(Thanks to the reader "General Fang" for the red tip.) ）

The King of the East China Sea personally ascended the city and glanced at the opposite shore, his heart sank, and he regretted staying in the Broken Iron City a little.

The whole sky was occupied by dimly colored tents, and bands of cavalry galloped brazenly across the opposite bank, observing the southern bank, and some Huns stood on the shore, pointing at the Broken Iron City.

The king of the East Sea felt that he had been discovered, and even was aimed at by a bow and arrow, although it was not very safe to cross the river, so he turned to question the accompanying generals, and hid behind the battlements.

"100,000 people?"

"In terms of the number of tents, it's about 70,000 to 100,000 people." One of the generals replied that this was the conclusion reached by many scouts after observing it with their own eyes.

"So much!" The king of the East China Sea has heard this number, and he is still shocked, when he was in Mayi City, there were two or three hundred thousand Chu troops as backers, he felt that one hundred thousand Huns were too few, but now he felt that "one hundred thousand" was as heavy as a mountain, but he didn't want to be too timid, and reluctantly smiled: "It's already snowing, the grain and grass are unsustainable, the more Huns, the sooner they retreat, right?" ”

Several generals nodded, and one added, "Of course, the Broken Iron City must also be able to defend it." ”

The truth was harsh, and it was difficult for the King of the East Sea to maintain the smile on his face, so he had to turn around and look at the other side again, "You have already made a plan to defend the city, right?" ”

"Yes, General Chai has two plans: the Huns have been watching Guanhe City, and it is likely that they will cross the river from there, and when they cross the river to clear the stones, the Dongshan beacon tower can push down the Muxi expedition and re-block the passage."

"Well, yes, it's a good plan, it should be able to block the Huns for a few days, what about the second plan?"

A general pointed to the city of quicksand to the west, "The river is freezing and becoming thicker, the Huns will probably drive straight from there, General Chai plans to set up a surprise army in the city of quicksand to ambush the Hun forward and frustrate their spirit." ”

"Okay." The King of the East Sea is not very good at leading troops, as long as the generals have a plan, he is a little relieved.

Standing on the city wall long enough, the king of the East China Sea grabbed his cloak and left the city wall, "The city gate must be closed tightly, the city wall must be firm, don't give the Huns a chance." ”

Back at the General's Mansion, a group of noble sons were waiting for him, more than a dozen people, as soon as they saw the King of the East China Sea, they immediately stepped forward and saluted humbly, with these people, the King of the East Sea was much more comfortable, and immediately guessed their intentions, nodded coldly, and walked into the main hall.

Sure enough, as soon as the slave who brought tea and water retreated, these more than ten people surrounded the king of the East China Sea and persuaded him with nonsense.

"Stop." The King of the East China Sea pointed his finger in a half circle and stopped at the son of the Marquis of Shengjun, "Lou Ji, you come on." ”

There is a reason for the choice of the King of the East China Sea, among these people, Lou Ji's father has the highest title.

Lou Ji is more familiar with the king of the East China Sea, and he is not polite, and immediately said: "Let's leave the broken iron city, there is still time, the Huns will not be able to cross the river for a while and a half, if we hurry up, it will take less than two days to enter the customs." ”

The East Sea King's fingers continued to move, stopping on one of Prime Minister Yin Harmless's nephews, "Yin Xiaoyan'er, what do you say?" ”

Yin Xiao'er's eyes are not small, but he usually smiles and looks small, but at this time, his eyes are round, and he almost shouted, "The Broken Iron City can't hold it!" General Zhenbei can't bring back reinforcements! We can't sit still, we have to get away quickly...... Hurry up and evacuate! ”

"You all think the same thing?"

Everyone nodded, and Lou Ji said: "It's just a lonely city outside the plug, is it worth keeping?" If you want me to say, let's withdraw first, and then the army will be able to bring 30,000 Chu troops back to Guannei, which is also a great achievement. ”

The King of the East China Sea thought for a while, "What you said makes some sense, let's go to Chai Yue and talk about it, after all, he is in charge of the military affairs of defending the city." ”

"But you are the king of the East China Sea, and General Zhenbei has appointed you to take charge of the overall situation." Everyone persuaded the king of the East China Sea, and they were all very happy, and they were relieved one by one.

The King of the East China Sea got up, his brows furrowed slightly, "There are nearly five hundred people in the Xungui camp, and it is impossible for a few of you to retreat, find more people, go to see Chai Yue together, and put a little pressure on him." ”

"Yes, yes, everyone wants to withdraw, why only let us come out?"

Not long after, more than 50 noble sons and daughters gathered in the General's Mansion, ready to follow the King of the East China Sea to see Chai Yue, and everyone was happy. The king of the East China Sea was still not satisfied, so he said a few more names and asked Lou Ji and the others to call over.

Zhang Yanghao, Xie Ying, and Ding Hui came, frightened, and their faces were like earth, they had all abandoned the king of the East China Sea in the riverside village, and they had been worried about retribution.

To their surprise, the King of the East China Sea was very enthusiastic and greeted him with a smile, "At this time, let's stop holding grudges, let's be friends." ”

The three of them were so moved that they were about to cry, knelt down to confess, and were helped up by the king of the East China Sea.

The group went to see Chai Yue in a mighty way, attracting a lot of attention along the way.

Chai Yue lives in a city tower in the northwest corner, where he can easily observe the enemy's situation, he is discussing the ambush plan of Quicksand City with more than a dozen generals, and heard that the king of the East China Sea came with a group of Xungui's children to ask for a meeting, and he sighed in his heart, the Chu army in the city is only barely stable, if the Xungui battalion takes the lead in making trouble, the army is afraid that it will soon collapse, even if the general Zhenbei himself is here, he can't suppress it.

