Surrounded by strong ministers

Xiao Zong didn't expect to win Yunyang so soon, he originally estimated that it would take at least another month.

Yunyang City has no dangerous terrain to defend, and because there is no danger to defend, several generations of Han kings sealed off the city and built a dungeon with high walls and thick walls, which are as strong as gold. He is also a brave general, the more than [-] rebels who are retreating in Yunyang City are the elite under King Han's account, so it may not be impossible for the rebels to occupy the city for a year or so.

Xiao Zong was standing high, looking down, the Yunyang city tower where the purge army was originally lined up was already chaotic and fierce battle scene in an instant, Ren Buhui led the cavalry to intersect with King Han's cavalry, and the two armies rushed to kill each other. In one place, knives and halberds screamed, war horses neighed, and several groups of infantry followed the cavalry, rushing to kill the brave, and the sound of killing was loud.

The momentum of the rocket siege did not end until King Han opened the city gate and led the troops to rush out.The bow and crossbow battle lasted for a long time, and Xiao Zong saw that the soldiers were constantly supplying arrows to the front of the crossbow and shield formation. He originally thought that the Hussar General was planning to use the fierce crossbow to consume and disintegrate the combat power of the Han army. The army couldn't bear the pressure and collapsed, and then attacked the city aggressively.

Although this tactic took some time, it was very stable.

Xiao Zong originally guessed like this, but soon after guessing, he knew that he had guessed wrong.He still underestimated people, General Hussar's military ability is not as simple as he expected.

In the west corner of Yunyang City, a puff of smoke rose not long ago, and that puff of smoke is still rolling into the air with thick gray smoke waves.According to Wang Huohu, when the deputy commander forced the Han army to retreat into Yunyang City, he had ordered several teams of soldiers to put on the Han army uniforms and follow the retreating rebels into the city. The task was to find an opportunity to burn the rebels The granary, this time Ren Buhui fought so long and so fiercely with crossbows and crossbows. One of his intentions was to attract the attention of the rebels, relax the guard on the grain and grass, and facilitate the actions of the soldiers in the city.

Once the food and grass are cut off, the city is only around the corner.

This is a plan to draw salary from the bottom of the pot. After listening to Wang Duwei's report, Xiao Zong realized that as early as the Han army was retreating to Yunyang, General Hussars had already made a plan to destroy the city and started to deploy.

The crime of treason is an unforgivable crime. Sun Yue should be very clear that he will not have a way out. Therefore, even under the general trend, the defeat of the Han army is already certain, but he still holds on to the corner of the city and struggles to the death.Han Wang hid in Yunyang but couldn't keep it, so Wang Shi had to follow for a long time, and the rebellion could not be completely put down.However, if the food and grass were cut off, Sun Yue could no longer hold on without support. Apart from surrendering, Sun Yue had no choice but to go out of the city to fight hard and gamble to survive.

Ren Buhui's action cut off the last bit of capital of the Han army and forced Han Wang to a dead end.Thinking about it, the fastest way to clear up the flames of war is this.

Xiao Zong watched from a high altitude, watching the roaring battles in Yunyang City, the increasingly fierce battle situation, the piercing and sharp sounds of weapons clashing into the sky, it seemed that everything in the fight was chaotic and disorderly, but in fact, it was chaotic and orderly. Under the cover of fighting with cavalry infantry armor in front, several infantrymen of the Wang division had already broken through the Korean army's defense line and rushed under the city wall, and set up a ladder to seize the city.

In the midst of fierce fighting between the two armies, in the place of the whirlpool of cold blades, a black steed gallops freely, and the man on the horse with silver armor and white robes is like a tiger leaving the forest and a dragon entering the sea.

Xiao Zong stared at the figure silently. When commanding and watching the battle, the hussar general was calm and calm. The moment he swung his sword and unleashed his horse to fight fiercely on the battlefield, he felt fierce and fierce.

"Do you still want to fight for the dead?" During the fierce battle, Hei Jun raised his front hoof and let out a long neigh. The city tower raised a human head and shouted: "King Han is dead! Surrender!"

With a loud roar, Megatron shook the whole world.

Behind Xiao Zong, Wang Huo, who had also been watching the battle intently, was shocked for a moment, came back to his senses, let go of his voice instinctively, let out a long "Aww", came back to his senses, and immediately shut up.

