Chapter 164: Beheading

Vice General Luo was actually so drunk that his mind was blank, and he was still reluctant to send the wine and meat to his mouth, and he was even more reluctant to let go of the two women in his arms, he knew very well that as soon as he let go, those wolf-like generals would pounce on them and take them away.

He is a man with tight hands, his fingers can be bent and never straightened, he holds the cup tightly, grasps the money tightly, hugs the woman tightly, and would rather let things rot in his hands than share them with others.

"Hundreds of thousands of Chu troops, only ...... It's just us...... Make a great contribution, the right general eats meat, let's ...... To drink soup, you must ...... Gotta drink enough, come! ”

Two glasses of wine were brought to his mouth, and Vice General Luo took a sip of the bowl, grinned, and hugged the two women tighter, and they had to do their best, smiling while maintaining the balance of the wine glasses in their hands.

More than a dozen generals were already drunk, and once again, they lost to Vice General Luo and failed to get him drunk.

Han Ruzi arrived with people at this time, looking at the black miasma that filled the room, he became more and more determined to seize military power.

There were more than a dozen candles burning in the room, as bright as day, Vice General Luo squinted for a while, recognized that it was General Zhenbei, and immediately pressed the woman under the table, and the two had to put down the wine glass in their hands, and then he remembered that he was ordered to lead the army, and his position was one level higher than that of the deposed emperor, so he let go of his hand and smirked at the door.

"General Zhenbei, are you late...... It's late, go somewhere else...... Find a woman, how old are you? ”

"Hand over the General's Seal." Han Ruzi ordered.

"Why, why?" Vice General Luo was not afraid of the abolition of the emperor at all, and even refused to get up to greet him.

Du Chuanyun took two guards, bypassed the drunks all over the ground, and came to Vice General Luo, the guards reached out to drag the two women, Vice General Luo was furious, his arms were forced, and he shouted: "Mine, it's all mine!" ”

Du Chuanyun slapped the back of Vice General Luo's neck, Vice General Luo's arms were slightly numb, and he couldn't keep the woman in his arms, he was furious, he stood up, the wine surged, he felt dizzy in his brain, and he fell, even if the whole world was in his hand, he could only let go, yawn, and close his eyes, "Mine, no one can ......"

Du Chuanyun rummaged twice in the arms of the deputy general, took out a small package, opened it, looked at it, and sent it to the tired marquis.

Sure enough, it was the general seal that Feng Shili entrusted to Vice General Luo.

Han Ruzi already had an understanding of the affairs of the army, so he took it into his arms and ordered: "The two lieutenant generals are drunk and mistaken and go to prison; Immediately convene all the generals and civil servants above the seventh rank in the army to go to the general's palace within two quarters of an hour to discuss the matter, and those who come later will be treated with military law. ”

It was easy to seize the seal, and everyone's confidence increased greatly, and they immediately acted on orders, but Han Ruzi and Chai Yue understood that the capture of the seal was only the beginning, and getting everyone to admit that the move of seizing the seal was the most difficult step.

The soldiers of the Qu Battalion were also drinking and carnivaling at night, and only a few people did not participate in the celebration because they wanted to guard the General's Mansion, and Han Ruzi gathered seventy or eighty people and ordered them to stand on the left and right sides with knives and guns.

Vice Admiral Luo sat on the ground with his hands on his shoulders and leaned against a pillar, still dreaming.

More than half of the generals and military officials were drinking with Adjutant General Luo, and they were also dragged to the general's mansion, where they fell to the ground and were still asleep.

Chai Yue and others successively brought in other generals, and the second deputy general Sun also drank a lot of wine, slept early, and was relatively awake, and was dragged by Du Chuanyun and Cui Teng.

