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Yang Lian held the letter, didn't read it first, but praised Qian Wen and asked, "Qian Jiedu, guess what, what is Qian Hongyu writing in the letter?" ”

Qian Wenfeng narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "The king will definitely stick to the end, the Qian family has no cowards." ”

"Really?" Yang Lian replied, opened the letter, opened it, couldn't help laughing, slowly paced to Qian Wenfeng, handed him the letter, and said, "Take a look at it yourself." ”

Qian Wenfeng stretched out his hand to take the letter, but found that his palm trembled violently, and the faint smile on Yang Lian's face said everything, could it be that the king really chose to surrender? Will the decades-old foundation of the Qian family disappear?

Qian Wenfeng grabbed the letter and held it tightly in his hand, but he didn't open it to look at it, he didn't dare to read it.

Yang Lian laughed, and said slowly: "Qian Jiedu, you won the bet." ”

"What?" Qian Wenfeng's eyes widened in surprise, and he quickly grabbed the letter and read it, in which Qian Hongyu expressed his intention to stick to Hangzhou, and he had died a martyr. Qian Wenfeng breathed a sigh of relief, but his mood became more complicated, on the one hand, he didn't want King Wu Yue to surrender in order to keep Wu Yueguo's country; On the other hand, he knew that if the Tang army really broke through Hangzhou, the Qian family would at least be imprisoned, not to mention being exterminated.

Qian Wenfeng's expression was complicated, Yang Lian glanced at him lightly, and gave the order to go down, the Tang army's catapults continued to concentrate on attacking the vicinity of the city tower, but he wanted to see how long Qian Hongyu could support it.

In the city of Hangzhou, Qian Hongyu stood on the tower, looking at the trembling city wall, his brows furrowed tightly, he turned his head and asked: "It seems that Yang Lian has strengthened his confidence, and the condition he proposed is the lowest bottom line." ”

Wu Yanfu smiled bitterly and said, "King, what's the matter?" ”

"If Yang Lian makes a request and doesn't bargain, wouldn't it seem cheap?" Qian Hongyu said, couldn't help but shake his head, thinking that he had miscalculated. Now that Yang Lian doesn't agree with a word and continues to attack, what else can he do, he can only take one step at a time.

The Tang army continued to bombard the city wall, and Qian Hongyu sent people to repair the city wall at night, but the speed of their repair was obviously not as fast as Yang Lian's destruction, and after a few days, the female wall on the city wall had all been flattened, and the city tower had disappeared, and the city wall was bare, looking very desolate and messy.

In such a situation, Yang Lian did not choose to persuade him to surrender, nor did he choose to attack, the catapult still continued to bombard the city wall, Qian Hongyu became more and more worried, Yang Lian's behavior gave him great pressure, which he could not bear. As the king of Wuyue, Qian Hongyu was arrogant, and he didn't want to take the initiative to surrender because of his strong self-esteem, but Yang Lian never sent someone in to persuade him to surrender.

At this time, with the advance of Lin Renzhao, Fang Jinzhao and others, the Tang army on the periphery of Hangzhou seemed to be more and more, and they set up a large camp outside the city. Two days later, Yang Lian's main force also set out from Yuhang and besieged Hangzhou.

Yang Lian recruited a large number of people, piled up dirt bags outside Hangzhou, in addition to the people, there are a considerable number of Wu Yue army prisoners, Yang Lian gave them food and drink, naturally will not let them be idle, after two days of busyness, around Hangzhou City a circle of dirt bags has a slight prototype, Yang Lian's purpose is already obvious, no one in Hangzhou City can escape.

Yang Lian stood on the earthen bag, looking at Hangzhou City, after this period of attack, Hangzhou City has been almost destroyed, only a simple ladder, the Tang army can successfully climb to the top of the city, but in that case, Wu Yuejun will resist to the death, and the war is even more unpredictable.

Yang Lian needed time to build the earthen bag, which was to put pressure on the defenders of Hangzhou City, and even more so on Qian Hongyu. At this time, it will be cut who can last longer. At this time, Qian Hongyu was already restless, and after the defeat, he did not have the strength to take the initiative to attack, and when there was enough food, he could only protect himself, not to mention that he was very short of food now.

Yang Lian didn't attack, but it made Qian Hongyu even more uneasy, as if he had a dagger around his neck, which might cut his throat at any time, making it difficult for him to sleep.

In the evening of this day, after the unremitting efforts of the Tang army, the Tang army has built the earthen bag and the city wall is level, as long as a few feet are built, the Tang army can observe the situation in Hangzhou from the earthen bag, Yang Lian ordered the literate soldiers in the army, wrote tens of thousands of letters, and shot into the city of Hangzhou.

