Xianxia version of Water Margin

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After reaching Suzhou, Jiang Hongfei did not continue heading north.

The main reason why Jiang Hongfei's journey to the north stopped here in Suzhou was that Jiang Hongfei didn't want to go any further.

If Jiang Hongfei continued to fight upward, he could easily reach the riverside.

By then, will Jiang Hongfei blockade the Yangtze River?

If Jiang Hongfei blocked the Yangtze River at that time, not only would the overall strategy of Shuibo Liangshan fail, there would also be major changes.

In this way, Jiang Hongfei diverted troubles to the east and took the opportunity to seize the opportunity to dominate the world and compete in the Central Plains, but he might be ruined.

If Jiang Hongfei did not block the Yangtze River, it would appear that Jiang Hongfei was too artificial or too incompetent, and it would be easy for people to see that there was something wrong with Jiang Hongfei.

The key is that it is easy for Fang La to take advantage of the situation, and then let Shuibo Liangshan help him resist the thunder.

Just when Jiang Hongfei didn't know what reason to stop and stop heading north, Fang La sent his uncle Fang Wei and his cousin Fang Jing to Suzhou. Hongfei said that if Jiang Hongfei sabotaged their Fang family's uprising again, then none of the relatives would have anything to do.

Fang Jing, a bastard, even said shamelessly that if it weren't for the fact that we were all relatives, his cousin Fang La would have sent an army of millions to settle the score with Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei waved casually at Fang Jing, and Yao Xing grabbed Fang Jing's neck unceremoniously and threw Fang Jing out.

The reason why Fang La sent Fang Jing, a big mouth, here was to use Fang Jing's mouth to tell him what he wanted to say. That is, if Jiang Hongfei continued to dominate, he would personally lead an army of millions to settle the score with Jiang Hongfei.

Since Fang Jing had said this for Fang La, Fang Jing no longer cared about the useless Fang Jing, but directly pulled the words back and said:

"Good nephew and son-in-law, we are a family, why should we harm the harmony for some petty profits? Thirteen knows that you will not stay in the southeast, otherwise what will happen to your big business in Shandong and Hebei? Listen to my uncle's advice and stop. When Thirteen comes, you two have a good talk. There is nothing that cannot be said as a family. Whatever you want, just say it then. If you continue to fight, it will not look good on everyone, and it will not end well. dont you agree?"

After Fang La and others heard that Jiang Hongfei had captured Hangzhou, Fang La immediately led Fang La's rebel army to march eastward, heading straight for Jiande.

Jiande is the capital of Muzhou and a strategic hub on the Liangzhe Road.

The Xin'an River flows from the west, joins the Xin'an River from the south via Quzhou in Jiande City, and then flows northeast to Hangzhou - the lower reaches are the Fuchun River and Qiantang River.

As long as Fang La's rebels occupy Jiande, they can go east along the Fuchun River and compete with Jiang Hongfei to seize Hangzhou, the political, economic, and cultural center of the Zhao and Song Dynasty in the two Zhejiang regions; they can also go west to the Xin'an River, seize Shezhou, and enter Huainan; and return to Huainan. You can go south along the Xin'an River, capture Quzhou, control the south and enter the Jiangnan West Road, that is, attack Jiangxi.

In short, Fang La's rebel army is bound to capture Jianzhou, a strategic strategic point that can be advanced, attacked, retreated, defended, and extends in all directions.

Zhang Huiyan, the magistrate of Muzhou, heard the news that Fang La's rebel army was about to arrive, and originally wanted to hold on to the city and wait for rescue.

However, Zhang Huiyan's subordinates Ye Juzhong, the general magistrate of Muzhou, Cao Yu, the prime minister of Jiande County, and Tong Shu, the county lieutenant, were determined to compete with Fang La's rebel army.

As a result, the two sides launched a long-lasting battle here in Muzhou.

