Master Faming brought tea over. It was already late at night, so the old monk didn't bother him. He said a few words and then left.
The guards were on guard around the monastery. Liang Jiangyuan poured tea for Qian Guanghan and said respectfully: "Old Master, Song Jiande is very brave. A group of water pirates from Taihu Lake will definitely be repelled."
"It seems that Linghu Xuan is making an attack in the east and attacking in the west." Qian Guanghan sighed: "He took people to Shuning County just to attract my attention and make me think that the main force of the Taihu Pirates went to reinforce Shuning.
The main force in Taihu is planning to attack Suzhou City."
Wei Tairan solemnly said: "Taihu Lake is only a hundred miles away from Suzhou City. They marched all night, and we had no time to detect their whereabouts."
"Linghu Xuansheng's attacks from the east to the west are not terrible." Qian Guanghan frowned: "But the Taihu pirates actually have such a cavalry, which is unexpected for me."
Wei Tairan looked at Liang Jiangyuan and asked: "Master Liang, how many cavalrymen are there to trick the city gate into opening?"
"I heard that there are at least four to five hundred riders." Liang Jiangyuan said: "Beizhi led people to recruit young men in Nancheng. Suddenly they heard the sound of killing coming from the south gate. I felt strange and wanted to go over and see what happened.
What happened? I happened to bump into several guards running from the south gate. They told me that the second young master led the cavalry and suddenly appeared outside the south gate. They asked the soldiers guarding the gate to open the door immediately. There is an urgent military situation...!" He looked at Qian.
Guanghan glanced at it and said cautiously: "Of course I didn't dare not listen to what the second young master said, so the soldiers guarding the door opened the door. Then the cavalry rushed into the city, slashing with their swords. The soldiers guarding the door couldn't resist, and they collapsed in a moment.
, the south gate fell into the hands of that cavalry. According to their statement, there was a large group of cavalry outside the city at that time, numbering four to five hundred."
Wei Tairan and Qian Guanghan looked at each other without saying anything.
"Bizhi... I was just about to take someone over to see what was going on, when... I saw a group of cavalry passing by not far away." Liang Jiangyuan said: "They were wearing refined armor.
The war horses are also very strong, and they are all good horses...!"
Wei Tairan stopped and said, "So they have at least four to five hundred war horses and hundreds of pairs of armor?"
"That's natural."
"Old Master, it is impossible for the Taihu Pirates to have so many war horses." Wei Tairan said solemnly: "The imperial court has always been strict about war horses. Even private horses, every horse must be registered. The imperial court's decree and the movement of war horses
As long as there are more than 30 horses, documents from the Taipus Temple are required, and even local officials have no right to transfer them without permission. The court is short of war horses, and if anyone dares to smuggle horses among the people, they will be beheaded, and the checkpoints in various places have always been strict with horses.
Check strictly." After a pause, he continued: "According to Master Liang, the horses of the cavalry entering the city are all good horses, and there are hundreds of them. With so many horses, Linghu Xuan is powerless even if he wants to.
We successfully got to Taihu Lake."
Qian Guanghan nodded slightly and said: "The roads in Jiangnan are all under our control, and we are very aware of the goods coming and going. As long as goods like war horses appear on the ground in Jiangnan, we will immediately notice that they cannot be transported.
Taihu Lake.”
"Old Master, is that team of cavalry not from the Taihu Pirates?" Wei Tairan thought for a moment and finally said softly.
Qian Guanghan's body trembled and he realized something.
Liang Jiangyuan had also reacted and said in surprise: "Master Wei, could it be... could it be the Hangzhou Camp...!"
On the ground in Suzhou, apart from the Suzhou Battalion, there is indeed no group of people who can possess such a large number of war horses and armor.
But in Jiangnan, there are also Yangzhou Daying and Hangzhou Daying.
Compared with the Suzhou camp, the equipment of the Hangzhou camp is even better.
