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In the imperial city, although Li Jing, the son of heaven, said that he was worried about the war, he still held a banquet, the imperial relatives and relatives came, and some important ministers of the imperial court, very lively for a Chinese New Year's Eve, full of food and drink, the group of courtiers gradually dispersed, Li Jing called the king of Qi, and the two brothers paced in the courtyard, talking about things.

It is nothing more than a war with Wu Yueguo, Changzhou is fighting endlessly, Datang has spent more than five million stone grain, this loss is too great, if it can't defeat Wu Yueguo, Datang really can't gain more than it loses.

The war in Changzhou was still secondary, and Yang Lian's design was to use Changzhou as a bait to attract Wu Yueguo's troops, and then send troops to Zhoushan with a naval division, and then threaten the elite area of Wu Yueguo, capture Hangzhou in one fell swoop, and capture Qian's. However, after three months, Fang Jinzhao's side also sent troops to respond, but there was no news from Yang Lian's side so far, which made Li Jing very worried.

Saying this, Li Jingsui also frowned, although Li Jingsui was worried in his heart, he did not show it, but persuaded Li Jing that the Tang Dynasty has been smooth sailing in the past few years, and the attack on Wu Yueguo will definitely be successful.

While the two were talking, Gao Ze walked over and said, "Your Majesty, King Yan asks to see you." ”

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, frowned, arched his hand, and said, "Brother Huang, the younger brother of the courtiers has retired." ”

Li Jing nodded, he also knew that the two uncles and nephews did not deal with each other, maybe time would make the relationship between the two better. Li Jing then retreated, and after a while, Li Hongji, under the leadership of Gao Ze, entered the imperial study.

"Erchen has seen his father!" Li Hongji bent down to salute, very respectful.

Li Jing waved his hand and asked, "King Yan, are you short of money?" ”

Li Hongji was stunned for a moment and said, "Father, the son is not short of money. ”

"Oh? Then what do you lack, you might as well say, my father will definitely meet your needs. Li Jing said.

Li Hongji's fist hidden behind him couldn't help but clench, but soon, he smiled all over his face and said: "Father, now that the Tang Dynasty and Wu Yueguo are at war, and the war in Changzhou is not yet clear, Erchen is thinking, if it weren't for his former willfulness and he didn't know how to study hard, he would be able to share his father's worries now." ”

Li Jing nodded and said, "King Yan, you have grown up." ”

Li Hongji said: "Father, the war in Changzhou is stalemate, this place is the most critical place in the war, and the sons want to go to Changzhou to inspect and boost morale." ”

Li Jing hesitated a little, he didn't want King Yan to be in charge of the army, otherwise there would be some kind of moths coming out, but King Yan's idea was good, when Li Jing hesitated, suddenly, there were hurried footsteps outside the door, followed by the voice of King Qi.

"Brother Huang, happy events are coming." Li Jingsui's voice carried the joy of hiding his absence.

Li Hongji was stunned, happy event? Could it be that the dust of the war in Changzhou has settled? Why are the Qian father and son so unbearable? Li Hongji's face was cloudy, and at this time, Li Jingsui had already strode in, followed by a young and sweaty warrior.

"This?" Li Jing hesitated.

Li Jingsui held a letter in his hand, the letter had been opened, he handed it to Li Jing, and said, "Brother Huang, he was sent by Yang Lian." ”

"Wechen has seen Your Majesty." The warrior said, panting.

"Yang Lian has news?" Li Jing stood up suddenly, and the joy on his face could not be concealed. Yang Lian has news that there must be a happy event.

Li Jingsui smiled and said, "Brother Huang might as well look at Ken Fold." ”

Li Jing didn't speak, he stretched out his fingers to get the letter, but his fingers trembled so much, he didn't pull the letter out a few times, he took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart, and then went to pull the letter.

The letter was finally taken out, Li Jing looked at it quickly, his eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at it incredulously, this thing really happened! At first, he just had illusions, thinking that Yang Lian was a lucky general when he fought in battle, and he could be said to be invincible. But this time, Wu Yueguo's naval army is strong, and even Datang can't compete with it. It is not so easy to capture Zhoushan.

In addition to capturing Zhoushan, the Tang army captured many warships of the Wu Yue army, and with the weakening of the Wu Yue army's naval division, the Tang Dynasty was able to control the Zhoushan area, enter Hangzhou Bay, and directly threaten Hangzhou.

Li Jing knew that the troops in Mingzhou and Hangzhou of Wu Yue Kingdom were relatively empty, and if he took advantage of this time to attack, it was very likely to take Hangzhou. Moreover, once the news of the seizure of Zhoushan reached Changzhou, the soldiers of Wu Yueguo in Changzhou got the news and the military spirit was unstable. Whether Qian Wenfeng fights or retreats, it is very dangerous for him.

