Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 302 0297 [Fang La Uprising]

The offering of flowers and stones also competes with each other.

Zhu Yu is just the most famous one, Sheng Zhang also contributes after going it alone, there are also Wang Yongcong, Yu Chen, Lu Jian, Ying Andao and so on.

Song Huizong felt that it was too confusing, so he selected six people to be responsible for different processes.For example, the search for rare objects is in charge of Zhu Xi, while Wang Yongcong, Yu Yu and others are all under Zhu Xi's management.Another example is Huainan Yunjuan Sun Mo, who is responsible for transporting Huashigang.

In the midst of fierce competition, the content of Hua Shi Gang is constantly being updated.

It doesn't have to be expensive, the core idea is to be novel!

For example, olives, which the emperor had never seen before.After a small olive seedling arrived in Tokyo, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty beamed with joy.

Song Huizong also understood that Hua Shigang disturbed the people, so he asked Cai Jing to take charge of the management, and it was strictly forbidden to dig graves, demolish houses, and plunder private property.But Cai Jing couldn't control him at all, because Zhu Meng had already voted for Tong Guan, so he had no scruples in doing things.

Qingxi County, Bangyuan Cave.

There is a lot of bamboo and wood lacquer here, and there are many kinds of wood in the mountains. It is the place that should be searched by Feng Bureau.

Zhu Xi didn't even personally send people to the countryside, but asked Qingxi county magistrate to pay tribute.The county magistrate sent Yaqian officials to arrange tasks for Lizheng and Baojiachang, and took the opportunity to extort excessive collection.

"You have done a lot of evil, what else can you say?" Fang La grabbed Fang Youchang's collar.

Fang Youchang's hair was disheveled, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen from the beating, and he kept begging for mercy.

"He's a coward too!" Fang La chopped him down.

Immediately, the Fang family's belongings were removed, and the house was burned down.

Instead of attacking the county seat, he returned home to gather believers and at the same time contact other believers in the county.

In less than ten days, tens of thousands of people participated, plundered wealthy households everywhere, and killed those Lizheng Baojia who were in charge of expropriating Huashi Gang.

Fang La called himself "Shenggong" and Jianyuan "Yongle".

Zhang Huiyan, the magistrate of Muzhou, sent Cai Zun, the governor of the two Zhejiang soldiers and horses, to lead [-] soldiers and horses to suppress them.

Cai Zun was defeated and died, and many soldiers took refuge in Fang La.

That month, Fang La took advantage of the situation to capture Qingxi County.The next month, Fang La captured Muzhou City, and then divided his troops to capture Shouchang, Fenshui, Tonglu, Suian and other counties.

After Cai Zun buried [-] soldiers and horses, the cities of prefectures and counties were like paper.

Occupying the entire Muzhou, Fang La led his troops into Shezhou, bypassing the state city to attack Xiuning County.

After a lot of fighting, Fang La broke through Xiuning County.

He heard that Ju Sifu, the county magistrate, was a good official, so he decided to take it for his own use.First arrest the chief secretary and the abductor, kill him in front of Ju Sifu, and then threaten: "If you don't surrender, you will end up like this!"

Ju Sifu's face remained unchanged: "Since ancient times, there is no long-term demon thief. It is not that I go to you now, but you should let me go. When I ask the court, maybe you can spare your life. I will not be a thief. Yes, either let me go or kill me!"

Since the intimidation didn't work, Fang La tried to persuade him, but Ju Sifu refused.

Fang La could only say: "You are a good official. I heard that none of the previous Xiuning county magistrates was as good as you. I rebelled because I couldn't be extorted by corrupt officials. Since you are not a corrupt official, how can I have the heart to kill you? Go ahead."

Ju Sifu escaped from the south of the Yangtze River and was quickly promoted to the prefect of Muzhou. The court asked him to lead troops to fight back.

But Ju Si was injured when he returned to defend the city, and his injuries became worse all the way, and he died before he got the soldiers and horses.

Fang La led an army to surround Shezhou City again. Guo Shizhong, the guard general, had the title of "Famous General in the Southeast" and nicknamed "Bingguansuo".Guo Shizhong died fighting hard, and Shezhou was defeated.

Then, the uprising army divided into three groups.

