The night gradually darkened, Wang Yanchao took more than 20 soldiers to hide on the north bank, watching the Tang army on the south bank, across the canal, he could only see the fire on the south bank, faintly there were black spots moving, the opposite bank was making rice, the fragrance of rice came irrepressibly from the other bank, Wang Yanchao swallowed his saliva, and felt that his stomach was growling. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Several pro-soldiers around him were also swallowing saliva, fighting for a long time, and ambushing here, they were already hungry in their stomachs, but they didn't carry dry food, and they all felt very hungry.

But no matter how hungry he was, he could only endure it, Wang Yanchao stared intently at the other side, for fear that if he was not careful, the Tang people would flee. Wang Yanchao waited for more than two hours, Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin, Zheng En and a group of young generals arrived, they not only brought dry food, but also brought a news, Guo Dashuai asked them to monitor the Tang people, if the Tang people retreated, they had to find ways to block it, and tomorrow morning Guo Dashuai would bring troops to come and encircle and annihilate this invading Tang soldiers.

Wang Yanchao ate the dry food, and the hunger in his stomach decreased slightly, but the fragrance on the other side kept wafting over, in addition to the aroma of rice and mutton, in addition to the smell of unknown things, which made the Han soldiers who ate without any taste very salivating.

Wang Yanchao, Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin, and Zheng En discussed for a while, feeling that it was inconvenient to move on the north bank, so it was better to go to the south bank to facilitate monitoring. Although Wang Yanchao did not object, he knew that the bridges in this area had been demolished, and he was afraid that he could only find a place to cross the river by going upstream.

At that moment, Wang Yanchao, Shi Shouxin, and Zhao Kuangyin were looking for a place to cross the river, and Zheng En stayed to monitor the other side. The sky was getting more and more gloomy, and he could only see the firelight on the opposite bank moving from time to time, Zheng En squatted on the ground, staring at the opposite bank, and his emotions were a little complicated.

Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin have a good relationship, the two led the troops to the west together, looking for a bridge to the south bank, Wang Yanchao took the headquarters to the east, in the night, the sight is not clear, although there are war horses, but the speed is not fast, it took more than three hours, at the end of the time, Zhao Kuangyin found the bridge west of Matoutun, the army spent half an hour, then crossed the river. Zhao Kuangyin took the lead in leading the troops eastward, leaving Shi Shouxin to wait for the rear army.

In the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves was particularly loud, and after running for nearly ten miles, Zhao Kuangyin felt that he was not far from the Tang army, so he slowed down his pace and personally led thirty soldiers who were skilled in archers and horses, and slowly touched it. These more than 30 soldiers have no problem with their eyes, they can see the way clearly in such darkness, and the rest of the soldiers all stay in place, seize the time to rest and recover their strength, their eyes are not good, and it is useless to go.

Zhao Kuangyin got off the war horse, cautiously touched the front, walked five or six miles, and then saw the bonfire in front, Zhao Kuangyin carefully observed, the Tang army seemed to have no defense, only the burning bonfire indicated that there were people there, although the Tang army seemed to be unfortified, but Zhao Kuangyin did not venture. Although the raid was effective at this time, many of his subordinates had finch disease, and they couldn't see the road clearly at night, let alone fight. Early tomorrow morning, Guo Dashuai will bring troops to support, as long as he succeeds in dragging the Tang army, it will be a great achievement.

In order to prevent being seen by the scouts of the Tang army, Zhao Kuangyin stopped next to a dense forest, and the weather was cold, and he did not dare to light a bonfire, for fear of being discovered by the Tang army. The north wind was howling, and many soldiers were shivering, and all the soldiers hoped to survive the night as soon as possible.

Time seemed to freeze, waited for a long time, the sky finally brightened, Zhao Kuangyin woke up with a spirit, looked into the distance, there was still a bonfire burning in front of him, as his vision gradually became clearer, he vaguely saw that there were many black spots between the bonfires, thinking that it was a soldier lying on the ground resting. The situation of Tang Jun is not very good, Zhao Kuangyin thought.

At this time, Shi Shouxin hurriedly came to his side and told him that Guo Dashuai's soldiers and horses had arrived, and there would be half an hour at most. Zhao Kuangyin was in great spirits, and immediately took more than 100 cavalry to go around to the south, although there were not many more than 100 cavalry, but for the Tang army, which was dominated by foot soldiers, the deterrent effect was still not small. As long as you choose to strike at the right time, you can achieve unexpected results.

Shi Shouxin stayed, waiting for Guo Wei's army, Guo Wei came faster than expected, he took more than 50 cavalry, arrived first, under the leadership of Shi Shouxin, he looked intently towards the Tang army's station, the bonfire gradually extinguished, the sky was much brighter, Guo Wei saw the Tang army's warships lined up in smoke, there were more than 20 of them. It is very likely that the Tang people are all cowering in the battleship, but with the large number of people, Guo Wei is still very confident.

