The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Chapter 111

Seeing the reinforcements coming, the guards in the city were greatly boosted, and fought at the top of the city.

But Fang Tianding's army suddenly saw the official army coming from behind them. While they were shocked, they knew in their hearts that the only way out now is to rush into the city, seize control of the city gate, and block the imperial reinforcements from outside the city, otherwise Being attacked from both sides, the only outcome is to be wiped out, so they all rushed to the top of the city with all their might.

Gao Ming saw the enemy's intentions. If they were asked to open the city gates and let all the enemy troops enter and keep the court officials out, then they would take the whole city hostage and the consequences would be disastrous.

"Hold on! At the last moment, we must not fall short!" Gao Ming shouted, and just as he finished speaking, he felt that the entire city gate was shaken.

The city gate must have been under attack. Gao Ming went down the tower and came to the city gate. At this moment, the city gate made another loud vibration, followed by a neat chant outside the gate, "One, two, three!"

Obviously, the enemy army outside was knocking on the gate, and with the knocking, the city gate clattered and dropped dirt, and the guards and soldiers blocking the gate were shaken back.

At this time, the people in charge of the logistics were also very scared, and asked Gao Ming, "My lord, didn't the reinforcements come?"

"The reinforcements are coming—" Gao Ming comforted, "I can see it just now, don't be afraid."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another loud bang at the city gate, and the crack of the door latch could even be heard.

Seeing this, some of the people in charge of logistics were so frightened that they couldn't hold on anymore, so they turned around and ran into the city, apparently wanting to find a place to hide first.

At this time, a bloody officer and soldier came down from the gate of the city, and shouted to Gao Ming: "My lord, another wave of enemy troops has come, and they ran behind our reinforcements to attack!"

Gao Ming immediately returned to the tower, looked down, and sure enough, he saw a team of Fang La's red turbans appearing behind Hua Rong and the others, presumably the troops who had been divided into other sects returned.

"This, this is another layer around our people." A city guard stammered when he saw the situation.

Outside the main city of Hangzhou was Fang Tianding's siege army, followed by the imperial court's reinforcements, and then Fang Tianding's enemy army, surrounded by layers.

At this time, the army led by Huarong was divided into two groups, attacking the enemy behind and continuing to attack the enemy ahead.

Fang Tianding, who was besieging the city, saw that his own reinforcements were also coming, so he attacked the city with even more effort. The defenders also knew that victory was in sight, and they had to try their best to defend the city.

The corpses piled up in the moat stained the river red and blocked the river.

Gao Ming took a look, his stomach was full of discomfort, he finally held back, and immediately shouted: "Reinforcements have arrived, persistence is victory!"

"Persistence is victory" is a short six words, but it is the most accurate description of the current situation.

There was a loud bang, and the city tower moved. Gao Ming probed his head and saw the enemy army at the city gate attacking the city gate again.

Although the people in the city were throwing wood and pouring hot oil, they couldn't all attack the enemy.

Gao Ming vowed that when the victory was won this time, the city wall must be transformed into a concave shape, so that if someone attacked the city gate, it would be easier for the defenders on both sides of the city wall to attack.

"My lord, the city gate can't stand it anymore!" The guard of the city gate reported, "Please send troops to support—"

Where there are extra soldiers to support, Gao Ming saw that the people on the city wall would be enough to resist, even hovering on the verge of shortage.

Gao Ming turned around and went down the tower again, seeing that the attacks from outside became more and more fierce.

There was one bang, two bangs, and finally at the third bang, the door latch snapped from the middle, and the door opened a gap, and the red-eyed eyes of the enemy soldiers outside the door could be seen.

"Close the city gate!" Although he knew that his strength was weak and useless, Gao Ming joined the ranks of resistance.

"The reinforcements are here, hold on, hold on! They must not be called in!"

At this time, everyone forgot their fear, and only had one thought, hope is close at hand!Never fall here!

Under the extreme fear, people's perception of time became distorted, and the ears were full of shouts and screams from outside the door. Gao Ming felt as if hundreds of years had passed.

Gradually, the attacks from outside the city gate stopped, and everyone felt it, subconsciously relaxing their strength.

