"The Tang army appeared near Kaifeng?" When Guo Wei got the news, he didn't believe it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe reason is very simple, he has not heard the news of the Tang people going north at all along the way. Guo Wei shook his head, very skeptical.

Feng Dao had already chosen to take refuge in Guo Wei, and he rummaged through the mountains of folds for a long time, and found a copy of the excerpts sent by Fu Yanqing, the envoy of Wuning Jiedu.

Fu Yanqing reported the news of the Tang people in detail in the excerpt, but after the Tang people arrived in Xuzhou, they were busy making siege equipment and did not rush to attack the city. According to Fu Yanqing, the Tang army numbered more than 30,000 people and had been in Xuzhou for more than half a month.

Guo Wei pinched his fingers and calculated, judging according to Fu Yanqing's news, the Tang people should still be in the Xuzhou area, although there are not many soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, but Fu Yanqing's subordinates are all elite soldiers, and Xuzhou is a strong city, but it is not so easy to capture.

However, Guo Wei still believes in Zhao Kuangyin's judgment, these people must be Tang people. It is impossible for a large-scale army, perhaps a small group of Tang people sneak in and wait for an opportunity to cause trouble. Whether it was or not, Liu Chengyou was snatched away, and Guo Wei couldn't bear it. He immediately asked Wang Yin, Wang Yanchao and others to lead 2,000 cavalry to rescue Liu Chengyou, and he must not let the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of the Tang people.

The two received the order and led the cavalry out of the east gate and went east along the Grand Canal.

Yang Lian rescued Liu Chengyou, and immediately set sail to the west, at this time it was already a northwest wind, and the speed of the ship was quite fast, but because the water was not too deep, the river almost did not move, which affected a certain speed, Zhao Kuangyin took the soldiers to ride fast horses, chasing all the way, the terrain on both sides of the canal was quite flat, the land was strong enough, and the speed of the war horse was not bad, and it could barely keep up with the boat. Zhao Kuangyin was on the shore, directing the soldiers to shoot arrows.

"Snatch and snatch!" Arrows rained down on the ship, making a crisp sound.

In order to achieve the purpose of the surprise attack, Yang Lian did not bring a battleship, this ship was relatively light and fast, but it did not have much defensive force. Several powerful shooters almost shot through the planks on the ship. The boatman picked up his speed and shook the oars desperately.

Yang Lian was outside, took out his bow and arrows, and kept firing back, and from time to time the enemy fell from his horse with arrows and let out a miserable scream.

Zhao Kuangyin relied on the large number of people to shoot arrows constantly, and specifically shot at the boatman, which affected the speed of the boatman. Zhao Kuangyin even called a marksman and asked him to shoot sails. The speed of the ship was uncertain, fast and slow, and the marksman shot a dozen arrows, and finally hit the sail, and after the sail fell, the speed of the ship slowed down.

The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, resounding on both sides of the canal, and arrows were constantly being shot, and some people were hit by arrows and fell into the water, causing a splash. Yang Lian had already finished shooting a pot of arrows, but he had already prepared a lot of arrows, and when one pot was exhausted, he would replace it with another pot.

In the chaotic battle, Chen Tie was hit by an arrow, and blood flowed on his arm, he bandaged it briefly, glanced at the Han soldiers on both sides of the strait, walked quickly to Yang Lian's side, and said, "Yang Jiedu, it's not okay to go on like this." ”

Yang Lian shot an arrow and left one person, he knew that it would naturally not work if he continued like this, but they had already escaped from a distance of about five miles, and they were not far from the main force. Yang Lian shouted loudly, and the soldiers risked their lives, rowing their oars quickly, fighting and walking.

After walking three miles away, the earth suddenly shook, and on the north bank of the canal, a group of black cavalry came, and the speed of this group of cavalry was very fast, and in an instant, Yang Lian saw the banner they were waving. "It's a Han soldier!" Yang Lian snorted.

Chen Tie's face changed, more and more Han soldiers appeared here, if the way back was cut off, everyone would be buried here.

Wang Yin and Wang Yanchao, who rushed to support, did not need Zhao Kuangyin's guidance, so they let the soldiers shoot arrows, and the arrows rained down, and the Tang soldiers fell from time to time and fell into the water.

The Han army also suffered casualties, and as soon as the soldier who was hit by the arrow fell to the ground, he was trampled by the iron hooves that swarmed later, and the skin and flesh were opened, and the intestines were exposed.

The river and the land on both sides of it were dyed red, Wang Yin ran in the front, capturing the credit of the Tang people, he wanted to monopolize it, Wang Yanchao also knew that this was a great achievement, the two led the troops to rush over, and for a while the arrow feathers on the north bank of the canal were more dense than those on the south bank, and the arrow feathers covering the sky blocked the sky and came towards the boat ****.

The sailor mustered up his strength and rowed the oars desperately, Chen Tie shouted even more, grabbed an oar, rowed hard, the speed of the boat increased sharply, rushed forward, the arrow feathers came towards the stern ****, the Tang soldiers hurriedly dodged, the arrow feathers fell on the stern, dense, like a hedgehog.

The bow of the ship was slightly cocked and it continued on its way, several of the boatmen at the helm, and with them at the helm, the ship quickly left the range of the arrows.

Wang Yin and Wang Yanchao are about to run away when they see the fat in their mouths, where are they willing to be willing? The two rode their horses and galloped, shooting arrows from time to time. The speed of the war horse was very fast, which affected the accuracy of the two of them's archery, and the arrow feathers fell into the canal, causing a series of ripples, but they were quickly drowned out by even greater ripples.

