The city of Hangzhou was broken and in chaos.
In fact, if only the Qingbo Gate was breached, the army and people in the city would not be completely thrown into chaos, and even most of the people might not know about it in time. However, the movement on the other side of Wangjiang Gate was too great. An endless stream of Song troops came up to the city, fought hard and then came back down. At the same time, the city gate that had been closed for many days was opened with a bang. All this had no impact on the city. The impact on the people was too great.
In a short period of time, countless people rushed out of their homes in panic, took their wives, children, and the elderly with them and ran to other city gates with their few belongings. They didn't dare to stay here anymore, because as early as when the Song army came to the city, there was already a saying that once Hangzhou was really captured, the people in the city would all suffer, or at least they would be labeled as traitors. A serious crime, being punished and sent to the frontier are all minor...
In fact, Jiang Shihu deliberately spread this around, in order to attract the people of the city to share the same hatred and unite as one, so that they could truly defend the city. In fact, in the previous month, the people of Hangzhou did make a lot of efforts to defend the city. Although they still did not understand what the crime of rebellion was, they also knew that they had made a big mistake. The officers and soldiers They will definitely be held accountable after they are killed.
This is not too outrageous. In fact, as one of the most fortified cities in the south of the Yangtze River, it was quickly captured by the rebels two years ago because there were many internal agents in the city who hated the government. Beware of sudden attacks and capture the city of Hangzhou in a coordinated manner. But now, the officers and soldiers have returned, even the common people who have never helped Wu Jun are feeling frightened. Naturally, what they want to think about at this time is to escape from the city first.
More than 100,000 or 200,000 people, dragging their families and families with them, ran onto the streets in panic and rushed to various city gates that had not been affected by the war. This was a huge trouble for Wu Jun. The streets and alleys were full of running and screaming people, and most of the roads were blocked. Naturally, it became difficult for Wu Jun, who was mobilizing various places to rescue, to move forward. Especially the defenders who had just retreated from Wangjiang Gate had to squeeze through the crowd all the way. Pang Wanchun was unwilling to let the soldiers below use swords and guns to hurt the people, so the speed of rushing forward was naturally much slower.
The only good thing is that the Song army in the rear did not rush to chase down. They were still busy consolidating their control of the city gate and clearing out the remaining Wu soldiers nearby. When Sun Tu stood at the top of the city and saw the messy scene in the city, he decisively ordered not to mess around, but he couldn't really hurt these innocent people.
Because of this, Pang Wanchun led the people to move forward with great hardships, and finally arrived at Fang Fei's mansion with the door closed around the first watch. Without saying a word, he went over and called the door loudly. After rushing into the yard, he snatched the sword from Fang Fei's hand who was wiping it from his neck. Seeing the door of his house suddenly open, he subconsciously thought that Song When the soldiers came in, they wanted to kill themselves.
"Prime Minister Fang, please come with me. We will pick up the other officials and rush out of the city!" Without any further persuasion, Pang Wanchun pulled the confused Fang Fei and walked out. The latter was still a little confused at this time: "How come Hangzhou was destroyed just as soon as we said it was broken... What should we do next?"
Although Fang Fei is steady and wise,
, is even better at handling government affairs, but has limited knowledge of military affairs, and has never experienced such dangerous scenes, so until now he has not been able to accept the facts and cannot react.
Pang Wanchun replied with some self-blame: "It was the general's incompetence that fell into Sun Tu's plan, which led to the Qingbo and Wangjiang gates being breached. Hangzhou cannot be defended. We took advantage of the enemy's instability. Leave this place first and go back to Wuzhou before making plans!" As he said this, he kept moving, almost dragging Fang Fei out of the door, and asked someone to lead the horse, and then helped him After getting up, he continued to lead people to Jiang Shihu's mansion not far away.
As a result, there was no one there, and Jiang Shihu actually left one step ahead of schedule. This surprised Pang Wanchun, but at this time there was no time for him to think about it any more, so he immediately took him away and rushed elsewhere. Although Fang La is no longer in Hangzhou, many of Wu's ministers are still there, and he has decided to bring as many as he can.
They kept going all the way until the third watch, when a fire dragon quickly entered the city from the Wangjiang Gate. After seeing it from a distance, Pang Wanchun knew that the enemy had been chasing them and could not delay any longer, so he brought this mixed fire dragon with him. Including soldiers and official servants, a team of more than 20,000 people hurriedly headed towards the nearest Wulin Gate. In his calculation, he had enough time to take everyone out of Hangzhou safely.
As for whether he will be pursued by the Song army after leaving the city, and how to deal with it later, we can only take it one step at a time.
