Chapter 68

When Li Ping heard this, he suddenly realized and said: "I see, but since Wu Yuejun decided to take the initiative to attack, how could he give up the initiative in the war?" ”

Yang Lian knew that Li Ping was good at government affairs, and he didn't know anything about the military, so he immediately explained seriously, Wu Yue people originally planned to stick to Hangzhou, they wanted to consume with Yang Lian, Wu Yueren's granary was in Hangzhou City, and Yang Lian needed to be transported from Datang, a little farther, he needed to raise food from various states and counties in Shandong, not only the distance was long, but a certain amount of food was consumed on the road, and the grain sent to Yuhang was not much left. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Fortunately, Yang Lian is mostly transported by sea, the cost is relatively low, and the food loss is relatively small, so Yang Lian still hoards a large amount of grain. Today, the grain that Wu Yue put in Taicang has almost been burned, which means that the Wu Yue people do not have enough food to fight a protracted war with Yang Lian.

Qian Hongli was anxious to get rid of the food crisis, and only by defeating Yang Lian first could he try to deal with it, so Qian Hongli could only choose to take the initiative to attack. Although Yuhang City is not big, it is the barrier of Hangzhou, the city is still quite tall, and the moat is also dug wide and deep, Yang Lian can use this as a base to further consume Qian Hongyu's strength. Wu Yue's army is attacking the city, and the loss of troops is bound to be very large, further consuming the food and strength of Wu Yue's army, and hitting their morale, it is time for Yang Lian to defend and attack.

Li Ping listened, only then did he understand what Yang Lian wanted, and hurriedly said: "It seems that the rumors of the Jingshi are really done by Wu Yueren, and fortunately, His Royal Highness the King of Qi has always supported Yang Jiedu, so the Son of Heaven was not angry and recalled Yang Jiedu, otherwise the plan to destroy Wu Yue will die abruptly." ”

Yang Lian smiled and said very affectionately: "Li Shilang, the Wu Yue people attacked Yuhang in the past few days, you might as well stay and command the soldiers with me to resist the strong enemy." ”

Li Ping was stunned for a moment, he was just a servant of the household department, where did he have the ability to lead troops to fight, he glanced at Yang Lian suspiciously, saw Yang Lian nodding at him, and suddenly realized something, so he nodded and said with a smile: "Since it was Yang Jiedu's kind invitation, Li Mou was disrespectful." ”

While the two were talking, a soldier hurriedly came to report, saying that a large number of Wu Yuejun had appeared outside the city, and after a period of preparation, Wu Yuejun already had relatively sufficient siege equipment.

Wu Yuejun began to build a command station outside the city, in order to better observe the situation in the city, the high platform built by the Wu Yue people was high and large, until it was level with the city head, and it was still being built upward. Zhu Qi enthusiastically participated in the battle, wanting to take advantage of the unstable foothold of Wu Yue's army to rush out of the city.

Yang Lian shook his head and refused, this Wu Yue army can rest assured that it can boldly build a command platform, and there must be ambushes. Sure enough, at dusk, after the construction of the command platform was completed, Qian Wenfeng walked out in Mingguang armor surrounded by groups of well-armored soldiers.

At this time, as an enemy, Qian Wenfeng did not dare to take any more risks, he made people play the flag and invited Yang Lian to fight, Yang Lian smiled faintly, so that the standard-bearer refused. At this time, going out of the city to fight with Qian Wenfeng, isn't that stupid? Giving up his own advantages and fighting in the field with the enemy is undoubtedly an impulsive act for Yang Lian, who wants to stick to it.

Yang Lian refused, Qian Wenfeng was not angry, but people scolded outside the city, Yang Lian laughed and ordered the soldiers to step up patrols, regardless of Qian Wenfeng.

Wu Yuejun scolded for two hours, and the sky was dark, so he had to withdraw to the camp first, leaving only a few soldiers to guard the command platform.

After Yang Lian walked down the city wall, he went to the county office, and in the county office, the spies planted by Qian Hongyu were all arrested and imprisoned together.

"Wronged? Is there a thief who would say he was a thief? Yang Lian Dandan said.

"General, we are really Tang people, not Wu Yue dogs!" Several people said, pleading and pleading.

"It's not impossible to let you live, but there will be a request." Yang Lian said.

Several people were stunned, and one of them reacted the fastest and said, "What does the general want?" ”

"Be obedient, do what the general said, after the general captures Hangzhou, he will ensure that you will not die, and the old and young in the family will be safe. If he had performed better, he could have even considered being awarded an official position. Yang Lian said.

"General, we are obedient, we are all obedient." The spies hurriedly said.

