Rumble…
It was sunny just now, but suddenly large dark clouds came in like a tide from the cloudless sky. As the sky suddenly darkened, there were several shocking thunderbolts, and then, huge raindrops also crackled from the end of the sky. It fell, hitting the fields, hitting the city beside the road, and also hitting the city head. The king, ministers, and soldiers of the Kingdom of Wu were caught off guard!
As Fang La hurriedly went to the city to take shelter from the rain, Fang Fei and Jiang Shihu unconsciously looked up at the abnormal and sudden weather today, feeling uneasy in their hearts.
"It's a close relationship between heaven and man. There has never been such a thunderstorm in the south of the Yangtze River in this late autumn, and it was even better before. Why did this strange phenomenon happen? Could it be that something happened coincidentally?" This was an idea that came to the minds of the two of them almost at the same time, and they were talking to each other. After looking at each other, he could see deep worry in the other person's eyes.
After arriving at the command post under the city, Fang Feicai hurriedly reported to Fang La: "Your Majesty, it is better to send people to the north to ask Shifo to come back immediately. It is common sense for military strategists not to pursue the poor enemy. It's a big taboo to be angry."
In this regard, Fang La also followed the good advice and nodded immediately: "What you said is true. Come here, pass my order to have the ten Buddhas come back immediately without delay." Although they had already sent three or four groups of people to give orders before Fang Shifo returned with his troops, but his words were not too harsh, but this time they were much harsher. Not only did he say that, Fang La also took off a gold medal he had with him as a token of trust to increase the weight of this military order. He knew the temperament of his clan brother very well, and he would not give up avenging his shame until he kept his words to death. .
This sudden thunderstorm also made Fang La feel deeply uneasy. He always felt that something terrible was going to happen, and the safety of Fang Shifo and the others must be ensured.
It wasn't until the military order was conveyed and several close guardsmen hurried away that Fang La regained his composure and said with a smile: "It seems that our monarchs and ministers are still too nervous about this battle. We have obviously achieved a great victory, but we still have to be so careful. When I’m really ashamed.”
"Your Majesty is serious. This is a prudent way to use troops. Otherwise, it cannot be guaranteed. I also think that Shifo is too radical. Our purpose in this battle is not to completely annihilate the Song army. We have no such intention." I can swallow nearly 100,000 Song troops in one go. As long as I can reverse the previous unfavorable situation with this victory and take advantage of the situation to regain the previously lost city, I will have achieved what I wanted." Pang Wanchun immediately answered.
His words were also recognized by Fang Fei and Jiang Shihu: "What Pang Shuai said is true. The battle between Wu State and Song Ting will definitely be protracted. One or two victories will never guarantee victory. Therefore, after defeating the enemy, The way to win is to ensure that your own soldiers and horses suffer less damage."
"Your Majesty, Ten Buddha is a little too impatient after all. After this incident, I hope your Majesty can give him a few words of advice to stop him from being blinded by hatred and doing things that are too risky or even worth the loss."
Several important ministers spoke one after another, making Fang La's expression become more solemn: "What you said makes sense. I understand and will warn the ten Buddhas not to do this again." At this point, there was another roar above his head. There was a thunderous explosion, which made his heart suddenly shrink. A heavy uneasiness quickly came over him, and his words changed accordingly: "Is there something going on?"
Something is wrong? "
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Song army has been defeated and is no longer able to fight back. With the power of the Ten Buddhas and his subordinates, I dare not say that we can annihilate them all in one fell swoop, but there will never be any problem in self-protection." Pang Wanchun hurriedly spoke to reassure him. , but somehow he felt uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't find the problem for the moment.
His words were also sincere. Judging from the previous battles, the Song Army had indeed no possibility of a comeback. It was even less likely that he thought this was a conspiracy by the Song Army to lure the enemy deeper and seek opportunities to defeat the enemy. After all, they had suffered a terrible defeat in the battle under Hangzhou City. There was no reason in the world to spend such a high price to set up a trap. What's more, Fang Shifo's decision to lead his army to pursue and fight fiercely was also a decision he made at once, and was completely outside the control of the Song army.
"Where does this problem lie? Why do I always feel that something unexpected is going to happen?" After a long silence, Pang Wanchun still couldn't come up with an accurate idea and could only regard it as because he was overly worried.
Afterwards, the officers and soldiers in Hangzhou City continued to be busy. In addition to guarding the city gates on all sides, they also had to deal with a large number of Song army officers who had abandoned their weapons and surrendered, or were captured alive. The number of these people was really quite large. Only after the thunderstorm stopped and the sky turned dark did these prisoners get settled properly. Of course, many prisoners will be escorted later, but for now the work is over.
At this time, Fang La had also returned to his palace. As an emperor, although he could not compare with the officials of the Song Dynasty, he could not always stay on the front line and get together with the soldiers. But before he could finish the dinner that had just been delivered to him, a message was sent to Fang Fei at the palace gate asking to see him.
