On the eighth day of the seventh month of the seventeenth year of Hongwei, Tianqiwei went and returned, and within three days, he conquered six cities such as Tianhe Pass and Qingtian County.

In order to stabilize the people's hearts, Cui Huanchen immediately ordered to cover up the news, and secretly mobilized an army to prepare for a decisive battle with Xu Rui.

However, in the early morning of July 10, when I woke up, the major cities in Xichuan were all plastered with Tianqiwei's rebellious texts, which not only vividly described the results of Tianqiwei's battle in the past three days, but also threatened that Xu Rui, the minister of the Qincha, would lead an army of 100,000 into Xichuan, and would break the puppet army within a month and recover the entire territory of Xichuan.

At the same time, the news that the Northern Dynasty army defeated the Wuling army in the decisive battle, the remnants of the Southern Dynasty fled in a hurry, and almost all the troops were wiped out.

For a time, the Northern Dynasty royal division was approaching, and the public opinion that the Southern Dynasty army and the Xichuan puppet army were dying quickly became loud.

Since then, Xu Rui's name has resounded throughout Xichuan, and many families who have been suppressed by the Cui family, as well as those people with lofty ideals who really want to go to the north, have begun to move.

I didn't expect Xu Rui to be able to control the situation under his hands, not to mention that the Cui family's plan to cover up the news failed, and even the left-behind generals of the Wuling pro-army couldn't sit still, and tried to get in touch with the main force of the army several times in one day, but to no avail.

Long before the start of the decisive battle between the north and the south, the Wuling army lost contact with Xichuan, in a world with inconvenient transportation and poor information, this situation is very common, and it has not attracted the attention of many people, Xu Rui is keenly grasped this Achilles heel.

His strategy did not have any tricks, and he directly announced his strong return in the simplest way, and at the same time, completely muddied the situation that the Cui family had finally stabilized.

Xichuan, who was already contradictory, was under the influence of the three of them, which made the rumors rampant, making people panic, and even the left-behind generals of the martial arts pro-army believed those rumors, and turmoil was brewing rapidly.

In the eyes of the Cui family, there seemed to be a huge shadow hovering over Xichuan at that time, that was Xu Rui who had gone and returned, and they couldn't figure out why the good Xichuan had become like this overnight.

In Xu Rui's own words, that is, the sword is the most deterrent when it is contained but not fired.

And at this moment, Cui Lingchen, who was let go by Xu Rui, returned to New Chang'an.

He deliberately dressed in tatters, disgraced, as if he had been tortured, and when he saw Cui Huanchen, he burst into tears, and scolded Xu Rui for how he shamelessly attacked and how he resisted bravely, but in the end, because he was outnumbered, all his generals died tragically.

He said that he escaped from the encirclement alone, and originally wanted to commit suicide to apologize, but when he thought that the Cui family still knew nothing about Xu Rui's return, he endured the humiliation and returned to the Cui family to report the news.

With a few days to return to New Chang'an, coupled with the more and more outrageous rumors outside, it was enough for Cui Lingchen to make up a perfect story to clear himself of defeat.

Because there is too much messy information in various channels, and because the story made up by Cui Lingchen is so vivid, even Cui Huanchen, who is old and well-known, can't tell the truth from the fake for a while.

The former political envoy's office has long become today's Governor's Mansion, and the energetic Cui Huanchen is covered in armor, neatly draped, sitting high on the top, and his flanks are full of Cui family generals, and Cui Lingchen is kneeling in the middle to tell his story.

"Xu Rui really has an army of 100,000?"

It was not easy for Cui Lingchen to stop crying, and Cui Huanchen asked suspiciously.

Cui Lingchen seemed to recall the sad past again, and suddenly cried: "How can it be more than 100,000?!" When the last general was ambushed, he saw that the Apocalypse Guards were all over the mountains, and I don't know how many there were, compared to the 100,000 troops mentioned outside, it was definitely only a lot more.

In addition, they also have hundreds of artillery, a salvo can defeat the last general, and then the Apocalypse chariot is even more than hundreds, the last general is really invincible, and please punish the ancestors. ”

As soon as his voice fell, a middle-aged man in his forties immediately stood up next to Cui Huanchen, this person was none other than Cui Lingchen's father, Cui Changjiao.

Cui Changjiao bowed his hand to the people present one by one and said: "I didn't expect that there are so many Tianqiwei, and they are also equipped with chariots and artillery to besiege together, the army of the Southern Dynasty has suffered a big loss in this regard, not to mention my son?" Ancestor, this defeat is really not my son's fault. ”

"Hmph, it's said that it's an army of 100,000, who knows what's going on, you must not be so hasty to judge Cui Lingchen not guilty!"

