Yang Lian captured Yuezhou, gathered the people, cleaned up the river, and at the same time scouts went back and forth between Xiaoshan and Yuezhou, and the news kept coming, and Hangzhou continued to increase troops on the north bank of the Qiantang River, trying to prevent the Tang army from crossing the river. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Lian received the news, did not rush to attack, the weather is not very good recently, some rainy and unsuitable, Yang Lian only controlled the Qiantang River, in order to enter Hangzhou smoothly, the sailor soldiers are actively preparing, at this time, for Wu Yueguo, the war on the other side is also nearing the end.

It was not that Zhou Zong's onslaught had an effect, but that he got the news that Yang Lian had seized Yuezhou, and he was shocked and scared in his heart. At this time, on the Xiuzhou side, Zhou Hongzuo's harassment had already achieved results, and the defenders of Yuezhou were trapped in the city and could not get out at all.

In view of the war situation in Xiuzhou, Zhou Zong chose to go south, he left Chai Kehong, Yao Feng and other generals to stay in Suzhou to contain Qian Wenfeng and his son, and led his troops south, along the way, the army was mighty, rushed to Xiuzhou, Qian Wenfeng got the news, he wanted to send troops to intercept, but after several months of fierce fighting, his losses were very large, and he was unable to attack at all, taking advantage of the fact that the Tang army did not have many soldiers and horses, Chai Kehong and others could not attack the city, he summoned the people, repaired the city wall, and planned to hold it for a long time.

Zhou Zong first went south along the canal, walked more than 50 miles, the canal gradually blocked, this is the credit of Zhou Hongzuo, Zhu Qi and others, Zhou Zong had to abandon the boat to go ashore, when the army arrived in Xiuzhou, it was already dusk, Zhou Zong sent people to build a camp, and at the same time sent people to Zhou Hongzuo, Zhu Qi camp, to meet the two of them.

Zhou Hongzuo got the news, he didn't dare to slack off, and rushed to meet him with seven or eight personal soldiers, but Zhu Qi got the news, got the news, rose up overnight, retreated to the shore, and prepared to return to Yuezhou by boat in the coming day. When the news reached Zhou Zong's ears, he was very angry, but he was helpless.

Xiuzhou camp, after Zhou Zong ate, left Zhou Hongzuo to speak, although the surname of the two is Zhou, they are not a family, there is nothing to do with it, but they both have some relationship with King Yan, one has an alliance with King Yan, and the other is to serve King Yan.

In the big tent, Zhou Zongping retreated from everyone, and the door was guarded by his own soldiers, Zhou Zong knelt on the futon and took a sip of hot tea slowly.

"General Zhou, Yang Lian has occupied Yuezhou, which is not a good thing for us and others." Zhou Zong said.

Zhou Hongzuo agreed with this statement very much, originally he thought that Zhou Situ had taken Suzhou, but later he knew that there was not, and when he saw Zhou Situ say this, he affirmed in his heart that Zhou Situ was robbing the credit.

"Zhou Situ, although Yang Lian took Yuezhou, but in fact, he had to divide his troops to garrison Mingzhou, Yuezhou, and even Zhoushan, Shengsi Islands and other places, and the troops were stretched, and it was not so easy to take Hangzhou." Zhou Hongzuo said.

Zhou Zong thought this deeply, however, he couldn't hope that Yang Lian would not be able to capture Hangzhou, and after thinking about it carefully, Zhou Zong said: "General Zhou, the current situation is very obvious, Yang Lian's water division is very powerful, and he will take the water division as the main one, first defeat the Hangzhou water division, control the Qiantang River, and then besiege Hangzhou." Although Wu Yuejun lost the water division, after all, the water division was strong, and it was a battle of life and death, and it was inevitable to fight to the death, Yang Lian wanted to besiege Hangzhou, and it would be May at the earliest. ”

For Yang Lian, it means that there is still more than a month, which is theoretically enough, depending on Wu Yuejun's countermeasures. Zhou Zong hoped that Wu Yue's naval division would hold Yang Lian back, so that he would have enough time to attack Hangzhou.

