Wang Zhu led his troops back to Shangjun City. Yang Duanhe and Meng Duo were both seriously injured, and less than five thousand soldiers returned alive.

Wang Ben took advantage of the fire to start a prairie fire and moved the residents outside the city inside. The fire gradually extinguished until the next morning.

Wang Zhu was frustrated and angry. He didn't expect that he was so eager to win that he suffered such a disastrous defeat. What should he do if the Huns attack the city tomorrow? Li Xin and Sima Xin's army did not know where they were!

Chunyu Yue suggested temporarily withdrawing to Xianyang. At least the emperor should withdraw to Xianyang first!

Xia Houying firmly opposed: "Withdrawing Xianyang at this time is tantamount to King Zhou Ping moving the capital to Luoyang. Guanzhong will no longer be owned by the country, and your Majesty will have no place to stand in the future."

Shusuntong said worriedly: "Your Majesty is in charge of the world and cannot take risks. All the generals can do it is to guard him!"

Xia Houying smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty cannot go back to Xianyang. If you return to Xianyang and your morale is low, the Huns will surely sweep through Guanzhong."

Wang Zhu said: "Then what do you think we should do?"

Xia Houying glanced at the generals in the room: "We have no choice but to fight and retreat. If Shangjun cannot hold it, retreat to Beidi County and wait for General Li Xin's reinforcements to arrive. The Huns always use plunder as their war goal, and generally do not

Garrison, unless the entire Guanzhong is secured, Your Majesty cannot return to Xianyang under any circumstances."

Wang Zhu nodded and shook his head: "The method is feasible, but if the Huns plunder like this, the people will suffer."

Wang Ben sighed and said, "If it weren't for the chaos in the Central Plains, how could Da Qin be bullied by the little barbarians? Your Majesty will still be patient for the time being and pay back double the amount in the future."

Wang Zhu suddenly raised his head, with a determined light in his eyes: "That won't work. We can't let the Huns harm the people. That's fine. Meng Duo is already injured, so let him lead a thousand people to move the people inside and outside the city overnight.

Northland County.”

Wang Ben frowned: "Your Majesty, this is simply impossible. The total number of people in the city and outside the city has a household registration of 300,000, and there is not enough time!"

Wang Zhu didn't know much about it. He only knew that every time Liu Bei escaped from the Three Kingdoms, he always took the people with him. Only in this way can he win the people's support and win the world.

"Approximately how long will it take?"

"At least two days - Your Majesty -" Wang Ben almost guessed what Wang Zhu was thinking.

Wang Zhu looked deeply at Wang Ben: "With the current strength of our army, is there any way we can hold on for two days?"

When these words came out, all the civil servants and generals in the room were horrified and moved: "Your Majesty——" A large number of people fell to their knees.

"Your Majesty, the spies just came to report that Prince Maodun of the Huns knew that your Majesty had personally brought an army of 150,000 virtuous kings to his left and right. With the current strength of the city, it can only last for a few hours at most. It is better to withdraw to the north as soon as possible to avoid

More powerful than the Huns!"

Evacuate to the North?

In less than an hour, the common people inside and outside the city were eaten clean by the Huns soldiers like locusts.

Wang Zhu's heart still can't harden, how can this be done?

"I want to take the people with me. Li Shiqi, Xia Houying will immediately lead the people to evacuate from the south gate, and the rest will follow me out of the city to fight!"

"No, Your Majesty, this is related to the safety of the country. You must not take risks. You have also seen the brutality of the Huns. Are they waiting to be captured alive?" Li Shiqi was so anxious that he was sweating profusely!

"Li Sheng is right, Your Majesty, think twice!" Wang Ben echoed!

"Your Majesty——" All the generals asked for orders together!

When the stalemate was going on, someone outside the tent suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Shusun Tong wants to see you!"

"Who is Shusuntong?" Wang Zhu was upset and asked Wang Ben angrily.

Chunyu Yue, who was beside Wang Bi, rushed to say: "Your Majesty, you are a reporter from Daqin Daily, and you have a doctorate!"

