The king of the East China Sea was like an arrow, hoping to get as far away from the chaos behind him as possible, he had to admit that he was not suitable for winning in chaos, it was meaningless to compare this kind of thing with Han Ruzi, he was better at strategizing above the temple.

Someone behind him reminded him that the King of the East Sea looked up blankly and looked forward, and a knight was coming from the direction of Shenxiong Pass, waving his arm and signaling the southbound to pause, "Shenxiong Pass...... General Zhenbei ......"

When the king of the East Sea heard these two words, he quickened his horse and swept past the knight, and no one could leave him, no one.

The horse couldn't run all the time, no matter how the king of the East China Sea urged, it still slowed down, and the people behind caught up, Lin Kunshan let out a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "The king of the East China Sea doesn't need to be anxious, the Chu army is in chaos, maybe it is fighting with the Huns, and it won't be able to catch up for a while." ”

"Can't you catch up? No, no, I'm not worried about them, I want to go back to the capital as soon as possible, I figured it out, only in the capital, can I be like a fish in water, can I be safe, can I monopolize power. Lin Kunshan, send me back to the capital, you have made a great contribution. ”

"Isn't the King of the East China Sea going to look for the Southern Army?"

"No, no." The king of the East China Sea has changed his mind, and there is no doubt about it, "I want to directly seize the throne, and then summon my uncle back to Beijing." ”

"Okay." Lin Kunshan also had no intention of questioning it face-to-face.

The King of the East China Sea turned his head and glanced at him, "Don't think that I am imaginary, I am prepared, it is much more adequate than capturing the Great Sima Seal of the Northern Army, and it is not controlled by outsiders." ”

The King of the East Sea nodded, his brows furrowed slightly, "Who was blocking the way just now?" ”

"It seems to be the messenger of Shenxiongguan, I have sent someone to question, let's continue on our way."

The king of the East China Sea likes this kind of subordinate who thinks about him, and when he looks up, the peaks on both sides are towering, snow-capped, and the road is quite spacious, but there are many twists and turns, and he can't see the end at a glance, "How far is it from Shenxiong Pass?" ”

"Half of the journey has passed, don't worry, King of the East China Sea."

The king of the East Sea sighed, full of worries, patted the horse's neck, did not dare to rush too hard, and suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, which seemed very abrupt in a team of horses that were slowing down, he was startled, and then remembered that this should be the subordinate who asked the question.

There were less than fifty of his subordinates, all of whom were found by Lin Kunshan, and he didn't know any of them, the only loyal retinue had died in front of the Chinese military tent, and one retinue was thrown in the Broken Iron City and was not brought out at all.

The King of the East China Sea sighed again, did not look back, and continued to move forward, Lin Kunshan stopped and waited for the news, quickly caught up, and drove side by side with the King of the East Sea for a while, and said: "A mob in the pass has attacked Shenxiong Pass. ”

The king of the East China Sea pulled the reins, "What? The mob captured Shenxiong Pass? ”

"It hasn't been captured yet, and it is said that it is approaching Shenxiong Pass, probably to snatch the food in the pass."

"This is not a mob, this is a rebel, a thief. How could I be so unlucky? There are rebels in front, and rebels in the back......"

"Let's go to Shenxiong Pass first."

The King of the East Sea suddenly remembered the past, "The Qi Seeker knows the mob, maybe you started the chaos!" The more he talked, the more excited he became, not caring about the riot itself, "You can persuade them to get out of the way, can you?" ”

Lin Kunshan smiled bitterly: "The King of the East China Sea has overestimated the ability of the Qi Seeker, we will add fuel to the fire at most, whether to do it or not, whether it will be successful or not, we can't decide, and there are not so many people we know." ”

"Hey, you're being humble at this point."

On the next journey, the king of the East China Sea and the others met several groups of messengers, and the messengers thought that this small group of men and horses was going to support Shenxiong Pass, and they were very happy, and immediately hurried away after saying a few words.

