Han Ruzi had to set up a solid camp as soon as possible, otherwise, he would not be able to resist any army in the city rushing out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This was no small problem, for the army had to take materials from the ground and cut down the surrounding bushes in order to ensure a rapid march, and they were in a low-lying wasteland, which experienced generals agreed was the worst place to be garrisoned, and that it was necessary to advance or retreat some distance.

Han Ruzi chose to advance a few miles, the terrain was slightly higher, closer to the capital, only more than ten miles, once the war started, the time left for them to prepare was very short, and they could only be in a state of combat readiness at any time, and for a long time, the soldiers and horses could not stand it.

The soldiers of the Southern Army didn't care too much, they were in a hurry to enter the city to join the battle, and the closer they were, the better.

Han Ruzi used various excuses to delay, the most important one was that there were reinforcements from the Eighth Battalion of Suwei outside the city, and if all the southern troops entered the city, it would be easy to suffer from the enemy. He wasn't lying, and the scouts sent back news at noon that day, and there were troop movements in all directions of the capital, apparently to support the Su Guards.

This was the most turbulent morning in Han Ruzi's life, the battles in the city, the troops rushing from everywhere, and the soldiers in his own battalion...... Any force that can kill him if he is determined, he is like a lamb, surrounded by lions, tigers and wolves, and the only reason they have not yet spoken is to defeat other beasts first.

Han Ruzi didn't want to be a little sheep, he had three thousand Northern Army soldiers by his side, although the number was small, but at this moment he was willing to stand firmly on his side - the news of the poisoning of the champion Hou had come out, and these Northern Army no longer had to waver.

Behind him, there is also a northern army that is approaching, and they will be able to establish the victory, the only problem is that it will not be in time.

In the city, there is also a group of people who support the tired marquis.

Soon after dawn, Han Ruzi had just changed the camping location, and the follow-up southern army still arrived every hour or so, and Cui Hong sent a messenger.

Cui Hong didn't come in person, Han Ruzi breathed a sigh of relief, his influence could not compete with the Southern Army Da Sima himself, fortunately Cui Hong did not have the courage.

The messenger was a general of the Southern Army, with hundreds of guards, who wanted to go straight to the camp, but was stopped by the soldiers of the Northern Army led by Cai Xinghai, and he was allowed to enter the camp alone to meet the Marquis.

The messenger stood in front of the Tired Marquis and officially announced: "The Southern Army has taken the entire capital, and the King of the East China Sea has ascended the throne as the emperor. ’”

Han Ruzi said with a smile: "Taifu Cui is my father-in-law, and the King of the East China Sea and I are both the sons of Emperor Huan, of course I have to know their 'current affairs', but ...... I have only one small request, as long as the ministers are willing to recognize the new emperor, and then go out of the city to give me a decree, I will immediately march to the capital on my knees, and plead on the ground. ”

The messenger sent a threat, and Han Ruzi laughed at it, insisting only one thing, and he must have a minister and a holy decree before he was willing to hand over the southern army and recognize the new emperor.

He deliberately delayed for a while, until a Northern soldier entered the tent and nodded, and then he politely asked the messenger to leave.

Shangguan Sheng's messenger came, it was a eunuch in the palace, with more than a hundred guards and soldiers, they came out of the north gate, closer, but they set off late and fell behind the messenger of the southern army.

Two groups of messengers met at the camp gate, glaring at each other and observing.

