Li Jingsui finished reading the emergency report, put the emergency report on the desk, and took a sip of tea. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother Huang, what do you think about this matter?" Li Jing asked.

Li Jing stroked his beard and said, "Brother Huang, the younger brother thinks that there is nothing wrong with both sides. ”

"How so?" Li Jing asked again.

"Wu Yue has a complicated relationship with the Tang Dynasty, there is kindness and hatred, and Zhou Zong also wants to capture Hangzhou as soon as possible, so he slaughtered the people of Wu Yue everywhere, in terms of its essence, it is for the Tang Dynasty, and he has to be praised." Li Jingsui said, smiled again, and said: "As for Yang Lian, the younger brother thinks that his original intention is to win the hearts of the people, and only when the people's hearts are stable, Wu Yueguo will not rebel." ”

"Makes sense." Li Jing nodded and smiled, but in his heart he felt that King Qi was making peace with the mud, but it was King Qi's middle-of-the-road attitude that Li Jing appreciated very much. It is not possible to govern the country by brute force, King Yan is a martial artist, it is okay to fight, and the fire is not good, so Li Jing will not like him.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, said again: "Brother Huang, my brother thinks that he can send someone to appease Zhou Situ and Yang Lian, but now that the destruction of Wu Yueguo has reached the most critical time, don't make jokes, so that the success will be lost." ”

Li Jing nodded and instructed Gao Ze to grind the ink, and he wanted to write a letter.

Han Xizai didn't hear the news, he was very unhappy, he hurriedly walked out of the palace, put a wax pill on the branch, and then pretended to be fine, and slowly paced back to the palace. Half an hour later, a man who looked like a merchant hurriedly walked over, looked left and right, and took the wax pill from the branch.

In Yanwangfu, Li Hongji and Guo Rong were discussing things, and the two were discussing very affectionately, but in fact, they were just using each other with their own intentions.

"I can't imagine that the war in Wu Yueguo has reached this point." Guo Rong sighed a little, he never imagined that things would develop to this point, and now Wu Yue Kingdom was in danger, for the Great Zhou Empire, this was obviously not in their interests.

If Wu Yue is destroyed, the Tang Dynasty will not have much opponent in the south, the Great Zhou and the Tang Dynasty, will form a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, if the Tang Dynasty agrees to the south, only need to transfer the troops to the north, the second Great Zhou is surrounded by enemies, the Khitan and the northwest party people who are ready to move, should not be underestimated.

Li Hongji showed a sad look on his face, sighed, and said, "Hey, my father is like this, people are frivolous, there is really no way." ”

Guo Rong glanced at him quietly, everyone was using each other, this guy was so fake, there were tears on his face, he was really shameless. Guo Rong didn't reveal it, he also sighed, and said: "Now that Yang Lian has made great contributions, I'm afraid that after returning to Beijing, his authority will be greater." ”

Li Hongji was worried about this, otherwise he would not have formed a temporary alliance with Guo Rong, so he asked: "Brother Guo, if you have any good opinions, you might as well say it." ”

"Yang Lian's soldiers are in Yuhang, and the army is threatening Hangzhou, and now it seems that Hangzhou City will fall into the hands of the Tang Dynasty in more than a year, or at least half a year. The capture of Hangzhou is inevitable, but the credit for capturing Hangzhou must be given to Zhou Situ, otherwise, the credit is Yang Lian's, and the situation will be even more unfavorable. Guo Rong also figured it out at this time, since he couldn't stop Emperor Tang's decision, he couldn't let Yang Lian take the credit, if this credit was occupied by Zhou Zong, Yan Wang's party still had a chance to turn the tables.

Although King Yan has some ability, Guo Rong is confident that he can control him, Yang Lian is different, of course, in Guo Rong's heart, only he knows whether this is the case or not.

Hearing Guo Rong's support for Zhou Zong, Li Hongji glanced at him in surprise, and couldn't guess his thoughts, "Brother Guo, what do you mean?" ”

"Yang Lian has always been cunning, and in this situation, it seems unrealistic to let him take the initiative to attack the city. I do have an idea, I might as well let Zhou Situ add fuel to the fire, provoke Yang Lian, and make him attack Hangzhou. Guo Rong said.

"Brother Guo has any good way, the younger brother is willing to listen." Li Hongji said.

Guo Rong smiled slightly and whispered.

In this situation, Yang Lian and Zhou Zong, who were the main forces attacking Hangzhou, did not take the initiative to launch the Hangzhou campaign, Zhou Zong plundered everywhere, and Yang Lian was in Yuhang City, lavishly rewarding the three armies, and there were constantly warships from Haizhou to the south, transporting enough grain and pickled pork.

After Yang Lian's pickled pork, it was washed, or put into a pot to be steamed, or used to stir-fry vegetables, the taste was excellent, and the soldiers ate every day with their mouths full of oil, and the war-weary mood for most of the year was alleviated to a certain extent.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the rainy season is also increasing significantly, and the rainy season in the Jiangnan area seems to be coming again. The arrival of the rainy season is obviously not conducive to conquest, and the bow and arrow will lose their elasticity if they are soaked by the rain, and the Tang army will not be able to effectively suppress the Wu Yue army at the head of the city.

At this time, Yang Lian was also a little nervous, he received news that Guo Wei sent troops to inspect the border, and there seemed to be an invasion posture, Yang Lian didn't think that a mere Guo Rong could stop Guo Wei's actions, not to mention that Guo Rong was just an adopted son.

