The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 137 Capture Fang La Alive, Return to Beijing to Renew the Order

Seeing Zhao Gou's gloomy gaze, Fang La slowly stretched out his hands. He who had been on the defensive finally showed his offensive side, staring intently, not daring to take his eyes off at all.Zhao Gou's posture showed that he was about to launch an offensive, and Fang La had to be on guard.

Instead of letting Zhao Gou attack him, he might as well take the initiative.Fang La pondered for a moment, and launched a new round of offensive without hesitation. He didn't want to wait for Zhao Gou to attack, but took the initiative to attack.Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand danced again and roared away.

"This is impossible!"

Fang La stared at the motionless Zhao Gou with his eyes wide open in disbelief, only to see his hands resting on his Fang Tian's painted halberd, unable to move.Zhao Gou knew that his flesh and blood could not hold the sharp Fang Tian's painted halberd, so he could only take this method to stop Fang La's offensive.

Then, Zhao Gou moved, like a tiger pouncing a rabbit, he grabbed Fang Tian's painted halberd fiercely, kicked Fang Tian's painting halberd out of nowhere.Fang La saw that he couldn't hold Fang Tian's painted halberd, and saw Zhao Gou's attack, so he had to give up the weapon in his hand in a hurry, and backed away abruptly.

After he left, Zhao Gou held Fang Tian's painting halberd and dismissed it aside.Under Fang La's surprised gaze, Fang Tian's painting halberd broke in two.It turned out that when Zhao Gou held it, his hands were full of inner strength, and he pinched it hard without hesitation.Even if Zhao Gou does not seize it, it is impossible to continue the attack.

Fang La frowned, and said in thought: "Although the shaft of Fang Tian's painting halberd is not made of steel, nor can it be destroyed by ordinary people with force, I am afraid that he used his internal force and it was shattered abruptly. In this way , his internal strength has reached a higher level, enough to hurt people."

Fang La looked at Zhao Gou with a solemn expression. He knew that the next offensive would be the most difficult one.Without Fang Tian's painted halberd in hand, Zhao Gou could fight in close quarters, and Fang La's martial arts still couldn't compare with him in close quarters combat.Zhao Gou glanced at Fang Tian's painted halberd that was broken in two with disdain, and walked towards Fang La step by step.

His figure is clearly visible, and his speed is getting faster and faster.After a while, Zhao Gou had appeared in front of Fang La, caught off guard, Zhao Gou's right fist had already moved, and it hit Fang La hard.The strong force made him back up again, and he couldn't move his whole body. There were bursts of severe pain from the part of his body that was attacked, and he had already suffered internal injuries.

Zhao Gou's offensive did not weaken in the slightest, and he still made quick moves, and the moves were extremely fierce. Fang La was stunned by the sudden offensive, and he couldn't move even if he wanted to.Zhao Gou's previous attack was the numbness on his body, and his whole body was paralyzed, making him look like a sandbag of human flesh, being constantly attacked by Zhao Gou.

Fang La hurriedly gathered his internal energy, his internal energy was not as deep as Zhao Gou's, and it was much stronger than Lu Junyi and others.With the help of the true qi in the body to dissolve the injuries on his body, and to remove the strength from Zhao Gou's fist, but he still didn't completely remove it, and still part of the strength hit him heavily.

"Wow!……"

Zhao Gou tried his best, merciless in his moves, heavy strikes, and internal strength in his hands, every move and every style hit Fang La heavily.He could hold on for a while, but after a long time, even if Fang La took off some of his strength, he still hit him hard, spurting blood from his mouth, and flew backwards.

"I said before, you are not my opponent, you still have to be brave!" Zhao Gou persuaded vigorously, "Let me advise you again, if you surrender, you will be captured with nothing..."

"Surrender? Dreaming!" Fang La wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and stood up proudly. It would be better to die in battle than to ask him to surrender, at least a worthy death.

However, Zhao Gou would not really kill him.Only because Song Huizong personally ordered, other people can deal with him as he pleases, but Fang La must not be killed, but can only be captured alive, and must be handed over to Song Huizong himself.It is understandable for Fang La not to surrender. Even if he surrenders, he will die, and if he does not surrender, he will die. It is better to die in a vigorous battle.

But, will Zhao Gou let him do what he wants?Of course not!
Since Fang La was unwilling to surrender, Zhao Gou stopped trying to persuade him to surrender. After knowing Fang La's intentions, he did not show mercy.Moreover, Zhao Gou's move seems to be ruthless, but in fact he has his own measure and will never kill Fang La.It is much easier to kill him than to keep him alive, you just need to make a desperate move; to keep him alive, you need to control your strength.

Zhao Gou no longer gave Fang La any chance to counterattack, and launched an offensive directly, wave after wave, with strength sometimes increasing and sometimes weakening, with the purpose of defeating Fang La's last psychological defense.However, Fang La is worthy of being a hero of the generation, and stood up after falling down again and again.

