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

Chapter 373
More than ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and Tong Guan sent an urgent letter.

The letter said that Fang La's army was in decline, and he was afraid that he would go south and return to Muzhou in the near future, and hoped that he would help him stop it.

Zhao Tong thought in his mind that there are actually two ways to go back to Muzhou from Suzhou, take the Huzhou line, or take the Hangzhou line.

The two roads are parallel, and you can reach Muzhou either way.

And even if Fang La was defeated, only half of the original 40 army remained, and there were still about 20 left, but he only had more than 3 people, how to intercept it?

Interception is definitely not possible. It is okay to lay an ambush and take advantage of it.

But it is not possible to deploy all the troops on the two routes. There are more than 3 people in Hangzhou, and if they are divided into two lines, it is not an ambush, but courting death.

Normally, he is in Hangzhou, and there are more soldiers and horses in Hangzhou than Huzhou, so Fang La will definitely bypass Hangzhou and go to Huzhou, but this is just a common guess.

Fang La is a hero, if he thinks the same as ordinary people in everything, even if he can't be the leader of Mingjiao, he can't be the emperor of Shenggong.

Zhao Tong got up to look for Zhu Xiuniang, Zhu Xiuniang was painting in the room, the painting was a picture of the Qiantang scroll tide, her brushwork was not delicate, and she walked the majestic roads of opening and closing, but she had a good foundation, and the white waves were surging on the picture , The momentum is magnificent.

After looking at the painting for a while, Zhao Tun touched his chin and said with a smile, "Xiu Niang, your chance for revenge has come!"

Zhu Xiuniang stopped writing and looked at him, her eyes were cold and she said nothing.

Zhao Tong said: "Fang La is about to be defeated. This king and Tong Guan judged that he will return to Muzhou to manage Eastern Zhejiang. However, there are two ways to go from Suzhou to Muzhou. One goes to Huzhou and the other goes to Hangzhou. I plan to Ambush him and kill him in one fell swoop!"

Seeing his complacent look, Zhu Xiuniang said in a calm tone, "Is Fang La so easy to kill?"

Zhao Tong thought for a while: "If Wang Qing's rebellion was delayed like last year, he might become a big hit. Fang La is far from being comparable to Wang Qing. At that time, let alone killing him, even if he is defeated, he will have to pay a huge price."

Zhu Xiuniang twitched her brows, and continued to hold the pen. Immediately above the huge tide, there was a water bird fighting the tide. Zhong Linghuixiu, brave and fearless, danced gracefully in the wind and waves.

Zhao Tang glanced at the bird, and said again: "However, this time the officials are wise, and they have quickly assembled several groups of troops to conquer, and with the Western Army as the main force, they are bound to destroy the rebels as quickly as possible. The current Fang La is not counted. Hard to kill."

Zhu Xiuniang said coldly: "Then I wish the prince the best of luck and success!"

Zhao Tong was dissatisfied and said: "Obviously it's revenge for Xiu Niang, why are you so yin and yang?"

Zhu Xiuniang didn't speak, and started to inscription, using wild cursive, the corner of Zhao Tuo's mouth twitched when he saw it, and he was actually pregnant with wild cursive, this is a contempt for authority.

He said slowly: "Although this is a good time to kill Fang La, there are few soldiers in Hangzhou, so we can only ambush one of them. I don't know if it is better to ambush Huzhou or Hangzhou..."

Zhu Xiuniang froze for a moment when she heard the words, then put down the pen, and thought: "Naturally, Huzhou is an ambush, and Fang La, the thief chief, must know that the prince is supporting Hangzhou, so why would he come from here?"

Zhao Tong nodded and said, "So that's the case, but I didn't think of it."

Zhu Xiuniang continued: "My lord can send generals to lead troops to ambush on Huzhou Road, and I will wait for the good news in Hangzhou!"

Zhao Tong said: "Xiuniang is indeed insightful. I was hesitant at first, but Xiuniang reminded me that Fang La will definitely avoid places with many soldiers when he flees all the way. There are only a few thousand soldiers in Huzhou, so he must go to Huzhou. "

Zhu Xiuniang nodded and didn't look at Zhao Tun, just fiddled with the scroll.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Tun's mouth, and suddenly he stepped forward and hugged Zhu Xiuniang by the waist.

Zhu Xiuniang suddenly exclaimed: "Zhao Tun, what are you going to do during the daytime?!"

Zhao Tang didn't speak, walked to the couch and put her down gently, then stretched out his hand to untie the curtain...

