Chapter 167: The Truth
There are some things that have one or two, Xiahou Yu can kill Cui Hao, and he can kill the heads of other families.
The Zheng family has such a niece, how can it not be chilling and jealous.
Zheng Fen's concerns are not unreasonable.
But Zheng Fen's appearance fell in Xiahou Yu's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Uncle, I still love Shitu more and love the Zheng family more.
But isn't that how it should be?
For her uncle, the Zheng family is his home and root, and her surname is Xiahou after all.
Xiahou Yu pursed the corners of his lips self-deprecatingly, although he felt uncomfortable in his heart, he still tried to speak as gently as possible: "Uncle, don't worry, others will not suspect me." The dancing girl is a Hu person, and I have arranged to release a message in the market, saying that Cui Hao colluded with the Hu people, and now he is turning against each other for the sake of interests, and the Hu people want to put him to death. ”
And she didn't blindly arrange an assassination.
She had already arranged the retreat of the dancing girl.
Now he is being escorted to Beiyongzhou by Yin Ping's right-hand men, and since then he has changed his name and surname and started again.
That's the best arrangement.
Even though the dead man is easy to use, it can also be chilling.
But she didn't have to tell her uncle about it.
Her uncle preferred to use the dead, believing her to be a woman's kindness.
Zheng Fen fell silent.
He had to say that Xiahou Yu's arrangement was really likely to pull her out of the vortex of assassinating Cui Hao - Xiahou Yu's previous conflict with Cui Hao involved Hu Ren, and now Cui Hao was assassinated by Hu Ren, and Xiahou Yu's reason for making it up makes sense.
Even if Lu Yuan and the others suspected that Cui Hao was killed by Xiahou Yu, they had to come up with evidence.
Zheng Fen couldn't help but sigh, and said helplessly: "Then you can't do it again in the future, otherwise no one will be able to protect you." After speaking, he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress Xiahou Yu, so he continued, "It will also affect the Xiao family and the Zheng family." ”
Xiahou Yu responded with a smile, "I know", but his heart was sour.
Her uncle could guess that she had killed someone, let alone Xiao Huan.
They're probably going to think she's too much, right?
"Uncle, are you still going to Jiankang today?" Xiahou Yu put this matter behind him and said with a smile, "Do you want to choose another auspicious day for the zodiac to set off again?" ”
"No!" Zheng Fen was a little stubborn in these matters, and said, "Just leave Xiangyang today." I've done the math, and today is the best day of the year. ”
Xiahou Yu smiled: "Then I'll send my uncle out, right?" ”
Zheng Fen shook his head, looked left and right, only Zheng Duo was alone, standing there as if the three souls and six spirits had been lost, and he had no scruples, and asked Xiahou Yu in a low voice: "Have you dealt with all the people sent to Jiankang?" Don't leave your mouth alive, only the dead will really shut up. ”
"I know!" Xiahou Yu comforted Zheng Fen.
Zheng Fen thought that she even dared to kill Cui Hao, this kind of thing must be very clean. So he didn't ask anymore, but patted Zheng Duo on the shoulder and told him: "Although the Cui family is your foreign family, it is also our family's opponent." You have to remember that you are a descendant of the Zheng family, not a descendant of the Cui family. Today's love, you rot me to the stomach, even your mother, your brother shouldn't say it. Do you understand? ”
Zheng Duo came back to his senses and said busily: "I understand! ”
Zheng Fen looked much better, and said to Xiahou Yu and Zheng Duo: "You don't have to send me out. It's like I'm gone, I'm on the wrong track. If you send me out again, I will go from Xiangyang to Jiankang for the second time, and the number will change, and the auspicious time and day will ......also change."
Xiahou Yu and Zheng Duo were quite speechless, and responded "yes" respectfully, watching Zheng Fen be supported by his personal servant, get back on the calf cart, recalculate the time, and leave Xiangyang City.
Without Zheng Fen, Zheng Duo suddenly became much more lively.
