Chapter 50: Picking up the Pieces
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"I have already thought of a more secure way, and after repelling Wu Yueren, I will discuss this matter with Cha Liuhou." Yang Lian said that Fuzhou must be defended, otherwise the efforts made during this period of time are useless and the gains outweigh the losses, and Yang Lian will not do it.
Cha Wenhui nodded in response, and at this time, the soldiers sent by Chen Tie to report the news reported that Hu Qing had been captured. As the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Chen Tie just sent someone to guard him and wait until the fire was extinguished before escorting him to Zicheng. Hu Qing's capture meant that the war was over.
Later, Wu Yue's defeated soldiers fled back to the barracks, the commander who stayed behind and promised to get the news, led the troops to attack, Chen Tie first escorted Hu Qing to the city, so that the Wu Yue soldiers panicked, and then, Chen Tie lit the firewood placed outside the city, the fire was endless, Wu Yuejun waited outside the city for two hours, then had no choice but to retreat, after returning to the camp, several commanders held a meeting, the group of dragons without a leader, some people said to retreat, some people said to rescue Hu Jiedu. But how to rescue Hu Jiedu has never had a charter, and this controversy lasted for two hours, and there was still no result.
Some of the Wu Yue army who had no result chose to retreat, and some people chose to stay behind for fear of military law, in fact, the master will be captured, no matter how these soldiers choose, they will be punished, the difference is in the severity of the crime.
The fire outside Fuzhouzi City gradually extinguished, and Chen Tie took advantage of the gap to escort Hu Qing to Yang Lian.
Hu Qing was already frightened at this time, he didn't want to die, as soon as he came in, he knelt on the ground with a "poof", crying bitterly hoping that Yang Lian would spare his life. Yang Lian glanced at him in disgust, this person was so spineless, in his impression, Hu Jinsi was an iron-blooded general, and he couldn't imagine that his young son was so cowardly.
Yang Lian stood on the edge of the female wall, although the fire was gradually extinguished, the bursts of heat still made people feel hot, as far as the eye could see, the broken bricks and tiles, and the ground was full of messes. Yang Lian didn't move for a long time, as if he was thinking about something.
Hu Qing knelt on the ground and moved a few steps, his knees had worn out the skin, and the pain was terrible, but he couldn't care about it at all, his voice was hoarse, and said, "Yang Jiedu, spare your life, spare your life." ā
Cha Wenhui's lips squirmed, and he wanted to say something, but he knew that Yang Lian had always had an idea, and he was afraid that his suggestion was not as good as his, so he immediately shut up.
Hu Qing saw that Yang Lian didn't speak, kowtowed the ground, his forehead was broken, and blood flowed out, but he couldn't care about it so much, in order to survive, he had already fought hard.
After a long time, Yang Lian seemed to come back to his senses from the messy outside the city, looked down at Hu Qing, and said, "Okay, you get up, I won't kill you in this section." ā
When Hu Qing heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and he was already victorious if he didn't die, but he didn't dare to stand up, but said: "Yang Jiedu is very gracious, Hu Qing is unforgettable." The villain knelt like this. ā
"Since you like to kneel, then kneel first." Yang Lian smiled faintly and left, Cha Wenhui followed behind him, leaving Hu Qing with his mouth wide open, and he couldn't help but want to slap himself, what a mistake.
Yang Lian left and went to see the Tang army prisoners first, Chen Tie strung them together with a rope, and the captives were all disgraced and depressed. It was originally a big victory, but I didn't expect it to become a prisoner in an instant, and this change was too fast for many people to accept for a while.
All the captives were held in the military camp in Zicheng, and when Yang Lian was patrolling, Zhu Qi stepped forward and announced: "Yang Jiedu, after counting, there are more than 2,000 captured Wu Yue soldiers. ā
"Keep a good watch over them, and let them clean up the garbage in the city tomorrow." Yang Lian instructed that before getting the exact news of Wu Yuejun, the garbage in Jiacheng and Luocheng would be piled up as they were, which could block the enemy's attack.
Zhu Qi responded and continued to follow behind Yang Lian.
Yang Lian inspected the circle and instructed Zhu Qi to cook rice porridge and give it to the captives. One person is only given a bowl of porridge, and he is hungry and cannot eat. The captives only ate at dawn, and after almost a day of hunger, everyone snorted with rice porridge, and when they finished eating, they looked at the Tang soldiers, hoping to give them more rice porridge.
Zhu Qi had already been ordered, ignored them at all, got tired of arguing, and pulled out a few of the most noisy captives and beat them, and the captives were honest.
In the Jiedu Embassy, Hu Qing took a bath, and the whole person looked much more energetic, Yang Lian treated him favorably, it seems that he will not kill himself. There were a few guards guarding the door, all of them fierce, and Hu Qing also knew that the Tang people definitely didn't have a good face for themselves, so they just stayed in the house obediently.
Hu Qing paced around the house, he didn't want to die, he wanted to continue to live. But he couldn't guess what Yang Lian was going to do. Now that the defeat is a fact, I'm afraid my father will be very worried. Just when Hu Qing's heart was in turmoil, footsteps sounded outside the door, and then the door was opened.
