Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Fang La arrived in person, and the Yuan army and Yongle army were about to start the final decisive battle.

Although he had reached the end of his rope, Fang La still had a lot of energy. He was going to send Fang Jie to fight immediately, and he wanted to be the one who took the initiative.

On the Yuan army side, Shi Bao, Lu Zhishen and others were also discussing and preparing to send Du Fu to take down Fang Jie, who was quite powerful.

At this time, the Yongle army heard a report from a flying horse: "The imperial guardsman He Conglong, the governor, went to rescue Shezhou, but was captured alive by the Yuan army general Lu Junyi. The troops and horses have all been scattered, and the Yuan army has killed behind the mountain."

Fang La was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly sent the imperial edict, ordering him to withdraw his troops and protect the palace.

At this time, Fang Jie was the rear guard, Fang La stopped fighting, and the imperial carriage returned to the border of Qingxi Prefecture.

But at this time, there were shouts in the palace, fire everywhere, and soldiers and horses fighting.

It was Shi Xiu, Zhang Shun and others who set fire in Qingxi City.

Fang La saw this and drove the imperial guards into the city to fight.

Shi Bao and others saw the Yongle army retreating, knowing that Han Shizhong must have led his army to encircle and Shi Xiu, Zhang Shun and others had made contributions, so they followed closely to kill them.

When they arrived in Qingxi and saw the fire in the city, Shi Bao hurriedly ordered the generals to recruit troops and horses and kill the generals separately.

Not long after, Han Shizhong and others also killed over the mountain, and the two sides responded and became one team.

The Yuan army was surrounded by the Qingxi Palace, attacking the Qingxi Palace from all sides.

The Yongle army was no match for them and could only flee.

The generals of the Yuan army killed the generals from all directions, each went to search for the Yongle army, and broke the Qingxi city.

Fang La got Fang Jie to lead the army to protect him, and led more than 100,000 elite troops to retreat to Bangyuandong.

The large group of Yuan army horses soon rushed into Qingxi County.

The generals rushed into Fang La's palace, collected the prohibited weapons, spiritual weapons, and spiritual stones, searched the treasury, and then set fire to the palace, burning all the palaces inside and outside Fang La, and searching all the money and grain in the treasury.

Shi Bao personally led the main force to station in Qingxi County to deal with the aftermath, and asked Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong to lead their troops to surround Bangyuandongkou.

Fang La had to rely on Fang Jie to escort him to the palace at Bangyuandongkou, stationed troops, and defended the entrance, not going out to meet the enemy.

Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong surrounded Bangyuandong with their troops, but had no way to enter.

Fang La was on pins and needles in Bangyuandong, and had no way to do anything.

As a last resort, Fang La decided to fight a desperate battle with the Yuan army.

Fang La left Bangyuandong with the elite of the Yongle Army and launched another attack on the Yuan army.

The followers of Manichaeism chanted their hymn again: "Burn my body, the holy fire is blazing. What is the joy of life, what is the pain of death? To do good and eliminate evil, only the light. Joy, joy, sorrow, and sadness, all return to dust. Have pity on me, the world, there are so many worries..."

Accompanied by the hymn, these Manichaeism followers, regardless of casualties, rushed towards the Yuan army in a dense formation, and the two sides launched the bloodiest fight.

Most of the Yongle army still around Fang La are diehards of Manichaeism. They are fearless and have caused huge casualties to the Yuan army, and even almost tore the formation of the Yuan army.

The dusk is heavy and it is late, but the fanatical Manichaeism followers are still attacking frantically.

Seeing this, Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong (especially the latter) calmly took advantage of the cavalry's strong mobility and changed the tactics of attacking the front. They were divided into two formations, east and west. Lu Zhishen commanded the east formation and Han Shizhong commanded the west formation. They used the cavalry to gallop and constantly changed the deployment of troops on the east and west sides. Sometimes they concentrated their forces to attack the east, sometimes they concentrated their forces to attack the west, and sometimes they divided their forces to attack the east and west at the same time.

