Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 177 Huangfu Jian's Feint

At the same time, two hundred Liangzhou soldiers were still outside the East Palace, creating the illusion of a large army approaching.

Seeing the Eastern Palace quickly increasing its alert like a frightened rabbit, the deputy general of the Liangzhou Army almost burst out laughing.

At the same time, he also admired General Huangfu Jian even more.

Although this small action did underestimate the Eastern Palace's activities.

When the defenders of the Eastern Palace saw the Liangzhou troops scattered everywhere outside, they could not tell the real ones from the fake ones, nor could they figure out how many people there were.

Some people were even surprised and wondered if the souls of the thousands of Liangzhou soldiers who were killed had returned.

The news spread quickly in the Eastern Palace, causing panic among the entire population.

The deputy general was secretly pleased with himself, it seemed that this strategy of confusing the enemy with other troops was working quite well.

With a wave of his hand, he led the soldiers to change their formation, sometimes gathering together and sometimes dispersing.

The drum beats also became more frequent, creating an oppressive feeling that thousands of troops were about to attack the city.

The guards in the East Palace became even more nervous and clenched their weapons as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

Chu Shixu paced back and forth in the bedroom, feeling anxious.

He wanted to send someone out to gather information, but he was worried that this was Huangfu Jian's strategy to lure the enemy.

If the people sent out were ambushed, the strength of the Eastern Palace would be exposed.

He gritted his teeth and decided to go out and take a look himself.

He changed into an inconspicuous guard's uniform, quietly slipped out of the bedroom, came to the highest point of the East Palace, and observed the situation outside from afar.

The flags of the Liangzhou army were flying, soldiers were moving back and forth, and their shouts of killing were deafening, but they never launched a real attack.

Chu Shixu was confused, could it be that Huangfu Jian was just bluffing?
At this moment, he suddenly saw a group of people approaching the East Palace quickly in the distance. There were not many of them, but they were very aggressive and obviously an elite force.

Chu Shixu was shocked. Could it be that Huangfu Jian had reinforcements?
He hurried back to his bedroom, summoned all the guards, and prepared for battle.

The current situation is complicated, and Chu Shixu dare not relax at all.

But he knew that most of Huangfu Jian's troops had been dealt with by him in advance, and it was impossible for so many Liangzhou troops to emerge again.

There must be something fishy going on here.

The scholars around Chu Shixu were also terrified at this moment.

Now that everything was in chaos, the scholar frowned and thought for a while, "Your Highness, I think the Liangzhou troops outside are not to be feared. It is very likely that Huangfu Jian deliberately set up a smokescreen to contain Your Highness."

"It would be most important for us to send troops directly to capture the palace and capture His Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Chu Shixu waved his hands with a serious look on his face.

"I'd rather believe that it exists than believe that it doesn't exist!"

Chu Shixu was very confused at the moment, and he didn't believe that there were so many Liangzhou troops. However, he received news that Huangfu Chong had already brought the Liangzhou border troops to support and they were on the way.

It is also possible that Huangfu Chong’s cavalry had arrived first.

In short, he didn't dare to act rashly now.

Afraid that the whole army would be wiped out if I wasn't careful.

Everything happened too fast, and he didn't even have room to react. This was after he had made so many plans. Otherwise, he, Chu Shixu, would never have dared to act so rashly.

"How about this, you go find a few smart guys and go out to find out the truth!"

Soon several guards were summoned.

After these people bowed, they all had frowns and looked like iron-blooded men.

"What do you want, Your Highness?"

Chu Shixu took a deep breath and said, "Go to the outer perimeter of the East Palace and check the strength of the Liangzhou Army. Remember to be careful."

One of the guards took the order and left.

Chu Shixu waited anxiously in the bedroom. Time passed by, but the guards never returned.

A sense of foreboding arose in his heart.

After another hour, Chu Shixu could no longer hold back and called for another guard.

He ordered: "Go to the outer perimeter of the East Palace and look for the guard from before to see if he has encountered any trouble."

The second guard also followed the order and left, but there was still no news.

Seeing that all the people who were sent out never returned, Chu Shixu became very anxious.

He knew Huangfu Jian's methods.

"Could it be that... Huangfu Jian lied about the number of Liangzhou troops stationed in Beijing?" Chu Shixu murmured.

He is a little unconfident now.

He knows Huangfu Jian too well.

This old fox has always been very resourceful. It is impossible to gather all the troops of Liangzhou stationed in Beijing. There are really more than 5,000 troops.

