Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2632: Substitute Fang La
Even the big cities could not be defended and were all taken by the enemy in one fell swoop.

The reason was that he rose to prominence too quickly and the local gentry did not yet recognize him.

Although the local poor people agreed with it, the morale of the gentry was still unstable.

As long as the other side says that they will not kill you if you surrender, it is easy for local big players to become uneasy.

This is the fundamental failure.

The history books simply say that there was no support from the landlords, but they never explain what exactly happened.

In fact, the landlords and gentry were just taking advantage of the situation. When they saw that Li Zicheng was in trouble, they immediately killed the local officials appointed by Li Zicheng and surrendered to the powerful man.

Fang La naturally had not thought of these things before.

So he had no choice but to fail.

After hearing this, the others also lowered their heads.

At this time, a senior person stood up and said:
"Humph, you idiots. I have a perfect strategy for your people, but you don't use it."

"Now that death is imminent, what else do you want to say?"

"Now, I will execute you!"

"Now that I have finished speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"

Wen Rensheng just stood there looking at Xiaoxiao.

The other two newcomers also cursed:

"You fools, we advised you at the time that if you set up an ambush in the mountains first, you should not provoke direct hostility from the Song Dynasty."

"The Song thieves are about to march north, and they are about to be in trouble."

"You just can't bear it, and you just want to go down the mountain to attack the city, and then eat, drink and have fun."

The novice man kicked Fang Fei, who was the most arrogant before, hard.

He kicked him to the ground and then stepped on his face.

"Just like you good-for-nothings, you also want to take over the world?"

"It's ridiculous. He even appointed himself as a general and a protector. He is really just imitating others!"

"If you can seize the world, what do you think of powerful figures like Liu Bang and Li Yuan?"

"First, you don't know the right time, second, you don't know the right people, and third, you don't know the right place. You don't know any of these things, but you think you can succeed in your rebellion just by relying on your muddled, supernatural things. It's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous."

And at this time.

Fang La said painfully: "In this case, kill me quickly, take my head and exchange it for your wealth!"

I have to say that after his failure, Fang La was at least still relatively tough.

Of course he knew that if he chose to surrender, the other party would not recognize him and would only kill him.

Since ancient times, the leader of a rebel must die, but his subordinates can surrender.

I have never heard of any leaders who could have a good end after surrendering.

It's better to put on a tough attitude.

So that future generations can admire it.

"You are a tough guy. I won't kill you, but those bastards under you should be killed."

"Incompetent bungler."

"Come here, take these people out and kill them!" the senior said coldly.

Then the guards pushed all the members of the Fang family out.

"Damn it, you guys really are colluding with the Song people!"

"Haha, there's a good saying. If the other party says you're colluding with the enemy, you'd better really be colluding with them. If the other party says you want to rebel, you'd better really have the ability to rebel."

"And you must dare to rebel, so that you can save your life."

"It is the most foolish thing to blindly insist on explaining your actions and pray for forgiveness from your opponent."

Neither the senior nor Wen Rensheng would do this.

After dealing with the Fang family, Fang La was placed under house arrest.

Wen Rensheng then arranged for other people.

Turn them into labor.

These people will not be killed.

The hundreds of people brought by Fang La were quickly stripped of their armor and weapons and locked up in a row of stone houses at the back.

At the same time, send someone to persuade them.

"The current failure is all caused by Fang Fei, the traitor."

"He was beside the Holy Lord, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he colluded with the Song thieves."

Wen Rensheng simply threw the dirty water back.

"I see. No wonder we lost so quickly."

"He is incompetent, but he wants to blame others instead."

Soon Wen Rensheng selected more than 100 available people from hundreds of people.

The reason why these people followed up the mountain was that their families were destroyed by the Song Dynasty.

There is only one left in the family.

Bitterness and deep hatred.

Of course, most people choose to endure when faced with such suffering.

They were willing to resist only because they were organized by Fang La.

This is the reality.

No matter how great the hatred and suffering are, 9% of people are unwilling to resist.

They are just dry wood, and they will not become a raging fire until they are ignited and fueled.

However, as long as there is someone to lead, someone to coerce, and someone to persuade, they are willing to serve.

Wen Rensheng continued to receive new news from the capital.

The Emperor of Song Dynasty, later Emperor Huizong of Song, was very happy at this time.

Because the day to destroy Liao is approaching soon.

After he heard that Fang La was defeated, he fled to the mountains.