King Han was punished, and following Ren Buhui's loud roar, the Han army who was fighting with the king's master hardly made any more resistance and surrendered. The gate of Yunyang City was also opened by the Han army in the city. Take the initiative to disarm and surrender.In front of the subdued city tower, there was blood in the dust. After the battle was over, Master Wang started to take the prisoners and clean up the battlefield.

Ren Buhui gave some instructions to the generals who surrounded him, turned his horse's head, and rode towards the high ground where Xiao Zong was.

He reined in the horse's bridle on the half slope, turned over, and half-kneeled on the spot, "My lord, kowtow to the emperor." His voice was powerful and steady, not at all like he had just experienced a big fight.

Xiao Zong looked at the hussar general who was kneeling a few feet away, with his head bowed, and he couldn't see his face, only a stern back, his silver iron clothes shone with light, and his white robe was stained with blood, he was fighting on the battlefield His fierce momentum is restrained but not scattered.

I used to have some vacant thoughts about Ren Buhui leading the troops, but after watching the battle this time, it was firmly settled.Xiao Zong breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to himself, if he was unlucky enough to fight again in the future, he would finally have someone to rely on, and the position of Minister of the Ministry of War seemed to need no further consideration. Nothing.

Turning over and dismounting, Xiao Zong walked down the slope until he reached Ren Buhui, leaned down, gently held Ren Buhui's arm with one hand and lifted him up, "Ren Qing, this battle has worked hard for you."

"I don't dare to be a minister." Ren Buhui got up and raised his head.

While watching the battle from a distance, his face was blurry. Xiao Zong hadn't seen the former Minister of Rites for a long time, since he made an imperial decree to transfer him to a military post, the new Hussar General received the decree, and immediately went out of the capital to take over the post after the imperial court The army has not been back to Beijing until now, and it has been more than half a year after careful calculation.The most recent meeting of monarchs and ministers, apart from the conferment of the main hall on the day of leaving the capital, was the small banquet he hosted in Fengyang Palace after the Wen family was exterminated. Xiao Zong remembered that it was at that banquet, in his Ren Buhui, who seems to have changed his temperament drastically but is said to be just revealing his true nature, swears loyalty to him with a calm face.

He took a look at the tall and straight hero standing in front of him, his uniform was stained with the enemy's blood. What he saw was a resolute and steady face. He won a complete victory without the slightest arrogance and publicity. Compared with half a year ago, It seems more restrained.

"This battle was a great victory, and Yunyang City was broken in half a day. The damage to the two armies was much smaller than I expected. I am very relieved. The other rebels in the Han territory who are guarding the city will definitely open the city gate and surrender after hearing this news. Ren Qing is brave and resourceful, worthy of being the number one scholar in civil and military affairs." Xiao Zong said with a light smile.

Ren Buhui was silent for a moment, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and his calm face relaxed a little, "The emperor's absurd praise, I just did my best." After a pause, he continued, "That day, the minister's behavior The emperor's oath to prevent the emperor from worrying and not to disappoint the emperor will naturally be fulfilled with all his might."

This was spoken plainly, without any impassioned or generous tone, but Xiao Zong sounded quite determined, startled for a moment, Xiao Zong smiled and said: "Don't say you will die, I have high hopes for you, and I don't want to lose you This general, besides, I also heard that you are going to build an amazing army for me, so that I can rest easy, Ren Qing, I will wait and see."

"I will not let the emperor down."

Xiao Zong smiled lightly, without saying anything, walked down the slope a few steps, and looked at the battlefield where he fought not long ago.

The surrendered soldiers are being taken into formation, they will be handcuffed and fettered after they are taken to a well-organized place, and they will be handcuffed and fettered to wait for release. Right now, they are only escorted by sergeants with halberds. Soldiers cleaning up the battlefield are carrying complete or mutilated corpses to designated places. buried everywhere.Xiao Zong watched silently for a moment, then murmured softly, "It's over."

From the beginning of the war to now when the dust has settled and the anti-army has been defeated, it took more than three months to quell the chaos, which can be considered to be pacified very quickly.

However, even if there is a winner or loser in the external war, can the internal strife really determine the winner for him?

The world belongs to him, defeat is defeat, victory is not complete victory, three months of war may not be able to recuperate and recover in three years.He wanted to avoid this kind of self-injury situation, but in the end he couldn't.

This war was provoked by King Qin's layout, but the ultimate reason was not King Qin.It's because of profit, but because of ambition. The king of Qin exerted some force on that ambition, so that some things that he should always face happened earlier.

King Qin...

He has already faced the three kings, and next, may they be spared?

