The king of Xiangdong was far from being so free and easy in his heart, so he had to keep drinking, drunk from morning to night, so that he could think less about his thoughts, and went from Runan to Xiangyang, he has been paralyzed in the car, only jumping out when he wants to drink, shouting at everyone.

"I am the king of Xiangdong! You can imprison me and despise me, but you can't help but give me wine! ”

The soldiers of the Liang army were so annoyed that they had to put a jar of wine on the car for him to drink as he pleased, as long as he did not die.

Therefore, when the king of Xiangdong was finally handed over, the soldiers of the Liang army were all relieved, and left without even saying a word of thanks.

Xiangyang has become a huge battlefield, and although the Bingzhou army has won successive battles, it has not forced the defenders to break up or surrender, but has more and more.

The sources of reinforcements are complicated, and the later they come, the more they refuse to enter the city, and camp far away, as if they are waiting, as if they are going to take advantage of the fire to loot - as for who the target is, I am afraid that even they themselves cannot tell.

The state army was even more indescribable, so they did not dare to attack the city with all their might, retreated more than ten miles, and were also waiting for reinforcements.

The king of Xiangdong was thrown in a tent, fell asleep, and when he woke up, he groped around for the wine jar and could not find it, only to find that he was no longer in the carriage.

"Where is this?" He asked.

No one answered.

King Xiangdong got up and staggered out of the tent, the sun was dazzling, he stretched out his hand to cover it, and it took a while to get used to it, remove his palm, and see the surrounding situation clearly.

This is a dilapidated barracks, and as far as the eye can see, not a single thing is intact, even the soldiers who come and go are mostly wounded.

"What is this place?" King Xiangdong grabbed a soldier and asked.

The soldier shook him off and refused to answer.

There was no guard outside the tent, and the king of Xiangdong walked around, and he couldn't even answer a few questions.

Finally, a group of people came, and the leader seemed to be a famous general, and the king of Xiangdong stood in place and waited, hoping to get an answer this time.

"Is the Wine King awake?" The leader asked with a smile.

"Where is this?" King Xiangdong asked blankly.

"Where are you going?"

"I was sent to Xiangyang by Liang Jun."

"That's right, this is thirty miles outside Xiangyang City, and I take bamboo in the Lower Song Dynasty."

"Oh." King Xiangdong vaguely remembered that someone had mentioned this name, but he couldn't remember the specific identity of the other party.

"You are the king of Xiangdong?"

"Hmm."

"Really?"

"Probably so."

"Haha, someone always recognizes you. Everyone didn't believe Xu Ji, and they didn't expect him to really send you over and let me pick a bargain. What about Xu Zhuren? ”

He ...... It's still at King Liang's. ”

"Come, drink a glass of wine together, it can be regarded as washing the dust for the king of Xiangdong."

Hearing that he was going to "drink", King Xiangdong's eyes lit up, "How can one cup be enough?" At least one pot. ”

"It depends on how much we have left."

The wine here belongs to the so-called horse urine of the king of Xiangdong, and he was used to drinking the wine provided by Liang Jun, and suddenly changed to bad wine, he was very unaccustomed to it, and spit it out after only taking a sip, "Is this really wine?" ”

Song Zhuzhu took a sip, "Yes, you have to smack carefully, you can't drink too much or too fast." ”

The king of Xiangdong took a small sip, left it in his mouth for a long time before swallowing it slowly, nodded and said: "It's really wine, it's better than nothing." ”

"Did Xu Ji say anything when he sent you?"

"I just said that Xiangyang is chaotic and needs to be alone, and it seems that I have said something else, but I don't remember." King Xiangdong knocked on his head, but still couldn't remember.

"It's okay, you don't have to do anything anyway - isn't the King of Jibei also in the Eastern Capital? Why didn't Xu Ji send him? ”

"The king of Jibei has been made emperor by the king of Liang, and he himself is reluctant."

"It turns out that Xu Ji has no choice."

