Zhao Fan rushed to the front, he didn't dare to look back, the five thousand cavalry of the forward battalion was his heart, and he had always been invincible, in the border army of Youzhou, the forward battalion had always been considered a sharp knife in the hands of General Chai. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But today he met a strong enemy, and Ren seemed to know General Chai's method of marching and arranging the formation, and he had already prepared, spears, shields, bows and arrows were at the forefront, which was clearly aimed at the formation laid out by the cavalry of his forward battalion, and before he got close, the forward battalion killed more than 1,000 people, which was really a big blow to Zhao Fan. At this moment, Zhao Fan only had the whirring wind in his ears, and vaguely heard the screams of the cavalry who followed him constantly falling off their horses, and the brothers died behind him one by one, Zhao Fan could only grit his teeth and lie on the horse's back, protecting himself as much as possible in the run.

"Rush over and kill them all!" His eyes were burned red with hatred, and Zhao Fan raised his long knife and shouted with all his might.

"Rush!" The cavalrymen behind him stared at the blood-red eyes and shouted in unison.

At this time, the archers on the opposite side suddenly stopped shooting, they put away their strong bows in an orderly manner, and retreated in formation.

Zhao Fan saw it in his eyes, and just breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, when he suddenly heard a trumpet, torches lit up on the left and right sides, and under the jumping firelight, the ambush soldiers on both sides moved, and the shouts of more than 10,000 people fell into Zhao Fan's ears one after another.

Zhao Fan's heart sank to the bottom.

Cavalry vs. cavalry, who is Ren? How could you be so familiar with the tactics of the Youzhou border army? Every battle was directed at the soft place of the Youzhou army, and Zhao Fan, who was charging on his horse, had layers of cold sweat on his forehead at this time, and an ominous thought rose in his heart.

The forward battalion of the Youzhou Army is over!

Soon, Zhao Fan's thousands of forward battalion cavalry, like a wave into the boundless sea, was instantly overwhelmed by the cavalry team of more than 10,000 people on the opposite side.

Half an hour later, the fierce battle ended, and the first wave of Chai Mengshan's attack ended in complete defeat, and the five thousand cavalry of the forward battalion, including his beloved general Zhao Fan, were all wiped out.

Taking advantage of the fierce battle, the ambush soldiers on the opposite side had calmly set up a formation around the headquarters of Chai Mengshan.

The formation is like a big urn, and the mouth of the urn is facing Chai Mengshan.

Chai Mengshan's face was pale, and somehow in despair, a funny feeling arose.

Once upon a time, he actually became the "deflated" who caught the turtle in the urn?

Of course, at this moment, he couldn't laugh anymore.

In the night, the torches of the ambush soldiers are more and more, illuminating the north bank of the Yangtze River as bright as day, Chai Mengshan's eyes swept at will, and he already roughly knew that the ambush on the opposite side has a total of more than 80,000 troops, which part of the soldiers and horses is this? Why are you so familiar with your own tactics? Among the four armies guarding the capital, there is absolutely no general who knows himself so well, except for the four armies in the capital, who else will there be?

The answer was soon revealed.

The horn sounded, and under the light of the fire, a man and a horse walked out from the opposite side, under the gaze of more than 100,000 people of the two armies, as if walking leisurely, he walked slowly to the middle of the confrontation between the two armies, and smiled loudly at the opposite side, his voice was heroic but elegant: "General Chai, gathered in the capital five years ago, don't come to harm?" ”

Chai Mengshan's face was like ashes when he heard this, and it was not until this moment, when he heard this voice, that he was completely desperate.

It's him? How could it be him? He should be in Xiazhou at the moment, why did he suddenly appear here?

At this moment, Chai Mengshan felt that an invisible trap had been put on his head and was slowly tightening.