When they rushed to the Wulin Gate together with many people, the largest city gate in Hangzhou had been completely opened, but it was not known whether it was the people or the soldiers guarding here who made the decision to open it. But this was a good thing for them at this time. Without any hesitation, everyone speeded forward and quickly passed through the city gate, leaving the city they had lived for more than two years and fought for. A city that has been around for a long time.
At this time, Fang Fei had calmed down a lot and gave a wry smile: "If Hangzhou is lost, it will be difficult for Wuzhou alone to compete with the Song Dynasty. There are other cities, and after knowing the results here, I am afraid that the same will happen. Return to the Song Dynasty..."
"It's too early to say this now. As long as we can return to Wuzhou safely and have the natural danger of Wulong Ridge, we will still be able to fight." Pang Wanchun's eyes were blazing, as if he had the bearing of a famous general.
But just after he said these words, a crisp sound of a clapper came from the darkness ahead, and then countless torches suddenly lit up, and a team of thousands of people shouted and came rolling out from the front. , immediately blocked their way. There is a warrior in front of him, holding two spears and looking majestic. He is Dong Ping. There was also a bloody head hung around the horse's neck. Although there was some distance, Pang Wanchun recognized it at a glance as the head of Ning Heng, who was sent to rescue Qingbo Gate.
This made Pang Wanchun feel dazed for a while, and then became even more furious: "You..."
"Dong Ping has been ordered to wait for you here for a long time!" After Dong Ping shouted low, he had already urged his horse and raised his gun to kill him.
It turned out that just when the trapped camp was furiously attacking Wangjiangmen and winning this crucial victory, Dong Ping also led his troops to Qingbomen. While joining Zhang Heng and others, he also met with Ning.
The Wu army led by Heng, who came to rescue the enemy and retreated, collided with each other, and then a fierce battle ensued.
Although the soldiers and horses led by Ning Heng were the elite of the Wu army, there was a huge gap between them and the Qingzhou army who had experienced hundreds of battles. Especially he himself was far from Dong Ping's opponent. They only fought three to five times. The first army general was killed directly. As soon as the general died, the Wu army, which was already panicking because the city gate was lost, completely collapsed and scattered.
Originally, Dong Ping and the others planned to continue fighting into the city, but soon, Sun Tu sent someone to deliver a message, asking them to rush to the Wulin Gate area to set up an ambush to prevent the main rebel leaders from escaping. This is not because Sun Tu has any ability to predict the future. It is because he had a detailed understanding of the situation in Hangzhou through careful eyes and ears before he actually set off for the expedition. He knew that most of the Wu officials were in the Wulin Gate area. Once they want to escape, they will most likely choose to leave through this door.
As a result, he really had to wait. The previous groups of people who fled had been easily let go by them, but until this large group of people, horses, and vehicles appeared, he issued the order to intercept and raid without hesitation.
After seeing the enemy coming with great momentum, all his soldiers and horses becoming timid, and even some officials' servants starting to flee for their lives, Pang Wanchun knew that the moment of life and death had come. At this time, once the morale of the army collapses, although I can't say it, these officials who were brought out with great difficulty, especially Fang Fei, will fall into the hands of the Song army even if they don't die. So, he shouted loudly and rushed towards Dong Ping without any hesitation. When he was halfway, the knife in his hand whizzed up and struck him like lightning.
The two of them had fought before. Dong Ping knew the opponent's abilities well, so he did not dare to be careless at this time. He immediately exchanged his spears and aimed for the upper one. Only then did he act like a fool and blocked the opponent's shocking blow.
But when the knife was being held, the movements of Pang Wanchun's hand changed. He twisted his wrist and exerted force again. After a period of tooth-piercing friction, he actually twisted Dong Ping's two spears, and hit one of them. The door was free. His strategy was completely to conquer ten societies with one force. There were no clever tricks, but sheer strength was better than Dong Ping.
Dong Ping was also frightened and quickly put his gun back to guard his chest. At the same time, he also took the reins with him to prevent him from actually rushing towards the opponent. But this time, it played right into Pang Wanchun's hands, because he had already changed his moves. The left hand holding the handle of the knife at the back suddenly pressed and shook, and it flew straight up and stabbed the horse under Dong Ping's crotch. With a bang, He beat the horse to a neighing sound and ran away to the side. He also caught his master off guard and almost fell off the horse.
This was so unexpected that Dong Ping panicked and hurriedly controlled his horse again to stay away from this terrible opponent. Pang Wanchun took the opportunity to rush forward with his horse, and with his sword flying like the wind, he killed several Song soldiers who had followed closely, and then shouted loudly: "Come out with me!" He actually relied on his own strength. With great force, he created a passage in the Song army's formation.
After all, he was followed by thousands of elite cronies. Seeing this, they all became more courageous and rushed forward to protect Fang Fei and other officials. As for the scattered soldiers and slaves, they couldn't care less.