Xianxia version of Water Margin

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It was now the end of April.

Jiang Hongfei saw that the Yuan army fought hard for days and achieved great results, so he sent Liu Guangshi to work on the front line instead of him to convey his condolences to the front line soldiers.

After Shi Bao learned about this, he quickly sent someone to inform Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong, asking them to temporarily hand over the troops to the command of their deputies and come back to greet the special envoy sent by Jiang Hongfei.

——Liu Guangshi's identity is not worth mentioning, but this time Liu Guangshi came to Laojun on behalf of Jiang Hongfei to express condolences, which made Shi Bao and others dare not ignore it.

After Liu Guangshi arrived in Hangzhou, he immediately read out Jiang Hongfei's imperial edict: "Marshal Shi Bao and others from the Imperial Capital: Conquer Fangla and have made great achievements. I ordered the Ministry of War to immediately discuss the merits with Shi Bao and others on the spot, and award the reward immediately. There must be no mistake. ”

Liu Guangshi also brought a large amount of royal wine, cattle and sheep, new military uniforms, and various supplies when he came this time.

Shi Bao and others reported the current progress to Liu Guangshi so that Liu Guangshi could report it to Jiang Hongfei when he returned to Nanjing.

Liu Guangshi said to Shi Bao and others: "Last year there was a great harvest in various places, especially in the Jiangnan counties, which produced more than 50 billion catties of grain. The imperial court also shipped back a large amount of spiritual stones from Japan. Your Majesty has issued an imperial edict to make every effort to ensure the frontline grain, grass, and baggage." , Generals, please keep up your efforts.”

Speaking of this, Liu Guangshi couldn't help but feel a little sad. If they had received such strong support, the war would not have ended like that.

With the guarantee given by Jiang Hongfei, Shi Bao and others were all gearing up, preparing to make another wave of achievements before the great unification of the Yuan Empire.

In fact, Shi Bao and others have already heard that Jiang Hongfei is planning to create a list of Tiangang and Disha heroes, and select 108 heroes who have made the most achievements in the establishment of the Yuan Empire to build temples and monuments for them. .

Let me ask, who can not look forward to such a great thing?

After all, the Yuan Empire was not only about to be unified, but its national strength and financial resources far exceeded those of the previous dynasty, making it look like a long-lived dynasty.

In this way, we can truly honor our wives and our ancestors.

Yang Zhi's generation is now like a chicken blood, vowing to fight for a position in the Thirty-sixth Heaven.

After talking about business, Shi Bao immediately held a banquet in charge of the imperial envoys. Chairman Liu Guangshi and the other generals and assistants all sat in order. The emperor gave you a banquet, and everyone took advantage of the favor.

The next day, Liu Guangshi and others returned to Nanjing to resume their duties.

There was no need for anyone to urge the troops to march, and the soldiers asked for battle one after another.

Seeing this, Shi Bao didn't talk nonsense and asked Lu Zhishen, Han Shizhong and others to return to their respective teams and continue to attack Muzhou and Shezhou.

Shi Bao told Han Shizhong who did not want to go with them: "The Fangla bandits' nest is in Bangyuan Cave in Qingxi County. General Han has taken Shezhou and can camp his troops. Shen Wenfei will inform him and make an appointment to attack the Qingxi bandits together." Hole."

Han Shizhong said: "That's right."

Lu Zhishen led the generals and more than a hundred troops to capture Muzhou and Wulongling:

Military advisors Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng were in charge of Du Bo, Shi Wengong, Hua Rong, Bian Xiang, Wu Yanguang, Yao Xing, Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, E Quanzhong, Yan Shude, Li Kui, Wu Song, Jie Zhen, Jie Bao, Zhang Wait...

Han Shizhong took charge of the main and partial generals and more than a hundred people, collected Shezhou and moved to Yuling Pass:

Military advisors Sun Jing and Qiao Daoqing, under their command are Lu Junyi, Sun An, Wang Jin, Zan Tongmei, Lin Chong, Hu Yanzhuo, Nayan Qiongyao, Shi Jin, Yu Cheng, Liu Guang, Shan Shiqi, Liu Tang, Yan Xiaoguang, and Sui Sheng. , Yuan Lang, Pang Wanchun, etc...