Suddenly, the gate of the city was knocked open with a gap, and inside the gap were the corpses of Fang Tianding's army, almost blocking the gate of the city.

At this time, Gao Ming saw an enemy soldier's heart pierced by the tip of a gun and fell down, revealing that the general behind him was Hua Rong.

Hua Rong led the troops and wiped out the enemy at the gate of the city at the very moment when the city gate was smashed.

Gao Ming clearly saw Hua Rong, but Hua Rong was too busy fighting to find Gao Ming behind the city gate.

Gao Ming saw everyone slowly closing the city gate again, blocking his view of Hua Rong.

After the crisis at the city gate was lifted, Gao Ming turned back to the top of the city gate, and saw that Hua Rong had led a group of people to turn around to kill Fang Tianding's reinforcements, while another group was beheading the attacking enemy army under the city wall.

"Master Gao—" someone called him from the city.

Gao Ming lowered his head and saw that it was Shi Jin. When he saw him while fighting with the enemy, he didn't forget to say hello to him.

Next to Shi Jin, there was another person who used a water to grind a Zen stick, and after shoveling one person over, he followed Shi Jin and looked up at the city gate, "So the Sa family didn't believe it, but it turned out to be Master Gao."

Lu Zhishen?Shi Jin was transferred to Huarong's command, but Lu Zhishen was not. He should still be in the Liangshan Army. If he was here, then the others...

Gao Ming looked down and saw that among the rebellious army, there was Toutuo wielding two gleaming Jiedaos, and a burly man covered in black wielding double axes.

Looking at the cavalry again, I saw a few familiar figures, such as a general with a mace slashing back and forth.

Although he couldn't see his face clearly, the weapon and armor looked like Qin Ming no matter what.

The situation began to reverse, and there were fewer and fewer enemy troops on the city wall. Those who fell below the city either fell to their deaths or were hacked and killed by the reinforcements. The reinforcements of the enemy troops also faced the encirclement and suppression of the court, and there was no more troops to attack the city.

At this time, Fang Tianding, who was commanding from a distance, saw the situation and was about to lead people to kill him, but was stopped by Shi Bao, "Your Highness, the imperial court's reinforcements are here, the situation is over, let's withdraw!"

Si Xingfang, who is also Fang Tianding's marshal, said worriedly: "General Deng, who led the troops to attack the city before, has not returned yet..."

Shi Bao gritted his teeth and said: "It stands to reason that after such a long time, Deng Yuanjue should have opened the gate of the city. If not, it will be a disaster."

According to Deng Yuanjue's kung fu, if he could go up to the city gate tower, he would definitely be able to reach the city gate and open the city gate.

If not, then he must have been stumbled somewhere, or worse, dead.

Four marshals came to fight Hangzhou, and now two of them are gone, and Shi Bao and Si Xingfang are both unhappy.

Fang Tianding didn't listen to Shi Bao's dissuasion at all, "Is it up to you or me?" After finishing speaking, he rode his horse and rushed towards the chaos army.

Seeing the crown prince going into battle to kill the enemy, Shi Bao and Si Xingfang dared not follow, they all patted their horses and followed, and their cavalry and infantry also followed.

These are the last cards in their hands, and they are usually used to cover themselves when retreating, but now even these troops have been invested, and they will never die.

Gao Ming was on the top of the city gate when he saw another group of Fang La's men suddenly appearing, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly watched the battle situation below.

But the armies of the two sides fought together, and it was a mess. They couldn't see where Hua Rong was, but they saw the red-haired ghost Liu Tang attacking with a simple knife, as if entering a land of no one.

But suddenly, an enemy general rushed from behind, swung his meteor hammer and pointed it at him. The movement was so fast that by the time other people found out, Liu Tang had already fallen into a pool of blood.

Gao Ming had seen this general with a meteor hammer before Fang Tianding, and he must be the stone treasure among the four marshals.

"Give back my brother Liu Tang's life—" One of the Liangshan army patted his horse and went to chase Shi Bao, but Shi Bao turned his head and smiled coldly, took out the wind splitter, turned his horse's head sharply, and chopped the Liangshan army head-on. The general cut it in half.

Gao Ming was startled and took a step back unconsciously.

