"General Gao, Bai Mengqi has been out of the city with his family for three days, why are you still so calm, what if he flees to another place and organizes an uprising?" Since Li Shirong knew that the Tianluo Sect had the intention to subdue Bai Mengqi, he was careful again, he was afraid that if Bai Mengqi really came over, then he would have no use value, so he treated him as a political enemy as before.

Gao Kegong laughed when he heard this: "It's not in the way, General Bai promised me to go to Naha half a month ago to investigate, and he will not lose his trust." ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what happens, not to mention that the half-month period will come tomorrow, and he has no news now, if he really runs away, how should we explain to Sect Master Yang?" Li Shirong saw that he didn't care, so he brought Yang Yi's name out.

Gao Kegong was just about to talk, when suddenly a spy came from outside the door to report: "General Qiyu, General Bai Mengqi Bai asks to see you." ”

Gao Kegong smiled at Li Shirong: "What do I say, General Bai will definitely keep his promise, go and invite the general in." No, I personally went out to greet him. Gao Kegong smiled and walked out after the spies.

"General Gao, I'm ready here, I can leave at any time, and I'm here to say hello to you today." After half a month of observation, Bai Mengqi gradually began to believe what he said.

"Haha, that's great, I have arranged the manpower, general, you can take your family with you, you have worked hard for the country for so many years, and you have not had a good rest, so it is good to take this opportunity to go out with your family and relax." I've heard that the scenery of Ryukyu is pleasant, and it's a different taste than our mainland, but unfortunately I haven't been there yet. Gao Kegong said with regret.

The two exchanged pleasantries again, and the next day, Bai Mengqi took his family and embarked on the road to Naha under the escort of the two Tianluo Sect elders.

In Chudi, in the camp of the Song army under the city of Shuzhou, Zhou Yunjing, who had already led the army to join Deng Yuanjue, asked suspiciously: "General, it has been ten days since we arrived in Shuzhou, why haven't you ordered the siege of the city?" Zeng Dong now only has an army of 50,000, and we can easily take him. ”

In the last battle of Wulao Mountain, Zhou Yunjing not only suffered a heavy defeat to Zeng Dong, but also became a prisoner himself, and later if it wasn't for the deputy general who created a chance to escape for himself with his life, I am afraid that he would have been escorted to Shangjing by now.

In the end, although he saved his life, but the whole army below the deputy general was wiped out in that battle, Zhou Yunjing didn't want to take revenge all the time, and now the opportunity came, Deng Yuanjue never ordered the siege of the city, which made him feel very incomprehensible.

Deng Yuanjue smiled: "Don't worry, I know you want to take revenge, but now even if you take Shucheng by attacking the city, and then there are Chaisang and Xiakou, these three cities used to be important towns in the Chu State, and when do you have to fight one by one?" ”

"What does the general mean?" Zhou Yunjing seemed to have guessed something.

"Yes, the purpose of our heavy troops here is just to attract Zeng Dong's attention, and the protagonist of this battle is not us at all, but someone else." Deng Yuanjue stroked his beard with a smile.

"Lei Zhengming from Suizhou?" Zhou Yunjing reacted.

Deng Yuanjue nodded: "Before we set off, I gave Zhengming an order, and after we arrived in Shuzhou, he would lead troops from Suizhou to attack Xiakou City, and then recover Chaisang, completely cutting off Zeng Dong's way back." ”

Zhou Yunjing suddenly realized, and asked with some worry: "Tian Wuji still has 100,000 troops in Xiangyang, will he take Suizhou away when Lei Zhengming leads his troops to fight Xiakou?" ”

"This possibility cannot be ruled out, but the probability of Tian Wuji sending troops is very small. Since Jiang Huan and Song succeeded to the throne, there has been a hidden danger of division in the Qi State. Tian Wuji is sandwiched between two forces, and there is only one lonely city in Xiangyang, so he has to think carefully about what he does. ”

"If he sends troops to Suizhou, then Jiang Huan Song will be worried that he will want to attack Zhoukou with Jiang Huan Chu next, so as to open up the connection between their two forces, so it is also possible to send a large army to attack Xiangyang when Tian Wuji sends troops."

"Taking a step back, even if Jiang Huan Song is left to his own devices, and Suizhou is taken by Tian Wuji, as long as Xiakou can return to our hands, we will win this war with Zeng Dong in the end."

Zhou Yunjing also nodded after listening to this analysis: "Most of Zeng Dong's 50,000 troops are fighting us here, and Lei Zhengming should be nine out of ten when he goes to fight Xiakou." ”

The Song army waited for another half a month, and finally received a message from Lei Zhengming on this day, and Xiakou had been recovered.

After Deng Yuanjue learned the news, he immediately ordered a general attack on Shuzhou, and at the same time asked Lei Zhengming to divide his troops to get Chaisang.

After Zeng Dong in Shuzhou City learned that Xiakou was lost, he had no intention of fighting, and immediately ordered a breakthrough. He knew that after the back road was cut off, there was no point in defending Shuzhou, and sooner or later it would be breached, so it was better to break through before the current strength was lost.

Zhou Yunjing, who was in charge of the siege of the Song army on his side, saw Zeng Dong open the city gate and wanted to break through, so he immediately surrounded him with a large army: "Zeng Dong, where are you going?" In a few days, Chaisan will also be occupied by our army, and it will be too late to dismount and surrender at this moment. ”

Zeng Dong didn't say anything, and raised his gun and stabbed him directly. The two had fought in Wulao Mountain, and Zhou Yunjing knew that his martial arts were far from his opponent, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers around him to rush up to intercept and kill.

