Fang Qifu was frightened by the magic arrow of "Flower between the Eyebrows" and fled in a hurry. Where did the thousands of Southern troops who fought with him go? They were attacked by the Western Army, shot with arrows and stabbed with spears, killing every ten of them. Only a few hundred who saw the opportunity were able to escape with Fang Qifu.
Retreating to the third formation in panic, three generals, "Lightning Hand" Xu Bai, "Venomous Snake Fang" Zhang Daoyuan, and "Ghost Faced Owl" Mi Quan, stepped forward to catch them. Fang Qifu's complexion was one red and one green, changing uncertainly, his figure was trembling, and his handle was The Green Dragon Halberd is almost impossible to hold.
The three generals quickly helped him sit up on his horse and asked in shock: "Can any of the officers and soldiers hurt Ambassador Fang Zuo?"
Fang Qifu closed his eyes for a moment, calmed his breath, shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "I am also a mortal body, and I just fought with three Song generals. They were all extravagant figures, and forced Fang to use the secret method taught by Sheng Gong. Hey , 'Luck guides, moves the palace with all one's strength', and squeezes out all the potential in one's body to resist them. Although he escapes with his life, he is inevitably weak and exhausted, and within a few days, he is afraid of fighting again."
When the three generals heard the words "Published by the Holy Gong", they couldn't help but look envious, and secretly thought: Could it be the sect's magical power to protect religion? As expected, the Holy Duke held the Seven Buddhas in high esteem...
Xu Bai said with emotion: "The safety of the envoy Fang Zuo is related to the prosperity of our religion. Why don't you two escort the envoy Zuo first, and I will fend off the pursuers..."
While he was talking, the sound of killing was coming. Fang Qifu waved his hand and said: "Although it is difficult to fight again at this moment, commanding on the battlefield is always fine! The Western Army's crossbows are sharp, so everyone must be careful to guard against arrows."
After hearing this, the three generals quickly mobilized their shields and lined up in front.
The troops were well arranged, and the Song army had arrived. Sure enough, the crossbowmen were the first to attack. Those crossbowmen marched forward in formation, shooting as they walked, advancing like waves, shooting straight in the front row and lobbing in the back row. They fought very methodically.
Although the Confederate army here barely formed a shield wall, the number of one was insufficient, and the two were mostly round shields. They covered their heads and could not care about their buttocks. In the end, they could not withstand his powerful bows and crossbows. All the troops looked panicked and stepped forward. Back away.
Seeing this situation, Fang Qifu could only sigh with helplessness and lead his army to retreat quickly.
At this point, three of the four lines of defense he temporarily deployed had collapsed, leaving only "Little Yang Youji" Pang Wanchun and "White Eagle" Bei Yingkui (Yinkui).
Pang Wanchun is the best archer in the Southern Army, and Bei Yingkui is also good at using bows and arrows. There are also two deputies under Pang Wanchun, Lei Jiong, the "shooting rhinoceros crossbow", and Ji Ji (Yinji), the "shooting elephant crossbow". They also all pedaled crossbows weighing seven to eight hundred kilograms.
Of the more than 5,000 soldiers and horses under Pang and Bei's command, 80% were archers. Most of them were hunters in the mountains. They were either good with bows or crossbows. They were specially selected by the two generals and gathered under their command.
Why did Fang Qifu rank him at the end? It’s because his crossbows are so powerful! According to Fang Qifu's original intention, the first three formations should slowly demoralize the officers and soldiers, and the fourth formation should fire thousands of arrows to kill him, so that he can return to the city to regroup.
However, at this point in the fighting, except for the first formation, which was up to standard, the second and third formations were defeated by the Western Army. At this time, I did not dare to expect too much. I only hoped to shoot with him once, to restrain his sharpness, and then Already satisfied.
However, although so-called plans are often not as good as changes, when you really feel discouraged, you might find something surprising in every detail——
When Fang Qifu arrived at Pang Wanchun's place, he was startled when he saw what he saw: there were only more than a thousand people blocking the road in formation!
If he hadn't known about Pang Wanchun's personality, Fang Qifu would have almost suspected that he was deliberately preserving his strength. As one of the five marshals, he had far more subordinates than the flying generals.
Pang Wanchun looked at Fang Qifu's surprised expression and smiled proudly. He reached out and pointed towards the dark pine forest on both sides. Fang Qifu's eyes lit up and he immediately understood: "Wonderful! As expected of Pang Shuai! The terrain here is suitable for using troops like this."
