Chapter Twenty-Four: Settling Mingzhou

When Pan Xianyan was thinking about it, the Tang Army's offensive was becoming more and more fierce, and many people were killing indiscriminately in the Assassin's Mansion, which made Pan Xianyan's flesh hurt, and there were many beautiful wives and concubines in his mansion, and now they are in chaos, and I am afraid that eight or nine out of ten will die on the spot. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The Tang army continued to attack under the leadership of Zhang Wenji, Pan Xianyan sent people to break through the siege, wanting to move the rescue soldiers of the battalion, but it has been ineffective, and the soldiers in the military camp did not rush to help, and there are fewer and fewer soldiers on the Assassin's Mansion, Pan Xianyan couldn't help sighing, he knew that it must be the Tang Army that blocked the connection between the military camp and the Assassin's Mansion, so it seems that the Tang Army has been prepared for a long time, and they have been planning to seize Mingzhou for a long time.

Think about it carefully, the commander of the Tang Army has been playing tricks, false and real, unpredictable, and then suddenly appeared in Mingzhou and took Mingzhou unexpectedly, but what Pan Xianyan couldn't understand was that even at night, how could the Tang Army successfully climb to the top of the city?

He couldn't figure out these things, and he didn't have much time to figure it out at this time, as the Tang army became more and more, Pan Xianyan finally made a decision to break through. At this time, there were not many soldiers around him, so they could only unite tightly around him, hugging him and walking towards the back door.

After more than a dozen dead soldiers were broken, Pan Xianyan led a quick departure, along the way, encountered a lot of Tang army blocking, Wu Yue army soldiers blocked and fought in batches, both sides had soldiers killed, Pan Xianyan arrived at the back door, there were only more than 30 soldiers around him, a soldier cut the chain of the back door with a knife, the big lock fell, and made a crisp sound.

"Let's go, let's go!" Pan Xianyan said, moving his steps, a soldier with a quick reaction walked out first, just walked to the door, couldn't help but be stunned, at the door, the shining arrow cluster was facing them, although the crossbowman did not shoot, but the chill brought by the arrow cluster was enough to make people feel frightened.

Pan Xianyan took a step back, and when he also walked to the door, he couldn't help but be stunned, the Tang army had already laid an ambush at the door, and so many shining arrow clusters were enough to shoot them at the hornet's nest.

"Pan Tingshi, raise your hands and surrender." In the crowd, a rather tall man said, his tone was light.

Pan Xianyan pursed his lips, if he didn't surrender, there was only one way to die, but he didn't want to die, and there was nothing left when he died. Pan Xianyan looked at the person who spoke just now and said, "Who are you?" ”

"You don't care who I am, I just tell you, I can decide your life and death." The man said.

Pan Xianyan suddenly understood, and said: "You are Yang Lian Yang Jiedu who burned Bao Xiurang to death and captured Zhoushan?" ”

The man nodded and admitted his identity.

Pan Xianyan naturally knew that this person could decide his own life and death, thought about it, waved his hand, and said, "You all put down your blades." The soldiers hesitated, and finally put down their weapons, Pan Xianyan smiled helplessly, and said: "Yang Jiedu, I have chosen to surrender, and the brothers who follow me please spare their lives, as for me, I want to kill or chop, let it be disposed of." ”

Yang Lian smiled faintly and said, "Very good, come here, detain them all." ”

Pan Xianyan did not resist, and even persuaded his subordinates to surrender and give up resistance, a group of Wu Yue soldiers were firmly tied, Yang Lian sent people to guard, at this time the sky was bright, with the Tang army entering the city, the battle situation in Mingzhou was nearing the end, Wu Yue army and the dragon leaderless, the Tang army quickly controlled the whole city, Wu Yue soldiers were imprisoned.

At this time, many people in Mingzhou woke up from their sleep, and overnight, they found that the flag at the head of the city had changed, and Mingzhou had actually become the territory of Datang? The people had concerns in their hearts, and they were deeply afraid that the Tang army would loot property and kill people indiscriminately in the city of Mingzhou.

However, this concern was quickly dispelled, and while the Tang army strengthened its control over the whole city and searched for the remnants of Wu Yue's soldiers, it posted a notice to An Min, saying that as long as they defected to the Tang Dynasty, the original Wu Yue soldiers could not be blamed for the past, and even, if they sincerely defected to the Tang Dynasty, they could be hired according to their talents.

Yang Lian's strategy came into the ears of Pan Xianyan, and he scoffed at this, Wu Yueguo has been operating in Mingzhou for many years, how can he be bought with a little favor. Pan Xianyan was imprisoned in the Assassin's Mansion, separated from his subordinates, only a few Tang soldiers served him, two meals a day were essential, and Yang Lian did not treat him badly, but he was not free to move.

After waiting for two days, the Tang army has firmly controlled Mingzhou City in its hands, at this time, because Yang Lian blocked the news, the news of the loss of Mingzhou City has not yet reached Hangzhou, the spies of Yuezhou only found the Tang army camp more than seventy miles away from Yuezhou, the figure in the camp is shaking, there seem to be a lot of people, at first Wu Yuejun did not dare to approach, only to find that the soldiers in the camp are fake at all, but wooden people.

In this regard, the history of the Yuezhou Assassin is very puzzled, where did the Tang army go? Attack Hangzhou directly? Or did it return to Minnesota Prefecture? While he sent the news back to Hangzhou, he sent people around to look for the traces of the Tang army, and the scouts sent to Mingzhou were intercepted and killed by the Tang army.

In Hangzhou, Qian Hongyu got the news, and while asking Yuezhou to strengthen its defenses, he sent a cavalry of 100 people to Mingzhou to check the news.