The change in tactical rhythm made the Yongle army run back and forth, sometimes they aided the east, sometimes they aided the west, and they were very tired.

In the end, the Yuan army repelled the attack of the Yongle army at a great cost.

The next day.

Due to the heavy consumption of troops, the Yongle army was exhausted by the battle the day before, so they hid in Bangyuandong and did not attack the Yuan army again.

The Yuan army also took this opportunity to lick its already exposed wounds.

Another day later, the fierce battle started again.

This time, Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong summed up the lessons learned from the last battle and felt that they could no longer fight the fearless Yongle Army head-on.

——If this continues, even if the Yuan army wins, it will have to pay a heavy price.

The tactics of the Yongle Army have not changed, and they still use the human wave tactics they are best at.

But under the command of Han Shizhong, the Yuan army changed to play the advantages of cavalry and terrain, no longer fighting head-on, but mainly fighting and relying on the arm bow, bed crossbow, and catapult to shoot the Yongle Army from a distance.

This kind of fighting style that is difficult to encounter the enemy and difficult to fight the enemy head-on made the Yongle Army very uncomfortable. The key is that they can't compete with the Yuan army with sufficient food and supplies in terms of equipment.

There is no way, Fang La can only command the Yongle Army to rush into the Yuan army's camp without fear of life and death, seeking opportunities for direct fighting.

But until the evening, the Yongle Army didn't have much chance to fight the Yuan army head-on.

After two days of fierce fighting, the Yongle Army suffered heavy casualties because they only attacked blindly. Especially today's attack, not only did they suffer heavy casualties, but they also did not achieve any success. Even generals such as Zheng Mowang died in the battle, which led to a large number of Yongle Army soldiers losing their fighting spirit. As soon as it got dark, hundreds of Yongle Army soldiers began to flee.

The soldiers of the secret special battalion sent by Shi Qian found out the situation and reported the news to Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong in time.

Han Shizhong keenly grasped the opportunity and issued a combat order to completely defeat the Yongle Army.

At night, the dead soldiers of the Dayuan Army sneaked into the camp of the Yongle Army and then set fire to the camp behind it.

Seeing the fire, the Yuan army beat drums and shouted, attacking across the board.

The soldiers of the Yongle Army who were already running ran faster when they saw this.

In an instant, the Yongle Army's Dazhai was breached by the Dayuan Army, and the Yongle Army soldiers fled one after another.

Seeing that the situation was over, Fang La ordered the camp to be burned down and fled back to the mountains overnight.

Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong personally came to the front line to command the Yuan army and then covered up the enemy, pursuing the Yongle army non-stop.

The two of them have only one purpose at the moment: not to give the Yongle Army any chance to breathe, but to pursue them fiercely and completely defeat or even eliminate the Yongle Army!

The soldiers of Yongle Army threw away their helmets and armor and fled back to Bangyuandong.

Wu Song, Yan Shude, Liu Guang, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao and other generals who had been ambushed by Han Shizhong in advance saw the Yongle army fleeing and gave the order to ambush the troops.

The Yongle army had no intention of fighting and just tried their best to escape.

In this battle, Wu Song and other troops beheaded nearly 10,000 people and captured more than 70,000 Yongle soldiers alive.

The various horse armies that came after them had no intention of cleaning the battlefield, and ordered the soldiers to take small roads to pursue in parallel, stepping on the spoils of war discarded everywhere.

Soon, relying on the superiority of the Ma Army, the Dayuan Army moved to the front of the Yongle Army.

However, facing the Yongle army that fled in large groups and the rugged mountain roads, although the Dayuan army had a large number of troops, it was unable to "swallow" them all.

There was no other way. The Yuan armies could only try their best to cover up and kill the enemy. They chased the enemy for more than a hundred miles until dawn. When the horses could no longer run, they paid gold and retreated...

The next day, a man named "Fang Geng" came to see him and said he could help the Yuan army capture Fang La.

Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong called Fang Geng over.