"Very well, there must be some of you who will write letters, or rather, have a way of communicating with the outside of the city. I was going to ask you to try to inform Qian Wenfeng outside the city of something. Whatever the method, make sure he believes the message you are delivering. Yang Lian said.

The spies looked at each other and said, "General, what do you mean?" ”

"What I mean is very simple, you try to tell Qian Wenfeng that after two days, he will attack the city in the middle of the night, and you will set fire to them everywhere in the city." Yang Lian said.

The words have been said so obviously, a spy said: "This plan is not difficult to implement, we all have the seal of King Wu Yue, as long as we can go out of the city, we can get Qian Wenfeng's trust, but it's just ......"

"Just what?" Yang Lian asked.

"Will the general really let me and the rest of my wife and children go?" The spy looked at Yang Lian with some concern, full of suspicion.

Yang Lian laughed twice and said, "Whether you believe it or not, you can only choose this way, otherwise you will die on the spot immediately." ”

The spies were very disappointed in their eyes, and several people looked at each other, and the leader said: "Okay, we all believe what the general said, and this matter will be set in two days." General, please borrow a sword. ”

Yang Lian's eyes were like eagle falcons, staring at this person for a while, Nunu mouthed, and said, "Give him a knife." ”

"Whoa!" A Tang soldier drew a long knife and threw it on the ground.

The leader slowly picked up the long knife and clenched it, and several Tang soldiers stepped forward and looked at this person very vigilantly, in case he suddenly attacked.

Yang Lian looked at him steadily, without the slightest worry.

The leader clenched the hilt of his sword, and suddenly slashed twice at himself, he endured the pain, and said, "General, I will leave the city now." ”

"Very good, if you make a great contribution, Ben will definitely not fail you." Yang Lian said.

The leader said: "My name is Wang Kui, and I hope that the general will remember that if I die, I hope the general will take care of my family." ”

"This is nature." Yang Lian nodded, suddenly stepped forward, pinched Wang Kui's mouth, stuffed a pill into his mouth, and said: "This pill contains poison, if you defect in battle, you will die soon, how to choose, I will believe that you will naturally have a choice." ”

Wang Kui stood up and said, "Don't worry, general, I will definitely complete the task, and if the matter is successful, I will definitely try to get the news into the city." With that, Wang Kui hurriedly walked out. Yang Lian asked people to open the city gate and send him out of the city.

"Yang Jiedu, Wang Kui is from Wuyue after all, I'm afraid he won't be at the mercy." Zhu Qi was a little worried.

Yang Lian smiled and said: "For the sake of money and the future, this world has gone crazy and lost the most basic principles, and it is reasonable for Wang Kui to defect to the Tang Dynasty." ”

Wang Kui went out of the city, fled frantically along the way, in order to play a trick, more than a dozen Tang soldiers chased and killed, Wang Kui fled towards the command platform, he knew where there were many Wu Yue soldiers, as long as they escaped, they could be rescued.

Wang Kui fled and shouted at the same time, the Tang army didn't want to kill him, Wang Kui successfully arrived under the command platform, Wu Yuebing had been awakened, they surrounded him, and the Tang soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and retreated one after another.

A capital head walked over, looked at Wang Kui, and asked, "Who are you, you will be chased and killed by the Tang people?" ”

At this time, Wang Kui couldn't support it anymore, and fell to the ground with a "poof", frowning, commanding the soldiers to help him up, and asked people to clean his wounds and bandage them for him. Wang Kui woke up after an hour and a half.

Several Wu Yue soldiers surrounded him and looked at him with fierce eyes.

"I want to meet the king." Wang Kui said.

Dutou looked at Wang Kui coldly and said, "Who are you?" Why did the Tang people hunt you down? ”

Wang Kui laboriously took out an object from his arms, handed it to Dutou, and said, "I am from Wu Yue, and I have entered the Tang Army, and now I have news to tell the king." ”

Dutou looked at the token over and over again, and couldn't recognize what it was, so he had to say: "Now that Qian Jiedu is presiding over the attack on Yuhang, I can take you to see Qian Jiedu." "Let's take a look at Qian Jiedu first, it's all about this idea.

Wang Kui didn't say much, nodded in agreement. Escorted by several Wu Yue soldiers, a group of people rushed towards Qian Wenfeng's camp. At this time, Qian Wenfeng had already moved the camp between Hangzhou and Yuhang, in order to better control Yuhang, and at the same time, the grain transported from Hangzhou City would not be directly exposed to the Tang army.

When a group of people rushed to Qian Wenfeng's camp, Qian Wenfeng had not fallen asleep, and now he was very anxious, the grain in Hangzhou City was burned, which made the situation deteriorate sharply, so that he had to take the initiative to recapture Yuhang and drive the Tang people into the sea.

