Guo Weixian's arrival at Fengqiu, only a river away from Fengqiu, Liu Chengyou got the news and was panicked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The Empress Dowager was also extremely shocked, and after some discussion, she decided to take the initiative to send troops to attack, Murong Yanchao was self-contained, crossed the Yellow River, and led his troops to enter Qilidian, the two armies of the north and south confronted each other, and a big battle was about to break out. Yang Lian got the news and knew that Liu Chengyou led his troops to attack was the way to defeat, so he immediately led 10,000 troops and rushed to Kaifeng by boat first.

Along the way, Yang Lian played the banner of the Han army, the trip was also smooth, the Tang soldiers were dressed in Han army armor, and the arms were tied with white cloth as a mark, Yang Lian would send scouts to find out the news and investigate the surrounding geography, Zhang Desheng and others continued to incarnate as beggars, rushing to the north.

Yang Lian hurried all the way, leaving Feng as he got closer, the terrain became flatter and flatter, and the rivers began to increase, such a terrain was not conducive to ambushes, but for the Tang army, having the advantage of a battleship allowed him to retreat more conveniently.

Yang Lian crossed Xiangyi, Yongqiu and other counties, and at dusk on the third day, Yang Lian arrived at Chenliu, southeast of Kaifeng, which used to be a big city, but with years of war, it has been dilapidated. Yang Lian crossed Chenliu County and anchored on the canal in the north of the city, which was not far from Feng.

After mooring, Yang Lian had a brief discussion with Li Jinquan and Chen Tie, and everyone understood that in this case, the Tang army was insufficient and could not shake Guo Wei, and the plan for now was to find a way to rescue Liu Chengyou. It is imminent to enter Kaifeng, but it is necessary to figure out what kind of situation the two sides have reached at this moment. If you rashly enter the army without understanding Kaifeng, you will only suffer.

The three of them discussed for a while, decided to take the canal waterway, arrived at the Yellow River, intercepted Guo Wei's soldiers and horses with a water division, and delayed the time as much as possible, the matter was determined, the three armies rested for less than two hours, and there was a secret report, Murong Yanchao took the initiative to attack, a bloody battle, defeated by Guo Wei, many of Liu Chengyou's subordinates surrendered to Guo Wei, Liu Chengyou's whereabouts are unknown, and it seems that he is still stationed in the Qilizhai area.

This change surprised Yang Lian, Liu Chengyou was defeated too quickly, and he actually personally led the troops out of Kaifeng City, so there were many uncertain factors. Yang Lian made a quick decision, and the ship drove again and rushed towards Kaifeng City.

At this time, the river was already relatively shallow, but fortunately there was no heavy snowfall, and the river was not completely frozen, so the boats were able to sail. Yang Lian was worried about Lin Renzhao's side at this time, could he come on time?

Sitting in the cabin, Yang Lian lit the lamp and looked at the map carefully, although he had a lot of soldiers and horses, it was obviously too few compared to Guo Wei, and in a place like Kaifeng, it was obviously too difficult to fight against the cavalry with foot soldiers.

The ships walked in the night, and nothing could be heard except the sound of the water. After sailing for most of the night, when the sky was dark, the ship suddenly stopped, and some soldiers came to tell that in the canal, there were many corpses, Yang Lian got out of the cabin, walked to the deck, squatted down and looked carefully. These people were all wearing armor, but just by relying on the armor, they couldn't tell whether they were soldiers on that side, Guo Wei's, or Liu Chengyou's subordinates?

"How many more?" Yang Lian asked.

"There are at least dozens of corpses in front." A soldier replied.

Yang Lian searched carefully in the canal, and sure enough, there were still many corpses in the canal, most of the soldiers had no armor, and they had arrow feathers stuck in their bodies, which was the direct cause of their death. Yang Lian thought for a while, called Chen Tie, and asked him to lead his troops ashore to search, Chen Tie took the order, took a dozen people, rode a few war horses, and cautiously went ashore and searched everywhere.

Yang Lian sent someone to wake up Li Jinquan and ordered him to go down and all ships to be under martial law. As the sky became brighter and brighter, Yang Lian saw clearly that there were at least 30 corpses in the canal, and the river water had been stained red with blood.

This corpse was dressed differently from others, and Yang Lian knew that he was a eunuch in the palace at a glance, which meant that these corpses were Liu Chengyou's subordinates. Yang Lian looked far away, although the terrain of Kaifeng was flat, but looking at it like this, it was obvious that there were not many things that could be observed, after Liu Chengyou's defeat, where did he go? If he came to the southeast, Yang Lian would be convenient to answer, but when he went to other places, Yang Lian did not have many cavalry, and he could not compare with Guo Wei at all, and he would suffer a lot in foot combat.

After Guo Wei defeated Murong Yanchao in Qilidian, the momentum had reached its peak, and Hou Yi, Wu Qianyu, Zhang Yanchao, Liu Chongjin and others all secretly contacted Guo Wei and expressed their intention to surrender. Guo Wei did not accept it, at this time, his goal was still the side of Qingjun, and he had to kill Li Ye first, otherwise in the eyes of other Jiedu envoys, he would still be a rebel. As long as you enter Kaifeng and clear the king's side, the next thing will be much easier.

