"Uncle, I don't want to surrender to the Song Kingdom, if I have to surrender, then I might as well surrender when I was a prisoner in Jianye. Why don't we switch to the Qin State, this is not far from the Qin State, and General Bai will definitely take us in. Gao Kegong couldn't accept returning to the place where he was a prisoner as a general.

Gao Yi lowered his head and pondered: "Is the Qin State safe?" This time the battle between Qi and Song in Chu land, if the Song State won in the end, their next target would be the Qin State. If the Qi State wins, they will also target the Qin State after destroying the Yan State, and won't our situation be even more embarrassing than it is now? Instead of surrendering twice, it is better to be in place once. ”

"Since we want to be in place at one time, then we will simply surrender the Qi State, the national strength of the Qi State is far superior to the Song State, and they must be the ones who can unify the five countries in the end." As long as he does not surrender to the Song State, Gao Kegong can accept it no matter where he goes.

Gao Yi sighed: "I'm afraid we don't have a choice, the road from Lin'an to Qi has been completely occupied by the Song army, unless we can fly over, otherwise there is only one way to surrender Deng Yuanjue." ”

Gao Kegong was still lucky: "It's better for us to kill Zhou Yunjing, and then defend Lin'an City." I don't believe that Tian Wuji really can't do anything about the Song army, maybe after a while, he and Jiang Huan Chu will be able to kill Shouchun City, and then we can also break through and make peace with them. ”

"Do you want the whole family to accompany you on your adventures? You have been fighting for many years yourself, can't you see that Tian Wuji and Jiang Huanchu have nothing to do? Zhou Yunjing is right, this time is not as good as the previous two times, we have no way out, and the only way to resist and wait for us is a dead end. Gao Yi rebuked angrily.

Gao Kegong knew that what Gao Yi said was the truth, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Three days later, Deng Yuanjue led the army to Lin'an City, only to see the city gate open, Gao Yi and Gao Kegong holding the official seal, neatly dressed and kneeling at the city gate to greet them, and Zhou Yunjing stood behind them.

"What does Da Sima mean by this? Hurry up, please. Deng Yuanjue jumped off the war horse and knowingly helped Gao Yi up.

Gao's uncle and nephew still knelt on the ground and refused to get up: "I heard that the general was coming to Lin'an, and we decided to lead the people of the whole city to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty. Before, our uncle and nephew offended the general Huwei many times, and they really deserved death, and asked the general to punish him, otherwise we would not dare to rise. ”

Deng Yuanjue laughed, and once again helped Gao Yi up: "In the past, we were each our own masters, and it was normal to meet on the battlefield, so what a crime." Now that your uncle and nephew have decided to surrender to my Great Song Dynasty, we will be ministers of the same palace in the future, so don't take the previous things to heart. ”

Gao Yi then stood up and led the Song army into the city, introducing the situation in the city to Deng Yuanjue along the way.

Deng Yuanjue listened attentively and secretly glanced at Deng Wenhao and Zhou Yunjing. The two of them understood, and quietly fell behind the group.

Back at the City Lord's Mansion, Gao Yi introduced the big and small officials in the city to Deng Yuanjue one by one, during which Zhou Yunjing and Deng Wenhao also walked in one after another.

After listening to this, Deng Yuanjue said to Gao Yi: "I have understood the situation in Lin'an, everything in the city remains unchanged for the time being, and now the main task of our army is to capture Jiangdu, which requires the help of your uncle and nephew, Brother Gao." "The great Sima of the Song Kingdom is Yan Chixing, so it is inconvenient for Deng Yuanjue to call Gao Yi the great Sima again.

Gao Yi was not surprised: "If the general has any orders, even if he gives an order, how dare our uncle and nephew disobey." ”

Deng Yuanjue smiled slightly: "That's great, Jiangdu is a big city second only to Shouchun in Chu State, although there are 80,000 defenders in the city, but there is not enough grain and grass and various equipment to defend the city, and it only takes a little more time to easily take it." Brother Gao, you two are new to the city, I want to ask General Kegong to be the main general of this siege, if General Kegong can make a great contribution, I don't need to say more about the significance to you and the entire Gao family. ”

Everyone present felt that Deng Yuanjue intended to take care of the Gao family, Jiangdu was a lonely city, and it was only a matter of time before he took it, and letting Gao Kegong as the main general was equivalent to giving the Gao family the credit for nothing. This credit is not small, taking Jiangdu is equivalent to destroying the Chu State, and it will definitely go down in history in the future.

Gao Kegong was secretly surprised when he heard this, although he felt awkward to lead his troops to fight Jiangdu, but the benefits after defeating Jiangdu were also obvious, this was not only his personal glory, but even the entire Gao family could be active in the political arena of the Great Song Dynasty again.

Deng Yuanjue said to Gao Yi, who was suspicious: "Senior brother, in addition to attacking Jiangdu, I also have a major matter that you need to do. ”

"General, please speak."

"The demise of the Chu State is inevitable, but there are still many local armed forces, and I don't want to see them still active in the Chu Land after we take the Jiangdu. So I want to ask you and General Zhou to go out, you are responsible for persuading them to surrender, General Zhou will follow behind with an army of 80,000 in Lin'an, and if anyone dares not to surrender, he will be killed directly. ”

"Wait, General Zhou took away Lin'an's 80,000 troops, so which troops should I take to fight Jiangdu?" Gao Kegong couldn't help but panic when he heard that Deng Yuanjue was going to transfer his army.

