Chapter 61 Hangzhou Reinforcements
Princess Huairou sneaked out of the imperial city, rode a little red horse, and rushed towards Zhou Zong's mansion with two guards. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info this thing is not good, she has a good relationship with Emperor Zhou E, if this marriage is decided, if Emperor Zhou E marries King Yan, won't she cry blind?
Along the way, Princess Huairou seemed worried, she rode a horse and galloped through the street, making chickens and dogs jump, some people scolded, and the little red horse who knew Princess Huairou was so frightened that she quickly covered her mouth, her voice trembled, and said: "You don't want to live, she is a mother worm." ”
When the man heard this, he was also frightened, and hurriedly turned away, pretending to do something.
Where can Princess Huairou manage these things, it took half an hour to rush to the Zhou Mansion, get off the horse, knock on the door knocker, open the door, see Princess Huairou, can't help laughing, and said: "Princess, please inside!" ”
Princess Huairou nodded, strode in, and went straight to Emperor Zhou'e's boudoir. Zhou Ehuang was in front of the desk at this time, holding a brush in his hand, and wrote a few words on the paper, feeling that the writing was not good, so he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the trash. In this way, I wrote half-loud words, and I was always dissatisfied, and the trash can was already full of ink-stained paper.
"Ugh." Zhou Ehuang put down the brush and sighed faintly, a little confused, she didn't know why she was so irritable in her heart.
"Emperor E, are you there?" In the distance, the voice of Princess Huairou was heard.
Emperor Zhou E woke up, heard the voice of Princess Huairou, cleaned up his mood, squeezed out a smile on his face, and was about to agree, when he suddenly remembered something, hurriedly rolled up the paper on the desk, and still threw it into the trash can, and was about to leave, and felt that the trash can was not safe, so he hid the trash can in the corner behind the bookcase.
Emperor Zhou E breathed a sigh of relief, straightened his waist, and was about to walk out, when suddenly, a hand slapped on her back, startling her, and when she looked back, it was Princess Huairou.
"Princess, you're scared me to death." Zhou Ehuang patted his chest, which already had a certain scale, with his hand, looking like he had palpitations.
Princess Huairou said, "Emperor E, what are you doing secretly?" ”
"Didn't do anything." Emperor Zhou E endured the uneasiness in his heart and said, his little face turned red all of a sudden.
Fortunately, Princess Huairou didn't care, she pulled Zhou Ehuang aside and said, "Empress E, there is something I must tell you." ”
Emperor Zhou E said: "What makes the princess so anxious? ”
"It's good that you know about this, I just heard it." Princess Huairou walked to the door, looked outside, and clasped the door tightly, before turning around. took Emperor Zhou E's hand and said, "Emperor E, just over an hour ago, Prime Minister Sun faced the saint, and he said to His Majesty that you and King Yan are in love, and you want to ask Your Majesty to make a decree and give marriage." ”
"Huh?" Emperor Zhou E was taken aback, his eyes widened, and he couldn't help but grasp Princess Huairou and said, "This, this is true?" ”
"Naturally, it's true, and I don't know how Zhou Situ said it to Prime Minister Sun, so Prime Minister Sun moved his mind and became a matchmaker. Emperor E, what's going on with Zhou Situ? ”
Emperor Zhou E shook her head, she didn't know, besides, how could her father talk to Prime Minister Sun about this? Even if the two are happy, that person will not be the king of Yan.
Seeing her puzzled look, Princess Huairou grabbed her hand and said, "Let's go, go ask Zhou Situ and make it clear." ”
Emperor Zhou E pulled away her hand vigorously, she has a different personality from Princess Huairou, how can she ask this kind of thing? Besides, didn't the Son of Heaven pay attention?
Princess Huairou heard this, but she smiled bitterly, when the Son of Heaven made a holy decree, is there any room for redemption in this matter? Princess Huairou spoke for a while, and seeing that Emperor Zhou E was unmoved, she had to sigh and leave in a hurry.
Emperor Zhou E sent Princess Huairou away, and looked at her departing back in a daze, what is going on?
Princess Huairou walked out of the Zhou Mansion, and Menzi brought the little red horse, laughed with her, and said, "The princess walks slowly." ”
The two guards also leaned over, Princess Huairou turned over on her horse, thought about it, and ran towards the house, while walking, she was thinking, at this time, what was Yang Lian doing? I think it's time to write to him.
At this time, Yang Lian was nervously preparing, he ordered the soldiers to collect tens of thousands of sacks, some filled with sand, some filled with dry reeds, in addition, from Haizhou, Dengzhou, transported a lot of clay pots, Yang Lian let people strictly guard, these things, when attacking Hangzhou, can be used.
