Whoever sent the three assassins meant that the battle for the throne in the capital was about to be decided, so some people felt that there was no need to let the Tired Marquis continue to live. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Han Ruzi therefore decided to return to Beijing immediately, he did not have time to wait for the arrival of the main force of the Northern Army, nor did he have time to consolidate his position in the Southern Army.

At dawn, Han Ruzi ordered 3,000 soldiers from Yingfeng Village and set off immediately.

In order to ensure the speed of the march, Han Ruzi could only take these people, and if there were more people, they could only wait until the afternoon to set off, as for the southern army under the mountain, after yesterday's rapid march, it has not yet been recovered, and there is an urgent shortage of tents and grain and grass, and many people do not even have weapons and armor, so they can only return to the camp one after another, and then set off after rectification.

In Baiqiao Town, Han Ruzi stopped for a while, ordered Cai Xinghai to prepare, and led the soldiers of the southern and northern armies in the town to the capital an hour later.

In fact, Han Ruzi gave similar orders to all battalions of the Southern Army, but the departure time was different, and if they could strictly abide by it, he would be able to welcome an army every other hour in the capital.

Cui Teng has always been very curious about what Tihou wants to let himself do, and after setting off from Baiqiao Town, Han Ruzi revealed his plan: "I am not a general of the Southern Army, nor am I going to fight with your father, so this army is under your command, and you have to take these 3,000 people into the Southern Army camp, of course, I will follow in." ”

"Hehe, it's called uninvited. Brother-in-law, don't say I didn't warn you, my father must be very angry when he sees you, and I even suspect that he sent those three assassins. ”

"You don't need to ask about the assassins, if you want to help me, just publicly announce my arrival after entering the Southern Army camp, the more people who know, the better."

"You want to sneak into the camp, but when you go in, you have to make a big announcement, this ...... Why can't I understand? ”

"Quietly entering the camp is to make the Southern army defenseless, lest they think that I am here to fight, and after entering the camp, they will make a big announcement--it is for your father to have to protect me."

In any case, the person who hated the tired marquis the most in the court could only send assassins to assassinate him, and did not dare to do it directly, so Han Ruzi had to quietly enter the camp and publicize it.

Cui Teng still didn't understand it too much, but he had an advantage, if he didn't understand, he would put it behind him and don't bother to guess.

Meng E hid in the dark last night to protect Ti Hou, and then appeared by his side again, listening to his every word very carefully.

Baiqiao Town is not very far from the capital, Han Ruzi and the three thousand southern army saw the lights of the southern army camp after night, they were already sleepy, and they all wanted to enter the camp to rest quickly, Cui Teng took the lead, "I'll take you into the camp!" It went smoothly, and there was no one to stop me along the way. ”

Han Ruzi felt that this was a big problem, the southern army has always been known for its strict military discipline, and the 60,000 southern army was stationed here, but there were no troops to set up cards on the road, and there were not even scouts and sentinels, which was really a strange thing, especially the loss of Baiqiao Town, and Cui Taifu should strengthen the defense of the rear.

Getting closer and closer to the camp, even Cui Teng felt weird, "Why didn't anyone come out to welcome me?" ”

Finally, the camp of the Southern Army was displayed in front of everyone, it turned out that what they had seen before was not a lamp, but a flame burning everywhere, and the camp was a mess, and there were no living people in sight.

Cui Teng's face was bloodless, and the southern troops who arrived one after another were also dumbfounded.

"Brother-in-law, what's going on?"

Han Ruzi turned his horse's head, looked at the three thousand soldiers, raised his voice and said: "Let's be one step late, the capital has obviously started a war, I don't know who wins and who loses, we have come from afar, we must adapt to the situation." He paused for a moment, "There are many traps ahead, I need you to carry out my orders meticulously, or you can avoid great difficulties, if anyone is unwilling, please leave the team, I will not force it." ”

These 3,000 southern troops are all from the windward village, and they are both respectful and afraid of the tired marquis, seeing that the southern army camp was destroyed by fire, and the situation in the capital is unpredictable, all of which are huge problems that they cannot solve, just as the lost people urgently need a guide, they are also the most dependent on the tired marquis at this moment.

"Listen to the commander of the tired Hou!" "Just listen to the tired ......," the soldiers replied with a mouthful of tongues.

Han Ruzi's first order was to have everyone line up in an offensive position, send a number of scouts, and go to different directions to investigate, especially the situation in the capital.

Cui Teng volunteered and galloped towards the capital with a dozen soldiers, and Han Ruzi led the rest of the people to march slowly, and from this moment on, the team could no longer be chaotic.

Han Ruzi looked at both sides, and the camp of the Southern Army, which stretched for dozens of miles, seemed to have been burned down, but as far as his eyes could see, there was not a single corpse within the range of the firelight.

The scouts who had gone to the flank soon returned, bringing news that the Confederate camps had indeed been burned, and strangely enough, there were no signs of fighting in the other camps except for the position of the Chinese army, and those tents seemed to have been set on fire by the Confederate soldiers themselves.

Han Ruzi looked at the capital, he couldn't see anything in the night, more than 20 miles away, and he couldn't hear the sound, his heart became more and more suspicious, if the southern army set fire to the camp by itself, then Cui Taifu would fight to the death. The military discipline of the Southern Army is really still very strict, and when such a big thing happens, no one has left the team.

If Taifu Cui captures the capital, Han Ruzi's departure is tantamount to throwing himself into a net, and the other party does not need to send any more assassins, and he can be imprisoned or killed in the name of the imperial court.

Another group of scouts returned, and there were some houses in front of them, apparently destroyed by the Confederate army, and as soon as they saw the Confederate soldiers, the inhabitants all fled in all directions, cursing loudly from afar.

