"Sect Master Shi, thank you for going to Nanjun to rescue Xiao'er Unyielding, my eldest brother has no children under his knees, and I have only one son of his, if he also dies in battle, our Ning family's bloodline will be broken." Ning Zefeng saw Shi Luosheng and the two of them first expressed their gratitude.

Shi Luosheng smiled faintly: "Sect Master Ning doesn't need to see outside, we have been friends with Unyielding for many years, and we have long been like brothers, how can we see him die on the battlefield." This time, we came to Jinxing to be entrusted by him, and I wanted to invite Sect Master Ning to live in Naha for a while, and Unyielding is also recuperating there now. ”

Ning Zefeng shook his head, took out a brocade box from the cabinet behind him and handed it to Shi Luosheng: "This contains the martial arts mastery of the Ghost Shadow Gate and the token of the door master, the Annoying Stone Sect Master will transfer it to Unyielding for me, and I can rest assured that the Ning family and the Ghost Shadow Gate will be handed over to him." As for whether I myself stayed in Jinxing, my eldest brother died in Hanzhong, and I couldn't retreat. ”

Although Shi Luosheng had already expected that Ning Zefeng would not go with him, he still couldn't help but persuade: "I heard that after the Supreme Emperor Zhu Tingxun came back, there was chaos in your Yan Kingdom Imperial Hall, and their father and son were still suspicious of each other, Sect Master Ning, why did you get angry at both ends of the middle?" ”

It turned out that after Zhu Qitang ascended the throne in Jinxing, in order to strengthen his military strength, he vigorously promoted a group of military generals, which made the original civilian official group very dissatisfied.

At first, Zhu Qitang didn't care, the Jinxing Small Imperial Court was newly formed, and the foundation of these civil officials was in Anyang, even if he was dissatisfied, he couldn't set off a big storm.

But these civil officials are just ignorant, seize every opportunity to fight against these newly promoted generals, and often accuse Zhu Qitang himself of talking and talking, which makes the young Zhu Qitang unbearable, and is planning to find an opportunity to replace them all.

Just when the civilian-official group was in danger, Zhu Tingxun of Anyang came back. They immediately ran to Zhu Tingxun to accuse the new emperor of wrongdoing, and said a lot of divisive words, as well as all kinds of drawbacks that would be brought about by the reuse of force.

These people are all Zhu Tingxun's old ministers, and after listening to it, he naturally wants to talk to Zhu Qitang. However, due to the difference in governing philosophy, the father and son not only did not solve the problem in this conversation, but instead had serious differences.

Zhu Tingxun originally planned to be the emperor with peace of mind after he came back, and handed over all the 30,000 troops in his hands to Zhu Qitang. Now it's good, not only is the military power gone, but also thinking about how to regain the throne.

As soon as these two people made such a fuss, Ning Zefeng's situation was embarrassing, he used to be the most trusted person by Zhu Tingxun, but now the new emperor is also supported by him. As a result, now the new emperor and the emperor dare not believe him anymore, and even the two often join forces to suppress him.

Ning Zefeng disagreed: "No matter what Your Majesty and the Emperor do to me, I will always be Yan Chen, they can bear me, I will never fail them." ”

Shi Luosheng had no choice but to sigh: "Okay, since Sect Master Ning has made up his mind, I will no longer persuade him, and after we leave, we will rush to the Qin State." If Sect Master Ning changes his mind in the future, you can go to Rongcheng to find Mr. Shi at any time, and he will arrange a boat to send you to Naha. ”

"Then thank you Sect Leader Shi." After thanking him, Ning Zefeng suddenly remembered something: "Ning has one more thing I want to ask you for, if Jinxing is captured by the Qi army, these brothers of the Ghost Shadow Gate will definitely follow me to die together, I want to ask you to help me take them all away, whether it is to go overseas to find Unyielding, or to go to Qin State with you, in short, let them leave here as soon as possible." ”

"Wouldn't you be more dangerous without them for information?" Shi Luosheng was slightly surprised, you must know that Ning Zefeng is the intelligence leader of Yan Kingdom, and his doing so is tantamount to destroying his eyes.

Ning Zefeng smiled bitterly, and his tone was extremely desolate: "I don't need to inquire about any more information, Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor will not summon me, and the Ghost Shadow Gate can't change the fate of Dayan's destruction." ”

"Okay, I'll send them to Naha, and find a suitable place in the Ryukyu Islands for Unyielding to rebuild the Ghost Shadow Gate, and one day if the Tianluo Sect can gain a foothold in the Central Plains, I'll bring them all back." Shi Luosheng could only agree.

Ning Zefeng clasped his hands into fists and bowed to express his gratitude.

"I didn't expect that in just over two years, the Yan Kingdom was about to perish." After arranging the disciples of the Ghost Shadow Sect, Shi Luosheng and the two rushed back to Cangzhou, and Liu Zixuan couldn't help but sigh on the way.

"It can only be said that the State of Qi is too strong, and Tian Wuji lost to Deng Yuanjue when the State of Chu was fighting for hegemony, which made everyone in the world have the illusion that the State of Qi is nothing more than that. The demise of the Yan Kingdom this time, many people think that the third brother has a high level of military use, but in fact, this is only one of the reasons, if it were not for Tian Wuji and Sun Zhongmou to drag the Ning uncle and nephew, the third brother would not have been so smooth. Besides, the remaining four countries on the mainland, counting our and Deng Yuanjue's forces, apart from the Qi State, who else can divide the army into three routes at the same time, advancing by land and water? Therefore, the victory of Qi is still won in terms of comprehensive national strength. Shi Luosheng explained.