Li Jing was immediately excited, punched the case hard, and said, "Good, good, well done!" ”

Li Hongji didn't know why, he was taken aback, and he didn't understand why his father was so excited? At this time, Li Jing threw away the letter excitedly, walked quickly to the map, and looked at it carefully. Now that Yang Lian has captured Zhoushan, Li Jing feels that he has to strike while the iron is hot, so that Wu Yueguo can breathe.

However, Yang Lian also suffered a lot of losses in this battle, so Li Jing decided to agree to Yang Lian's request and allowed him to send the soldiers of Haichu and Haichu to the south.

Li Hongji picked up the letter from the ground, looked at it in a hurry, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and the plank road was dark! Yang Lian pretended to write a book again and again, ostensibly to attack the Great Zhou, but in fact, he secretly went south to attack Wu Yue, and had successfully taken Zhoushan, which made Li Hongji feel like someone had poured cold water on his heart, he bit his lip, so he didn't exclaim.

Li Hongji saw his father's thoughtful look and slowly retreated.

Li Jing looked at the map, and he decided to fully support Yang Lian to fight this battle, so he decided to increase his troops in Changzhou again to put pressure on Qian Wenfeng. The Tang Dynasty increased its troops in Changzhou, and Qian Wenfeng's pressure increased, so he would not retreat easily, and tens of thousands of troops would be pinned down in Changzhou, and the pressure on Yang Lian would be much less.

After paying attention to it, Li Jing and Li Jingsui shared their ideas, and Li Jingsui was also very supportive. After Li Jing calmed down, he picked up the letter and looked at it carefully, this time he read it very slowly, and he also understood a lot of things, Yang Lian told him that he had killed the commanders of the Runzhou Army, the Jing Navy, and the Guangling Army, and asked His Majesty to punish him.

Joke, at this time, how could Li Jing punish him? Li Jing thought about it, immediately repaired a book, and then someone came to bring it back, and asked Yang Lian to take charge of the Tang Dynasty Navy Division and preside over the offensive on the Eastern Front.

Li Hongji hurriedly walked out of the imperial city, his brows furrowed and worried. No wonder there has been no news of Yang Lian, he and Guo Rong thought that Yang Lian had been staying in Yunzhou, peeking at the Central Plains all the time, and they didn't expect him to be in Zhoushan. This made Li Hongji feel humiliated. Hurriedly returned to the Yanwang Mansion, he secretly sent someone to Guo Rong to call.

Although Guo Rong is a hostage, he is quite free, and in Jinling City, there is a mansion covering an area of more than ten acres, and the Son of Heaven allocated him more than 30 subordinates. Of course, these people say that they are subordinates, but in fact they are spying on him. Guo Rong knows these very well, so in addition to going to Yanwang's Mansion, he spends more time pretending to be confused, talking with Zhao Kuangyin, and when the weather is good, he also goes to the river to fish, looking honest.

When Li Hongji sent someone over, Guo Rong was drinking wine with Zhao Kuangyin and others, preparing to celebrate the New Year. After getting the news that King Yan had come to invite, Guo Rong thought about it and went out with Zhao Kuangyin. Guo Rong tried it, but the next person didn't know what was going on, Guo Rong couldn't get accurate information, so he had to hold back the doubts in his heart and run to the Yanwang Mansion.

Li Hongji was pacing anxiously in the secret room, Yang Lian made a surprise attack to capture Zhoushan, and Wu Yueguo's situation was dangerous. He must not let Yang Lian make great contributions, otherwise he will not be able to raise his head even more.

Guo Rong entered the secret room, and when he saw Li Hongji's worried appearance, he asked.

Li Hongji seemed to have grasped the straw that saved his life, and quickly said the matter, and at the end, he said: "Brother Guo, why teach me?" ”

Guo Rong opened his mouth wide, and he also felt incredible, Yang Lian actually hit this idea! Guo Rong frowned, if this thing was true, Wu Yueguo was in danger, he knew that Li Hongji would not use this matter to deceive him, so this matter must be true.

What to do? Guo Rong was also thinking, and Li Hongji looked at him blankly, hoping that he could come up with an idea.

Guo Rong thought for a long time, and then said: "Now that Yang Lian has captured Zhoushan, the situation of Wu Yueguo is very dangerous. If he didn't guess wrong, Qian Wenfeng's father and son also got the news, and for him, withdrawing troops back to Hangzhou was the best way. However, tens of thousands of Tang troops in Changzhou obviously would not watch him leave. ”

"So what to do?" Li Hongji asked.

Guo Rong pursed his lips and said: "For today's plan, I will first repair a book, let my father Chen Bing at the border, and make a situation of recovering Shandong." To a certain extent, it attracts the troops of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Hongji nodded, Yang Lian went south, which meant that the states and counties under his control were insufficient, and the border of the Great Zhou Chen soldiers was just to attract the attention of the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty did not dare to go south with all his might. This is not considered to harm the interests of Datang, Li Hongji can accept it.