Some of these letters were picked up by the people, and some were picked up by Wu Yue soldiers, and the literate soldiers read aloud, "The traitor Qian Hongyu, resisting the heavenly soldiers, today there is a person who captures the Qian family, a reward of five taels, and fifty acres of land; Those who capture Qian Hongyu's family will be rewarded with a reward of 100 taels and 500 acres of land, which can be a county order; There are those who capture Qian Hongyu, who are three rank and scattered officials, with a bounty of 1,000 taels, 2,000 acres of land, and a Jinling mansion. Can enjoy hereditary. ”

The words on the letter are very straightforward and simple, and both soldiers and civilians can understand it as long as they are literate. The conditions given by Yang Lian are very generous, especially the latter, which is even more exciting. The people took the letters and hid in their homes, and some soldiers also secretly hid the letters.

In the palace of Wuyue Wang, Qian Hongyu held the letter and tore it to shreds in an instant, Yang Lian was like this, it was nothing more than disturbing the morale of the army and the people, but at this time, Qian Hongyu was most afraid of this. He urgently summoned his courtiers to discuss countermeasures.

Zheng Guogong Wu Yanfu looked very anxious and said, "King, Yang Lian's plan is very vicious. ”

Qian Hongyu smiled bitterly, thinking to himself, do you still need to say this?

Lin Ding comforted: "King, Yang Lian is just using some tricks, and he will definitely not succeed." ”

"Confused!" Wu Yanfu looked at Lin Ding, looking like he hated iron but not steel, the king sent him out of the city, he actually assassinated Yang Lian, but fortunately Yang Lian was generous and let him go. If Yang Lian really attacked the city, I'm afraid Hangzhou City would already be a sea of blood.

Wu Yanfu glanced at Lin Ding hatefully, and said, "Now that the situation is irreparable, after the Tang army's great victory, there are even more sophisticated siege equipment. Yang Lian didn't attack the city because he wanted to keep the city of Hangzhou. The king sacrificed the treasury, and he did not lose his glory and wealth, but if he resisted to the end, the Qian family was probably going to be destroyed. ”

Lin Ding clenched his fists and said, "Zheng Guogong, why are you so spineless?" ”

"Spine? Ants still steal life, let alone people? If the king is here, there are still fireworks in the Qian temple, the Qian family still exists, and the heirs still exist. Being able to continue to live is the greatest backbone! Wu Yanfu said that he was Qian Hongyu's maternal uncle, so he naturally didn't want the Qian family to end there.

Lin Ding snorted coldly, very disdainful of Wu Yanfu's words, he was about to speak, Huzhou commander Shen Chengli hurriedly walked in, bowed his hand, and said, "King, something is wrong." ”

"What happened?" Qian Hongyu hurriedly asked.

Shen Chengli said: "King, the soldiers of the various battalions in the city are whispering today, and they don't know what they are plotting. ”

Qian Hongyu's face changed, this answer didn't seem to need to be thought about, it was obvious that these soldiers were already ready to move, for the bounty, for the future, they were already red-eyed. Wu Yueguo is already short of food and soldiers, and he can't protect himself, at this time, what loyalty is there to talk about? What else is there to talk about loyalty to the country? After all, such people are only a minority.

Lin Ding is one, and Wu Yanfu is also one, but the two have different thinking angles, resulting in different choices.

Wu Yanfu hurriedly said: "King, you can't hesitate any longer, it will change later." ”

Lin Ding shouted: "How can there be such a thing, the king, the old minister suggests that all dissidents be arrested, and they will be killed to make an example, and see who dares to rebel!" ”

Shen Chengli smiled bitterly and said, "Arrest it?" I am afraid that the people and soldiers of the whole city will be arrested. ”

Qian Hongyu pursed his lips and did not make a decision.

Yang Lian stood on the earthen bag with his hands in his hands, stared at the city of Hangzhou, stretched out his hand, nodded a few places, and said: "Those places are all military camps in Hangzhou City, Qian Jiedu, you say that among them, who will mutiny first?" ”

Qian Wenfeng was very speechless, this Yang Lian is unforgiving, every time he observes the situation in Hangzhou, he will take him to see, isn't this torturing him? Qian Wenfeng shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"So let's put it another way, when will these people storm the palace?" Yang Lian asked again.

"Yang Jiedu is the winner, but he doesn't have to be so aggressive, right?" Qian Wenfeng couldn't help but say.

"Yang is aggressive? Let's ask Qian Jiedu, are the conditions that will be given generous? The Qian family has been operating in Hangzhou for many years, and the wealth is countless, even if half of it is taken out, it is enough to enjoy it for a lifetime, and it is normal to pass it on to children and grandchildren. If Yang doesn't take it, he is guilty, the Qian family has so much wealth, and he is the king of the dead country, do you know how many people are eyeing him? In the Tang Dynasty, although there are not many powerful people, they are enough to bring down the Qian family. I believe that Qian Jiedu will not be unable to see through this! ”

Qian Wenfeng pursed his lips, Yang Lian had already spoken very thoroughly, how could he not understand, thinking about it this way, Yang Lian did this with some reason. With his guilt, a king of a dead country, how many people will be eyeing him in Jinling, where the dragon is standing on the tiger? Once someone covets the wealth of the country, just find a reason, and you can be beheaded all over the house.

