No one was standing on the left, in fact, for the first time, the atmosphere was oppressive and tense, no one moved at all, and the soldiers in other parts of the stockade, when they found that there was an accident here, did not dare to come and check without an order. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhao Mengli was not only their general, but also a strict father and a wolf, who had tamed the soldiers with swords and leather whips for many years, and suddenly, he fell, but the swords and leather whips did not disappear immediately, still hanging above everyone's heads.

Han Ruzi didn't think about it so much, he walked into a desperate situation step by step, and there was no other way out except to continue to move forward. He slowly pulled out his knife, then used the knife to gently pull away the few guns that were close in front of him, took two steps forward, sideways out of the way, revealing the corpse behind him, stared at the eyes of a general, and said, "Are you a Great Chu soldier or a lackey of the Zhao family?" ”

The man trembled and could not speak.

"I'm a Great Chu soldier!" Cui Sheng shouted outside the crowd, when the tired Hou made a move, everyone else rushed forward, and he retreated alone, for him, the choice was easy to make, and he was already standing on the right side, "The tired Hou has a holy decree, he is ordered to receive the Southern Army, and Zhao Mengli is innocent!" ”

Cui Sheng was anxious to make a meritorious contribution in front of the tired marquis, and stretched out his hand to point at the scout who stopped halfway, "You say, is the northern army heading south?" ”

As soon as the scout jumped off his horse, he saw General Zhao killed, and he was so frightened that he heard the question, and became more and more frightened, "Huh? Northern Army ...... Northern Army ...... Yes, there is a ...... of the Northern Army"

Han Ruzi walked slowly towards the swords and guns, and the generals and guards who were blocking the front got out of the way one after another, but did not put away their weapons.

When the crowd gave way to a passage and stood left and right, Han Ruzi stopped and turned around, looking coldly at the seven or eight people on his left.

In the eyes of these people, there were already people standing on the right, choosing to be the "Great Chu Soldiers", but they were the "Zhao lackeys", they turned their heads to look at General Zhao who fell to the ground, and after being sure that he could no longer stand up, they all ran to the right and threw away the weapons in their hands.

Han Ruzi's hanging heart finally let go of it a little.

Zhao Mengli has a tiger skin chair, he takes it with him wherever he goes, and it is placed in the conference hall at this moment, in addition, there is no other seat in the whole hall, in front of him, no one else, whether it is a soldier, is not qualified to sit, if it is the boss, he will arrange it in advance.

Han Ruzi sat on the tiger skin chair, neither feeling comfortable nor majestic, dead things are dead things, no matter how ferocious and violent this tiger was in life, now it is just a blanket, some places have lost their hair, and even insect eyes have appeared.

Zhao Mengli is also a dead tiger, and Yu Wei is still there, but like the tiger skin, it is just a symbol.

Not long ago, his subordinates, who were still silent in front of him, strictly abided by the convention at this time, and without waiting for the new master's order, they cut off Zhao Mengli's head with a knife, and spread the message to the whole village, announcing that the windward village was taken over by the order of the tired marquis.

No one came forward to refute it, and no one tried to take revenge.

Cui Sheng and a group of generals carried their heads out of the village, showed them to the soldiers of the Southern Army outside, and summoned the generals of each battalion to enter the village to meet the tired marquis.

Han Ruzi sat on a tiger skin chair, Meng E was by his side, and a dozen steps away from him, kneeling and trembling scouts.

While there is still a little time, Han Ruzi has to solve a big or small flaw first.

"Tell me, what news did you bring back?"

"Northern Army...... Northern Army ......"

"What's wrong with the Northern Army?"

"We ...... Caught a Northern Army spy. ”

I see, Han Ruzi asked, "Are you here to inquire about the military situation?" ”

The scout shook his head, and waited for a while before squeezing a few words out of his mouth, "I'm from Baiqiao Town, and I'm going to Mancang to deliver a letter, and I'm ...... Caught it. ”

This is the messenger sent by Cai Xinghai last night, unimpeded on the avenue, entering the boundary where the southern and northern armies meet, but was stopped by a hidden sentry. It was a mistake to arrest, the two armies were not properly handed over, and the sentry moved as soon as he saw the uniform of the Northern Army, regardless of where he came from.

