The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Zhao Tun's army camped more than ten miles away from Hangzhou City, but did not approach the city.

His troops are too few to besiege the city. Although there is no distinction between inside and outside of a big city like Hangzhou, its area is not much smaller than Jiangning, and there are four sub-cities on the periphery for defense.

Attacking Hangzhou can only be done by outsmarting, neither besieging the city nor attacking it by force, everything is limited to the weakness of the troops.

It was learned from the captives in Huzhou that most of Fang Qifo's remnant army who fled from the rout entered Hangzhou, while a small part continued southward without knowing where they were going.

In Hangzhou, Fangla originally left 3 to [-] people to stick to it, and with these defeated troops, there are already nearly [-].

People attacked the city with more soldiers and horses than in the city, so they could attack hard, but Zhao Tun's number of troops was only half of that in the city, so the difficulty of regaining Hangzhou can be imagined.

But he was not in a hurry, he set up his camp and began to strengthen the fortifications, sending outposts to investigate.

After beheading several groups of scouts in the city in a row, the Hangzhou side also found out his movements, but they didn't react violently. They just closed the city gates and put on a strict guard.

Zhao Tun camped at a place called Liancuigang in the remaining vein of Gaoting Mountain.

It is connected intermittently with Gaoting Mountain, and the terrain is relatively high. It can go straight to Hangzhou City, retreat all the way to the north, and directly enter Gaoting Mountain.

There is Gaoting Temple in Gaoting Mountain, which is dedicated to Gaoting God, and there are many other temples and temples. In addition, there is a Shili Stone City in the mountain, with castles and other buildings in it.

This ten-mile stone city is now barren, and the south of the Yangtze River has always been peaceful and there has been no major war, so the imperial court has never stationed troops in it. After Zhao Tang arrived, he immediately sent Ding Daxie, Erxie, and Shi Qian to investigate.

His big village at Liancuigang did not follow the usual practice, but formed an arc. Half of Liancuigang was covered with tents, and there were [-] soldiers stationed in the village. For a while, the city of Hangzhou couldn't figure out how many troops he had on his side.

According to the reports of the captured bandits in Huzhou, and the scouts sent out to inquire back, Fang Baihua and Fang Shiwu are in charge of Hangzhou at this moment.

This is normal, Fang La is running Hangzhou as the capital of the Holy Dynasty, so naturally he will keep the closest people to guard it.

Fang Baihua is his direct sister, and Fang Shiwu is his uncle and younger brother, both of whom are his trusted direct subordinates.

Fang Baihua has a team of [-] women, all of them are women, and it is said that all of them have practiced the martial arts of bow and horse, and they are not too weak against men on the battlefield, and even one person can beat two or three men without losing.

Fang Shiwu was born as a blacksmith and was good at forging weapons. Before Fang La's uprising, many weapons in the Ming Cult were forged under his guidance. He was extremely powerful and proficient in martial arts. He seldom met opponents in horse battles.

Zhao Tun camped in Liancuigang for three days, neither side did anything. On this day, a scout came to report that two large flags had been erected at the head of the northern city of Hangzhou.

One flag reads "Overthrow Zhao Song", and the other reads "Capture King Qin Alive"!
Zhao Tun couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, what would he do by capturing him alive, he has no fish in the south of the Yangtze River, so he must be captured alive to avenge the common people, not to mention that he should write about capturing Zhao Tun alive, not the king of Qin, and he is not the prince of the Fang La Dynasty, so how can he use the honorific title?

This kind of thing was created by Fang Baihua. He still had a deep impression on Fang Baihua. During the Liao competition, Fang Baihua and Hu Sanniang signed up in front of the gate.

But now the fates of the two are very different. She became the eldest princess and female general of the Holy Dynasty, while Hu Sanniang was ruined by Liang Shan. In the end, Song Jiang called for security and fled with Lin Chong.

He sighed slightly for a moment, then called people to prepare the army horses, and wanted to go to the city to watch.

After more than half an hour, Zhao Tong led Du Po and Zhang Xian, and led [-] soldiers to the outside of the moat in the north of Hangzhou.

I saw two huge flags erected above the North Gate of the North City of Hangzhou.

Zhao Tun set up an awning to watch, and sure enough, he wrote "Overthrow Zhao Song" on the one hand, and "Capture the King of Qin alive" on the other!
He rubbed his chin, and looked carefully at the top of the city. The northern city of Hangzhou was heavily guarded, especially after he led his troops here, all kinds of bows and crossbows were set up, and all stone machines and other objects were facing down the city.

