Zhao Kuangyin was caught off guard, he looked at it intently, and saw that more than a hundred steps away, at least more than 300 foot soldiers formed a phalanx, including archers, axemen, spearmen, and occasionally carts, etc., and the arrow feathers were shot by these soldiers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Kuangyin's face changed, where did these soldiers come from? Before he could figure it out, the pair of soldiers fired another round of arrows. The accuracy of the infantry bow is much better than that of the riding bow, especially this group of soldiers is also equipped with crossbows, which have a long range and great power, and more than a dozen people around Zhao Kuangyin were shot and fell. At this moment, Zhao Kuangyin's face changed, because he clearly saw that behind the infantry phalanx, there were cavalry.

The number of cavalry is not much, only a hundred at most, but they are waiting for work, and they have run for more than ten miles in a row, and counting the physical strength spent looking for Liu Chengyou, the war horse is already tired enough, and there are not many people around him, at this time there are only a dozen people left, and most of them are wounded, it is impossible to be the opponent of this group of soldiers.

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes were cold, and he hesitated for a while, but finally chose to retreat, and if he didn't leave, it would be difficult for the enemy's cavalry to catch up. Zhao Kuangyin retreated, there was no enemy on the south bank, this group of foot soldiers turned to shoot at the north bank, the range of the bow and crossbow was extremely long, and the bow and crossbow they were equipped with were between one hundred and fifty paces, compared to riding a bow, the range was about sixty or seventy steps farther. This distance was enough for them to effectively fight the Han soldiers.

Wang Yanchao chased after the cavalry, and soon someone fell down with an arrow, and the foot soldiers took the way of projectile, crossed the boats on the canal, and went straight to the cavalry on the north bank, a burst of horse neighing, at least more than 20 people fell, Wang Yanchao reined in the war horse, looked at the foot soldiers on the south bank of the canal, and was powerless.

There are no bridges on the nearby canal for them to go to the other side, and even if there is, it is very likely that this group of prepared Tang soldiers has already destroyed the bridge, and even if they cross the river, it is more difficult to defeat the prepared foot soldiers in a short time, and there are foot soldiers with a large number of bows and crossbows.

However, Wang Yanchao didn't want to give up, he thought about it, led his troops to withdraw from the shooting range of the infantry bow, and ran forward while looking for the possibility of crossing the river.

Taking advantage of this, Yang Lian, Chen Tie and others propped up the boat to the south bank and went ashore, Li Jinquan walked over quickly, saw Yang Lian covered in blood, and hurriedly asked, "Yang Zhaoqiu, are you injured?" ”

"Out of the way." Yang Lian said, pushed Liu Chengyou out, and said: "He is the son of heaven of the Han Kingdom, and now that he has succeeded, he should quickly return to Songzhou." ”

"That's right." Li Jinquan said, leading the troops to escort Yang Lian and the others back, Yang Lian and Chen Tie rode horses, Liu Chengyou was shocked, and almost fell off the horse several times. Li Jinquan had already destroyed the bridges on both sides of the canal, but he was safe all the way, and after arriving at the battleship, everyone quickly boarded the ship.

"Shhh On the north shore, seeing the dense battleships, Wang Yanchao couldn't help but gasp. Judging by the size of the battleships, the Don army had at least seven or eight thousand people, and such an army was obviously not something he could match. Wang Yanchao sent people to report while leading his troops to the east, and he rode his horse and galloped, and he was actually one step faster than the battleship.

Wang Yanchao found a village on the side of the canal, there were almost no people in the village, but the style of the village was kept in good condition, and when he walked in, he found that the village was full of debris, wooden stakes and stones. Wang Yanchao's eyes lit up, and he thought of a way to stop the Tang army from going south.

Two thousand soldiers moved quickly, and the stones were pushed into the water, blocking the river, and wooden stakes and furniture were placed upstream of the stones, firmly blocking the way of the boats. Wang Yanchao also sent people to block many places to slow down the speed of the Tang people as much as possible.

On the deck, the Tang soldiers saw the obstacles in the river from a distance and quickly reported the news back. At this time, Yang Lian, Chen Tie and others had already bandaged their wounds, washed briefly, and changed into clean clothes.

Several people are talking about things, and now that they have saved Liu Chengyou, even if the goal is achieved, Yang Lian is unwilling to fight, so he will retreat back to Xuzhou first. On the one hand, Liu Chengyou cowered, he wanted to say something but didn't dare, and asked him to give up the good country, he was naturally unwilling. But now he is surrounded by Tang people, and he has been frightened by worrying and fearing in the past few days.

Li Jinquan also agreed with Yang Lian's approach, more than 10,000 people seem to be a lot, but it is very difficult to go deep into the Han Kingdom and lay down a piece of land, after all, Chen Qingzhi in the white robe is not something that everyone can imitate, and Chen Qingzhi was forced to flee in the end, so it can be seen that this matter is very difficult.

While the group was still discussing, the boat suddenly stopped, and a soldier hurried in and said, "Yang Zhao, Li Jiedu, the canal is blocked, and it is impossible to walk at all." ”

Yang Lian immediately stood up, they went all the way north, the canal was walkable, and now it was blocked, which can only prove one thing, that is, the Han people detoured to the front of the canal in advance and blocked the river. Yang Lian got out of the cabin, took a small boat to the front to take a look, and found that the river was very blocked, and there were all kinds of blocked items.

"This is the masterpiece of the Han people." Yang Lian said, standing on tiptoe, looking into the distance, faintly, he could see that the canals in front of him were still blocked.

"The Han people are really hateful." Li Jinquan said.

