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Luoyang is located in the center, all directions are gathered, business travelers gather, is a city of money piled up, Henan Yin is good and profitable, and his officials and even ordinary soldiers are naturally willing to go up and down, and they don't even need to cover up.

Thousands of defenders in the city had returned to the camp in victory, and were happily handing over their heads, showing off the spoils of war in each other's hands.

When Han Ruzi led more than 2,000 people from his headquarters to the Luoyang military camp, he saw such a scene, he couldn't even find the general in charge, only a few scribes were recording military exploits, and many soldiers were vying for their heads in front of them -- anyway, it was the credit that was selected, and whoever was in the hands at the last moment counted it.

The battle outside the city was quite fierce, in fact, not many people died because of it, most of the thieves saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately fled, which also caused the Luoyang defenders to fight for the head very fiercely, and even fight.

The Chu troops around the emperor were all indignant, but they all remained silent.

Han Ruzi ordered that the soldiers under his command line up in several rows outside the camp, so that everyone could see the ugliness in the camp.

The soldiers in the barracks spotted the army outside, but no general came forward to suppress it, and they didn't know the emperor, and thought that this was a friendly army who had come to spend the night.

Han Ruzi turned to his own soldiers, who had brought a thousand elite soldiers from the capital, and less than two thousand men gathered from Hangu Pass, whose trust and loyalty to the emperor had greatly increased after this battle.

"Look, how vulnerable a loose army will be!" Han Ruzi said loudly.

The soldiers were watching, looking at the ugly scene in the barracks, and also at the emperor himself.

Han Ruzi beckoned to the guards and guards around him, and rushed into the barracks with only a hundred people.

The King of the East Sea did not follow up, but stayed outside the camp, feeling an inexplicable relaxation, as if an invisible rope had suddenly been untied.

He turned his head to look, not far away, Fan Bangshan, who had not dried up in blood, was panting heavily, holding the recovered long axe in his hand, and like many soldiers, he stared closely at the emperor who broke into the barracks.

The king of the East China Sea sighed in his heart, the rope was gone, but there was an extra net around him, which seemed to be loose, but in fact it was tighter, and he had no way to escape, so he could only look into the barracks, looking at the emperor's banner, and thinking, it won't be long before the whole world has no place for itself.

The emperor's banners are relatively large, and they are all cavalry, and the soldiers in the camp are somewhat afraid, but they have long heard that the emperor is drinking and chatting with Henan Yin in the mansion, and according to the custom, it will not end in four or five hours, so no one can imagine that the emperor will come in person, just get out of the way, and immediately start fighting again.

Soon, the emperor and his guards galloped back, followed by a man with his hands on his shoulders and a rope around his neck, led by the cavalry in front, running on the ground while scolding angrily, "Where did you come from, bastard, dare to catch Lao Tzu?" Know who I am? Henan Yin is my uncle-in-law, even the emperor can't touch me! ”

Only then did the soldiers in the battalion react that the other party was here to make trouble, except for a few people who were still scrambling, most of the soldiers put down their things, picked up knives and guns, and surrounded them one after another, wanting to block the road and rob people.

The guards drew their swords, the guards crossed their guns, and without slowing down in the slightest, they returned directly to the gate of the camp and joined their companions outside.

The road was not long, but the captured person was already out of breath, shaking his arms vigorously, turning his head to look at the subordinates who had followed, and he had a bottom in his heart, and said loudly: "Shameless people, sneak attack on the barracks, who is your general?" Fan Bangshan, is that you? Let's go to Henan Yin and the emperor to reason! ”

Fan Bangshan turned over and dismounted, came to the emperor's side with a long axe, and said coldly: "Your Majesty is here, General Huang, if you have any reason, just say it." ”

General Huang was taken aback, but still refused to believe it, and looked at the young man on the horse a few times, "Impossible, the emperor is drinking with my uncle in the mansion." ”

The king of the East China Sea knew that it was time for him to come forward, so he stepped forward, came to General Huang, and pointed to a banner behind the emperor, "It doesn't matter if ordinary soldiers don't recognize it, even you don't recognize Your Majesty's dragon flag?" ”

General Huang had never actually seen the Dragon Banner, but he knew that no one was qualified to have so many golden banners except the Emperor.

He hesitated, then felt frightened, and suddenly said, "You are the king of the East China Sea?" I saw you when I went to Beijing with my uncle. ”

"I'm the King of the East China Sea." The King of the East Sea didn't remember this man.

General Huang's knees weakened, and finally knelt down, even the emperor recognized by the king of the East China Sea would never be fake, and when he thought of his performance just now, he couldn't help but sweat, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, and you have no eyes for your humble duties, I really don't know ......"

"Are you the commander in chief of these soldiers?" Han Ruzi asked.

"Yes, I was appointed as the governor of Henan County, and I was about to go to the mansion to greet Your Majesty, but I was delayed for a while because of something." General Huang kept kowtowing, his "general" was just an honorific title, and he had no actual official title, Du Wei was the highest military governor of Henan County, the reason why he didn't go to the banquet was to wait for his soldiers to donate their money, which was more important to him than anything else.

"How did General Fan convey my will outside the city?"

General Huang just kowtowed, not daring to say a word.