At that moment, Han Shizhong led his generals and an army of 100,000 troops. He chose a day to bid farewell to Shi Bao and others, led his troops to Hangzhou, took the mountain road, passed through Lin'an County, and set off on his journey.

At the same time, Lu Zhishen and others also rectified the ships, troops and horses, allocated the generals and commanders to the right and left, selected the day to sacrifice the flag and set out, marched by water and land, and met each other with ships and cavalry.

Shi Bao personally led more than 300 generals and subordinates, following closely behind, and also headed towards Muzhou.

Not to mention that the Yuan army began to encircle the Yongle Dynasty.

And when he learned that the Yuan army was so powerful that it was about to surround their hometown, Fang La quickly ascended to the palace.

Inside are the imperial concubines and concubines, and outside are the nine ministers, four ministers, and civil and military classes. In front of the palace are the warriors Jin Gua, and their attendants.

Fang La said: "Although I have a land in the southeast, the Yuan Dynasty recently invaded and captured the city, and my land is close to me. What can I do?"

Lou Min, the prime minister of the left, said: "I heard the ancients said: It is easy to gain, it is easy to lose. It is hard to gain, it is hard to lose. Today, your Majesty's southeastern territory, since the founding of the founding of the People's Republic of China, has swept through the long drive and gained many states and counties. Although it is now occupied by The Great Yuan invaded several places, and soon the destiny returned to the Holy One. Your Majesty was not limited to the territory of Jiangnan. In the future, the Central Plains of China would also be under your control, so that even the Yan and Han Dynasties and the prosperous Tang Dynasty would not be able to reach it. also."

After hearing what Lou Minzhong said, many people also agreed, saying that the Yongle Dynasty's difficulties were only temporary, and it wouldn't take long for them to turn the crisis around and then sweep across the southeast and even unify the world.

Fang La was very happy when he saw these words.

In other words, it has already reached this time, and Fang La and many people in the Yongle Dynasty are still dreaming about spring and autumn dreams and whimsical thoughts.

There were only a few people with clear heads. On the surface, they were afraid of the madness of Fang La and others and kept silent. But privately, they were sighing and even began to plan a way out.

But it was said that Lu Zhishen led a large group of troops, marched by land and water, accompanied by boats and cavalry, and arrived in Jiande.

General Jiande had already sent people to Muzhou for help.

The Prime Minister on the right, Zu Shiyuan, sent two pro-army commanders and led 10,000 troops and horses to respond.

Bai Qin is the commander, and Jingde is the deputy commander. Both of them are brave enough to be worthy of any man.

When the Yongle Army came to Jiande, Lu Zhishen and others had already captured Jiande and marched towards Fuyang County.

The reinforcements had no choice but to occupy the hills of Fuyang County, hoping to stop the Yuan army here.

After Lu Zhishen and other troops arrived at Qili Bay, the navy led the horse army and advanced.

It was found that the Yongle army only had 10,000 troops. Lu Zhishen pointed his Zen staff and killed them directly across the Fuyang Mountains.

Yongle's reinforcements could not hold back in Lutun until they reached the boundaries of Tonglu County.

Lu Zhishen marched overnight and passed through Baifeng Ridge and went down to the stronghold. That night, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao and others were sent to lead their troops to take the west road and go to Tonglu County to rob the village.

In the river, Zhang Shun and others were asked to take the waterway and march forward.

Let us say that it was already the third watch when Xie Zhen and others led the troops to Tonglu County.

When the Yongle army looked anxiously, they saw three fires.

The Yongle army, which had no intention of fighting, immediately dispersed.

When Lu Zhishen saw the report, he urged the troops to move out of the stronghold and garrison troops and horses in Tonglu County.

The next day, Lu Zhishen mobilized his troops and advanced by land and water until they reached the foot of Wulong Ridge.

Across the ridge is Muzhou.

At this time, Fang La's brother Fang Wuxiang Gong led all the generals to go up to the ridge to guard the pass and garrison the troops and horses.

The Wulong Pass is right next to the Yangtze River, with steep mountains and fast waters. There are pass defenses on the top and warships on the bottom.

