Chapter 117 Tong Guan Leads the Army (3/3)
After hearing the news of Song Jiang's defeat, the government and the people reacted violently. On the one hand, they were shocked by the rapid defeat of Song Jiang's Liangshan Army, and on the other hand, they were frightened by Fang La's cunning, which could endure for so long.
Zhao Huan immediately wrote an imperial edict to declare Fang La in the world a rebel, and sent Zong Ze as the leader to go south to suppress Fang La.
Even though he knew that Fang La was difficult to deal with and had a good geographical advantage, Zhao Huan had to send troops.
Because Song Jiang has been recruited. In the eyes of outsiders, Song Jiang has defected to the court. Song Jiang is a minister of the new Song Dynasty. If Song Jiang is killed, he will not respond, how do others think of him?
Fang La was not showing any weakness, and also claimed to the public that Song Jiang attacked Hangzhou after he arrived in Jiangnan. The court instructed him behind this matter, and the court was not kind first, so don't blame him for being unrighteous.
Fang La then listed that after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he valued the treacherous ministers and was greedy for pleasure. A series of natural disasters were the punishment of God to the foolish monarch Zhao Huan.
Fang La supported the ninth prince Zhao Gou as a wise ruler and went north to fight against Zhao Huan's tyranny, and restored the world to the bright world.
Wang Qing, Chengdu Prefecture, laughed after learning the news, "Old Fang La is so hiding."
Wang Qing was naturally happy. He thought that Tian Hu was defeated and Song Jiang Zhao'an was left with his own family.
Now Fang La's uprising can also make himself feel relieved.
Unexpectedly, Fang La hid for so long and directly wiped out Song Jiang's Liangshan army in one fell swoop. This was a 100,000 Liangshan army! Even the imperial court could not ignore the princes. The first thing the imperial court considered was to choose Zhao'an to pacify Liangshan instead of directly conquering.
When Wang Qing learned that Liangshan was coming to fight him, he couldn't sleep or eat for several days and couldn't sleep at night.
"Fang La is definitely looking for such a big goal for so long." The man in green who was sitting beside Wang Qing said. The man was carrying a golden sword around his waist, with long eyes and slender temples. He was Li Zhu, the first stranger under Wang Qing.
"Of course he had a great idea. When he sent someone to contact him if he wanted to invade the matter with him, the old guy refused sternly." Wang Qingyouyou said: "I thought he was a loyal minister, but I didn't expect that he, who looked thick-eyed and big-eyed, was not a good thing either."
"But it's good, Fang La's uprising is now very powerful, and it will definitely attract the attention of the court." Li Zhu said.
"I just didn't expect that the ninth prince was standing behind Fang La." Wang Qing's eyes flashed, and his voice gradually became deeper-
"The ninth brother actually colluded with Fang La. Has he, a traitor of the royal family, found out when Zhao Gou left his fiefdom?" Zhao Huan said angrily.
"A month ago." Liang Zhongshu said.
"Then why didn't I tell you?" Zhao Huan stared at Liang Zhongshu coldly.
Liang Zhongshu was silent.
He neglected.
Because there are too many things happening during this period, no one will pay attention to a prince who has left the center of power.
"You go down first and let Tong Guan and Cai Jing come to see me." Zhao Huan waved his hand and asked Liang Zhongshu to retreat.
Liang Zhongshu left the palace step by step with heavy steps.
Just as he is gradually moving away from the center of power of this dynasty.
He knew that after experiencing this incident, his status in the hearts of the government had dropped significantly.
But he was unwilling to give up, and he felt that he should take some remedial measures.
"His Majesty."
Cai Jing and Tong Guan came to the palace at the same time.
"You are all old ministers who have followed my father for many years. I want to know what percentage of the winning rate of this battle is."
"Fifty percent." Cai Jing said after pondering.
"If I lead the army, I should have 70%." Tong Guan said confidently.
Cai Jing's eyelids twitched, but he didn't say anything.