Yang Lian appeared in front of him, followed by the strong man Chen Tie, Hu Qing was stunned at first, hurriedly stood up, walked to Yang Lian, and bent down to salute: "Hu Qing has seen Yang Jiedu." "People have to bow their heads under the eaves, not to mention that his little life is pinched by Yang Lian.
Yang Lian squinted his eyes and looked him up and down, and said, "It looks very energetic, not bad, not bad." ā
Hu Qing laughed with him, not knowing what to say for a while.
Yang Lian sat down, and several soldiers came in with tea and food, put them on the table, and then retreated.
Yang Lian poured a cup of tea and drank it by himself, Hu Qing's face was cloudy, what is Yang Jiedu going to do? Watching Yang Lian drink tea, he didn't dare to move, he didn't even dare to sit.
"Why, don't you dare to sit?" Yang Lian smiled faintly.
Hu Qing was a young man after all, and he was so provoked by Yang Lian, so he sat down, and after sitting down, he found that he was a little afraid, and the butt that was originally sitting moved slightly, and only the bottom half remained.
"These meals are prepared for you, and you have to be glad that if you were an ordinary soldier, you would only have a bowl of gruel." Yang Lian said unhurriedly.
"Thank you Yang Jiedu." Hu Qing arched his hand, but did not move his chopsticks, he was a little worried and afraid.
Yang Lian glanced at him, took the chopsticks, and ate a little of each dish to show that it was not toxic, then put down the chopsticks and looked at Hu Qing. Hu Qing took a few deep breaths, and at this time, he figured out that Yang Lian must have something to do with him.
Hu Qing had something on his mind, so he ate a little casually, put down his chopsticks, and sat with his hands tied.
Yang Lian waved his hand, and one of the pro-soldiers came up with a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, put it on the desk, and spread out the bamboo paper, and began to grind the ink. Yang Lian stood up, walked to the desk, and said, "I'll ask you to write two letters." ā
"A letter is to ask the Wu Yue army outside the city to disarm and surrender, you can rest assured, I will not kill any of the prisoners, and when the time is ripe, I will naturally let them go back to Wu Yue." Yang Lian held up a finger.
Hu Qing hesitated, but he knew that he couldn't help but write, so he slowly walked to the side of the case, and quickly wrote a letter, the handwriting was not dry, Yang Lian took it in his hand, read it, and said with a smile: "Yes, there is literary talent." ā
Hu Qing didn't know if Yang Lian was ridiculing him, but his face was already red, he lowered his head, the general of the defeated army, he didn't have the face to see anyone, including the enemy.
Yang Lian raised another finger and said, "I want you to write another letter, which is for your father and tell him about your current situation." I want to see his sincerity, and if his sincerity is enough, I will naturally let you go. Yang Lian knew that Hu Qing was Hu Jinsi's youngest son, and he doted on him, so he naturally didn't want him to die. And Hu Jinsi holds the power of Hangzhou, knowing that his son has hope of survival, and will largely agree to Yang Lian's request.
In this way, Yang Lian's goal has been achieved.
Hu Qing thought for a while, and at this time, Zhu Qi hurriedly walked in, arched his hand towards Yang Lian, and said, "Yang Jiedu, I just got a flying pigeon from Jianzhou, and the reinforcements will arrive the morning after tomorrow." ā
Yang Lian narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly, the speed of the soldiers and horses of Jianzhou was really similar to that of a snail, it turned out that pinning hope on them was completely unreliable, only if his own strength was strong, he would not be afraid of anyone.
Yang Lian nodded to indicate that he knew, and Zhu Qi retreated.
When Hu Qing heard that reinforcements were coming, the last bit of hope in his heart was shattered by a hammer, he sighed, picked up his pen, and wrote a letter home. Yang Lian took it and read it, modified a few places, put it in an envelope, and sent someone to Hangzhou.
Hu Qing saw Yang Lian leave, sitting on the ground, the strength of his whole body seemed to be drained in an instant, he knew that his father would definitely be fiercely attacked by political enemies this time, and the Hu family was in danger.
After Yang Lian left, he went to see Cha Wenhui, Cha Wenhui hadn't eaten yet, so Yang Lian ordered someone to bring food, and the two chatted while eating. After this battle, Cha Wenhui was full of confidence in the future, but it was a pity that Chen Tie, Zhu Qi and others were Yang Lian's henchmen, otherwise he really wanted to leave them behind and help him take care of Fuzhou.
As soon as the two finished eating, a soldier came to tell him that in the ruins, he found Bao Xiurang's body, which had been burned to charcoal. Pan Sen also found it, his face was burned and deformed, and he was slightly better from the neck down, as if he was hiding in the moat, trying to escape, but he kept holding his breath, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and died.
Many of Wu Yuebing's bodies did not have too serious burns, but they also died, and their mouths and noses were covered with black ashes, and they were choked to death. Yang Lian knew that although there was a fire in the city, it was impossible to have a fire everywhere, and there were always some corners that were safe. However, although these people were not burned, they died of lack of oxygen, but the people of this era did not know the reason.
Yang Lian asked the soldiers to pack up the bodies of the two first, and then take care of things when he took care of them. The soldier took the order and took off the armor from the two men, accidentally damaging their bodies in the process, so they had to reluctantly pack up the remains, put them on the door panel, and cover them with a white cloth.
Here, Yang Lian summoned all the commanders and first-class officials in Jianzhou, and he had something to discuss with everyone. (To be continued.) )