He also issued an order to the Song army to transfer most of its troops.

In particular, the elite border troops were transferred away, leaving only a part of the imperial guards and the local garrison troops.

There are only 50,000 troops left in this group.

Of course, this includes porters and logistics personnel.

The actual combat soldiers were only 30,000.

Obviously in their eyes, Fang La is no longer a dangerous person.

It took only a few months to pacify.

This is because Fang La was defeated too quickly.

This has also been the case in history.

The situation seemed to be very good, but in fact it was quickly defeated.

Not long after, they received news again.

The Song army offered a reward of 30 strings of cash for the heads of Fang La and a group of main criminals.

And give a place to transfer lucrative jobs.

The transport envoy was an official who was responsible for transporting money, grain, cloth, salt and other commodities to important locations.

Naturally, he had real power at the beginning.

Of course, in accordance with the Song Dynasty's virtue of checks and balances, a deputy was added to this important position to provide restraint.

In short, for one position of real power, there are at least three official positions with similar names to manage and control it.

This is the method invented by the Zhao family.

Lack of self-confidence can be said to be engraved in my bones.

Of course Wen Rensheng would not do that.

He simply cut off the heads of those who doubted him and sold them in exchange for 50,000 strings of cash.

After all, the main task is to let Fang La persevere.

Soon, a general of the imperial guards was responsible for finding Fang La and killing him.

He led a group of soldiers and began to enter the mountains along the route Fang La took last time to escape.

A big reward is still very useful.

Some of Wen Rensheng's subordinates also betrayed him.

After all, they can't use skills.

Only physical and mental attributes can be used.

This general of the imperial guards led a total of eight thousand men.

The others were placed outside the mountain to guard the camp.

He first let a part of the garrison troops take the lead, and these people were naturally easy to deal with.

Because they, like Fang La's people, were made up of refugees.

Even with some weapons, they are no match at all.

When they arrived at the narrow passage, Wen Rensheng directly ordered the people guarding the narrow passage to climb up the cliff and throw stones down.

Just throwing a few stones, the soldiers screamed and fled.

And at this time.

After the commander of the imperial guards in the rear learned about the situation in front and checked the terrain, he immediately ordered everyone to stop the attack.

Instead, he immediately sent people to bribe local hunters and herbalists and asked them to explore other roads.

Then he tried to send out elite spies to climb the mountains on both sides.

It turned out that there were people guarding the mountain, and all we had to do was hit them with stones and wood.

No matter how elite the scout is, it is impossible for him to withstand the rocks above while climbing.

This is target practice. With no chance of fighting back, morale quickly dropped to zero.

So the commander of the imperial guards had no choice but to order a retreat.

He wanted to see if there was any other way to go around the mountain.

This general of the imperial guards is also a man who knows military affairs.

It took them half a month.

Only then did I begin to understand the local terrain.

Finally they found that this place was too dangerous.

It can be said that apart from the narrow passage through which a large group of people can pass, there are indeed several mountain paths around where people can walk.

But very few people can walk.

And the terrain is very rugged.

The other side only needs to send 10 people to block the place.

The imperial guards also have a solution.

He immediately said: "Take the silver, official uniforms, and official seals with you and tell them that if they surrender, they will kill Fang La."

“These things are theirs.”

I have to say that this move of theirs was actually very strong.

Many people will be shaken.

But for Wen Rensheng, these methods are simply ineffective.

Because Wen Rensheng took advantage of Fang La's previous appeal on the one hand, and added his own training on the other.

At the same time, he also carefully told them that the Song Dynasty would inevitably be destroyed in the future.

Wen Rensheng also analyzed the overall power situation for them.

How can soldiers become combat-effective?
When soldiers have a clear mind, know the overall situation, and know where their interests lie, their initiative will become very high.

The biggest difference between feudal armies and modern armies is that the soldiers do not understand the situation.

They have no initiative because they don't understand why they are fighting.

And now Wen Rensheng told them that you are fighting for your own descendants.

Only after you defeat the Song army, hold on, and seize a piece of land, can you truly own the land, bring glory to your ancestors, and pass on the family line.

It's just that simple.

As for the so-called justice and serving the country, they are all false.

In the eyes of these soldiers, the most obvious benefit is land division.

Then he cited some examples of people who were killed after being recruited.

Even after this training, dozens of people still defected.

However, the defectors were either killed or ran back without providing any useful information to the imperial guards.

After all, Wen Rensheng attaches great importance to the confidentiality of confidential information.

