This large camp on the outskirts of the Chu capital was stationed in Fengwu Town, southeast of the capital, one hundred and twenty miles away. Although it was night, the city was still brightly lit and police posts were tight.
"Shenwei Tiger Ben Yulin Camp, what a good name..."
Wang Yan sighed to himself. He and Chen Mo looked down, and the defenses in the city were clearly visible.
"There are about 4,000 elite infantry here and more than 800 cavalry. It will take about an hour to reach Chudu and quell any small and medium-sized rebellions."
Chen Mo is a cultivator, and his vision is naturally beyond the world. This military force directly subordinate to the emperor not only allowed him to see the heritage of a country, but also made him feel a slight chill.
The same is true for countries in the secular world. How much power does a sect secretly accumulate?
Wang Yan didn't notice the subtle change in Chen Mo's expression. He just nodded and continued Chen Mo's words:
"The follower in the Qi refining stage has already taken care of the messenger flying pigeon. The Fengwu camp is leaderless tonight. Now, it depends on how Hongyu performs."
Chen Mo said calmly: "It's a murderous night with a dark moon and a high wind. Brother Wang, don't worry, someone will definitely reveal a flaw."
"hope so......"
The two scrutinizing eyes gradually disappeared, and on the official road on the ground, the rapid sound of horse hooves mixed with the dust raised by the soil, and the three people were rushing towards Fengwu's camp.
"Drive...drive..."
The third brother waved his whip and held the reins tightly in his hands. He said nothing, but kept looking forward with a cold face.
The scenery on both sides receded rapidly. Hongfeng was a fat man, and the jolting on the horse was unbearable. He said to the white-clothed entourage behind him:
"Master Immortal, please use the Lighting Talisman! I really can't stand it anymore!"
The white-clothed attendant looked very sick, and was shaken to pieces at the moment. Hearing Hong Feng's words, he responded intermittently: "No...it will...will trigger an investigation."
"Be patient!" came a calm and restrained voice, and the speaker was none other than the third child at the front: "You can take a break after taking over the military power. Now give me more strength!!"
Hongfeng's body was trembling with fat. He gritted his teeth and uttered the word "good", so the three of them stopped talking and ran faster than before.
It didn't take long for them to be discovered by the secret sentry of Fengwu Camp. I don't know how the message was sent. By the time the three of them arrived in front of Fengwu Town, Juma had already drawn up a row, and the soldiers in the four sentry towers were holding bows and arrows. When winding, they all look ready to go.
"Who is coming?!"
A sonorous and powerful shout suddenly came, and everyone dismounted when they saw the young commander. The third elder brother took out a token from his arms. When he saw the face clearly by the firelight, the commander immediately knelt down in panic. Got off.
"I humble myself to pay my respects to the third and fourth masters!"
"Greetings to the Third Master and the Fourth Master!"
Following the commander's shout, the soldiers who had been preparing to take action hurriedly put down their weapons and knelt on the ground on one knee.
"No courtesy!" Hongyu stepped forward to help the commander up and said gently: "Is General He here?"
"Third Master, the general is in the town!" the commander quickly replied.
Hongyu nodded and said, "Take us there!"
"yes!"
Soon someone moved away the horses, pushed open the city gate, and the three of them rushed to the Chinese army's tent without stopping. When the commander came to the front of the battle, he quickly retreated.
Seven patrol teams passed by the camp from time to time. They were on duty every half hour. Several centurions seemed to have seen Hongyu before, and they even shouted excitedly, "Hello, Third Master."
Hongyu and Hongfeng glanced at each other, feeling slightly pleased with each other. They were protected by their white-clad entourage, and no one blocked them along the way. They easily entered the Chinese army's camp.
He Sen, nicknamed Crazy Tiger, is the direct commander of the Hu Ben Yu Lin Army. He directly obeys the emperor's orders. No prince has the right to interfere with the affairs of Feng Wu's camp.
He is in his mid-fifties, with nimble legs and legs, eyes like copper bells, and a calm, self-confident man. His white beard covers many scars on his face, like a tiger entering its twilight years.
The most frightening thing is the long scar from the split mouth to behind the ear of He Sen. When he was young, he was a master of fighting generals. Even though his face was injured, he still killed two fierce generals from the enemy country. Because of his bravery, He was good at fighting and dared to fight tooth and nail, so he got the title of Crazy Tiger.
He Sen had a girl under his knees, but she was already a wife, so she had no worries. She usually guarded Fengwu's camp. Tonight was like usual. Not long after he fell asleep, he saw the lights in the house seemed to be lit.
