The rise of the prince

Chapter 233 Battle of Anxiakou (final) + ending
The mountain wind hummed, the big boats and small boats were full of sails, and the sky gradually darkened, but it was not enough to see anything. The silhouettes of the trees on both sides of the river swayed freely in the wind, baring their teeth and claws, terrifyingly ferocious.

The wounded imperial army was dragged into the cabin for treatment, and then one wave of crossbowmen replaced another wave. There was a sound of "buzzing", and the shot crossbow arrows could not be seen at all, so they could only rely on experience.

This kind of environment is the most test of military spirit, because you can't see anything at all, you can only hear the piercing and frightening whistling of arrows, mixed with the sound of wind, like death calling, and then death will come, whether you can live or not depends on luck.

This kind of fear is the easiest way to break the morale of the army. When Yang Hongzhao frowned,
The fire lights up and across the sky, many bright light spots across the sky, flying towards the ship from both sides!

Well done!
The opponent's general was obviously inexperienced and made a mistake. He shouldn't have used rockets. Unless he could fill all the boats with firewood and smear oil on the surface, the rockets were meaningless. Instead, the soldiers could see clearly Those arrows that urge death in the dark.

If you can see it, you can prevent it, even death is not so scary.

The morale of the army is gradually stabilizing, and they are starting to counterattack in an orderly manner.

Yang Hongzhao had already prepared. He guessed that there would be an ambush near the mouth of Anxia with a [-]% to [-]% chance, so he chose to pass in the evening when the wind was the strongest. At the same time, he ordered people to climb up the mast and stand by at any time. If the situation was not right, he would set sail and retreat.

Sure enough, most of them were expected by him, the fire was bright among the woods on both sides of the bank, densely packed tiny figures were like ants swarming over the mountains and still chasing them desperately, but no one could catch up to the boat.

"The general has a clever plan. If it hadn't been planned early, I'm afraid it would be a bad trick!" The deputy general also wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, the number of people on both sides of the mountain who only watched the fire was several times that of them. Immediately, I'm afraid something has happened.

Yang Hongzhao didn't speak, but stroked his beard. He was also an old man when he was marching and fighting. Turning back slowly, gradually throwing away the light spots all over the mountains in the distance.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Yang Jianye had just experienced the thrilling experience just now. At this time, his lips were still trembling, his knees were weak, and he couldn't speak a word. He remembered the arrogant words he said before, and now he bowed his head in shame and dared not speak.

If the sails had just been sailed at night, they might all have died in the saddle gorge, half an hour between life and death.
The fleet was out of range, and there were arrows everywhere on the ship. Fortunately, the distance was long, and the imperial army was well armored, so most of them were injured.

"Don't take it lightly, strengthen your guard, retreat at full speed, and retreat to the vicinity of Guazhou." Yang Hongzhao ordered.

Guazhou is more than 80 miles away from Suzhou. The lieutenant general felt that he might be too cautious after hearing this, but when he thought about the general's clever calculations before, he stopped hesitating and went down to deliver the order.

The huge fleet took advantage of the evening wind on the river, and the sails were blown by the strong wind to "whine" like ghost howls. The boatmen at the bottom who were still in shock paddled their oars quickly, so that even if the upstream fleet was still fast, the fire on the mountain now Already far away, thrown off a hill.
Yang Hongzhao breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he found that the far horizon behind him was illuminated by fire, and it looked like the distance was only seven or eight miles away.

"What's going on?" Yang Hongzhao asked loudly. The adjutant shook his head in confusion. He didn't know what happened, so he quickly raised his head and asked the scout who was climbing on the mast to watch the wind and hold the sail: "What's going on behind!"

The wind was very loud, and he asked twice before the scouts above answered loudly. His voice was very strange, as if he was crying loudly, and also seemed to be frightened: "Fleet! There are so many ships like adults! No sails, it's over."

The sound of the wind was whistling and humming in the ears, and everyone could barely open their eyes, they could hear it vaguely, and couldn't understand it all at once.

After the lookout finished speaking, he began to climb down in a hurry. The lieutenant was furious and began to scold him for leaving his post without authorization.

But Yang Hongzhao heard the key point, the fleet, many ships, did not sail.
In an instant, his eyes widened, his eyes went dark, and he couldn't stand firmly on his feet. The lieutenant quickly supported him.

