The dark clouds in the sky slowly gathered in front of them one by one.
On the way from Hangzhou to Huzhou, I fled all the way.
If we look at this moment from the later days, the city of Hangzhou was broken on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone fled from the city in panic. After that, the most direct choice for many people was to go to Jiaxing. At that time, Fang La's army still had various
They were chased and intercepted, leaving many people behind. Later, large groups of people who were killed and dispersed gathered on the road again, and some order was restored. It was already the sixth and seventh day of the lunar month.
At this time, the Fangla rebels who gathered from the west to Hangzhou were approaching saturation and began to expand in all directions. The refugees who gathered again painfully chose their direction to go. Although the mountains around Hangzhou were not deep, there were many waterways on the land.
They gathered and dispersed, some were overtaken by the rebels and surrounded and killed, while batches of prisoners were robbed and then sent back to Hangzhou.
In the past few months, Fang La's momentum after raising troops was at its strongest at this time. Fang Baihua resisted Kang Fangting's Wu Chu camp in the northwest, and Chen Shisheng's Wu Wei army in the south was flanked by Deng Yuanjue and Si Xingfang. Fang La, Fang Qifu and others took over with heavy troops.
Hangzhou, after that, the uprising echoed everywhere. On the roads around Hangzhou, when those ignorant fugitives reacted, they already discovered that starting from Hangzhou, no matter which direction they went, almost all
It has become a minefield filled with dangers.
In addition to breaking into pieces and hiding in the mountains and villages for those who finally escaped, there were not many examples of people who finally escaped safely from Hangzhou in the form of large troops. These people who were driven out of Hangzhou and became displaced,
In the end, most of them became the sacrifices or the first subjects of the "Yongle Dynasty" established by Fangla. The influence of the Wu Dynasty was suppressed to the lowest for a time in the land of Jiangnan. Of course, if you want to find the small ones,
There are certainly highlights.
The whole process only took place at the corner of Hangzhou and Huzhou. At that time, the largest escape team, which came out of Hangzhou and gathered a large number of wealthy businessmen and gentry, made its way here in many twists and turns. The entire preparation only took place from the early morning of the 10th day of the lunar month to the 11th day of the lunar month.
In less than two days in the morning.
From a strategic perspective, it was difficult to complete an overly complicated operation in a day and a half. At that time, there were five rebel armies approaching behind the team, including five from Fang La's army: Yao Yi, Lu Sheo, Xue Dounan, Mi Quan, and Shen Zhucheng.
They were led by generals. The few Black Ling Guards and some of the soldiers of the Batao Battalion led by Liu Dabiao at that time were not included in them. The total strength of these five teams was more than 6,000, and their morale was high. Among the fleeing teams,
There are a total of 3,000 remnant soldiers, plus about 1,000 bodyguards from wealthy businessmen and gentry. However, the battlefields are different, and the fighting strength of these 1,000 people is not reliable.
In hindsight, these teams only had a simple intercourse and mental battle within a radius of less than forty miles, and then started to fight against each other. The matter was simple, but the subsequent results were somewhat unexpected.
Of course, when things first happened, what was unexpected was not only Fang La's troops, but also the fleeing team themselves, who only reacted after experiencing extremely shocking emotions.
Gathering clouds, hot and uneasy weather, and the winding riverside, the team stretched out into the distance. There were nearly ten thousand people in this forward team. At this time, at the end of the team, an event was brewing.
There were noisy and internal strife, and whispers among the crowd. In the front and middle sections, some soldiers or masters on horses were running back and forth. Most of them were holding paper and pens, and dispersed into each small team of this remnant soldier, recording
Something that needs to be recorded.
It seems a bit hasty to do this kind of statistics during the escape, but this matter started in the morning, and the meaning passed down from above is also simple. At this time, Chen Xingdu, the leader of the team, had a careful discussion with the gentry headed by Tang Xiuxuan. The team at this time
As long as they go to Huzhou, every soldier will be a hero in the escort. For future rewards, everyone's name and place of origin will be recorded at this time, so that no one in the team, whether officers or soldiers, will be left behind.
And if these people have family members who died or were separated in Hangzhou, each of them will receive additional pensions. This is the reward everyone deserves after escorting these "big people".
After the city of Hangzhou was defeated, it was no longer easy for the troops of Wude Camp to maintain their organization. Although there were more than 3,000 soldiers in this team, the teams everyone belonged to were quite disorganized, and most of them had lost their minds about fighting. The reason why Chen Xingdu
He can become the military leader of this team because he has the largest number of people under his command at this time, with more than 700 people. Although the rest also obey the orders, it is quite troublesome to operate them.
