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The 5,000 cavalry sent by Han Ruzi rushed to the north gate of the capital, unguarded against the flanks, as if to launch a joint attack with Cui Taifu's southern army.

This move did confuse the Su Guards, but Han Ruzi and his generals ignored a key issue, no matter how wide the city gate is, it is also an extremely narrow passage for tens of thousands of soldiers, not to mention that there is a moat behind them, the Su Guards are afraid, but they will not be able to retreat for a while, and the generals who supervise the battle on the city wall do not allow the soldiers to return to the city, but send someone to the palace to inform the Zhonglang General Shangguan Sheng and ask him to take an idea.

The Southern army, which had come from the West City Gate, rushed forward bravely, rushing from the flank to the army of their comrades a few days earlier. In order to gain the trust of the Su Guards, Cui Taifu issued a strict order in advance that he would not be soft on the tired southern army and would be executed like a traitor.

Cui Hong also ignored a problem, the area outside the northern city is very narrow, the Su Guard Army and the Tired Hou's southern army are only a dozen miles apart, after the two sides arrange the formation, the distance is shortened to seven or eight miles, the Tired Hou's cavalry set off in advance, and soon approached the Su Guard, just when the leading generals hesitated whether to retreat according to the original plan, Cui Taifu's southern army attacked.

Both the Su Guards and the Tired Marquis's Southern Army spotted this large army attacking from the flank, and they both thought that they were the target.

The Su Guards didn't trust Cui Taifu in the first place, so they had already prepared for precautions, and immediately divided a part of the soldiers to change formation to meet the attackers on the flanks.

The 5,000 cavalry of the Tired Marquis encountered another problem, and when they tried to retreat, they found that the distance was not enough. 5,000 men charged, but there was no way to turn the horse's head and run back, so they had to go back in circles, and it took a long distance to go around in circles.

Han Ruzi chose to camp more than ten miles outside the city, which was completely inconsistent with the art of war, and the Su Guard Army and Cui Taifu's southern army hastily joined forces without gaining mutual trust, which was even more contrary to the art of war.

The reason why all sides still send troops knowing that it is unreasonable is that they hope that the other side will be able to retreat in the face of difficulties.

The soldiers did know that it was "difficult" and wanted to retreat, but no one could retreat, the Su Guards were blocked by the moat and the narrow city gate, the cavalry of the tired marquis lacked the distance to turn, and Cui Taifu's southern army drove the front army, and they could only advance, unable to distinguish the enemy army, and whoever blocked the road would hit whom.

The generals of all sides went to great lengths to plan the battle, but only acted according to the plan during the march, and as soon as the three armies came into contact, they were caught in a scuffle.

It was still dark, which increased the suspicions and mistakes of all parties.

Han Ruzi couldn't see the situation in front clearly, but he heard the shouting clearly, and suddenly understood that the five thousand cavalry he sent could not come back, and he had no other choice but to continue to send more soldiers, and the lack of horses led to the infantry formation.

The battlefield gradually expanded, getting closer and closer to the camp of the Tired Marquis, Han Ruzi did not retreat and became the only commander to come to the battlefield in person.

The battle in the city took place earlier, but the progress was very slow, Cai Xinghai's team had no intention of really attacking the palace, just to attract the main force of the Su Guards and create an opportunity for Meng E to go out of the city, and he didn't expect that a large number of Jianghu people and men would join in, including some of the Tan family's subordinates who had just fought with them.

This is a rabble, shouting outside the imperial city, going around from the east gate to the south gate, and from the south gate to the east gate, one moment it is the supporters of the tired marquis, and the other time it shouts that the king of the East China Sea is the emperor, the soldiers guarding the palace are confused, and the attackers themselves are inexplicable.

Hearing that Meng E had left the city, Cai Xinghai planned to retreat, but he saw the group of scholars who had been driven outside the south gate, and remembered the request of the tired marquis, so he had to stay for a while and persuade the scholars to go with him, but the scene was too chaotic and he couldn't even find someone who could call the shots.

