It rained for three days, and on the fourth day, when the sky finally cleared and the sun shone on the earth, the Tang soldiers took out their bowstrings and exposed them to the sun to restore their elasticity. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info siege equipment has also been accelerated, and the Tang army camp seems to be extremely busy.

These news were learned by the spies sent out by Pan Xianyan, and for this reason, Pan Xianyan actively prepared for war while sending people to Hangzhou for help. Two days later, Qian Hongyu received the news and wrote another letter, telling Pan Xianyan that he had mobilized troops and horses to support Mingzhou. Qian Hongyu repeatedly told him to guard Mingzhou.

At this time, after two days of preparation, the bowstring has recovered its elasticity under the sun, Yang Lian waved his hand, and did not directly attack Mingzhou, but the army packed up the luggage, and packed up the fence and other things for the construction of the camp, put it in the car, full of it, and put the grain and grass on the Chinese army, and the army slowly walked to the north along the official road.

At first, Pan Xianyan thought that the Tang army was going to attack the city, and he was very anxious, he gathered the troops, climbed the city tower to watch, only to see the Tang army's black oppression, like a dark cloud covering it, some veterans are okay, recruits, especially some farmers, they have just changed their identities, and they are very uncomfortable all of a sudden, seeing the Tang army killing violently, and pushing a large number of siege equipment, their faces can't help but change.

Pan Zhenyan's eyes were bright, and he was a little strange, because he clearly saw a batch of baggage trucks from the Tang army's siege equipment, do you need baggage trucks for the siege? This is obviously not needed, so Pan Xianyan is a little confused about what Tang Jun is going to do.

Suddenly, a recruit sat on the ground with his buttocks, Pan Xianyan looked back, only to see that his crotch was already wet, Pan Xianyan's face changed, his worry was right, although the soldiers guarding the city looked many, but after all, most of them were recruits, no combat experience, the recruit in front of him was the representative, Pan Xianyan believed, there is more than one similar recruit. It was precisely with this consideration that Pan Xianyan did not take the initiative to attack, but planned to stick to the city.

The Tang army walked by in groups, the armor on his body was bright, reflecting the brilliance of the sun from time to time, which was a little dizzying. More importantly, the neat formation of the Tang army showed that this was a strictly trained army, Pan Xianyan frowned, if the Tang army attacked the city, could it stop the Tang army by relying only on the recruits composed of farmers? Pan Xianyan didn't know the bottom, because he didn't know how many recruits there were like the soldier just now.

The Tang army walked by in a group, and Pan Xianyan soon saw the highest and largest flag, which was Yang Lian's flag, a big "Yang" character flew on the flagpole, and he looked high-spirited, which reminded Pan Xianyan of Yang Lian. Although he has not seen Yang Lian, but from the mouth of many people, he has heard of Yang Lian, it is said that there is a scar on that person's face, such a person wants to come out of the sea of blood in the knife mountain, Wu Yueguo's famous general Bao Xiurang died on him, this is a powerful character, Pan Xianyan has to be careful.

When Pan Xianyan looked outside the city, Yang Lian was also looking at Mingzhou City, Pan Xianyan had his difficulties, and Yang Lian also had difficulties. More than 10,000 people seem to be a lot, but they have to attack the city, once they take Mingzhou, they will have to divide their troops to capture other states and counties, and there are not many of them, so they can't hold it at all. Yang Lian could only concentrate his forces and reduce the consumption of the operation.

The front army of the army walked through the city of Mingzhou, the middle army and the rear army continued to move slowly, the rear wing of the Chinese army had a lot of heavy grain and grass, more than five hundred steps, Pan Xianyan licked his lips, so much food, let him salivate, but he knew his ability, and did not send troops to rob, but watched the changes, and watched the Tang army leave Mingzhou on the city wall.

It took Tang Jun two and a half hours to completely leave Mingzhou, and the way the rear wing walked slowly made Pan Xianyan very depressed, which was clearly to lure him. After the Tang army was far away, Pan Xianyan cautiously sent scouts to investigate the situation of the Tang army.

The rear flank of the Tang army is mostly cavalry, they are deployed around, the scouts sent out by Pan Xianyan are difficult to approach, at dusk of this day, the Tang army is stationed in the northwest of Mingzhou City for more than ten miles, the bright lights let the scouts of Wu Yuejun grasp a certain information, an hour and a half later, Pan Xianyan received the news.

The Tang army has left farther, Pan Xianyan is a little relieved, but he knows that the crisis in Mingzhou City has not been resolved, he strictly ordered Mingzhou City to still close the city gate, not to give Yang Lian any chance, the next day, Pan Xianyan still sent troops to check, this time the Tang army went further, walked 20 miles, and there was already more than 30 miles away from Mingzhou City, and the Tang army stationed in Siming Mountain also chose to retreat.

Pan Xianyan breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that the main direction of the Tang Army's attack must be Yuezhou.

Thinking of this, Pan Xianyan realized that the Tang army was going to advance by land and water, and once Yuezhou was taken, it could attack Hangzhou with its army, and if Hangzhou was besieged, the foundation of Wu Yueguo would be shaken. Although Yang Lian only had more than 10,000 people, he won the naval battle, and the Wu Yue army could only garrison in Hangzhou Bay, preventing the Tang army and the water division from approaching and threatening Hangzhou. However, if the Tang army decided to march into the army, there would inevitably be a vicious battle in Hangzhou Bay, and if the Tang army's naval division won, the Tang army's army troops would continue to come from the sea and attack Hangzhou directly.

