I Xiaoxiong

In the battle of Songzhou, Qingtang almost mobilized half of the country's strong men, and all the best, but in the end almost the entire army was wiped out.

Maybe some people questioned that Fu Jinchuan had never commanded a large army to fight. The largest scale before was only tens of thousands of people. This time, the army of nearly 10 people faced the Qingtang army of 10,000+. After several months of confrontation, they finally won a big victory. , and its reputation was second to none in the army.

After Wei Guogong and Ding Guogong passed away one after another, when it comes to famous generals, Marquis Wuyang and King Yan were the first in the army, followed by Marquis Wu'an who was just in his early twenties.

Whether it is Red Lotus Road as a traitor, Qingtang as an enemy country, or even the Golden Horde Khanate in the north that has signed an alliance, for them, the name Fu Jinchuan has great deterrent power.

Therefore, Fang Qiu's words immediately made Fang Jiao shut up, not saying a word.

After all, after confronting Zhao Fubai for more than two months, he didn't even touch the city wall of Chengdu, and he couldn't beat Puzhou and Lingzhou.

When Fu Jinchuan returns to his division with the elite of hundreds of battles, if he meets the Red Lotus Army who wants to fight him head-on, wouldn't that be in his favor?

So everyone immediately formed the first consensus that after Fu Jinchuan returned to the army, he could not fight head-on with the army.

Fang Qiu continued: "Mr. Pang, if you want to get out of Sichuan, which way should you go?"

Pang Zhigu thought for a moment and said: "Let's go to Kuizhou. Ning'er and the others were in Zhongzhou Wanzhou for a generation. We can attack Kuizhou's army with Liu Dudu and the others. Then go down the Yangtze River and go straight to Jiangling. If Jiangling fails, Take advantage of the trend and enter Huainan Road”

If you want to get out of Sichuan in the middle of Sichuan, you need to take the line of Kuizhou Yong'an in the south, and there are several channels to get out of Sichuan, such as Ziwu Road, Baoxie Road, and Jinniu Road in the north.

"At present, there are a lot of troops in Guanzhong. The imperial courts in northern Sichuan will definitely guard against it. Although we have to attack Yong'an by force on the southern route, it is better to go to Guanzhong."

Fang Jiao said: "Then Shuzhong, we just left it?"

Pang Zhigu asked back: "When did we take down Shuzhong? It's just that we fled here. Seeing that Shuzhong can't stay here, we naturally have to go on. Zhang Xia's troops can continue to stay in Shuzhong. They Familiar with the terrain in central Sichuan, and there are few people in the department, they can roam in the north and west of Sichuan. Now that the outskirts of Yizhou are connected with fortresses, it is becoming more and more difficult to raise food. If we can’t support our [-] troops, we can only continue to divide our troops and go to Shannan Road and Huainan Road.”

Several people were silent after hearing this, because Pang Zhigu hit the most critical point.That is, it is becoming more and more difficult for the 10,000+ red lotus army to feed in Sichuan.

Even the Red Lotus Army admitted that after they conquered a place, they did not have any governance, and all they could bring was killing and plundering.

If the poor had nothing to rob, they robbed the landlords and gentry, and wherever they passed, it was like locusts crossing the border.This kind of supplementing food only by plundering is basically exhausting the river to catch fish.

And this also brought in the full resistance of the landlords and gentry themselves from the rich and powerful families in various places.When the city was attacked in various places before, the big clans in various places often lost their wealth and had to resist desperately.

Now the imperial court allows all localities to build fortresses for self-defense and privately-run group training, and the powerful and wealthy households have responded to this, because these are related to their wealth and lives.

So Gong Jinghan's supervision went very smoothly.Hundreds of fortresses have sprung up in the three prefectures and more than a dozen counties outside Yizhou in just two months.Although these forts are not complete as fortifications and cannot withstand the onslaught of the army at all, they can still play a defensive role for small groups of rebellious troops.

