Chapter 14 Defeat is like a mountain

The voice of Wu Yueguo's soldiers was not loud, but the Tang soldiers on the side of the city wall still heard it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Wait a minute." A soldier replied and left in a hurry.

A moment later, Yang Lian got the news, "Yu An sent someone to ask for a meeting?" Yang Lian couldn't help but mutter. Yang Lian knew that Lin Renzhao should have come these days, but he couldn't see the situation on the sea from Zhoushan City, so he couldn't judge whether the Tang Army's sailors would come to help.

What is the purpose of Yu An sending people at this time? Persuasion? It is obvious that the Tang army is holding on to Zhoushan, and if it wants to surrender, it will have surrendered a long time ago, and it will not wait for the present at all.

Yang Lian thought about it for a while, and ordered his soldiers to bring the envoy of Wu Yueguo up to see what he said. The hanging basket was put down, and the soldiers of Wu Yueguo walked into the hanging basket, squatted down and sat down, and the Tang army on the city wall pulled the rope and hung him up.

The soldiers of Wu Yueguo glanced around very arrogantly, on the city wall, the cracks in the stone bricks, all dark red, I don't know how much blood was soaked, some of the soldiers of the Tang Army straightened their waists and watched the outside of the city, and some sat or lay on the ground, seizing the time and actively recovering their strength.

"These Tang people are really tenacious." Wu Yueguo's soldiers thought about it while following the guide and went to see Yang Lian.

Yang Lian stood with his hands in his hands, standing on the edge of the female wall, looking at the outside of the city, the soldiers of Wu Yueguo outside the city had already dragged away most of the corpse of Paoze, and the remaining corpses were lying on the ground, looking particularly sad in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Is this battle a lose-lose situation? Lin Renzhao's sailors have a good strategy, even if Wu Yueguo has many warships, with Lin Renzhao's talent, he will not be disappointed, Yang Lian calculated the losses of both sides, he felt that Yu An's losses were even greater, maybe he sent a messenger, but he couldn't bear this loss.

In contemplation, the envoy of Wu Yueguo walked in, raised his head, looked at Yang Lian, his lips squirmed, and said, "You are the commander of the Tang Army?" ”

Yang Lian turned around slowly, glanced at the envoy of Wu Yueguo, and said, "Yu An sent you here, is it to surrender?" ”

"Haha!" The envoy of Wu Yueguo laughed a few times, looked at Yang Lian with disdain, and said: "Yes, it is a surrender, but it is not the surrender of Wu Yueguo, but the surrender of the Tang people!" ”

"Why? Just rely on Yu An to attack Zhoushan, and lose the army? Yang Lian asked.

The envoy of Wu Yueguo snorted, in his opinion, Yang Lian was just holding on, so he said: "General Yang, Zhoushan is already an isolated city, if you don't surrender, do you know what the final result will be?" ”

Yang Lian laughed and said: "The eldest husband is alive, and it is inevitable that he will die, so I am afraid that Yu An will not be able to attack the city, but he will fall into a joke." ”

"Jokes? What jokes? The messenger was stunned.

Yang Lian said: "Do you need to say more? You and others stormed Zhoushan, but they didn't know that this section had been arranged, Wu Yueguo was gone, if he surrendered early, he could still save his life, and even be a rich man. ”

"Joke!" The envoy of Wu Yueguo felt that Yang Lian was really ridiculous, he waved his hand and said, "Isn't that trick of yours a sneak attack by the sailor?" It is a pity that the naval division of the Tang Army has been repulsed by General Zhao. ”

Yang Lian frowned slightly, seeing that Wu Yueguo's envoy was full of confidence, he couldn't help but hesitate, but he felt that the battleship he built in Dengzhou could not be vulnerable, Lin Renzhao himself was good at water warfare, how could he be annihilated?

On the command platform, Yu An and Zhang Yun were full of confidence, and they both felt that the general trend of this battle had been decided, and after the destruction of the Tang Army's naval division, Yang Lian of Zhoushan could only support it for five or six days at most, and after five or six days, the defenders in the city would mutini when they got the news. The two were talking confidently when the cavalry in the distance was approaching, and the man reached the command platform, skillfully turned over and dismounted, and galloped towards the command platform.

"General Yu is in a bad situation." As soon as the knight came up, he said loudly.

This opening surprised both Yu An and Zhang Yun, how could the knight say this?

Don't allow the two of them to think about it, the knight has already rushed over, his face is already covered with large beads of sweat, and his face is full of panic, and he said: "General Yu, General Zhao has been defeated by the Tang Army's naval division, and only a few warships escaped, and now the periphery of Zhoushan Island has been controlled by the Tang Army's naval division. ”

"Huh?"

