After a while, Zhao Hongrun called the accompanying East Palace Guards and ordered them to take Han Lihou Han Wu to a side room in the city gate building and keep him under careful guard. They also took the opportunity to check on the injuries of the most powerful nobleman in Korea.

After all, according to Wu Ji, when he captured Lihou Hanwu alive, he hit the latter's ribs hard with the end of his gun. Judging from the sound at that time, he most likely broke several of Lihou Hanwu's ribs.

Zhao Hongrun was very tolerant towards prisoners, of course, especially high-quality and valuable prisoners like Lihou Hanwu.

Seeing Li Hou Han Wu walking towards the side room of the city gate tower with an indifferent expression at the urging of several East Palace guards, Zong Wei Chief Lu Mu asked curiously: "Your Highness, do you plan to deal with this Han Wu?"

Perhaps it was because of the fact that he had captured Lihou Hanwu, the supreme commander of the Korean army, alive. Even though the war in Julu City was still going on at the moment, and they were inseparable from each other, Zhao Hongrun was not anxious at all. Compared to half Hours ago, I felt much more relaxed.

"This Han Wu..."

After pondering for a while, Zhao Hongrun said in a deep voice: "Let's take custody of him first. We won't need him for the time being..."

After hearing this, the concubine Zhao Que asked puzzledly: "Isn't your highness going to use this Hanwu to blackmail the Korean army?"

"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun turned to look at Zhao Que, who was sitting next to him.

Seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't look angry, Zhao Que said bluntly: "In my opinion, if Your Highness pushed Han Wu up the tower and let the attacking Han soldiers see it, the Han soldiers might surrender immediately and withdraw their troops. , negotiate with us.”

"Hahaha." Zhao Hongrun smiled when he heard this. After nodding slightly, he said frankly: "I have thought about this just now, but I am afraid that something will happen to Han Wu..."

"Mistake?" Zhao Que blinked in confusion.

Zhao Hongrun tapped his fingers on the table in front of him and said calmly: "If I were the Han general on the opposite side and saw Lihou Han Wu being captured by the Wei army, I would ask my confidants to kill him with an arrow."

"..." Zhao Que looked surprised and subconsciously covered his mouth with his little hand.

On the side, Zongwei Chief Lu Mu and Shang Shui Army General Wu Ji stretched out their hands to scratch their heads, while the other looked up at the pillars in the building, pretending they did not hear these words.

After all, if Zhao Hongrun's words are carefully studied, the problem is very big and it is likely to have a negative impact.

"Why?" Zhao Que asked in surprise.

Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly and did not explain.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because neither South Korea nor Wei can afford to lose this war. Especially when the war continues to the current stage, big nobles such as Lihou Hanwu who hold power in Korean temples are actually defeated by the Wei army. Captured alive, if Zhao Hongrun was a Korean general and loyal to South Korea, he would definitely find ways to shoot Lihou Han Wu - should he sit back and watch such a big man be controlled by the Wei army, and in turn threaten him with the Han army?

It would be better to take the opportunity to shoot and kill Quan Danglihou Han Wu on the battlefield, and the whole thing will be over.

To be honest, it is not that Zhao Hongrun has done similar things. For example, when he first went to war, Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, used Zhaoling County Magistrate Chen Bing and a dozen other local officials to blackmail him into trading with Lord Pingyu. When Xiong Hu attacked Xiong Hu, Zhao Hongrun ordered his soldiers to fire arrows and shoot Chen Bing and more than a dozen people to death. He continued to use Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu to threaten Xiong Tuo, so that Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo always used rat weapons when attacking, creating favorable conditions for the Wei army. .

Therefore, although Zhao Hongrun deliberately pushed Lihou Hanwu to the city wall and used him to blackmail the Korean army and make the Korean army retreat, he was really worried that there would be a general in the Korean army who would 'imitate' him. Although the possibility was very small, in the event that the Korean army was attacked What if a daring guy really appeared and shot Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, to death with one arrow?

The value of a dead Lihou Hanwu is definitely far less than when he was alive.

More importantly, if Li Hou Han Wu dies, Zhao Hongrun, or the Wei State he represents, is not the party that benefits the most from it. Who benefits the most?

It’s Han Wangran!

This young king, who was rumored to be a mediocrity and a puppet by the outside world, was not impatient and impatient when the royal power fell. He spent several years raising birds in the palace to make his ambition clear, and deliberately let Li Hou Han Wu, Kang Gong Han Hu, and Zhuang Gong Han Geng and others looked down upon him. If such a figure were caught by him, his threat to Wei would be far greater than that of Han Wu, Han Hu and others.

