There was a reason why Qian Hongyu was established as the king of Wuyue by Hu Jinsi back then. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Qian Hongyu's elder brother Qian Hongliang was the previous king of Wuyue, because he couldn't bear Hu Jinsi's unruliness, he accepted the advice of his subordinates, and wanted to kill the minister Hu Jinsi, but was preempted by Hu Jinsi, Qian Hongliang was imprisoned, and Qian Hongyu was put on the throne and became the new king of Wuyue.

Although Qian Hongli was dissatisfied, he knew that Hu Jinsi held great power and had many henchmen in the court, so Qian Hongli could only keep his head in obscurity and wait for the opportunity. After his brother was imprisoned, Hu Jinsi once said that he wanted to kill Qian Hongliang, and after Qian Hongyu did not allow it, he secretly sent someone to assassinate him.

The relationship between the two once reached this point, Qian Hongyu had all kinds of considerations, and had to be false and wronged, until last year, Hu Qing was captured by Datang, Qian Wenfeng designed, although he did not let Datang cut Hu Qing, but the blow to Hu Jinsi was huge.

A few years ago, Hu Jinsi wrote to tell the old man to return to his hometown, although he handed over the military power, but in the imperial court, he still had great influence, so Qian Hongyu still did not dare to touch him, but Hu Jinsi withdrew, Qian Hongli gradually mastered the military power, and Hu Jinsi's influence gradually weakened.

Therefore, at this time, Wu Cheng proposed to invite Hu Jinsi out of the mountain, and Qian Hongyu fell into silence, although Hu Jinsi was already over ninety years old, but it was precisely because he was so old, what if he had a different heart after he grasped the power again? The fate of the Qian family cannot be controlled by others, and he cannot throw away the Qian family's country.

Qian Hongyu pondered, Wu Cheng saw his thoughts, and whispered, he just meant to ask Hu Jinsi for advice, and he had a high prestige in the army, and the soldiers must use their lives, as long as they are used well, there is no big harm to Wu Yue Sheji, besides, as said, Hu Jinsi is already over ninety years old, and his most favored young son is in the hands of the Tang people, what tricks can he play?

Qian Hongyu thought carefully for a while and agreed to Wu Cheng's request. Hu Jinsi lived on the edge of the West Lake, and Wu Cheng immediately set off to invite him. Qian Hongyu stood up and paced around the room, thinking. The Tang army is menacing, and the defeat of the envoys of Zhongwu Jiedu is equivalent to making matters worse, and the morale of the Tang army is high, what should I do?

Qian Hongyu is young after all, and Wu Yue is in serious trouble, so he has no idea for a while.

Now it seems that the war in Mingzhou is the most important, if Mingzhou is lost, the Tang army can drive directly to Hangzhou, Hangzhou has the Qiantang River, and the water division can be used to intercept the Tang army crossing the river, but the Tang army also has a large number of warships, if they kill from Hangzhou Bay, the situation in Hangzhou will be difficult.

Qian Hongyu paced anxiously, and after three hours, the sun was about to set, and Wu Cheng walked in quickly and said, "King, Hu Shangshu is here." ”

Qian Hongyu looked towards the door, and did not see anyone, he frowned, at this time, two strong men came in with stretchers, Hu Jinsi was lying on it, an old face was as pale as white paper, during this time, he was suffering unimaginable, although his favorite young son was not hindered, but after all, he was not by his side, he followed the advice of the strategist, abdicated to make way for Xian, thinking that the Tang Dynasty would put the young son back, but Hu Qing was still trapped in Jinling.

Hu Jinsi is already old, and he has been struggling to support him for more than a year, and now he can't bear it anymore.

"Great, great!" Hu Jinsi's lips squirmed, and his voice was like a cat's meow, and he couldn't hear it clearly.

