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Get rid of the troubles of King Qin.How can he get rid of King Qin's troubles for him?

That man is so tricky.

Besides, he has made up his mind.

Xiao Zong rubbed his throbbing temples, put on his robe and lay down on the bed, the most important thing right now is to chase Han Su back.

Furthermore, both the offensive and defensive sides of the battlefield in front are ready to wait, the situation is just at the point of imminent tension, and a fierce battle will break out at any time.It is true that his Taifu's wisdom is excellent, but he has never heard of the use of force, and he has no self-defense skills. If he encounters the danger of the fleeing rebels, he will not be able to defend himself.

Cheng Shan was already waiting for orders in the outer palace, Xiao Zong ordered him to immediately dispatch elite soldiers of the imperial guards out of the city to pursue Han Taifu, and bring him back no matter what.There are three ways to go from the imperial city to the Bozhou battlefield. Yesterday's New Year's Eve, there was no curfew in the capital all night. Xiao Zong didn't know when the grand master left Beijing, but it was already noon at this time. Whether he left the city overnight or just left this morning , It has been quite a while, and the world was in disarray due to a proclamation before, Xiao Zong didn't want to cause any troubles at this time to add fuel to the fire, so he issued an official document to seal the checkpoints of the state government along the way to stop people. It can't be used, so I can only send people to chase after some troubles.He ordered the forbidden soldiers to divide into three groups to pursue along the official road leading to Bozhou, worrying about Han Su's safety, and made people act secretly.

After such a toss, the time for lunch has passed, and all the nephews are still waiting to share the first lunch of the new year with the emperor's uncle. Xiao Zong sat at the table, and in Xiao Heng's opinion, his uncle's meal A few wisps of soul came out of the body, and it was like a fugue and a tangled face.

Xiao Zong didn't send official documents to intercept Han Su, but also believed that with the ability of the imperial army, he would not give him a bag. After all, there is no reason why the young man who guards the palace with high martial arts skills can't take down Han Su who can only carry a pen but not a sword.

But things were not as simple and smooth as he thought, Xiao Zong waited in the palace for many days but he still didn't wait until the imperial guards sent out chased the Tai Tuo back to his life.

In fact, Han Su did not leave Beijing on the night of New Year's Eve or the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year as Xiao Zong had expected. Sitting on a seat facing the window in a private room on the second floor of Qinhe Tower on An Street.Watching the fast horse run out of the imperial city, Han Su sat for a while longer, then got up and went downstairs, took the whip from the servant, and raised his hooves out of the capital.

The young men of the Imperial Army only knew that Taifu Han had run out for a long time, to restore the emperor's order, and rushed forward non-stop along the way, but they didn't know that Han Su followed a certain team of them.The three guards were different, and it would take some time to communicate with each other. This team didn't catch up and thought that the other team caught up, so everyone didn't catch up.

With a false move, Han Su threw the guards who were chasing him into confusion.

Xiao Zong didn't get the news for many days, so he knew that the Grand Tutor had cheated, and he understood that this time the Grand Tutor was not joking, nor was it a whim, it must have been planned for a long time.I can't stop now and insist on going to Bozhou, so I must have made up my mind and made a plan.

He was never worried that Han Su would act recklessly, cause trouble for him in the situation, and cause any predicament that could not be dealt with. His Taifu was very careful and strategic, and he would either not move, but he would win if he acted. Been in trouble.

He expected that Han Suding was judging the situation according to the current situation.Sizing up the situation and looking for opportunities.

However, regarding King Qin's matter, he thought, it's up to him.

It was probably impossible to intercept people halfway, so Xiao Zong hurried to Bozhou to go to Daohuangling. He didn't know exactly how the Taifu planned and how to deal with the King of Qin for him, but Han Su alone would definitely not be able to accomplish anything. You must rely on Ren Bugui.

He wants Ren Buhui to obey his order and bring King Qin to Beijing.

After this arrangement, Xiao Zong didn't have much mood to take care of other things in the next period of time.

The day after the secret order was sent to Ren Buhui, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, Wang Shi had been around Bozhou for more than a month.

On this day, it was snowing heavily in the southeast. The king of Qin suddenly marched in a large scale, and instead of standing still, he took the Northwest Army as the vanguard and stormed Bozhou City, breaking the tense confrontation.

The Sima clan joined forces with Han and Zhao vassal kings, and the fiefdoms of the two kings were adjacent to Chu. King Qin ordered to attack Bozhou and at the same time divide his troops to fight against Han and Zhao.

