Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 726
The city of Yuezhou was breached, and before the Wuyue army withdrew, all the grain and weapons in the warehouse had been destroyed.

This is a typical example of harming others and benefiting oneself, and they are determined not to leave food and grass for the rebels, because they also know that the rebels entered Wuyue territory to use troops, and they did not bring much food and grass at all. The grain and grass in the city were expropriated from the army.

When Su Chen and Lu Chaoqun's army entered the city, they found that there was no surplus food in the Yuezhou warehouse, only some household registration files, supplies and farm tools were still there.

"Damn it, all the food and grass have been burned, this Yuezhou chief general, Li Kuo, really deserves to be killed!" Qi Ying scolded angrily.

Lu Chaoqun's face turned cold when he heard the words, and he said in a deep voice: "The grain and grass cannot be replenished, and they have to be transported from Mingzhou, Taizhou, Wuzhou and other places, which has delayed our army's important affairs."

"Just rob the wealthy households in the city directly." A tiger general proposed to loot the wealthy households in Yuezhou, and then they could get food, gold, silver and treasure.

Su Chen hastily dissuaded him: "No! This is against our army's new regulations! Moreover, we are about to establish our capital in Hangzhou City, Yuezhou is so close, and it is also the place where we strive to win the hearts of the people. We must not burn, kill and plunder."

"Then what should we do?" Qi Ying asked.

Su Chen pondered for a while, and said: "You can first sell some valuables in the warehouses of the general's mansion and the prefect's yamen in the city, and exchange some food from the common people. In addition, mobilize the common people to submit letters anonymously to report on corrupt officials or insensitive squires in the city , Those who rank among the top ten can search their homes in accordance with the law, quell public grievances, and confiscate their property and food for military supplies."

"Well, this is a good way to steal from the rich and help the poor." Lu Chaoqun smiled when he heard this, and felt that the method was feasible. Not only did it not disturb the people, but it helped the people to do justice for the sky.

The notice was posted, and within a few days, the General's Mansion received a large number of letters of denunciation, and after a comprehensive ranking was made, some big families in the city appeared.

"The Liang family, the Wu family, and the Qian family are all on the list, and they are at the top!"

Lu Zheng said to the generals.

Qi Ying asked suspiciously: "Are you going to ransack the houses one by one according to this ranking?"

All the generals looked at Su Chen. He came up with the idea, and it was up to him to decide how to implement it.

Su Chen smiled slightly and said: "Surround the top ten families. If they are willing to hand over half of their family property and stockpiles of food, they can spare their lives. Otherwise, they will directly ransack the house. They will not be merciless. After all, they have committed many crimes, but they were elected by the people. Yes, this is public dissatisfaction, and we are doing justice for the heavens!"

When all the generals heard the words, they all agreed. In this way, they not only vented their anger on the people, but also suppressed the local gentry, intimidating and intimidating, especially the top ten families that are least popular with the people. They must have often bullied and bullied the people .Cutting their property today to make atonement and save their lives is also extraordinarily merciful, and it will not bring fear to all the rich and gentry.

Soon, nine of the top ten families obediently handed over their properties. There was only one family whose owner was named Fan Yuan. It was said that he was a descendant of Fan Li. He was a wealthy and powerful family in Yuezhou, and someone in the family was an official. , There are also people who do business and have a lot of property.

That Fan Li was a politician, military strategist, and economist in the late Spring and Autumn Period. He once offered advice to help King Goujian of Yue restore his country, and then disappeared. Later generations honored him as the "Sage of Shang".Although Fan Li came from a poor and humble background, he was erudite and talented, and he knew many languages ​​and had a close relationship with him.

When he was young, Fan Li was dissatisfied with the political darkness of Chu State at that time, so he went to Yue State together with Wen Zhong to assist Yue State Goujian.Legend has it that he helped Goujian to destroy Wu, and he was ashamed of Kuaiji. After he became famous, he retreated bravely and traveled among the 72 peaks.