Although He Sen was in a haze, he was a battle-hardened man but he moved quickly. He jumped up from the bed and asked the visitor with squinted eyes: "What's going on?"
"Don't be surprised, General He, he is coming down."
Hongyu chuckled a few times, and the white-clothed entourage behind him stood quietly without making any unnecessary moves.
He Sen felt a little more at ease when he heard a familiar voice: "It turns out to be the third master... I wonder why he came to the camp late at night?"
He Sen had some vague guesses in his mind, but he didn't dare to confirm it yet, so he walked over, poured two bowls of water at the table, sat down, and toasted Hongyu with a bowl. He wanted to tell a story.
"Alas." What He Sen didn't expect was that the third elder brother sighed, and immediately said straight to the point: "The emperor has passed away, and I have a special order to pass on this, He Sen!!"
Hongyu's voice was not loud. He quickly took out a yellow jade scroll from his sleeve and opened it to look at it.
He Sen was first confused by the third elder brother's words about the emperor's death, but then he heard the emperor also sent an imperial edict. He was so frightened that he knelt down on the spot and said with a trembling heart, "Wei Chen is here!!"
"The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun issued an edict: He Sen, the commander of the Huben Yulin Camp, was arrogant and rude. He secretly colluded with the ministers of the court to obtain silver coins and deceived the emperor. This is an unforgivable crime! He Sen will be punished and hanged in front of the Shenwei Camp. The corpse will be hung for three days as a warning to others. I admire this!"
He Sen's heart suddenly thumped, and he looked up at the third elder brother in horror, and quickly defended: "Impossible! Someone is planning to rebel! You are imputing unfounded charges to me!! You must not do it, Your Majesty! "
"hehe......"
After hearing this, the third elder brother Hongyu sneered: "What's impossible? In the autumn of the 327th year of the Chu Dynasty, you went to Tingfang Garden with the Minister of Household Affairs and accepted a bribe of 190,000 taels. He asked you to use some tricks to let go. Is it okay to lose a prisoner who was convicted of a capital crime?!"
He Sen immediately broke out in a cold sweat. How dare he admit it at this juncture? He shouted angrily: "Please investigate clearly, Your Majesty! This is all slander! Slander!!"
"Okay, what I want is these words from General He!"
Hongyu looked at him with a joking expression: "Here is a letter written by you. In the spring of the year 331 of the Chu Dynasty, you were ordered to raid your home. In the palace of the minister, you fell in love with a concubine. She was originally exiled to the frontier, but you hid her in an unused house in the south of the Yangtze River. Please ask General He to explain the content of the letter and the source of the five thousand taels of silver given to her!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Hongyu laughed again: "Please ask General He to think about it before compiling it, such as the imperial examination fraud case and the official salt smuggling case, one after another, do you really think that the emperor doesn't know about it? ?”
The more Hongyu spoke, the stronger his tone became. He shook the hand holding the imperial edict. He Sen was left speechless and had to bury his head deeply in the ground, thinking about what to do.
Leading soldiers to rebel? In front of the holy edict, the name is not justified, and besides, who among his soldiers would dare to follow him as a traitor?
So if you don't stop doing the same thing, you'll kill the third elder brother? This is not realistic. The whole world is the land of Chu State. Where can He Sen go?
Furthermore, Third Brother had already come prepared. His white-clothed entourage had their eyes fixed on him since they entered the house.
After many years of life and death experience in the war, He Sen still had some discernment. As long as he dared to call someone, he would definitely die faster.
Just when He Sen was in a huge crisis, the third elder brother Hongyu changed the topic and said calmly:
"He Sen, take the order!"
Before giving him any time to answer his questions, Hong Yu's words were already spoken: "The Emperor Chengyun ordered: He Sen, the commander of the Tiger and Lin Army, has devoted himself to his duties, is virtuous, and is in charge of the safety of the capital of Chu without fail. Hereby, I grant you the title. I am a general of the auxiliary country and receive a first-grade salary as a deputy. I appreciate this!"
He Sen was shocked and completely confused by the two imperial edicts with completely different contents. He raised his head sluggishly, with a puzzled look on his face.
Hongyu didn't waste any time, he turned directly over to the other side of the jade axis, and the last moment of the imperial edict came into view of He Sen.
There is no jade seal stamped with the Kingdom of China!
He Sen instantly understood what Hong Yu meant. Today, he obeyed his orders and received the second imperial edict. If he resisted, he would serve under the first imperial edict.
