Outside the palace, ministers in official uniforms gathered at the palace gate with some hesitation.

Although Linzi is large, the circle of communication is only so big.

The news that Emperor Qi took the important minister Beicang has spread throughout Linzi City in just one hour.

Not only that, Emperor Qi fled, but he also took away eight thousand palace guards.

Now in the city, even those who are miscellaneous in the government can only gather 20,000 or 30,000 people.

In the face of the 40,000 notoriously murderous Shenwu Army, it is really not enough to see.

The prince, who has always been cowardly, is now holding the remaining two thousand palace guards in his hands and refusing to put them on the city wall.

As long as he is a discerning person, he knows that as long as the Shenwu army breaks through the city gate, the crown prince will definitely not hesitate to take these two thousand people and follow in the footsteps of his father.

At this moment, only under these two thousand palace guards, these ministers may be able to have a sense of peace of mind.

Even, at the gate of this palace, many people took out the female dependents of the family and sat on the carriage.

In front of the originally serious palace gate, it seems to be the lowest disturbance at this time.

Among these hesitant people, there was also one person, who was a little nervous talking to his colleagues around him.

"Don't worry, Lord Chunyu, with your prestige, even the Chu people will not embarrass you." A man in his fifties, who was a little thin, arched his hand and said to an old man in his sixties.

"Thank you Lord Zhou for the reminder." The old man surnamed Chunyu returned the salute.

"You're welcome." The man surnamed Zhou arched his hand and left in a hurry.

"Father, how's it going? Did you hear about the situation in the palace? As soon as Chun Yuyi walked to a carriage, several men of about forty years old surrounded him.

Chun Yuyi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has hunted north, and the situation is not optimistic!" ”

"How's that to be?" Among the men, the younger ones immediately jumped to their feet.

Chun Yuyi waved his hand and said, "When the time comes, go with the flow." With so many people here, our family is just an ant. Presumably, the Chu people just want to make things difficult, and they won't notice a small family like ours. ”

Chun Yuyi's sons are obviously still a little worried. However, in the case of these two black eyes, they can only do this.

The danger was above their heads, so that they couldn't help but fear and hate the Chu people.

Similarly, he was also very disappointed with the Qi King who escaped.

However, I heard that Prime Minister Kuai Mu did not leave, but it gave him the last glimmer of hope.

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From the morning when the soldiers guarding the city discovered the Shenwu army that was almost all over the mountains, to the time when Emperor Qi fled, it was only more than two hours in total.

However, more than two hours have passed, and the Shenwu Army in the distance does not even have the slightest intention of showing its head.

Even if the eyes of the people who were forcibly brought in on the city wall widened, they only saw some figures, moving among the mountains and forests.

Kuai Mu, who had not rested well for several days, was also greatly hit by the morning incident after experiencing the incident in the morning.

Between the steps, Kuai Mu, who has always been tiger-like, is even a little frivolous.

"Prime Minister!"

"Prime Minister!"

Some struggled to climb the city wall, Kuai Mu looked at the Chu army in the distance.

"The Chu people haven't made any moves?"

"Yes...... Prime minister. A pawn replied tremblingly.

"Strange ......" Kuai Mu frowned, thought for a moment, and said: "Send an order to send a team of 1,000 people to investigate the truth." ”

Although Kuaimu's order had been given, the little soldier was cowering and wanted to speak.

"What's wrong?" Kuai Mu asked with some dissatisfaction.

"The prime minister doesn't know that there are not many soldiers in the city. Most of them were forcibly conscripted people. At present, the great enemy has some front to let them defend the city, let alone let them go out of the city? ”

Listening to this little soldier's words, Kuai Mu couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Once upon a time, under the leadership of Emperor Han Xin of Qi, the Qi army fought against Han Gaozu and defeated Han Gaozu's 200,000 army with only 50,000 soldiers.

Later, he went north out of Saiwai, fought with the Xiongnu alone, beheaded 50,000, and made the Yan State surrender.

And now, there is a huge Qi country and a dignified Linzi city, and even a thousand dead soldiers can't be sent.

"Prime Minister?" Seeing that Kuai Mu was silent for a long time, the little pawn couldn't help but ask cautiously.

However, Kuai Mu ignored him, flicked his sleeves, and went straight to the palace.

An hour later, more than five hundred well-equipped Qi State palace guards neatly appeared outside the West City.

However, the palace guard captain, who had always been arrogant in the past, was honestly bowing his head at this time and following behind him.

This person is not a great general, and even, at his age, I am afraid that he will not be able to dance for a few rounds when he picks up a sword.

However, it is such a person, but he put on the armor that has been covered with dust and walks in front of everyone.

"Your Highness, Qi people have come out!" A scout walked into the tent and reported.

Between the mountains and forests, Xia Huan was still studying with Yu Meng, Chen Zhaoming and others on how to persuade Emperor Qi, but he didn't want to, and such news came.

The grass and trees are all soldiers, but it's just a trick.

Late autumn is dry, and although the trees have lost their leaves, it is not possible to stay overnight in the mountains and forests to be on the safe side.

Otherwise, a single fire might kill these 8,000 people.

Moreover, if the Chu army does not attack for a day, the Qi people will be suspicious, and in three days at most, they will know that the Chu army outside the city is just a bluff.

However, even Xia Huan didn't expect that his bluff would make Emperor Qi flee in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, the Qi people were already scared to the point where they needed a prime minister to personally lead the troops.

However, Xia Huan, who didn't know this, still asked with a somewhat solemn expression: "How many people came?" ”

"Five hundred."

"Five hundred? It seems that it should be a scout. Your Highness, let me lead someone to kill them! Yu Meng stood up and volunteered.

Xia Huan nodded and said, "You order 1,500 people, you must wipe out all these people here, and don't let go of one person or one horse!" ”

"Whoa!" Yu Meng arched his hand, looking confident.

In the past few months, they have dealt with the Qi people almost every day, and they have long been familiar with the tactics of the Qi people.

There are only 500 people, and Yu Meng really didn't pay attention to it.

However, just over half an hour later, news came from the bottom of the mountain that Yu Meng and the Qi people were in a bitter battle.

"What? The loss of 500 people in half an hour, the other party only lost more than 100 people? Is this still a scout party? Hearing this news, Chen Zhaoming was obviously a little unacceptable.

No matter how you say it, these more than 1,000 people can be regarded as the elite of the Chu State, and compared to the elite army of Ji Shu, they will not accept much.

However, the battle loss ratio reached an astonishing 1:5, which is really unacceptable.

"It seems that the Qi people have no soldiers to fight!"

Unlike Chen Zhaoming, after hearing the news, Xia Huan was stunned for a moment, and then quickly showed a look of ecstasy.

"Chuan Benjun will order, transfer another 2,000 people, and completely surround these 500 people!"