In the afternoon of the next day, Wang Yu returned to Yuancheng, he held back the fire in his heart, what Tian Xu did in Dizhou was simply outrageous, no wonder the gentry and the people of Dizhou were detached, he thought that Li Na was making trouble behind his back, but in fact it was not like that at all.

Wang Yu was so annoyed that he couldn't take a break, so he came directly to the palace to find Tian Yue, the king of Wei.

Tian Yue was still waiting for news from Xiangzhou, at noon, Youzhou's fleet had already passed Yuancheng, and now it was almost in Xiangzhou.

At this time, he heard that Wang Yu had returned, and he was a little hesitant, but he still invited him in.

"Lord Wang, look at the good things Tian Xu has done!"

Wang Yu threw a thick stack of complaints on the table, and he called Tian Xu's name unceremoniously.

Tian Yue was stunned, "What's wrong with him?" ”

"The crimes he committed in Dizhou are too numerous to mention, he slaughtered at least 5,000 innocent people in Dizhou, most of them were rich families in Dizhou, and plundered their wealth, and then look at this, the granddaughter of Wang Chong, the former Taifu Temple, married the eldest grandson of the Confucian Zhang Han in ten days, and was raped and ruined by him, Wang Chong's granddaughter committed suicide by hanging herself that night, and the two major counties of Dizhou are irretrievable, he is simply inferior to a beast, and destroyed Dizhou, Zhang Han's protégés are all over Hebei, and the prince said how to redeem it?"

Tian Yue flipped through the complaint, his face was suddenly gloomy as water, and he immediately ordered his relatives to say, "Go and find Tian Xu to see me!" ”

The soldiers went in a hurry, and Tian Yue comforted Wang Yu again, "Don't be angry, take a sip of tea first." ”

He personally took the tea cup from the maid's hand and handed it to Wang Yu, who took a sip of tea and asked, "Is there anything big in the past few days?" ”

Tian Yue originally wanted to conceal the matter of the silver ship, but sooner or later Wang Yu would know about it, so he swallowed and said: "Yesterday, I got the news that more than 1,000 silver ships in Youzhou crossed the border, loaded with 10 million taels of silver and 1.5 million taels of gold. ”

Wang Yu was in his heart, 'Oh! After a while, he hurriedly asked: "According to the agreement, they should cross the border smoothly, and the prince has no idea of fighting them!" ”

"In fact, we are in a very difficult financial situation right now. I think..... Intercept a part. ”

"What!"

Wang Yu's tea cup in his hand 'dang chang! When he landed, he stood up and said with wide eyes: "Lord Wang, I heard you right!" Want to intercept the Youzhou Silver Ship? ”

"Don't worry, listen to me!"

"How can I not be in a hurry?"

Wang Yu said anxiously: "Hurry up, what else?" ”

"In fact, it wasn't me who started, but the Chishizhai bandit Li Bao, and then we exterminated the bandits and returned seventy percent of the silver boat to the other party, and we only kept thirty percent."

Wang Yu shook his head again and again, King Wei was still simple-minded, how could Guo Song give up?

"Lord Wang, is Guo Song a fool? There are at least two thousand guards on board, and the bandits will be the opponent of two thousand guards? 2,000 convoy soldiers were killed, that is to provoke a war! ”

Wang Yu was anxious, and said: "Weichen believes that Guo Song will personally lead the army into Xiangzhou and Huaizhou to suppress the bandits, whether the prince wants to fight with it, if he doesn't fight, Xiangzhou and Huaizhou will be lost, if he wants to fight, how sure is the prince to defeat Guo Song's army?" Will Yuancheng be able to block the explosion of iron fire and thunder? ”

Tian Yue was stunned, he forgot that there were two thousand soldiers on the ship, and he didn't expect that Guo Song would personally come to suppress the bandits, of course, not to suppress the bandits, but to swallow Xiangzhou and Huaizhou in the name of the bandits, his original intention to seize the silver ship was not very strong, but he was encouraged by Xu Shize, and at this moment a strong regret suddenly surged in his heart.

Tian Yue hurriedly said: "Maybe it's too late to stop it, I'll rush to Xiangzhou now!" ”

He first sent two guards to ride two horses with his gold medal to Youzhou, and he immediately turned on his horse and led three thousand iron horsemen to chase in the direction of Xiangzhou.

Wang Yu stayed in the palace and waited for Tian Xu, and soon, the soldiers came to report that Tian Xu was not in the palace and his whereabouts were unknown.

Wang Yu suddenly wondered in his heart........

After a watch, thousands of black-clothed men in civilian clothes lay in ambush in the woods west of the Yongji Canal, about forty miles south of the Anyang River.

They had been lying in ambush since the afternoon, and the heat and mosquito bites had made them miserable, and they had to wait patiently for the fleet to arrive.

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and I saw several cavalry galloping towards them, and they shouted from afar: "The king of Wei has an order, collect the troops!" ”

The black-clothed people in the woods came out one after another, and the leader was Tian Yue's henchman Feng Sheng, who stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The three herald soldiers galloped over on six war horses, and they were exhausted, so the leading soldier took out Tian Yue's gold medal and said in a loud voice: "King Wei has an order, withdraw the troops immediately!" ”

Something must have happened to this, Feng Sheng ordered without hesitation: "Collect the troops and retreat!" ”

Thousands of black-clad soldiers followed him and quickly withdrew from the river, soon disappearing into the night.

