The next day, Yao Feng led his troops to attack the city, and the battle was quite fierce. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhou Zong ordered the baggage battalion to give enough support, and all kinds of siege weapons were used by Yao Feng without hesitation. Yao Feng led his men to storm Hangzhou, and the first day of fighting until dusk, more than 300 people under his command were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded.

Yao Feng commanded more than 3,000 people, and nearly half of the casualties were killed, which made Yao Feng very depressed. He walked around the camp and couldn't help frowning as he looked at the soldiers who sighed. Today, Zhou Zong personally supervised the battle, and he had to wave his army to attack, paying so many casualties, but he didn't even board Hangzhou City.

It must not go on like this, Yao Feng faintly felt that Zhou Zong was expressing his dissatisfaction with him, otherwise, why was Zhou Hongzuo just acting like this when he was attacking the city? He thought about it and thought about it, and secretly sent someone to Yuhang, at this time, he could only rely on Yang Lian.

Yang Lian received the news and immediately agreed to Yao Feng's request, saying that as long as he came to Yuhang, Yang Lian would not starve Yao Feng if he had a bite to eat. Yang Lian knew very well that at this stage, Zhou Zong would not be able to turn his face, he had no food source, and he could only rely on Yang Lian to breathe in a short time.

On the third day, Zhou Zong once again ordered Yao Feng to attack. Yao Feng refused with many casualties among the three armies, and Zhou Zong was furious, saying that if Yao Feng did not obey the military order, he would be killed on the spot. Yao Feng received the news, reluctantly agreed, he lit up the soldiers and horses, went straight to Hangzhou City, walked more than three miles, and suddenly turned to Yuhang, Zhou Zong didn't expect Yao Feng to be like this, and when he knew the news, Yao Feng had already walked for more than half an hour.

Zhou Zong immediately took Zhou Hongzuo and others to Yuhang to ask for someone, he was so angry, Yao Feng actually broke away from him, didn't this show that he slapped him in the face? The Tang Army's movements could not be concealed from Wu Yueren's spies, and the ministers couldn't guess Yao Feng's actions, and Qian Hongyu was also very puzzled.

They couldn't even imagine what was going on.

Yang Lian received the news of Yao Feng's arrival, and immediately rushed to the city tower, and saw that it was indeed Yao Feng, which made people open the city gate, and at the same time, the crossbowmen were ready, just in case. Yang Lian's caution is naturally justified, and in this situation, he naturally has to be cautious and vigilant.

Yao Feng entered Yuhang under the leadership of Zhu Qi and climbed the city tower, Yao Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Duomeng Yang Jiedu took him in, Yao is grateful." ”

Yang Lian smiled and said, "You're welcome, when you and I were in the Shenwu Army, Brother Yao took care of me." ”

Yao Feng saw that he was sincere, so he smiled, pointed to the more than 2,000 people under the city tower, and said: "These old brothers have followed me for many years, and they are not afraid to sacrifice their lives for the country, but this kind of sacrifice is not worth it." "Yao Feng has a lot of opinions, he led the troops to attack the city, at the most critical time, Zhou Zong did not send troops to support, how could a mere 3,000 people capture Hangzhou? In this way, it is just Zhou Zong's deliberate action.

"Yang Jiedu, more than 2,000 people under my command are willing to serve Yang Jiedu today." Yao Feng expressed his thoughts.

"No, it's for Datang." Yang Lian smiled, even if he had other meanings, he could only say to those closest to him that although Yao Feng was an old acquaintance, there were things that should not be let him know.

Yao Feng was stunned for a moment, laughed, and said: "What Yang Jiedu said is very true, we are all courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, so we naturally want to serve the Tang Dynasty." ”

While speaking, a scout rushed to tell him, saying: "Yang Jiedu, a large number of soldiers were found five miles outside the city, look at the flag, it is Zhou Situ's soldiers and horses." ”

"Keep the gates shut, and let them in." Yang Lian commanded.

