"It's strange that Ren Zhong didn't send anyone to contact us from the beginning to the end." Pei Zilie didn't go too far, when the main team had already embarked on the way home, Pei Zilie, accompanied by Chen Zhishen, stayed on a hillside not far from Xiangyang City, from where you could vaguely see the evolution of the battle situation under Xiangyang City.

Ren Zhong's department launched an attack very quickly, which made Pei Zilie, Chen Zhishen and others have to praise, in the end, it is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, and he will directly kill him after he perceives an opportunity to take advantage of it, without mercy, this ruthlessness is not something that anyone can learn.

However, Wei Chikuan and Wei Chishun are obviously not easy to do, when they perceive Ren Zhong's way of arranging troops, they quickly spread the formation in the direction where Ren Zhong's soldiers and horses came, and the Northern Zhou army that has been scattered around them simply doesn't care, and the real core of two or three thousand soldiers and horses is enough to support the entire defense.

Arrows rose from the formation of the Northern Zhou army, and in an instant, a large number of Southern Chen soldiers fell, but the attack of the Southern Chen army did not stop at all, and a moment later it swept like a tide, slapping heavily on that rock.

Chen Zhishen couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "This Ren Zhong can also be called 'brave' when he attacks, this time Wei Chikuan and Wei Chishun can be regarded as getting into trouble." ”

After a pause, Chen Zhishen stretched out his hand and pointed: "Especially the front of the Zhou people, obviously they are not ready to accept the impact, this time, the entire formation immediately sags, Wei Chikuan and Wei Chishun did not retreat backwards as before, wanting to lure the enemy deeper, but retreated to both sides respectively, indicating that this time it is not because they want to plot, but because they really can't stop it." ”

Pei Zilie bowed slightly: "Ren Zhong has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he should not be underestimated in the future." ”

Chen Zhishen sensed the meaning of Pei Zilie's words, and his voice was a little lower: "This time Ren Zhong has not responded to our overtures, and the general thinks that he just wants to prove his loyalty to the imperial court, at least the current loyalty, or does he not intend to cooperate with us at all?" ”

"Loyalty?" Pei Zilie chuckled, noncommittal.

And Chen Zhishen scratched his head, and also felt that he had said the wrong thing. Yes, what these generals are really loyal to is not the Nanchen royal family, loyalty to the Nanchen royal family is just to let them have an orthodox reputation, and what they are truly loyal to is always their own family.

"But Ren Zhong ······" Chen Zhishen suddenly thought of something and asked subconsciously.

And Pei Zilie's expression was solemn, he squinted slightly at the battle situation in front of him, and muttered: "This old fox can afford to gamble." ”

Chen Zhishen was a little stunned, but he quickly figured out what Pei Zilie meant.

Ren Zhong was born poor, and it was not until the Hou Jing Rebellion that he had the opportunity to emerge in the troubled times, so the Ren family is definitely not a family, even if it reaches this point, it is just a group that has just escaped from the cold door, and even Xiao Maha's Xiao family is not comparable, no matter what, Xiao Maha's ancestors also have official positions.

Therefore, for Ren Zhong, whoever can bring a better future to the Ren family is the object of his loyalty. Now that Xu Ling, Wu Mingche and others have supported Li Xinchen with great fanfare, Xiao Maha and Chun Yuliang and other generals can't hide their private dealings, these wealthy families and newly rising families have begun to move closer to Li Xinchen, if the Ren family takes the initiative to make friends with Li Xinchen at this time, it is just going with the flow.

What is the meaning of the carp crossing the river, presumably Ren Zhong knows it very well. If the Ren family directly followed the rest of the family and fell to Li Xinchen in one go, then there would definitely still be suppressed as now, after all, the family didn't want to watch the rise of the Hanmen, and the mutual tilting between the Hanmen was enough to squeeze the Ren family, a small family that had just started.

Therefore, Ren Zhong wants to wait, wait for everyone to take refuge in the past first, and wait for Nan Chen to have enough trustworthy people in the court to use, and then it will naturally be when he Ren Zhong Fei Huang Tengda, when Ren Zhong is in a high position, whether it is to lead Nan Chen to seize the opportunity to turn defeat into victory, or take this opportunity to sell himself at a good price, it is a good choice.

At least it's better than falling to Li Xinchen with everyone now.

It is indeed terrible to have such thoughts, because this is equivalent to putting Ren Zhong and the Ren family's thin family background on Li Xinchen's attitude later. But then again, the big family is cautious, and I'm afraid that only this kind of Hanmen family that has risen for a generation has this qualification. After all, even if it is defeated, it is just a waste of a generation's hard work, and if such a big family is defeated, it will be a waste of more than ten generations and hundreds of years of operation.

In history, when the Sui army attacked Jiankang City, Ren Zhong lied that Chen Shubao would escort Chen Shubao to break through, but Chen Shubao sent people to meet and wait, but he only waited for Han to capture the tiger's army. It turned out that after Ren Zhong told Chen Shubao, he directly led the people to surrender and led Han Baohu into the city, and then he was awarded the three divisions of Kaifu Yi and Fuze, which can be regarded as achieving the goal of making the Ren family brilliant.

Chen Zhishen sighed: "This is a smart guy. ”

"Ghost thoughts, when the time comes, the Marquis of Hanzhong will judge right and wrong." Pei Zilie said coldly, obviously he didn't have much affection for Ren Zhong, "At least I know that the Marquis of Hanzhong is still very accurate in looking at people." ”

Chen Zhishen hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly, there is nothing to doubt about this.

"Alright, let's go." Pei Zilie waved his hand.

There is nothing to look at in the situation below, Ren Zhong easily swept away the defeated army on the periphery, but he couldn't do anything about Wei Chikuan and Wei Chishun who were holding the formation in a short time. Wei Chishun and Wei Chikuan respectively led the troops to retreat in the direction of the Xiangyang city wall, and the bows and crossbows and trebuchets on the city waited until Ren Zhong's headquarters rushed into the firing range, forcing Ren Zhong to let go of his hands and feet to pursue, and it was inevitable to lead the troops to retreat.

However, there are only about 2,000 people left around Wei Chishun and Wei Chikuan, which means that with the previous rout of Wei Chishun, Ren Zhong's victory in this battle should be around 2,000 to 3,000, which is already a great feat, and presumably Ren Zhong will be satisfied.

"The Ren family is like this now, and I don't know how many people will stand up against Shizhong?" Pei Zilie glanced back at the battlefield and couldn't help muttering to himself.

At this time, the sky has appeared white, the darkness is fading little by little, and a new day is coming.

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"The last general will see the Marquis of Hanzhong!" Chun Yucen solemnly bowed his hand, and the little pride on his face when he faced Cheng Feng before was gone.

In the face of a character like Li Xinchen, he really has nothing to be proud of, and even spoke with sincere admiration. It can be seen from this words and deeds that the attitudes of the Ren family and Chun Yu's towards Li Xinchen can be regarded as a world of difference.