Stubborn defense, assassination and peace talks, on the surface, Han Ruzi has three strategies to deal with the enemy, but none of them are feasible, although he doesn't say it, he knows very well in his heart that these are all dying struggles. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even so, he struggled a bit.

The king of the East Sea was allowed to make preparations, and was not allowed to leave the city without a holy decree.

Meng E sent one of the guards back to remind the emperor that if they wanted to carry out the assassination mission, they had to leave the city before dawn, otherwise it would be more difficult to succeed.

Han Ruzi put on a cloak, did not bring a standard-bearer, only a few eunuchs and guards, and went to the city again around the fourth watch.

The Huns outside the city were ready, and in the shadowy firelight, the tall siege engines were like resting giants, and suddenly, a giant sneezed and made a loud noise.

The besiegers were calibrating their instruments and shooting a stone projectile, but they could not see its trajectory in the dark, only the sound of landing could be heard, and they were far away from Jincheng, and the people in the city could already feel the power of this blow.

The firing of stone projectiles required a dozen or even dozens of people to pull at the same time, and the first attempt was successful, and the Huns cheered in unison, and immediately someone on horseback measured the distance, so that it was possible to calculate how close the siege engine would be to the city at dawn.

After the different siege engines were test-fired, only one failed, the shelves that had just been built were overwhelmed, and they collapsed on the spot, the Huns were furious, and forced dozens of craftsmen to run in the direction of Jincheng, they chased unhurriedly behind, occasionally bending bows and shooting arrows, and each arrow must be hit.

Han Ruzi walked along the city wall for a while, and the eunuchs ran in front and reminded the soldiers not to salute, so as not to attract the attention of the Huns outside the city.

From the backs of the defenders of the city, Han Ruzi felt an uncontrollable fear, they were not real soldiers, and they could not be afraid of powerful enemies and weapons.

Han Ruzi couldn't even think of a way to boost morale.

There are two gates in the southern city, one is the main gate, where the envoy team led by the king of the East Sea is waiting, and the other is the side gate, where the guards hide.

Han Ruzi went to the top of the side gate first, ready to release the assassins, and he at least had to watch these people out of the city.

Liu Jie went down to the city to pass the order.

A crack opened in the city gate, and ten guards rushed out with Hua Bin, which was no different from suicide for Hua Bin, but he had no choice but to stay in the city and die.

said that he wanted to see everyone, but Han Ruzi's eyes were cast into the distance, and there was no clear goal, just looking at it from a distance, and not long after, before the Huns officially attacked the city, he would send the king of the East China Sea out to carry out another suicidal mission.

If I had known that it would be so difficult to be an emperor...... Han Ruzi will still choose to be the emperor without hesitation, to be the real emperor, at least now he is making a choice, not being chosen.

"Wait, let them withdraw first." Han Ruzi said eagerly that he had seen something.

Liu Jie was still under the city, Zhang Youcai hurriedly ran to the other side, let others hold his legs, he leaned out from the wall, and shouted below: "Come back!" Your Majesty has a decree to send them back! ”

Han Ruzi couldn't hear the sound below, only saw the guards continue to ride and gallop, and when they were about to cross the bridge, they all reined in their horses and turned around, they didn't look back when they set off, but they all looked at the city wall, and they couldn't see their expressions in the dark, but their confusion was obvious.

After a while, the guards obeyed and returned to the city, and the gates were immediately closed.

Meng E came to the city wall.

Han Ruzi pointed into the distance, "The Huns have sent someone over." ”

Indeed, a group of Huns galloped out of the camp, about twenty or thirty people, and was rapidly approaching Jincheng.

"Hmm." Meng E didn't understand what this had to do with the assassination of the Right Sage King.

"They either declare war or negotiate, and they can give them an impression first."

"What's the impression?" Meng E has always understood the emperor's thoughts, but now she is a little confused.

Han Ruzi didn't explain, and said to Zhang Youcai: "Xuandong Sea King goes to the city." ”

Zhang Youcai ran in front, and Han Ruzi beckoned to Meng E and motioned for her to follow.

The group soon came to the top of the main gate, and the king of the East China Sea had just arrived in the city, and greeted the emperor with a confused face.

Han Ruzi stood on the side of the city, not letting the outside of the city see it, and said to the king of the East China Sea: "The Huns have sent a messenger, you go to receive it, and find a way to make them think that something big has happened in the city." ”

"Big deal...... Oh. The King of the East Sea understood, "Then Your Majesty should not stay here, Your Majesty is staring at the back, I don't feel right." ”

Han Ruzi led people down to the city, and Meng E also understood the emperor's plan, so she returned the same way, still hiding behind the side door, quietly waiting for the opportunity.

If the Huns could be persuaded that the emperor had been killed, the assassination plan of Meng E and others might have a better chance of success.

Han Ruzi waited under the city, a hope rose in his heart, as time passed, this hope declined rapidly, even if the Huns believed that the emperor had been assassinated, they still would not easily believe the Chu people, Meng E and others were still like sheep like tigers, which would only anger the king of Youxian even more.

The retinue of the king of the East China Sea hurriedly ran down, knelt down in front of the emperor, and said, "The king of the East China Sea invites His Majesty to come to the city." ”

Han Ruzi was slightly stunned, the task of the King of the East China Sea was to make up lies, how could he let the emperor show up in person? But he still walked towards the city, and there must be a reason why the King of the East Sea did this.

The King of the East China Sea greeted him with a surprised face, "It's the messenger of Da Danyu, and he really came to talk about peace." ”

"Da Shan Yu's messenger has just left......

