Chapter 320: The Divine Decree of Cloth
Feng Shili fell into a desperate situation, because of a moment of caution, he saved his life and 15,000 soldiers of the Northern Army, but few people were grateful to him, many people thought that if the whole army participated in the war at that time, it might not be defeated by the Huns, and some people believed that the Northern Army should be desperate to rescue the emperor, although Liu Kunsheng, the captain of the Northern Army, and others were still honored, the right general was trapped in injustice. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Feng Shili was in a dilemma, the attack was to send death, and the retreat was disloyal, he could only camp on the spot by the mountains and rivers, set up many obstacles, and the strong wall did not come out, and sent a letter to Cui Hong, the general of the court and the east, waiting for the next order, but it would take at least ten days to come and go, and another ten days to wait for the reinforcements to arrive.
The Jin City, where the emperor was located, could fall at any time, and the Huns outside the camp challenged day and night, and the soldiers under his command mocked and mocked from time to time...... Feng Shili felt that he was about to be unable to hold on, and really wanted to lead the army to rush towards the Huns.
Zhao Ruosu, a member of the Zhongshu House, and the emperor's personal entourage Chao Whale arrived just in time, and half a day later, Feng Shili would not leave the camp, and the soldiers of the Northern Army would also voluntarily go out to meet the battle.
The road pointed out by the Huns was very simple, the two were still lost in the mountains, and went around to the rear of the Chu army camp, and were found by the scouts and immediately sent to the camp, just in time for the Huns to temporarily retreat, and there was no obstacle on the way.
Feng Shili was relieved, although there were contradictions, he still trusted the emperor's judgment, and the most important thing was that he didn't have to be responsible anymore, the burden of a thousand catties was on his head, and he was about to be driven crazy.
But the holy decree surprised him, and it clearly ordered the northern army to march to Jincheng immediately, not to fight with the Huns, and to enter the city as soon as possible to join the emperor......
Whether to fight or not is not something that the Northern Army can decide, Feng Shili stayed for a long time with the holy decree, looked up at Zhao Ruosu, and vaguely remembered that there was indeed such an official in Zhongshu Province, as for the emperor's personal follower Chao Whale, he had seen it a few times, but it was the first time he knew his name.
Then he looked at the more than ten generals in the tent, these people were eager to try, and they were already impatient, as if it was an honor to go to the enemy and die, it was a must to be done, and one step later would be preempted by others......
Feng Shili didn't know how real other people's performances were, he only knew that he didn't want to die, but he had to die, the holy decree was in his hands, and if he didn't obey the decree, not only would he not be able to live, but the entire family would be implicated.
"Pass the order, and the whole army will leave the camp at three o'clock in the afternoon and go to Jincheng to meet His Majesty." Feng Shili ordered that he could not say "rescue" on formal occasions, but could only be called "Huishi".
There was only one hour left until three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was basically a full meal, and then it was time to get on the horse.
The holy decree demanded "immediate", and Feng Shili could only extend it for so much time.
The generals listened to the order and were about to prepare for the account, when Zhao Ruosu said: "Wait." ”
The emperor did not ask him to do this, Zhao Ruosu made his own opinion, wanted to see if this northern army was loyal, he was very satisfied, no one hesitated among the generals below the right general Feng Shili, and no one made excuses, which was worth relying on.
"What else is going on with Lord Zhao?" Feng Shili asked politely, no matter what he thought in his heart, his face would not show it at all, just like other generals.
Zhao Ruosu glanced at it, and finally landed on Chao Whale, and said, "Take off your clothes?" ”
"Huh? Right here? This is the clothes that Your Majesty gave me. ”
"Not only that, but it's a holy decree."
As soon as these words came out, all the people in the tent were surprised, and the most surprised person was, of course, Chao Whale, who looked down at his clothes, "This is ...... Divine decree? How did I not know? ”
"Your Majesty is afraid that you won't be able to hold your breath, so take it off quickly."
"Oh." Chao Whale didn't care, he really couldn't hold his breath, he couldn't hold back words in his heart, as for undressing in public, he didn't care even more, when he was in the fishing village, he was almost smooth half of the time.
Chao Whale was wearing a short coat, which didn't look special on the outside, but when he turned it over, there was a large patch inside, with fine stitches, and Chao Whale recognized this as Zhang Youcai's technique at a glance, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is really good at playing." ”
No one in the tent laughed, and they all understood that this "cloth holy decree" was the emperor's true intention.
Others didn't dare to do it, Zhao Ruosu wanted to bring a dagger, personally pick out the needle and thread, and it took a while to remove the holy decree completely, and turned around to show it to everyone.
A square piece of cloth, with words written on it, and the seal of the treasure seal, is indeed a holy decree.
Zhao Ruosu held the holy decree in both hands, ready to read it, Chao Whale's hand was quick, snatched back the original clothes, and whispered: "Great, it turns out that I have been wearing the box of the holy decree, it will be worth it in the future." ”
The new decree vetoed the previous order, and the northern army not only could not go to Jincheng, but also had to ensure its own safety, could retreat, choose a more suitable camp, but not more than thirty li, and then wait for reinforcements, at least when the number of Huns was equal, before launching an attack.
Then there was a series of personnel appointments, the general Cui Hong still commanded the Chu army in the world, and he wanted to meet with the emperor as soon as possible, Chai Yue was appointed as a hussar general, which is also a long-vacant title, for Chai Yue, it is still a step to the sky, which is greater than the grade that Deng Cui leaped over.