Zeng Dong was not afraid at all, riding on a horse, the silver spear in his hand was like a dragon, up and down, left and right, and there was no one in the place where he passed.

Under his charge, the Song soldiers were gradually torn open, and the Qi army behind them followed closely, and the hole became bigger and bigger, and finally Zeng Dong led the troops to kill after paying the price of thousands of people.

"The general, the last general is incompetent, and he was run away by Zeng Dong." Zhou Yunjing knelt down in front of Deng Yuanjue in frustration and pleaded guilty.

Deng Yuanjue helped him up: "The fault is me and not the general, Zeng Dongyuan is the deputy leader of the Nujiao Gang, martial arts have long belonged to the realm of first-class masters in the world, I didn't send the masters of the Heavenly Sword Gate to help, this is my negligence, the general doesn't have to blame himself." ”

Zhou Yunjing stood up and asked for battle again: "The last general asks for orders to lead the army to attack Chaisang, and this time Zeng Dong will never be allowed to escape." ”

Deng Yuanjue shook his head: "Chai Sang doesn't need you to fight, when you arrive, you should have been taken by Zhengming." As for Zeng Dong, he won't go to Chaisang either. ”

"Where else can he go if he doesn't go to Chaisang?" Zhou Yunjing was puzzled.

"If Zeng Dong really has the heart to defend the city, then what is the difference between him guarding Chaisang and guarding Shuzhou? Don't forget that he was born as a pirate, and this area is close to the Yangtze River, as long as he is close to the water, even if he is tied to a few bamboo rafts, he can row to Jiaozhou. Deng Yuanjue explained.

"It's really cheap for him, and I didn't catch him with such a good opportunity." Zhou Yunjing regretted that he had missed the opportunity.

Deng Yuanjue comforted: "Jiang Huanyan is dead, Zeng Dong will be his successor, there will be more opportunities to deal with you in the future, and there will be a chance to avenge you." ”

The Song army rested in Shuzhou for three days, and after confirming that Zeng Dong had fled back to Jiaozhou by water, Deng Yuanjue raised his troops and rushed to Chaisang.

On the way here, Lei Zhengming also sent the good news of Chaisang's recovery. So the Song army changed its route and went straight to Xiakou.

"General, I have rented all the fishing boats in the vicinity according to your orders. These ships are enough for us to carry 10,000 troops. In front of the water village in Xiakou, Lei Zhengming pointed to the dense fishing boats on the river and said to Deng Yuanjue.

"Well done, the rent of these fishing boats must be paid to the people, the strategic location of Xiakou is extremely important, it has changed hands several times in recent years, and the people have no sense of security, we can't lose the people's hearts because of this bit of silver." Deng Yuanjue said a few words.

"Don't worry, we pay the people twice the market price for rent, and we promise that if the fishing boat is damaged, we will pay a new one."

"That's good, you've been stationed in Xiakou for so many years, do you know anything about water warfare?"

"The last general has learned some common sense of water warfare with General Xun and General Yue, as long as he does not encounter these regular sailors, the last general is confident that he can win the battle." Back then, Deng Yuanjue sent Lei Zhengming to Xiakou, in addition to being an undercover agent for Xiao Che, but also with the intention of letting him follow Xun Yuqing and Yue Shouming to learn the knowledge of the navy.

"When Luosheng proposed to the first emperor to form a naval army, I didn't care very much, but now it seems that he has a vision. It's just that Yuqing and they are not there, and this improvised patchwork army will be handed over to you. Deng Yuanjue looked at these fishing boats and remembered Shi Luosheng.

"The last general will live up to the general's instructions and will definitely take Danyang." It turned out that Deng Yuanjue had already planned for Lei Zhengming to lead a force to sneak into the rear of the Song army from the water, sneak attack Danyang, and cut off the retreat of the Song general Wei Zhongxing, who was attacking Jingzhou.

"Okay, you can lead the army now, I will stay in Xiakou for the time being to confuse Wei Zhongxing, and after you take Danyang, I will immediately send a message to me." Then I will go to Jingzhou to meet Wu Teng. ”

"The last general commands."

"Wu Teng is worthy of being famous for being good at defending, and the 30,000 remnants of the army can actually withstand the attack of my 80,000 army for half a year." Under the city of Jingzhou, Wei Zhongxing, who thought that he could easily win, attacked for half a year, without a trace of breaking the city.

"Your Majesty has issued three decrees urging us in the past half a month, I heard that General Deng has just defeated the Qi general Zeng Dong in Shuzhou, and now he has led the army to Xiakou, if we can't take Jingzhou again, and when the general arrives, there will be no hope. At that time, even if we withdraw our troops back to Danyang, Your Majesty will probably not let us go. Wei Zhongxing's deputy Yao Chengnai said worriedly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, now there are no generals available in the court, Da Sima is not here, except for us, no one will be the opponent of the general." Compared with Xiao Yan, Wei Zhongxing is more worried about Deng Yuanjue.

"I don't know why the general has been stationed in Xiakou since he arrived, why didn't he come to Jingzhou to rescue Wu Teng?" Yao Chengnai has always had doubts about this.