Chai Mengshan's heart swayed, rode out of the horse, and stood opposite the general opposite. His face twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Dong Cheng, you are the chief general of the border army stationed in Xiazhou, what do you want to appear here at this moment?" ”

The ambush of Chai Mengshan was the Xiazhou border army led by the main general Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng smiled unhurriedly, and arched his hand towards Chai Mengshan: "General Ben has been waiting for Brother Mengshan here for a long time, the prince has rebelled, and the emperor has seen through it, and he is now surrounded by him, well, it is the same as Brother Mengshan's current situation." - Why is Brother Mengshan late in reinforcing the crown prince? ”

Chai Mengshan was taken aback, and did not answer his words, but asked: "You did your best to serve the soldiers of Xiazhou, who did you come to the capital for?" Give up the garrison in Xiazhou, if the Turks go south, can you afford to bear the sin? ”

When Dong Cheng heard this, his gentle and elegant face suddenly darkened, and he remembered the hippie smiling face and the unserious general of the capital garrison.

That guy is a scum!

Half a month ago, Dong Cheng secretly entered the capital under the emperor's secret edict, but he did not meet the emperor on this trip, and the emperor ordered Ren Xiaoyao to summon him in the shadow camp outside the city and convey the order to him to transfer troops.

"Dealing with the border army against the border army, this trick is called fighting poison with poison, wahahahaha...... Hey? General Dong, why did your face turn black? It's so healthy, hehe. At that time, Ren Xiaoyao patted him on the shoulder and smiled very poorly.

"General Ren, can you use your words a little more appropriately? How did my Xiazhou border army become poisonous? Dong Cheng gritted his teeth and glared at Ren Xiaoyao dissatisfied.

"That'...... Borrowing a knife to kill? Ren Xiaoyao scratched his head and said hesitantly.

“……”

"General Ren, what if my whole army in Xiazhou is exhausted and the Turks take the opportunity to go south?" Dong Cheng asked the same question at the time.

Ren Xiaoyao waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a smile: "It's okay, don't worry, the Turks will never dare to go south, at least in the past few months." ”

"Why?"

"I wrote secret letters to the two Turkic khans, saying that my Hua Dynasty recently planned to mobilize troops and horses to enter the steppe to help in the war, and at the same time emphasized that whichever khanate has a good attitude towards us, we will help him. Do you think that in this critical period, will the Turks eat the gall of the leopard and dare to offend us? Ren Xiaoyao smiled very honestly and innocently.

Dong Cheng was shocked: "Could it be that I really want to send a large army to help the Turks?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao glanced at him strangely: "General Dong, I fooled the Turks, why were you fooled?" Lao Tzu always talks to the Turks like a fart, don't you know? ”

"Huh?" Dong Cheng broke out in a cold sweat and stammered, "You ...... You lied to the Turkic Khan? And to deceive two khans at the same time......"

Ren Xiaoyao blinked very innocently: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Yes...... But without faith ...... man stands."

Ren Xiaoyao's eyes widened in astonishment, and he asked very blankly, "Credit?" What is it? Is it worth the money? ”

Dong Cheng's face was covered with cold sweat, and he bowed his hands: "General Ren...... Awesome! Emperor...... Be wiser! ”

Ren Xiaoyao straightened his chest and said happily: "That's it, Zi said: Behind every minister of Niu Fork, there is always a more bull fork emperor standing ......"

"This ...... Which 'son' is this? Dong Cheng felt that since he saw Ren Xiaoyao, the cold sweat on his body had not stopped.

"The conceitor of my house."

“……”

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In front of the two armies, Dong Cheng shook his head vigorously, as if he wanted to shake off this unpleasant memory.

After a long time, he looked at Chai Mengshan's pale and desperate face, and sighed: "Brother Mengshan, you and I have been on the border for more than ten years, deeply favored by the saints, and received the emperor's grace together, why do you want to be the national thief who is spurned by thousands of people today?" ”

Chai Mengshan gritted his teeth and shouted: "Dong Cheng, you don't need to teach me a lesson, become a king and lose a villain, that's it!" If you want to fight, you can fight, no nonsense! ”

After speaking, Chai Mengshan turned the horse and left.

Back to Chai Mengshan in the headquarters, his back was soaked in cold sweat, and Dong Cheng's Xiazhou soldiers and horses appeared here, which means that the emperor has already made arrangements, in other words, the prince is decided.

"General, let's rush out!" The general surrounded Chai Mengshan and said anxiously and loudly.

Chai Mengshan raised his eyes to look at the Xiazhou border army on the opposite side, countless complicated looks flashed in his eyes, and finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "Order!" Get ready to break out! ”

"General, which way to break through?"