But it was not a way to refuse, so Chai Yue had to let them in. The officials retreated to both sides, and they all had the same idea in their hearts: if the Xungui disciples wanted to escape, they didn't have to risk the war, everyone ran back to the pass together, and it was up to them to see who was faster.

More than 50 people walked up to the tower, and the king of the East Sea was there, and the people stood but did not kneel.

The king of the East China Sea said: "General Chai, there is something we want to ask you. ”

"Please." Chai Yue got up to greet him, very polite, he couldn't afford to offend any of these people.

"Why does the Chu army have to guard a lonely city outside the Saiwai?"

Chai Yue had already explained to many soldiers, and when the king of the East China Sea asked, he had to say it again: "Although the broken iron city is lonely, it is the city of Great Chu, since Emperor Wu, Great Chu has maintained a thunderous momentum against the Xiongnu, and this city is abandoned, which means that the attack is turned into a defensive ......"

Lou Ji interrupted: "Isn't it also a defensive position in Broken Iron City? ”

Chai Yue smiled and said: "That's different, the broken iron city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the surrounding terrain is open, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they can immediately turn defense into attack, if the city is ceded to the Huns, the Chu army retreats to Shenxiong Pass, although it is easy to defend, but it is difficult to attack out of the pass." ”

"Okay, you defend the city, we ......" Lou Ji glanced at the King of the East China Sea, and hurriedly retreated, in their circle, identity is more important than anything else, and stealing words is trespassing.

The King of the East Sea nodded, "General Chai has a point, you want to set up an ambush in Quicksand City?" ”

"Yes." Chai Yue was puzzled by the attitude of the king of the East China Sea, "The Huns ostensibly inspect Guanhe City in the east, I believe that this is a suspicious formation, and within three days, the Xiongnu army will definitely cross the river from the west." Although the city of quicksand is dilapidated, it is still useful, after dusk, I will send a Chu army from the bottom of the ridge to the city of quicksand, and the Huns on the other side will not see ......"

"Enough, you can make a specific plan, I'm here to send you a team of daredevils."

"Dare to die?" Chai Yue was inexplicable, looking at the more than fifty noble children who followed.

Lou Ji and the others also looked at each other, and suddenly understood that the "daring man" meant himself, and he panicked all of a sudden.

Wang Zhengse of the East China Sea said: "You people, from the day you were born, you have eaten the country's money, the so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, Da Chu has raised you for several generations, can't you exchange for a 'dare to die'?" ”

Everyone was speechless, not only ashamed, but also shocked, they never imagined that such words would come out of the mouth of the King of the East China Sea.

"Please give the order of General Chai, and if necessary, I will personally go into battle." The king of the East China Sea felt a little nervous in his heart, if the other party was Han Ruzi or Fang Daye, he would never dare to boast about this Haikou, Chai Yue should know the rules and be a man.

Chai Yue was also shocked, and at the same time greatly relieved, "It's enough to have these people who dare to die to go to Quicksand City, Broken Iron City needs the King of the East China Sea to be in charge, and His Highness can't fight." ”

The king of the East China Sea hummed majestically, and said to the stunned sons and daughters of the nobles: "At this time, the kings have worked hard, and they have disgraced their father and brother. ”

The king of the East China Sea left everyone behind, turned around and went downstairs, and Chai Yue ordered people to go to the Xungui camp to fetch armor and horses for these people. After this incident, the generals, who were not very obedient to the order, no longer had any objection to the ambush plan.

The king of the East China Sea punished the noble children who were resigned, and also took revenge on Zhang Yanghao and others who had betrayed him, and he was in a good mood.

Back at the General's Mansion, Lin Kunshan came over to ask for a meeting, and as soon as he entered the house, he hugged his fists and said with a smile: "The King of the East China Sea has a clever plan, which not only teaches the cowardly a lesson, but also stabilizes the morale of the army, and the prestige of the King of the East China Sea will be greatly improved." ”

"Hey, do I need that bit of prestige?" The King of the East China Sea didn't need to hide his true ambition in front of the Qi Seeker, "They don't care about the city and pool of Great Chu, they just want to live for themselves, I care." ”

Lin Kunshan said with a smile: "Da Chu has constant internal and external troubles, and it is necessary for the descendants of a clan like the King of the East China Sea to turn the tide. ”

The East Sea King snorted.

More than two hundred miles away, another person also cares about the integrity of the Great Chu River.

Under the leadership of the main book, Han Ruzi and others came to the Dongcheng warehouse, but they did not find Han Tong, the left general of the Northern Army, and only after asking did they know that Han Tong received some equipment and food, and ordered someone to send it to the south city gate, and the person had just left not long ago.

The people ran to the south gate again, and when they got out of this gate, they were inside the gate, and the people and vehicles were blocked here, and no matter how much they shouted, the city gate would not be opened.

Han Ruzi asked the master to go up to the city tower to inform himself, and after waiting for a while, the master book came down, with a confused face, and said, "General Zuo asked General Zhenbei to go up alone." ”

The situation was different, Han Ruzi thought for a while and said, "Okay, but I have to bring an entourage." ”

"This ...... I guess so, I'll ask again. The chief secretary hurriedly ran up to the city tower, wondering in his heart, the two generals are both descendants of the clan, why don't they have any family affection for each other?

Du Chuanyun tightened his belt and was about to go up to the city tower with the tired marquis, but Han Ruzi stopped him, "You stay, Chen Tong, you go with me." ”

Meng E nodded, in front of outsiders, she never spoke, so as not to reveal the identity of the woman.

Du Chuanyun was both surprised and disappointed, not believing that this ordinary soldier's kung fu would be better than his own.

The master book came back and asked General Zhenbei and his entourage to go upstairs.

(Today's update.) (To be continued.) )