Military merit means promotion, glory and wealth. The Northern Song Dynasty was originally Chengping for a hundred years, and the Biandu Forbidden Army had not fought for a hundred years, who didn't want to have a good future, and the front was led by Lotte to win three battles and three victories, so that the forbidden army tasted the sweetness.

The soldiers surrounded Hangzhou for half a month without fighting, this Le Hou Ye had not yet used the move of troops, and heard that the Hangzhou City Righteous Army had withdrawn most of them, and a group of generals and soldiers began to rub their hands and shout for battle.

If you have a cheap price, you don't take advantage of the king, and if you don't pick it up, you're a fool!

Facing the eyes of the subordinates who pleaded for battle, Lotte said with a smile: "Le knows that you are eager to fight, but now the situation of the enemy and me is unknown, and it is not too late to distinguish the situation of the enemy and me before attacking the city!" ”

"Master Lehou, can our family regard Lord Lehou's words as passive avoidance of war?" As Lotte's voice fell, a tone of neither man nor woman came in from outside the tent.

Needless to say, everyone knows that it is the military supervisor who has arrived.

Lotte said: "Historian, Fang La's withdrawal from Hangzhou City, the purpose of the plan is unknown, and it is really unwise to attack the city rashly!" ”

Entering the army tent, Shi Dang, the supervising army, raised his orchid fingertips and shouted: "Fang La has not withdrawn from Hangzhou City, we have a large army of ten troops, and there are 80,000 anti-thieves in the city. ”

Lotte asked rhetorically: "Le immediately ordered his subordinates to attack the city as your historian said, if Fang La led most of the thieves to suddenly return to Hangzhou to aid the thieves, so that our army suffered from the enemy, not only did the capture of Hangzhou fall short, but even may lose half of the soldiers and horses, is this responsibility for your historian?" ”

Shi Goudang naturally couldn't afford this responsibility, and was dumbfounded by Lotte's question, so he had to say stupidly: "Hou Ye Le, your ability to speak with lotus flowers, our family has already learned it, fighting with others is not our family's strong point, and our family will not bother with Hou Ye, and after a while, he will hand over this book to Biandu, and let the court supervise Hou Ye." ”

After speaking, Shi Goudang snorted lightly and walked out of the military marshal's account.

Seeing that Lotte and Shi Jian Jun quarreled because of the siege of the city, the generals under his command no longer shouted and asked for battle, and each bowed to Lotte and withdrew from the commander's account in turn.

Seeing the generals leaving, Lotte showed a smile in his eyes, Shi Goudang has a heart with himself, and he can cooperate with himself to perform a scene without prior discussion, holding military power itself is a thing that makes the court suspicious, and his identity as the emperor undoubtedly adds another layer of suspicion.

At the beginning, Liang Shicheng recommended Shi Gou to serve as a supervisor, because he had a gap with Shi Goudang, and intended to let him spy on him, and now Shi Gou Dang secretly cooperated with him, but in the eyes of the court and Liang Shicheng, the more Shi Gou was not on good terms with himself, the more true Shi Gou Dang's unfavorable news was reported, and the court believed Shi Goudang's words more, and the court would be more at ease with himself.

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Huang Kan checked into the marshal's tent and whispered to Lotte Yu: "Master Hou, the brother who was lurking in the chaotic army passed a book last night that Fang La, the leader of the rebel army, led 60,000 horses and horses to withdraw from Hangzhou, and at this moment there are 20,000 horses and horses led by Fang Qifo in Hangzhou City, and the surplus grain in the city is still enough for this army to eat for twenty or thirty days. ”

"And so much food!" Lotte frowned, thought for a moment and asked, "Try to ask the brothers lurking in the city, if you can get rid of Fang Qifo's grain and grass!" ”

"Master Hou, this ......" Hearing Lotte ask, Huang Kanjian was embarrassed.

"It's hard?" Lotte asked.