Yang Lian stood on the side of the boat, feeling the huge pressure, he entered the cabin and glanced at Liu Chengyou, who had fallen asleep, and couldn't help shaking his head, the hope of using him to drive away the Han soldiers became very slim, this man was unreliable. Yang Lian looked out intently, the cavalry was running densely on both sides, Yang Lian squinted his eyes, he found two people in a group of knights, wearing armor that was a little different from ordinary soldiers.

Yang Lian hid in the cabin, secretly pulled out the arrow feathers, kept moving, aimed at one of them, the speed of the war horse was very fast, and the ship itself also had speed, Yang Lian was a little uncertain, several times wanted to shoot the arrow feather, but gave up, aimed for a while, a war horse suddenly stopped, still beckoning, I don't know what it was shouting.

"It's your chance." Yang Lian whispered, quickly aimed at the man, and as soon as his finger loosened, the arrow feathers shot out, heading straight for the man's forehead. At this time, the situation was very chaotic, and the man did not notice that Yang Lian was sneaking up on him, and an arrow was being shot in the cheek.

"Ahh The man snorted and fell to the ground.

On the side, Wang Yanchao was taken aback when he saw Wang Yin falling, and when he looked up, another arrow feather flew over with a whistling feather. Wang Yanchao hurriedly hid under the horse's belly and dodged the arrow. When he was rejoicing, the war horse screamed and fell to the ground, and Wang Yanchao was pressed under the horse's belly and couldn't stand up for a while.

"General!" Several pro-soldiers hurriedly turned over and dismounted, moved their horses, and dragged Wang Yanchao out.

Wang Yanchao's face was covered with blood, which looked quite scary, but in fact he was not injured, most of the blood on his face was from a war horse, Wang Yanchao wiped the blood on his face, and shouted murderously: "Chase!" "Wang Yin was killed, if Wang Yanchao can't catch the enemy, it will be too embarrassing.

"Whoa!" The cavalry rushed forward again, and Wang Yanchao reined in Wang Yin's corpse and continued to lead the troops in pursuit.

The tenacity of the Han soldiers surprised Yang Lian, urging the boatman to leave quickly, while shooting cold arrows. Although the quasi-head is not refined, there is a lesson from Wang Yin's past, and Wang Yanchao does not dare to be careless. After chasing for more than three miles, there were fewer and fewer people around Yang Lian, and the boatman's strength was about to run out, and the speed of the boat became slower.

Wang Yanchao chased the other side, Zhao Kuangyin also chased desperately, and originally caught Liu Chengyou, this great credit was at his fingertips, but he was rescued halfway, how could he not be angry?

Zhao Kuangyin chased all the way, and the physical strength of the war horse also depleted to varying degrees, and the arrow feathers were almost used, once the arrow feathers were exhausted, they had no way to do anything about the ships in the canal on the shore. Zhao Kuangyin changed his strategy and specialized in shooting the boatmen of the Tang people, as long as the boat could not move, the rest of the things would be much easier.

Under the random arrows, two more boatmen fell, the soldiers filled up, rowing the oars hard, Chen Tie's arm was already full of blood, desperately rowing, the wound could not be blocked at all, blood kept gushing out, staining the bandaged cloth red.

The situation became more and more critical, the speed of the ship slowed down, and the cavalry caught up again, and a dozen soldiers fired indiscriminately around the ship, and the arrows were nailed to the planks and shook incessantly.

Yang Lian pulled out his long knife, slashed left and right, and kept chopping the arrow feathers.

Zhao Kuangyin came from the side, he had already thrown away his bow and arrows, looked at half a spear on the ground, picked it up, and threw it towards the cabin with all his might.

In the cabin, the sound of fighting woke Liu Chengyou up, he looked up, only to see that both sides of the canal were cavalry, and he was on the boat, he couldn't figure out what was going on, suddenly, he felt a cold on his body, and after a closer look, he found that the clothes on his body had been changed, and the clothes were thin and not enough to keep out the cold. It was so cold that he couldn't help but sneeze a few times. After sneezing, Liu Chengyou was about to stand up and take a look, when suddenly a spear broke through the window, slashed past Liu Chengyou, and was firmly nailed to the ground.

Liu Chengyou broke out in a cold sweat, and he was about to speak, when Yang Lian came in from outside the door and asked, "Do you know how to swim?" ”

This voice is a little familiar, Liu Chengyou thought in his heart, and when he was puzzled, Yang Lian stepped forward, slashed out with a long knife, and slashed a spear to the ground. Zhao Kuangyin made the soldiers keep throwing spears on the shore, and the cabin was nailed into a hornet's nest, and there were eyes everywhere. Several boatmen were stabbed to death in a hurry.

At this time, in addition to Liu Chengyou, there were only five or six people left on the ship, if Zhao Kuangyin attacked again, Yang Lian couldn't hold it at all, but after all, the spear was not as good as the arrow feather, the number was limited, and after two rounds of ejection, Zhao Kuangyin was helpless.

As a large number of boatmen were killed, the speed of the ship became slower, Zhao Kuangyin quickly caught up, laughed, and said loudly: "Yang Lian, hand over the Son of Heaven, spare you from death." ”

Zhao Kuangyin's murderous words made Liu Chengyou very scared, he turned his head to look at Yang Lian, and said, "Brother Yang, you must save me, if I am caught by them, I will definitely be killed." ”

Yang Lian held a long knife in his hand, protected Liu Chengyou behind him, and said in a loud voice: "Zhao Kuangyin, if you want to arrest him, walk over my corpse first." ”

"Good!" Zhao Kuangyin smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Surround them, and you must not let one go." ”

More than fifty cavalrymen swarmed up, wanting to cut off Yang Lian's way back, but at this moment, only to hear a bang, arrow feathers like raindrops, **** coming. The cavalry was not in a hurry to dodge, and suddenly more than 20 people fell from their horses with arrows, and the rest were more or less injured except for a few who were not injured. (To be continued.) )