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Chapter 247 The Road to Home (5)

Chapter 247 The Way Home (Part [-])

The dark clouds in the sky slowly gathered in front of them one by one.

During the journey from Hangzhou to Huzhou, I fled all the way.

If we look at this time from the later days, the city of Hangzhou was broken in the fourth day of the lunar new year, and everyone fled from the city in panic.After that, the most direct choice for many people was to go to Jiaxing. At that time, Fang La's army was still chasing and intercepting in various ways, leaving many people behind.Later, these large numbers of people who were killed and dispersed gathered on the road again, and a little order was restored, and it was already the sixth and seventh day of the lunar new year.

At this time, the Fang Layi army gathered from the west towards Hangzhou was approaching saturation, and began to expand in all directions. The refugees who gathered again painfully chose their own direction. Although the mountains around Hangzhou were not deep, the waterways Gathered and dispersed, some were overtaken by the rebels and besieged and killed, and batches of captives were robbed and captured and sent back to Hangzhou.

In the past few months, Fang La's momentum after raising troops was at its strongest at this time. Fang Baihua resisted the Wuju camp at Kangfangting in the northwest, and Chen Shisheng's Wuwei army in the south was attacked by Deng Yuanjue and Si Xingfang on the way.Fang La, Fang Qifo and others took down Hangzhou with heavy troops, and after that, there was a wave of uprisings echoing everywhere. On the roads around Hangzhou, when those ignorant fugitives realized it, they had already discovered that at this time, people from Hangzhou From the beginning, no matter which direction you go, it has almost become a minefield full of dangers.

Except for the people who escaped in the mountains and villages by breaking up into pieces, there are not many examples of people who escaped safely from the boundary of Hangzhou at this time in the form of a large force.Most of these displaced people who were expelled from Hangzhou City eventually became sacrifices or original subjects of the "Yongle Dynasty" established by Fang La.The influence belonging to the Wu Dynasty was suppressed to the minimum for a while in the land of Jiangnan.Of course, if you want to find small bright spots, there are naturally some.

The whole process of it only happened in a corner of the border between Hangzhou and Huzhou. At that time, the largest fleeing team gathered a large number of wealthy businessmen and gentry from Hangzhou and traveled around here. The whole preparation work only happened from the early morning of the tenth day to the eleventh day. In less than two days in the morning.

From a strategic point of view, it is difficult to complete too complicated operations in a day and a half. At that time, there were five rebel troops approaching behind the team, consisting of five members from Fang La's army, Yao Yi, Lu Xue, Xue Dounan, Mi Quan, and Shen Zhucheng. Generals lead.However, the small number of Black Lingwei and some soldiers of the Badao Battalion led by Liu Dabiao at that time have not been counted among them.The total strength of these five teams is more than 3000, and their morale is high.In the fleeing team, there were a total of [-] remnants of soldiers, plus about a thousand bodyguards under many rich businessmen and gentry, but they fought differently on the battlefield, and the combat power of these more than a thousand people was not reliable.

In hindsight, these teams only had a simple staggering and heart-to-heart battle within a radius of less than forty miles, and then they began to general each other. The matter was simple, but the subsequent results were somewhat unexpected.Of course, when things first happened, I felt unexpected, but it wasn't just the army under Fang La's command, even the fleeing team itself only reacted after experiencing extremely astonished emotions.

Gathered cloud, hot and restless weather, winding riverside, the team then extended to the distance.There were nearly [-] people in this marching team. At this time, at the end of the team, there was a quarrel and internal strife brewing, and whispers were whispered among the crowd.In the front and middle sections, some soldiers or masters on horseback were running back and forth. Most of them were holding pens and paper, scattered into every small team of the remnant soldiers, and recorded what needed to be recorded.

It seems a bit hasty to do this kind of statistics on the way of fleeing, but this matter started in the morning, and the meaning passed down from above is also simple. As long as you go to Huzhou, every soldier will be the hero of the escort.In order to reward the meritorious deeds in the future, everyone’s name and place of origin will be recorded at this time, so that no one in the team, regardless of officers or soldiers, will be left behind, and if these people have family members who died or were separated in Hangzhou, Each will also have an additional pension, which is the reward everyone deserves after escorting these "big men".

After the city of Hangzhou was broken, it was difficult for the army of Wudeying to maintain its weave. Although there were more than [-] soldiers in this team, everyone's team was quite chaotic, and most of them lost their minds about fighting.The reason why Chen Xingdu was able to become the military leader of this team was because he had the most people under his command at this time, with more than [-] people.Although the rest are also at their disposal, they are quite troublesome to operate.

