The Chu army came out to harass every night, never really fighting, shouting a few times and retreating, even the city gate did not dare to open too much, the Huns were accustomed to it, and every time it was only symbolically driven away, as if a bison was grazing, in the face of mosquito bites, at most wagging their tails and shaking their ears, and would never let this little thing delay their own grazing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Huns had already besieged the city of Jin, and they were not in a hurry at all.

Therefore, when the two gates of the southern city suddenly opened and a large number of Chu troops rushed out on horseback, the Huns did not notice at first at all, especially these Chu troops only led dozens of people holding torches, which was even more scarce.

The Huns discovered the large number of Chu troops through the sound of horses' hooves, and reacted quickly, their horses usually stopped near the tents, and thousands of people immediately mounted their horses, and many more were on standby at any time.

But the purpose of the Chu army tonight was still not to fight, but to those siege equipment that had just been erected.

These instruments were scavenged from the towns along the way, the most threatening were a dozen tall artillery carts, which could throw huge stones onto the city walls from miles away, and a few thick crash cars, which could reach the city gate and hit the door with iron heads, and some bridge carts, pushing away the river and lowering the bridge to form a simple bridge, and the largest number of instruments were ladders, more than fifty, which were placed together with the bridge cars.

The Huns did not use these things very well, and even felt that they were in the way and interfered with the galloping of horses, so they did not store them in the camp, but built them directly outside the camp, less than ten miles from the southern city, and it was easier to start the siege by pushing forward some distance.

Jincheng was defended or not attacked, and the Huns were not worried at all.

Deng Cui's goal was these poorly guarded siege equipment, the Huns looked down on these strange things, but the Chu army understood their power and regarded them as a big trouble, but few people thought that General Deng really dared to go out of the city to destroy weapons, and he took the lead, holding a torch in his hand and rushing to the front.

All the torches of the Chu army were lit, and there were hundreds of times more at once in the night, and it seemed that tens of thousands of people launched an attack, and the Huns were taken aback, and quickly gathered more troops to fight a decisive battle with this Chu army that suddenly appeared.

The Chu army took advantage of the time when the Huns were assembled to ignite most of the equipment, which could not be transported completely, so they could only be disassembled and transported one by one, and then assembled outside the city, which had just been completed in less than a day.

The guards who protected these instruments were the Buyeo army and some Chu prisoners, the former was too few in number, and the latter was unwilling to serve the enemy, and when they saw the Chu army rushing towards them, many prisoners took the initiative to set fires, and then shouted for help.

It's a pity that the Chu army can't save people.

After setting the fire, Deng Cui immediately ordered the troops to retreat, everyone threw away the torches, followed closely by their generals, the prisoners had no horses, they could only run behind on foot, and were trampled by the Hun cavalry, and suffered heavy casualties.

In any case, the surprise attack was successful, and the Chu army lost a general and dozens of soldiers, but destroyed the biggest threat.

After everyone returned to the city, the city gate was immediately closed, and the soldiers cheered, and more than a dozen generals stepped forward to congratulate the general of the chariot and cavalry, but Deng Cui did not stop at all, and under the gaze of everyone, he ran back to his house non-stop, entered the house and continued to sleep, and even refused to arrange the defense of the city.

The generals were not so calm, so they had to lead their soldiers to quickly ascend the city to guard against the attack of the Huns.

The Huns were so angry that they killed all the captives who had remained in their place, and took turns attacking the city all night, but they had no help but to stop on the bank of the river, because they were too close to turn around, and some of them were shot by arrows from the city.

According to the people in the Deng Mansion, the general did not wake up all night, but the general's wife was frightened and went out of the house several times to inquire about the news.

Deng Cui won the name of "strange general" for himself, and no one said that he was not worthy of being a general who defended the city, but even the people who admired him the most were a little uncertain in their hearts, and they always felt that he might make a big mistake at some point.

Han Ruzi also slept for a while, not so sweet, and the dreams were one after another, without any connection before and after, preventing him from falling asleep and not waking him up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, it was already dawn, Han Ruzi was sweating and felt a little better, but his body was still weak, he sat up, took the wet towel from Zhang Youcai's hand to wipe his face, glanced at Meng E in the corner, and said apologetically: "You haven't slept all night?" ”

"Supervisor Liu replaced me for a while, and I slept for a while, but Miss Meng'e has always been here."

"I can sleep standing up." Meng E said.

Han Ruzi still wanted to say something, but he was too tired, the little energy he had when he just woke up quickly disappeared, he became dizzy again, there was no taste in eating, he was full after drinking two mouthfuls of porridge, and suddenly remembered what happened last night, and asked, "General Deng ......"

Zhang Youcai has inquired clearly, and the rumors in the city are quite exaggerated, describing the Chu army as a god general, and entering and leaving the Xiongnu camp is like entering a no-man's land, which is quite exciting.

Han Ruzi smiled, just know the result, there is no need to care about the process, destroy those siege equipment, Jincheng can hold on for a few more days, he can lie down with confidence, although he can't sleep, he can also be a little more comfortable.

"The King of the East China Sea and Cui Teng came early in the morning, and they have to see Your Majesty." Zhang Youcai said that he didn't like either of them.

"Hmm." Han Ruzi's reaction was relatively slow at this time, and he felt that he had made an answer immediately, but in fact, it had been a while, "Let them come in, if they can't see me, their suspicions will be heavier." ”

Zhang Youcai sighed and went out to deliver the message.