"Now that the Tang army has won a great victory, the Tang Emperor will inevitably take the opportunity to attack, and it is obviously impossible to persuade him to quit the army. Again, I hope that King Yan can persuade Emperor Tang to lead the troops alone, and with military merits, he will have connections, which will be of great benefit to his future accession to the throne. ”

Li Hongji thought so deeply and nodded vigorously.

Guo Rong sighed in his heart, in this situation, how to keep Wu Yueguo?

In Changzhou, more than three months of fierce fighting have made Changzhou a mess inside and outside the city. Although the Tang army had long hoarded a large amount of grain, but with the scorching heat of the battle, the people still fell into a crisis of lack of food, the price of rice in Changzhou rose several times a day, many people could not afford to eat food, only to bark, grass roots and other things to satisfy hunger, as for the rats and other living creatures, basically extinct from Changzhou.

Changzhou Thorn Shi Wei Kuangfu saw this scene and couldn't bear it. The Tang army outside the city had food, but they would not take it out at all to help the victims. Wei Kuangfu felt that if he continued like this, he would have to take the risk and take out the military rations for the people to eat.

It was difficult for Wei Kuangfu, and it was equally difficult for Wu Yuejun outside the city. Qian Wenfeng led the elite of Zhongwu to Changzhou in the north, in addition to the elite of the envoys of various sections, Hangzhou also transferred more than 20,000 people, and the troops of both sides in Changzhou reached as much as 150,000.

As the war deepened, Qian Wenfeng found that Changzhou was like a meat grinder, and he didn't know how many soldiers' lives were filled in, and Wu Yueguo alone had more than 15,000 soldiers in the war. Such losses are obviously huge, and now there is a pessimistic mood in the army, Changzhou is a strong city of the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible for Wu Yueguo to take it.

The morale of the army was unstable, and in order to stimulate morale, Qian Wenfeng had to buy grain, yellow sheep and other things everywhere to reward the three armies and boost morale. The reason why Qian Wenfeng refused to retreat was not only to contain the Tang army and prevent them from going north, but also because if he retreated, the Tang army would inevitably take advantage of the situation to cover up, just like last time, causing him a lot of losses.

Qian Wenfeng knows that Changzhou City can't hold on, and now the two sides are competing to see whose willpower is stronger, who can hold on for a while longer, and if they hold on, they will win, and if they can't hold on, the military will be defeated first, and if they don't wait for the enemy to chase, their own people will disperse, and under the rout of the military spirit, if the Tang army musters up enough strength to chase it, can Suzhou City still hold it?

Qian Wenfeng was struggling to support it with such a mind, he originally thought that he could get through it, but the reality told him that it didn't seem to work. The king secretly sent a messenger to tell him a very bad news, the Tang army's sailors actually captured Zhoushan, and severely damaged the sailors of Wu Yueguo.

Although Wu Yue still had nearly a hundred warships, according to Zhao Chengtai's description, the warships of the Tang army were very powerful, and in addition to the use of tricks, their warships were very strong, which could not be matched by the warships of the Wu Yue people.

Qian Wenfeng fell into deep thought, he had heard his father say in the war back then, and now Yang Lian has actually learned the past. There is a way for its practical round beans to make people slide, but what makes Qian Wenfeng puzzled is why the white powder hidden in the fish bladder thrown by Tang Jun is what? Moreover, if they throw it, the Wu Yue soldiers will be harmed, but the Tang soldiers are not in serious trouble, is this a kind of witchcraft?

Putting this matter aside, what Qian Wenfeng has in front of him is a difficult choice, whether to continue to fight in Changzhou, or to return to Hangzhou? Wu Yue's army has been disheartened, it is almost impossible to capture Changzhou, and it is not of much significance to attack Changzhou, it is the best choice to return to Hangzhou and prevent Yang Lian's troops of the Tang army from harassing Hangzhou, Mingzhou and other places. If Zhoushan can be recovered, it will be the best.

However, if he retreats, the Tang army will definitely come to pursue, at least not let him retreat easily, and in this situation, the Tang army will definitely take this opportunity to pursue and attack Suzhou, so that he will not be able to withdraw smoothly to return to Hangzhou.

What to do? This big headache was in front of him, he secretly called his son Qian Chengli over, the two fathers and sons muttered for a long time, thinking about good strategies, and after half an hour, the meeting between the two ended with Qian Chengli hurrying away worriedly.

Qian Wenfeng sat silently in the big tent, for a long time, and then sighed faintly, this time Wu Yueguo is really dangerous, is Wu Yueguo's road about to come to an end? (To be continued.) )