After Fang Geng came, he told Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong that when Fang La was preparing for the uprising, he was discovered by Fang Youchang, the father of Fang Geng in Bangyuandong. Fang Youchang sent his second son Fang Xiong to sue the official, and Fang Geng imprisoned Fang La in the granary. . Fang La was able to escape and killed forty-two members of Fang Geng's family to act righteously. However, Fang Geng escaped by jumping over the wall and swore to heaven that he would use all his strength to avenge himself.

Now, the Yuan army came and Fang La was defeated. Fang Geng came to join the army as a guide.

Fang Geng also said that he had bribed Fang La's nephew Fang Qiong and learned about the cave where Fang La was hiding.

Lu Zhishen, Han Shizhong and others were overjoyed and sent their troops to the generals: "Today's fighting is not about fighting against others, but at a critical moment. You and other generals must work hard to capture Fang La, the leader of the thief, and they will not be killed. All your soldiers only look at the top of the Yongle army formation. Qiong returned to his horse and led the way, so he rushed into the cave and pursued Fang La with all his might, without any mistake. "

After receiving the order, the generals of the three armies were all gearing up, drawing swords and drawing guns. They all wanted to capture Fang La alive and be rewarded for his meritorious service.

Not long after, all the generals of the Dayuan Army arrived in front of Bangyuan Cave, spread out their troops and horses, and formed a formation.

I saw Fang Qiong standing under the gate flag in the Yongle army formation. He even tied a red ribbon on his head.

Fang Geng, who went to war together, told Lu Zhishen, Han Shizhong and others that the person wearing the red ribbon was Fang Qiong.

Fang Jie was seen, he immediately raised his halberd and came out to challenge: "Dayuan dog thief, which one will come out to die?"

At this moment, Lu Zhishen, Han Shizhong and others had already given orders not to hurt the man with the red ribbon on his head and follow him to kill him.

Seeing Fang Jie come to challenge Fang Jie, Du Bo and Lu Junyi came out together on the Yuan army formation. One of them danced a snake spear of eight feet, and the other danced a silver steel spear, to confront Fang Jie.

Three generals fought against each other, but they could not fight more than ten rounds. Fang Jie was defeated by Du Bo and Lu Junyi.

Fang Jie saw that Du Bo and Lu Junyi were too powerful. He couldn't beat either of them, let alone one against two.

Fang Jie feinted with his halberd, looked at the formation and left.

Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun met, and at the same time they drew their bows and arrows, and all the troops were outstanding.

Fang Jie dismounted in response.

The generals of the Yongle Army were stunned and fled for their lives.

Fang Qiong took this opportunity to lead the Yuan army into the cave.

Fang La led his inner chamber servants and saw the Yuan army killing Fang Jie on the top of Bangyuan Mountain. The three armies were in disarray. Knowing that the situation was urgent, he kicked over the golden chair and ran towards the mountains.

The Yuan army divided into five groups and rushed into the cave to capture Fang La.

Unexpectedly, Fang La had already escaped, so he only captured some civil servants and seized a large number of spiritual weapons and spiritual stones.

The Great Zongjun of the Yuan Army will enter the palace to search for Fang La.

That day, in Bangyuan Cave, corpses were scattered all over the place, blood flowed into channels, and more than 70,000 Yongle troops were killed.

At that time, Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong issued orders to raise fires everywhere, and the supervisors burned down the palace, the dragon tower and the phoenix pavilion, the deep palace in the inner garden, and the Zhuxuan and green houses. But see:

Black smoke covered the ground, and red flames covered the sky. Gold nails and red doors fly away, and green tiles and carved eaves fall down. Thirty-six palaces are simmering with fire, and seventy-two gardens are sitting in ashes. The golden palace is empty and there is no lofty atmosphere; the jade steps are cracked and there are no beautiful patterns at all. There is no Danchi imperial road in Jinshui River, and there are no ministers or officials in front of the Meridian Gate. The Dragon Tower moved to the ninth heaven, and the Phoenix Pavilion returned to the Antarctic Courtyard.

