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Chapter 339: The Choice of Powerful Officials

When the Huns entered the pass, the emperor was trapped, and the world was shocked. Every person in the Great Chu Dynasty who held great power faced a common choice: to save or not.

The choice of the beauties in the palace is very simple. They can only save them, but must save them. Even if they save their lives, they must save the emperor and their son.

After receiving the news, Wang Meiren's first move was to ask the Queen Mother for help. The current situation was changing and she needed an experienced guide.

The Queen Mother has different from the past. She has lost her son, relatives and enemies one after another, and she has no pursuit in her heart. She sat on the chair for one or two hours, as if she was wandering outside and had long forgotten this world, including the emperor of this world.

"Huns? Emperor?" Looking at the beautiful Wang kneeling on the ground and burst into tears, the queen mother tried hard to concentrate to understand everything Wang Meiren said. Then she smiled, "The Huns actually entered the pass."

"The Queen Mother guessed all this?" Wang Meiren was both surprised and happy. At this moment, the Queen Mother was a great prophet who could see through the future in her eyes.

The Empress Dowager shook her head, "I just thought, the Great Chu is so weak... I have handed over everything, what else do you want?"

Meiren Wang kowtowed, "Please give advice from the Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager was silent for a long time, "For thousands of years, the strength of the Central Plains and the Huns has changed from time to time. The strong are respected and the weak are humble. There is no way to do it. If you want to save the emperor, you can only start from the Huns."

"Summon?"

"Apart from that, I can't come up with any other ideas." The Empress Dowager sighed and did not speak out again.

Meiren Wang left and stood at the door of the bedroom. She suddenly found that she was helpless. She thought that the future was long and she was not in a hurry to win the title of Queen Mother. Unexpectedly, she would fall into a desperate situation so soon, and no one could use her now.

After all, there is a fundamental difference between the emperor's biological mother and the Empress Dowager of the Great Chu. Many ministers secretly please the emperor's biological mother, but only the Empress Dowager can formally issue orders to the ministers.

After thinking about it, Wang Meiren thought about it and felt that she still had to ask someone to help her control the ministers outside.

Yang Feng came very quickly, but as the person the emperor trusted and relied on the most, he didn't look so urgent, he walked calmly and looked calm, as if he didn't know the emperor's situation.

"If you are in trouble, Duke Yang, can the ministers in the court have any solutions?" Meiren Wang stood up and returned the greetings, and asked directly without caring about greetings.

"Mr. Shen, the minister, is discussing with his ministers for several days and dispatching troops from all directions to rescue the emperor."

"I am a female liu and don't understand military information, but the Chu army went to rescue the chariots. Wouldn't the Huns step up their attacks?"

"After this, Your Majesty must first protect himself and cooperate with reinforcements inside and outside, so that he may get out of trouble."

"Mr. Yang said it lightly!" Wang Meiren felt anger and immediately calmed her tone and apologized to Yang Feng, "I am eager to save my son, don't blame Mr. Yang. I think that the most important thing at the moment is not to defeat the Huns, not to take back the lost land, but to protect Your Majesty. Your Majesty is there, and the Great Chu will eventually have a day of revival. If Your Majesty dies, the Great Chu will be in danger."

"All the ministers thought it was."

"So, it's better to ask for peace from the Huns. It's said that the Huns are greedy for money and profit. They just give them whatever they want, as long as they can get their Majesty back."

Yang Feng pondered for a moment, "If it were in the past, the Huns would be able to get rid of it. Gold, silver, copper, iron, silk, and even marriages could impress the Huns, but this time it was different. What the Great Shanyu wanted was land and city walls..."

"Then give it to them too." Wang Meiren said sternly. She didn't understand why Yang Feng was not in a hurry. "Give whatever he wanted, I just want the emperor to return to Beijing safely."

Yang Feng bowed and did not want to argue with Meiren Wang, "Okay, I'll tell the ministers now to see what they think."

The beautiful man Wang returned the salute, "Your Majesty's order is hanging in the hands of Mr. Yang."

Yang Feng said: "I will do my best and ask Meiren Wang to communicate more with the queen."

The beautiful Wang was slightly stunned and immediately realized that the queen's father was quelling the rebellion in Qi State and holding military power. Cui Hong might not be able to save the emperor, but he could kill the emperor.

"Your Majesty is my beloved son, and Empress Yu is my husband. I am both sympathetic and sympathetic, and I will be united in one's heart and virtue."

Yang Feng asked for his retreat. For him, seeking peace was not the only way to save the emperor, nor was the best way.

The Emperor of Great Chu had to think about the Great Chu first. Yang Feng thought so, and he believed that the Emperor also had the same idea.

After discussing with several important officials such as Shuxiangshang Mingzhi, Yang Feng put forward three suggestions:

First, we sent an envoy to negotiate with the Huns, not seeking success, but only to be able to relieve the pressure on Jincheng and at the same time to comfort the beautiful Wang in the palace.

Then mobilized the troops of the county and the county to recruit male soldiers, and all headed towards Jincheng to guard the important towns north of Luoyang and east of them, and the Huns could no longer be allowed to capture cities and plunder land.

Finally, Yang Feng suggested choosing a new emperor.

The new emperor did not ascend the throne immediately, but chose the right person from the royal family and let go of the wind. Once Jincheng is captured, no matter whether the emperor dies or is captured, the capital city will immediately support the new emperor, so as not to have no master in the world and cut off the greater ambitions of the Huns.

In fact, the ministers had already thought of this trick, but no one dared to propose it. Yang Feng was the emperor's confidant, and it was very appropriate for him to break this layer of window paper. As for his eunuch identity, the ministers automatically ignored it and declared that Yang Feng's suggestion of Zhongzhang Seal was recorded on the record, and no word was allowed to be changed.