The lights flickering and flickering in front of my eyes gradually began to blur, making it less and less clear, and the flames behind me shot up into the sky and became brighter and brighter.
"General, what's the matter, General!" The deputy general and Yang Jianye hurriedly supported Yang Hongzhao, whose face was dark and his lips were purple.

Yang Hongzhao was in a daze. He knew that the army was going south and the waterways were clear. How could there be a fleet of ships?If there is one, there is only the prince's rear army!

No sails, go down the water, the fastest speed, my own sails are backing at full speed
Yang Hongzhao was so angry that his lips trembled, and he cursed: "Zhu Zi! Shu Zi! You missed me!"

The adjutant and Yang Jianye, who were still a little confused, suddenly heard a huge neighing sound from behind. A huge dull war drum like a mountain was sounded. The sound pierced through the night wind, resounded across the river, and echoed between the valleys on both sides of the river.
thunder?Still...something huge collided!
The lookout scout finally climbed down the mast, ran over in panic, and cried, "My lord, the fleet! There are as many fleets behind us. They didn't sail, and collided with our rear army!"

Lieutenant Yang Jianye finally understood
Just at this time, the lights of the stars in the distance gradually turned over the top of the mountain, and there were more and more of them, gradually spreading across the mountains and plains.
"Quickly, furl the sails and stop the boat, lower the boat, let the soldiers take off their armor and abandon the boat and go first! Leave the boatmen and servants alone." Yang Hongzhao ordered loudly as he struggled.

"But father, can't you stop the ship? Why did you abandon the ship?" Yang Jianye said with some reluctance. This is the best warship in the imperial court.

"How can a ship of a million catties be able to stop without stopping!

In addition, the front army is going with the wind, and the rear is going with the water. They are all at full speed and have no power to return to heaven. Do as I say, otherwise the traitors will catch up and no one will be able to leave! "Yang Hongzhao said in grief and indignation. Horrific tearing and crashing sounds came one after another from behind, mixed with screams. Even if the fleet was several miles away, they could hear clearly. The thunderous collision and the wooden The horrible sound of tearing.

"The last general obeys!" The lieutenant gritted his teeth.

Yang Hongzhao nodded feebly, the flames gathered in the sky behind him, the terrifying sound echoed continuously, screams and flames mixed together, and the figures were confused
The fleets of the front army and the rear army stretch for more than ten miles, and the light is dim. One goes down the current at full speed, and the other goes up the wind at full speed.
Looking at the tragic scene behind, Yang Hongzhao couldn't help but burst into tears. He didn't know if it was because of the loss of this hard-won opportunity, or because of compassion for the country, or those innocent people who died.
It's just that he couldn't figure out why the prince's rear army rushed to catch up, causing today's catastrophe!
"How could it be, how could it be so, Brother Fang! Hahaha, what are you going to do? Visiting late at night, we can sit down and talk slowly if we have something to say." Su Banchuan hurried out in his inner robe, before he even had time to put on his shoes, his face was full of tears She had a strong smiling face, but her plump inner thighs were trembling, and she looked flustered.

There were only a few dozen trembling yamen servants around him, and Mr. Fang's people poured into the inner courtyard in large numbers. The inner courtyard is spacious, but it can't accommodate so many people, and most of them are waiting outside the courtyard, surrounding the entire courtyard.

"Shoot the arrow!" Mr. Fang was merciless.

Dozens of cottage men in the front suddenly raised their bows, opened their bows and set their arrows in one go. There was a whistling sound, and the yamen servants fell in a row. Su Banchuan's plump body took two steps back, and then stared blankly at the arrows on his chest and thighs. , as if about to cry, but also as if he couldn't believe his eyes, he shook two steps and finally fell heavily to the ground, panting for a while and losing his voice.

The blood fainted, flowed down the steps, and was quickly sucked into the floor. The remaining yamen servants knelt down and cried for mercy, but Fang Shenggong showed no mercy.

"Sheng Gong, the youngest of the Fang family"

"Don't let one go." Fang Shenggong took a few steps forward, seeing Su Banchuan's wide-eyed, unrepentant face, and the screams of men, women and children came from the attic behind.

