The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 158 Xiao Feng is Captured
Seeing the Empress Dowager collapsed in front of her, the little maid was terrified and trembling all over.

"What are you panicking!" Li Yu scolded, tidied up Gao Taotao's remains, put the imperial edict and tiger charm into the portable space, and ordered: "Go out to report the funeral in half an hour, don't go early, understand?"

The little maid nodded hurriedly.

Li Yu put on the face scarf again, and went out of the palace door to look around quietly. The little eunuch at the door was still asleep, and there happened to be no patrolling palace guards around.Li Yu's figure flashed, he got out of the hall, hid all the way, quietly dived to the Jinshui River, and returned along the original waterway.

He went out of the palace smoothly, passed the Tianbo water gate, entered the outer city, and sneaked under the water for a while, went ashore in a place where no one was trained, changed his clothes, and went straight to the meeting point that had been discussed earlier.

The meeting place is located in a small courtyard in the northeast corner of Bianliang City. This is a stronghold of Jinyiwei. At this time, Li Yu and Xiao Yuanshan had been waiting again, but Xiao Feng was nowhere to be seen.

"Has Gang Master Xiao come back yet?"

"Where's Feng'er?"

Li Yu and Xiao Yuanshan asked at the same time.

If the plan went well, Xiao Feng would have already returned by this time, if he hasn't returned for a long time, there must be an accident!Li Yu comforted Xiao Yuanshan who was anxious: "It's okay, maybe he was captured by mistake, old hero Xiao, don't panic, nothing will happen."

"Can……"

"At most, there will be some prison disaster. I guarantee that in a few days, Chief Xiao will appear in front of you intact." Li Yu knew in his heart that Xiao Feng probably met those perverted old eunuchs in the palace, but it doesn't matter. Xiao Feng was carrying a threatening letter written by himself, for those old eunuchs who never got involved in royal secrets would not dare to do anything to him.

With the edict in hand, Li Yu will go out of the city to cross the river after dawn and swear to the south. Li Yu is very relieved of his army and the army of the Great Song Dynasty. It must not take two days before the head of Bianliang will change the king's flag. Xiao Feng naturally It will also be released respectfully.

"I……"

"There is an urgent military situation, and Gu Tian will leave the city at dawn. The old hero Xiao will stay here. First, he will wait for the news from Chief Xiao. Second, this place is very safe, and the court will not be able to find out."

Li Yu's guess was right. At this time, in a low house near Donghua Gate, Xiao Feng was hung upside down on the beam, and two old eunuchs with wrinkled faces and a feminine aura were looking at him with smiles.

Originally Xiao Feng had escaped well, but when he climbed over the palace wall, he intentionally exposed himself, attracting the imperial guards to chase him, Xiao Feng hung them and ran for half a quarter of an hour, he expected that King Wu had sneaked in, so he quickened his pace and escaped from the palace in a few strokes guard.

Unexpectedly, he didn't run very far, when he heard slight footsteps behind him, Xiao Feng looked back, his jaw almost dropped in shock.

Two ghostly old eunuchs had quietly followed behind him at some point!

Xiao Feng speeded up here, and rushed up to the roof, deliberately making a detour, trying to get rid of them.But no matter how he accelerated, the two old eunuchs followed closely behind him, Xiao Feng couldn't shake his heart, so he simply stopped, planning to beat them off and then run away.

When Kepu fights against each other, the judge will be judged.The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms that crossed the rivers and lakes didn't even touch the corners of the clothes of the two old eunuchs.Those two old eunuchs were extremely fast, they looked like ghosts, they could hardly see their figures clearly, their weapons were also strange, Xiao Feng managed to block countless embroidery needles twice, then they were tapped on the acupoints, and they were captured without a fight.

Then he was dragged to this place by two old eunuchs, and his coat was hung upside down on the beam.

"Brother's handsome kung fu, is it the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon? Looking at your age, our family thinks you are Xiao Feng, the head of the Beggar Gang! Oh, my family really loves your kung fu!" The old eunuch smiled all over his face, raised his orchid fingers, and circled around Xiao Feng softly, and even stretched out his hand to touch Xiao Feng's crotch, which gave Xiao Feng a chill.

Just as Xiao Feng was about to speak, he heard the old eunuch continue to say: "At your age, it's really amazing to have such kung fu! You are a good seedling, if you don't, you will follow our family and become an apprentice with our family How about? From now on, I will leave the place of enshrining in the imperial city to you! However, you can’t keep the source of trouble, or else, our family will do it for you, how about helping you go?”

After the old eunuch finished speaking, he took out a set of bathing tools from the cupboard, raised his orchid fingers, and said with a smile: "Come on, our family will help you drag your pants. Don't worry, our hands are very fast, and the pain will pass after a while."

Looking at the gleaming knife, at this moment Xiao Feng doesn't know what the dead eunuch wants to do!Immediately there was a chill all over his body, the dead eunuch's hand grabbed his waistband, Xiao Feng felt that all thoughts were lost, he was afraid that he would disappoint Miss A Zhu in this life.

