Chapter 359 The Bold Chariot General

Chapter 359 The Bold Chariot General

Liu Jie, the supervisor of the Central Division, did not expect such a good relationship with Deng Cui, the general of the chariot and cavalry.

As a close official of the emperor, Liu Jie will be treated with courtesy wherever he goes, and he has long been accustomed to flattery, but there is no one like Deng Cui, who is both enthusiastic and casual. of intimacy.

Deng Cui once ordered that the emperor himself must knock on the gate, and only after he approves the gate can the gate be released. This is a harsh word, and the implementation is not so strict. When I heard that the supervisor of the Central Division came to pass the order, the checkpoint was quickly released. . On the way, Deng Cui personally led many generals to greet him. Along the way, flags were displayed and the banquet was rich. Before the people arrived at the camp, Liu Jie and others were already drunk.

Liu Jie was not stupid at all, and he soon understood that Deng Cui was for the generals of the Chu army. The young general of the chariot and cavalry lacked prestige, and it was all relying on the prestige of the fox and the tiger to lead such a huge army of Chu.

Liu Jie is a sharp claw that the "tiger" stretches out from a distance. Deng Cui wants to make good use of it, and Liu Jie can only cooperate well, but he doesn't like this unusual approach in his heart.

Deng Cui has almost recovered Liaodong, and the Huns and Fuyu people have fled without a trace, so he declared a truce.

"This is what I've been waiting for." Deng Cui patted Liu Jie on the shoulder beside him and regarded him as a symbol of the emperor and the imperial edict, "It came very timely, it can be said to be just right." Deng Cui winked at the generals in the hall. His eyes caused a burst of laughter, "Your Majesty's clever plan, everything is within His Majesty's expectations!"

Therefore, Deng Cui's approach to the eastward expedition was more like a coup instigated by the emperor himself. Even Deng Cui's previous refusal to truce was like a double-reed play that he and the emperor played for the Huns.

Liu Jie had no choice but to smile and nod, but he felt that people like Chai Yue were the real generals, while Deng Cui was using opportunistic tricks and a little luck. After returning home, he must remind the emperor that this person cannot be reused.

Deng Cui didn't care what the eunuch was thinking. After a few glasses of wine, he began to call Liu Jie brothers and sisters, and even dared to make a few secret jokes.

When Liu Jie was about to take it any longer, Deng Cui was also drunk and stupefied, holding onto one arm of the Zhongsi Supervisor.

Although the chariot and cavalry generals were forthright, their alcohol intake was average. All the generals knew about this, so they retire one after another. Liu Jie wanted to leave several times, but he couldn't get out.

There were not many people left in the hall. Deng Cui suddenly felt agitated and sat up straight, as if he had just woken up from a big dream, and looked at Liu Jie blankly, "I fell asleep just now?"

Liu Jie nodded with a smile, pushed Deng Cui's hand away, preparing to leave and go back to rest. He will return to the emperor early tomorrow morning.

"Gong Liu is going back tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah, the emperor's life is on his side, and he doesn't dare to stay for a long time."

"That's right, Your Majesty is still waiting for a reply." Deng Cui stared at the Central Supervisor with the ferocity of a drunkard, "Gong Liu goes back, can you help me with a message for His Majesty?"

"Of course." Liu Jie kept smiling. An officer in the hall was bringing several soldiers to clean up the banquet. He had to save enough face for General Chaqi. Who made this an extraordinary period?

Deng Cui raised his voice, "Thank you, thank you so much, Duke Liu is..." Deng Cui gestured a few times, but couldn't think of a suitable word, and then said, "Please tell your Majesty, please don't wait any longer."

"Don't wait any longer?" Liu Jie was at a loss.

"His Majesty used to have only one queen, but now he is married to the Xiongnu princess. Anyway, one is also married, and two are also married. The more the better, at least the three palaces and six courtyards..."

"General Deng, what are you trying to say?" Liu Jie must ask clearly.

"My sister."

"Um……"

"Your Majesty knows in his heart that Duke Liu only needs to mention my sister to His Majesty. It will be clear to His Majesty. Your Majesty understands what I mean." Deng Cui blinked again at the Chief Superintendent.

Liu Jie was very suspicious of this. He remembered clearly that Deng Cui had never met the emperor a few times in Jincheng, and that was when the situation in Jincheng was at its most critical. How could the emperor be in the mood to think about other people's sisters?

But he just smiles, Deng Cui is deliberately vague, and he adopts the same strategy.

"Don't forget Liu Gong, do you want me to write it down?"

"No, I must remember it." Liu Jie was willing to pass on this sentence, because he knew that the emperor did not like women, and Deng Cui's recommendation of his sister would only provoke disgust.

Liu Jie was finally able to leave. From the outsiders' point of view, the relationship between the Zhongsi Supervisor and the General of the Chariots was really unusual. The officer smiled and flattered: "The general's family is going to have a concubine, which is gratifying."

Deng Cui snorted coldly, "Let's see."

The officer was startled and did not understand where he had offended the general of the cavalry.

Deng Cui actually said to himself, "There are people in the Cui family in the palace, and there must be in the Deng family. The son of the champion Hou has been in the palace for a few months, the truth..." Deng Cui looked at the officer, "You are stealing listen to me?"

The officer's face changed with fright, but Deng Cui laughed, "Just kidding, come, help me up, my butt seems to be stuck to the chair."

Liu Jie walked slowly on the road, and the news of the truce in Liaodong had already been sent back to the customs by the post soldiers.