"Ahh

In an instant, Yu An and Zhang Yun both agreed, and they made an ah, but the "ah" of the two of them carried different emotions. Yu An couldn't believe that Wu Yueguo's naval division was crisscrossing the great rivers and lakes, with almost no opponents, and the naval division defending Zhoushan had more than seventy large warships alone, how could it be defeated in a few hours? And the defeat was so complete, the battlefield veteran Zhao Chengtai actually escaped with only a few warships?

Zhang Yun was still able to calm down, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

The knight just knew what was going on, so he told everything he knew, Zhang Yun listened, his face changed greatly, and Zhao Chengtai was forced to retreat, which meant that Yu An and Zhang Yun became lonely, and without a battleship, it was difficult to escape.

Yu An listened and listened, suddenly screamed, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell on the command platform.

"General Yu!" Zhang Yun was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Yu An.

Yu An's face was pale, it was really ridiculous, he actually thought that it was the victory of Wu Yuejun's sailors, and he sent someone to persuade Yang Lian to surrender, I'm afraid it won't be long, it should be the Tang Army who sent someone to persuade him to surrender. Yu An gasped for a few breaths, his face was still extremely pale, he barely stood up, pushed away Zhang Yun and one of the personal soldiers who was supporting him, and sighed.

"The Tang army is scheming, I didn't expect them to use this trick." Yu An sighed, he had also heard about the things of the year, and he couldn't imagine that after so many years, the same thing would happen again, but the victims became Wu Yue people, and those who got benefits became Tang people.

Zhang Yun said: "General Yu, the situation is extremely bad now. ”

Yu An knew that it was not good, he did not have much food and grass, at most enough to support for ten days, and he was not as dangerous as Yang Lian, such a situation was obviously very unfavorable to him. The defeat of Zhao Chengtai will inevitably have a great impact on the morale of the army, once the soldiers know that the Wu Yue army has been defeated, and they have no hope of leaving Zhoushan, this army will soon collapse.

Yu An bit his lip, and immediately gave an order, rushed back to the camp to defend, he could survive for a day, he believed that the king would not give up on him, or rather, would not give up Zhoushan.

"Hey, why did General Yu retreat?" On the city wall, Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, looked at the removed military flag on the command platform, and sneered.

The envoy was taken aback, he was a little unsure of what General Yu meant, at this time, he shouldn't have retreated. The messenger's face was cloudy, and he didn't know how to reply for a while.

"You go back and tell General Yu that if he is willing to surrender, I will definitely treat him well, at least in Datang, he is still a general." Although Yang Lian doesn't know what this is going on, he can't lose in momentum.

The messenger pursed his lips, arched his hands, and hurried away.

Yang Lian looked outside the city, called Zhang Wenji, and asked him to prepare to lead troops to meet Lin Renzhao, thinking that Yu'an would retreat, it must be related to Lin Renzhao. Zhang Wenji took the order and left, and Yang Lian sent scouts to inquire about the news.

"Kill!" Wu Yue army camp, Lin Renzhao is leading the troops to attack, he appeared suddenly, Wu Yue army camp left not many soldiers, soon Tang army into the camp, Lin Renzhao sent people to burn food, burn Wu Yue army camp, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, reflecting the sky, reflecting the cheeks of Tang soldiers.

After a rush to kill, the old, weak, sick and disabled of Wu Yuejun who stayed in the camp finally couldn't stand it, and abandoned the camp and fled, just ran out of the three-mile road, the pioneer Zhang Yun led the troops to come, and learned that the camp was lost, he immediately led his troops to attack the Tang army, at this time there was only a desperate fight and a glimmer of life, otherwise, the grain was burned out, and the Wu Yue army on Zhoushan Island was finished.

The Tang army and Wu Yuejun fought together, shouting and killing shook the sky, and the ground was quickly filled with corpses.

Yang Lian stood on the city wall, saw the fire in the distance, and hesitated, could it be Yu An's design? After waiting for half a pillar of incense, the scout came back with a Tang soldier, Tang Bing held Lin Renzhao's token in his hand, and after Yang Lian inquired, he immediately asked Zhang Wenji to lead the troops to attack.

Five hundred elites who stayed in Zhoushan were killed, this army Yang Lian did not use it at ordinary times, they maintained enough physical strength, five hundred people went down the mountain like a tiger, chasing Wu Yuejun to kill, Yu An reluctantly commanded the battle, but this Tang army had already held its breath, at this time to kill, everyone worked hard, plus Wu Yue's army was affected by Zhao Chengtai's defeat, everyone was depressed, and barely mustered up the courage to fight, but they couldn't kill this Tang army that had been recuperated for a long time.

The scale of the war has been tilted towards the Tang army, with the fighting, the sky changed color, many people in the Wu Yue army were affected by their eyesight, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, but the Tang army became more and more brave the more they fought, and the Wu Yue army was divided and surrounded one by one.

Yang Lian received the news, led 200 troops out of the city, walked about five miles, and saw that the Tang army was besieging a group of Wu Yue soldiers, these Wu Yue soldiers only had more than 20 people, but they still swore to the death, and the resistance was very tenacious.