Seeing him like this, Qian Hongyu was in a complicated mood, and after a little hesitation, he walked to Hu Jinsi's side, lowered his head, and said, "Hu Shangshu, you are actually seriously ill to this point, come here, call the imperial doctor quickly." ”

"No, no." Hu Jinsi shook his head and said reluctantly, after the stretcher was put down, with the help of the clansmen, Hu Jinsi sat up.

Qian Hongyu hurriedly let people light the brazier and let people cook ginger soup. Hu Jinsi gasped for a while, and as the temperature in the room rose, his face looked better.

"Your Majesty, the situation is indeed urgent." Hu Jinsi said slowly.

"Hu Shangshu, you are an old minister of several dynasties, and now Wu Yue is about to destroy the country, according to Hu Shangshu's meaning, what should I do?" Qian Hongyu said.

Although Hu Jinsi was old and seriously ill and could not speak clearly, his mind was still quite clear, and he said slowly, he believed that the Tang Army was aggressive, but it had weaknesses after all. The advantage of the Tang army is that it has broken through the defense line on the periphery of Wu Yueguo, and it is mainly the deployment of Zhoushan, however, Wu Yueguo still has a certain number of sailors, which can be worthy of a battle, and for now, the sailors guarding Hangzhou should not be a big problem.

As for the envoy of Zhongwu Jiedu, after all, Qian Wenfeng has been running Suzhou for many years, at least there is no problem in holding Suzhou, so the most important thing for Wu Yueguo is the defense of Mingzhou. Mingzhou Assassin Pan has led the troops for many years, and he is also a good general, if there are three or four thousand elite soldiers, it is no problem to hold it for three or four months. However, most of the soldiers and horses in Mingzhou are new recruits, so it is still necessary to support Mingzhou.

Hu Jinsi's meaning is also very simple, after arriving in Mingzhou, do not fight with the Tang army, because the Tang army is far away, the food will inevitably be insufficient, and it can only be transported by sea, Wu Yueguo can use the water division to sneak attack the Tang army's grain route, if it is successful, the Tang army in Mingzhou will fall into a food crisis.

The protracted war is not good for Wu Yueguo, but it is even more unfavorable for the Tang Dynasty, the Northern Great Zhou is the suzerainty of Wu Yueguo, once it is relieved, it will attack Shandong and the Lianghuai region, and at that time, the Tang army will not be able to retreat.

Hu Jinsi also suggested that envoys be sent to the Southern Han Dynasty and asked them to send troops to Chudi, so that the anti-Tang forces in Chudi would be stronger, and the Tang Dynasty would be troubled internally and externally, how long could it last?

Qian Hongyu listened to it and was silent, Hu Jinsi's analysis has a certain truth, so it seems that Tang Jun can't hold it than him. Qian Hongyu thought about it and decided to ask people to go to Nanhan for help while holding on.

Although Mingzhou is located in the south and is not so cold, if it rains, people still feel cold. It happened that it had been raining heavily in the past few days, and the Tang army could only hide in the barracks and set up a bonfire to keep warm.

In the big tent, Yang Lian was drinking rice wine and discussing things with Lin Renzhao, Zhang Wenji, Zhang Wenyi and others. Everyone has captured Zhoushan, and it is imperative to hold on to this victory and take Mingzhou, otherwise, all these efforts will be in vain.

In the past few days, when the Tang army was preparing siege equipment, it conducted reconnaissance in Mingzhou. Mingzhou's terrain is complex, the rivers are crisscrossed, and the navy is expected to be stationed, although it has been almost transferred, but after it is replenished, the strength is still not to be underestimated.

The terrain of Mingzhou is complex, with hills, basins, mountains, and plains, and the complex topography increases the uncertainty of the Tang army's operations, but it is also unfavorable for Wu Yueguo.

Yang Lian had already set up a large camp in Siming Mountain in the west of Mingzhou City, and 3,000 soldiers were stationed here. The terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can cut off the back road of the Wu Yue army that came to help.