Since Qian Hongyu released the prisoners to consume the grain of grain, Yang Lian increased the intensity of transportation, the treasury of the counties under his jurisdiction was almost empty, only Yanzhou, Yunzhou and other border areas still have a certain amount of grain, Yang Lian stored most of the grain on the Shengsi Islands, and sent henchmen to take care of it, Wu Yue people did not have warships, they could not land on the Shengsi Islands at all, the grain was stored there, very safe.
While Yang Lian was actively preparing, he actively trained the soldiers of the forbidden army, and after a period of training, these soldiers had greatly improved, and at the same time, Yang Lian also judged that those people were spies of the Wu Yue people. To identify these spies, Yang Lian spent a lot of effort, he made a lot of Jinling snacks on the grounds of enhancing the soldiers' physique, most of the soldiers saw the food, and they were not happy to eat, but only seven or eight of them were not interested in Jinling food.
Of course, based on this alone, Yang Lian couldn't make the judgment that they were Wu Yueren, Yang Lian also made many temptations, and sent people to monitor them, and found that these people would secretly get together in the middle of the night to discuss things. It's just that these people are quite cautious, and they don't know what they are discussing.
Yang Lian didn't care what they were discussing, seven or eight people, and under his close surveillance, they couldn't make any big waves.
Half a month passed quickly, in Suzhou, Qian Wenfeng had already sorted out everything, he left his second son Qian Chengli to guard Suzhou, and he personally commanded 20,000 soldiers and arrived in Hangzhou. Qian Wenfeng led his troops to settle down in the west of Yuhang City, and formed an angle with Hangzhou, and the three forces formed a triangle.
"Qian Wenfeng finally came, he brought 20,000 soldiers and horses, but he claimed to have 50,000." Yang Lian was in the study, talking about the latest information.
Zhu Qi said: "Yang Jiedu, as soon as Qian Wenfeng comes, Wu Yue's army has at least 30,000 more soldiers and horses than our army, and this Hangzhou City is not easy to fight." ”
Yang Lian nodded and said, "Don't worry about this matter, the Shengsi Islands have already stockpiled enough food, even if it is a protracted war, they are not afraid." However, Ben General has already made preparations, and in the next few days, something big will happen in Hangzhou. You can wait and see what happens! ”
Lin Renzhao, Zhu Qi and others are very strange, what is the abnormal change that Yang Jiedu said?
In the city of Hangzhou, after Qian Wenfeng led his troops to arrive, he asked people to set up a large camp, and when the large camp was built, he led 500 cavalry into the city. Qian Hongyu had already gotten the news, rushed to the city, and saw that it was indeed Qian Wenfeng, which made people open the city gate.
"Wechen has seen the king." After Qian Wenfeng jumped off the war horse, he bowed and saluted.
The two are equal, but in terms of age, Qian Wenfeng is relatively old, the difference between the two is about 20 years old, and Qian Hongyu's age is the same as Qian Chengli.
At this time, Qian Hongyu didn't dare to take the shelf anymore, and besides, they were all a family, and the expression on his face was much kinder.
"Lian Qing, you are finally here, and Lone is relieved." Qian Hongyu shouted Qian Wenfeng's words.
Qian Wenfeng gave a salute, with a panicked expression, in fact, the relationship between his father Qian Yuanxuan and Qian Hongyu's father Qian Yuanqian was very delicate, and Qian Yuanxuan took the initiative to give up the position of the monarch back then, and recommended Qian Yuanqian instead. Later, Qian Yuanqian became the king of Wu Yue, at first he was very trusting of Qian Yuanxuan, who controlled Suzhou, and the wind tower was the envoy of the Wu Festival, and he also assigned the Huating area to Suzhou, and later he stabilized the situation, and the power was in his hands, and Huating was assigned to Xiuzhou, which was clearly to cut power, Qian Yuanhui himself did not have much ambition, and because Wu Yue still had a strong enemy, he did not want to make trouble, so he endured it.
At that time, Qian Wenfeng was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was still very young, and he complained at that time. However, Qian Wenfeng was deeply influenced by his father and knew when to do something, so he hid this matter in his heart and didn't say anything.
Qian Hongyu didn't know what Qian Wenfeng was thinking, so he laughed and said, "Lian Qing, you are here, Yang Lian Xiao'er will not be arrogant for long." ”
"The king's grace is all over the world, what is a mere Yang Lian?" Qian Wenfeng smiled.
"Lian Qing, Gu has prepared a banquet, let's talk while eating." Qian Hongyu said and stepped on the war horse.
"Whoa!" Qian Wenfeng replied, got on his horse, and hurried towards the mansion of King Wu Yue.
