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Hangzhou.

In the temple of Fang La.

Fang La was both shocked and frightened when he heard that Fang Qifo and the Northern Lu Army were wiped out by Cai Jian, who had never even heard of his name before.

Fang La couldn't help but ask everyone: "Who is this Cai Shen?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Finally, Lu Jiang stood up and said, "Report to the Lord, I found out his details."

After pausing, General Lu said again: "Cai is still the nephew of the treacherous prime minister Cai Jing, the grandson of the prime minister Wang Anshi of Shenzong, and the only son of Cai Bian, the Privy Councilor during the Zhenghe period. He was originally a Jinshi in the Xuanhe period, but he abandoned his literature and martial arts to form the Jinwu Army. Later, when he suppressed the Jingdong hero Song Jiang, he became famous in one battle."

"Song Jiang? Hobao Yi Song Jiang?" Chen Zuotuo asked.

General Lu replied: "Yes, it's him. Two years ago, he gathered 36 people to revolt in Liangshan, led his troops to attack Heshuo, Jingdong East Road, and fought between Qingzhou, Qizhou and Puzhou, and captured more than ten prefecture counties. There was a lot of noise."

Huo Chengfu said: "I remember this person. He is quite famous in the world and is a hero."

General Lu said: "Later, the Zhao Song Dynasty court sent Cai to suppress Song Jiang. He won several battles. Finally, he went to the meeting alone to capture Song Jiang alive, forcing Song Jiang and his gang to accept the invitation of the Zhao Song Dynasty court."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Bao Kang said: "So, Cai is still extraordinary, no wonder he can defeat the Northern Lu Army."

Fang La once insisted that the Song army could not pose a threat to them so quickly, and insisted on transferring the main force to the south to seize the territory in the southeast. He also said: "If it were Tong Guan and famous generals like Zhong Shidao, we should be so cautious. I have never even heard of that Cai Ding, and it is not worthy of our presence as if we were facing a great enemy."

Now, Song Jun and Cai Shen's slap in the face has made Fang La's face a little uneasy, especially after Cai Shen's heels were dug out.

Fang Fei saw Fang La's embarrassment and knew that Fang La had no way out now.

So, Fang Fei helped Fang La change the topic: "What's the point of talking about Cai now? Let's discuss how to face the enemy quickly."

When it comes to how to face the enemy, everyone shut up.

Now, the Song army has arrived in Xiuzhou, only two or three days away from their base camp Hangzhou, which can be said to be close.

Therefore, both sides may fight to the decisive battle at any time.

So, Fang Fei is right, and now we should consider how to face the enemy, rather than talking about Cai Lan's past.

But how can this enemy be met?

Fang Qifo and the Northern Army in his troops were almost the most capable of fighting among them.

But even the Northern Route Army, which was the most capable, was completely wiped out by the Song army in one battle. How did they fight this battle?

Seeing that no one was talking, Bao Kang could only stand up and analyze: "The Northern Army was defeated because of the field battle with the Song army."

After pausing, Bao Kang continued to analyze: "Our army lacks training, has insufficient soldiers and armor, and does not have complete horses. In this case, if we fight against the well-trained and well-equipped Song army in the field, it is possible that we will be wiped out by a battle."

Bao Kang thought, and said, "However, there is more than one way of fighting. Since we are not opponents of the Song army in the field, we will fight a defensive counterattack."

"Defense counterattack?"

Everyone is thinking about how to defend and counterattack?

Bao Kang said again: "Hangzhou City is four meters high and has complete defense facilities. We can completely defend according to the city."

Obviously, Bao Kang didn't understand military affairs very much.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Zuotong said: "Since ancient times, the lonely city has not been defended. Therefore, although Hangzhou City is strong, we cannot only guard Hangzhou City. If we really want to defend Hangzhou, we must guard together with the surrounding county towns and dangerous cities. In addition, there must be reinforcements outside, and in addition, there must be sufficient food and grass."

"forage?"

After Chen Zuotuan reminded him, Fang Fei's heart suddenly became tight!

They have no food.

No.

It should be said that they once had grain - the southeast is rich in grain. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Road, and the location of the Fabrication Bureau. It is one of the command centers of Huashigang. A large number of officials, wealthy businessmen and landlords gathered in Hangzhou. Therefore, a large amount of grain was originally gathered in Hangzhou.

However, after Fang Layi's army conquered Hangzhou City, they did not pay attention to food. They only focused on robbing gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other valuable things. In addition, the number of people in their troops was too large, so they consumed a lot. As a result, the food in Hangzhou City was squandered by them, leaving only enough food for them to eat temporarily.

Of course, it is not that the Fang La Yi army had no food, but that their food was scattered in various cities, and with their organizational capabilities, they could not gather in a short time.

It can be said that at this time, Fang La was only concerned about the south and did not consider that the Song army would go south quickly, which had already emerged.

General Lu hesitated for a moment and proposed: "Let's give up Hangzhou City and retreat to Shezhou. Shezhou has a dangerous terrain and can be used as a place for us to fight the Song army. The key is that Shezhou is the hub west of Qingxi. Qingxi belongs completely to us. Moreover, Qingxi has food, which can be used as the rear of our decisive battle with the Song army. If we fight back to the water in Shezhou, it is very likely that the Song army will be repelled."

Fang La said without even thinking about it, “No.”