Today he sent someone to insult Yang Lian, and he also knew that it would not have much effect, but there were some things that he still had to try. Qian Wenfeng stared at the map in front of him, half loud, and sighed. He naturally knew the solidity of Yuhang City, not to mention that after Yang Lian occupied Yuhang, while pacifying the people, he sent people to build the city wall, which made Yuhang City stable and the defense became stronger.

Qian Wenfeng was thinking, what should he do to conquer Yuhang? At this time, hurried footsteps sounded, and a soldier said outside: "Qian Jiedu, the brothers who stayed on the command platform are here, and they also brought a person who escaped from Yuhang City." ”

"Oh? Bring them to me! Qian Wenfeng said, he vaguely felt that those who escaped from Yuhang City must have been spies sent from the past.

Sure enough, after Wang Kui came in, he identified himself, and at the same time, he brought him with a token of the token. Qian Wenfeng looked at the token carefully, nodded, and said, "How are your injuries?" ”

Wang Kui said: "After the bandaging, it has been much better. ”

Qian Wenfeng said: "You have worked hard, come here, send some tea and food." With a wave of his hand, he motioned for Wang Kui to sit down.

Wang Kui gasped for a while and said, "Qian Jiedu, I can't hide it, I was released by Yang Lian." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Qian Wenfeng was puzzled.

Wang Kui explained, and while he was talking, tea and food were delivered one after another, Wang Kui ate some, and his face became much better. When he finished, the meal was finished.

Qian Wenfeng stood up and paced slowly in the big tent, Wang Kui had already told him what had happened, which meant that Yang Lian sent Wang Kui to have a trick, and the purpose was to deceive him. Two days later, late at night, if Qian Wenfeng attacked the city, he would fall into Yang Lian's trap.

"That's what you're talking about? But Ben doesn't see anything to be used for. Qian Wenfeng said.

Wang Kui arched his hand and said: "Qian Jiedu, although Yang Lian said that he arrested me and some other brothers, but in fact, some of them are still in the army. Two days later, in order to attract our army to attack the city, Yang Lian will definitely make a false impression in the city and make people set fire. Qian Jiedu might as well plan and send troops to attack the city. At the same time, the robes hidden in the Tang army attacked at the same time, disturbed the city, opened the city gate, and welcomed Qian Jiedu into the city. In this way, Qian Jiedu will be able to recover Yuhang! ”

Qian Wenfeng saw that he had a clear mind, but he was even more puzzled, although the spies sent by King Wu Yue were all relatively shrewd people, but Wang Kui's performance was too shrewd. He deliberately agreed to Yang Lian's conditions, escaped, and offered this credit.

Sometimes being smart is not a good thing, Qian Wenfeng is too smart, so he has doubts about this matter, is this Wang Kui really taking refuge in Yang Lian, or is he going to plan?

Wang Kui saw that Qian Wenfeng didn't speak, and hurriedly said: "Qian Jiedu, this is the best chance to recover Yuhang, the general can't hesitate and give up." ”

Qian Wenfeng waved his hand and said, "Wang Kui, you have worked hard all the way, and you are tired, go back and rest first, and after resting, Ben will naturally give you an explanation." ”

Wang Kui knew that he didn't believe himself, so he suddenly knelt down, clenched his right hand into a fist, put it on his chest, and said: "Qian Jiedu, I am a Wuyue person, this heart is naturally towards Wu Yue, I, born to be a Wuyue person, and die, I am a Wuyue ghost." The reason why Yang Lian was promised was just for Wu Yue to recover Yuhang. If the general doesn't believe me, I'll kill myself here. As he spoke, Wang Kui glanced around, and saw a sword hanging in the big tent, so he was about to stand up and go to get the sword.

Seeing that he was acting differently, several Wu Yue soldiers rushed up, looked at him with fierce eyes, and once there was something wrong, they would catch him or even kill him with a knife.

Qian Wenfeng waved his hand very calmly and said, "You don't have to panic. Saying that, he looked at Wang Kui and said, "Wang Kui, you don't have to worry, this section is not that I don't trust you, but I saw that he was injured and was afraid that something would happen to you, so I arranged for you to rest first." ”

"Really?" Wang Kui asked.

Qian Wenfeng laughed twice and said: "This is naturally true, you are more familiar with Yuhang City and Yang Lian than this section, and it depends on your efforts to attack Yuhang, you can't have an accident." ”

After hearing this, Wang Kui's face was filled with joy, and he saluted Qian Wenfeng and said: "Wang Kui is just a pariah, Qian Jiedu trusts him so much, even if Wang Kui is a liver and brain, what does it matter?!" ”