The fleet had already entered Xiangzhou, and the mighty fleet was heading south along the Yongji Canal, and two thousand soldiers leaned on the side of the ship with crossbow arrows in their hands, vigilantly watching the movement on the shore, they generally rested during the day and were on guard at night, especially after entering Weizhou, they were even more vigilant.

On the shore, there are hundreds of slender men on both sides of the river to pull fiber, after entering the Yellow River, they are against the current, also need to pull fiber, in fact, hundreds of slender men have virtually become the outer sentinels of the fleet, what is the wind and grass, they are the first to feel.

But this was limited to the front flotilla, and the middle and rear sections of the flotilla still did not have any perimeter guards, and they could only rely on the soldiers to keep an eye on both sides of the strait.

In the middle and rear of the fleet, a soldier on a ship suddenly noticed a figure shaking in the woods on the west bank, and he immediately became vigilant and shouted: "Lao Liu, there is movement on the shore!" ”

Another companion hurriedly walked over and asked, "Where?" ”

"There!"

The soldier pointed to the woods, only to see countless black-clothed people suddenly appear in the woods, and both of them were stunned.

"It's not good, there are thieves, send an alarm!" The soldier surnamed Liu was the first to react, rushed to the bow of the boat in one step, picked up a rattle and shook it.

'When! While! While! ’

The crisp sound of the bell alarmed the surrounding soldiers, and they saw countless black-clothed people pouring out of the woods on the shore, rushing towards the fleet with steel knives in their hands.

"Shoot the arrows!" There were soldiers shouting.

Dozens of crossbow arrows 'whoosh!' Sou! Shooting at the other party, the men in black were shot one after another, and fell to the ground screaming.

At this time, three rockets took off into the air and 'snapped!' It exploded.

Zhang Lianliang, who was on the first boat, was stunned for a moment and asked anxiously: "General Huo, what's going on?" ”

The escort general is a Lang general, called Huo Changling, who makes a big iron spear and is very strong in martial arts.

He stared into the distance and said, "It should be something in the rear, maybe someone ambushed us!" ”

He didn't have time to explain, and immediately shouted: "Command to fight!" ”

Although 2,000 men guarded a thousand ships, they also had tactics, they were divided into four battalions of 500 men each, each responsible for a section of the fleet, and in the event of an alarm, they would quickly assemble their own groups, instead of rushing to the rear boats, they would still be responsible for each section.

A barrage of gunpowder arrows shot into the sky and exploded in the sky, this was the order to fight, and the soldiers on board began to quickly assemble.

At this time, the five hundred soldiers in charge of the latter section came from both ends to the fierce battle, and the man in black had already swam into the water and climbed onto the boat, and the escort soldiers were killed and wounded, but more and more soldiers came and shot the men in black on the boat and shore with crossbow arrows.

Several burly men in black swung sharp axes and slashed the iron chains, and the chains kept chopping, simply splitting the hull around the iron wedges, and the chain wedges fell off, and the connection between the seven hundred and twenty-one ships and the seven hundred and twenty-first ships was finally broken.

At this time, another man in black cut open the tarpaulin, revealing the tarpaulin underneath, which turned out to be a sack full of goods.

"How is salt?"

The man in black exclaimed, and the other men in black also split the bag, and they also exclaimed, "This is also salt!" ”

Soon, seven or eight ships were inspected, and they were carrying salt, and the men in black shouted one after another: "Six generals, the ships are all carrying salt!" ”

Tian Xu hid on the shore, waiting for the good news to come, but the news that came made him stunned, the goods transported were not gold and silver, but salt, what was going on?

At this time, a cavalryman galloped over and said in a loud voice: "Qiyu Sixth General, the cavalry led by the King of Wei is coming this way!" ”

Tian Xu was timid in his heart and shouted: "Retreat!" Fall back! ”

Thousands of black-clothed men jumped out of the boat and swam ashore, and after a short time they swam ashore and ran towards the woods in embarrassment, they did not grab anything, but more than 300 people died in vain.

The fleet docked, and the soldiers of the escort went ashore one after another to assemble, and they also suffered more than 20 casualties.

A group of cavalry appeared from the south and was rushing along the riverbank, and the leader of the general was Tian Yue himself, who also saw the gunpowder arrows fired by the Jin army, so he realized that something was wrong here and hurried over.

Huo Changling led the army to meet him, and with a wave of his spear, he said coldly: "Who are you who dare to come and loot the official ship?" ”

Tian Yue hurriedly shouted: "Don't get me wrong, this king is Tian Yue, the king of Wei, I heard that someone wanted to be unfavorable to the fleet, so I led the army to come to support." ”

Zhang Lianliang sneered in his conscience, and sure enough, His Highness guessed that these bastards wanted to attack the fleet, but fortunately they were prepared.

He stepped forward and said unhurriedly: "Zhang Lianliang, the commander of the ship, and Cao Cao, the governor of Youzhou, are you really here to protect the ship?" ”

"Exactly!"

Tian Yue pointed to the cavalry behind him, "If I come to rob a ship, how can I wear armor?" ”

"I see, I was ordered to escort 200,000 stone salt back to Chang'an, and thousands of black-clothed people attacked us just now, how can His Royal Highness King Wei explain?"

"Salt?"

Tian Yue's heart suddenly became very bitter, and he suddenly realized that he hadn't figured out what the other party was doing? I thought it was gold and silver, but I didn't expect it to be salt, but how could salt be transported from Youzhou? He couldn't figure it out.