The Wude Camp is said to be elite, but in fact it does not have a lot of actual combat experience. After this defeat, if they just said that they would build another establishment, I am afraid many people would be afraid. But after this order was issued, in order to facilitate recording
, these people began to gather automatically, and officers were temporarily elected according to the original distribution of the military camps. Although it seemed like they each occupied the top of the mountain, a closer knitting was finally established. During this period, Chen Xingdu naturally also placed
A confidant develops power so that orders can be delivered more quickly.
During the statistics of the number of troops, some rumors began to spread among soldiers or civilians. Naturally, there was negative news among them, including the approaching troops behind them, including the blocked way ahead, which had been secretly circulated and made public.
to everyone's ears. Then, some other news spread in everyone's whispers.
"Mr. Tang and the others already have a solution..."
"I heard that someone in the Tang family has friendship with the rebels in Qingfeng Village. We have more than 3,000 Wude camps passing by. Qingfeng Village will make way..."
"No, I heard that a man named Ning Liheng came up with a plan, and everything was calculated. General Chen and the others found a treasure. My cousin was over there in the camp, and he saw it last night..."
"Who is Ning Liheng?"
"Hey, don't you know? This man seems to be a scholar, but he has the title of "Ten Steps", and he has extremely high martial arts. Back in Hangzhou, when Fang La's gang was causing trouble in the city, he helped make suggestions.
Later, Shi Bao, Fang Qifu and others personally went to kill him, but he plotted against him. They killed several people and then walked away, leaving Shi Bao and Fang Qifu disgraced. Alas, it was a pity that the city was destroyed too early.
If he can hold on for a few more days, I heard that Fang Qifu will be killed by him..."
"...I heard that he also has a name in the world of martial arts. He is not just a man who is called the Bloody Hand Massacrer. He will definitely be able to pass this time..."
All kinds of random rumors were spread at once, including what Ning Yi did in Taiping Lane, his nickname and so on.
Of course, this does not alleviate the anxiety that has arisen in the hearts of most people. With enemies both front and rear, not many people can believe in a stupid young man who was not famous before. Even if he is portrayed as the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, it may not be possible.
How much confidence can it give people?
However, the soldiers, wealthy businessmen, gentry, landlords, officials and the like in the fleeing team at this time actually did not have many choices. Once Fang La's army caught up, they would have no chance of luck and would only be dead. At this time
, they can only believe in what they can believe in front of them. But those in the team who are poor or don't have much wealth are different. They originally followed the crowd and originally thought that the team was safe and followed them together.
At this time, I suddenly heard the news, and I immediately became uneasy. The order of this team was not strong, and there were all kinds of contradictions. They were suppressed by everyone at the beginning, but after the desperate news came, the contradictions immediately disappeared.
Intensify.
For these civilians, even if they are overtaken, they can choose to surrender, or break up into pieces and shrink into the ravines or villages. As long as Fang La's army does not kill everyone around Hangzhou, they will naturally be able to escape.
Possibly. On the afternoon of the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, under the wanton indulgence of the team's top management, the team crossed the tributary of the river from a nearby place called Ishibashihama. The fleeing team was involved in a small-scale fight.
As a fuse, it split into two groups of 7,000 and nearly 3,000 people.
These three thousand people began to turn northeast, trying to head towards Jiaxing, bypassing Qingfeng Village and Xiaoluo Town in front. Most of these people were composed of civilians, and there were also wealthy businessmen and officials who were smart enough to get in. In the eyes of these people, the rear
The rebels who came after them were mainly seeking money. If those 7,000 people were used as bait, they would be able to get a chance of survival. Some of them, aware of the danger ahead, simply started to leave the group and dispersed as civilians in the surrounding areas.
At this time, some difficult questions began to arise among the pursuers following behind. As they got closer and closer to the largest fleeing team, some mixed information began to appear suddenly in front of them.
From the mouths of the lone refugees, they can easily ask for all kinds of information, including the size of the team, the internal strife that has begun to appear in the team, the incredible rumors circulating in the team, what "ten steps are calculated", "bloody hand massacre"
", leaving Shi Bao, Fang Qifu, and Liu Dabiao disgraced, and then there were rumors that some people began to leave the team and go alone, or that a certain wealthy businessman and a certain official knew the urgency of the situation and began to break away from the team and flee into the mountains.
.
The clues left behind by the 10,000-strong fleeing team were actually relatively clear, but at this moment, a series of things appeared that interfered with judgment, including property scattered in different directions during the escape. Scouts from the five armies were all
While rushing forward, they also collided with the scouts of Wude Camp in different directions. Yao Yi and others went all the way north, and they were not united in the first place. Naturally, there were some quarrels over the distribution of prey and trophies. In the end, for the temporary
To maintain peace, the five teams separated themselves by a distance and chose a direction to advance forward. Since they chose the same direction, Yao Yi and Lu Sheo even quarreled. Of course, at this time, everyone
We were not worried about fighting. Even if we caught up, the more than 3,000 remaining soldiers, surrounded by 7,000 people, would not be able to pull off any tricks.
