Chapter 1046: The ferry is blocked and the rebels are in chaos

Cui Zheng was furious when she saw that a warrior who had once been trampled under her husband's feet now dared to bully her.

It’s just that people under the eaves have to bow their heads.

Cui Zheng looked at the hundreds of soldiers surrounding the city wall, gritted her teeth, and called Su Mingzhe, who was in charge of the rear guard:
"Mr. Su, you are a local of Hezhong Prefecture, can you help us settle down?"

Su Mingzhe looked at Xue Minggao, smiled, pointed to the east, and said:
"Madam, I know there is an abandoned temple not far ahead. How about we stay there for the night?"

"Then I'll trouble Master Su to lead the way."

Cui Zheng knew that there was no hope of entering the city tonight, and had already made plans to sleep outdoors.

Now I was overjoyed to hear that there was a temple in the wilderness where I could rest.

Taking advantage of the night, the group walked eastward for three miles and came to a small hilltop, where they saw a Lanruo Temple.

Lanruo is not the name of a temple, but refers to the type of temple, meaning a temple located in a secluded forest.

This Lanruo Temple had been abandoned for a long time due to war, and even the plaque was taken away and burned.

In the entire temple, only the guardian deity Weituo guarding the gate and the clay statue of Buddha enshrined in the main hall of the temple are still intact.

Zhao Zhenkun led his men to clear out a few clean rooms.

Su Mingzhe led the Yi Nu army into the mountains to hunt and got some game as a snack for everyone.

Cui Zheng and her daughter waited until everyone finished their work before slowly getting off the carriage.

Su Mingzhe had long been looking forward to Cui Yingying's fame.

When the little girl in a pink dress helped a pretty girl in an orange dress get off the carriage, Su Mingzhe finally confirmed that it was correct.

She really is Cui Yingying in The West Chamber!

"Miss, look, that Mr. Su is also fascinated by you!"

The maid Hongniang saw Su Mingzhe staring at her mistress intently, feeling both proud and contemptuous:

"It's a pity that he is a warrior, otherwise, with his looks, he would be worthy of the young lady."

"Hongniang, stop talking nonsense!"

As the daughter of the former prime minister, Cui Yingying was naturally beautiful and graceful, with skin as white as snow.

When she was in Taiyuan in her early years, she was given the nickname "the most beautiful woman in the Tang Dynasty" by a group of lustful men.

Fortunately, the current Emperor of the Tang Dynasty loves actors and has a sexual preference, and does not like women. This allowed Cui Yingying to keep her virginity and meet Su Mingzhe.

The beauty walked further and further away, but Su Mingzhe felt as if his heart was being scratched by a cat's claws.

"It's a bit unreasonable to sleep alone with a beautiful woman by your side."

Dozens of options for being a groom tonight popped up in Su Mingzhe's mind almost instantly.

However, when he was about to take action, he shook his head and gave up this immoral idea:

"Forget it. As my first goal in this plane, I should try to use fair and aboveboard means..."

I can't sleep tonight.

The next day.

When Cui Zheng and her daughter Cui Yingying got up and washed, they saw Su Mingzhe leading sixteen "righteous slave soldiers" to practice a strange military formation.

The Cui family and the Zheng family are both thousand-year-old families.

Cui Zheng and Cui Yingying are the wives and daughters of Prime Minister Cui, so they should be well-informed.

However, the mother and daughter looked at it for a long time but could not recognize the origin of the name of the military formation.

Of course, although the mother and daughter were curious about this novel military formation, they did not ask.

After all, in this era, military tactics and military formations are private knowledge passed down from generation to generation by aristocratic families.

If you are not the best in the family, it is impossible to be taught.

As outsiders, the mother and daughter naturally found it difficult to ask.

However, when Cui Zheng saw that Su Mingzhe was actually familiar with military formations, her impression of him improved a lot.

If the threshold of the Hezhong Su family was not too low, it would be too far away from the Boling Cui family.

Cui Zheng was determined to make Su Mingzhe her son-in-law.