Shi Bao was so fierce that several people around him besieged him, but even so, he was still able to handle it with ease, and in the blink of an eye, he hacked another Liangshan army general to death.

After fighting several generals for more than a dozen rounds, he found the gap and rode his horse to find the crown prince Fang Tianding. Finally, he found Fang Tianding who was attacked by the enemy in the chaos.

"Your Highness, get rid of Yuling Pass!"

Yuling Pass in Shexian County is guarded by Pang Wanchun of their Fang La army. It is three hundred miles west from Hangzhou. If you ride fast, you can reach it in the morning.

Fang Tianding saw that the army he brought was almost wiped out, he was heartbroken, and he was unwilling to leave like this, but the reality ruthlessly didn't give him other options, so he finally compromised and shouted: "Withdraw!"

He personally took out the retreating handsome flag, waved it a few times, then rode out of the enemy's line and retreated to Yuling Pass.

"Fang Tianding escaped—"

"we won--"

"Hangzhou City is defended—"

Seeing the last group of cavalry wearing red turbans followed Fang Tianding and disappeared from sight, Gao Ming felt his knees go limp, and he dared to let out a sigh of relief as he leaned on the city wall.

Only then did he realize that the clothes on his back had been drenched in cold sweat several times.

The forehead is like washing with water, full of beads of sweat.

However, at this moment, he saw some officers and soldiers chasing after Fang Tianding's army horse, leaving only a part to guard Hangzhou.

Gao Ming saw the remaining officers and soldiers approaching the city gate, and Zhou Ang was the leader. Gao Ming knew this person, so he quickly ordered people to open the city gate and let the officers and soldiers in.

The corpses of the enemy soldiers were piled up at the gate of the city, and they were finally dragged away, allowing Zhou Ang and others to come in.

As soon as Zhou Ang entered the city, he asked anxiously, "Where is Mr. Gao?"

Gao Ming came out exhausted, "I'm here. Where's General Hua? Are you going to chase Fang Tianding?"

"Well, Fang Tian decided that they must flee to the nearest Yuling Pass, and catch them before they enter the pass."

This was expected, but Gao Ming couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

"Master Gao, it's great that you are safe and sound. When Xiao Ke heard that Mr. Gao was trapped in Hangzhou City, he was so anxious that he was on fire. He hurried on the road starry night and finally caught up with—"

Before seeing anyone, I heard a familiar voice first.

Gao Ming looked around, who was talking and where was he?

From behind a group of tall generals, a black, fat and short man squeezed out, it was Ji Yu Song Jiang with a mournful face.

At this moment, Gao Ming, who survived the catastrophe, took what Song Jiang said to be true, "Have all the Liangshan brothers come?"

"They're all here. It's just that Liu Tang, Deng Fei, and Bao Xu were killed by Fang Tianding's marshal just now." Song Jiang said, crying uncontrollably, "Poor three brothers, buried in Hangzhou..."

Wu Yong also came out from the crowd, and persuaded: "Brother, my condolences, everyone has their destiny, you can't force it."

Gao Ming sighed heavily, indeed Zheng Fangla was a predestined hurdle for Liang Shan.

Zhou Ang said happily: "Master Gao, we received news that Fang Tianding had brought troops to attack Hangzhou, so we hurried over here. General Wang continued to attack Runzhou with troops and horses, and General Hua and I brought people here. Rescue in Hangzhou. God bless, luckily caught up."

It was just a little bit short, Hangzhou fell, Gao Yanei died in battle, and the consequences were disastrous.

However, what surprised Zhou Ang was that he thought Gao Ming would run away. After all, Hangzhou also received news in advance that Fang Tian was going to fight them. Unexpectedly, Gao Ming not only did not retreat, but also organized the entire city's officers and soldiers to fight against them. resistance.

Gao Ming is currently in a state of collapse after a major shock, he nodded numbly, "Yes, it's so dangerous."

I almost thought I was going to die here.

At this time, someone came to report, "My lord, Mr. Zhao Yue died and died for his country. Mr. Zhao and Mr. Chen are rushing over. Lu Junyi captured all the enemy soldiers who sneaked in from the golden gate and put them in prison."