In other words, the choice is back in his hands!
He Sen was stunned for a moment, and then he kowtowed three times in a row and shouted loudly: "I have to bow to your Majesty!!"
"Haha! He who knows the current affairs is a hero!! General He, please rise quickly!"
When the third elder brother heard those words, a stone fell from his heart! He laughed heartily and quickly helped He Sen up.
The first imperial edict also did not have a jade seal, but how could He Sen dare to accept the edict in such a frightened state? ! The third elder brother Hongyu is not a stupid person. He knows the true meaning of seeking wealth through danger!
"General He, I'm not going to talk nonsense with you anymore. The rebels are fighting stubbornly in the palace now. Before tomorrow morning, I order you to wipe out the rebels and protect the palace!!!"
"Wei Chen takes orders!!"
He Sen quickly walked out of the house. The guards on both sides saw this and quickly handed over their hands: "Pass this general's order! Break the camp and fly the flying cavalry camp! All the Shenwei camp assemble!!"
"——Woo!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard soldiers blowing their horns, and immediately there was a rumble of footsteps in the town that could not go away for a long time.
While the soldiers were mobilizing, Si Age and another general in armor walked into the central army and threw a bloody head at Hong Yu's feet.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Lu rebelled against the Chu State and has now been shown his head to the public!!"
Hong Yu looked at the dead heads on the ground, and the hatred in his heart for being almost assassinated by Hong Qi finally dissipated a little: "Fourth brother, well done! You and I will return to the palace immediately and kill all the rebels!"
"The Emperor's Holy Ming!!"
Everyone who heard this sentence knelt down and Chu Hongyu laughed, as if he had already sat on the dragon chair in the Golden Palace...
...
"...what time is it now?"
Hong Yi paced back and forth in the main hall of the Imperial Guard. The only woman in the room, Ximen Yan, was busy following the instructions of Hong Lan and the Imperial Guard commander Zhou Quan.
Ximen Yan glanced at the sky: "It's about three o'clock, what's wrong?"
"Three hours..."
Hong Yi clenched his fists and murmured to himself: "As long as we can hold the palace for three hours, the overall situation will be decided!"
"Why?" Ximen Yan asked curiously: "You asked those two people to set up guards. Will someone come to attack the palace soon?"
"Yes, my third brother."
Hong Yi took a deep breath and said: "I know him too well. He may have already seized the actual control of Yulin Camp, and is currently sending cavalry to attack Chudu first!"
"Yu Lin Camp?"
"The imperial guard directly under the late emperor is what the people often call Fengwu Camp. I did not place flags there, but let him run it very deeply. There are about five thousand elite soldiers there. I don't know what the imperial guard can do. I can’t resist it..."
Ximen Yan said: "Then it must be impossible to stop them? I just looked around and saw that there are less than 800 guardsmen. If we really want to fight, it is only good luck that we can last for half an hour."
"There's nothing we can do about it. If we wait until tomorrow morning, they will be traitors to the party with a shady name. If the civil and military officials of the whole court come out to speak out, then I can stand up!"
"I don't understand." Ximen Yan waved his hand: "Your royal family is very cumbersome and has a lot of twists and turns. But, if you want to block the attack of five thousand people, I can help you."
Hong Yi suddenly turned his gaze to her, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes: "How can I help?" he asked.
"There are several battlefield formations here in Yinshan. Let the two leaders take a look. I can't say they have any miraculous effects."
Ximen Yan rummaged through the small package behind her, and a thread-bound booklet appeared in Hongyi's field of vision.
"Come here!!" Hong Yi's stern face showed no emotion, and soon two soldiers took the order.
"Send this booklet to the fifth elder brother and come back as soon as possible!"
After the two guards left, Ximen Yan said again: "I am of no use here, why not do something with them."
"...Okay, be careful."
Hong Yi didn't give in and let her leave directly. He silently recalled in his heart that this little girl who got married because of a misunderstanding was really the noble person predicted by the monk who could help him ascend to the throne?
...
Halfway through the hour, the vanguard cavalry arrived at Chudu. The four city gates on the front, back, left, and right were closed tightly. Archers were prepared in the sky above each place. They did not bring siege equipment, so they had to do a small amount of harassment to deceive the people in the city first. Let’s talk about the material reserves.
When a large number of infantrymen from the Shenwei Tiger Camp arrived, the expressions of Chudu's defenders also changed. He Sen ordered these thousands of people to stage a feint attack in three places and gather at one point to breach the city gate.
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