"Tao Tong thinks he is better than General Zongze?" Zhao Huan asked.
"No. It's just that I'm more proficient in water warfare than General Zong Ze, and I have an average relationship with Fang La." Tong Guan said.
Zhao Huan paused, and a trace of haze flashed in his eyes.
He knew that Zong Ze and Fang La had a strong personal relationship, otherwise he would not have summoned Tong Guan and Cai Jing specifically.
"You are the chief general in this battle. I want to see Fang La's head, and there are no one in the Fang family who is in charge! I want to barbarians!"
"I give you the right. In the border areas of the court, except for the generals on Zhong Shidao, you will directly mobilize everyone who you like."
"I accept the order." Tong Guan and Cai Jing retreated.
"Your Majesty is a little anxious." Tong Guan said.
"Be careful." Cai Jing shook his head slightly.
Just thinking of Fang La, Cai Jing's eyes were a little complicated.
He has a good relationship with Zong Ze and Fang La, but that was before.
Once the emperor and the ministers are born, he still understands the right and wrong. After all, Fang La is a rebel now.
Cai Jing sighed in his heart, but unexpectedly he still came to this point.
Tong Guan quickly took office and took over Zong Zejun.
In the military camp, Tong Guan, who had a tall, bearded mane on his jaw, said, "General Zong, I'll leave it to me next."
"Does Your Majesty think that the old minister will be favored? Or do you not believe the old minister?" Zong Ze gave the tiger talisman to Tong Guan with a expressionless face.
"Of course not. Your Majesty is just polite to the Old General Zong. He believes that the Old General needs to rest for a while to pacify Tian Hu, so as not to overwork." Tong Guanrou said with a hard heart in her heart and was not painful.
"Hahaha." Zong Ze shook his head and laughed. "I don't think Fang La is that simple. It's better for Taifu Tong to be careful and not capsize in the gutter."
"I won't bother you to always care about it." Tong Guan said lightly, but in fact he didn't care.
In his opinion, these so-called Tian Hu and Song Jiang are just people with false reputations.
Like Tian Hu was defeated by Zong Ze, Song Jiang was defeated by Fang La.
Nakaze and Fang La are both veterans of the same era as themselves. Song Jiang and Tian Hu are both rising stars.
In Tong Guan's eyes, this war is the stage for brilliance between these veterans.
Despite this, Tong Guan was still ready to defeat Fang La with all his might.
In addition to retaining Zong Ze's current army, Tong Guan also recruited Yun Tianbiao, Zhang Qing, Gong Wang, Ding Desun, Wenda, Xin Congzhong, and Deng Zongbi.
Although he verbally despises Fang La, Tong Guan did not relax in fact.
Tong Guan also drew 50,000 troops from various prefectures and prefectures, a total of 130,000 troops, and claimed to be a 200,000 army heading south to attack Fang La.
When Fang La learned that the court had changed the commander at the time of the battle, he couldn't help but smile at the people around him, "Zhao Huan's heart is a villain to judge a gentleman's affair. He must be worried that Zong Ze and I have an old relationship with me, but he didn't know that Zong Ze would never hold back with his character."
Unlike dealing with Song Jiang, Fang La knew that Tong Guan could not cross the river so easily in this battle.
He gathered a large army to cross the south bank of Hun River to prepare for Tong Guan, and at the same time sent scouts to inquire about Tong Guanjun's news.
Five days later, Tong Guan's army arrived on the north bank of Hunhe River, and the two armies confronted each other north and south.
There are no gaps on both sides to dig pits, lay out gullies, and build arrow towers.
It looks like he is going to fight a long-term battle.
At the same time, ships are being built on the shore.
Fang La Daying puts out the shape of the characters.
Fang La was in charge of the central army, Fang Tianding and Fang Mu were in charge of the eastern army, and Fang Ping was in charge of the western army, and they supported each other with the momentum of the arch.
Chapter completed!