Chapter 534 Failure and Failure

The 10,000 soldiers brought by Nie Dan are all subordinates of more than a dozen generals, and the military ranks of these generals are not high, they belong to middle and low-level generals, and it is not easy to scrape together 10,000 people.

This is also the reason why Nie Dan did not dare to forcibly pull his father from power, he had no military power in his hands.

Seeing that the prince himself led 10,000 soldiers to the northern city, Kong Wu was startled, hurriedly ran down the city wall, bowed his hand, and said: "The last general Kong Wu, see the son!

Nie Dan waved his hand expressionlessly and said, "General Kong doesn't have to be polite. As he spoke, he pretended to look around and asked, "What about General Hou? Isn't it General Hou in office tonight?"

Kong Wu grinned secretly, Hou Feng didn't leave early, he didn't leave late, but he was not there when the prince came, once it reached the ears of the king, Hou Feng had a few heads that could afford it!

Kong Wu bowed and hugged his fists and said, "Oh...... General Hou ...... because of changes in his family. Hurry home to deal with it first, and go back when you go!" After a pause, he hurriedly diverted the topic and asked, "I don't know what the son went to Beicheng late at night, I don't know what the so-called thing is?"

"At the moment of the great enemy, Hou Feng is relaxed, and he dares to go home to relax!" Nie Dan sneered indignantly, and then raised his head and said: "General Kong, you quickly let people open the city gate, this son will lead the army to attack the enemy camp tonight!"

Kong Wu never dreamed that Nie Dan could suddenly come up with such a sentence. Sneak attack on the enemy's camp? Isn't it self-defeating to take only these 10,000 people to attack the opponent's million-strong joint camp? Could it be that Gongzi is crazy?

He instinctively shook his head again and again, and grabbed the reins of Nie Dan's war horse in front of him. He hurriedly said, "No! Childe must not ......."

"What can't you?!" Nie Dan took the token out of his hand and said in a deep voice: "My son went to steal the camp with the permission of his father, do you want to disobey the order?

Kong Wu was willing to listen to him, even if he saw the king's token, he still clung to the reins with both hands.

He didn't think at all that Nie Dan would collaborate with the enemy, in Kong Wu's heart, anyone could collaborate with the enemy. But Nie Dan definitely won't. After all, he is the crown prince and the monarch of the future of You Guo, who would give away his thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to the enemy?

The reason why he did not let him go was purely out of loyalty. Out of consideration for Nie Dan's life.

He said in a trembling voice: "The prince is the prince of Youguo for me." It is also the hope for the future of my country. How can you personally go to the enemy camp and wade into danger? Childe think twice, please think twice!"

Unexpectedly, without Hou Feng, the remaining Kong Wu would be so troublesome. Loyalty to Kong Wu. Nie Dan was very relieved and moved, but now is not the time! He gritted his teeth, groaned for a moment, suddenly retracted his hand, pulled out the saber on his waist, pointed at Ma Xianglu, pressed against Kong Wu's throat, and shouted: "This son is stealing the camp on the order of the king, and if you dare to stop it, don't blame this son for being ruthless!"

The soldiers guarding the northern city were dumbfounded, on one side was their own deputy general, and on the other hand was the dignified prince, they didn't save people before, and they didn't go forward to rescue them, they were in a dilemma, and they were so anxious that they rubbed their hands again and again.

Kong Wu turned a blind eye to the sharp sword that had reached his throat, and did not move in front of Nie Dan's horse, he said with a straight face: "Even if Gongzi wants to kill the last general today, the last general still has to say that the enemy's strength is not less than one million, and the joint venture is not less than a hundred miles, how can only ten thousand people break it? I hope that Gongzi will take back his life, plan from the beginning, and then make plans, and never make senseless sacrifices!"

He looks like a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, if you want to kill it, you will kill it, but I just don't back down, so Nie Dan can't do anything about him.

A loyal minister and an important minister like Kong Wu is not something he can kill if he wants to, and he is reluctant to kill, but if Kong Wu does not compromise, he will not be able to get out of the city, let alone open the city gate, how can this be good?

Time was pressing, and Nie Dan couldn't make a choice for a while, and before he knew it, beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead.