"Expected." Yang Lian said. Guo Wei knew that he had rescued Liu Chengyou, and he would definitely not give up, but Guo Wei's reaction speed was too fast, which made Yang Lian a little surprised.

Li Jinquan also saw the debris in the canal and said: "It seems that the Han people have set up a lot of obstacles, and I am afraid that there will be more obstacles before our army clears this place." ”

Yang Lian squinted his eyes and thought about it, then looked at the sky again, the sky was dark, the weather was obviously not good, and it was about to get dark. Yang Lian said: "The order will go down, the three armies will rest for the time being, bury the pot and make rice, and send another 500 people to dredge the river." ”

Kaifeng City, the army is still robbing, the flames are soaring, Empress Dowager Li is panicked, looking at Guo Wei not far away, very frightened. Compared with Liu Chengyou, Empress Dowager Li was more inclined to surrender Guo Wei, but the Son of Heaven insisted on going his own way and sent troops to attack Guo Wei, which further angered Guo Wei. After Guo Wei entered the city, his subordinates robbed in the city, which lasted for two days, and the people in the city complained bitterly.

Guo Chongwei and Zhao Feng, the two were dissatisfied with the robbery of the soldiers, and came to see Guo Wei, saying that if it goes on like this, Kaifeng City is an empty city, Guo Wei suddenly woke up, and hurriedly ordered that the soldiers were strictly prohibited from robbing and plundering, and the violators were beheaded, and killed a few soldiers who did not serve the generals, which stopped the momentum of the robbery.

By Guo Wei's side, Taishi Feng Dao led hundreds of officials to meet Guo Wei, and everyone discussed things in the main hall. In the eyes of everyone, the slanderers who bewitched the Son of Heaven were nothing more than these few: Li Ye, Yan Jinqing, Nie Wenjin, Hou Kuangzan, Guo Yunming and others. Yan, Nie, and Guo are dead, Li Ye and Hou Kuangzan are on the run, and Liu Bao and Li Hongjian, who are in charge of Kaifeng Mansion, are accomplices and have all been ambushed.

Now the top priority is to find the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven, and the second is to hunt down Li Ye and Hou Kuangzan.

As long as Li Ye and Hou Kuangzan are caught and brought to justice, there will be no more bad people around the Son of Heaven, and with the help of famous ministers such as Guo Wei, there will be hope in the world.

Feng Dao's words were supported by many people, and even the Queen Mother nodded again and again.

The Queen Mother has some doubts, that is, the Son of Heaven was held hostage by the Tang people, can she save him back? Everyone talked about it, and some people scolded Datang, scolding them for taking the opportunity to fall into the well, and they were not good people. Some people think that although the Tang people appear in Kaifeng, there must be a small number of people, as long as the border is blocked, these Tang people are the turtles in the urn.

Guo Wei had his thoughts, but before he could say his thoughts, Zhao Kuangyin brought the news that the Tang people had taken the Son of Heaven away, and there were quite a few Tang people, and Zhao Kuangyin was forced by the enemy's strength to retreat. However, Wang Yanchao is still pursuing, he has many soldiers and horses, there are 2,000 people, and he should be able to save the Son of Heaven.

But soon, the people sent by Wang Yanchao brought even worse news, the Tang people had many warships, more than twenty of them, and at least seven or eight thousand people. So many Tang soldiers surprised the ministers of the Han State, so many Tang people appeared in Kaifeng, how did they come over? Could it be that Xuzhou, Songzhou and others have already turned to the wind and turned to the Tang Dynasty?

Guo Wei shook his head, Songzhou was guarded by Chang Si, it was impossible for him to surrender, and he also sent people to support, thousands of troops of the Tang Army appeared here, which can only prove one point, Songzhou is very likely to be taken by the enemy, which means that Chang Si is more than lucky, Guo Wei secretly swore that if something happened to Chang Si, he must take revenge.

The appearance of the Tang people is of course bad news, but Wang Yanchao has also made preparations, he has blocked the river and delayed the route of the Tang people's return to the south. Guo Wei is very satisfied with this. This is Kaifeng, if it is like the back garden of the Tang Dynasty, you can come if you want, and you can leave if you want, where will the face of the Han be placed?

Feng Dao was the most cunning and cunning, and immediately said: "Guo Shizhong, the Tang people are rude, and I hope that Guo Shizhong will intercept and kill this Tang people, so as to promote the prestige of Guo Shizhong." Feng Dao spoke very skillfully, he did not say the prestige of the Han Dynasty, to a certain extent, it means that he recognized Guo Wei's dominance, if one day Guo Wei established himself as emperor, Feng Dao would also support it.

Guo Wei couldn't understand what this meant, he nodded, no matter what it was, he couldn't let the Tang people escape. Guo Wei immediately made arrangements, and Shi Shouxin, Zheng En, Zhao Kuangyin and other former ministers of the capital each led 2,000 troops to support Wang Yanchao, and they must leave the Tang people behind. And he will personally command the army early tomorrow morning to support and completely destroy the enemy.

Shi Shouxin, Zheng En, Zhao Kuangyin and others obeyed the order, gathered people in the starry night, searched along the canal, and prepared to force the Tang people to stay.

In front of the Queen Mother, Guo Wei repeatedly expressed his loyalty, as long as he killed the slanderous ministers and welcomed back the Son of Heaven, he was still a courtier of the Han Dynasty and was absolutely loyal to the Han Dynasty. When Empress Dowager Li heard this, she felt a little relieved, and comforted Guo Wei with kind words. Guo Wei wanted this effect, Guo Wei, who had achieved his goal, stood up and retired on the grounds that he would send troops tomorrow. (To be continued.) )