Fang Shenggong said in a low voice: "I forgot to tell you that the scar on my throat was not caused by saving the king of Wu. I went in to kill him. Unfortunately, he was too powerful to kill him. He insisted on not retreating because he would not give the brothers a way out. If we don’t give us a way to survive, we will find our own way.”

As he spoke, he covered Su Banchuan's dying eyes with his hands.

In a short while, the entire "Xu Palace" was washed with blood, men, women, old and young in the night, without exception.

Fang Shenggong heaved a sigh of relief, and his whole body collapsed. After tonight, the more than 5000 people in Mishan will be able to live in peace and stability.

"Let's go, come quietly, go quietly, don't move the things of the Su family." Fang Sheng said in a low voice, and then led 500 people to retreat in the dark. Tonight they need to go back to the Mishan Mountain overnight.

Everyone was covered in blood before they left the palace, and suddenly they heard someone shouting in the darkness at the corner of the street: "Catch and kill the thief Xu Gong!"

"Catch the thief!"

"The thief broke into the government office and killed Mr. Su!"

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The shouts were chaotic and noisy, and not only one person shouted, but they joined together in a short while, disturbing the surrounding houses, and lighting up lights everywhere.
Then a large circle of flames lit up, and the gate of Xu Palace was already surrounded by many sergeants. The armored sergeants lit torches and surrounded the gate several times inside and out.

Mr. Fang's heart sank instantly
"Who are you? What do you want to do!" Mr. Fang asked loudly.

He was answered with a stern voice: "Bold thief, trespassing on Mr. Xu's mansion, killing Mr. Xu, shoot him!"

In the blink of an eye, the deformed swordsmen in black drew out their swords one after another and stepped forward.
"嗡~嗡~嗡~" The long and dull sound echoed in the darkness. Under the firelight, a large number of black-clothed swordsmen fell down and wailed instantly, unable to stand up anymore. In the confusion, someone blocked the arrow for Fang Shenggong. Most of it has fallen down.

Fang Shenggong was heartbroken, he lost his composure, and shouted: "Quickly retreat, step back in and close the door! Close the door!"

But the opponent's crossbow arrows didn't stop. Caught off guard, their people fell down like cutting wheat. When Fang Shenggong retreated into the mansion and closed the gate, there were only a dozen people left around him, covered in blood and still in shock.

Who is it? Mr. Fang's eyes were red and his hands were shaking.

"The thief hid in the mansion, break through the door!"

"Don't go, thief!"

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The flames flickered outside the door, and someone shouted. Mr. Fang felt ashamed. He realized that he was being used.
After a while, the sound gradually quieted down. He heard someone walking up the steps, and then through the door, a familiar voice sounded.

"Shenggong, I told you a long time ago that without armor or shield, no matter how good your martial arts skills are, it's useless."

"Ding Yi!" Fang Shenggong gritted his teeth.

"I didn't do it, it was me." Ding Yi's voice came from outside the door: "Actually, you should have understood that Su Banchuan is dead, and someone has to take care of it. Noisy, the undead can't suppress it."

"Hahahaha." Fang Shenggong laughed miserably through the door: "How could I not know, I just trust you too much, and now it seems that I have brought it on myself."

Ding Yi didn't speak for a long time, and after being quiet for a while, he said slowly: "Master, you can do anything for Mishan's [-] people, no matter how many people die, or do whatever you want, and I am the same."

"When I was six years old, Baiyi was chaotic on Jiannan Road, the imperial court wanted to send troops, and I was short of money.

It just so happened that my unsatisfied brother-in-law was sloppy, and secretly exchanged a few bolts of good cloth for the next cloth when making tributes to the court last year, and gambled with the difference. Because of this, the court had an excuse and copied my grandfather's house, a family of 60 No one was spared, and they were all beheaded. My mother cried so hard that she got tuberculosis, and died within a few years.

When I was 12 years old, that is, the year before you, master, rebelled, the imperial court wanted to send troops to the Liao Kingdom, and for insignificant reasons, they copied more than a dozen big merchants in Suzhou to fill up their military resources, including the Ji family that I had a marriage contract with. Hehe, before I saw his young lady, she was completely wiped out, don't you think it's funny?"