Fang La felt quite strange about this, but he immediately called the person in.
At this time, Fang Fei looked completely different from before. The previous composure and joy of winning were long gone. He looked extremely embarrassed. He didn't even bother to deal with the remaining rainwater on his body. He was completely in a state of confusion. Lost his soul and lost his mind.
It wasn't until he met Fang La's concerned and inquiring eyes that he was shocked and suddenly knelt down: "Your Majesty, something bad is going on... Ten Buddhas, he..."
"What's wrong with Shi Fo?" Fang La immediately raised his heart again. No longer caring about the majesty of the king, he immediately walked out from behind the case, took Fang Fei's hand and asked urgently.
"Ten Buddha died in battle at the foot of Lin'an City. He died..." After taking a deep breath, Fang Feicai finally told this terrible fact. Even though the news came from his mouth now, he still couldn't believe it was true. Fang Shifo actually died in battle like this? Die at the end of an already victorious battle
Fang La was stunned for an instant, and his whole body was frozen there. He clenched his hands unconsciously, almost breaking Fang Fei's hand bones. The latter did not dare to struggle or disturb, because he was very aware of the close relationship between Fang La and Fang Shifo. This incident was a huge blow to his emperor.
After being stunned for a long time, Fang La's body began to tremble violently, and then he shouted loudly: "This is impossible! The Ten Buddhas were clearly chasing after the victory, how could he be killed? His martial arts skills are rare, how could he be killed? Will he be killed?"
"Your Majesty..." Fang Fei forced himself to
Painful, he said in a trembling voice: "This is the news that the frontline soldiers just brought back. They saw with their own eyes that the Ten Buddhas were killed by General Song on the battlefield... It was the Shandong Army. Sun Tu actually led the Shandong Army to ambush outside Lin'an City early in the morning. , Ten Buddhas were eager to kill their enemies, but fell into their trap and were killed..." Although he knew that this was an extremely cruel thing, he still told the whole story.
Fang La's hand tightened again, his complexion turned from livid to pale, and his body was shaking even more violently: "Sun Tu... Shandong Army... I, Fang La, have nothing to do with you!" After shouting this sentence heartbreakingly, Then, he suddenly made a sound and vomited a large mouthful of blood.
This shocked Fang Fei so much that he quickly jumped up from the ground, supported Fang La who was on the verge of collapse, and then shouted in a hissing voice: "Come here, come quickly, go ask the emperor." The doctor came to treat His Majesty..."
Following this shout, the entire palace was immediately in chaos. A large number of guards rushed over and carried Fang La to the side hall. Fang Fei did not care about his status as a foreign minister at this time and followed closely. Go, I still blame myself a little, I shouldn't have reported the news to the emperor so directly.
In fact, he had known that Fang La had a close relationship with Fang Shifo, and he also knew that the emperor would be greatly disturbed when the news of his death came, but he still did not expect that the matter would be so serious.
The reason why Fang La was able to suddenly rise from Wuzhou as a small figure and lay down a large area of land, and later to proclaim himself an emperor and establish a country, among them, the two people who made the greatest contributions were Fang Fei and Fang Shifo. The brothers of these two clans were both civil and military, and they were their right-hand men when they started from the bottom.
Over the years, the three brothers continued to grow and strengthen in battle after battle, and eventually established the Kingdom of Wu. Fang La became the king of a country, and Fang Fei became the prime minister of Wu. However, Fang Shifo, the one who made the greatest contributions and killed the most enemies, had a lower status in the court than the important ministers such as Pang Wanchun and Jiang Shihu who joined later.
The reason was that Fang Shifo was a little too reckless and easy to kill after all. Although he made countless meritorious deeds, he also caused a lot of disasters.
But even so, in Fang La's heart, his status is still not inferior to Fang Fei's, and no one can replace him. Even though Fang Shifo had suffered many defeats before and lost several cities because of it, Fang La didn't mean to blame him, because in his eyes, Fang Shifo was his relative and younger brother. The brotherly love has never changed at all.
But now, the brother he valued and cherished suddenly died in battle, and he was suddenly killed after a seemingly victorious battle. This blow was too cruel and beyond his expectation, leaving him in a moment of despair. I couldn't accept it for a while, my mind was shaken, and my internal organs were hurt.
Fortunately, Fang La was in his prime and had no pain, so the vomiting of blood did not bring any worse effects. After diagnosis and treatment by the imperial doctor, he only needed to rest and take medication to ensure recovery. Just by doing this, he scared a lot of ministers half to death. Fang Shifo was pursued recklessly and was killed, and the army he brought with him suffered heavy casualties. It was enough to make people a headache. Now as the king of a country, the emperor who is the backbone of everyone has another problem. He fell suddenly, and once the news leaked out, the blow to Wu Jun would be too severe.
So when Fang Fei left the palace and returned to his mansion, all the important officials in the court were waiting there...