Xiang Chu stepped forward and asked, "Father, is 800,000 taels of silver too much, if you agree, will Your Majesty blame us in the future?" ”

Xiang Tong sighed: "Your Majesty will not blame us, if I am not mistaken, on the Jizhou battlefield, Gao Yi has already been defeated, otherwise Your Majesty will not let me go to negotiate with Tian Wuji." Our 100,000 troops are trapped in Nanyang, if we don't hurry up and negotiate peace with the Qi State and go back to resist the Song army, Deng Yuanjue's losses to us will far exceed the 800,000 taels of silver, and Your Majesty will not be incomprehensible. ”

Xiang Chu suddenly realized, thought about it and asked: "The child has another worry, after we evacuate from Nanyang, will Tian Wuji not abide by the contract and lead the troops to attack us back and forth with Jiang Huanchu, Gan Zining died in our hands like this." ”

Xiang Tong's expression was solemn: "I don't rule out this possibility, we still have to guard against this, and then I will ask Your Majesty to send reinforcements to meet us outside Changli City." We will also withdraw the 100,000 troops in Nanyang in batches, I will take the 50,000 troops first, and you will stay in the city to guard against Tian Wuji. After I have reconciled with the reinforcements, you will withdraw. If Tian Wuji dares to intercept and kill you, I will attack Changli City and take Jiang Huan Chu. ”

After the two agreed, Xiang Tong sent someone to inform Tian Wuji and agreed on a time to retreat.

Shouchun's Xiong Huan also knew the result of the peace negotiation, although it was distressing to pay 800,000 taels of silver, but there was no better choice.

The Great Sima Gaoyi was powerless in the face of Deng Yuanjue's attack, and the Song army had already divided into two routes to take Huangzhou and Jingzhou, and if the 100,000 people of Xiang Tong were not transferred back, the Chu State did not know how many cities it would lose.

Xiong Huan sent Xiang Peng, the general of Zhenxi, to lead 50,000 troops with 800,000 taels of silver to Changli City to meet Xiang Tong, and then built a second line of defense in Pingliang City, fifty miles away from Changli, to resist the Qi State.

The process of Xiang Tong's withdrawal was very smooth, and Tian Wuji did not breach the contract, but after Xiang Chu evacuated Nanyang City, when he found that the food in the city was less than ten days, Tian Wuji was greatly annoyed and called Xiang Tong's big dang.

In this confrontation between the two, although Tian Wuji was slightly superior, on the whole, Qi still lost to Chu State.

Although the Qi army finally occupied Changli City, the military fortress of Chu State, and also received 800,000 taels of silver in war compensation from Chu State, these could not make up for the loss of more than 100,000 troops.

After Xiang Chu also withdrew safely, Xiang Tong left Xiang Peng to guard Pingliang City, and he hurried to Yuezhou City with an army of 100,000.

During the negotiation between Qi and Chu, Shi Luosheng and the four of them had successfully taken the two cities of Jingzhou and Huangzhou.

Deng Yuanjue added another 20,000 horses to Shi Luosheng, and asked him to arrange fortifications in Jingzhou, preparing to resist Xiang Tong, and not let him approach Yuezhou City.

Half a month later, when Xiang Tong arrived in Jingzhou, Deng Yuanjue was still sitting in Jizhou City with the crown prince Xiao Yan and the prince Yuan Chengce, and he had no intention of fighting Xiang Tong at all.

Xiang Tong has been famous for many years, although Shi Luosheng has also been in the limelight recently, but Li Peifu is still one level behind Xiang Tong. As for Jiang Huanyan, he is also a little-known junior in the five countries of the mainland, and Shi Luosheng's defeat of the two of them does not mean anything. So Xiang Tong didn't take Shi Luosheng too seriously, not to mention that he still had 100,000 troops in his hands, while Shi Luosheng only had 40,000 defenders.

Xiang Tong saw that Deng Yuanjue was not there, and he didn't want to waste time in Jingzhou, so he directly let Xiang Chu attack the city.

Xiang Chu asked people to erect dozens of cloud ladders, and dozens of people could stand on one ride, and the surrounding area was covered by wooden planks, and slowly advanced towards Jingzhou City.