The henchmen around him, the generals, were also so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks, and hated Kong Wu who was in front of them, but Nie Dan didn't speak, and they didn't take Kong Wu seriously, in terms of military rank, they were far worse than Lieutenant General Kong Wu.

Nie Dan and Kong Wu were in a stalemate, and said that Hou Feng, who was found by Li Ying on the other side, happened to meet the family who came to report the news on the way back home.

The house was attacked by a mysterious gangster, although there was no big chaos, but the other party's intentions were unknown, and the family did not dare to deal with it without authorization, so they came to Hou Feng to confess.

On the way to Beicheng, he met Hou Feng, and the family was very surprised, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and asked, "Where are you going...... general?"

Seeing that it was his own family, Hou Feng gasped, could it be that the situation at home was so bad that it was out of control? He did not answer, but asked urgently: "What is the current situation at home? Is the villain still there?"

How did the general know that Lu Dao's house had been attacked? Jia Ding secretly said strangely, and he replied in a daze: "Returning to the general, there is no longer anything going on in the mansion, and the attacking gangsters have also been beaten away, and the villain has come to report to the general, but how did the general know about the changes in the Lu Dao family?"

"It's General Li Ying's letter to me......" As he spoke, he looked behind him, but behind him was empty, where was Li Ying's shadow? Hou Feng frowned, Li Ying was obviously following behind him, why did this blink of an eye disappear?

Hou Feng is not a fool, calm down and think about it carefully, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and at the same time felt that Li Ying's report was extraordinary, could it be that this was a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?

Thinking of this, he secretly screamed badly, didn't say a word, hurriedly turned the horse's head, quickly whipped the horse, and returned to Beicheng the same way.

When Hou Feng rushed back, he saw the confrontation between Nie Dan and Kong Wu.

I don't know when the prince came, but the prince was holding a sharp sword against Kong Wu's throat, which scared Hou Feng a lot, and before he got close, he shouted from a distance: "Gongzi's subordinates are left!"

Hearing the shouting, Nie Dan instinctively looked back, and when he saw Hou Feng galloping on his horse, his heart was completely cold. It's a wrong step. The wrong step, he calculated everything, but he missed Kong Wu, but this is good, although Hou Feng was transferred away by his design, but Kong Wu ruined his big thing, and now that Hou Feng has returned, it is difficult for him to get out of the city again.

In the blink of an eye, Hou Feng urged the horse to rush forward. Then he turned over and dismounted. He saluted Nie Dan and said, "The last general, Hou Feng, has seen the son!"

After a pause, he turned his head to look at Kong Wu and asked, "What's going on? Why did General Kong offend Gongzi?"

"It's the son who wants to go out of the city and steal the camp. The last will be desperately blocked. The mistake is in the end. But the last general would rather die than let Gongzi go to the enemy camp to take risks!" Kong Wu said categorically.

"Stealing the camp?" Hou Feng gasped after hearing this, he raised his eyes to look at the ten thousand people who followed Nie Dan, not to mention that Nie Dan led the team. Even if he leads the team, it will be a life of death, and it is difficult to have the possibility of success.

He asked, "Is this the meaning of the prince or the king's order?"

At this time, Nie Dan could only bite the bullet and tell the lie to the end. He shook the token in his hand and said, "Of course my father's order, and besides, this son still has his father's order!"

Hou Feng took the token, bowed his head and looked at it carefully, and then returned it to Nie Dan respectfully, the order is really right, but how can the king give such an order, even if he hopes that the prince can make meritorious achievements, he should not let the prince take such a big risk, this is tantamount to letting the prince go to death, does the king have the intention of setting up another prince?

But after thinking about it, Hou Feng felt that it was impossible, tiger poison does not eat children, even if the king wants to set up another prince, he will not push the eldest prince into the fire pit, besides, the king has always liked the eldest prince the most, for no reason, how can he set up another prince?

He was puzzled, and casually asked, "Does the prince have the king's edict?"

This sentence can ask Nie Dan's weakness, if he can get Nie Xing's edict, he can go out of the city generously, how can he do so many things?

He took a deep breath and pretended to be calm and said, "Father only gave this son a token, and he didn't write an edict!"

