Night, outside Prince Yu's mansion.

The gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, which had already been sealed, was closed, and it looked a little desolate, and under this moonlight, it also looked a little gloomy.

A group of Jizhou troops patrolled from a distance, and the man at the head raised his right hand, and the team immediately stopped.

The person at the head was wearing a set of Jizhou Military Academy Captain uniforms, and after looking around, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Prince Yu's mansion.

Several soldiers rushed over the wall and jumped into Prince Yu's mansion, and then opened the small door from the inside, the main gate was blocked by iron chains, it was not easy to open, and it was easy to be noticed.

The group of several hundred people quickly entered the small door, and the people who remained outside fixed the seal on the small door again.

If it weren't for the fact that there were many wounded soldiers who couldn't climb over the wall, they wouldn't have opened the gate of the courtyard.

Entering the courtyard, the captain took off the iron helmet on his head and handed it to the soldiers beside him, and looked at the moonlight reflected in the water tank in the distance.

The cold water stimulated him, and he regained his spirits a little.

"Major General."

One lowered his voice and asked, "Shall we hide here for the time being?" ”

Luo Jing, who was dressed as a captain of the Jizhou Military Academy, nodded and said: "It's safe here, hide in the middle of the night, and find a chance to go back to the underground palace in the second half of the night when there are few people." ”

It was Luo Zhijie, the captain of the pro-soldier colonel, who asked him, he nodded, and then went back to the team and arranged for someone to set up a dark sentinel on duty.

Soon after, Luo Zhijie came back, he was also exhausted to the extreme, and when he saw Luo Jing sitting down on the steps, he walked up to Luo Jing and squatted down and asked, "Young General, do you want to eat some dry food?" ”

Luo Jing shook his head and said, "If you still have dry food on you, give it to your brothers." ”

Luo Zhijie beckoned a personal soldier, handed him the bag of dry food, and ordered it to be distributed to everyone.

He still couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked: "How did the young general guess that it was not the general who attacked the city outside the east gate." ”

Luo Jing smiled and said: "My father uses soldiers, how can he be so superficial, do you remember, I asked you to send someone to tell my father about our attack on the East Gate?" ”

Luo Zhi nodded: "Remember." ”

Luo Jing said: "With my father's understanding, he will deliberately let the Qingzhou army or the Yuzhou army attack, do you know why?" ”

Luo Zhijie shook his head and said, "My subordinates can't understand it." ”

Luo Jing smiled and said: "Whoever attacks first will be caught here, left and right can't move, it's not easy to advance and retreat before and after, if you really fight, whoever is in the middle will die first." ”

"If my father wants to move troops, he will be behind the Yuzhou army or the Qingzhou army, those two teams look like they are separated, once I open the city gate, the two armies will immediately fight on their own, my father is behind, adding fuel to the fire."

Luo Zhijie said: "The general will wave his army from behind the two armies and kill them, and he will win a complete victory." ”

Luo Jing said: "You, you are so smart when you are smart, my father said that I should study hard with you, but when my brain is stupid, I am really stupid." ”

Luo Zhijie was stunned, and he didn't understand what the young general meant for a while, could he guess wrong?

Luo Jing said: "My father will naturally attack behind the military horses of the two states, but most of them are just making a appearance, making people think that he has entered the game, this situation, naturally the later the force, the better, but unfortunately Cui Yan can't see it, and Liu Li, who is known as Prince Wu's most powerful and loving general, can't see it." ”

Luo Zhijie thought about it carefully, and suddenly came to his senses.

"The Great General, he ....."

Luo Jing shook his head and said: "The current situation, it's still unclear, my father definitely won't express his position so quickly, my father sent me a letter a few months ago, and there are only eight words on it...... Don't be impatient, look at the cloudy sky, he didn't write it down, but I guessed something. ”

At the same time, on the city walls.

Zeng Ling had been pondering against the wall for a while, and no one dared to disturb him, even the injured Liu Ge came over and wanted to say something, but he still endured it.

After a long time, Zeng Ling grew one

tone, and then a wry smile.

Only then did he see Liu Ge waiting for him not far away, so he called Liu Ge's name, and Liu Ge hurriedly came over.

