Xiao Daocheng asked curiously: "If it is really as the Great Sima expected, the Great General will capture Huicheng within two months, then what will Chu Emperor Xiong Huan do?" ”

If Xiao Daocheng is asked to choose whether he can capture Xiong Huan alive or completely solve the family problem in his lifetime, Xiao Daocheng will undoubtedly choose the former.

As Yan Chixing said, a generation has a generation's mission, and Xiao Daocheng's generation's mission is to establish a strong Song Kingdom, as for how to continue this strength, it depends on the efforts of the next generation.

Yan Chixing didn't know Xiao Daocheng's thoughts, and smiled faintly: "After taking Huicheng, the general can point to Shouchun, and now Shouchun still has an army of 50,000, if Xiong Huan is determined to defend it, it will not be a problem to hold on for three years and five years." But once Xiong Huan really does this, then all his future decrees will not be able to leave Shouchun City, and such a result will lead to the complete chaos of the entire Chu State. At that time, except for a small number of clans that will send troops to the king, other powerful and ambitious local forces will choose to watch the fire from the other side, or even divide one side. ”

Yan Chixing said that this situation also happened several times in the history of the Chu State, the most famous of which was that Xiao Yuancheng, the general of the Chu State, took advantage of the domestic rebellion to support the army and establish the Song State.

Xiao Daocheng thought thoughtfully: "What does Da Sima mean that Xiong Huan will not defend Shouchun, but will choose to lead his troops to escape?" ”

Yan Chixing nodded: "That's right, if the minister didn't guess wrong, Emperor Xiong Huan of Chu would leave the crown prince Xiong Xin to supervise the country, let him continue to guard Shouchun City, and then lead his troops to move the capital elsewhere." ”

Hearing that Xiong Huan could not be captured alive, Xiao Daocheng couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but when he thought about it, he was relieved, in the land of the mainland, in thousands of history, the number of times the emperor was captured alive was only a handful, and with Xiong Huan's personality, even if the city was broken, he would choose to commit suicide, and he would never sit still.

Just when Xiao Daocheng was trying to figure out how to restrain Deng Yuanjue, in the Song army camp outside Huicheng City, Deng Yuanjue also gathered several of his henchmen and staff together.

"General, Your Majesty has sent the eldest prince and the third prince over, called reward, but it is actually an overseer, and Your Majesty is becoming more and more distrustful of us." Although Deng Yuanjue didn't say anything when he heard that the two princes were coming to Huicheng, as his number one general, Wu Teng could best understand his feelings.

"Yes, there would be no Great Song Kingdom without a great general, but Your Majesty's practices over the years are too chilling for us." Wu Teng's first general echoed, and then the other generals in the camp began to complain.

Deng Yuanjue didn't speak at first, and watched his generals speak more and more out of line, so he opened his mouth to stop him: "Okay, don't say it anymore, now in Chu State, in addition to the two important towns of Chaisan and Shuzhou, one-third of the other large and small cities have also fallen into our hands, and the two princes can also manage the rear for us." ”

Wu Teng stood up with his left hand and dissuaded: "No, how can the city we have worked so hard to build be handed over to the two princes to manage, isn't that equivalent to giving it to others for nothing?" It was Wu Teng's lieutenant Lin Changhai who spoke.

Deng Yuanjue slapped the case with one hand and said angrily: "Bold, who are you talking about?" What does it mean to give away for free? These cities originally belonged to His Majesty, so what was wrong with handing them over to the two princes? ”

Lin Changhai knew that he was speechless, so he quickly knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

Wu Teng stood up: "The general is angry, General Lin is just a gaffe, but what General Lin said is also reasonable, we have been fighting Chu for almost three years, and all the supplies and equipment in the past three years have been solved by ourselves in Chu." If the rear is now entrusted to the two princes, once they cut off our supplies, then the lives of our hundreds of thousands of troops will be in the hands of others. ”

Originally, the Song army only had 100,000 people, but after three years of fighting, Deng Yuanjue recruited some new soldiers in Chudi, and counting the newly surrendered, now the army under Deng Yuanjue has exceeded 150,000 people.

A faint cold light flashed in Deng Yuanjue's eyes: "It's okay, we are all soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and the two princes will not cut off our supplies." ”

Xun Yuqing suggested: "In order to prevent accidents, it is better to leave the two princes in the army to serve, in terms of logistics management, there is no shortage of manpower in our army, and there is no need for the two princes to go in person." ”

Deng Yuanjue refused: "No need to say it again, this matter is so decided, after the two princes arrive tomorrow, I will ask the eldest prince to stay in Shuzhou, the third prince will go to Chaisang, and the other generals will follow me to take Huicheng." As soon as Huicheng is broken, Shouchun is close at hand. Speaking of which, we have to thank Xiang Chu and Zhou Yunjing, if they hadn't dragged Tian Wuji and Jiang Huan Chu, how could we have been so smooth. ”

Seeing that Deng Yuanjue had already made up his mind, the generals did not dare to persuade him again, and after the disbandment, Wu Teng deliberately stayed.

"General, the last general doesn't understand why you have to hand over these two important towns to the two princes? I still think it's too risky. "Wu Teng is Deng Yuanjue's confidant, and he won't have as many concerns as other generals when he speaks, and he must ask what he can't understand.

