In the city of Hangzhou, Yang Wu looked at Qian Biao's body and couldn't help sighing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For him, Qian Bi's death like this is also a good thing, firstly, it can eliminate future troubles and save a lot of trouble, and secondly, it can be regarded as an explanation for all aspects.

After all, Qian Biao is a hero, he continues to live, Yang Wu still has to worry about whether there will be any trouble in the future, and he also needs to be careful to use Cheng and other old generals of the Qian family.

Moreover, this attack on Hangzhou caused a lot of damage to the Huainan army, although Yang Wu appeased him by increasing the pension and building the Martyrs' Shrine, but after all, Qian Biao did not die, and it was difficult to ensure that the generals would not have no grievances in their hearts.

Now that Qian Biao has finished himself, it is not only to avoid all kinds of bad results from Huainan's action, but also to avoid many troubles, but it is the best result.

The so-called death is great, since Qian Biao chose to end himself, Yang Wu does not need to settle him to the end. He immediately gently pacified Qian Chuanhui and others and the generals of the two Zhejiang, and ordered Qian Biao to be buried with the etiquette of a prince.

In this way, it can be regarded as retaining the last face of Qian Biao, and he can show his magnanimity to the two Zhejiang generals, why not.

Sure enough, after hearing Yang Wu's statement, whether it was Qian Chuanxuan, Qian Chuanying and other Qian family members, or Sima Fu, Luo Yin and other Qian Di's old departments, they were all doubly grateful to Yang Wu.

Of course, although Qian Biao is dead, the previous disposition of the Qian family will not change.

And the one who promised to seal Qian Biao as the Duke of Yue Guo before, can only change the title of Qian Chuanhui now. According to the law of succession of titles in the Tang Dynasty, Qian Chuanhui could only be demoted to the rank of county duke.

And the entire surrender ceremony can only be completed by Qian Chuanxuan instead of his father, and he can only worship after the completion of the martyrs' shrine in Guangling in the future.

After the surrender ceremony, Yang Wu personally went to check the Hangzhou treasury, which was sealed by Yang Wu's people yesterday.

Hangzhou as the foundation of Qian Biao, in addition to the previous year's Wuyong Capital Rebellion and this year's siege war, here to avoid other war and destruction, plus Qian Biao painstakingly operated for many years, Hangzhou's prosperity is no worse than Guangling. The various seizures obtained from the treasury alone made Yang Wu happy to keep his mouth shut.

As soon as he entered the granary, Yang Wu saw that all kinds of grain inside were piled up like hills, and a rough estimate knew that there were at least seven or eight hundred thousand stones.

"Your Highness, a total of 920,000 stone of grain, but unfortunately Hangzhou has been besieged for nearly a year, and a lot of the grain in the granary has been consumed by the defenders, otherwise it should be more." Seeing Yang Wu's face showing joy, Xu Rong, who was in charge of entering the city to clean up the treasury, bowed down and reported.

920,000 stone grain is not a small number, you must know that this year's summer harvest in Huainan is only one million stone of grain, and this time the harvest is close to the summer harvest, which is considered to be a great compensation for the previous consumption.

In addition to food, the seized cash is as much as one million, if you add the confiscation of the Qian family's property, then you don't have to worry about compensating for the casualties and rewarding the meritorious soldiers, there is still a lot left.

In addition, the captured weapons, armor, etc. are enough to equip at least 20,000 more troops, and after the territory of the two Zhejiang provinces is completely digested, Huainan can expand a new army.

"Your Highness, fortunately, Qian Biao finally surrendered, otherwise if he was forced to rush and burned these belongings and armor, then our losses would be great!" Xu Rong said happily.

Yang Wu nodded: "Ship these captures back to Guangling, after a year's battle, Guangling's treasury was empty once last year; This year, in order to fight the war, the treasury has not had much savings, and it has borrowed grain from the people twice to get through the difficulties. After this battle, I can't say that I will have to recuperate for a while! ”

"Your Highness can realize this, it is really a blessing for the people, a blessing for Huainan!" Xu Rong said solemnly.

He was also worried that after Yang Wu eliminated Qian Biao, he would become invincible, and he would continue to use military force regardless of the people's strength, so that even if he could expand his territory, there would be an unstable foundation.

And if it takes a year or two to recuperate, especially to digest the land that has just been laid down, there will be no problem of unstable foundation at that time.

After receiving the whole of Hangzhou, Yang Wu selected 5,000 elite soldiers from the Hangzhou army, and after they were dispersed, they were incorporated into the Huainan army, and some of the remaining old and weak soldiers were directly disbanded, and some were incorporated into state soldiers to take charge of the security of Hangzhou.

Sima Fu and other surrendered generals made separate arrangements according to their abilities, but they were basically incorporated into each army separately to avoid holding each other together and forming small groups in the future.

As for Gu Quanwu and other generals who were in Guangling before, after the news of Qian Biao's death came, they also made their own choices.

Cheng Ji and Fang Yongzhen completely took refuge in Yang Xingmi after worshipping Qian Biao in accordance with the original agreement; It's a pity that although Gu Quanwu also chose to surrender, he was unwilling to lead his troops to fight again.

Yang Xingmi was also reluctant to force him, and let him serve as an instructor in the new army, which could be regarded as exerting some residual heat.