That evening, more than 7,000 people, the main force of the escape team, turned back from the Shiqiao Bank area where they originally crossed the river. They almost passed by Yao Yi's team that was chasing north. The team took advantage of the night and headed south for several miles,
They set up camp next to a river bend with dangerous terrain. The river here was like a hook. They turned back south, and there were various traces along the way. At this time, there were rivers blocking the road to the east and south. The river bend was like a pocket.
They picked people up like a car. If Yao Yi and others turned back to the south, they would almost die. But now Yao Yi and others were in a hurry to pursue them to the north and did not investigate again for a while.
That night, five teams headed north by different paths. Among them, Xue Dounan and Mi Quan's thousands of people even passed by the other side of the river bend where everyone was camping. They were also in different areas separated by more than ten miles. Set up camp temporarily. That night, the camp beside the river was so quiet that it was almost suffocating. As long as the five pursuers break camp and head north tomorrow, they will get their first chance to do other operations.
No one dared to light a fire, no one dared to light a lamp. Knowing that the situation was serious, everyone almost consciously held their breath at the critical moment of life and death, and did not dare to speak loudly for a while. But the carbine shot that passed Yao Yi's army at night But it was exaggerated in everyone's mouth. It was originally just a small trick, but everyone also needs some self-confidence as support.
On the second day after arriving in this way, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and Wude Camp released several of its most elite spies to pay attention to the movements of several armies to the north. Yao Yi's army began to pull out of camp, Xue Dounan, and Mi Quan's troops began to pull out of camp, and Shen Zhu The city's army began to break out of camp, and Lu Sheo's team fell at the rear. He followed Yao Yi's route towards Shiqiaodu, and then stopped just before crossing the river at noon...
He started to turn back.
At noon, on a hilltop in the north, a man named An Xifu was riding on a horse, leading the Black Ling Guards towards the north.
His mission is different from that of Yao Yi and others, and also different from Liu Dabiao who comes to look for people on his own whim. It seems very simple to disrupt Huzhou and not be able to rescue Jiaxing. Yao Yi and others also regard it as a way to relax and make a fortune. Come and play, but he has to take charge of the overall situation.
Chasing and killing the fleeing people along the way was about harvesting spoils of war and could be a little careless, but Huzhou still had its own army after all, so he led the Black Ling Guards and his party to go north quickly, already exceeding the progress of everyone. Similar to Qingfeng Village, Since the people in Xiaoluo Town who suddenly rebelled had no previous contact with Fang La, it was up to An Xifu to give them a name and allow them to truly contribute in the battle.
At this time, they were approaching Xiaoluo Town in front. A scout who stayed behind to observe Yao Yi and others also came back on horseback. As usual, he told him the progress of the five people every day. He looked at the information the scout brought back. , the man in black casually clicked on the map, frowned, and put the map aside. He felt that this group of people was too lazy, too slow, and they were too slow to fight and even steal money. It was hopeless to be slow. As for the fleeing team, it was a bit weird. This thought just flashed through my mind, and I didn't think about it seriously afterwards.
But after a quarter of an hour, the group of people gradually went down the mountain. Something gradually started to click in his mind. He was stunned a few times, then picked up the map and looked at it. After a while, he really frowned: "No. Maybe……"
He waved his hand to stop the team, then called the scouts, and began to report the information he heard since yesterday one by one. In the process, he thought of what Shi Bao and others had experienced in Hangzhou, and of the women of the Liu family. Although the purpose of coming here is not yet certain, when I look back, some ominous feeling seems to be pressing down from the gray sky in the south.
"Ning Liheng..." He thought for a while, "I hope...it won't be like this..."
It was dark, and in the camp, Chen Xing was sitting in the tent, and he and his two confidants were deducing the plan that Ning Yi had brought. When the news from the scout came, his entire face turned pale.
"Why, how could this happen...it shouldn't be..."
He subconsciously looked at Ning Yi's plan. The plan was a bit complicated, but very convincing. Up to this point, it was actually just the beginning. Speaking of which, there are still thousands of people in this army. Really
To break through Qingfeng Village, it is not impossible to go north to Huzhou from Xiaoluo Town, but the pursuers in the rear are already close. As long as the battle is delayed a little, nearly ten thousand people will make dumplings, and these generals have no fighting spirit.
Now, it is simply impossible to say that the battle will go smoothly.