Speaking of this, Ding Yi laughed at himself through the door: "Hehe, Master, what kind of world do you think this is?
Is it wrong for people to have ability? I have ability, brains, work harder than others, and earn money. If others can’t do it, I’m jealous.

Isn't this letting a seven-foot man with a hundred catties of strength kneel down for a dwarf who has no strength to restrain a chicken! " he cursed.

"What's wrong with us!" Ding Yi suddenly roared: "The fault is that we are smarter than others? The fault is that we are more capable than others? Bullshit king!"

"In fact, I have known for a long time that if Su Banchuan is the master of Ansu Mansion, he will be just another emperor, so I have already planned to come by myself!" Ding Yi said through the door: "I will build a new world by myself, which is different from the past. The way of the world, if you have the ability, you will not become a world of sin."

He said softly: "Master, open the door, you will surely die tonight, there will always be someone who will be charged with killing Su Banchuan. You and I are the same, you live for what you think in your heart, and now, you should die for what you think in your heart."

Fang Shenggong quietly leaned against the hard door, the blood on his body had already solidified, the evening wind blew, a chill pierced through his heart, and his voice was still hoarse and ugly: "No wonder. No wonder you have to waste your time and troubles to make porridge Sheds, to help the people, to buy people's hearts"

Ding Yi didn't answer him, but unfortunately the answer is already obvious, the mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows.

"I just want to ask, if I die, will the five thousand people in Mishan be safe and sound?" Fang Shenggong asked weakly.

"Yes." Ding Yi replied affirmatively across the door.

Fang Shenggong nodded: "I trusted you before, but it ended up being a complete failure. Now I have no choice but to trust you again."

As he said that, he stood up and opened the door himself. The fire outside the door was flickering. Ding Yi quickly retreated a dozen steps away. The sword in his hand was useless, and countless crossbows were aimed at him.

"Let the arrow!" Ding Yi was merciless.

A new day begins with the rising sun.

When the sun rose, the killing last night gradually stopped. Su Banan sat on the rock on the top of the mountain with dark circles under his eyes, looking at the smoky wreckage of the river, many boats crowded together, forming a high dam. The water of the Duanjiang River became a barrier lake, and the boats in the middle were directly crushed into debris, and the water level behind it had risen several feet, threatening to flood.

Many people lost their lives in the river, some were directly crushed into flesh when they hit the boat, and some who jumped off the boat also drowned in the river in the dark, countless
He never expected that this battle would be won like this.

When the situation was about to be defeated, the situation suddenly reversed. The rear army of the imperial court came suddenly, and then collided with the hurriedly retreating front army.
There are still many who ran towards Guazhou by rowing boats at night, and some also ran by land. The townspeople are still chasing after them, but most likely they will not be able to catch up.
They only caught dozens of live people, most of them were boatmen and servants, because the generals leading the army of the imperial court were too decisive and cautious, and immediately abandoned the big ship as soon as it hit the ship.

Su Ban'an still felt like a dream, so he won?But they hardly do anything
After a while, a soldier hurried over and reported to him in a panic: "Your Excellency, something is wrong. Last night, thieves broke into the mansion. Prefect Su, no, Mr. Xu...he was killed!"

Su Ban quietly sat on the rock on the top of the mountain, with the wind blowing, looking at the wreckage of the river below from a distance, and the people cheering everywhere, he just waved his hand lightly to signal him to back down.

Of course he knew about this, the city defense of Suzhou should have [-] Xiang troops.

He was transferred by the Su Ban Security Department, otherwise how could the thieves enter the city?
The advantage is 10 taels of silver, plus Luzhou, and I will never see that big brother who always pushes him out to risk his life on the grounds that he is talented, and hides behind him to put on a show and enjoy the benefits.

After the battle last night, Su Ban'an felt a little uneasy. At first, he thought that the future would be bright, Wang Tu would dominate, and a war could be expected.

But the imperial army last night made him terrified. If God hadn't helped him in the end, the enemy would have retreated completely and would come back in a threatening manner.
And according to the report, [-]% of the dead were boatmen and corvee workers, and most of the imperial guards still ran away.

The next time the court sends troops, what kind of opponent will it be?He doesn't know, he's just worried
(End of this chapter)