Without further ado, the Western Army came after them. Fang Qifu said to General Xu Bai: "As soon as you lead your subordinates, organize them behind the formation. When Pang Shuai gets the upper hand, take advantage of the situation and kill him."
Seeing that there were bandits blocking the way again, the Western Army over there repeated their old trick and asked the crossbowmen to attack first. Unexpectedly, before the crossbowmen could get out of the formation, the crossbowmen from the opposite side had already fired their arrows first, knocking down dozens of Western Army crossbowmen. indivual.
Liu Yanqing was startled at first, and then he saw that the opponent's number seemed to be small, and he sneered: "The bows and crossbows of our Western Army are unparalleled in the world, and the thieves in the East are just imitating them. Isn't it that the fireflies want to compete with the bright moon? All the troops obey the order and fight with me. Shoot them down!"
At that moment, all the military academies shouted and cursed, reorganized their formations and fought back. Arrows were flying for a while, and the sound of powerful arrows piercing the air was heard all over the ears. After all, the Western Army had more people and soon gained the upper hand. Pang Wanchun smiled slightly and led the troops. Then retreat.
The Western Army cheered and sped up to pursue him. Suddenly there was a bang and countless arrows flew out from the pine forest on the left and right.
At this time, the Western Army's formation was widely spread out and unprepared. There were countless casualties on both sides, and chaos suddenly broke out.
Fang Qifu was overjoyed when he saw this, and commanded his troops to rush forward. Pang Wanchun also came back to fight. He raised his hand and shot an arrow into Wang Yuan's shoulder. He somersaulted and rolled off his horse. Fortunately, Wang Zhen saved him.
Wang Shunchen shouted: "Pang Wanchun stopped shooting cold arrows. If you want to compete with arrows, come and see me!"
Pang Wanchun was startled when he heard the sound, and quickly jumped off his horse, fearing that an arrow would suddenly appear between his eyebrows.
Liu Yanqing was not far away, and the angle was just right to get a clear view. He saw Pang Wanchun bending his bow and arrow, shrinking his head and looking for Wang Shunchen. He shouted: "Pang Wanchun, you can also take an arrow from me!"
As soon as the bowstring was released, "Ghost Faced Owl" Mi Quan screamed and fell from his horse.
Pang Wanchun was furious and "risked" an arrow back at him. Liu Yanqing blocked his hand and shot the forearm. All the soldiers were shocked and quickly held shields to protect him.
At this time, Lei Jiong and Ji Ji led their troops to fight out of the pine forest. Each of the two generals used a caltrop bone to lead hundreds of people to fight in front. Three or four thousand people behind them fired their bows and crossbows randomly. Xu Bai, Zhang Daoyuan, and Bei Yingkui took advantage of the situation. When the troops came to kill, more than 10,000 people from the two armies were fighting in one place. Most of the torches they had lit fell to the ground. Their vision became darker and darker. The soldiers could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and they just slashed with their swords.
Tong Guan's army came from behind. Seeing such a chaotic situation, they did not dare to rush in and hurriedly shouted for gold. Fang Qifu heard the sound of gold and let out a long breath. He took the opportunity to command the men and horses to retreat and chased most of them. .
As far as Fang Qifu is concerned, although the attack on the camp was unsuccessful, fortunately most of the troops were able to withdraw safely and returned to the city to reorganize their troops and fight again, which does not mean that they have lost their spirit——
Unexpectedly, an accident occurred tonight, one after another. When he finally caught up with his own horse, he had already arrived at the gate of Hangzhou City, but he saw countless officers and soldiers coming out from the city to block the Confederate army and fight.
Fang Qifu felt his eyebrows twitching wildly. The Western soldiers came out from the city of Hangzhou. Didn't they already capture the city?
Despite his strong character, he couldn't help but scream bitterly at this moment: "Ah! The loss of Hangzhou is all my fault for rashly sending out troops. If there is any mistake in destiny, how can I have the face to see the Holy Duke!"
The majestic figure suddenly swayed, and if it weren't for Pang Wanchun's help, he would almost fall off the horse.
Pang Wanchun hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Fang Zuo, don't worry. Not to mention Li Shuai's ability, the brothers from Liangshan are also in the city. How can we not protect the destiny?"
After hearing this, Fang Qifu perked up and said, "That's right! His group of people are all very loyal people, and they can fight. Needless to say, I expected that they must have gathered people and defended the palace, waiting for me to come back for reinforcements." !”
