It was not the time for the king to be, outside the city were countless Huns waiting for the opportunity to attack the city, and the head of the city was the emperor himself risking arrows and stones, and the soldiers defended the city together, in this case, it was impossible for anyone's death to get attention. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

What's more, there is also a Zuocha Yushi Xiaosheng who committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, as well as many soldiers of the Northern Army who were trapped in the enemy's army, compared to them, the death of the acting king is even less worth mentioning.

Only the relatives of the acting king are crying and crying in the hall guarding the body, I don't know how to be good, the palace has long been lent to the emperor, they can't even go back to their homes, they live in a courtyard in the city, the place is not small, five before and after, in terms of luxury and comfort, not much worse than the palace.

Deng Cui was ordered to guard the other three sides of Jincheng, he did not go to the city immediately, and after a little arrangement, he selected dozens of sergeants and came to the palace with him.

His arrival suddenly aroused the sadness of the prince's relatives, who were originally just sobbing in a low voice, but now turned into a cry, and more than 30 wives and concubines and more than 40 descendants all rushed to Deng Cui, hoping that he could preside over the chaos in the family.

The princess is Deng Cui's sister, and when she saw her younger brother's figure, she was especially sad, "Brother, why did you come out?" It won't be ......"

"Your Majesty asked me to stay in the city and guard the city." Deng Cui replied, his eyes sweeping around the crowd.

"God has finally opened his eyes!" The princess cried even more, but she didn't delay speaking, "My brother was wronged, and the Deng family was wronged, Your Majesty Mingjian." Brother, it's good that you came in time, such a big thing happened at home, and you don't even have anyone to rely on......"

Several sons of the acting king don't like to listen to this kind of talk, especially the prince, who is a few years older than Princess Deng, and interjected: "Aren't the men in the family all here, just do what you want, and when the war outside is over, Your Majesty has your own arrangements, that ...... Deng Cui, you have the emperor's order, go get busy. ”

Deng Cui was looking for Shizi, nodded at him, and came to his sister first, "Give me the key to the warehouse." ”

"What?" The princess immediately became vigilant, and she couldn't be completely at ease with her younger brother.

"It's not safe on you." Deng Cui said.

Several of the king's sons and a dozen or so grandsons of the older ones rushed forward and shouted, "Can't give it!" Can't give! The royal treasury, outsiders are not allowed to set foot in ......"

Their words backfired, and the princess did not hesitate any longer, and immediately took out a key from her bosom and handed it to her younger brother, "There are three keys in the treasury......"

"I know." Deng Cui received the hand, turned to face the grandson of the acting king, many soldiers were on the left and right, separating the female dependents, and the princess knew that she was not the opponent of the acting prince, so she handed over the heavy responsibility to her younger brother and stepped aside.

"Deng Cui, what do you mean? Take advantage of the fire? Your Majesty is in the city, and you are robbing it openly! Let's ......" Dai Wang Shizi glanced at the sergeant with a sword and gun, and changed his words: "Let's go and sue the emperor." ”

"Yes, sue the royal court!" There were many disagreements between the princes and the sons, but at this time they all supported the princes.

"Hand over your keys too." Deng Cui stretched out his hand.

"Don't think!" The prince of the acting king covered his waist with his hands, and many brothers and nephews protected him, "If you want to divide the property, let your sister give birth to a son for the king first-unfortunately, it's too late." ”

This sentence talked about the princess's sore spot, and the princess, who had retreated to the side, cried again, shouting "You are so ruthless on behalf of the king", but it was not her husband who cried in her heart.

Deng Cui didn't talk nonsense, waved his hand, and ordered the sergeant to do it, but no one moved, all the sergeants, you look at me, I look at you, and they all feel that they should not participate in the family affairs of the king.

"Listen to my orders, if something happens, I will bear it, and if you don't listen to the order, you will be dealt with according to military law." Deng Cui said sharply.