Gao Ming nodded to show that he understood, and said weakly to Zhou Ang: "The general also asks the generals to replace the Hangzhou garrison to defend the city." Looking at the wounded soldiers around him, "They need to rest..."

Those who can survive are fate.

"Naturally." Zhou Ang ordered the Ya General next to him to arrange the military defense, and then said to Gao Ming, "I am here to garrison the city, and you can rest at ease. When General Hua returns, I will take care of him."

Gao Ming thought of Hua Rong and the others chasing Fang Tianding, but he still felt uneasy, "By the way, who is the guard at Yuling Pass? Is it powerful?"

"It seems to be... Pang Wanchun, nicknamed Xiao Yang Youji." Zhou Ang said, "But don't worry, my lord, I believe that General Hua and the others will be able to catch Fang Tianding before Yuling Pass."

"Pang Wanchun?" Gao Ming's heart turned cold, it turned out to be this guy, and hurriedly said: "Prepare the horse! I want to go and have a look!"

Shi Qian became anxious, "My lord, don't go. If you have any orders, I will take them there. You should rest."

Pang Wanchun was nicknamed Xiao Yang Youji, Yang Youji was a good archer in the Spring and Autumn Period, and his allusion to piercing Yang with a hundred steps.

Pang Wanchun can be called this nickname, so he is also a good archer, but this guy is vicious, and he is used to shooting cold arrows and poisonous arrows. According to the original trajectory, Shi Jin died in his hands. Moreover, the situation has changed now. Huarong is an excellent archer, if he fails to keep it all right, something will happen.

Gao Ming still decided to go there by himself and asked Shi Qian to pass the order, but he couldn't explain it at all, and he stayed in the city, worried about Huarong, and couldn't rest well at all.

At this time, it happened that Lu Junyi rushed over on horseback. It turned out that after he had caught the enemy army sneaking into the city, he came to Gao Ming to report to him.

Knowing that the enemy was defeated, Lu Junyi was unspeakably happy, as if he had experienced a great tribulation in his life, and was about to get off his horse and happily talk to Gao Ming, when he heard Gao Ming say: "Mr. Lu, follow me to Yuling Pass. "

As soon as Lu Junyi got off his horse, he rode back again. Although he didn't know what to do at Yuling Pass, Mr. Gao let him go.

"My lord, don't go to Yuling Pass! No matter whether you catch up with Shang Tian or not, there will be a hard fight, so don't take risks!" Zhou Ang said anxiously, almost saying that he just rescued you, and you can go out and hang out again. If our lives are lost, the Taiwei will not kill us.

Gao Ming waved his hands again and again, "Stop talking, send me some troops to escort me to Yuling Pass!"

The people present, except for Song Jiang and Wu Yong, who "knew the inside story", tried their best to dissuade them, but Gao Ming was unmoved, and rode his horse anyway, leading Lu Junyi and some people straight to Yuling close.

Discarded armored flags and scattered corpses could be seen along the way, indicating that he was following the right direction.

On the way, they encountered an open space full of corpses and weapons of the local La army. It seemed that here Huarong and the others caught up with Fang Tianding's army and had a fight.

However, Fang Tianding and the general should not have caught it yet, so they continued to chase.

Among the generals escorting Gao Ming, someone knew the way, "Yuling Pass is ahead!"

Gao Ming thought to himself, it's over, if he continues to ride the horse, his skeleton will soon fall apart.

Now he is completely supported by his worry about Huarong.

Running along a road without stopping, the sky was already dark at this time, and the fires ahead were still faintly visible.

Gao Ming recognized that the soldiers in front of him were wearing official uniforms, knew that this was Huarong's army, and shouted: "I am Gao Ming, Deputy Privy Envoy!"

After everyone heard this, they hurried to make way, after all, the main reason for turning back to Hangzhou was to save this person, and his name was like a thunderbolt.

Gao Ming rode all the way to the front of the team, and saw Hua Rong dismounted to meet him.

Hua Rong's expression was very surprised, he probably didn't expect him to chase after him.

Great, people are safe.Gao Ming reined in, "Did you attack? Was anyone injured?" After asking, he got off his horse.

But all the way he rode the horse, his physical strength had been exhausted long ago, he only felt that when he moved, he felt top-heavy, and turning over and dismounting directly turned into turning over and falling off the horse.

