Li Gu saw that Wang Pu had a few more blood marks on his hands, and he was ashamed.

Wang Pu was even more remorseful, thinking in his heart, if Li Yun was sent as the commander, I am afraid that the situation would be more than so bad. Now that the shape is shì, it has really reached the point where you have to make a choice.

Thinking of this, Wang Pu looked at Li Gu.

Li Gu naturally knew the meaning in Wang Pu's eyes, and after the two of them got Chai Rong's will, they privately agreed that they would never ask for help from the Ming Kingdom until they had to, and take it as their responsibility to support the young emperor to grow up, so that they could repay Chai Rong for his kindness and appreciation.

But now Zhao Kuangyin has forced nearly 300,000 troops into Kaifeng Mansion, and the imperial court can send only 150,000 forbidden troops to meet the battle.

Li Gu nodded secretly to Wang Pu.

So, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, Wang Pu dressed up in disguise and walked out of the east gate of Kaifeng Mansion and went straight to Xuzhou.

Zhao Kuangyin, who had been repairing for a day in Luoyang, Xijing, was rewarded by the scouts, and there were no abnormal movements of the Ming army in the states and counties adjacent to the Ming State and the Zhou State, and the Xuzhou garrison had also withdrawn south.

Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed when he heard this, he had always been worried that Baili Wuji would cut a bar, but from the current point of view, Baili Wuji didn't want to wade into this troubled water.

Zhao Kuangyin secretly thought that if Baili Wuji did not intervene in this matter this time, he would repay the favor, and after he succeeded, he would still rely on the relationship between Zhou and Ming as an alliance.

Zhao Kuangyin is not stupid, he knows that Baili Wuji covets Zhou Guo, but he also knows the reason why Baili Wuji does not attack Zhou Guo, that is, he is afraid of the two countries fighting. Cheapened the northern state of Zhubu and Liao.

Now that the obstruction and the Liao State are still there, Zhao Kuangyin concluded that even if Baili Wuji knew that he had replaced Chai Rong, he could only pretend not to know. What Zhao Kuangyin is worried about is that Baili Wuji will take advantage of this opportunity. The occupation of the states adjacent to the Zhou and Ming states was aimed at taking a piece of the pie.

But judging from the scout's report, Baili Wuji seems to have acquiesced in his actions, which made Zhao Kuangyin even more proud in his heart.

"Perhaps, it's because I'm also his sworn brother?" Zhao Kuangyin said to himself.

Zhao Kuangyin ordered to enter Zhengzhou eastward on the same day, aiming at the capital city of Kaifeng.

After two days, Zhao Kuangyin led the army to Kaifeng Mansion twenty miles away. began to surround Kaifeng Mansion in a roundabout way.

There was chaos in Kaifeng Mansion, but no one was willing to lead the army to resist Zhao Kuangyin's army.

Poor Empress Dowager Xiaofu and Little Emperor Chai Zongxun only understood at this time. What is called "a son of heaven and a courtier", and what is called "people go to tea and cool".

Although Fan Zhen and the others had the heart to repay, they were unable to lead the troops, so they could only look at this orphan and widow with a blank eye. Cover your tears.

Then. Finally, someone volunteered to lead the army.

This person is Li Yun and Li Taiwei, who were recommended by Fan Zhen and others.

Speaking of Li Yun, he is also a tiger general, who has made great achievements over the years, if it is really about seniority, it is Zhao Kuangyin, I am afraid that even Chai Rong has to be called a "senior".

Li Yun has been good at riding and shooting since he was a child, and he can shoot a hard bow of 100 catties, and he can hit it in succession.

In the later Tang Dynasty, he was drafted into the army. It was subordinate to Li Congrong, the king of Qin in the Later Tang Dynasty, and moved to the command of the crane control in the early years of the late Tang Dynasty Emperor Qingtai.

Later Jin Dynasty out of the emperor in the last years of luck. Khitan Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang led his troops to attack Bianjing (Kaifeng) and destroyed the Later Jin.

Li Yun was summoned as a general by Zhao Yanshou, the king of Yan, but soon conspired to unite the generals of the Jin army to defeat the forces of Yelu Jieli, the Khitan general who remained behind, and recover Zhenzhou (Zhengding, Hebei).