Yao Feng's face was overjoyed, Yang Lian was so protective, proving that his defection was correct.

"Crossbowmen prepare, listen to my orders!" Yang Lian said again.

Zhu Qi was on the side and gave the order, and the Tang soldiers were full of energy.

After waiting for another meal, the flag flew in the distance, and Zhou Zong arrived with more than 500 cavalry. Zhou Hongzuo was beside him, suddenly pointed to the city, and said, "Zhou Situ, Yao Feng is there." ”

Although Zhou Zong is old, his eyes are quite good, he looked at it a few times, snorted coldly, and said, "He can cheat." ”

"What now?" Zhou Hongzuo asked.

"What else can I do, naturally I want people." Zhou Zong's face was gloomy and dripping water, Yao Feng's betrayal made him very angry, if there were a few more people like Yao Feng, his army would collapse in an instant.

Zhou Hongzuo pursed his lips, now that his lifeline is pinched by Yang Lian, how can he ask for someone? He wanted to say this, but after a moment's hesitation, he still didn't say it.

The distance was close, and a flag was played on the head of the city, to make them stop, Zhou Zong did not believe in evil, and ran dozens of steps, only two hundred steps away from the city wall.

"Crossbowman, prepare!" Yang Lian commanded.

The soldiers all laughed and prepared, and when Zhou Zong was only a hundred steps away from the city wall, the soldiers were ready, just waiting for the commander to give an order.

"The old man is Zhou Zong, don't shoot arrows." Zhou Zong shouted loudly, and at the same time let the soldiers play the flag.

When Yang Lian received the news, he asked the soldiers to ask, what are they doing here?

Zhou Zong didn't answer directly, but just said that he came to have something to do, hoping that Yang Lian would be able to open the city gate. Yang Lian couldn't help laughing, and opened the city gate, could he take Yao Feng away?

Yao Feng didn't know what Yang Lian was thinking, and when he saw him hesitating, he said, "Yang Jiedu." ”

Yang Lian waved his hand and said, "Brother Yao, don't worry. Saying that, let the soldiers issue a flag and open the city gate, but only Zhou Zong could come in alone.

Zhou Zong is not a fool, how could he come in alone, Yang Lian is relatively calm and will not move him, but what about Yao Feng? I can't say for sure. Zhou Zong led his troops to continue to advance, and he felt that Yang Lian would not be able to shoot. But soon, he was startled, and several arrows, although they were not on target, shot out and were firmly nailed into the earth.

"Straight, they're really archery!" Zhou Hongzuo said.

Zhou Zong's face was gloomy, and he asked the others to stop, and he stepped forward independently. Yang Lian ordered the shooting to stop.

"Yang Jiedu, Zhou is polite." Zhou Zong approached and said in a loud voice.

Yang Lian laughed and said, "Yang thank you Zhou Situ for your kindness, it's not early today, there is no extra room in Yuhang City, Zhou Situ should please go back!" ”

This is an eviction order, Zhou Zong snorted coldly in his heart, and was about to speak, but Yang Lian spoke first.

"Zhou Situ, Yang's army is insufficient, Zhou Situ kindly sent General Yao to help, and Yang laughed at it." Yang Lian replied loudly.

Zhou Zong was stunned for a moment, he immediately understood that Yang Lian was under the stairs he gave him, he was a little hesitant for a while, Yang Lian said this, and made it clear that he would not release Yao Feng, so he could only accept this reality. After Zhou Zong hesitated for a moment, the reality made him lower his head, he had to do so, but he still wanted to reap greater benefits.

"Yang Jiedu is polite, you and I are both courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, attacking Hangzhou is the biggest thing now, and I hope that Yang Jiedu and Zhou will do their best and return triumphantly." Zhou Zong said that at the beginning, he wanted to monopolize the credit for capturing Hangzhou, but now it seems that it is very unrealistic, so he chose to share the credit with Yang Lian.