A simple sand table was in front of Yang Lian, Yang Lian pointed to Mingzhou City, and said: "After investigation, there are 6,000 garrisons in Mingzhou City, of which about 4,000 are recruits, and the combat effectiveness is unknown. ”

Zhang Wenji said: "Yang Jiedu, Zhoushan and Shui Battle, Wu Yuejun has been frightened, now in Mingzhou City, most of them are recruits, and the combat effectiveness should not be strong, and the last general thinks that after the weather is clear, he can immediately attack the city." ”

Zhang Wenji wanted to make a contribution, so he immediately invited to fight.

Yang Lian looked at Lin Renzhao and said with a smile: "Huzi, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Lin Renzhao sighed, a little dissatisfied with this ghost weather, and said, "This thief is really against people. Now the weather is cold, and the siege of our army is very unfavorable. However, I thought that I could take advantage of this time to build a lot of siege equipment, and you must know that the Wuyue people have extremely powerful fire oil. ”

Yang Lian nodded, this oil is the oil of later generations, and the Wu Yue people and the big cannibals obtained from business. The losses of the Tang army in the storming of Mingzhou must have been very large, especially in the cold winter, the body could not stretch, and as the side of the siege, it was in a very disadvantageous position.

Yang Lian thought about it carefully, pointed to the sand table, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, our army is lone and deep, in fact, the situation is very unfavorable, the most important thing is the supply of military food. Although it is also convenient to have a sea route, there are still hundreds of warships of Wu Yue Kingdom in Hangzhou Bay. Once the food is taken away, the three armies will be in crisis. ”

"My plan is to take advantage of the abundance of food now to take more land in Wuyue Kingdom, so that even if it is summer, there will be enough land to collect grain. Mingzhou is rainy and rainy, which is not conducive to the use of troops for the time being, if the three armies detour to the north and drive directly to Shaoxing, what do you think? Yang Lian asked.

Straight drive to Shaoxing? Brother Zhang, you look at me, I look at you, I think this decision is too risky.

Lin Renzhao looked at the sand table intently, and also expressed his objection, and said: "Yang Jiedu, Shaoxing is closer to Hangzhou, and the defense capability must be stronger. ”

Yang Lian took a sip of tea and said, "Huzi, what do you think of this?" As he spoke, Yang Lian spoke slowly.

Mingzhou City, drizzle, Pan Xianyan took his own soldiers to look into the distance on the city tower, the world was vast, foggy, and even the Tang Army banner that was usually clearly visible disappeared. It is true that there are more than 6,000 people in Mingzhou, especially after the naval division in Wanghai Town was defeated by the Tang army, Pan Xianyan accelerated the pace of conscription.

Wu Yue Kingdom is not like the Central Plains Dynasty of the suzerain, all the people are soldiers, the Wu Yue Kingdom is also rich and the Tang Dynasty is about the same, the culture is prosperous, especially the Qian father and son are particularly fond of Buddhism, Buddhism is very prosperous in Wu Yue Kingdom, on the shore of the West Lake, there are many pagodas, most of which were built by Wu Yue Kingdom in recent years.

The relative wealth of Wu Yueguo made the people have no heart to join the army, so how strong is the combat effectiveness of the army composed of the people who were temporarily convened, Pan Xianyan has a lot in his heart, I am afraid that some soldiers have not yet gone to the battlefield, they have already been scared to pee, not to mention seeing the blood flying in the sky, and the wounded soldiers lying on the ground moaning, at that time, I am afraid that these people can't even stand steadily, right?

How can we hold Minshu? Pan Xianyan fell into thought.

Fortunately, it has rained in the past few days, which is not conducive to the siege of the city, and the Tang army has not attacked for the time being, which gave Pan Xianyan a chance to breathe. The king had already told him that reinforcements were on the way, but when it arrived, Pan Xianyan's heart was uncertain, if the Tang army attacked the city, how could he hold it? (To be continued.) )