Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin waited outside very cautiously, and after a full meal, the soldiers who entered the dense forest returned to report that there was nothing in the woods, and as for why the birds and finches were hovering over the forest, the soldiers did not know. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin glanced at each other, both with doubts, the two discussed in a low voice for a while, and decided to enter the army, although there was an abnormality in the woods, but the soldiers had already checked it, and there was no problem. Next, just be careful, and you won't be fooled.

The two led the troops to continue to move forward, more than a hundred cavalry in front of the road, patrolling around, vigilant for possible ambushes, after running through a dense forest, it was an extremely smooth road, the Han army increased its speed, at this time, the Tang army had thrown them away for a distance, and only a few cavalry could be seen fleeing.

Zhao Kuangyin continued to move forward very cautiously, there were scouts in front of him to send the news back, within a radius of two or three miles, no ambush of the Tang army was found, several news came back, and no tricks were found by the Tang army, Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin were relieved and accelerated their pursuit.

There are a lot of woods on both sides of the canal, and there are woods after running a few hundred meters, Zhao Kuangyin has to stop from time to time and send troops to check if there is an ambush of the Tang army, which greatly affects his marching speed, so after running for several miles, he has always seen the fleeing cavalry of the Tang army, but he has never been able to catch up.

The mood of the Han army became a little anxious, even Zhao Kuangyin was anxious, Liu Chengyou was taken away from him, if he couldn't catch it back, he was robbed of Datang, and he would be held accountable in the future, he was the most responsible, with such a mood, Zhao Kuangyin's war horse was getting faster and faster.

Shi Shouxin sensed Zhao Kuangyin's anxious mentality, and shouted loudly: "Yuen Long, don't be anxious, you have fallen for the tricks of the Tang people." ”

Zhao Kuangyin replied loudly while running, along the way, the place where the Tang army might be ambushed was nothing more than near the dense forest, every time he stopped, he sent troops to check what was going on, but the facts told him that the Tang army was not ambushed. Once or twice, Zhao Kuangyin will not take it lightly, many times, most people will relax their vigilance, and Zhao Kuangyin is no exception.

Shi Shouxin knew that what Zhao Kuangyin said was also true, and he asked Zhao Kuangyin to be careful.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and continued to gallop his horse, at this time, there was a dense forest in front of him, but the dense forest here was different from the dense forest in front, and there were no birds and birds circling over the dense forest, which meant that there could be no Tang army ambush in the dense forest.

Zhao Kuangyin looked ahead, more than 100 pioneers had already killed the past, and he did not hesitate at the moment, he led the troops to rush over, about a hundred steps into the dense forest, and the more than 100 cavalry in front were about to catch up with the rear army of the Tang army.

At this moment, suddenly on the edge of the dense forest, someone rang the gong, and the next moment, countless people on the edge of the dense forest stood up, almost at the same time, a hand, in the middle of the road, a rope suddenly bounced up from the ground, the incident happened suddenly, the Han army war horse could not react at all, and suddenly people turned on their backs, and there was chaos. Many knights fell off their horses, and their noses and faces were swollen.

Zhao Kuangyin just took out the long stick, and didn't notice the change, the moment the rope bounced, the hind hooves of Zhao Kuangyin's war horse tripped over the rope, the front hooves were still running forward, the war horse leaned forward, fell to the ground, Zhao Kuangyin was thrown out, in a hurry, he raised the long stick to support himself, the long stick made a crisp sound, broken into two, Zhao Kuangyin fell to the ground, his face hit the ground first, the bridge of his nose was almost broken, he struggled to sit up, reached out and touched it, his mouth and nose were full of blood.

Shi Shouxin is no better, he is also injured, but he doesn't look as embarrassed as Zhao Kuangyin. The knights in the front row fell, and those in the back row also tripped and fell to the ground, and there was chaos on the official road, and wailing was everywhere.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't have time to think more, he immediately stood up, looked around, and looked at the four directions vigilantly, he originally thought that the Tang army would rush up, but in fact it didn't, they quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

Zhao Kuangyin felt a little relieved, wiped the blood from his mouth and nose from his cuffs, ran to Shi Shouxin's side, and asked, "Shouxin, how are you?" ”

Shi Shouxin was quite moved, Zhao Kuangyin had an accident, but he asked him at the first time, which shows Zhao Kuangyin's concern for him. He stood up, nodded, and said, "Yuen Long, the Tang people are scheming, in my opinion, they can't pursue for the time being, and they have to wait for the main force of the commander." ”

Zhao Kuangyin pursed his lips, he didn't want to give up this opportunity, but he couldn't tell where there would be an ambush by the Tang people, although the Tang people did not take the opportunity to kill it, but just this time, the cavalry also lost a lot, at least dozens of people were injured, many war horses were broken legs, the situation looked very bad, Zhao Kuangyin looked around, the cavalry were all wailing on the ground, morale was very low, Zhao Kuangyin thought about it, agreed with Shi Shouxin's opinion, they sent people to inform Guo Wei, and sent scouts to follow Tang Bing.