Later, although Fang La's rebel army defeated Zhang Huiyan and others, Muzhou officials such as Ye Juzhong, Cao Chuan, and Tong Shu were also brutally killed by Fang La's rebel army.

But when Fang La and the others looked at the time, it was already December 23rd.

It has been almost two months since Jiang Hongfei arrived in Hangzhou, and it has been more than 20 days since he arrived in Suzhou.

It can be said that the rice has turned into porridge, and the eastern Zhejiang region may have completely fallen into Jiang Hongfei's hands.

Fang La and the others used themselves to save others, thinking that after so much time and having conquered so many areas, Jiang Hongfei must have millions of troops in his hands.

At this time, Fang La and the others only had an army of hundreds of thousands.

yes.

As early as the first day of November, Fang La announced that he would abolish the dark rule of the Zhao and Song Dynasties and establish a new political power. He named himself "Holy Duke" and Jianyuan "Yongle". He took this month as the first month, appointed officials and generals, distinguished their ranks with turbans, and wore red turbans and other colorful turbans as symbols. Fang La also appointed himself the Grand Marshal of the Rebel Army and became the supreme leader of the Rebel Army.

——It was precisely because of these preparations that Fang La and the others missed the most precious time to seize the strategic space.

Jiang Hongfei, on the other hand, always used Fang Baihua's name, and always tacitly acknowledged that his rebel army was the rebel army of the Yongle Dynasty.

But the problem is, Fang La and the others are worried. They feel that the few people they have are simply not enough to compete with Jiang Hongfei for territory in eastern Zhejiang.

Therefore, Fang La discussed with his advisers and felt that Jiang Hongfei should be stabilized first, and Jiang Hongfei should not be allowed to continue fighting like this. Otherwise, Jiang Hongfei would lose all the territory and they would have no room for survival.

Only then did Fang Jing and Fang Jing come to see Jiang Hongfei and coerce Jiang Hongfei into stopping.

Jiang Hongfei deliberately said: "Now is the time to race against time. I am not far away from the Yangtze River. It would be a pity to stop like this. Why don't I continue to go north, occupy Jinling directly, blockade the Yangtze River, and prevent the Song army from going south?" Chance?"

Fang Wei said: "When the minister heard about it, in order to avoid being blamed, he would not dare to report it, but would only appease him. When the court received the report, it would gather to discuss, mobilize the army, and allocate food and pay. It would take half a year to send out a large army! Why rush it? The top priority is now We, the Yongle Dynasty, are united. Otherwise, if there is internal fighting, Zhao Song will definitely gain the advantage of the fishermen."

Fang Zhe was almost telling Jiang Hongfei openly: If you continue to fight, you and I may have to fight to the death. By then, no one will benefit.

This is also what Fang La means.

When Jiang Hongfei saw this, he walked down the slope and said, "Okay, I'll stop first. When brother Fang La comes, I'll have a good talk with him and then we'll talk about the next step."

Seeing that Jiang Hongfei was willing to stop, Fang Zhi was overjoyed and said, "That's right. As a family, everything can be easily discussed!"

Jiang Hongfei reminded again: "Uncle, let me make it clear first that I can stop, but you have to tell brother Fang La and tell him to come to Hangzhou as soon as possible. The two of us will discuss how to fight later. I have a feeling that the Song Army is about to go south. , we have to block the Yangtze River quickly, otherwise brother Fang La will have a war in the future."

Fang E agreed wholeheartedly and went back to meet Fang La early the next morning.

After Fang E returned to Jiande, he told Fang La that Jiang Hongfei was frightened by them.

After hearing this, Fang La shook his head and said: "If Jiang Yan had been a coward, how could he be as powerful as he is today. In my opinion, he wanted to trick us into going to eastern Zhejiang, annex us, and occupy the southeast."

Fang La's fifth brother Fang Wuxiang said fairly: "Does he really think we are so stupid?"