It was necessary to end this battle as soon as possible, and Yang Lian discussed with Lin Renzhao, Zhu Qi, Zhang Wenji and others how to attack Hangzhou. If you want to capture Hangzhou, you must not give Zhou Zong a chance, so Yang Lian's actions must be fast and fast, after attacking Hangzhou, he must control the palace and capture the Qian family as soon as possible.

However, the city of Hangzhou is tall, and it is too difficult to conquer it quickly.

At this time, no one could have imagined that things had changed. In Suzhou City, although Zhou Zong left a certain number of soldiers to besiege Qian Wenfeng's father and son, due to the lack of troops, the Tang army could only monitor the main roads and protect the grain roads at the same time.

Just two days ago, Qian Chengli heard that a batch of grain had passed through Suzhou from Changzhou and was about to be sent to Hangzhou. The Tang army was by water, relatively safe and fast, Qian Chengli made preparations, sent Shanshui's soldiers to dive into the water, attached themselves to the Tang army's grain boat, and secretly scuttled through the grain boat.

Tens of thousands of grains sank into the canal, and the Tang generals who escorted the grain were afraid of being punished, so they returned to Changzhou with their troops, ready to escort another batch of grain. But at this moment, under the careful arrangement of Qian Wenfeng's father and son, the Changzhou grain ship was burned clean.

Changzhou, as the front line, hoarded enough grain and grass to supply Zhou Zong's army, and as soon as it was burned, Changzhou was suddenly short of food. Changzhou Assassin Shi Wei Kuangfu was taken aback, and hurriedly went to the book to tell the Son of Heaven about the affairs of Changzhou one by one. When Li Jing got the news, he was extremely angry, and he sent an envoy to capture the Changzhou assassin Shi Wei Kuangfu back to Jinling, and prepared to punish the crime. Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, knew that Wei Kuangfu was a good official, and desperately persuaded the imperial brother not to kill him. Li Jing listened to it and decided to wait until the war in Wu Yue Kingdom was over, and it would not be too late to punish the crime.

But if the grain has already been burned, what is the use of punishing the crime? As the saying goes, the three armies do not carry out grain and grass first, which shows the importance of grain and grass, Li Jing hurriedly ordered the preparation of grain and grass, and the soldiers on the front line must not be allowed to fight hungry. But for a while, not enough food was raised?

There have been too many wars in the Tang Dynasty in recent years, and when there is an occasional truce, the harvest is also used to fill the shortfall, and there is not much food hoarded. The Changzhou War lasted for several months, tens of thousands of troops were stationed, and the food consumption every day was extremely amazing.

In desperation, Li Jing had no choice but to order the household department to gather the grain merchants in the city and buy grain from them.

On the Jinling side, the speed of processing was very fast, Zhou Zong got the news that he was hunting and almost fell off his war horse, the grain was robbed, and all the grain was burned, this blow was fatal. Zhou Zong panicked at this time, now the army's food is less than five days, even if he tightens his belt to eat, it will support ten days at most. After ten days, there will be no food.

However, these days, the three armies have eaten and drunk nonsense, three meals a day are indispensable, and each meal has mutton, and the soldiers are used to eating and drinking, and they are on a diet all at once, who can stand it? Zhou Zong thought carefully, how to deal with this matter?

In Zhou Zong's big tent, the most important generals have arrived, Zhou Hongzuo, Yao Feng, Zhu Lingyun, etc., are basically the henchmen of King Yan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is critical now, if you have any good ideas, you might as well say it directly." Zhou Zong said, his brows furrowed, and he looked worried.

Zhou Hongzuo said: "Zhou Situ, the people of Suzhou and Hangzhou are rich, and there must be a lot of grain stored at home, so why don't I borrow grain from the people?" ”

Zhu Lingyun smiled bitterly and said, "General Zhou, in the past half a month, our army has been moving everywhere, within a radius of 100 miles, I am afraid that except for Hangzhou and Yuhangcheng, there are no more people. ”

Zhou Hongzuo was stunned for a moment, and secretly thought yes, why didn't he think about it?

Yao Feng has a general relationship with King Yan, but at this time, in order to survive, he had to say: "Zhou Situ, Yang Jiedu is in Yuhang, it is said that there is a lot of grain in stock, in my opinion, it is better to borrow grain from him and get through the crisis first." ”

Zhou Hongzuo snorted coldly, shook off his robe, and said, "General Yao, where are you talking about this?" Yang Lian is despicable and shameless, how can he be willing to borrow food? ”

Yao Feng shook his head and said, "I heard that General Zhou and Yang Jiedu have some contradictions, but now it seems that it is indeed true. ”

Zhou Hongzuo was furious and said, "General Yao, what do you mean by this?" ”

Yao Feng was also angry, since following Zhou Zong, Zhou Hongzuo has always been a pioneer, he has his share in robbing houses and houses, and everything he grabbed is his. Zhu Lingyun and the others are okay, they have a good relationship with Zhou Hongzuo, and they can get some, but he is different, he can't share anything at all, and he gets the least amount of food, not to mention money.

Yao Feng stood up abruptly and said, "General Zhou, now that the situation is critical, the general just thinks that Yang Jiedu has food, if you don't want to, then that's it, what do you want to do?" Are you going to kill me? Yao Feng stood up abruptly and said, "General Zhou, now that the situation is critical, the general just thinks that Yang Jiedu has food, if you don't want to, then that's it, what do you want to do?" Are you going to kill me? Yao Feng stood up abruptly and said, "General Zhou, now that the situation is critical, the general just thinks that Yang Jiedu has food, if you don't want to, then that's it, what do you want to do?" Are you going to kill me? (To be continued.) )