Riots have been going on in various parts of the Kanto region for some time, but the news has just reached Broken Iron City.

The riot happened very "unfortunately", or "too coincidentally", the elite army of Da Chu was mostly on the border, and the troops in the pass were empty, and the counties could only barely control the local riots, so the imperial court urgently mobilized the frontier troops to go to various places to quell the turmoil.

The Chu army had already made many preparations for the ambush of the Broken Iron City, so the general Han Xing ordered the army outside the Shenxiong Pass to attack as soon as possible to deal with the threat of the Huns first.

Chai Yue was in a trance for a while, just now he was still in suspense about the life and death of his mother and younger brother, but suddenly he had to consider the crisis of Da Chu, he could only persuade himself that although the Lord of Hengyang was ruthless, he might not dare to attack the innocent family members.

"When will the 30,000 Northern Army arrive?" Chai Yue asked, a few thousand soldiers in the Broken Iron City alone are not the opponents of the Huns, and they must be supported by a large army.

"We're on our way, and we'll be there before noon."

Chai Yue was still a little flustered, and stabilized his mind, "But we don't know where the main force of the Huns is, and we don't even know if they are together." ”

Han Ruzi was worried about this matter, "Things are all together: the imperial court wants to attack as soon as possible, and Jin Chunbao has brought the news of the division of the Huns, and the general may feel that this is an opportunity to take advantage of." ”

Chai Yue glanced at the generals on both sides, and felt that he should not say too much, but there was one thing he had to ask clearly, "General, the honorable camp ......"

"Don't worry, the Huns are the most important thing at hand."

Chai Yue breathed a sigh of relief, the "Chai family" was worry-free for the time being, although those people forced him to apologize, he couldn't watch them be killed.

The 30,000 northern troops arrived earlier than expected, and soon after dawn, the vanguard troops had arrived, did not enter the city, crossed the river directly, went to the opposite bank to choose a place to camp, and only sent a few military officials to contact the city.

After that, armies arrived, all of them bypassing the Broken Iron City and heading across the river.

There was still an hour before noon, and Feng Shili, the right general of the Northern Army, arrived, but also did not enter the city, and set up a temporary military tent outside the city, inviting the general of Zhenbei to go out of the city to meet.

This request was a bit unusual, Feng Shili's position was one level higher than that of Han Ruzi, and he controlled all the troops from Shenxiong Pass to Broken Iron City, and he should have entered the city to buy a mansion, but he preferred to stay outside the city.

Han Ruzi couldn't disobey the order, arranged the affairs in the city, and only took Chai Yue and a few guards out of the city.

Thousands of soldiers formed several layers of human walls, countless flags fluttered in the wind, and the path left was narrow, and the guns and halberds on both sides were almost within reach.

Han Ruzi and the others dismounted, the guards were stopped, and only he and Chai Yue were allowed to enter the account.

Feng Shili is in his forties, not too old, with fair skin and elegant appearance, if he were not wearing armor, he would be more like a Wenchen.

There were also ten halberd-wielding guards in the tent to protect General You, and Feng Shili was sitting behind the bookcase to check the file.

Chai Yue's status was low, and he stepped forward to kowtow and salute, and Han Ruzi only nodded.

Feng Shili didn't respond, he raised his head after reading a file, as if he had just seen the two of them, and said with a smile: "General Zhenbei has arrived, please take a seat." ”

A guard brought a stool, Han Ruzi could sit, and Chai Yue stood beside him.

Feng Shili looked at General Zhenbei, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared, "General Zhenbei has seen the Huns?" ”

"Yes, I made it very clear in the official document."

Feng Shili patted the file on the table, "I saw it, it's a little troublesome, it doesn't matter, it's easy to solve." Let's start with the important things. ”

Han Ruzi felt that the other party was deliberately mentioning a "little trouble" but did not explain, and he did not ask, Feng Shili's gaze turned to Chai Yue, "The plan to ambush the Huns was the first one you proposed?" ”

"Yes, I am humble and shallow, but fortunately the general attaches great importance to it."

"It doesn't seem to have been successful."

Chai Yue's face was slightly red, the army had been in ambush for a long time, and winter was coming, but the Huns did not attack the broken iron city as he expected, and it was indeed not very successful, "lowly and stupid......

"It's nothing, this kind of thing happens all the time, and no one can do it like a god, right?"

Feng Shili didn't get into the main topic for a long time, and Han Ruzi asked: "When the army goes north, is it going to war with the Huns?" ”

Feng Shili nodded.

"Found the main force of the Huns?"

Feng Shili nodded again.

Suddenly no one in the tent spoke, becoming a little embarrassed, Han Ruzi was deeply disgusted with this boring trickery, but with a smile on his face, he straightened up, and sat upright, as if all the problems were clear.

Feng Shili seemed to have just woken up, took a sharp breath and spit it out heavily, and took out an official document from the table, "There is news that Dongdan died of illness, and Prince Zaheshan was eager to compete for Shan Yu's position, so he gathered all the cavalry and was heading west, and the general ordered me to intercept it, and we would fight in two or three days." ”

Han Ruzi and Chai Yue glanced at each other, this was news that neither of them knew.

"Is the message accurate?" Han Ruzi asked.

"The general believes, and the great Sima of the Northern Army also believes, it is impossible for this news to be inaccurate."

Han Ruzi didn't want to go around like this anymore, stood up, and asked, "Has General Feng seen Jin Chunbao?" ”

"I've seen it, and he said something very interesting."

"According to my guess, it is likely that Zahezen deliberately instilled ......"