The Song Army cheered loudly, and the Southern Army was anxious and worried, forming a stark contrast.

Fang La also really saw Zhao Gou's martial arts. He had never seen someone so powerful. Fang La gradually fell down due to the stormy offensive. His body had been severely injured and he had no strength to stand up.Zhao Gou's sharp attack made him helpless.

It wasn't until this time that Fang La knew that Zhao Gou released the water before, not using real strength.Fang La smiled gratifiedly. He finally got what he wanted. He vomited blood, was seriously injured, and lay limp on the ground. It's a complete loss!"

Seeing that Fang La was defeated by the Southern Army, Fang Jie took the brunt of it and killed him. He wanted to rescue Fang La, but Hua Rong pierced his chest with an arrow and killed him on the spot.The soldiers of the Southern Army saw that Fang La was seriously injured and dying, and the general Fang Jie was also shot to death by the Song Army. No one led the army and panicked. The soldiers who were united and followed Fang La to fight the Song Army also fell apart, and the soldiers fled in panic.

Song Jun also rushed forward and killed him.That day in Bangyuan Cave, dead bodies were scattered all over the field, blood flowed like a river, beheading more than [-] Fangla barbarians.Zhao Gou escorted Fang La to wait outside, and Song Jiang commanded the army. Then Song Jiang sent an order to let the soldiers set fire to the palace and burn it down.

After doing all this, Song Jiang led the army to Zhao Gou again, and said, "I will report to the Marshal, more than 2000 people from the bandit army will be beheaded, [-] people will be captured alive, and all the palaces in the cave will be destroyed!"

Zhao Gou nodded and let him go down, but his eyes were on Bangyuan Cave where corpses were strewn all over the place, the blood flowed like a river, and there was nothing he could do about it, this was war, he sighed: "Huangwu Zhuxuan is half in the clouds, anointed with blood Since Xinxin. If it is God’s will to allow extravagance, Qiongshi and Afang will not be burned.”

Immediately, Zhao Gou sent an order to lead the army back to the city, while Fang La was escorted to Qingxi County.Everyone has returned to Qingxi City, Zhao Gou rewarded the three armies again, slaughtered cattle and sheep, and let everyone drink together with delicious food.Seeing the big victory, Zhao Gou was also in a good mood, and the whole barracks was full of wine and laughter.

"What? Is Marshal Zhao trying to ridicule me?"

Fang La saw that Zhao Gou didn't drink with the others, but came to the prison car instead, he was startled, but his mouth was full of sarcasm.Now, he is really alone, without a single soldier in his hands, and he has become a prisoner. What's more ironic is that the one who defeated him was only a teenager, but it was only a year of dancing spoons. It is really unacceptable. But I have to accept it.

Zhao Gou smiled and said: "Although the boy is still young, I am the final winner. This time, you lost, and you should know what the result is like. I respect you as a hero, and I specially send you for the last ride. It is on the way back to Beijing that I will have no chance to chat with you again."

Fang La asked in surprise, "Are you joking?"

In his opinion, Zhao Gou's behavior was even more unacceptable to him.Although he didn't know what Zhao Gou meant, but he was a defeated general and had already been reduced to a prisoner, so how could he have the right to talk to him or ridicule himself.Therefore, Fang La's tone was very unpleasant, even a little sarcastic.

Zhao Gou smiled, ignored it, took out the wine jar, poured a full bowl of wine, and then poured a bowl himself, saying: "From my standpoint, you are an enemy. You are a hero, and even more so, this bowl of wine is my respect to you."

Seeing that he drank it down, Fang La didn't know what Zhao Gou meant, but he still drank the bowl of wine to save face, and sighed: "It's been a long time since I've had such a good wine, and maybe it's the last time!"

"Do you know where you were defeated?" Zhao Gou drank it all, and then said: "You were defeated by your own pride. If you weren't self-righteous, you would have abandoned the city and fled at the last moment, as if you had forgotten your identity. People in Jianghu almost forget all about love and righteousness, if you are not too proud and self-righteous, I am afraid that it will take more time to defeat you."

Fang La sneered and said: "If it wasn't for people like you in the Song army, I'm afraid they would not be my opponents. This is the end of the matter, so there is no need to say more!"

Zhao Gou smiled and said: "You are wrong, you are so wrong. Even without me, someone will be able to resist you. You really think that you can only rely on the power you get from the uprising, and you are the leader of Manichaeism. To criticize generals who are good at fighting, and to overthrow the imperial court, if you say something unpleasant, you are simply dreaming."

"Hmph!" Fang La snorted coldly, a little unconvinced about how brave the defeated general was, and he didn't want to refute.

