Empress Xiao waved her hands to the left and right, "You all retreat!"

The palace maids retreated one after another, and Empress Xiao said to her daughter: "Jier, you go down too!"

Yang Jier shook her head, "Daughter won't leave!"

Empress Xiao had no choice but to say to Zhang Kai: "If there is any secret matter, Doctor Zhang please tell me!"

Zhang Kai lowered his voice and said, "Tonight Sima Dekan is preparing to attack Yu Wenji, and at the same time he wants to hijack the Empress Dowager. Please prepare to change the boat."

Hou Xiao was stunned. Will the dog bite so soon?

She pondered for a moment and asked in confusion: "Doctor Zhang has prepared a ship for the Ai family?"

Zhang Kai smiled bitterly, "Where is the Wei-Minist who has this ability? It was the King of Qi who sent someone to contact Mai Mengcai and the others, and General Mai will arrange it."

Queen Xiao looked at him in surprise, "So Doctor Zhang is the one from King Qi?"

Zhang Kai looked ashamed and said for a while: "Weichen took the wrong path for a while, but the King of Qi gave us a chance to save our sins."

Empress Xiao understood, and she nodded, "It's great to know that you can correct your mistakes. Yizheng Zhang is worthy of being a smart person."

"Thank you for forgiveness from the Queen Mother!"

Empress Xiao didn't really want to forgive him, but because of the situation, she had to compromise. She thought for a while and said, "There are more than 20 palace maids around the Ai family, who have followed me for many years. Can you follow me?"

"Twenty people should be fine. You can walk together, but you can't have too much luggage. Just bring some things with you. The time is at the second update."

"The Ai family knows!"

Zhang Kai bowed and retreated. Empress Xiao said to his daughter: "Go and clean up your important things! We will set off soon."

Yang Ji'er nodded silently and stood up.

As time gradually came to two hours, most of the soldiers in the military camps on both sides had fallen asleep, the barracks became dark, most of the ships in the canal were lighted out, the boards of the ships were removed, and the people on the ship could not get off the ship. On the shore were patrolling soldiers. Except for the dragon boats guarded by heavy troops, the lights were bright and the laughter was noisy, the other ships were silent.

Although Yu Wenhe was licentious and lustful, he controlled 20,000 Xiaoguo Army when he was the General of Zuotun Guard and absolutely obeyed his orders. This was also his core army. This army was called the "Taibao Army". They did not participate in the battle, but were used to patrol, monitor and suppress those officials who were ready to resist.

Thousands of large ships were moored in the Tongji Canal in a mess. Among them, the Empress Dowager's Xiangchi Boat and the two Qingbird Boats that the civil and military officials were closely monitored by thousands of Xiaoguo on the shore. No ships were allowed to approach these three large ships.

At this time, an army of thousands gradually approached the Xiaoguo Army camp on the shore. This camp was close to the Queen Mother's Xiangchi Boat and the Qingniao Boat of the civil and military officials. There were two thousand soldiers in the camp, who were responsible for guarding the Queen Mother and the civil and military officials.

In the darkness, Hu Ben Lang General Fan Wenchao and Hu Ya Lang General Qian Jie winked each other. The two of them each led two thousand soldiers to touch the small camp from left to right. Their mission was to cover Mai Mengcai to save people. At the same time, there was also movement on the river surface. More than a dozen large ships, led by Mai Mengcai and Shen Guang, sailed silently towards Xiangchizhou and Qingniaozhou.

As soon as Mai Meng saw that the time had arrived, he whispered: "Send a signal!"

A rocket shot from the bow of the ship into the sky, and the flames were particularly eye-catching in the night sky. Fan Wenchao and Qian Jie yelled at the same time, "Do it!"

Four thousand soldiers rushed to the small camp from the left and right sides. There were no fences or spear formations around the small camp, only a few teams of patrol soldiers. They found countless soldiers coming here in the darkness. They were immediately scared to scream and ran into the camp, "Someone has rebelled!"

Four thousand soldiers suddenly rushed into the small camp. Countless soldiers in their sleep were awakened one after another. They fled in a hurry and cried. At this time, Fan Wenchao ordered the camp to ignite, and a sea of ​​fire suddenly appeared on the shore. Hundreds of soldiers patrolling the shore did not care about the ships and ran towards the camp.

