The Wu Yue messenger was taken aback, and couldn't help but take two steps back, but was blocked by the Tang soldiers behind him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"General, I've told the general all the news, and the general can't be untrustworthy!" The messenger's face changed dramatically, and sweat dripped from his forehead, and he didn't want to die.

Yang Lian looked at him lightly, groaning, the Tang soldier stretched out his hand, held down the messenger, and was about to drag the messenger out, the messenger shouted, obviously unwilling.

"Alright, come back." Yang Lian waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers to stop.

The messenger breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his head, not daring to look at Yang Lian.

Yang Lian paced slowly, holding the letter paper in his hand, walked to the messenger, Yang Lian stuffed the letter into his chest, and said, "If I don't kill you in this section, you can go back." ”

The messenger's lips quirmed, and he said, "Thank you, General Yang." With that, he was leaving.

"Wait!" Yang Lian shook his head.

The two Tang soldiers stretched out their hands to block the messenger, and the messenger glanced at Yang Lian very depressedly, only to see Yang Lian with a smile on his face.

"Although I won't kill you, as a Wuyue person, you will always have to pay some price." Yang Lian said.

The messenger was stunned for a moment, and without waiting for him to speak, Yang Lian waved his hand and said, "Drag it down and cut off his left ear." ”

The messenger was held down by one soldier, and the other soldier drew his blade and cut off the messenger's left ear with a knife, blood flowed on the ground, and the messenger screamed miserably, and was quickly dragged out, and thrown out of the Tang army camp with the dropped left ear.

The messenger got up from the cold ground, the blood flowed, it became cold, his body trembled, he grabbed his left ear, and wanted to stick it to his head, but to no avail, the messenger slowly got up with a blue face, hid his ears with a piece of cloth, looked at the horses on the side, turned over the horse, and ran towards Mingzhou City.

"General, you have to avenge your humble duties." On the Mingzhou Assassin's Mansion, the messenger knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, his ears had been bandaged, and blood was still oozing out.

Pan Xianyan looked at the messenger's miserable appearance, stepped forward, helped the messenger up, and said, "Don't worry, Yang Lian is too deceitful, I will definitely avenge you." ”

The messenger nodded, took out the blood-stained letterhead, handed it to Pan Xianyan, and said, "General, Yang Lian has already read the letter." ”

"Good!" Pan Xianyan took the letter, unfolded it, couldn't help but nodded, patted the messenger's shoulder, and said: "I have wronged you this time, Yang Lian will definitely be fooled after reading the letter, as long as he is fooled, he can kill him in Mingzhou, and then you will be allowed to cut off his head in person!" ”

"Thank you, General." The messenger nodded in satisfaction and laughed, but couldn't help but gasp.

Pan Zhen Yan said: "You go back first to recuperate!" ”

"Whoa!" The messenger retreated.

Pan Xianyan paced slowly in the study, and in the letter, Pan Xianyan conveyed a message, he told Hangzhou that the Tang army had gone north and wanted Yuezhou to prepare for the enemy, and at the same time, his plan was to let the Tang army bypass Mingzhou, as long as Yuezhou held the city, he could cut off the Tang army's retreat.

Pan Xianyan knew that Yang Lian's Tang army was a lone army, once it was encircled in the wide area between Mingzhou and Yuezhou, and the sea was held by Wu Yue's sailors, the Tang army's sailors would not be able to land, and this Tang army would be like a turtle in an urn, and it would be defeated sooner or later.

In his letter, Pan Xianyan repeatedly told that Yuezhou must be mainly defended to the death, and a quick victory would be beneficial to the Tang army. Moreover, it is winter, the fields are barren, the Tang army has almost no supplies, as long as the walls are clear, the Tang army will eventually starve to death.

What will he do after this letter is obtained by Yang Lian? There are two possibilities, one is to retreat to the front line of Mingzhou while it has not yet been deepened, so that it can still rely on the supply line of Zhoushan and slowly make a plan; Another possibility is to take Yuezhou, once Yuezhou is taken, the Tang army can get the supply of Yuezhou grain, at least three or four months, there is no need to worry about the problem of food, and the Tang army's naval division also has enough time to open up the connection between the waterway and Yuezhou.

Of these two possibilities, Pan Xianyan felt that the former one might be bigger, because this was the most secure plan, even if it couldn't make a big contribution, it could ensure the safety of more than 10,000 soldiers, and once the war was unfavorable, it could return to Datang by water. The second may be much smaller, not to mention that Yuezhou is the gateway to Hangzhou, the city of Yuezhou is tall, the rivers in the city are crisscrossed, and the army wants to take it, it is not so simple.

Pan Xianyan was inclined to the first possibility, so he still ordered the city to be strictly guarded, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will unless he had a military order issued by him.

Just when Pan Xianyan strengthened the defense of Mingzhou, Yang Lian was also thinking that now is a period of war, and Yuezhou's defense will inevitably be very tight, which Yang Lian has long been prepared, so it is not surprising at all that although Pan Xianyan's method is old-fashioned, it is very fatal for the Tang army.

If the Tang army over there can successfully capture Suzhou, it will be able to join forces with Yang Lian and besiege Hangzhou, but the probability of the Tang army taking Suzhou is very low, so it can detour to Suzhou to the south, which is a possibility, but the lone army goes deep, which also means the lack of food, and the grain road is exposed under the peak of Wu Yuebing, which is obviously extremely unwise.

