Fang Daye was really tired, as if the vehicle was in disrepair, it looked still very complete, and when he went out to push it around, there was a danger of falling apart, in that battle, he was not injured, but after returning to the city, he rested for five days before recovering, and was able to get out of bed and walk, his spirit was still weak, only his stomach was still bulging.

He didn't have to carry a flag, he didn't have to work, and when the soldiers defending the city crossed the river to join the army, because his name was in the prisoner's book, he didn't have to follow the army, and he did nothing every day, like an ordinary old man, wandering the streets, or sitting in the sun for half a day.

His favorite place was the city wall, on which he often walked around, and no one stopped him, and a small soldier followed behind, carrying a folding stool on his shoulder, ready to be opened for the old general.

That afternoon, Fang Daye sat on a folding stool, wrapped in a cloak, looking west at the quicksand city, only hearing the sound of the wind in his ears, and the soldiers lying in the middle of the battlements, throwing stones under the city boredly.

Han Ruzi climbed the city wall, signaled the guards to stay where they were, walked to the old general alone, and looked at him from a distance, neither of them spoke.

Xiao Bing heard the footsteps, turned around and saw General Zhenbei, stuck out his tongue, stood in a daze for a while, and finally reacted and ran away.

"Is Old General Fang okay?"

"Well, I can still catch my breath."

"I've been busy these past few days, so I didn't come over to thank General Fang."

Fang Daye turned his head to look at General Zhenbei, "Thank me for what?" ”

"Thank you, General Fang, for saving your life."

Fang Daye lowered his head and thought for a while, "If after every battle, the general has to thank his subordinates for their 'life-saving grace', you will owe a lot of favors until you can't afford it at all." ”

Han Ruzi smiled, "What will a qualified general do?" ”

"Please eat, drink, give rewards, and the most important thing is to evaluate military merits, the sooner the better, personal thanks are only temporary, military merits are a lifelong thing. However, there were too many casualties in the battle this time, and there should be no military merits. The fact that I can sit here in the sun is the best reward. ”

Han Ruzi walked to the place where Xiao Bing was standing just now, leaned over and looked down, the broken iron city was built in the wilderness, it was not towering at all from a distance, and the height of the city wall could only be detected when he stood on it.

"How does General Fang think the Chu army's victory is counted?" Han Ruzi turned around and asked.

Fang Daye pondered for a while, "Give me a bow, with a little luck, I can shoot an enemy a few hundred steps away, but it's so far, I don't know anything about the distance beyond this." ”

"General Fang Lao understands the ...... the Huns"

"The peasants know the crops, and the peasant who is the agricultural officer is not a peasant, I am a soldier, I don't know anything else except fighting, and I am born to be managed by others, not people."

Han Ruzi smiled, wanting Fang Daye to speak his mind was much more difficult than letting him bend his bow and shoot arrows.

"Can you tell us about King Qi's father and son?"

Fang Daye turned his head to stare at him, there seemed to be an anger in his eyes, "Yes, you are the general of Zhenbei, you can say anything." ”

"Do you think they've been wronged?"

"Not wronged."

"Then why are you...... Do you want to rob the prison to save the prince of Qi? ”

"Because I am not a torturer, it is not up to me to judge whether the father and son of King Qi are wronged, I am the protector of the prince, and I naturally have to fulfill the duties of the protector."

"Well, good, you're now an auxiliary lieutenant, do your duty." Han Ruzi took out a letter of appointment, walked to Fang Daye, and handed it over.

Fang Daye took it in his hand suspiciously, opened it and looked at it for a while, "You paid for me to atone for the sentence?" ”

"The general is willing to support my troops for a year, saving a lot of money, just to redeem the sentence of General Fang."

Fang Daye was silent for a while, "Even if I redeem my sentence, I'm just a commoner, what's going on with this 'auxiliary army captain'?" ”

"I appointed you, and you will be the auxiliary lieutenant in my trophie from now on."

