I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 167 Ma Cheng Policy

With the cooperation of crossbow carts and even simple trebuchets, and after paying thousands of casualties at the same time, after several days, He Baxu finally took down the entrance of Tianzhu Valley and wiped out all the thieves.

Fang Jiao, the commander-in-chief of the thief, sneaked into the deep mountains, and the officers and soldiers also gave up the search.

After all, if a great master wants to leave, only the great master can stop him.Especially this special terrain.

He Baxu didn't follow the trend to pursue either, and after sending the military report to Yangzhou, he returned to Huoshan to wait for the next military order.

However, Fang Dingnan and Pang Zhigu led their troops, instead of attacking the city in Qizhou, they went straight to Huangzhou.

Because Shuzhou, next to Qizhou, is stationed with Wugong Zhongwei and a part of the Anguo Army, and tens of thousands of officers and troops face Jiangzhou City across the river.

In December of the 18th year of Xuanjia, Fang Dingnan led his troops to join his uncle Fang Qiu's troops at Guifeng Mountain in Macheng.

At this time, Fang Qiu's troops had grown to more than [-] people, and captured Macheng in Huangzhou, Huangpi, Yinshan Pass in the north to Guangzhou, Jiyang and Xiaochang in Anzhou, and only the state city of Anlu was still in the hands of the government army.

However, the Red Lotus Army under Fang Qiu lacked a backbone because of its rapid growth.Fang Jiao's troops only kept the elite backbone during the uprising, which could just strengthen the control over the newly recruited rebels.

Fang Qiu was very excited after seeing his nephew Fang Dingnan. He has only one daughter. Fang Dingnan's martial arts and wisdom are all top choices. This nephew can be said to be the best candidate for the future Red Lotus Dao Shenggong.

After the two red lotus armies converged, they did not stop, and immediately turned to Anzhou in the west.

"So, what you encountered was the elite of the imperial court?"

After joining forces, Fang Qiu and his nephew Fang Dingnan walked among the crowd. Only the military adviser Pang Zhigu rode a donkey and walked in front. Other than that, the leaders of Red Lotus Dao were no different from other congregants.

This is also because they really have few horses, and the only horses they have are given to the messengers and scouts.And Honglian Dao also pays attention to the equality of all beings, and the brothers Fang Qiu and Fang Jiao are also very good at superficial writing, so that their children also follow suit, so you can't tell their identities at all just by looking at their clothes. .

Fang Dingnan nodded and said: "Yes, uncle, they are definitely elite officers and soldiers. Watching them march in an orderly manner, there are also a large number of cavalry. Just by looking at their riding skills, you can tell that they are all from the north, and they are definitely not the officers and soldiers of Huainan. Possessing momentum. Mr. Pang immediately persuaded Aye to lead his elite troops to evacuate after seeing the cavalry of the officers and soldiers. Fortunately, Aye listened to the persuasion, otherwise the [-] elites would have to be handed over to the city of Luzhou."

Fang Qiu said with a smile, "Mr. Pang predicts things and hasn't made any mistakes. You, Aye, are good at this. Most of the time, you listen to persuasion."

Fang Dingnan said with a wry smile: "Uncle, it's too early to praise. When we retreated to Lu'an, Mr. Pang said that we should go south to Tianzhu Mountain immediately, but Aye wanted to use the terrain to ambush Fu Jinchuan's cavalry. Who knows?" After waiting for several days, Fu Jinchuan did not lead the cavalry to pursue, but waited for the infantry to arrive before marching. There is no way to ambush the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. I quickly withdrew my words, and when we arrived at Tianzhu Mountain, Uncle Hu and Uncle Chen and I wanted to end the queen, but Aye said that it was not our turn to do this.”

Fang Qiu shook his head, "This second child, forget it, you don't have to worry, you Aye's skill, it's not a problem if you want to leave."

Fang Dingnan nodded: "Uncle, what should we do next?"

Fang Qiu pointed to Pang Zhigu, who was riding an old donkey not far away, talking to two young girls, and said, "I have to ask Mr. Pang."

Pang Zhigu rode on a donkey and ate the wild hawthorn on Guifeng Mountain, and felt that his teeth were about to fall out.

"Sir, why do you still eat it even though you know it's sour?"

The person who spoke was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a tall figure and a beautiful appearance. Although she was dressed in ordinary clothes, she couldn't hide her beauty.But it was Fang Qiu's daughter Fang Ning.

Mrs. Yun Si smiled and said: "Ning'er, you don't know now, Mr. is old and his sense of taste has deteriorated."

Pang Zhigu heard the two women chattering here, but he didn't say a word, but he was still eating wild hawthorn.Resist sleepiness with the sour taste in your mouth.

But in my heart, I kept thinking about the next move of the Red Lotus Army, how the imperial court would advance and suppress, and how to respond to King Wu's army.
The entire Red Lotus Army swept through more than a dozen states and hundreds of counties in just a few months. The number of rebels may exceed 20, which can be described as huge.

But among these people, there are very few who can read and write, and even fewer can form troops.On the overall level, there may be only a few people who can consider the overall strategy.

Among them, No.1 is naturally Pang Zhigu who is a military adviser.

When the team arrived in Macheng, it happened to be dark.Pang Zhigu was finally able to get off the donkey, and walked into what was originally the county government hall.

The group ate a fairly sumptuous dinner, and then Fang Qiu summoned leaders above the command level to discuss the next move.

