There is still a short distance to Yanzhou, several people listened to it, and they all felt that Yang Lian's idea was too sudden, and more importantly, the foot soldiers couldn't outrun the cavalry at all, yesterday's rapid march had made the three armies quite tired, should they continue to do so in the future, being chased and killed by the Han army every day?

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In order to get rid of the pursuit of the Han army, it is necessary to beat them first, so that they do not dare to approach the Tang army, so that the Tang army can calmly have time to make the next deployment. Yang Lian thought for a while, but there was no result, so let everyone go back to rest and recuperate first.

Yang Lian slept for four hours, got up when the sky was bright, and inspected inside and outside the camp, the soldiers of the Tang Army had already gotten up and started to make rice, because the ship was burned, the Tang Army was not carrying much food at this time, and it was possible to eat for seven or eight days.

After the Tang soldiers had breakfast, the scouts came with the news that the Han army on the other side of the river was making pontoon bridges and preparing to cross the river, Yang Lian had already prepared for this, he decided not to move for the time being, and stayed to stick to the camp, and he sent more than 100 cavalry to collect grain everywhere to meet the food needs.

At noon, Guo Wei's army arrived and crossed the Bianhe River with the pioneer Zhao Kuangyin, and more than 5,000 cavalry arrived outside the Tang army camp. Guo Wei took a look at the heavily guarded, covered with defensive facilities such as thistles and horses, Guo Wei inspected and found that the layout of the Tang army camp was remarkable, and there were almost no flaws.

The reason why I say almost is because in Guo Wei's opinion, the layout of the Tang Army still has a little bit of shortcomings, although it is not obvious. The Tang army camp was laid out on the plain, there was no danger to defend, and it was close to the Bianhe River, which was conducive to taking water. However, due to the winter day, the river water drops, and Guo Wei thinks he can use this to make a fuss.

Before Guo Wei attacked the Tang army camp, he sent Zhao Kuangyin to meet the Son of Heaven, to put it bluntly, it was actually to persuade him to surrender, Yang Lian personally stood at the gate of the camp and greeted Zhao Kuangyin for a while. The two are also old friends, after a brief chat, Zhao Kuangyin put forward a request, he first reprimanded the Tang Dynasty for treachery and snatching away the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, if he didn't want the relationship between the two countries to be deadlocked, let Yang Lian hand over the Son of Heaven immediately.

Yang Lian sneered at each other, since Guo Wei admitted that Liu Chengyou was still the son of the Han Dynasty, he might as well take off his armor and enter the camp and come to see him alone.

Zhao Kuangyin naturally won't agree to this request, Guo Wei entered the camp alone, isn't this a meat bun beating a dog and no return? Zhao Kuangyin refused repeatedly, and Yang Lian scolded again, saying that since this is the case, Guo Wei refuses to meet, so the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. Guo Wei killed his wife first, and the Son of Heaven returned to Kaifeng.

Zhao Kuangyin obviously couldn't reply to such a request, so he had to retreat and tell Guo Wei the result. Guo Wei groaned for a while, knowing that this was done by Yang Lian on purpose, the purpose was to provoke himself, Guo Wei naturally would not be fooled, he thought about it, and asked Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin to take the cavalry, divide into several teams, and keep patrolling three or four miles outside the Tang army camp.

Guo Wei was in a hurry all the way, and he was also very short of food, and he was unable to attack the Tang army camp, so he could only drag the Tang army first and wait for a good opportunity. In Guo Wei's view, the Tang army will inevitably lack food when it comes from afar, and it will definitely break through in these two days, and the Tang army lacks the necessary fortifications, and once the cavalry catches up, it will be a massacre.

However, after the Tang army was stationed, the camp was closed and did not come out, and occasionally soldiers came out to fetch water, and they were also very vigilant, opening the way with crossbowmen, and when the Han army got the news, the Tang army had already taken water and retreated.

