The time when King Dai died was not the same. Outside the city were countless Huns waiting for an opportunity to attack the city. The emperor personally took on arrows and stones to defend the city with his soldiers. In this case, no one's death could be paid attention to.

What's more, there was Xiao Sheng, the censor who committed suicide by jumping into the river, and many soldiers of the Northern Army who were trapped in the enemy army. Compared with them, the death of the Dai King was even less worth mentioning.

Only the relatives of the King Dai were crying in the hall while guarding the body. They didn't know what to do. The royal palace had already lent it to the emperor, and they couldn't even go back to their homes. They lived in a different courtyard in the city. The place was quite large, and they entered five places. In terms of luxury and comfort, they were no worse than the royal palace.

Deng Cui was ordered to guard the other three sides of Jincheng, but he did not immediately climb the city. After a little arrangement, he selected dozens of soldiers and came to Daiwang Villa with him.

His arrival suddenly triggered the sadness of the relatives of the Dai Wang. He was originally just sobbing in a low voice, but then it turned into a loud cry. More than 30 wives, concubines and more than 40 descendants all rushed towards Deng Cui, hoping that he could preside over the chaos in his family.

The princess is Deng Cui’s sister. When she saw her younger brother, she felt particularly sad, “Brother, why did you come out? It won’t be…”

"Please let me wait for the sin to defend the city." Deng Cui replied, his eyes sweeping around among the crowd.

"God finally opened his eyes!" The princess cried even harder, but did not delay her speech. "My younger brother was wronged, the Deng family was wronged, forced to Ià Mingjian. Brother, fortunately you came in time. Such a big thing happened at home, and there was not even a person to rely on..."

The sons of the King Dai didn't like to listen to this kind of words, especially the prince, who was a few years older than Princess Deng. He interjected: "Are you all men in the family here? Do whatever you should do. When the war outside ends, I will force you to make arrangements. That... Deng Cui, you have the emperor's will, go and do it quickly."

Deng Cui looked for the prince, nodded at him, first came to his sister, "Give me the warehouse key."

"What are you doing?" The princess immediately became alert and could not be completely relieved about her younger brother.

"It's not safe on you," said Deng Cui.

The sons of the King of Dai and a dozen older grandsons rushed forward and shouted: "You can't give it! You can't give it! Your Wang family's warehouse, outsiders are not allowed to get involved..."

Their words were counterproductive. The princess did not hesitate and immediately took out a key from her arms and handed it to her younger brother. "There are three keys in the warehouse..."

"I know." Deng Cui took it in his hand and turned to face the descendants of the Dai Wang. Many soldiers were guarding the left and right, separating the female relatives. The princess knew that she was no match for the Dai Wang Prince, and handed over the important task to her younger brother, and she also retreated aside.

"Deng Cui, what do you mean? Do you take advantage of the situation to rob? I'm in the city, you actually robbed it! We..." Prince Dai glanced at the soldiers holding swords and guns, and was unsure, and changed his words: "Let's go and sue the emperor."

"Yes, I'll complain!" There were many disagreements between the princes and grandsons of Dai, but they all supported the prince at this time.

"Take your keys too." Deng Cui stretched out his hand.

"Don't think about it!" Prince Dai Wang covered his waist with his hands, and many brothers and nephews protected him. "If you want to divide the property, it's a pity that your sister gave birth to a son for Prince Dai Wang first, it's too late."

When this sentence talks about the princess’ sore spot, the princess who had retreated to the side cried again, shouting "You are so cruel, you are so cruel," but it was not the husband who cried in her heart.

Deng Cui didn't say nonsense, waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to take action, but no one moved. The soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, and they all felt that they should not participate in the family affairs of the Dai Wang.

"Listen to my orders, if something happens, I will take the blame. If I don't listen to the orders, I will deal with it according to military law." Deng Cui said sternly.

The soldiers did not hesitate anymore, rushed forward with swords and guns, pressing step by step. After a few steps, the prince of Dai scattered and left the prince alone.

"You... will have no share of your property in the future..." The prince was furious.

The four soldiers put away their knives, set up the prince of Dai, and searched without hesitation.

"It's against you, it's against you! Go and complain, go now!" Prince Dai yelled while struggling. His son ran out, and Deng Cui saw it, but he didn't stop him.

After getting the second key, Deng Cui's eyes turned to the body of the Dai King.

Even his sister felt that it was too much, "Brother, don't do anything nonsense. Two keys are enough. Don't worry about dividing property..."

"The King Dai asked me to do this." Deng Cui said, strode to the body and reached out to explore in the King Dai's arms.

The hundreds of masters and servants inside and outside the hall were stunned, but the princess was happy, "The King Dai said that he gave you all three keys?"

The prince of Dai had been let go and shouted in anger: "Impossible, the father would never do this!"

Deng Cui found a bunch of keys, checked it, and found that the warehouse keys were in it. He turned around and said to everyone: "The King of Dai died unexpectedly, but he is the King of Dai after all, and he is the King of Dai and has the responsibility to defend the city. I am exercising his duties on his behalf. If the King of Dai is alive, he will agree with my actions."

After saying that, Deng Cui led the soldiers away, the keys were here, but the warehouse was in the palace.

From the princess to the prince, everyone was confused.

"What does Deng Cui mean? What does guarding the city and the warehouse key have to do?" asked Prince Dai Wang.

The princess shook her head, she was never sure about this younger brother.

An old servant was more experienced and said at this time: "Emperor Deng... wants to reward the soldiers guarding the city with the treasures of the royal palace?"

Everyone was quiet for a while, and the princess suddenly burst into tears again. This time she was really crying, heart-wrenching.

Deng Cui ordered people to call more soldiers and head straight to the royal palace.