"Do you really want me to sit in Xiangyang?" When the king of Xiangdong first heard this letter outside the city of Runan, he was a little excited, and the more he drank along the way, the less confidence he had became, and now there was not much left, but he was panicked.

"I think about it so much, it's like looking forward to it day and night, all the time." Song Zhuzhu said with a smile.

King Xiangdong laughed dryly, "You just want a puppet, right?" ”

Song Zhuzhu glanced up and down, "King Xiangdong thinks he can do anything other than a puppet?" ”

The king of Xiangdong became more and more embarrassed, holding his wine glass and bowing his head silently.

"Puppets are also divided into types, some are good, some are bad, the so-called shame and then bravery, the king of Xiangdong has a sense of shame, maybe he can be a good puppet." Song took the bamboo and persuaded.

King Xiangdong's face turned red, but he raised his head, "What is the situation in Xiangyang now?" ”

Song Zhuzhu nodded, "Look, that's right." The situation in Xiangyang can only be said to be a mess, so far, the defenders of all walks of life have not won a battle, they are all relatively scattered, and the state army is unwilling to divide and attack, so it has persisted until now. ”

"So what can I do?"

"Sitting, just sit still, I can't say if you can hold anything."

King Xiangdong put down the wine glass, the wine was already undrinkable, and Song Zhuzhu said a few words so that he didn't even have the last bit of interest.

Song Zhuzhu drank with relish, and suddenly said: "Xu Ji is a strange person. ”

"Ahh King Xiangdong said perfunctorily, he wanted to do something but felt that the general trend was gone, and he wanted to give up but felt ashamed of the Zhang family and his daughter, so he couldn't help but be in a dilemma.

"Without him, Xiangyang would have been lost, but after getting these reinforcements, he himself ran away and sent you."

He ...... I guess I can't help myself. ”

"Involuntarily meddling? He didn't even recognize the city lord of Xiangyang, so he did such a big favor, how much help did he have to help the people he knew? ”

"He doesn't help much with acquaintances."

"Sure enough, it's a weirdo."

"Is the city lord of Xiangyang Leng Yifang?"

"It used to be."

"Huh?"

"He is a dead man now, to be honest, much more useful than when he was alive, if he was still the city lord, Xiangyang would have surrendered a long time ago, and he would not be able to hold on to now."

"Oh." The king of Xiangdong did not dare to answer, for fear that he would also fall into a judgment that "death is better than life".

"Do you dare to be the emperor?" Song Zhuzhu asked.

"Huh?" King Xiangdong's face changed immediately.

"Well, you've answered it very clearly, come, drink, and see if you can get a little more courage."

"There is an emperor in the imperial court." The king of Xiangdong did muster a little courage.

"That's why I asked you if you dare, when you become an emperor, you can be an official, everyone is an official, maybe you can be more united and have higher morale. In fact, there were more reinforcements than the Bingzhou army, but they were scared, and no one dared to come forward to meet them. I was camped thirty miles away, and there were people who hid farther than I did. If you can rush up, maybe you will really win, and when the time comes, you will still be a puppet emperor, but you will change from a clay body to a gold body, and you can drink a little better. ”

"I dare." King Xiangdong finally said, "But I am not for myself, not even for the Tiancheng court, but for the expulsion of foreign races and the restoration of Kyushu." ”

"Xu Ji really has eyesight, and the king of Xiangdong is getting more and more up. When you become the emperor, I have the merit to take over, what kind of official can I get? ”

"This ...... You pick for yourself. ”

"I used to be the king of Chu."

"Uh......"

"Haha, just kidding, if you make me the king of Chu now, others won't agree, I still have no name. You can make me a general at will, not too big, not too small. ”

"Need a name?" King Xiangdong asked cautiously.

"You are the emperor, you have the final say."

"General Fuxi? Tiancheng has more than 30 generals, and General Fuxi ranks 14th. ”

Song Zhuzhu thought for a while, "Okay, that's it." Please come with me to meet your subjects. ”

"I haven't ascended the throne yet, so why do I need a ceremony?"