"It seems that Da Shan Yu is not worried about King Youxian, so he sent a group of envoys, just in time, and this envoy is also a person known to His Majesty."

The East China Sea King's expression was a little strange, and Han Ruzi walked to the city wall and looked out.

There were more than 20 Xiongnu envoys, and the first one turned out to be a woman.

"Is the Great Chu Emperor in the city?" The woman asked in the Chinese dialect.

It's really a golden pendulum.

Han Ruzi was stunned for a while, nodded to the eunuch beside him, and Zhang Youcai said loudly: "Your Majesty is here, I am Zhang Youcai, does Miss Jin still remember me?" ”

Jin Chuiduo seemed to nod his head, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the Huns will not attack the city today, and they will retreat immediately." After an hour, please go out of the city for peace talks, ten miles from the city, fifteen miles from the Hun camp, and only two people are allowed on each side. ”

"Wait." Han Ruzi spoke, but Jin Chuiduo didn't want to say more, turned the horse's head, and led people away.

What does she mean by that? Want to get His Majesty out of the city in a few words? The King of the East Sea had to give himself some explanation," I hinted at her, but she didn't believe it at all, she said she knew that the emperor was alive ......."

"Wait, if the Huns really retreat, I can go out of the city to negotiate."

"It's too risky!"

"Somebody has to take a risk." Han Ruzi looked into the distance, "Go and ask someone to prepare three good horses, Wang He, you go out of the city with me and call Meng E." ”

The two sides of the negotiation each brought two people, and Han Ruzi chose Wang He and Meng E.

Wang He was just the leader of the guards, he didn't dare to say anything else, and immediately went to find Meng E, and the king of the East China Sea hesitated for a moment, and also went down to find someone to arrange horses.

The Huns showed no sign of retreat, the tall siege engines still stood in place, and a large number of cavalry stood guard.

It was already dark, but the Huns still did not move.

The king of the East China Sea came back and brought a large number of generals, Cai Xinghai and Fan Bangshan went to the city with injuries, and they didn't say anything, and knelt behind the emperor with other generals.

The Huns in the distance finally reacted, the siege engines were still there, but the cavalry began to turn around, but they walked slowly, seemingly reluctantly, and as if waiting for a turnaround.

Han Ruzi turned around, faced the generals, and was about to speak, when the civil officials who got the news also ran from both sides, and also knelt down without saying a word.

"When the enemy needs one of you to step up, has anyone refused? When the Huns attacked the city, you were the soldiers first, the people first, and it was my turn to be the first ministers. Everyone, please do your part, if the negotiations do not go well, there is still a war today. ”

The civil and military officials were silent, nor did they get up, and some people wept bitterly, if in normal times, this is a custom, but at this moment, it is somewhat sincere.

Han Ruzi still didn't care, turned around and looked out again, the Huns were really retreating, and the siege engines had no time to dismantle, leaving them alone.

"If you still want to go to war, none of those things outside the city can be left, Fan Bangshan, Cai Xinghai, the two of you will divide it later."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two of them were prostrate on the ground, although they were all injured, but they didn't push back a word.

"Get up." Han Ruzi said again, "The ministers of Great Chu can't defend the city on their knees. ”

Only then did everyone stand up one by one, and the civil official put a coat or two on the outside of his robe, which looked nondescript enough to make the ceremonial official shake his head, but it didn't matter at this time.

Han Ruzi walked in front of several scholars, they accompanied them as advisers, after the siege of Jincheng, their role was not as good as that of ordinary soldiers, only Shan Mingzhong once proposed to change the conscription of the people to conscription.

Shan Mingzhong is still very young, only in his twenties, Han Ruzi has an impression of this person, so he stood in front of this scholar and said: "Wenzhi martial arts, the duties of several of you are not here, even if I have a chance, Da Chu will not die, the military generals are loyal to the battlefield to die in battle, and the literati are loyal to guard the court, after the city is broken, you must do everything possible to return to the capital, spread my will, and urge the minister to support the new monarch as soon as possible." ”

The scholars all knelt down again and wept bitterly.

Han Ruzi said to Wang He: "Assign a guard to each of them." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Han Ruzi turned to the other accompanying civil officials, "Everyone, ......"

"The ministers were ordered to change into military uniforms, and today they are all military generals, and they have no other wish than to die on the battlefield." Said a minister.

"There's nothing else to do." The officials said in unison.

Han Ruzi finally looked at Liu Jie, Zhang Youcai and other eunuchs, pondered for a long time, and said, "If there is any case, you will follow me." ”

The eunuchs bowed down and took it as their own glory.

"Bring pen and paper." Han Ruzi said.

The eunuchs carried these things with them, and immediately some people held up small cases, some people spread paper and ink, and Han Ruzi wrote down a holy decree with a pen, he couldn't just let the scholars escape back to the capital, he had to give them some proof.

Liu Jie took out the treasure seal he carried, and Han Ruzi covered it on the holy decree, but after folding it, he didn't know who to give it to, this is a spare holy decree in case of succession, and it can't be handed over to the reader now.

King of the East Sea? Han Ruzi hadn't trusted him to this point.

Just as he was hesitating, Cui Teng ran up panting and said in amazement: "Everyone is here, why didn't anyone call me?" ”

Finding the right person, Han Ruzi turned around and looked out of the city again, the Hun army retreated faster, and someone was setting up a temporary tent on the way ten miles away from the city.

Jin Truiduo may be credible, but can she deter King Youxian and make him watch the peace talks without attacking? (To be continued.) )