It wasn't until evening that Zhao Tun walked out of the room, and then went to the government office in front of the mansion to summon Yao Pingzhong, Zhe Kecun, Du Po, and Zhang Xian.

Wang told him to stay in Jiangning. After all, Jiangning was a dangerous place, and he was worried that no one was in charge.

Looking at several people, Zhao Tong said: "Tong Guan wrote that Fang La is about to retreat and may return to Muzhou."

Several people looked at each other, and then looked at Zhao Tong together.

Zhao Tong picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, then continued: "There are two roads back to Mu in Suzhou, one is Huzhou and the other is Hangzhou. Now that there are few soldiers, if you want to ambush the opponent, you can only choose one of them."

The four frowned when they heard the words, and they all thought in their minds that Hangzhou is the capital of western Zhejiang, at least 2 soldiers should be left to guard the city, and only [-] people can be sent out, and it is really impossible to divide the troops.

Zhao Tong said: "This king thinks... that we should ambush in Hangzhou!"

"Ah?" Several people couldn't help exclaiming when they heard the words, this is unreasonable, anyone would choose to ambush on Huzhou Road in this situation.

"My lord, why do you want to attack Hangzhou?" Zhang Xian said cautiously: "Fang Baihua's defeated army should join Fang La. Fang La knows that the lord is leading troops in Hangzhou, so why would he go here again?"

Zhao Tong shook his head: "Fang La returned to Muzhou, how could he not guard against ambushes on the way? Since he guessed that there would be an ambush, according to common sense, the ambush would definitely be on the front line of Huzhou where there are few soldiers. How could Fang La not have thought of this?"

Zhang Xian: "This..."

Zhao Tong said: "As long as Fang La's brain is not broken, he will think of this, so why would he go to Huzhou again!"

Zhe Kecun said: "My lord is right!"

Zhao Tong said again: "Therefore, there is a ninety percent chance that Fang La will come to Hangzhou!"

Yao Pingzhong said: "This is true. Fang La is not stupid. Since everyone knows that there are few soldiers in Huzhou and that he may go there, we will definitely go there to ambush. How can he still go to Huzhou!"

Zhao Tong said: "So he went to Hangzhou. If we really sent most of the soldiers to Huzhou to ambush, he might not only go to Hangzhou, but also very likely...take Hangzhou!"

Du Po gasped when he heard the words: "Would this Fang La be so bold? The Western Army is still chasing after him, so this side dares to attack Hangzhou?"

Zhao Tong squinted his eyes and said: "It's not impossible, if you know that the Hangzhou army has sent to Huzhou to ambush, and there are few soldiers in the city at the moment, even if you change to this king, you will still plan to attack Hangzhou. After all, Shezhou and Muzhou under it, There are also several states on Zhedong Road that are still in his hands. Hangzhou is located in front of these states, and it is a gateway-like existence. The city has a large wall and high walls, and it can be attacked or defended. For the current situation, it is considered a strategic location. Already!"

Zhe Kecun said: "Your Majesty, if Fang La goes to Hangzhou, then he will not just go for a walk, he may have the intention of going to Hangzhou again!"

Yao Pingzhong scratched his head and said, "If his defeated army has more than 20 to 7 people, and Hangzhou City is no better than Jiangning, which was attacked by Fang Qifo at that time, with [-] to [-] people defending, then under Fang La's strong attack, it is really possible to break the city in a short time!"

Zhang Xian said from the side: "Even if we don't send out the ambush army, we don't have 7 to 1 people. If we really send people to go to Huzhou to ambush, there will be more than [-] people left in the city at most."

Du Po frowned: "There are more than 1 people defending the city, and the four sides of the city wall can only be divided into 20 people for defense at most. Hangzhou is so big, there is not much to disperse. If Fang La's [-] troops attack... it will not only take a short time Break, afraid that it will break in the blink of an eye?"

Zhe Kecun said: "Not only that, but we need to send more people to the gates of the city. Even if there are thirteen gates in the eighteen gates, how can we arrange them? Besides, the soldiers have to rest. If Tong Shumi can't catch up with them, how can we arrange them?" Didn’t these soldiers have to be divided into two squads?”

As soon as he said this, everyone stopped talking and looked at Zhao Tun.

Zhao Tong laughed and said: "So once Fang La decides that we are going to ambush in Huzhou, he will definitely attack Hangzhou by force. After taking Hangzhou, he will be connected with those state capitals behind and take care of each other. They can attack and defend, and the battle situation will enter a stalemate."