When approaching the city, Xiang Chu ordered the Chu army on the cloud ladder to fire arrows at the defenders on the head of Jingzhou City.

The stone that defended the city was not to be outdone, so that the Song soldiers ignited rockets and shot back at the ladder, the arrows on the city were like rain, and the ladders of the Chu army were all burned, and the Chu soldiers on it were either shot to death by the bow and crossbow, or burned to death by the fire.

Xiang Tong, who was pressing the formation behind, saw that it was not good, so he hurriedly called in to withdraw his troops and recall Xiang Chu.

Xiang Chu retreated to Xiang Tong's side, looking ashamed: "Father, it's a child's carelessness, please send me to battle again tomorrow, I won't underestimate the enemy anymore." ”

Xiang Tong shook his head: "I can't blame you completely, I was too careless, I thought that Shi Luosheng could be accepted as a righteous son by Deng Yuanjue, and he was named General Wei by Emperor Song at a young age, and he also defeated Qin and Qi successively." Such a person, how can I treat him as a junior, tomorrow I will personally lead the troops to attack the city. ”

The next day, Xiang Tong personally led the army to Jingzhou City, and shouted at the city: "General Shi, yesterday you burned my ladder, and today I will use a rushing car to see how you break it." ”

After speaking, the order flag waved, and the drums and shouts on all sides started, and a row of rushing cars slowly drove out of the Chu array and accelerated towards Jingzhou City.

Shi Luosheng's face changed slightly when he looked at the formation, and hurriedly asked someone to transport a few big stones, and chiseled a big hole in it, and then used a kudzu rope to pass through the hole, and directly sent someone to drop the city tower and smash it towards the rushing car.

The car was bulky, and he couldn't dodge, and was smashed apart by a blow. Song Bing pulled back the boulder with a kudzu rope and smashed the next rushing car again, and so on, several rushing cars were all scattered.

Xiang Tong saw that the rush had also failed, and he was even more angry, and he asked people to bring dirt to fill in the moat, and at the same time asked Xiang Chu to lead 3,000 spade troops to secretly dig tunnels from the camp, wanting to sneak into the city.

After digging for a few days, Shi Luosheng found clues from the dirt outside the Chu army camp, and secretly sneered in his heart, asking Liu Zixuan to dig a heavy trench in the city to intercept horizontally.

In this way, they have been in a stalemate with each other for more than 20 days, and Xiang Tong has no way to take the stone down. wanted to bypass Jingzhou and go directly to rescue Yuezhou, but he was afraid that Shi Luosheng would attack him from behind. I've been spending time with him here, and I'm also worried that Yuezhou will be lost. Don't look at Deng Yuanjue's lack of movement now, but who knows what he is doing behind his back. If he suddenly took any action, Gao Yi would not be his opponent.

Xiang Chu saw that he couldn't attack for a long time, and he was also anxious in his heart: "Father, I can't be entangled with Shi Luosheng anymore." Yuezhou City is just a small city, there are less than 5,000 troops stationed in peacetime, and there is not much grain in the city, and now the army of 80,000 troops of Da Sima is stationed there, I am afraid that the grain and grass will not last long, it is better for our soldiers to divide into two ways, father, you go to Yuezhou, I will stay to contain Shi Luosheng. ”

Xiang Tong knew that Xiang Chu was not his opponent through his fight with Shi Luosheng these days, and if he took away half of his troops, Xiang Chu was likely to lose to Shi Luosheng. Besides, he only took 50,000 people to save Yuezhou, in case Deng Yuanjue stopped him halfway, he also had more than 40,000 people in Jizhou and Huangzhou in his hands, and in the case of equal forces, he was not Deng Yuanjue's opponent.

Thinking of this, Xiang Tong shook his head: "No, the 80,000 army on Gao Yi's side can't be counted on, and our current strength is not advantageous, once the troops are divided, it is easy to be broken by the Song army one by one." ”

Xiang Chu was even more anxious: "Then what should we do?" ”

Xiang Tong thought for a while and said, "You sent someone to tell Shi Luosheng that I want to see Deng Yuanjue." ”