Chapter 313 Night Attack on Jincheng

The night in the north was still a bit chilly, and the cloak on his body was whirring. Han Ruzi pressed his hands against the wall and glanced at the military camp in the distance. There were few lights there, as if it was a small village with only a dozen households. But it can bring hope to the lost travelers back to life.

The night wind was blowing on his face, Han Ruzi didn't move, the so-called patrolling the city was just an excuse, he wanted to go out for a walk, although the sound of the piano could arouse a sense of generosity and sadness in his heart, but only when he really walked out of the room could he truly feel "generous and sad". Skin feel.

Cui Teng hid behind the wall stacks. He made an appointment with some friends to have a night drink, but now the plans have all been disrupted, "It's really cold in the north, has your majesty been to Linzi?"

"Probably not." Han Ruzi was born in Donghai Kingdom, not too far from Linzi, the capital of Qi Kingdom, but he did not remember that he had ever been to that city.

"I visited once a few years ago. Linzi is a good place. If you say that the city is thick and deep, it is definitely not as deep as the capital and Luoyang, but more than half of the city is full of shops, and you may not be able to visit it in half a year. Luoyang has a geisha. , Maiko is produced in Linzi, tsk tsk, that figure and dancing posture are so beautiful that one can forget to drink the wine in their hands."

Cui Teng wrapped his cloak tightly, his face flushed, as if he had drank a jar of good wine.

Han Ruzi looked at the dark night in the distance, "So, people who sell liquor definitely don't like Maiko."

"Uh... it's not. Although I forgot to drink the wine, it all flowed to the ground when I held it in my hand. The people who sold the wine still took the money. Alas, Your Majesty takes himself too seriously, and he can't appreciate the benefits of wine and sex. , I'll tell you... I'd better not talk about it." Cui Teng suddenly realized that if he explained the emperor now, Zhang Qinyan would be the first person to be fortunate, which was a huge loss to him.

Han Ruzi didn't pay attention to Cui Teng's ghost thoughts, he just secretly sighed that the country is vast, it took so long to walk through a small area, and it would take about ten years to travel around the world like Emperor Wu, and he didn't have the capital of Emperor Wu. You must wait for the treasury to be enriched and the people to live in peace before you can visit famous mountains and rivers.

This is the country of Great Chu, and his own country. Han Ruzi's feeling cannot be told to outsiders, and he can only feel it silently.

"Your Majesty, the Huns... probably won't be here tonight, let's... let's tour the city tomorrow." The fantasy of Linzi City was not enough, and Cui Teng desperately needed a few glasses of real hot wine.

Han Ruzi leaned forward, Cui Teng was startled, and hurriedly turned around to grab the emperor's arm, "Be careful, Your Majesty."

Han Ruzi pointed to a moving light in the distance, "You must have something important to do when you come to Jincheng late at night."

"Then let's go to the castle and wait."

The city gate building was on the third floor, and the people inside had already seen the rapidly approaching light. The gatekeeper was looking out from the window on the second floor. Hearing that "His Majesty is coming", he hurriedly knelt on both sides with a dozen soldiers, and Han Ruziming stood up. , what to do, he stood at the door with the guards, wanting to hear first-hand information.

When the light reached the city gate, someone shouted: "Open the door! Emergency military situation!"

If it is normal, the gatekeeper will not talk nonsense, at most one glance, and he will order the door to open, but the emperor is watching from behind, he does not dare to act perfunctory, endure the burning fire on his back, and ask solemnly: "From Where did it come from? Why? Who do you want to see?"

The people under the city replied impatiently: "Mayi City ask for help, I will see whoever is in charge in the city."

The gatekeeper frowned slightly, even with the military situation of 100,000 anger, the messenger's tone seemed too arrogant, but he couldn't get angry, turned his head and glanced at the emperor with a corner of his eyes, and replied: "I'll send someone now. Open the door, and you have your military badges and signatures ready for inspection."

"Hurry up, the military situation is urgent, don't delay!"

The general was even more embarrassed, but he still didn't dare to attack. He was about to order someone to open the city gate when Han Ruzi said, "Tell him that the emperor is here, and let him talk about the military situation first."

The general hurriedly turned around, bowed to obey, and then said to the city gate: "Your Majesty is here, you have an emergency military situation, tell me now, Mayi City was attacked by the Huns?"

There was silence outside for a while, "Emperor Da Chu is by your side?"

"That's right, tell me if you have something to say." The general increased his tone, faintly feeling that this person was a little weird.

"I don't believe you, let me take a look at the emperor."

As soon as these words came out, the general didn't have to be tense and scolded: "Who are you to be so rude?"

Han Ruzi was about to come forward, but Cui Teng stopped him, walked to the window by himself, pushed the general away, simmered for a moment, and cursed: "You bastard, I don't know the depths of things, if you ask you to answer, just answer, and dare to ask, Emperor. Can you see it? I've eaten too much horse manure, and I don't know who I am anymore? Why don't you kneel down? Whoever, bring the bow and arrow..."

Even the goalkeeper felt that it was too much, thinking that the favored minister was the favored minister, and the Cui family's power was stronger than before.

Han Ruzi was very dissatisfied and thought that Cui Teng could say something, but it turned out to be just cursing, and just about to stop, Cui Teng said in surprise: "Huh? What is this? He actually ran away. Stop! I order you to stop! Son of General Cui Hong, you dare—he really dared, and ran across the bridge."