If this is really the case, it is terrible, Pan Xianyan immediately repaired a book, asked the staff to copy a few copies, and after stamping the big seal of the Mingzhou Thorn History, several scouts rushed to Hangzhou from different directions to ensure that the news could be delivered to the king.

More than 30 miles northwest of Mingzhou City, the Tang army camp is stationed in the remaining veins of Siming Mountain, where the terrain is relatively complex, located on the edge of the mountain range, and close to the small river, easy to get water, late at night, Yang Lian is in the big tent, pacing slowly, Lin Renzhao led the water division, so at this time Yang Lian around, only Zhang Wenji, Zhang Wenchao brothers.

Zhang Wenji was a little worried, and said, "Yang Jiedu, will Mingzhou be fooled?" ”

"It's up to people to do things, and I believe that Pan Xianyan is a veteran of the battlefield, sometimes, with old qualifications and more knowledge, it will do bad things." Yang Lian said.

Zhang Wenchao nodded and said: "Yang Jiedu, if Mingzhou is captured, the army will have something to rely on, and the naval army will rely on Wanghai Town and Zhoushan, at least it can maintain the balance of power in the battle." ”

"The balance of power alone is not enough, the war in the north is not clear at present, if the Khitans retreat, Guo Wei can free up his hands to attack the mountains, the east of the country, and even directly attack the two Huai, our army's war in the south will fall short." Yang Lian said that this is what he is most worried about, Yunzhou, Yanzhou and other places, the Tang Dynasty ruled in the name of Liu Chengyou, Yang Lian also made certain adjustments, recruited displaced people, restored the economy, and trained new soldiers, but after all, the troops were insufficient, Chen Tie who stayed in Yanzhou, Liu Zheng of Yunzhou, Zhang Zhongtong and others only had 10,000 troops, and if the Zhou army was overwhelmed, it would be dangerous.

"Zhou Jun has an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, and Guo Rong is also in Jinling, will the Great Zhou Tianzi do such a thing?" The Zhang family has always been filial, and when he heard Yang Lian say this, Zhang Wenji couldn't help asking.

Yang Lian laughed twice, thinking that although Guo Wei likes this adopted son, the adopted son is an adopted son after all, how can it be good to have a biological son? For the sake of the empire's hegemony, don't talk about a mere son, I'm afraid it's impossible to let him eat dung and send his wife, so isn't that the case with Gou Jian, Zhu Youqi, Zhu Youzhen and others?

After Yang Lian smiled, he didn't want to speculate about the war in the north, he was more concerned about how to take Hangzhou, so he said: "Wu Yueguo has been operating in Hangzhou, Yuezhou and other places for many years, and the defense must be very tight, Lin'an and Yijin Army, Yijin Army is the most elite army of Wu Yueguo, and its combat effectiveness is good, I only hope that our army can control Hangzhou Bay and put more pressure on the Qian family." ”

"Yang Jiedu, the war in Changzhou has ended, Qian Wenfeng has been defeated and retreated to Suzhou, and the Tang army in the north should besiege Suzhou." Zhang Wen Chaodao.

"Your Majesty is not a short-sighted person, now that the war against Wu Yue has achieved results in all aspects, the Son of Heaven will inevitably order the siege of Suzhou, but whether Suzhou can be captured and when Suzhou will be captured are unknown." Yang Lian said.

The Zhang brothers nodded, although the two had a period of experience in the army, but after all, there were not many wars, and they did not have a very in-depth study, and after listening to what Yang Lian said, they all agreed.

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the big tent, and a soldier said outside the door: "Yang Jiedu, catch a spy of Wu Yuejun." ”

"Bring it in!" Yang Lian said, returned to his position, and sat upright.

"Let's go!" The two soldiers pushed in a man who looked like a merchant, who was about forty years old, and whose eyes were rolling slightly, and who looked like a cunning man.

Yang Lian squinted his eyes and looked at him, and without waiting for Yang Lian to speak, the man knelt on the ground with a "poof" and said, "General, the villain is just passing by here on business, not a spy of Wu Yuejun." ”

"Okay, this section won't kill you, and you don't have to be verbose, where are you from?" Yang Lian went straight in.

The merchant was stunned for a moment, and wanted to insist, but Yang Lian didn't wait for him to speak, suddenly pulled out the dagger, stuck it on the desk, and shouted: "If you confess honestly, there is still one life to live, if you don't say it, I will cut off your crotch in this section and send you to the palace as a eunuch!" ”

The merchant's face immediately turned blue, and he was not afraid of death, but if that thing was cut off, how could he see people? At this time, Zhang Wenji had already stood up, pulled the dagger from the desk, and weighed it a few times in his hand.

"I said, I said, I was sent to Hangzhou by Mingzhou." The merchant said.

Zhang Wenji smiled: "What are you going to do in Hangzhou?" ”

The merchant glanced at the dagger in Zhang Wenji's hand, which flashed with bloodthirsty light in the light, so he had to take it out in his arms, take out a wax pill, and said, "General, the specific villain doesn't know, the content of the letter is all in the wax pill." ”

Zhang Wenji snorted, took the wax pill, crushed it, there was a piece of paper inside, unfolded, two palm-sized, Zhang Wenji handed it to Yang Lian.

Yang Lian unfolded the letter and looked at it, his eyebrows wrinkled slightly, the content of the letter surprised him, he couldn't help but stand up and paced, suddenly, he turned his head suddenly, looked at Wu Yuejun's messenger, and said: "The content of this letter really surprised me very much, in this case, I can't spare your life!" (To be continued.) )