Yang Lian thought about it, and finally made a decision, the three armies continued to choose to go north, this day's march was a little farther, about twenty-five miles, when Shen Shi, the Tang soldiers stopped advancing, and took advantage of the dawn to build a large camp.

Wu Yuejun of Yuezhou and Mingzhou got the news through spies, and Yuezhou was very nervous.

The Tang army was neither fast nor slow, and it took at least two hours to dismantle the camp and build the camp every day, and it took only three hours to march, and because of the large number of people, it only took 20 miles a day. The unhurried actions of the Tang army made the Yuezhou side very nervous, and they couldn't understand why the Tang army was so slow, could it be that there was some conspiracy?

After walking for a few days, Yang Lian walked to the place between Mingzhou and Yuezhou, more than 100 miles away from both places, Yang Lian settled here, sent people to buy a batch of yellow sheep, killed them all, and rewarded the three armies.

Hangzhou, after a few days of preparation, Qian Hongyu has already transferred the Yijin army back, let this pillar of Wu Yue State guard Hangzhou City, Qian Hongyu is very confident to hold Hangzhou, but Mingzhou, he does not have much confidence. Although Pan Xianyan is a veteran, his subordinates are all new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, so it is necessary to support Mingzhou.

Qian Hongyu discussed with Wu Cheng, the secretary of the military department, for a long time, and thought that since the Tang army had killed between Mingzhou and Yuezhou, Yang Lian was very likely to attack Yuezhou and deter Wu Yuejun's ministers.

However, both of them think that if Yang Lian sees the increase in Yuezhou's soldiers and horses, he will definitely not be able to take Yuezhou with his troops, and it is very likely that he will retreat. It is best to defeat Yang Lian in Yuezhou, if Yang Lian escapes, it is only possible to go to Mingzhou and escape back to Zhoushan from Wanghai Town. At that time, the soldiers and horses of Mingzhou were killed again, and the Tang army was already a rout, where would it be Pan Xianyao's opponent?

The two discussed for a while, and both felt that this plan was feasible, Wu Cheng was more cautious, and he proposed to tell Hu Jinsi about this plan and listen to his opinion. Qian Hongyu vetoed, and now the situation is very obvious, although the Tang army is violent, but after Yang Lian has won several battles, it has swelled to the extreme, and he dares to go deep alone, which means his demise.

Early the next morning, several war horses rushed out of the city of Hangzhou, some ran towards the Hangzhou Navy Battalion, and some ran towards Yuezhou, bringing their own news.

"Yang Jiedu, the Yuezhou side has strengthened its vigilance, and it is preliminarily estimated that there are at least 3,000 soldiers and horses in Yuezhou City, and these 3,000 soldiers and horses are all veterans." Zhang Wenji told him that the spies sent to Yuezhou brought the news back after some investigation.

Yang Lian nodded, three thousand soldiers and horses are actually enough to defend Yuezhou, because Yuezhou is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the rivers in the city are vertical and horizontal, and the moat is enough for warships to sail, and it is not enough to attack such a city.

"Pass the order, the army will be stationed for two days, eat and drink well, and listen to the military order after three days." Yang Lian said.

Zhang Wenji and Zhang Wenchao were both stunned, not understanding why Yang Jiedu was like this.

"Tang Jun stopped again?" Mingzhou, after Pan Xianyan received the news, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yes, Pan Tingshi, Tang Jun's actions are too strange." Said the scout who arrived to report the news.

Pan Xianyan paced for a while, shook his head, and said, "Yang Lian's actions are so slow, it shouldn't be a trick, but waiting." He was waiting for the sailors to go north, so that the Tang army could advance by land and water to attack Yuezhou. "Pan Xianyan is a native of Wuyue, so he is naturally very familiar with the geography of Wuyue.

When the scout heard this, he felt that there was some truth, and hurriedly said: "Pan Tingshi, then what should we do?" ”

"As before, now that our army has the upper hand, just wait and see what happens." Pan Xianyan said.

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, and Wang Cheng, the commander of Mingzhou County, walked in, bowed to Pan Xianyan, and said: "Pan Tingshi, just now the people have arrived at the county office, saying that the Tang army has retreated and is far away from Mingzhou, can you open the city gate?" ”

"No, Mingzhou City is still closed, and you are not allowed to go out of the city without my order." Pan Xianyan shook his head.

"However, Pan Tingshi, after this period of siege, the firewood of the people in the city has been exhausted, if you can't go out to chop firewood, I'm afraid you can only demolish the house." Wang Cheng said.

This is a big question, the weather is still cold, if the houses are demolished, where will the people live? In other words, he can ignore the people, but the Assassin's Mansion also has to eat, and it also needs to use firewood.

Pan Xianyan thought about it carefully, firewood is to be cut, but it must not be because of the chopping of firewood to miss a major event, Pan Xianyan frowned, has come up with a way, and told Wang Cheng a few words, asking him to handle this matter well, every day out of the city to cut firewood The people must issue wooden cards to prove his identity, if there is no such object when he returns to the city, he will never be allowed to enter.

Wang Cheng received the order and left in a hurry. (To be continued.) )