Chai Mengshan looked at his predecessor and said desolately: "Youzhou, we can't go back...... The world is so big, but it can't accommodate us, so we can only go north......"

"Beiren?" The generals looked at each other.

"That's right, Beiren! Break through to the west, then turn north and enter the steppe, the Turks are fighting each other for the orthodoxy of the Khan, if our 50,000 horses enter the steppe, we will be the object of the two Turkic khans vying for wooing......"

Chai Mengshan glanced at his generals, and suddenly sighed: "General Ben is sorry for you, bringing you into such a desperate situation, but I don't know how many ...... of my 50,000 soldiers will be left after breaking through tonight."

"The last general swears to follow the general!" The generals were full of agitation and shouted in unison.

On the opposite side, the Xiazhou border army had already beaten the drums of war and swept towards them with great momentum.

Chai Mengshan turned his head to look at the Yangtze River behind him, he suddenly felt that these days were like a Huangliang dream, at the moment when he was about to touch the success, but suddenly fell into the boundless hell, which made him have to sigh, once, he was so close to success, so close that as long as he could cross the river, perhaps, he was a hero under one person and above ten thousand. Pity...... He was still defeated, and now he wants to lead these 50,000 soldiers to break through, like a lost dog, into the grassland outside the Hua Dynasty, to be a stranger in that foreign land, maybe in this life, he will never have the opportunity to step into the Hua Dynasty again......

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you and your father are still too far apart!

"The whole army is in formation, go west, break through!"

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The capital, in the palace of King Shou.

In the dim light, King Shou and his staff Sun Huai were whispering.

"Your Highness, I never expected that Ren Xiaoyao would control the city defense army within one day...... The prince's back road was intercepted, he rebelled this time, and the defeat was decided......" Sun Huai sighed.

King Shou sneered: "That gangster-like character, controlling the city defense army is completely luck!" ”

"The capital is in chaos now, Your Highness, should you have made a plan earlier?"

King Shou nodded and said: "Yes, this king wants to go out of Beijing immediately, can not be delayed, when this king returns to Xingqing Mansion, and then kills the leading general Wang Wenjian, the 150,000 troops of Xingqing Mansion are all in my hands, and then this king will go straight to the capital, who in the world can stop it?" Let the father and the crown prince fight here, who wins and who loses between them is not important to this king at all. ”

"Your Highness is very true, but it is just ...... Your Highness, now that Ren Xiaoyao has controlled the city defense army and closed the four gates of the capital, how can Your Highness get out of the city? ”

King Shou snorted coldly: "This king is the prince, the prince of the prince, how dare that little boy stop me?" ”

The dim candlelight suddenly flashed, and King Shou stared at the candlelight, and a somewhat heart-stopping sneer suddenly appeared on his face.

Prince, I said a long time ago that you are not the only one in the world who can make the trick of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind.

Capital.

It was late at night, and the spring rain was still falling. An inconspicuous carriage drove on Suzaku Street in the city, the carriage was very ordinary, with a single horse and two wheels, a gray canopy, and the wheels of the carriage ran over the bluestone paved street, making an unpleasant squeak, and it came far away in the quiet and unoccupied night.

There were dozens of guards on both sides of the carriage riding horses, guarding the carriage tightly, and the city defense soldiers patrolling the city along the way saw that these guards on horseback were all fierce and capable, presumably there must be a big man in the carriage, so although martial law had been imposed in the city, the city defense army was still interested and did not dare to come forward to interrogate.

The carriage passed through the west gate of the palace, and the people in the carriage lifted the curtain and deliberately cast a complicated look at the palace. There was a lot of meaning in the gaze, greed, hatred, and a little cringe.

Sun Huai saw King Shou's expression in his eyes, he smiled, and said softly: "Your Highness, in less than three months, this palace, it will be yours." ”

King Shou put down the curtain, let out a long breath, and said with a smile: "I hope so, my father has five princes, except for the king of Thailand, who has no ambitions, I don't know where to play in the mountains and rivers, and the rest, including this king, are fighting for the throne, and now the prince has fought with his father with a clear sword, and now there are only those who threaten this king, only King Fu and King Ying......"

