Chapter 789: Two-Pronged Attack

What was the level of Wang Qing's army? It was about the same level as Bai Lang. The reason why he could occupy Huai-Xi and start a country was just because of others—it was the good deed done by the Daoist emperor in Kaifeng Prefecture and the six auxiliary ministers. Now that he had tens of thousands of people in his hands, it was equivalent to putting himself on a volcano. When Bai Lang's blow made the army lose heart, the volcano exploded. One army collapsed and the whole army ran. The morale of Bai Lang's thousand soldiers was simply exploding, and they killed in immediately.

Everyone shouted and fought, and many people simply threw away their shields. If they could cut off a head, they would hang it on their waist, otherwise, they would just cut and kill forward.

The thousand-man fight was unstoppable, and Wang Qing's army really collapsed like white sugar poured with water. The number of people who died from being trampled on each other and cutting each other to escape was far more than those killed by Bai Lang's army. Wang Qing also arrived with flags, took people and ran, and didn't know whether he was preparing to escape back to the city or go to other places to hide his name. Bai Lang just killed, specifically looking for people he liked to kill.

The three brothers and sisters of the Duan family didn't have time to run far and were caught up by Bai Lang. Although the two brothers of the Duan family looked quite sturdy, how could the wolves dare to show off in front of the tiger? Bai Lang casually picked up one and clamped it under his armpit, while the other spurred his horse to escape but was pierced through the heart by a spear. The spear body shook and the blade swayed, and this person was also divided into several pieces and fell to the ground. As for the fierce woman like Duan Sanniang, Bai Lang saw that the Duan family didn't know whether it was the eldest brother or the second brother who had been clamped to death by him, and directly threw the dead person to Sanniang.

The dead person wore a helmet, and Duan Sanniang also wore a helmet as a military general. When the heads collided, Bai Lang's powerful throw directly flattened both helmets, and both skulls were shattered. Bai Lang didn't pursue far, stood on the piled-up corpses and laughed loudly, his fierce and unruly state made his own soldiers afraid—the spirit of these people was not as good as that of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Wang Qing seemed to have fled back to the city, because there were still defenders on the city wall, and the city gate was also sealed. If Wang Qing hadn't entered the city, it probably wouldn't have been like this—Bai Lang didn't spoil them either. He didn't even set up a camp, "Follow me to attack the city, and eat and live after taking the city!" Bai Lang shouted, and then he dismounted and took the lead in grabbing the ladder to attack the city. The soldiers defending the city were defeated and returned, and they hadn't prepared any siege equipment. Bai Lang, a fierce general, took the lead in climbing the city. Seeing this ferocious face, they naturally softened their hands and feet and just wanted to die quickly.

Those who didn't soften their feet just went down the city and ran away, so when Bai Lang climbed the city, there were no rolling logs or stones, let alone hot oil or gold juice. Climbing to the top of the city and looking, except for a few waste people who were scared to death, there was no one left. At this time, the other soldiers also climbed the city one after another, went down and opened the city gate—in less than a quarter of an hour, the city was broken. Bai Lang mounted his horse again and went straight to Wang Qing's "Palace City". This person was still packing up valuables while commanding the defense of the city.

Where did he think that the city had already been broken? The city was broken and no one reported it to Wang Qing in the palace, which could be considered the extreme of scattered military morale.

Bai Lang killed the soldiers in front of the palace city and went directly to the "Golden Throne Hall". Looking at Wang Qing's appearance, he was quite good-looking, "No wonder he could deceive so many women." Bai Lang laughed and said, without waiting for Wang Qing to speak, he directly took his head with a spear. The civil and military officials around all wanted to run away. These crooked melons and cracked dates were also easily killed by Bai Lang with a turn, and then Bai Lang wouldn't care. At most, he killed the rascals who took advantage of the fire in the city. As for defending the city, he still wrote to Shi Xiao, who was left behind, to see if he could mobilize manpower and reserve troops.

Shi Xiao was no longer a pedant. During this time, he was forced to the shelves, and his administrative ability had improved. Moreover, because Shi Yi raised troops to resist the heavy taxes, there were also scholars who still had conscience in their hearts to help, and the administrative framework was finally set up.

Shi Yi's army went down the Yangtze River. He had no military ships in his hands now, and relied entirely on the civilian ships he collected to transport grain, grass, and troops. The water and land went together, and the speed was extremely fast, even faster than Bai Lang's marching speed. The military edge of Shi Yi pointed directly at Nanjing City, the Stone City where tigers and dragons crouched. Nanjing was not easy to fight because there was a navy defense, so Shi Yi's grain ships didn't dare to show up. He could only attack Nanjing from land—walking along the Yuhua Terrace line to gnaw at Nanjing City.

The defenders of Yingtian Prefecture did have troops, and the force could be tens of thousands—this was also a key town to suppress the south of the Yangtze River, although it was useless after Fang La's uprising. Shi Yi swaggered and marched over, just treating the defenders of Yingtian Prefecture as dead people, and the Yangtze River navy as goldfish. Yuhua Terrace had 5,000 defenders, and it was taken in one day. Shi Yi took the lead and fought in the front. The Hao Long Dan had hundreds of birds chirping, turning into a phoenix soaring in the sky. Just one blow broke the gate of the defender's camp, and the aftermath also blew the troops lined up inside into a mess.

So when Shi Yi charged in and took the defender's life with one spear, the rest of the defenders ran away or surrendered. Yuhua Terrace outside Yingtian Prefecture was lost, and Shi Yi could directly push the army to the city of Yingtian Prefecture.

Bai Lang had already set Huai-Xi, and he went straight to Luzhou, only more than three hundred miles away from Yingtian Prefecture. If Bai Lang also wanted to join the siege, he could arrive within five days—it was just that it was actually impossible, because Bai Lang couldn't cross the Yangtze River. After taking Luzhou, Bai Lang could attack at will, and threatening Huai-Yang and Xuzhou was not a difficult thing. At that time, the Great Song would really be cut in two from north to south, and I don't know how many people would starve to death in Kaifeng City.

Bai Lang's marching speed was very slow this time, and Shi Yi was not in a hurry to attack Nanjing City. These two didn't want to let Grand Marshal Tong be unable to help but ignore Fang La in Hangzhou, and return to fight them first. Therefore, these two had the same goal and slowed down their pace. Shi Yi even retreated after the army showed off for a day outside the gate of Yingtian Prefecture, and even gave up the Yuhua Terrace he had occupied before.

The Western Army led by Tong Guan had already launched an offensive against Fang La's army in Zhejiang. They divided into two routes. One route was led by Tong Guan himself, walking through Changzhou directly to Hangzhou, and the other route walked through Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture-Ningguo-Huangshan line to encircle Fang La's department. This front and back attack on Fang La's hundreds of thousands of troops could not be said that Tong Guan didn't know soldiers. Moreover, the Western Army moved rapidly. When Shi Yi retreated, the two routes of the Western Army had already entered Yingtian Prefecture. After Shi Yi learned of it, he retreated again, almost retreating to the starting point.

Bai Lang also stayed in Huai-Xi and didn't move, and retreated from the original road to Luzhou. These two were prepared to sit and watch Fang La's success or failure. Fang La had also sent envoys to come before, but that was for canonization—after this person captured Hangzhou and established a dynasty, he really treated Shi Yi and the others as subordinates, and really sent people to canonize Shi Yi and Bai Lang as miscellaneous generals, but he still had a brain and didn't move their territory and troops... ===== CHAPTER 790 =====