On the night when Gui Yuehua's head was hung out, Hua Bin returned to the city and brought ten helpers. Without surprise, they were captured alive shortly after they walked out of the tunnel. The tunnel was flooded and then sealed, and the captives were sent to the Daiwang Mansion.

The prisoners were detained separately, and the emperor personally reviewed Huabian.

Just three days apart, Hua Binbi was much haggard when she was under house arrest in Yiwei Camp, but she had no scars on her body, but she was under great pressure in her heart.

The secrets of the Chu people were not revealed. After everyone expressed their plans, the Huns King was very satisfied and left everyone to have a daily banquet. Deng Cui successfully won the favor of the Huns, called brothers and brothers with noble people, and even dared to offer wine to the king's concubine.

The accident happened the night before yesterday, and the banquet was underway. The King of the Huns received a letter asking the interpreter to read it to him in a low voice. Gui Yuehua was also confused for a moment, but she went up to toast at this time, and wanted to learn from Deng Cui's appearance, showing some recklessness. I don't know what was wrong, which actually angered the King of the Huns.

Perhaps he was just unlucky. The Hun King was angry, got up, drew his sword, walked to Gui Yuehua, and chopped him blindly. Unfortunately, Gui Yuehua was also a well-known master in the world. In that case, he did not dare to resist. He just raised his arm, put it down quickly, and died in the tent for no reason.

The Huns king made a big call and was very angry. His wives and concubines hugged each other and trembled. Many noble people stood up and responded from time to time, not knowing what they were saying.

The Chu people were taken out of the tent, and Tongzhi told them with a serious expression that the days of enjoyment were over. Hua Bin and others must return to the city tomorrow night and get the emperor's head within two days.

Hua Bin was really frightened. She was still trembling when she told them. In the Great Chu, the Hua family felt only humiliation. In the Huns, he felt grass, relatives, nobles, reputation in the martial arts world, and nothing was worthwhile among the Huns. Hua Bin tried hard to recall the methods of slaves to please him, so as to protect himself in front of the Huns.

The Dong village leader of Yunmengze put all the blame on Hua Bin and others, believing that they failed to bring the emperor's head as promised, which made their status among the Huns plummet. Therefore, he followed him in person and wanted to make a great contribution.

Hua Bin just wanted to beg for the emperor's forgiveness. When she saw the emperor, she knelt on the ground without any pride.

Han Ruzi found it ridiculous. The dignified Marquis of Junyang, who had been among the Huns for a few days, became so humble. He sat on the chair and separated from Hua Bin by many guards and eunuchs, and asked, "Where is General Deng?"

"He, he and the King of East China Sea were left by the Huns."

"Tonghai Neptune?"

Hua Bin told the story of the first day again. Deng Cui's performance was too successful. The Huns were reluctant to let him go. The King of Donghai seemed too cowardly. The Huns did not intend to send him to persuade the generals of Chu to surrender. He had not yet thought about how to use it.

Deng Cui had not escaped from the Huns' camp, but became a distinguished guest of the Huns' king. Han Ruzi didn't know whether to be disappointed or happy, so she waved her hand and asked the guards to take Hua Bin away and began to think about something, what made the Huns' king suddenly furious and anxious to take the emperor's head?

During the daytime encirclement and annihilation, the Huns obviously intended to lead reinforcements near Jincheng. This practice is not only showing off, but also angering the defenders, hoping that the emperor can leave the city to fight.

In addition to siege, the Hun king used all his tricks to kill the emperor.

The bandits in Yunmengze stayed in the Huns camp for a long time. Perhaps they knew some inside information. Han Ruzi would not meet those people in person. He summoned Zhang Jing, the head of the Ministry of Justice, and Xie Cun, the goalkeeper of Yiwei Camp, to let the two of them preside over the interrogation together.

Both Zhang and Xie were surprised, but did not ask too much. Instead, Cui Teng waited for the two to leave and immediately asked: "Zhang Jing is an old official from the Ministry of Justice, Xie Cun is still a child. Your Majesty will ask him to interrogate the prisoner?"

"Let him start learning." Han Ruzi appreciated Xie Cun's keen observation ability and felt that this person could become a criminal in the future.

Hua Bin and others have returned to the city, and the tunnel has been blocked. Han Ruzi has no need to hide in the royal palace anymore. She decided to patrol the city and break the rumors that the emperor could not get up.

When they left the palace together, Cui Teng said: "Your Majesty, I have to remind you that Xie Cun is a praising man. Although his family has declined for a long time, his descendants either serve as officials or generals, even if they are idle positions, so they will not be an official. He will definitely be willing to be an official in the Ministry of Justice to be a minister in charge of the court. No matter how high the rank is, he may not accept it."

"And you?"

"Me?" Cui Teng shook his head repeatedly and said with a smile: "I can't be an official. I would rather be with the emperor without an official position."

"Let Xie Cun choose for himself."

It was already dark outside, and most officials and civilians had fallen asleep, but the emperor's inspection still alarmed some people. Before dawn, the news would spread throughout Jincheng.

Han Ruzi went straight to the military camp and summoned the generals to defend the city here to listen to their arrangements to defend the city. The more the Xiongnu showed that they could not attack the city, the more they had to be prepared for Jincheng. This is the emperor's basic judgment.

Fan Chuanshan is a general defending the city, and he mainly reports the situation.

Han Ruzi quickly heard the problem, "Wait, there are only 4,000 defenders in the city. According to General Fan's arrangement, at least 5,000 people have been used now."