The news brought by the messenger was getting worse and worse, and thousands of mobs had rushed beyond the south gate, occupied several unguarded military camps, and were shouting outside the city, preparing to attack the city, and there were less than a hundred soldiers available in the city, but the people numbered thousands, but they were so frightened that they closed their doors and refused to defend the city.

Lin Kunshan asked the same question every time he saw someone: "Are there more people besieging the city, or are there more bandits?" ”

He explained to the king of the East China Sea: "If there are many people, it means that the situation is out of control, even if Chun Yu personally goes out, it may not be useful, if there are many bandits, everyone is from the rivers and lakes, I may know a few, and I can speak for the king of the East China Sea." ”

The messenger could not answer this question, and the master of the city was about to go crazy, and kept sending people to ask the general of Zhenbei for help, and even claimed that he could not hold it anymore, so he would surrender.

The king of the East China Sea really wanted to swear in front of God.

In the evening of the same day, the group arrived at Shenxiong Pass, and the gatekeeper also thought that this was a rescuer, although it seemed that the number was smaller, but it was also exciting, and immediately opened the door and let them go, and took them to the yamen to meet the master bookkeeper Hua to repay his kindness.

Hua Zhushu is worshipping God and praying for Buddha in the hall, and the statues and tablets of the Buddha, Bodhisattva, Sanqing Jade Emperor and other gods are arranged in three rows on the bookcase, and they get along with each other in harmony.

He didn't recognize the King of the East China Sea, but at this moment, anyone who came from the north was a life-saving immortal, and Master Hua immediately knelt down and couldn't wait to give up his duty as a gatekeeper.

The king of the East China Sea was not polite, kicked the main book away, and ordered Lin Kunshan to take people to the south city gate to check the situation and report quickly.

The lobby was empty, only the main book shrunk in the corner and shivered, the king of the East China Sea was also anxious and afraid, but he was calmer than the main book, and he was not convinced, facing many small statues and tablets, he did not beg, but threatened: "Bless me to return to Beijing safely, your incense is indispensable, if I have three long and two short, I will smash you to a pulp first." ”

Maybe the gods were really afraid of the threat, and soon, Lin Kunshan's subordinates sent news one after another, most of the bandits gathered outside the south gate were bandits from all over the world, and they gathered together in the chaos, and they heard that there was a lot of food in Shenxiong Pass and few defenders, so they ran through the siege, and the momentum was high, but there were no siege equipment, and more than a dozen ladders were less than half the height of the city wall, so they never launched an attack.

The biggest piece of good news is that Lin Kunshan really knows one of the leaders.

The king of the East China Sea was overjoyed, and immediately authorized Lin Kunshan to negotiate with the bandits, as long as he didn't get in the way, he could agree to any conditions, but he couldn't open the city gate and use a basket to hang Lin Kunshan out.

"I'm the emperor, I'm the emperor......" King Donghai cheered himself up, suddenly walked to the side of Master Hua, and kicked it again, "Why don't you hurry up and burn incense and worship God?" The more the merrier, take it all out, the gods don't bless you, but they bless me. ”

Soon the hall was filled with cigarette smoke, and the night outside was getting deeper and darker, and the king of the East China Sea suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly ran out, called a messenger, and ordered him to inform the guards at the north gate, "Without my order, you are not allowed to open the door to anyone again." ”

The messenger didn't understand the meaning of this order, so he didn't dare to ask more, so he ran out, the king of the East China Sea was anxious, and the great Sima was imprinted on him, even if the Chu army was in chaos, someone would come to pursue him, and he must not stay in Shenxiong Pass for too long.

A soldier came to report that Lin Kunshan had negotiated with the bandit leaders, but the defenders refused to open the door and let him enter the city, nor did they put down the basket again, saying that they were afraid of bringing in spies.

The king of the East Sea hurriedly ran out, turned back at the door, grabbed Master Hua's ear, and forced him to go to the south gate with him. He accepted the lesson, only the official seal and status are not enough, and for those ordinary soldiers, the most effective is still familiar faces.

