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The banner of the Great Chu Emperor was displayed on the tower of the city gate, and the Huns on the other side of the moat looked at each other and smiled, and someone said to Xiao Sheng in the Central Plains: "Although the Emperor of Chu is small, he is not small, go over and speak, be louder, since the Xiongnu have been surrendered, you have to concentrate on meritorious service, persuade the little emperor to sacrifice the city, you can be crowned king, there are many daughters, and it may not be impossible to marry one to you." ”

Xiao Sheng smiled and nodded twice, urged the horse to move forward a few steps, looked up, and saw a lot of crossbowmen on the city wall, and there were many people standing on the city gate, his eyes were not very good, he probably recognized the emperor according to the position, and arched his hand on the horse and said: "The minister is the emperor Xiao Sheng, please see Your Majesty!" ”

The Huns behind him interpreted to their companions at any time.

On the tower of the city gate, it was not the emperor himself who opened his mouth to respond, but the general Fan Bangshan, who did not go elsewhere to defend the city, but stayed by the emperor's side, not only tall, but also had a loud voice, coming from above, like a burst of thunder.

Fan Bangshan fought the enemy at the gate of the city last night, killing and wounding countless people, not only the whole city was known, but the Huns also heard of his prestige, and they all looked forward to it, without hiding the curiosity and admiration in their hearts.

"Xiao Sheng, do you still have the face to come to see Your Majesty?" Fan Bangshan spoke for the emperor, but also added a little bit of his own understanding.

"The general trend has gone, and the minister is also forced to be helpless, I hope Your Majesty will understand."

"There is nothing to understand, tell your Xiongnu master, the Emperor of Great Chu would rather die than surrender, and if he has the ability, he will come to attack the city. The Huns are treacherous, and the peace talks are still ongoing, so they will come to invade Dachu, Xiao Sheng, you will not have a good result if you stay there. ”

The interpreter reminded in the back: "Tell the little emperor of Chu that he is the one who is treacherous, Da Danyu has waited for nearly half a year, and has been urged and reminded several times by the messenger, but he just refuses to continue the peace talks, so he ......."

Xiao Sheng turned his horse's head and said with a smile: "Let me say, I know the emperor, and the matter of peace talks will not be clear for a while, and it will be a waste of time." ”

The interpreter couldn't be the master, so he said a few words to the leader, and said in the Central Plains: "Follow you, success, Your Excellency is the king of the Huns, if you don't succeed, do you see the moat in front of you?" It's a good fit for you. ”

Xiao Sheng still smiled and nodded, turned to the city and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Rong Chen said a few words about the current trend. ”

Fan Bangshan despised Xiao Sheng very much, according to his own intentions, he should have scolded him, and then shot the rebellious ministers and thieves to death with random arrows, but the emperor had other ideas, so he had to reply: "Your Majesty allows you to say it." ”

Xiao Sheng cleared his throat, "Your Majesty, there are thousands of elite soldiers in Fuyu, disguised as the people of Chu who were plundered, driven from the west by the Huns, and poured into the pass after being rescued. The Xiongnu army is hundreds of thousands, divided into two parts, one stays in Liaodong, Da Dan Yu personally commands, attacks the city and plunders the land, and now the whole county inside and outside the Liaodong Pass is lost, and there is no more Chu land. The other is non-stop, passing through the city without attacking, crossing the Yan Kingdom and Zhongshan County, and going straight to the Jin City of the Daiguo, just to capture His Majesty alive......"

"What are you talking about?" The interpreter shouted.

Xiao Sheng turned his horse's head again, "The Great Chu Emperor is suspicious by nature, and he must explain the cause and effect clearly in order to make him completely lose confidence and surrender out of the city." ”

The interpreter frowned, "To make a long story short, if the little emperor doesn't surrender, we will attack the city, how can we have time to listen to your ramblings?" ”

"Yes, don't be impatient, it won't be long before you introduce the general trend."

Xiao Sheng continued to say loudly to the city: "Now the Hun army is 200,000 ......."

"Five hundred thousand!" The interpreter corrected sharply.