The sergeants did not hesitate any longer, rushed forward with swords and guns, pressing step by step, and after a few steps, the prince and grandson scattered in a hurry, leaving the prince alone.

"You ...... In the future, you will divide the property, and you will not have ...... share" The prince was furious.

The four sergeants put away their waist knives, set up the prince on behalf of the king, and searched his body unceremoniously.

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around! Go and sue the royal court, and go here! The prince of the acting king yelled while struggling, and his son ran out, and Deng Cui saw it in his eyes and did not stop it.

With the second key in hand, Deng Cui's gaze turned to the body of the acting king.

Even his sister felt that it was too much, "Brother, don't come nonsense, two keys are enough, don't worry about dividing the property first......"

"The Acting King asked me to do this." Deng Cui said, strode to the body, and stretched out his hand to grope in the arms of the acting king.

Hundreds of masters and servants inside and outside the hall were all stunned, but the princess was overjoyed, "The acting king said that he gave you all three keys?" ”

The prince of the acting king was let go, and shouted angrily: "Impossible, the father will never do this!" ”

Deng Cui found a bunch of keys, checked them, and found that the key to the treasury was in them, and turned to everyone and said: "The acting king was unexpected, but he is the acting king after all, and it is his responsibility to defend the city, I am performing my duties for him, and if the acting king is alive, he will agree to my approach." ”

After that, Deng Cui led the sergeant to leave, the key was here, but the treasury was in the palace.

From the princess to the prince, everyone was at a loss.

"What does Deng Cui mean by this? What does defending the city have to do with the treasury key? The prince asked.

The princess shook her head, she had never been sure about this younger brother.

An old servant was more experienced, and then said, "Captain Deng...... Is it to reward the soldiers who defend the city with the treasures of the palace? ”

Everyone was quiet for a while, and the princess suddenly cried again, this time it was really crying, heartbreaking.

Deng Cui ordered more sergeants to be called and went straight to the palace.

There were not many guards in the palace, Deng Cui led people unimpeded, and the soldiers moved out one box after another, and the more they started, the happier they became.

Deng Cui watched for a while, and then came to the residence of the champion Mrs. Hou.

The door was closed, no one answered, Deng Cui was arrested here, it was an impulsive plan, and he himself regretted it, regretting that he had prepared too hastily at that time.

He stood at the door for a while, and said loudly: "I will raise the son of the champion Hou, and I will also send someone to the capital to inquire about the situation, if there is a problem with the baby, or if he grows up to be nothing like the champion Hou - madam, please take care." ”

Deng Cui turned to leave, the people in the courtyard were trembling with fright, and even Mrs. Ping Enhou's face turned pale, and she hurriedly walked into the bedroom and asked Cui Zhao on the bed: "Third sister, tell me the truth to my sister, that's really ...... The son of the champion Hou, right? ”

Cui Zhao was haggard, and he was weak when he spoke, "I—I don't know." I'm married...... Within a few days, the baby was ...... and was sent to the palace......"

When the baby returned, the champion Hou was already dead, and the biological mother Tan never visited her son again.

Mrs. Ping Enhou was speechless, a good plan, she had come to this point, and she had nothing to do.

Jincheng faces the river in the north, the west is mountainous, the terrain on the east and south sides is relatively flat, the emperor personally guards the southern city, the banner is large, it does attract most of the Huns, but the pressure on the east city is not small, especially there is a big gap in the city wall, although it has been repaired overnight, it is still relatively fragile, the Huns found this, and attacked repeatedly.

The Huns had two important means of attacking the city.

The first is intimidation, burning corpses, galloping horses, screaming, and shooting arrows at the city...... It can last for a few hours, or even days and nights, and the cowardly will soon surrender the city.

The second is to lure the enemy, often let go of a corner, seemingly unguarded, and continue to intimidate tactics in other directions, the weak-willed can't stand the temptation, and want to go out of the city to take the opportunity to escape, but no matter how fast they run, they can't get rid of the pursuers behind them.