Chen Houtong said: "I don't think so. He said that it would be a good strategy to take control of Jinling. If you are bolder, you can kill Hui, use strict demonstrations, and drive across the river to win people's hearts and enter Chang'an. If you want to be more stable, lock the Yangtze River." , because we have sent all the messages to the southeastern counties to collect their taxes, we must first establish the foundation, and Xu will discuss the attack plan, which is also feasible."

Deng Yuanjue, Baoguang Tathagata, nodded, thinking that what Chen Houtong said made sense.

Fang Fei, the prime minister appointed by Fang La and another uncle of his family, said: "The plan is a good one, but he has conquered several states in a row and his strength is unfathomable. If he really has evil intentions, we will be punished if we go rashly." It’s harmful and must be guarded against.”

Shang Shu Wang Yan and others nodded, thinking that Fang Fei was right.

Fang La's number one aide, Wang Gong Lao Fo, said: "Only by being strong can you be invincible."

The Protector General Si Xingfang and the Zhenguo General Li Tianrun nodded their heads, thinking that Mr. Wang was mature and prudent.

Of course, the main reason why Fang La and others felt that they had so many choices was that, in Fang La's view, with the slow and slow work efficiency of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, it would be quick to send out a large army after half a year, so they could first Conquer all of the southeast, and then calmly march eastward, asking Jiang Hongfei to solve the problem of ownership of eastern Zhejiang.

In addition, Fang La's rebel army captured Muzhou, and Fang Baihua captured most of eastern Zhejiang, which greatly boosted the aspirations of the poor. Heroes, heroes and poor people from all over the country responded to the uprising one after another, and the uprising situation was excellent.

So Fang La decided to divide his forces, first strengthen his strength, and then have a good "talk" with Jiang Hongfei.

As a result, Fangla divided his troops and conquered Shouchang, Fenshui, Tonglu, Sui'an and other counties with overwhelming force, wiping out the forces of the Zhao and Song dynasties around Muzhou.

The people in the southeast have suffered from the oppression of the Zhao and Song dynasties for a long time. Everywhere Fang La's rebel army arrived, local heroes, heroes and people opened the city gates and welcomed them warmly. They also wrapped their headscarves one after another and joined the fighting.

And Fang La and the others also accepted everyone who came.

The fire of uprising grew stronger and stronger.

In order to grow stronger and consolidate the western rear of the base in order to seize the eastern Zhejiang Plain in the east, Fang La and the others returned to the west and marched towards Shezhou after conquering Muzhou.

Shezhou is an important town on Jiangnan East Road, where five thousand forbidden troops under the command of Guo Shizhong, a famous southeastern general of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, are stationed there.

Guo Shizhong had already set up defenses in an attempt to block the westward advance of Fang La's rebel army.

But like Muzhou, Shezhou also has armed forces of heroes, heroes and poor people everywhere.

As soon as the Fangla rebels arrived, these armed forces immediately cooperated actively.

As a result, Fang La's rebel army wiped out the central part of Guo Division under Shezhou City in one battle, and even Guo Division himself lost his life.

The poor people in Shezhou could no longer endure the dark rule of the Zhao and Song Dynasties. At this time, they rose up under the leadership of the heroes and heroes in the city, killed the state officials and county captains, opened the city gates, and welcomed the Fangla rebel army.

On January 11th of the third year of Xuanhe, Fang La's rebel army conquered Shezhou.

Then, Fangla's rebel army continued to capture Wuyuan, Qimen, Jixi, and Yixian County, which belonged to Shezhou, and then the entire territory of Shezhou was occupied by Fangla's rebel army.

At this time, Fang La's rebel army had reached a terrifying number of nearly one million people, including 300,000 Qi Refiners alone.

Fang La felt that now that he was done, he had the confidence to "talk" with Jiang Hongfei.

So Fang La led his army back to Muzhou and headed for Hangzhou.

Under the leadership of Fang La, Fang La's rebel army marched eastward along the Yangtze River with a clear banner.