Oh! Hou Feng can serve as the general of the northern city, his mind is by no means simple, now, he basically understands that the prince wants to go out of the city to steal the camp, it is by no means the king's order, but the prince's own will, as for the token, it is too easy for the prince to steal it quietly.

He didn't break it directly, but said officially: "The king has already explained to the last general, anyone who wants to go out of the city, first, must have a warrant, and second, there must be a king's edict, both of which are indispensable." Since the crown prince insisted on leaving the city, but there was no edict from the king, the last general could only send someone to ask the king for clarification. As he spoke, he turned his head sideways and shouted: "General Kong Wu, you ride to the palace as fast as possible, and ask the king for a commandment, and in the future, if anyone asks about this, I will have some proof!"

Although Kong Wu didn't know why Hou Feng suddenly returned, his return did make him feel relieved. He secretly said smartly, and intervened to Hou Feng: "The last general will obey the order!" As he spoke, he asked the horse to go to the palace.

How could Nie Dan let him go, as soon as he went to the palace, wouldn't he be completely exposed?

He stretched out his hand to stop Kong Wu, and at the same time put his sword into the sheath, and said: "I just came out of the palace, and when I left, my father had already fallen asleep. ”

"However, without the king's edict, General Hou and the last general would not be able to let Gongzi out of the city!" Kong Wu sensed Nie Dan's weakness, and he pretended to be embarrassed and deliberately embarrassed.

"Forget it, tonight, my son won't go out of the city to steal the camp, and I'll talk about it tomorrow!"

Ignoring Hou Feng and Kong Wu's reactions, Nie Dan led a group of soldiers from the You army, who came and went quickly, and disappeared at the end of the street in an instant.

When they all left and there was no trace of them, Kong Wu let out a long sigh of relief, raised his hand, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. After a pause, he turned around, bowed to Hou Feng, and said, "Thanks to General Hou rushing back in time, otherwise, the last general's life may be in danger......"

Hou Feng's face was solemn, thoughtful, and did not reply.

Kong Wu asked curiously, "Didn't General Hou go home? Why did he suddenly turn back again!"

Hou Feng said: "It was on my way home that I happened to meet the family who came to report the news, and I knew that my family was safe and sound, so I returned halfway." Saying this, he paused, then looked at Kong Wu, and asked in a low voice: "General Kong, why do I think tonight's events are so strange? First, my mansion was attacked by gangsters for no reason. Then Li Ying reported the news and called me away, but as soon as I left, the prince arrived, and said that he was going out of the city to steal the camp, which ...... Could it be too much of a coincidence?"

Kong Wu had already felt this way, but when it came to the crown prince, he didn't dare to speculate, he asked rhetorically: "What does General Hou mean ......?"

"I don't know, the prince is out of the city...... Do you want to steal the camp or join the camp......"

This sentence. scared Kong Wu to the point that his body trembled. Subconsciously looked left and right, fortunately, there was no one around, and Hou Feng's voice was low enough.

He approached Hou Feng and whispered in his ear, "General Hou." Woe comes from the mouth. That's the case. You must not talk nonsense, once it spreads, it will ...... But it's going to lose your head!"

"Hmph!" Hou Feng snorted coldly. said: "Wait for tomorrow, ask the king to understand, you will know!"

Kong Wu wanted to dissuade him, but Hou Feng didn't give him a chance to speak again, threw off his robe, strode across the city wall, and went to inspect again.

Kong Wu sighed secretly and silently followed behind him.

Hou Feng really didn't talk about it casually, the next day, he told Nie Dan in public about going out of the city late at night with a token in his hand, and asked Nie Xing, who knew about it.

Nie Xing was shocked, and subconsciously looked down at his waist, and sure enough, the token was gone. No wonder when he woke up early, he felt that something seemed to be missing in his body, but he didn't take it too seriously, it turned out that the token was missing.

Without waiting for him to open his mouth to question Nie Dan, the latter took the initiative to stand up, fell to his knees with a thud, held the token in both hands, held it high above his head, and said, "Father, the token was indeed secretly taken out by the son-in-law!"

Hearing this, the faces of everyone present, including Nie Xing, changed.

In extraordinary times, stealing tokens is a capital crime suspected of collaborating with the enemy, even if the prince does this, things are difficult to get better.