At this time, Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Later Han Dynasty, was proclaimed emperor in Jinyang (Taiyuan), and Li Yun led his troops to defect to Jinyang and was appointed as the assassin of Bozhou.

Later Han Dynasty privy envoy Guo Wei out of the town of the famous mansion, Bao promoted Li Yun as the vanguard commander, and also for the northern edge of the border inspection.

In the third year of the reign of Gaozu Qianyou of the Later Han Dynasty, Guo Wei rebelled against the Han Dynasty and invaded Bianjing, Li Yun fought with Guo Chongwei's entourage, and defeated the Later Han general Murong Yanchao (Liu Zhiyuan's younger brother) in Liuzipi and established meritorious service.

In the first year of Guangshun, Guo Weige Hanzuo was called the emperor and was the Taizu of Zhou. Taizu talked about the founding merits of the country, and moved Li Yun to the Zhaoyi Army (ruled in Luzhou) as the envoy of the festival, the inspection of the school Taifu, and the Tongping chapter.

In the following years, Later Zhou Shizong repeatedly fought with the Northern Han Dynasty. Li Yun was stationed in Luzhou, and repeatedly broke through the Liao army in Jinyang (Northern Han) with strange soldiers.

Li Yun fought against the Northern Han Dynasty for many years, successively conquered Liaozhou and Changqing Village, and captured hundreds of assassins and generals.

After Chai Rong ascended the throne, Li Yun was promoted to the rank of lieutenant for his merits.

But although Li Yun has been following Guo Wei and Chai Rong, he has never entered the forbidden army, so although he has outstanding merits, his reputation in the forbidden army is far inferior to Zhao Kuangyin, Zhang Yongde, and even Shi Shouxin.

It is precisely because of this that although Li Yun was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, he has never entered the real center of power in the Zhou Dynasty.

Originally, he led the 150,000 forbidden army to fight against Zhao Kuangyin's army, although he could not win, but based on the thick walls of the capital, it was not enough to worry about supporting the last month.

It's a pity that this person is old and has long passed the age of sixties.

He should not have been allowed to take command of the expedition again, but now no one is willing to lead the army, so he can only use the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and he is reluctant to make it difficult.

In this way, the sixty-seven-year-old Taiwei Li Yun was led by the Empress Dowager Xiaofu and the little emperor to lead the army again, if Baili Wuji could send the Ming army from Xuzhou to Kaifeng in time, maybe Zhao Kuangyin really couldn't succeed.

It's a pity, how could Baili Wuji send troops to invade the territory of the Allies without an excuse and give people a handle?

Baili Wuji has been waiting for a fait accompli, and only by following the fact that Zhao Kuangyin is plotting to usurp the throne can Baili Wuji properly pocket Zhou Guo in the name of justice.

If, just to say that if Wang Pu could arrive at Jinling Mansion five days earlier, Baili Wuji might really send troops to rescue Kaifeng regardless of the plan for Chai Rong's handwritten letter, after all, Baili Wuji still has a place for Chai Rong in his heart.

In the days of getting along in Qianzhou, the friendship between the two has been greatly enhanced.

Chai Rong's handwritten letter can undoubtedly make Baili Wuji's blood surge and send troops north.

In fact, Baili Wuji and Chai Rong both knew in their hearts that even if the two became brothers in front of Guo Wei before Guo Wei's death, even if the two also sympathized with each other, but as the monarchs of the two countries, for their own interests, it was impossible to become real brothers anyway.

Perhaps, only when the two of them are in the grass can they become brothers with knives in the two wedges.

Wang Pu already knew that he was wrong when he left the city, in fact, according to Chai Rong's deathbed instructions, as long as Zhao Kuangyin raised troops to Kaifeng Mansion, Wang Pu should immediately go to Jinling with the edict and letters.

But in order to preserve Chai Zongxun's throne and the Zhou State's Jiangshan Sheji, he and Li Gu kept dragging it out, hoping that things would suddenly turn around, until Zhao Kuangyin forced to Zhengzhou. (To be continued......)