Feng Shili raised his hand to stop General Zhenbei from speaking, and said in a businesslike tone: "The general has already given the order, I think let's guess less and do more." ”

Han Ruzi couldn't compete with such an old slippery head in officialdom, so he had to say: "What does General Feng want the defenders of Broken Iron City to do?" ”

"It's not my hope, it's the general's order." Feng Shili picked up another official document, opened it and read it for a while, and closed the official document with a few sounds, "The defenders of Broken Iron City want to go with me to stop the Huns." ”

"There must be some men left to defend the city, just in case."

"Then leave the Xungui camp behind, it's enough, anyway, this is a battle that must be won, if they are useless, they will cause trouble."

Han Ruzi thought that Feng Shili was going to talk about his nephew who died in battle, but he changed his words, "General Zhenbei can choose to defend the city or go to war." ”

"I'll stay and defend the city." Han Ruzi had no intention of being reckless.

Feng Shili nodded with a smile, as if he had expected this to be the case, "Okay, then that's it, General Zhenbei, please go back, send the defenders across the river before dark, don't violate the time." ”

Until the end of the meeting, Feng Shili did not mention personal matters.

On the way back to the city, Chai Yue was silent, and Han Ruzi guessed his thoughts and said, "Do you want to go to war?" ”

"That's what I'm here for."

"Don't you think that could be a trap?"

"Just because it might be a trap, I'm going to go, General Zhenbei...... Should be able to understand. ”

Of course, Han Ruzi explained, Chai Yue was in a dilemma, and staying by General Zhenbei's side would anger the Lord of Hengyang even more, and he was eager to make meritorious contributions, even if his hope was weak, he had to fight for it.

Han Ruzi had just rescued Chai Yue, but he had to let him go, "Okay, you lead the troops across the river, I hope my guess is wrong." ”

Chai Yue hugged his fists and thanked him, and said at the gate of the city: "I have the courage to give advice, please let General Zhenbei bear with me, don't attack the Xungui camp, so far, General Feng has not been able to find General Zhenbei's big mistake." ”

Han Ruzi smiled, "I don't have to bear it, I didn't want to do anything in the first place, just to scare them." ”

The Buqu battalion was privately owned by Han Ruzi and was not subject to military orders, and remained in the city, and the remaining nearly 3,000 soldiers, including the old and weak soldiers of the original Broken Iron City, were all ordered to leave the city and cross the river to join Feng Shili's army.

All at once the city was empty.

Han Ruzi walked around the Xungui camp, I heard that there is no need to go to the battlefield, not everyone is happy, after all, the children of Xungui who have no worries in the future are a minority, and more people hope to make contributions on the battlefield, and staying in the city is equivalent to losing an opportunity.

The vast majority of people still believe that the more than 30,000 Chu troops will definitely be able to defeat the 10,000 Hun cavalry.

But the sons and daughters of Xun Gui were a little afraid of General Zhenbei and did not dare to question it in person.

Twenty-three "Chai family members" were still locked up in Chai Yue's house, and as soon as Han Ruzi entered, they knelt together, and none of them dared to stand and say that they wanted revenge.

Han Ruzi didn't say much, and directly ordered these people to be taken away and put in a formal prison.

Back at the General's Mansion, Feng Shili's so-called "little trouble" was waiting for General Zhenbei.

The three military officials under the command of the general came to investigate the process of the Zhenbei general leading the troops to serve and being besieged by the Huns, the three of them behaved very respectfully, and only asked a few words to the general of Zhenbei, but they were all about the others, and they all had to ask clearly, Du Chuanyun, Fang Daye and others were questioned for nearly an hour, and some people had already gone out of the city with the army, and another military officer asked them.

Only then did Han Ruzi understand why Feng Shili held back and why he wanted to let the guards of the Broken Iron City cross the river.

The king of Donghai, who lived in the mansion, praised Feng Shili, "This old slippery head, he has no ability to lead troops to fight, Wei Wenshen slanders him as a good hand, he shouldn't be a general, he should go to the criminal department to be an official." Your things are not big or small. It is normal for the patrol team to encounter the enemy, and casualties are even more common, but you are the general of Zhenbei, and you usually do not personally act as a scout. ”

In that encounter, the Huns suffered more casualties, but according to the Great Chu military law, the casualties of the army were more than 30%, and even if they won, they could only offset the merits, and the casualties of the army were more than 50%, and there was no success.

The key is whether the hundred soldiers led by Han Ruzi are scouts or a formal army, and military law is lenient to the former and extremely strict to the latter.

"It looks like I'm going to thank those 'Chai family'." Han Ruzi said.

"What tricks have you come up with?" The king of the East China Sea asked with a smile, he stayed out of the matter now, and he didn't have to worry about his own safety, "The little slippery head is interesting to the old slippery head." ”

"The 'Chai family' forced Chai Yue to commit suicide with the intention of creating a rebellion to attack the General's Mansion, is it a felony?"

"Of course, it's bigger than the sin of your defeat, and strictly speaking, you can behead them by military law right now."

"It's more useful to keep their heads, the three officials sent by the general are still there, and they will be interrogated by the 'Chai family' later."

The king of the East China Sea thought for a while and said with a smile: "This is not a trick, this is a clever plan, those 'Chai family' have an enmity with you, as long as they claim that you are leading troops to serve the soldiers, no matter how clever the military officials are, they will not be able to change their rhetoric." ”

"It's a small matter to get rid of the crime, the key is that the more than 30,000 Chu troops, in case they fall into the trap of the Huns......"

"That's none of your business, maybe it's a good thing for you."

If a good thing can only be obtained by sacrificing 30,000 Chu troops, Han Ruzi would rather not. (To be continued.) )