"Really or not?"

In front, Fang La's army, who were hit by the Cao family's excellent weapons and equipment, threw down the weapons in their hands and looked at Cao Sheng with a eager eye.

Fang La's army in the rear fled in the darkness.

"Of course it's true! Just go and find Lord Jiang to collect it!"

Cao Sheng shouted, and then said to the military supervisor sent by Jiang Chen: "Jiang Qi, I'll leave it to you here! The rest of the people are chasing me!"

Um-

"Where can I find a wife for them?"

Jiang Qi looked depressed and upset.

Cao Sheng stopped talking, he just wanted the surrendered soldiers to hold Jiang Qi back so that Jiang Qi would not come to stop him from making merit again.

He led the cavalry team formed by the essence of the Cao family and chased the Sixingfang.

"Damn it! You still have the special code? If you have the ability, do you dare to fight me alone?"

Si Xingfang was shocked and angry, and he was so frustrated that he vomited blood.

He knew that if Cao Sheng's personal guards were not too perverted and he would have lost so quickly and lost so inexplicably, but it would have been too late to regret at this time.

Seeing that Cao Sheng and others were all alone and had two horses, and their bows and arrows were shot very accurately, they knew that they would definitely not be spared when walking on the main road. So after exploring a small forest, they sent people to Shangyu to order Yuyao to withdraw their troops, while they fled to Sanjie Town with their loyal subordinates who were deeply baptized by Manichaeism.

But when he arrived at Sanjie Town, he burst into tears!

Because the Cao family was rushing, the fierce people had already seized the important city where only five thousand old people were left to guard and were still sleeping.

If the infantry behind did not follow, Cao Sheng, Cao Hui and others would have made a concerted effort to beat Zexian.

The Si Xingfang had no choice but to go back to join Yuyao, who had retreated.

The retreat was cut off, and the two were forced to lead their troops to Mingzhou (Ningbo).

Mingzhou belongs to Liangzhe East Road, and in name, Jiang Chen, the Jiangnan Strategic Envoy and Liangzhe Governor Liu Zheng have the right to manage it.

This is also the characteristic of the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. Just like the magistrates of four or five counties in some big counties, they have unclear powers, supervise and guard against each other, and are more conducive to the imperial court's control over the local area.

However, Liu Zheng and Confucius disciples, Dong Xiang, the scholar-official master of Jiangnan, did not allow Jiang Chen's people to interfere in Mingzhou affairs, especially after Jiang Chen cut down Zhu Xie and a large number of Confucian disciples.

So Cao Sheng naturally did not send anyone to tell Liu Zheng that there were thieves running for them. After all, Jiang Chen’s political enemy is also his enemy now.

Moreover, he also had the idea of ​​waiting for the rebels to conquer Mingzhou and then regaining his meritorious service.

As a result, Liu Zheng, the governor of Zhejiang who was determined to watch Jiang Chen and Cao Sheng laughed, was neglected to prevent the situation and was directly transformed into the people by Si Xingfang, Yuyao and others, and sneaked into the city. He then seized the city gate and occupied Mingzhou.

Liu Zheng, who was sleeping with two concubines in the quilt, and Dong Xiang, who was sleeping at the brothel at night, were chopped off before he could figure out what was going on!

The gentry was not spared because of dissatisfaction with Jiang Chen's suppression of the Confucian school, and the gentry gathered in Mingzhou. Except for some poor students who could not squeeze out the money, the rest were beheaded and searched by the Sixingfang, who hated officials and gentry.

Some officials were even dried by him by the grass and dried on the top of the city, and the wives, concubines and daughters of officials such as Liu Zheng and Dong Xiang were naturally deemed to be regarded as military prostitutes.

At this point, in addition to Nanjing, the last paradise that the Confucian clan adhered to in Jiangnan has also turned into their purgatory.

When the Sixing side captured Mingzhou, Cao Sheng also led the subsequent infantry and fought with all his might to defeat Zexian County, and then the troops surrounded Xinchang.

Just wait for the siege equipment to be prepared, and then launch a general attack!

...

After the news reached Fang La, Fang La was stunned and asked Wang Yin angrily: "My dear, are you saying that Qiu Rixin was killed by Cao Sheng? Not only was Si Xingfang unable to conquer Yuezhou and Shangyu, but he also lost Sanjie Town and Ze County?"

Wang Yin comforted with a bitter look: "Don't worry, the Senxingfang lost Sanjie Town and Ze County, but he defeated Mingzhou. As long as we can defend Xinchang and regain Ze County and Sanjie Town, it will be too early to say who will win or lose in this battle."

"Not bad! Mingzhou is much richer and vaster than Yuezhou, and it has even stored more than half of the food, grass and money on the Eastern Liangzhe Road, which is enough for our army to spend several months! Overall, it should be considered a win, right?"

Pang Wanchun carefully helped his good brother Si Xingfang speak nice things.

"Win?"

Do you think I'm stupid?

Fang La's eyelids twitched, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he could only bear it and nodded, "Yes! Yize County's replacement of Mingzhou can indeed be considered a great victory!

Pass this good news to the three armies!”

After saying that, he looked at his beloved general Pang Wanchun and said, "I will give you 20,000 troops and immediately go to support Xinchang. Within three days, be sure to take back Ze County and Sanjie Town for me."

"I obey the order!"

Pan Wanchun knelt on one knee and saluted, then ran away quickly.

Everyone wanted to hide, but Fang La did not give them a chance and asked: How is Fang Jie's progress? There should be no more accidents when dealing with a 70-year-old man, right?"

Knock-

Wang Yin and his friends sank their hearts and looked at the national teacher Deng Yuanjue with their eyes wide open.

Deng Yuanjue seemed to have entered a state of meditation and had no intention of opening his mouth at all.

Seeing this, Fang La immediately felt a bad premonition in his heart and shouted coldly: "Tell me quickly! I want to know the truth!"

"Uh, the truth is that Fang Jie has returned. He is currently recuperating in the camp and is afraid of disturbing the Holy Lord, so he has not reported it to you." Wang Yin said with a tough forehead.

"Come back? Recover?"

Fang La's face immediately became gloomy: "Is he defeated? How much did the troops lose?"

"In addition to the three or five thousand men brought back, the rest are still counting. I think that they should come back one after another, right?" Wang Yin said with uncertainty.

"I gave him 50,000 troops to fight an old man, but he was defeated? Almost all the troops were wiped out? Is he playing?"

Bang--

Fang La was so angry that he punched the table and roared: "Bring Fang Jie up to me!"

Um-

Wang Yin and others all shrank their necks.

In less than a moment, Fang Jie, who was wrapped in rice dumplings and was covered in blood, was carried up.

"Jie'er?"

Seeing this, Fang La made a buzzing head, and he didn't care about scolding. He hurriedly got up and walked over, and asked in disbelief: "You...how did you end up like this?"

"Holy Lord! Uncle..."

Fang Jie felt guilty and aggrieved, and cried out directly: "I lost this battle with my nephew so much!"

"What the hell is going on? Let's talk about it in detail."

Fang La grabbed Fang Jie's hand and held it tightly to comfort him.

Fang Jie said hatefully: "My nephew fell into the trap of the old man Zongze from the beginning. After half of the attack, he suddenly ambushed the troops out and cut off our army into several sections.

My nephew had to give up siege and withdraw his troops. Unexpectedly, the two brothers Duan Long and Duan Hu suddenly rebelled, leading their subordinates to seize the food and grass, and sealed the retreat of our army...

Uncle, the Duan brothers clearly defected to Zongze's old man early in the morning and started to plot against me. My special mother is so frustrated..."

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