"The combat power of the Song Dynasty army has been very strong from the beginning to the end. As long as there are good generals, it can exert a strong combat power. It's just that the Song Dynasty emphasizes culture and restrains martial arts so much that the status of military generals in the court is not as good as that of civil servants. There must be civil servants as the commander-in-chief, which will drag down the combat effectiveness of the army."

Zhao Gou went on to say: "When you gathered a crowd to revolt, captured several cities, and occupied more than half of the power in the south, have you ever thought about how many real generals there are, and what is the commander-in-chief of an army? Presumably you should know better than me. Now, your defeat is because you didn’t see the situation clearly and wanted to fight against Song Dynasty. From your point of view, you are right. From the point of view of the common people in the world, you are wrong, outrageously wrong!”

"What the common people in the world want is a stable and comfortable life. You work at sunrise and rest at your daily income. What you practice through righteousness is not benevolence. Even if you win the throne, do you really think that you can control the overall situation and make the people have enough food and clothing? Don't you forget the Jin Kingdom and Liao Kingdom that are staring at the border of the Great Song Dynasty?"

Fang La was silent, and Zhao Gou didn't want to say any more. I believe he can understand what he has said.Zhao Gou drank a bowl of wine again, then turned and left, leaving Fang La alone in meditation.He stared intently at the back of Zhao Gou who was leaving, and for a moment, he seemed to have an illusion that the Zhao Gou in front of him was by no means in his teens, and those words alone were enough to show that he was mature, experienced, and a veritable wise man, and said self-deprecatingly : "It's ironic to be taught a lesson by a kid! Am I really wrong?"

Given their age and experience, Zhao Gou was not qualified to show off in front of Fang La, but what he said and did made it difficult for Fang La to refute.In fact, Fang La really didn't think so much, only thinking about overthrowing the corrupt rule, ignoring his own strengths and weaknesses, and understanding his own strategic mistakes were the reason for his complete defeat. The real defeat was not the strength of the troops or the generals, but the commander of the army.

That night, Fang La kept thinking about Zhao Gou's words, and also remembered what he had done.At the beginning, when the crowd gathered to revolt, Fang La practiced a benevolent government in order to win the hearts of the people. There was no class, everyone fought together, and there was no such thing as a monarch and ministers. They were all brothers.

With the expansion of power, the improvement of military strength, and repeated victories, Fangla gradually forgot about his former self, and began to pay attention to the way of monarch and ministers. He began to think about the overall situation in everything, and actually thought about his own personal interests.Afterwards, Zhao Gou led the army to attack and pressed on step by step. The generals under his command were also outrageous. They did many inhumane things, and gradually lost the popular support they gained. It is really ironic that there are only more than [-] people left in a year.

Fang La whispered bitterly: "Is it really wrong?"

The next day, Zhao Gou's army was ready to go back to Beijing to resume the order. The war was over, so there was no need to stay here any longer. Returning to Beijing as soon as possible was the top priority.The generals who survived the battle against Fangla after counting are: pioneer envoy Song Jiang, deputy pioneer Lu Junyi, military adviser Wu Yong, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Sun Li, Hua Rong, Chai Jin, Zhu Dian, Dai Zong, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Li Kui , Ruan Xiaowu, Yan Qing, Li Jun, Lin Chong, Yue Fei, Liu Qi, Yang Yizhong, Wu Lin, Tang Huai, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, a total of 24 people.

The generals who died in battle include: Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaoqi, Shi Xiu, Shi Qian, Yang Zhi, Yang Xiong, Liu Tang, Lei Heng, Zhang Heng, Jie Zhen, Shi Jin, Zhang Shun, Zhang Qing, a total of 13 people.Wu Song lost an arm, Yue Fei and three others were seriously injured, and countless other generals died in battle. More than [-] soldiers died in battle, and it took a year to complete it.

In comparison, the generals who died in the Southern Army were much more serious than those in the Song Army. Almost all of them were killed in battle, leaving no hidden dangers.If it weren't for Fang La's carelessness, not only a dozen people in the Song army would have died, but many more would have died.It's just that some things are doomed and cannot be changed.

It's a foregone conclusion, everything is over!
Zhao Gou led the mighty army back to Beijing, and Fang La was imprisoned in the prison car. So far, the conquest of Fang La was completely over.The worries in the territory of the Song Dynasty have been cut off, and the generals headed by Song Jiang in Shuibo Liangshan returned to the court under Zhao Gou's conquest, and the rebel army headed by Fang La who threatened the court was completely wiped out. There is no such a large rebel force in the country, so it is stable.

Next, what Zhao Gou has to face is an official struggle that is more dangerous than war.If it is handled properly, Da Song will be safe and sound; if it is not handled properly, history will repeat itself, and all efforts will be in vain.

　Sorry, I didn't update yesterday~~ I made it up this time~ The work is gone again, alas~~
　　
　
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