Wang Zhu had never heard of him and said coldly: "Come in, let him come in."

"Your Majesty, Uncle Sun Tong, is here to greet you." In front of Wang Zhu stood an old Confucian scholar with a pale face, a tall and slender figure, bright eyes, and a bit of an immortal spirit.

"What's the important thing for you to see me?" Wang Zhu was absent-minded, still thinking about how to protect this generation of people.

"I'm here to offer you a plan. I heard that Your Majesty is going to evacuate with the people, so I'm here to offer you a delaying plan!" Shusuntong knelt on the ground and said eagerly.

"Oh, you have a solution, tell me what solution you have, and I will reward you greatly." Wang Zhu's attitude turned 180 degrees, and he almost jumped up with joy.

Shusuntong coughed and said, "Your Majesty, please present your credentials to Maodun and promise him all the land in Jiuyuan, Hetao and Shangjun. The condition is that the Huns withdraw their troops."

A few of the foolhardy ones immediately opened their eyes and yelled loudly like Wang Lingchun Yuyue.

"Fart, your majesty is the real dragon emperor, how can you bow to the barbarians!"

"Shu Sun Tong, you have no father and no king, and you have brought shame on all the scholars, bah!" Chun Yuyue's face turned blue with excitement, like a wild dog that had been hit on the head with a stick.

Wang Ben and Wang Zhu understood: "You mean to use this method to delay time!"

Wang Ben said: "That's not right. Your Majesty is the king of a country. How can you go back on your word and be unfaithful? If you say you want to cede the land, you must cede the land." Shusun Tong said: "Your Majesty is loyal to the people. There is no need to talk to the wolves!"

Xinyi was not worth much to Wang Zhu. He was worried that the cunning guy in Maodun would not be fooled so easily.

"Will the Huns be fooled?"

Shusun Tong became excited: "I am willing to go to the Xiongnu camp and persuade Maodun with my sharp tongue." Wang Zhu thought to himself that the golden tongue is indeed very effective. In ancient times, there were many generals.

Going into battle with thousands of troops is not as useful as a tongue in the end.

"A letter of credence can't delay it for long!" Wang Zhu still felt that something was wrong.

Shusuntong had already prepared: "Your Majesty invites Modu to meet in front of the battle at noon tomorrow and cede the land to him personally. Moton will definitely not refuse."

Wang Ben was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he said to his heart, Shusun Tong, you have such an idiotic idea and you don't want to live anymore.

"Your Majesty -" Wang Bentong knelt on the ground and said, "You can't do this. This man Mo Dun is as brave as any man. He is almost the same as Xiang Yu. If he plots a sneak attack in front of the two armies, Your Majesty will be in danger.

"

What Wang Zhu was thinking was, sneak attack on me? I still want to sneak attack on him! I still have a gun left here!

But he said: "I have risked my life for the sake of thousands of people. There is nothing terrible about death, I am not afraid." Wang Ben and other civil servants and generals were moved to a complete state.

It didn't take long for Chun Yuyue to write the letter of credence with a sad face.

Wang Zhu took it over, took a look at it, and threw it into the fire without saying a word!

It reads like this: "Listen, you barbarians, the second emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty thought that heaven has the virtue of a good life, and did not want to commit more crimes, but the world was in turmoil and blood flowed, so - you are so bold as to use the barbarians to attack you.

Your Majesty has invaded the Celestial Dynasty and should have wiped them all out. Your Majesty has been so kind to the people. He is better than Yao and Shun. Even though the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were not as good as him! Today, the land of Hetao is specially given to you. If you still don’t kneel down and worship, the mountain shouts.

Long live——"It's just a random person looking for something to do!

Wang Zhu ignored Chunyu Yue's pale and embarrassed face and ordered Shusun Tong: "Write it!"

The Huns are all one-sided. If you are a barbarian, one of the barbarians might have aroused Maodun's bestiality, and he would risk everything to attack the city!

Shusun Tong was good at writing. After a while, he wrote a letter on a sheepskin. Wang Zhu was too lazy to read it because it was too laborious. He handed it to Xia Houying: "Read it!"

