Back in Jianye City, Shi Luosheng first went to the Prince's Mansion and the General's Mansion to report to each other, and at the same time sent someone to tell the third prince Xiao Che the news of his return.

Deng Yuanjue saw the two of them: "It's really time for you to come back, the State of Chu is uniting with the State of Qin to prepare to use troops against us." Two days ago, His Majesty ordered me to prepare for the battle, and now that you are coming back, you are ready to go to Yuzhou City with me. ”

Liu Zixuan was surprised: "The State of Chu and the State of Qin are coming to fight us? I can understand why the State of Chu is coming to attack, why does the State of Qin follow the State of Chu? ”

Deng Yuanjue explained: "Last time, in order to maintain the alliance with Yan State, His Majesty had to issue a statement in support of Yan State, and it was this statement that angered Chu Emperor Xiong Huan, who ignored Xiang Tong's opposition and took Gao Kegong, the nephew of the great Sima Gaoyi, as the commander, and led an army of 100,000 troops to Yuzhou City, and Wu Teng was stationed in Yuzhou, but there was no big problem. In addition, Xiong Huan also sent an invitation to Emperor Feng Bomou of Qin, to hunt Jianye together, and Feng Bomou also led his troops to approach Cangwu City with the general Li Peifu as the commander. ”

Deng Yuanjue continued: "Our Great Song Dynasty has not had a war for more than three years, and the peace of these three years has also restored our national strength to a certain extent, so Your Majesty requires that this time we cannot just defend and keep the enemy out of the country, and also ask for heavy damage to these two armies to deter Chu and Qin, telling them that the current Great Song Dynasty is no longer as weak as before, and they can be allowed to bully." His Majesty also sent me and the eldest prince Xiao Yin to Yuzhou to face Gao Kegong, and the second prince Tian Yulong and the second prince Xiao Yu to Cangwu to face Li Peifu. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "It seems that Your Majesty has made a lot of determination to win this war this time, and even the two princes have been sent out." It wasn't Xiang Tong from Yuzhou, just a Gao Kegong, and it was easy for his father-in-law to take him down. It's just that on Cangwu's side, Li Peifu of the Qin State is by no means an idle person, can Tian Yulong and the second prince cope with it? ”

Deng Yuanjue also had such worries: "Originally, according to His Majesty's intention, let Wu Teng hold Yuzhou first, send me to Cangwu to repel Li Peifu, and then come back to clean up Gao Kegong." But Tian Yulong insisted on asking for war, and even the second prince also strongly demanded, and His Majesty had no choice but to agree. So let me go to Yuzhou first, and after breaking the enemy, I will see the situation on Cangwu's side, and if the battle situation is unfavorable, I will be transferred to Cangwu to support. Now that the two of you are back, I am more confident that I will be able to win Gao Kegong in the shortest possible time. ”

The three of them were discussing how to quickly defeat Gao Kegong, and the palace sent an edict for Deng Yuanjue to take Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan into the palace to face the saint. Deng Yuanjue said with a smile: "I didn't expect Your Majesty to be so well-informed, and you just came back, so I knew that you came to me." ”

Shi Luosheng smiled awkwardly, it was obvious that with the change in the external situation of the Great Song Dynasty, Xiao Daocheng did not trust Deng Yuanjue as much as he used to be, otherwise he would not have a clear grasp of the dynamics of the Great General's Mansion.

After the three of them entered the palace, Xiao Daocheng first praised the performance of the two in the Young Hero Contest and in Anyang City of Yan State, and then said: "This time the Chu-Qin coalition army invaded my Great Song Dynasty, the general should have told you, although you have just come back, but now that the country is in trouble, I have to work hard for you again." I decided to send the two of you to follow the Taiwei and the second prince to Cangwu to face Li Peifu. The Taiwei has been absent from the battle formation for a long time, and the second prince has never been on the battlefield, so I didn't plan to send the two of them, but I couldn't resist their repeated insistence, so I had to agree. Later, after thinking about it, I still didn't feel at ease, but fortunately, I heard that you are back, and your days with the general are not short, and you must have also obtained the true biography of the general, so let you go to Cangwu together, and let me be more at ease, do you have any questions? ”

Xiao Daocheng said as if he was discussing, but Shi Luosheng and the others dared to refuse, so they could only agree.