Hongnong County Shouzhuo Ruhe was crowned as the crown prince Shaobao - this is also from the fictitious title of the first rank, and has nothing to do with whether there is a prince, the practice of Dachu, when low-level officials are given important tasks, they are crowned with a very high-grade fictitious title, so that they can justifiably give orders, and will not have much impact on the court pattern afterwards.
Zhuo Ruhe had the power of the governor and the transfer of troops, and after joining with Zhang Yin, the Marquis of Biyuan, the Broken Iron City, he wanted to hand over the command to the real general.
For the capital, the emperor did not have more arrangements, and the two of them, Shouxiang Shen Mingzhi and Yang Feng, the middle palm seal, should know what to do.
Feng Shili was really relieved this time, the emperor finally did not lose his mind, made the right choice, and immediately said: "The northern army does not need to retreat, just hold on here and wait for reinforcements to arrive." ”
A general stepped forward and asked, "What if Jincheng is in an emergency?" Is the Northern Army still a bystander? The scout said that the Huns have been increasing in the past few days, bringing a lot of equipment, and they must be attacking the city. ”
Zhao Ruosu was silent for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty said, don't tire the world with one person, the Huns are strong, even if Jincheng is destroyed, the northern army will not be able to leave the camp, if it can retreat, it will retreat, and if it can't retreat, continue to hold on." ”
The generals were silent, finally believing that the emperor really didn't want them to come to the rescue.
Zhao Ruosu said again: "If General Feng is interested, please send troops to launch a charge against the Huns, so that the defenders of Jincheng can see it, so that Your Majesty will know that I have arrived safely." ”
"Of course, tomorrow...... No, we'll send troops later. Feng Shili immediately said.
"Also, send someone to find Zhuo Ruhe outside the Saiwai, be sure to hand over this holy decree to him in time, and if Lord Zhuo is no longer there, send the holy decree to the Broken Iron City."
"No problem, I'll send someone who is right out of the jam."
"General Feng has already sent a letter to the capital and the general, right?"
"Of course, it's been a few days since it was sent, and there has been no response."
Zhao Ruosu nodded, "Finally, please ask General Feng to send a few sergeants to send us to the Qi Kingdom, and I will go to meet the general." ”
After several troop dispatches, the capital was empty, the two most important armies of Great Chu were one in the north and one in the east, and the number of soldiers in the north was larger, but they were more scattered, and it took a long time to assemble together, and the army in the east was more concentrated, but it was difficult to mobilize due to the rebels.
Zhao Ruosu personally went to see the general Cui Hong, just to ensure that the army gave up the small to seek the big and went north as soon as possible to rescue the driver.
Feng Shili did so one by one, sent ten people out of the fortress with the holy decree, and sent twenty people to escort Zhao Ruosu and Chao Whale to the Qi State, and at the same time, five thousand soldiers of the Northern Army came out of the camp and challenged the Huns with great fanfare, not seeking a battle, but just to let Jincheng see that this army really existed.
Zhao Ruosu and Chao Whale did not rest, and after passing the holy decree, they set off immediately.
Everything was arranged, Feng Shili finally relaxed, slumped in his chair, weak, as if he had just returned from the battlefield, although his body was tired, his brain was spinning rapidly.
He called one of the generals and asked, "Tell me about the Huns." ”
"The number of Huns besieging Jincheng was about 60,000, an increase of more than 5,000 per day, and now it has reached nearly 80,000, and it seems that it will continue to increase. It is said that most of the cities of Yan and Zhongshan have been conquered, and only a few are still holding on, and many of the weapons brought by the Huns were taken from the Chu army......"
Feng Shili interrupted the general, "According to your estimate, when will the Huns attack the city?" ”
The general thought for a while, "At least three days, no more than five days, the Huns are enough to launch a large-scale siege." ”
Feng Shili waved his hand to let the general retreat, leaving no one by his side, and pondering alone in the tent.
After calculating, he found that it was impossible for reinforcements from either side to arrive in time, and the strategy of the Huns was very clear, either to use the emperor to lure groups of Chu troops to rescue them and take the opportunity to annihilate them, or to break through Jincheng and capture the emperor alive to blackmail the Great Chu, and would never wait until the number of Chu troops was equal to that of the Huns.
"It's unfortunate." Feng Shili sighed and said, it was the emperor who had never wanted to drive the expedition in person, and he really couldn't complain about others when he came to this point, so he studied ink and laid out the paper by himself, wrote a letter with a pen, and put it in the letter, called his henchmen and ordered him to bring the letter back to Beijing.
"This letter is very important, and it must not fall into the hands of others, you must hand it over to Lord Shou Xiangshen yourself, understand?"
The entourage kowtowed to receive orders and hurried out of the account.
Da Chu is facing a crisis again, who can turn the tide this time? Feng Shili would rather make a few more choices than die and wait for a miracle to happen.
The 5,000 Northern Army came out of the camp, sounded dozens of horns more than ten miles away from Jincheng, and immediately retreated without waiting for the Huns to encircle.
The Huns had already laid a net, and they never thought that the fish were cunning, and when they were about to enter the net, they turned around and swam away, which made them extremely disappointed and very angry, and rushed to the front of the village to challenge by various means.
Han Ruzi in the city finally waited for the signal, and the feint attack of the northern army showed that Zhao Ruosu and Loach had deceived the Huns with a false holy decree and successfully escaped from the encirclement.
But he could only breathe a sigh of relief, the siege of the Huns was increasing, everywhere were building tall siege equipment, the Huns were rapidly learning the operation skills, and the large number of captured prisoners could be used for labor.
The next siege is no longer as simple as archery.
Before waiting for reinforcements, Jincheng still had to find a way to protect himself. (To be continued.) )