Chapter 90

The days passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was late October.

In the past ten days, in fact, Zhao Hongrun has not been idle, although it seems that he has not done anything every day, but in fact, he has paid close attention to the situation in Yanling City and the movements of the Chu army on the other side of Yanshui.

At the same time, he was also considering the six civil and military officials who were currently deciding the affairs of Yanling.

In today's Yanling, the affairs in the city are presided over by Pei Zhan, the former Linying County Commander, Zhao Zhun and the former Xihua County Commander Xu Youzhi, and in the military, the Yanling Martial Lieutenant Chen Shi serves as the "general", and the former Linying Lieutenant Wang Shu and the former Xihua Lieutenant Ma Zhang serve as the deputy positions.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Yanling seems to have absorbed local civil and military officials from Linying and Xihua, so even if tens of thousands of Yanling pours in, the officials in the three counties can still free up their hands to deal with various affairs.

It is precisely because of this that the results of more than ten days of observation made Zhao Hongrun feel a little emotional: Dawei's appointment of local civil and military officials is indeed unique, but any official who can sit in the position of the top civil and military officer in the local county really has some ability.

For example, Pei Zhan, the commander of Yanling County, arranged the current Yanling City in an orderly manner, and the work of pacifying the refugees was also done in a timely manner, which did not cause conflicts between the refugees and the local households in Yanling.

In contrast, the more brilliant one may be Chen Shi, the martial lieutenant of Yanling.

After careful observation by Zhao Hongrun, he found that this Chen Shi may not be a general who is good at fighting, although it is said that his personal martial arts are good.

However, this Chen Shisheng was doing things very carefully, and he arranged a detailed monitoring of men and horses on the south bank of Yanshui, especially at night, to strictly prevent the Chu army on the south bank from forcibly crossing Yanshui while it was dark.

What's even more commendable is that now the army in Yanling City is implementing the strategy of "soldiers do not unload their armor", and is always ready to go out of the city to aid the Yanshui defense line, so it is no wonder that the Chu army is far superior to Yanling, but it has not taken advantage of it so far.

Speaking of which, in the past ten days, the Chu army also launched a battle against Yanshui to build a bridge and force Yanshui, but under the resistance of Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang, the Chu army finally failed to build a bridge, but lost a lot of troops.

Of course, during the observation, Zhao Hongrun also noticed the weaknesses exposed by Chen Shi, or the shortcomings, because this person didn't think about counterattacking at all, but only passively defended, which was not advisable in Zhao Hongrun's opinion.

As the saying goes, if you defend it for a long time, you will lose, how long can Yanling, which only has more than 10,000 soldiers, be able to defend in front of the 60,000 Chu army pioneers on the other side of Yanshui?

Once the Chu army ended the wealth of the Wei county towns and villages south of Yanshui and officially launched an attack on Yanling, I am afraid that it would not be the harmonious situation it is today.

Even if it is defense, we must always stick to a heart that waits for the opportunity to take the initiative, which is the defensive way that Zhao Hongrun has always pursued.

But then again, even if Chen Shi could not completely satisfy Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongrun did not give up recruiting this person, or rather, convincing this person to trust him.

It's a pity that due to the limitation of his age, Chen Shi has always held an attitude of not trusting him very much, even if Zhao Hongrun has vaguely mentioned the matter of the transfer of military power several times, Chen Shi has frequently pretended not to hear it.

After three or two times, Zhao Hongrun simply didn't bother anymore, anyway, he had Wei Tianzi's promise that he could have three chances to unconditionally order local officials to act according to his instructions, and there were still two more.

On the 20th day of October in the 16th year of Hongde, Zhao Hongrun summoned Pei Zhan, Zhao Zhun, Xu Youzhi, Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang, six civil and military officials who were now discussing and deciding the affairs inside and outside Yanling, to the room where he temporarily lived.

First, Zhao Hongrun estimated that the general of the fifth battalion, Bailiba, and his Junshui battalion should have finished building a dam on the Cai River and were on their way to Yanling; Second, the Chu army on the other side began to invade the upper and lower reaches of the south bank of Yanshui because it was temporarily blocked by Yanshui.

Although the county commanders and military commanders of the two places have transferred the people in the county seat to Yanling in advance, the problem is that not all the people in the two places live in the county seat, and there are still many villages that still live in their villages for various reasons, and now, these people are suffering from the cruelty of the Chu army.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun needed to find a way to make the Chu army on the other side of Yanshui once again turn his attention to Yanling's side.

"Your Highness, the six adults have arrived."

Zong Wei Shen Yu reminded Zhao Hongrun in a low voice.

Zhao Hongrun raised his head and happened to see Pei Zhan, Zhao Zhun, Xu Youzhi, Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang walking in from outside the house.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated."

Zhao Hongrun beckoned the six of them to take their seats.

Pei Zhan, Zhao Zhun, Xu Youzhi, Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang glanced at each other and sat down silently on the chairs in the room, but none of them spoke.

Because they didn't know what Zhao Hongrun's purpose was in summoning them this time, and besides, they also knew that Zhao Hongrun had hinted at Chen Shi several times to hand over the military power, but the latter ignored it.

As if seeing the solemn look on the faces of these six people, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "You adults don't have to be so restrained, in fact, several adults have done quite well these days, this king will truthfully report to the court, and the court will be rewarded in the future." ”

Pei Zhan is the county governor of Yanling after all, a veritable leader in the Yanling region, seeing that the rest of his colleagues were silent, he had to take the initiative to pick up Zhao Hongrun's words. After all, you can't let His Royal Highness King Su be cold, right?