Han Ruzi was stunned, he still expected the northern army to go south to support as soon as possible, but he didn't expect the messenger to be arrested. He can't be angry, he can't tell the truth, "This person is going to meet the soldiers of the Northern Army, and he will be released immediately." ”

"Yes, yes." The scout was covered in sweat and got up to leave.

Han Ruzi was more familiar with military affairs, and shouted: "This is leaving?" If you don't have a military order, why should you release them? ”

The scout was frightened, and knelt down again, "Yes, yes." ”

"Call in all the officers in the village."

Under the command of Zhao Mengli, compared with the soldiers in armor and helmets, the clerks holding pen and paper were treated worse, all of them were disgraced, similar to prisoners, and the number was small, and there were only more than ten people below the main book, but they had to deal with paperwork for an army of 10,000 people.

They were respectful to the new master, and they were likely to have a little secret joy in their hearts, so they quickly wrote down the release order, and the official seal was in Zhao Mengli's arms, and Han Ruzi had obtained it before he entered the hall.

After stamping, General Han Ruzi handed the order to Meng E beside him, "Let Chao Hua and all the northern army take the scouts to pass the order, don't stay after the release, go directly to Mancang, and see that the messenger is released, and you will come back." ”

Meng E raised her eyebrows slightly, her duty is to protect the Tired Hou closely, especially now, deep in the Northern Military Camp, as soon as she leaves, the Tired Hou will be completely isolated.

The corners of Han Ruzi's mouth moved slightly, signaling that Meng E didn't have to worry, he was already sure to control the southern army here.

Meng E was ordered to leave, and Chao Hua and more than 200 soldiers of the Northern Army set off to release people and deliver letters, and the number was enough that even if there was any misunderstanding, the sentries of the Northern Army would not dare to stop them.

The military officials found that the Tired Marquis was not as unapproachable as Zhao Mengli, and began to make bold ideas, and Han Ruzi accepted most of them, and soon after, the military order stamped with the seal of General Zuo was issued like snowflakes and was sent to dozens of military camps between Yingfeng Village and Baiqiao Town, the content was very simple, affirming that the Northern Army Shogunate had been moved to the hands of the Tired Marquis, and from now on, all documents must be sent to the place where the Tired Marquis is.

Soldiers and soldiers are visible troops, and documents are less conspicuous nets, which can overcome rigidity with softness and slowly bring the army down.

Half an hour passed, and Han Ruzi felt that it was almost over, and summoned the generals who had been waiting outside for a long time.

More than a hundred generals rushed in, some of whom had just arrived, and they had been sleeping soundly in their tents a few hours before, when they were suddenly woken up, saying that there was a holy decree, and they did not understand what was going on, so they took the soldiers of the battalion on their horses and galloped all the way, not even knowing who they were following, and heard countless rumors on the way, and this was the first time they had seen the tired marquis.

Zhao Mengli's head has a great deterrent effect, and even the generals with half-hearted intentions have honestly entered the village, wanting to see what this tired marquis who dares to attack Taifu's henchmen is like, and even more want to see the legendary holy decree.

The holy decree is the key, after all, the northern army is the army of the imperial court, no matter how Cui Taifu and the Queen Mother fight openly and secretly, 100,000 soldiers always remember the word "Da Chu", like Zhao Mengli, the generals who are only loyal to Cui Taifu himself belong to a minority, and most of them are taken by Cui Hong.

The palace did not issue any decree for nearly half a year, and everyone understood the great significance of this first decree.

Han Ruzi told the half-truths and half-truths of the "lie" again, this time it was more concise, but it was also more realistic, the number of troops who went to the capital to escort was accurate to 1,000 people, the defeat of the champion Hou had become a fact, and Cui Hong was even more desperate, with only a glimmer of life left......

Han Ruzi took out the holy decree at the right time and held it in his hand to show it to everyone, but he didn't show it to anyone, and from now on, this holy decree would only remain on himself.

