Qian Hongyu jumped up and hurried towards Taicang, along the way he was anxious, just out of the palace, he looked up, and found that half of the sky was red by the fire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info How big this fire is, Qian Hongyu didn't dare to think about it, he only cared about how much grain Taicang could keep.

Grain is the hope of Hangzhou and even Wu Yueguo, without the hundreds of thousands of stone of grain in Taicang, what will the soldiers eat? Where does the income of officials at all levels come from? Along the way, Qian Hongyu was worried, getting closer and closer to Taicang, and the sound of the soldiers fighting the fire became louder and louder, and they ran between Taicang and wells and rivers, carrying water to extinguish the fire, but this way was difficult.

In order to prevent moisture, the terrain in Taicang is relatively high, and the soldiers are running all the way, which is not easy, and the effect is not good. And the fire was ignited from the inside, and the wood inside had been completely burned, which was a drop in the bucket.

Qian Hongyu rushed outside Taicang, staring at the fire with both eyes, only to feel that his eyes were burning and burning, and his eyes were full of fire, which made him feel a faint pain. In my ears, the hurried footsteps and shouts of the soldiers became less important. Qian Hongyu looked at the fire in a daze, the whole person had lost his mind, after this fire, I am afraid that there is not much grain left in Taicang, right?

What to do? Qian Hongyu was a little at a loss, he suddenly realized that this fire was premeditated, and the person presiding over this matter must be the Tang people, but how could the Tang people mix into Taicang? The food is heavy, and ordinary people can't enter it at all.

Before you know it, the sky has gradually brightened, and the sky is still blood-red, which makes people palpitate. The fire is still burning, and judging by the situation, there is not much food left in Taicang, and even if the fire is extinguished, the rest is burned to char.

"Alas!" Qian Hongyu gritted his teeth and sighed.

Yuhang City, as the sky brightens, the fire of Hangzhou City has become extremely dim, Yang Lian sent cavalry, rushed to Hangzhou City, spy on the situation, the news soon came, in Hangzhou City, Wu Yue people are desperately trying to extinguish the fire, but the effect is not good.

"The matter has been decided, Wu Yuejun's lack of food is a sure thing, and the next thing is to see how they make decisions." Yang Lian said, immediately ordered to go down, so that Lin Renzhao's sailors attacked, strengthen the defense of the Qiantang River, Yuezhou, Mingzhou and other places, there is still a lot of grain in the counties, Qian Hongyu in order to continue his life, it is very likely to lead the crossing of the Qiantang River, into the counties to seize the grain.

Later, a personal soldier hurriedly came, holding a carrier pigeon in his hand, and said, "Yang Jiedu, the secret letter of Hangzhou City." ”

Yang Lian responded, took the secret letter from the hands of his own soldiers, opened it and saw that it was a message sent by the spies who had been arranged in Hangzhou City a long time ago, telling the situation this time. At present, they have been hiding in a safe place, keeping a useful body, and at a critical moment, they will cooperate with Yang Lian's army to capture the city.

After reading the secret letter, Yang Lian tore it up and threw it in the moat, thinking in his heart that at this time, Qian Hongyu must be very depressed, but will he not take the initiative to attack?

The time finally came to noon, although he didn't eat breakfast, Qian Hongyu still didn't feel hungry, the fire in Taicang made him not have any appetite at all, and his whole heart was only thinking about how to solve the food matter. Zheng Guogong Wu Yanfu, Wu Cheng, the secretary of the military department, Prime Minister Yuan Dezhao and others were all disgraced and stood below.

Qian Hongyu paced slowly, and the sound of footsteps was like a hammer, hitting everyone's hearts.

The household servant who manages the granary is Wu Yanfu's nephew Wu Zhi, who is telling the story on the side, but he feels extremely desolate in his heart, Taicang is on fire, which is a serious dereliction of duty. This fire is related to the fate of Wu Yueguo, and his life is very likely to be lost.

Qian Hongyu sneered while pacing, and said: "In this way, the last official to appear in Taicang is Fang De, this person is in charge of the granary, but he brought people in, and it did not arouse the suspicion of others?" ”

Wu Cheng said: "The king, Weichen has already ordered to send troops to investigate in the city, and the whereabouts of Fang Yu's officials must be investigated." ”

"Hmph, can you still find it? I'm afraid that by this time, others have already fled, right? Qian Hongyu asked.

Wu Cheng's face was gloomy, he had been busy for half a night, and his physical strength was extremely exhausted, but in front of the king, he had to be full of energy, and said: "King, Hangzhou City has always been heavily guarded, and the city gate is closed, so it is expected that Fang Yu will not be able to escape." ”

Qian Hongyu sneered a few times and said, "Well guarded? Hey, hey, what a well-guarded one! ”

After all, he was the king, Wu Cheng still had fear in his heart, and he couldn't help kneeling on the ground and said, "The king, the minister is not doing well, and I hope the king will punish him." ”

Qian Hongyu flicked his sleeves and didn't speak.

