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The closer he got to the Broken Iron City, the more awkward the position of Liu Kunsheng, the commander of the Northern Army, became, and the more uneasy he became, and suddenly, he found himself a key figure, which was exactly the identity that General Zuo Han Tong tried his best to shirk and he was forced to accept.

On the evening of the day when he arrived at Shenxiong Pass, Junzheng Chai Zhi came to visit with three generals, and there were some things to be explained to the lieutenant of the Northern Army in person.

After all, Liu Kunsheng is the official of the palm print, Chai Zhi and others are more polite on the surface, and they brought wine and meat, but they did not give the "boss" room to choose, so they directly ordered someone to lay out the banquet, and invited the captain of the Northern Army to sit in the chief, first drank quietly, then drank happily, and finally inevitably gave orders and shouted five and six.

When everyone's faces are flushed, they can speak from the bottom of their hearts.

Chai Zhi raised his wine glass, raised his head slightly, and asked, "Liu Duwei, who do you think we are?" ”

Liu Kunsheng drank a lot, his face was red, and his brain was even more dizzy, but he didn't dare to get drunk, he couldn't get drunk, and said with a smile: "What, is it too strong to bully me?" You are the ...... of the Northern Army."

Chai Zhi shook his head again and again, "I'm not talking about military positions. ”

Liu Kunsheng burped, "Guess the riddle?" Can't guess it...... I drank, guessed right, you drank? Let's get this cup dry first. ”

The five of them drank it all at the same time, and Chai Zhi smiled: "This is not a guess, just to clarify the facts." Liu Duwei, we are not the same kind of people. ”

"You ...... Younger? ”

"Haha, it's just a teenager younger. Is Liu Duwei the successor to the military positions of Ling Zun and Ling Zu? ”

Liu Kunsheng scratched his head, "Oh, I understand, if you go back up, our Liu family is relatively ordinary, my grandfather is from the capital, farming for business, my father was selected into the border army as a good family, and died on the battlefield, I joined the army as an orphan, grew up in the army, and has not made great military achievements so far." You are all the children of the Hou family, and your ancestors have made miraculous contributions to Great Chu. We are not the same kind of people. ”

"The ancestors have made meritorious contributions, and the children and grandchildren enjoy them, does Liu Duwei think it is fair?"

Liu Kunsheng was surprised: "Of course it's fair, how can it be unfair?" If you can't pass on the credit to your children and grandchildren, what is the purpose of everyone fighting desperately? ”

The other four laughed, and Chai Zhi put down his glass, "That's right, the inheritance of the family is not only merit, but also loyalty, loyalty to Your Majesty and Da Chu, this is the biggest difference between us." ”

Liu Kunsheng glared at the strength of the wine, and put the cup on the table, "Chai Jun is doubting my loyalty?" ”

Chai Zhi hurriedly smiled and apologized, and persuaded the other three generals to drink, and when Liu Kunsheng turned his anger into laughter, Chai Zhi continued: "Loyalty is different from loyalty, Liu Duwei is the loyalty of making meritorious contributions, and the loyalty of going up, we are the loyalty of staying at the top level, it does not matter whether you make meritorious service or not, the important thing is to ensure the stability of the Great Chu country." ”

Having said that, Liu Kunsheng couldn't take it, hehe laughed a few times, raised his glass to salute, and did it himself first as a respect.

Chai Zhi picked up the wine glass and said, "Great Chu has millions of male soldiers, and they are ugly and ugly outside, and they are rebellious ministers and thieves inside, but there is one thing, ordinary Chu soldiers never participate. ”

Liu Kunsheng bowed his head and was silent.

"The Chu army does not participate in the domestic affairs of the royal family, this is the rule, although there is no law so stipulated, although occasionally someone breaks the rules, but a loyal and intelligent general will never cross the line. We are different, from the day our ancestors made meritorious contributions, we are part of the royal family, qualified and obliged to participate in the domestic affairs of the royal family, everyone walks on thin ice, more dangerous than fighting on the battlefield, after the deed, the merit is usually not announced to the public. ”

Liu Kunsheng laughed twice.

"Duwei Liu understands the difference, right?"

Liu Kunsheng nodded, "I understand, I've always understood." ”

"Don't blame me for being too talkative, I heard that when Liu Duwei was a guard in the palace, he made great contributions to the pacification of the palace, and it seems that he was tired of marquis...... Have you ever been in contact? ”

In the public statement of the imperial court, there is no clear description of Liu Kunsheng's process of taking the Taizu Sword out of the palace, and most people think that it is the order of the Queen Mother, but there are other rumors among the Xungui family.

Liu Kunsheng couldn't pretend to be confused anymore, and said: "As Chai Junzheng said, ordinary soldiers are not qualified to participate in the family affairs of the royal family, Liu is stupid, but he also understands this truth, when he served as a guard, he was lucky to make a little merit, and the court has already rewarded him." For me, the matter is over, and there is no need to even think about it, let alone talk about it. ”

Chai Zhi raised his wine glass and said loudly: "I'll just say that Duwei Liu is a smart person, come, drink this cup full, I wish Duwei Liu a marquis as soon as possible, and become a kind of person with us!" ”

All five of them drank too much, and it was not until the Colonel came in and reminded them that they had to march tomorrow, and the banquet was over.

When he said goodbye, Chai Zhi put his arm around Liu Kunsheng's shoulders and said with a big tongue: "Put away the Great Sima Yin, and then wait to break the Hun army and be rewarded for meritorious service, you can just watch other things." ”

Liu Kunsheng also said vaguely: "Other things are not in my charge, why should I watch it?" Don't look, don't look at it. ”

Chai Zhi was very satisfied when he left.