Sun Yuanxin, the commander of the Hangzhou camp, was highly regarded by the princess. When Taipu Temple allocated war horses, of course the best horses were sent to Hangzhou first. Many people know that the Suzhou camp has 800 cavalry, and the Hangzhou camp has 800 cavalry.
But there are thousands of horses.
"Coming from Hangzhou, the closest place is Shuning County." Liang Jiangyuan's face turned pale: "If it was really the cavalry from the Hangzhou camp, why didn't they reinforce Shuning City, but came to Suzhou City? They actually... unexpectedly quietly
Arrived here silently...!”
He already had a chill down his back.
If the Taihu Army enters the city tonight, the defenders in the city may not be defeated by the opponent.
After all, the Qian family had been secretly preparing for many years and had accumulated a large amount of weapons and weapons. After the incident, the young men in the city quickly received swords and guns, which were no less powerful than the equipment of the Taihu bandits.
Even if the Taihu Army marches out in full force, after all, there are still thousands of people who have gone to Shuning County. At most, only a few thousand people can enter Suzhou City. There are also thousands of defenders in the city, so the difference in strength between the two sides will not be too big.
However, if the cavalry entering the city are really elite cavalry from the Hangzhou Battalion, the defenders in the city will have no choice but to be slaughtered.
Wei Tairan seemed to have figured out something, his face was solemn, and he murmured: "We fell into the trap, we fell into the trap." He looked at Qian Guanghan and smiled bitterly: "Old man, in the end, we still fell into the trap of that thief Linghu Xuan.
trap."
Qian Guanghan was a scheming man, and of course he understood it at this time, with an extremely solemn look on his face.
"Linghu Xuan led troops to Shuning County not to reinforce She Yue. His real purpose was to lure the Suzhou Battalion there." Wei Tairan sighed: "We thought the main force of the Taihu Army was in Shuning, but now it seems
, the person Linghu Xuan brought to Shuning County was not the main force of the Taihu Bandits at all. The real main force stayed in Taihu, staring at Suzhou City. He deliberately showed up in Shuning County to make us mistakenly think that he had brought the main force of the Taihu Bandits there.
, he knows that if we find him landing, we will definitely not miss the opportunity and will definitely send the Suzhou Battalion...!" Thinking of this, a chill ran down his back.
Previously, the case of Nei Ku was used to lure She Yue to Jiangnan, just because the Jiangnan family identified She Yue's concern for Nei Ku, and successfully attracted She Yue to her by seizing her weakness.
Now Linghu Xuan used the same method as the other, using himself as a bait to lure Suzhouying over, because he also knew that the Qian family would not miss the great opportunity to get rid of him, and he also seized Qian.
The weakness of the home.
If the Suzhou camp is still in the city and Qian Guiting is still in the city, it is certainly impossible for the enemy to successfully impersonate Qian Guiting, and they will not be able to deceive the city gate.
Just because the defenders knew that the Second Young Master was leading troops to fight, a cavalry group wearing fine armor suddenly appeared outside the south gate. Naturally, they thought it was the Second Young Master returning with the cavalry. As for Qian Guiting's identity, of course no one dared to delay.
You can only open the door immediately.
Otherwise, given the strong strength of Suzhou City, even if tens of thousands of troops surrounded it, it would be impossible to easily break the city.
The opponent counts Suzhou Camp very hard, and completely regards Suzhou Camp as a tool to break through.
Several people's faces were extremely ugly.
The Suzhou Battalion was deceived, which not only allowed the opponent to easily deceive the city gate, but also without the Suzhou Battalion in the city, the Hangzhou cavalry had no rival in the city.
"I was wrong." Qian Guanghan sighed and closed his eyes: "At that time, Changling was worried that Linghu Xuan had a conspiracy when he appeared in Shuning. Now it seems that he really suspected it. When the Hangzhou cavalry entered the city, Jiande won't
Even if we gather all the troops together, we are no match at all...!"
Wei Tairan was also very upset.