If this is true, then how many Liangzhou troops are there?

Chu Shixu was confused and upset.

The one he feared most was the Liangzhou Army.

Now that’s bad, if we are really captured by the Liangzhou Army, what should we do next?
"Report!"

A guard came to report.

"What's going on! Tell me quickly!" Chu Shixu was extremely anxious and grabbed the guard's collar and asked hurriedly.

"Your Highness, I just received news that Huangfu Jian appeared thirty miles outside the city, leading a group of people and heading out!"

Chu Shixu's eyes widened when he heard this.

what's the situation?
Isn’t Huangfu Jian outside surrounding the Eastern Palace?
Why did you run outside?
Could it be that... this old guy knew that he was no match for me, Chu Shixu, so he ran away early.

As soon as this thought came to mind, it was ruthlessly crushed by Chu Shixu.

impossible!
Huangfu Jian is a man of courage and this guy will definitely not abandon him and run away.

Besides, he also had to avenge those Liangzhou troops.

If I just left like this, I would not be Huangfu Jian.

Suddenly, Chu Shixu suddenly remembered something.

"Did you lead people to where the Heng family army is?"

"Did you see clearly that it was Huangfu Jian?"

The guard nodded repeatedly, "It is definitely Huangfu Jian. I guarantee it with my life. And, it is indeed as Your Highness said, Huangfu Jian is leading a group of people and heading in the direction of the Heng family army."

No matter how stupid Chu Shixu was, he understood it.

That old fellow Huangfu Jian went to rescue the Heng family army.

Humph! It's rare that he didn't act on impulse to avenge his Liangzhou army, but instead went to rescue the Hengjia army. Interesting.

Chu Shixu asked again, "Did you see clearly how many people Huangfu brought with him?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, there aren't many people with you. It seems that there are only a few hundred people."

The guard replied with a frown.

Chu Shixu heard this and started to wonder, what is going on with Huangfu Jian? Is he a magician? Five hundred people gave off the illusion of fifty thousand people.

At that moment, Chu Shixu sneered.

He has now calmed down and realized that it must be that old man Huangfu Jian who is bluffing.

If he really had troops under his command, he would definitely not bring only a few hundred people to rescue the Heng family army at this critical juncture.

You know, although the number of people he sent out was not large, only 500 elite soldiers, but against the 100 Heng family soldiers, even if the combat power was 50-100, it was enough to balance the Heng family soldiers.

If Huangfu Jian wants to win the battle, he will definitely send more people.

But at this critical juncture, he only brought a few hundred people, which meant that he had no extra troops at all.

So……

In other words, the commotion outside the East Palace was actually just a bluff.

There was no one there. Damn it! I was so scared and nervous for so long.

Chu Shixu now felt as if he had been tricked.

Chu Shixu immediately gave orders and sent people out to deal with those "shadows" outside the East Palace.

And at this time.

The deputy general of the Liangzhou Army had just captured a young guard who had sneaked out of the Eastern Palace to gather intelligence.

Outside the Eastern Palace, the deputy general of the Liangzhou Army looked at several Eastern Palace spies who were tied up and escorted in, with a sneer on his face.

"Humph, you overestimate your own abilities and dare to test our strengths and weaknesses."

"Although our Liangzhou Army is small in number, each of them is an elite soldier. You scoundrels will die if you come out!"

The deputy general waved his hand and put the long knife directly on the guard's neck.

"Tell me! What is your Highness' next plan?"

These guys are the guards inside the East Palace, they must know something.

It would be great for them if they could get some information from these guys and know some of Chu Shixu's plans.

Unfortunately, they still underestimated Chu Shixu's lackeys.

Although these guys are usually insidious and ruthless, they are really tough at critical moments.

Before the Liangzhou army could take action, this guy stiffened his neck, slashed at the sharp blade and committed suicide.

"I can't tell. He's a real man. What a pity that he followed the wrong person."

These Liangzhou troops are all righteous men.

When seeing such people who are loyal to their master till death, I will look up to them from the bottom of my heart.

The same is true even for the enemy, after all, they have different positions.

After all the trouble just now.

They knew that Chu Shixu must be confused by now, and this was exactly the effect they wanted.

The strategy of confusing the enemy is to frighten the enemy and prevent them from taking any rash actions.

Now it seems that their strategy has been successful.

The deputy general raised his head and looked towards the East Palace, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

For them, it was enough as long as they could scare the people in the East Palace.

At least in terms of time, the opponent was restrained.

You know, now is a time of racing against time.

