Chapter 49: The Dust Settles
There is no doubt that this was a fiasco, even if he fled back, there were still more than 20,000 horses under his tent, but it was a great blow to the morale of Wu Yuejun. Writing "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info watching the tragic situation of the robe being burned to death, will the soldiers still have the mind to compete with the Tang Army again? At least, Hu Qing felt that for now, he didn't have the courage to confront the Tang army again.
It was terrible, the soldiers struggling in the fire screamed, and one by one the humanoid fire sources ran wildly, and everywhere they went, no one did not hide. What impressed Hu Qing the most was the screams like a hell in Abi, like a nightmare, haunting his heart for a long time.
Back then, when he was a child, he listened to his father talk about the defense of Suzhou City, those Tang people were burned and cried for their fathers and mothers, and Hu Qing, who watched everything as a play, felt very funny, and when he grew up, he decided to join the army, hoping to defeat the enemy like his father, so as to live up to the man's ambitions. However, when almost the same situation occurred, except that the burned and burned people switched places, Hu Qing only saw horror.
Hu Cheng saw that Hu Qing was in a daze, grabbed his hand, and followed the person. Flowing out of the city, at this time, the army has been defeated, and there are already several pro-soldiers around Hu Qing, and if he doesn't leave, even if he is not captured by the Tang people, he will be trampled under his own feet.
Along the way, the fire almost roasted everyone, and the clothes on their bodies were already wet with sweat, and the wet sticking to their bodies made people very uncomfortable, and from time to time soldiers were squeezed into the fire, and they were soon engulfed in the fire, and even the screams became hoarse.
It's a nightmare, no, it's fine if it's a nightmare, the nightmare always wakes up. But now, it is real, the fire is not only burning in the city, but also burning in the hearts of Wu Yuebing, running for most of the hour, Hu Qing and Hu Cheng with a group of embarrassed soldiers, finally rushed to the urn city.
When Hu Qing was about to rejoice, he suddenly found that the city gate was actually blocked, and the sassal wood and miscellaneous firewood were piled up at the door, almost as high as the city wall. Hu Qing was dumbfounded, looking at him in a daze, is he going to be trapped here?
At this moment, a banner of the Tang Army was erected, Chen Tie walked over, leaned on the female wall, looked at the embarrassed Wu Yuebing, and shouted, "Is Hu Qing here?" This group of people was embarrassed, their faces were black, and they couldn't tell who Hu Qing was just by their appearance.
Hu Qing didn't speak, he knew that if he was discovered at this time, it would really be over.
Hu Cheng was beside him, pursed his lips, no expression could be seen on his dark face, hundreds of soldiers who escaped by luck were coughing, in this catastrophe, even if they were lucky not to die, there were many soldiers choked to death by the smoke, and the appearance of struggling before death was still fresh in people's memories.
Chen Tie knew that it was impossible for Hu Qing to stand up at this time, so he smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Since Hu Qing has been killed in battle, it's useless for you to keep it, come on, kill them all!" Chen Tie's words were a complete bluff, his subordinates did not have many soldiers and horses, if it really fought, Wu Yuebing was eager to win, and they couldn't stop it at all. Chen Tie still has to rely more on the fire.
The soldiers of Wu Yuejun were in a riot, they had just escaped from the sea of fire, and they were about to face the slaughter of the Tang people, especially Chen Tie, who had just fought half a loud way, and his body was full of blood, which gave people an incomparable shock.
Hu Qing snorted twice, and even Hu Cheng didn't understand what he was saying.
Chen Tie laughed twice at this time, and said: "You are all prisoners of the rank today, if you hand over Hu Qing, you can still live, otherwise, you will all be killed." With a wave of his hand, more than two hundred soldiers raised their bows and crossbows and aimed them at the defeated soldiers. Two hundred people are not many, but they are concentrated in the area of the city gate, and they act at the same time, and their movements are uniform, which visually gives people a great impact.
The defeated army under the city wall suddenly had many people looking at Hu Qing, with bad intentions in their eyes, and several bandits had already come up, it was a big deal to hand over Hu Qing, live a life, and escape afterwards or directly join the Tang Dynasty, all of which were good choices, in short, Wu Yueguo definitely couldn't go.
These people gathered around, and Hu Cheng made a bad speech and shouted, "What are you going to do?" ”
"Instead of dying, it's better to save a few people before dying." One person said, one by one sweat slid down, washing away the ashes on his face, and the whole face was white and black, which looked particularly weird.
Hu Qing took a step back, clenched his fists, and shouted, "You dare to be rude? ”
"Haha! People are dead, and they still care about this? "These people are not Hu Qing's personal soldiers, so in order to survive, they have to make this decision.
Hu Qing also had a few personal soldiers around him, and their loyalty was relatively high, so they immediately pounced and scuffled with these people.
"Look, Wu Yue dog is infighting." Chen Tie pointed downwards and breathed a sigh of relief.
One of the heads next to him smiled and said, "If General Chen's command is determined, we admire it." ”
Chen Tie glanced at him, shook his head, and said, "This is all the credit of Yang Jiedu, I don't dare to take credit." ”
When he heard this, he was busy saying good things and holding Yang Lian. Chen Tie was silent, watching the infighting below, this battle did not take too long, in order to survive, more and more Wu Yue soldiers joined the action of capturing Hu Qing alive, even if the personal soldiers around Hu Qing were powerful, they were also invincible with two fists and four hands, and they were soon knocked to the ground, and someone tore off a few pieces of clothes on their bodies, rolled them into ropes, and tied up Hu Qing, Hu Cheng and other people.
