Although Wu Shiqi's words made Xiong Huan very angry, but after thinking about it carefully, what he said also made some sense, it was unrealistic for him to stay and defend the city, and once the city was broken, the entire Chu State would be completely finished. As long as he is still there, the regime of Chu can continue to continue.

It is also the most suitable person to leave the crown prince Xiongxin to defend the city, if others are left, in case they surrender to the Song army like Shuzhou and Huicheng, then the Chu State will lose an important town in vain. At the same time, the prince's stay can also boost the morale of the soldiers defending the city.

Xiong Huan glanced at the ministers standing below again, and saw that no one had any other better opinions, so he had to say: "Now I can only listen to the prime minister, everyone is ready for the next few days, and we will leave for Jiangdu in three days." As for the candidates who stayed to defend the city, in addition to the prince, the great Sima Gaoyi had been in battle for a long time, and he also stayed to assist the prince in defending the city. ”

Gao Yi is a thorn in Xiong Huan's heart, if it weren't for his nephew Gao Kegong who escaped, how could the Song army attack Shouchun City so quickly. Leaving Gao Yi in Shouchun not only avoided seeing him after going to Jiangdu, but also showed the people in the city that the imperial court had not given up on Shouchun, and the crown prince and Da Sima had stayed.

Seeing that Xiong Huan also left Gao Yi in Shouchun, Wu Shiqi was even more happy in his heart, so that after moving the capital to Jiangdu, no one in the entire court would dare to disagree with him.

Three days later, Xiong Huan took his ministers to Jiangdu, and after a few days of leaving, Deng Yuanjue and the Song army also killed the city.

Xiong Xin, the prince of Chu who was defending the city, was still full of ambition and wanted to make a big move, but when he saw the black Song army under the city, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered, after all, he had never led troops to the battlefield.

"Da Sima, the enemy army is three times larger than mine, what should I do now?" Xiong Xin's voice trembled a little.

Gao Yi glanced at him with a little disdain: "Your Highness, don't panic, Shouchun is a first-class city in the world, although this Deng Yuanjue is powerful, but we also have an army of 50,000, and the food in the city is enough to support five years, as long as we can't hold on, he can't help us." ”

Xiong Xin relaxed a little, but refused to admit defeat: "Where am I panicking, others are afraid of him Deng Yuanjue, but I am not afraid." If my father hadn't forbade me to go out of the city to fight, I would have had to let Song Bing know how powerful I was. ”

Gao Yi didn't speak, but the contempt in his heart was even greater.

Deng Yuanjue, who was outside the city, knew that Xiong Huan had fled, and he was not in a hurry to attack the city, but still let people surround the city.

"Look at this posture, Xiong Xin is planning to be a turtle with a shrunken head, and he doesn't dare to go out of the city to face the battle, I'm afraid this battle will be fought." Wu Teng looked at the bear heart on the head of the city, and couldn't help but complain a little in his heart.

Deng Yuanjue smiled slightly, and asked, "Isn't this bad?" If Xiong Xin really dares to come out and fight me, it will disrupt my plans. ”

Wu Teng was puzzled: "Huh? General, what is your plan? ”

Deng Yuanjue asked with a smile: "After Tian Wuji defeats Xiangyang and Xiang Chu retreats to Suizhou, the third prince Xiao Che will leave Chaisang and go to Xiakou to garrison." As long as he can defend Xiakou, he will be considered a military meritorious, what will he think in his heart when the eldest prince who came with the three princes at that time? ”

Wu Teng's eyes rolled, and he suddenly understood: "The two princes came to Chu to make military merits in order to compete for the crown in the future, if neither of them has military merits, the two can still live in peace." If the third prince has made military merits, but the eldest prince has not made an inch, he will inevitably feel a little jealous in his heart. ”

Deng Yuanjue nodded: "That's right, then I will give the eldest prince another chance to attack Shouchun, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Shouchun will be taken down by us sooner or later, it's just a matter of time." The eldest prince will definitely accept it gladly, and won't Huicheng and Chaisang all return to me by then? ”

Wu Teng praised repeatedly: "Not only that, but the supplies of their two armies were also pinched in our hands at that time." ”

Under the city of Xiangyang, Tian Wuji had just ordered the final general attack. Xiang Chu has been holding on for three years, and he could have supported it for a while, but the news that the Song army attacked Shouchun City and Xiong Huan moved the capital to Jiangdu became the last straw that overwhelmed the defenders of Xiangyang.

"General Xiang, the East Gate is lost."

Xiang Chu was a little unwilling, looked up at Tian Wuji outside the city, and shouted loudly: "Open the west gate, let's break out." ”

Tian Wuji immediately divided his troops to intercept him, but he still couldn't resist Xiang Chu's bravery, and he withdrew to Suizhou with the remaining 30,000 troops.

Although Xiangyang City was taken, Deng Yuanjue was already too far ahead of him, and if he didn't speed up the process, he was afraid that most of the Chu State would fall into the hands of the Song people.

Tian Wuji was thoughtful, and while walking towards the city, he was thinking about whether the next step was whether he should continue to fight Xiang Chu to the death, or divide his troops to occupy the city of Chu first.

Just when Tian Wuji just stepped into the city gate, six figures suddenly appeared on both sides, and they attacked Tian Wuji together.

The city of Xiangyang that had just been conquered was already in chaos, and the absent-minded Tian Wuji didn't expect that after Xiang Chu retreated, there would still be assassins left in the city.

Several of his own soldiers hurriedly drew their swords to meet the battle, four of the six assassins were stopped, and the remaining two, under the cover of their companions, rushed in front of Tian Wuji in an instant.

