Chapter 1047: The situation turns around, Cui Zheng's worries

After noon.

There was still no movement in the military camp.

Cui Yingying and Hongniang also began to look forward to the miracle that Su Mingzhe could bring.

Time passed little by little, and it was already the hour of You, just before sunset.

There was finally movement coming from the Liang army camp, which had been silent all this time.

Sun Feihu, the leader of this battalion of 5,000 rebels, had once served under Wang Chongrong, the governor of Hezhong.

When Zhu Wen, the Emperor of Daliang, was a general under Wang Chongrong, he regarded Wang Chongrong as his uncle (Zhu Wen's mother's surname was Wang and she died early).

It was because of this relationship that when Zhu Wen sent people to persuade him to surrender and offered him a small salary as a high-ranking official, Sun Feihu, who was guarding Yongle County, immediately surrendered and helped the Liang army occupy the only Yellow River ferry between Yongle County and Ruicheng County.

He had just surrendered and had already made new achievements.

Emperor Liang was generous in his rewards. Not only did he give fine wine and military pay as rewards, he also sent six beautiful dancers.

Sun Feihu, who was already greedy for money and sex, simply lived an absurd life in the military camp after receiving these rewards.

This day.

The sun was about to set, but Sun Feihu was still asleep.

The dancer woke up and went out, only to find that all the soldiers outside the general's tent were gone, and then she woke up Sun Feihu.

"The personal soldiers are not outside? How is that possible?"

After listening to Wu Ji's report, Sun Feihu's first feeling was that it was impossible.

The soldiers who could be recruited as his personal guards were either his fellow villagers or his relatives and children, and their relationship could not be closer.

There are only two ways to separate him from his personal soldiers: first, he dies; second, his personal soldiers die.

There can be no third possibility.

He instinctively denied the dancer's report, but Sun Feihu soon noticed something unusual.

It was unusually quiet outside the general's tent.

There was no noise at all.

This is very abnormal!
In order to get a little reward, Sun Feihu rebelled and surrendered to the enemy. He also occupied the Yellow River ferry in Yongle County and allowed his troops to rob surrounding villages and towns as well as passing merchants.

Since ancient times, it has been the practice of leaders following suit.

Sun Feihu was a corrupt leader, and the soldiers under him followed suit, often making the army a mess and taking pleasure in abusing the people.

From time to time, bursts of wailing, crying and begging for mercy could be heard from the camp.

But today, the military camp seemed too quiet.

If it weren't for the sound of the Yellow River flowing nearby, Sun Feihu would have thought he had returned to his hometown in Hezhong Prefecture.

After having several dancers put on armor for him, Sun Feihu walked out of the general's tent vigilantly, with a long sword on his waist and a spear in his hand.

It was just as the dancer said.

The personal soldiers who used to follow him everywhere have long since disappeared.

"What about people?"

Sun Feihu looked around in panic, but not only did he not find any personal soldiers, even the ordinary soldiers were nowhere to be seen.

At this point.

Even if Sun Feihu was slow to react, he knew something big had happened.

In a panic, Sun Feihu rushed towards the baggage camp.

At this time, the only situation he could think of was that all his men had deserted.

When Sun Feihu arrived at the baggage camp, he saw a scene that made him terrified.

His five thousand soldiers, who seemed like a mob, stood in unison and solemnly on the playground today, listening to the lecture of a stranger.

Su Mingzhe, who was using mind control to "train" the rebels, noticed Sun Feihu's appearance, and his eyes were cold and sinister: "Someone, tie Sun Feihu up for me!"

With an order, a nearby team of soldiers pounced directly on Sun Feihu as fast as an eagle.

Although Sun Feihu was carrying a knife and a gun, he did not even have the courage to resist and chose to surrender.

No wonder Sun Feihu is so cowardly and spineless.

The truth was, decades of fighting on the battlefield had long since worn away the bloodiness in him, and now all that was left was the cunning and intrigue of a wolf.

"It's so boring!"

Su Mingzhe easily defeated Sun Feihu's 5,000 soldiers and after confirming that everyone was loyal, he ordered a hundred cavalrymen to pick up the Cui family and their group to go into the camp to rest.

In fear, everyone followed the cavalry into the camp.

Su Mingzhe met with everyone briefly, and then chose a place in the camp for everyone to eat and rest.

After the rest, most of the others went to bed early, thinking that they might as well make the best of it.

After all, they had no grudges against Su Mingzhe, and after spending a few days with him, they did not find any violent temper in Su Mingzhe.

Therefore, even the heartless people can sleep very peacefully.

Everyone else could rest peacefully, but Cui Zheng tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

"Ma'am, are you still awake?"

Chuntao, the Cui family's housekeeper, slept next to Cui Zheng. When she heard her wife tossing and turning, sighing from time to time, she guessed what her wife was worried about.

Su Mingzhe was away for only one day, but he had already gained control of five thousand soldiers.

Before the Cui family discussed cooperation with Su Mingzhe, Cui Zheng only regarded Su Mingzhe as a poor boy with great martial arts skills, and even hoped to win his favor with a letter of recommendation.

Looking back now, the so-called cooperation seems to have become a joke.

When Cui Zheng was asked by her trusted housekeeper, she did not hide her thoughts and directly expressed her concerns:
"Chun Tao, you said that the master is dead, although he left some wealth, but I think that Mr. Su is definitely not a greedy person, but he agreed to escort us all the way back home. What do you think he wants?"

When Chun Tao saw Cui Zheng asking, she hesitated for a moment before telling him her guess:

"Madam, I have observed these past few days that Mr. Su seems to often create opportunities to meet with Miss."

"Alas, this is what I am worried about!"

Cui Zheng was originally the legitimate daughter of Zheng from Xingyang, and later married Cui from Boling. It can be said that she lived a carefree life in the first half of her life, enjoying all the wealth and glory in the world.

Decades of life in an aristocratic family had already raised Cui Zheng's horizons to the sky, so he naturally looked down on a "noble son from a poor family" like Su Mingzhe.

Therefore, even though Su Mingzhe already commanded 5,000 soldiers and horses, even if this number increased tenfold, Cui Zheng would not allow her daughter to marry him.

It’s just that, no matter how much I look down on you, the situation is stronger than us.

Now Cui Zheng is afraid that Su Mingzhe will bully the weak and forcibly take her daughter away.

After knowing his wife's worries, Chuntao fell silent.

In fact, there were some things she didn't dare tell her wife.

These days, Su Mingzhe has indeed often created opportunities to get close to his young lady.

But, in addition to this, Su Mingzhe also came to "tempt" himself.

Chuntao, as Cui Zheng's maidservant who came with her as a dowry, is only in her early thirties this year. Although she is the Cui family's housekeeper, she has never experienced any sexual experience.

Faced with Su Mingzhe's constant "temptation", Chuntao's heart was beating like a deer, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

Now, the master and servant were talking to each other. Chun Tao hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously:

"Madam, Master Su has agreed today to continue escorting us back to Boling. We can only take it one step at a time..."

"Yes, the situation now is that I am at the mercy of others and can only leave it to fate!"

With Chuntao's comfort, Cui Zheng slowly let go of her worries and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)