Yang Lian stopped in Mingzhou and did not move his troops, on the one hand, he was waiting for the weather to get warmer, although February in the south had become warmer, but it was still cold, on the other hand, Yang Lian was waiting for the war in Suzhou. Although the news on land was blocked, news continued to come by waterway, and the Tang army in Changzhou was ordered to lead its troops south and arrived in Suzhou. There are many commanders of the Tang army in Suzhou, including Chai Kehong, Zhou Ye, and Yao Feng each led 6,000 soldiers, and the other generals and soldiers were not equal, in order to unify the command, Li Jing, the son of heaven, thought about it again and again, and finally asked Situ Zhouzong to recruit envoys for Wu Yue and preside over the attack on Suzhou.

Zhou Zong also wanted to make a contribution, taking advantage of Qian Wenfeng's just defeat, and fought hard to attack the city, but after all, Qian Wenfeng had been operating in Suzhou for many years, relying on small warships, cooperating with the defense of the city, and fighting fiercely for several days, Suzhou City was still standing.

In the face of Wu Yuejun's oil, Zhou Zong thought of various methods, experimented one by one, and finally failed, Wu Yuejun's oil could not be extinguished with water at all, the more watered, the more it burned. After paying more than 1,000 casualties, Zhou Zong still couldn't think of a way to deal with the oil, he mobilized the Changzhou Navy Division, went south to Taihu Lake, and fought fiercely with the Zhongwu Army Naval Division in the area of Taihu Lake Xishan, and both sides suffered losses.

In general, the battle in Suzhou was very stalemate, and the Tang army seemed to be attacking fiercely, but it could not take the city of Suzhou. On the other side, on the Xiuzhou side, a Tang army of 3,000 people was killed in Xiuzhou, and in the face of Xiuzhou, which had 5,000 people, this Tang army was helpless, wandering around the canal every day, intercepting and killing Wu Yue's army, and disrupting their deployment.

After receiving the military report, Yang Lian took a closer look, sighed, and said: "In this way, Suzhou City is impregnable, and Zhou Zong can't take Suzhou at all." ”

Lin Renzhao had already returned at this time, and the sailors he led were originally feints to attract the attention of Wu Yuejun, and now that Yang Lian had successfully taken Mingzhou, he also retreated to Wanghai Town, repaired ships, trained soldiers, and prepared for a big battle.

When Lin Renzhao heard this, he said: "The key now is still in Yuezhou, as long as Yuezhou is taken, you can attack Hangzhou." ”

Yang Lian's disadvantage lies in the lack of troops, more than 10,000 people want to take the city of Hangzhou, which is tall, it is impossible, and Yang Lian knows that in Lin'an, Wu Yue has an elite army, called the Yijin Army, which has strong combat effectiveness and cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, Yang Lian focused on the naval division, the Tang Army's naval division battleships were not many compared to Wu Yuejun's, but they were strong, Yang Lian knew very well that the use of round beans would not have much effect, and he would have to think of other strategies.

"Huzi, in my opinion, the focus is still on the water war, if you can defeat Wu Yue's army in Hangzhou Bay in one fell swoop, you can control the Qiantang River and blockade Hangzhou." Yang Lian said.

Lin Renzhao nodded, if Hangzhou is surrounded, Wu Yue's army will inevitably be unstable, although all localities can send troops to Qin Wang, but in the end, only a few states and counties such as Huzhou can send troops to support, Xiuzhou, Suzhou and other places are in the middle of the war, and it is impossible to send troops to support.

"Yang Jiedu, after the last water battle, our warships have been almost repaired, the three armies are very energetic, the last time I led the troops to Yuezhou, many soldiers have complaints in their hearts." Lin Renzhao said.

Yang Lian smiled and said: "The morale of the three armies is very high, and the battle has been going smoothly in the near future, which is a good thing, but it should not be underestimated." In the past few days, the scouts in Hangzhou have been moving south, and they should know that Mingzhou has been lost, and Yuezhou will definitely strengthen its vigilance, and if it wants to attack, it will be difficult. ”

Lin Renzhao pointed to the map and said: "This surprise attack on Mingzhou relied on the planning in the early stage, as well as the carelessness of Wu Yuebing in the cold weather, this kind of strategy can only be used once, and the Yuezhou side will definitely not be fooled." ”

"Huzi, to capture Yuezhou, I plan to focus on the water division, what do you think?" Yang Lian said.

Lin Renzhao thought about it carefully and said: "The Yuezhou rivers are crisscrossed, and there are water gates on both sides of the east and north, but in these places, only small warships can be used. "The Tang army captured Wanghai Town, captured a lot of small warships of the Wu and Yue Army, these warships against the tall warships of the Tang Army on the sea, not opponents at all, after a fierce battle, the Tang Army captured small warships such as walkers and speedboats, about fifty.

"In two days, troops can be dispatched, and while besieging Yuezhou, the Wu Yue Army Naval Division in Hangzhou Bay will definitely not be idle, they will come out nine times out of ten, of course, the opportunity for temptation will be relatively large." Yang Lian also said that when the mountains and rivers were not exhausted, Qian Hongyu would definitely not put the remaining warships into this battle, so the possibility of the Tang army blockading Yuezhou was very high.

Lin Renzhao also agreed with this decision, first defeated the Wu Yue army and naval division, Wu Yue Guo's monarchs and ministers must be panicked, and at that time, if the army marches again, the chances of victory will be greater. The two discussed the details for a while, and then Lin Renzhao left, rushed to Wanghai Town to command the sailors, and prepared to set off in two days and rush to Yuezhou. (To be continued.) )