Lu Zhishen's troops and horses were stationed at the foot of the ridge and the stockade was set up.

The infantry sent Li Kui, Bao Xu, Xiang Chong, and Li Gun to lead five thousand players out to explore the route.

When they arrived at the foot of Wulong Ridge, they were knocked down by wooden cannons and rocks. They were unable to move forward and had nothing to do, so they reported back to Lu Zhishen.

Lu Zhishen also sent Zhang Shun to lead the naval force to beach half of the warships first.

At that moment, Zhang Shun led two lieutenants, led a thousand naval troops, divided them into a hundred boats, rocked the boats, beat drums, sang folk songs, and came near Wulong Ridge from Zhejiang Province.

It turns out that the mountain behind Wulong Ridge is Fangla's water village. There were also 500 warships stationed in the village, and there were 5,000 sailors on board.

He was the first four naval commanders, named Zhejiang Silong. The four dragons are:

Cheng Gui, the general manager of the Jade Claw Dragon City, Zhai Yuan, the deputy general manager of the Jinlin Dragon, Qiao Zheng, the left deputy manager of the Chongbo Dragon, and Xie Fu, the right deputy manager of the Xizhu Dragon.

These four stewards were nicknamed by Fang La.

These four people were originally Shaogongs from the Qiantang River. They defected to Fang La, but received third-level ministry.

That day, Zhang Shun and others took a boat, launched into the water from the rapids, and rocked up to the beach.

In the Yongle Military Water Village, the four general managers already knew this. Prepare to launch the fifty company fire platoon.

It turned out that the fire row was just made of large pine and fir trees, with straw handles piled on top of the rows. The straw handles contained sulfur, flame, and saltpeter to ignite the fire. Braid the bamboo ropes and line them up on the beach.

Here Zhang Shun led the navy and just went to the beach.

The four navy chiefs saw it from above. Each of them waved a dry red flag and drove four fast boats down the river.

As they approached, Zhang Shun saw it and ordered the navy soldiers to fire arrows.

The four clippers returned.

Zhang asked him to take advantage of the situation and catch up to the beach.

Four clippers stayed on the beach, but four stewards jumped ashore, and many sailors also left.

Zhang Shun saw the vast number of boats in the water village on the beach and did not dare to go up. He only looked down into the water.

I saw the flags on Wulong Ridge waved, the golden drums blaring, the fire rows lit together, and I watched the beach rush down with the wind.

The big ships behind them all shouted together, all with their spears scratching their hooks, and they all followed the fire, just killing the enemy troops indiscriminately.

Zhang Shun saw that the situation was extremely difficult and he came to attack along the river bank. He had to quickly turn the boat and follow the current and land directly on the Tonglu bank.

Besides, the five ministers at the top of Wulong Ridge saw that the commander-in-chief of the navy was victorious, so they took advantage of the situation and led their troops to kill them down the ridge.

The water is too deep to catch up with each other, and the road is too far to catch up with each other.

The Dayuan army retreated and was stationed in Tonglu, and the Yongle army also retreated to Wulong Ridge.

Lu Zhishen was stationed at Zhai Zha in Tonglu. He also saw that Zhang Shun and others were unable to perform any meritorious deeds. They were troubled in their tents, had no sleep or food, and had restless sleep.

Lu Zhishen thought to himself: "It's really hard to be the commander-in-chief. After Fang La is pacified, why don't the Sa family find a temple to study Buddhism?"

But before, Jiang Hongfei made the decision and gave Lu Zhishen many wives and concubines. Now the little bald donkey has given birth to a litter. Lu Zhishen has gone too far on the worldly road. How can he still go to worship the Buddha?

Soon after, Wu used to admonish: "The deputy marshal cannot move in a hurry. Let's think about strategies again. It's not too late to cross the ridge."

After seeing the treasure and interpreting the treasure, he said: "My two brothers were originally hunters, and they are used to traveling in the mountains of Bashan. We pretended to be hunters here, climbed up the mountain, set off a fire, and frightened the thieves. It must be abandoned."

