(Thanks to the reader "Hailanzhu" for the red tip.) ）

Han Ruzi didn't sleep very well, and when she woke up, the tent was pitch black, the cold was pressing, and the charcoal fire had been extinguished, if it was Zhang Youcai's service, she would always get up and dial the charcoal a few times at night, but Meng E didn't do this kind of thing, probably because she didn't think it was necessary, she didn't seem to be afraid of the cold at all.

Han Ruzi can also withstand it, not to mention that the cold is good and can make the mind clearer.

He got up quietly, put on his coat and boots, and walked softly to the door, Meng E's bed was silent, but she must have woken up too.

Han Ruzi walked out of the tent, a more violent cold air rushed towards him, and before he could step out of his foot, his heart had already regretted his decision to go out, missing the not warm bed.

But he still walked out, slowly inhaled a breath of cold air, and slowly adapted to the environment.

It turned out that he was not the first to get up, not far ahead, a group of soldiers had just changed their guards, Lingnan, many people were cooking, feeding horses, all kinds of sounds converged, filtered by the cold, clearly transmitted to the ridge, Han Ruzi could even hear a few irrelevant shouts.

The battle was about to begin, but Han Ruzi was even more hesitant than when he made his decision yesterday.

In any case, the hesitation could not be transmitted to the officers and men in the army, so Han Ruzi retreated into the tent and sat on the bed waiting for dawn.

"Da Danyu is not a simple opponent." Han Ruzi said.

There was only one listener in the tent, and Meng E was always slow to respond when she talked, and she asked, "Do you think the Huns will set up an ambush?" ”

"I'm just wondering, why did Da Shan Yu choose to negotiate peace with me?"

"Because you are the commander of the Chu army."

"No, my boss was fought for and robbed, not appointed by the imperial court, even the appointment given to me by the general Han Xing only arrived a few days ago, but before that, Da Shan Yu had already designated to negotiate with me. Da Shan Yu is not an ordinary person, and he will never pin all his hopes on peace talks. ”

"This unusual Da Dan Yu was beaten miserably by a group of slaves in the West."

"Hehe, I don't know what happened to the West, the reason why Da Dan Yu lost miserably was because he despised the enemy, but he would not despise Da Chu, and after losing two wars in a row, he would not despise it."

"What are you going to do?"

"I still have to go to war, the soldiers of the Chu army are ready, this is the so-called general trend of the hopeful, it is irreversible, I can only think as comprehensively as possible. There is Chai Yue in the arrangement, and there is General Fang to inquire about the news, what I have to do is to understand the leader of the enemy. ”

Han Ruzi was silent for a long time, not thinking about the time, place, people, and these aspects, and concentrating on recalling the big Shan Yu he had seen, and finally he said, "Thank you." ”

Meng E snorted, she wasn't interested in fighting, she only spoke before to cooperate with Han Ruzi and help him straighten out his thoughts.

Han Ruzi got up and walked out, looking for Chai Yue to see if he could adjust the battle plan a little and leave some more reserve troops, but an urgent voice sounded outside the tent: "General Zhenbei, are you awake?" ”

Han Ruzi walked out of the tent and was surprised to see that it was Chai Yue.

Chai Yue was also surprised to see the neatly dressed Zhenbei general, but the news was urgent, he said: "Shenxiongguan sent someone to ask for help." ”

"What's wrong?" Han Ruzi immediately asked.

"The messenger said that thousands of mobs are attacking Shenxiong Pass, which is empty and likely to be unfortunate."

"So fast!" When Han Ruzi left Shenxiong Pass, he deliberately collected information, although there were riots in several nearby counties, it is said that the scale was not large, and they all spread to the south, and there was no intention of going north, but he did not expect that only a few days later, there were mobs attacking Shenxiong Pass.

"I think the messenger may be exaggerating, even if there are only more than 100 people guarding it, Shenxiong Pass will not be captured immediately."

"King of the East Sea." Han Ruzi found that he had made two mistakes, one was to leave Shenxiong Pass to the timid and fearful master Hua Bao'en, and the other was to let go of the King of the East China Sea.

In the plan of Chai Yue and other generals, after defeating the Huns, the Chu army would immediately return south, take food and rest at Shenxiong Pass, and then return to the camps in the pass. Once the Shenxiong Pass is lost, more than 80,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 servants in the Broken Iron City will be defeated within a few days.

"Immediately send troops back to Shenxiong Pass to help defend."

"I have sent three thousand men."

"Okay." Han Ruzi tried to calm himself down, "Will it have an impact on today's battle?" ”

The news has not yet spread, the ridge is in order, but this can not be concealed for long, and when the soldiers hear that Shenxiong Pass is in trouble, the consequences are difficult to say, it may stimulate the fighting spirit, hoping to fight a decisive battle with the Huns as soon as possible, or it may be panicked and uneasy, and the fighting spirit is completely lost.

It was the first time for Chai Yue to command such a large-scale battle, and it was difficult to make an accurate prediction, "I suggest that the war should be started as originally planned, even if you want to return to defend Shenxiong Pass, you should first solve the threat of the Huns." ”

"Okay." Han Ruzi could only say this, and Chai Yue was ordered to leave.

Han Ruzi couldn't be calm in his heart, no matter how many history books he had read and how much experience he had heard, there was still no ready-made road ahead, every step was a choice, some choices were particularly important, one wrong step was a catastrophe, he could pretend to be fearless, but he couldn't deceive himself.