At this moment, Xiao Feng was suddenly blessed, thinking of the thing in his arms that the King of Wu gave him that was said to save his life, he immediately shouted: "Come on slowly! Someone is from the King of Wu!"

"Oh, what about King Wu's people, our family is so scared." The dead eunuch was unmoved, and the other dead eunuch also said with a half-smile: "Who are you fooling!"

"I have something in my bosom from King Wu, which can prove my identity!"

"Ok?"

Xiao Feng resisted the cold, his body was covered with goose bumps, he let the old eunuch grope in his bosom for a while, and took away what King Wu taught him.

"But this?"

The old eunuch was holding an oiled paper bag in his hand, the outer part of the oiled paper bag was sealed with wax, this was because Xiao Feng was going to wade into the inner city, for waterproofing.

"Exactly."

The old eunuch rubbed off the wax seal, opened the oiled paper, and inside the oiled paper was a letter.With suspicious eyes, the dead eunuch opened the letter and saw that there was indeed King Wu's private seal printed on the paper, and there was a passage:

Old eunuch, follow the rules, don't meddle in the royal family's private affairs, everything will be fine!Otherwise, if Xiao Feng suffers even the slightest injury, the orphaned relatives will lead the army to step through Bianliang, and they will definitely have skin cramps and implicate the ten clans!You and other disciples, relatives and friends will be executed together!Anyone who has anything to do with you will be killed without mercy, and the ant nest at the door will be poured with hot water!

The two old eunuchs read the letter together, looked at each other, snorted at the same time, and remained silent for a long time.Suddenly, one of the old eunuchs raised his hand and threw out a flying needle, and shot off the rope hanging Xiao Feng upside down, Xiao Feng couldn't defend himself, his acupoints were sealed and he couldn't raise his internal strength, so he fell to the ground with a plop.

"You stay here! If King Wu can enter the city, he will let you go!"

"It's a pity, good seedling!"

At Chenshi, the sky was bright and the city gate opened. Li Yu followed the crowd out of the city and managed to get out of the city.

He went to a farmer's house outside the city to find the war horse he had left behind, and followed the agreed route to the northeast of the city.

After traveling for more than ten miles, I entered a small village with dozens of families. This is the place agreed by Li Yu and Lu Qiusuo.

In order to keep it secret, the farmers in the village were all driven to one place and locked up, but they were not harmed, and they had food and housing and paid for it. This is called temporary expropriation.

Lu Qiusuo was not there, he led the cavalry early in the morning to "have fun" with the Song army, only Wang Yuyan and other female relatives, the four elders of the beggar gang, and the Jinyi guards who protected them were left in the village.

Li Yu simply left a letter, roughly explaining the combat deployment for the next few days, and asked him to continue to harass the Song Army. The specific implementation details will be arranged by the leading general Lu Qiusuo according to the situation.

He left the letter and asked Lu Xiuyuan to hand it over to his brother. Li Yu left the village alone, rode his horse and galloped to the bank of the Yellow River. After searching west along the river, he finally came across a fisherman's family.

After paying Jindouzi, Li Yu and his war horse were sent to the north bank by the fishing boat in the gratitude of the fishermen.

Just after noon, Li Yu had already come to the Wu Army camp on the north bank of the Yellow River, which was facing the Song Army across the river, and the three-tone drum summoned the generals.

"Cross the river in two days! Take Bianliang!"

Bianliang is the capital of the emperor. As a prince, soldiers who violated the emperor must be famous. Li Yu personally took up the pen and wrote an eloquent essay on "rebellion". The next day, they sneaked into the city and scattered them all over Bianliang.

Ignoring the advice of the generals, Li Yu didn't even bother to use names such as "Qingjun side" to cover up his purpose. Rebellion is rebellion. The history is brilliant and there are many mouths. Which one can be blocked?In Li Yu's proclamation, he said frankly and aboveboard, "The present is inhumane, rebellious and unscrupulous, murdering the queen mother in Ziyuan, appointing Xiao Xiao to the court, fatuous and immoral, shameless and unfeeling, deceiving the world and stealing fame, wantonly running amok, smearing historical facts, and defeating the class." Chaos, no virtue in the country, disasters to the people, no attention to the people's livelihood, no sympathy for the people, heavy taxes, no actions to calm the people, and always have the heart of chaos in the country", and said that he was "following the edict of the empress dowager, Raise righteous teachers, get rid of faint kings", after taking down Bianliang, "the policy of calming the people is the same as that of the north, promoting commerce, dividing land, and reducing taxes", always, it is the opposite of aboveboard!

On the next day, news came from Feige, the royal guard in Bianliang City, that the empress dowager had passed away, and the young emperor Zhao Xu kept the funeral in secret, and even deliberately abolished his title of empress dowager, and was buried with the ceremony of a concubine.

Let's do it, it's only a few days.After reading the information, Li Yu burned it.

On the third day, in the early hours of the morning, the sky was not yet bright, and it was time for the Kaifeng Mansion in Bianliang City to go to the morning court again.

All the ministers rushing to the palace looked panic-stricken, the privy envoy Zeng Bu was carrying a copy of the "Rebellion Letter" he "picked up" at Wazikou, and was whispering with several ministers under Zhongshu's door.