The anti-army has gathered three forces of different surnames, with more than 30 soldiers and horses, which is not easy to deal with.Xiao Zong used almost all the troops he could mobilize this time. There were 40 old and new troops, [-] troops from the Northwest Army stayed in the northwest to guard against foreign enemies, and [-] troops went south to Chu. The army is quite.

This is an all-out effort, if something happens after the menstrual period, it will be difficult to turn around, Xiao Zong knows it well, but there is nothing he can do about it, the current test is not enough, how can we talk about planning for the future.

The King of Qin ordered a battle, and several groups of soldiers and horses attacked swiftly. There were three battlefields. Once this battle started, the flames of war ignited frequently in the cold winter months.

On the day of Shangyuan Festival, Bozhou City was destroyed.In the next few months, the battles continued frequently, with each side winning or losing. After several battles, several king divisions finally connected into a battle line, supplementing each other's offense and defense, and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Chu, Han and Zhao.

The rebels were forced to retreat step by step, but at the same time they seemed to have the will to die. The resistance was extremely tenacious.

The battlefield changes rapidly, and the war situation is chaotic. Xiao Zong is in the palace, his face is calm, but his heart can't really be as calm as still water without waves and waves.

So until mid-February, another fast horse ahead finally entered Beijing with the battle report.

The battle report is still played by Ren Buhui, who is the deputy commander. Ren Buhui details the big and small battles he has experienced since the start of the war in the next year, the changes in the battle situation, the losses of the king's division and the rebel army, and then reports the current military situation.According to the military newspaper, on February [-]th, the king's division once again led troops to fight fiercely with the rebels stationed in Yecheng and Linchuan Prefecture. It lasted two days and one night. Downstairs in Yecheng, beheaded in front of Sima Yong.The city of Chu was sealed off shortly after, and Sima Yong, the leader of the bandit, fled in the chaos under the guard of his guards. Right now, he is sending troops to search everywhere.Zhao Wang and Wang Qi were killed in this battle.Chu and Zhao are now under the control of the king's division. Among the anti-kings, only Han Wang Sun Yue led the remnants of the army and retreated into Han to seal the city of Yunyang.

After reading the battle report, Xiao Zong heaved a sigh of relief. Although the battle had not yet ended, the outcome had already been determined, and there was no better news than this.

On the second day at the morning court, Xiao Zong read this exciting news in front of the hall. The court was turbulent after several days, and all the officials were excited.

After reading the victory report, Xiao Zong announced that he would personally drive to the front line to appease the people in southern Xinjiang and reward the soldiers.

Some of the excited courtiers said that it was inappropriate, saying that although the current victory is certain, there is still fighting ahead, the emperor is a man of gold, it is really not suitable to take risks, and Lao Jun can wait for a complete victory before proceeding.

Xiao Zong didn't listen to the remonstrance, he ordered Cheng Shan to select the imperial army and prepare to go south to the battlefield not long after he received the battle report yesterday.

Pei Zhi was in charge of the defense of the capital, he had nothing to worry about, he assigned affairs in the middle of the court, Cheng Shan led [-] elite imperial troops to accompany him, and Xiao Zong set off from the imperial city at noon.

After leaving the imperial city, all the way to the south, the imperial guards and iron cavalry surrounded the holy driver and hurried forward.Xiao Zong sat upright in the emperor's chariot, without saying a word, his expression slightly solemn.

According to what Ren Buhui said, Master Wang's commander-in-chief battalion is currently stationed between Yunyang City and Ye City, a place called Fenglingpo, that's where he wants to go.

In yesterday's battle report, Ren Buhui returned to play.

The city of Ye was destroyed, and King Qin was wounded in the battle.

From what Ren Buhui said, he couldn't estimate how the King Qin's injury was, whether it was serious or not.

The imperial chariot drove very fast, passed the potholes, bumped and swayed, Xiao Zong sat in the swaying car but his body remained motionless, his calm face was tense and covered with a dull expression.

Injuries on the battlefield are very common, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.

But, is there really such a coincidence?The war has been going on for so long, with more than [-] battles, big and small, and I haven't heard anything about it, but at the end of a big battle to determine the outcome, I was injured by a stray arrow.

Is it really an accidental arrow?Or did Ren Buhui act in order to capture the King of Qin and return to him, and cast a hidden arrow?Then why not tell him clearly?Or is there another reason?

Xiao Zong rubbed his forehead subconsciously, whether it was an accident or not, why didn't Ren Buhui take this opportunity to send King Qin to Beijing?

Or was the arrow really hurting people so badly that the king of Qin couldn't bear to go to Beijing?