"This is easy to say, how much sincerity does Zhou Situ have, and he will attack Hangzhou tomorrow, and I hope that Zhou Situ can make contributions in one fell swoop." Yang Lian replied.

Zhou Zongdao: "Yang Jiedu was able to fulfill his promise, Zhou was grateful, and said goodbye!" With that, Zhou Zong rode away, without the arrogance at the beginning.

"Yang Jiedu, Zhou Zong attacked Hangzhou, and he didn't contribute to the work at all, do you really want to give him food?" Yao Feng said.

"Give, why don't you give? However, the food is in my hands, and I don't have the final say on how much to give? Yang Lian laughed.

Yao Feng couldn't help but laugh. On the same day, Yang Lian set up a banquet for Yao Feng to wash the dust, and at the same time sent medical officers to treat the wounded soldiers, for which Yao Feng was very grateful.

One day later, Zhou Zong led his troops to attack the city again, this time he seemed to work much harder, and the food was consumed quickly. Two days later, Yang Lian first sent someone to send 2,000 stone of grain, and two days later sent another 2,000 stone.

Yang Lian's attitude gradually reassured Zhou Zong, and his subordinates fought hard to attack the city, the casualties increased, and the demand for medicine greatly increased. When Zhou Zong attacked the city, Yang Lian was not idle, and the geographical environment around Hangzhou was thoroughly explored.

Zhou Zong attacked Hangzhou for ten days in a row, these ten days, his losses were huge, and the food was also rapidly consumed, fortunately, Yang Lian sent troops to send food from time to time, and Zhou Zong finally had no worries about food.

However, on the fifteenth day, the food was not delivered as promised, and Zhou Zong immediately sent his subordinates to Yuhang to ask about the situation, and the subordinates brought back a bad news, Yang Lian is now also short of food. Originally, Yang Lian had arranged for the ships to go south, but halfway through, these ships disappeared inexplicably, some people said that they were captured by the dragon god, and some people said that they were robbed by the sailors of Wu Yueguo. In Zhou Zong's opinion, these answers are very nonsense, the dragon god naturally needless to say, there is not much left of Wu Yueguo's sailors, and the remnants of Hangzhou's sailor strength are blocked by Yang Lian in the Qiantang River, where did Wu Yueguo's sailor come from?

Zhou Zong didn't believe it, but his subordinates swore that he said so, and Zhou Zong could only choose to believe it. Soon, he sent spies to report that Yang Lian's rice rations for relief of the victims had also decreased, and the usual rice was dry, but now it has become gruel, but it is still the kind that can see the shadow.

Sure enough, there is a shortage of food! Zhou Zong became nervous, these days of hard work to attack the city, in order to let the soldiers have enough physical strength, he let the soldiers eat and drink with an open stomach, now that there is a shortage of food, what should I do? Zhou Zong thought about it, and finally decided to go to Yuhang to have a look.

When Zhou Zong arrived in Yuhang, Yang Lian was discussing the siege plan with his subordinates in the county government, and in the meeting hall, he saw Yao Feng, Zhou Zong looked at him coldly, and then looked away.

"Hehe, Zhou Situ, how are you doing recently?" Yang Lian asked with a smile.

Zhou Zong couldn't help but sneer a few words, thinking to himself, didn't you ask knowingly? Zhou Zong sighed and said, "Hey, Yang Jiedu, I don't know if there is any news of the grain ship?" ”

"Yang sent troops to look for it, presumably within five or six days, there should be news." Yang Lian said.

"Five or six?" Zhou Zong was shocked in his heart, how could he survive such a long time?

"Yang Jiedu, now that Zhou is short of food, I hope that Yang Jiedu will be benevolent and righteous and support one or two." Zhou Zong said, this is extremely rare for him.

