed Wang Weizhong into the pass launched an attack together. The people in the city were caught off guard and the soldiers guarding the gate were killed and scattered.

Jiang Yin on the top of the city wall cried out in pain and hurriedly asked people to close the city gate. Wang Weizhong led his troops to kill indiscriminately, and Wei Heng could not resist. Seeing this, Jiang Yin hurriedly came down from the city wall with his spear and fought, and ran into Wang Weizhong.

After fighting for three or five rounds, Jiang Yin lost interest in fighting and ran away with his gun. He was caught up by Wang Weizhong, who stabbed him to death from behind with one shot.

Wang Weizhong led his troops to kill the soldiers guarding the gate and hold the gate. He then assisted the 4,000 soldiers who pretended to be chasing him to enter the pass. He then deployed troops and killed the soldiers guarding Dusong Pass.

Only Wei Heng led a group of soldiers to break out of the pass.

When Feng Mei arrived, Dusong Pass was firmly in the hands of the government troops.

Speaking of the journey to Deqing, Fang Jie led three to five thousand soldiers and ran all the way. Xue Dounan and Huang Ai, who were guarding the city, naturally recognized Fang Jie and quickly asked people to open the city gate and let Fang Jie and others in.

Wang Bing had already led his troops to infiltrate the army, and as the city gate opened, Wang Bing led his troops to rush in, killing the soldiers guarding the gate, and 5,000 soldiers occupied the north gate of Deqing.

After hearing this, Fang Jie did not dare to stay. He led his remaining troops out of the south gate of Deqing and headed for Hangzhou.

Xue Dounan and Huang Ai had no time to take care of Fang Jie, so they led their troops to fight Wang Bing.

Wang Bing rushed forward with a spear, and within ten rounds, he killed Huang Ai with one spear.

Xue Dounan was startled and dared not fight anymore, so he turned his horse and rode away.

While Wang Bing ordered his soldiers to firmly occupy the north gate of Deqing, he also ordered people to shout: "The imperial army is entering the city, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

Seeing that there was nothing he could do, Xue Dounan had to lead his troops out of Deqing City and chase after Fang Jie.

(End of this chapter)