Zeng Ling stretched out his hand to support Liu Ge and asked, "How is the injury?" ”

Liu Ge said: "Don't worry, don't worry, don't get in the way." ”

Zeng Ling looked back at the outside of the city, and in the dark night, the torches outside the city were like a sea of stars.

"Do you understand it now?"

Zeng Ling asked Liu Ge.

Liu Ge wanted to come to Zeng Ling, it was because he suddenly had some thoughts in his heart, and he said tentatively: "Luo Geng didn't plan to enter the game, but urged others to enter the game later?" ”

Zeng Ling nodded and said, "It turns out that you also thought of it, a little earlier than I thought...... You see that he is behind the Qingzhou Army, it seems that he is attacking with all his strength, but in fact, he is forcing the Qingzhou Army to go forward and squeeze the Yuzhou Army. ”

Liu Ge nodded: "He didn't want to exert force, but he forced Cui Yan to come and go to exert force, and squeezed Liu Li's Yuzhou army to the front, but the Yanshan battalion Green Eyebrow army arrived, and squeezed the Yuzhou army to the rear." ”

Zeng Ling said: "No matter who is in front, as long as someone is in front, Luo Geng will smile from ear to ear." ”

Zeng Ling let out a long breath and looked far away, which was where Luo Geng's Youzhou army was located.

"Luo Geng deliberately fell last, even if Cui Yanlai didn't plan to attack the Yuzhou army at that time, as long as Luo Geng's army squeezed forward, the Qingzhou army had to go forward ......"

He sighed and said, "We all lost. ”

Liu Ge asked, "My lord, do you want to ......?"

Zeng Ling shook his head: "At this time, no one can pull out to leave, especially me." ”

His gaze looked farther away, and he said in a heavy tone: "Luo Geng's order should be the new emperor of our Great Chu, I am too proud to forget that there is a new sun in the sky and a new moon in the night." ”

He seemed to see that in the place he couldn't see, His Majesty the Emperor of Da Chu was smiling proudly.

But he was looking in the wrong direction.

In the northwest direction, about 200 miles northwest of the Yanshan camp, the army coming from the direction of Youzhou did not rush forward, and stopped to rest as soon as it was dark.

Prince Wu Yang Jiju came back from the front army, walked up to a young man and leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, the night wind is cold, let's go back to the tent and rest." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Emperor Yang Jing of Great Chu smiled and said: "Uncle Wang is not bad, Luo Geng is a decisive and ruthless person on the battlefield, but outside the battlefield, he is indecisive and indecisive, looking forward and backward. ”

Prince Wu Yang Ji said: "When the minister went north, he once said to His Majesty that in the north of the Middle Realm, in the land of six states, the only person who can be used by the imperial court can only be Luo Geng. ”

"Luo Geng has a rebellious heart but no courage, and he sells his reputation, so he only needs to give him a name and make him feel that His Majesty values him, and he will take the lead for His Majesty."

Yang Jing said: "If he can really stabilize this battle, what if I give him a Youzhou king?" ”

Yang Jiju said with a smile: "If Luo Geng really gets the title of King of Youzhou, he will fight for his life." ”

Yang Jing slowly exhaled a breath and said: "What I am most worried about is the northern border, this battle, Uncle Wang planned the layout, and the battle was decided, I ...... in my heart."

He paused, glanced at Prince Wu, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "I always feel in my heart that only Uncle Wang can turn the tide, and I don't know what to say in order to let Uncle Wang know how grateful I am....."

Prince Wu hurriedly leaned over and said, "The old minister is panicking. ”

Yang Jing said: "When I left the capital, I told the courtiers that I must go to the north to see, I just want to see with my own eyes, how my uncle Wang cleansed the small with the great Chu king, and I want to see with my own eyes how the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the north are returned to the rule of the imperial court." ”

He pointed in the direction of Jizhou and said, "It's just ahead, it's not far away." ”

Prince Wu persuaded: "After this battle, Your Majesty should return to the capital as soon as possible, and the northern land can be cleaned up for Your Majesty." ”

"I know."

