Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 643 - 589: How Could One Not Kneel Upon Seeing His Majesty?

Chapter 643: Chapter 589: How Could One Not Kneel Upon Seeing His Majesty?

Emperor Kaihuang personally led a campaign with an elite army of 120,000. Upon reaching the battlefield at Ren City, they encountered a major offensive by the Tujue, and then Zhang San deceived them to the point that they couldn’t recognize their own mothers.

Witnessing this scene, Emperor Kaihuang naturally sent out his troops immediately to strike, with his own banner leading the way, giving the Tujue a taste of what shock really meant!

Thus, 50,000 elite troops circled around Ren City, charging directly towards the Tujue army from the southwest.

Adding the 50,000 troops brought by Wang Junwu, they split the battlefield north of Ren City in two.

Underneath Ren City, the Tujue attempting to siege the city were now caught in an attack from all sides.

The Tujue further north, realizing they were truly surrounded, turned and ran.

Just then, Prince Ying Jun arrived with Ying Zhao’s clan at the location where Sharlobi and others were.

Sharlobi was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he immediately had his guards take him and the State Preceptor to retreat.

After all, with the State Preceptor present, many problems could be easily resolved.

"State Preceptor, what do we do now?"

The State Preceptor looked around the battlefield with a glance and sighed helplessly.

Actually, if Zhang San hadn’t deceived them the first time, the Tujue’s offensive wouldn’t have been so disorganized.

It was precisely because Zhang San tricked them the first time that everyone felt the Sui Army was already at the end of their rope with no strategy left, which is why they dared to send almost all their troops to attack the city without any orderly successive assaults.

This Zhang San, too despicable!

"Great Khan, this time we have been miserably deceived by Zhang San! But we must retreat now, after all, we are cavalry, we have horses, we are fast! As long as we keep running, the enemy cannot catch us!"

Great Khan Sharlobi thought the State Preceptor made sense and immediately led everyone to flee northward.

Khan Shiba Limi, seeing so many Sui troops and even the Demon Clan emerge, sensed that things were not going well and directly led his people to escape towards the Northeast.

After all, following the Great Khan would be too obvious a target.

If the Sui troops focused on Great Khan Sharlobi, perhaps he could escape this calamity.

Meanwhile, Aikan Shetou spotted the familiar banner of Wang Junwu.

In that moment, Aikan Shetou and his cavalry burst forth with unprecedented speed.

They quickly moved from the center of the large troops to the very front and then ran wildly towards the north.

While Wang Junwu ordered his men to block the escaping Tujue, he dispatched twelve thousand cavalry from his forces to pursue the Turkic cavalry in four separate groups.

They didn’t seek to kill or wound, but to capture as many Turkic cavalry as possible.

Since these Tujue men could become cavalry, it meant they were of strong physique. Such people were best suited to be sold as slaves.

If they could capture more, they could send them to be sold on the Longwang Road, and the troops from Jin River could make a fortune.

With Zhang San’s two deceptions, the battle of Ren City was essentially over.

It could be said that the quick conclusion of the battle of Ren City was indeed due to the timely arrival of Ying Zhao’s clan and the over 60,000 troops from the Jin River.

But Zhang San was the true game-changer.

"Your servant greets Emperor Kaihuang! This battle was won thanks to Emperor Kaihuang’s arrival. Wherever the imperial banner goes, the Tujue flee in panic and smuggling! The victory at the battle of Ren City is all owed to Emperor Kaihuang’s honor! Having Emperor Kaihuang as the Emperor of the Great Sui is the good fortune of us subjects and the blessing of the people of the Great Sui!"

In the midst of Ren City, as Emperor Kaihuang had just led his men in, he was met by Changsun Bubai and others coming to greet him.

And before Changsun Bubai could speak, Zhang San’s flattery came his way.

Emperor Kaihuang glanced at Zhang San with a sneer, "I haven’t seen you for a few months, and your bootlicking skills have declined?"

Zhang San chuckled and said, "Your servant can only flatter when at your side. After all, in this entire world, only Emperor Kaihuang is worthy of my flattery. Having been away and not seen you for months, your servant’s skills have naturally become rusty."

Emperor Kaihuang nodded in satisfaction.

"This is the right flavor."

That evening, Emperor Kaihuang rested in Ren City.

The war continued until noon the next day before it finally ended.

Because the Tujue could no longer be pursued.

Thus, all the troops that had been pursuing them withdrew and began to tally the achievements of this battle.

"Why isn’t Mei Fei here?"

At noon, after Emperor Kaihuang had eaten, he convened the generals to discuss matters, and the first thing he said was to inquire about Mei Fei.

Zhang San pursed his lips; he knew Emperor Kaihuang had actually visited Mei Fei, who was being detained, the night before.

Asking in public today was obviously an intention to release Mei Fei.

Changsun Bubai could also see what Emperor Kaihuang was thinking.

There was no way around it; this was the difference between being favored and not. Just like a whale and a regular player in games, there was no such thing as fairness.

Just as Changsun Bubai was about to say something, Zhang San preempted him and stood up to say, "Reporting to Emperor Kaihuang, Mei Fei showed cowardice before the battle, leading to a devastating ambush of our forces on Longyun Path and Jin River by the Tujue, with heavy casualties. Furthermore, it has been discovered that many officers under Deputy Commander-in-Chief Mei Fei have been colluding with the Tujue, with irrefutable evidence. Therefore, Mei Fei, knowing he deserves death, insists on waiting in the dungeon for Your Majesty to decide his fate."

Emperor Kaihuang frowned slightly and glanced at Zhang San, speaking coldly, "How come what I’ve heard isn’t like that?"

Zhang San bowed and said, "Legalist interrogations often encounter people who recant their confessions. It’s nothing more than families using silver coins or bribing someone in some way. Knowing there is a way to escape punishment, they naturally don’t want to admit to past sins."

At this point, Wen Chudao stepped forward, smiling as he asked, "Military Chief Zhang, I happened to visit the cell last night and bumped into Mei Fei. I chatted with him for a while. He said he knew nothing about these matters."

Zhang San smiled and said, "But every criminal will try to defend themselves in the face of their crimes. Of course, whether it’s Legalism or myself, Zhang San, neither of us are the type to pin a crime on someone unjustly."

Speaking of which, Zhang San bowed to Emperor Kaihuang and said, "I hope Emperor Kaihuang can give Mei Fei a chance to confess."

At that moment, Emperor Kaihuang found Zhang San somewhat incomprehensible.

Based on his previous statements, Zhang San didn’t want to judge Mei Fei and would rather have him killed straight away.

Yet in reality, Zhang San and the others didn’t kill Mei Fei but just locked him up in the dungeon.

And now, they still wanted to give Mei Fei a chance?

This reversal didn’t seem quite right!

"Since that’s the case, bring Mei Fei up first!"

Soon, Cao Demeng went into the cell and brought Mei Fei out.

At this moment, Mei Fei, who finally saw daylight again, walked into the main hall with an air of triumph, looking at Emperor Kaihuang sitting at the top and many important court ministers beside him.

Mei Fei knew that with Emperor Kaihuang there, along with some of his old acquaintances, things would be settled this time.

"Your humble servant greets you..."

Bang!

Just as Mei Fei was about to bow and salute, Zhang San rushed forward and kicked him behind the knee.

"How could one not kneel when seeing our Emperor?"

Mei Fei turned back and glared at Zhang San standing behind him, about to say something, but Zhang San slapped him across the face.

"Greeting Emperor Kaihuang, what are you looking at me for?"

After finishing, Zhang San gave Mei Fei another slap.

Slap!