Xiao Zong turned his eyes to the side without regret, and was about to ask, what happened to King Qin's injury?How is the injury?

At this time, a burst of chaotic noise suddenly came, mixed with panic and shouting. Xiao Zong subconsciously turned his head to look at the sound, and saw a chaotic mess at the corner of the Yunyang City Tower, waving The sergeants with sabers and halberds surrounded a figure, that figure was very flexible and vigorous. Although there were many sergeants surrounding him, he was invincible for a while, and other sergeants were rushing to reinforce him.Xiao Zong only glanced at it, guessing that it was a close minister who was loyal to the King of Han struggling for death, he didn't care much, just opened his eyes, he heard several exclamations from behind him: "Your Majesty!" Before he could react, Xiao Zong I felt that my feet were off the ground, and I was hugged by a pair of arms supporting my shoulders and holding my legs horizontally. I flew around in mid-air and turned around a few times. When I landed, I had already stood on the high ground to watch the battle.

Cheng Shan and other guards stepped forward and surrounded him, knelt down, his face turned pale, "The emperor is frightened, I deserve death!"

Xiao Zong didn't know if he was fooled by several turns, he looked a little dazed, and he said with no regrets: "Is the emperor okay? Sun Chao pretended to surrender and plotted to assassinate the emperor. He just released the arrow and was careless in his custody." , The minister neglected his duties." Just as he was about to kneel down, Xiao Zong supported him, "I'm fine, Ren Qing doesn't need to blame himself." But his eyes were on a feathered arrow that was inserted obliquely on the Banpo.

That arrow was not fired by Sun Chao, who feigned surrender.

When Ren Buhui lifted him up into the air, he clearly saw an instant, an arrow pierced through the air quickly, shining a sharp thin light, and the sharp whistling sound crossed and shot obliquely from the side, whizzing past in mid-air, and the direct hit The sharp black feather arrow that came straight towards him sank into the solid loess slope.

After looking at the plume arrow for a moment, Xiao Zong turned his eyes to the black arrow that fell in another place and broke into two pieces. The crisp sound of breaking seemed to be still in his ears.

Even if Ren Buhui didn't lead him to avoid this high place, the arrow would not be able to hurt him.

Sun Chao is good at riding and shooting. Cutting arrows is not an easy task, but being able to cut Sun Chao's arrows can be called a miracle.

Xiao Zong turned his head to look at the direction where the arrow was released, and there was a person standing on a horse on the high ground diagonally opposite.

The man held a longbow in his left hand. He was straight and slender on horseback, his wide-sleeved clothes fluttered with the wind, and his untied hair fluttered in the wind.Standing on a high place, that person seems to be looking at him. It is almost dusk at this time, the early spring is dusk, the clouds are light, and the sun is setting behind his back. His face cannot be seen clearly. The sleeves are full of wind, which looks a little unreal.

"Who is he?" Xiao Zong didn't move his eyes, and the man was still looking at him quietly from the opposite side.

Ren Buhui was silent for a moment, and said, "It's Han Su."

"Who?"

"Han Su."

Xiao Zong looked at the solo rider on the opposite side without blinking, and remained silent for a while. After a long time, Chao Ren Bugui turned his head, his usual indifferent expression finally couldn't control his surprise, "Han Su? He, he..." Lian After looking at a few "him", Xiao Zong paused: "Isn't Han Su a scholar with no power to restrain a chicken? When did he have such a magical skill."

Ren Buhui was silent for a moment, "Your majesty, scholars, may not be weak. Han Su is good at archery, but he doesn't have the opportunity to use it on weekdays, so the emperor doesn't know." Seeing Xiao Zong's face Surprise still hung on his face, Ren Buhui continued, "When I become an official, regardless of civil or military, I have always had to test riding and archery and record them in the files. As far as civil servants are concerned, these two items are not as good as those of the Taizu Emperor who established the country. It was so important at the beginning, it was just a matter of passing, but Han Su is picky by nature, treats others even more towards himself, and cannot tolerate flaws."

After hearing this explanation, Xiao Zong was still surprised, and turned his head to look diagonally across, Han Su was no longer there.

"Your Majesty, Taifu Han has spared me from behind." Cheng Shan reported.

The front was cleaning the battlefield to take prisoners, so it was inconvenient to go straight, Xiao Zong turned around, and sure enough, he saw a man riding down the high slope behind him, it was the white horse carrying the man.The white horse approached, with a longbow tied to the back of the horse, the man on the horse had a calm and handsome face, it was indeed Han Su.

