As with the land route, the sailors on the waterway side who went down the river as planned did not get a good deal. As soon as he landed on the shore, he was forcefully driven down the river by Qin Tianci, who was rushing forward, and after throwing thousands of corpses, he fled upstream in a hurry.

Qin Tianci could only look at the water and sigh, without a warship, everything was in vain.

In this way, the battle finally ended at dusk.

Gui Yunzheng's army once again approached the city of Luoyang. Moreover, this time the soldiers were more prosperous, and the soldiers under his command expanded again, and after losing nearly 10,000 troops, nearly 30,000 troops were collected, which was a lot of money.

The war in Luoyang, at this point, entered a short stalemate.

Although Li Shentong received the help of reinforcements sent by King Jing, he did not dare to act rashly, but closed the city gate tightly, and let Xu Lang, Ma Song and others call for battle under the city and were indifferent.

The weather is gradually getting colder.

Gui Yunzheng originally planned to enter Luoyang before winter, but now he had to wait patiently. Wang Chang has not sent any news from his side, and after Ma Jun took Dengfeng, because of the limited number of troops after all, he did not dare to go north alone to capture Gongyi and Yanshi.

On the other side, Wei Wu finally laid Kaifeng and soldiers outside the capital of Chen Shang. However, because the bone of Kaifeng is really difficult to gnaw, Wei Wu's army also suffered a lot of casualties, and in the face of the Shang capital where Ning Hou was sitting, only a few tentative attacks were launched, and the results were not ideal. Seeing that winter was coming, considering that the southerners were not very hardy after all, they retreated to Muzhou and set up camp, and they went back to Kaifeng first, wanting to wait for the warm spring of the next year to make plans.

However, although the war was temporarily idle, King Jing's assassination plan was still in progress.

Liu Shaonan, who arrived in Shangdu a few days late, brought an assassination lineup that was no worse than Mu Xuzi. The six killers of the Star Blade, plus Feng Po, Water Fury, and Liu Shaonan, in order to increase the grasp of success, invited clan uncles Liu Dabai and Liu Dachuan, the hard power is really strong. And Liu Shaonan was originally born in Xingyue Dao, as a former Baiyun envoy, assassination, tracking, and use, etc., all of which are his strengths.

Therefore, when he suddenly came to the Shangdu General's Mansion, Ning Hou couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Master Hou, it's been a long time!"

The two were old acquaintances, and their personal relationship has always been good, so when they met, Liu Shaonan was not formal.

"Don't be polite, Shaonan came to the business capital this time, what is the matter?"

Ning Hou suffered defeats all the way, his demeanor was no longer comparable to before, and the haggard meaning between his eyebrows was very obvious.

"Hehe, Master Hou, Shaonan is here, and he really has a secret order from the prince."

Speaking of which, Liu Shaonan looked left and right.

Seeing his expression, Ning Hou knew what he meant, and quickly retreated.

"Shaonan said it directly."

Liu Shaonan gave it up.

"Lord Hou, the fact of this war is not favorable to the imperial court, so King Jing entrusted me here, and I really want to cooperate with Lord Hou and carry out the plan of beheading. The so-called beheading is to design and kill the enemy's commander or senior general, so Shaonan came to Shangdu with the head of the wind on this trip, and he really wanted to hit it with one blow, but it was also a big trouble for the prince. ”

"Please also ask Master Hou for more advice!"

At this time, Feng Po saluted Ning Hou again.

"Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say! Both of them are the people that the prince relies on the most, and since they have been ordered to come to help me, this marquis should do his best to help. It's just that now that Naweiwu has withdrawn his troops to Muzhou and Kaifeng, it is not easy to get close. ”

Ning Hou also smiled politely.

"It doesn't matter, Shaonan has a plan in mind on the way here. I have a younger brother, surnamed Liu Shaoqun, who fell into the Wei Wu army during the Battle of Hefei, and now pretends to surrender to the enemy and bends to stand by. I mean, I'll try to get in touch with him tomorrow. After that, we all changed our appearance a little, sneaked out of the city, and waited for an opportunity to infiltrate the enemy camp. It's easier said than done, Hou Ye, first, don't leak our whereabouts, after all, Wei Wu is not an idle person, in this business capital or in this general's mansion, there may not be no eyeliner they planted, and second, no matter whether it is successful or not, Shaonan still wants to ask Hou Ye to help him in time, more than half a month, as little as three or four days, Shaonan will definitely send a letter to Hou Ye, and Hou Ye will know when he arrives. ”

Liu Shaonan smiled faintly and expressed his thoughts.