Deng Yuanjue led 10,000 iron cavalry to hurry for days, and as soon as the army arrived in Yuyang County, the news of the loss of Cangwu City came.

"Alas, after all, it's still a step slow." Deng Yuanjue sighed, originally thinking about rushing back to Cangwu City as soon as possible, first defending the city, and then thinking about how to repel the Qin army next. Now that Cangwu has been lost, and the cavalry is not suitable for attacking the city, Deng Yuanjue decided to repair in Yuyang for two days, and then find a way to recapture Cangwu when Xiao Yin's 40,000 infantry arrives.

In the Yulin Temple, Master Jingkong said to Shi Luosheng and the others: "Ma Taishou has ordered the revocation of the order to search the city, and your Cangwu City has also been lost, and General Li Peifu also set off to garrison there early this morning." ”

Regarding the loss of Cangwu City, Shi Luosheng was not surprised: "What about Tian Yulong and the second prince?" Did they flee or were they captured alive by the Qin army? ”

Master Jingkong said: "It is said that Dai Tuo found someone to pretend to be the two of them, which attracted Wan Hailong's attention, and the second prince and Tian Taiwei took the opportunity to escape back to Cangyi County. However, General Dai also died because of this. ”

Although Shi Luosheng did not have a deep relationship with Dai Tuo when he was in Cangwu, he still respected his loyalty, and when he heard that he had died in battle, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Master Clearance asked again: "The injuries on the two donors are now healed, what are your plans next?" ”

Shi Luosheng said: "Since the search of the city has also been canceled, Zixuan and I want to say goodbye to the master today, before we attacked Yulin City, I had already left two thousand people nearby in advance, and now that Cangwu City is lost, we still have to find a way to take him back, and this time has also caused a lot of trouble to the master, which is really a sin." ”

Master Jingkong said: "The two donors are polite, since you are leaving today, the old man will not leave you, I have seen Brother Zu greet him for me." ”

After the two left the city, they first found Wang Lun nearby, although Wang Lun had always believed that Shi Luosheng and the two were not dead, but he was still a little excited when he saw the two.

Wang Lun told the two of them what had happened in the past few days, Shi Luosheng had been hiding in Yulin Temple, although Master Jingkong told him some of the outside situation, but Yulin Temple was only a temple after all, and he didn't know a lot of things.

"It turns out that the father-in-law has arrived in Yuyang County, and the eldest prince also arrived yesterday. Now there are 50,000 people in Yuyang, and Li Peifu in Cangwu also has 50,000 people, so there should be no problem in taking Cangwu City with the ability of his father-in-law. Although Li Peifu is also a famous general, Shi Luosheng feels that there is still a big gap between him and Deng Yuanjue.

Wang Lun said again: "In addition to the soldiers and horses of the great general Yuzhou, Your Majesty also asked the third prince Xiao Che to bring 20,000 forbidden troops to rescue Cangwu, and now they have also arrived in Cangyi County to join the second prince." ”

Shi Luosheng was overjoyed and said: "The third prince is also here, so I am a little more sure of regaining Cangwu." "Among the four princes, except for the eldest prince Xiao Yin, he has not had much contact, Shi Luosheng has the best impression of the third prince Xiao Che, and privately feels that Xiao Che is the most suitable to take over the throne, but this idea can only be buried in his heart, and even Liu Zixuan dare not tell it.

Liu Zixuan interrupted Shi Luosheng's train of thought and asked, "Then are we going to Yuyang to meet the general now?" ”

Shi Luosheng glanced at Wang Lun and said: "No need, we still don't return to Yuyang for the time being, with our father-in-law, it is not a problem to recapture Cangwu, after all, Cangwu City has just been lost, and the people in the city still regard themselves as the people of the Great Song Dynasty." The will of the people is available, and the father-in-law will make good use of this. Although Li Peifu is not simple, this battle is destined to lose. ”

Liu Zixuan was puzzled: "Since we will win, why don't we go back to participate in this battle?" ”

Wang Lun said with a smile: "General Shi wants to wait for Li Peifu to be defeated, ambush him on the way back to Yulin City, and avenge the last one-shot revenge." ”

Shi Luosheng smiled: "Mr. knows me, that's what I plan." ”

Li Peifu, who had just taken Cangwu City, was happy and found a bunch of troubles in two days, first of all, Deng Yuanjue, the general of the Song State, defeated Gao Kegong of the Chu State, and also came to Yuyang County with 50,000 horses, and then Xiao Che, the third prince of the Song State, came to Cangyi County with 20,000 forbidden troops. In addition, Cangwu City, which has just been taken, the people in the city also riot from time to time. This should be put in normal times, Li Peifu must have been bloodily suppressed, but now I really don't dare, Deng Yuanjue is by his side, once he doesn't handle Cangwu well, he will gain and lose.

