Chapter 57: Recruiting Prisoners
Sun Sheng walked out of the palace and ran towards King Yan's mansion, he wanted to tell King Yan the good news, the opportunity to turn the tables was coming, it was up to him to see if he could grasp it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the Yanwang Mansion, Li Hongji is exercising, as a military general, a good body is very important, and he is also preparing for a certain day. Beside him, Guo Rong still looked light-hearted, and when the war in Suzhou ended, Guo Rong immediately judged that this war was going to end soon.
When the news of Zhou Zong's defeat came, Guo Rong, in order to determine the truth of the news, specially asked King Yan to invite Prime Minister Sun to attack to find out the truth, if this thing is true, it is extremely beneficial to both Da Zhou and Wu Yue.
During this period of time in Jinling, Guo Rong was confident that things were doing well, and he successfully aroused the hatred between King Yan, Yang Lian and King Qi, and pulled Qian Chengli of Wu Yueguo in.
After all, in the Great Zhou, he is only an adopted son, and the throne may not be passed on to him, but how can he, who is determined to be in the world, be willing to live behind? Especially the two sons of the father-in-law, although they are not stupid people, but they are definitely not smart, and I am afraid that the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be destroyed in their hands in the future, especially when the world is undecided, a wise monarch is even more important. And Guo Rong thinks she is the wise monarch.
Li Hongji exercised for a while, and then took the handkerchief handed to him by Guo Rong and wiped the sweat on his face.
"King Yan, Zhou Zong's defeat is really unexpected." Guo Rong said.
Zhou Zong led the troops at the beginning, intending to grab merit and strengthen his power for King Yan, but unfortunately, people are not as good as heaven, and Zhou Zong was defeated. Li Hongji's eyebrows were twisted, this news is really not good.
"King Yan, good news, good news." As soon as Sun Sheng came in, Lian Sheng said, as if he was walking on the street and picked up a piece of gold cake.
Guo Rong and Li Hongji frowned together, wasn't Zhou Zong defeated? How can it be good news? Guo Rong was still able to calm down and asked, "Prime Minister Sun, could it be that Zhou Situ's matter is fake?" ”
Sun Sheng approached, shook his head and said, "No, it's true, Zhou Situ's life and death are uncertain now." ”
"How can this be good news?" Li Hongji was a little displeased, what the hell is going on?
Sun Sheng explained that Yang Lian was bent on gaining fame and fame, and he had been blindfolded, so he decided to stay in Yuhang and destroy Wu Yue Kingdom alone. Li Hongji and Guo Rong couldn't help but sneer a few times, Yang Lian was undoubtedly dreaming of an idiot, in this case, could he break through Hangzhou?
With Sun Sheng's narration, Guo Rong agreed very much, and let Yang Lian fend for himself in Yuhang, if he died, King Yan would be able to rise to the top, and perhaps ascend the throne as emperor.
For a while, several people laughed with bad intentions.
Yuhang, after several days of preparation, the Tang army strengthened the city wall, a pair of preparations for a long-term battle, the city wall of Yuhang City became higher, the moat was also dug wide and deep, and the people after some efforts, a lot of stone and wood were piled up on the city wall.
Yang Lian's actions were investigated by Wu Yuejun's spies, and Qian Hongyu, Wu Yanfu, Yuan Dezhao and others thought that the time was ripe. Yang Lian has to make long-term preparations, so give him a little more pressure. More than 7,000 Tang troops, who had been tired and thin, were let go, and under the drive of Wu Yuebing, fled to Yuhang.
When Yang Lian got the news, he immediately rushed to the city, only to see that under the escort of the soldiers of the Wu Yue Army, the Tang army prisoners walked in densely.
"Yang Jiedu, be careful of deception." Zhu Qi reminded.
Yang Lian nodded, did not order to open the city gate, the crossbowmen on the city wall were ready, if the Wu Yue army drove troops to attack the city, they would not hesitate to shoot and kill.
Zhao Chengtai looked at the head of Yuhang City, he knew that Yang Lian must be standing at the head of the city, at the beginning, that person brought shame to himself, and now he wants to return it. Zhao Chengtai slowly approached the city wall, and he raised his hand to show that he had no ill intentions.
Yang Lian ordered the soldiers to put down their bows and arrows and waited for Zhao Chengtai's arrival.
Zhao Chengtai was a bold man, and under the escort of several shield soldiers, he leaned over.
"The Tang army in Yuhang listened, my lord was merciful, and decided not to take a penny and let these Tang soldiers go back. If you are interested, return to Jinling early, if you don't, they are your example! Zhao Chengtai said.
Yang Lian smiled and said, "Under the city, is it General Zhao?" ”
"Exactly!" Zhao Chengtai replied.
"I am Yang Lian, the envoy of the Tang Shuntian Festival, and I came to Yuhang today, and I will never return it if I don't break Hangzhou. You can go back to the city and tell King Wu Yue that if you surrender early, there are still high-ranking officials, if you don't obey, the day you break the city of Hangzhou, it will be the time when the country is ruined and the family is destroyed. Yang Lian shouted.
Zhao Chengtai sneered, he was very disdainful of Yang Lian's arrogance. During this time, Yang Lian has been repairing the city wall, making it clear that he wants to defend, and now he is talking big and is not afraid of people's jokes. Zhao Chengtai didn't want to talk to Yang Lian anymore, so he said: "Since Yang Jiedu insists on going his own way, don't regret it, let's see a real chapter on the battlefield!" ”
Zhu Qi said in a low voice: "Yang Jiedu, the last general will shoot him." ”
"No need, when Wu Yueren is gone, open the city gate and let the prisoners into the city!" Yang Lian said.
