Yang Wu didn't know if Qian Biao would choose to surrender in the future, but he knew that at least under the current circumstances, Qian Biao would not choose to surrender. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As a tyrant in troubled times, even if he has been defeated repeatedly and his power is declining, if he wants Qian Biao to surrender, he must first completely break his illusion of sticking to Hangzhou. And to do this, it is impossible to besiege without sufficient forces.

At present, of the 120,000 mobile troops in Huainan after reorganization, 40,000 are stationed in the northern defense line for a long time, and they cannot be used easily; 10,000 people were in Ezhou, and now they are attacking Yuezhou under the leadership of Liu Cun; Of the remaining 70,000 people, 30,000 were stationed in Guangling, and the remaining 40,000 were in the south.

Considering that Guangling must leave enough troops to deal with various emergencies, it is somewhat insufficient to be able to mobilize troops to the south.

"Conscription of state soldiers from the states!"

On this day, at the military discussion that unfolded in the study of the Jiedu Embassy, Yan Keqiu put forward his suggestion.

"The king, my subordinates think that whether it is to break through Hangzhou with heavy troops, or to force Qian Biao to surrender with absolute superiority in troops, this is impossible without an army of 100,000. And now there are up to 50,000 troops from the outer town soldiers and the foreign army, and the rest can only rely on the state soldiers of the states! ”

"Although the state soldiers in each state are mostly old and weak, they are mainly responsible for defense, but in the siege of Hangzhou, even if they don't need to contribute, as long as they go down to the city to scare the enemy army, it is good. What's more, in siege warfare, those secondary tasks, such as building fortresses, digging trenches, transporting baggage, etc., these state soldiers can still take on them. ”

"Now is the critical time, our army must mobilize every force and concentrate all its strength to eliminate Qian Biao; Therefore, the subordinates feel that in addition to mobilizing the state soldiers of the states, the people of the states must also be requisitioned! ”

"100,000 troops, 100,000 people! Prepare for more than 10,000 casualties! The subordinates felt that with this absolute strength and determination to attack the city, they would be able to subdue Hangzhou! Moreover, these costs are also completely worth it for the elimination of Qian Biao! Yan Keqiu changed his usual cautious and cautious style, but this time he proposed such a radical approach.

However, his method was not unreasonable, the city of Hangzhou was strong, and the defenders were determined to resist, in this case, it would be too naïve to break through the city at a small cost.

So, after listening to his advice, everyone thought about it carefully.

On the side, Li Shenfu also said worriedly: "To break through Hangzhou, there are only two ways, either to break through with absolute strength advantage and pay a large price, or we must be prepared for a long-term siege, and wait until the morale of the defenders declines, and then break the city in one fell swoop." Either way, you'll need plenty of troops! ”

However, Zhu Jin, the deputy privy envoy, put forward another view: "The king, I feel that before thinking about how to completely eliminate Qian Biao, the king must first consider how to defeat the army that Zhu Quanzhong may send. ”

"For Zhu Quanzhong, losing Ezhou Duhong is at most a loss of a small chess piece that holds back my Huainan; But if the loss of Qian Biao, the king of Yue, will be equivalent to the collapse of Zhu Quanzhong's arrangements in the south for more than ten years, and at that time, the trend of Huainan unifying the south in one fell swoop will be inevitable. In this case, even if there is something important, Zhu Quanzhong will no longer be able to make a small fight like before, and only send a small force south to contain the harassment. ”

"So my subordinates feel that it won't be long before Zhu Quanzhong will personally lead the army south to force our army to lift the siege of Hangzhou!"

Everyone's hearts froze, and Yang Wu thought carefully about Zhu Jin's words. Zhu Jin's ability has always been good, and in terms of understanding Zhu Quanzhong, this hero, who has fought with Zhu Quanzhong for more than ten years, knows much more than everyone here.

Indeed, judging from Zhu Quanzhong's arrangement in the past ten years, he tried his best to avoid the emergence of a unified regime in the south, so at the beginning, when Sun Ru was strong and had the momentum to sweep the south, he united with Yang Xingmi to exterminate Sun Ru; After Sun Ru was eliminated, Zhu Quanzhong immediately turned against Yang Xingmi and sent large armies south many times to stop Yang Xingmi's pace of unifying the south.

When it came time to the Battle of Qingkou, he concentrated his army and went south, wanting to eliminate Yang Xingmi in one fell swoop, but he was defeated in Qingkou and returned. Since then, Zhu Quanzhong's strategy has returned to the previous one, that is, to win over those small feudal towns and let them contain and deal with Yang Xingmi.

Qian Biao, Zhong Chuan, Du Hong, etc., these are all chess pieces that Zhu Quanzhong used to contain and surround Huainan, and among the many chess pieces, Qian Biao, who has been fighting with Yang Xingmi all the year round and has strong strength, is the most important one, so Zhu Quanzhong's efforts to win over Qian Biao are also the largest.

However, the encirclement arranged by Zhu Quanzhong with this series of chess pieces has appeared a huge loophole in the past year: Du Hong has been eliminated, Zhong Chuan has been subdued, and the only remaining and most important chess piece, Qian Biao, is now also besieged in Hangzhou City, in this case, will Zhu Quanzhong still sit idly by?

Yang Wu felt that it was impossible.