Wu Yong said: "Although this plan is good, I am afraid that the mountain is steep and difficult to make progress. If we make a mistake, our lives will not be saved."

Xie Zhen and Xie Bao then said: "My two brothers escaped from prison in Dengzhou and went to Liangshanbo. Thanks to your majesty's blessing, they have been good men for many years. Now they have fulfilled the post of deputy military governor, made their wives and children, and honored their ancestors. Today. For your majesty and the imperial court, it is not too much to break your body into pieces."

After Lu Zhishen heard this, he said: "Brothers, don't say such harsh words! I just hope that you will return to Beijing as soon as possible after doing great work, and the court will not let us down. You just try your best to contribute to the country."

Xie Zhen and Jie Bao went to tie their trousers, put on tiger skin jackets, each carried a sharp knife in their waist, picked up a steel fork, said goodbye to Lu Zhishen and others, then took the path and looked up from Wulong Ridge.

There was only one update at this time.

On the road, I bumped into two small soldiers who were ambushing the road. They killed two people. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, there were already two more people.

Hearing the loud noise inside the village on the ridge, the two of them did not dare to walk from the main road and climbed up the ridge step by step by climbing vines and vines.

It was a night with moonlight and stars, just like the day.

The two three-stop climbers climbed above the second stop and saw the lights shining on the ridge.

When the two of them were lying on the concave edge of the ridge listening, the drums above were already beating for the fourth time.

Xie Zhen secretly called her brother: "The night is short and there is not much daylight left. Let me and I go up."

The two climbed up again.

They were climbing to a rugged part of the rock wall. Among the steep cliffs, the two of them just climbed up. Their hands and feet were not busy, but they tied their arms to the steel forks and dragged them behind them, causing the bamboo and rattan to rattle.

I don’t know whether it was the prosperity of the Yuan Empire or whether Jie Zhen and Jie Bao deserved this great achievement.

When the two climbed the mountain, they were caught in the westerly wind.

Without further ado, they used the incendiary tools they brought with them to set Wulong Mountain on fire.

Before dawn, everything was silent, with only a few tiny flames quietly burning at the edge of the Yongle military camp in Wulong Mountain. They were carefully arranged fires, waiting for the call of the wind.

With a sudden gust of wind, those weak flames instantly turned into giant beasts that devoured everything. The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the fire. The flames soared into the sky, illuminating half of the sky.

This once lush and vibrant mountain forest was ignited by this sudden wildfire, like a blooming devil flower, wantonly devouring every inch of green.

As the fire spread rapidly, the once familiar scenery began to become strange and terrifying. The trees crackled in the flames, as if they were the earth's painful groans; the thick smoke billowed, covering the sky and dyeing the sky an ominous dark red. The animals fled in all directions, but could not escape the pursuit of the sea of ​​fire, and the wailing sounded one after another, full of despair and helplessness.

The soldiers in the Yongle camp were frightened and panicked by the sudden disaster. Their cries and cries for help were intertwined, but they could only watch everything around them, including themselves, turn into ashes.

In the firelight, the shadows of people were dim, some struggling to escape, while others stagnated due to despair and were eventually swallowed by the flames.

Tens of thousands of Yongle soldiers were engulfed by the fire.

Seeing this, Jie Zhen and Jie Bao smiled at each other. It was worth it for the two brothers to exchange so many enemy lives.

Seeing that the fire was about to engulf the two brothers, Jie Zhen and Jie Bao simultaneously knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times in the direction of Nanjing City, saying, "My Lord, my two brothers have been loyal to you!" Then they drew their swords and prepared to end their lives.

At this moment, a voice rang out: "How can the two generals, who are so loyal, die here?"

Jie Zhen and Jie Bao looked up and saw Gongsun Sheng riding a cloud above them.

Jie Zhen and Jie Bao were overjoyed and quickly followed Gongsun Sheng down Wulong Ridge.

Wulong Ridge, which was like a chasm, was burned clean by the fire of Jie Zhen and Jie Bao.

This fire must have caused a large number of innocent casualties and was against the harmony of nature.

But it must be said that this fire also cleared the last obstacle for the Yuan army to go to Muzhou.

The Yuan Empire was only one step away from unification...

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