Deng Cui was not drinking every day, or he rode to various military camps to inspect, and issued some inexplicable orders. Just because he looked unpleasant, he let a battalion of soldiers smash a forest, in short, to prevent the Chu army from resting.

A few days after the armistice, Deng Cui convened the main generals of each battalion to discuss matters.

Everyone thought they were going to hold a banquet again, so they came happily, but when they arrived, they found that there were many swords and guns in front of the council hall.

Deng Cui put on a full set of armor and sat on the chair with a big horse, with a serious expression, as if he was facing a very serious problem.

The generals were startled, thinking that there was another change in the pass, and hurriedly saluted, standing on the side, not daring to breathe.

When everyone arrived, Deng Cui said, "General Wang, what are the movements of the Huns in Guan?"

General Wang, in charge of the scouts, came out of the queue and replied, "The first batch of Huns have already left the customs, and the rest are on their way."

"Where to exit from?"

"There are three routes, Daiguo, Zhongshan County and Yanguo."

"Hey, don't the Huns dare to go to Liaodong?"

The Huns initially entered from Liaodong, but avoided it when they exited, deliberately keeping a distance from the Chu army.

Deng Cui glanced at the generals and said, "How about you, come to him?"

The generals looked at each other in dismay, not understanding the meaning of the general of the chariot and cavalry, and someone asked, "The general said..."

Deng Cui nodded, "Yes, that's what it means, what do you think?"

The generals were even more confused. A southern army general said, "Is the general going to attack the Huns on the way to retreat?"

"Um."

The hall was quiet for a while, Deng Cui frowned and said, "Why, you don't dare to fight?"

Or the general of the Southern Army said, "General...have you received the imperial edict?"

"No."

"Then... the imperial edict calls for a truce, and the messenger sent by Your Majesty made it very clear."

"Speaking clearly does not mean that the meaning is clear. Some things can only be done and cannot be said. In order to clear the siege, Your Majesty had to talk to the Huns, but I know that Your Majesty is reluctant. How can I, who are inseparable enemies of Chu, return to the grasslands like this? We must teach them a lesson."

Everyone hated the Huns, but they acted without the imperial edict. For these generals, it was a bit too much. As officers in charge of the army, they all knew that the court was most afraid of this kind of behavior.

"My Majesty and I have a good heart." Deng Cui added, but no one said anything. This has nothing to do with the heart, but the law of Da Chu does not allow it.

Deng Cui was persuaded one by one, and looked at Zhang Yin, Marquis of Piyuan, "Your Majesty once placed high hopes on General Zhang and asked you to lead the army by name in the imperial edict, but General Zhang is helpless in Mayi City. How will you go to see His Majesty in the future?"

Zhang Yin blushed, he was not a quick-witted person, and he was even more speechless at this time.

Deng Cui turned to several southern army generals, "The emperor is in Jincheng, and you didn't go, and General Cui is in Yannan, and you didn't go either. Are you planning to do this?"

The Southern Army had fought with the emperor and was Cui Hong's former department. It was easy to be suspected. When Deng Cui pointed it out, all the generals were red-faced, "We... we are acting on orders."

"Look, here's the problem. You acted according to your order, and the result? It didn't solve any problems, but instead caused your Majesty to get into trouble."

"We recaptured Liaodong..." a general said with a guilty conscience.

Deng Cui snorted coldly, "You're welcome to ask, whose credit do you think this is?"

Liaodong was recaptured little by little by the entire Chu army, but when it comes to the credit, more than half of it must be owned by Deng Cui alone, and the generals are speechless.

"So you still have to make a contribution, and make a bigger contribution in order to reverse Your Majesty's impression of you."

"But..." A general hesitated.

"You think the credit this time is mine again, and has nothing to do with you, right?"

The generals have this kind of thinking. It is Deng Cui's credit for fighting and fighting, and they are just working hard.

Deng Cui smiled and sighed, "You are really... honest people, think about it, there is an imperial decree for the truce between the Great Chu and the Huns, and the world knows that, after this battle, the Huns will ask questions, and the Chu people will also have questions. , Your Majesty is happy, but can you publicize it? Not only can't you, but you have to punish the person who violates the order, that is, me."

Deng Cui held her chest up, looking nonchalant, "But I'm not afraid, it's a big deal, the merits and demerits are equal, in short, Your Majesty won't kill me."

The generals were stunned. They had known that the general of the chariot and cavalry was bold, but now they know that he was bold, but what he said was quite reasonable.

"After all, we have avenged the Great Chu, can your Majesty be unhappy? If you can't reward me, you will naturally reward you." Deng Cui swept his eyes again, "The great merit is just a stone's throw away, it's up to you all. Dare to reach out and take it."

After a long while, Zhang Yin asked, "To be completely wiped out, or... or..."

"It is impossible to wipe out all the Huns, and it is also difficult to attack the three routes at the same time. Let's keep an eye on the closest route to the Huns, calculate the route, and after the Huns are all out of the customs, we will have an ambush outside the fortress. At that time, the emperor was already safe, and he was not afraid of the Huns turning around. The main force of the Huns had entered the grasslands, and they were eager to go home and would never rescue their companions.

A general suddenly smirked a few times, this was not mockery, but expectation and admiration.

All the generals saluted the general of the chariot and cavalry, and they were all persuaded by him.

Deng Cui thought in his heart that the "Princess of Pingjin" who had just married the Huns had better go the ambush route.