Three whips sounded, and the emperor came to court.

Zhao Xu's expression was faintly excited, the old woman who oppressed him is finally dead!
It's finally time for me to flex my muscles in a justifiable way!

Wu Ni's rebellion is imminent, Zhao Xu was still worried and terrified at first, after all, it was Wu Ni who destroyed Khitan and took the land of Hebei!
But after the "teaching" by the ministers in the court in turn, Zhao Xu was not worried anymore.All the ministers have said that although Wu Ni has 300,000 troops, he has only [-] men who can fight. Even if you add the more than [-] cavalry who smuggled across the river, it is only [-]!The rest are all strong men recruited from the Northland. They are just strong and powerful, and they will only consume food and grass along the way.

Its destruction of the Liao Kingdom was just a sneak attack on the center of the Liao Kingdom; the occupation of Hebei was just because the frontier troops could not bear to fight with each other.

The imperial court assembled 400,000 troops on the south bank of the Yellow River, among which there were no less than [-] "forbidden troops capable of recruiting and fighting", and the Xiang army was also "men who dared to fight". Xianggong raised his troops to the north, and he would be able to wipe out Wu Ni in one fell swoop and recover the homeland of the Liao Kingdom along the way.

Zhao Xu has already figured it out, and at that time, he will learn from Zhenzong and go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen!

But now, what Zhao Xu can't wait to do is straighten out the court.

There are too many old parties in the court, and they were all single-handedly pulled out by the bad old woman when she was in power. Zhao Xu, who has learned a lot of emperor skills, knows that it is not good to have only one voice in the court. Position, pull the new party back to the center.

"Play early if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do!" The courtier stood still, and Liang Weijian, who had been favored recently, yelled as a routine, and Zhao Xu gave him a slightly disgusted look.

"Officials, this morning I found the proclamation issued by the King of Wu on the street, and the King of Wu rebelled." Among the ministers, Zeng Bu stood up holding a wat board in his hand, and took out the neatly stacked wat from his bosom. Call for papers, bow your head and put your hands up.

"Wu Ni, rebellion?" Hearing this, Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, interrupting the unrealistic fantasies in his mind. He was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at the call to action that Zeng Bu held high until Liang Weijian coughed lightly. , Only then did he come back to his senses, and stammered, "Submit, submit."

Liang Weijian took the proclamation and placed it respectfully in front of Zhao Xu's case. Zhao Xu frowned and glanced at it. His young and immature face suddenly turned into a liver color. The more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't help it. Pulled it in two, rolled it up in his hand, and threw it out with all his strength.

"Too much deception! Wu Ni is too deceitful! A traitor! Zhao Kai is a traitor! I, I want to kill him! I want to kill his nine clans! Yes, and the king of Chu! Let’s start with Zhao Hao! Kill, Kill Zhao Hao first!"

Zeng Bu quietly raised his eyes to look at the little emperor who was furious, thinking that the official family is still too young!Don't believe me after being preached by my colleagues, the nine clans of King Wu include the officials himself!Moreover, even if you have such thoughts, can you say such words in the court hall openly?The king of Wu is too powerful, and the officials are unreliable. It seems that he has to find a way out.

Zeng Bu thought of the letter he received a few days ago...

Just when Zhao Xu was incapable and furious, suddenly a guard broke into the palace outside the hall, holding a note in his hand, he knelt down on the ground when he entered the hall, Zhao Xu was about to be angry and reprimanded, but the guard reported: "Your Majesty, In the north of the city, on the south bank of the Yellow River, the flying pigeons in Daying sent the letter, and the Wu army began to forcibly cross the Yellow River!"

At this time, on the bank of the Yellow River, Li Yu was indeed leading the army to cross the Yellow River.

It was said to be a forced crossing, but in fact there was no resistance.

Before crossing the river, the artillery battalion set up a formation, and bombarded the opposite bank across the Yellow River, washing the ground with artillery fire.

The Song army on the south bank was also very helpless. The current of the river in this confrontation was gentle and the river was about two miles wide. Although the bed crossbow with the longest range of the Song army could hit the Wu army, but the embankment of the Yellow River was high, and it was useless to shoot flat shots. At the end of the crossbow, it is necessary to operate the crossbow machine against the artillery fire of the Wu army. How can the Song army be willing to do it!

The Wu army's artillery battalion was different, but the six-pound cannon could easily hit the Erli River, and even hit the Song army's camp under the river embankment!

The shelling lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the Song soldiers on the embankment on the south bank had already fled. Even the Song soldiers in the camp showed signs of collapse.

Morale collapsed, military discipline was lax, no matter how the leading generals drove them, the soldiers would not approach the river embankment.

The idea of ​​the soldiers is very simple, they are all Han Chinese, so why bother?What to fight!Don't die?I heard that the king of Wu divided the fields and land, if he is willing to go overseas, he will return the money to his wife...

The shelling stopped, and Yang Ponu took the lead and boarded the small sampan built temporarily. Behind him was a huge army, and in front of him was a wide and calm water surface. There was no Song army on the embankment.

(End of this chapter)