Chapter Thirty-Seven: Descending to Pan Sen
When the soldiers were eating, on the hillside more than ten miles outside the city, Bao Xiurang was wearing armor and was also eating, and a few dried and hard Hu cakes were considered a meal. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info being a soldier, especially when fighting, there is not so much attention at all, and it can be done if you are full.
Bao Xiurang had already sent several scouts, dressed as mountain woodcutters or hunters, to infiltrate the city of Fuzhou and find out the news. After waiting for more than two hours, the spy hurried back and told him what he had heard.
As the beggar said, there was indeed something unusual in the palace of Jiedu, and a large number of Tang army prisoners entered the city during the day, and many people saw it, which made Bao Xiurang feel that all this was not simple. Even if Li Hongyi didn't have an accident, he sent all the Tang army prisoners to the barracks, which means that he had an attempt to curry favor with the Tang soldiers - if Li Hongyi wanted to kill all the prisoners, he only needed to do it in the stone mine, and there was no need to be so troublesome.
Bao Xiurang faintly felt that his decision was not wrong, he was thinking about one thing, whether to attack Fuzhou City tonight, arrest Li Hongyi, or arrest the main messenger behind it, otherwise, Fuzhou fell into the hands of the Tang people, and it would be a big deal.
Bao Xiurang thought about it and decided to send people into Fuzhou City first, ambush them, and then make plans. At present, the army is ambushed in the mountains, eating only the dry food brought with it, waiting for the opportunity.
In Fuzhou City, after the Tang soldiers ate, Yang Lian began to distribute blades and armor, and the most sophisticated blades and weapons in the Fuzhou Mansion Treasury were dragged out by Yang Lian. One by one, they were distributed to the soldiers. In particular, the captives suffered a lot of torture, so Yang Lian made a decision to select the best physical condition from the soldiers of each team and form a separate army.
Although the army of Jianzhou will arrive in these two days, Yang Lian must first make arrangements to deal with emergencies, and the facts later proved that Yang Lian's arrangement has a certain effect. The rest of the soldiers who were injured physically, Yang Lian invited a doctor to treat the soldiers, many soldiers were injured when digging the stone mines, and they did not get timely treatment, the wound suppurated, inflamed, it looked very bad, if it was not for Yang Lian to invite a doctor in time, I am afraid it would not be able to support it for a few days.
Of the more than 10,000 people, nearly 8,000 of whom were incapacitated, one can imagine how badly Li Hongyi treated the Tang army prisoners, and if there were two or three months, these soldiers would be tortured to death. The soldiers are also very clear and very grateful to their life-saving benefactor Yang Lian.
The doctors in the city, including the doctors in the army, were all transferred by Yang Lian, busy until dusk, tired and half dead, more than 8,000 soldiers only saw more than 1,000 people, such a speed, can not be said to be too slow, but to read them all, it will take eight or nine days to die, fortunately, Yang Lian pressed with a military order, and gave enough money, which appeased everyone.
While the doctor was treating the soldiers, Yang Lian discussed with Cha Wenhui for a while, this time Yang Lian brought a lot of grain, in order to win the hearts of the people, Yang Lian decided to open a warehouse and release grain to the people. Cha Wenhui quite agrees, Fuzhou has been in war for many years, and is located between hills and big rivers, there is not much flat land, and there is relatively little arable land. Most of the people in Fuzhou have vegetables, and if they were not close to the sea, they could catch fish for food, and I am afraid that many people would have starved to death.
Cha Wenhui even proposed to use money and food to buy the Fuzhou army, Yang Lian thought about it and agreed to this statement, but this can only buy a part of the Fuzhou army, if you want to gain a foothold in Fuzhou City, you need the stationing of the Tang army and the purchase of the people's hearts.
There are two military camps in the city of Fuzhou, one is the military camp stationed in Wangshan, near the north of the city. The other is Yushan, located in the center of Fuzhou City, close to the Jiedu Embassy. The Fuzhou army does not have many soldiers and horses, only more than 20,000 people, and it is obvious that with Yang Lian's current strength, it is not easy to control the entire Fuzhou army and obtain the support of the Fuzhou army. Yang Lian still needs to wait, waiting for the soldiers and horses of Jianzhou to arrive, and with sufficient troops, and then announce that Fuzhou will change its flag and officially become the land of the Tang Dynasty.
That night, the Tang army stayed in the barracks of Yushan, although it was a little crowded, but a few days ago, it must have been said to be heaven and earth.
After Yang Lian dealt with the matter of the prisoners, he left Yushan and began to arrange the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain. Although Yang Lian has decided, he still needs to wait until Fuzhou City changes its flag before it can be so, otherwise, the great credit will be credited to Li Hongyi, for the Tang Dynasty or for Yang Lian, there will not be much effect, and Yang Lian will not do the matter of making wedding dresses for others.
Yang Lian and Cha Wenhui returned to the Jiedu Embassy, and a soldier came to tell him that someone in the Fuzhou army asked to see him.
Yang Lian thought about it and asked the soldiers to bring him to see him. Cha Wenhui thought about it and hid behind the screen. Yang Lian didn't care, Cha Wenhui was old and refined, and it should be beneficial for him to listen to it.
Soon, Pan Sen came in and saw Yang Lian sitting on the Hu chair, took a few steps forward, knelt on the ground with a "poof", and said, "The criminal minister Pan Sen has seen the envoy of the kingdom. ”
Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, looked at him, suddenly smiled, and said, "General Pan, please get up." ”
Pan Sen was overjoyed when he heard this, Yang Lian spoke politely, which showed his heart to win over, he stood up, bent over, and said cautiously: "Envoy of the Kingdom of Shang, Pan Sen is willing to serve you." ”
Yang Lian waved his hand and said, "Yang is an official residence festival envoy, just call me Jiedu." With that, he motioned for Panson to sit down.
