In the Water Margin, since Song Jiang accepted the favor of the imperial court, he began to work for the imperial court and won many victories along the way. Later, he was sent to attack Fang La, but in the process of conquering Fang La, Liangshan heroes suffered heavy losses, including 59 leaders who died in battle and 1 1 person who died of illness. Liangshan heroes are all skilled in martial arts, but they will lose so much in the process of conquering Fang La, which is enough to show how strong Fang La was at that time. So in the official history, what is the strength of Fang La? How did he end it?

In the second year of Xuanhe, Song Huizong was in Qingxi County, Zhou Mu, and Fang La held high the banner of the uprising. In just two or three months, it occupied fifty-two counties in six States and almost half of the southeast region. Due to the huge momentum of the Fang La uprising army, there appeared state and county officers and soldiers? Scattered by the wind? , landlords and gentry? Rates are moving? The scene. At that time, many officials in the Northern Song Dynasty just heard of it. Fang La's here! ? Shout, and then everyone ran for their lives in fear. When Fang La and the rebels took Hangzhou together, the soldiers guarding the city were so scared that they all dropped their weapons and fled. Before Fang La could fight, the officers and men of the Northern Song Dynasty had almost escaped.

The most important reason why the Fang La Uprising developed so rapidly in a short time was put forward by Fang La? The law is equal, is there no competition? Therefore, it has won the support and response of the working people. Faced with such a strong development momentum in Fang La, the Northern Song Dynasty court was in a panic. Some people suggest sending troops to suppress it, while others suggest taking measures to control it.

Finally, under the balance of the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty, both suggestions were simply adopted. What do you mean? On the one hand, Tong Guan was sent south with an army of 6.5438+0.5 million to suppress and surround Fang La. On the other hand, Song Huizong authorized Tong Guan to issue the announcement of harness and reward in the name of the emperor. Of course, this is the routine of the Northern Song Dynasty. In fact, he didn't really want to woo Fang La, but wanted to catch the gang. Song Huizong mainly wants to use these tricks to deceive the rebels.

So it was everywhere? Those who can turn themselves in will get what they deserve. , catch Fang La or catch its leader to be an official? And special exemption, don't ask, still press the reward? This kind of list. However, Fang La is a clever man, and he can see at a glance that there is fraud. If the Northern Song Dynasty really wanted to win over, why did he let Tong Guan lead150,000 troops to conquer? So Fang La decided to fight to the end in the Northern Song Dynasty and never give up.

The rapid development of the rebel army is of course a great advantage and poses a great threat to the Northern Song Dynasty. But at the same time, Fang La is also faced with the embarrassing situation of shortage of weapons and uniforms. However, the rebels are still in high spirits, even fighting the officers and men of the Northern Song Dynasty to the end with their bare hands. Facing Fang Lajun's bravery and fearlessness, it really scared the court in the Northern Song Dynasty. So that the court wanted to appoint a person to win over, but could not find a minister who dared to accept the appointment.

But after all, it is because of the serious shortage of weapons and the disparity in strength that it is difficult to resist the well-equipped Northern Song army. After several months of struggle, the Fang La Uprising Army was finally wiped out by the Northern Song Dynasty, and Fang La himself was captured and taken to Bianjing for execution. Although Fang La has gathered millions of people, they are basically unarmed people at the bottom. Even though he occupied six states and owned his own territory, it still needed a lot of training to build a strong army. For the Northern Song Dynasty, all the troops sent were well-trained elite troops, so it was difficult for Fang La to be hostile in the end.

Although the flame of Fang La Uprising has been extinguished, Fang La's spirit of daring to resist the oppression of feudal rule still exists in people's hearts. To commemorate Fang La, the local people specially renamed Bangyuan Cave, the base of Fang La's initial uprising? Fang La Cave? . This cave is still there, located in Li Dongyuan Village, Chun 'an County, Zhejiang Province. Is there a piece inscribed by Guo Moruo at the mouth of the cave? Fang La Cave? stone tablet