At the banquet, Qian Hongyu ordered Zheng Guogong Wu Yanfu, Wu Cheng, the secretary of the military department, and Prime Minister Yuan Dezhao to accompany the banquet. ”
"King, this Yang Lian is like a dog skin plaster, sticking to his body, and he can't shake it off, it's really a headache. Judging from all kinds of experiences, this person is Wu Yue's biggest enemy, and now is the best opportunity to get rid of him, if he misses it, I'm afraid there will never be such a good opportunity again. Qian Wenfeng said.
Wu Yanfu interjected and said: "It's a pity that Wu Yue's water division has lost everything, once the war is unfavorable, Yang Lian Xiao'er will escape from the waterway, and it is not easy to keep him." ”
Qian Wenfeng nodded and said, "King, I heard that all the prisoners under Zhou Zong were released a few days ago. ”
"Exactly, Yang Lian came from afar, and it is not easy to supply food, and he also wants to consume his food by doing this." Qian Hongyu said.
"Ah, the king should place Wu Yue soldiers among the captives, as long as they blend into Yuhang City, things will be much easier." Qian Wenfeng said.
Qian Hongyu laughed, glanced at Wu Yanfu, and said, "Lian Qing, Gu did arrange manpower, and now they have successfully infiltrated Yuhang City, they are actively collecting intelligence, Lian Qing, this is the news they secretly passed back." Qian Hongyu took out a letter from his arms.
A palace maid with a good face took the letter, walked aside, and handed it to Qian Wenfeng.
Qian Wenfeng took a look, and in this letter, he talked in detail about the deployment of troops in Yuhang City, in Yuhang City, Yang Lian's main force firmly guarded the main road, and only a dozen people could not make big waves. However, they still brought enough valuable news, such as Yang Lian's movements during this time, which were all seen by them.
"It's a sack again, it's full of sand and dry reeds, this Yang Lian, is it going to attack the city?" Qian Wenfeng said.
Qian Hongyu said: "How did Lone also guess, but, however, with Yang Lian's strength, even if he integrates nearly 10,000 prisoners, the force is still insufficient, and the force is not dominant, Lone can't think of any way he can capture Hangzhou." ”
Qian Wenfeng squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, our army mainly guards Hangzhou, and Yang Lian will retreat sooner or later." ”
"But in this way, Mingzhou, Yuezhou and other places are the most elite part of Wu Yue, if under the rule of Yang Lian, Wu Yue's food loss is great, and taxes are also greatly affected, I am afraid that the national strength will be greatly damaged." Qian Hongyu expressed the worry in his heart.
This war began with Qian Wenfeng's siege of Changzhou, to now, it has been more than half a year, such a long time, the loss of grain is very large, if Mingzhou, Yuezhou and other places are still under the rule of Wu Yueguo, the people can still grow food, develop production, the taxes that should be paid will not be less, and even increased. But now the situation is different, and Qian Hongyu feels that this kind of loss is unacceptable to him. In addition, he knew that Cha Wenhui, the scholar, the former prisoner of Wu Yueguo, had also gone all the way north, and even won successive battles, and had captured more than a dozen large and small counties such as Fu'an and Wenzhou, and his target was also Hangzhou.
Qian Wenfeng expressed his understanding that Suzhou experienced this war, and both winter and spring ploughing were greatly affected, not to mention that Zhou Zong was very hateful, and wherever his subordinates passed, it was like locusts sweeping in, and there was nothing left in the farmland.
This year's harvest is probably less than three percent of the usual harvest, and more importantly, Zhou Zong burned and robbed in Suzhou, Xiuzhou, and Hangzhou, and the people were killed and injured, and the rest fled one after another, but that was only a very small part.
"King, it's better to be like this, Weichen will repair a letter and go to meet him." Qian Wenfeng said.
Qian Hongyu said: "Lian Qing, what do you mean by this?" ”
"King, to be honest, I have always had a doubt, this Yang Lian, with the same name and surname as the old prince of Yang Wu, Chengli has seen this person, he said that this Yang Lian's body skeleton is somewhat similar to Emperor Wu." Qian Wenfeng said that the Emperor Wu in his mouth was Yang Xingmi, the founding lord of Yang Wu.
Yang Xingmi is Qian Wenfeng's maternal grandfather, mentioning him is naturally extraordinarily respectful, this respect actually does not have too many feelings, after all, he has rarely seen Yang Xingmi, this kind of respect is because Yang Xingmi is indeed a big hero, but unfortunately, although he is powerful, his children and grandchildren are not competitive enough, and the huge country finally cheapens Li Yu's father and son.
"Lian Qing, what do you mean?" Qian Hongyu was stunned.
"King, if he is really the old prince of the previous dynasty, things will be much easier!" Qian Wenfeng seemed very confident.