During this period, he became very rich by doing business three times, and scattered his family wealth three times. Later, he settled in Taoqiu, Song Dynasty, and called himself "Tao Zhu Gong".Literati worshiped him, business people regarded him as the god of wealth, and politicians admired his way of being an official.The world praises it: "Loyalty is for the country; wisdom is for self-protection; business is for getting rich and becoming famous all over the world."

However, the descendants of Fan Li in this branch were too obsessed with money, and they refused to hand over half of their family property to atone for their crimes, and fought to the end.

Lu Zheng led people to break into the Fan family's house, rushed in, met the servants who resisted with force, and killed them on the spot. Finally, they pulled out all seventy members of the Fan family and beheaded them, as a warning to everyone else. Only then did they deter Yuezhou. powerful and wealthy merchants.

Don't think that Heiyun blindly adopts a soft policy and won't kill people.If you insist on being an enemy of Heiyundu's army and don't follow the rules and regulations, you will have a dead end.

This act of killing chickens and monkeys immediately made the dignitaries in the city and the common people more honest and well-behaved.

These wealth and food and grass were gathered together as military salaries to reward the three armies.

"General Su, how should we attack next?" Lu Chaoqun took the initiative to ask Su Chen, wanting to hear his ingenious strategies.

Su Chen analyzed and said: "According to the reports from the horse scouts, there are [-] elite troops stationed in Hangzhou City, all of whom are the imperial guards of Wuyue Kingdom. Now we only have to besiege the city to fight for aid. First, we must surround Hangzhou City and look at Huzhou, Xiuzhou, and Huzhou in the north. Suzhou, etc., if there are soldiers and horses coming to the rescue of King Qin, we can attack the city while blocking the soldiers and horses who come to rescue."

"In addition, we also need to send envoys to the city of Hangzhou to lobby. As long as Qian Chu is willing to leave the city and surrender, so as to save Hangzhou from the disaster of war, it is the best policy for us to get Hangzhou without bloodshed. If Qian Chu surrenders, we will After the restoration of the Wu State, making him a prince will not kill him and his family members, nor will it destroy the clan halls of the Wu Yue State.

Su Chen expressed his opinion, if he could not attack the city and fight, it would be best to reduce the exemption.

Because I know from the history textbooks that this Qian Chu didn't resist in the end, he surrendered directly, and directly accepted the land as a vassal to the Northern Song Dynasty.

This shows that Qian Chu is still a person who understands current affairs and will not really stick to the city to the end.

When Lu Chaoqun heard Su Chen's analysis, he didn't know whether it was feasible, but Su Chen's previous inferences and strategies had come true, so he also felt that once Su Chen's method was successful, it would indeed be unnecessary to storm the city. The rebel army in the capital is strong.

"Okay, let's do it!"

Lu Chaoqun agreed, and Qi Ying, Wei Dongqiang and others saw that Lu Chaoqun was supporting them, and they had no objections.

Su Chen said: "Besieging the city for aid and persuading the King of Wu and Yue to surrender are all strategies, and they cooperate with each other. They are indispensable. There is no certain pressure to attack the city. Maybe Qian Chu still can't make up his mind. If a large army attacks violently, the defense of Hangzhou City will be shaken by the wind. , then the King of Wuyue will definitely not be at ease, and it will be a matter of time before he surrenders."

"Gao, it's really clever!" Qi Ying and the others realized it now, and they all praised Su Chen for his resourcefulness.

That's how the plan was decided.

Three days later, the army set off from Yuezhou and marched into Hangzhou City.

Because Yuezhou is too important, it can be regarded as their rear base camp in Wuyue Hangzhou area, and there is no room for loss. Therefore, Wei Dongqiang was left to guard here, and he was also responsible for collecting food and grass by the way.

Lu Chaoqun and his son commanded [-] troops, Su Chen led [-] troops, Qi Ying led [-] troops, together with [-] troops, they besieged Hangzhou City.

It can be said that there are thousands of troops, shoulder to shoulder, densely packed, covering the sky and the sun, and came to the outside of Hangzhou City. This time, Hangzhou City was surrounded on all sides.

(End of this chapter)