The Wude Camp might sound like an elite team, but in fact they don't have much actual combat experience. After this big defeat, if they only talk about rebuilding their ranks, I'm afraid many people will be afraid.However, after this order was issued, for the convenience of recording, these people began to gather automatically, and temporarily elected officers according to the original distribution of the barracks. During this period, Chen Xingdu naturally installed a confidant to develop forces, so that orders could be issued more quickly.

During the counting of the number of troops, some rumors began to circulate among the soldiers or civilians. Naturally, there were negative news, including the pursuers who were approaching behind them, and the blocked path ahead. to everyone's ears.Afterwards, there were other news that spread in the whispers of everyone.

"Mr. Tang, they already have a solution..."

"I heard that someone from the Tang family has friendship with the traitors in Qingfengzhai. Now we have more than 3000 Wude camps passing by, and Qingfengzhai will let us open the way..."

"No, I heard that a man named Ning Liheng came up with a plan. Everything was calculated. General Chen and the others are like treasures. My cousin is at Daying, and I saw it last night..."

"Who is Ning Liheng?"

"Hey, don't you know, this person seems to be a scholar, but he has the title of counting every ten steps, and he has extremely high martial arts. Back then in Hangzhou, Fang La's gang made trouble in the city, and he helped make suggestions. Later, Shi Bao, Fang Qifo and others went to kill him in person, but he plotted against him. After killing several people, he left, leaving Shi Bao and Fang Qifo in disgrace. Alas, it was a pity that the city was destroyed too early. If he can persist for a few more days, I heard that Fang Qifo will be killed by him..."

"...I heard that he also has a name in Jianghu, but it's not a matter of ten steps. They call him a bloody hand, and he can definitely pass this time..."

All kinds of messy rumors were said for a while, including what Ning Yi did in Taiping Lane, and his nickname was also spread.

Of course, this can't relieve the anxiety that has arisen in most people's hearts. With enemies in front and behind, not many people can believe in a stunned young man who was not well-known before. How much confidence can give people.

However, in the fleeing team at this time, soldiers, wealthy businessmen, gentry, landlords, officials, etc. actually don't have much choice. Once Fang La's army catches up, they must have no chance of luck and can only die. At this time , they can only believe in what they can believe in front of them.But those who are poor or without much wealth in the team are different. They originally followed the crowd and thought that the team was safe and followed together. When they suddenly heard the news at the moment, they suddenly became Get nervous.The order of this team was not strong, and there were various conflicts in the beginning, but they were suppressed by everyone in unison at the beginning, but after these desperate news came, the conflicts immediately intensified.

For these civilians, even if they are overtaken, they can still choose to surrender, or break up into pieces, and retreat into ravines or villages.As long as Fang La's army doesn't wipe out the surrounding area of ​​Hangzhou, there is naturally a possibility of hiding.On the afternoon of the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, after the team crossed the tributary of the river in front of them from a nearby place called Shiqiaobin under the wanton indulgence of the team's senior management, the fleeing team was led by a small-scale brawl. The fuse split into two strands of 3000 people and nearly [-] people.

The 3000 people began to turn northeastward, trying to head towards Jiaxing, bypassing Qingfengzhai and Xiaoluo Town ahead.Most of these people are composed of civilians, and there are also wealthy businessmen and officials who are clever enough to mix in. From the perspective of these people, the chaotic army chasing from the rear is mainly seeking money. If those 7000 people are used as bait, they can more or less get a chance. There are also those who feel that there is danger ahead, and simply start to leave the team and disperse towards the surrounding area as civilians.

At this time, some difficult-to-decision problems began to appear among the pursuers. As they got closer and closer to the largest fleeing team, some mixed information began to appear in front of them suddenly.

From the mouths of the single refugees, they can easily ask all kinds of information, such as the size of the team, the internal strife that has begun to appear in the team, the rumors that spread in the team, such as "ten steps, one count", "blood hand massacre", etc. ", let Shi Bao, Fang Qifo, and Liu Dabiao feel ashamed, and then there are rumors that some people started to leave the team and go alone, or a certain wealthy businessman and a certain official knew the emergency of the situation and started to leave the team and flee to the mountains .