Guo Wei led his troops straight to Kaifeng, and when he arrived at Xuanhua Gate, Liu Bao ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows, but Guo Wei was not allowed to enter, and instead sent troops to drive directly to Yingchun Gate. The guards of Yingchun Gate saw that Guo Wei's army was killed, Kaicheng surrendered, Guo Wei quickly took control of Kaifeng, and the armies brought in Kaifeng City plundered, and the officials and nobles such as Zhang Yun and Bai Zairong were all beheaded by the full door, and the soldiers took their property and returned.

After Guo Wei took control of Kaifeng, he immediately rushed to the palace, and the imperial city was already in chaos, Liu Bao led his troops to the prison, preparing to kill Guo Wei's two sons and his wife. Zheng En, Zhao Kuangyin and others killed all the way, were invincible, and met Liu Baht in the imperial city. Zhao Kuangyin struggled to be mighty, broke Liu Bao's head with a stick, and saved Guo Wei's wife and children.

Guo Wei stationed in the imperial city, searched everywhere, but did not see the Son of Heaven, and immediately sent troops to search everywhere, Zheng En, Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin and others led more than 100 cavalry to search everywhere.

At this time, Liu Chengyou was hiding in the people, Suo Suo was trembling, Qilidian was defeated, all the armies were scattered, Liu Chengyou was afraid in his heart, and he also rode his horse and fled. Liu Baht asked him about his whereabouts at the head of the city, Liu Chengyou was terrified, and thought that Liu Baht had rebelled, so he immediately fled with his henchmen. At this time, there were less than twenty people around him, and Murong Yanchao, who was originally full of confidence, was nowhere to be found.

At this time, there were rebellious soldiers everywhere, rioting among the people, many villages were turned into flames, and the cries of women were continuous, and they could be heard from miles away. Liu Chengyou was trembling and panicked, and Su Fengji, Yan Jinqing, Guo Yunming and others around him were all depressed, knowing that after the defeat of the army, there was little hope of surviving in the chaotic army.

Liu Chengyou rolled up in a ball, hiding in a small room, and was panicking, suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and a noisy sound came, and then, someone screamed, someone laughed proudly, the door was kicked open, and Zhao Kuangyin appeared in front of Liu Chengyou.

For this little emperor, Zhao Kuangyin's heart is naturally disdainful, now that Guo Dashuai has mastered Kaifeng, he is the next minister, and he may ascend the throne as the emperor at any time, Zhao Kuangyin naturally spares no effort for the future, searching for Liu Chengyou's whereabouts everywhere. It is also his luck, Zheng En is facing the northwest, Shi Shouxin is facing the south, and he is facing the southeast, he met the defeated soldiers halfway, grabbed a few and asked, and felt that Liu Chengyou was very likely to be in the southeast, so he searched all the way.

Seeing Liu Chengyou, Zhao Kuangyin laughed, the few guards around Liu Chengyou stepped forward, but they were knocked to the ground by Zhao Kuangyin with a few sticks, Su Fengji, Yan Jinqing, Guo Yunming and others knew that something was wrong, especially Su Fengji had said bad things about Guo Wei in front of Liu Zhiyuan and Liu Chengyou, at this time when he saw Guo Wei's subordinates, he knew that it was difficult to live, in order to avoid humiliation, he took out a dagger and committed suicide, Su Fengji died, Yan Jinqing and Guo Yunming also chose to commit suicide.

In an instant, there were only two or three guards left around Liu Chengyou, they looked at the robe lying on the ground, and then looked at the Han Emperor hiding in the corner, sighed, threw away the blade in his hand, knelt in front of Zhao Kuangyin, and said loudly: "I'm willing to surrender!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin laughed and grabbed Liu Chengyou, this is a great achievement, he stepped forward unceremoniously, grabbed Liu Chengyou, who was trembling and trembling, tied his hands, threw them on horseback, and rushed towards Kaifeng City.

Matoutun is located at the junction of the canal and the Bianhe River, the terrain here is flat, because of the irrigation of the river, the land is very fertile, on both sides of the canal and the Bianhe River, planted with trees, at this time the leaves have fallen off, revealing bare branches.

After Zhao Kuangyin caught Liu Chengyou, he took the nearest road and went straight to Kaifeng, which had to cross the canal and reach Matoutun, and then walked more than ten miles to enter Kaifeng City. Along the way, Zhao Kuangyin was very vigilant, after all, there were too many chaotic soldiers around, and if Liu Chengyou was killed by the rebels, it would be worth the loss.

There were originally many bridges on the canal, but due to the war, a lot of damage was made, and Zhao Kuangyin walked two or three miles before finding a relatively complete bridge in the easternmost part.

"Let's go, let's go!" Zhao Kuangyin shouted loudly, and more than 100 soldiers opened the way in front of him, left and right, guarding his safety, although there were no so-called enemies around.