Yang Jing said: "I just want to see with my own eyes what happens to those traitors. ”

About a few months ago, after Prince Wu's army broke through Qingzhou, Prince Wu Yang Jiju sent someone to Youzhou and sent a personal letter to Luo Geng, and more importantly, there was a holy decree from His Majesty the Emperor of Great Chu.

After Luo Geng received the holy decree and Prince Wu's handwritten letter, he struggled for a long, long time.

The emperor's meaning is obvious, as long as he is willing to assist Prince Wu to exterminate all the rebels in the north, the emperor will make him the king of Youzhou and take charge of the military affairs in the north.

Moreover, the title of the king of Youzhou is hereditary.

For Luo Geng, this is a great temptation, a temptation that can hardly be refused......

Luo Geng has guarded the northern frontier for Dachu for so many years, but he is just a four-rank general, how strong is the depression and resentment in his heart?

When the old emperor was there, Liu Chongxin always said that Luo Geng must be opposed, so he always pressed Luo Geng.

It wasn't until shortly before the death of the old emperor that Luo Geng was promoted to the rank of general of the third rank because the northern border was too chaotic.

But is Luo Geng really satisfied?

Looking at the past 20 years, the one who can compete with him for greater military achievements is just a Liangzhou platform.

The new emperor is willing to crown him as a king with a different surname, this kind of glory has never been seen since the founding of Great Chu, once crowned as king, Luo Geng will be the first person after the establishment of Great Chu.

And His Majesty the Emperor's attitude, how could Luo Geng not be tempted? The old emperor didn't look down on him but had to use him, pressed him for 20 years, and the new emperor was going to crown him king soon after he ascended the throne......

In such a contrast, the attitude of the two emperors could not be more obvious.

So Luo Geng hesitated again and again, and finally decided to obey the dispatch of the imperial court, and in order to be safe, he didn't even tell his son very clearly.

What he was worried about was that Luo Jing was young and made a mistake, if he drank too much wine, he might leak this matter, Zeng Ling was an old fox, and Luo Geng had to guard against it.

What prompted Luo Geng to make up his mind was not only because of His Majesty the Emperor's attitude, but also because of the successive victories of Prince Wu Yang Jiju.

Prince Wu took Yuzhou and then went down to Qingzhou, and the two places returned to the imperial court, which also made Luo Geng see the hope of the great Chu Zhongxing.

Choosing between being a traitor and being the king of Youzhou, he really prefers to choose the latter.

Therefore, Luo Geng cooperated with Prince Wu and began to lay out in Jizhou.

In order not to make Qingzhou Cui Yanlai and Yuzhou Liu Li suspicious, he even invited these two people to come to Youzhou to discuss matters, not only these two people, but he even invited Yanshan Yingyu Chaozong.

Who will come and who will not come, he has already judged in his heart, because no one will come, Cui Yanlai and Liu Li just sent an envoy to negotiate with him.

This battle was a battle in which Emperor Yang Jing was determined to recover the northern border, and Luo Geng knew that Prince Wu would go all out, but he just didn't expect that even Emperor Yang Jing would come.

Under the night sky.

Yang Jing stood on a high slope and looked into the distance.

"Uncle Wang...... I have always wondered, why when the Great Chu was founded, it swept the world and no one could beat it? ”

"I thought about it for a long, long time and finally figured out that Emperor Taizu's unparalleled martial arts are naturally the most important reason, but there is another reason...... Taizu knew that it was not easy to fight the country, so he also knew the difficulty of guarding the country, but later, my ancestors and ancestors forgot that the country was not easy to come by, and they were all waiting for that seat as soon as they were born, ...... waiting."

Yang Jing paused, looked at Prince Wu and said, "Where am I guarding the country now, I am learning from Emperor Taizu to fight this country again......"

He exhaled heavily.

"The Yang family was able to make the Quartet surrender hundreds of years ago, and it is still able to, Taizu fought so hard to bring down the country, but hundreds of years later, it was divided and stolen by moths one by one, and I will fight it back...... The Great Chu is eternal, starting from Taizu and continuing from me. ”

Prince Wu bowed down: "Long live my emperor, long live!" ”