He was also a wise man. He had been anxious for a while, but when he came back to his senses, he immediately thought that even if the Western Army entered the city, there were still more than ten thousand troops and horses in Hangzhou, so how could they not be able to fight? Either they fight out to join forces with him, or they stick to the Nan'an Palace and wait for him to come back for reinforcements. Since they have never met Fang Tianding and others along the way, they naturally have to fight hard in the Palace.
After all, he couldn't leave Hangzhou and flee south without leaving his main force, right?
Immediately, an order was given: "Everyone of you must fight to the death and fight into the city no matter what, to join the young leader!"
Pang Wanchun knew that Fang Qifu was unable to fight at this moment, and it was his unshirkable responsibility. He immediately shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill the officers and soldiers!"
Lei Jiong, Ji Ji, Bei Yingkui and other generals responded in unison, protecting Pang Wanchun in the middle and fighting forward desperately.
Rushing to the outside of the city gate, they saw Huang Di, the commander of the Yan Yan army, fighting one against two. Zhang Jian and Yuan Xing were killed and they could only parry. Although Pang Wanchun did not recognize this man, he saw that he was extraordinary in martial arts. He stood up in the stirrups, shot an arrow with all his strength, and hit Huang Di right in the face.
Zhang Jian and Yuan Xing were overjoyed. They took the opportunity to charge and led their men to seize the city gate. Fang Qifu and others immediately rushed in with their troops. Not far away, they met the Western Army General Yang Weizhong coming to kill him. Fang Qifu refused to fight and continued to fight. Let's go and fight all the way to Nan'an Prince's Mansion, but we see blood and corpses all over the ground. Where can Fang Tianding and others be seen?
Fang Qifu was very anxious. While he was commanding the officers and soldiers to fight, he also ordered people to search the palace for anyone alive. After a long time, his soldiers found a beautiful girl among the rocks in the rockery in the back garden.
When she was brought in front of her, Fang Qifu recognized at a glance that she was a famous prostitute in Hangzhou. Fang Tianding took over her house two months ago. He quickly asked: "Where is the eldest prince now? Where have all the people in the palace gone?"
The beautiful girl was trembling and cried: "The eldest prince left with his sisters. I just went back to the house to get some jewelry, but they disappeared when I went out..."
Fang Qifu didn't have the heart to listen to her complaints, so he interrupted: "Where did they go?"
Meiji cried: "I heard that we are going to the south to find the Holy Duke..."
Pang Wanchun's expression suddenly changed: "Going south? Doesn't this mean that you have abandoned me and ignored me?"
When Na Meiji saw his fierce look, she was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly: "Yes, it's the leader from Liangshan who came up with the plan..."
Pang Wanchun shouted: "Fart! Brother Wu...Song is a man of great arrogance, how could he offer such a plan?"
Meiji was so frightened that she knelt down and said, "Don't do anything to me! I was actually outside the window and heard Song's plan with my own ears. At that time, there were sounds of killing. Officers and soldiers entered the city from the east and west. Marshal Li was also seriously injured. , so the man surnamed Song came up with three strategies. One was to abandon Hangzhou and go out to the north gate to find the envoy Fang Zuo. The other was to stay here and wait for the envoy Fang Zuo to return for reinforcements. The other was to rush to Muzhou with the troops before the officers and soldiers surrounded them. The Holy Dukes meet..."
This woman had a good memory, and even though she was panicked, she recited it perfectly.
Pang Wanchun's face was extremely ugly, he stared at the woman and said: "The eldest prince chose the third strategy?"
The woman was too frightened to speak and just nodded.
Fang Qifu sighed loudly: "Unexpectedly, Tong Guan actually sent people to attack the city from both sides! Destiny is the foundation of the country. Liangshan wants to help Shenggong and give priority to saving his life. There is nothing wrong with it... Haha, a man should cut off his life. , Tianding is decisive. In this case, I will stop Tong Guan for him to prevent them from being pursued again. "
After that, he walked out and issued orders one after another, arranging the troops to use the terrain in the city to resist at all levels and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers.
At this time, a burst of cheers was heard from the north, and a faint shout was: "The commander-in-chief has entered the city, the commander-in-chief has entered the city."
Pang Wanchun said anxiously: "Envoy Zuo, now that we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered, and without the city wall as a barrier, there is no chance of victory. It is better to fight out of the city, reorganize the troops and horses, and then deal with Tong Guan."