"His Royal Highness King Su is serious, as officials of the Great Wei, we should share our worries for the country and Your Majesty...... I don't know, why did His Royal Highness King Su summon us today? ”

"Just for one thing." Zhao Hongrun glanced around at everyone, and said with a calm face: "From now on, this king will take over Yanling!" ”

His words made the faces of the six civil and military officials present change greatly.

"This Su Wang...... It's finally time to seize power?'

They were secretly shocked in their hearts.

Without waiting for Chen Shi, who was frowning widely, to speak, Yanling County Ling Pei Zhan was the first to speak euphemistically: "His Royal Highness King Su, follow the document issued by the imperial court...... His Royal Highness King Su doesn't seem to be able to do that. ”

"The Imperial Court?" Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly, took out the holy edict written by Wei Tianzi's imperial pen from his arms, and said lightly: "This king has the promise of his father!" ”

Pei Zhan's face tightened when he heard this, and he hurriedly got up and stepped forward, respectfully took the oracle in Zhao Hongrun's hand, and spread it out to take a closer look.

Sure enough, the oracle clearly stated that Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, had three opportunities to unconditionally instruct the local government and the Wei army, and the payment was clearly stamped with the private seal of the Son of Heaven and the great seal of the national seal.

The six of them gathered together, staring at each other for a while, and their expressions were a little deflated, especially Chen Shi, the martial lieutenant of Yanling.

He originally thought that as long as he didn't take the initiative to hand over the military power, Zhao Hongrun would not be able to do anything, but now it turns out that if Zhao Hongrun wants to seize the power of Yanling, he can do so at any time.

"His Royal Highness King Su...... What do you want me to do? ”

Respectfully returning the oracle to Zhao Hongrun, Pei Zhan asked with some bitterness.

In fact, it was not only Chen Shi, the rest of the people present were actually afraid that the fourteen-year-old Zhao Hongrun in front of him would do something unwise and push Yan Ling into the fire pit, so they secretly supported Chen Shi's refusal to hand over the military power.

But now it can't, with the holy oracle promised by Wei Tianzi himself, if they ignore Zhao Hongrun's request, it will be a disobedience to the order, and Zhao Hongrun has the right to take him down and take him to prison, or even kill him on the spot.

Hearing Pei Zhan's words, Zhao Hongrun was secretly a little funny in his heart.

Because Wei Tianzi did not indicate what three things were on the oracle, Zhao Hongrun took advantage of the loophole of the oracle and put forward the request of "taking over Yanling", strictly speaking, this is also one thing, but this is obviously not in line with Wei Tianzi's original idea.

But who of these people here will know?

took out a golden order from his arms and threw it into Pei Zhan's arms, Zhao Hongrun endured the amusement in his heart, and said seriously: "Let's build a dam upstream of Yanshui first." ”

Yanling County Ling Pei Zhan was inexplicable when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "Your Royal Highness King Su, don't you want to attack the Chu army with water?" …… I'm afraid it's not going to work. ”

"Why?"

Pei Zhan arched his hand, and Zhengse said: "It's winter now, and the amount of Yanshui has been greatly reduced, and the storage of water for a few days is not enough to have an impact...... Moreover, how could Chu Jun stand idly by? Naturally, they will send troops upstream to prevent us from damming. ”

"Then send heavy troops upstream to protect it." Zhao Hongrun said with a smile.

Yanling Martial Lieutenant Chen Shi's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he hurriedly stood up and said, "His Royal Highness King Su, this matter must not be allowed!" …… At present, my Yanling's army is not enough to resist the Chu army on the other side, and His Royal Highness will divide some troops to go upstream, if this matter is learned by the Chu army, I am afraid that the Chu army will immediately force Yanshui to attack my Yanling......"

As soon as the words fell, Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, two military lieutenants, also stood up and persuaded them repeatedly.

"Yes, Your Highness, you must not divide your troops at this time!"

"Your Highness, at this time, Yan Ling is bound to be difficult to protect!"

Facing the persuasion of everyone, Zhao Hongrun's face sank suddenly, as if he was playing childish, and said coldly: "I have made up my mind, you don't have to wait anymore!" …… Chen Shi, leave this matter to you! ”

"......" Chen Shi opened his mouth, a little incredulous.

Seeing this, Wuwei Wang Shu hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness King Su, my Yanling has been spared so far, and it all depends on Chen Wuwei and the Chu army, he can't leave Yanling lightly!" …… The last general is willing to build a dam upstream. ”

However, Wuwei Wang Shu's plea did not make Zhao Hongrun change his mind: "No, this matter must be handed over to Chen Shi!" ”

"King Su...... Are you blaming me for not knowing each other and refusing to hand over my military power?'

Martial Lieutenant Chen Shi glanced at Zhao Hongrun silently, then sighed and took the matter.

"The last general...... Yes, sir! ”

These six people left in disheartenedness.

When they leave, they have either indignant, helpless, or disheartened faces on their faces.

Zhao Hongrun didn't have the heart to pay attention to them, he stood up, walked to the window, pushed open the window and silently looked at the garden outside the window.

"Chu Ping Yujun Xiong Hu...... As the vanguard of the Yingshui battlefield of the Chu army, you who have high hopes for Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Chu Xuancheng, hope that you are wise enough, otherwise, my plan will be more troublesome......

Zhao Hongrun thought silently.