Seeing Zhou Zong away, Yang Lian breathed a sigh of relief. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Qi was surprised, he felt that the character of the envoy with moderation would not be like this, and it was obvious that he would suffer a loss.

Yang Lian smiled and said nothing, and asked him to inform Lin Renzhao to prepare large and small warships to block the Qiantang River, and at the same time, look for the river, enter the canal, and further blockade Hangzhou. Zhu Qi got the order and left in a hurry. Yang Lian paced up in the yard, Zhou Zong's thoughts Yang Lian was very clear, so he decided to plant deeper, five thousand stone grain is a child, just see if you can catch a wolf.

Now, with the expansion of Yang Lian's real power, he already has several states, of course, these places nominally belong to the Tang Dynasty, and what Yang Lian needs to do is to digest these areas as much as possible. In Yanzhou, Yunzhou and other places, Yang Lian ruled in the name of Liu Chengyou, and Li Jing, the son of heaven, thought that these areas already belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but for Yang Lian, it was not his territory.

Cracking down on local tyrants to divide the land, reducing taxes, encouraging business, encouraging farming, actively building salt ponds, expanding the scale of production, and total weight behavior, all contributed to the economic development of the states under his rule. In the development of the economy, Yang Lian actively trained the troops, and those who had strong men in the people's homes had to carry out drills in case of emergency.

Although he has a certain strength, Yang Lian will not rebel, this is not in his interests, and he will not do anything irrational before his wings grow hard.

While Yang Lian was thinking about it, Zhou Zong was also talking to Zhou Hongzuo about things.

Although Zhou Zong felt that Yang Lian had the intention of taking advantage of him, why wasn't he also using Yang Lian? Cooperation, just take what you need. Zhou Zong decided to sacrifice the army, comfort the soldiers, and boost the morale of the soldiers, it was time to attack the city, and the appearance still had to be done.

On the same day, the Zhou Zongbu restored the dining standard, and the soldiers were hungry for several days, and they all immediately ate and drank with their stomachs open, and their grievances disappeared, and they all praised Zhou Situ's wisdom. Externally, Zhou Zong told everyone that he had made contact with Yang Jiedu, who was stationed in Yuhang, and that Yang Jiedu had supplied enough food. So, the brothers don't have to worry about the lack of food.

Zhou Zong also announced that he was preparing to attack Hangzhou in two days, so now, the three armies must polish their weapons and prepare arrows, and Zhou Zong also said that if they take Hangzhou and let the three armies rob for three days, what they have obtained will be at their disposal. When the soldiers of the three armies heard Zhou Zong's promise, everyone immediately became excited and rushed back to the camp to prepare.

The morale of the three armies was high, and on the second day, as Zhou Hongzuo brought five thousand stone of grain, the soldiers were even more convinced, Zhou Zongren cooked a lot of grain, and killed a few yellow sheep, and the three armies had a full meal, ready to attack the city in Japan.

The Tang Army's abnormality outside the city did not hide from Qian Hongyu's ears and eyes, Yang Lian took the initiative to give Zhou Zong food, this is not right with the information that Qian Hongyu has, aren't the two rivals? How could it be possible to collude together? Qian Hongyu thought about it and summoned Wu Cheng, Yuan Dezhao and others. After experiencing the defeat of the Qiantang River, Wu Cheng lowered his profile a lot, and no longer had the aggressive posture of the past.

"King, it is very likely that the Tang army has reached some kind of agreement, and now it seems that they are about to attack the city!" Wu Yanfu's guess is not far from ten.

Wu Cheng said: "Zheng Guogong, the Tang army is attacking the city, and Zhou Zongbu should be the main force, and most of his subordinates are rebellious, so this battle is not easy to fight." ”

Yuan Dezhao said calmly: "Although the Tang army has many people, the strength of our army is not bad, and there are more solid city walls, as long as you stick to it, you must not take the initiative to attack." ”

Qian Hongyu thought so, and he immediately asked Wu Cheng to strengthen his vigilance and defend Hangzhou.