In addition, Luo Yin also refused to go out of Huainan on the grounds of his age. He is over seventy years old this year, and even if he is out of Shi Huainan, he is afraid that he will not live for a few years, so Yang Wu also agreed to his request.

So far, the Qian Biao power, which had been divided from Zhejiang for more than ten years, was completely wiped out. The territory controlled by Huainan expanded from Jianghuai to Liangzhejiang, not only the territory expanded rapidly, but the population under its control also increased rapidly.

In addition, because there was no threat from Qian Biao, the number of garrisons in Huzhou, Suzhou, Jiaxing and other places could also be greatly reduced, and there were many fewer scruples in developing these places.

The most important thing is that since then, Huainan has a stable rear, and there is no need to worry about being attacked by the enemy when competing with other forces in the future, which is the greatest significance of eliminating Qian Biao.

"Qian Biao is dead, but Gu's old rival died, why is Gu's heart not happy at all, but sad for Qian Biao's death?" In Guangling City, Yang Xingmi muttered to himself in a tired voice.

Since he fell ill in July, although the doctor had instructed him to recuperate, the war in Hangzhou was in a hurry at that time, and the entire government and military affairs of Huainan were pressed on him alone, so where did he have time to rest.

As a result, instead of improving, his condition worsened; When the news of Tai Meng's death in August came, he was even more sad in his heart, so that his condition worsened, and now he can only lie on the hospital bed, weak, and have a splitting headache.

"The king is tired, I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince is already on the way back to Guangling, I think it will not be long before I can return to Guangling, and then the king will be able to rest."

On the side, Yan Keqiu did not answer directly, but mentioned the news that Yang Wu was about to return.

He knew that this was Yang Xingmi, who became a little sad after he got older.

He was originally a person of affection and righteousness, and with the death of the old brothers who started the business together one after another, and he himself was old and sick, he naturally missed the characters of the year.

Hearing Yan Keqiu mention Yang Wu, Yang Xingmi's face finally showed a smile. In this troubled era, it can be said that he is most proud of having such an excellent heir.

"Yes, I'm lonely, and it's time to rest. This time, Wu'er returned to Guangling, and Lone was ready to hand over all the government affairs of Huainan to him. ”

At this time, the door was opened, and Fan Yu hurriedly came in and said: "King, I just got the news, Zhu Quanzhong's subordinate Yang Shihou defeated Zhao Kuangning in Hanshui, Zhao Kuangning gave up Xiangzhou, and with his family and nearly 5,000 people, he was preparing to come to Guangling to defect to the king!" ”

"What? It's only been less than a month, and Zhao Kuangning has lost Xiangzhou? Yang Xingmi frowned.

This Zhao Kuangning is too useless, right? Anyway, there is also the land of Kyushu, which was defeated in such a short time; And even if Xiangzhou is lost, Jiangling is still in his hands, so there is no need to give up everything so quickly and flee to Guangling, right?

"Where is he now?"

"At present, I have just passed Ezhou, but when I passed through Ezhou, Liu Cun, the general of Ezhou, detained Zhao Kuangning's 5,000 troops, saying that it was to be used to prevent the attack of Ma Yin and Zhu Quanzhong." Fan Yu said.

Yang Xingmi nodded, Ezhou is now relatively short of defenders, and it is understandable to detain Zhao Kuangning's army for defense.

"What about Gangneung? Has it also fallen into the hands of Zhu Quanzhong now? ”

The Jiangling guard is Zhao Kuangning's younger brother Zhao Kuangming, who was only captured from Lei Yangong last year.

"Zhao Kuangming also led 20,000 troops to abandon Jiangling, and now he has defected to Wang Jian, the king of Shu." Fan Yu said.

One of the two brothers defected to Huainan and the other to Shuzhong, which was also a means to protect the family in troubled times, so Yang Xingmi was not surprised by this.

It's just that Zhao Kuangning is too wasteful, and within a month, he discarded the entire Shannan Dongdao and Jingnan's Kyushu land, and Huainan didn't even have time to react.

In other words, if Huainan wants to expand to Jingxiang in the future, it will no longer have to face a small feudal town like Du Hong, but face Zhu Quanzhong, the current overlord of the world.

"After Zhu Quanzhong captured Jiangling, what is he doing now? Do you withdraw your troops or continue to attack me Huainan or Lei Yangong? Yang Xingmi asked again.

"The current news is that Zhu Quanzhong is stationed in Xiangzhou, and there is no big move yet." Fan Yu hesitated for a moment and then said: "However, there are rumors that the Son of Heaven was killed a few days ago, and the person who did it was Zhu Quanzhong's righteous son Zhu Yougong and the general Shuzong!" ”

Yang Xingmi's face changed suddenly: "Is this true? Does Zhu Quanzhong really dare to defy the world's condemnation and kill the king? ”

As a person who grew up in the era when the authority of the Tang Dynasty had not been completely lost, although Yang Xingmi did not attach much importance to the Son of Heaven, he was still full of feelings for the Tang Dynasty, which had been established for nearly three hundred years. Now that I heard that Zhu Quanzhong killed the king, then I'm afraid that the next usurpation and self-reliance will not be far away, right?

Thinking of this, Yang Xingmi's face was full of grief and indignation, and he coughed again and again: "Zhu Quanzhong is a traitor, and he wants to crusade against him in person......"