In the room, Liu Kunsheng's face was heavy, and he pondered for a long time before falling asleep.

The army was about to leave at dawn, Liu Kunsheng slept late, woke up early, sat on the edge of the bed, and reminisced about the series of nightmares he had last night.

"What can I do?" Liu Kunsheng asked himself, suddenly raised his head, and looked around vigilantly, the room was very dark, and the entourage and personal soldiers were sleeping outside, and they had not woken up yet.

Liu Kunsheng stood up, lit the oil lamp by himself, and turned around in place, confirming that there were indeed no outsiders in the room, and his heart was a little at ease, at this time, it was not safe to even talk to himself.

He sat down on the bed again, but he couldn't sleep anyway, and planned to wait for the dawn in silence.

The right hand placed on the bed suddenly touched a strange thing, Liu Kunsheng turned his head to see that there was an extra letter in the place where he was lying just now.

The envelope was smooth and apparently had just been put down.

Liu Kun stood up proudly, took off the waist knife from the wall, circled around the room, strode to the door, wanted to push the door, changed his mind again, leaned to the door and listened, there was a faint neighing of horses outside, and there was no other sound.

Liu Kunsheng returned to the bedside, stared at the letter for a while, and finally reached out to pick it up, opened the envelope, and took out the letter inside.

There are no words on the letter, only a sword is drawn.

There was a knock on the door outside, "Lord Captain, are you awake?" ”

"Hmm." Liu Kunsheng responded, hurriedly folded the letter twice, put it in his arms, picked up the envelope and put it on the table, this is a room in the Shenxiong Guan Yamen, there are ready-made pen, ink, paper and inkstones, and the empty envelope is not dazzling.

It is not an easy matter for the 50,000 army to get out of the pass, after the outpost, the forward, and the three teams of the forward drive set off, Liu Kunsheng led the team to set off, and after him, there were a large number of troops parked in the pass, and it was not until the afternoon that they could completely pass through the Shenxiong Pass.

During the march, Liu Kunsheng was always restless, and when someone asked, he pretended to be the result of a hangover.

Two days later, the army walked out of the mountains and could see the Broken Iron City.

The broken iron city was too small to accommodate the 50,000 northern troops who rushed to reinforce it, and the camp had been set up in Lingnan outside the city, and teams of northern troops entered in order.

After all, Liu Kunsheng is the official of the seal, and he can't meddle in the family affairs of the royal family, but he must be responsible for the battle between the northern army and the Huns.

As a veteran of defending the city, Fang Daye was called over with several guides to answer various questions from the lieutenants of the Northern Army.

Liu Kunsheng has lived in the barracks since he was a child, and he is no stranger to fighting, but he is a little powerless to command the army, and the specific battle plan is drawn up by his generals. ”

Fang Daye has no official or position in the Northern Army, and he can't even count as a staff officer, so he can only stand with the guide, but he dares to speak, "This battle may not be able to be fought." ”

"Why do you say that? Do you think that the Huns really want peace talks? ”

"I don't know if the peace talks are true or not, I only look at the terrain, the Chu army and the Huns are separated by a big river, and if you want to fight, you can only cross the river and line up on one side. The advantage of the Chu army was that there was a broken iron city to defend, while the Huns had their backs to the steppe. Lord Duwei, please see, the Huns have an open terrain, once they sense that the momentum is wrong, they can immediately escape, the Chu army can't catch up, and the decisive battle naturally can't be fought. ”

Liu Kunsheng nodded, feeling that Fang Daye's words made some sense.

A staff general stepped forward and said: "General Fang only knows one and doesn't know the other, Lord Du Wei doesn't have to worry, the Chu army has made a detailed plan, the peace talks are false, in order to confuse the Huns, the front generals have already obtained the consent of the Huns, tomorrow when the peace talks, the Chu army will send 10,000 people across the river." The river froze, and the Chu army secretly built dozens of simple wooden bridges, which could be lifted to the riverbed within a quarter of an hour to communicate the two banks. At that time, the Chu army can attack on all fronts, and at least 30,000 people will march westward to cut off the retreat of the Huns, and then march north, and the encirclement will be successful. ”

Liu Kunsheng nodded in praise.

Fang Daye shook his head, "The art of war has a cloud, 'ten are to encircle it, five to attack it', the Chu army is on par with the Huns, how can you divide the troops to surround it?" ”

The general sneered: "The old general is too ambitious, the Chu army is far superior to the Huns, well-trained, everyone fights, since the time of Emperor Wu, a Chu army is worth five or ten Huns." ”

"That's all the old days, even Emperor Wu's general Deng Liao has never surrounded and annihilated the Huns with the same number of Chu troops."

The general still had to refute, Liu Kunsheng said: "Don't fight, the army has arrived, how can you fight a battle, General Fang doesn't need to worry, even if the Chu army can't encircle the Huns, it is always possible to defeat it." ”

Fang Daye shut up, Liu Kunsheng took a few steps, called Fang Daye over, and asked, "In which direction is Quicksand City?" ”

Fang Daye pointed out the direction, Liu Kunsheng turned his back to everyone, took out the stationery, opened it and let Fang Daye take a look, and immediately put it away again.

Fang Daye was stunned for a moment, and as he spoke, he also took out a note with the same sword drawn on it.

The two glanced at each other, and they both had confidence in their hearts, thinking that General Zhenbei not only sensed the danger, but must also have a countermeasure. (To be continued.) )