The king of the East China Sea and Cui Teng hadn't seen the emperor all day, and they were full of doubts, so they rushed into the house, bumped into each other at the door, and glared at each other, Cui Teng was a little stronger, and he was the first to come in, and when he saw the emperor's appearance, he was surprised, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty is really sick. ”

Han Ruzi didn't want to speak, so Zhang Youcai said for him: "A little illness will get better soon." ”

Cui Teng sniffed twice, "Why don't you take medicine when you're sick, why do you smoke incense?" ”

Zhang Youcai didn't know, he booed, signaling the two not to disturb the emperor, Cui Teng shut up, the king of the East China Sea didn't squeak, and found a place to sit down after saluting the emperor.

Cui Teng couldn't hold his breath, paced back and forth, and was glared at by Zhang Youcai, so he had to sit down too, thought for a while, and said to the king of the East China Sea: "Don't have bad intentions." ”

The East Sea King sneered, "Can I find a supporter in the city?" Outside the city are the Huns, who wants to ...... His Majesty's position is more secure than ever. ”

"General Deng won a big victory last night, my father will soon lead his troops to rescue him, and Jincheng will be relieved."

The East Sea King still sneered, but lowered his voice.

"If you have something to say, don't make a noise." Cui Teng said dissatisfiedly, and also lowered his voice.

"Deng Cui was a small victory at most last night, driving away the wolves around him, and there is a circle of tigers outside."

"As long as my father ......"

"The Huns colluded with the Linzi rebels, and Da Danyu never showed up, which means that the main force of the Huns is not in Jincheng at all, what do you think he is doing? He must be waiting for your father to lead his army north, so he can intercept it halfway. ”

Cui Teng's face turned pale, "There are so many Huns outside the city, and they are not the main force?" ”

"Of course, the main force is following Da Danyu, he doesn't come to attack Jincheng, he just thinks there are more important goals......"

Zhang Youcai said angrily: "You two can't say something else? Just shut up and be quiet for a while. ”

Cui Teng shut up and made gestures to indicate that he would no longer talk nonsense, and the king of the East China Sea lowered his head and smiled without saying a word.

Han Ruzi sat up slowly, Zhang Youcai was even more dissatisfied, feeling that the two of them disturbed His Majesty's rest, Han Ruzi beckoned and said to Zhang Youcai, "You two go and rest." ”

The emperor's voice was weak, Zhang Youcai was not at ease, and he didn't dare to disobey the order, so he had to respond and slowly retreat, Meng E walked faster than him.

As soon as Zhang Youcai closed the door, Cui Teng immediately said: "Your Majesty, don't care, the king of the East China Sea is talking nonsense, my father will not be so easily fooled, and he will definitely go north to rescue him." ”

The King of the East China Sea wanted to express his disdain with silence and a smile, but in the end he couldn't hold back and said, "Yes, Mrs. Cui is sure, when will it have to wait?" Jincheng is afraid that he will not be able to leave even a brick. ”

Cui Teng glared angrily at the King of the East China Sea.

Han Ruzi said: "The king of the East China Sea is right, although the reinforcements have to wait, but they must also be prepared in case. ”

"What if? What in case? Cui Teng didn't understand.

The King of the East China Sea shook his head, "In case the Huns find a way to attack the city, Your Majesty has to find a way to escape, even if it is to escape alone, it will be the victory of the Chu army and the defeat of the Huns." ”

"Yes, yes, we have to find a way." Cui Teng nodded again and again.

Han Ruzi thought further, "No matter what, I can't fall into the hands of the Huns." He still felt dizzy, but there were some things he had already thought about and would not change, "If I can escape, of course it is better, if not, I need someone to destroy the body completely." ”

Cui Teng opened his mouth and noticed that the emperor didn't even say "I".

The king of the East China Sea was even more surprised, and forgot to address him "Your Majesty", and said: "The Huns will not kill you, at most they want to hold more property and land hostage, and Da Chu can afford it." ”

Han Ruzi gasped heavily, "I'd rather be a broken jade than a complete tile." ”

Cui Teng said: "Don't talk about the broken jade, let's talk about how to escape from the encirclement first." ”

Han Ruzi was about to speak, when Liu Jie came in and said softly, "Your Majesty, I called the imperial doctor." ”

"Huh?" Han Ruzi didn't remember that he had summoned the imperial doctor.

Liu Jie didn't explain, turned around and called in an accompanying imperial doctor.

As soon as the imperial doctor came in, he frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything, kowtowed to the emperor, got up to check the pulse, Han Ruzi was too weak to even have the strength to refuse.

The imperial physician repeatedly checked the pulse, occasionally raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and did not say a word for a long time.

Liu Jie hinted to the King of the East China Sea and Cui Teng to let the two leave, Cui Teng was reluctant, but the King of the East China Sea was very knowledgeable and quietly walked out of the room, Cui Teng had to follow, Liu Jie also went out of the house and gently closed the door, leaving only the emperor and the imperial doctor.

The imperial physician was one of the accompanying officials, who served in the imperial hospital, had rich experience, and when there were no outsiders in the room, he removed his fingers, got up and took a few steps back, knelt on the ground, and said: "Wei Chen is shallow, thinking that His Majesty is poisoned. ”

"Poisoned?" Han Ruzi was taken aback.

The imperial physician was silent for a moment and replied: "And it is the same poison as the original Emperor Si and the orphans of Prince Yong." (To be continued.) )