And with Fu Jinchuan's return to the army, it can be predicted that this famous general will use his troops steadily, and he will inevitably lead the army to recover the prefectures and counties all the way and continue to carry out fortified walls to clear the fields and build forts, causing Honglian Road to lose its soldiers and food supplies.

In the end, the Red Lotus Army was forced to fight the official army, or they would be trapped to death.

Therefore, if the Red Lotus Army wants to continue fighting with the court, they can only continue to be bandits and jump out of Sichuan to have a chance.

After understanding this point, everyone will naturally not clamor for a showdown with the officers and soldiers.

After all the generals retreated, only Fang Qiu, Fang Jiao, Fang Hong, and Pang Zhigu Xue Julin were left in the hall.

Fang Hong sighed and said: "I didn't expect that the Qingtang people lost so badly. It was an army of 15. When Fu Jinchuan sent troops, although it was claimed to be 7 cavalry, it was actually less than 8. There are [-] barbarians, but less than [-]. Could it be that this man really uses soldiers like a god?"

Xue Julin and Fang Jiao's two defeated opponents were naturally a little embarrassed, while Fang Qiu was thoughtful.

Pang Zhigu said: "It's not necessarily true that he uses soldiers like a god. I read the battle reports of his previous battles. He is brave and good at seizing opportunities. When he was in Hexi, although he was well-known everywhere, he was only a brave general. No matter it was the Baiting or Shule battle, he led hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he dared to attack dozens of times the enemy. After he became the governor of Yangzhou, he had already become a general in several battles, but This time when using troops against Qingtang, he is calm and sophisticated, already the style of a famous general."

"Mr. Pang means that every time he leads the army, his ability to use the army is improving day by day."

"Of course."

Several people understood what Pang Zhigu meant.

Which young famous general is not a talent of the heavens, and the talents he possesses are not born with knowledge, but are constantly accumulating experience and skills in the battlefield and in the military camp.

Such remarks are obviously not in line with ordinary people's impression of Marquis Wu'an, but those who have fought against Fu Jinchuan in the battlefield all know that this is the truth.

"If Fu Jinchuan died, would the situation in Central Sichuan be different?" Fang Hong's sudden words stunned several people.

Fang Jiao said: "Third Sister, do you mean assassination? You can try it. I will go to Chengdu in a few days to see if I can kill him, but this kid is very life-saving, and there are at least dozens of people around him every time he travels." Among the subordinates, there are many masters above the third rank, and there are soldiers holding hard crossbows to open the way, and this kid is not weak, even if I fight with the elder brother, it will be very difficult."

"Maybe we don't need to do it."

When they heard this, they all looked at Fang Hong.

Fang Hong continued: "The Jiannan Jiedu Mansion in Central Shu was only established this year. Previously, the military affairs of Central Shu were controlled by the Governor of Yizhou, the King of Shu, and the Governor Tongzhi. Before that, most of the army in Central Shu was lost. These The military fields are all occupied by the powerful families in central Sichuan, as long as Fu Jinchuan dares to make some articles on it, he will definitely fight with those powerful families."

Fang Qiu said: "But even if there is a fight, they dare to attack Fu Jinchuan, the Marquis of Wu'an? This is the imperial court's Jiedu envoy, no matter how arrogant those powerful families are, they dare not do such a thing? mortal sin."

But Pang Zhigu said: "You may not dare, you must know that money touches people's hearts. In order to keep their land, these wealthy families may really do something."

When Pang Zhigu spoke, the Fang brothers and Xue Julin were a little moved. If something happened to Fu Jinchuan, there might really be chaos in Sichuan, and the Red Lotus Army might have a chance to take the opportunity to occupy Sichuan.

Fang Jiao asked eagerly: "Then what should we do? What should we do?"

"Conspiracies and tricks, this is a small road after all, can Chengdu place its hopes on this, the army should march towards Kuizhou as usual, as for this matter, it needs to be carefully planned."

Pang Zhigu was wrapped in a big coat and huddled on a chair, with his hands in his sleeves and hunched over, only a gleam of light appeared in his eyes.

Like a poisonous snake hibernating in winter, it suddenly opens its eyes and spits out a letter.