These include Fang Dingnan, Fang Hu, Chen Tai, Yang Zedi and other six leaders from Shouzhou, as well as Fang Twelve, Fang Datong, Yuan Qing, Liu Shikai, Luo Xiao, Yao Zhiqi, and Yun Si Niangzi and other Huangzhou rebels. Eight commanders, and several commanders led the army in various places.

Sitting in the main seat was of course Sheng Gong Fang Qiu, and military adviser Pang Zhigu sat in the first place to attack him.

"In the past less than two months, we have captured many counties in Huangzhou, Anzhou, and Guangzhou. The saint and Marshal Qin also conquered several counties in the land of Jingchu. With a team of tens of thousands of people, it can be said that this uprising is even more powerful than that in Bay State 30 years ago."

When Fang Qiu said this, a group of people also had joyful expressions on their faces. After all, this kind of momentum was the first time since the Kingdom Dynasty.

Beizhou 30 years ago was only in Hebei Province.

In addition to facing them, the imperial court also had to face the King of Wu in the south of the Yangtze River, so these people are also full of confidence in the future.

But Fang Qiu changed the subject at this time, "But although the momentum is great, we must not be complacent. The imperial court still has elite frontier troops that have not yet been dispatched. We are facing the various places that we are currently attacking. The previous garrisons have been transferred to the south of the Yangtze River by the imperial court. , so the defense is empty, and the next thing we have to face is likely to be the elite frontier troops of the imperial court."

At this time, Fang Qiu's disciple Liu Shikai said: "Master, although the imperial court has an elite army, our Red Lotus Dao is not made of mud. Why should we grow others' ambitions and destroy our own prestige."

Clan brother Fang Twelve also echoed: "That's right, big brother, we teach people not to be afraid of life and death, so how can we be afraid of some elite officers and soldiers?"

Fang Qiu was very satisfied with the spirit of these people, but felt a little helpless for their ignorance of the world.

"Have you ever seen more than [-] officers marching in iron armor? Have you seen thousands of cavalry lined up to charge? Have you ever heard the sound of tens of thousands of horseshoes stomping on the ground like thunder? "

Fang Dingnan's series of questions made everyone speechless immediately.

Fang Twelve said unconvinced: "Dingnan, didn't you get emboldened by the officers and soldiers? It's not like you said Dingnan."

Fang Dingnan wanted to speak, but only heard: "Twelve, you said that Dingnan made the officers and soldiers lose their nerve, so do you believe what I said?"

A big man in black walked into the lobby with a big knife on his shoulders, and then he directly stuck the big knife in the green bricks of the lobby, and pierced it into the ground about half a foot, which showed the strength of this man.

Everyone looked around, but it was Fang Jiao, Marshal of Honglian Dao.

"Aye." Fang Dingnan said in surprise when he saw the person coming.

"marshal."

"Marshal, you are back."

"Hahahaha, what is this called? I think the officers and soldiers can stop me when I come back?"

Fang Twelve smiled awkwardly when he saw the person coming, "Second brother, you are back."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, and don't say that my Dalang grows other people's ambitions. I know that we Honglian Dao are all heroes, but the war between the two armies is not a fight between the rivers and lakes. You can win with just ambition and courage. The last time I witnessed the Battle of Hezhou with my eldest brother and Army Master Pang, you all know my temper, I always have one thing to say, and when it comes to using troops, we may not be as good as that 20-year-old Fu Jinchuan Boy!"

"Twelve is just you, let me ask you, can you understand if I give you 1 people?"

Fang Jiao's call made these people silent for an instant.

"So, if you don't have the ability, then just listen to my elder brother and Junjun Pang for these matters! What a waste of words."

After finishing speaking, Fang Jiao directly pulled up a chair and sat next to Fang Qiu.

Fang Qiu couldn't laugh or cry when he saw his brother coming back, but at least he was able to keep talking.

At this time Pang Zhigu said: "Ahem, what the Marshal and Dingnan said makes sense. We have won many victories, but we have never encountered a decent imperial army, and now the imperial army has arrived in Huainan, so even if it occupies several states now However, none of them can be used as a reliance, and we will transfer to Jingxiang in the next episode to join the Holy Maiden's department."

"The land of Huangzhou?"

"give up."

"The land that has been laid down is not wanted?"

"Correct."

As soon as the words came out, there was another whisper.

At this time, Fang Jiao coughed twice again at the right time: "cough cough".

So the scene was quiet again.

Pang Zhigu continued: "I know that these cities were brought down by everyone's bloody battles, but there is no danger in Huangzhou, Anzhou and other places. We need to find another place to stay. We must be sharp for the time being to achieve great success."

Fang Qiu said, "Sir, please tell me that Honglian Dao would not be as prosperous as it is today without Mr."

Fang Jiao also echoed: "Yes, without Mr. Pang, we are still wandering in the ravine now, hiding in Tibet every day, please speak bluntly, sir, I think there is something wrong with that."

Pang Zhigu nodded, and then asked someone to unfold a map, pointing to the map and said: "Although Huainan is good, it is close to Gyeonggi Province and extends in all directions. It is not a place to be defended. We are in Huainan, and to the west is the land of Jingchu. To the west is the land of Sichuan. The land of abundance in Sichuan, you can enter Guanzhong in the north. We will join up with the rebel army in Xiangzhou first, and take the land of Chu first, in the land of Tuchuan!" , You can retreat into the mountains to resist the official army!"

"If the world changes, how do you know we can't make things happen?"

(End of this chapter)