Different people are exposed to different levels of secrets.

Unlike Fang La before, many secrets can be accessed by servants.

Many people have no concept of confidentiality.

After all the hard work, the general of the imperial guards gained nothing and became furious.

He then gave the orders to begin surrounding the entire mountain from other places.

He ordered his men to divide into several teams and make a large detour.

But this detour is too difficult because the mountain range is so long.

It would take several months to surround them.

Historically, Fang La was never prepared to defend himself in the mountains.

They just hid in the mountain stream after failing.

That mountain stream was where some strongholds were set up before he started the rebellion.

Although it is relatively hidden, its defensiveness is not very strong.

After a hundred or so elite soldiers go up, they can break it.

Coupled with temptation and betrayal, Fang La was easily caught.

In fact, as long as the army is determined to attack or defend, these bandits who go up the mountain often cannot hold out for too long.

The reason is very simple, there are too many things missing on the mountain.

The first is a lack of salt.

There is no salt in the mountains.

You can't persist for long.

Unless you find rock salt.

For this, Wenrensheng has established a recyclable salt method.

He started by hoarding large quantities of salt, and then built a system for extracting salt in a circular process: I won't go into detail if you know what he means.

The second is that there are no herbs and no cloth.

The third is the lack of food.

These three difficulties make it very difficult for the bandits to persist for long.

Therefore, they often have to collude with the wealthy people down the mountain.

If you are surrounded by a large army, escape in time.

Leave some miscellaneous bandits behind and let the government kill them to gain credit.

Once the entire mountain is trapped, as long as the army is willing to hold on, the bandits will not be able to hold on.

The key is that the army cannot hold on due to logistical problems.

It costs too much money.

Therefore, when faced with bandits and robbers, the imperial court often let them do what they wanted and only allowed local administrators to suppress them appropriately to maintain the situation.

Just like when the Ming Dynasty suppressed the rebellion in the southwestern chieftain areas, it cost 200,000 people and five or six years to suppress just tens of thousands of local soldiers, and tens of millions of military pay.

Only under such circumstances can the rebellion be truly suppressed.

In fact, it is also because the toasts do not have enough room for maneuver.

This trick won’t work against the Later Jin.

The Later Jin also had a large rear area where they could obtain manpower and food, as well as space to escape.

Afterwards, under Wen Rensheng's personal command, the imperial guards suffered repeated defeats.

Either they were ambushed, set on fire, or bribed.

Make him run around.

There is no way to defend against the opponent.

This left him helpless for a moment.

But his reluctance to retreat was a bit of a hindrance to Wen Rensheng, as his development was limited after all.

And at this time.

Suddenly someone gave the general an idea.

"General, if we can't catch the real Fang La, we can use a fake Fang La as a substitute."

"Anyway, there are only a bunch of bandits in there."

"We said they were pretending to be Fang La, but in fact the real Fang La had been killed by us."

"If this happens, their morale will surely drop drastically, and we will also have to give an explanation to the court."

Upon hearing this, the general of the imperial guards suddenly understood.

He was also afraid of being blamed by the court.

Why has Fang La, with only a few hundred men left, not been captured yet?

You should know that the Song Dynasty was very harsh on military generals.

If you make the slightest mistake, you will be caught and beaten to death.

There are many generals who have been wrongly accused for this reason.

Therefore, many generals simply surrendered to Jin and Mongolia.

"That's right, let's do it right away."

Then they found a man who looked very similar to Fang La in Fang La's hometown.

They then poisoned and silenced the opponent, killing innocent people and taking credit for the crime, which they were very skilled at.

Then they made a great fanfare and sent this man all the way to the capital to report their achievement.

At the same time, someone was sent to deliver a message to the mountains.

Tell them: "Your Holy Father, Fang La, has been killed!"

"You guys should stop insisting!"

Several reincarnations couldn't help but laugh when they saw this.

"My goodness, these NPCs are really smarter than each other."

"Yeah, they can't beat us, so they use fake ones instead."

The real Fang La was also shocked when he heard this.

"Damn it, I've become a substitute!"

Afterwards, General Jin Jun left 5,000 troops to guard outside the Yixiantian to prevent the real Fang La from coming out.

They set up a large camp there, named Shafang Camp.

Prevent Wen Rensheng from bringing people out.

Then they withdrew with their main force.

This was the end of the dynasty, and there were countless strange and bizarre things happening.

(End of this chapter)