Qian Wenfeng bowed deeply and said, "Yang Jiedu, Qian has a reluctant request. ”

Since it was a reluctant invitation, Qian Jiedu was willing to say it, and he must have made a lot of determination. Qian Jiedu, please say. Yang Lian said.

"Qian wants to enter the city and persuade King Wu Yue to surrender, and the Qian family is willing to dedicate all his wealth to the Tang Dynasty." Qian Wenfeng thought very thoroughly, if his life is gone, what do you want money for?

Yang Lian squinted his eyes, looked at him carefully, waved his hand, and said, "Very good, Yang will believe you once, don't let Yang down." ”

"Thank you Yang Jiedu, such a great grace, he will be grateful in the future!" Qian Wenfeng said.

Yang Lian waved his hand and called a few soldiers to escort Qian Wenfeng into the city. Qian Wenfeng identified himself, and the defenders at the head of the city hesitated for a while, and then hung Qian Wenfeng on the head of the city with a hanging basket. Qian Wenfeng borrowed a war horse from a soldier and hurried to the palace of Wuyue on horseback. Along the way, there were few people on the streets, and everything seemed very calm, but under the calm surface, how many undercurrents were hidden? Qian Wenfeng didn't know, but he knew that once it broke out, the Qian family would die without a place to be buried.

"Isn't Yang Jiedu worried about whether Qian Wenfeng will go back or not?" When Yang Lian stood with his hands in his hands and looked at Qian Wenfeng's back, Fang Jinzhao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, came over and asked.

By Fang Jinzhao's side, Li Ping, the head of the household department, Lin Renzhao, Zhu Qi and others came over.

Yang Lian looked back and smiled: "In this situation, if Fang Shangshu is Qian Wenfeng, how will he choose?" ”

Fang Jinzhao said: "The country has been broken, but the family cannot die." ”

"That's it, Qian Wenfeng is a smart person, so he will naturally make the best choice." Yang Lian said.

Li Ping said with a smile: "Li congratulates Yang Jiedu, under such circumstances, he can still break the Wu Yue army, and now that the overall situation has been decided, the first merit of destroying Wu Yue will definitely not be able to escape." ”

Yang Lian bowed his hand and returned the salute and said, "All this is thanks to Fang Shangshu's deployment, and Li Shilang has also contributed a lot to raising military salaries. ”

Fang Jinzhao knew that this was Yang Lian asking for credit for him, waved his hand, and said, "Yang Jiedu is humble. ”

Li Ping's eyes lit up, he knew that Yang Lian was fulfilling his original promise, no matter what, he hoped to be further promoted, Yang Lian gave him a chance, he naturally had to cherish it.

"Of course, there are still many soldiers who bravely kill the enemy, and after the general returns to Beijing, he will make it clear to His Majesty one by one, the promotion of the promotion, and the reward of the reward." Yang Lian said again, these words were said to Lin Renzhao, Zhang Wenji and others.

"Thank you Yang Jiedu!" The generals said in unison.

Yang Lian nodded, but suddenly sighed, and said: "It's just a pity, the successive battles, whether it is Wu Yue or Datang, have suffered great losses, especially in the battle of Yuhang, the corpses of Wu Yue's soldiers are piled up, and such a killing is detrimental to Yin morality." ”

Li Ping said: "Why is Yang Jiedu so sad? Fighting on the battlefield, dead people are the most common, and the foundation of Datang still needs the support of Yang Jiedu. ”

"Yes, now all around the Tang Dynasty are enemies, and only generals like Yang Jiedu can protect the country and unify the world." Fang Jinzhao also said.

Yang Lian laughed, but made a decision in his heart. This time he destroyed Wu Yue, although his prestige reached its peak, but Mu Xiu was in the forest, and the wind would destroy it, not to mention that in the Tang Dynasty, the enemy was still strong, and Li Hongji, the king of Yan, seemed to be out of power, but after all, he was the eldest son of the Son of Heaven and was a very difficult opponent to deal with, Yang Lian wanted to achieve his goal, and it was impossible to cross this person. Although Li Hongji was a little impulsive, he was still a good hand at fighting, just because the Son of Heaven didn't like it and was afraid that he would shake the status of King Qi, so he didn't need him.

Yang Lian understands that between him and Li Hongji, there will be a fight sooner or later, and whoever kills the other party will have the last laugh. It's just that this fight, I don't know when it will happen, Yang Lian hopes that before this decisive battle that determines the fate of each other, he has enough strength to face many enemies.

These enemies not only include the internal enemies of the Tang Dynasty, but also include external forces, such as the Great Zhou, such as the Khitan.

The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard, Yang Lian thought silently and looked at Hangzhou City again.