Everyone was in a state of confusion, hoping that they would win the next moment, and at the same time they looked around in horror, beware of the sudden fiasco in the corner.

Shangguan Sheng in the palace went to see the Queen Mother, she was not only the Empress Dowager of Dachu, but also his aunt and trainer, and even his "mother" for a time, teaching him the art of the emperor.

But the Queen Mother refused to see him, and it had been a few days, and the Queen Mother seemed to be disheartened, and let Shangguan Sheng toss around, not dissuading or supporting.

"I will defeat all the rebels and thieves, and I will never let the Queen Mother down!" Shangguan Sheng said loudly in front of the door of the dormitory, turned around and left.

Outside the Qinzheng Palace, seven or eight soldiers who returned to the palace to report the news were anxiously waiting for Shangguan Sheng, the news they brought was different, and there were even contradictions, but they all confirmed one thing, the battle outside the city was stalemate, and there was no imaginary victory in a battle at all.

Shangguan Sheng entered the hall, summoned all the generals, and solemnly issued one order after another, and the generals also accepted it seriously, but everyone, including Shangguan Sheng, understood that these orders could not be transmitted to the melee army at all.

When there were only a few people left in the hall, Shangguan Sheng turned to stare at Lin Kunshan.

Lin Kunshan was very embarrassed, although he could still stand by Shangguan Sheng's side, but his identity was not a strategist, but a prisoner to be convicted, it was because of his messy ideas that Baoxi was very likely to be taken out of the palace, Shangguan Sheng had to believe Cui Hong because of this, and joined forces to go out of the city to attack the Tired Hou, he was worried that once the Treasure Seal was in the hands of the Tired Hou, he would be defeated without a fight.

"The person who took the treasure seal will definitely give it to the Tired Marquis?" Shangguan Sheng asked again.

Lin Kunshan nodded, "This is all Yang Feng's strategy, he only supports Tired Hou alone." ”

"Hey, Yang Feng. If you were half as smart as him, the Treasure Seal would be in front of me right now. ”

Lin Kunshan laughed dryly, knowing that the more he justified at this time, the more he would anger the other party, so he simply didn't speak.

"The treasure seal has been stolen, and the solution you have come up with is to escape from the capital?"

"It's a long-term solution." Lin Kunshan replied cautiously, "The East China Sea Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom are between the mountains and the sea, which is enough to ......defend themselves against danger."

"Phew!" Shangguan Sheng took two steps forward and smacked the face of the Qi Watcher, Lin Kunshan didn't dare to hide, and he didn't even dare to raise his hand to wipe his face.

Shangguan Sheng was just disgusted with this person, not disgusted with his idea, and said to himself: "The Queen Mother also said that Da Chu should start over, what is a new start?" The rivalry between the three kingdoms of Chu, Zhao, and Qi is the ...... start again," he looked at Lin Kunshan again, "The Qi Kingdom was the first to be destroyed, why did I go to that ominous place?" ”

Lin Kunshan wiped his face at this time, and said with a smile: "The destruction of the Qi country, in the absence of people, if the king of Qi was willing to unite with the king of Zhao, the king of Chu would be the first to be destroyed." ”

Shangguan Sheng was silent for a while, sneered, and seemed to be still not serious about this idea, and turned to a general, "How did the traitor in the palace go?" ”

"More than 340 people have been arrested, and the investigation continues." The general replied that after a group of people escaped from the palace, the Su Guards had been arresting people in the palace.

"It's too slow, catch enough 1,000 people, kill them all!" Shangguan Sheng shouted, and the anger in his heart surged inexplicably, "Those who don't report it will be guilty of the same crime as the rebels, and they must die." ”

The general was panicked, but he still received the order to retreat, he was not a hopeful, and he still knew not to anger General Shangguan at this time.

In the temporary military camp in Xicheng, the King of the East China Sea and Cui Hong were also anxious.