Guo Wei immediately ordered that Shi Shouxin lead two thousand iron cavalry to attack the Tang army garrison, which had no defensive facilities and was easy to capture. Guo Chongwei led his troops to cut off the route of the Tang army's return to the south, and the two took the order to go, and Guo Wei slowly rushed towards the Tang army's garrison under the support of hundreds of personal guards.

Shi Shouxin made meritorious contributions, the fast horse killed the past, this area is a plain, the speed of the war horse was quickly raised, in the early morning, the sound of the horse's hooves was like thunder, resounding through the sky, the speed of the war horse was very fast, less than half a pillar of incense, it rushed to the garrison of the Tang army. The Han army was so strong that Shi Shouxin originally thought that the Tang army would be very chaotic, but there was no movement in the Tang army's station, and when it was closer, the boats on the canal suddenly burst into flames, Shi Shouxin was taken aback, looked around, and faintly felt that it was not good. When he was only more than two hundred steps away from the Tang Army garrison, he finally saw clearly that there was no one at the Tang Army garrison at all.

What's going on here? Shi Shouxin was puzzled, he sped up, and when he arrived at the Tang Army garrison, he saw clearly that there was really no one in the Tang Army garrison, and there were ashes left by bonfires everywhere on the ground, in addition, there were a few sheep wandering around, and there were almost one person-high wood everywhere, and there were clothes on the wood, it turned out that these were Tang people!

A feeling of humiliation rose in Shi Shou's confidence, and at this time, near the ignited battleship, more than a dozen Tang people ran out, and they quickly mounted their war horses and galloped in the southeast direction.

Shi Shouxin didn't have time to think about it, waved his hand, and said, "Chase!" This Han soldier was holding his breath, but when he heard Shi Shouxin's order, he shouted and chased after him.

The soldiers of the Tang Army were also unwilling to entangle, so they fled, and Shi Shouxin led more than 300 people to pursue, not relaxing at all. The fierce sound of horses' hooves resounded in the sky, the Tang soldiers turned around from time to time to shoot arrow feathers, blocking the pursuit of the Han soldiers, Shi Shouxin also ordered the soldiers to fight back, the two sides rode on the horses, the accuracy of the archery was insufficient, and the fight was half loud, and no one died.

Guo Wei received the news and was taken aback, he quickly rushed to the Tang army station, looked at the wooden stakes covered with clothes all over the ground, knew that he had been fooled, and heard that Shi Shouxin had led his troops to pursue, for fear that Shi Shouxin would suffer a loss, so he hurriedly asked Zhao Feng beside him to lead his troops to chase. Zhao Feng got the order, took more than 2,000 cavalry mountains, and followed along the horse's hooves left by Shi Shouxin.

Guo Wei looked at the ships that had been set on fire on the canal, and he was distressed, it was not easy to build a battleship, and Tang Jun said that it would be destroyed, and he could really be ruthless. Guo Wei stayed for a while, and Zheng En, who was on the other side of the river, got the news and carefully crossed the river with two or three people to meet Guo Wei.

Guo Wei's expression was a little solemn, and he asked Zheng En carefully, and Zheng En said that he was on the other side of the river last night and did not find anything abnormal. The people who came with Zheng En also said that Tang Jun had not moved.

This news is not good for Guo Wei at all, the cunning of the Tang people is beyond his imagination, Guo Wei feels that he can't despise the opponent, he thinks about it, and asks Zheng En to return to the city, and then bring five thousand soldiers and horses to support. The Tang army abandoned the battleship and turned to the land route, which means that Songzhou is very likely to have fallen, and the Tang army must rush to Songzhou for the first time, and it is very likely that there will be a tough battle next.

Guo Wei thought about it carefully, and issued several orders in a row, sending people to Xuzhou, Suzhou and other places to check the situation, if these places still belong to the Han Dynasty, let the Jiedu envoys in various places be sure to intercept and kill the Tang Dynasty's troops in the territory of the Han Kingdom.

After the military order was conveyed, Guo Wei continued to lead the troops forward, and he must bite this Tang army to the death.

Zhao Kuangyin originally wanted to intercept the Tang army, he took more than 100 people after some searching, and hid in the place where the Tang army was likely to leave after the rout, he took people to ambush in the dense forest, once the Tang army could be placed, he immediately killed it and taught the Tang people a lesson.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, a soldier hurriedly came to report, and a group of knights appeared in the west, looking at their appearance, it should be the Han army. Zhao Kuangyin was a little surprised, he hadn't seen the Tang army yet, why did the Han army come? He hurriedly came out with the soldiers, and after waiting for a while, sure enough, it was the Han army that came, led by Shi Shouxin.