Tian Wuji, as a general of the Qi State, was also extraordinary in martial arts, and in a panic, he pulled out the long sword at his waist and stabbed out six swords in a row to force away the person in front of him.

Who knew that the man had already studied Tian Wuji's swordsmanship, and his body did not shy away, and rushed towards the long sword, the tip of the sword "poof", directly into the person's shoulder blade, but at the same time, the long sword was also stuck by the double hook in the man's hand.

Another assassin took the opportunity to stab Tian Wuji in the back of the heart with a sword, Tian Wuji couldn't pull out the long sword, so he had to let go, barely twisting his body to avoid the vital point, but the long sword still stabbed in an inch away from the heart.

Tian Wuji endured the pain, used his internal force to break the sword body, and then slapped the assassin who attacked him head-on.

The assassin raised his palms to greet him, his palms touched, and with a loud "bang", the injured Tian Wuji flew out of the battle circle with the power of the opponent's palm and fell heavily to the ground.

At this time, the Tianqi Sect masters who had gone out with the army also arrived at the scene, and more than a dozen people surrounded the six assassins in the field.

The leader ran to Tian Wuji's side, only to see that he had fainted, the sword wound was still bleeding, and the palm just now also hurt the meridians.

"King Zhu, look at the general, he is seriously injured." Tian Wuji's personal captain was very nervous, and when this kind of thing happened, he could not escape the blame as the captain.

King Zhu's name is Zhu Hai, and like Hou Ying, he is also one of the four great guardians of the Tianqi Sect.

At this time, Zhu Hai's face was full of worry, first he took out his hand to seal several large points at the wound of the sword, and then took out the Tianqi Sect's traumatic elixir Tianqi intermittent ointment and smeared it on the wound, temporarily stopping the bleeding for Tian Wuji.

"Quickly carry the general back to the military doctor for treatment, there is a bottle of pills here, the general will give him a dose first when he wakes up." After speaking, Zhu Hai took out a medicine bottle from his waist and threw it to the captain of the pro-soldiers.

"Elder Chen Lei of the Hidden Star Sect, Zhu shouldn't have admitted his mistake, right? Since you're here, you all stay today. Zhu Hai turned around and walked towards the person who stabbed Tian Wuji just now.

"Elder Chen, you go and make peace with the Lei Hall Master first, we will hold Zhu Hai back, and my family will please you in the future." A person beside Elder Chen blocked Zhu Hai's way.

"Elder Li, don't worry, I will take care of your family." Those who remain will definitely die, and Elder Chen knows it very well in his heart.

"It's not that easy to leave." Zhu Hai jumped forward, wanting to skip Elder Li and go directly to stop Chen Lei.

Elder Li was not in a hurry, and took out two tarsal nails from his sleeves and struck them at Zhu Hai.

Zhu Hai in mid-air saw two blue lights flashing, and recognized at a glance that this was the hidden weapon of the Hidden Star Sect's great name, so he had to turn over backwards to dodge, avoiding the attack of the tarsal nail.

And Chen Lei took the opportunity to jump out of the city and chased in the direction of Xiang Chu's withdrawal.

Zhu Hai was furious, and with a wave of one hand, more than a dozen Tianqi Sect members attacked together to besiege Elder Li and the others.

The remaining five Assassins were outnumbered, and all of them were killed on the spot.

"Has the general woken up?" Back at Taishou Mansion, Zhu Hai immediately asked about Tian Wuji's situation.

The captain of the pro-soldier said timidly: "The general is still in a coma, I just invited the military doctor over, he is being treated in the back hall, and the situation is not very optimistic." ”

Zhu Hai said angrily: "Nonsense, I have stopped the general's external injuries, although there are still some internal injuries, but with the general's internal strength, it is nothing, how can it be so serious." ”

The captain of the pro-soldier explained in a low voice: "The military doctor also said that the injury was not serious, but the general's sword wound happened to pierce the meridians, and the assassin's palm was injured in the meridians, plus excessive blood loss, it would be so serious." ”

Zhu Hai frowned, turned around and walked into the back hall, saw the military doctor splitting his head and asked, "How is the situation of the general now?" How are you going to treat it? ”

The military doctor sighed: "I suggest that the general be sent back to Shangjing, the medical conditions on the battlefield are too poor." ”

"No, now the war Chu has reached the most critical moment, if the general is not there at this time, all the achievements will be robbed by the Song army, which will bring us immeasurable difficulties in the future." Before Zhu Hai could speak, Tian Wuheng, the deputy general who knew the entire strategic plan, took the lead in objecting.

Although Zhu Hai's martial arts are high, he is only a person in the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs. Seeing that Tian Wuheng was opposed, it was difficult to express his opinion, so he thought for a while and said, "It's better to let the general decide for himself, military doctor, do you have a way to make the general wake up briefly first?" ”

The military doctor nodded, took out a few silver needles from the medical box, and gently inserted them into several acupuncture points on the top of Tian Wuji's head, and after a while, Tian Wuji slowly opened his eyes.

The military doctor breathed a sigh of relief: "If there is anything you can ask now, but it shouldn't be too long, the general is still very weak." ”

Tian Wuheng came close and told Tian Wuji about the current situation, and Tian Wuji decided to stay after listening to it and thinking about it again.

The military doctor still wanted to persuade him again, but Tian Wuji stretched out his hand to stop it: "No need to say more, if I leave now, if I face the Song army later, Wuheng is not Deng Yuanjue's opponent, once defeated, the four princes will also be in danger, so I will stay in Xiangyang for treatment for the time being." Wuheng, you will take the army to Suizhou tomorrow, and during my recuperation, you will be responsible for all the affairs in the army. ”