As a captive of the Huns captured by the Chu army, Jin Chunbao and Jin Chunzhong did not want to be exchanged, and after living among the Huns, they became more and more convinced that they were Chu people and hoped to stay and make meritorious contributions.

Han Ruzi refused, "It's a big deal to talk about peace, and if you agree to exchange all the prisoners, then no one can be left." And the captives have no choice, if you want to be a Chu person, you have to make a choice when you are free. ”

Feng Shili, the right general of the Northern Army, came back, he led the 5,000 Chu army to chase and flee, but was surrounded by the Xiongnu army, and in the end only more than 1,000 people survived.

After the Chu army and the Xiongnu showed mutual trust, they began to discuss the details of the peace talks, and the two sides sent envoys to each other higher and higher levels, and finally Chai Yue and a famous Xiongnu king personally came forward to finalize the time and place in the evening of the same day.

Three days later, Han Ruzi will negotiate peace with the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and for this reason, the Xiongnu army will retreat for dozens of miles.

Just taking advantage of these three days, Han Ruzi wanted to consolidate his position in the Broken Iron City to meet the upcoming 50,000 northern army.

After many reinforcements, the Chu army in the Broken Iron City has reached more than 34,000 people, and it is impossible and unnecessary for Han Ruzi to win over all the soldiers.

The number of people in the first circle is the smallest, only Meng E and Zhang Youcai, who are definitely trustworthy, but they are of little help to control the whole army.

The second circle is composed of soldiers, they are not monolithic, among them once hidden the assassins of the rivers and lakes with evil intentions, but at the critical moment, Han Ruzi can count on their protection. These people are not very helpful in controlling the entire army, but they can provide vital security.

There is only a wall between the Buqu Battalion and the General's Mansion, and Han Ruzi ordered the wall to be broken down and the two places become one, but he didn't reveal anything to the Buqu soldiers.

The third circle is the children of Xungui, and Han Ruzi found that the key to the success of the plan lies in these people.

There are less than 300 people left in the Honorable Battalion, and the total number of Honorable Generals in the other battalions is close to 500, and only they dare to take risks and are willing to take risks.

The first person Han Ruzi wanted to persuade was Chai Yue.

Chai Yue was still observing the military situation on the other side, and sent a large number of scouts to monitor the movements of the Huns, and it was necessary to ensure the safety of General Zhenbei on the day of the peace talks.

Chai Yue came to the general's mansion to report the situation with a frosty face, the location of the peace talks was chosen by him, closer to the Chu army, if there was any case, he even arranged the retreat route.

At this time, Chai Yue began to worry about another question: "The Hun army is approaching, the imperial court has not responded for a long time, and General Zhenbei has decided to negotiate peace, will it ...... Getting in trouble? ”

Peace talks are different from defending the city, defending the city is the established strategy of Dachu, any general should take defending the city as the first choice, abandoning the city only needs the permission of the imperial court, peace talks are a more important decision than abandoning the city, usually, the generals on the front line can only convey the request of the Huns to the imperial court, and then wait for the holy decree, and they will never show the slightest inclination.

Han Ruzi broke the convention, "The imperial court hasn't approved any recitals for a while, so there's no need to wait." He chuckled, "We've gotten into enough trouble to care about one more." ”

Chai Yue also smiled, "Reinforcements are coming, what are the plans of General Zhenbei?" ”

After the arrival of the 50,000 northern army, the Chu army will be evenly matched with the Huns, and the strength may be even more than a cut.

"I need General Chai to make an offensive plan, and if necessary, the Chu army will still have to cross the river to fight, but I am worried that the Huns will also have backup."

"Yes." Chai Yue agreed, as if she wanted to say something, but she stopped talking.

"General Chai has any concerns, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"In fact, I have already made a plan, but the Northern Army reinforcements ...... It may not go according to my plan. ”

Han Ruzi smiled slightly, this was exactly the problem he wanted to solve, and found an official document from the bookcase, "General Han Xing authorized me to supervise the military affairs of Broken Iron City, Shenxiong Pass and the ten counties in the Guannei, as long as the reinforcements of the Northern Army enter this range, they should obey my command, right?" ”

"Of course." Chai Yue hesitated for a moment, but still took the official document and glanced at it, feeling a little relieved.

"But the generals of the Northern Army have always been known for their arrogance, and sometimes they dare to disobey the orders of the imperial court, and they are afraid that the appointment of the general will not be taken seriously." Han Ruzi didn't think he was at ease.

Chai Yue nodded, General Zhenbei could think of this, he felt even more relieved, and put the official document back on the table, "The enemy is current, no matter how arrogant the general is, he will be honest, and the more than 20,000 northern troops in the Broken Iron City are very qualified." ”

If you want to win the support of a person, you must break the person's illusion of other possibilities, Han Ruzi said: "All along, the enemy is strong and I am weak, the general of the Northern Army is missing, and the deputy general is incompetent, so I can give you and me an opportunity, 50,000 reinforcements are coming, the strength and weakness have changed, and the generals of the Northern Army are here, and they will never accept the command of you and me again." ”

Chai Yue is good at formulating meticulous battle plans, but he is a novice in seizing power, although he is worried that the Northern Army will not obey orders, there is always some hope, thinking that the generals can focus on the overall situation, until he was told by the general Zhenbei, he finally understood that when the generals of the Northern Army felt that the victory was in hand, no outsider would be "the overall situation" in their eyes.