More than a dozen soldiers took the lead in riding across the bridge, Zhao Kuangyin rode across the bridge, just halfway through, suddenly the bridge body trembled, the stones at both ends of the bridge slid down, Zhao Kuangyin was caught off guard, and when he wanted to pat the horse and jump, the war horse had fallen into the canal, Zhao Kuangyin fell into the water, his clothes were wet, and his body sank, and he was about to sink into the water. Zhao Kuangyin struggled to beat the water.

At this time, several almost naked men jumped out of the river, one of them hugged Liu Chengyou and threw him forward, and the other two swam over, one of them held a hand and swam forward with all his might.

Zhao Kuangyin fluttered, his clothes became heavier and heavier, and finally he got to the shore, grabbed the dry aquatic grass on the shore, and a soldier ripped off his belt, threw it down, and pulled Zhao Kuangyin up. Zhao Kuangyin went ashore, even if he was strong, he shivered with cold.

"Shoot, shoot them!" Zhao Kuangyin didn't care about anything else and shouted loudly.

Only then did the soldiers react, and they took their bows and arrows from the north, and fired them indiscriminately into the river, and some cavalry ran along the canal, shooting at the water ripples. An arrow pierced into the water with the sound of the wind, blood came out, someone surfaced, the man endured the pain and continued to swim, but the injury affected his speed, so that he could not bear it, the Han soldiers shot a few arrows, the man snorted twice, and sank into the water.

Zhao Kuangyin endured the cold, took off his clothes, the cold wind blew, and his body was full of goosebumps. A personal soldier pulled out a piece of clothing from the package, which had been looted from the village. Zhao Kuangyin wrapped it indiscriminately, picked up the wooden stick with his hand, and said, "Chase!" ”

Liu Chengyou has already arrived, and he was robbed halfway, how can Zhao Kuangyin endure this breath? rode his horse and galloped more than a hundred steps, getting closer and closer to Liu Chengyou. Zhao Kuangyin put the wooden stick on the saddle, took out the bow and arrow from the north, and aimed the bow at the person who was pulling Liu Chengyou, and shot an arrow, one person was shot, screamed, and his body sank.

Liu Chengyou doesn't know how to be watery, the clothes on his body are daught, they are already heavy, the person who pulled him was shot, he couldn't bear it, Liu Chengyou leaned, fell into the water, ate a few more mouthfuls of water, was drowsy, and couldn't figure out what the situation was now, just followed these two people.

After the man was shot, he gritted his teeth, and another person came over to take his place and took Liu Chengyou's hand. Two of the five people held hands, two supported their feet, and one person held his waist, and continued to swim.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at it, and how did he pay it back? If Liu Chengyou is allowed to escape like this, won't his face be without brilliance? Immediately bent the bow again, about to shoot an arrow, just when he was about to let go of his fingers, suddenly, Zhao Kuangyin felt that something was wrong, he didn't have time to look up, his head quickly deviated, and sure enough, a cold light swept over, brushed his ears, and the arrow pierced his skin and took away a small piece of meat.

Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback, and when he raised his head again, he saw that more than a hundred steps away, a merchant ship-like ship came quickly, and on the deck, a man in leather armor held a bow and arrow in his hand, there is no doubt that this arrow feather was shot by him.

Zhao Kuangyin touched his ears, blood had gushed out, and a sense of shame rose from his heart, he was actually shot? Zhao Kuangyin didn't bandage the wound, he quickly pulled out the arrow feather and shot at the man. The distance was a little far, Zhao Kuangyin's archery skills were average, and this arrow slashed through the place where the man was seven or eight steps away.

Eli Lily is not rude, Zhao Kuangyin just shot an arrow, the man returned an arrow, and the accuracy is very high, Zhao Kuangyin squinted his eyes, hurriedly took a wooden stick in his hand, faced the arrow feather is a stick, and split the arrow feather.

With a soft sound, the arrow feather fell to the ground, Zhao Kuangyin pursed his mouth, this person's arrow is very powerful, I am afraid that he used at least a three-stone hard bow, just with archery, Zhao Kuangyin felt that this person must be a strong enemy, and he immediately put away his contempt.

At this time, the ship came quickly, and the sails were slanted and full of strength, like arrows off the string. The boat slowed down about fifty steps away from Zhao Kuangyin, and the boat walked more than ten steps, the distance was closer, Zhao Kuangyin's eyes widened, the person standing on the deck, he was too familiar, it was him, why him? How did the Don end up here?

Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback, the ship stopped, several sailors came to the side of the ship, and quickly moved Liu Chengyou to the bow of the boat, and several sailors also turned over on the boat.

Chen Tie jumped out of the water and said, "Yang Jiedu, fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!" ”

"Huzi, go get dressed." Yang Lian said, quickly took out his bow and arrow, and fired another arrow towards Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin turned over and dodged, looked at Yang Lian's familiar and hateful face, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "Chase, chase!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin chased for about two miles and had to return, he had arrived at the confluence of the canal and the Bianhe River, and the bridge had been demolished, Zhao Kuangyin had to watch Yang Lian go away, he angrily threw his bow and arrow on the ground, waved his hand, and sent someone back to Kaifeng to report the situation, while looking for a bridge to cross the river and pursue Yang Lian. (To be continued.) )