Now there are more than 30,000 people under his command, and it is somewhat insufficient to capture Hangzhou, but there is Yang Lian south of the Qiantang River, and Hangzhou's troops should not be much. The two discussed for a while, and in Xiuzhou, because Wu Yue's army did not have many soldiers and horses, Zhou Zong left 3,000 people to garrison to protect the grain road, and took Zhou Hongzuo and others south to Hangzhou the next day.

Hangzhou City, Qian Hongyu frowned, he couldn't figure out why Yuezhou was lost again so quickly, the elite Yijin army he sent to support Yuezhou lost half of them, and most of those who fled back were injured. Discounting is not what Qian Hongyu wants to see.

In the palace, Qian Hongyu was pacing slowly in the spring breeze, he felt an unprecedented crisis, could it be said that Wu Yueguo was really about to perish? He's not reconciled. Concubine Huang walked over slowly at this time, saw her husband's worried appearance, walked over, and said softly: "King, the spring breeze is cold, don't be cold, Wu Yueguo still needs the king." ”

Qian Hongyu showed a smile on his young face, Concubine Huang was his favorite concubine, this year he originally planned to build a pagoda for Concubine Huang on the edge of the West Lake, but it was delayed because of state affairs. Seeing Concubine Huang, Qian Hongli felt that his mood was much better, and took her little hand, and Qian Hongli sat down on the stone bench.

The spring breeze blows, the trees in the yard sway gently, the green shoots sway, leaving a shadow on the ground, everything is so beautiful.

Concubine Huang felt the coldness of Qian Hongyue's palm and looked at him with some concern.

Qian Hongyu suddenly laughed, he didn't want to look extremely fragile in front of a woman, so he said: "Concubine Huang, you don't have to worry, there were worse things than this time, the ancestors survived, I believe, I can also survive." ”

Concubine Huang nodded, she believed that the king could repel the Tang army, and the Buddha blessed her.

While the two were talking, Wu Cheng, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly walked over, holding a few military newspapers in his hand. Huang Fei Bingxue was smart, and immediately stood up and bowed to leave.

"Wu Shangshu, is there anything new?" Qian Hongyu said, his voice trembled slightly, don't look at his incomparable calmness just now, in fact, it was to comfort Concubine Huang's heart.

Wu Cheng's face was mixed, and he said, "King, there are good things and bad things. ”

Qian Hongyu was stunned for a moment and said, "Let's talk about bad things first." ”

Wu Cheng said: "King, Zhou Zong, the commander of the Tang Army who attacked Suzhou, gave up attacking Suzhou, and the soldiers and horses have gone south, and they have arrived in Xiuzhou yesterday, he left thousands of soldiers and horses to besiege Xiuzhou, and personally led the main force of 30,000 soldiers to the south. ”

Qian Hongyu stood up and said, "Zhou Zong easily went south, and he still brought 30,000 soldiers, isn't he afraid that the grain route will be cut off?" ”

Wu Cheng shook his head and said, "I don't know the current situation, but it is said that Zhou Zong has secretly worked for King Yan, and I am afraid that this time he went south to fight for merit." ”

Qian Hongyu also has an understanding of the party struggle in the Tang Dynasty, and he knows that now the King of Yan in the Tang Dynasty is being suppressed, but after all, he is the eldest son of Li Jing, the Son of Heaven, as long as he does not commit the crime of rebellion, the King of Yan is still the King of Yan, and others can't touch him. And it is said that although King Yan is young, he has stayed in the army since he was a child and knows many generals of the military. He has always been ambitious to win the heir, which is one of the unstable factors in Datang.