In the early morning of the next day, after the Tang army Zhou Zongbu had a full meal, Zhou Hongzuo led the troops. During Zhou Zong's time in Hangzhou, he has built a lot of engineering equipment, including ladders, rushing cars, and temporary cars, although they are not as sophisticated as Yang Lian, but they are not bad.

Zhou Hongzuo was not in a hurry to attack the city, the city of Hangzhou was tall, and the water of the Qiantang River was poured into the moat, and the moat had to be crossed before the city could be attacked. After some observation, Zhou Hongzuo never found a suitable location for attacking.

At this time, Yang Lian also began to act, the sailor under the leadership of Lin Renzhao, the boat was swimming in the river, looking for all possibilities, Yang Lian commanded the troops out of Yuhang, feinted to attack the east gate of Hangzhou, Qian Hongyu did not dare to slack off, sent troops to take strict precautions, in his opinion, Yang Lian's threat was much greater than that of Zhou Zong.

However, Yang Lian did not take the initiative to attack, let alone launch catapults and other things, he just sent troops to scold outside the city, Zhu Qi took a group of soldiers, and rhythmically scolded Qian Hongyu and even the ancestors of the Qian family. These soldiers were originally rough people, scolding people, and greeted the relatives of the Qian father and son, especially the female relatives. When Yang Lian sent people to scold, he also paid attention to Zhou Hongzuo's situation.

Zhou Hongzuo has led the troops for many years and has rich experience, after observing the half-ring, he decided to attack the city of Hangzhou with the chariot first, the tall chariot was launched, the crossbowmen hid in the chariot, and as the distance got closer, the crossbowmen began to shoot.

Not to be outdone, Wu Yuejun fought back, and both sides continued to shoot, causing almost negligible physical damage. The soldiers of both armies were clamoring loudly, shouting louder than Jingo. As the car approached, the casualties on both sides began to increase, and the Tang soldiers who had no time to hide in the car were shot by an arrow and fell to the ground.

The casualties of the soldiers could not stop them from advancing, the fighting continued, and the offensive of the Don army looked fierce but had little effect in reality.

Yang Lian couldn't help but shake his head when he received the news, Zhou Hongzuo's behavior was obviously not hard enough, how could he break through Hangzhou just by relying on the car? The moat alone can't be crossed, let alone anything else, and the car is more of a cover.

After Yang Lian listened to the report, he returned to Yuhang City to rest, Zhou Zong was just for show, it seemed that he was not really attacking the city.

Zhu Qi stayed and continued to scold with the soldiers, until dusk, when Zhu Qi led the soldiers back.

Soon after Zhu Qi retreated, Zhou Hongzuo also retreated, and attacked Hangzhou today, with no more than 100 casualties among his subordinates, and most of them were slightly wounded, with less than 20 dead, which shows how "fierce" his offensive was.

"Yang Lian's side, what's the situation?" In the camp, Zhou Zong asked.

The spies told the news one by one, and Zhou Zong couldn't help but smile, this Yang Lian didn't really want to attack the city, otherwise, what would Zhu Qi be scolding outside the city? Could it be that just scolding can scold the Qian father and son?

Zhou Zong thought about it, called the pro-soldiers, gave a few orders, and the pro-soldiers left in a hurry.

"Zhou Situ, could it be that Yang Lian can't make a fraud?" Zhou Hongzuo still thinks Yang Lian is unreliable.

Zhou Zongdao: "Whether it is a trick or not, as long as he provides food free of charge, even if our army stays in Hangzhou for a few more days, so what's the matter?" ”

Zhou Hongzuo said: "Zhou Situ, if Yang Lian no longer gives food, wouldn't our army be in danger." ”

Zhou Zong was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and said: "This should be impossible, if he is not willing to give food, why should he give five thousand stones?" But in this way, you also reminded me that tomorrow's siege can no longer be pretentious. ”

"In my opinion, why don't you let Yao Feng attack the city?" Zhou Hongzuo had a bad idea.

"That's a good plan!" Zhou Zong thought so.

PS: I'm too sleepy.,I can't stand it.,This chapter is just two thousand words.。。 (To be continued.) )