Today, these two tricks are not easy to use, the Emperor of Great Chu rode back and forth in the city, the flag fluttered behind him, and the drums were not interrupted, which not only attracted a large number of arrows, but also aroused the fighting spirit of the defenders.

The defenders of Dongcheng are all local soldiers of Daiguo, who have repelled an attack by the Huns, and arrows, stones, and iron balls are all used, and the most lacking is a main general.

Deng Cui quickly climbed to the head of the city, looking out, the Huns came in a hurry, and they were not good at using equipment, they could not attack hard, they had changed their style of play, a team rushed forward in turn, once the city shot arrows and threw stones, they immediately retreated, the purpose was to consume the equipment of the Chu army, and at the same time, take advantage of the number of people, so that the defender of the city could not rest.

Deng Cui ordered the soldiers to stop shooting, and at the same time placed the treasure chest accumulated by the king for many years on the city wall, and the lid was opened, revealing the gold, silver and jewels inside, and said loudly as he walked: "Protect Your Majesty and guard the city of Jin, everyone in the city has the responsibility, donate all the property on behalf of the king's family - but not for you, to the Huns outside the city." The Huns are greedy for money and profit, and when they see gold and silver, they will inevitably come to rob it, and when the time comes, you will shoot me arrows again, shoot accurately, and don't waste them indiscriminately. ”

The light in the box flickered, and each one was coveted, not to mention the Huns outside the city, the soldiers defending the city themselves were moved.

Deng Cui saw everyone's intentions and raised his voice: "Deng Mou guarantees with the head of the head, after defending the city, the reward is at least twice the wealth of the acting king, and everyone has a share!" ”

The soldiers cheered.

"Let the Huns see, what is a waste of money!" Deng Cui was generous, picked up a piece of gold with his own hands, and threw it out of the city.

Jincheng is not very big, the moat is not wide, the Huns can even shoot arrows to the head of the city on the opposite bank, Deng Cui is condescending, and the gold nuggets fall on the opposite bank.

Since it was a gesture of generosity to others, no one would be polite, and the soldiers turned around one after another to take their belongings, and threw them out directly while they had their hands, and the lighter ones were hung on arrows and shot out, and the heavier ones were fired with bed crossbows, and as for things like coral, they were either smashed and broken, or the whole thing was pushed down.

The outside of the city soon became glittering with gold, especially the bridge facing the city gate, which was paved with countless belongings.

The Huns watched from a distance in confusion, and soon after, they swarmed up, regardless of the order, and whoever grabbed it was whoever.

The Huns were so skilled in horseback that they hardly had to slow down, and if they leaned over on horseback, they would have a jewel in their hands.

But he also provided a target for the Chu army at the head of the city.

Deng Cui only regretted two things: the king's wealth was not enough, and the arrows of the Chu army would eventually run out, but he didn't care, since the emperor asked him to defend the city, he would kill him happily and blindly defend it, which was not in line with his temper.

Outside the eastern city, the Huns suffered heavy casualties, and they did not capture the southern city, and thousands of Chu troops kept shooting arrows at the head of the city, and the arrows were never exhausted.

The sun was setting in the west, the Huns finally stopped attacking the city and retreated to camp in the distance, Han Ruzi climbed the city gate tower to look at the distance, and noticed that a large number of Huns were moving to the southwest.

He guessed that the main force of the northern army was not completely annihilated, and that there was still one left to stop in the distance, which attracted the attention of the Huns.

This gave Jincheng a little respite.

Han Ruzi breathed a sigh of relief, but he knew very well that the next step was a bigger test: whether reinforcements from all over the country could arrive not only depended on whether the news was well-informed, but also on how much the world's civil and military generals recognized the emperor.

Most of these people have never seen the emperor, and Han Ruzi can only hope that they still have Da Chu in their hearts. (To be continued.) )