This gave Guo Wei a little headache, he thought that it was impossible for the Tang Army to have too much food, but the Tang Army looked like it was very rich in food, and he was unhurriedly consuming it. Guo Wei waited for two days, but finally couldn't spend it anymore. Although he is not short of food, but just won Kaifeng, he is equal to the master of the Han Dynasty, now Kaifeng is in ruins, there are still many things to do, less in Kaifeng one day, Kaifeng will have more variables, not to mention, Kaifeng's rebellious army has just been pacified, if there are people who instigate, I am afraid that Kaifeng will fall into civil strife again.

Guo Wei's worry soon became a reality, and just when he was hesitating, there was chaos in Kaifeng City, and a group of beggars stormed large families and grabbed money. As they fled, a lot of gold, silver and jewels were scattered in the streets, which led to a brawl, which ensued even greater and more encouraging conflicts, first in the east and then in the west, where fierce battles broke out, with more than fifty dead and wounded.

Before Guo Wei left, he sent people to stay in Kaifeng, and when he got the news, the government quickly sent troops to suppress it, killing more than 100 people, and then suppressing the rioters. At the same time, the government intensified its inspections, and countless soldiers patrolled the streets, and during the day they were better, and finally they were suppressed, but those beggars were everywhere, and they were not afraid of the cold at night, so they gathered a group of people, bypassed the patrolling soldiers, stormed the eunuch's house, and even killed more than 30 members of a civil official's family.

When Guo Wei got the news, he faintly felt that something was wrong, this group of beggars who suddenly appeared were making trouble at this time, which was very abnormal. Guo Wei wrote a letter to intensify patrols and arrest all suspicious people, and at the same time, he decided to launch an attack on Yang Lian and recapture the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Regardless of whether the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is dead or alive, there is finally an explanation.

Guo Wei chose the time of the raid in the early morning, at this time the sky was already bright, the soldiers could see the road clearly, the impact of the bird's eye was minimized, that night, the Han army had a full meal, rested early, got up at the third watch, made food, prepared equipment, Zhao Kuangyin personally asked for his life, willing to be the vanguard.

Guo Wei agreed, Zhao Kuangyin set off when it was dark, the cavalry galloped all the way, and when they arrived at the periphery of the Tang army camp, they saw that there were scattered soldiers patrolling on the sentry tower, and the campfire was blazing, Zhao Kuangyin ordered the marksman to open his bow and set up arrows, aimed at several sentinels, and shot them down with an arrow. The sentry didn't have time to utter a shout before he fell to the ground.

Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed, with a wave of his hand, the iron cavalry swarmed up, and the cavalry at the front opened the way, and it took a lot of effort to sweep the iron thistle, and moved away the horses, and the remaining soldiers began to storm the gate of the camp. The Han army came suddenly, and the Tang army did not seem to react, and the Han cavalry broke through the gate of the camp.

"Kill!" Zhao Kuangyin held the newly made wooden stick and shouted to kill.

Before the words fell, the iron cavalry had already entered the camp, and in the early morning, the sound of horses' hooves was particularly crisp, but the entire Tang army camp was as silent as death. Zhao Kuangyin hesitated, but he didn't think much about it, and led his troops straight to the big tent of the commander of the Tang Army.

When he rushed into the big tent, he couldn't help but be stunned, there was no one in the big tent, he searched for it, except for a few crockpots in the big tent, there was nothing.

"Damn!" Zhao Kuangyin was furious, kicked the crockpot open, and the strange liquid in the crockpot seeped out, Zhao Kuangyin squatted down with some curiosity, stretched out his fingers, and dipped the liquid, this liquid is a little dense, the color is a little yellow, and I don't know what it is.

When Zhao Kuangyin was wondering, he heard the exclamation of the soldiers outside the big tent, and he hurriedly ran out to take a look, and what caught his eyes was a sea of fire! God knows how this fire started, and the fire actually burned on liquid. Could it be that these things are kerosene? Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback at first, and soon he found that the fire was spreading towards his side, he didn't dare to think about it, and immediately rode his war horse and ran out.