Deng Yuanjue saw that there was no one in the tent, so he said his thoughts: "Not for anything else, just to make Your Majesty feel at ease." Now is a critical period for the war against Chu, if Your Majesty does not believe in me and changes the generals in battle, not only may I personally face the catastrophe of annihilation, but the entire Song army may also be defeated because of this. ”

Wu Teng was a little unconvinced: "No, although the state of Chu is not good, but the commander of the Qi army is Tian Wuji, if Your Majesty changes generals in battle, who else can deal with Tian Wuji in my Great Song Dynasty?" Isn't Your Majesty worried that the biggest winner in the end will be Qi Guo? ”

Deng Yuanjue shook his head: "You don't know yet, I received a secret report from Jianye a few days ago, and Your Majesty has invited my old friend out of the mountain." ”

"Your old friend?" Wu Teng pondered for a moment and said in surprise: "Could it be the Great Sima Yan Chixing?" How could he go out of the mountain, His Majesty and the first emperor owed him a lot back then. ”

Deng Yuanjue smiled bitterly: "Maybe the world thinks that Your Majesty is mediocre and incompetent, but I have never dared to underestimate him, you all think that my biggest opponent is Tian Wuji." Actually, I was wrong, Your Majesty was the only opponent in my life. I wasn't surprised that he was able to invite Yan Chixing this time. ”

Wu Teng was shocked: "Your Majesty is your only opponent?" ”

No one would have thought that Xiao Daocheng, who was mediocre and incompetent in the eyes of the world and was so happy, would be regarded as the only opponent in his life by the world's number one general, and famous generals like Tian Wuji and Xiang Tong, Deng Yuanjue didn't take them to heart at all.

Wu Teng carefully recalled what Xiao Daocheng had done after he ascended the throne, at first glance it seemed to be sparse and ordinary, and when he thought about it deeply, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

When Xiao Daocheng ascended the throne, the Song State was weak and precarious, and the current Song State, although it is still a weak country in everyone's traditional concept, he is about to destroy the Chu State that was once prosperous.

In the early stage of Xiao Daocheng's accession to the throne, although he was full of suspicion about the family, he was still able to hand over the army to Deng Yuanjue without reservation, and he ignored it.

If Jiang Wushuang was the emperor of the Song Kingdom, he heard such a rumor: "The Great Song Dynasty can do without the emperor Jiang Wushuang, but it can't be without the national pillar Deng Yuanjue." What would he think? Can you be as forbearant as Xiao Daocheng?

After the armistice between Song and Chu, Xiao Daocheng was able to adopt the correct opinions in time, seize the time to restore the domestic economy, and boldly use Shi Luosheng, Liu Zixuan, Yuan Chengce and other poor sons to carry out reforms, build a water army, suppress the family, and also take Tian Yulong, this has to be replaced by Chu Emperor Xiong Huan, Yan Emperor Zhu Tingxun or Qin Emperor Feng Bomou, can they do it?

Deng Yuanjue looked at the beads of sweat that gradually appeared on Wu Teng's forehead, and couldn't help laughing: "Have you figured it out now?" ”

Wu Teng came back to his senses at this time: "It's the last general's carelessness, the most powerful thing about Your Majesty is that the world thinks he is very mediocre." Thinking carefully about the development process of the Great Song Dynasty over the years, it seems that everything has nothing to do with His Majesty, but when I think about it deeply, it seems that without him, none of these things can be done. ”

Deng Yuanjue patted Wu Teng's shoulder: "Good fighters have no great name, Your Majesty has already won the essence, this is the most powerful thing about Your Majesty." ”

Hearing this, Wu Teng seemed to be electrocuted, and suddenly said in surprise: "The last general understands, this is like a general's army, I have been with the general for eighteen years, every time the general uses soldiers, it is mediocre and nothing new, but every time he fights, he must win." If it weren't for Tian Wuji's words back then, the general would be like Your Majesty, and no one would call you the number one general in the world. ”

Wu Teng's words seemed to offend Deng Yuanjue, but Deng Yuanjue was very pleased: "You have been fighting on the battlefield for almost twenty years, and it was not until tonight that I admitted that you are a general who can really lead troops to fight." That's right, if it weren't for Tian Wuji, no one would call me the number one general in the world at all. ”

Speaking of this, Deng Yuanjue was a little angry: "Tian Wuji didn't have any good intentions back then, I was only twenty-five years old that year, and I didn't have anything outstanding on the battlefield except for repelling the Chu army a few times. But Tian Wuji just gave me the title of the world's number one general, firstly, he could use this to provoke Xiang Tong, Bai Mengqi and others to fight me to the death, and secondly, he also felt that I was young and wanted to kill me. ”

Wu Teng didn't know that the title of the world's number one general was just a strategy of Tian Wuji back then: "It's a pity that Tian Wuji still underestimated the general, and the strategy not only failed, but also lost his title of the world's number one general in vain." Before Deng Yuanjue, Tian Wuji was recognized as the number one general in the world.

Deng Yuanjue said: "False names are meaningless to people like us, only second-rate generals like Xiang Tong and Bai Mengqi will take it so seriously, and you have to learn a lesson from it." ”

Wu Teng smiled embarrassedly: "That's what I said, it's no wonder that in Tian Wuji's eyes, only you and Sima Yan Chixing are his opponents, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of you, the general, only Your Majesty is the opponent." ”

Deng Yuanjue didn't want to continue this topic: "After the two princes come tomorrow, you have to appease the generals under you, and don't let them write their dissatisfaction on their faces." These two princes, I will stay to deal with the Qi army in the future. ”

Wu Teng responded: "Don't worry, the generals under my command will do their work later, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to the two princes, see how I clean him up." ”