Chapter 256: The Cui Family's Choice
Cui Sheng in order to save his father, it can be regarded as desperate, only one rest on the way, and finally arrived at the southern army camp outside the capital in the second half of the night, almost at the same time, three assassins were patrolling the windward village, and the king of the East China Sea just took a makeshift team to the north gate of the palace. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Cui Hong was very surprised by the safe arrival of his eldest son, and feared that his presence would disturb the morale of the army, so he took him to the guards' tent to talk.
Cui Sheng said everything he had seen and heard, believed every word of the tired marquis, and finally said: "Father, it's still too late, no matter what the tired marquis says, he is also the son-in-law of the Cui family, and he won't harm our ......."
Cui Hong had a cold face, raised his hand and slapped his son in the face, Cui Sheng exhaled in pain, hurriedly hid aside, and didn't dare to say another word.
Cui Hong was not even in the mood to explain to his son that the family was unfortunate and his sons were not presentable, so Mrs. Cui could only support it alone, hoping that a qualified heir would appear after the grandchildren grew up.
He thought for a while, and said to himself: "The city will soon have results, and whoever becomes the emperor will be in a desperate situation......"
Cui Sheng covered his face and plucked up the courage to ask: "Father, the tired marquis is also your son-in-law, and you love Xiaojun's sister so much, why...... Why are you reluctant to support the Tired Hou? It's good to leave one more way, I think he ...... is still quite capable, and it is no problem to be the emperor. ”
Cui Hong turned to look at his son, he really wanted to slap him again, after thinking about it, he still said in a softened tone: "Do you think the tired marquis has the ability to be the emperor?" ”
"Among the descendants of the Han family, he is the most capable, more like an emperor than the king of the East Sea and the champion Hou."
"In that case, why did the Queen Mother abolish him in the first place?"
Cui Sheng was stunned for a moment, "The Queen Mother is precisely afraid of the ability of the Tired Hou, what she wants is a puppet." ”
"Is the Cui family's thinking any different from that of the Queen Mother?"
Cui Sheng was completely stunned and speechless for a while.
Cui Hong sighed helplessly, thinking that this might also be his own problem, too little communication with his son, but some things are like this, everyone knows it, no one will say it, even between father and son.
Today is an exception, the eldest son is obviously impressed by the tired marquis, if he is not dragged out of the pit in time, Cui Sheng is another Cui Teng, obviously the Cui family, but for the sake of outsiders.
"Tired Hou is smart, good at scheming and daring to decisive, quite a legacy of Emperor Wu, when I sent Xiaojun to the palace, I didn't expect that Tired Hou would be such a person."
"Is Emperor Wu bad? Everyone said that the Great Chu at the time of Emperor Wu was the strongest. Cui Sheng asked cautiously.
"But it's not easy to be a minister to Emperor Wu, every day with his head in the court, the Cui family can persevere, more than half of it depends on luck, if Emperor Wu lives a few more years, he will definitely attack the Cui family." Looking back on the past, Cui Hong still has lingering palpitations.
Cui Sheng was still a child at that time, carefree under the protection of his father, and he didn't understand Emperor Wu's oppression of his ministers at all, but he had just been slapped by his father, but he could understand the ministers' feelings of reverence and fear for Emperor Wu.
Cui Hong woke up from his memories, "Don't look at me too selfishly, not only me, but also the ministers don't want another Emperor Wu to appear, not only for self-preservation, but also for the sake of the Great Chu River." Before Emperor Wu, there were several emperors who accumulated family business, and Emperor Wu basically squandered it in order to expand the territory and establish a prosperous generation. Da Chu is now in the middle of the family, and he has to recuperate for decades before he has the financial resources to raise another martial emperor. Tired of being born at the wrong time, that's all I can say. ”
Cui Sheng was speechless, feeling that his father was too arbitrary, but he couldn't think of anything to refute, so he thought for a while, and had to say: "I don't understand so much, but I'm different from Cui Er, I listen to my father, I will do whatever you arrange." ”
Obedience is probably the only advantage of the eldest son, although sometimes he is used by outsiders, Cui Hong can always drag him back to his side in time, unlike the second son Cui Teng, who recognized the tired marquis, and couldn't listen to any persuasion.
"After dawn, the new emperor will be established in the palace, no matter who it is, I must go into the city immediately to pay a visit, there are many things that I need to solve, I can't spare my hands to deal with the rear, you can only run again."
"Me?" Cui Sheng not only admired the tired marquis, but was also a little afraid of him.
"I will divide your 10,000 soldiers, send more veterans to accompany you, you don't have to fight, announce my order along the way, ask the soldiers of the Southern Army to return to the team, and when you arrive at Windward Village, you will only besiege and not attack."
"Southern Army...... Will you listen to me? ”
Cui Hong's eyes were cold, "If you are a little bolder, one person can recall the Southern Army, I will give you 10,000 people, who dares to disobey?" ”
Cui Sheng didn't dare to ask again.
"Windward Village...... If the three people recommended by Hua Bin can succeed, everything will be fine, if not...... Cui Sheng, when he arrived at Windward Village, only besieged but not attacked. ”
"Yes, father." Cui Sheng didn't understand why his father said the same thing again.
"I mean, if the Tired Marquis is still alive, he will only besiege and not attack, but he will not accept surrender, understand?"
"Ming...... White. Cui Sheng was even more confused, and still didn't dare to ask more.
Cui Hong didn't want to explain, anyway, he would directly order the veteran generals under his command not to give his son too much command power, so as not to do bad things in the battle.