Fortunately, Hua Rong had already come to him, reached out to catch him, held him in his arms, and then slowly put him down, not forgetting to ask worriedly, "Can you stand?"

Qin Ming at the side saw it, and couldn't help but sigh, the two of you are really in love.

One heard that the other party was trapped in Hangzhou, and rushed to rescue him overnight; after the crisis was resolved, he chased him non-stop.

With such a relationship, even the Taiwei will allow you to be together.

No, why should I worry about them? It has nothing to do with me!

Qin Ming silently shook his head.

Knowing that everyone around him was watching, Gao Ming slowly pushed Huarong, "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired from riding. Where's Fang Tianding? Have you caught it?"

"On the way you came, you should have seen the battlefield. We caught up with Fang Tianding and the others there. Although there was a fight, we asked Shi Bao to cover Fang Tianding and ran away, but I killed Si Xingfang." Hua Rong touched the pass behind him. , "They fled into this pass, I am still hesitating whether to attack by force."

At this time, Gao Ming saw Shi Jin approaching, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he caught up, otherwise he might have suffered from Pang Wanchun's cold arrow.

"Master Gao, why are you here?" Shi Jin couldn't figure it out at all, with a stunned expression.

Qin Ming kept shaking his head at the side, Shi Jin's brain still hadn't improved at all, and he still couldn't understand after staying in Tokyo for so long.

At this time, suddenly, the pass was brightly lit, and a beautiful flag was erected, with several figures standing under it.

There were two people, Fang Tianding and Shi Bao, they shut down with fierce glaring eyes, and said with a sneer, "Call in if you have the ability."

Next to the two of them was an enemy general holding a bow and arrow, and said in the same disdainful tone: "I heard that there are Liangshan troops among you? Tsk tsk, the grass bandits ordered by the Jule court to recruit peace dare to come to Yuling Pass to act presumptuously. You have heard Is Xiao Yangyou Ji Pang Wanchun's name? By the way, I heard that your general is called Xiao Li Guanghuarong? Tell him to come out, and I will teach him to see my magic arrow!"

When Gao Ming heard the tone, it was clearly provocative, Xiao Yangyouji was against Xiao Li Guang.

Hua Rong would definitely not be able to bear him.

Seeing that Hua Rong's eyes were not friendly, he quickly tiptoed into Hua Rong's ear and said, "This guy is cunning, he will never compare archery with you fairly."

After hearing this, Hua Rong said to Gao Ming: "Then go to the back of the team first, and don't expose yourself to him." He was worried that Gao Ming would be shot in the cold.

"He will definitely play dirty tricks, you must be careful,"

It was all over the top, and the generals who were selected on the list did not respond to the challenge. Hua Rong said: "You don't have to worry about me, I will definitely win."

How can you lose in front of your sweetheart?

Seeing that Gao Ming couldn't persuade him, he could only call Shi Jin to him, "You protect me and stand behind me." Don't ask Pang Wanchun to shoot Shi Jin because of the inertia of the plot.

Shi Jin still wanted to watch Hua Rong fight Pang Wanchun, but Gao Ming ordered, so he could only listen, and retreated together to a place protected by a shield.

At this time, I saw Hua Rong walking to the front, and sneered at Pang Wanchun: "I am Hua Rong, why don't you teach me how to shoot arrows."

Pang Wanchun looked Hua Rong up and down, and smiled disdainfully, "I'm still a hero, just a little boy. Here's a chance for you to watch me, Xiao Yangyouji, shoot arrows. In this way, you and I will throw the bows and arrows on the ground, and see who First pick it up and shoot the arrow at the opponent, what do you think?"

The master and general are playing chess, and the people around them are not allowed to intervene.

Gao Ming picked it up, and said to himself, don't agree, don't agree, but he also understands Huarong's temperament, it is impossible not to agree to a provocation, especially when the two armies are in front of the battle.

So I changed it to silently chanting in my heart, if you want to win, you must win, and you will definitely win.

The opponent calls for battle, but the main general does not fight. He was judged as a coward and did not run away.

