"Fan Mengling, the defense of Suzhou City, as a staff member of the envoy of the Zhongwu Festival, you must know very well, right?" Inside the tent, Yang Lian asked. ???????? ｗ?ｗｗ．

Fan Mengling's spirit was a little sluggish, he felt terrible, obviously he was still in the territory of Wu Yue Kingdom, there were fifty soldiers with him, and in the face of the twenty scouts of the Southern Tang Kingdom, the elite of the Central Wu Army couldn't stop it, and he, who was tired, was also captured.

Fan Mengling felt aggrieved, because Zhongwu Jiedu made Qian Wenfeng's account, more than one staff, such as Ding Shoujie, Han Mi and others received favor letters under Qian Wenfeng's account, as a staff member, the competition is also big. Therefore, Fan Mengling took the opportunity to come to Changshu to survey the terrain, hoping to make a gap from here, where did he expect that there would be soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty?

However, Fan Mengling's personality is quite strong, and in the face of Yang Lian's inquiry, she did not speak.

Yang Lian paced slowly in the account, and suddenly smiled: "Xiucai met a soldier, and he couldn't explain it." Fan Mengling, you are a person who has read poetry and books, do you understand the meaning of this sentence? ”

Fan Mengling still didn't speak.

"I advise you, if you open your mouth at this time, you can suffer a lot less, if you wait until the torture is together, everything is done, and the body is injured, then why bother?" Yang Lian smiled faintly and approached him.

Fan Mengling's eyes rolled, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his throat made a soft sound, Yang Lian's words had a little impact on him, after all, he was flesh and blood, how could he not be afraid of pain?

"What, you still want to resist? I'm telling you, I have a hundred ways to make your life worse than death, and you have to believe that I am absolutely not lying. Yang Lian smiled slightly, and took out the bamboo needles that had been sharpened yesterday from his arms, the bamboo needles were very thin, with sharp tips and handles at the back end, which were somewhat similar to nails.

"If you insert these bamboo needles into your calves, thighs, or arms, or abdomen, a lot of blood will come out and stain your skin red. Do you think that's the end of it? No, far from the end, I will also take out a cloth and wrap the wound. ”

In this way, the blood and the cloth will clot together, and when the wound heals slightly, the cloth will be removed. Fan Mengling, think about it, isn't that feeling refreshing? You can even feel the bamboo needles swaying in your body and then slowly being pulled out, leaving many slender holes, and then blood gushing out. ”

Yang Lian said very cruelly, he didn't mind explaining slowly for Fan Mengling, how much ability can a scribe have? Even if he is an iron-beaten man, he can't bear this kind of torture, not to mention that Yang Lian has other methods.

Fan Mengling's face changed, she gritted her teeth, and was fighting fiercely, wanting to throw all these words of Yang Lian out of her mind. Yang Lian was still talking, this time in a different way, pouring mustard. In this era, there are no chili peppers, but that doesn't mean there are no spicy foods, and mustard is one of the alternatives. Yang Lian slowly said the method of pouring mustard, and Fan Mengling's face really changed again.

"You're such a devil." Fan Mengling couldn't help but say.

"Thank you for the compliment." Yang Lian smiled very happily, he could already see that Fan Mengling couldn't hold it anymore. After all, he is just a scholar, and his willpower is not as strong as that of a soldier.

Fan Mengling turned her head away from one side and was very angry.

"Having said so much, are you recruiting or not?" Yang Lian put a pen in front of Fan Mengling.

Fan Mengling sighed, he had only defected to Zhongwu Jiedu to envoy Qian Wenfeng not long ago, he had no relatives in Suzhou, and if he had family members in Suzhou, he really didn't dare to do this. Fan Mengling looked at the white paper in front of him, grabbed the brush, and began to draw.

Half an hour later, a map of Suzhou's defense appeared in front of Yang Lian, and even the deployed troops were recorded very clearly. Yang Lian looked at it and asked, "Are you sure you remember correctly?" ”

Fan Mengling smiled bitterly and said, "I was imprisoned by the Southern Tang Army, and my life was pinched by the general, how dare I write it indiscriminately." ”

"Yes, you can't escape anyway, if this picture is wrong, your head won't fall off so easily." Yang Lian picked up the map, walked out slowly, and before going out, he instructed the soldiers: "But take care of him, don't let him run away." ”

"Yang Jiang Yuhou rest assured, even if he has wings, he will shoot him down." The soldier laughed.

Li Zhenggu was looking at the map in the big tent at this time, although the main purpose was to attract the attention of the Wu Yue people, but in Li Zhenggu's heart, he still wanted to establish a meritorious career, but the strength of less than 20,000 people was not enough to take the defenders of Suzhou City, which was close to 10,000 people, not to mention that the reinforcements of the lord of Wu Yue had arrived, and the strength of the Tang Dynasty was not superior.

"It is still necessary to attract Wu Yueguo's troops as the main task." Li Zhenggu said, and couldn't help frowning.

At this time, the pro-soldier said outside: "Marshal, Yang Lian of the Shenwu Army asks to see you." ”

"Yang Lian? Invite him in. Li Zhenggu looked very polite.

After Yang Lian came in, Shi Li said: "I have seen the handsome in my humble position. ”

"Marquis Yu doesn't have to be polite." Seeing that Yang Lian was wrapped in bandages on his shoulders, he asked, "How is the injury of Marquis Yu?" ”

"Thanks to the big handsome Hongfu, there is no big problem. It's just that the wound is a little deep, and it may take ten and a half days and a half to heal. Yang Lian replied.