Chen Tie only sent seven or eight people down, escorted Hu Qing and Hu Cheng up, and the rest of the soldiers were tied up with ropes, and the number of people was counted slightly, about more than 1,000 people. Hu Qing's eyes were dark, he knew that the Wu Yue soldiers who fled were probably no more than five hundred, and there were only more than a thousand people around him at the moment, and I was afraid that the rest were all burned to death by the fire.
At this time, the fire in the city had not stopped, and Chen Tie sent soldiers to report the military situation first.
Hu Qing's expression was depressed, everything that happened today can be said to be from heaven to hell, and now he has become a prisoner of the Tang people, what will his fate be?
Wu Yuejun retreated, and Yang Lian stopped throwing firewood, but the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to extinguish the fire until it was dark.
Zhu Qi walked over, arched his hand, and asked, "Yang Jiedu, what should be done with those in the city?" ”
Yang Lian glanced at Cha Wenhui and said with a smile: "Cha Liuhou, what do you think?" ”
Cha Wenhui pursed his lips, today's killing made him palpitate, of course he knew that these were enemies, and he shouldn't be soft-hearted, but seeing people being burned into charcoal made him a little unacceptable. After thinking about it, Cha Wenhui said: "There are too many killings today, and the old man still hopes that Yang Jiedu can spare their lives." ”
Yang Lian pondered for a moment and said: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, and when Fuzhou City is calmed down, send them to mine first." As he spoke, he approached Cha Wenhui and said in a low voice: "After I leave Fuzhou, you will rescue them again." ”
Cha Wenhui was stunned for a moment and said, "Yang Jiedu, you are ......?"
"After all, they are from Fuzhou, and if they stay in Fuzhou for a long time in the future, they will be gracious to others, most of these people have family members in Fuzhou, if you let them go in the future, they will naturally be grateful to Chaliuhou, and it will be a little more convenient to run Fuzhou in the future." Yang Lian said the purpose.
Cha Wenhui suddenly felt very moved, Yang Lian not only saved him, but also helped him show grace to the soldiers and civilians of Fuzhou, but this wicked man was Yang Lian doing it. What did he figure out? No matter what Yang Lian has in his heart, at least he has only kindness to himself. Cha Wenhui hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Yang Jiedu is very gracious, Cha has received it." ”
Yang Lian smiled faintly, turned around, pointed outside the city, but sighed, and said: "Cha Liuhou, this fire, but the city of Fuzhou burned seventy-seven eighty-eight, if you want to rebuild, it will be difficult." ”
Cha Wenhui was a man of letters, and he also had experience in governing politics, but he was not enough to lead troops to fight. He squinted his eyes and looked at the outside of Zicheng, everywhere he looked, there was a fire, he knew very well that Fuzhou itself had been in war for many years, and many people had fled, and now this fire had caused great damage to Fuzhou City outside Zicheng, and the reconstruction of Fuzhou City needed manpower, and it was necessary to build houses in Jiacheng and Luocheng, which could not be solved in one or two sentences. At the same time, funding is also a big issue.
There is no need to think about it on the Son of Heaven's side, the government treasury has been unable to make ends meet in the past few years, and the Son of Heaven is so anxious that he stomps his feet, how can he come up with money to rebuild Fuzhou? Even if Fuzhou's geographical location is special, as far as Datang and Wu Yue are concerned, it is a battleground for soldiers.
Cha Wenhui frowned a little, but Yang Lian saw what he was thinking, but he didn't rush to speak, waited for a while, and then said: "Cha Liuhou, do you remember what the **** told you a few times ago?" ”
"You mean that?" Cha Wenhui thought for a moment and asked.
"After pacifying Fuzhou, I will take at least 100 people with me, of course, if there are so many people in Fuzhou. If there is a shortage of manpower at that time, I suggest that you keep a VIP in attendance. Yang Lian said.
Liucongxiao was in charge of Nanzhou and Quanzhou, especially Quanzhou, which was an excellent port and there were many shipwrights here. If Cha Wenhui wants to hold Fuzhou, he needs not only a strong army, but also a strong naval division, and Wu Yueguo's naval division is no less than that of the Tang Dynasty. Wu Yue people will not go north to fight with the water divisions of Runzhou, Guangling, and even Jinling in the Tang Dynasty unless they have to do so, but it is still very possible to attack Fuzhou in the south. Once Fuzhou is cut off by Wu Yueguo's sailors, it will become an isolated city, and it will be difficult to defend it.
Cha Wenhui nodded, Yang Lian suggested that he should guard Fuzhou, from his heart, this is an opportunity - he does not have to go back to Jinling to be impeached by political enemies and face the danger of being imprisoned, and this is also an opportunity for him to justify his name, but how to defend Fuzhou City?
Wu Yueren learned that Fuzhou was defeated, and he was afraid that he would go south, so after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask Yang Lian for advice: "Yang Jiedu, after you leave, how can I hold Fuzhou?" ”
Yang Lian groaned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Don't worry, Wu Yueguo got the news and won't go south for at least half a year." Now that spring ploughing is approaching, the captives of Wu Yue can be used for spring ploughing, which can greatly save manpower, repair the city wall, and rebuild Fuzhou City, and they can be used. ”
"In half a year, maybe they'll have to be released." Yang Lian added.
"Let them go?" Cha Wenhui was taken aback.
"Fuzhou has fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the defense is tight, for Wu Yueguo, it is not cost-effective to attack Fuzhou, if it is a long-term campaign, it will have a great impact on Wu Yueguo's economy and production, I believe that Wu Yue people are not stupid, and will not spend a lot of time and energy in Fuzhou." Yang Lian said with a smile.
Cha Wenhui nodded, fighting a war tests national strength, and without sufficient food, money, and manpower, it is simply impossible to support a long-term war. (To be continued.) )