Vice General Sun was very unconvinced, stood in the hall without kneeling, and raised his head and said loudly: "General Zhenbei, kill the meritorious soldiers, are you going to rebel?" ”

Han Ruzi took out the general's seal, put it on the case, and ordered: "Water." ”

The soldiers had already prepared cold water and poured it in pots, it was the early morning of late autumn, although it was not so cold that the iron was frozen, the taste of cold water topping was not pleasant, a few people who pretended to be asleep were the first to get up, and the others then jumped up, screaming and swaying in their mouths, not knowing what was happening.

Vice General Luo also woke up, he didn't remember what happened before, and found that the woman was not in his arms, his hands were tied, and he said angrily: "Who? Who's kidding this official and doesn't want to live anymore? ”

Seeing that the colleagues who fell to the ground were not killed, Vice General Sun calmed down for a while, then looked at the general seal on the case, and asked uneasily: "What's the matter?" ”

"The Xiongnu army is about to reach the Broken Iron City, and General Feng You is likely to have been killed."

As soon as these words came out, the generals were shocked, and Deputy General Luo finally stood up, but the rope in his hand could not be untied, "The Huns have been defeated, where is the army?" Give me back the seal! ”

"At the moment of the great enemy, the two generals should not palm prints, from now on, the Chu army of the Broken Iron City will listen to my orders."

"Haha, you hairy kid, you want us to listen to your orders? Dream! Vice General Luo shook his arms vigorously, "General Right entrusts the army to the two of us......"

"Drinking and binge, coercing women, this is the art of the two of you to govern the army?" Han Ruzi took the case and grabbed the general's seal, "Vice General Luo has no way to do it, and he takes the lead in destroying military discipline and should be beheaded." ”

"Who dares to cut me? I am the adjutant general of the Right Army of the Northern Army appointed by the imperial court, and my uncle is ......"

Cai Xing stepped forward with a knife, "I am the supervisor of the Northern Army, and I specialize in killing incompetent people like you!" ”

The so-called supervising army has no real power, and Cai Xinghai has been transferred to the Ma military captain under General Zhenbei, which is a lot lower than the deputy general of the right army, and has no power to cut the general, Vice General Luo glared and was even more unconvinced, "Except for the right general, no one can ......

Cai Xinghai was born in the army, tall and fat, and his strength was not small, and he slashed it down, and Vice Luo landed his head on the ground.

Cai Xinghai put away his knife and arched his hand to Han Ruzi: "After law enforcement, please check the general." ”

The generals in the hall knelt down, and Vice General Sun was dumbfounded, unable to believe his eyes, and was lightly kicked by someone behind him, and his knees were weak, and he also knelt down.

"The Hun army is coming, and the lives of the 30,000 soldiers in the Broken Iron City are in my hands and your hands, please nominate a virtuous general here, and I will hand over this seal immediately."

Vice General Luo's head is on the ground, no one will be confused, Vice General Sun was the first to express his position, and the others echoed, thinking that in terms of reason, public and private, General Zhenbei is the most suitable for palm prints.

The sky was shining, Han Ruzi did not shirk anymore, and began to give orders, first to send scouts to serve the Hun army, then close the city gate to rectify the whole army, and then send people to go to Shenxiong Pass to report the news.

Han Ruzi can't set off immediately, killing the general and seizing the seal, it is when the army's heart is extremely unstable, he has to stay for a while.

The soldiers who had just celebrated the victory, it was hard to believe that there was a Hun army nearby, but they were afraid of military law and did not dare to talk nonsense, and the identity of the general of Zhenbei was relatively special, and they did not know what court conspiracy was hidden behind this, so they kept their mouths shut.

Han Ruzi patrolled the city all day, first went to the tribe camp, Chao Hua woke up and was ashamed, when General Zhenbei needed his cronies the most, he was drunk and unconscious with the soldiers, but this could not be blamed completely, he asked for instructions before drinking, and got permission.

Next, Han Ruzi took Chai Yue and Cai Xinghai to every military camp, striving to let all the soldiers see him.

