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The tunnels in the city were not long and very narrow, so they could only crawl inside. After coming out, the seven people were all covered in dust. Looking back, Jincheng stood not far away, with night shrouding and a small mound blocking it, so they couldn't see each other clearly.

Everyone buried the exit again and hurriedly walked in a hidden place. Gui Yuehua walked in front to lead the way, one step deep and one step shallow. Everyone had their own thoughts and no one spoke.

They left the city late. After walking ten miles, it was already dawn. Gui Yuehua stood under a dead tree, whistling her lips. Soon the response came from the woods. Seven or eight people walked out, looking at their appearance, all dressed in Chu people. The leader obviously recognized Gui Yuehua and asked in confusion: "Why are there only a few people? Is the matter done?"

Gui Yuehua sighed, "Oh, it's hard to say. Take Junhou out first, and the others are still in the city, so the matter can only be postponed."

The man came to Hua Bin, clasped his fists and said, "Jun Hou is safe and sound, and finally it has become a big deal."

"Who is the virtue of Hua? How dare you teach Dong's village leader to come and rescue him?"

The two of them were also old acquaintances. After a few greetings, the leader of the village returned to the matter and frowned slightly, "We agreed to the King of the Huns, but we didn't get anything, so it's hard for us to meet people."

Gui Yuehua was more familiar with him and said impatiently: "So Junhou didn't even bring out his son. Everyone else stayed in the city. We went to see the Huns and explained it to us."

The leader of the Dong village laughed twice, glanced at the other five people, and said nothing. He led the way and entered the woods. There were dozens of people and horses hidden in the forest. Everyone got on the horses and stopped hiding their tracks. After leaving the forest, they went straight to the Hun camp more than twenty miles away.

The Huns relied on their large number of troops and retreated to camp, which still surrounded Jincheng and was able to escape from water. At the same time, it was convenient for grazing cattle and horses.

A Huns greeted him halfway through the way. When they found that there were not many people leaving the city and did not carry anything like a head on them, they immediately expressed their dissatisfaction. One of the subordinates of the Dong Village Master explained in the Hun language for a long time. The Dong Village Master whispered to Gui Yuehua: "You'd better have a real remark. This Hun King is not easy to get along with."

"Don't worry." Gui Yuehua pointed at the other five people, "They were all trusted guards around the emperor. They were moved by Junhou and voluntarily surrendering to the Huns is a small contribution, right?"

The leader of the village finally smiled.

The Huns' tents were very messy, and the master's rank could be judged based on their size and gorgeousness.

The master of Dongzhai politely asked Hua Bin and others to stay in an ordinary tent. He and Gui Yuehua went to see the King of the Huns. There were many names of King of the Huns, and everyone called him the "king" and his status should be quite high.

Hua Bin stood at the door, watching Gui Yuehua and others leave, and turned around and said, "You are General Deng Cui, a chariot, right?"

The four followers were surprised, and Deng Cui nodded and replied: "It's me."

"I just said that Your Majesty would not send someone out of the city casually. The ugly words were ahead. If someone recognized General Deng, I could only follow the flow and claim to convince General Deng to surrender. As for whether the Huns believed it or not, it depends on what General Deng said."

Deng Cui smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Huns are easy to cheat."

Hua Bin smiled, not very sure about the young general.

Not long after, the leader of the village Dong came back alone, "Come with me, the king wants to see you."

Hua Bin said: "What is this noble man called? He is called 'King'?"

"The king is what we call him. He likes it very much. That's right."

The group walked towards the largest tent in the camp. On the road, they met Huns riding horses, whistling in groups of three or five, and they looked like there was no rules at all, but they never collided or conflicted. No matter how many horses there were on the road, they could always miss each other smoothly.

The tent is as big as two or three ordinary houses, with floors underneath it. It takes three steps to reach the door. The tent is covered with thick felt blankets. As soon as you enter, the warmth, the smell of wine and the fragrance come to your face.

There were many people in the tent, and there was a stout Hun in his forties sitting among them. He was surrounded by six or seven concubines. He did not avoid guests and looked at the newly arrived Chu people curiously.

Deng Cui looked up and saw King Donghai.

King Donghai was wearing the clothes of ordinary soldiers in Yiwei Camp, sitting on the side seat, and also saw Deng Cui's face slightly changed.

The two looked at each other for a moment.

Hua Bin noticed this scene and thought that it was really nothing unexpected. She met as soon as she said she met. She stepped forward a few steps and was about to kneel down to worship the Huns King, and introduced the General of Cheqi and Cavalry to surrender, hoping to get through, Deng Cui spoke first, clasped his fists to the side seat and smiled: "General Chai! I didn't expect to meet here."

King Donghai's face returned to calm, "Chai Ping" was his fake identity. Seeing Deng Cui wearing Yiweiying clothes, he understood that the other party was also fake, so he clasped his fists and returned the favor and said in confusion: "Forgive me for being clumsy. You look familiar with me. It seems that you are also a person around the emperor, but I don't know what to call him."

"General Chai is so worried about his affairs. I am from Yiweiying..."

Everyone in the tent looked at each other side, and Deng Cui hurriedly shut up, followed Hua Bin, and knelt on the ground together.

The Huns king seemed to have no doubts and asked with the help of the translation: "Are the ritual guards of the Emperor of Chu like you?"

Deng Cui was slender and handsome, and indeed had the style of Yiwei. He replied: "The State of Chu is so good at face. The Yiwei selected is similar to me. He only has a body. After getting on the horse, he cannot swing the gun or shoot arrows."

After the general translation, the Huns laughed loudly, waved his hand, someone came over, led Deng Cui and others to the side seat, and sat down with the King of East China Sea.

"My name is Wei Su." Deng Cui whispered.