It was already late at night, and the king of the East China Sea had just arrived at the south gate, and before he had climbed the city tower, someone rode a horse to chase him, "and a team of Chu troops came from the north......"

Before the man finished speaking, the king of the East China Sea replied loudly: "You are not allowed to open the door, and you are not allowed to open your mouth no matter what, it is not the Chu army, they are ...... It's a spy of the Huns! ”

Such a lie could not last long, the king of the East China Sea dragged Hua Zhushu upstairs in a hurry, and looked outside the city, only to see that the official road was full of fires and torches, and there were many shadows around him, and he didn't know how many people gathered, more than ten steps away from the city gate, Lin Kunshan stood there alone, holding a torch.

"Is it General Han?" Lin Kunshan shouted.

The King of the East China Sea was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that the name of the King of the East China Sea was too heavy for the bandits, Lin Kunshan was protecting him, and immediately replied: "It's me, what's the matter?" ”

"Heroes from all walks of life are willing to let the general pass, and there is only one condition."

"On what terms?"

"This autumn's harvest is not good, and it is a cold winter season, and there is no grain in each village, so it is difficult to continue, and I hope to borrow some grain from the general to survive the winter."

Lin Kunshan's tone seemed to be one of the bandits, but the King of the East China Sea could only believe him and said loudly: "Wait for me to go down." "The master of the book against China kicked and pushed, and went downstairs together," Open the city gate. ”

Hua Zhushu was full of fists and kicks, but he became more and more obedient to the king of the East China Sea, and immediately ordered the door to be opened, his order was effective for the soldiers guarding the city, the city gate slowly opened, and the king of the East China Sea controlled the urgency in his heart, did not go out, but stood in the same place, waiting for Lin Kunshan to come in, and kept looking back, for fear that there would be a Chu army.

Lin Kunshan came in, he was standing outside alone, but at this time, there were two people behind him, the king of the East China Sea was shocked, and it was too late to order the door to close, so he could only receive it head-on.

Lin Kunshan came to the king of the East China Sea and introduced: "These two are both heroes of Dangyang Mountain, known as ......."

A tall and strong man said in a rough voice: "The rivers and lakes are cheap, not enough to be a general, let's be cheerful, give food or not?" How much to give? We have a total of seventeen stockades......"

The King of the East China Sea suddenly thought of an idea, "Give, not only food, but the entire Shenxiong Pass will be given to you." ”

The two robber leaders were stunned, and Master Hua was even more frightened and collapsed on the ground, and the King of the East Sea kicked the main book, "Open the city gate wider, and then you follow me." ”

The king of the East China Sea said to the robbers: "Don't hide it, the Huns in the north are coming, the Chu army is defeated, and they can't hold the Shenxiong Pass, rather than being captured by foreigners, it is better to hand it over to the people of Chu, if you can hold this pass, it is also a great achievement, and you will be rewarded by the court in the future." ”

The robber leaders looked at each other, they didn't want to defend the city for the government, but the granary was in the pass, and there were hundreds of wealthy families, and it only took a day or two to loot them, so they nodded at the same time and said: "Okay, General Han is so generous, we also have to be righteous, as many people as you want to take out of the city, you can do it, we will give you a ride, and there will be no obstruction on the way." ”

"Then let's go."

The king of the East China Sea was already impatient, and took the lead to walk out of the city, dozens of Lin Kunshan's subordinates led their horses to follow, and Hua Zhushu followed closely to the left and right, and the more than ten soldiers guarding the door looked at each other, threw down their weapons, and followed out of the city, the generals gave up, they didn't want to face the group of thieves alone.

Dozens of steps out of the city, everyone got on the horse, and the king of the East China Sea finally glanced at Shen Xiongguan, thinking to himself, this is his own country, sooner or later he will take it back, now, let a group of robbers block the chasing soldiers behind him, whether Han Ruzi lives or dies, he will not cause trouble to himself.

Outside the north gate of Shenxiong Pass, Cai Xinghai led a hundred soldiers and just called for the city gate. (To be continued.) )