Deng Yuanjue said with some concern: "There is a big misunderstanding between Luosheng and Tian Taiwei, Your Majesty sent him to Tian Taiwei's command, I am afraid that Taiwei will ......" Speaking of this, Deng Yuanjue stopped.

Xiao Daocheng said with a smile: "General, you are too worried, at the moment of national crisis, the captain will not be so ignorant of the severity." Mrs. Shi, your father-in-law is a little worried about you, are you worried that the captain will plot against you? ”

These words were again provoking the relationship between Shi Luosheng and Deng Yuanjue, Shi Luosheng secretly complained to himself, and he had to reply: "Taiwei is broad-minded, and the minister believes that he will focus on state affairs and will not plot against the minister." ”

Xiao Daocheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Isn't this over, okay, you all go back and prepare, and I will leave tomorrow, and I will personally see you off." ”

Before Shi Luosheng left the palace, he went to visit the prince again, chatted briefly, and reported the situation on Changxing Island. Xiao Yan was also very excited after hearing this, and at the same time expressed concern that Xiao Daocheng sent Shi Luosheng to Cangwu, and was about to go to Xiao Daocheng at that time and ask him to send Shi Luosheng to Yuzhou, but was stopped by Shi Luosheng.

After returning to Weiwei's Mansion, Wang Lun rushed over when he heard the news and said, "General, I heard that you are going to Cangwu tomorrow?" Why not quit it? Such a good opportunity, Captain Tian will not let you go. ”

Shi Luosheng sighed and said, "Your Majesty personally ordered what else I can say." I also know that Tian Yulong will make trouble for me, not to mention that the death of his younger brother Tian Yufeng has something to do with me, this time I went to Yan Kingdom, and I killed his niece and son-in-law Zhang Qiyu, now that I am under his command, can he not give me hardship. ”

Wang Lun thought for a while and said: "General, I'll go with you this time to Cangwu, you can also discuss with multiple people on the road, I think this trip will be very dangerous, you don't know the second prince Xiao Yu, this is not a good stubble." Li Peifu, the commander of the Qin army, is the second most famous general in the Qin State after Bai Mengqi, Tian Yulong and Xiao Yu are not Li Peifu's opponents at all, plus they still have to calculate you, I am worried that the Song army will be defeated this time. ”

Shi Luosheng said with some suspicion: "Although Taiwei Tian hates me, at most he will only give me some small shoes to wear, so as not to ignore the interests of the country, right?" In order to calculate me, it led to the defeat of the Song army, which is not good for him? ”

Wang Lun shook his head and said: "General, you still don't know Tian Yulong, during the time you went to Yan Kingdom, I studied these five great families carefully, and Tian Yulong did everything for selfish desires. At the critical moment of the war between Song and Chu, he was able to kill Ling Zhen's family for personal vendetta, and finally wanted to kill Ling Zhen, it can be seen that he is a person whose selfish desires are greater than righteousness. ”

Shi Luosheng thought about it and felt that it made sense: "Listening to what Mr. said, I still really overestimate his character. It seems that I really have to be extra careful this time, so that Tian Yulong can't find an opportunity to frame me. After getting Wang Lun's suggestion, Shi Luosheng no longer dared to despise Tian Yulong.

Wang Lun said again: "This is both a crisis and an opportunity for the general, as long as Captain Tian frames the general, and the general can hide from the past, then it is not difficult to find evidence that they framed the general." At that time, if the Song army is defeated, we also have evidence in our hands to prove that the defeat is related to Captain Tian, and His Majesty will never let him go, which is why I asked to go with the general. ”

Shi Luosheng nodded and said, "I'll go to my father-in-law now and ask him to approve you to go to Cangwu too." Every time I chat with my husband, Luosheng is very fortunate to have Mr. help, otherwise I can't cope with many things. ”

Wang Lun said with a smile: "General, don't say that, if it weren't for the general, Wang would still be a bandit in Pengcheng now, where can there be today." ”