"I recruited some soldiers from the people in the city." When it comes to placing troops and setting up formations, Fan Chushan was reluctant to do so. He became more and more nervous when he talked about it. He often needed other generals to remind him, and he let out a long breath after he finished speaking.

Han Ruzi had no choice. There was no general in the city. Fan Chushan was at least famous and could conquer the soldiers and civilians in the city. As for the specific plan to defend the city, he had his own staff and generals to help him formulate it.

Deng Cui was right. The key to whether Jincheng could be defended is not the Chu army, but the determination of the Huns. All arrangements in the city are better than nothing.

Deng Cui was arrogant and did not like to do such small things that were fruitless, but Han Ruzi was different. Although he didn't know how to do everything himself, he wouldn't let it go. It was a choice for him to leave it all over it.

He was quite satisfied with the plan to defend the city, encouraged him to disperse the generals, leaving only Fan Chushan, and asked, "Who is responsible for recruiting soldiers from the people? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

Fan Chushan scratched his forehead. Although he was brave in front of the formation, he was always a little nervous in front of the emperor. "It seems like the people recruited by the Ministry of War. I used them to send the soldiers. I didn't ask in detail. I thought the Ministry of War would report to His Majesty."

Han Ruzi smiled and said, "Well, General Fan should focus on defending the city. How about those newly-engraved soldiers? Can they fight? Are there enough weapons and armor? "

When asked about these things, Fan Chishan was able to answer them smoothly, "It's not bad, he is more obedient and can obey orders. It may not be possible to go to the battlefield. It's enough to defend the city. They don't need to use swords, guns, bows and crossbows. They mainly transport earth, stones and other things to the city. They have practiced several times and it's very smooth."

The city is in a tight place and needs to be kept unobstructed. It is impossible to stack too many equipment. When war starts, the city needs to ensure supply. The newly recruited soldiers mainly do this kind of thing. Strictly speaking, they are not soldiers, but they are very helpful in defending the city.

There seemed to be a capable person among the accompanying officials. Han Ruzi had to admit that he was prejudiced against the officials in the court and thought that they were all incompetent people. However, various facts proved that many ministers actually had real skills, but they were not placed in the right position and were not given enough trust.

Han Ruzi returned to the Dai Wang Mansion and found the official documents that had been in the past few days. He believed that the documents on recruitment were included. He had just ignored them before. There were too many things recently, and he did not look at these things seriously.

He was reading the stack of official documents with his head on the lamp. Zhang Jing and Xie Cunqianqiu saw him. They had already examined the thieves in Yunmengze and received a lot of useful information.

The King of the Huns who besieged the city came from the Western Xiongnu and was the younger brother of the Great Shanyu. He had a noble status, was arrogant and easily captured Liaodong. After attacking Jincheng, he despised the Chu army very much, thinking that there was no need to lure troops, and to break through Jincheng as soon as possible and kill the emperor, in order to show the strength of the Huns. However, the Great Shanyu was influenced by the nobles of the Eastern Xiongnu and insisted on siegeing but not attacking.

Therefore, the Huns king took advantage of the power of heroes in the world, hoping to assassinate the emperor, and then he could naturally break through Jincheng and join forces with the Great Shanyu.

It is said that the Great Shanyu was not in good health, and the Huns king was anxious to join forces because he was afraid that if the Great Shanyu ascended to heaven, he would be plotted by other brothers and nephews when he led his troops outside.

As for the news that the Huns were angry because of the news, the robbers didn't know.

Zhang Jing realized that the emperor was deliberately cultivating Xie Cun, so he deliberately praised the young man.

Han Ruzi sent the eunuch to see the two of them away and said to Cui Teng: "Go and ask Xie Cun what he thinks."

Apart from drinking, Cui Teng didn't stay up late often and had already yawned. He was very happy that he had something to do. He responded and ran out to chase Xie Cun.

Han Ruzi continued to read the official documents and finally found that no one was fully responsible for recruiting soldiers. From the six officials accompanying the staff to the minor officials in the local yamen in Jincheng, they were more or less involved, with different names. Finally, a scholar consultant who accompanied him suggested changing the recruitment of labor to recruit soldiers. First, it was to strengthen the momentum, and the other was to encourage the people to pay higher military salaries and have a better reputation for defending the city with soldiers.

Shan Ming Zhong, Han Ruzi has a little impression of this scholar, but he doesn't remember that he has extraordinary features.

It is always difficult to find talents. Even if talents are around you, they are often ignored. Han Ruzi was deeply touched and wrote down this person, but he was not in a hurry to choose. He still had an imminent threat that he had not been lifted.

It was already midnight and when Han Ruzi was about to go to bed and rest, Cui Teng finally came back, blushing. He took advantage of a small loophole in the emperor's will and invited Xie Cun to have a few drinks.

"I asked clearly." Cui Teng said proudly, feeling that he had done something big, "Just as I said before, Xie Cun was unwilling to be an official, and would rather stay in Yiwei Camp and be a general."

General Sancong is just a beautiful name, but is actually the emperor's entourage.

Han Ruzi sighed softly, even if he really found a talent, how to use it is still a problem.

Now is not the time to solve this problem. Han Ruzi sent someone to see Cui Teng away, go to bed and rest. After lying for a while, he suddenly figured out something and said to Meng E who was staying in the room: "I guess what angered the Huns."

"Yeah." Meng E replied, waited for a while, and said, "I didn't guess it."

"The Great Shanyu is about to send a peace talks messenger."

"The Great Shanyu really wants to negotiate?"

"No." Han Ruzi's heart sank, "I'm afraid that the Chu army of Qi will encounter big trouble." (To be continued.)

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