"Your Majesty, knock on the Emperor." A few feet away, Han Su dismounted from his horse.

I don't know if it was caused by the power of the arrow, but now Xiao Zong felt that the posture of the Taifu dismounting was particularly vigorous, "The Taifu is free."

Han Su got up and walked forward, Xiao Zong looked at the gentle and handsome face of the Tai Tuo for a long time, his surprise was not completely calmed down, he was silent for a while, and finally sighed, "I haven't seen you for two months, I feel even more disappointed Dare to recognize Taifu, Taifu is not the first time to teach me to be surprised, but it is not as impressive as today's arrow. Han Su, good archery."

"The emperor has a great reputation." Han Su said with a smile.

Ren Buhui's battle report once said that Zhao Wang Wang Qi was killed by his grand tutor.The military report will not be false, but he has always been unable to imagine that Wang Qi was reported to have died in the battle of Chongzhou City in the jurisdiction of Zhao. Han Su's plan is still good, but he can't go to the battlefield, how can he take Wang Qi's life.Now it seems that there is nothing impossible.

"Teacher, what else are you hiding, you might as well show it to me today, lest you show it bit by bit, and I will make a fuss all the time." There was still a bit of emotion in the tone, and he paused After a pause, "Do you know martial arts?"

Han Su smiled lightly, "No. I don't have a wide range of skills, but I only excel at this. The emperor should not think too highly of me."

This alone is amazing enough.Xiao Zong glanced at the Grand Tutor, then at the General Hussars, and couldn't help wondering why his courtiers were always so unexpected at critical moments.

He sighed secretly again, and then said: "When did the Tai Tuo come here? I have been here for a long time, and I have never noticed that you are on the opposite side. Ren Qing mentioned in the battle report that you entered Southern Xinjiang and you are also in his camp. I have watched battles with the army several times, but where are you hiding today?" Looking to the opposite side, there is no place to completely hide on a bald slope.

Han Su said: "If I had been on the sidelines earlier, the emperor's sage came, how could I not avoid facing the emperor. At noon today, I received a message from the general of Anzhou, saying that the emperor will arrive at the camp later, and I don't regret fighting with Sun Yue. I guess the emperor On the way, I will make a detour here first, and then I will rush here. As soon as I arrived, I ran into someone throwing an arrow at the emperor."

"In this case, I have to thank Sun Chao, he let me see the spirit of Tai Fu Jin Ge and iron horse." Xiao Zong said happily.

"Your Majesty, don't joke. The battlefield is dangerous everywhere. The fighting has just stopped, and the chaos is still there. Your Majesty still needs to be careful."

Ren Buhui blamed himself, "This time I was negligent."

While he was talking, a military officer came to report that all the kings in Yunyang City had been fortified, and the original Han Palace was also rectified, and the holy driver was respectfully invited to enter the city to rest.

Ren Buhui also said, the emperor has been exhausted by traveling and traveling for days, he should take a good rest.

Xiao Zong didn't comment.

Han Su looked at him for a moment, and said: "It's getting late now, and it takes half a day to get to the commander's camp from here. The emperor might as well enter the city first to pass tonight, San Francisco has been leveled, or send someone to deliver a decree to Fengling now." Slope, the army will move out of camp and come to Yunyang to meet up."

Xiao Zong still didn't say anything, and he opened his mouth after a while: "I heard that King Qin was injured by a flying arrow, how is his injury?" Turning his eyes to Ren Buhui, "Ren Qing, what you said in the battle report is not very clear, but it is Why?"

This doubt disturbed him all the way.

Ren Buhui frowned slightly when he heard the words, with a look of embarrassment on his face, as if he didn't know how to answer.

After a long time, it was Han Su who replied indifferently, "How is King Qin's injury, the emperor has to go to see it in person to know."

Xiao Zong frowned, "How do you say that?" His tone was unconsciously anxious.

Han Su looked at him, paused for a moment, and said, "It's been half a month since the King of Qin broke the city of Ye, and I only saw him once when he left the battlefield. Then the commander's tent was sealed, except for a few members of the Yeqi tribe, the generals and the soldiers and close officials, everyone was blocked from the tent, and the ministers were no exception. It is hard for the ministers to say what is going on inside."

Ren Buhui continued, "I'm not sure about this matter, so I don't know how to explain it to Your Majesty. However, from what I saw that time, that arrow... seems to have some weight."