Yang Lian shook his head and said, "Zhou Situ, it's not that Yang is unwilling to help, but the situation is particularly bad now. Don't hide it from Zhou Situ, now I only have 2,000 stone of grain. ”

"Only two thousand stones?" Zhou Zong was shocked, what can he do with two thousand stone of grain?

"Yes, there are only two thousand stones, and if you want to supply the army, it's really not enough." Yang Lian shook his head.

Zhou Zong pursed his lips, at this time, it was dinner time, and a soldier said: "Yang Jiedu, the dinner is ready." ”

"Zhou Situ, although Yang doesn't have much food, it's still okay to let Zhou Situ eat enough. If Zhou Situ doesn't dislike it, let's eat in Yuhang. Yang Lian said.

Zhou Zong thought about it and agreed, he came suddenly, Yang Lian didn't know at all, as long as he looked at what Yang Lian ate, he could judge how much food he had left. However, the food soon disappointed Zhou Zong, and Yang Lian and his subordinates ate rice porridge, although it did not show a shadow, it was still quite thin.

Yang Lian drank one bowl and instructed the soldiers to give Zhou Zong the portion of the other bowl.

"Yang Jiedu, if this bowl of rice porridge is given to others, you won't be able to eat enough." Yao Feng was on the side and said quietly.

Yang Lian smiled and said, "Don't get in the way, Zhou Situ is a guest, how can you not let the guests eat enough." ”

Zhou Zong couldn't help but point to the half-pot of rice porridge and said, "Isn't there still in there?" ”

Yao Feng rolled his eyes and said, "Yang Jiedu has long had a rule that during non-combat periods, one person can only eat two bowls of rice porridge, and this rule has been implemented for two days, and no one has disobeyed it. ”

Zhou Zong looked at Yang Lian with an inquiring look.

Yang Lian smiled and said, "Zhou Situ, don't listen to General Yao's nonsense, Yang has been losing weight recently." ”

Yao Feng turned his head away and stopped talking.

Zhou Zong hesitated for a moment, hunger made him unable to refuse rice porridge, thinking that he might not even drink rice porridge in a few days, he picked up the bowl and drank all the bowl of porridge.

"Yang Jiedu, there are still many people in Yuhang City, there should be a lot of food in their homes, why doesn't Yang Jiedu take it from them?" After drinking the rice porridge, Zhou Zong couldn't help but ask.

Yang Lian shook his head and said, "The people in Yuhang City don't have much food, if they forcibly requisition grain and force them back, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to attack Hangzhou." Now that the destruction of Wu Yue Kingdom is imminent, Yang does not want to make extraneous branches. ”

Zhou Zong thought to himself, if there is no food, he will have to withdraw the army, and the plan to destroy Wu Yue Kingdom will be shattered, what is the difference between the result and the result just said?

"Yang Jiedu, extraordinary times, doing extraordinary things, I hope Yang Jiedu will think twice." Zhou Zong persuaded.

Yang Lian shook his head and said, "Zhou Situ, it's not too early, Zhou Situ is busy with military affairs, so he won't leave Situ to spend the night in Yuhang City." ”

"The grain?" Zhou Zong couldn't help but say, without food, what would happen to the soldiers and horses under his command, he really didn't dare to think about it.

"Hey, Yang is also worried, but Yang has already thought of a way, Yuhang is close to the sea, you might as well catch fish in the sea, and hold on first. Zhou Situ might as well try, Hangzhou has many lakes and abundant aquatic products, and it should be able to last until the arrival of food. Yang Lian said.

Zhou Zong didn't speak for a long time, and then said bitterly: "It seems that it can only be like this!" Yang Jiedu, Zhou has resigned! ”

"Someone's coming!" Yang Lian said, and soon, a soldier hurriedly walked in with a cloth bag in his hand.

Yang Lian handed the cloth bag to Zhou Zong and said, "Zhou Situ, these are a few steamed buns that Yang just sent someone to buy, and I hope you don't dislike it." ”

Zhou Zong was speechless for a while, this is treating me as a beggar! (To be continued.) )