Su Xijing also objected: "I don't agree either!" ”

The lieutenant also said: "The siege of the city day and night for days and days has made the soldiers have a war-weary mood, if it were not for His Majesty's strict order, this general would not have attacked the city so disregarding casualties, and I don't agree!" ”

Lai Daqian looked at the other commanders: "What about you?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "The general also does not agree to continue to let the soldiers go to death, if the casualties are too large, it will be difficult to bring this soldier!" In addition, morale has fallen, and it is difficult to raise it again! Believe it or not, now that you have ordered to continue the siege of the city, you must be crying bitterly, and you should know that once the military order is questioned, the prestige and authority of the commander will inevitably be damaged! ”

Hua Mulan is naturally a husband and wife, "I don't agree either!" ”

More than half of the people already disagreed, and Tuoba Qiu and Tuoba Qi looked at each other and said they didn't agree.

Lai Daqian was very annoyed in his heart, he was a general of the expedition to the north was just an ornament, he saw that all the generals did not agree, so he had to retreat to the second: "Okay, in that case, let's take a step back, and the armies will take turns to attack the city, so as to show the Wei army that we have not been affected much, at least not let them see that the emperor has died!" ”

Zhao Junsheng objected again: "Come to the general, the shouting and killing sound here in the palace shook the sky, and the general heard it outside the southern city wall, do you think the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom in the city didn't hear such a big movement?" You are suspected of wanting to cover up Mizhang by doing this, making such a big move, and the siege of the city overnight will definitely not continue, but you still have to fight again, what is it that you don't want to cover Mizhang? This will only make the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom guess that something has happened to His Majesty! ”

Two suggestions in a row were opposed and vetoed, Lai Daqian was very angry in his heart, and he wanted to lose his temper, but he saw Tuoba Qi yawning and said: "In this case, let's rest tonight, if there is anything to talk about tomorrow, I really can't hold it, don't make it too bad to not take it down, but exhaust yourself to death, it's too cost-effective, let's go, let's discuss it tomorrow!" ”

As soon as Tuoba Qi left, Su Xijing also followed, followed by Tuoba Hill, Zhao Junsheng gave Mulan a color, and the two also got up together and walked out, and the rest of the Wei Family, Yuan He and others were very helpless when they saw this, so they had to turn around and leave.

As soon as these people left, they were furious: "Bastards, they are all a bunch of bastards!" ”

After losing his temper, Lai Daqian also left, leaving only Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi looking at each other.

After a long time, Cui Hao said: "National teacher, why do I feel cold in my heart? A chill is only playing upwell, and the weather hasn't turned cool yet! ”

Kou Qianzhi walked outside the hall and looked up at the starry sky, then turned back to the main hall and knelt opposite Cui Hao, "Cui Gong, just after watching the sky at night, I found that the emperor star had indeed fallen!" ”

Cui Hao arched his hand: "Please also ask the national teacher to make a hexagram and calculate the general trend of the world in the future!" ”

Kou Qianzhi nodded, took out the tortoise shell and copper coin, put the copper coin in two halves of the tortoise shell together, shook it nine times in a row, opened the tortoise shell and let the copper coin fall.

"Cui Gong, the situation is not good, I'll wait······ I'm afraid it's better to plan ahead, at least for now, the situation is a mess! After Kou Qianzhi looked at the hexagram, he raised his head and said his thoughts to Cui Hao.

Cui Hao nodded: "Yes, these commanders are unruly one by one, and there is no one who can control the scene to preside over the overall situation, I am worried that these people will fight if they disagree, and the pond fish will be affected at that time, you and I have escaped once or twice, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the third time······ In Cui's opinion, you and I should take a break to Pingcheng as soon as possible, and maybe we can catch up with the time to get a piece of the pie! ”

Kou Qianzhi thought for a while and nodded: "What Gong Cui said is good, you and I are both in Pingcheng, so let's rush to Pingcheng as soon as possible to contribute to the establishment of a new monarch!" It's just that how can you and I leave quietly without attracting the attention of those commanders? If they find out that you and I are leaving, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave! ”

Cui Hao said with a smile: "This matter is easy, as the saying goes, 'wealth can pass through the gods', as long as there is gold in hand, it will definitely be unimpeded all the way!" Without further ado, we immediately told our entourage to pack up two sets of clothes and soft clothes and set off overnight, so as not to have too many dreams at night! ”

"Good!"

After Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan came out of the palace, they rushed to the camp south of Longcheng with their own soldiers, and halfway through, Hua Mulan said worriedly: "Brother Junsheng, these generals were arguing like this just now, I was afraid that the next thing would be a mess, I felt very dazed, I don't know what to do!" ”

Zhao Junsheng is very calm in his heart, his mind is very clear, these unruly generals have lost the control of the emperor, at least in a short period of time, no one can make them bow down and obey orders, he is worried that if this situation continues, he is afraid that in the end, he will end hastily, maybe ······ Maybe no one even paid attention to the emperor's bones.