Cui Teng turned to look at the emperor with a look of disbelief. He had scolded countless people, and he had never encountered such a situation before.

Han Ruzi strode to the window, and sure enough, the messenger had already run over the moat, threw the torch in his hand on the road, and galloped away.

"Notify the North Army camp immediately." Han Ruzi ordered.

"Yes...notify what?" The gatekeeper was still confused.

"There are foreign enemies..." Before Han Ruzi could finish his sentence, an arrow suddenly shot from outside. Although it was not accurate enough and hit the city wall, it shocked everyone.

It turned out that a group of people had long been ambushed under the earth slope opposite the moat. At this time, they rushed to the bridge and shot arrows at the tower while running. I don't know how many people there were in the darkness.

Cui Teng fit the emperor to the ground and shouted, "Escort! Escort!"

Han Ruzi pushed Cui Teng away and said to the general who rushed over, "Notify the Northern Army and order to defend the city."

The gatekeeper knew what to notify this time, and stepped upstairs. After a while, the horn sounded, ranging from long to short. This was to notify the northern army camp outside the city, and it was also a warning to the whole city.

Han Ruzi stood up and said to the guards who were with him, "Go and pass on the generals of each battalion and meet me at the city wall."

Several guards ordered to retreat, Han Ruzi also walked upstairs, Cui Teng stopped again, "Your Majesty, it's too dangerous here, let's go down."

"Get out of the way." Han Ruzi snapped. He didn't even know what was going on outside and would never leave immediately.

Cui Teng had to get out of the way and followed closely behind the emperor. Some of the guards followed and some stayed on the lower level.

The soldiers on the top floor had already blown their horns and were waiting for a response from outside the city. The gatekeeper was at a loss, turning around in circles, not knowing what to do next. As soon as he saw the emperor, he immediately knelt down.

There are pillars and cornices on the top floor. There are no closed walls, and all sides are open. Han Ruzi stood by the parapet and looked out. Cui Teng and others closely guarded them on both sides.

There were not many sneak attackers, only a few dozen people. At this time, they all gathered on the bridge of the moat and shot arrows at the gate tower. Some people seemed to be hitting the door. , Cui Teng and the others were still frightened, if the emperor was wiped, they couldn't bear the responsibility.

There was a low horn sound from the north army camp in the distance. The gatekeeper listened for a while and explained: "The north army has found the enemy's tracks."

Han Ruzi could see that the fires in the camp of the North Army increased rapidly, dozens, hundreds, more and more, connecting into one.

There were also soldiers on the city wall, but there were not many soldiers. At this time, they all gathered above the gate and shot arrows downwards, forcing the people on the bridge to retreat.

"Go and inform the other city gates. Every section of the city wall will be inspected at any time." Han Ruzi continued to order.

"Yes, yes..." The gatekeeper hurriedly went downstairs and sent orders with the soldiers of the headquarters.

This sneak attack was unexpected. Jincheng didn't even send out scouts, but let the enemy touch the city gate. If it wasn't for Cui Teng's whim, he might even have lost the city gate.

"You made a contribution." Han Ruzi said in time.

"Ah?" Cui Teng looked blank and thought for a while before saying, "It's my duty to throw down Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty doesn't blame me for being rude."

Han Ruzi shook his head and continued to look outside. The sneak attackers retreated, but the supporters had already arrived. They were all cavalry, very fast, and no torches, whistling to and fro in the dark.

"They are the Huns!" Even Cui Teng heard it. "How is this possible? Mayi City and the checkpoint have been lost? Why haven't we gotten any news?"

Han Ruzi couldn't guess the reason, but he knew that this was by no means an ordinary attack on the city. The previous messengers were obviously from Chu, but they served the Huns. The enemy came prepared, but there were only thousands of troops inside and outside Jincheng. .

Han Ruzi turned to the soldier who was blowing the trumpet and said, "The northern army is ordered to retreat into the city."

The soldier, who had never seen the emperor so close before, was too nervous to speak, nodded, and after three times of hard work, he finally blew the horn.

The whistling outside the city was getting louder and louder, and it was unclear how many Xiongnu cavalry there were, but quite a few of them could shoot strong bows, probably because they heard that the emperor was just above the city gate and was shooting arrows frantically, so Han Ruzi could only get out of the way.

The sound of the horn was drowned in the howling, and I wonder if the Northern Army heard it. The soldiers did not dare to stop and kept blowing again and again.

The sound of drums around the city is one after another, indicating that there are enemies everywhere.

Fan Zangshan was the first to arrive, strode upstairs, and before he could speak, Han Ruzi said, "Lead your soldiers to guard the door and prepare to respond to the northern army outside."

Fan Kangshan responded yes, turned around and went downstairs.

The generals of the Yiwei battalion arrived later, and Han Ruzi asked them to assemble the soldiers of the battalion, ready to support the overstressed city gate at any time.

Jincheng's generals came last, and Deng Cui, the captain of Dai Guo, was imprisoned in prison.

Han Ruzi personally commanded, dispatched soldiers to each city gate, and sent people to patrol back and forth on the city wall to prevent enemy troops from climbing the wall.

Cui Teng persuaded again that Han Ruzi still refused to go downstairs. He was waiting for the response from the northern army. Although he was caught off guard, he understood one thing in a very short time: the most important thing at the moment is not to repel the enemy army. , but try to save the northern army outside the city as much as possible, and they cannot let them sacrifice in vain.

As long as we hold on until noon tomorrow, more northern troops will arrive.