Xiang Tong has also been pondering repeatedly after getting the news of Ning Zeping, and feels that this matter is not too risky for Chu State: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we can agree to come down first, but in the end, whether or not to flank the Qi army with Yan Guo depends on whether they can successfully take Nanyang City, if they can't do it, we still have to stand still and do a good job of defense." ”

The courtiers present nodded in agreement when they heard this, if the Yan army could successfully cut off the supply line of the Qi army, then the battle would have been won eighty percent, and sending troops at that time would only be a beating of the water dogs.

Xiong Huan saw that no one objected to the ministers: "Since all the Aiqing have agreed to send troops, how about you personally lead the army this time?" ”

Xiang Tong was demoted to three levels a few years ago because of the failure to intercept and kill the envoy of Yan State, and later Jiang Huan Chu was assassinated in Chu State, Jiang Wushuang wanted to raise troops to take revenge, and Xiang Tong led troops to repel the Qi army in Changli City and the official was reinstated.

But after that, Xiang Tong has been very low-key, and he has not even been on the battlefield again. The last time the Qin and Song Dynasty were also visited by Gao Kegong, the nephew of the Great Sima Gaoyi, so he also needs a big victory now to regain his active role in the political arena of the Chu State.

Xiang Tong agreed: "The minister received the order, but during the minister's expedition, Deng Yuanjue of the Song State had to be guarded, and the minister was worried that he would attack us." ”

Ning Zeping's message to Xiang Tong only said that the reason why Jiang Wushuang sent troops to Changli was to get angry about Jiang Huan Chu's assassination in Shouyang Mountain, and did not tell him that the real purpose of the Qi army was to lure the Song State into being deceived, but Xiang Tong had been in battle for a long time, and always felt that the Qi State would not use troops against the Chu State because of such a trivial matter, and there must be other purposes.

Da Sima Gaoyi saw that a great achievement was about to fall into the hands of Xiang Tong, and he was secretly dissatisfied in his heart. Hearing Xiang Tong's concern at this moment, he said sarcastically: "The general is too worried, although the Song State repelled our Chu-Qin coalition army last time, they themselves lost 50,000 horses. In addition, in order to rescue the Yan State, there was a water war with the Qi State later, and they must have consumed a lot, even if they want to fight our idea, I am afraid that they will be powerless. ”

Xiang Tong insisted: "Da Sima's words are wrong, the Song Kingdom is no longer what it used to be, the Song Land is known as the water town Zeguo, after several years of cultivation, the national strength is gradually recovering. The fact that we have been able to defeat our Chu, Qin, and Qi in a row in just half a year is the best proof that we can no longer look at them with old eyes. ”

Gao Yi was about to fight back, but Xiong Huan waved his hand to stop him, and said: "The general's concern is not unreasonable, the general of Zhengnan, Gao Kegong, is still staying in Jizhou County after losing to Deng Yuanjue last time, and I gave him a decree to guard against Deng Yuanjue." ”

Although Xiong Huan adopted Xiang Tong's opinion, he did not take Song Guo in his eyes, a country that has been abused by his own country for nearly two hundred years, not to mention Emperor Chu, even ordinary people, and subconsciously will not regard Song Guo as his opponent.

Half a month later, Emperor Jiang Wushuang of Qi appointed Gan Zining as the general of Pingnan, led 150,000 troops out of Nanyang, and attacked Changli City of Chu again. Chu Emperor Xiong Huan also used Xiang Tong as the commander and led 100,000 troops to meet the battle, and the two sides faced off again under the city of Changli after four years.

This time, both sides were more aggressive than the last time, but the exchange was still dominated by tentative attacks. Qi general Gan Zining is a favorite general under the command of the general Tian Wuji, he knows that this time he came out just for show and lure the Song State to be fooled, so every attack is also up to the point, and he does not plan to fight with the Chu army.

Compared with the Qi army, the Chu army was already at a disadvantage, and Xiang Tong was still waiting for news from Ning Buqu's side, so he would not take the initiative to attack. Every day in the face of Gan Zining's call for war, he ignored it and ordered to close the door without fighting.