"The 500,000 Hun army has entered the customs." Xiao Sheng immediately corrected, "Within today, Your Majesty will either go out of the city and surrender, or the city will be destroyed." ”

Hearing this, the interpreter nodded in satisfaction and quickly interpreted to the leader.

There was a commotion on the tower of the city gate, Fan Bangshan wanted to scold again, endured it and didn't speak, Xiao Sheng waited for a while, and then said: "The Chu army is now scattered all over the place, and it is definitely too late to save the driver, I heard that tens of thousands of northern troops are coming to join Your Majesty, but the Huns have been prepared, and several times as many cavalry are lying in ambush in the surrounding mountains at the moment, waiting for work, the northern army is definitely not an opponent!" ”

The interpreter sneered, the Huns' plan was not leaked, Xiao Sheng obviously guessed it himself, but he was not afraid, as long as the northern army took the bait, and he could scare the little emperor.

There was another commotion on the gate tower, which soon ended, which was bad news for the besieged.

"After breaking through Jincheng, the Xiongnu army will turn south, converge with the rebels of Qi, and encircle and annihilate the Chu army led by the general Cui Hong. There are still many Chu troops on the northern Xinjiang line, but the dragons have no leader, and they are fighting on their own, and they are not the opponents of the Xiongnu army. ”

While interpreting, the interpreter listened to the leader's instructions, and then said: "Tell the little emperor that Da Shan Yu admires him a little and is willing to give him a way to live, as long as he surrenders, he can still retain the title of emperor, and Da Shan Yu's daughter and granddaughter are at his disposal - don't be jealous, he is the emperor after all, and the treatment is better than yours." ”

"That's nature." Xiao Sheng said without looking back, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the situation in the world is roughly like this, and Your Majesty has only one way to go." ”

The interpreter thought that he would be persuaded to surrender next, and he was very satisfied, and quickly interpreted to the leader, but he didn't expect Xiao Sheng to say another thing at all, he was so surprised, he opened his mouth for a while, and he didn't translate to the leader in time, and he didn't open his mouth to stop it.

"Zhuo Ruhe has escaped from Liaodong, and is patrolling the border fortress as a messenger, gathering all the troops inside and outside the pass, and it will come soon, I hope that Your Majesty will stick to it, Your Majesty is in Dachu, and Your Majesty is dead, and Dachu is dead......

"Shut up!" The interpreter roared angrily, slapped his horse forward, and pulled out his waist knife.

"Minister Xiao Sheng is derelict in his duties, and he has no shame to say goodbye to Your Majesty......" The sound of the horse's hooves behind him is getting closer and closer, Xiao Sheng can't wait any longer, and he doesn't look back, he raises the whip in his hand and whips it towards the mount, the horse is frightened, jumps forward, and after a few steps, jumps straight into the moat.

The city and the city were all surprised.

The interpreter glanced at the river, knew that he could not save people, and there was no need to save them, so he turned around and was about to explain to the leader that arrows rained down on the city, and the Huns had to retreat.

Above the city, everyone was silent, and no one gave an order for that round of archery, and I don't know who started it, and all the soldiers followed suit.

No one thought that Xiao Sheng would commit suicide to prove his innocence, it turned out that he endured humiliation and persevered until now, just to tell the emperor the current situation, and ask the emperor to persevere.

A man and a horse quickly sank into the water, and the horses were still wailing, but the people were silent.

Fan Bangshan suddenly took a few steps back, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed his head, "I, Fan Bangshan, have no eyes, I have seen Lord Xiao wrong, I apologize to you." ”

To say that the most surprising is Han Ruzi himself, he wanted to get a little information from Xiao Sheng, but he didn't expect him to commit suicide at all.

Xiao Sheng has never been a staunch supporter of the emperor, in Shenxiong Pass, the two were even enemies for a time, and then repeated several times in the battle for the throne, and it appeared that his character was low, in Han Ruzi's plan, after the world was stable, Xiao Sheng was one of the first ministers to need to be replaced, and he was given the name of Qincha, just to temporarily appease people's hearts.