The patrol soldiers were transferred away. Mai Mengcai and Shen Guang led more than 20 large ships to approach Xiangchizhou and Qingniaozhou and began to save people. Mai Mengcai was responsible for saving civil and military officials, and Chen Guang led a large ship to lean on Xiangchizhou. He shouted loudly, jumped onto the large ship, swung out a long sword, and two surveillance guards on the side of the ship were overturned and fell into the water. Dozens of Qingzhou military scouts with high martial arts skills also jumped off the deck and followed Chen Guang to kill the guards on the deck. At this time, Chen Guang had already controlled the stairs first to prevent the guards from escaping into the upper floor in chaos.

In just a moment, all fifty guards on the deck were killed, and the scouts threw their bodies down the canal. At this time, Empress Dowager Xiao led Yang Jier and more than 20 palace maids to the stairs and waited nervously to change the boat.

Chen Guang stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "I am the general of the Hu Ben Lang of Qingzhou Army, Chen Guang, came to rescue the Empress Dowager at the order of the general."

Queen Xiao nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, can you leave now?"

"Please get on the boat!"

The big ship next to it had already boarded several boards. The palace maids held Xiao Hou and the vaguely conscient Xiao Shu boarded the big ship. Yang Jier looked at both sides and asked Chen Guang, "Is General Zhang here?"

Chen Guang smiled slightly, "He was waiting at the mouth of the river and specifically told me to rescue the little princess."

Yang Jier suddenly became energetic and showed her first smile after her father passed away. She nodded and quickly walked onto the boat with her mother.

The Xiangchi Boat and the Qingbird Boat were tied to the shore with thick iron chains and could not drive, so they could only change the boat. Empress Xiao boarded the big boat, and hundreds of civil and military officials behind also changed the boat, and the 4,000 soldiers on the shore also began to board the boat quickly.

At this moment, there were also shouts of killing in Yuwen and the direction of the dragon boat. This was Sima Dekan and others who took advantage of the chaos to attack Yuwen and the dragon boat where they were. More than 600 personal guards, led by Sima Dekan, launched a fierce attack on more than a thousand guards on the shore of the dragon boat, and the two sides fought fiercely.

Yu Weng, who was drinking and having fun, heard the shouts of killing. He was so scared that he threw away his glass and ran out of the cabin and asked, "What's going on?"

The guard pointed to the fierce battle on the shore and said, "Someone is going to attack His Highness, brothers are fighting to the death!"

Yu Wenji's wine was immediately awakened and was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "Go and notify the general quickly and ask him to lead the army to suppress him!"

"I've already informed and will arrive soon."

Suddenly, there was a noise coming from behind. Yu Wenghe rushed to the left, and more than a dozen guards pointed to the river and shouted: "Look at your highness!"

A fleet appeared on the river, and about twenty large ships rushed past them quickly. The ship was full of soldiers and quickly sailed northward. Yu Wenji was stunned. What's going on?

The fleet was dispatched by his brother Yu Wen Zhihe. Yu Wen Zhihe never asked. Although he was confused, it might be that his brother Yu Wen Zhihe arranged for them to prevent the Qingzhou army from taking the opportunity to attack. Yu Wen Zhihe did not order an interception. He did not know who was sitting on the twenty or so warships.

At this time, Yuwen Zhi and his general Zhang Tonger had sent 5,000 troops to protect Yu Wenhua. They quickly surrounded Sima Dekan and his subordinates. Because the morale of the army was no longer stable, Yuwen Zhi and he had to sit in the barracks to prevent the army from mutiny. He sent more than a dozen cavalry to various places in the barracks to check the situation and report to him at any time.

This was destined to be a sleepless night. Fires caught in many places on the military camp and the river bank, and the fires soared into the sky. There was chaos everywhere. The soldiers were unstable and the generals had their own thoughts. Many generals knew that something happened to the small camp, but they refused to send troops to rescue them. The Xiangchi Boat and the Qingniao Boat were still moored by the river bank, very quiet and seemed to be safe, but in fact, the people were gone and the boat was empty.

A team of Yuwen Zhi and the cavalry sent by him rushed to the Xiangchi boat, and raised his head and asked loudly for the head captain, "Is there anyone on duty on the boat?"

He asked loudly several times, and there was a silence on it. The captain suddenly felt something was wrong and ordered him to "climb up to check the situation!"

Because there was no board, the two soldiers could only climb onto the big ship in iron chains. Soon, they ran to the side of the ship and shouted: "There is no one on the ship, it is an empty ship!"
Chapter completed!