After so many years of painstaking planning, and even successfully luring She Yue to Suzhou, who would have thought that one mistake would lead to a loss of everything, and a good situation would end up like this.
"Old Master, now I only hope that the Second Young Master can succeed." Wei Tairan said with a bitter smile: "Since the main force of the Taihu Army has been deployed to attack Suzhou City, then the Taihu Army in Shuning County is not their main force. The Second Young Master will unite the left and right armies.
, attack the city with all our strength, as long as we can capture Shuning City, we still have a chance to make a comeback."
Liang Jiangyuan said hurriedly: "Yes, old man, as long as She Yue is captured by the second young master, the Hangzhou camp will have no choice but to be obedient."
"The situation is over." Qian Guanghan shook his head. In this moment, he seemed to have aged ten years and looked very depressed: "Suzhou City fell into the hands of the Hangzhou Camp. Even if Ting'er captured Shuning City and captured She Yue
, it has been difficult to reverse the situation. The imperial court's reinforcements will soon arrive in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as the Hangzhou Battalion controls Suzhou City, once the reinforcements arrive, Ting'er will be trapped in Shuning and will no longer be able to obtain logistical supplies.
Unable to resist the Tang army."
Liang Jiangyuan said: "Old Master, don't Tang Jun care about She Yue's life or death?"
"Do you think the Demon Queen cares about her life or death?" Qian Guanghan sneered: "The Demon Queen has reused She Yue in recent years simply because She Yue controls the three states in the south of the Yangtze River. Now her soldiers and horses are directly here to kill. Once
After controlling Jiangnan, She Yue will be of no use, and she will never allow She Yue's flag to be raised. From the beginning, we only hoped to use She Yue's flag to fight against the Demon Queen, but we never thought of using She Yue's flag.
Threatening her life, because I know that in the Demon Queen's heart, no one's life or death in the world is worthy of her concern, and it is impossible for anyone's life to threaten her."
Liang Jiangyuan had cold sweat on his forehead. He hesitated for a moment and then said: "Old man, then... what should we do?"
"Tairan, Jiang Yuan, the matter has come to this, I can't help you." Qian Guanghan sighed softly: "The city is in chaos right now. If you leave from the north gate now, it may still be too late."
Liang Jiangyuan looked at Wei Tairan with a panicked look on his face, but Wei Tairan still seemed quite calm and said: "Old Master, let's leave immediately from the north gate and go to Yangzhou. Maybe there is still room there."
"Don't go to Yangzhou." Qian Guanghan did not panic and said calmly: "Those people have been waiting for us to seize She Yue before starting another uprising. They are afraid that if we act rashly, they will die without a burial place. But they have forgotten that after the Demon Queen
In their eyes, the seven surnames of Jiangnan are one. On the day of our uprising, they actually had no way out. They thought that the Demon Queen could not find evidence of their rebellion and would not kill them all, but they did not even think about killing all the Jiangnan families.
It has always been the long-cherished wish of the Demon Queen and Xia Hou to rebel. Now that they have the opportunity, no matter whether they take action or not, there will be no good results." Looking at Wei Tairan, he said: "If you go to Yangzhou, those two families are probably trying to claim credit.
I will get rid of the relationship and capture you and hand them over to the imperial court, so you must not go there."
"Old Master, let's leave the green mountains without worrying about having firewood. We won't go to Yangzhou. After leaving the city, we will find a secret place to hide temporarily." Wei Tairan said: "After the Taihu Army enters the city, they will definitely search for the old master everywhere. Although Linghui Temple is a Buddhist temple
Earth, but... we can't hide here forever."
Qian Guanghan looked calm, sat back on the chair, shook his head and said: "I'm desperate. Suzhou is my home. At this age, I would rather die at home than die in a foreign land. You can leave quickly and don't worry about me.
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"Youming!" Liang Jiangyuan suddenly thought of something and his eyes flashed: "Old Master, is General Youming in the city?"