Along the way, the fire was raging, and many soldiers who were burned wanted to extinguish the fire, but found that the leather armor on their bodies was very heavy, and once ignited, it was difficult to extinguish. The screams were continuous, Zhao Kuangyin fled very embarrassed, the horse's tail lit a fire, jumped wildly, the war horse rushed towards the fire, Zhao Kuangyin was sweating profusely, and hurriedly jumped down, did not stand firm when he landed, fell to the ground, and broke the skin on his forehead, but he didn't care about the pain and hurriedly rushed out of the camp.

Less than half of Zhao Kuangyin's vanguard soldiers escaped, only more than 300 people, looking at the robe screaming and struggling in the fire, Zhao Kuangyin's face was very ugly.

At this time, Guo Wei led the main force to kill, and when he saw the fire in the Tang army camp, he couldn't help but be stunned, and when he saw Zhao Kuangyin and others standing there with a depressed expression, their faces were a little sluggish, Guo Wei understood. He fell for the trick again, but when did Tang Jun leave? Quietly? Moreover, the Tang army was able to march at night, could they see the situation at night clearly?

Guo Wei was puzzled, some time later, Guo Wei saw the damaged pontoon bridge on the edge of the Bianhe River, and the Tang army returned to the south bank, what were they going to do? Guo Wei clenched his fists, the green tendons on his forehead were exposed, and he was very angry.

At this time, Yang Lian and his subordinates were marching rapidly, after two days of rest, the soldiers recovered most of their physical strength, last night he led the troops to secretly cross the Bianhe River, and then marched to the south, walked about twenty miles, turned to the east, in the afternoon, at dusk, Yang Lian rushed to the side of the Bianhe River again, and the three armies were stationed. Yang Lian sent scouts to find out the news.

The whereabouts of the Tang army were uncertain, so that the Han army did not keep up in time, and the scouts reported before dark, but there was still no news of the Han army, Yang Lian sent people to scatter a large number of thistles around the station, erected wooden stakes every dozen steps, and tied bells to the high calf position, which played a warning role.

The soldiers who kept vigil patrolled to prevent the Han army from stealing the camp, but Yang Lian's worries did not become a reality, after the Han army was burned, Guo Wei asked Shi Shouxin and Zheng En to lead the troops to track the whereabouts of the Tang army, but he took Zhao Kuangyin all the way to rush back to Kaifeng and preside over the overall situation.

Shi Shouxin and Zheng En had a dispute over the whereabouts of the Tang army on the way to follow, and Zheng En believed that the Tang army continued to go south to return to Songzhou, and then fled back to the Tang Dynasty, and categorically would not go east. Shi Shouxin insisted that the Tang army must be heading east, as evidenced by footprints. The two argued for a while, stopped, and only sent scouts to spy on the army, but the army was stationed.

Yang Lian rested for a day, and the next day crossed the Bianhe River again, and went straight to Chuqiu County, Chuqiu County Commander learned that there was a large number of troops, and his face turned white with fright, he thought it was Guo Wei's army, and immediately surrendered the city. When he learned the truth, he regretted it and met the Son of Heaven at the same time.

Liu Chengyou was very satisfied with this, and comforted the county order with kind words. The Tang army was supplied in Chuqiu, morale was greatly boosted, the three armies had a good meal and drink and rested for a day, and the scouts came with news that Guo Wei had returned to Kaifeng and presided over the overall situation of Kaifeng, Shi Shouxin and Zheng En were on the way to catch up, with a strength of about 5,000, all of which were cavalry.

Chuqiu is a small city, and it is far away from Yanzhou, which is not in Yang Lian's interests. After the Tang army looted the treasury of Chuqiu, they got hundreds of thousands of money, Yang Lian rewarded some of them to the soldiers, and the army continued to rush towards Yanzhou. It was already five days after arriving in Rencheng.