After a while, there was a commotion at the top of the city, and a lot of people came in, surrounded by a woman in red.

Because of the long distance, Zhao Tun could only see the approximate color and figure, but he had always had a photographic memory, and from that height and figure, he could no doubt be Fang Baihua.

I saw Fang Baihua separated from the crowd, walked to the side of the stack, looked down from a distance, and shouted loudly: "But His Highness King Qin is in person?"

Zhao Tun's eyebrows twitched, this is a battlefield, a time of life-and-death hostility, do you ever talk like that?What would other people think when they hear such a speech?
He was silent for a while, and replied: "So it's the Lady of Hundred Flowers, I haven't seen you for a few years, how have you been?"

Hundred Flowers above the city became agitated when they heard the words. Unexpectedly, Zhao Tun still remembered her. Now that there was no Fang La watching her, she became less afraid of her words: "Your Highness is tired from a long journey, and I should have invited His Highness to enter the city to rest, but it is really difficult for the two armies to do this. Please, Your Highness, Haihan!"

Zhao Tun's temples throbbed, and he said with a smile, "The Lady of Hundred Flowers is too polite."

Fang Baihua thought for a while at the top of the city, but she actually didn't know what else to say, after all, she only talked to Zhao Tama once in Tokyo, and later on during the fight and the Lantern Festival, she just watched from a distance, so she really wasn't familiar with it.

But she didn't want to let it go. After all, the feelings of a girl had been cultivated for several years. It was the moment of excitement, so she ignored the surprised eyes of the generals around her and said loudly, "Why don't I invite Your Highness to drink a glass of water?"

Um?Zhao Tang was stunned when he heard the words, not only he was stunned, but almost everyone in the city was stunned.

Du Po hurriedly said: "My lord, this is not right!"

Zhang Xian also said: "My lord, I'm afraid there will be fraud!"

The generals in the city also panicked, "General Baihua, this is absolutely impossible!"

"General, what if the Song army rushes directly to open the suspension bridge?"

"General, I've heard that the King of Qin, Zhao Tong, is scheming and cruel. He is known as the King of Birds. The general must not take any risks!"

Fang Baihua couldn't listen to everyone's persuasion at this moment, but stared at the city with bright eyes, and retorted: "I have known King Qin for many years, and I know what kind of person he is. King Qin is a modest gentleman, and he is definitely not as bad as you make it out to be."

The people around couldn't help grinning when they heard the words, if it was said that the King of Qin Zhao Tong was a modest gentleman, they would never believe it, this man beat Wang Qing last year, killing Huaixi to the point of blood flowing into rivers, how many holy soldiers have he killed these days?In the battle of Jiangning, I am afraid that 10,000+ people died!
This man is an executioner, what kind of gentleman is he!
Zhao Tun murmured at the base of the city. It would be great if he could have a face-to-face talk with Fang Baihua. Although it was impossible to persuade her to surrender, after all, she was Fang La's biological sister, but there was no way to attack the city right now.

As for the other party poisoning the wine, he is not afraid of it. The so-called poisons are only those kinds, and they can be detected with silver.

At that time, Emperor Taizu once built the military and poison library. Although the poison library was later destroyed by Emperor Renzong, there is a poison scripture in the military library, and there is no signature on it, but it can be guessed that it must have been written by Emperor Taizu, but Taizu dared to sign such a dangerous thing.

This Poison Sutra lists all kinds of poisonous herbs and poisons in the present world, as well as the method of use, and the method of distinguishing and detoxifying.

Zhao Tang read the Poison Sutra, but what he focused on was the method of distinguishing and detoxifying. He could almost distinguish the poisoned things at a glance, so he was not afraid of such things.

He rushed to the city and said: "Since the Lady of Hundred Flowers is so polite, then I would rather be respectful than obedient!"

Fang Baihua was overjoyed at the top of the city, and hurriedly ordered someone to fetch wine, intending to go out of the city to have a drink with Zhao Tun.

Seeing this, the people around him slapped their legs and stomped their feet anxiously, this is not bad, if they really want to open the city gate, what should they do if there are ambushes all around and rush in together?
But they had no choice at this time, they could only go to prepare the wine, and at the same time asked Fang Shiwu to come and persuade him.

A moment later, Shiwu hurried to the city, but he was a big man with thick eyebrows and beard. Seeing Fang Baihua, he said anxiously: "Sister Baihua, what are you doing?"