Pan Sen was a little disdainful, and carefully sat on the soft pier with half his buttocks, and said: "Yang Jiedu, the Tang Dynasty is the Heavenly Kingdom, and Li Hongyi is very unwise to fight against the Heavenly Kingdom with one place. The criminal minister has long wanted to defect to the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately there has been no good opportunity, and now Yang Jiedu is wise and powerful, arrested Li Hongyi, and asked Yang Jiedu to allow the criminal minister to serve the Tang Dynasty and serve Yang Jiedu. ”
Pan Sen said, knelt on the ground again, bowed to Yang Lian, and said, "Even if Pan is a liver and brain, he will not give up. ”
Yang Lian suddenly laughed, stood up, stepped forward to help Pan Sen, and said, "General Pan, please get up!" ”
Pan Sen got up, arched his hand, and said, "Thank you Yang Jiedu." ”
Yang Lian patted Pan Sen on the shoulder and said with a smile: "General Pan, Corporal Lixian, the son of the Tang Dynasty, is even more ambitious. With the help of Fujian heroes such as General Pan, the war in Fujian will be successfully pacified and Fuzhou will become a county in the Tang Dynasty. Do a good job, this section will definitely be recommended by His Majesty, and he will be a general. ”
Pan Sen shook his head and said, "Thank you Yang Jiedu, it's just that Pan just wants to follow Yang Jiedu and serve Yang Jiedu." ”
Yang Lian glanced at him in surprise, with deep meaning in his eyes. Pan Sen hurriedly said: "Yang Jiedu is full of courage, Pan Mou respects heroes the most, and only wants to serve Yang Jiedu." ”
"General Pan's words are not right, this section is a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, so he naturally serves the Tang Dynasty. As a Tang minister, General Pan naturally also serves the country, but not Yang Jiedu. Yang Lian shook his head.
Pan Sen slapped his forehead and apologized: "What Yang Jiedu said is very true, it is Pan Meng Lang, and I ask Yang Jiedu to apologize." ”
Yang Lian laughed, motioned for Pan Sen to sit down, took a sip of tea, sighed faintly, and said, "General Pan, although Li Hongyi was caught by me, the matter is far from over. In the city of Fuzhou, there are still many of Li Hongyi's old departments, which is not easy. ”
Pan Sen nodded and said, "Originally, there were more than 50,000 people in the Fuzhou army, but after years of war, Fuzhou could not make ends meet, and now there are only more than 20,000 people in the army. ”
Yang Lian was taken aback and said, "In Fuzhou, you can actually support more than 50,000 people?" ”
Pan Sen explained: "Fuzhou was originally the capital of Fujian, and the Wang family has been operating for many years, with extremely rich grain storage, and a large amount of gold and silver in the treasury. Later, Li Hongyi rebelled and occupied Fuzhou, relying on all the accumulation of the Wang family for many years, but after so many years, the treasury has been exhausted. Saying that, Pan Sen smiled bitterly and said, "Don't hide it, Li Hongyi doesn't have that much money for food this time." ”
Yang Lian laughed, tapped lightly on the table, and said, "So, Li Hongyi wants to take away my food?" It's a pity that the magic is one foot high and one foot high, and Li Hongyi was greedy that he was seized by this section and won the festival envoy in one fell swoop. ”
Pan Sen raised a cup of tea and said, "Li Hongyi is greedy and incompetent, where is Yang Jiedu's opponent?" Xiaguan replaces wine with tea, and toasts a cup of Yang Festival. ”
Yang Lian laughed, drank all the tea in one gulp, and then said: "General Pan has been in Fuzhou for many years, and he must be very well-connected. ”
Pan Sen put down the teacup and said, "Yang Jiedu is serious, as long as Yang Jiedu gives an order, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, the last general will not frown." ”
Yang Lian nodded and said, "As I said just now, this section has not yet controlled the entire Fuzhou City, and those old generals of the Fuzhou army are not familiar with any of this section, so they dare not entrust them with important tasks. Since I have General Pan, I also ask General Pan to straighten out the soldiers and horses for me and collect them for the use of the Tang Dynasty. ”
"This ......" Pan Sen looked embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The Fuzhou army has many soldiers and horses, and the last general is only leading an army, if you want to completely control the Fuzhou army, the last general has a reluctant request." “
"You say." Yang Lian's eyes were blazing, looking at Pan Sen, very interested.
"There are a few generals in the end, who are also concerned about the Tang Dynasty and are willing to take refuge in Yang Jiedu and make contributions. I also hope that Yang Jiedu will allow them to make meritorious contributions. Panson said.
Hearing this, Yang Lian stood up and paced around the room thinking. The sound of footsteps was like a hammer, striking at Pan Sen's heart. He looked at Yang Lian a little nervously, he knew that this issue was very important, Yang Lian needed to think about it, but the success or failure of the matter was in one move, how much he hoped that Yang Lian would agree.
Yang Lian paced for a while, Pan Sen felt that his mouth was dry, and he drank two cups of tea, which quenched his thirst a little.
Yang Lian stopped, looked at Pan Sen, and said, "Okay, this section agrees to your request, and I hope you will collect the Fuzhou army for this section in the shortest possible time." ”
Pan Sen was overjoyed, hurriedly stood up, gave a salute, and said, "The last general will definitely live up to expectations, and please rest assured that Yang Jiedu!" ”
Yang Lian nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "However, before that, there is one thing for you to do in this section. (To be continued.) )