After breakfast, everyone continued on their journey.

The journey lasted three days.

The team has already left the jurisdiction of Hezhong City.

Seeing that they were about to reach Puguan, everyone began to look for a ferry crossing the Yellow River. If they wanted to go to Boling from Hezhong Prefecture, they would have to either climb the Taihang Mountains or cross the mountains.

Otherwise, you can only cross the ferry, reach the heart of the Central Plains, and then head north.

When the team arrived near the ferry, the escort agent who had been exploring the way returned with a bitter face.

After hearing the news brought by the escort, Zhao Zhenkun still couldn't believe it.

When he arrived at the ferry in person, he saw it was surrounded by hundreds of tents, and then he ran back in despair.

"Madam, the ferry ahead has been occupied by the Liang army. We can only take a detour."

"Nonsense, with General Du Que in Hezhong Prefecture, how could the Liang army occupy the hinterland so easily?"

Although Cui Zheng, like her husband, looked down on General Du Que, who came from a humble family, she still had great faith in Du Que's ability to lead troops and fight.

Cui Zheng had not heard the news of the fall of Puguan, so how could she believe that there were Liang troops inside Puguan?
Cui Zheng did not believe Zhao Zhenkun's report and went to the ferry to look out.

When she saw the Daliang army flag in the middle of the ferry camp, she was immediately frightened:

"Go and inform Master Su quickly and ask if there is a small path that can be used."

The Liang army has already attacked Puguan without anyone noticing. I'm afraid the emperor of Taiyuan will be overthrown soon?
Just as Cui Zheng was lamenting her ill-fated fate, Su Mingzhe came strolling over.

When he heard that the Liang army was blocking the road ahead, he just laughed:
"Madam, there are only a few thousand rebels. Don't panic. I'll be back soon!"

After Su Mingzhe finished speaking, he ordered the Yi Nu Army

He was guarding the team, and amidst the exclamations of everyone, he laughed and walked towards the camp.

Cui Yingying and Hongniang, who were hiding in the carriage, also heard what was happening outside.

When Cui Yingying thought about the treatment that the noble lady would receive after being captured by the rebel soldiers, her face turned pale.

"No, I would rather die than be humiliated by the chaotic soldiers!"

Cui Yingying made up her mind and pulled out a blue dagger left by her father.

This dagger is called 'Mayfly'.

Mayflies are born in the morning and die in the evening.

The reason why this dagger is given such a name is because if the blade scratches the skin, the poison will cause death in a moment, which is even shorter than the life of a mayfly.

When Hongniang saw her young lady actually took out the 'Mayfly', she immediately begged in panic:

"Miss, don't be upset. Since that Su guy has the guts to break into the military camp, maybe he can really help us get through!"

"Don't worry, I won't seek death unless it's absolutely necessary."

Cui Yingying is not stupid, so she won't seek death now.

However, in her heart, she was not optimistic at all about Su Mingzhe going alone into the Liang army camp.

The master and servant sat in the carriage waiting anxiously.

Cui Zheng was also anxious.

I wanted to order the team to retreat, but for some reason, I couldn't open my mouth to give the order.

A quarter of an hour.

Two quarters of an hour.

Three quarters of an hour.

……

A blink of an eye.

An hour has passed.

It was almost noon.

Su Mingzhe entered the camp like a drop of water falling into a pond, without causing any ripples.

Cui Zheng thought about it for who knows how many times, and suddenly she understood something and calmed down immediately.

"Butler, Captain Zhao, it's almost noon. I'm afraid Master Su will have his meal in the Liang army camp. Let's light a fire and cook!"

Zhao Zhenkun quickly dissuaded Cui Zheng from giving him the order:
"Madam, we can't light a fire! We are only a mile away from the camp. If we light a fire, we will be discovered and it will be too late for us to leave!"

Cui Zheng faced the dissuasion, her sharp eyes sparkled with wisdom:

"Master Su has already entered the Liang army camp for an hour. If something was going to happen, it would have happened long ago..."

(End of this chapter)