That night, Gan Zining took the lead in leaving the Qi army camp with an army of 50,000, and this movement naturally could not be concealed from Xiang Tong in Changli City.

Xiang Tong asked his eldest son Xiang Chu to take 70,000 people around the Qi army camp and go after Gan Zining first. If the 20,000 Qi troops of the battalion dared to chase them out, Xiang Tong himself would personally take the remaining 30,000 people to intercept and kill.

Xiang Chu led the army to bypass the Qi army camp, and General Li in the camp couldn't sit still, if Xiang Chu was allowed to pass under his nose like this, then how could he make a contribution? So he immediately gathered all the men and horses and chased them out.

After chasing not far away, he saw the flames behind him, and it turned out that his camp had been burned by Xiang Tong. Just when General Li was in a dilemma, Xiang Chu in front suddenly turned his horse's head and led the men and horses to kill him.

General Li didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the battle, and as soon as he fought, Xiang Tong behind him was also killed. The Qi army was in a chaotic formation under the front and rear attacks of the Chu army, and General Li hurriedly ordered a retreat.

When he was in a panic, Xiang Chu killed in front of him, and he didn't say anything, he stabbed with a gun. General Li fought less than three rounds, knowing that he was invincible, he was cowardly in his heart, and he was about to flee after pulling out his horse. Xiang Chu was fast, and he caught up with General Li first, and with a knife in the back of the head, he was cut off under the horse.

Xiang Tong's father and son joined forces and continued to chase towards Gan Zining.

Besides, Gan Zining, in order to save food, he didn't dare to delay on the road, and went straight to Nanyang City non-stop. Along the way, he successively encountered the Qi soldiers who fled back from Nanyang, and only then did he know that Xu Zhendong had been killed by Ning Zefeng, and the 70,000 army was also scattered, except for those who surrendered, and now less than 30,000 people have fled back.

After another day, Gan Zining finally rushed to Nanyang City with an army of 80,000 people, rested for a while, let the soldiers eat the last meal of stored food, and ordered the siege of the city.

Ning Buqu's father and son saw the black and oppressive Qi army under the city, and they were secretly frightened, since they divided a part of their forces to take care of the surrendered army, they can now use less than 20,000 troops.

At this time, the Qi army was still fighting with their backs, and if they didn't take Nanyang in one go, they would have no way to retreat when Xiang Tong was killed.

In fact, Xiang Tong could have caught up with Gan Zining a long time ago, but he deliberately slowed down along the way, always separated by more than ten miles from the Qi army, the purpose was to let the Yan and Qi armies fight first, so that he could pick up the cheap.

By the time the two armies were fighting, Xiang Tong had already rushed to the vicinity and observed the battle situation from afar. Ning Buqu's father and son were extremely brave, and they took the Yan army to defend for a long time, and finally under the advantage of the Qi army's strength, they gradually fell behind.

Xiang Tong saw that the time was almost up, so he ordered to send troops. Xiang Chu took the lead and led the Chu army to outflank him in three ways.

The Qi army at the end of the strong crossbow fought fiercely with the Yan army for a long time, seeing that Nanyang could be taken, and at this time, in the face of the sudden killing of 100,000 Chu troops, how could they resist. Ning Buqu also took the opportunity to open the city gate and came out with 10,000 light horsemen to make peace with Xiang Chu.

Seeing that the army was defeated, Gan Zining sighed, knowing that he would not be able to escape today no matter what, so he rushed to Xiang Tong and shouted: "General Xiang, do you dare to fight me alone?" ”

Xiang Tong sneered, and while agreeing, he ordered to shoot Gan Zining when he got close.

Gan Zining saw that Xiang Tong agreed, and did not suspect fraud, so he rushed over directly. Whoosh, a row of arrows and crossbows shot through, and Gan Zining was instantly pierced into a hedgehog, and he didn't blink an eye.

Under the impact of the Yanchu coalition forces on all sides, the battle ended quickly, except for the more than 30,000 people who surrendered, the remaining Qi troops were all killed.

Xiang Tong walked into Nanyang at the invitation of Ning Unyielding. After entering the city, the first thing he did was to ask Xiang Chu to dig a pit outside the city and kill all the 30,000 Qi troops who surrendered.

Xiang Tong's original intention was to arouse the anger of the people of Nanyang City by killing and surrendering troops, anyway, now that Nanyang City has fallen into the hands of Yan Guo, why not do it if he can cause them some trouble.

Ning Buqu's father and son were naturally dissatisfied with Xiang Tong's approach, but they only had an army of 30,000, while the Chu army had 100,000, and they didn't dare to say anything.

After some politeness, Ning Buqu suddenly said: "This time, thanks to the great general's timely rescue, otherwise Nanyang City will be lost and lost, and Buqu has just sent someone to tell Your Majesty that our Dayan is willing to give up Nanyang City as a thank you gift for sending troops this time." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Xiang Tong was shocked, but even Ning Zefeng on the side also changed his face greatly, and Xiang Tong confirmed: "Is this true? ”

Ning Buqu smiled and said: "Unyielding is a junior, how dare you deceive the general, tomorrow I will withdraw to Nanjun with the army, and Nanyang City will be officially handed over to the general later." ”

Xiang Tong listened to Ning Buqu's words, and secretly regretted it in his heart, he knew that Ning Buqu was so generous, he should not kill the soldiers and cause the dissatisfaction of the people in the city. Xiang Tong also knew that there would be more than ten days at most, and the reinforcements of Qi State would be killed, and the current Nanyang was undoubtedly a hot potato.

Xiang Tong also thought about not accepting Nanyang City, but Ning Buqu said just now, he had already explained the matter to Xiong Huan. Xiong Huan must be overjoyed to be able to occupy the city of Qi, and if he does not accept it, it will undoubtedly cause Xiong Huan to be dissatisfied.

Xiang Tong had no choice but to say: "Since General Ning has arranged it, then General Ben is not welcome." ”

That night, Ning Buqu deliberately held a celebration banquet in the open space in the city, in addition to inviting the generals of the Chu army, he also invited all the people with heads and faces in the city. The scale of this banquet was not only very large, but also very extravagant and wasteful, which made the people nearby feel dissatisfied.

After the banquet, Ning Zefeng quietly asked Ning Buqu: "Why did you give Nanyang City to the Chu State without authorization, if you let Your Majesty know, how can you do it?" ”

Ning Bu Qu said: "Father, don't worry, Your Majesty will not blame the child if he knows." Think about it, this time the Yanchu coalition army, we contributed the most. In the end, he fought with Gan Zining, Xiang Tong, the old man, arrived early in the morning, but he refused to make a move, just to consume us. Later, he booby-trapped Gan Zining and 30,000 soldiers, the purpose of which was to make the people in the city resent us. Ten days later, the reinforcements of the Qi State will be killed, in this case, can our remaining more than 20,000 people be able to hold Nanyang? ”

Ning Zefeng shook his head, although he didn't want to admit it, he had to say that in this situation of internal and external difficulties, it was almost impossible to hold Nanyang City.

Ning Buqu said: "I think most of them can't hold it, since that's the case, why don't you pretend to be generous, give Nanyang to Xiang Tong, and let him guard it for us." Doesn't he like to increase the difficulty for us, and the children also follow the same example, deliberately put on a celebration banquet tonight, and invited all the famous people in the city, just to show off their might in front of them, and further intensify the contradictions between the Chu army and the people, and when Qi and Chu start a war, Xiang Tong will face greater difficulties. ”

Ning Zefeng understood now: "In this way, Your Majesty should be able to understand your intentions and will not blame you." ”