Zhao Junsheng said to Mulan: "Mulan, the current situation is a mess, our armies are leaderless, and although Lai Daqian has the highest official position, he does not have enough prestige to convince the public!" In the case of scattered sand inside and the threat of the Yan army outside, I am not optimistic about the next development of the situation, we still have to plan early! ”

Mulan turned her head and asked, "What are you going to do?" How is it intended? ”

Zhao Junsheng looked up at the starry sky and sighed, "We have to prepare a safe retreat for ourselves!" You must know that there are at least 20,000 Yan troops in Dragon City! It's a huge threat, but I'm more worried that the danger to our security is coming from within! ”

When Hua Mulan heard Zhao Junsheng say this, her heart also became nervous, and she said: "What Brother Junsheng said is that you and I only have two thousand people each, and even if we add up, there are only more than four thousand people, which is much less than Yuan He, Wei Dependent, and Lai Daqian, and even worse than Yan Jun!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "No, you forgot about a team!" It is the three thousand Youzhou baggage soldiers led by Mao Xiuzhi, counting this army, we have a total of 7,000 people, but his 3,000 people are not very good at combat effectiveness, and they are all infantry, but there is a little benefit, the baggage is in our hands! ”

Hua Mulan frowned and said: "Brother Junsheng, I can't believe this Mao Xiuzhi a little, his relationship with Zhu Xiuzhi ······"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Don't say that you can't trust him, I can't trust him, but it's not that you can't use it if you don't trust him, as long as you can control it well, you won't be afraid of him making trouble!" ”

Back in the camp, the generals on both sides have arranged guards and patrols, and there are mounds and trenches that stretch for several miles in front of them, and there is no need to worry too much about the Yan army going out of the city to sneak attack, as long as some guard posts are arranged on the mound, it can play an early warning role, even if the Yan army goes out of the city to sneak attack, as long as the guard post sends out the alarm in time, he has enough time to gather troops and horses.

In the tooth tent, the wick of the oil lamp burned quietly, and Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng knelt face to face.

Zhao Junsheng said with a calm face: "According to my prediction, this Eastern Crusade will definitely end up in the end, but it's a pity that we have experienced several major wars before, with countless casualties and soldiers, occupying Pingzhou, Bingzhou and other places, and in the end, I am afraid that we will be forced to return it to Yan State!" ”

Mulan also felt pity and said, "Yes! Now that even His Majesty has died, looking at the faces of those generals tonight, I'm afraid that this war will really not go on, but I don't understand, Your Majesty was not thin on these people during his lifetime, why didn't anyone thank His Majesty for his kindness and rose up to launch an onslaught on Dragon City? Even if people go to tea and cool, it's not so fast, the emperor's corpse is still provoked, and these people are too ruthless! ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "It's not that you said so, these people don't want to avenge the emperor, it's not that they don't want to carry on the war, but because the dragons have no leader, and there is no one with enough prestige to unify these people, so they only care about their own interests, even if they want to carry on the war and want to avenge the emperor, but they are worried about being calculated by others, worried that they will be used as substitutes for dead ghosts and cannon fodder to consume the strength in their hands, in fact, why don't we?" Everyone only cares about preserving their strength, and they don't want to come out, because they have to be cannon fodder, and no one wants to be led by the nose as a fool! ”

"We know that this is not good for anyone, only working together is the best choice, but we don't trust each other enough, after all, people are separated from each other, and they are suspicious and defensive of each other, how can we make efforts together?"

Hua Mulan was also a little unwilling, and said: "Throw away the land in your hands and let Yan Guo take it back, won't our brothers who died in battle die in vain?" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a long time, and said to Mulan: "The strength in our hands is still too thin, if we want to protect our vested interests, we have to increase our troops, and at the same time weaken the strength of Yan Kingdom!" ”

Hua Mulan said: "I think you can first transfer Gao Xu's 4,000 men and horses to the vicinity of Shicheng, Shicheng is close to here, and a quick march can be arrived in one day, and it can cope with the departure situation!" As for how to further weaken the strength of Yan Kingdom, we have to find another way! ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to Mulan's words, nodded and said: "It is indeed a way to transfer Gao Xu's four thousand men and horses, and we can also reorganize those prisoners and make them obey their orders with rich rewards and military salaries!" Since then, there are about 3,000 prisoners after reorganization, plus Gao Xu's 4,000 men, even if we don't count 3,000 heavy soldiers, we can make up about 12,000 men! ”

"But in doing so, our need for grain and grass will triple our needs!" Mulan said.

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "The baggage camp is in my hands, of course we have to supply our own men and horses first!" ”

After he finished speaking, he shouted outside: "Come on, go and call Mao Xiuzhi!" ”

In the middle of the night, Mao Xiuzhi came over nervously, he was worried that Zhao Junsheng knew about Zhu Xiuzhi's relationship with him, and he was even more worried that Zhu Xiuzhi had been to his camp to see him before he defected.

"The lower official has seen the envoy, I don't know what the envoy ordered to call the lower official late at night?"