Along the way, all the civil and military officials and local tyrants and evil gentry of the Zhao and Song Dynasties fled.

No matter where Fang La's rebels went, they were greeted by heroes, heroes and poor people.

Xincheng, Fuyang and other cities along the road were all defeated without attack.

On January 15th, Fang La's rebel army finally arrived at the gates of Hangzhou...

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Fang Baihua and the others captured Jiangzhou in early October of the second year of Song Xuanhe.

By early November of the second year of Xuanhe, Jiang Hongfei had captured Hangzhou.

By early December of the second year of Xuanhe, Jiang Hongfei had captured Suzhou.

Up to that time, Jiang Hongfei had occupied nine states including Jiangzhou, Chizhou, Wuweijun, Xuanzhou, Guangdejun, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Xiuzhou, and Suzhou, as well as dozens of subordinate counties.

At that time, Fang La pressed the pause button for Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei, who didn't want to cause trouble, could only use the remaining time to consolidate the immediate victory, such as urging the left-behind personnel in various places to quickly transport the captured items to Hangzhou, and then Li Jun and others transported them back to Shuibo Liangshan, Qingzhou and Liuqiu.

Also, at the beginning, Jiang Hongfei was only focused on grabbing time and wanted to capture the rich big cities like Hangzhou and Suzhou first. Along the way, he just gulped down the major cities such as Jiangzhou. Many of his subordinate counties and cities were as long as It didn't matter, Jiang Hongfei didn't even touch them.

This time, Jiang Hongfei had time. Jiang Hongfei would not let go of any of these counties, including those wealthy villages and towns, and would do justice to them one by one.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei also thought that Fang La and the others were probably strengthening themselves by not coming, and wanted to drive them away with an army.

Jiang Hongfei can't passively suffer, can he?

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei established the Sixth Army of Zhennan, commanded by Shi Sheng; the Seventh Army of Zhennan, commanded by Yu Daoan, who led the Taizhou Xianju County rebels to surrender to Jiang Hongfei; and the Eighth Army of Zhennan, led by the Fangyanshan rebels of Yongkang County. Jiang Hongfei's Chen Shishi (Chen Miaozhen) came to take charge.

Jiang Hongfei also formed a selected vanguard army, composed of elite cavalry recruited based on the one thousand personal guards Jiang Hongfei had newly collected in the southeast, with Yao Xing as the commander.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei also quietly transferred his Guards Army, Beiwei Army, Tabai Army, Po Enemy Army, You Yi Army, Tiefu Tu, and the Eighth Infantry Army for amphibious operations.

After this operation, Jiang Hongfei had almost a hundred thousand troops on land and water in the southeast.

To be honest, this was something Jiang Hongfei had never thought about before.

But later, Jiang Hongfei achieved greater and greater results in the southeast, and gained more and more.

The key is that Fang La still wants to bring an army of one million people to "talk" with Jiang Hongfei.

good.

Jiang Hongfei has never thought about occupying the southeast - at least at this stage, Jiang Hongfei has not thought about occupying the southeast.

But this does not mean that Jiang Hongfei will let Fang La drive him away casually.

Jiang Hongfei secured nine military prefectures and hundreds of counties for Fang La. Fang La wanted to take away such a large piece of territory without any blood? Are you kidding me?

Besides, even though Jiang Hongfei helped Fang La secure such a large territory, Fang La would probably not be Song Jun's opponent in the end.

In this way, the property obtained by Fang La, if not given to Jiang Hongfei, would also be advantageous to the Song Army soldiers.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei would rather waste some energy and mobilize a few troops than let Fang La treat him as a soft persimmon.

To be honest, Jiang Hongfei really didn't expect Fang La and the others to be so slow.

It took almost a month for Jiang Hongfei to have everything ready, but Fang Lacai arrived belatedly with his men.

In this regard, Jiang Hongfei could only say that it is no wonder that Fang La's uprising failed. They were so slow...

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