Xing Kan knew Wu Teng's situation, and said with some embarrassment: "General Wu, don't make fun of me, if Xuchang City hadn't been with you, it would have been defeated by the Qi army a long time ago." However, these rewards of Emperor Chu are really beyond my expectations. ”

Wu Teng also restrained his smile: "It's okay for Emperor Chu to come out like this, so that the Qi army will not suspect that you have surrendered to our Great Song Dynasty, you can accept these rewards and titles first." ”

Xing Kan said politely: "No, no, I will keep the title and official position, and use these gold and silk as military expenses, this was originally won by General Wu, and we still have 80,000 troops to raise." ”

Seeing that Xing Kan was so knowledgeable, Wu Teng was a little embarrassed, in fact, after getting along for this time, he found that Xing Kan was not as annoying as he imagined, and as of now, the cooperation between the two is quite pleasant.

Just as Wu Teng expected, Xiong Huan's reward made the masters of the Tianqi Sect ignore many details, and after a few days of observation and inquiry, they finally came to the conclusion that the master behind Xing Kan was the general they had seen on the battlefield, and it was said that he was a distant relative that Xing Kan brought from his hometown in the countryside before the fall of Kaifeng.

Jiang Huan Chu didn't doubt it when he saw this result, and now he needed to think about how to take Xuchang City.

After losing 30,000 troops, the Qi army was already at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and if they wanted to attack the city directly, they might be counterattacked by others if they were not careful.

Xu Ce understood Jiang Huanchu's worries: "Your Highness, there are only two ways to do it now, the first is to ask Your Majesty for reinforcements, and when the reinforcements arrive, we will go to fight Xuchang." The second is to give up Xuchang, we will take a detour to fight Liang County, and then go to Zhoukou through Chenliu. If Zhoukou is taken by us, Kaifeng will become a lonely city, and then we can slowly clean up Xing Kan. ”

Jiang Huan Chu did not reply directly, and asked rhetorically: "If my father gives me another 100,000 troops, does Mr. think we can take Kaifeng within half a year?" ”

Xu Ce pondered for a moment in his heart, and said: "170,000 against 80,000 Chu troops, although we have a great chance of winning, it is not realistic to take Xuchang in a short time. ”

Jiang Huan Chu also agreed with Xu Ce's point of view: "In that case, why do we need reinforcements?" Our Daqi has invested 250,000 troops in Chudi, plus the 100,000 horses killed in the battle three years ago, our efforts have been enough. Wouldn't we have no way to win without relying on superiority in troops? Look at Deng Yuanjue of the Song Kingdom, hasn't he won more with less over the years, and I also want to try to see if I have this ability. ”

Xu Ce couldn't help but praise: "Okay, it is worthy of being the prince of my Great Qi, it seems that His Royal Highness has decided to detour to Liang County?" ”

Jiang Huan Chu nodded: "Tomorrow we will take 50,000 troops to attack Liang County, General Tian will stay in Kaifeng to recuperate, Lei Taishou you are responsible for defending the city, be careful Xing Kan counterattack Kaifeng." ”

Xu Ce was a little anxious when he heard this arrangement, and hurriedly glanced at Jiang Huan Chu.

Although Lei Ming didn't see Xu Ce's movements, he was also a little surprised: "Your Highness handed me the heavy responsibility of guarding the city, aren't you worried that I will return to the Chu State?" You must know that if I betray, there will be no way back for His Highness's army of 50,000. ”

This is exactly what Xu Ce is worried about, the reason why Lei Ming surrendered to Qi is not because he is afraid of death, but because he is really helpless, and now that the Qi army is newly defeated, it is normal for him to rebel and go back.

Jiang Huan Chu disagreed: "I believe that Lei Taishou is not a repeated villain, do you remember what you said when you surrendered to my Great Qi?" The decline of the Chu State is already doomed, how can you act against the sky. ”

Lei Ming clasped his hands into fists: "Today I am completely impressed by His Highness, His Highness has such a mind and courage, why worry that I can't sweep the four countries." ”

Xu Ce also admired it in his heart, and now he finally knew why Tian Wuji, who had been in the battle for the prince, would suddenly fall to Jiang Huanchu. Although in front of outsiders, Tian Wuji said that he promoted Jiang Huan Chu as the commander of the first army in order to repay the favor of him for capturing Changli City for himself, but the real situation is not so simple.

After Jiang Huanchu led the army around Liang County, the three battlefields entered a new round of stalemate. Tian Wuheng was inseparable from Xiang Chu in Xiakou City, and Deng Yuanjue was also slowly fighting with Xiong Xin and Gao Yi in Shouchun.

At this time, Shi Luosheng, who was far away in Naha, ushered in a rare guest, and Ning Buqu, the commander of the naval army of Yan Kingdom, lost the naval army to his deputy general Niu Qingyuan on the grounds of expanding the overseas business circle, and came to Naha with the caravan.

"Unyielding, you don't train the navy in Penglai, why did you run to Ryukyu, do you want to learn martial arts with me?" Liu Zixuan saw his old acquaintance, and he was indescribably happy in his heart.

Ning Buqu smiled bitterly: "I don't dare to compete with you, now among the younger generation, except for Jiang Huanchu of Qi State, who else is your opponent." "Shi Luosheng's true martial arts are still a mystery to Ning Buqu.