The eunuch's attitude was more polite than that of the Southern Army messenger, "Cui Hong is rebelling, he only occupies a small area of Xicheng, and it is difficult to move an inch if he is blocked there, and he will soon be driven out of the capital." Tired Hou should have heard that reinforcements from all over the country are speeding up, and whether this army is the aid of the imperial court or the enemy of the imperial court is all in your thoughts. Please make a decision quickly, if it is a little later, Cui Hong will be defeated and retreat, and you will not have a chance to make a choice. ”

Han Ruzi still greeted him with a smile, "I am a descendant of the Han family, no matter what, it is impossible to be an enemy of the imperial court, and my father-in-law is a messenger for the imperial court, can he bring a holy decree?" ”

The eunuch's face was slightly red, and he coughed, "Your Majesty unfortunately died, the palace has made King Ying the new emperor, and Cui Hong is in turmoil, everything is in a hurry, and it is difficult to promulgate the holy decree, but because of this, this is the opportunity for the marquis." ”

Han Ruzi was just a temptation, if the other party came up with a holy decree, he would find other excuses, but the eunuch's expression showed that Shangguan Sheng, who was the new emperor in the palace, couldn't come up with a holy decree, which was a bit strange.

Han Ruzi was vain and wronged, and in the end, it boiled down to one point: "I'm sorry, I have to see the holy decree." ”

The eunuch did not threaten, but looked disgruntled as he left.

The soldiers of the southern army arrived more and more, and the three thousand northern army became more and more small, Han Ruzi could easily treat Cui Hong and Shangguan Sheng's messengers, but he had to be very careful with the southern army in his own camp. As a result, he found that the greater the number of officers and soldiers of the Southern Army, the lower the willingness to enter the city to participate in the war.

The news of Han Ruzi's indulgence of both sides in the city spread in the barracks, trying to make most people understand one thing: the battle of the capital is far from over, and it is a great risk to participate in the war at this time.

The Southern Army was about to move, but it never moved, and there were almost mutinies several times, Cai Xinghai and others were so nervous that the soldiers did not dare to leave their bodies, but Han Ruzi sat firmly in the tent, did not summon the soldiers of the Southern Army, and did not go out to meet them.

Among the many rumors, there is also one more: some people in the city do not recognize the King of England and the King of the East Sea as the new emperor, and they claim that the Marquis has always been the emperor, and still is.

Tired Marquis is one of the three "emperors" that Cui Teng refers to.

However, the followers of the Tired Marquis never left the city, they were obviously trapped somewhere, and Meng E, who had promised to return at noon, also lost her words, and did not show up until nightfall.

Han Ruzi lives like a year.

The southern army led by the tired marquis did not move for a long time, and did not express its position, but the number became more and more, Han Ruzi knew that the army's spirit was extremely unstable, but the people in the city did not know, and soon after dark, Cui Hong and Shangguan Sheng successively sent a second group of messengers.

Shangguan Sheng's messenger arrived first this time, only two eunuchs and two generals of the guard camp, the attitude was very polite, and sent a "holy decree", the king praised the many merits of the tired marquis in an adult tone, and then pointed out that the sinner who poisoned the champion hou was the king of the East China Sea, so that only one of the four contenders for the throne was left in the king, and he inherited the throne in name only, and the next thing was to ask the tired marquis to enter Beijing immediately to quell the rebellion, at least to declare his position.

Han Ruzi read it carefully, handed back the "holy decree", and said with a smile: "I know that the court is chaotic, but I shouldn't make this kind of mistake, this is not a holy decree, and the seal is wrong." ”

The emperor has twelve seals, only the treasure seal can be printed on the holy decree, and the other seals are much less useful, or to worship the heavens, or to worship ancestors, or to pray for rain...... Two of them were purely ornamental, in order to make up the number of twelve.

The four were dismantled on the spot, all red-faced, and one of the camp generals asked the other three to leave the tent and stay alone, looking at the ten guards on either side.

Han Ruzi did not retreat any of the guards, and he would never meet strangers alone now.

The general of the Su Guard Battalion took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "It's not a secret, the Su Guard Army and the Southern Army are in a state of stalemate at the moment, Cui Hong does occupy the West City, and the number of troops is more, but the Su Guard Army has kept the palace, and the North City and the East City are also in our hands, and the Tired Hou should understand what this means." ”

"What does that mean?" Han Ruzi deliberately pretended to be confused.