Zhao Hongrun believed that once Lihou Hanwu died in the battle of Julu, when the news reached Handan, Han Wangran, who had been hiding his power for several years, would definitely take action. For example, he would take the opportunity to avenge his sworn brother Lihou Hanwu and win over Hanwu and his family. General, take the opportunity to seize power or something.

Why should he, Zhao Hongrun, give Han Wangran his efforts in vain?

Therefore, not only would Zhao Hongrun not kill Li Hou Han Wu easily, but he would also ensure that the latter lived well, unless Han Wangran secretly sent someone to deal with him after learning the news.

It is very likely that Han Wangran would want Lihou Han Wu to die. If this is true, then Zhao Hongrun can take the opportunity to get information from Han Wangran so that he can manipulate the latter in the future.

This is the greatest value of Lihou Hanwu.

Of course, this is just Zhao Hongrun's idea at the moment. He has no way of judging what the reality is. What if Han Wangran really cares about brotherhood and trades Li Hou Han Wu at all costs?

Haha, Zhao Hongrun himself doesn’t believe this speculation.

At the same time, in the main camp of the Korean army, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was paying attention to the progress of the war on behalf of Han Wu, the Marquis of Li.

Fortunately for him, although the Wei army captured Lihou Han Wu through a sneak attack, they did not seem to push the latter onto the tower to threaten them to retreat; but to his chagrin, even though his entire Han army was at that moment, Pressure was on, but he still couldn't see any glimmer of victory.

Apart from the tens of thousands of new troops who were purely cannon fodder, it is undeniable that the soldiers of the Yuyang Army and the Shanggu Army were very desperate. The problem is that the Wei Army on the opposite side is equally brave, so that the siege battle has progressed to this point. It seemed as if it had simply turned into a war of attrition that consumed each other's forces.

According to common sense, at this time, the Korean army should retreat first, regroup their morale, and then attack the city. After all, the Korean army is fighting on the mainland. From the rear of Handan, Wu'an, Guantao and other places, there will be a steady stream of baggage and troops transported here, and The Wei army, which was alone and deeply entrenched, found it difficult to obtain supplementary equipment and troops, so there was no need to rush.

But Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, did not dare to withdraw his troops.

Because he could not guarantee that after he ordered the withdrawal, whether the Korean troops under his command would still have the morale to make a comeback?

After all, after retreating to the barracks, the soldiers will definitely talk to each other about "Lihou Hanwu is suddenly ill". What if a soldier who saw Wei General Wu Ji capture and kidnap Lihou Hanwu alive revealed this matter? If you come out, it will be all over.

Retreating, not daring to retreat, but unable to open up the situation. In this case, Han Yang, the Dangyin Hou, looked worried.

At this time, Ma She, the guardian of Shanggu, was directing the siege not far from Julu City. He was watching the sunset and the sky was getting darker, and he was also anxious in his heart.

While he was waiting for orders from Han Wu, the Marquis of Li.

Because no matter what, nearly ten thousand Korean troops have already invaded the city and are currently fighting in the streets with the Wei troops, fighting for control of the city area inch by inch. Under such circumstances, even if the sky is getting dark, Lihou Hanwu may not Ordered the withdrawal of troops.

After all, the words of Han Wu, Marquis of Li, revealed his intention to kill Wei Gongzi Run at all costs.

Of course, this is just Ma She's personal guess. As for what exactly will happen, he still has to wait for the exact order from Lihou Hanwu.

But after waiting and waiting, he still couldn't wait for Lihou Hanwu to send someone to convey the order, which made Ma She feel that something was wrong.

He called his son Ma Kuo to him and said: "The Marquis of Li has not sent anyone to deliver the order so far. This is a bit unusual. Kuo'er, please go to our formation and see what's going on."

"Yes!" Ma Kuo nodded, led a group of personal guards, turned his horse and headed towards the direction of the formation.

After an estimated quarter of an hour, Ma Kuo left and returned, telling his father Ma She: "Father, Marquis Li is not here..."

"What?" Ma She was stunned and asked in disbelief: "Not in this formation?"

Ma Kuo nodded, and then explained with a strange expression: "The child met Master Han Yang. Master Han Yang said that Marquis Li was suddenly ill and asked him to take charge of the army and go back to the camp to rest."

"..."

Ma She opened her mouth, but was unable to recover from her son's words.

Is Lihou feeling ill? Have you gone back to camp to rest?

Are you kidding?!

This battle is so crucial, even if Li Hou Han Wu is suffering from an incurable disease, he still has to stay in this formation!