As a result, such a person would rather throw himself into the river than surrender to the Huns.

"Zuocha Yushi Xiao Sheng is ......loyal to the country," Han Ruzi thought for a while, "It is worthy of being the pillar of the imperial court, you should not forget the ambition of Lord Xiao, and I dare not love the body and forget the country, even if there is one person, Da Chu will not die." ”

The ministers knelt down, although most of them were literati, but they were all feverish, and they were suddenly generous.

But will and morale alone could not defeat the Huns, Han Ruzi immediately summoned the generals of the Northern Army and asked: "Is there any way to inform the main force of the Northern Army not to come to Jincheng?" ”

"Not coming to Jincheng?" The forward general was taken aback, "But Your Majesty ......"

"Lord Xiao has made it very clear that the Huns will use me as bait to attract the Chu army to come to the rescue, and then wait for work and ambush them."

The forward general was not on the city gate tower just now, but he had already heard about Xiao Sheng's deeds, and he muttered for a moment, "Without the help of the main force of the Northern Army, Jincheng will not hold out until tomorrow morning." ”

"Let the main force of the northern army choose a dangerous place to camp, and Jincheng is a horn for each other, but the strong wall does not come out, and the Huns will not immediately capture Jincheng in order to lure the northern army into battle."

The reason may be correct, but it is too risky to implement, and all the initiative is in the hands of the Huns, and the forward general hesitated for a while before saying: "You can use smoke ......" He glanced at the smoke outside the city, and immediately changed his mind, "You can beat the drum as a trumpet, but it can only be transmitted for twenty or thirty miles, and it is difficult to say whether Liu Duwei can receive it or not, and whether he has time to retreat." ”

The main force of the Northern Army is commanded by Liu Kunsheng, the commander of the Northern Army, he is loyal, but he is not the kind of good general who can make decisions on the spot, but Han Ruzi has no other way, "Just do it, don't stop the drums." ”

"Yes, I'm going to the southwest corner to play the drums myself." The forward general also understood that if the main force of the Northern Army was annihilated, Jincheng would be even more dangerous.

Han Ruzi still did not leave the city tower, looking at the thick smoke, watching the movement of the Huns, the enemy army obviously wanted to ambush the main force of the northern army and then calmly attack the city, large-scale assembly, all rushing to the southwest, the mountains in the distance It is said that there are more ambushes, he can't see it at all.

"I didn't expect Xiao Sheng to be such a person." Cui Teng next to him muttered, with a puzzled expression, "Fortunately, Zhuo Ruhe escaped, if you can gather all the troops on the border, you should be able to repel the Huns." ”

At this time, there were not many people in the city gate tower, and the king of the East China Sea said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that there will be difficulties, Zhuo Ruhe is a messenger who puts grain, and he has no right to transfer troops, and the border generals are ......."

"How much do you know?" Cui Teng said angrily, he really didn't want to hear bad news.

Han Ruzi had to accept the bad news, "The king of the East China Sea is right, someone has to bring a holy decree to Zhuo Ruhe and give him the right to transfer troops." ”

There were Hun cavalry everywhere outside the city, and the people in the city were unable to fly, and the king of the East China Sea did not squeak, so as not to be selected, Cui Teng did not know the depth, and said loudly: "I'll go!" ”

Han Ruzi shook his head, he hadn't thought of a candidate yet, and now was not the best time to send messengers, he was most worried about the main force of the Northern Army, and at the same time he was thinking about another thing.

"Yang Feng once said that scholars will also demagogue and compete for power, but they are different from those who want to see, they have a bottom line in their hearts, Xiao Sheng is a reader, he also has his own bottom line, unfortunately, I made a judgment on him before I saw the bottom line."

"Your Majesty can't be blamed for this......" the King of the East Sea persuaded.

"So whether a person is available or not, you can't just look at his behavior at one moment or another."

The sound of drums in the southwest corner came, fast and slow, only the northern army could understand the meaning, but this was not a holy decree written in black and white after all, whether to retreat or advance, it was still up to the generals to choose. (To be continued.) )