Wu Yanfu hurriedly came out to play a round, at this time, it was the time for Wu Yueguo to unite closely, and the rest would be talked about later. Wu Yanfu said: "King, the Tang people are cunning and abnormal, but Taicang has become a fact, and the most urgent thing now is how to deal with the food crisis." ”

Prime Minister Yuan Dezhao also came out to speak, although he and Wu Cheng's personalities are wrong, and there are many conflicts between the two sides in terms of political views, he cannot deny that Wu Cheng still has some ability in leading troops, Taicang was burned, although it has some relationship with the Ministry of War, but it is mainly a small official of the Ministry of Household as an internal response, otherwise how could this kind of thing happen?

"The king, Taicang was burned, and the grain in the city was almost wiped out, in addition to the king's royal city and a certain amount of grain, there were only hundreds of thousands of stone grain in Yicang, which could only support one to two months at most, Weichen believes that these two months are very critical." Yuan Dezhao said.

"How critical?" Wu Yanfu couldn't wait to ask.

Yuan Dezhao coughed, and Zhengse said: "King, Weichen has two suggestions, one is to try to break through the Qiantang River and attack Xiaoshan, Yuezhou, Mingzhou and other places occupied by Yang Lian, these prefectures and counties themselves have a lot of grain and grass, which can meet the needs of the military. According to the news, there are not many Tang troops stationed in these places, as long as the army goes south, and cooperates with the people in the city, if they want to seize the states and counties, they will definitely be overwhelmed. ”

Wu Yanfu said: "But our army's naval division has been completely lost, and the Tang army has blocked the Qiantang River, and it is not easy to cross the river." ”

"The Qiantang River stretches for hundreds of miles, and the Tang Army has a limited number of warships, so it is impossible to block the entire Qiantang River, besides, can they prevent it during the day and at night?" Yuan Dezhao said.

Qian Hongyu felt that this was feasible, so he asked: "Prime Minister Yuan, what is your second opinion?" ”

Taking advantage of the fact that there are still soldier rations now, Weichen suggested that Qian Jiedu should be ordered to attack Yuhang, and Yang Lian must be forced away. Yang Lian has lived in Yuhang City for a long time, and he thinks that he also has a certain amount of food, which can alleviate the urgent need. Yuan Dezhao said again.

"These two ideas can be done at the same time." Outside the door, Qian Wenfeng's voice came, he also got the news of the fire in Hangzhou last night, so he hurried over.

"Lian Qing, are you here?" Qian Hongyu heard the voice and said busily.

Qian Wenfeng walked in, and after giving a salute, he said: "There is no doubt that this fire was caused by Yang Lian, and now in Hangzhou City, there must be his internal response, but they are very deeply hidden, I am afraid they will not be able to find out for a while." Yang Lian's troops are insufficient, and Yuhang City is not large, if he takes advantage of the abundant food, he may be able to defeat the Tang army in one fell swoop, as long as he can recover Yuhang, Yuezhou and other places, Wu Yueguo can take a breath. ”

Things have come to this point, Wu Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yuan Dezhao, Prime Minister Yuan Dezhao, Zheng Guogong Wu Yanfu and others all agree very much, anyway, it is better to die if the food is exhausted, it is better to fight to the death, maybe there is still a way to live.

With these old ministers taking the lead, the rest of the courtiers also agreed, and the words "ministers seconded" resounded in the hall for a while.

Qian Hongyu slowly walked to the side of the case, bent down, picked up the wine glass, and clenched it, suddenly he reached out and threw it, and the wine glass fell to the ground, and after a crisp sound, it broke into several pieces. "Straight lady thief, fight alone, fight with Yang Lian!"

After Qian Hongyu made up his mind, Wu Yuejun became nervous and busy, due to the lack of siege equipment, Qian Wenfeng ordered the three armies to make engineering equipment, they were originally here to defend the city, who would have thought that now they would turn around and take the initiative to attack Yuhang?

At the same time, the army generals Zhao Chengtai, Shao Keqian and others led the army to try to cross the Qiantang River, and Lin Renzhao sent troops to inspect, once Wu Yue's army built a pontoon bridge on the Qiantang River, it was unceremoniously destroyed. Fighting ensued along the Qiantang River, and Wu Yue's army began to advance towards the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, forcing Lin Renzhao to expand his defensive line, so that the ships of the naval division became overstretched.

"Wu Yue's army is about to attack the city." Yang Lian stood at the head of the city, squinting his eyes and looking outside the city.

In order to prevent the Tang army from setting up an ambush on the edge of the dense forest, Wu Yuejun had cut down all the dense forests around Yuhang City and used them to make siege equipment. After several days of preparation, Qian Wenfeng made a certain number of ladders and things such as the car and the car.