Nie Dan's eyes were rosy, he sniffed, and said in a trembling voice with a crying voice: "Last night, Erchen had already expressed to his father that he was determined to personally lead the army to steal the camp, but his father did not allow it, and Erchen was not convinced!" Erchen knows that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all look down on Erchen, thinking that Erchen is just a life, without the majesty of his father, but Erchen also has the determination to serve the country desperately, and he also wants to make a contribution to me, and he also wants to share the worries and difficulties of his father, even if he dies in the enemy camp, as long as he can arouse the morale of our soldiers and the determination to win, Erchen will also die without regrets!"

Nie Dan is worthy of being a knowledgeable person, and when he speaks, he shows the 'true colors' of loyalty and courage, which makes people cry and make listeners sigh.

After hearing this, Nie Xing was even more touched, and couldn't help but burst into tears, and said in a loud voice: "Wu'er is strong, worthy of me as my prince of Youguo!"

Seeing that the opportunity had come, the ministers on the princeling's side came out one after another, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Although it is wrong for the prince to steal the warrant, it is completely out of loyalty to the king and loyalty to the country.

Not only did the princelings come out to persuade them, but even other ministers also stood up to intercede for Nie Dan. It's very simple, the current situation in You Country is critical enough, and if there is another mess in the crown prince, it will undoubtedly make it worse, making the situation in You Country even more chaotic and dangerous.

Nie Xing didn't mean to punish Nie Dan at all, and at this time, coupled with the persuasion of the ministers, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said smoothly: "The Son of Heaven broke the law, and he should be guilty of the same crime as the common people, but for the sake of Aiqing's intercession for you, my father will spare you this time for the time being, but this incident must not happen again in the future, you are grounded at home for five days, and you should think about it behind closed doors!"

Nie Dan was speechless, in five days, I don't know what kind of changes will take place in the situation, I'm afraid that the coalition forces have already launched a large-scale attack, right? How can he sit still at home and wait for death? He hurriedly straightened up his waist and said loudly: "Father, ......

"No need to say it again!" Nie Xing didn't give him a chance to speak at all, waved his hand, and said, "Gauss and Lin Ning will listen to the order!"

"The last general!" Goss and Lin Ning walked out of the military general train and saluted with their hands crossed. The two of them were tall and burly, with fierce appearances, and their faces were full of horizontal flesh, standing there, even if they didn't speak, they gave people a strong sense of oppression.

These two are both first-class fierce generals in You Guo, and they have made great contributions to You Guoguo and made great achievements.

Nie Xing said to the two of them: "The prince has been grounded for five days, and the two of us are responsible for guarding the prince's mansion, if something goes wrong, this king will show you two questions!"

"The last general obeys!"

Nie Xing arranged for the two of them to guard Nie Dan, which was also purposeful, to create time for them to get along and an opportunity to get to know each other. He intended to let Gauss and Lin Ning cover Nie Dan's breakthrough, in the future, they will be Nie Dan's right-hand men, and if they want to protect him to revitalize Youguo, of course, there must be a tacit understanding between them, and this short five days is also a rare opportunity.

If Nie Xing arranged for others to look at him, Nie Dan might still be able to seize the opportunity, as soon as he saw Gauss and Lin Ning, he was completely desperate, the strength of these two Immortal Martial Arts naturally needless to say, and they are also known for their iron-faced selflessness, soft and hard, even if Nie Dan usually meets the two of them, he will subconsciously give in a little politeness.

Now that these two are guarding him, he won't be able to fly out of the Prince's Mansion even if he has wings on his back.

Nie Dan's stealing of the token was successfully prevaricated by the foreshadowing he had planted in advance, but he was also punished by being grounded for five days, and during these five days, it was difficult for him to make a difference, so he could only stay at home every day, and stared at the two generals Gauss and Lin Ning.

Let's talk about the coalition forces outside the city, Zhang Li pointed out to Lin Haotian a waterway that could enter the city secretly, and it was directly connected to the palace, Lin Haotian attached great importance to it, and sent Shao Lin to arrange people to follow Zhang Li to check.

Since Zhang Li and the Demon Martial Artist left, Lin Haotian has always been restless in the big tent, and he urgently wants to find out whether this waterway is real or fake, and whether it is possible to pass it. (To be continued......)