Hearing that Cui Changjiao excused his son, Cui Changhong, the head of the six rooms who had always been at odds with him, immediately ridiculed him.

Cui Changjiao was suddenly furious, slapped the table and said: "Fart, your son is stationed in Qingtian County, the same 10,000 horses, it's not that he has been defeated, and he can't find anyone until now, you still have the face to talk about my son?" ”

"My son will not retreat from fighting to the death, how can he be compared with your son who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"

Cui Changhong was furious.

Cui Chang's bull's eye kicked: "My son led 10,000 horses to fight Xu Rui's 100,000 army, and finally he could fight out of the encirclement alone, what kind of hero is this, how can he be like the unsuccessful kid in your family, he will buy drunk prostitutes on weekdays, and he has to retreat when he sees a chicken, I am afraid that the enemy will hit the wall and die as soon as he comes, and you are embarrassed to say that you will not retreat from the battle?!" ”

"Cui Changjiao, you dare to slander me like this!"

Cui Changhong was furious.

Cui Changjiao glared angrily, not retreating, the rest of the people had their own positions, and everyone had different opinions, and the lobby suddenly became a pot of porridge, and a good meeting turned into a family quarrel.

This kind of ridiculous thing in the world is not once or twice, although the Cui family is a thousand-year-old family, but it has not been in the court for a long time, and there is no official heritage, but there are more folk worldliness.

At present, the Cui family has seized the power of Xichuan, and although everyone has become a bureaucrat, they are still the young master of the family in their bones, so that most people are still using the same way to manage Xichuan.

"Enough!"

Cui Huanchen slammed the table, and the chaotic lobby suddenly quieted down.

He glanced at everyone and said coldly: "Look at what you have become, the enemy has not yet arrived, and they have begun to kill each other?" ”

The children of the Cui family immediately lowered their heads, and Cui Changjiao and Cui Changhong glanced at each other, and they were silent.

Cui Huanchen sneered, his eyes swept over everyone's heads one by one, and said sadly: "Everyone thinks that the power in their hands is not big enough, there are not enough people, but they all pass the buck to each other when things come, none of them can take on the big responsibility, the biggest regret of the old man's life is that he does not have a decent child or grandchild, all of them are rice buckets!" ”

When the ancestor was angry, the children were suddenly terrified, but they could be reprimanded by their parents and elders like this, and they would inevitably feel resentful.

Cui Changjiao muttered in a low voice: "They are all their own children, and they are well organized in both business and relationships on weekdays, and you can't deny it all at once, right?" ”

"Shut up!"

Cui Huanchen was furious when he heard this: "You are also embarrassed to say that it is well organized? If there was no old man to support this family, with you stupid talents, the Cui family would have been defeated a long time ago! ”

Seeing that the old man was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, everyone trembled, and they didn't dare to say anything more.

Cui Huanchen glanced at everyone with hatred, and finally his eyes fell on Cui Lingchen who was lying on the ground, gritted his teeth and said: "Order the whole army to shrink the defense, Xu Rui is not easy to deal with, no matter how many people he has, try to avoid a decisive battle with him before the situation is discovered, so as not to be quickly eaten by him."

As for Cui Lingchen, he was put under the care of his life first, this matter was not trivial, and the old man had to discuss with the left-behind general before making a decision. ”

After speaking, Cui Huanchen didn't care about everyone present, and got up and left the table with the support of the old housekeeper.

"Grandpa, grandpa!"

Cui Changjiao was worried that his son would suffer, and wanted to ask again, but he was glanced at by the old housekeeper, and his heart was cold, and he quickly closed his mouth.

Cui Lingchen lay on the ground and looked at Cui Changjiao pleadingly, but Cui Changjian had no choice but to sigh helplessly.

Hundreds of miles away, Xu Rui stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the main force of the Cui family slowly retreating below, and laughed: "Look, Cui Lingchen is starting to work." ”

"Dashuai is really clever, I didn't expect that a single drop can become a wonderful move!"

Cao Siyuan and the others stood around Xu Rui, and their faces were happy.

Xu Rui waved his hand and said, "You rabbit cubs, don't wear a high hat for me, An Ge, how is that person connected?" ”

An Ge said: "The dark piles have already taken over the head, just the matter of the past two days. ”

Xu Rui's eyes froze, and he nodded: "Okay, let's see how I clean up the Cui family, causing us to lose so many brothers, this time I will ask them to spit it out with interest!" ”

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