The southern army was the guard of the capital, and it was regarded as an enemy by the people outside the city, and everyone was even more frightened and uneasy, and they were more dependent on the tired marquis.

Han Ruzi sped up slightly, and soon saw the houses that had been burned, the residents had already extinguished most of the open flames, and the smell of smoke had not yet dispersed, billowing and wafting, which was suffocating.

No matter how angry the people were, they did not dare to approach the marching cavalry, or curse, but they were also drowned out by the sound of horses' hooves, and only some shrill cries could still penetrate their ears, which was strange in the night.

It was nearly midnight, and Han Ruzi and the others could see the fire in the capital.

Just in time to come to a wasteland, Han Ruzi ordered the whole army to stop, and waited here for news from the scouts ahead.

It didn't take long for the scout at the front to return, but Cui Teng was nowhere to be seen.

"The Southern Army and the Su Guard Army are at war, it is said that the Southern Army has invaded the capital from the West Gate, the second prince asked us to come back and restore our lives, he went to the West Gate to find the Great Sima." A scout said.

Han Ruzi had already guessed such a result, but after hearing about it, he was still shocked, the Queen Mother and Cui Taifu are both forbearant people, they are accustomed to using conspiracies and tricks, and the competition for the army is also used to build momentum and take advantage of the situation, and they have never shown the posture of a decisive battle immediately, there must have been some accident, so that the two sides had to make a desperate bet.

And it was also an unexpected strange thing that the southern army broke through the west gate of the capital in just one day.

The news that the main force of the Southern Army was fighting a decisive battle with the Su Guards in the city quickly spread, and the 3,000 people brought by Han Ruzi were all excited and wanted to support the Southern Army.

Han Ruzi often takes risks, but at this time he understands that prudence is the most important, most of his previous adventures were sneak attacks by taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, and now the city is two tigers fighting, each side is in a state of fangs and claws, and there will be no good results if they collide rashly.

"Set up camp here tonight." Han Ruzi ordered, and then sent more scouts, but they were not allowed to enter the city.

They said they were camping, but the team did not carry tents and other necessities, but only dismounted, loosened the horses' belly belts, fed some beans, and ate a little dry food themselves.

Han Ruzi took off the saddle, put it on the side of the road, and closed his eyes after sitting down.

In fact, he couldn't control the 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Southern Army, so he could only go with the flow.

Not long after, three generals of the Southern Army came over and stood in front of the Tired Marquis.

Han Ruzi opened his eyes and asked, "Something?" ”

The three of them nodded, and one of them said: "The Tired Marquis once said that he would come to rescue Cui Da Sima, so we are willing to follow you, but ...... The Southern Army is fighting a decisive battle with the Su Guards, why does the Tired Marquis stand still? ”

"How many troops does Mrs. Cui lead?"

"About 60,000 people." The general replied.

"How many Veterans are there?"

The general shook his head, indicating that he didn't know much.

"More than 30,000, no more than 50,000, more than half of them are newcomers, and the training is less than half a year." Han Ruzi stood up, "But the Su Guards have their own advantages, they have been stationed in the city, occupy various key points, are familiar with the streets, have geographical advantages, and there are still twenty or thirty thousand scattered troops in the nearby county, and they are probably rushing to the capital." Cui Taifu's whole army entered the city to fight a quick battle, but what if the battle couldn't end tonight? It is useless for us 3,000 people to throw in, but if we stay outside, we may become a wonder army. Even if Mrs. Choi was here, she would make the same choice as me. ”

The three generals were speechless, apologized and went to persuade the other soldiers.

Han Ruzi sat down and continued to close his eyes to recuperate.

The scout returned, confirming that Cui Taifu had indeed led his army into the city through the west gate, and that the battle was going on, and the walls blocked the screams, which could not be heard from the north.

They also brought back a wounded Confederate soldier who knew a little more.

First of all, the generals of the Chinese army rebelled, intending to murder Cui Taifu, but they killed Cui Sheng, the eldest son of the Cui family, Taifu was furious, led the right army to quell the chaos, killed many soldiers, and then burned the camp, and launched the whole army to carry the corpse to ask for the crime.

It happened that the king of the East China Sea occupied the west gate and sent someone to invite the southern army, Cui Taifu changed his mind and turned around to attack the west gate, and the Su Guards also arrived from the city, and the two sides started a big battle inside and outside the city gate, and finally the Su Guards were defeated and retreated, and the southern army entered the city, and he didn't know what happened next.

The situation of the Queen Mother, Champion Hou and others is unknown.

Han Ruzi couldn't wait to fly into the capital with wings, at least to rescue his mother and wife in the palace, but he still ordered not to move, he had too few people, so he could only wait until the situation was a little clearer, and then make a decision.

Cai Xinghai arrived and brought five or six thousand people, half of whom were the Northern Army, and some tents, although not much, but they were able to build a real camp.

With the protection of the soldiers of the Northern Army, Meng E volunteered to go to the city to inquire about the situation, and did not ask for permission, only said: "I will go to the city to have a look, and come back before noon." ”

Han Ruzi couldn't keep her, and he really needed to know the situation in the city, so he had to watch Meng E disappear into the night.

Before dawn, a group of southern troops arrived, and the number of soldiers around Han Ruzi had reached more than 10,000, but he still ordered to rest, and no one was allowed to leave the camp, not even sending scouts.

Halfway up the sun, Cui Teng rode back, covered in sweat and panting, and shouted when he saw the tired marquis: "Crazy, all crazy, there are three emperors in the city!" (To be continued.) )