Xiao Zong was silent for a while, then murmured, "Seal the tent..."

Is it necessary to do this?Why refuse to see people?What is there to hide?

Or...was it really hurt so badly?

"Cheng Shan, bring the horse over here."

The commander of the imperial guards handed over the whip, and Xiao Zong got on the horse, "I will go to Fenglingpo to have a look. Ren Qing, the war has just ended, and there are still many things to be done in Yunyang City, so you have to take care of them. Grand Tutor..."

Han Su had already stepped on the horseback, his face calm and a little indifferent, "Your Majesty will go with you."

When Xiao Zong arrived at Fenglingpo, the night was already completely dark. It was already dark early in early March. There were clumps of military tents in the camp, and a few bonfires were lit sporadically. Most of the soldiers had already fallen asleep. Xiao Zong did not let The patrolling sergeants alerted the resting army, and followed Han Su directly to the Chinese army's tent.

Along the way, as Han Su said, the guards were heavily guarded. Qin Wang's personal guards with guns and scimitars set up several guards around the commander's tent, guarding them layer by layer, and only guarded the big tent tightly so that no water could enter.

Such tight defense did not hinder Xiao Zong in the slightest. Qin Wang's personal guards simply gave way when they saw the emperor in black robe and imperial attire.

Xiao Zong walked unhindered and stood in front of the big tent of the Chinese army. The night wind slightly stirred the thick curtain of the big tent, and occasionally a few wisps of dim flames leaked from the corners.

The military officer guarding the door with a sword was the same as the previous waves of guards. He saluted Xiao Zong without saying much, and simply opened the curtain, inviting the emperor to enter with a very respectful attitude.

As soon as Xiao Zong stepped into the tent, he heard the military officer behind him say forcefully and coldly: "His Royal Highness Qin Wang ordered that only the emperor be allowed to enter the tent. You should wait outside."

"you!"

Xiao Zong turned his head slightly, and crossed two long spears at the door of the tent, blocking Han Suochengshan and other guards, "Teacher, it's all right, just wait for me for a while." The order from His Royal Highness King Qin just now made his heart sink. Sure enough, the words went up and down, and the smooth way in all the way was arranged a long time ago, so, he was deceived?

Stepping inside, the military officer lowered the felt curtain behind him.

Several oil lamps were lit in several corners of the big tent, and the flames were very bright. On the left side was the commander-in-chief, with official documents, pens and ink stacked on the desk, and an iron bow and a long sword hung on the tent behind the commander-in-chief, which belonged to King Qin. Saber, Tiansuo, Xiao Zong glanced around, there was a screen facing the door in the tent, behind the screen was a couch, and there was a figure beside the couch.

Xiao Zong turned around the screen, and saw an old man with the appearance of a military doctor and a young man in suan Teng camp guards guarding the side of the couch. The couch bed was half-curtained, and a figure was lying flat behind the curtain, only the slender lower limbs could be seen .Xiao Zong stopped at the edge of the screen, the old man and his personal guards saw his emperor's attire, and they bowed to him as if they had been ordered long ago, without saying anything, they quietly retreated out.

Xiao Zong approached the side of the bed, stood there for a while, raised his hand and opened the half-hanging curtain, "King Qin, I'm here to see..." The words stuck in his throat when he saw the person in the bed.

Qin Wang opened his slightly closed eyes on the couch, looked at Xiao Zong for a moment, and slightly raised the corners of his lips, "Your Majesty, I know you will definitely come. I have been waiting for you." Fei Tiao's eyes faintly implied A smile.

"you……"

Xiao Zong stood by the couch and looked down at King Qin, but he couldn't say a word. He never thought that one day he would see the Northwest War Wolf like this.When he received Ren Buhui's battle report, he had made many guesses, one of which was that this man might be setting up a trap for him under the pretense of being injured.The moment he lifted the bed curtain just now, he even thought that what was hidden behind the curtain would be a proud face, it would be the beginning of another round of speculative confrontation between him and him, or it would be their never-ending confrontation. continue.

Qin Wang stretched out his hand and held Xiao Zong's wrist hanging by his side, "Fourteen, you are finally here."

Xiao Zong looked at the King Qin who was obviously strong and self-reliant, his exquisite face was as stern as ever, but he couldn't hide the darkness on his face, his thin lips were ashen, and the big palms on his wrists were full of powerlessness that he was not familiar with.

Xiao Zong suddenly felt unreal like dreaming.

Isn't this man so invincible?