Zhu Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "Yang Jiedu, I'm afraid there are spies from Wu Yue among them." ”
"Might as well!" Yang Lian said.
After Zhao Chengtai said a few words to Yang Lian, he left in a hurry, and more than 3,000 Wu Yue soldiers returned to Hangzhou, leaving behind the captives who were turned into rock sugar gourds. Zhu Qi opened the city gate, took the soldiers out of the city, and introduced the captives into Yuhang City and placed them on the school grounds.
Yang Lian looked at the captives, although it was only a few days, most of them were yellow and thin, and they had suffered a lot when they wanted to come to this time.
"This general, it is Yang Lian, the envoy of the Shuntian Festival, among you, some people may know this general, but more people should not know, but it doesn't matter, from today on, this general will officially accept you and become a member of the army that destroyed Wu Yue." Yang Lian stood on the command platform and said loudly.
Offstage, there was almost silence, and the Tang Army prisoners looked very tired one by one, but the ropes on their bodies were still not untied.
"Ben will know that most of you are soldiers in the forbidden army, maybe in your opinion, in the forbidden army, you are superior, but Ben will tell you that in the eyes of this general, only soldiers who can make meritorious contributions and endure hardships are superior soldiers. If you are willing to stay, Ben will lead you to destroy Wu Yueguo, wash away the shame of being captured, and in the future, you can also leave a name in history! Yang Lian said again.
Prisoners, you look at me, I look at you, they all understand, the famous Jiedu envoy in front of him intends to take them in. However, they are soldiers of the forbidden army, even if Yang Jiedu is trusted by His Majesty, can he be allowed to recruit the soldiers of the forbidden army?
"In the same way, if you don't want to stay, Ben will not be reluctant, as long as you are registered, Ben will send a boat to send you back to Jinling within two or three days, but after returning to Jinling, what happens, Ben will not be responsible!" Yang Lian said again.
A commander knows very well the consequences of defeat, after returning to Jinling, the Son of Heaven will definitely hold the responsibility for the defeat, the inferior soldiers may have nothing to do, but the commander is a general from the fifth grade, and he will inevitably be implicated, the commander gritted his teeth, plucked up his strength, and asked: "Yang Jiedu, if we follow the general to destroy Wu Yueguo, there should be no responsibility for this defeat, right?" ”
"This is natural, what a credit for destroying Wu Yueguo, Your Majesty will definitely not blame the defeat in the past, but will reward the brave soldiers!" Yang Lian said.
One of them was a little skeptical and said, "Yang Jiedu, is this true?" ”
"Naturally, it is true, if you don't believe it, the Son of Heaven will not reward you in the future, and I will replace the Son of Heaven and compensate you with gold and silver!" Yang Lian replied, reluctant that the child couldn't trap the wolf, in order to incorporate this group of forbidden troops, Yang Lian put down the capital.
The captives whispered, discussing, should they listen to Yang Lian's words?
A commander gritted his teeth and made a decision, the defeat was already a fact, and he would be punished if he returned to Jinling, so it was better to follow Yang Jiedu to fight, maybe he could get credit? Even if there is no merit, there is nothing more serious than returning to Jinling, being demoted or even demoted, right?
"We are willing to obey Yang Jiedu's orders!" The commander said.
With his voice, several heads also expressed their intention to surrender, however, some agreed, some opposed, and a voice sounded, expressing doubts about Yang Lian's ability.
Prisoners, you look at me, I look at you, they all understand, the famous Jiedu envoy in front of him intends to take them in. However, they are soldiers of the forbidden army, even if Yang Jiedu is trusted by His Majesty, can he be allowed to recruit the soldiers of the forbidden army?
"In the same way, if you don't want to stay, Ben will not be reluctant, as long as you are registered, Ben will send a boat to send you back to Jinling within two or three days, but after returning to Jinling, what happens, Ben will not be responsible!" Yang Lian said again.
A commander knows very well the consequences of defeat, after returning to Jinling, the Son of Heaven will definitely hold the responsibility for the defeat, the inferior soldiers may have nothing to do, but the commander is a general from the fifth grade, and he will inevitably be implicated, the commander gritted his teeth, plucked up his strength, and asked: "Yang Jiedu, if we follow the general to destroy Wu Yueguo, there should be no responsibility for this defeat, right?" ”
"This is natural, what a credit for destroying Wu Yueguo, Your Majesty will definitely not blame the defeat in the past, but will reward the brave soldiers!" Yang Lian said.
One of them was a little skeptical and said, "Yang Jiedu, is this true?" ”
"Naturally, it is true, if you don't believe it, the Son of Heaven will not reward you in the future, and I will replace the Son of Heaven and compensate you with gold and silver!" Yang Lian replied, reluctant that the child couldn't trap the wolf, in order to incorporate this group of forbidden troops, Yang Lian put down the capital.
The captives whispered, discussing, should they listen to Yang Lian's words?
A commander gritted his teeth and made a decision, the defeat was already a fact, and he would be punished if he returned to Jinling, so it was better to follow Yang Jiedu to fight, maybe he could get credit? Even if there is no merit, there is nothing more serious than returning to Jinling, being demoted or even demoted, right?
"We are willing to obey Yang Jiedu's orders!" The commander said. (To be continued.) )