The 1-thousand fleeing team actually left relatively clear clues, but at this moment, a series of things that interfered with judgment appeared, such as property scattered in different directions on the way to escape.The scouts of the five armies were all rushing forward, and also collided with the scouts of Wude Camp in different directions.Yao Yi and the others were not united in their journey northward, and there would naturally be some quarrels over the distribution of prey and trophies. In the end, in order to maintain peace for the time being, the five teams separated each other by a certain distance and chose the direction to advance forward. They chose the same direction, and Yao Yi and Lu Xie even had a quarrel. Of course, at this time, no one was worried about fighting.Even if they catch up, the more than 3000 remnant soldiers, surrounded by 7000 people, can't do anything.

That evening, more than [-] people, the main force of the fleeing team, turned back from the area of ​​the Shiqiao River where they originally crossed the river, and almost passed Yao Yi's team chasing northward. Camped on the edge of the dangerous river bend.The river is like a hook here. They turned south and turned back. Originally, there were various traces along the way. At this time, there was a river blocking the way to the east and south. This river bend engulfed people like a pocket. When people turn back to the south, they are almost dead.But right now, Yao Yi and the others were also in a hurry to chase north, and didn't come to investigate for a while.

That night, the five teams headed north by different routes, among which thousands of people from Xue Dounan and Mi Quan even passed across the river bend where they camped, and they were also in different areas more than ten miles away from here. Camp for now.That night, the camp by the river was almost suffocatingly quiet. As long as the five pursuers leave the camp and head north tomorrow, they will get their first chance to do other operations.

No one dared to start a fire, no one dared to light a lamp, and everyone who knew the seriousness of the situation almost consciously held their breath at the critical moment of life and death, and dared not speak loudly for a while.But the carbine that passed by Yao Yi's army at night was exaggerated in the mouths of everyone. It was just a small trick, but everyone also needed some self-confidence as a support.

So the next day, when dark clouds gathered in the sky, the Wude camp released the most elite spies to watch the movements of the troops in the north. Yao Yi's army began to move out of the camp, Xue Dounan's and Mi Quan's troops began to move out of the camp, and Shen Zhucheng's troops began to move out. The army began to pull out the camp, and Lu Xie's team fell to the rear. He followed Yao Yi's route to Shiqiaodu, and then, on the eve of crossing the river at noon that day.stopped...

He started to turn back.

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At noon, on a hill in the north, a man named An Xifu was riding a horse, leading the Black Lingwei to rush north.

His mission is different from Yao Yi and others, and also different from Liu Dabiao who came to find someone just because of his temper.It seems very simple to disrupt Huzhou and not be able to rescue Jiaxing. Yao Yi and others also play it as a way to relax and make a fortune, but he has to be responsible for the overall situation.

Chasing and killing the fugitives along the way is to harvest spoils, so you can be a little sloppy, but Huzhou still has its own army after all, so he led the Hei Lingwei and his party to the north quickly, already surpassing everyone's progress.People like Qingfengzhai and Xiaoluo Town who suddenly took up the rebellion, since they had no contact with Fang La beforehand, An Xifu had to go over and give them a name at this time, and let them really contribute in the battle.

At this time, they had already approached Xiaoluo Town ahead, and a scout who stayed behind to observe Yao Yi and the others also came back on horseback, telling him the daily progress of the five people as usual.Looking at the information brought back by the scout, the man in black clicked on the map, frowned, and put the map aside.He felt that this group of people was too lazy, too slow, slow in fighting wars, and slow in even stealing money, it was hopeless.As for the fleeing team, it was a bit weird. The idea just flashed through my mind, but I didn't think about it seriously afterwards.

But after waiting for a quarter of an hour, the group of people gradually descended the mountain, and something gradually struck in his mind. He froze for a few times, and then picked up the map to look at it. After a while, he really frowned: "No Probably……"

He waved his hand to stop the team, then called the scouts, and began to report the information he had heard since yesterday one by one. The purpose of coming here this time.Although it is not certain yet, when looking back, some ominous feeling seems to be overwhelmed from the dark gray sky in the south.

"Ning Liheng..." He thought for a while, "I hope...it won't be like this..."

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The sky was dark, and in the camp, Chen Xing was sitting in the tent, deducing the plan that Ning Yi brought with his two confidants. When the news of the scouts came, his whole face was already pale.

"Why, how did this happen...it shouldn't be..."

He subconsciously looked at Ning Yi's plan. The plan was a bit complicated, but very convincing.So far, this is only the beginning.Speaking of which, there are still thousands of people in this army. It is not impossible to break through Qingfengzhai and Xiaoluo Town to go north to Huzhou, but the pursuers from the rear are already approaching. Nearly ten thousand people have made dumplings, and now that these generals have no fighting spirit, it is simply impossible to say that the battle will go smoothly.

