Zhang Shaocheng is not the only one who has the heart to return to the King of Chu, his two henchmen Deng Yun and Chu Xingrui have long had this intention, and they have also said this kind of thinking in front of Zhang Shaocheng.

Therefore, Zhang Shaocheng is determined to submit today, and there are also some reasons for them.

After going back, Zhang Shaocheng called the two of them to discuss, and Deng Yun and Chu Xingrui were even more overjoyed when they heard that he had met with the King of Chu and reached a consensus.

There were as many as 200,000 soldiers left behind in Pingjingguan, and these can be said to be Zhang Shaocheng's children and soldiers, and they are extremely trusted.

According to the agreement with Xiao Junjue, Zhang Shaocheng instructed his generals to wait for the battle when he left the city tomorrow to fight, instigated Hu Kun to go out of the city to fight, and then opened the door to lead the army of the king of Chu into the pass.

When Hu Kun came, he was dissatisfied because he relied on the orders of the king of Qi and did not take others in his eyes, and he was arrogant. When the nine-character chain formation was placed, because the king of Chu faced the formation and retreated without even fighting, his arrogance became even more arrogant.

But this time, he lost more than 100,000 people, as if he fell from the clouds, and those who had been angry with him for a while also had a great change of attitude at the moment, and they couldn't wait to trample him under his feet and crush him.

When Zhang Shaocheng sent him to fight, Hu Kun was furious, "Why do you want to fight? Zhang Shaocheng, what are your intentions?"

He knew very well that if he talked about setting up a formation, few people were his opponents, but when he fought against the enemy, the few people around Xiao Junjue were not opponents at all.

"General Hu, after you lost more than 100,000 soldiers, the King of Qi has issued a decree to deprive you of the position of marshal. All military power is at the disposal of Marshal Zhang, and you can only obey orders. Deng Yun hugged his arms, he was seven feet tall, tall and mighty, looking at Hu Kun condescendingly, "Marshal Zhang sent you to fight to give you a chance to atone for your sins, you should be grateful, not make a questioning voice here." ”

Hu Kun took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said with bated breath: "Okay, even if I am no longer a marshal, why did I suddenly fight against the enemy army today without notifying me in advance, so that I didn't even have time to set up a formation." ”

Some people have long been unaccustomed to him, and said: "You also said that you are not a marshal, do you have to tell you in advance anything the marshal does?"

"You—" Hu Kun gritted his teeth.

"Besides, what's the use of your broken formation? It's not that it has been broken by the Chu Wangjun, and how many generals have been lost on our side, and how many formations have been set, do you think we haven't died much? Also, now Marshal Zhang is handsome, you are just a general, and it is the same as us, you had better control your emotions and not make the following disrespectful acts. ”

Chu Xingrui had an obvious smile on his face, and said: "I don't think General Hu deliberately disrespects Marshal Zhang, it may be that he is cowardly in his heart and does not dare to fight against the generals of the Chu Wangjun." ”

Hu Kun saw everyone snickering, and he was even more furious, and he picked up a spear when he was hit by this agitated method, "Okay, today I will let you see how General Ben captured the King of Chu!"

As soon as the words came out, he couldn't go back, Hu Kun was stubborn. He had already thought about it, and sent a few generals to be the vanguard, and if it was unfavorable, he would hurry back to the city.

Hu Kun had a stable chassis and was suitable for fighting under the horse, but he remembered that the Nighthawk was not suitable for the horse, so he picked up his spear and rushed towards the Nighthawk. His spear attacked the horse's hooves at every turn, forcing Nighthawk to dismount and fight him.

After a few rounds, Hu Kun was pinched and difficult to make moves, and only desperately defended.

In the past, Nighthawk was indeed not suitable for fighting under horses, but time has passed, so many years have passed, Nighthawk is diligent in practicing martial arts, and now it is superb both immediately and under the horse.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he jumped on his horse and fled, but he didn't want to at this time, Zhang Shaocheng ordered the city gate to be closed and blocked his way of life.

"Zhang Shaocheng, what do you mean?" Hu Kun was angry and stood under the city and shouted angrily.

Zhang Shaocheng looked at him condescendingly, and laughed: "Didn't General Hu say that everyone should see how you captured the King of Chu? ”

He also ordered, "I am afraid that the army of the king of Chu will take the opportunity to attack it, and no one is allowed to open the city gate to General Hu, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." ”

Hu Kun shouted, "Zhang Shaocheng, you declare your personal vendetta, what good will it do you to do this? If the King of Qi knows what you did today, he will definitely ask you for your guilt." ”

Zhang Shaocheng laughed out loud and said, "General Hu may not know, Ben Shuai has already discussed with the generals, and when you are ambushed, you will open the city gate and surrender to the King of Chu." ”

Hu Kun's heart was shocked, and he realized at this time that all this had been arranged by them a long time ago.

"You despicable villains, who eat the court's money in vain, don't know how to feel the king, but are in the same stream with traitors, aren't you afraid of being punished by God? Zhang Shaocheng, you are an old minister, and you have a clear life, do you want to be unprotected in the evening, and wait for future generations to point to your backbone and scold people as traitors?"

Zhang Shaocheng thinks that he is worthy of heaven and earth, and says righteously: "Zhang never cares about how future generations will comment." We took refuge in the King of Chu because the King of Qi caused chaos in the dynasty, reused traitorous people like you as officials, and conspired with the country of tigers and wolves to seek the territory of our Great Zhou, causing the land to collapse and the people to live in poverty. Zhang Mou is loyal to Da Zhou, but he is not loyal to the King of Qi, and he will never let this kind of person destroy my rivers again. ”

Hu Kun is lustful, in a short period of time in Pingjingguan, I don't know how many good girls have been harmed, at that time he was at the behest of the king of Qi, and everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Zhang Shaocheng once accused him in person, but he was beaten 30 times with the following crimes.