All the way north to attack Ningguo, all the way south to attack Quzhou, Fang La personally led the main force to attack Hangzhou.

Fuyang and Yuhang counties were destroyed one after another, and Fang La's army soon surrounded Hangzhou city.

Wang Fu, the transshipment envoy of the Liangzhe Road, Qian Deyu, the deputy envoy, Zhang Yuan, the prefect Zhao Ting, Li Daochong, the prefect... all the officials fled before fearing the battle.

Zhu Xi naturally ran faster!

At the beginning of Fang La's uprising, Zhang Yuan had already reported to the imperial court, requesting to dispatch troops to suppress it.What's more, the urgent document was issued, and it was sent to Tokyo very quickly, but the court reprimanded him in return. Wang Fu blamed him for "making troubles".

Well, the traitorous party is still covering up the civil unrest and doesn't want the emperor to know.

It wasn't until the fall of Muzhou that the news was finally overwhelmed, and soldiers and horses in and around Gyeonggi are currently being mobilized.

Li Daochong first fled to Chongde, and then fled to Xiuzhou (Jiaxing).He wants to cry but has no tears. He made a lot of money in Hangzhou, and now it's all thrown to the rebels. Why don't he stay in Jinzhou and work with Zhu Ming.

Chen Jian, envoy of Zhizhi, and Zhao Yue, envoy of Lianfang, did not escape and stayed in Hangzhou to organize the army and civilians to defend the city.

On the day when Fangla's army besieged the city, there was a rebellion in the city of Hangzhou. Chen Jian and Zhao Yue died in the rebellion under the cooperation of inside and outside.

Fang La entered the city and issued the first order: "Dug out the ancestral grave of the old thief Cai Jing!"

From the fall of Shezhou to the fall of Hangzhou, it took less than ten days before and after, and several counties were destroyed in the middle.There was almost no fighting, and the rebels were on their way the whole time, taking over the city by the way.

At the same time, various rebels responded one after another.

For example, Shisheng in Suzhou, Lu Xing'er in Gui'an, Zhu Yan and Wu Bang in Lanxi, Lu Shinang in Xianju, Qiu Daoren in Shan County, Chen Shishi in Fangyanshan, etc., all committed suicide and fell into the city to seek refuge in Fangla.

Historically, when the Fangla Uprising was at its peak, it only reached Guangde and Jiaxing in the north.

In this time and space, the entire territory of Guangde Army, Huzhou and Xiuzhou was captured.He also occupied Suzhou and Kunshan, and when he marched into Wuxi and Changshu, Tong Guan finally brought his officers and soldiers to conquer.

As for the army from the South Road, they have already reached the outside of Wenzhou City.

Fangla now occupies 63 counties in Kyushu.

However, the rebel army has a fatal flaw. Due to its rapid development, it has not fought many vicious battles, its combat effectiveness has not improved much, and its armor and equipment are seriously insufficient.

They didn't have a clear strategic plan either, and it didn't matter where they went, anyway, there were cities everywhere waiting for them to occupy.

The local troops of the imperial court, as well as a large number of officials and refugees, fled to Wuxi and Changshu, where it is difficult to attack.Fang La actually stopped fighting. Instead of going to the Yangtze River in one go, he led the main force to expand to the south.

Brother, you are rebelling, how can you avoid it when you encounter difficulties?
Tong Guan led his troops to the south and found that the natural danger of the Yangtze River was still there. He breathed a sigh of relief and divided his troops into two groups to attack the rebels.

When he left Beijing, Song Huizong gave Tong Guan many blank edicts, all of which were stamped with the emperor's seal to fill in as he wished.

Tong Guan first called for security, hoping that Fang La would surrender.

After failing to recruit security, Tong Guan helped Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty issue the "Edict of Guilt", seriously reviewed the emperor's faults, and announced the abolition of Yingfeng Bureau and the suspension of Huashi Gang.

People's hearts are now stable, and the people are waiting to destroy Fang La, and then live in peace and stability.

The army of the West Road, Liu Zhen and Yang Keshi besieged Jianping (Langxi), and recovered within five days.The [-] volunteers went north from Guangde to rescue, and fought with the government army on the way.

The rebel army with insufficient armor, lack of training, and inconsistent orders will almost collapse at the touch of a well-armored and well-organized official army.