Sun Huai said with a smile: "The prince has been operating in Xingqing Mansion for many years, and when the prince leaves Beijing, he returns to your fiefdom Xingqing Mansion and kills the general Wang Wenjian, at that time, the prince has 150,000 border troops in his hands, and the world can let the prince gallop across the country. Hehe, congratulations to the prince first. ”

When King Shou heard this, the greed in his expression was revealed, and he laughed and said, "Okay, haha!" Good! At that time, the king will entitle Mr. Sun as the prince of the country, and the official will be the secretary of the ministry, and Mr. Zhang will help the king for many years. ”

Sun Huai was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him, although he tried his best to put on an indifferent appearance of pampering and not being surprised, but his eyes still showed an unconcealable joy.

The two were talking and laughing in the carriage, the carriage was getting closer and closer to the west city gate, King Shou lifted the curtain, looked at the tall and majestic city gate in front of him, and couldn't help but shake his heart, and his eyes showed excitement.

As long as you get out of this city gate, this king will be like a trapped dragon into the sea, and the tiger will return to the mountain, and this splendid country will be under the control of this king.

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At the same time, in the main building upstairs in Xicheng, Ren Xiaoyao was covered in clothes, resting his legs on an old table in the middle of the building without any image, still shaking and shaking, chewing on the sauce and meat elbow personally sent by the shopkeeper of Yueyue Building, taking a sip of wine from time to time, his facial features were squeezed into an ugly ball, and finally let out a sigh of satisfaction.

At this time, the war clouds inside and outside the capital were thick, and the emperor and the crown prince were still fighting fiercely under the Shenlie Mountain outside the city, but General Ren seemed so leisurely and comfortable, and he did not forget to enjoy it anytime and anywhere, even if he was now tasked with guarding the city and patrolling the city.

However, he is now entitled to enjoy it, and the emperor told him before he left the capital, and his only task in the capital is to hold the city defense army firmly in his hands to cut off the prince's back road. Now he can pat his chest and say that his mission is done.

After beheading more than a dozen senior generals in the city defense army, Ren Xiaoyao picked out more than a dozen middle-level generals from the army on the spot and promoted them, these generals were all from poor backgrounds, and they were quite prestigious among the soldiers, and most importantly, they did not get involved in the prince's faction, according to Ren Xiaoyao's words, these generals are "rooted in the red" and can be reused in the future.

Although Qin Zhong was not beheaded, but after the city defense army was manipulated by Ren Xiaoyao, his military power was actually vacated by Ren Xiaoyao, Ren Xiaoyao neither arrested him nor killed him, and still let him stay in the position of deputy general, but his actions were restricted, and he was under the strict monitoring of his shadow subordinates at any time.

At this time, Ren Xiaoyao was bragging to Wensen while drinking, and by the way, he enjoyed Wensen's increasingly skilled sycophants.

“…… Two months ago, General Ben's eyes were like torches, and he saw through at a glance that Chai Mengshan, the commander of the border army in Youzhou, was a demon, hum! General Ben didn't have the air to subdue him, but naturally someone went to subdue, and now Dong Cheng's guy is estimated to have ended the battle and started to clean up the battlefield on the north bank of the Yangtze River, wahahahaha, General Ben is planning something, and what......"

Vinson took a sip of wine, quickly tore a chicken leg and nibbled on two bites, and then stopped after seeing Ren Xiaoyao laugh proudly, staring at him with burning eyes, Vinson, who had already been trained to be well-behaved, knew that it was time for him to pat himself.

So Wen Sen immediately put down the chicken legs, piled up the most flattering smile, his mouth was shiny, and said with a smile: "Adults are strategizing, winning thousands of miles away, Wen has the ability to manage Zhong, and Wu has the talent of grandson......"

"Wahahahaha......" Ren Xiaoyao was photographed as he wished, his eyebrows flew with joy, he looked up to the sky and smiled, and then he felt that something was wrong, and immediately sank his face again, glared at Wen Sen and said, "You just scolded me for being a grandson?" ”

Vinson's head was full of cold sweat, and he hurriedly argued: "Grandson...... This grandson is not his grandson, but Sun Wu of the Spring and Autumn Period, the sage of the ancients! ”

"Oh? Is it? Am I so good? General Ren turned his anger into joy, and began to smile proudly: "Oh, ...... alive."