Since then, he has intensified his efforts, seeking joy every day, and making Jingguan a miasma.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Shaocheng complained a lot about Qi Wang.

"You old horseman!" the angry Hu Kun scolded.

Zhang Shaocheng didn't laugh angrily, "Although the husband is old, he has lived longer than you." ”

After that, he left the high platform and waited to welcome the king of Chu into the pass.

Hu Kun had pursuers in front of him, but there was no way out, and finally died tragically under the Nighthawk gun.

As soon as Hu Kun died, Zhang Shaocheng ordered someone to open the city gate to welcome the king of Chu.

Xiao Yuheng received the report of the loss of Pingjing Pass, his hands were trembling, his face was bloodless for a moment, and after cursing Zhang Shaocheng and others, he asked, "How many soldiers and horses can be used now?"

"There are only a few prefectures and counties in Linjing, about 100,000, and there are Gyeonggi Guards and the Imperial Forest Army, which add up to only 300,000. ”

A quiet pin in the court could be heard dropping, and he asked for a long time before someone answered cautiously.

"Soldiers, soldiers, is it true that Da Zhou has such soldiers?" Xiao Yuheng was already corrupted and smashed in the dragon case, "Da Zhou has millions of soldiers and horses, how come there are only 300,000 left?"

The people bowed their heads, and no one answered.

"I ask you what you are saying, you are dumb!" he cried.

An official came out of the queue and replied: "Back to the prince, the king of Chu went all the way north, and the team continued to grow, plus the men and horses of Pingjing Pass, it was nearly two million. This accounts for half of the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou, and the other half, except for those stationed at the border passes, are immovable men and horses, and the rest are owned by the princes of the domain. Because the king of Qi cut the domain, the princes were dissatisfied, so they could not borrow soldiers. ”

"You mean, all this is the king's fault?" At this time, Xiao Yuheng never thought that the problem was on him, if he hadn't cut the feudal domain at the beginning, he wouldn't have given Xiao Junjue an excuse, and it wouldn't have been at this time, the princes stayed out of the way as if they had discussed it.

The official immediately knelt down, kowtowed, and said tremblingly: "Wechen don't dare, Wechen don't dare." ”

"This king shouldn't be soft-hearted, he should have eradicated them one by one like getting rid of King Xiang and King Lian, otherwise he wouldn't be unable to recover the soldiers and horses at this time!" Xiao Yuheng gritted his teeth, "Incompetent, incompetent, all of you are incompetent, and no one can help this king!"

"Wechen is incompetent, and the regent is angry. The ministers knelt down and said in unison.

The little emperor was already frightened by this situation, and at this time he cried "wow".

Xiao Yuheng was upset and irritable, "You shut up for me!" He swept the things on the dragon case to the ground, and the jade seal rolled down the steps.

The little emperor was so frightened that he closed his mouth and whimpered and cried.

Xiao Yuheng closed her eyes, took a heavy breath, and glanced at him, "Be loyal, take the emperor down." ”

"Do any of you have an idea?, is there a good way to retreat from the enemy?" Xiao Yuheng asked after sweeping the kneeling ministers and calming down.

"At this time, the king of Chu is strong, if it is a hard touch, it is not good for us, it is better for the prince to repair a peace letter and negotiate with him, maybe the king of Chu will not enter the city for the sake of being a brother with the prince. Someone suggested.

Xiao Yuheng was convinced in his heart, and the swishing knife gaze flew over, "Are you saying that this battle is destined to lose before the king has been fought? He is a traitor, and the king still needs to negotiate with him and give him a peace book!"

The man hurriedly lowered his head, "But now, the situation is stronger than people, the army of the King of Chu is extremely fierce, and it has the upper hand in the small number of people, and the 300,000 people can't resist it at all." If it is attacked, the palace will be in danger. ”

The man almost said yes, at this point, don't you still understand? There are many people in the family, and it is easy to attack the palace, and when the time comes, the most dangerous thing is not these ministers, but the king of Qi, you, who let the king of Chu in the name of the Qing monarch.

Xiao Yuheng also understood that the situation was stronger than people, so she sat down slowly, and after being silent for a while, Fang said calmly: "Is there anything else that others can do?"

The officials looked at each other, all at a loss.

At this time, an official standing in the back came out of the ranks, "Weichen has an idea, but I don't know if it's feasible." ”

Standing in the back, there are generally only five or six officials, usually facing the emperor, but also just a foil, never speaking.

Xiao Yuheng looked at it and was not very impressed, "You are?"

"Weichen is the Hanlin Academy's cultivator Hong Enquan. ”

Xiao Yuheng didn't give any hope for the cultivation of the small Hanlin Academy, but said: "What method do you have? If it works, this king will reward you greatly." ”

Hong Enquan has always been transparent in this court, and he has been working in the position of compilation for ten years, but he still has no chance of promotion, and he can't help but be happy in his heart at this time, and stepped forward and said: "The king of Chu is traitorous again, but he also has a little filial piety to Emperor Xiaojing, the prince only needs to let the generals guarding the city hold the tablet of Emperor Xiaojing, and the king of Chu will not dare to attack again." After all, if he is a righteous teacher, if he can't even ignore the tablet of Emperor Xiaojing, filial piety alone can make him suffer from the spitting of all the people. He valued his reputation so much that he would never dare to act rashly. ”