Fang Baihua didn't look at him, but said: "I'm going to drink with King Qin outside the city, brother fifteen, don't stop me!"

Fang Shiwu was so angry that he clenched his fists: "Sister Baihua, that bird king is insidious and cunning. He has killed countless brothers of the Ming Sect these days. This is a bloody enmity. How can you drink with him? What do the disciples and soldiers in the army think when they see this?"

Fang Baihua shook his head and said, "It's because you are short-sighted, Brother Fifteen. When I was in Tokyo, I heard a lecture from the master of the Wasi tea shop. When the two armies were fighting, it was common for them to drink wine to reminisce about the old days before the battle. This way, you can show your demeanor and not delay the battle later."

"Baihua, you..." Fang Shiwu's beard trembled, but there was nothing he could do about Fang Baihua. Fang Baihua was not only Fang La's own sister, but also the only young lady of this generation in their clan. No matter whether it was an elder brother or a younger brother, they would let her do everything, so she developed a somewhat spoiled temperament. She was the only one who could listen to Fang La's words, but now Fang La was not in Hangzhou!
Fang Baihua said: "Brother Fifteen, you don't need to say any more, I will take Huo Niang and Yulian to go, after passing the suspension bridge, you will pull up the bridge again, and see if King Qin will make things difficult for me!"

Fang Shiwu's face immediately changed drastically when he heard the words, he left the city without saying anything, and only brought two people with him, what a surprise!
Huo Niang and Yu Lian are the leaders of the female army, although their martial arts are also extraordinary, but what's the use of taking them out?If the bird king had evil intentions, the three of them would never come back!

Fang Shiwu gritted his teeth at this moment, and could only take a step back and say, "Baihua, if you really want to leave the city, I won't stop you, but you definitely can't just take Huo Niang and Yulian there. I'll order 1 soldiers to go with you, and I'll come back after drinking."

There was nothing he could do about it. Although he knew that Fang Baihua had been to Tokyo before, how did he know the King of Qin?There is no good person in the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Although Fang Baihua is headstrong, her mind is pure. She doesn't know what happened in the past, so it's hard to say, but today the soldiers are approaching the city, and if she goes out again, she is afraid that she will be deceived!
Fang Baihua shook his head when he heard the words: "Brother Fifteen, I've made up my mind, just take the fire lady Yulian, you don't have to stop me, the King of Qin is a gentleman, and he will definitely not make things difficult!"

Fang Shiwu was originally born with a dark face, and now it is even more black as ink. He opened his mouth to continue to dissuade him, but at this time the wine was brought, and Fang Baihua rushed to the two women behind him and said, "Huo Niang Yulian, follow me out of the city!"

The one called Huo Niang was also dressed in red, with a red veil wrapped around her head, and two lancets on her back. Hearing this, she took the wine jar and held it in her arms.

Yulian was dressed in black, with a sword, and also took the wine bowl and held it in her hand.

Fang Baihua walked down the city with a "babble!" Fang Shiwu hurriedly followed, "Sister Baihua, no, if Sheng Gong knows about this, I'm afraid he will blame me!"

Fang Baihua paused, then turned around and said, "Brother Fifteen, don't use Shenggong to oppress me. Now there are only you and me in Hangzhou City. Even if Shenggong blames me, I have to wait until I go out of the city to finish drinking!"

Fang Shiwu was helpless, and when he arrived at the city, he hurriedly summoned people, intending to leave the city with Fang Baihua. Fang Baihua's expression turned cold: "The three of us will go out after I say it. Brother Shiwu, don't force my sister to turn her face. Then everyone will look bad."

Fang Shiwu was gasping for breath, but he couldn't just let it go. Seeing Fang Baihua get on his horse and take Huo Niang Yulian out of the city, he would not dare to pull the drawbridge any more.

Fang Baihua was excited, and took the two daughters across the moat, heading straight for Zhao Tun's army.

Zhao Tong watched Fang Baihua's three riders go out of the city, he couldn't help but shook his head, and Du Po wondered behind him: "This woman is so bold, it's rare!"

Zhao Tong sighed, "She knows I won't make things difficult for her, so she dares to act like this."

Du Po couldn't figure out the reason, even Zhang Xian didn't know it, and Zhao Tong said again: "In this woman's heart, I am a gentleman, so why would I do such a thing that humiliates my reputation?"