Intensifying the conflict, using the three thousand people as bait, his group quickly turned back and hid in the Jedi that they were unlikely to search. As long as they found some gaps, they could change the route again and gain more operating space. About this point
Feasibility, Ning Yi has given a lot of analysis on the character of the leaders among the pursuers, how to use gold and silver, and psychological strategies to slightly widen the distance between them. To be honest, he has arranged many contingency methods, almost every day
Every situation is expected. When Ning Yi arranged for some soldiers to create a suspicious formation to make the pursuers a little suspicious, and then dispersed, Chen Xing actually had a lot of confidence in Ning Yi, not to mention the people next to him.
There is also Qian Haiping. Speaking of Ning Yi's original plan to deal with Shi Bao and others, they are similar to today's and are quite effective.
In the team, the number of soldiers was counted again. The method was also given by Ning Yi. Then the rumors and splits in the team almost confirmed part of the plan. As expected, they also hid here for a night, but they did not expect it.
, at this most critical moment, the other party actually discovered them and started to turn back.
In this plan, it was determined in various ways that the other party would be deceived, and the feasibility was confirmed with complicated words. Afterwards, various plans were also extremely tempting, but they did not clearly explain what to do at this time. At first it seemed
Some people have also raised this opinion. Ning Yi, who was very ill at that time, just said: "You guys can look at the development and then decide whether to do this, okay?"
Everyone had never seen such a detailed and convincing plan before. Even Tang Xiuxuan said: "You have to take risks." He temporarily overwhelmed the doubters with the strong self-confidence he showed at the time and the complicated arrangements in other aspects, but he got
At this point, it was like being hit on the head, and things were messed up in an almost fatal way the next day.
After being stunned for a long time, Chen Xing grabbed the plan and walked out. The weather was sultry and gloomy. Everyone didn't know the news yet, so they just waited quietly. He went all the way to the tent of the Su family. At this time,
Ning Yi just woke up from his sleep. Since the evening of the ninth day of the lunar month, the fever on his head has become more and more serious. At this time, Su Tan'er had to help him sit up from the bed. The high fever also temporarily affected him.
Thinking about it, when Chen Xingdu came in, he was a little confused, and then shook his head. Chen Xingdu looked at him for a while, suppressing his trembling tone: "Something happened..."
Ning Yi rubbed his head: "Yao Yi... no, Lu Sheo... it should be Lu Sheo..."
Before he could finish his words, Su Tan'er, who was kneeling beside him and arranging his clothes, spoke up: "General Chen, where is Lu Sheo?"
Chen Xing was stunned for a moment, looked at the couple, then threw down the plan, grabbed a map, and drew a point: "He was at Shiqiao Ferry and started to turn back! He found us!"
Ning Yi thought for a while: "Where are the others?"
Chen Xingdu drew four points. The five points on the map are like a fan shape, which has surrounded this place. Some are farther away and some are closer. Ning Yi looked at the map for a long time and closed it.
Eyes: "Then what are you waiting for?"
"you……"
"Lu Sheo's army only has more than a thousand people, and we have four thousand. They are now scattered and separated by rivers. Then they will find us one after another. General Chen, now is the best time to defeat them one by one. What can I do?
There are only so many, what are you waiting for?" In front of Chen Xingdu, the scholar stood up with some difficulty, looked at him, his voice was not loud, "They are intrigues with each other, they are far apart, and they cannot be rescued. These people are trapped.
After the defeat and the siege of Huzhou is over, General Chen will definitely get your share if he is promoted to a higher rank or given the title of wife, you know."
Chen Xingdu hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "You are amusing me... You know, these people are defeated like a mountain, and these people can't fight at all... Even if there are more than a thousand people..."
"But now we are not fighting for others. We have told them the seriousness of the matter since yesterday. In a clearer place, they can take off their military uniforms and hide in the mountains. It is not possible now. There is no escape route behind us and we will burn the boat.
, we are mourning soldiers now, if we don’t move forward, we will die.”
"If...if we can't win, do you know..."
"Do you believe that plan too!?" Ning Yi raised his tone slightly, gritted his teeth and pointed at the plan thrown to the ground by Chen Xingdu, "That's all a lie, that's all! I'm not a god.
, how could it be possible to count so many! General Chen, I can only control the time of this day. They have been chasing troops and underestimated the enemy. They were temporarily stunned and couldn't react at once. If the counterattack fails this time, they will calm down.
If we come down, we won't have any chance."
"The road can be pointed by others, but you have to earn your own life! In this situation, there is no good way to survive without playing tricks." He looked at Chen Xingdu: "My wife is pregnant, four thousand to one thousand
If we can't win, we will all die here, just like this..."ro