Chapter 34: Cha Wenhui
Outside the city of Fuzhou, more than 100 miles to the north, there is a plain, mixed in the hills, a number of castles are erected on the plain, in the middle of the castle, a military camp rises from the ground, in the early morning, the military camp is very lively, although it has just passed the New Year, but under the leadership of Bao Xiurang, the soldiers still maintain enough vigilance and professional ethics, and still train more than once. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Listening to the shouts coming from the school ground, neat and powerful, Bao Xiurang was very satisfied. Although his subordinates only had 5,000 men, they were enough to monitor every move in Fuzhou City. For Wu Yue people, Li Hongyi's defection to Wu Yue is the best, but if he wants to stand on his own feet and establish a country within a country, Wu Yue Guo can reluctantly accept it. What Wu Yueguo could not accept was that Li Hongyi defected to the Tang Dynasty, and if Fuzhou fell, it would become the minions of the Tang Dynasty, and at that time, the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty could go north from Fuzhou and seize Fu'an County.
Fu'an County originally belonged to the Fujian State, and the civil strife in Fujian led the Tang Dynasty to the south, and Wu Yueguo also took advantage of the situation to go south and seized Fu'an County. There are more than 10,000 elite soldiers stationed in Fu'an County, and although these soldiers do not belong to Bao Xiurang, once there is a war, these more than 10,000 soldiers can quickly go south at any time to support the war in Fuzhou.
It is precisely with more than 10,000 elite soldiers in Fu'an County that Bao Xiurang is very confident. A few years ago, he received a secret order from Hangzhou, saying that the Tang Dynasty was dispatching troops to prepare to attack Suzhou, and in the face of the upcoming war, Bao Xiurang was a little worried. Although Wu Yueguo's strength is not weak, it is still a little worse than Datang, and the victory or defeat is only between the first line. In the past, Wu Yueguo had a very good relationship with the Central Plains court, so Wu Yueguo often relied on the Central Plains court to contain the Tang Dynasty. However, now the Han and the Tang Dynasty have actually become allies, and the Han is still bowed, which means that Wu Yueguo cannot rely on the strength of the Central Plains to fight against the Tang Dynasty, so Fuzhou, which is located in the south, has become the key.
There are many places bordering the Tang Dynasty and Wu Yueguo, Suzhou, Huzhou and other places, Wu Yue people have been operating for many years, and their defense capabilities are very strong, but the Fuzhou area is not, relatively, the defense here is relatively weak, so the Tang Dynasty will take advantage of the civil strife in Fujian to seize the old land of Fujian, the purpose is to destroy Fujian, homeopathic northward, north and south to attack Wu Yueguo.
Fuzhou City has a special geographical location and is a complex place, so not only Bao Xiurang, but also the monarchs and ministers of Wu Yue Kingdom know that after the destruction of Fujian, Fuzhou has become a buffer zone between the Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue Kingdom, and Fuzhou must not fall into the hands of the Tang Dynasty. Similarly, if Wu Yueguo takes Fuzhou, it will inevitably attract the attention of the Tang Dynasty, and they will definitely send troops to attack Fuzhou. However, neither of the two countries can destroy the other, and if the two countries fight for many years, it will be a huge test of national strength.
Fuzhou City is very delicate, like a balance beam, and the monarchs and ministers of Wu Yue Kingdom walk on it carefully. However, the Tang Dynasty's heart for Fuzhou did not die, first Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu and others attacked Fuzhou, and then Cha Wenhui, Bao Xiu made it clear that the Tang Dynasty could not be allowed to seize Fuzhou City, so he installed a lot of secret agents in Fuzhou City, not only to monitor Li Hongyi, but also to monitor the Tang Dynasty in Fuzhou City.
Cha Wenhui was captured, and Wu Yueguo wanted Li Hongyi to escort him to Hangzhou, but Li Hongyi refused because of the sea breeze, the heavy rain continued, and the roads were mostly washed away, so it was inconvenient to walk. After the New Year, Bao Xiurang received a letter, and Li Hongyi decided to escort Cha Wenhui to Hangzhou.
This choice made Bao Xiurang very happy, which meant that Li Hongyi was closer to Wu Yueren. But after waiting for two days, Bao Xiurang still didn't get any news, although escorting Cha Wenhui was a big deal, but it was just one person, and it didn't take that long at all. Could it be that something happened in Fuzhou City?
Bao Xiurang thought about it carefully, and felt that it was impossible, he had a lot of secret agents in Fuzhou City, how could something happen? However, theoretically I can't tell. Bao Xiurang pondered, and suddenly, he remembered that a few days ago, a secret agent came with news, saying that a merchant from Shu had brought a large amount of grain, and Li Hongyi had decided to buy it.
It is a good thing that Li Hongyi can buy grain at his own expense. Proving that he has the heart of self-reliance, when Bao Xiurang thought about it, he suddenly thought that the merchants of Shu went to Fuzhou to sell grain, but the Liucong who controlled Quanzhou and Nanzhou had already taken refuge in the Tang people at least on the surface. This means that Datang's territory has surrounded most of Fuzhou. Merchants from Shu must pass through the Tang Dynasty before they can reach Fuzhou.
Although the merchants are very special, how could the Tang people easily let the merchants of Shu State transport grain to Fuzhou? Of course, there is also a possibility that the officials of the Tang Dynasty were corrupt and bribed, so they released the merchants of Shu. However, Bao Xiurang would not hope for this possibility, so he felt that he had to find out what was happening in Fuzhou City as soon as possible.
Bao Xiurang's reaction was not unpleasant, but he had just issued an order for the spies in Fuzhou to investigate carefully to see if anything unusual had happened in Fuzhou recently. Less than half an hour after the order was issued, Bao Xiurang received a secret report from the beggar.