Liu Zixuan laughed: "Then what else can bother you to come in person?" Forget it, you better talk to Luosheng, he is now fishing with Wan'er in the backyard, this kid is getting more and more disagreeable, since he returned to Naha, he knows that he and Wan'er are playing in the mountains and rivers, and all the things in the city are thrown to us, and he doesn't care at all. ”

"Why did I hear someone talking bad about me from afar, Zixuan, have you finished all the work on your hands? If you're done, I'll go to Manila tomorrow and settle all the accounts for me. The sound of stone falling from the back hall came from the back hall.

Liu Zixuan immediately showed a painful expression: "Don't, can't I be wrong?" You can let me go to Pattaya to suppress bandits, and I should find Mr. Shi for this kind of thing. I don't understand the language in the first place, and if I am faced with those numbers that I can't understand, my head will hurt. ”

The crowd laughed.

"Why are you here, is something going on?" Shi Luosheng was also surprised by Ning Unyielding's sudden visit.

Ning Buqu was a little embarrassed: "Taifu, I came here this time and I have something to ask you about besides normal trade." After so many years, Ning Buqu still calls Shi Luo promoted to Taifu, which also means that he is his teacher.

Shi Luosheng roughly guessed his intention after a little thought: "Do you Yan Kingdom also want to send troops to attack Chu?" ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was guessed by Shi Luosheng, and he was not surprised: "Yes, Your Majesty and Uncle want to take advantage of this opportunity to also get a piece of the pie, if the Chu State is divided between Qi and Song, the Qi State will turn the gun to deal with us." It's harder for us to cope. ”

Shi Luosheng asked again: "Since you came all the way to find me, you must not agree with General Ning's attack on Chu, first tell me what your reason is?" ”

Ning Buqu secretly admired Shi Luosheng in his heart: "Yes, I really don't agree with the current attack on Chu, although the relationship between our Dayan and Chu is not good, but our two countries are allies after all, at this time, tear up the alliance and fall into the ground, even if we occupy some cities, the local people will not be convinced, and the cost of our governance will be higher, which is a bit more than worth the loss." ”

Shi Luosheng praised, "You really have a long-term view, and it's right not to send troops, as you said, even if some cities are occupied by your Yan Kingdom now, you can't hold it." Originally, the Song and Qi countries attacked Chu together, and the people of Chu resented them. But as soon as you Yan State gets involved, the anger of the people of Chu State will immediately transfer to you, and they will accept the rule of Song and Qi, which is equivalent to you helping them pacify the people. Besides, in the future, the state of Chu will fall, and the state of Qi will deal with you in turn, will the people in the city choose to respond at this time? ”

Ning Bu said hurriedly: "Taifu can teach me to persuade His Majesty and Uncle in any way?" ”

Shi Luosheng sighed: "It's difficult to convince them, I believe General Ning knows what we just said, but it will be difficult for you to deal with the current Qi State, not to mention the Qi State after swallowing the Chu State in the future." General Ning wanted to gamble, and if he lost, he would lose the country a few years in advance, but if he won, the Jiangshan Sheji of Yan State would continue. ”

Ning Buqu was a little unwilling: "The odds of winning this kind of gambling are too low, if we don't send troops and concentrate on developing the domestic economy, we may not lose to Qi in the future." ”

Ning Buqu had never been to the State of Qi, and he didn't know how big the economic gap between Qi and Yan was, he thought that he could catch up with the State of Qi by working hard for a few years, after all, the case of the Song State catching up with the State of Chu was in front of him.

But what Ning Buqu didn't know was that although Chu was the second most powerful country, its comprehensive national strength was far behind that of Qi, and it was only slightly stronger than the other three countries, so Song caught up as soon as he exerted his strength.

It was inconvenient for Shi Luosheng to say these words, so he had to say: "You have worked hard to come from afar, I will take you to walk around the city in the past few days, and the nearby islands will also go for a walk, and we will slowly think of countermeasures." ”

Naha's prosperity is not inferior to the Shangjing City of Qi, Shi Luosheng wants to use Naha to awaken Ning Unyielding, and his idea also does not work.

Ke Ning is not yielding, how can he be in the mood to hang out with Shi Luosheng, Penglai still has a bunch of things to deal with, but he came with the merchant ship this time, and it will take at least five days to wait for the merchant ship to unload and load new goods, so he has to live patiently.

The next day, Shi Luosheng and Jiang Wan'er took Ning Buqu to take a walk around the city, at first Ning Buqu was absent-minded, and there was still some slander in his heart: "This Shi Taifu is really unreliable now, I came all the way to ask you, you didn't help me get an idea, forget it, and take me to wander around, the national disaster is at the head, how can I be in the mood." ”

Shi Luosheng naturally knew Ning Buqu's thoughts, and he didn't say anything, but just asked Jiang Wan'er to patiently explain to Ning Buqu all the way about all kinds of things he had seen and heard at sea, as well as the economic situation of Qi State.

Ning Buqu was patient at first, but the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and without waiting for Jiang Wan'er to explain, he had already taken the initiative to ask questions, and only after a walk around did he understand Shi Luosheng's intentions.

"Taifu, don't give in and know what is wrong, I only understood Taifu's good intentions after a day of shopping." Ning Bu bowed towards Shi Luosheng.

Shi Luosheng waved his hand: "You dress up well tomorrow, don't let people recognize you, I'll take you to Anmei Island for a walk, where there is a newly built naval base in Qi State." ”

Ning Buqu's eyes lit up, and he didn't mention going back.