Although this was the last suggestion, the first two suggestions were taken seriously after this. The Minister of Personnel personally went to the Huns, and the Minister of War was in charge of Luoyang and supervised the Kanto's army. Yang Fengze wrote a letter in person, entrusting the Marquis of Ping'en to give it to the General Cui Hong.

In this letter, Yang Feng explained the court's countermeasures and intentions in detail, indicating that the capital had selected a son of a royal family, but it was not enough. All the ministers thought that Emperor Wu's youngest son, King Ying. Although his seniority was higher than that of the current emperor, he had participated in the throne dispute. At that time, four people died and two trapped. If King Ying could be rescued, he would be qualified to be emperor.

This move was to divide the Huns and Linzi rebels. If the British king who was hostage could be called emperor, the most important purpose of the rebels would be achieved. There is no need to collude with the Huns again, and even if they still wanted to collude, the Huns would be suspicious.

Yang Feng explained everything clearly. Cui Hong had no doubts about it. He joined Chai Yue and Fang Daye's troops and moved the main force to Pengcheng to intercept the Xiongnu cavalry going south. At the same time, he announced to Linzi City that if the King of England returned to Beijing in time, he would have a chance to become emperor.

The rebels did not give an answer, but after most of the Chu troops outside the city left, they did not try their best to break through and remained firm in Linzi. It was obvious that there was a dispute within.

For the Chu army, this was enough. Chai Yue formulated a plan to request the court to send the troops mobilized to Pengcheng as much as possible. He first sent 20,000 people to repel the 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry that went south, and then the entire army advanced slowly and seized the time to replenish the troops. Instead of going to Jincheng to rescue the lords, he went straight to Yan State.

The Great Shanyu was in Yan State and was angry at the hesitation of the Linzi rebels. After several urgings failed, he decided to get a ceasefire from the besieged emperor, hoping to suspend the oppression of the Chu army in the south, and at the same time he wanted to see how much prestige and power remained.

The Great Shanyu was not afraid of the tens of thousands of Chu troops in the south, but he was more concerned about the army outside the Great Wall. The troops gathered in Mayi City had exceeded 100,000. If this army could be defeated, the rear of the Xiongnu would be worry-free and face the entire Great Chu calmly.

The debate in Mayi City is even more intense than Linzi City. No one dares to say that he would not save the emperor, but there are many different opinions: it is the simplest to enter the pass directly, but it is difficult to predict the outcome of the Huns. Staying in Mayi City and waiting for the Huns to attack is relatively safe, but the situation does not wait for anyone. If Jincheng is broken during this period, no one can bear the responsibility.

The most important thing is that there is no general in Mayi City who can make the decision. The imperial envoy Zhuo Ruhe had the opportunity to lead the entire army, but before the imperial edict arrived, he led an army into the pass to rescue the emperor, and was defeated and captured.

Zhang Yin, the Marquis of Piyuan, led the most troops, and in the emperor's imperial edict, he pointed out that he would command the troops outside the border, but Zhang Yin could not command him. His stuttering and his position were all flaws. The Southern Army has always been arrogant and unwilling to obey his orders. He wanted to enter the pass and fight the Huns to the decisive battle. The frontier army had a complex source, with as many as twenty routes, and they all had their own ideas.

Zhang Yin could only ask the court for help, hoping to send a general.

There were no generals with high rank in the court, so they could only send the Minister of Rites and a general to take a detour to Mayi City, but the two of them didn't think about what to do.

Yang Fenghe, from the capital, did not know how to mobilize the Chu army outside the Great Wall.

At this time, Deng Cui was riding a horse on the road. When he was resting at night, he still had to listen to the beauty in his arms and couldn't understand a word, but he could always guess the other person's emotions immediately and give corresponding comfort, which made the beauty very happy.

There is also a Chu army a hundred miles away from Jincheng.

The 15,000 Northern Army led by Feng Shili was stationed in a village. He once told the envoy not to take a step back, but after several days of persistence, he still led his troops to retreat dozens of miles to move into a stronger pass when the Huns surrounded and annihilated a reinforcement.

Reinforcements from the rear kept coming, but the number never exceeded 30,000, and Feng Shili still dared not attack.

Cai Xinghai and Chao Hua's commander's guards were the first reinforcements to come. When they set out from the capital, the news of the Huns entering the pass had not yet been heard. It was the queen who suggested to Yang Feng that the situation in the capital would gradually stabilize and send more credible people to the emperor.

Cai Xinghai and Chao Hua had long been eager to launch an attack, but they only had two thousand soldiers under their command, and the number was too small. Feng Shili did not listen to the requests of both of them. He always answered the same answer: "If you cannot defeat the Huns in one fell swoop and attack rashly, you will only kill Your Majesty."

This is true, but Cai Xinghai and Chao Hua cannot wait. They coincided with Zhuo Ruhe's idea: although there is a trap ahead, someone must jump in to prove to the people of the world that the emperor is still supported. In this way, the Huns will feel that the emperor is valuable and insist on the strategy of siege but not attacking.

These two people had no idea about the internal conflicts of the Huns, and they didn't know that the right wise king of the Huns urgently needed an excuse to attack Jincheng.

In this way, Cai Xinghai and Chao Hua persuaded more than 3,000 soldiers to follow them to fight and were ready to perish. They never expected that they could actually reach the foot of Jincheng.

The Huns expected that the Right Xian King was finally able to attack the small Jincheng in the name of encirclement and annihilation. As for the overall strategy of the Great Shanyu, he didn't understand and didn't care.

(To be continued today.) (To be continued.)

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