The Child Emperor

At dawn, snowflakes began to fall in the sky, finely broken, but not many, like remnant snow blown down by the wind from the roof, but Chai Yue did not dare to be careless: the negotiating place was more than ten miles away from the Chu army. Blocked, it will be difficult for the rear to get news in time.

Chai Yue immediately made adjustments to the Chu army on the north bank. It used to be a three-mile post, but now it has become a one-mile post. It continued to be less than five miles in front of the Huns' camp. Messages were sent regularly without interruption, and the Huns naturally wanted to. Made the same adjustments, so it took some time.

Nearly noon, Han Ruzi finally rode across the river, with only ten guards with him, the generals saw him off to the river, Chai Yue sent him a long way, until the Huns sentinel objected, he stopped and looked at the general Zhenbei far away. go.

The snow had stopped, and the sky was still gloomy. Chai Yue had checked it many times before, and was sure of the location of the tent, so that she could barely recognize its appearance under the gray sky.

The sentinels of the two armies were in groups of three, riding horses, more than ten steps apart, and were not allowed to carry any weapons. There were two sentinel lines, running north-south and east-west. If there is an abnormality in one direction, it will be quickly transmitted to the main camp of the army.

When Chai Yue returned to the south bank of the river, snow began to fall in the air again. This time, he no longer hesitated. When he arrived at the central army tent, it was already snowing in the middle of the sky. Looking to the north bank, he could only see three or four miles away.

The Zhongjun tent was built on the former site of Quicksand City. Chai Yue turned around and looked towards Lingnan. Tens of thousands of Chu troops were standing by. The dozens of simple wooden bridges built in advance were lined up, and they could be lifted immediately with just one order. On the frozen river bed, multiple river crossing channels are added.

A section of the riverbed opposite Quicksand City was originally very flat. Yesterday, a large amount of sawdust was spread, and the cavalry could rush over without slowing down.

In short, when necessary, more than 80,000 Chu troops can cross the river at the fastest speed and fight against the Huns.

"Peace!" The sentry's cry came from a distance and went straight to the central army tent. A soldier next to Chai Yue also shouted suddenly. He was slightly startled, and his first reaction was to turn his head to look at one of his own. guard.

This is the guard specially arranged for him by General Zhenbei, and told him to take it with him until General Zhenbei returns safely.

Chai Yue nodded to the guard and stepped into the tent.

Meng E followed closely. As long as she didn't say too many words, no one could recognize her true identity. Her task today was very simple, which was to protect Chai Yue's safety.

In the military tent, the others have already arrived.

Liu Kunsheng, the commander of the Northern Army, sat on the main seat, with a straight waist and a grim expression, but that was all. With this expression, he warned everyone not to talk to him as much as possible, and he himself did not want to speak.

The left general Han Tong and the right general Feng Shili sat on both sides, all with their heads lowered, as if they had been forced to come in. From the moment they were seated, they were wondering what excuse they would find to leave later.

Han Tong's starter was sitting on Chai Zhi. Although his position was low, he was the only one with his head held high and his eyes sharp.

Behind everyone stood a guard.

Chai Yue started with Feng Shili, the right general. The folding stool was already set up. He nodded to Liu Kunsheng and the others. After sitting up, he turned his body to the door. He could not only see the snow outside the tent, but also avoid looking at Chai Zhi.

More than a dozen generals and officials were divided around.

The tent was unusually quiet, and the voices of the sentries on the other side could be clearly heard.

"General Zhenbei is in the tent, safe!" The voice from the other side came, and the soldiers outside the tent repeated it once.

The King of the East Sea arrived at this moment, with dozens of guards, all of whom were stopped outside the tent, he walked into the tent alone, nodded and smiled at the five generals who had seats, "It's really cold, Xue. It's so big, why not postpone the peace talks?"

The King of the East Sea has a unique identity. He holds the title of King. He is the younger brother of General Zhenbei, but he has no military position.

The other four didn't say anything, and Chai Yue had no choice but to say: "Every step of the peace talks is not easy. General Zhenbei hopes that the peace talks will continue as usual, and the Huns have not raised any objections."

The King of the East Sea nodded in agreement, turned around and looked at the other side, "Why are there no hostages in this peace talks?"

Chai Yue said patiently: "In the beginning, it was said that they would send hostages to each other, but then General Zhenbei thought it was unnecessary."

"Hey, he's so brave."

Chai Yue coughed, "The Huns wanted the East Sea King to be a hostage, so General Zhenbei refused."

The East Sea King was silent.

No one has moved the fold for him, the key is not knowing where to put it.

The voice of the sentinel reporting safety came as usual, and the peace talks ahead obviously had not made any progress.

Chai Zhi slowly got up, and the calm atmosphere in the tent changed subtly in an instant. Liu Kunsheng, who had always maintained his majesty, lowered his eyes, but the left and right generals raised their heads in unison.

A general received a hint from Chai Zhi, and walked to the door and lowered the thick curtain, blocking the voice of the sentry on the other side of the river, and only the cry of the soldiers outside the door could come in.

Chai Zhi walked to the middle, nodded to Liu Kunsheng first, and then said loudly: "Noon is over, if the Chu army still wants to defeat the Huns before dark, they should send troops now."

Chai Yue also stood up immediately and saluted Liu Kunsheng with a fist, "The peace talks are still in progress, and the Huns have not moved unusually, so the Chu army is not allowed to send troops."