"There is no rush for the ceremony, there will be later."

Song Zhuzhu dragged the king of Xiangdong out of the tent and said loudly: "Come here and meet Emperor Tiancheng!" ”

More than a dozen people came to watch the "Emperor Tiancheng", judging their tastes, as if they were looking at rare things.

The king of Xiangdong was ashamed, but he couldn't dodge, and he felt the embarrassment of the king of Jibei.

There was a sudden noise in the distance, and Song Zhuzhu said loudly: "Who is making a noise, don't you know that the emperor is here?" ”

A leader ran over and said from a distance: "Yang touches the fish...... Alas. ”

A team of knights galloped in, and the leader was Yang Qinzai, the king of Jiang, since he changed his name, he hated others calling him his original name the most, and threw it away, whipped it on the shoulder of the leader of the Song army, and rushed to Song Zhuzhu non-stop.

"Why did Brother Yang come and not inform him in advance?" Song Zhuzhu said with a smile.

Yang Qinya stared at the people beside Song Zhuzhu, "This is the King of Xiangdong?" ”

"He said he 'should'."

"What's the matter, yes, no, no."

"He's drunk too much, and he's a little confused."

"After receiving the king of Xiangdong, why didn't Brother Song send someone to inform us?"

"Because I know that Brother Yang is well-informed, and I don't need to send someone to inform him, look, isn't this coming? And it happened that the king of Xiangdong had already been proclaimed emperor, so Brother Yang got off the horse to meet Emperor Tiancheng. ”

"Who would dare to be the emperor without my permission?" Yang Qinzai said angrily.

The little confidence and ambition that King Xiangdong had just given birth to immediately disappeared, and he lowered his head and carefully smacked the smell of wine just now.

"Then Brother Yang allows it or not?"

"Hey. Let me tell you, the Xi family army withdrew its troops, and it won't be able to come back for a while. ”

"The Xi family is so cowardly? Ran away before you could win or lose? ”

"It is said that the Xi family's nest has been attacked, and they cannot protect themselves."

"Attacked by whom?"

"I don't know, let them call, guarding Xiangyang is the business of a few of our families, and when the king of Xiangdong becomes the emperor, see if he can recruit some more reinforcements."

"He's already the emperor, don't believe you listen to me call 'Your Majesty'."

The king of Xiangdong hung his head lower.

There was noise in the distance again, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense, and said loudly: "Chen Mushou of the two states is here!" ”

"Looks like everyone is well informed, and it looks like my camp really needs to be checked." Song Zhuzhu whispered.

Chen Yi galloped closer, "Where is the king of Xiangdong?" ”

Song Zhuzhu said: "Right here, King Xiangdong, look up and let Chen Mushou take a look." ”

The king of Xiangdong had to raise his head, Chen Yicai jumped off the horse, ran a few steps, and knelt on the ground, "Chen Yaocai, knock on His Royal Highness the King of Xiangdong, and hope to forgive the crime of not welcome." ”

Everyone was taken aback, especially the King of Xiangdong, who confirmed that Chen was ill, but he was not familiar with it, and hurriedly said: "That...... Flat, please get up quickly, don't be polite. ”

Song Zhuzhu looked at Yang Qinya, who was riding on a horse, "Yes, General Chen is an official of the imperial court, and he should know the king of Xiangdong, he said yes, it must be it." ”

Yang Qinzai also jumped off the horse.

Chen Yi got up with tears in his eyes, "This is the king of Xiangdong, and it will never be wrong." ”

The king of Xiangdong was nervous, uh-huh, Chen Yicai said loudly: "The king of Xiangdong arrived too timely, just came the news, He Rong's army has broken through the Hanzhou checkpoint, and it is estimated that it will soon turn to Xiangyang, and the defenders need the king of Xiangdong to boost their morale!" ”

King Xiangdong snorted softly, and he had no morale at all.