Later, Lu Zhishen, Han Shizhong and other generals watched and burned down the palaces, utensils, houses and pavilions in Bangyuan Cave, and led the army to garrison at the entrance of the cave and descend the stockade gate.

Counting the number of people captured alive, only Fang La, the leader of the thief, was missing.

At this time, Shi Bao also came to Bangyuan Cave.

After learning of the battle, Shi Bao passed down an order to all the generals, including Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong, to search along the mountain. Inform the villagers that if someone gets Fangla, they will report it to the court, and senior officials will do it. Those who know it and take the lead will be rewarded immediately.

But it is said that Fang La walked away from the top of Bangyuandong Mountain. He was as busy as a bereaved dog and as anxious as a fish that slipped through the net. Then he looked deep into the mountains and wilderness, through the mountains and forests, took off his ocher yellow robe, threw away his golden flower headdress, and took off his clothes. He wore court boots and straw sandals and ran up the mountain. In order to escape for his life, he retreated over five mountains in one night and reached the edge of a mountain recess.

On this day, Fang La came to a thatched hut embedded in a mountain recess.

Fang La was hungry, but he was about to go to the thatched hut to beg for some food.

I saw a fat monk coming out from behind the pine tree. With a Zen staff, he knocked over Fang La, whose hands and feet were weak from hunger, and tied him with a spiritual rope.

This monk is none other than the flower monk Lu Zhishen.

After taking Fang La, Lu Zhishen took him to the thatched hut, got some food, and then escorted Fang La out of the mountain. He happened to meet Jun Jian who was searching the mountain, and together they escorted Fang La to see Shi Bao.

When all the Dayuan soldiers saw that Fang La had been captured, they were overjoyed and asked, "Master, how did you catch this guy?"

Lu Zhishen said: "The Sa family led the troops to capture this guy. They didn't want to go deep into the chaotic mountains and lost their way, so they followed the winding road to find him. When they were in the wilderness of Linlang Mountain, they suddenly met an old monk who led the Sa family to the thatched hermitage here. , Fu said: "We have firewood, rice, vegetables, just wait here. But if you see a big man coming from the depths of the pine forest, you will catch him." When you come to see a fire in front of the mountain, the Sa family has been watching the mountain all night. Where is the path? I saw this thief climbing up the mountain this morning, so I knocked over his Zen stick and captured him. "I didn't expect it to be Fang La."

Shi Bao asked again: "Where is the old monk now?"

Lu Zhishen said: "The old monk led Sa's family to the thatched hut and distributed the firewood and rice. He didn't know where he had thrown it."

Everyone said: "That monk saw before his eyes that he was a holy monk and Arhat, and he showed his spirit like this. Now that the master has accomplished this great feat, he will return to the capital to report to the court that he can return to the secular life and become an official. He can find a shadow in the capital and make a wife, glorify the ancestors, and repay the kindness of his parents for their hard work. ”

Everyone laughed.

Some people even bluntly said that the master's eldest son and second son are already able to join the army and fight. He is just a flower monk, and he is still a secular man. It's good to be like this.

Afterwards, everyone ordered the generals and assistants of the headquarters, and they were all counted. They locked Fang La in a trapped car and took him to Nanjing to meet Jiang Hongfei.

At the same time, Shi Bao, Lu Zhishen, Han Shizhong and others mobilized the three armies and led the generals to leave Bangyuandong and arrive at Qingxi County.

Wu Yong and Sun Jing knew that Qingxi County was the base camp of Manichaeism. Almost everyone here believed in Manichaeism, and most of them were die-hard Manichaeism. They must use their thunderous hand to avoid future troubles.

Under the auspices of these two men with evil hearts and hands, Qingxi County was full of heads and blood, dyeing the Qingxi River here blood red.

Dai Zong, the Shenxing Taibao, had long reported the news of Fang La's capture and the complete elimination of the Yongle Dynasty to Jiang Hongfei.

Although Jiang Hongfei has known for a long time that he can definitely eliminate Fang La and complete the unification.

But now that he has really become the unified emperor, Jiang Hongfei still feels a bit like a dream...

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