Bao Kang also said: "It's true that Hangzhou means too much to us. Moreover, if Hangzhou loses, Yuezhou, Mingzhou, Taizhou, and Wuzhou, they are all dangerous. In this way, the good situation we have achieved before will be gone, which will be a fatal blow to us." - Hangzhou, whether in terms of geographical location or political significance, is the best in the southeast. If it is lost, the Fang La Uprising will definitely be severely hit.

Fang Ladao: "Yes, that's what I mean, so you can't lose it in Hangzhou."

If you can't lose it, you can only keep it.

Mr. Wang said, "Stop going south, adjust all the troops you can transfer back, and fight the Song army in Hangzhou."

As soon as Mr. Wang said this, Fang La's intestines were almost regretful. If he had known this, he would have adopted the advice of Chen Zuotong and General Lu to occupy Jinling, and even sent a side army to cross the river and develop directly to Jiangbei.

"Who would have thought that the Song army would go south so quickly!"

Fang La glanced at Bao Kang and thought that Bao Kang had misled him.

At this time, someone suggested: "Otherwise, let's try to surrender Cai Gan? If he can surrender to us, then all our problems will be solved."

After listening to this person's advice, everyone laughed at him for his delusion. They discovered the tomb of Cai Shen's ancestors and exposed his bones. With such a great revenge, the key is that the situation in the Song army is very good. How could Cai Shen be surrendered by them?

Someone also suggested: "We have many ships in the southeast, and there are many shipyards, and there are more people who know water. It is better for us to collect all the ships we can collect. If the situation is not good, we can evacuate from the water."

Everyone thought this proposal was good, and Fang La was also very moved by it. They seized countless cases of this uprising, and now they are almost all gathered in Hangzhou. They can move all those things onto the boat. In case something is wrong, they can evacuate directly by boat.

Someone perfected this plan and said: "In this way, the existing ships are not designated enough. We can gather all the ship craftsmen who can find them and order them to work overtime to build large ships. If Hangzhou City cannot be defended, we will not even leave straw for the Song army."

Everyone was talking and replenishing the plan of withdrawal bit by bit, and no longer knew about it.

Seeing this, Chen Zuozhun, Lu Jiang and others couldn't help but worry about the future of the rebel army...

A few days later, Fang Baihua and Chen Shisi withdrew with the Eastern Route Army, and then stationed along the Wukang-Chongde area - they were the first line of defense of the rebel army.

Soon, all the middle army withdrew back to Hangzhou City, while the Chuzhou troops retreated to Lin'an-Yuhang-Fuyang areas to cooperate in defense.

Subsequently, Fang Wuxianggong from Taizhou led the Southern Army and Lu Shinang to lead the Taizhou uprising army to retreat to Hangzhou. Qiu Rixin from Yuezhou and Quzhou from Quzhou, Zheng Demon King from Wuzhou, Zhu Yan, Wu Bang and others also retreated to Hangzhou.

In late February, after many tests by the Jinwu Army and Fang Baihua, Chen Shishimen, Cai still sent the Bai Bai Army and Beiwei Army to pretend to go to Hangzhou from Yanguan, and lured Fang Baihua to lead the army to intercept it.

Although Fang Baihua also suspected that Cai was still luring the snake out of the hole.

But Cai still attacked him and was sure to save him.

There was no way, Fang Baihua could only lead an army of 50,000 to the Yanguan to intercept the White Army and the Beiwei Army.

As a result, Cai Shen's ambush was in the middle.

Although the Fang La Uprising Army was very powerful, its equipment and training were almost blank. It was only possible to organize the offensive with the huge momentum and strong organization of the Manichaeists.

Under such circumstances, after a few encounters, Fang Layi's army of Fang Baihua's troops was defeated by the Jinwu army, and then surrounded and annihilated them.

As the supporter, Chen Shisi personally led an army of 20,000 to rescue him after receiving the request from Fang Baihua in front of him.

After a hard battle, Chen Shisi finally responded to Fang Baihua and more than 10,000 troops from his troops.

Just when she was about to retreat, Fang Baihua keenly thought that the Jinwu army was luring the enemy, surrounding them, and chasing them. She wanted to eat her 50,000 troops in one bite, but Cai Shen might not have many soldiers around her.

It was a coincidence that one of Chen Shisi's army was very familiar with the hill where Cai still lived. He was sure that there was a secret passage behind the hill that could go up the mountain.

Fang Baihua made a quick decision and detoured behind the hill with Chen Shisi, and then led a large army to attack Cai Shen's central army tent with Chen Shisi.

To be honest, this was not what Cai Shen did intentionally, but because Cai Shen's troops were short of force, only a part of the personal guards left to protect him. As a result, such a fatal loophole was revealed and was captured by Fang Baihua and Chen Shisi.

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Fang Baihua and Chen Shisi, especially the latter, never expected that Cai Shen would be so powerful in martial arts. He captured Fang Baihua who came to capture the king in one encounter, and then led a group of personal guards and guards to charge forward and disperse Fang Baihua and Chen Shisi's troops, and Chen Shisi, the central general who rushed into Chen Shisi, was also captured alive.

Afterwards, Cai still demanded the lives of Fang Baihua and Chen Shisi, forcing Fang Baihua and Chen Shisi's troops to kneel down and surrender.

This battle took place from morning to night. The Jinwu Army killed more than 10,000 soldiers from Fang La Rebel Army and captured more than 20,000 soldiers from Fang La Rebel Army alive.

A brilliant victory!

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Chapter completed!