Regarding King Qin's injury, why Ren Buhui was vague.If the injury is minor, it doesn't matter, and there is no need to mention it to him in the battle report. If the injury is really serious, what is the reason for covering it up like this?

One question after another was running up and down in Xiao Zong's mind. Ever since he received the news, his heart hasn't calmed down much.

What happened, he should know when he arrives at Fenglingpo.

He rushed south for several days, and officials from various prefectures cleared the city roads along the way, and went out of the city to greet him. Xiao Zong passed through the city without stopping.

In this way, on the fifth day, we entered the border of southern border.

The three lands of Chu, Zhao and Han, Chu is located in the southeast, adjacent to Han to the south, and the area under the jurisdiction of successive Zhao kings to the east.At present, Chu and Zhao have roughly been recovered by Wang Shi, and several cities in Han are still under the control of the rebels.

The capital is the closest to Han, and Xiao Zong came here first.

After entering the land of Han, Xiao Zong took the road from the city that had been taken back by Master Wang to Fenglingpo.Along the way, he slowed down his itinerary to appease the people who were still terrified by the war.

After four or five days like this, Yu Jia and his party left Anzhou Prefecture. Anzhou is a border town in Handi, and it is only about a day's journey from Fenglingpo Wangshi's camp.

Fenglingpo is located at the junction of Han and Chu, between Yecheng and Yunyang. city ​​to that city.

The further he went, the more nervous Cheng Shan became. Of course he wasn't nervous about himself, he was nervous for the emperor.Anzhou is not far from Wang Shi's camp, but it is closer to Yunyang. The emperor didn't know why, he knew that the situation was very good, and he didn't hear that there was any urgent matter, but he insisted on taking a shortcut and went to Fengling without stopping. Po rushed to the camp, as if there was something in the camp holding His Majesty's dragon soul.He studied the shortcut for several times, and there was a section of the road that could almost be said to pass by Yunyang City.Right now Yunyang is guarded by the King of Han, and the king's division is besieging the city. A big battle may happen at any time. If there is a war when the emperor's royal driver passes by, it will be terrible.Cheng Shan's life doesn't matter, if there's anything wrong with the person in the car, he will be kicked to death again by his deceased father, uncle and grandfather.

However, God seems to like to tease people, especially the honest and handsome young man like Cheng Shan.

After leaving Anzhou for about half a day, in the wilderness, in the wind, Cheng Shan heard the faint sound of war drums beating and the sound of killing.Then, he heard the emperor in the imperial chariot shout to stop, he got off his horse and helped the emperor get out of the car, and heard a more terrible sentence, "It seems that there is a war in Yunyang, prepare the horse for me, I'm going to have a look."

Cheng Shan was racking his brains to figure out how to get the emperor to get rid of this terrible idea, when the imperial guards who were going to explore the way suddenly sent a whistle, and there was a group of about thousands of riders approaching quickly.The imperial guards all heard the whistle, and instantly formed their formation, drawing their knives and bows to respond to the sudden change.The other guard guarded Xiao Zong to evacuate, just as he turned his horse's head, another whistle sounded, and it was his own people who came.

The group of people came with about [-] riders, flying the banner with the word "Ren", the leading military officer got off his horse a few zhang away from Xiao Zong, reported his military rank and name, and the captain of the hussar general was King Tiger.

Wang Huhu said: "The last general was ordered by Deputy Commander Ren to escort him. Deputy Commander Ren is fighting with the Han army in Yunyang City, and the front is dangerous. Please follow the general to go around, and the general will wait for the emperor to go up to the camp. .”

Xiao Zong was tightly surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. He rode out, "When did the battle start?"

Wang Huohu half-kneeled on the ground and lowered his head to report, "The general doesn't know, the deputy commander Ren received the news that the emperor's holy driver is approaching Yunyang, and immediately ordered the general to lead the army to escort him. When the general left Yunyang City, our army We haven’t exchanged fire with the rebels yet. But listening to the sound of the drums, it is estimated that the war will start soon.”

Xiao Zong said: "Lead the way ahead, I'll go and see how the hussar generals attack the city."

"Ah?" Wang Huo raised his head, his bearded face turned green.

Outside Yunyang City, tens of thousands of armored troops lined up, 3000 people in one formation, ten formations of infantry purge and hold halberds, iron-clothed soldiers with cold light flashing, cavalry on both wings with long spears ready to charge and kill, ten ranks of sergeants in front of the infantry formation Holding a high-speed iron shield in one hand and a long spear in the other, under each iron shield the strong crossbowmen should string up the crossbows, and the rockets are as dense as rain, roaring vigorously into the towering towers.The towering drums in the formation roared and shook the sky, and the infantry armed with halberds shouted and cheered, and the roar resounded through the wilderness.