"The Emperor of the Qin Dynasty personally wrote to Prince Maodun of the Xiongnu: Now I have a million strong troops stationed in the north. I will go to Shangjun today and want to join the prince in hunting in Henan. I don't know what the prince wants? But I know your country well.

Reproduction is difficult, and a hundred thousand warriors are hard to come by. For the sake of the prince, it is better to seize the land of Henan and retreat when the opportunity arises. It can show the great achievements of Shan Yu, and it can show the heroic soldiers and other countries below. Why not do it.

When your country raises an army, I will send you the land of Henan. Please consider carefully whether you want to advance or retreat!"

Wang Zhu thought to himself, this is not bad, Mao Dun is not a Shanyu now, and he has a rough father above him, so he probably doesn't dare to act too much.

"Come on, select fifty masters to escort Master Shusun to the Huns camp."

Shusun Tong glanced at the soldiers at the door and shook his head: "Fifty is not enough, and even sending all your Majesty's soldiers to me is not enough. If our army can defeat the Huns, why would your Majesty send me to present my credentials?"

?No, just leave these fifty people to defend the city."

Wang Zhu's face turned red: "Then I will send you a chariot to show off the majesty of Great Qin!"

Shusun Tong shook his head repeatedly: "That's even worse. I know that Mao Dun is a suspicious and cruel guy. If His Majesty acts strong everywhere, he will definitely think that we are trying to escape with tricks. On the contrary, if we act cowardly and cowardly, he will

You will also suspect that if our army wants to lure the enemy to go deep, it will definitely not dare to go deep. Therefore, it is better not to waver in this majestic manner, I will go on foot."

Wang Zhu heard it and it made sense. This was what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War!

"After the minister leaves, your majesty must not send elite troops to guard the city, and specially select some old, weak and remnant soldiers to show to Mao Dun's spies. Mao Dun will definitely be suspicious in his heart -"

Wang Ling stared at him and interrupted Shusuntong: "How do you know that Mao Dun must be suspicious? I don't doubt it at all. If there is anything to be suspicious of, I'll fight it first."

Shusun Channel: "General Wang, don't you think about it, if the city is really at the end of its rope, will our Emperor of Great Qin still stay here? He should have escaped long ago. For Mao Dun, this is the biggest flaw!"

"Okay - sir, your analysis is spot on. Even if I were to be fooled, I would be fooled!"

Wang Ben twirled his beard and said: "It's a good plan, but I'm afraid Mr. Shusun won't be able to escape! With Maodun's treachery, he will definitely keep you as a hostage!"

Shusun Tong said carelessly: "It doesn't matter, I have my own plan to escape. I will keep Maodun in the trap."

The old guy is quite crazy and doesn’t take Mao Dun seriously!

No one had any doubts anymore, and Shusuntong left the city immediately.

Wang Zhu adjusted the city defense according to Shu Suntong's instructions and hid all the elite soldiers. There were only some gray-haired veterans and underage child soldiers left on the city head. On average, only one person defended the three crenels. It was obvious that

The troops were insufficient. Wang Zhu himself wore a helmet and patrolled the city, so that Mao Dun knew that the Emperor of Qin was still in the city!

If Mao Dun were replaced by his father, Tou Man, Wang Zhu would definitely be captured alive. But it’s hard to say for Mo Dun!

Shusun Tong was discovered and captured by the patrolling Huns cavalry twenty miles outside the city!

The Huns cavalry saw that the brocade robe and jade belt he wore looked like a high official, so they robbed him first, took him back to the camp, and sent him to the sweat tent as a trophy!

The first person to receive Shusun Tong was of course not Maodun. Although he kept clamoring to see the prince, the patrol still thought he was not qualified. By the way, Shusun Tong is a doctor and very knowledgeable, so he understands the Huns language!

The king of the Xiongnu is called the Chanyu. Under the Chanyu are the left and right virtuous kings, followed by the left and right kings. Next are the left and right kings. Under them are the left and right generals. Below them are the left and right generals. Below them are the left and right captains.
To be continued...