Cui Hong was thinking about how to divide the troops and how to deal with the changes in the city, when the urgent voice of the guards suddenly sounded outside the tent, "Da Sima, the Chinese military tent is on fire!" ”
Cui Hong walked to the door in a few steps, looked up, and saw that the Chinese military tent not far away, as well as his own sleeping tent next to him, had already ignited a fire.
One of the guards said, "I'm going to find someone to put out the fire." ”
"Wait." Cui Hong was extremely vigilant, and when he saw the fire and a figure shaking, he didn't put out the fire or call for help, turned to his son and said, "Follow me." ”
Cui Sheng walked out of the tent and was shocked, "This ...... This...... How could there be a fire? ”
Cui Hong didn't even want horses, and walked on foot with his son and dozens of guards, he understood what was going on, someone in the army wanted to assassinate him, and the eldest son, Cui Sheng, although useless, inadvertently saved his life.
Cui Sheng didn't know that he had made such a great contribution, and as his father walked more and more, he couldn't help but think of Tihou's words again, and felt that he was being verified.
The mutinous soldiers did not find Mrs. Cui and began to shout "Da Sima", but Cui Hongquan ignored it and only cared about moving forward.
The people in the camp were awakened and went out of their tents to watch, but they did not dare to disturb without orders.
Cui Hong lowered his head, not wanting to be recognized.
A group of patrol soldiers ran in front of them, and the officer shouted: "Stop, who dares to break in the camp?" What's going on with the fire over there? ”
Cui Hong stepped forward and said in a low voice: "It's me, all of you get off the horse." ”
With the help of torches, the officer recognized that the trespasser was actually Da Sima himself, and was startled, and hurriedly dismounted, "I don't know ...... of my humble duties"
Cui Hong pushed the officer away and wanted to get on the horse, but he didn't get up the first time. Cui Sheng stepped forward, supported one of his father's feet, and sent him on horseback.
The soldiers standing at the door of the tent also recognized Mrs. Cui and pointed at him.
Cui Hong looked in the direction of the sleeping tent, the fire was getting more and more fierce, if he rested in it, he would definitely die, he was frightened, there seemed to be a lot of soldiers involved in the mutiny, and a group of people were running towards him.
In this camp, except for his son, Cui Hong couldn't trust anyone anymore, "Cui Sheng, block the chasing soldiers, and go to your second uncle's camp to find me afterwards." ”
"Yes, father." Cui Sheng was already at a loss, but he would never disobey his father's orders.
The "second uncle" is Cui Sheng's cousin, named Cui Ting, the current right general of the Southern Army, the camp is far away from the Chinese army, but he is one of Cui Hong's most trusted people.
Cui Hong left all the guards to his son and rode alone to the outside of the camp.
Cui Sheng snatched a knife, seeing that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, and there seemed to be a lot of them, he was terrified in his heart, gritted his teeth, and shouted to the nearby tent: "I am Cui Sheng, the son of Cui Taifu and the protector of the Southern Army, and I order you to ......."
The pursuers have arrived, and the two sides are fighting together.
Cui Hong did not go to the main gate, but ran to the small gate leading to the camp next door, the soldiers guarding the gate were looking towards the fire, and suddenly saw Da Sima appear alone, and he was stunned for a while, Cui Hong ordered repeatedly, and they immediately opened the camp gate.
The military discipline of the southern army was strict, and the soldiers did not dare to move, and only a few generals in the camp next door came to check the situation and were bumping into Da Sima.
Cui Hong was already a frightened bird, he didn't dare to rely on these people, and he didn't say that the Chinese army mutinied, but sternly ordered them to immediately lead their troops to fight the fire, and then ran away first.
The generals were inexplicable, but Da Sima's order did not dare to disobey, and immediately issued an order to go to the Chinese army to put out the fire, completely unaware that there was already a real fight over there.
Cui Hong galloped all the way, and every time he arrived at a camp, he ordered the soldiers to go to put out the fire, and occasionally he would look back, and the fire did not get smaller, but bigger, which meant that the mutineers were not eliminated, and it was likely that more people were persuaded to join.
Cui Hong didn't care about the safety of his eldest son, he just ran wildly, and soon after dawn, he finally saw the camp of the right army.
The right general Cui Ting is the only one who dares to make his own decision, seeing the fire of the Chinese army, he immediately summoned all the soldiers, but he was also more cautious, first sent someone to inquire about the news, and he was slow to get the essentials, so he led his troops to the Chinese army, and met Cui Hong just out of the camp.
Seeing his cousin, Cui Hong breathed a sigh of relief, but he still slowed down, observed for a while, and confirmed that the other party had no malicious intentions before he caught up with him, and didn't say much, immediately took over the right army, and then sent it to the Chinese army in batches, ordering all the soldiers along the way to put down their weapons and kill those who did not obey the order.
The right army kept sending news, the situation was gradually under control, the real mutineers were not as many as Cui Hong imagined, there were only a few hundred, but the chaos caused was extremely extensive, many soldiers did not know why they fought, once they received orders, most of them obediently put down their weapons.
After daylight, there was bad news: Da Sima's eldest son unfortunately died in the chaos.
Cui Taifu did not feel grief until this time, and personally set off with the remaining right army to avenge his son.
More news soon came, the mutineer shouted that he was ordered to kill Da Sima, at first Cui Hong thought that this was another trick of the tired marquis, but the news said that the failed mutineer was fleeing in the direction of the capital.
Cui Hong finally woke up to the fact that it was not the tired marquis in the north who planned all this behind his back, but the queen mother in the city.
This means that the Queen Mother is actually well prepared, and it is impossible for the King of the East China Sea and the Champion Hou to succeed.
"Tired Hou ......" Cui Hong suddenly discovered that if the Tired Hou was killed by the assassins, the Cui family would really be finished. (To be continued.) )