Liu Zixuan nodded and agreed: "The reason why you attach so much importance to overseas trade is that you want to surpass Qi first in terms of economy, so that you can have the opportunity to compete with him militarily for hegemony in the future." ”

"Yes, in terms of prosperity, Naha has surpassed Shangjing, but the size of the Ryukyu Islands is still not comparable to that of Qi, and in the future, we will expand in the direction of Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. As long as we can maintain the current growth rate, we will definitely surpass Qi in 20 years. Shi Luosheng is very confident in this.

"General Xiang, Deng Yuanjue attacked your Suizhou, and His Royal Highness asked us to return to Zhoukou to garrison, why didn't you withdraw your troops?" Tian Kangyou angrily broke into the Chu army camp to question Xiang Chu, and Tian Wuheng's death made him resentful of the Chu army.

"Deng Wenhao is going to be unable to support it, it's a pity to withdraw the army now, let's work harder, and return to Zhoukou after defeating Yingchuan." Seeing that the cooked duck was about to reach his mouth, Xiang Chu was reluctant to give up.

Tian Kangyou didn't dare to disobey Jiang Huanyan's military order: "That general, you can attack the city by yourself, I won't accompany you." After saying that, he left without looking back.

"Without the help of the Qi army, it would not be so easy for us to take Yingchuan. Deng Yuanjue is requisitioning Xiakou's troops to rush to Suizhou, it seems that the next target is our Zhoukou City, should we also withdraw our troops back? Peng Yu was a little worried.

"Go and tell Tian Kangyou that if we can't capture Yingchuan within three days, then withdraw to Zhoukou." Xiang Chu made a decision.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and although Deng Wenhao struggled to defend it, he still survived.

Tian Kangyou came to the Chu army camp again: "The three-day period has arrived, and I am here to bid you farewell." ”

Xiang Chu was still unwilling: "If you give me three more days, Deng Wenhao will definitely not be able to hold on." Look at the current city wall of Yingchuan, it can be broken with a little more strength. ”

Tian Kangyou said angrily: "I have already listened to you once, how can you break your word?" If you haven't captured it after three days, will you want another three days? I don't care about you anymore, I must go this time. ”

Tian Kangyou didn't stay any longer, and when he returned to the barracks, he directly led the troops to withdraw to Kaifeng.

"General, the Qi army is really gone this time, are we still going to stay to siege the city? Deng Yuanjue had already left Suizhou with 100,000 troops and was heading towards Zhoukou. Peng Yu was even more worried.

Xiang Chu lowered his head and pondered for a while, but he was still reluctant to give up: "Yingyue can at least hold on for a while, Deng Wenhao can't hold on, as long as we can take Yingchuan as soon as possible, then it will be Deng Yuanjue's turn to worry about Shouchun." ”

After another three days, the Chu army still did not capture Yingchuan City. Xiang Chu looked at the more dilapidated city wall and decided to try for another three days, just like this, three days passed, and Yingchuan was still firmly in the hands of Deng Wenhao.

And the Yingyue on the Zhoukou side was not so lucky in the face of Deng Yuanjue, after several battles, the defenders had already suffered half of the casualties, and the Yingyue had to send a request for help to Xiang Chu.

"General, Zhoukou is our new capital, Your Majesty is still in the city, if it is captured by Deng Yuanjue, then we will lose completely." Peng Yu still strongly persuaded Xiang Chu to withdraw his troops and go back to the rescue.

Xiang Chu was helpless, and glanced at Yingchuan City unwillingly: "Cheap you Deng Wenhao, I hope you will still be there next time I come to Yingchuan." ”

"Your Highness, Xiang Chu has withdrawn to Zhoukou, and General Tian has also arrived in Xiangyang. As you expected, Deng Yuanjue didn't dare to go all out to deal with Xiang Chu because he was worried that we would sneak attack Suizhou. After taking Nanjun, Jiang Huanyan did not take all the 400,000 troops to Jinxing, but gave 200,000 to Tian Wuji and Jiang Huanchu, and asked them to bring 100,000 people back to Xiangyang and Kaifeng respectively, ready to fight against Deng Yuanjue again at any time.

Jiang Huanyan snorted coldly: "I knew that Xiang Chu would be reluctant to Yingchuan, if it wasn't for General Tian to go to Xiangyang first to deter the Song army, I am afraid that Deng Yuanjue would have taken Zhoukou by now." ”

"Yes, I heard that when Xiang Chu withdrew his army, he also wanted to divide half of his troops to Xiang Zhuang and let him continue to attack the city." Zeng Dong said with a slight sarcasm.

Jiang Huanyan shook his head: "Human nature dictates that it is easy for him to spit out the meat in his mouth again." By the way, have you found out who was the person who rescued Ning Unyielding that day? ”

Zeng Dong looked embarrassed: "The people of the Tianqi Sect and the Nujiao Gang have carefully checked the vicinity, but they have not found any traces, I guess it should be the people of the Ghost Shadow Gate, except for them in Yan Land, no one else has this ability." ”

Jiang Huanyan shook his head: "If it's someone from the Ghost Shadow Gate, then why didn't they come to save Ning Zeping?" ”

Zeng Dong was stunned and couldn't answer.

Jiang Huanyan reminded: "Don't forget that in addition to the Ghost Shadow Gate in Yan Kingdom, there is also a more powerful gang. ”

"Tianluo Sect?" Zeng Dong exclaimed, and then shook his head again: "Sect Master Shi is our Great Qi's concubine, how could he take action to save Ning Buqu?" ”

Jiang Huanyan sneered: "Why not, they are very good friends, besides, Yi Ning does not bend to the influence in Yandi, saving him is equivalent to winning the hearts of the people of Yandi, how could Shi Luosheng not make a move." ”