Lin Renzhao was not far away, directing the battle, and when he saw Yang Lian coming, both of them laughed and patted each other on the shoulder.

"Huzi, even if you finally come, these Wuyue people are attacking the city, it is really fatal, although I have the city wall as a support, the loss is more than half." Yang Lian said that this was a bitter battle, and at least six or seven thousand soldiers died on both sides, and many more were wounded.

Lin Renzhao looked Yang Lian up and down, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Yang Jiedu is safe and sound, my heart is relieved." ”

Yang Lian patted his chest and said, "My life is not so easy to die. ”

Lin Renzhao said: "Yang Jiedu, the person in front seems to be a big official, those people swear to protect to the death, and their combat effectiveness is not weak. ”

"It's likely to be Yu An." Yang Lian said, striding forward, Lin Renzhao was taken aback, and hurriedly followed.

"I am the envoy of the Tang Shuntian Festival, the chief general of Zhoushan, who among you is in charge, come out to speak." Yang Lian said loudly, and the soldiers around him were a little nervous.

Hearing Yang Lian speak, a general who was about forty years old sighed, glanced at Yang Lian, and said, "You are Yang Lian?" ”

"Not bad!" Yang Lian nodded.

"Hehe, I've heard of Yang Jiedu's name for a long time, but I didn't expect to fight for more than half a month, and today is the first time we met." The general said, with some regrets in his heart, thinking that this battle was all in Yang Lian's planning, if he attacked the city in a hurry, the Tang army would come faster. Although it was a failure, he was not reconciled.

"You are General Yu Anyu?" Yang Lian guessed something from his tone.

"Exactly." The generals did not deny it either.

"General Yu, Zhao Chengtai has been defeated, and now the situation is obvious, General Yu still don't resist, human life is still very valuable." Yang Lian persuaded.

Yu An laughed, a few hours ago, he also sent someone to persuade Yang Lian to surrender, but he didn't expect that feng shui would take turns, retribution was coming, and it was time for Yang Lian to persuade him.

Yang Lian looked at Yu An's rather haggard face, thinking of this period of time, the pressure he was under was also huge.

Yu An laughed for a while, his chest rose and fell rapidly, and after half a ring, he said: "Yang Jiedu's kindness, I understand." It's just that as a courtier of Wu Yue, loyal ministers don't matter to the two masters. ”

Yang Lian shook his head and said: "General Yu's words are wrong, if you are in a state today, you need a talent like the general to calm the world and restore a stable life to the people." ”

Yu An glanced at Yang Lian in surprise, and he didn't expect Yang Lian to have this in mind. Although he was surprised in his heart, Yu An still shook his head and said, "Yang Jie is magnificent, and Yu admires it." As he spoke, he glanced at the soldiers around him and said, "These brothers have followed me for many years, and if they don't give up, they hope to let them go home." ”

"Wu Yueguo is calm, I will naturally let them go home. If I want to join the army, I can't ask for it. Yang Lian agreed.

Yu An nodded, and said to his own soldiers: "Brothers, follow me for many years, Yu asked himself if he was worthy of his brothers, and he also hoped to fight on the battlefield with his brothers, but in today's battle, Yu was defeated, and you brothers still hope to take care, don't think of Yu." ”

Yu An's words changed a little later, and before everyone could react, he suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist and plunged it into his chest. As a warrior, he can die, he can die a tragic death, but he must not surrender, surrender, for him, means a shame.

"General!" The soldiers around him pounced and hugged Yu An's body.

Blood oozed from the corners of Yu An's mouth, he smiled bitterly, choked up, and said, "In today's battle, it was my light enemy that caused this defeat." Brothers, live well, Yu, Yu, I'm sorry for you, first, go first! As he spoke, there was a sound in his throat, and blood gushed out.

Yu An coughed a few times, tilted his head, and died like this.

"General!" The soldiers cried, and one of them put down Yu An's body, bowed to him a few times, slowly stood up, and clenched the blade in his hand.

Yang Lian was straight, his face was indifferent, and the soldiers around him clenched their blades and watched out.

"Ahh A Wu Yue soldier shouted, raised the blade in his hand high, and stabbed it towards the lower abdomen, and the other Wu Yue soldiers did the same, blood flowed out, Wu Yue soldiers slowly knelt on the ground, their bodies twitched for a while, and after a while, they all slowly fell to the ground, and after convulsions for a while, they didn't move anymore.

"Soldiers are not afraid of death, the world will be unified sooner or later, and there is no need to worry about foreign invasions." Yang Lian said, sighing, although Yu An is an enemy, such an enemy is worthy of respect. When each is his master, no matter what Yu An does, Yang Lian feels that it is understandable.

"Huzi, send someone to collect their corpses, keep them well, and send them back to Hangzhou!" Yang Lian commanded.

"Whoa!" Lin Renzhao replied and commanded the soldiers to step forward. (To be continued.) )