"The Jiedu Embassy is heavily guarded, and after the military commander and the top officials entered the Jiedu Embassy, none of them came out?" Bao Xiurang couldn't help muttering after reading the secret report, which made him very puzzled, although Li Hongyi was at both ends of the snake and mouse, he might have found out that there were people in the Fuzhou army who secretly defected to Wu Yue, but there could be no problem with so many commanders and envoys.
Could it really be that the Tang people secretly infiltrated Fuzhou City and planned an unexpected action? The more Bao Xiu thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, so he immediately repaired a letter and asked people to send it to Fu'an County to move the rescuers. After instructing his soldiers to rush to Fu'an County as soon as possible, Bao Xiurang felt that he couldn't sit still, he thought about it, and asked people to order three thousand elites, let them polish their weapons, prepare dry food, and he wanted to go to Fuzhou City to see what was going on.
In Fuzhou City, in a small room, Cha Wenhui was sitting in danger. Even in captivity, he maintained his demeanor, his hair was spotlessly cleaned, and the beard on his chin shook his spirits, just like him.
A few days earlier, Cha Wenhui has been locked in the dungeon, since he was captured, Cha Wenhui decided to die for the country, the Tang Dynasty is a big country in the Celestial Empire, and the Fuzhou army is just an ant-like existence, and it is impossible for him to surrender Cha Wenhui. Li Hongyi also seemed to know this, so he didn't send someone to persuade Cha Wenhui to surrender, but he had three meals a day, which was quite punctual, and he had meat and vegetarian food, and he didn't treat Cha Wenhui badly.
Cha Wenhui always thought that Li Hongyi would attack him or send him to Hangzhou, but in fact he never did. Until this morning, before dawn, Cha Wenhui was escorted to this room, guarded by several soldiers, but no one spoke.
Since Cha Wenhui was captured, he also settled down and wanted to see what Li Hongyi was doing. It was only after three o'clock in the morning that the footsteps outside the door sounded, and the sound was very urgent, obviously the people who came were in a hurry. Cha Wenhui held a book in his hand, looked at it carefully, and did not look up.
The footsteps came in and disappeared again, but the person who came did not speak, but stood there quietly, looking at Cha Wenhui.
Although Cha Wenhui was calm, he couldn't help but wonder, and after waiting for a while, no one could speak, Cha Wenhui raised his head and looked ahead. I saw a person, dressed in armor, with a scar on his face, but it was not Li Hongyi.
No, this face seems to have been seen somewhere. Cha Wenhui thought a little puzzled, and suddenly, he stood up abruptly and said, "You, you are Yang Lian?" Why are you caught too? ”
The person who came was Yang Lian, and when he heard this, he smiled, shook his head, and said, "No, I came to Fuzhou to save you." ”
Hearing this, Cha Wenhui took a step back, and looked at Yang Lian in disbelief, he originally had something to say, but found that Yang Lian had a smile on his face, if he was captured, it would be impossible to have this kind of expression. Could it be true? Cha Wenhui couldn't help but ask.
Yang Lian motioned for Cha Wenhui to sit down, and ordered someone to bring tea and food, and then told Cha Wenhui the reason for the incident. In fact, it is very simple, Yang Lian strongly supported Li Hongji to send troops to Suzhou at the court meeting, and did a good job in the scheduling of grain and grass in advance, the purpose was to attract the attention of Wu Yue people and even Li Hongyi. When everyone's eyes were focused on Suzhou and Jinling, Yang Lian had already secretly set off, and rushed to Jianzhou.
Yang Lian took out the secret order and told the Jianzhou Assassin Shi to secretly mobilize people and horses to prepare to answer him. However, he pretended to be Fei Yan, a merchant of Shu State, and rushed to Fuzhou with the grain of Jianzhou and won Li Hongyi's trust. Of course, maybe Li Hongyi doesn't trust the so-called Fei Yan, but for him who lacks food, he also has the intention of using Yang Lian. Therefore, on the first day of transporting grain, Li Hongyi behaved like that, and after confirming that the ship was loaded with grain, Li Hongyi relaxed his vigilance.
Of course, this vigilance is temporary, after the grain is transported to Fuzhou, what kind of changes will occur to Li Hongyi's mentality, Yang Lian does not know for the time being, but he understands that he must take advantage of Li Hongyi's self-righteousness to launch an attack. So Yang Lian secretly drugged the meal, and Li Hongyi was groggy and showed signs of high fever.
Yang Lian's efforts have come to fruition, Li Hongyi was captured, Li Hongtong, Li Hansheng and others were killed, of course, things have not yet reached the time to sit back and relax, Yang Lian only controls the Jiedu Embassy at the moment, and has not yet controlled Fuzhou City. Even all the generals of the Fuzhou Army were controlled by Yang Lian.
Yang Lian needs Cha Wenhui's help, no matter what, although Cha Wenhui's military talent is not successful, but after all, he has been operating in Jianzhou for two years, and most of his subordinates are his henchmen, Yang Lian suddenly appeared, even if he saved Tang Bing, Tang Bing would still be worried, only Cha Wenhui came forward, and he could quickly organize the captured Tang Army.
As soon as Yang Lian said this, Cha Wenhui also understood, at this time the two had already eaten, Cha Wenhui stood up, bowed deeply to Yang Lian, and said, "Thank you Yang Jiedu for saving your life." ”
"The Marquis of Chaliu has tormented the younger generations." Yang Lian said, hurriedly stood up, and returned the salute. Cha Wenhui is an old minister of the former dynasty, and he is good friends with Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu and others, and Yang Lian at this time still needs their help, so he considers himself a junior. And from the point of view of the official, Yang Lian is also one product behind. (To be continued.) )