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Han Ruzi didn't sleep well. When she woke up, the tent was pitch black and the cold air was so cold that the charcoal fire had been extinguished. If it were Zhang Youcai's service, she would always get up to pluck the charcoal a few times at night. Meng E didn't do such a thing, probably because she felt it was unnecessary. She seemed not afraid of the cold at all.

Han Ruzi can also withstand it, not to mention that coldness is beneficial and can make the mind clearer.

He got up quietly, put on his coat and boots, and walked to the door with a slight foot. There was no sound on Meng'e's bed, but she must have woken up.

Han Ruzi walked out of the tent, and a more intense cold air rushed towards him. Before he could step out, his heart regretted the decision to go out and missed the not-warm quilt.

But he still walked out, slowly inhaled a mouthful of cold air, and slowly adapted to the environment.

It turned out that he was not the first to get up. Not far ahead, a group of soldiers had just changed their guards and kept watch. Lingnan, many people were cooking and feeding horses. All kinds of sounds gathered together and were clearly transmitted to the ridge through the cold air. Han Ruzi could even hear a few unrelated shouts.

The battle is about to begin, but Han Ruzi is even more hesitant than when he made a decision yesterday.

In any case, hesitation could not be transmitted to the soldiers in the army. Han Ruzi returned to the tent and sat on the bed waiting for dawn.

"The Great Shanyu is not a simple opponent," said Han Ruzi.

There was only one listener in the tent. Meng E always responded a little slower when talking. She asked, "Do you think the Huns will set up an ambush?"

"I'm just wondering why the Great Shanyu chose to talk to me?"

"Because you are the head coach of the Chu army."

"No, I, the commander, was robbed, and it was not appointed by the court. Even the appointment given by the general Han Xing had arrived a few days ago. But before that, the Great Shanyu had already designated to negotiate with me. The Great Shanyu was not an ordinary person and would never put all his hopes on peace talks."

"This extraordinary great Chanyu was defeated by a group of slaves in the West."

"Haha, I don't know what happened in the West. The reason why the Great Shanyu suffered a crushing defeat was because he despised the enemy, but he would not despise the Great Chu. After losing in two consecutive battles, he would not despise it."

"What are you going to do?"

"The war still has to start. The Chu army soldiers are ready. This is the so-called general trend of those who look at the qi. It can be smooth and irreversible. I can only think more comprehensively as much as possible. Chai Yue is arranged in the army, and the old general inquiring about the news. What I want to do is to understand the enemy's leader."

Han Ruzi was silent for a long time, not thinking about the right time, place, people and other aspects, and focused on recalling the great Shanyu he had seen. Finally, he said: "Thank you."

Meng E nodded. She was not interested in fighting. She spoke before just to cooperate with Han Ruzi and help him straighten his thoughts.

Han Ruzi stood up and walked out, looking for Chai Yue to see if he could make a slight adjustment to the combat plan and leave more reserve forces. As a result, an urgent voice sounded outside the tent: "General Zhenbei, are you awake?"

Han Ruzi walked out of the tent and was surprised to see that the visitor was Chai Yue.

When Chai Yue saw the neatly-clad general of Zhenbei, he was also surprised. However, the news was urgent, and he said: "Shenxiongguan sent someone to ask for help."

"What's wrong?" Han Ruzi asked immediately.

"The messenger said that thousands of mobs are attacking the Shenxiong Pass, and the pass is empty and may not be able to defend it."

"So quickly!" When Han Ruzi left Shenxiong Pass, he specially collected information. Although there were riots in several nearby counties, it was said that the scale was not large, and they all spread south, without the intention of going north. Unexpectedly, a mob attacked Shenxiong Pass just a few days later.

"I think the messenger may be exaggerated. Even if there are only more than a hundred people guarding it, the Shenxiong Pass will not be captured immediately."

"King of Donghai." Han Ruzi found that he had made two mistakes, one was to leave the Shenxiong Pass to the timid and fearful chief clerk Hua Rong, and the other was to let the Donghai Wang go. These two mistakes had no choice but to look at them alone. There was no big problem. Now that they were intertwined, it was likely to turn into a big mistake, which made the Shenxiong Pass unsecured.

In the plan of generals such as Chai Yue, after defeating the Huns, the Chu army immediately returned south, fed food and rested at Shenxiong Pass, and then returned to the camps within the pass. Once Shenxiong Pass was lost, more than 80,000 soldiers in the broken Iron City, and more than 20,000 servants would be defeated within a few days.

"Send troops back to Shenxiong Pass immediately to help with defense."

"I have sent three thousand people to set out."

"Okay." Han Ruzi tried hard to calm herself down, "Will there be any impact on today's battle?"

The news has not spread yet, and the ridges are in order, but this will not be concealed for long. When the soldiers heard that the Shenxiong Pass is in trouble, the consequences will be difficult to say. They may inspire fighting spirit and hope to fight the Huns as soon as possible, or they may be frightened and their fighting spirit will be eliminated.

It was difficult for Chai Yue to make accurate predictions for the first time that he commanded such a large-scale battle. "I suggest that the war starts as planned. Even if he wants to return to the defense gate, the threat of the Huns should be resolved first."

"Okay." Han Ruzi could only say that, Chai Yue took the order and left.