Rencheng is close to Liangshanbo, there is a canal passing through the county, here is only more than a hundred miles away from Yanzhou, Yang Lian first asked Murong Yanchao to return to Yanzhou, pack up the army, in order to prepare for the big war, Murong Yanchao was happy in his heart, said goodbye to the Son of Heaven, and hurried back to Yanzhou.

Yang Lian stopped in Rencheng, and at this time the weather became colder and colder, Yang Lian sent people to buy winter clothes, prepare grain, grass, and firewood, and planned to spend the winter in Rencheng. While Yang Lian was actively preparing, he asked Liu Chengyou to spread the word to the world in the name of the Son of Heaven, and to discuss Guo Wei together.

Murong Yanchao responded first, and then, the Mizhou captain Huangfu chose to raise troops to kill the Mizhou assassin who wanted to attach to Guo Wei, and declared his allegiance to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. With the support of these two people, all counties in Shandong also expressed their support for Liu Chengyou, the son of heaven.

When the news reached Kaifeng, Guo Wei's expression became solemn, he was thrown off by the Tang army using the river several times, but there was an accident in Kaifeng, so that he did not annihilate the Tang army in time, so that there was a disaster. For example, today's son recruited soldiers and horses in Shandong and called on the Quartet to serve as kings, which was very unfavorable to Guo Wei.

Guo Wei hurriedly summoned his henchmen, discussed it, and finally decided not to admit that the Son of Heaven was still there, Zhao Kuangyin searched everywhere, found a person who was about the same size as Liu Chengyou and looked a little similar, killed him with a knife, and cut his cheek again, and lied that the Son of Heaven was dead. When the Queen Mother got the news, she believed it and cried incessantly.

Feng Dao, Hou Yi and others knew that Guo Wei was powerful, even if they saw the clue and didn't dare to offend, they all cried. Guo Wei asked the Queen Mother to mourn, and announced to the world that a new monarch would be established. The Queen Mother agreed. The ministers discussed for a while, Liu Chong, the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, Liu Xin of the Xuzhou Jiedu, Liu Yun of the Zhongwu Jiedu, and Liu Chengxun of Kaifeng Yin Liu Chengxun were all candidates, and Kaifeng Yin Liu Chengxun was in Kaifeng, but he was sick and was not suitable to be the emperor. In the end, it was decided to establish Zhongwu Jiedu to make Liu Yun the emperor.

The Empress Dowager ordered the princess Feng Dao to welcome Liu Yun back to Beijing and ascend the throne, but Feng Dao had concerns and delayed for some reason.

When the news came to Ren Cheng, Yang Lian couldn't help sneering, Guo Wei was like this, it was clear that he wanted to monopolize power, he asked Liu Chengyou to write a letter again, calling on the world, and asked him to secretly write to the Queen Mother to show that he was not dead. More than half a month has passed, and the weather has become colder and colder, and it has snowed heavily.

At this time, Yang Lian never got the news of Lin Renzhao, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, according to the itinerary, he should have entered the Yellow River a long time ago, how could he disappear? Could it be that something has not happened? However, on both sides of the Yellow River, Shandong and Hebei, there was no news, so Yang Lian had to send someone to find out what trouble Lin Renzhao had encountered.

On the Kaifeng side, Feng Dao rubbed for a few days, and finally rushed to Xuchang to meet Liu Yun, Guo Wei said that if the son is not here today, he will temporarily invite the Queen Mother to listen to the government and preside over national affairs. The Queen Mother was forced to agree. The matter of Kaifeng was decided, that is, to reward the meritorious heroes, Wang Jun served as the privy envoy and the right Shenwu commander, Guo Chongwei served as the commander of the guard horse army, and Cao Wei served as the commander of the infantry army. Wang Yin, who died in battle, also received a pension.

Guo Wei's subordinates controlled the forbidden army and firmly controlled Kaifeng in their hands. (To be continued.) )