Zhao Junsheng stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "The last general and others tried their best to intercept, Zhu Xiuzhi and his subordinate generals broke through the siege without fear of death, and our soldiers suffered heavy losses, and finally broke through by them, and now they have fled east across the Yushui!" ”

Lai Daqian asked murderously: "Why don't you lead your troops to pursue?" ”

"The bridge has been destroyed by it, and I can't cross the river, how can I chase it?" Zhao Junsheng asked rhetorically, he is not afraid of coming to Daqian, he is present to say that the person with the highest official position is indeed the general of the expedition to Daqian, but the general of the expedition to the north is not a real position, and he can't control the head of the Youzhou assassin history, which of these generals present is not a general of a town or the chief general of the first army of the Chinese soldiers? No one but the Emperor could command them.

Lai Daqian no longer confronted Zhao Junsheng in this matter, he glanced at the generals and said: "The traitor Zhu Xiuzhi killed the king, and the crime deserves death, and the nine clans should be punished!" As the courtiers of Great Wei and His Majesty, we should lead the troops to pursue Zhu Xiuzhi, capture him and behead him to pay tribute to His Majesty's spirit in the sky! Which general is willing to lead his troops to hunt down the traitor? Which general was willing to lead troops to encircle and suppress Zhu Xiuzhi's soldiers and horses left outside the western city wall? ”

Changli Gong Tuoba Qiu was the first to jump out and clench his fists and said: "The last general is willing to lead his troops to chase and kill the traitor, and if he doesn't catch Zhu Xiuzhi, he will not return it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng scolded in his heart: "Stupid! ”

Lai Daqian was quite pleased, and immediately said: "Okay! Chang Li Gong is really loyal and brave, your department has a good rest tonight, send the people to repair the bridge across the river early tomorrow morning, and then quickly go to hunt down the traitor Zhu Xiuzhi! ”

Tuoba Hill clenched his fists.

Lai Daqian was about to ask who was willing to lead troops to encircle and suppress Zhu Xiuzhi's Xing Huaiming Department who was left outside the west city wall, when a voice shouted outside the hall: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, urgent military situation, I have an urgent military situation report!" ”

The soldiers inside and outside the hall heard it, and the generals automatically gave way to a passage, and the soldiers who spoke out ran into the hall and came to Daqian and other generals to clasp their fists and bow down: "Xing Huaiming's troops surrendered to Yan Guo, just now, the west gate of Longcheng was opened, and a team of Yan troops ran out to escort Xing Huaiming's troops into the city, and then the Yan army responsible for covering also retreated into the city!" ”

General Ningbei, the scattered cavalry attendant, and the public lieutenant of Yuyang jumped like thunder when they heard this: "It turns out that the traitors have long colluded with Yan Guo, hateful, hateful, only blame me for not seeing their true colors clearly when I was blind!" ”

General Mingwei Su Xijing scolded: "I said that the Han people don't have a good thing, but you don't listen to me!" According to me, all the Han people should be killed! ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he exploded on the spot, strode forward and rushed to Su Xijing, and glared at him: "Su Xijing, Lao Tzu greets your mother!" Who do you say is not a good thing? If you want to kill all the Han people, let's try Lao Tzu first? You're it! ”

Su Xijing's face couldn't hold back, evil was born from the side of his guts, and he was furious: "What if Lao Tzu moves you?" Without finishing his words, he pulled out his knife and slashed at Zhao Junsheng.

How could Zhao Junsheng let him succeed, when he drew the knife, he also instantly pulled out the knife to hold the scimitar cut by the other party, and kicked him in the chest with a strong kick below, "bump", Su Xijing was kicked upside down and flew out, smashed over the four pro-soldiers behind him, lying on the ground and struggling to get up, there was obviously a sunken footprint on the chest of the armor, if it wasn't for the armor blocking, Su Xijing was only afraid that he would be finished on the spot, even so, Su Xijing was not lightly injured, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"The surname is Zhao, if you dare to do something to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will kill you!" Su Xijing rushed up like crazy to fight Zhao Junsheng.

"Don't do it, don't do it!" Yuan He hurriedly grabbed Su Xijing, he knew that Zhao Junsheng's martial arts were unfathomable, Su Xijing and Zhao Junsheng were desperately looking for death, now that the emperor is dead, no one administers justice, if Su Xijing is killed by Zhao Junsheng, it will really be in vain.

Su Xijing struggled vigorously and roared: "Let go, let go of me, watch Lao Tzu kill him!" ”

Where does Yuan He dare to let go, once he lets go, if Zhao Junsheng doesn't stop his hand, Su Xijing is likely to die here.

At this time, Daqian was furious: "Enough! Su Xijing, you shut up for me! Your Majesty's bones are not cold, but you are fighting here, are there any rules? Is there still His Majesty in his eyes? ”

Su Xijing this barbarian is not convinced, Tuoba Jian can suppress him when he is alive, now that Tuoba Jian is dead, no one can control him, he roared loudly to Lai Daqian: "The surname is here, you think that you are the general of the expedition to the north and you can't get up, this is a false title, you can't control Lao Tzu's head!" You are still giving orders here, how old are you, why should the generals here listen to you? ”

Almost all of them here are military generals, all of them are hot-tempered, and no one is sleek and can act as a lubricant between the generals.

At this moment, an "ouch" sound came from behind the imperial case.

Lai Daqian was about to get angry at Su Xijing, when he heard this voice, he endured it, and shouted in the direction of the imperial case: "Who is hiding there?" Come out! ”

"Yes, come out, come out! If you don't come out again, Hugh blames General Ben for doing it! Tuoba Qi pulled out his war knife and walked over step by step, threatening.