The last to inspect was the Xungui camp, where the military spirit was the most chaotic, but it was also the best to cover up, Han Ruzi did not expect more than 400 Xungui children to support him, as long as they didn't cause trouble.

Shortly after noon, the first group of scouts returned to the city, bringing back the unmistakable news that a Xiongnu army was approaching the city of Broken Iron, and that it would arrive before dark.

When the news spread, the whole army was stirred, and the prestige of General Zhenbei rose sharply.

Han Ruzi struck while the iron was hot, and ordered Chai Yue to arrange the defense, Cai Xinghai to implement the military law, Chai Yue's first order was to send people to garrison the beacon tower on the hill in the east of the city, where the stones had been piled up, and they could be pushed down the mountain at any time to block Guanhe City.

A team of scouts entering and leaving the city was endless, and the news brought back was becoming more and more amazing, half an hour before the sun set, the scouts had no need to go out of the city, and the Hun army appeared in Hebei.

At first arrived the forward army, about four or five thousand men, far away, galloping back and forth on horseback, apparently also surveying the surrounding situation.

It didn't take long for more Hun cavalry to arrive, and instead of crossing the river to attack the city, they camped in the distance.

There were more and more Huns, and Chai Yue ordered to send a message to the soldiers on the beacon tower, push down the stones, and block Guanhe City when it was dark.

No one doubted the existence of the Xiongnu army, and after dark, it was impossible to see the situation on the other side, and the lowest estimate was 50,000 enemy troops, far more than the Chu army in the broken iron city - claimed to be 30,000, but in fact there were only about 25,000 people.

At this time, the atmosphere in the army was not suspicious, but timid, and everyone was thinking about a question: why not remove the Shenxiong Pass? To put it bluntly, why don't you run away quickly?

Chai Yue was responsible for explaining to everyone: According to the Great Chu Military Law, in the face of the enemy's cowardice and abandonment of the city, the generals are all capital crimes, and the soldiers will also be deprived of their salaries, and even sentenced to prison and serve in the army as prisoners.

"Although the Huns are numerous, the 30,000 Chu army can always hold on for a while, and the general of Zhenbei will personally go to Shenxiong Pass to get reinforcements, and the Chu army in the pass is not less than 200,000, and they will soon be able to come to a decisive battle with the Huns." Chai Yue had no choice but to coax and deceive, there were a lot of Chu troops in the Guannei, but most of them went to the counties to quell the chaos, and they couldn't assemble for a while.

But as a Chu general, Chai Yue understands that the broken iron city must be defended, only here, the Chu army can advance and retreat freely, once retreat to the Shenxiong Pass, the Chu army can defend without attacking, or can only attack the Huns from the north, will lose the advantage of relying on the city.

Han Ruzi originally planned to set off after nightfall, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he stayed for a while longer, and after seeing many soldiers, he found that he could not take too many people, especially the king of the East China Sea.

"Cui Teng is going to the Southern Army to deliver a letter, and the two of us will go to Shenxiong Pass, in the eyes of outsiders, this is a 'family' to escape." Han Ruzi must leave a little guarantee for the Chu army in the city, "One goes to Shenxiong Pass, and the other stays in Broken Iron City, you choose." ”

The King of the East Sea rolled his eyes, "I'll stay, but you have to promise to bring reinforcements." Of course he wants to stay, the Chu army in the city has been under the command of General Zhenbei and Chai Yue, and it is quite stable, but the victory or defeat of the capture of Shenxiong Pass is unpredictable, "Everyone has their own strengths, you can seize power, I can defend it." ”

Night to the third watch, Meng E arrived as promised, Han Ruzi only took more than 20 people, set off to Shenxiong Pass, soon after dawn, the sky was cloudy, nearly noon, snowflakes fell, announcing the arrival of winter.

Winter was supposed to block the Huns, but this year it was not good for the Chu army, once the river formed thick ice, the Xiongnu army in the north would be able to drive straight in, straight to the broken iron city. (To be continued.) )