What's more, the reason why Zhu Quanzhong did not go south with a large army in the past year was mainly due to the containment of various forces and his own desire to control the imperial court as soon as possible so that he could usurp the throne and seize power. However, now, there will be no more forces to stand up to contain Zhu Quanzhong in a short period of time, and Zhu Quanzhong's plan to control the imperial court has been implemented for most of the time, and the rest is the link of killing the king, and after this step is completed, the imperial court will completely fall into Zhu Quanzhong's control.

In other words, in the second half of this year, Zhu Quanzhong will be able to completely free up his hands, and there will be no more force to stop him from going south with all his might.

Thinking of this, everyone's mood couldn't help but be a little heavy, Zhu Quanzhong, now in his heyday, is the real world's first feudal town, Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, Wang Shifan, etc., these are relatively strong feudal towns in the north, but they have all fallen under his soldiers.

Huainan has not seen the posture of fighting invincible opponents all over the south for more than a year, but if he really wants to fight against Zhu Quanzhong, no one dares to say that he has absolute confidence to defeat him.

"Haha!" Yang Wu suddenly laughed, "Father, everyone, you all think that Zhu Quanzhong is difficult to deal with, but I think that Zhu Quanzhong going south with all his strength is not an opportunity for us!" ”

"A chance?"

"Not bad! Why did Qian Biao stick to Hangzhou? As the saying goes, if you keep it for a long time, you will lose, it is impossible for him not to understand this truth, but he still chooses to stick to it. Therefore, the only thing that can give him the confidence to hold on is Zhu Quanzhong's reinforcements. If we can defeat Zhu Quanzhong's reinforcements, we don't even need to defeat them, as long as we let Zhu Quanzhong return in vain, and let Qian Biao know that even Zhu Quanzhong can't save him, maybe he will consider surrendering! ”

"As for how to defeat Zhu Quanzhong, Huainan today is not many years ago, with many soldiers and generals, and unity internally. And what about Zhu Quanzhong? You must know that the north is not completely stable now, Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, and Yang Chongben, these are all his heart's problems, and it is impossible for him to garrison the army in the south for a long time! Therefore, with the solidity of Shouzhou City, even if our army does nothing, but it can't hold out, it is enough for Zhu Quanzhong to retreat in vain. ”

Yang Xingmi nodded and said, "Wu'er is right, it may be difficult to defeat Zhu Quanzhong, but it is much easier to just repel him. As long as Zhu Quanzhong is repelled, Qian Biao's illusions are broken, and then someone is sent to persuade him to surrender, it is indeed possible to make him surrender. Even if he doesn't surrender, as long as the news of our army repelling Zhu Quanzhong comes out, the morale of the Hangzhou defenders will be greatly reduced, and even if it is a frontal siege, it will be enough to break through at that time! ”

"Chuan Gu's order, ordering Wang Maozhang to take Mingzhou and Taizhou within two months, and then lead the army to Hangzhou!"

"Ordered Su, Hu, Xuan, Chang, Run, He, Chu, Lu and other prefectures to recruit and transfer a total of 50,000 state soldiers to the south and rush to Hangzhou to participate in the siege! Then 100,000 people were recruited from various states to serve in front of the army. Within this year, be sure to eliminate Qian Biao! ”

Yang Xingmi finally made up his mind, and for a while, the entire Huainan began to mobilize for the attack on Hangzhou. This is Huainan's all-out battle, and it is also the price that must be paid to unify the south!

A month later, in May of the first year of Tianyou, Huainan with Yang Wu as the commander and Li Shenfu as the deputy commander, a total of 80,000 troops and more than 100,000 people gathered under the city of Hangzhou and began to prepare for the siege battle.

At the same time, although there was not much hope, Yang Wu still sent an envoy into Hangzhou City to persuade Qian Biao to surrender.

This messenger was Pi Guangye, who followed Yang Wu as a clerk, and he volunteered to take on this task.

In front of the Yue Wang's Mansion, after untying the black cloth tied to his eyes, Pi Guangye felt a little uncomfortable, and he blinked hard before he gradually adapted to the stimulation brought by the suddenly bright light.

"These defenders are so cautious!" He couldn't help but smile bitterly.

As soon as he entered the city, he was blindfolded, and he was carried around by several defenders for a long time before he arrived here, and his body was searched several times.

However, this is understandable, after all, now that Huainan has been besieged for a long time, and recently there has been a large-scale increase in troops, it is obvious that the final siege is about to begin. In this situation, it is normal for the defenders to be cautious.

After a while, a young man walked out, and when he saw Pi Guangye, he bowed down and apologized: "The soldiers have neglected Mr. Pi a little, please forgive Mr. Pi!"

Pi Guangye didn't dare to say anything, but guessed in his heart that the person in front of him was Qian Di's first son.

"I don't know how my sixth brother is doing in Guangling?" The young man asked politely.

"It turned out to be the Seventh Prince. It's rude under it! Brother Ling has officially married the daughter of the king of my family in Guangling in March this year. As the son-in-law of the king of my family, he naturally lived well in Guangling, and no one dared to disrespect him! ”

Qian Chuanjun's face flashed with joy, "I didn't expect the seventh brother to be married, but it's a pity that I, as a younger brother, can't drink his wedding wine." ”

Then, he asked Pi Guangye about Gu Quanwu, Cheng Ji, Fang Yongzhen and others, and Pi Guangye answered them one by one, and finally he said: "I have heard that Wu Wang is benevolent for a long time, and now it seems that it is really not a lie. As long as they are doing well in Guangling, they will rest assured! Mr. Pi, my father is going to see you in the antechamber, please come with me. ”