Zhao Kuangyin is stationed five miles to the east, the main force of the Tang army rests here, after all, it is a foot soldier, the speed can not be compared with the cavalry at all, running all night, at this time it is already dawn, the physical strength of the soldiers has greatly exhausted, but at this time they can not stay, otherwise, they will be entangled by the cavalry of the Han army, and the situation will become more critical.

Taking advantage of the rest of the soldiers, Yang Lian, Li Jinquan, and Chen Tie were analyzing the situation, the terrain in this area was relatively flat, there were no mountains to block, and only a small part of the dense forest could be hidden. It could not continue like this, otherwise the soldiers' physical strength would be exhausted, and once the cavalry caught up, they would face only one massacre.

Chen Tie's opinion was to settle down on the spot and wait for work, and at the same time inform Huang Fuhui in Xuzhou and Zhu Qi stationed in Songzhou, ordering them to send ships to meet them, as long as the army is on board, it will be very difficult for the Han army to block it.

Li Jinquan shook his head, the idea is good, but the key is, where to get so many ships? Most of the Tang army's ships were burned in the Chenliu area, and although there were still ships in Xuzhou, most of them were grain ships, and there were not many of them, and they could not transport so many soldiers at all—unless some of them were abandoned.

While the three were discussing, the soldiers came to tell the story, and the pursuers had been struck and had stayed for the time being.

This is good news, but this news is only temporary for Yang Lian, and if he does not flee the territory of Han for a day, it is not safe. Yang Lian is not only responsible for Liu Chengyou's safety, but also for the group of soldiers he leads.

Yang Lian's finger moved on the map, and soon, he made a decision, more than 500 soldiers with tools to cut down trees, while cutting down trees, Yang Lian ordered scouts to go around to inquire about the news of the Han army, if they met the Han army scouts, there would be no forgiveness.

Half an hour later, the huge tree was cut down, simply cut in half, and grooved in the middle, so that the wood could fit together with each other, and at the same time, the place where it fit was reinforced with rope.

Made a simple pontoon bridge, the Tang army quickly left the south bank and entered the north bank, Yang Lian left people to drag the pontoon bridge back to the north bank and burned it, to the north bank, temporarily not threatened by the cavalry, Yang Lian asked the scouts to find the bridge along the canal, if they found it, they would damage it, so that the Han army could not cross the river.

After crossing the river, Yang Lian sent Li Jinquan to lead his headquarters to the south, but he led the main force to the northeast. Li Jinquan traveled all the way to the southeast, burning, killing and looting along the way, attracting the attention of the Han army.

Just when the Tang army crossed the canal, Guo Wei led the army to come, and when he heard the news of Zhao Kuangyin, he frowned, it is a very common thing to be ambushed, and he also thought that the Tang army must have set up an ambush, but he didn't expect that Zhao Kuangyin was still in the middle of the plan, and he was hesitating, and the horse returned, saying that the Tang army had crossed the canal and went to the north bank.

Guo Wei personally led Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin and others to check, and sure enough, there were traces of crossing the river on the south bank. Guo Wei frowned, he carefully looked at the Tang Army garrison for a while, and found that the Tang Army garrison left a lot of dry food residues, which means that the Tang Army's food is dry food, and it must have brought a lot.

Guo Wei naturally refused to give up, but he knew that since the Tang people had made a pontoon bridge to cross the river, it proved that there was no bridge nearby.

Guo Wei's army was no better than the Tang army, and it was even more difficult for them to cross the river, because the war horses were more cumbersome, and they finally managed to make the pontoon bridge, and the time was already ringing at noon, Guo Wei had to let the soldiers eat first, and then try to cross the river. When Guo Wei was eating dry and cold Hu cakes, the spies reported that after the Tang army crossed the river, the troops were divided into two routes, one of which went south, and the strength of the troops was unknown, but they had burned two villages and seized a lot of grain. The other road is in the northeast direction, and the strength of the troops is also unknown, but the Tang army on this road is only rushing all the way and has already crossed the white ditch.

The speed of the Tang army was too fast, so Guo Wei couldn't understand why the Tang army was divided into two ways, was it just to confuse himself, so that he didn't know which army Liu Chengyou, the son of heaven, was in? Guo Wei in the case of sufficient troops, obviously divided the troops into two ways, he immediately made a deployment, the general Guo Chongwei led an army, 3,000 cavalry, to pursue the southward Tang soldiers, and he led the main force, to chase the northeast direction.