Fang Daye was silent, not like he was favored, but as if he had been calculated.

"Of course, if you don't agree, you can go back to your hometown at any time to reunite with your family, and you are no longer a prisoner."

Fang Daye slowly stood up, a head taller than Han Ruzi, "Your ambition is too big, but your strength is too weak, following you, I'm afraid that even the lives of the whole family will be involved." ”

Han Ruzi didn't argue, "I have prepared three hundred taels of silver and related documents, when will General Fang leave?" ”

"Tomorrow." Fang Daye picked up the fold and turned to leave.

Han Ruzi looked at the wide and stiff back, and his heart was full of gains and losses, until Fang Daye walked down the steps, he sighed regretfully.

Han Ruzi walked to the north city, looking at the other side of the river, the camp of the army was faintly visible, but there were not many people inside, almost the whole army of 30,000 Chu troops went out to the predetermined place to block the Huns who retreated westward, according to expectations, the battle should have ended, but the news has not yet come.

The loach hurriedly ran up, "General, Mr. Lin is back." ”

Han Ruzi was taken aback, he didn't expect Lin Kunshan to dare to come back to see him, so he hurriedly went down the city wall and rode back to his house.

Lin Kunshan was chatting happily with the King of the East China Sea in the hall, and when he saw the tired marquis, he immediately got up and saluted, "Forgive me, the tired marquis, Lin failed to complete the entrusted work, and he came back late." ”

Lin Kunshan was ordered to persuade Feng Shili not to believe Jin Chunbao's words, but the army still rushed to stop the Huns, and he delayed for a few days to come back, which really shouldn't be.

Han Ruzi once suspected that the Qi Seeker had something to do with the riots in the Guannai, but at this time, he couldn't say anything, and said with a smile: "It's good to come back, I thought Mr. Lin had an accident, without Mr. Lin, I would be like losing my right hand and doing nothing." ”

The King of the East China Sea didn't move, he kept sitting on the chair, listening to Han Ruzi lying with a smile, and thought it was funny.

Lin Kunshan sighed, "Tired Hou has won the award, if I am an arm, it is also a useless arm, I have been by the side of Tired Hou for so long, I have not helped much, but I have humiliated my mission." ”

"It's that I'm thinking too simply, there is a riot in the Guannei, the imperial court is eager to end the war with the Huns, General Han Da and General Feng You have to act on orders, even if it is an immortal, it is impossible to persuade them to disobey."

The two were polite to each other for a while, and Lin Kunshan said, "Speaking of accidents, I did delay some things for a few days in Shenxiong Pass. ”

"Oh? Mr. Lin, you may be seated. ”

Lin Kunshan sat down and said, "In the past month, there have been frequent riots in various counties and counties in Guannai. ”

"As Mr. Lin predicted before: there will be chaos in autumn."

Lin Kunshan sighed, "The Tired Hou thought I expected it accurately, but he didn't know that I was even more surprised than the Tired Hou. ”

"How so? Wasn't the riot instigated by the hopefuls? ”

Lin Kunshan smiled bitterly, "This is what the hopefuls are afraid of, to be honest, there are indeed some hopefuls who go to various places to experience the suffering of the people and observe the general trend, thinking that there will be riots after the autumn, we didn't incite anyone, just watched." ”

Han Ruzi smiled.

Lin Kunshan continued: "But the scope and scale of the riot were beyond our expectations, I received a letter from Master Chun Yu at Shenxiong Pass, who believed that the general situation was chaotic, and no one could see the direction clearly, let alone predict the future, and the teacher asked me to remind the tired marquis: At this time, it is best to stay away from right and wrong, protect yourself, and only after the chaos can you take advantage of the situation." ”

Han Ruzi smiled: "Did Mr. Lin meet the Hua family in Shenxiong Pass?" ”

"The Flower Family?" Lin Kunshan was stunned.