What's more, through the conversation between Ma She and Lihou Hanwu before the war, he knew clearly how persistent Lihou Hanwu was in killing Wei Gongzi Run.

"...It's broken, something happened."

Turning his head and glancing in the direction of the formation, Shanggu Shou Mashe had a vague feeling of ominous premonition.

After thinking for a moment, Ma She said to his son Ma Kuo: "Kuo'er, you and Xu Li are directing the war here, and you have to go to the formation for your father."

"Yes, father." Ma Kuo nodded.

After finishing the instructions, Ma She went to see the formation without stopping.

When approaching the formation, Ma She discovered that there was a cavalry stationed near the formation at some point. Judging from the flag, it seemed to be the Daijun cavalry under Sima Shang.

Taking a closer look, Ma She noticed that there were many corpses nearby, including the corpses of his Han soldiers, the corpses of Wei soldiers, and the corpses of many war horses. Seeing this scene, he felt something in his heart: Wei Jun, could it be that A sneak attack on our formation?

"General Ma She."

A greeting came from the distance, interrupting Ma She's thoughts.

He raised his head and discovered that Sima Shang, the acting governor of the county, was riding a war horse slowly towards him.

"The general is not commanding the war at the front, so why did he come to the front line?" When asking Ma She, Sima Shang's eyes flickered.

After hearing this, Ma She then explained: "The sky was getting dark, but Marquis Li had not yet sent an order to the armies to fight or retreat, so I asked my son to come and inquire. Unexpectedly, Master Han Yang actually informed my son that Marquis Li suddenly I feel ill and have gone back to camp to rest..." At this point, he took a deep look at Sima Shang and asked in a low voice: "General Sima, what happened? Why did the general lead his cavalry back to support our formation?"

Sima Shang looked at Ma She tangledly, sighed after a while, and said: "That's it, I really don't know how to make it up..."

With that said, he rode his horse to Ma She's side, leaned down and said in a low voice: "General, please don't make any noise. Just now, the Wei army sneak attacked our formation, and Wei General Wu Ji kidnapped Lihou..."

Hearing this, Ma She gasped in surprise and asked in disbelief: "This is actually happening?!"

Sima Shang nodded and told Ma She everything that had happened, including the fact that Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, entrusted Han Yang, the Marquis of Yin, to take charge of the army on his behalf when he was kidnapped. Ma She frowned and said nothing.

"Dangyin Marquis is also in a dilemma at this time. He cannot attack the city and dare not withdraw his troops easily... Sigh." Sima Shang shook his head and then asked Ma She, "General Ma She, it's up to you, what should I do now?" Is that good? General Ma She?"

"Huh?"

Ma Sheru woke up from his dream and said a few words absentmindedly. Even he himself did not remember what he said at that time. Anyway, when he came to his senses, he had already said goodbye to Sima Shang and was standing still. On the snow slope.

Why would a famous general like Ma She be distracted at this moment?

What is he thinking?

It turned out that when he learned that Li Hou Han Wu had been kidnapped by the Wei army, his heart started pounding.

Although he felt sorry for Li Hou Han Wu, Ma She suddenly felt that this might be an excellent opportunity for Han Wangran to regain his power.

To be honest, even though Lihou Hanwu was in power, he actually did not treat Ma She badly. But the problem is that Mashe was deeply owed by the previous Han king "Han Qi", so between Lihou Hanwu and Han Wangran, he was of course the Preferring to the latter, even if Han Wangran showed various unsatisfactory results because he wanted to hide his strength and bide his time, Ma She still stood firm in his position.

"Lihou fell into the hands of the Wei army. Even if Wei Gongzi Run does not kill Lihou, I believe that the Wei army will never return Lihou to us unless the war between the two countries ends. In this case..."

Returning to the front line thoughtfully, Ma She called his son Ma Kuo and told the latter the truth of the matter.

After hearing the truth, Ma Kuo was surprised and said: "My child had actually guessed that the Wei army had sneak attacked our formation, but my child just thought that Marquis Li was seriously injured, so he returned to camp to recuperate. He never thought that he would be kidnapped by the Wei army..."

Ma She nodded silently, and then whispered to his son: "Kuo'er, go to Handan immediately and report this matter to His Majesty... Now that the matter has come to this, how can we call Han Hu, Han Geng and others to take the lead?"

Ma Kuo was also a smart person, and he immediately understood the meaning of his father's words, nodded and said, "I understand, kid."

After that, Ma Kuo called his soldiers, and the two exchanged clothes and armor. Then, taking advantage of the sky getting dark, they quietly left with a few soldiers.
To be continued...