Sure enough, after seeing Hua Rong glanced in his direction, he threw the bow and quiver in his hand to the ground, "Yes."

"Very good, then count to three." Pang Wanchun sneered, "One, two..." Before he could count to three, he had already bent over.

He picked up the bow in mid-air and hitched the feathered arrow. He stood at a high place and had the advantage of the terrain. It was very easy to aim downward, and he didn't even need to stand up completely.

But at this moment, he suddenly saw an arrow shot in front of him, and when he realized it, it had already shot towards his face. He swung his head with all his strength, but the arrow deviated from the center of his eyebrows, but pierced towards his right eye. The last thing he saw with his right eye was a sharp arrow.

With his left eye, he could clearly see that Huarong was not standing at all, but was lying on his back on the ground, and the arrow was shot at him.

After listening to Gao Ming's reminder, Hua Rong already knew that Pang Wanchun would not compete with him fairly.

So early in the morning, he saw through the advantage of the opponent standing at a high place and shooting arrows without having to straighten his back, so he also took advantage of the convenience of being at a low place, directly laying on his back on the ground, and shot upwards at the fastest speed.

Pang Wanchun had an arrow in his right eye, and he yelled in pain. At this moment, there was only a whoosh in his ear, and he felt the wind of the arrow. He thought it was Huarong who shot another arrow.

"Your Highness—"

Pang Wanchun looked at it with one eye, and saw that the prince Fang Tianding who was standing beside him had already been shot by an arrow and fell to the side, being supported by Shi Bao.

"Retreat!" Shi Bao shouted with a pale face after trying Tianding's breath below.

What was different from them was that the imperial army and horses that had been shut down erupted into earth-shattering cheers.

The main general Pang Wanchun was injured, the life and death of Prince Fang Tianding was still uncertain, the soldiers and horses at Yuling Pass were already in disarray and retreated to the pass before the officers and soldiers came to kill them.

Fighting pays attention to the pursuit of victory. Seeing that Huarong Yuling Pass won the battle, Gao Ming seemed to have received a booster. The exhaustion just now was swept away, and he shouted: "There must be a path leading to the mountain behind Yuling Pass. Soldiers go to the back mountain to find a way?"

Lu Zhishen stood up and said, "Come on Sajia, even if there is a road, it will probably be blocked by Pang Wanchun and the others with stones. Sajia should bring some strong people to move."

Lu Zhishen and Wu Song led a troop of infantry to go around the mountain to find a path, while the front was handed over to the large troops to conquer.

The Fang La army in the pass was in a mess, unable to organize a strong resistance at all.

Shi Bao and Pang Wanchun, who had a bandage on his right eye, tried their best to direct the battle, but just now the crown prince Fang Tian was determined to hit the arrow.

At noon, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song joined up with the officers and troops attacking at the main gate inside the pass.

After asking, I found out that half an hour ago, Shi Bao and Pang Wanchun left the pass with Fang Tianding whose life and death were unknown.

The gate of Yuling Pass was opened wide, and it was restored victoriously.

In the evening, Gao Ming, who had already taken a nap, finally saw Hua Rong in the Guanding camp.

After Huarong had arranged everything that should be arranged, she made time to meet Gao Ming alone.

Gao Ming looked at him, his eyes were sore, the two of them had gone through another life-and-death test, they wanted to cry and laugh, "Really, I don't want you to save me again..."

Hua Rong walked up to him, scratched the bridge of his nose, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about, how could I not come to rescue you?"

"It's because I didn't make it clear. I didn't tell you not to come and save me. I just hoped that I wouldn't be in danger again, so I wouldn't need you to save me. It was the time I went to Liangshan, and it's the same this time."

Hua Rong looked at him with a smile, "Then do you still remember what it was like when we met again in Liangshan?"

Of course Gao Ming remembered, Hua Rong hugged him into his arms.

He probably guessed what Hua Rong was going to do, and brought out the scene of the last reunion in words, just wanting to imitate him and hug him again, so he couldn't help muttering, "Can you not be the same every time?"

As soon as the words finished, Hua Rong suddenly picked him up horizontally, lowered his head and rubbed his nose with the tip of his nose, then looked at him with a smile, and said softly: "Then change it to hug him like this, is there anything new?"