After Li Yan explained that Qian Er was responsible, he returned to Guide City first, and at the same time sent a pigeon letter to Li Mou, asking him to transfer three Franc machine guns. Almost all of his artillery was concentrated in Kaifeng's troops, and some remained in the county seat. As for the other small artillery, Li Yan was not satisfied, so he had to send three artillery pieces to Qian Er's attack force.

He didn't wait for Bozhou's response, he was ready to go back to Kaifeng City first, and the king of Zhou had already sent several waves of people to urge. The reason is that Yang Wenyue and King Chong sent people to ask for help a few days ago, saying that Li Zicheng was about to attack Runing Mansion, and asked Kaifeng to send reinforcements to rescue.

At this time, the only people in Henan who could send troops to rescue were Li Yan in Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu in Zhengzhou and Zuo Liangyu in Nanyang. However, Zuo Liangyu has no one there to command, although he has already sent a letter asking for help, but whether he can send troops to save it depends on luck, even if there is an order from Hou Sui.

And Li Yan and Chen Yongfu's troops naturally wanted to discuss it and see who to send to the rescue. Therefore, Zhou Wang urged Li Yan to hurry back to Kaifeng first.

Li Yan took Wu Niang and the others who had already been prepared, five or six carriages carrying female dependents, and several carts carrying things. Coupled with Li Yan's personal army and escort troops, the group slowly advanced towards Kaifeng.

Li Yan didn't want to rescue Runing, his troops were still closer to Guide Mansion in Kaifeng, and if they went to the rescue, Guide Mansion would be a little dangerous. So he didn't rush back to Kaifeng by himself, but followed the brigade and walked back slowly. It took five days to get there.

After entering the city, he first sent Wu Niang and others to Yibin Mansion. While the people were tidying up the room, he also took the time to visit his Yibin Mansion. Found that the palace is still very attentive, Yibin Mansion not only covers a vast area, but also elegantly arranged, inside pavilions, rockeries and lotus ponds, small bridges and flowing water, quiet paths are readily available. And a lot of flowers and trees are planted, especially peonies, which are everywhere. In order to make the scenery not lack in winter, a plum garden was also specially built.

During the tour, Li Yan also returned all the subordinates of the palace in the inner courtyard, leaving only the subordinates in the outer courtyard, which took another day. King Zhou didn't seem to be in a hurry, and didn't send anyone to urge Li Yan again.

The next day, he was invited to the palace. And it wasn't just him who went, the important officials of Kaifeng City were invited, and Chen Yongfu also arrived.

Li Yan was the last to arrive, and before he could greet the other civil officials, Chen Yongfu came over and said with a sneer: "General Li, hello Yaxing, it took six days from Guide to Kaifeng. I entered the city yesterday, but I came to discuss it today. Do you know that King Chitose of Runing is in danger?"

Li Yan said with a smile: "Since Li is not here, then General Chen should organize his troops and horses to rescue immediately, how can he waste time here?"

"I was supposed to come here to discuss matters on the orders of the prince." Chen Yongfu pushed back confidently.

Li Yan did not talk to Chen Yongfu again, but greeted other officials.

After a while, King Zhou came to the main hall. After everyone finished paying homage, Gao Mingheng spoke first: "You already know that Runing is in danger, and you will send someone to ask for help." The messenger has already traveled north to Beijing for help. Now that General Li and General Chen are here, let's discuss it and see when and how many troops will be sent. ”

Everyone did not speak, and there was silence in the main hall. In fact, before Li Yan came back, they had told Chen Yongfu that they wanted him to send troops to rescue first, and then send troops to follow up when Li Yan came back. However, Chen Yongfu resolutely disagreed, and had to wait for Li Yan to come back and send troops together. Even if Gao Mingheng directly ordered it, Chen Yongfu still disobeyed, leaving them helpless. Not to mention that none of them have Shang Fang Sword, even if they do, the generals at the level of the general army can only be dealt with by the imperial court.

Gao Mingheng saw that everyone was silent, so he asked, "General Li, how many troops can you contribute?"

"Three thousand." Li Yan replied casually.

Chen Yongfu said disdainfully: "General Li, this is too little, I have 14,000 troops, and I can send 5,000 troops." You have an army of 20,000, but you can only send 3,000."

"My troops are to defend outside the city. There are fewer people, how can you resist millions of thieves," Li Yan shot back unceremoniously.

Chen Yongfu said angrily: "When is it, you still have to put your troops outside the city." You are unwilling to rescue King Chong, you are sitting back and watching the fall of your relatives and vassals, and you are plotting rebellion."

"Okay, don't make any noise" King Zhou finally spoke, stopping Chen Yongfu from fabricating charges against Li Yan. Kaifeng is his feudal country, and Li Yan's soldiers have been transferred away, do you want him, the king of Zhou, to be caught by thieves He was very angry, and said impatiently: "This is the palace, not the law department, there is no need to convict people"

Chen Yongfu listened to the reprimand, and had no choice but to stop targeting Li Yan. In fact, he didn't want to rescue Runing, needless to say that he gave out 5,000, that is, all the more than 10,000 people were taken out, without the cover of the city wall, could he compare to the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers who were defeated in Zhuxian Town But he didn't expect that Li Yan only gave out 3,000, which was less than him, and he was angry with this.

Li Yan asked: "Is there any news from the Hou Overseer Army of Hebei?"

"There's no news yet." Gao Mingheng said: "However, the letter from Hou Dujun to Zuo Liangyu has already gone south. It is better for the two generals to discuss with Zuo Liangyu, and they can advance from north to south and attack the thieves who attack Runing. In this way, the thieves are attacked on both sides, and naturally they cannot last. ”

Chen Yongfu shook his head and said, "This is not good. If Zuo Liangyu breaks the appointment, won't we be besieged by thieves to save people, but besieged, who will save me at that time?"

"What General Chen said is very true," Li Yan also echoed: "My opinion is to contact Zuo Dashuai first and agree on a place for a round." Wait for the army to gather and then roll up the armor, which will be more certain. ”

Chen Yongfu cooperated, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, we can't divide our troops and attack together, Salhu Yinjian is not far away, and we can't repeat the mistakes of the past." At this time, in order to delay the common purpose of delaying time, the two cooperated tacitly.

King Zhou instructed: "Then send someone to contact Zuo Liangyu first." and Hou Sui there, let him transfer troops across the river to help. ”

Everyone retreated calmly, anyway, it wasn't Kaifeng in danger, and they didn't care much. But Li Yan was left behind by King Zhou.

After everyone dispersed, King Zhou asked, "Virtuous son-in-law, you tell the truth, can Ru Ning be saved?"

"It can't be saved." Li Yan replied: "If my troops attack with all their troops, the thieves will definitely come to attack Kaifeng." At that time, the end will be trapped, and Kaifeng is afraid that it will not be guaranteed. ”

King Zhou nodded helplessly and said, "Then forget it, it's still important to open the seal." After that, he instructed: "You go back first, and tomorrow I will take Wu Niang back to the palace, which can be regarded as returning to the door." ”

Li Yan said perfunctorily: "Wu Niang just came, and she is a little unwell, so let's wait until she is better and then come to greet the prince." ”

"Well, it's important to be physical. Do you want to send an imperial doctor?" King Zhou said casually, not really caring.

Li Yan hugged his fists and said: "No, I've already seen the doctor, it's just tired, just recuperate for a while." ”

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