"There are many famous generals in the Northern Army, if you command it properly...... Maybe the imperial court will be able to send a holy decree in the next two days to appoint General Zhenbei in charge of the northern army......" Chai Yue himself felt that it was impossible.

Han Ruzi stared at Chai Yue for a while, and said, "Has General Chai received a letter from home recently?" ”

Chai Yue was stunned when she heard this, "I received it, my mother said...... All is well. ”

Speaking of his mother who was far away in the capital, Chai Yue was sad, her mother had always reported good news and not bad news in her letters, but Chai Yue still saw from a few words that her mother and younger brother had a hard time in Chai Mansion, and the reason was himself.

"If you kill me, will Lord Hengyang forgive you? Will you keep your promise and let you inherit the throne? ”

Chai Yue was shocked and knelt down, "Why did General Zhenbei say this?" The lord of Hengyang is open-mouthed, and what he has said often does not count, not to mention that Chai was born as a concubine, with a brother and a nephew, even if the lord of Hengyang has his hands and eyes, it is impossible for the court to change his heir. ”

"You can only rely on military merit to win the throne."

"Military merit is Chai's only way to advance."

"If someone wants to take away your military merits, will you be willing to endure it, or will you fight back?"

Chai Yue got up slowly, "Chai is a little cheap, and the only way to be patient in case of trouble is to take away my military merits, which is unbearable." ”

"What if the Chai family orders you to apologize?"

Chai Yue gritted his teeth, "Chai Zhi is my elder brother and Chai Yun's uncle, and he will definitely try his best to avenge Chai Yun in order to curry favor with the Lord of Hengyang, if the generals of the Northern Army do not obey, he must be the one who takes the lead." Chai didn't want to endure it anymore, and was willing to give it a go! ”

What Han Ruzi wanted was this sentence, "That's right, you and I, both of us have to give it a go." ”

"Chai is willing to serve the general of Zhenbei."

"I have a plan, I will take the Northern Army, but I need you to separate the generals of the Northern Army and create an opportunity for me."

"Chai is willing to give it a try, but Chai Zhi and others have always been proud, but I'm afraid they won't listen to me."

"General Chai has two major advantages to take advantage of, one is to have the support of the generals of the Broken Iron City, and to bring them over, which is enough to fight Chai Zhi and others, and the other is to control the right general Feng Shili."

"Feng Shili and Chai Zhi do have a gap, but he ......"

"Feng Shili was greedy for merit and reckless, so that he lost his troops and lost his generals, as a prisoner of the Huns, according to the military law of Great Chu, what kind of crime is this?"

"Capital crimes, even if atonement for them with titles and silver and gold, will be relegated to commoners and served in prison." Chai Yue finally came to his senses, he could arrange troops and could guess the enemy's movements in advance, but he didn't know how to compete with his own people for power, but he needed Han Ruzi's guidance.

"I see." Chai Yue thought for a while, and then said: "I understand, I can persuade Feng Shili to stand on my side, and at least half of the generals of the Northern Army of the Broken Iron City will also support me, but when it comes to seizing the seal, ......"

"The matter of seizing the seal will be solved by me, General Chai only needs to do one thing, don't let the new generals of the Northern Army be too proud."

Chai Yue kowtowed, and when he walked out of the room, he was full of confidence, thinking that everything was under the control of General Zhenbei, and he was just a part of a big plan.

Han Ruzi didn't know the plan of Chai Zhi and others, but he had to seize control of the Northern Army, and only in this way could he be qualified to return to Beijing to seize the throne, which was his "big plan".

In the next two days, Han Ruzi summoned almost all the sons of the nobles and gave them different rewards according to their performance in wartime.

Chai Yue is not the only nobleman, in fact, more than half of the people in the Xungui camp are in a similar situation to him, but the more than 100 people who were sent to death by the king of the East China Sea have a more noble status, but they have not survived.

Han Ruzi simply canceled the Xungui camp and assigned the Xungui's children to each battalion as officers, especially the scattered troops from all walks of life outside the Northern Army, who accepted a number of Xungui's children.

Even Zhang Yanghao and others were appointed, and Han Ruzi ranked his threat a little further back and didn't need to solve it for the time being.

There are also the king of the East China Sea and Lin Kunshan, Han Ruzi had no intention of revealing his plan to the two, but only promised to return to Beijing as soon as the peace talks with the Huns were reached.

The Broken Iron City is not big, but there are many people, and no one has the ability to monitor all the soldiers, Han Ruzi is busy establishing an advantage in the upcoming struggle for power, and the others are not idle.

The King of the East Sea refused to wait, he noticed Han Ruzi's actions, so he also began to secretly look for his supporters, the names of the King of the East Sea and Cui Taifu were still useful, and after promising a lot of official positions and money, he rebuilt his own power, as for how to use this power, he had other ideas.

The 50,000 northern army had passed through the Shenxiong Pass and was about to arrive at the Broken Iron City, Chai Zhi had made a detailed plan, both to take revenge and to defeat the Huns, for him, the peace talks were meaningless, and it was necessary to achieve sufficiently significant military merits to be able to avoid the crime of killing the abolished emperor.

He himself didn't think it was a big sin, but he had to do something to give the court a reason to be "magnanimous."

Across the river, the camp of the Huns was also turbulent, and the Jin brothers were once again faced with a choice. (To be continued.) )