Speaking of the southern county of Yan Kingdom, 30,000 light horsemen have been assembled. Ning Zefeng had secretly sent a few elders of the Ghost Shadow Sect to infiltrate Nanyang City before Qi Chu started the war. After Qi Chu started the war, he personally played the role of a scout, and every day he took the good hands of the sect to monitor the movements of the Qi army in turn.

It has been almost two months since the start of the war between Qi and Chu, and the two sides still have not made substantial progress, and they are still in the stage of mutual testing. Ning Buqu has already obtained complete information from his father, the defenders of Nanyang City are less than 20,000 people, this time Gan Zining only brought three months of food, and all the secret posts along the way were discovered by the Ghost Shadow Gate, as long as he sent troops, the Ghost Shadow Gate could be solved in the first time.

After waiting for a few more days, the day when Qi and Song agreed to send troops was getting closer and closer, and Qi general Gan Zining also began to pay attention to the movements of the Song army.

Ning Buqu saw that the time had come, ordered all the people, and quietly left Nanjun City at night, and went straight to Nanyang. Ning Zefeng took the Ghost Shadow Gate master to take the lead, and while probing, he cleared the dark whistles along the way.

Five days later, when the 30,000 light cavalry of the Yan army appeared under Nanyang City, Zhu Shoupeng, the Taishou was not prepared at all, and when he heard the report from the scout, he thought that he had heard it wrong.

In the Qi Yan battlefield, the Yan army was being beaten by the Qi army, and Ning Ze, the general of the Yan State, was cowering in Hanzhong City every day, and he didn't dare to go out of the city to fight, how could he dare to send 30,000 light cavalry to attack his Nanyang City. Besides, Gan Zining, the general of Pingnan, still led an army of 150,000 troops in Changli, which was not far away, and if he returned to the army to strike, these 30,000 people would be immediately wrapped in dumplings, and there was a risk that the entire army would be annihilated.

Zhu Yunpeng didn't go to the city to check on the letter until he confirmed it again and again with the scouts, who knew that as soon as he went out, he was assassinated by the Ghost Shadow Gate Elder who had already been ambushed at the gate of the Taishou Mansion.

In addition to Zhu Yunpeng, Xiong Yunzhi, the commander of the city defense army of Nanyang City, was also targeted by the people of the Ghost Shadow Gate, as soon as the Yan army arrived in the city, the elders of the Ghost Shadow Gate took the initiative to find the door, and although the last two elders were repelled by the guards in the house, Xiong Yunzhi was also severely injured and temporarily lost his ability to act.

The defenders at the head of Nanyang City were already defenseless, and Zhu Yunpeng and Xiong Yunzhi were slow to appear, so there was no one to command at the scene, and it was even more chaotic. Among them, there were those who wanted to abandon the city and flee, and there were also those who wanted to resist desperately, and the Qi army was scattered.

The Yan army on the opposite side was ruined, and he had already prepared to die if he didn't win, comparing the two and the next, the Qi army was still an opponent, coupled with the early infiltration of the Ghost Shadow Gate, Ning Buqu didn't have much effort to take Nanyang.

After entering the city, the first thing Ning Buqu did was to order the closure of the city, and no one was allowed to leave Anyang without his own order, in case the news leaked, and to let Gan Zining know the situation of Anyang's loss as late as possible. At the same time, Ning Buqu also sent the masters of the Ghost Shadow Gate to secretly go to Changli City, telling Xiang Tong that he had taken Anyang, and asked him to prepare to pursue when the Qi army retreated.

Due to the blockade of Ning Unyielding's news, Gan Zining did not find out that all the outposts had been killed until three days later, so he deduced that there was a change in Nanyang City, and sent someone to investigate, and sure enough, it had been lost.

Gan Zining was shocked in his heart, and immediately ordered the news to be blocked, so as not to let the Qi army know that the back road was cut off, so as not to cause panic. At the same time, he also sent a master of the army to sneak into the country to seek rescue.