Han Ruzi woke up the guards in the nearby tent, and a quarter of an hour later, he rode across the river with more than a hundred men and came to a high ground a few miles away, hungry and waiting for the dawn, if there must be a war today, he would be the first to see the battlefield.

The sky was bright, the battlefield and the Huns' camp had not yet been revealed, and there was a sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side.

Although the Chu army was stationed on the south bank, there were always sentinels in the north, usually in teams of ten, but this sound of horses' hooves was obviously just a horse, coming straight to the high ground.

Chao Hua patted his horse and said loudly: "Who is coming?" ”

"Is it Brother Chao?" An urgent voice on the other side asked

"Liang Tong?" Chao Hua recognized this person as also his own soldier.

Han Ruzi sent two entourages to Fang Daye yesterday, one was Ma Da, who returned last night, and the other was Liang Tong.

Chao Hua brought Liang Tong to General Zhenbei, and Liang Dao: "General Fang wants to re-determine the time for peace talks with the Huns, and he said that he hopes to arrange it at noon." ”

Han Ruzi was stunned, he had an agreement with Fang Daye before, if the time for peace talks was chosen before noon, it was possible to start a war against the Huns, which was also the news that Ma Da brought back yesterday, if it was after noon, it meant that Fang Daye had found a trap, and the Chu army should not cross the river, but what does it mean to choose it at noon? Could it be that the old general in the camp of the Huns could not make a judgment?

Liang Tong brought such a sentence, and he didn't know anything else.

Han Ruzi still needs to make his own decisions, and he makes decisions quickly.

"Back to camp." He said he took the lead down the highlands and galloped toward the south bank.

The soldiers of the Chu army had already mounted their horses, and the first team crossed the mountain range and stood by the river, waiting for an order to cross the river in all directions.

Han Ruzi turned around and marched from west to east, inspecting the Chu army that was about to enter the battle.

He didn't look at the appearance of the army, didn't look at the equipment, didn't look at the horses, only looked at everyone's face, and after driving out of Lixu, he turned the horse's head again and came to the ridge, where Chai Yue and many other generals were here, just waiting for the arrival of the general Zhenbei to give the order.

The news of the Shenxiong Pass had obviously spread, and even the most ordinary soldiers knew the importance of the pass, and they were also afraid, nervous, and hesitant, not knowing whether to defeat the Huns first or return to the important land of food and grass.

Han Ruzi came to Chai Yue, Liu Kunsheng and others, swept his gaze, and said: "Cancel the battle, the whole army will return to Shenxiong Pass in batches, and leave 3,000 people to guard the Broken Iron City." ”

The generals were silent, and then nodded almost at the same time, Chai Yue, Liu Kunsheng and others said yes, discussed a little, and personally led a large number of generals to each battalion to pass the order.

Han Ruzi stayed where he was, observing the movements of the Chu army on and below the ridge, it was very quiet, there was no opposition, no shouting, no chaos, and everyone seemed to accept the decision to retreat.

Han Ruzi was still not at ease, so he asked Chao Hua to lead some soldiers across the river, still one mile and one post, to prepare for peace talks, and he wanted to show the whole army that the general Zhenbei would stay and negotiate with the Huns, and the last to evacuate the broken iron city.

The generals who went out to give orders soon returned, Chai Yue didn't say anything, Liu Kunsheng and others persuaded General Zhenbei to go to Shenxiong Pass as soon as possible, and some even volunteered to negotiate with the Huns on his behalf.

Han Ruzi politely refused everyone's kindness, and then assigned them tasks: Chai Yue served as the vanguard of the return defense of Shenxiong Pass, the first to set off, then Liu Kunsheng, the captain of the Northern Army, and finally the left general Han Tong, the forward did not stop, the latter two teams marched normally, and the right general Feng Shili led the army to stay until tomorrow.

Han Ruzi is creating an opportunity for Chai Yue, hoping that he can firmly control the entire northern army at Shenxiong Pass.

It is not easy for the army to retreat from attack, especially when there is a strong enemy behind it, Han Ruzi has been staying on the ridge, flying the flag, trying to let everyone see it, he monitors the movements of each team, and does not allow anyone to be impatient.

Towards noon, the army had just withdrawn from Sancheng, and in this way, he felt that it was too fast, and kept sending people to remind the generals of each battalion to bring all the items and not leave them out.

Then he set out with ten guards, and under the watchful eyes of many Chu troops, he drove across the wooden bridge to continue peace talks with Da Danyu.

For him, this was another unpredictable adventure, not only the Huns in front of him were unknown, but the Chu army in the rear was also difficult to fully trust, and the prestige of General Zhenbei was a test.

At least before General Zhenbei drove out of the sight of the Chu army on the south bank, everything was peaceful.

This time, Da Dan Yu arrived for a while, and still only brought Jin Chuiduo alone.

Fang Daye stood at the door to greet him, Han Ruzi left all the guards outside, and it was enough to have Fang Daye as a translator.

"I'm sorry, I can't give General Zhenbei more explicit advice." Fang Daye said in a low voice, "The Huns have no backup, but they have the determination to fight against the water, this time the Chu army is attacking and the Huns are defending, I can't guess the result." ”

"The message sent by the old general is very important to me." Han Ruzi said with a smile that the moment he stepped into the tent, he finally calmed down, believing that his decision was not wrong, and that the Chu army in the rear would not betray him. (To be continued.) )