"Fighting? It's good to fight for credit. Qian Hongyu said softly. Zhou Zong only has 30,000 soldiers and horses, although these 30,000 people are many, but if he wants to take Hangzhou, it is not so easy, as long as Yang Lian can't cross the Qiantang River, Zhou Zong can't take Hangzhou, his performance in Suzhou has proved that he will only attack. Suzhou and Hangzhou are the important towns of Wu Yueguo, and Zhou Zong can't take Suzhou, so naturally he can't take Hangzhou.

This news is bad news, but it's not that bad, and Qian Hongyu can still accept it.

"Wu Shangshu, what about the good news?" Qian Hongyu asked.

"Great King, Da Zhou has decided to send troops to the border of Chen Bing to force the pseudo-Tang to retreat." Wu Cheng said.

Qian Hongyu smiled bitterly, this news is not too good, the Zhou army sent troops, at most it was harassment, it was impossible to attack the pseudo-Tang Dynasty on a large scale, and there was no fundamental change in the war in the south, and it was still necessary to be strong in order to support some more days.

Yuezhou, Zhu Qi stood on the side of the sand table, pointed to Suzhou on the map, and said: "Yang Jiedu, at present, Zhou Zong has given up attacking Suzhou, and turned south, and the peak of the army is directed at Hangzhou. ”

Lin Renzhao smiled disdainfully and said, "Yang Jiedu, Zhou Situ is here to fight for merit." It seems that he has no small ambitions. ”

"What if you are ambitious? Although there are 30,000 soldiers and horses, they can't take Hangzhou at all, unless there is an internal response in Hangzhou. Yang Lian said.

Lin Renzhao said: "Yang Jiedu, now that our army has taken Yuezhou, it is only a matter of time to attack Hangzhou, and now that the army has not yet arrived in Hangzhou, Hangzhou's security will inevitably not be too strict. ”

Zhang Wenji said: "Yes, if Hangzhou has an internal response, the casualties of our army will be greatly reduced." ”

Yang Lian waved his hand, smiled faintly, and said: "This is not appropriate, the previous attack on Mingzhou, our army has internal response, if you want to come to Hangzhou, it will inevitably be strictly controlled, it is difficult to sneak into Hangzhou, it is better to have fewer casualties." ”

Lin Renzhao shook his head, what Yang Lian said was reasonable, but he felt that he always had to give it a try.

Yang Lian didn't explain, and continued: "Now that Zhou Zong is going south, although he is here to grab credit, he still has as many as 30,000 subordinates, as long as he can take Hangzhou, whether it is him or me, it is a great credit." ”

Zhu Qi looked at Yang Lian a little strangely, this didn't seem to be in line with Yang Jiedu's style, how could he give the credit to his political enemies?

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are not many soldiers and horses in our army, although the naval division can occupy an advantage, but the naval division cannot attack Hangzhou, with Zhou Zong's 30,000 soldiers and horses, at least in terms of momentum, it can put pressure on Wu Yueren, this is a good thing, as for whether he can capture Hangzhou and get a piece of the pie, it depends on his creation." Yang Lian laughed again.

Lin Renzhao also laughed and said: "Zhou Situ is anxious to grab merit and wants to take Hangzhou, just so that they can fight a few battles with Qian Hongyu, and our army will reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”

Zhu Qi suddenly realized that Zhou Zong was ambitious and wanted to grab credit, so let him go, anyway, he couldn't capture Hangzhou, only by catching Qian Hongyu and destroying Wu Yue was the greatest.

"Okay, as long as Zhou Zong's side knows the situation, what does he want, we don't care about him, Shao Keqian's sailors stationed on the Qiantang River are the biggest enemy." Yang Lian applauded, woke up the pensive Zhu Qi, turned to the map, and analyzed.

Xiaoshan has fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, but the pontoon bridge has been dismantled by the Wu Yue people, but this is not a difficult matter, Yang Lian has ordered the construction of an active pontoon bridge for use. The key is how to defeat the Wu Yueguo sailors who are cowering in Hangzhou Bay. (To be continued.) )