"Didn't they join forces to attack Han Ruzi? How did it come to be like this? The king of the East China Sea asked angrily, he got the news that there was a scuffle outside the north gate, and he couldn't tell who was fighting whom.

Cui Hong was also very angry, he was a veteran commander who had led the troops for many years, and he had pacified the rebellion of King Qi, but he had made a faint move at this time, but he had lost control of the front-line army, and could only wait for the final result, and said bluntly to his nephew: "This is all your idea." ”

"Me? Ha! The king of the East China Sea really wanted to have a seizure in front of his uncle, but he didn't dare, endured it and endured it, and said: "It's not necessarily a bad thing, Han Ruzi has the least troops, and he must be the one who will be defeated in the end, let's just pay a slightly bigger price, it doesn't matter, as long as my throne is recognized...... When are you going to send troops to attack the palace? ”

There are still 10,000 southern troops in the city, and the king of the East China Sea sent a large number of rabble to attack the east gate of the palace, and what he really counted on was this group of southern troops, hoping that they would take the opportunity to attack the west gate of the palace.

The King of the East Sea is desperate, and if possible, he will send his uncle Cui Hong to the front line as well.

Cui Hong didn't want to bet all the gambling books, and shook his head, "Don't worry, wait until the victory or defeat outside the city is scheduled." ”

"Occupy the palace, and the victory or defeat outside the city does not matter." The king of the East China Sea "ascended the throne" outside the Tongxuan Palace, which was a pain in his heart, and he wanted to officially ascend the throne again.

Cui Hong stared at the King of the East China Sea, not understanding why his nephew, who had been smart since childhood, became more stupid the closer he was to the throne, "If it was a few days ago, capturing the palace might have meant a complete victory, but now it's useless." Shangguan Sheng occupied the palace and also supported an emperor, who was too stupid to get the ministers to recognize the new emperor. But his stupidity ruined everything, and the palace, the queen mother, and even the treasure seal could not be used to support the new emperor. Don't you understand? The only thing that works these days is the military. ”

The king of the East China Sea was devastated by his uncle's words, and he was stunned for a while, and said: "Even if the Battle of the North Gate defeats Han Ruzi, or even kills him, the final decision will be who will be the emperor...... Or the Northern Army? ”

Cui Hong nodded and said sternly: "Instead of thinking about how to capture the palace, you should think about how to win over the northern army." ”

The king of the East China Sea didn't like his uncle's tone of lesson, but he felt that he was right, and thought for a while, "Chai Yue, the key is Chai Yue, you can ...... Kill all the Chai family members and let Chai Yue inherit the position of Marquis of Hengyang, by the way, Chai Yue also has a mother and a younger brother, take them as hostages, and give in with grace and power, he can only give in. ”

"Please, be respectful." Cui Hong's tone was a little slower, his nephew still had some ability after all, Cui Hong didn't know so much about Chai Yue, and he couldn't think of such a ruthless strategy.

Cui Hong called a general and ordered him to bring a team of soldiers to "invite" people, and the king of the East China Sea gave a detailed introduction to the location of the Hengyang Hou Mansion, and finally said: "The Hengyang Hou Mansion is in the northern city, don't wear the armor of the Southern Army, and try to avoid the Su Guards." ”

The general took the order and left.

News kept coming from outside the north gate, and the scuffle showed no sign of ending.

The king of the East China Sea was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he didn't dare to leave his uncle half a step.

The morning sun was rising, there was still no progress outside the city, but the battle in the city took an unexpected turn, a soldier rushed into the house, ran too fast, almost fell to the ground, knelt down, kowtowed to the frightened Cui Taifu and the king of the East China Sea, and then said excitedly: "The palace ...... The palace has been breached! ”

Earlier, the King of the East Sea would have been ecstatic at the news, but now he just looked at his uncle blankly, at a loss.

At the same moment, Han Ruzi personally joined the battle. (To be continued.) )