Lin Peiyuan walked in and said, "General, Deng Yuanjue led the army to the city and wanted to meet you." ”

Although the Song State is weak, Deng Yuanjue is recognized as the number one general in the world, which is equivalent to the status of Shen Nanxing in the rivers and lakes. When Li Peifu heard Deng Yuanjue's invitation, he immediately took his men out of the city to meet him.

Deng Yuanjue saw Li Peifu come out and first said a few polite words, and then went straight to the point: "General Li, do you think you can hold this city now?" ”

Li Peifu saw that Deng Yuanjue asked so directly, and he didn't want to answer, but when he saw the soldiers behind him looking at him expectantly, he secretly said This Deng Yuanjue is really powerful, and one question has hit the morale of my whole army. Even if I said that I could hold it, many of the soldiers below would doubt my words and start to distrust me.

Thinking of this, Li Peifu had no choice but to smile and ask, "General Deng, dare to ask, do you think you can capture this city now?" ”

Deng Yuanjue laughed and said, "Good answer, then please General Li take a good look at how I recaptured this Cangwu City." After saying that, Deng Yuanjue patted the horse and returned to the camp.

Li Peifu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and thought of Deng Yuanjue's question just now, Li Peifu suddenly felt that Cangwu City was now a crater, which would erupt at any time, and he was not only sitting on this crater now, but also surrounded by Song soldiers all around, and he couldn't escape if he wanted to.

Deng Yuanjue invited Xiao Yu, Xiao Che, and Tian Yulong to his camp to discuss the next general attack.

Although Deng Yuanjue already knew about Tian Yulong's betrayal of Shi Luosheng, he still pretended not to know anything on the surface, first saluted the three of them, and then said: "Cangwu City is the territory of our Great Song Dynasty, and it must not be lost. ”

The three princes led by Xiao Yin said in unison: "The position of commander-in-chief should be held by the general, and the three of us are at the command of the general." ”

Tian Yulong had no intention of competing with Deng Yuanjue for military power after this battle, and said lightly: "The general is the national pillar of our Great Song Dynasty, and he has been in battle for a long time, so naturally he should be commanded by you." Although it was because Shi Luosheng did not obey the general's orders and acted without authorization, our army was defeated, but after all, Cangwu was lost in my hands, and I still hope that the general will take it back for me. ”

Hearing that Tian Yulong was still excusing himself, Xiao Yu glanced at him with a slight sneer, and this expression naturally did not escape Deng Yuanjue's eyes.

Deng Yuanjue saw that everyone did not object, and asked his eldest son Deng Wenying: "Wenying, are the people in the city ready?" ”

Deng Wenying stood up and said: "Father, since the child arrived in Yuyang, he has been sending people into Cangwu City every day, and now those people have united a lot of people, as long as we launch a general attack, they will set fire everywhere in the city and cooperate with us in attacking the city." ”

Deng Yuanjue nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, we will launch a general attack tomorrow." The generals listened to the order, Xiao Yin and Deng Wenying led 10,000 troops to attack the north gate, Xiao Yu and Deng Wenhao led 10,000 troops to attack the south gate, Xiao Che and Deng Wenjie also led 10,000 troops to attack the west gate, and the others followed the general to attack the east gate. Captain Tian, General Ben will also give you 20,000 horses to guard the return route from Cangwu back to Yulin, and Li Peifu will inevitably flee back to Yulin after Li Peifu's defeat tomorrow, and you just intercept him. ”

Tian Yulong didn't expect Deng Yuanjue to give him a big gift, although Deng Yuanjue didn't say it explicitly, but everyone here understood Deng Yuanjue's intentions, as long as Tian Yulong could capture or kill Li Peifu alive, then in Xiao Daocheng's place, he would no longer be held accountable for losing Cangwu City, at least it would be worth the merits.

Tian Yulong said gratefully: "Tian received the general's order, and the general's kindness this time was remembered by Tian. Deng Yuanjue smiled slightly and said a few more polite words. Then everyone left, Xiao Yin deliberately left behind, and asked: "General, Taiwei Tian is the murderer who killed Shi Taifu, why did the general give him a chance to catch Li Peifu instead?" ”

Deng Yuanjue restrained his smile and said coldly: "I must avenge Luosheng's revenge, what I gave Tian Yulong is not a chance, on the contrary, this is a trap that he can't overcome, and His Highness will know my intentions in two days." ”