Li Zhenggu nodded, remembering that Yang Lian asked to see him, and he must have something to say, so he said, "You came to me, what is the matter?" ”

"Dashuai, this is the Suzhou defense map drawn by Fan Mengling." Yang Lian said, handing over the map in his hand.

"Oh? That's a good thing. Li Zhenggu was excited, and got the defense map of Suzhou, which is more convenient to use troops, and can avoid the real and the virtual.

Unfolding the map, the ink has not yet completely dried, but Li Zhenggu can see at a glance that Suzhou's defense is very tight. Around the city of Suzhou, relying on the two cities of Suzhou and Kunshan, Qian Wenfeng built a fortress to measure, judging from the number of Tibetan soldiers, each fortress has about 100 people. It has a large number of bows and arrows, stones and wood, etc., and is a purely defensive military fortress.

Li Zhenggu only roughly counted, there are no less than fifty such military fortresses, in addition, Fan Mengling may not have completely written down the number of fortresses, so in this way, the number of similar military fortresses is only a lot more.

"This Qian Wenfeng is really a bloody investment." Li Zhenggu frowned.

Yang Lian also shook his head, although Changshu does not have too many military fortresses, but I think it is because Changshu is north, which is not conducive to overall defense, so Qian Wenfeng pulled the defense line back to the Kunshan area. After all, for Datang, even if Changshu is won, it will be useless.

Yang Lian kindly reminded: "Marshal, Fan Mengling is Qian Wenfeng's staff, even if the information he gave is correct, but he disappeared out of thin air, it is absolutely impossible for Qian Wenfeng not to know." In the end, the general thought that in a day or two at most, this arming map would lose its effect. ”

Yang Lian's eyes were full of hope, if Li Zhenggu could agree to attack, although he couldn't take Suzhou, at least he could pull out a few fortresses.

Li Zhenggu nodded, but he was mistaken, tapped lightly on the table, and said, "In this way, you really can't go in vain." ”

The literati are indeed literati, and they lack an enterprising spirit. Yang Lian thought that Qian Wenfeng would take advantage of Qian Wenfeng's failure to react and raid several fortresses, but Li Zhenggu thought that Yang Lian reminded him that Qian Wenfeng must be on guard and not be rash. Yang Lian sighed in his heart, sure enough, the Tao is not the same, but at this time, Yang Lian still has to rely on them, and even have a good relationship with them - although Yang Lian doesn't like the party struggle in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he doesn't like Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu and other ministers to take power, and he doesn't like Song Qiqiu's reliance on the old and selling the old. But it's one thing to not like it, Yang Lian needs them to achieve their goals.

On the other hand, there are benefits to those who are flatterers.

Yang Lian thought for a while and said, "Marshal, now that Qian Wenfeng has not reacted, it is better to lead troops to attack a few fortresses and teach Wu Yue people a lesson." ”

Li Zhenggu barely hesitated, shook his head, and said, "Yang Lian, since you are good friends with the King of Qi, there are some things that I won't hide from you." This time, I was ordered by His Majesty to have the main purpose of attracting the attention of Wu Yueguo and forcing him not to fully support the war in Fuzhou. In this battle, I do not seek no merit, only no fault. ”

Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, thinking in his heart, no wonder this is the case. Now that the tone of this battle has been set, Li Zhenggu has traveled all the way, seemingly aggressive, but the actual action is slow, and he has made a lot of fanfare along the way, really to attract the attention of Wu Yueguo.

immediately clenched his fists and said with a smile: "I see." ”

Li Zhenggu said "um", rubbed his head, and said, "You go down first, and I'll think about it carefully." ”

Yang Lian retired, walked out of the big tent, his mood was complicated, and when he returned to the camp, Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie were also there, and their injuries were not serious, seeing Yang Lian come back, Lin Renzhao stood up and said, "Where did Brother Yang go?" How not to recuperate? ”

Yang Lian smiled bitterly, told the two of them what happened just now, and told again: "This matter must not be leaked." ”

Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie both knew that this matter was very important, so they nodded and agreed. In the middle of the sound, Lin Renzhao said: "I didn't expect Your Majesty to actually plan this, but, in this way, is it really helpful to the war in Fujian?" ”

Chen Tie snorted and said, "Wu Yueguo sent troops to support several times, just to keep Fuzhou and become a stronghold in Fujian against the Tang Dynasty, which is all wolf ambitions, and it must be guarded against. ”

Yang Lian nodded and said, "Li Renda doesn't want to be annexed by the Tang Dynasty for the sake of profit, but if the front foot drives away the tiger, the back foot will enter the wolf." Datang and Wu Yue, no matter who wins or loses, Fuzhou must not be in Li Renda's hands. ”

Lin Renzhao nodded silently, the destruction of the Min Kingdom has become a fact, even if he is unwilling in his heart, he can only do so. It's just that he hasn't figured out how to go in the future. Lin Renzhao has great ambitions, and he will never be willing to be a small general, managing more than a dozen people.

His eyes swept over Yang Lian, Lin Renzhao's eyes lit up slightly, the person in front of him was righteous enough, and he knew King Qi, and Li Zhenggu was also a little different from him, perhaps, he was an object worthy of service. But what is his goal? Lin Renzhao always felt that he couldn't see through Yang Lian, and he didn't know what he would do?

A creep? A great general? A powerful minister? Even in this era when changing dynasties is like eating, replacing this decadent dynasty? In an instant, Lin Renzhao's mind opened up and he thought a lot, but soon he shook his head, he really thought too much, but one thing, he was sure that attaching to Yang Lian should be a good choice.