Fan Bangshan took a deep breath, and then spit out all the anger that should not be called for soldiers outside the city, and said loudly: "All the defenders of Luoyang went out of the city to meet the thief army, and those who came out later were punished, and those who did not come out were beheaded!" ”

"I'm out of the city, I'm out of the city......" General Huang defended vigorously, never thinking that the emperor was really coming.

The soldiers in the barracks were silent, and only then did they react, they fought for not merit, but sin, some found that they had knives and guns in their hands, and hurriedly threw them away, and everyone else also woke up, and there was a loud noise, and no one fought for heads and belongings.

Fan Bangshan received a signal from the emperor, held the axe in both hands, and strode forward.

General Huang shouted, "It's not me! It was Henan Yin who ordered not to go out of the city! ”

Han Ruzi raised his hand, motioned to Fan Bangshan to suspend his move, and then said: "The whole army of Luoyang is guilty, as the main general, you are a capital crime." I am the emperor of Great Chu, you are the general of Great Chu, and I would rather obey the orders of civil officials than obey the holy decree, and I will not be pardonable for my crimes. ”

"Your Majesty spares ......"

Fan Bangshan was signaled again, raised the axe with both hands, and slashed it fiercely, the axe had already rolled the blade, but under the control of his brute force, it was still as sharp as chopping melons and vegetables, the head fell to the ground, and the axe smashed on the ground, and a string of sparks appeared.

The heads rolled, and the soldiers in the battalion all retreated on their knees, and no one wanted the head.

The king of the East China Sea raised his horsewhip and was the first to shout "Long live", and all the soldiers outside the camp immediately responded, shouting "Long live" three times in a row, each louder than the last.

This is the emperor they want, even if they can't reward their merits in time, they will never let their merits be snatched away by others.

When the shouting stopped, Han Ruzi said to the people in the camp, "The second general will come out of the ranks." ”

A general crawled out, only kowtowing, Fan Bangshan twice ordered him to report his name, but the general was speechless at all.

"This person is Deputy Commander Hao Ming." Fan Bangshan had no choice but to answer for him.

"Hao Ming, you will temporarily take the post of governor of Henan County, and within a quarter of an hour, lead the entire Luoyang army out of the city and go to Aocang to help in the war, and make meritorious contributions."

Hao Mingquan didn't expect that he would have a chance to replace Henan Yin's relatives, so he finally squeezed out a "yes" word in his mouth, and returned to the army with a rolling belt, ordering all the soldiers to find horses immediately, and those who couldn't find weapons for a while would get off the horses empty-handed.

More than 3,000 people were put on horseback and out of the camp within a quarter of an hour, and the Luoyang army had never been so fast.

Han Ruzi was not idle, and ordered Fan Bangshan to leave more than 1,000 wounded and weak soldiers to guard Luoyang, especially the main gate, "No one is allowed to enter or leave until I return." ”

Fan Bangshan wanted to follow the emperor to Aocang, but he didn't dare to speak, Han Ruzi saw his thoughts, and added: "The rebels have not been destroyed, the war has not been settled, Luoyang is an important town in the world, a city has been lost, the Kwantung region has shaken, and General Lao has worked hard to defend this city for me." ”

Fan Bangshan knelt down to receive the order, and said nothing more.

It is said that it was a quarter of an hour out of the city, and the 3,000 Luoyang army carried out another rectification outside the city, and set off for Aocang at dawn, and the emperor led more than 1,500 people to follow.

Luoyang is hilly, the road is undulating, and there is no end in sight, the king of the East China Sea feels that his two legs are going to be bruised, his head is dizzy, his eyes are difficult to open, and then he looks at Han Ruzi next to him, he can't say that he is full of energy, but he has no obvious tiredness.

Soon after dawn, the whole army rested for a while, and the king of the East China Sea couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, where did you get such abundant energy?" Only these veterans can keep up. ”

Han Ruzi's army was improvised, and along the way, the quality shown was uneven: the soldiers of the southern and northern armies marched in a hurry for several days, rested a little, and fought a battle in the middle, but the emperor did not dismount, and they did not dismount, and their physical strength was the strongest; Most of the Hanguguan soldiers joined late, and most of them stayed in Luoyang, and the remaining ones could also keep up; On the contrary, more than 3,000 defenders of Luoyang, who were busy grabbing merit last night, did not have time to rest, and suddenly went out of the city in a hurry, all showing obvious fatigue, and did not dare to show it in front of the emperor.

"If the emperor slacks, the entire Great Chu will be lazy." Han Ruzi replied casually, he knew where his energy came from, thanks to Meng E's internal skills, he had been practicing diligently, even when he was marching on horseback, he often silently ran various breathing methods.

But it was Meng E, who disappeared with the treasure seal, which made Han Ruzi puzzled.

Han Ruzi led the guards through the ranks, urging the Luoyang army to go on the road again, and even rushed to the front to lead, and this army that had been lazy for a long time must be spurred at all times.

On the third pole of the day, Han Ruzi led nearly 5,000 men and horses to see Ao Cang.

Ao Cang did not catch fire, Han Ruzi breathed a sigh of relief, but the battle outside the city was in full swing, looking from a distance, the Chu army was obviously in a weak position, Shangguan Sheng Ming only took six or seven thousand Su Wei rebels, but the soldiers who fought for him on the battlefield were far more than that.

"How long will Your Majesty's good fortune last?" The king of the East China Sea was really worried that the emperor would enter the war again desperately. (To be continued.) )