Zhe Kecun said: "My lord, let's set up an ambush in Hangzhou and wait for Fang La to sneak in!"

Zhao Tong nodded, took a sip of tea and thought for a moment, "This king has a trick here, which can make Fang La fall into the trap."

Several people asked one after another: "My lord, what is the clever plan?"

Zhao Tong said, "Have you ever heard of three points?"

All four nodded, Yao Pingzhong said: "It's easy for the army to talk about this!"

Zhe Kecun also said: "Soldiers are familiar with each other."

Zhao Tong laughed and said: "Zhuge Wuhou has a plan, I think you might as well borrow it and use it..."

Several people were puzzled, so Zhao Tun took a pen and wrote a few words on the paper, and then showed it to the four of them.

The four of them were stunned at first glance, Zhe Kecun was the first to react, and hurriedly stood up to salute: "My lord is well versed in the way of falsehood and reality, Kecun admires it!"

Zhao Tong gently put the paper on the case: "You study how to do it, and prepare now."

The four of them stood up to say goodbye, and after a while, Zhao Tun also got up and walked out the door. At this time, the sky was full of stars and moon, which seemed to indicate that tomorrow would be a good weather...

On the afternoon of the second day, Tong Guan sent another secret letter, saying that tens of thousands of Fang La's army had been killed in the recent battle, and that Fang La's army had retreated [-] miles from Suzhou, and that it might soon retreat southward.

Zhao Tong asked the sender, and learned that what happened yesterday afternoon, Suzhou is not too far from Hangzhou, only more than 300 li, if Fang La decides to retreat, then the vanguard cavalry scouts may have already approached Hangzhou.

And if Fang La's troops are in a hurry, it is estimated that they will arrive in Hangzhou tomorrow at the earliest and the day after tomorrow at the latest.

Zhao Tong then asked how many people could be reserved for discussion, asked about the arrangement, and several people talked about the ambush and trap outside the city and so on.

Zhao Tun shook his head after listening, and said, "Not enough!"

Several people hurriedly asked, Zhao Tun said: "Everyone come here with your ears..."

In the morning of the next day, at the Dongtai Gate, the main gate of the East City of Hangzhou, the suspension bridge was laid flat, and the city gate was wide open. There were no soldiers guarding it, and only people in twos and threes splashed clear water on the road and swept the dust with bamboo brooms.

There were not many soldiers to be seen on the top of the city tower. In front of the city tower, Zhao Tun was wearing a snow-white wide-sleeved robe, and was sitting expressionlessly behind a Yaoqin.

The tail of the piano is burnt black, it is the burnt tail, next to it is aromatherapy, green smoke is lingering, two children wait on the left and right, one holds a dust whisk, a handful of wishful wishes, cinnabar on the forehead to open wisdom, red lips and white teeth, carved with jade and powder.

Zhao Tong lightly plucked the strings with his fingers, and the Yaoqin immediately made a crisp and pleasant sound, because it was at a high place, the melodious sound spread far away.

Zhao Tun suddenly showed a smile, and said loudly, "Master Fang, don't come to Tokyo, what's the reason?"

No one responded to him, and there was no one else in the city except those old men who were tidying up in front of the door.

He recovered his expressionless face in a blink of an eye, and continued to sit. After a while, he plucked the strings with his fingers again, and a smile appeared on his face, and he rushed down the city and said, "Master Fang, don't pass by Tokyo, what's the reason?"

There was still no response from the city, but not even a bird flew by.

After a while, Zhao Tun repeated his previous expression and movement again, "Master Fang, don't come to Tokyo, what's the reason?"

Still no one answered outside the city, and Zhao Tama didn't move, just repeating actions and words like this until the sun went down in the evening.

Seeing that the sky was getting late, he slowly got up while supporting the piano stand. After sitting for a day, his body became numb.

The children on both sides fell to the ground, flattened their mouths, and almost cried outright.

Seeing this, Zhao Tong scolded with a smile: "I don't want to be a good-for-nothing. You two sit and rest every half an hour. Where did you get so tired?"

A little boy rubbed his stomach and murmured, "My lord, I'm hungry..."

Zhao Tong shook his head: "Follow me to eat and drink, each with a roast chicken." After saying that, he walked towards the city steps.

The eyes of the two children couldn't help but brighten up when they heard the words, and they hurriedly got up and followed closely...

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Tama sat upright at the top of the city again, repeating his words and actions from yesterday, but there was no movement outside the city.