He stretched out his thumb at Xiahou Yu and sighed: "Eldest princess, admire!" Admire! ”
Although the Cui family is his foreign family, because the Cui family is only Cui Hao's niece who has made three suits, and Zheng Fen is unwilling to saddle the Cui family, the Cui family is not valued by Cui Hao. Zheng Duo rarely returns to his parents' house with the Cui family, and his relationship with the Cui family is not very close.
Xiahou Yu was worried that Zheng Duo was worried about Zheng Duo's heart, but when he saw this, he couldn't help but put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't do anything! ”
Zheng Duo smiled and didn't say anything more.
But there is no evidence, and it is not obvious that Xiahou Yu is not suspicious, and it does not mean that valve families like the Lu family and the Wei family will remain silent.
By the time the news reached Xiao Huan's ears, it was already March 15.
Xiao Huan had just captured Chang'an and was clearing the city.
"It's really the eldest princess who made it." He hadn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights, he had obviously lost a lot of weight, and his originally warm eyebrows and eyes had become sharp, like a sword out of the sheath.
Song Qian is even more energetic than him, but Chang'an City has been broken, and he slept all night yesterday, and he looks better than Xiao Huan's spirit.
"Here's the news from Jiankang." Song Qian didn't know Xiao Huan's attitude, and said in a low voice expressionlessly, "And I also asked Huang Fuguang, he said that the eldest princess liked the dancing girl very much, and he gave the dancing girl's deed of sale to the eldest princess the next day." ”
Xiao Huan stroked his tired eyes, laughed a few lowly, and said, "There are so many parts of the Cui family, and so many soldiers in Jiankang City, but they haven't caught the assassin?" I want to praise the eldest princess for a few words? Or do you admire her newborn calf and don't know what to be afraid of? ”
Chang'an City fought hard.
Since the imperial court moved south, the Hu people did not look at the Han people in their eyes.
And the memory of the Han people is still in the fear of fighting with the Hu people, and they don't dare to confront the Hu people head-on, if it weren't for the tribes who had fought with Xiao Huan in Shu who were not afraid to attack the city to death, Xiao Huan also personally went into battle to beat the drum and boost morale, this battle would definitely be lost.
All 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Hu people were annihilated, and only a few so-called commanders escaped with a few hundred men each.
Despite this, Xiao Huan's casualties were also very heavy, out of 50,000 horses, only 20,000 survived, and less than 8,000 could fight.
Xiangyang Taishou felt that Xiao Huan's use of troops this time was wrong.
He had previously suggested using several commanders who belonged to different princes, using a divisive strategy to divide these commanders first, and then break them one by one, but Xiao Huan had to go head-to-head, saying that the imperial court needed a hard-fought victory, and the ones who survived were the real elite Yunyun.
Fortunately, now they only have 8,000 men. And the Beiliang Imperial City still has their 200,000 male soldiers hoarded there.
After the siege, he talked with Xiao Huan almost all night, trying to persuade Xiao Huan to withdraw immediately.
Otherwise, Bei Liang will continue to reinforce the troops, and they will have no one to defend in the back, and it is very likely that they will be surrounded and suppressed by Bei Liang like a bun.
Xiao Huan disagreed.
He felt that the so-called 200,000 male soldiers in the Beiliang Imperial City were actually the last elite of the prince, and in order to seize the throne, they would never agree to send a single soldier to recover Chang'an City. They could have carved up Chang'an City first, waited until they had collected the summer grain, and then filled the cart with their belongings, and returned to Xiangyang City in a mighty way.
Neither of them was able to convince the other and parted unhappily.
Xiao Huan's heart is more tired than his body.
He felt that borrowing troops was not a long-term plan after all, and among the 8,000 men and horses who could fight again, although 6,000 were from the Xiao family, more than 1,000 were from the Xiangyang Taishou, and more than 1,000 were from the Zheng family.
He was reluctant to let go of any of them.
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