The general of the Su Guard Camp waited for a while, and then spoke: "The minister and the nobles are in the hands of the Su Guard, and there are ...... The people in the palace. ”

"The general might as well make it clear."

"Wang Meimei and Mrs. Tihou are both in the palace."

Han Ruzi had expected that Shangguan Sheng would use this trick, although he was angry in his heart, his face was full of laughter, "Shangguan Sheng is also from a noble family, why is he so ignorant?" Concubine Cui is also in the palace, has the king of the East China Sea surrendered because of this? ”

The general of the Su Guard Camp was embarrassed and coughed twice, "The Tired Marquis misunderstood, the Shangguan General has no intention of threatening, and Wang Meiren and Mrs. Tired Marquis will never be hurt in the palace." I have to go back to my life, what do you want me to say? ”

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "Now that you have mastered the minister, send a minister to talk to me." ”

Shangguan Sheng's messenger took his leave, and not long after, Cui Hong's second messenger arrived, and it was a genuine minister.

The right patrol Shi Shen Mingzhi has not rested for a day and a night, and the ups and downs he has experienced during this period are more intense than his officialdom for most of his life, so that his face is haggard, but he can still maintain some dignity, he brought Cui Hong's ultimatum: "Before dawn, Cui Taifu hopes to see all the southern troops enter the city, otherwise, he will personally lead the army out of the city, first calm the internal troubles, and then set the general trend." ”

"The officers and men of the Southern Army must be very happy to see Mrs. Cui." The last thing Han Ruzi is afraid of at the moment is threat.

"The Tired Marquis must have heard that there are people in the city who support you as emperor." In addition to Cui Teng, Shen Mingzhi was the first to mention the matter.

"Rumors are spreading, and it is not enough to believe them."

"I'm here to dispel the rumors, can I talk to the Tired Hou alone?"

Han Ruzi knew Shen Mingzhi, and his vigilance against him was not so heavy, and after thinking for a while, he ordered the guards to retreat, and Shen Mingzhi also signaled his companions to go out.

When there were only two people left, Shen Mingzhi knelt down and kowtowed.

Han Ruzi was very surprised, and hurriedly got up, "What does Shen Yushi mean by this?" ”

Shen Mingzhi didn't get up, and said: "The rumors are true, there are indeed a group of people in the city who support the Tired Hou, and there are quite a few of them, I risked my life to go out of the city, just to tell the Tired Hou, please insist, the King of the East China Sea and the King of England are not popular with the people, you are the emperor that Great Chu needs, and please give us a little confidence." ”

Han Ruzi was even more surprised, Shen Mingzhi first supported the champion Hou, but at this time, he supported the King of the East China Sea on the surface, and secretly reported to the tired Hou, really-Han Ruzi couldn't tell what this kind of action meant.

"100,000 Northern troops are already on the way, and they can reach the capital in three days at most." Han Ruzi gave Shen Mingzhi a little "confidence".

Shen Mingzhi was overjoyed, "Yang Gong said that the tired marquis would not go out of the city for no reason, and he would definitely be able to bring back strong reinforcements, and he was right." ”

"What about Yang Fengren?" Han Ruzi's heart moved.

"It is said that he has entered the palace, and now he is missing."

"Well, you go back, please wait patiently, tell Mrs. Cui - he wants to go out of the city, I welcome, he wants me to enter the city, let the king of the East China Sea come, our brothers can talk openly and honestly."

Shen Mingzhi got up and exited the tent and went back to return to Cui Hong.

Han Ruzi sat in the tent and meditated, knowing that the next few days would be difficult, and the northern army set off in a hurry, and might not be able to arrive within three days.

Cai Xinghai lifted the curtain and came in, with a panicked face, "Tired Hou, the Southern Army...... A large group of generals of the Southern Army broke into the camp, and they want to see you immediately, their faces are not good, do you want to arrest them?

"Invite them in." Han Ruzi said that he can't always dodge, and he always has to face the things he should face.

The commotion outside had reached the outside of the tent. (To be continued.) )