Zhu Qi said: "Yang Jiedu, the Wu Yue army must be very fierce in attacking the city, and now the last general is worried that the spies they have planted in will probably cause chaos at a critical moment." ”

Yang Lian thought for a while and said: "I didn't expect that the grain in Taicang was burned so smoothly, and now these people have no use value, you take someone to arrest them and execute them secretly, be careful, don't cause a commotion." ”

"Whoa!" Zhu Qi said.

At the most critical moment, a warship from Jinling went out of the mouth of the Yangtze River, passed through the Shengsi Islands, and entered Yuhang.

Yang Lian looked at it, he was actually an acquaintance, when he went north to help Haichu Erzhou, he had found Li Ping, the household servant, and asked him to prepare food as soon as possible, and the two had a little friendship.

"Li Shilang, don't come to harm?" Yang Lian said.

Li Ping smiled, looked at Yang Lian carefully, and said, "Yang Jiedu seems to have lost a lot of weight. ”

Zhu Qi interjected on the side and said, "Yang Jie spends his days thinking about attacking Wu Yueguo, so he naturally loses weight. ”

"Commander Zhu, don't talk nonsense, let Li Shilang smile, I thought that our army was short of food, so people couldn't eat enough." Yang Lian smiled and quipped.

Li Ping was stunned for a moment, Yang Lian's words made him a little unpredictable, as a household servant, he knew that Yang Lian was self-sufficient in food and did not rely on the imperial court, and he was working for the Tang Dynasty, saying that there was no complaint, Li Ping naturally did not believe it.

Li Ping coughed, covered up, and said: "Yang Jiedu, don't hide it, Li Mou came this time to have a heavy responsibility. ”

Yang Lian smiled faintly, waved his hand, and said, "Li Shilang, please!" And he commanded that hot tea should be served.

The two sat cross-legged, and Li Ping said: "Yang Jiedu, there is a news circulating in Jinling recently, I don't know if Yang Jiedu can know?" ”

"I don't know what Li Shilang is talking about?" Yang Lian was puzzled.

Li Ping sighed and said: "Recently, there are rumors in Jinling that Yang Jiedu has sent troops to Yuhang, but he has never attacked Hangzhou, and it seems that he has the idea of taking refuge in Wu Yueren. ”

"That's why the Son of Heaven sent Li Shilang to take a look?" Yang Lian immediately broke Li Ping's original purpose this time.

Li Ping was a little embarrassed and said: "Saying that Yang Jiedu surrendered to the enemy, Li naturally didn't believe it." However, Li wants to know one thing, it is said that Yang Jiedu once met with Qian Wenfeng, the envoy of Zhongwu Jiedu? ”

"I did meet with him." Yang Lian didn't hide it, at this time he had already figured it out, Qian Wenfeng asked him to meet, one of the purposes was to spread rumors in Jinling, so that the Japanese case would be suspicious of him. Of course, if you can convince Yang Lian directly, it would be the best.

Li Ping was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Yang Jiedu really met with Qian Wenfeng. ”

"Li Shilang, this time the battle with Wu Yueguo lasted for more than half a year, whether it was Wu Yueguo or Datang, the consumption of national strength was very large, and Yang also wanted to end the war as soon as possible, so he wanted to persuade Qian Wenfeng to comply with the will of heaven and take refuge in Datang." Yang Lian said.

Regarding this point, Li Ping has a deep understanding that a lot of food is consumed in the war, and as a household servant, he understands it too clearly. Yang Lian said this, which is also reasonable. Li Ping wanted to ask the result, but he suddenly thought that if Yang Lian successfully persuaded Qian Wenfeng, there would be no such rumor at all.

Li Ping sighed and said, "I see, so it seems that the rumors were spread by Wu Yue people." ”

"Now the places under the jurisdiction of Wu Yueguo are only a few states, and it is reasonable for Qian Hongyu to make a counter-plan. It's just that the Son of Heaven is wise, how can he be affected by rumors. Yang Lian said casually, picked up the tea, and took a sip.

Regarding this point, Li Ping has a deep understanding that a lot of food is consumed in the war, and as a household servant, he understands it too clearly. Yang Lian said this, which is also reasonable. Li Ping wanted to ask the result, but he suddenly thought that if Yang Lian successfully persuaded Qian Wenfeng, there would be no such rumor at all.

Li Ping sighed and said, "I see, so it seems that the rumors were spread by Wu Yue people." ”

"Now the places under the jurisdiction of Wu Yueguo are only a few states, and it is reasonable for Qian Hongyu to make a counter-plan. It's just that the Son of Heaven is wise, how can he be affected by rumors. Yang Lian said casually, picked up the tea, and took a sip. Now the places under the jurisdiction of Wu Yueguo are only a few states, and it is reasonable for Qian Hongyu to make a counter-plan. It's just that the Son of Heaven is wise, how can he be affected by rumors. Yang Lian said casually, picked up the tea, and took a sip.