Neither of them said anything, Zhao Tama sighed again, he never thought that only three of Fang Baihua left the city, if he took the opportunity to capture Fang Baihua at this moment, the bandit army in Hangzhou would be in chaos, no matter how many soldiers there are in the city, they might not be able to defend Hangzhou, and he could even use Fang Baihua to blackmail the other party and put forward various favorable conditions to capture Hangzhou.

But he can't do that, and he can't do something like that.

Fang Baihua approached, looked at Zhao Tun with both eyes, clasped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness, are you here all right?"

Zhao Tang looked her up and down, Fang Baihua was basically the same as a few years ago, with big eyes and big mouth, fair skin, and a free and unrestrained appearance.

He recalled in his mind the scene of Fang Baihua and Hu Sanniang rolling and fighting in front of the gate of the government that day, and he couldn't help smiling: "The heroine of Baihua, she still has the same demeanor!"

Fang Baihua's face turned red when she heard the words, but she didn't hesitate, she jumped off the horse and ordered Huo Niang and Yu Lian to pour wine behind her.

The two women looked at Zhao Tun curiously, the military and the Mingjiao preached that this King Zhao Tun of Qin is a big devil who kills without blinking an eye, and a first-class scum of the Zhao Song royal family, but at this moment, he looks gentle, with a strong scholarly atmosphere on his body, he doesn't look like a devil.

After the wine was full, the two hurriedly went forward to hold it, Fang Baihua said: "Please drink, Your Highness."

Zhao Tang jumped off the horse with a smile, followed by Zhang Xian, and took out a small silver knife from his bosom to go up to test wine. Originally, silver needles were used for wine testing, but no one would carry such a thing with him when he was fine. This small silver knife was given to Zhang Xian by Jian Suyi when he was in Suiyulou before he left Tokyo, and asked him to carry it with him for emergency use.

Zhang Xian tested the wine with a silver knife, Huo Niang over there was suddenly a little unhappy, and said: "What are you doing? Do you suspect that my general poisoned the wine?"

Zhang Xian didn't care about her, and went back after trying it out, Zhao Tang stretched out his hand to pick up the wine bowl, looked at it, it wasn't a high-quality wine, it was just an ordinary Huadiao, nodded and said: "Nowadays the two armies are fighting, it's rare that the Hundred Flowers Lady has such trust, come, come, I will respect you a bowl."

Fang Baihua looked at Zhao Tama's heroism, how could he let him pay respects first, before he could say anything, he put the wine bowl to his mouth, drank it "gududu", then wiped the corner of his lips and said, "I respect Your Highness."

Zhao Tang smiled slightly, drank a bowl of wine, and then said: "If the city of Hangzhou is destroyed one day, what will the heroine of Hundred Flowers do?"

Fang Baihua laughed and said, "Your Highness underestimates Baihua too much. There are Baihua in Hangzhou City, so Hangzhou is not easy to break."

Zhao Tong looked a little disappointed when he heard the words: "That's true, the walls of Hangzhou City are strong, and there are [-] soldiers, so it's not easy to break... Bring some more wine!"

Later, Huo Niang hurried forward to pour the wine, and she couldn't help but think to herself, although the King of Qin of the Song Dynasty had a scholarly temperament, but he didn't put on a show when he drank and talked, he was considered a hero, no wonder her general wanted to go out of the city to drink with him.

The two drank another bowl of wine, Fang Baihua said: "Your Highness, if my Holy Army goes north to Tokyo and smashes the imperial court, what should I do, Your Highness?"

Zhao Tun laughed loudly, and said, "I never thought about it, but this king thinks that you, Baihua, can't even cross the Yangtze River!"

Fang Baihua laughed and said: "Your Highness is arrogant, Huo Niang, pour some wine!"

Huo Niang went up to pour the wine again, the two drank another bowl, and chatted a few more words, all of which were related to the events of the ring, and then you and I drank the whole jar of wine.

At this time, Fang Baihua cupped his hands, blushing and said: "Your Highness, Baihua is drunk, so I will take my leave."

Zhao Tun nodded, watched the two women help her onto the horse and return to the city, then turned around and got on the horse, and headed back to Liancuigang Dazhai.

When he arrived at the camp, he had just sat down in the big tent of the Chinese army when a soldier came to report that Ding Daxie and the three had returned from exploring the stone city of Gaoting Mountain.

Zhao Tun couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard the words, and said, "Call them over to talk."

(End of this chapter)