"Junyang Hou Huabin and his son Huahu King."

"Oh, that Hua family, I can't meet them in Shenxiong Pass, Tihou may not know it, the father and son of the Hua family fell into the grass and became the king of Yunmengze in the south, attracting many heroes and poor people, and the riots in Guannei counties and counties have benefited a lot, and it is said that they have gathered twenty or thirty thousand people."

The king of the East China Sea said in surprise: "Hua Bin is the king? Did he die fast enough? The hopeful has a good relationship with the Hua family, and he doesn't persuade him? ”

Lin Kunshan said with a smile: "Those who hope for qi only follow the trend and do not go against the trend, Junyang Hou insists on being the king, no one can persuade him, we will not waste our efforts." ”

"I will also give advice to the Marquis of Junyang and help him claim the king and rebel." Han Ruzi added.

Lin Kunshan smiled for a while, "I wouldn't be surprised if someone really wanted to go to assist Junyang Hou, but I really don't know much about the situation over there, by the way, Junyang Hou now calls himself 'Cloud Dream King', or 'Cloud King'." ”

"Hey, I think it's the 'Dream King'." The King of the East Sea was a true prince of the clan and was full of contempt for those with foreign surnames who claimed to be kings.

The hopeful ones are not credible, but Han Ruzi still doesn't want to get rid of them, so he said: "No matter what, welcome Mr. Lin back, and thank you Mr. Chunyu for reminding me, I will honestly stay in the Broken Iron City, unless the imperial court transfers me into the customs, I can't do anything that resists and disobeys." ”

"Of course."

The King of the East China Sea noticed that his presence was a little redundant, got up and said with a smile: "Let's talk, I'll go find Cui Teng, he has the best relationship with the Flower Tiger King, and now he is a 'prince', see if he is still proud." ”

The king of the East China Sea said goodbye, and Zhang Youcai came in again, "Master, Fang Daye came to the house to receive silver and documents......

"Give it all to him." Han Ruzi said that he didn't need Fang Daye at the moment, so it was better to let the old general return to his hometown.

Zhang Youcai stepped back, and Lin Kunshan said: "Fang Daye is a great character, and the tired Hou just let him go?" ”

"It's useless to stay strongly, it's better to do something good, which can be regarded as 'following the trend'."

Lin Kunshan laughed, "Tired Hou has the essence. Then he put away his smile and leaned over and said: "Do nothing and do nothing, not only to follow the trend, but also to build momentum, but also to be promising." ”

"Mr. Lin's words are too profound, I can't hear them clearly."

"The world has been in chaos, such as a monstrous flood, manpower cannot compete with it, but you have to find a high place to take refuge, and wait until the water settles out, so that you are qualified to take advantage of the trend."

"Isn't Broken Iron City tall enough?"

"Broken iron city lonely outside the block, no land and no people, the north is adjacent to the Xiongnu, it will be captured at any time, the south is separated by Xiongguan, once there is something, you can't advance or retreat, not only is it not high, it is really a depression in the depression."

"So, Mr. Lin got advice from Mr. Chunyu?"

Lin Kunshan nodded, "The master suggested that the Tired Hou seize the Shenxiong Pass, which is high enough. ”

Han Ruzi said with a smile: "I am the prince of the clan, the general of Zhenbei appointed by the imperial court, how could I 'capture' Shenxiong Pass?" What's more, I only have a thousand people under my command, what can I do to win the level? ”

"There are not many people to seize the pass, in the timing, now is the opportune time, the 30,000 Chu army is now fighting against the Huns in Hebei, and Wu Xiu, who is guarding the pass, was ordered to return to Beijing, and there is no commander in Shenxiong Pass."

"Wu Xiu has returned to Beijing?" Han Ruzi was really surprised.

Wu Xiu was the emperor's own uncle, and his return to Beijing at this time seemed to indicate something. (To be continued.) )