After a few hours of rushing and panic, most of them have forgotten the content of the holy decree, only remembering the seal of the treasure seal on it, as well as the words of the tired marquis, and naturally combined these two parts of memory into one, so they also swore to other generals that the holy decree was indeed to let the tired marquis take over the southern army and lead the division to save the driver.

The Cui brothers were more anxious than anyone else, and rushed to persuade their father to surrender as soon as possible.

Han Ruzi chose Cui Sheng, and the eldest son of the Cui family was more trusted by his father.

"Please tell Taifu that if he wants to go back to Baiqiao Town, he can, 100,000 northern troops and 40,000 southern troops will fight him in Windward Village."

"A decisive battle? No, no? There will never be a decisive battle, my father is a smart man, and as soon as I say it, he understands, tired marquis, brother-in-law...... Don't be angry, we're a family, and we have something to discuss......"

Cui Sheng hurriedly took his leave, took only two guards, and returned to Baiqiao Town non-stop, his mind full of the ideas that the tired Hou had instilled in him.

Han Ruzi can't go to reinforce Baiqiao Town immediately, and the southern army is arriving one after another, so he has to consolidate the victory in his hands and let these 40,000 people support him desperately.

Due to the haste of departure, the southern army that finally arrived at Yingfeng Village was actually only more than 30,000 people, and nearly 10,000 people stayed in place for various reasons.

Han Ruzi felt that this was enough, opened the gate of the windward village, set up a camp at the foot of the mountain, and accommodated the new soldiers, during which he promoted the positions of a number of generals, and then took all the generals to inspect the camps on and off the mountain, and not a single one was left behind, in short, let the soldiers see him, and see that the tired marquis was supported by many generals.

Cui Teng personally held the banner of General Zuo of the Southern Army and followed the tired marquis, with a serious face, showing unprecedented seriousness.

It wasn't until the second half of the night that Han Ruzi finally became idle.

There was news from Baiqiao Town that Mrs. Cui had not yet led his troops to counterattack, which made him a little relieved.

Han Ruzi was very sleepy, but he didn't dare to sleep, sitting alone on the tiger skin chair in the conference hall, his heart was heavy, he had not yet achieved the final victory, from now on, every next step would be more difficult.

Cui Taifu is not so easy to deceive, his choice will have an immeasurable and significant impact on the future situation, as well as Shangguan Sheng and the Empress Dowager in the city, they will not easily admit defeat, if the situation develops to the point that war must be started, Han Ruzi's chances of victory are extremely low - whether it is the 40,000 southern army that has just arrived, or the northern army that has a very good impression of him, it is unlikely that he will openly confront the imperial court for him.

The guards came in, stood at the door from a distance, and said respectfully, "Tell Da Sima that your personal entourage has returned." ”

Han Ruzi nodded.

Soon after, Meng E came in and stopped ten steps away, "It will take three or four days for the Northern Army to arrive." ”

"Hmm." Han Ruzi does not mean that these three or four days will determine whether he wins or loses, lives or dies.

Meng E hesitated for a moment and took two steps forward, "Can I ask you one thing?" ”

"Of course." Han Ruzi showed a hint of a smile, after seeing Meng E, he felt a little relieved, the safety within ten steps was finally a little guaranteed, and he could concentrate on thinking about things beyond ten steps.

"Your strength is obviously worse than others, but you dare to compete for the throne, I wonder, where does your confidence come from?"

Han Ruzi's smile became even more, "Do you think you have the strength to compete for the throne?" ”

"Of course, everybody...... Most people think so. ”

"You are all wrong, the throne is strength, you can't have 'strength' and then fight for 'strength', if you have to wait until your strength is enough to fight, then Taizu will never be able to establish Great Chu. In all dynasties, the emperor is always the strongest one, but he can still be killed, deposed, and overthrown, why? ”

Meng E shook her head.

"He has strength but can't use it, just like a sword unparalleled in the world, he can only hang it on the wall to admire, but he can't hold it in his hand to split the thorn, which will naturally give others an opportunity to take advantage of."

Han Ruzi moved, "I once held the Emperor's Sword, but I threw it away, and now I want to take it back, Meng E, I have learned how to carry the sword." (To be continued.) )