In the blink of an eye the morning passed, and the outside of the city was peaceful and peaceful, with no changes visible, but shortly after the sun reached due south, billowing smoke and dust could be seen with the naked eye. It turned out to be a cavalry team. How many people and horses did they bring, and they came straight to the city...

Fang La was impatient at the moment, and his face was not good-looking, because he didn't follow General Lu's strategy that day, went north to attack Jiangning, guarded the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and now he has suffered frequent defeats.

Not to mention that Suzhou was not taken down, and Huzhou and Hangzhou were lost. They had to withdraw southward and abandoned Xiuzhou, which had already been taken down.

On Fang Qifo's side, the entire army was dispersed, and no one was there.

Fang La had no choice but to comfort her family. After returning to Muzhou, she regrouped and started all over again. This time, she would never go to Suzhou, but went to the three towns of Jiangning to grab the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

General Lu once again offered advice, saying that on the way back, he could take the opportunity to recapture Hangzhou, form the northern gateway, and temporarily confront the Song army.

As soon as Fang La heard it made sense, she went straight to Hangzhou without hesitation.

And Huzhou did not give up. He listened to General Lu's arrangement and sent scouts to investigate first. If there were indeed signs of an army ambushing, then they would directly attack Hangzhou!

But now that the army was approaching the city of Hangzhou, he was a little confused.

A horse from the front came to report that the Suspension Bridge of Dongtai Gate in Hangzhou was put down, the city gate was wide open, and there were no soldiers guarding it. I don't know why.

He took Wang Laofo, Lu Jiang, Deng Yuanjue, Pang Wanchun, Zhou Jingbao and others to watch before the battle.

Seeing that as expected, the gate of the city was wide open and there were no soldiers guarding it, so he couldn't help feeling extremely suspicious in his heart.

At this moment, a voice came from a distance from the top of the city, full of arrogance: "Master Fang, don't come to Tokyo, what's the reason?"

Fang La looked up, only to see cigarette smoke billowing from the city, and a faint person in white, plucking the strings, looking at him.

"Zhao Tong?" Even though it had been a long time, Fang La recognized at a glance that it was King Qin of the Song Dynasty who had fought against him in Tokyo.

He immediately frowned, looked at the people below the city splashing water and sweeping dust, then looked at the city above, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

At this time, all the generals were also puzzled, Pang Wanchun said: "Could it be that you are talking about the empty city plan in Sanfen?"

Deng Yuanjue also said: "I heard from Baihua girl that she was deceived by this bird king in Hangzhou. He didn't have many soldiers, but he set up a camp of 10 people. Even Baihua girl didn't dare to go out of the city to fight the enemy, and finally he used tricks to surrender. Fang Gu caused the loss of the city of Hangzhou."

Zhou Jingbao said: "That's it. According to the military adviser, Hangzhou is very likely to send troops to Huzhou to intercept our holy army. He didn't have many soldiers. I'm afraid there are not many people guarding the city at the moment, so he came up with an empty plan!"

Fang La murmured: "This person actually imitated Zhuge Kongming's strategy of using an empty city...Military Master, what do you think of this matter?"

General Lu had a complicated look on his face. He heard the melodious sound of the qin at the head of the city. It was an ancient song, a hundred birds chasing the phoenix.

He frowned and said, "Wait a little longer..."

Zhou Jingbao said: "Zhuge Kongming used an empty city strategy to frighten Sima Yi away, but he definitely couldn't scare us back. I think it's better to go into the city and capture this little Zhao Tun. He will be skinned and cramped, and he will be hacked into pieces!"

General Lu was silent when he heard that, and Fang La became serious when he saw that he was silent.

At this moment, suddenly a fast horse ran forward from behind, and the man on the horse was carrying the order flag, and he was dusty, and he came to the front in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this man's back showing joy, General Lu hurriedly turned his horse's head and asked, "How's the investigation going?"

The man gasped and replied: "Shenggong, military advisor, as expected, there is indeed a Song army ambushing in Huzhou!"

General Lu looked at Fang La when he heard the words: "Sheng Gong, Hangzhou soldiers did go to Huzhou to ambush. At this moment, Hangzhou... I'm afraid it's really an empty city!"

Fang La immediately showed a look of relief on his face, looked up at Zhao Tun on the city, and snorted coldly: "Pass my military order, kill into the city!"

Following his order, the army behind him immediately started to rush towards the city of Hangzhou...

(End of this chapter)