Intensifying the conflict, using the 3000 people as bait, my group of people quickly turned back and hid in the Jedi that they were unlikely to search. As long as they found some gaps, they could divert again and gain more operating space.Regarding the feasibility of this point, Ning Yi has given a lot of analysis, how to use gold, silver, and heart attack tactics to make the distance between them a little bit wider among the leaders of the chasing soldiers. To be honest, a lot of contingencies have been arranged. Law, in almost every situation, has a preconceived notion.When Ning Yi arranged for some soldiers to set up suspicious formations to make the chasing soldiers a little suspicious, and then dispersed, Chen Xing actually had a lot of confidence in Ning Yi, not to mention that there was Qian Haiping next to him, saying From the beginning, Ning Yi's plan to deal with Shi Bao and others was similar to today's, quite effective.

In the team, the number of soldiers was counted again. The method was also given by Ning Yi, and then the rumors and splits in the team almost confirmed part of the plan. They really hid here for a night, but they did not expect , At this most critical moment, the other party still found them and began to turn back.

In this plan, it was determined in various ways that the other party would be confused, and the feasibility was confirmed with complicated words. Afterwards, various plans were also extremely attractive, but they did not clearly explain what to do at this time. At first it seemed that Someone also raised this opinion. Ning Yi was sick at that time, and just said: "Look at the development, and then decide whether to do this, okay?"

No one has ever seen such a detailed and convincing plan before.Even Tang Xiuxuan said: "You have to take risks." He temporarily overwhelmed the doubters with his strong self-confidence and complicated arrangements in other aspects, but at this time, it was like being hit on the head. Got screwed up almost fatally the next day.

After being dazed for a long while, Chen Xingdu grabbed the plan and went out. The weather was hot and gloomy, and everyone still didn't know the news, they just waited quietly.He went all the way to the tent on the other side of Su's house. At this time, Ning Yi just woke up from his sleep.Since the evening of the ninth day of the lunar new year, the fever on his head has become more and more serious. At this time, Su Tan'er helped him to sit up from the bed. The high fever also temporarily affected his thinking. When Chen Xingdu came in, he Feeling a little confused, he shook his head.Chen Xingdu looked at him for a while, and suppressed his trembling tone: "Something happened..."

Ning Yi rubbed his head: "Yao Yi...no, Lu Sheath...it should be Lu Sheath..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Su Tan'er, who was kneeling by the side and helping him straighten his clothes, said, "General Chen, where is Lu Xue?"

Chen Xingdu was slightly stunned, looked at the couple, then dropped the plan, grabbed a map, and drew a point: "He is at Shiqiaodu, and he started to turn back! He found us!"

Ning Yi thought for a while: "What about the others?"

Chen Xing brushed and drew four points. The five points on the map are like a fan, which has surrounded this side. Some are farther and some are closer. Ning Yi looked at the map for a while and closed it. Eyes: "Then what are you waiting for?"

"you……"

"Lu Sheath's army only has more than 1000 people, and we have four thousand. They are scattered now, separated by the river, and then they will find us one after another. General Chen, now is the best time to defeat each of them. I can do it There are only so many, what are you waiting for?" In front of Chen Xingdu, the scholar stood up with some difficulty, looked at him, and said in a low voice, "They are intriguing with each other, they are far apart, and there is no rescue. After the collapse, the siege of Huzhou will be completely lifted, General Chen, in the future, he will be promoted to a noble, and his wife and son will definitely have your share, you know."

Chen Xingdu hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "You're entertaining me...you know, the army is defeated like a mountain, these people can't fight at all...even if it's more than 1000 people..."

"But it's not fighting for others now. We have told them the seriousness of the matter since yesterday. If there is a space, they can take off their military uniforms and hide in the mountains. Now there is no possibility. There is no retreat behind us. , is now a mourner, if you don’t move forward, you will die.”

"If...if you can't win, you know..."

"Do you believe in that plan!?" Ning Yi slightly raised his tone, gritted his teeth and pointed at the plan thrown on the ground by Chen Xingdu, "That's all a lie, let's stop here! I'm not a fairy , How could it be possible to count so much! General Chen, I can only control the time of this day. They have been chasing troops and underestimating the enemy. Come down, we won't have any chance."

"The road can be pointed out by others, but you have to earn your own life! In this situation, there is no good way to survive without playing tricks." He looked at Chen Xingdu: "My wife is pregnant, four thousand beats one thousand If we cannot win, we will all die here, just like this..."

(End of this chapter)