Han Ruzi couldn't calm down. No matter how many historical books he had read or how many experience he had heard, there was still no ready-made road ahead. Every step was a choice, and some choices were particularly important. One mistake would be a disaster. He could pretend to be fearless, but he could not deceive himself.

Han Ruzi woke up the guards in the nearby tent. A quarter of an hour later, he rode over a horse across the river with more than 100 people to a high ground several miles away, waiting for dawn while hungry. If war had to start today, he would be the first to see the battlefield.

The sky was bright, and the battlefield and the Huns' camps had not yet been revealed, and a sound of horse hooves came from the opposite side.

Although the Chu army was stationed on the south bank and had sentries in the north, usually in teams of ten people, the sound of horse hooves was obviously just a horse and headed straight to the high ground.

Chao Hua slapped his horse and said loudly: "Who is coming?"

"Is it Brother Chao?" asked an urgent voice from the opposite side.

"Liang Tong?" Chao Hua recognized that this person was also a soldier under his command.

Han Ruzi sent two entourages to Fang Daye yesterday, one was Ma Da, and returned last night, and the other was Liang Tong.

Chao Hua brought Liang Tong to General Zhenbei, Liang Tong: "General Fang wants to re-determine the peace talks with the Huns, and he said he hopes to arrange them at noon."

Han Ruzi was stunned. He had made an agreement with Fang Daye before that if the peace talks were chosen before noon, it would be possible to start a war against the Huns. This is also the news brought back by Ma Da yesterday. If it was after noon, it would mean that Fang Daye had discovered a trap and the Chu army should not cross the river, but what does it mean to choose at noon? Can the old general in the Huns camp make a judgment?

Liang Tong said this, but he didn't know anything else.

Han Ruzi still needs to make a decision by herself, and make a decision quickly.

"Go back to camp," he said, taking the lead in driving down the high ground and galloping towards the south bank.

The Chu soldiers had already ridden their horses, and the first group of troops crossed the mountains and stood by the river. They just waited for a command to cross the entire river.

Han Ruzi turned around and marched from west to east to inspect the Chu army that was about to enter the battle.

He did not look at the military appearance, the equipment, the horses, but only looked at everyone's face. After driving out of the road, he turned his horse's head again and came to the ridge. Chai Yue and many other generals were here, waiting for the arrival of General Zhenbei to give orders.

The news about Shenxiong Pass has obviously dispersed. Even the most ordinary soldiers knew the importance of that pass. They were afraid, nervous, and hesitant, not knowing whether to defeat the Huns first or return to the important area of ​​food and grass defense.

Han Ruzi came to Chai Yue, Liu Kunsheng and others, glanced at him and said, "The battle was cancelled, the entire army returned to Shenxiong Pass in batches, leaving three thousand people to guard the Broken Iron City."

The generals were silent, and then nodded almost at the same time. Chai Yue, Liu Kunsheng and others said yes, and for a little discussion, they personally led a large number of generals to various battalions to pass orders.

Han Ruzi stayed in her original place and observed the movements of the Chu army up and down the ridge. It was very quiet, without opposition, no shouting, and no chaos. Everyone seemed to be able to accept the decision to retreat.

Han Ruzi was still not very relieved and asked Chao Hua to lead some soldiers across the river, but he still made a move to prepare for peace talks. He wanted to show the entire army that General Zhenbei would stay for peace talks with the Huns and the last one would evacuate the broken iron city.

The general who went out to send the order quickly returned, but Chai Yue didn't say anything. Liu Kunsheng and others advised General Zhenbei to go to Shenxiong Pass as soon as possible, and some even volunteered to negotiate with the Huns on his behalf.

Han Ruzi politely declined everyone's kindness and then arranged tasks for them: Chai Yue served as the vanguard of the defense gate, and set out first, then the Northern Army Commander Liu Kunsheng, and finally the left general Han Tong, with the vanguard running non-stop. The latter two teams marched normally, and the right general Feng Shili led his army to stay until tomorrow.

Han Ruzi is creating a chance for Chai Yue, hoping that he can firmly grasp the entire Northern Army at Shenxiong Pass.

It is not easy for a large army to move from attack to retreat, especially behind it is a strong enemy. Han Ruzi stayed on the ridge and flew the flag so that everyone could see it. He monitored the movements of each team and did not allow anyone to be impatient.

As noon approached, the army had just withdrawn 30%. In this way, he felt it was too fast and kept sending people to remind the generals of each battalion to bring all the items and not to miss them.

Then he set out with ten guards, and under the gaze of many Chu troops, he drove across the wooden bridge to continue his peace talks with the Great Shanyu.

For him, this was another adventure of unpredictable fortunes and misfortunes. Not only did the Huns in front of us not understand our enemies, but the Chu army in the rear also found it difficult to fully trust them. This was a test of the prestige of General Zhenbei.

At least before General Zhenbei drove out of the Chu army's sight on the south bank, everything was peaceful.

This time, the Great Chanyu arrived for a while, but still only brought Jin Chuiduo alone.

Fang Daye stood at the door to greet him, and Han Ruzi kept all the guards outside. It was enough to have Fang Daye as an interpreter.

"Sorry, I can't give General Zhenbei a clearer suggestion." Fang Daye whispered, "The Huns have no support, but they have the determination to fight back. This time it was the Chu army attacking and the Huns defending, and I can't guess the result."
Chapter completed!