A voice came from under the imperial case: "Don't do it, don't do it, it's me, it's me!" ”

When the words fell, the yellow silk spread on the imperial case was lifted, and Cui Hao, who was embarrassed, crawled out from under the imperial case, but he didn't expect that after he climbed out, the national teacher Kou Qianzhi also climbed out immediately.

Zhao Junsheng saw that it was these two people, and couldn't help but say that these two people were really fateful, the emperor was killed, and these two old ghosts were still alive and well.

These two people were obviously frightened, and their spirits and faces were not very good, after all, the emperor and the ministers of the army were killed by Zhu Xiuzhi and others in front of them, although this kind of thing has also happened in history, but after all, I really don't know how dangerous it is without personal experience.

Su Xijing wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, and walked towards the two with a sneer, "Yo, it's Cui Taichang and Kou Tianshi, why did Your Majesty and all the ministers be killed by the traitor Zhu Xiuzhi, but you two are safe and sound?" ”

Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi's faces were slightly embarrassed, and Kou Qianzhi said: "At that time, there were too many rebels who came in, and we, as civil officials, didn't even have a chance to block the emperor's sword, so ······ When they were fighting, Cui Taichang and I hid under the imperial case."

Su Xijing sneered: "Really? Cui Taichang, I heard that Confucianism has always admired the death of the lord and the humiliation of the ministers, and now His Majesty has been killed by the traitors, how can the two of you still have the face to live well? ”

Cui Hao calmed down, coughed and said: "Ahem, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty know that I, Cui someone, has always admired Taoism, and you see that the national teacher is also a Taoist heavenly master······"

When everyone present heard Cui Hao's words, they all scolded in their hearts: "What a shame!" You might as well just say that ants are still stealing life, aren't you afraid of death? ”

Cui Hao saw that the generals looked at him with contempt and shame, so he immediately changed the topic, "Generals, now that Your Majesty has died, this official thinks that we have two things to do urgently: First, immediately ask the craftsmen to build coffins for Your Majesty and the ministers, but at the same time, we must block the news and keep it secret, otherwise once the news of Your Majesty's death and the killing of the ministers spread, the soldiers of the army will definitely be in chaos!" If the Yan army in the city gets the news, they will definitely find a way to hype up and disturb the hearts of our army, and then break them individually! ”

"Second, I also ask the generals to immediately bring their troops back to the camp, guard the camp closely, closely monitor the movements of the Yan army in the city, and not give the Yan army a chance!"

Su Xijing shouted: "Cui Hao, why should we listen to you? You're just a dog-legged military advisor, and the emperor likes to flatter people like you by your side, hum! ”

Cui Hao's face darkened, "The generals can not listen to Cui, or they can do their own thing, but if you don't want to be beaten by the Yan army in the city, it's best to give up your prejudices first!" ”

Lai Daqian turned to the generals and said, "Everyone, although Lai Mou also doesn't like this surnamed Cui, Lai Mou has to admit that he has a point!" Lai Mou knows that you will not obey me, nor will you listen to me to give commands, but now that we have no leader, if there is no unified arrangement and deployment, we are afraid that it will be difficult to retreat, and the Yan Kingdom will definitely take advantage of our internal discord to send troops! Therefore, I suggest that the major military aircraft should be decided by the commanders and generals of our various armies, and Cui Taichang and Kou Qianzhi should be responsible for making suggestions. ”

The generals present did not say anything at first, but it was Zhao Junsheng who said first: "I agree!" ”

Followed by Mulan, "I agree!" ”

Even if the other generals were not convinced, they didn't want to be isolated, so they all agreed one after another.

Next, the generals each ordered the deputy general to return to their camp with the generals to strictly defend the Yan army in the city, and ordered the bodies of the emperor and the dead ministers to be moved to the side hall next to them, clear the field in the main hall, and drive the soldiers and generals out, leaving only the generals and Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and others in the store.

The eunuchs cleaned up the hall to remove the smell of blood, and then retreated one by one.

Zhao Junsheng spoke first, "Gong Cui, you have always been resourceful, what do you think we should do next?" ”

Cui Hao stood up and bowed his hand to the generals and said: "Generals, in my opinion, this battle will be over, let's pretend to fight for a few more days, and then return to the court after the remains of His Majesty and the ministers are buried, and at the same time, we must take away all the looted property and people, if we evacuate in a hurry, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the Yan army."

Lai Daqian asked: "Old man Cui, the traitor Zhu Xiuzhi and his subordinates have already colluded with the Yan Kingdom, will the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom in the city already know that His Majesty has been killed and killed at this time?" ”

Cui Hao thought for a while and shook his head and said, "In the opinion of this official, they shouldn't have confirmed this news yet, after all, Zhu Xiuzhi and the general Xing Huaiming are acting separately!" That's why this official said that he would keep the mourning secret, once the mourning happens, the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom will confirm that His Majesty has died, and they will definitely find a way to disturb the hearts of our army, and even divide the armies, so that we can start chaos first, and then they will attack us! ”

Lai Daqian felt that Cui Hao was very reasonable, no wonder the two generations of emperors favored this person, and he said to the generals: "According to the suggestion of the old man Cui, this general thinks that we should continue to attack the city overnight, so that we can hide it from the monarchs and ministers of Yan State!" ”

But this proposal was strongly opposed by Genga: "I don't agree, the soldiers haven't closed their eyes for three days and three nights, and the siege has stopped at this time, even if the siege is again, it will not restore morale, and the siege of the city will only increase casualties!" ”