"General Shi, where are the Tang people?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

Shi Shouxin shook his head and said, "The Tang people are cunning, and they have sneaked away last night. I was ordered by the commander to pursue him. ”

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a while and said, "Since the Tang people have retreated, it is very likely that they will go to Song City, and I will rush to Song City to intercept and kill the Tang people." ”

The two agreed to continue the pursuit with the cavalry.

South of Chenliu, there are countless dense forests on both sides of the official road, the Tang army is moving forward rapidly, last night, Yang Lian sent spies, found out that there are more than a dozen places in the lower reaches of the canal are blocked, he knows that the speed of his dredging of the river is not comparable to the speed of the Han army, so he immediately decided and chose to retreat.

Yang Lian used bonfires and dummies to successfully attract the attention of the Han army, and began to choose to retreat at ten o'clock. Yang Lian's main force did not have finch disease, and they opened the way and led Li Jinquan's town navy straight to the south. Walking to dawn, it is not far from Chenliu County.

At this time, Chenliu still belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but due to the war, Chenliu County was relatively barren, and a few days ago I saw many ships passing by, and the county order did not dare to say much, hiding in the county town and trembling, very afraid. Yang Lian returned, and he didn't stop him. Yang Lian sent people into the city to buy war horses, and the county order collected them and found more than a dozen war horses, in addition to more than a hundred old horses, all of which were given to Yang Lian.

Yang Lian left him a part of the gold and silver and left quickly. Although these war horses were not enough to equip the whole army, with more war horses, Yang Lian expanded the scope of the search and was able to know the news of the Han army in time. The army walked all night, quite tired, but Yang Lian did not dare to let the soldiers stay, accelerated the march for more than three miles, and a scout came with news that the Han army was pursuing at the end of the rank, and the first generals were Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin.

Yang Lian called Chen Tie, admonished him, and quickly led his troops to retreat, and the army sped up. Liu Chengyou rode on a war horse, and was dizzy, crying bitterly. But when he heard that Zhao Kuangyin was killed, his face changed greatly, and he fled.

The foot soldiers can't outrun the cavalry at all, this truth is very simple, when Zhao Kuangyin saw the Tang soldiers who were fleeing frantically, the flame of revenge in his heart was ignited, originally, the credit for catching the Son of Heaven was his, but he was unexpectedly taken away by Yang Lian, new hatred and old hatred, how could Zhao Kuangyin not be angry?

Shi Shouxin was a little hesitant, not that he didn't dare to pursue, but he felt that the performance of the Tang army was not normal, after all, when the Tang army came, there were more than 20 warships, in other words, the army had at least seven or eight thousand people, so many troops, as long as they formed a formation to block the attack, the cavalry brought by the two of them was not enough to break the formation.

Shi Shouxin stopped Zhao Kuangyin and said the worry in his heart.

Although Zhao Kuangyin is young, he has followed his father Zhao Hongyin for many years and has some experience, so he hesitated for a moment when he heard the words. He slowed down and sent scouts to find out what was going on, so he didn't want to fall into an enemy ambush.

The spies had to order to gallop away, Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin reined in their horses slowly, while waiting for news, they also recovered their horsepower, and once the situation allowed, they led their troops to pursue and attack the Tang army's position.

Shi Shouxin pursed his lips and said, "Yuen Long, the Tang people are cunning, but you have to be careful, you must not fall for the tricks of the Tang people." ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "The person who led the troops is Yang Lian of the Tang Dynasty, and now the official worship festival envoy, this person went north back then, and had an alliance with the Han Dynasty, I fought with this person, this person's martial arts are good, at least with me." ”

Shi Shouxin was slightly surprised, he naturally knew Zhao Kuangyin's skills, he didn't expect him to praise this person so much, and his kung fu was not bad. However, leading troops to fight does not rely on personal bravery. Shi Shouxin asked, "How is this person leading the troops?" ”

"I've never fought him, but be careful, you won't suffer." Zhao Kuangyin said.

Shi Shouxin thought so, both of them were not very old, and under Guo Wei's account, they were only a captain, and now they can lead the troops because Guo Wei trusts them, and both of them want to make great contributions, win greater benefits, and get promoted and make a fortune.

The two of them continued on their way, walking for about two or three miles, and at this time, the woods on both sides of the official road gradually became read, although it was winter, and the branches of the trees were bare, which was not conducive to concealment, but on the plain, this was the best place to ambush.

The two stopped talking, staring intently at the dense forest, Zhao Kuangyin pointed to the birds hovering above the woods, and said: "Keep your word, look there, the birds are flying, and there must be people below." ”

Shi Shouxin nodded, called the soldiers, and asked them to search carefully, and they must not fall into the ambush of the Tang people. Several teams were leading the order and went into the forest to search carefully, Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin stopped their troops, waiting for the spies' return. (To be continued.) )