Xiao Zong immediately waited and watched from a high ground not far away.

Wang Huo didn't dare to disobey the holy will, but he couldn't really lead the emperor into the battlefield to take risks. After racking his brains, he finally realized that there was a semi-circular highland outside Yunyang City, which was considered a relatively safe place, and it was just suitable for watching the battle. Leading the emperor to climb the height, and considering that facing the city tower is easy to be spotted by the rebels, and there are more stray arrows, I implore the emperor to watch the battle from the side.

The high ground is actually not very high, at least not much higher than the Yunyang City Tower. Xiao Zong overlooked the battle situation from one side, and the whizzing arrow rain carried the fire balls whistling in mid-air, and occasionally a few fire balls rushed towards him. , was cut by Cheng Shanwang Tiger swiping his sword from left to right, and there was a choking burnt smell in the air.

Behind the shield array, in front of the infantry phalanx, in the majestic formation, several horsemen and horses lined up in the formation more than two feet wide. The general described that a single horse and a black horse stood in front of the independent generals, and the silver armor reflected the sunlight. , sharp and clear.

The black rider faced Xiao Zong from the side, and Xiao Zong couldn't see the face of the man on the horse clearly through the not-so-short distance, but he also knew that the man was Ren Buhui.He saw General Hussars crossing his arms and staring directly at the direction of Yunyang City Tower. He immediately watched the battle of arrows between the two sides quietly, very calm.

The crossbowmen of the anti-army on the tower had changed a few times, and the array of Wang Shi's shields was still solid. Seeing this situation, Cheng Shan said: "Our army's crossbow arrows are strong, and this weapon seems to be more sophisticated than that of the Forbidden Army."

Wang Huo continued: "Commander Cheng doesn't know something. Right now, all the bows and crossbows used by our army have been improved. The deputy commander and several ordnance masters have spent a lot of effort on this, and it was completed a while ago. This is the first The power is really amazing." The tone is very admirable.

Xiao Zong glanced across the battlefield of tens of thousands of people below, and settled on a certain place. He realized early in the morning that the arrows fired by Wang Shi's arrows into the city tower were still quite lethal, and the arrows shot by the Han army on the city It should be more powerful by taking advantage of superiority, but most of them are blocked in the center of the shield formation, and there is no great threat to the rear infantry formation. .”

Wang Huo answered honestly, "Because the deputy commander said that he wanted to build an amazing army for the emperor, so that one day he would be invincible without fear of foreign enemies and internal troubles. Therefore, there is nothing that can be slack in the army."

Xiao Zong was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at the silhouette standing quietly in the formation below for a moment, the corners of his lips could not help but twitch slightly.

Just at this moment, an arrow flew into the air and shot down from the tall building in Yunyang, swiftly and swiftly.There was no ignition on the arrow of that arrow, and it was impossible to notice it in the dense rocket battle between the two armies. However, it was different from the arrows of the rebels who were mostly blocked by iron shields. Ren Bugui shoots away.

Before Xiao Zong had time to react, he saw that the menacing Feather Arrow had been grasped by the Hussar General who had folded his arms with his bare hands.

Ren Buhui intercepted the flying arrow, and at almost the same time, he drew back the long sword at his waist with his left hand, and slashed sharply into the air with precision and sharpness. The sharp edge passed by, and behind the first arrow, Hei Ling, who was coming more vigorously, Yu Qiang's arrow broke into two pieces and plunged obliquely into the ground.

Behind Xiao Zong, Wang Huo pointed to the two figures holding bows on the Yunyang City Tower and said in a low voice, "Sun Chao, the son of a bitch, let someone put one arrow as bait first, and then let him shoot the second arrow. Insidious and cunning!"

Sun Chao is the youngest brother of Han Wang Sun Yue, Xiao Zong also knows a little about him, rumor has it that he is very good at riding and shooting.

The stamina of the two fast arrows, one bright and one dark, made Xiao Zong a little frightened. However, in front of the infantry formation, he had no choice but to be bold as a hussar general, who used civil servants and martial arts, and seemed to have never let go of the danger just now. In his eyes, the sword was drawn in an instant and then returned to the sheath in an instant, and he was still watching the battle without squinting.

Calm, calm, calm, even if he stands here high and far away, he cannot ignore the intimidating wind of a general.