The whole territory of Guangde army was quickly recovered. Liu Zhen led the army to attack Changxing, and Yang Keshi led the army to cross Meixi Town. The two planned to attack Huzhou City in two directions.

In only half a month, the whole territory of Huzhou was recovered.

The East Road officer army, led by Tong Guan, took over Suzhou in ten days, and the Kunshan uprising army surrendered directly.Then Wujiang was recovered, and Xiuzhou was taken directly along the canal. Jiaxing and Huating were also recovered by the army.

Fang La got the news that when he led the main force to rescue, the government army had already recovered Chongde, and the next target was Hangzhou.

To this extent, the elite western army has not yet reached the battlefield, and they have not yet crossed the Yangtze River from Shaanxi.

The only good thing is that Fang La in this time and space rushed back to Hangzhou with the army in time.Build fortifications, prepare sufficient supplies, and defend the city to fight a war of attrition with Tongguan.

Tong Guan continued to attack the city for more than ten days, but he was helpless against Hangzhou City.

A general suggested: "Your Majesty, Zhu Ming of Lizhou presented a leveling cannon, which can throw more than a hundred catties of boulders. His Majesty ordered craftsmen to build it, and it is indeed amazingly powerful. Among the craftsmen accompanying the army this time, there are people who know how to make leveling cannons. "

Tong Guan quickly said: "Let the servants cut down the wood and make more cannons!"

Today there are three prime ministers in the imperial court, Cai Jing, the "public prime minister", Tong Guan, the "female prime minister", and Liang Shicheng, the "hidden prime minister".

The aunt is the mother's face, ironically Tong Guan is an eggless eunuch, but no one dares to call him that in person.

Tong Guan spent time with Fang La in Hangzhou, but the West Route Army was winning consecutive battles.

Liu Zhen and Yang Keshi quickly regained the entire territory of Huzhou.He also defeated Yuhang and marched from the west to Hangzhou to join forces with Tong Guan.

The Shaanxi Frontier Army has finally arrived.

They first went to Jiangnan two roads to suppress bandits. Han Shizhong followed Liu Yanqing and was responsible for attacking Jiangnan East Road, which is the area in southern Anhui.

Han Shizhong partnered with pioneer Wang Yuan, and the two fell in love with each other, and they became brothers by fighting each other.

The two brothers were fierce generals, and quickly recovered Shezhou, approaching Qingxi County, where Fang La's uprising was located.

Hangzhou was attacked by officers and soldiers for many days, and was attacked by leveling cannons. Hearing that Qingxi County was in danger, Fang La had no choice but to lead troops to break through.

Tong Guan regained Hangzhou.

Fang La did not flee south, but ran back to his hometown of Qingxi County, and confronted Wang Yuan and Han Shizhong.

So far, the southern uprising army has not come to rescue, but has defeated the entire territory of Taizhou.The rebel army in the east continued to attack Mingzhou (Ningbo).

They obey Fang La in name, but they are not very obedient in fact, they only want to expand their territories.

The rebel army looks powerful, but it is actually a mess.

Their only role is to make the financial situation of the Great Song Dynasty worse, and the land of wealth in the southeast is riddled with holes.

Fang La's defeat is only a matter of time.

The elite frontier army has come from Jiangxi and cut off Fang La's territory. Qingxi County will soon become an isolated city.

Of course, it is estimated that it will take half a year to completely wipe out the rebel army.

Zhu Ming is always concerned about the situation in the southeast, but unfortunately Lizhou is too remote, the news lags behind for several months.

Yu Wenchang had already gone to Chengdu to take up his post, and the new magistrate of Lizhou hadn't arrived yet, and Tong San didn't dare to compete with Zhu Ming for the limelight. The entire Lizhou was actually firmly controlled by the county magistrate.

Song Huizong asked Zhu Ming to write a letter of repentance, but Zhu Ming sent him a letter of remonstrance.

He vigorously presented the disadvantages of the world, counted the gains and losses of governance, and said that if one Fang La was wiped out, there would be a second Fang La. He asked the emperor to dismiss the treacherous party, rectify the administration of officials, cease the army and cease the war, and treat the people well.

And roll call one by one, directly say who is the traitor!
(End of this chapter)