Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, is a very vigorous and resolute person.
On the same day, he asked his slaves to prepare a carriage and asked a groom to drive him and Huang Zu toward Zhengyang County.
Except for one groom, Xiong Tuo only brought two guards, and the rest, including Huang Er's followers, were left in Yangcheng.
This can be regarded as going to the enemy camp alone. This courage even made the scholar-official Huang Zu admire in admiration.
At this time, it was still snowing heavily outside and the roads were blocked by snow, so that Yangcheng Jun Xiongtuo drove the carriage for two full days before arriving at Zhengyang County at noon the next day.
The carriage drove slowly towards the southern city gate of Zhengyang County.
During this period, Huang Xu lifted up the curtain of the carriage window and glanced in the direction of Zhengyang County's city gate. When he saw that the person guarding the south city gate of Zhengyang County was actually wearing Chu-style leather armor.
When Chu was fighting, the people on the ground couldn't help but look surprised.
What's going on? Wasn't Zhengyang County captured by the Wei army?
Huang Xu asked Xiong Tuo about this in surprise.
Unexpectedly, Xiong Tuo told him: "Those... were originally soldiers under a certain command, but now, they have surrendered to Ji Run, and they are called the Pingyang Army..."
With that said, he told Huang Er about the fact that more than 50,000 Chu soldiers had returned and surrendered to Zhao Hongrun, King Su of Wei State.
Speaking of which, Xiong Tuo felt a little unhappy whenever he thought of this number. After all, the meaning of the Pingyang Army number was too obvious.
"Is there such a thing?" Huang Er looked surprised when he heard this. After all, according to Xiong Tuo, the Su King of Wei Ji Run only had more than 30,000 Wei soldiers under his command. It is hard to imagine where he got the courage.
He recruited more than 50,000 Chu soldiers in one go.
His reason was that Xiong Tuo, who dared to come to Zhengyang County alone, was bold enough, but he did not expect that in terms of courage, King Su of Wei was no less courageous.
This made him couldn't help but pay attention to Xiong Tuo and Ji Run.
Not to mention, Huang Er really thought of their old enemies, King Xiong Xu of Chu and King Xi of Qi.
"How brave!"
Huang Ashen praised sincerely.
Xiong Tuo curled his lips in dismay when he heard this, but he said what he meant. He did admire Ji Run or Zhao Hongrun a little.
Even he did not expect that Zhao Hongrun would dare to use the Pingyang Army to defend Zhengyang County. His courage was truly admirable.
"Squeak..."
The carriage stopped at the South Gate of Zhengyang County because the Pingyang sergeant on duty wanted to search the carriage.
After all, this is Zhengyang County, the city at the forefront of Zhao Hongrun's attack on Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo. Even if there is a truce between the two sides in the cold winter, it is impossible to relax the search. After all, at this time, many people are trying to find ways to sneak into the enemy city.
Either spying on intelligence or disrupting public order, we have to guard against it.
But having said that, these soldiers of the Pingyang Army would never have guessed which two important figures from the Chu Kingdom were carrying on this carriage.
"Huh?"
No, when he lifted up the door curtain of the carriage and took a look inside, a Pingyang sergeant felt a little stunned, because inside the carriage, Xiong Tuo and Huang Er were sitting across from each other, drinking, without even looking at him, as if they were aloof from above.
With his imposing manner, one could tell at a glance that he was from a noble family.
In the past, when encountering such nobles, ordinary soldiers would never dare to interrogate them. After all, in Chu State, nobles could decide the life or death of civilians with just one sentence. But now, hey, the situation is different!
What's so annoying?
When the Pingyang sergeant saw that Xiong Tuo and Huang Er in the carriage ignored him at all, he felt a little unhappy. You must know that the Wei Army is in charge of Zhengyang County at the moment, and he, as a member of the Pingyang Army, can also be called
They are half-Wei people, how can they allow the Chu nobles who bullied common people like them to still behave in the same aloof manner in front of them?
Thinking of this, he plucked up the courage and shouted sternly at the two people who were suspected to be nobles of the Chu Kingdom: "What are your surnames? Tell us your names. What's the point of coming to Zhengyang County?!"
Unexpectedly, Xiong Tuo glanced at him coldly and said without any concealment: "Xiong Tuo!"
Xiong Tuo...this name sounds so familiar.
The Pingyang sergeant tilted his head and thought for a moment, then his expression changed drastically: "Yang... Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo?"
"Humph!" Xiong Tuo snorted coldly.
Perhaps he had accumulated prestige for a long time, so just after being glanced at by Xiong Tuo, the Pingyang sergeant was so frightened that he sweated profusely. He quickly lowered the curtain and shouted at the nearby Pingyang sergeants: "Xiong Tuo!
Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo is here!"
"What?" The nearby Pingyang sergeants were surprised and frightened when they heard this. They held weapons and surrounded the carriage, but no one dared to be presumptuous. After all, once upon a time, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuona ruled this land.
The king of the state of Chu was a great nobleman among the great nobles.
At this time, Hou Bai, the 2,000-man general responsible for the defense of the city gate, was standing near the city wall. When he heard the shouts of the Pingyang soldier under the city gate, he was startled and ran down the city gate quickly.
, came to the carriage.
It can be seen that Hou Bai, the general of 2,000 people, was a little hesitant. He was determined to capture Xiong Tuo in the car immediately. After all, the King of Wei, His Highness Prince Su, had promised a lot of money to capture Xiong Tuo, but faced with the old man.
Lord, Hou Bai really doesn't have the guts to take down Xiong Tuo and exchange the bounty from Zhao Hongrun.