King Donghai nodded softly and replied in a low voice: "Chai Ping."

The servants of the royal palace and Deng's mansion were not in the tent, so they were obviously not qualified to meet the King of the Huns. Deng Cui was relieved to drink and eat meat, as if he often came here to visit.

Among the many people of Chu, Deng Cui was the most outstanding in appearance and was also relaxed in front of the Huns. He immediately received the attention of the Huns and a group of concubines. The general translator asked: "That Yi Guard, the king asked you, how many guards the Emperor of Chu has? Why are you not very familiar with the same battalion as General Chai?"

Deng Cui swallowed the flesh in his mouth and replied, "There are less than 4,000 guards in the city, and the emperor has more than 1,000 guards. Although General Chai and I are in Yiwei Camp, I am holding a halberd Yigu to save the emperor's face. General Chai was a noble family and had a qualification in Yiwei Camp. We are not a member of the same generation. I have a low status, so I recognize him. He is a nobleman and forgets many things, and I don't remember me as a soldier."

After listening to the translation, the concubines of the Huns giggled and pointed their fingers, obviously thinking that the "soldier" is more like a nobleman than the "general".

King Donghai bowed his head and said nothing. He only wanted to escape from the siege of the Huns, or return to the capital, or meet his uncle Cui Hong, hoping to relieve his grudges and become a family again. He was very afraid of Deng Cui's appearance and always suspected that the emperor sent him to chase him.

Deng Cui was very calm and said everything, and demoted the Yiwei Camp to nothing. There were either a fool who was just a fool or a noble who had ulterior motives. Few people really protected the emperor. Soon, more people would surrender. "Like we can still carry flags and halberds. Those nobles, everyone called themselves "generals". In fact, they were like this General Chai. They relied on Zuyin to be the follower of the emperor and could become a high-ranking official in a few years. How could they lead troops to fight?"

The general translation said to the King of the Huns: "So that's the case, no wonder General Chai is so young."

King Donghai's face turned redder. He really wanted to remind Deng Cui to say a few words, but this is the territory of the Huns, and he is pretending to be someone else, so how dare he speak?

The Huns King invited the Chu people to the banquet, but was not just polite. After three rounds of wine, the Huns King clapped and a prisoner quickly came in outside.

The captive was obviously imprisoned for a long time, his clothes were torn, his face and his body were covered with scars, his expression was haggard, but he was not timid. He stood up in front of the Huns, and was pushed down by the Huns. After he got rid of the constraints, he immediately stood up again, his body shaking, but he refused to surrender.

King Donghai and Deng Cui looked at each other and were both surprised. They never expected that there were many acquaintances in the Huns camp.

The Hun King noticed the changes in their expressions and asked, "Do you recognize this person?"

Donghai King nodded. He was too panicked now and didn't know how to answer. Deng Cui said calmly: "This person's name is Zhuo Ruhe, he is the prince consort of Chu State, the magistrate of Hongnong County, and the imperial envoy to release grain."

When Zhuo Ruhe was traveling around the world, he went to Dai Kingdom and met Deng Cui. As for King Donghai and Hua Bin, he had known people for a long time, but he just stood up with his head held high, as if there were strangers in the tent.

The King of the Huns was very satisfied with this answer, which showed that Yiwei was more honest and did not lie, so he said a lot of things, and the translation said: "Zhuo Ruhe, you are the son-in-law in Chu State, and you can also be the son-in-law in the Xiongnu. The daughter of the Great Shanyu, and the granddaughter is younger and more beautiful, enough to be worthy of you. You said that Chu State is full of loyal ministers and good generals, but look, the nobles of Chu State and the emperor's guards all came to surrender to the Xiongnu, what else do you have to say?"

Zhuo Ruhe's eyes did not look squinting, "The Great Chu has a large population, a hundred times that of the Huns. It is normal for a few black sheep to produce. Isn't more Chu troops still defending Jincheng?"

The general interpreter was about to speak again, Deng Cui stood up and said that he would say, "Zhuo Ruhe, do you still recognize me?"

"Zhuo's good man doesn't recognize the traitor." Zhuo Ruruhe said with his head raised, his eyes still not moving.

Deng Cui said: "Your Majesty Zhuo, you may not recognize me, but you must not ignore the situation. Now that Jincheng is alone, the emperor is seriously ill, he can't hold on for too long. Moreover, the emperor ascended the throne more and more shallowly and cannot support his subjects. He is also greedy for merit and proactive, and ends up with his own consequences today. The great Chu has been exhausted and everyone knows that why should Mr Majesty Zhuo stand alone?"

Zhuo Ruhe glanced at Deng Cui, "Hey, the traitors are naturally traitors in their eyes. You said that the emperor ascended the throne and became a traitor. But the emperor had a hundred years of hard work. The ancestors and descendants were rewarded with merits. You said that the emperor would not be supported by his subjects, but the emperor would provide disaster relief and farming. The people in the world wanted to hope that the emperor would live forever to ensure safety. You said that Jincheng was alone, but what Zhuo saw was reinforcements from all over the country. The Huns were proud of it for a while and it would be difficult for them to return to the grassland in the future. You said that the emperor was seriously ill... I don't believe it."

Deng Cui smiled and said, "Reinforcements are on the road, how could Mr. Zhuo be here?"

"It will take some time for reinforcements to assemble, but the Huns cannot think that no one will save the Great Chu, so I voluntarily brought troops here, not for anything else, just want the emperor to know that Jincheng is not alone."

"So you have no regrets when you say so?"

“No regrets.”

Deng Cui turned to the Huns king, "This kind of person is devoted to the emperor, and is so-called foolish and loyal. He is still fantasizing that someone can gather the Chu army outside the border and attack the Huns with Cui Hong's army from south to north. Kill him, it's useless to keep it." (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!