"Otherwise, the Huns obviously want to use the peace talks to sneak attack on the Chu army. The Chu army cannot be passively confronted, and must be preemptive."

"The Chu army is preemptive, what will General Zhenbei do?"

Chai Zhi finally turned around and looked at his half-brother, "If the Huns attack first, what will the Chu army do?"

"According to the plan, there are 10,000 Chu troops on the other side, and they are slightly closer to the place of peace talks than the Huns. If the Huns are abnormal, they will divide their troops into five groups, resist the Huns in four, and rescue General Zhenbei all the way."

"Very well, let's assume that the Huns have attacked."

"No, that's a last resort, it's too risky, you must..."

Chai Zhi waved his hand to interrupt Chai Yue, "How can you defeat the Huns without taking a risk? Could it be that 100,000 Chu troops are just watching the fun from the other side? Captain Liu, you are General Zhang Yin, please say something."

"Well... this is difficult for me..."

Chai Zhi laughed, "It's quite simple, aren't there five generals here? Everyone expresses their position, whether to attack or wait, and make a quick decision."

Liu Kunsheng was still hesitating, the King of the East Sea at the door took two steps forward and said with a smile: "This is a way, the military leader Chai Zhi advocates the attack, the guard city Chai Yue advocates waiting, the left and right generals, tell me what you think. Bar."

Han Tong and Feng Shili gave each other humility, and the East Sea King pointed to Feng Shili, "The right general is respected, you should talk first."

Feng Shili got up, pondered for a while, and finally said: "I suggest to wait a little longer, the Huns seem to be quite sincere about this peace talks, but they are also well prepared. Winning a battle, but not completely wiping out the enemy, will be even more troublesome in the future."

Chai Zhi's face was cold, and the King of the East Sea said to Han Tong, "It's time for General Zuo to make a statement."

Han Tong got up and nodded to everyone in the tent, "The peace talks are very good, but without the permission of the imperial court, can the peace talks...can be done? One hundred thousand Chu troops have gathered in Broken Iron City. According to the practice of Da Chu, it should be Be bold, but..."

Han Tong was about to turn back his attitude, but Chai Zhi interrupted him: "General Zuo has already stated his position, the two will fight, and the two will wait. It is still up to Captain Liu to make a decision."

Liu Kunsheng had no choice, he also stood up, pondered for a long time, and said, "The imperial court has not issued an imperial decree for a long time. At this time, the frontier Chu troops are all under the command of the general." He paused for a long time, "General Zhenbei is assigned by the general. , Governor Shenxiongguan and Broken Iron City military affairs, he is the commander of the 100,000 Chu army here." After a long pause, "General Zhenbei has made a plan in advance, and unless there is an accident, it cannot be changed."

Although he didn't say it clearly, Liu Kunsheng's opinion was very clear. He advocated to wait, unless the Huns made a change, the Chu army could not cross the river.

The King of the East Sea spread his arms, "Since Duwei Liu said so, let's wait."

During the process of several generals opening their mouths, the sound of announcing peace from the outside of the account rang on time, without uttering a single word.

Chai Zhi was not surprised by this result, he lowered his head with a smile and turned to the more than ten generals on both sides, "Look, I told you a long time ago that the safety and fame of the 100,000 Chu troops are not comparable to one. The young and ignorant general of Zhenbei, the majesty of the Great Chu, have all been thrown away by the incompetent!"

With such an open provocation, everyone's face changed, Liu Kunsheng's face was ashen, "Chai Junzheng, as a general of law enforcement, pay attention to your words."

Chai Zhi sneered, took out a piece of paper from his bosom, held it in his hand and said loudly, "This is the secret order left by Hou Lin, the champion of the Northern Army's Grand Sima, before his departure. I am allowed to act according to the circumstances and take back the Great Sima Seal from Captain Liu! "

Everyone was surprised again, and Chai Yue and Donghai Wang were even more surprised. They didn't expect Chai Zhi to have such a trick.

Liu Kunsheng said angrily, "Secret order? Where did the secret order come from?"

Chai Zhi beckoned to a military official, "Show the order of the champion Hou's secret to the generals and Captain Liu to see and recognize the handwriting and seal."

The military officer stepped forward quickly, took the paper with both hands, looked at it first, nodded, and gave it to the left general Han Tong first, Han Tong just glanced at it, and immediately said: "This is indeed the secret order of the champion, Liu Du Wei, you should hand over the Great Sima Seal."

Liu Kunsheng stretched out his hand to ask for a secret order, but the military officer was Chai Zhi's person. He held the paper and showed it to others first, and finally sent it to the commander of the Northern Army.

Chai Yue and Donghai Wang also read it, but couldn't find any flaws. After reading it, Liu Kunsheng was speechless for a while, his eyes swept across the faces of everyone, looking for someone who could stand up at this time.

Right General Feng Shili spoke, but he was no longer a supporter of General Zhenbei, "The secret order is true, Chai Junzheng is the leader of the North Army from now on, I take back what I said before, only Chai Jun is leading the way."

Chai Zhi turned around, dismissed his younger brother Chai Yue, and looked at the King of the East Sea, "What's your opinion?"

The King of the East Sea laughed a few times and retreated to the door, "Champion Hou left AWOL, and the Northern Army Chief Sima has long been over, so his orders are naturally invalid."

The King of the East Sea turned and ran outside the tent, ready to cry out for help, but as soon as he opened the curtain, he was knocked in by someone outside.

Zhang Yanghao led several people in with a knife.