He walked around the carriage twice and asked respectfully: "Is this Mr. Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, in the carriage?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiong Tuo in the car lifted the curtain of the window, glanced at Hou Bai, and snorted: "Two thousand people will... hum!"
Hou Bai's face was full of shame. After all, in the past, he was only a general with a thousand men. Later, he surrendered to the Wei army and he took the position of a general with two thousand men.
But even if he was ridiculed, he did not dare to get angry and just stood there respectfully.
Seeing this, Xiong Tuo didn't bother to taunt him any more, and said unhappily: "Take me to see Ji Run!"
Ji Run...is that His Highness Prince Su?
Hou Bai hesitated when he heard this.
At this time, Huang Er's figure appeared in the car window, and he smiled and said: "Don't be surprised! Mr. Tuo and a certain person came here to make peace with Mr. Run of the Wei State. Apart from Mr. Tuo and Mr.
Apart from Huang, there is only one groom and two guards on this trip, a mere five people. Could you please the general to send someone to lead us to where Mr. Run is staying?"
Hou Bai looked at Huang Xu in surprise. After all, Huang Xu's demeanor proved that he was also from a noble family, but he didn't know who the other party was.
But when he thought about it again, he suddenly froze.
Call for peace? Is there going to be a truce?
Hou Bai couldn't help but feel happy.
After all, although he was said to have surrendered to Wei, he was still from Chu, and now he had no choice but to accompany the Wei army to conquer Chu. To be honest, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
He wished he could stop the war immediately, because in this way, he could take the reward given by Zhao Hongrun and his family to leave Wei State and settle down in that country where the tax was only ten twenties.
"Yan...Yanhe? Want to make peace?" He couldn't help but ask.
Xiong Tuo frowned unhappily when he heard this, thinking to himself, you can also ask about this kind of thing?
However, Huang Er responded to Hou Bai's inquiry with a smile: "We have shown our sincerity, and the rest depends on what Mr. Run wants... It's getting late, General, please send someone to guide Mr. Run.
The prince’s place to stay.”
"Yes, yes."
Hearing that a truce was very likely, Hou Bai felt happy. He nodded repeatedly and said respectfully: "The general will personally lead you two there."
After that, he ordered the soldiers from Pingyang beside him to continue to guard the city gate, while he himself took the seat of the carriage driver and guided the coachman to drive the carriage slowly towards the city.
In the carriage, Huang Zu returned to his original position and said with a smile: "It can be seen that they are still in awe of Mr. Tuo."
Xiong Tuo snorted softly when he heard the words. He naturally understood that they were what Huang Xu was talking about. He was referring to the soldiers of the Pingyang Army.
"So what? Since they have surrendered to Wei, as long as they are not stupid, they will not return to someone's command..."
"Hmm." Huang Zu nodded.
Indeed, it is common for soldiers who have surrendered to the enemy to not be trusted even if they return to their own country in the future. Therefore, as long as those former soldiers of the Chu army are not so stupid, it is absolutely impossible for them to return to the Chu army, let alone
Not to mention that Zhao Hongrun treated them quite well.
Fortunately, the Chu State had a vast territory and a dense population, so Huang Er didn't care much about the Chu soldiers who surrendered to the Wei State, and soon forgot about this small incident.
What he cares about most now is to meet King Su of Wei who defeated Xiong Tuo. In terms of ability and courage, the young master of Wei does not look like a fourteen-year-old child.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun was in the house where he was staying, looking through the books in the study out of boredom, while from the side, the little girl Yang Toixing was waiting on him, bringing tea and water.
It is undeniable that this young girl is indeed well-behaved and docile. She was so well-behaved that Zhao Hongrun couldn't bear to expel her back to Runan.
"Are you really not going back to Runan?...Don't worry, I won't kill your family."
As soon as this matter was mentioned, Zhao Hongrun gritted his teeth with hatred for the old man Yang Yantao. He didn't know what the old man said to his granddaughter, so that his granddaughter Yang Yanxing was so afraid of Zhao Hongrun that she even accidentally broke a bowl.
They would cry in horror and beg Zhao Hongrun not to kill her family. They were so angry that Zhao Hongrun sometimes really wanted to kill the sheep.
Do I look like the kind of guy who's going to kill someone if he doesn't get his way?
Glancing at the frightened Yang Yanxing, Zhao Hongrun wisely did not ask what he wanted to ask, because it would scare the little girl who was not experienced in the world.
But having said that, although it felt a bit weird, Zhao Hongrun gradually adapted to the feeling of having a little follower by his side.
It is undeniable that having a dedicated woman waiting by your side is much better than Shen Yu and Zhang Ao's gang of powerful Zongwei. Not to mention the tea made by those gangsters, Zhao Hongrun can't imagine how he drank it in the past.
Going down.
The only regret was that the woman who served him wholeheartedly was too young, which made Zhao Hongrun feel a faint sense of guilt every time he sent her a favor.
“Tuk-tuk-tuk.”
Just when Zhao Hongrun was thinking about how to arrange Yang Yanxing's little follower in the future, Zongwei Shen Yu knocked on the door and came in.
I saw him peeking into the house furtively and saw Zhao Hongrun sitting in the study room reading, then he walked in with a sly smile, making Zhao Hongrun's teeth itch with hatred.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Hongrun asked angrily.
To his surprise, Shen Yu did not tease him today, but quickly suppressed the smile on his face and whispered: "Your Highness, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo is here..."
"Who is here?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this and asked in disbelief.
"Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo." Shen Yu repeated his affirmation.
So brave...
Zhao Hongrun slowly put down the book in his hand.