Deng Yuanjue laughed: "General Gao don't worry, I will hand over all the troops in Wenhao's hands to you, this army has been fighting with me for many years, and I dare to say that its combat effectiveness will not be lower than any of the other four countries." ”

"This army in Lin'an has also followed me for many years, and I have used it easily, so it is better to let me take them, General Zhou and General Wenhao's troops." Gao Kegong still wants to get back his military power.

Deng Yuanjue's face changed: "Now the defenders of Jiangdu are the most elite troops of the Chu State, it's not that I underestimate your ability to lead troops, if your Lin'an soldiers want to take them, I'm afraid they will have to go through a battle to the death." After we take Jiangdu, we have to go back to deal with the Qi army, and we can't have too many losses, so you should use the troops of the writers. ”

Gao Kegong still wanted to insist, but suddenly saw Gao Yimeng standing on the opposite side giving him a look, and then he found that the guards in the City Lord's Mansion had all been replaced by Deng Yuanjue's people at some point, and there were still many masters of the Heavenly Sword Gate inside.

Gao Kegong was stunned for a moment and didn't dare to insist anymore. After the meeting ended, he found that none of the cronies and generals around him could be found, and even all the servants in his mansion had been replaced.

Frightened, he rushed to Gao Yi's residence and found that Gao Yi's mansion had all been replaced with fresh faces.

"Uncle, did we make a mistake? Now that my military power is gone, my trusted generals are gone, and even the servants in the house have been replaced by theirs. Gao's uncle and nephew discussed the current situation in the study.

Gao Yi smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect Deng Yuanjue to act so quickly and ruthlessly, we have been fighting with him for many years, he defended us, and even took back your military power, which I can understand, but sending you to fight Jiangdu and sending me to persuade other local forces to surrender is beyond my expectations." ”

Gao Kegong was puzzled: "Is there any conspiracy here?" As long as I defeat Jiangdu and make great contributions, even if Xiao Daocheng doesn't use our uncle and nephew in the future, he can't easily kill us, otherwise he will have to bear the infamy of killing heroes. ”

Gao Yi shook his head: "What you think is too simple, Deng Yuanjue sent you to fight Jiangdu to make our uncle and nephew discredited." Our Gao family is a famous family in Great Chu, if the Chu State is destroyed, as long as we stand up and play the banner of reviving Great Chu, we will definitely get the support of many people and families. But if you destroy the Chu State with your own hands, then can we still use this banner? Is there anyone else who will support us? ”

Gao Kegong gasped: "It turns out that Deng Yuanjue's intentions are so sinister, I will go and ask him to resign and let him send another general to attack the city." After speaking, he turned around and went to find Deng Yuanjue.

"Slow, why are you still so frizzy, now the fate of everyone in the Gao family is on our uncle and nephew, if you are not careful, we will be wiped out." Gao Yi scolded.

Gao Kegong's face was full of shame: "What my uncle taught me was that my nephew was reckless." ”

"You can't go to Deng Yuanjue, if you refuse to lead troops to fight Jiangdu, he can behead you tomorrow for disobeying military orders." Gao Yi still looked at Gao Kegong dissatisfied.

"It's not okay to fight, it's not okay if you don't fight, then I can only lead troops to surround the river and slowly consume it, until Deng Yuanjue can't stand it anymore and sends someone to replace me." Gao Kegong's eyes rolled and he felt that this was a solution.

Gao Yi still shook his head: "No matter whether you can defeat Jiangdu in the end, as long as you bring troops to go, our Gao family's reputation will be over." If you can't conquer for a long time, the world will still think you are incompetent. At that time, Deng Yuanjue will take you down on the charge of doing unfavorable things, and the credit for destroying Chu will not only go to others, but you will also be in danger of your life. ”

"It's all wrong, so what should I do?" Seeing that his idea was rejected, Gao Kegong was even more frustrated.

"Deng Yuanjue really deserves to be the number one general in the world, and his means of playing politics are as powerful as marching and fighting, we obviously see through his intentions, but there is no way to crack it." Gao Yi was helpless but also admired Deng Yuanjue.

The uncle and nephew discussed in the study all night and didn't think of a solution, so Deng Yuanjue naturally wouldn't give them another night to think. Early the next morning, he sent Gao Kegong to lead the troops to Jiangdu to meet Wu Teng, in order to prevent accidents, he also sent Deng Wenhao to be Gao Kegong's deputy general, this intention is obvious, the soldiers are Deng Wenhao's soldiers, and the second-in-command is also Deng Wenhao himself, Gao Kegong only has a nominal title of the main general.

Gao Kegong went out on the front foot, and Gao Yi also left Lin'an under the urging of Zhou Yunjing.

Gao Yi didn't dare to think about anything else, the lives of hundreds of people in the entire family were still in Deng Yuanjue's hands, even if he really dared to collude with those local forces, he had to weigh whether he could beat Zhou Yunjing's 80,000 army behind him.