Fang Qifu slowly shook his head and said with a wry smile: "If he had gone south to fight as soon as he entered the city, he would have had a chance to get out. Now that I have waited too long in the palace, Yang Weizhong also knows the war, so he must have died." The road to the south is blocked, and besides, our army has been exhausted after fighting for half the night. Instead of being scattered when we break through, and letting the pigs and sheep be slaughtered, it would be better for everyone to work together and fight here, and it would be a worthy death."
Pang Wanchun heard his despair, his expression became more and more angry, and he murmured: "The courage of destiny is not great, but I don't believe that Brother Wu actually abandoned me and didn't care!"
Fang Qifu's mood was also agitated, but he never heard that his name was different from before. He smiled bitterly and comforted: "He wants to protect the heaven's concentration, which is also an act of understanding the general situation. We all agree with him, but you should not blame him... "
Before he finished speaking, the sound of killing suddenly became louder on the streets to the south, and a familiar voice shouted: "Qi Fozi, are brothers Pang okay? Follow me and fight out of the city quickly!"
Then there was Li Kui's thunderous roar: "Get out of the way, all the dog officers and soldiers, all the Liangshan heroes are here. Anyone who dares to block the road will be cut into eight pieces!"
Fang Qifu and Pang Wanchun looked at each other and saw the other's disbelief: Everyone in Liangshan actually came back?
He hurriedly ran out of the palace, only to see officers and soldiers fleeing in all directions on the street to the south. Thousands of people were rushing to kill him. One of the leading generals saw Fang Qifu, and his face was full of ecstasy: "Uncle Qifu, Fang Jie is here to pick you up!"
Cao Cao followed closely behind, laughing and saying: "Seven Buddhas are indeed fine, it's not in vain for us to go all the way - so that you can know that before the city wall fell, tens of thousands of Western troops rushed in, and we had to save your home." The young leader left first. Unexpectedly, there were soldiers and horses from Jingyuan to the south blocking the way. It was difficult to break out. Thanks to two brothers, Fang Jie and Du Wei, who led the troops and came from behind him, they repelled the soldiers from Jingyuan. Your young leader Protect the wounded and leave first, I’ll come back specially to look for you!”
Hearing this, Fang Qifu was deeply moved. He shook his head and said, "You shouldn't have risked your life to come back. I was defeated by Tong Guan. This man has led his army into the city, and the situation is over..."
Cao Cao interrupted: "Don't worry, I left Shi Jin and Liu Tang to guard Fengshan Gate. Yang Weizhong was defeated by Fang Jie and Tang Bin. As long as one of the generals cuts off the rear and blocks Tong Guan slightly, he can escape without worry." "
Fang Jie slapped his chest and said, "'Timely Rain' only wants to lead my Seventh Uncle Buddha to leave first, and Fang will come to cut off the rear for the brothers!"
Pang Wanchun said: "When I was dying, I also stayed to be your helper. There is a sharpshooter in the Western Army whose shooting skills are better than mine. If I weren't here, I'm afraid you would also be poisoned by him..."
Not to mention how he allocates the rear and how to evacuate here, he only said that outside the east city of Hangzhou, in the Xihe military camp, the scouts and horses kept coming and going, reporting the progress of the battle to the commander-in-chief Xin Xingzong——
Because he was injured, he did not fight in person, but only sat in the camp. At this time, a detective horse reported the situation and suddenly a paper swallow flew into the tent and landed in front of Xin Xingzong. There was no movement on the table.
Xin Xingzong was frightened when he ate it and almost turned it over. When he saw what it was, his heart couldn't help but he quickly took it in his hand and opened it. When he saw the few lines of blood writing on it, he suddenly showed an expression of surprise and read it carefully several times. After taking a few shots at the case, he laughed out loud: "First, he proposed a plan to capture Hangzhou, and then personally captured Fang Tianding. How many people can achieve as much credit as Xin in this southern expedition? Someone is here -"
This is exactly what it means: A man with lofty ideals should not die lightly, but how can a coward escape with his life? Even if the sky closes its eyes, there is still Lao Cao in the world.
As the best cook in the family, I am going to have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, so I probably won't have time to write it in the evening, so I might as well stay up late to write a chapter.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all brothers a happy new year——
It often rains in time, and your luck is like a dragon in the clouds!
The connections are as powerful as the tiger's, and they are as bright as the stars!
A great fortune teller in card games, your career will be at your fingertips!
The golden gunman in bed, picking up girls without any hindrance!
Show off your golden wings and become a master of exams!
All in all, all the best and your family is in good health!
(End of chapter)