It is obviously not enough for them to confront and fight Chu Shixu's men. They can just buy time for the people outside.

Once Huangfu Chong arrives with the Liangzhou border troops, everything will be easy.

But the prerequisite is to ensure that the emperor is safe and does not fall into Chu Shixu's hands.

"I hope everything goes well with General Huangfu and that he can successfully rescue the Heng family army..."

at this time.

There were unusual movements inside the East Palace.

As the gate of the mansion opened, the guards of the Eastern Palace swarmed out holding weapons.

Rushing towards all directions.

The deputy general was not at all panicked when he saw this. As a deputy general, he naturally did not treat Chu Shixu as a fool.

Chu Shixu was just a little timid. He was frightened by me just now. Once the other party reacted, he would definitely send troops to teach me a lesson.

The deputy general did not fight back, but ordered his 200 Liangzhou soldiers to retreat quickly.

After all, their goal has been achieved.

There's no need to hang out with those crap people from the East Palace.

After the deputy general retreated, he only left behind a dozen people secretly, who continued to stay near the East Palace in disguise to gather information.

He led the rest of the troops to support Huangfu Jian.

Fifty miles outside the imperial city, the Heng family army was fighting a desperate battle with the people sent by Chu Shixu.

The three hundred Liangzhou soldiers led by Huangfu Jian galloped all the way. The fifty-mile journey was shortened by half due to their desperate running.

In any case, the Heng family army is now the closest reinforcement to the imperial city.

Huangfu Jian naturally would not allow any mishap to happen to this only reinforcement.

Now that the capital city is in chaos, he really needs someone to discuss countermeasures with.

"General, the place ahead is where the Huan family army and the Eastern Palace troops are fighting!"

A scout shouted, pointing ahead.

Oh? Have we arrived yet? Huangfu Jian was shocked. When he rushed out, he didn't remember the time at all, but he only knew that he had been galloping all the way without stopping for a moment.

Huangfu Jian narrowed his eyes and saw dust flying in front of him and deafening shouts of killing.

It could be vaguely seen that a cavalry team of more than a hundred people was surrounded by five hundred soldiers and horses and was struggling to hold on.

Although the cavalry was small in number, each of them was brave and good at fighting.

They tore holes in the encirclement and shuttled back and forth in the enemy's camp.

My goodness, one hundred people against five hundred people, and after a long journey and being exhausted, it was a miracle that they could hold out against the enemy for so long.

If it were any other ordinary soldiers, they would have been destroyed long ago.

However, the scene before us shows that there is no clear winner or loser for either side.

Being able to hold on for a long time under such a huge disparity in power and remain invincible, Huangfu Jian curled his lips and nodded heavily to express his admiration for the Heng family army.

At this moment, Hengyi, who was exhausted and about to collapse, also saw a team coming from a distance at this critical moment.

Her heart sank, and she thought to herself: It's over! Why is there another person coming?

As a result, when he looked closely, he saw from afar that the attire of these people and their war horses were all standard equipment of the Liangzhou Army.

Only then did Hengyi feel relieved.

Fortunately, it was the Liangzhou Army that came.

Hengyi frowned. That’s not right. Aren’t there 5,000 Liangzhou garrison troops stationed in Beijing?

Why are there only a few hundred people coming now?

Hengyi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that something had happened to the Liangzhou Army garrison stationed in Beijing?
Did these hundreds of people escape?
Just as Hengyi was distracted, a long knife chopped down with a bang.

She hurriedly raised her sword to resist, but she was already exhausted by this time.

After holding on for a while, he caught a glimpse of Huangfu Jian, who was motionless.

"Why don't you provide support quickly?"

Hengyi shouted loudly.

She had already exhausted all her strength in the previous battle. If she continued to fight, she would probably die here.

Seeing that the Liangzhou troops were slow to take action, Hengyi became anxious.

"Damn, they are worthy of being the Huan family army, they are so powerful!"

Huangfu Jian originally wanted to wait and see for a while.

As a result, when he heard Hengyi's shout, he burst into laughter.

Then he raised his spear high and roared, "Men of Liangzhou, follow me! Kill all these sons of bitches!"

In an instant, three hundred Liangzhou soldiers rushed into the battlefield like a tiger descending from the mountain, instantly changing the situation.

The Eastern Palace troops, who had originally held the upper hand, suddenly lost their composure, were attacked from both sides, and their morale plummeted.

"Damn it, it's the Liangzhou Army... Retreat!"

(End of this chapter)