After lunch, the army immediately took action, Guo Wei first led a part of the soldiers and horses to cross the river, Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin as the vanguard, first went to pursue, and the rest of the soldiers and horses continued to cross the river. This time, Zhao Kuangyin was much more cautious in the pursuit, and when he arrived at Baigou, he searched along the way and found traces of the Tang army crossing the river.

After the Tang army still crossed the river, the things that crossed the river were destroyed, Zhao Kuangyin originally wanted to find a place to cross the river to save time, but this weather, although the river water was not frozen, it was also very cold, the war horse was driven down, just to contact the river, no matter how to beat and scold, and refused to go down the river, in desperation, Zhao Kuangyin had to make a pontoon bridge and cross the white ditch as soon as possible.

By the time the soldiers crossed the white ditch, it was already dark, which was not conducive to the soldiers hurrying, so Zhao Kuangyin had to order the soldiers to rest and wait for Guo Wei's arrival.

More than ten miles north of Baigou, is the ancient Bianhe River, Yang Lian led the headquarters of 5,000 people stationed here, because it is a lineage, although these soldiers have been running around for a day, their mood is quite stable, they have simply eaten dry food, Yang Lian left a part of the soldiers to patrol the camp, and the rest of the soldiers seized the time to rest.

Outside the camp of the Tang army, thistles have been sprinkled, covered with antlers and other things to prevent the Han army from stealing the camp, and Yang Lian also asked people to hang bells on the fence.

Yang Lian and Chen Tie were soaking their feet in hot water, and at the same time discussing things, his subordinates were only five thousand, and they were deep in the territory of the Han Kingdom, it was impossible to fight for a long time, Yang Lian needed to find a way back to the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible, Yang Lian originally had an idea, but he couldn't determine where Lin Renzhao was, so he could only give up this possibility.

While the two were deliberating, several soldiers came in with a man in tow, and when the man came in, his head was held high, and he looked very arrogant.

"Who are you?" Yang Lian asked, this person looks like a businessman dressed, but his eyes betrayed him, and he was definitely not an ordinary person.

The man didn't speak, Chen Tie snorted coldly, and a soldier kicked the man in the knee. With a "poof", the man was in pain and knelt on the ground, but soon stood up.

Yang Lian slowly wiped his feet and said: "You are tough, I don't think you are a businessman, what kind of identity are you, if you say it earlier, you will suffer less." ”

The man remained silent. Yang Lian stood up, sneered, and was about to wave his hand to signal, when Liu Chengyou came over sleepily. After a day of running, Liu Chengyou wanted to sleep, but Guo Wei's army followed him to death, so he didn't dare to sleep, so he came to Yang Lian and wanted to ask him, what is the best plan?

As soon as Liu Chengyou came in, he stared at this person, the two looked at each other a few times, and Liu Chengyou lost his voice and said, "Murong Aiqing, why are you here?" ”

Murong Yanchao's face was red and blue, blue and red, after he failed, he fled with the remnants of the army, but it was also unlucky, he met an army that came out of nowhere on the way, and almost killed more than 100 people around him, only a few people remained, in order to escape, Murong Yanchao pretended to be a businessman, but was unexpectedly caught by the scouts patrolling the Tang Army and became a prisoner.

Murong Yanchao saw Liu Chengyou, although he was a little ashamed, but seeing that the Son of Heaven was very familiar with these people, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief that he could live. He hurriedly knelt down, saluted Liu Chengyou, and said, "Weichen Murong Yanchao has seen Your Majesty. ”

Liu Chengyou sighed and waved his hand, now that he is busy running for his life, where is the majesty of the Son of Heaven? Guo Wei sent troops to chase after him, and he could only rely on the Tang people to survive. Liu Chengyou saw that he was dressed strangely, so he asked, "Murong Aiqing, where are you going?" ”

"Weichen is going to Yanzhou." Murong Yanchao replied.

"Yanzhou?" At the same time, Yang Lian and Liu Chengyou read in a low voice.

Yang Lian's eyes suddenly lit up, he quickly took the map, looked at Yanzhou, from Yang Lian to Yanzhou, the distance is not short, but there is an advantage, he goes all the way to the northeast, Guo Wei may be puzzled, and on the way, it is relatively close to the Yellow River.

Liu Chengyou nodded at this time and said, "Murong Aiqing, you are in charge of Yanzhou, how many soldiers and horses do you have now?" ”

Murong Yanchao said: "There are about 7,000 soldiers and horses in Yanzhou. ”

"Seven thousand people are enough!" Yang Lian spoke at this time, he pointed to Yanzhou, and said, "For today's plan, I will go to Yanzhou later!" (To be continued.) )