Vinson wiped his sweat, kept wiping his sweat......

At this time, I suddenly heard a loud shout from the city gate downstairs: "Stop! General Ren has an order, no one is allowed to go out of the city! ”

General Ren, who was enjoying the fun of his subordinates' sycophants, was disturbed by this shout, and then frowned dissatisfiedly: "Who is this grandson downstairs?" ”

"Huh?" Vinson stammered, "Sun ...... Grandson...... It is the Spring and Autumn Period......"

"It's not the grandson, I mean the grandson downstairs." Ren Xiaoyao glared at him, damn, why don't Lao Tzu's subordinates seem to have very bright brains?

"Lou...... Downstairs with a grandchild too? Vinson's eyes straightened.

At this time, there was another shout at the city gate downstairs: "Bold! You dare to stop His Royal Highness King Shou's car, don't die? ”

Ren Xiaoyao's eyes lit up when he heard this, King Shou? I'm worried about not having fun, no, the fun is coming......

"Guards, assemble! Quietly enter the village, don't shoot a gun! Ren Xiaoyao shouted blindly, and ran out of the door without thinking about it.

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Inside the West City Gate, King Shou in the carriage had a blue face, his hands were tightly clenched into fists, and the green tendons on his neck jumped, and Sun Huai, who was sitting beside him, was also frightened and silent, and did not dare to make a sound.

Seeing that he was about to leave the capital, but he was blocked at this last step, and the soldiers guarding the city gate kept saying that they were ordered by the general, and they couldn't help but be angry.

Let me go, you shameless bastard! This king is leaving, and don't forget to embarrass me, and when this king enters Beijing one day, the first one will take your head!

No, the capital can't stay for a long time, and it will change later!

Thinking of this, King Shou angrily lifted the curtain of the carriage, stood on the wheel, straightened his waist and shouted: "Bold! This king is a prince and nobleman, what is Ren Yao, even if he himself is here, he will not dare to stop this king, this king wants to go out of the city, who can stop it? Don't wait until you get out of the way! ”

Hearing this, dozens of guards beside King Shou were in high spirits and shouted in unison: "Get out of the way!" ”

The soldiers defending the city were all frightened, and they looked at each other hesitantly, their faces full of embarrassment. I had the intention to open the city gate and let them out, but I was afraid that General Ren's military law would be ruthless, so I just beheaded more than a dozen generals during the day today, and the blood in the square of Wengcheng has not dried up.

If you don't want to open the city gate, the Shouwang in front of you is not something they can afford to offend as a pawn defending the city.

King Shou saw the hesitation of the soldiers guarding the city, and couldn't help but become more and more angry, this king is a dignified son, the respect of the prince, isn't his identity more noble than your ruffian? It's not even a trivial thing like going out of the city, it's too much to take this king seriously!

"Humph! If you don't open it, this king will open it himself! Come! Open the gates for the king! King Shou couldn't wait impatiently and shouted.

When King Shou's guards heard this, they responded in unison, and dozens of people brutally pushed the soldiers defending the city aside, and waited to open the heavy iron latch on the city gate.

"Who ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall and dared to break into the city gate? Don't want to die? A lazy voice came not far away, and he snorted twice.

Everyone turned their heads and looked up, but they saw a very lazy figure standing at the passage of the city gate, because the night was too dark, they couldn't tell what the person who spoke looked like.

King Shou stood on the wheel of the carriage, and when he heard this person's voice, he couldn't help but stared at the figure with wide eyes, but he still didn't see his appearance clearly.

"Humph! Who are you? This king wants to go out of the city, who in the capital dares to stop this king? ”

The figure snorted and sneered: "What is this king, this king, standing so high and talking to others, do you know how to be polite?" Come on, this group of scum pretended to be the prince, forcibly broke into the city gate, with bad intentions, and gave Lao Tzu a painful blow! ”

As soon as the words fell, more than a hundred people who looked like guards suddenly appeared behind the figure, and when they heard the words, they said loudly, and then they rushed towards King Shou and his guards with fast steps.