"Yes!" Huang Kanjian nodded and said: "Master Hou, the army has a saying: 'The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass are moving. Military grain and grass have always been the most important guards, and the garrison is extremely strict, with all due respect, if you want to burn the city's grain and grass, it is really impossible to accomplish. ”

Lotte nodded, knowing that what Huang Kanzhen said was not wrong, and lowered his head in thought.

After half a ring, Lotte raised his head and said: "If Ben Hou ordered his subordinates to attack the city and cause great damage to the enemy army in the city, can the brothers who are lurking in the city take advantage of the chaos to burn the grain and grass of the rebels?" ”

"This ......" Huang Kanjian hesitated, and only said after a while: "Today, I will take advantage of the night to fly pigeons and pass on the book to Brother Cheng!" ”

Nodding, Lotte said: "Remember, let the brothers lurking in the city find out the location where the bandits are hoarding grain and grass, and Le will focus on taking care of it there and create opportunities for him!" ”

"Humble duty understands!" Huang Kanzhen said hurriedly.

Lotte continued: "You also have to tell the brothers in the city that after the matter is completed, Benhou will personally ask for merit for him in front of His Majesty, and a six-rank military attache will not be able to run away at least." ”

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The righteous army in Hangzhou City is also very puzzled, Fang Qifo is even more depressed, the previous half-moon court officials and troops only besieged Hangzhou City but did not attack, now the Holy Father led most of the righteous army to leave, the official army still has no intention of doing something to Hangzhou, what does it mean that the official army is down?

Fang Qifo couldn't figure it out, and the generals under his command couldn't figure it out either, and in the end they could only guess that the officials and soldiers were waiting for their own people to be paralyzed before attacking the city, so the generals of the righteous army could only order the city soldiers to guard the city carefully.

On the night of February 25, the third year of Xuanhe, dark clouds shrouded the sky, making the night even darker.

On the side of the moat outside the Dongqing Gate, at the sound of gentle footsteps, the sandbags carried by thousands of soldiers walked to the moat and gently threw themselves into the river, trying not to make a sound.

The moat, which was several zhang wide, was filled into a flat ground by sandbags thrown in an hour and a half, and the defenders at the head of the city still did not find it.

Hundreds of 10 catapults made into ballistae were pulled to the moat, then lined up, and with a creaking sound, they were stringed, and the prepared stones were placed in the bullet bags.

"Putting ......"

In the night, someone ordered.

Sou! Sou! Sou......

Under an order, the catapult was pulled by the soldiers, and one by one the 100-pound stones flew mercilessly towards the head of Hangzhou, or fell on the head of the city or fell in the city of Hangzhou.

The catapult used at the head of Dongqingmen to prevent the official army from attacking the city, as well as the bed crossbow that fired continuously, was smashed into sawdust by the stones of the official army before it could exert its power in attacking and defending the city.

"The official army has attacked the city......"

A stone rain fell inexplicably from the sky, and many dozing Tongze were smashed into pulp by a stone without even screaming, and the soldiers who woke up called loudly.

In the darkness of the night, it was impossible to see the situation outside the city, and the rebels at the head of the city shouted loudly. However, a wave of stone rain hit, which made these righteous soldiers unable to resist or speak, so they could only curl up in a ball and hide in a ball, or lie on the ground at the battlement.

The sound of screams and boulders smashing on the city wall spread far and wide in the dark night of Hangzhou......

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"What happened? Listening to the sound is near the Dongqing Gate. Fang Qifo, who was sleeping with his concubine in his arms, was suddenly awakened by the sound outside, identified the direction, and hurriedly called out.

"The little one is going to investigate!" A guard who was ready to listen to Hou Hou hurriedly came in and said.

After a short time, the guard came in and said to Fang Qifo: "Great commander, the official army has attacked the city at night!" ”

"Where is the main attack of the officers and soldiers?" Fang Qifo asked.

"At Dongqingmen!" The guard hurriedly replied.