There were no more guards in the palace, and Deng Cui led his men to the public. The soldiers moved things out one box after another. The more they were, the happier they were.

Deng Cui monitored for a while and then came to the residence of Mrs. Champion Hou.

The door was closed and no one responded. Deng Cui was arrested here. It was an impulsive plan. He himself regretted it, regretting that he was too hasty at the time.

He stood at the door for a while and shouted: "I will raise the son of the Champion Hou, and I will also send someone to the capital to inquire about the situation. If there is a problem with the baby, or if he grows up, he doesn't look like a wife at all, please take care of him."

Deng Cui turned around and left, the people in the yard were trembling with fear. Even Mrs. Ping'en Hou's face turned pale. She hurried into the bedroom and asked Cui Zhao on the bed: "Three sister, tell the truth to my sister, that's really... the son of the Champion Hou?"

Cui Zhao was haggard and weak when he spoke, "I don't know either. I got married... In a few days, the baby was... sent to the palace..."

When the baby came back, the champion Hou was already dead, and his biological mother, Tan, had never visited his son again.

Mrs. Ping'en was speechless. She had a wonderful plan, but she had reached this point, and she had no choice but to do anything.

Jincheng faces rivers in the north, with mountains in the west, and flattering on the east and south sides. The emperor personally guards the Nancheng and sets up a large flag, which really attracted most of the Huns, but the pressure on the East City is not small, especially there is a large gap in the city wall. Although it has been repaired overnight, it is still relatively fragile. The Huns discovered this and attacked continuously.

The Huns had two important means of siege.

First, intimidate, burn corpses, gallop, roar, and shoot arrows at the city. It can last for several hours, or even days or nights, and the timid and cowardly will soon surrender to the city.

The second is to lure the enemy, often let go of a corner, seemingly no one guards, but continue to intimidate tactics in other directions. The weak-willed cannot stand the temptation and want to leave the city and take the opportunity to escape, but no matter how fast he runs, he cannot get rid of the pursuers behind him.

Both moves are not easy to use today. The Emperor of Chu rode a horse and galloped back and forth on the top of the city. The flags were flying behind him, and the sound of drums never stopped. Not only did it attract a large number of arrows, but it also aroused the fighting spirit of the defenders.

The defenders in Dongcheng were all local soldiers of Dai Kingdom. They had already repelled an attack from the Huns, using arrows, stones and iron balls. The one they lacked the most was a main general.

Deng Cui quickly climbed to the top of the city and looked out. The Huns came in a hurry, but were not good at using equipment, so they could not attack hard. They had changed their fighting style. Teams rushed forward in turn. Once the city shot arrows and threw stones, they immediately retreated, with the purpose of consuming the Chu army's equipment. At the same time, they took advantage of the number of people to prevent the defending party from resting.

Deng Cui ordered the soldiers to stop shooting, and at the same time placed the treasure chests that the King of Dai had accumulated for many years on the city wall. The lid was opened to reveal the gold, silver and jewelry inside. He shouted as he walked: "Protect the force ià, guard Jincheng, everyone in the city is responsible. Dai Wang's family donated all their property but not for you, to the Huns outside the city. The Huns are greedy for money and profits, and they will definitely come to grab gold and silver when they see it. Then you shoot me again, shoot me a little, and don't waste it randomly."

The light flashed in the box, and each piece was mouth-watering. Not to mention the Huns outside the city, the soldiers guarding the city were moved by themselves.

Deng Cui saw everyone's intentions and raised his voice: "Deng used his superiors to guarantee that after defending the city, the reward was at least twice the wealth of the King of Dai, and everyone had a share!"

The soldiers cheered.

"Let the Huns see what squandering money is like soil!" Deng Cui was generous, picked up a piece of gold with his own hands and threw it out of the city with all his might.

Jincheng was not very big, and the moat was not wide. The Huns could even shoot arrows to the top of the city on the other side. Deng Cui was condescending, and the gold nuggets landed on the other side.

Since it was a plea to others, no one would be polite. The soldiers turned around to get their belongings, threw them out directly, hung them lightly on the arrows and shot them out, and the heavier ones were fired with crossbows. As for things like corals, they were either smashed or broken or pushed down.

The outside of the city soon became golden, especially the bridge facing the city gate was covered with countless wealth.

The Huns first watched from a distance in confusion, but soon after, they rushed forward, regardless of the order, and whoever grabbed it would be his.

The Huns were very skilled in riding and almost didn't need to slow down. If they sniffed on the horse's back, they would definitely get a piece of jewelry.

But he also provided targets to the Chu army on the city wall.

Deng Cui only regretted two things: the Dai King did not have enough money and the Chu army's arrows were finally exhausted, but he didn't care. Since the emperor asked him to defend the city, he would kill him happily and keep his guard to the death, which was not in line with his temper.

Outside the East City, the Huns were killed and injured, and they did not capture Nancheng. Thousands of Chu troops kept firing arrows on the top of the city, and the arrows were not exhausted.

The sun sets westward, and the Huns finally stopped attacking the city and retreats to the distance to camp. Han Ruzi climbs the city gate tower and looks out, and notices that a large number of Huns are moving to the southwest.

He guessed that the main force of the Northern Army was not completely wiped out, and one of them was left to stop in the distance, attracting the attention of the Huns.

This gave Jincheng some breathing opportunity.

Han Ruzi breathed a little relieved, but he knew very well that the next one was a bigger test: whether reinforcements from all over the country could arrive not only depends on whether the information was well-informed, but also on how much recognition the civil and military officials and generals in the world recognized the emperor.

Most of these people have never met the emperor, and Han Ruzi can only hope that they still have great Chu in their hearts. (To be continued.)

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