Listening to the direction from which the sound of the fight came, Fang Qifo felt that his judgment was correct, and asked, "What about Yongjin Gate, Qiantang Gate, Yuhang Gate, and other city gates?" ”

The guard hurriedly said: "Back to the commander, the rest of the city gates have not seen any signs of the official army gathering to attack the city. ”

"What are the officers and soldiers going to do? Is it to test the reality of our army, or is there something else? Hearing the report, Fang Qifo's heart was at a loss, and he quickly looked solemn, and said: "Pass the order, the rest of the city gates are ready to be defended, if anyone dares to neglect the military law." ”

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the guard hurriedly passed the order.

The guard had just left, when a soldier came in and shouted, "Report ......."

"Say!" At this time, Fang Qifo was wearing a cloak under the waiting of the concubine.

The soldier said: "More than 100 ballistas of the Dongqingmen officers and soldiers are lined up, causing huge casualties to our army defending the city, and General He, who is guarding the Dongqingmen, asks Fang Fo to send troops to support!" ”

Fang Qi Buddha ordered: "Dispatch five hundred crossbowmen with rockets and fire oil to support, and be sure to destroy the catapults of the officers and soldiers!" ”

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"Master Hou, this catapult is really powerful......

Outside the city of Hangzhou, a group of officers and generals saw the catapult attacking the city, and their hearts were ready to move, and they were eager to immediately kill the head of the city and attack the city.

For the words of these officers and soldiers, Lotte secretly sneered at the fact that the people were dirt buns, and if these people saw the artillery they had built in the future, they didn't know what they would be surprised about.

Five hundred righteous crossbowmen climbed the city, took their bows and arrows to ignite the fire oil of the arrows, and wanted to release arrows at the ballistas of the official army, but the official army soon discovered the attempt, and replaced the large projectiles with fist-sized stones and threw them towards the city.

Unlike the huge stones that bombarded the city wall, these small stones quickly formed a huge throwing surface, although the power was not as strong as the heavy stones, but the killing area was much larger, and a group of archers who had just climbed the city wall were immediately killed, and many wounded people rushed down the city to take shelter with the screams.

Pointing to a section of the city wall on the opposite side, Lotte ordered: "Give me a little hard bombardment, Ben Hou wants to see if the wall of Hangzhou City can be leveled by ballistas?" ”

There is a reason why Lotte does not focus its attack on the various gates of Hangzhou, as the former prefect of Hangzhou, Lotte knows that there are urn cities in all gates of Hangzhou, and it is useless to break through the city gates, but it is better to attack a city wall to cause more trouble to the rebel army.

Looking at the ruined city wall of Hangzhou, Lotte said in a low voice: "Brother in the city, Benhou can only help here, and I hope you don't live up to the expectations of this official!" ”

Attacking the Dongqingmen section of the Hangzhou city wall, of course, Lotte is not without a target. Because not far from this section of the city wall is a place to hoard the grain and grass of the rebels, Lotte had already ordered Huang Kan to inspect the hidden Imperial City Division in the city and wait for the opportunity to burn the grain and grass of the rebels.

More than 100 ballistae lined up, so that the rebel defenders at the head of Hangzhou City have suffered enough, if they stick to the city, one moment the people who are alive and kicking will be smashed into a puddle of meat the next moment, and no one knows what they will become in the next moment; If it is withdrawn, Fang Dashuai has prepared a team of more than 300 people under the city, and the head of the city will be punished with death.

In Fang Qifo's view, the official army gathered troops to attack a little, as long as the city defenders retreated, the official army would take the opportunity to attack the city, and at that time the righteous army could only withdraw from Hangzhou or fight street battles with the official army.

What Fang Qi Buddha thought in his heart, how could Lotte not think that in case the Imperial City Detective who was lurking in the city could not burn the grain and grass of the righteous army, he could only use this method to attack the city.

Although Lotte is prepared with both hands, after burning the grain and grass of the city, this is also the best place to break the city.

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