Jiangzhou was originally a city in the southwest of the Chu State, and after the fall of the Chu State, all the cities in the entire southwest were in an independent state and went their own way.

After Deng Yuanjue took Jiangdu, he also thought about sending troops to capture Jiangzhou, but to send troops to Jiangzhou, he had to pass through Jizhou, Jizhou County had been included in the territory of the Song State, and he had to obtain Xiao Daocheng's consent before he wanted to pass.

Ten days later, Shi Luosheng left Tianzhu Peak with the Tianluo Sect army that had just entered the battlefield, and on the way to Jiangzhou, he suddenly saw a military general being besieged by a group of people, and the military general was covered in blood and seemed to be seriously injured.

"How do I feel that the man who is being besieged is familiar, do you know him?" Liu Zixuan asked Shi Luosheng suspiciously.

Shi Luosheng fixed his eyes: "Isn't that Gao Kegong, the general of the former Chu Zhengnan?" Didn't he and Gao Yi have already surrendered to the Song Kingdom, how could they appear here? ”

While the two were talking, Gao Kegong was slashed to the ground, and his life was about to be guaranteed.

Liu Zixuan frowned, pulled out the village rain, jumped to Gao Kegong's side, forced everyone back with one move, and asked, "Who are you?" Why kill General Gao? ”

The first person saw that the person who came was strong in martial arts, and he was a little more vigilant in his heart: "This dog thief is a Chu minister but he is a traitor and kills the king, shouldn't we kill him?" Who are you, and why did you save him? ”

Liu Zixuan waved his hand impatiently while helping Gao Kegong up: "You all go back, I still have something to ask General Gao, you can't kill him today, let's find a chance next time." ”

The leader was about to get angry, when one of the people next to him tugged at his sleeve, and when he looked back, he found that there was a large army staring at them not far behind him.

The man pointed at Gao Kegong viciously: "You are lucky today, but don't be too happy, we won't let you go." ”

"General Gao, shouldn't you be in Jianye City now? How could they be hunted down here? I heard that Ling Shu Gaoyi is now the great Si Nong of the Song Kingdom. After the group of assassins left, Shi Luosheng walked over to Gao Kegong's side.

"Are you Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan?" He was being chased and killed just now, so he didn't recognize Liu Zixuanlai, and now that the person who chased and killed him left, he found that it was actually Shi Luosheng, the general of Song Guowei who was rumored to have died in battle, who saved him.

"Yes, I'm not dead, let's talk about your situation first." Shi Luosheng didn't want to talk to him about himself.

Gao Kegong told him what happened after he surrendered to Deng Yuanjue, and it turned out that after he left Jiangdu, he planned to go to Qin State to seek refuge with Bai Mengqi. Who knew that he was targeted before he reached the border of Chu and Qin, followed by more than 30 consecutive assassinations, and thanks to Gao Kegong's martial arts, he escaped death many times.

But the road to escape to Qin was not feasible, and after several tosses, Gao Kegong decided to take a detour to Yan State to seek refuge with his uncle Gao Lan. It's a pity that just a few days ago, he was discovered again, so there was the scene that just happened.

After hearing this, Shi Luosheng couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy for Gao Kegong, who was originally a dignified general of Zhengnan, but was used by Deng Yuanjue and fell into such a field today.

"Then will you go to Yan Kingdom next? Now Captain Gao is not as good as before, he doesn't have much real power anymore, and you won't do anything after you go. Shi Luosheng asked.

Since the last Zhang Qiyu incident, although Emperor Yan Zhu Tingxun did not punish Gao Lan, he also took back his power through various means.

Gao Kegong's tone was extremely desolate: "I also know the situation in Yan Kingdom, but where else can I go except Anyang?" ”

The road to Qin was blocked by assassins, he didn't want to go to Jianye of Song State, and Qi State couldn't go because of the war, and staying in Chu State would be a death sooner or later, and he could only go to Yan State if he calculated it.

Shi Luosheng thought for a while and said: "Since you have nowhere to go, you might as well consider staying in our army, although I only have 30,000 horses now, but after conquering Bashu in the future, I can also give you a platform to display your talents." ”

Gao Kegong's eyes lit up, and he wondered: "Aren't you Deng Yuanjue's righteous son?" How will you take me in? He was worried that Shi Luosheng would treat him the same way as Deng Yuanjue.

Shi Luosheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, General Wei of the Song Kingdom is dead, and now I am only fighting for myself." After speaking, he told him about the Tianluo Sect together.

Gao Kegong thought in his heart, since he was desperate, it was not a good choice to stay by Shi Luosheng's side. Besides, he also knows Shi Luosheng's deeds, at least he is a famous general who is not inferior to Xiang Tong, if he fights Deng Yuanjue in the future, maybe he will have a chance to take revenge.

"Thank you Sect Master Shi for taking me in, the last general is willing to stay."

Shi Luosheng was overjoyed: "Great, we have the general before the battle, this time we will conquer the southwest, we will definitely return with a big victory." General Gao, you go down to heal your wounds first, and when your injuries are healed, I will give you a troop, and we will go to Bashu together. ”

After Gao Kegong thanked him, he went to the army for medical treatment, Liu Zixuan looked at his back and asked, "Why did you keep him in the army, their Gao uncle and nephew are not loyal people." ”

Shi Luosheng smiled: "No one is perfect, as long as you use his strengths, although Gao Kegong is not a virtuous minister, he is also a fierce general, I left him in the army, only use his strengths, why care about his shortcomings?" Besides, we are at the time of employing people, and most of the generals in the sect are only good at water warfare, and Gao Kegong's addition can also make up for our shortcomings. ”

Liu Zixuan stopped talking when he heard this, and his heart became more and more admired.

A few days later, the army drove to the city of Jiangzhou and found that the banner of the Chu army on the head of the city had been replaced by the purple broken sword banner of the Tianluo Sect.

It turned out that after Yang Yi infiltrated Jiangzhou City, he first persuaded Liu Wenxing, the deputy commander of the city defense army, to surrender, and then asked him to suddenly ring the warning bell on the city in the middle of the night.

Yang Yi took the opportunity to take the disciples of the Hidden Star Sect to create the illusion that the army was coming, causing chaos in the city, and then he infiltrated the city lord's mansion and killed the Taishou Yang Wenming and the commander of the city defense army, Yin Bihua, and finally with the help of Liu Wenxing, Jiangzhou was taken into the bag.

"Sect Master Yang, you are really powerful, you actually took Jiangzhou City without a single soldier, we hurried over, and in the end we didn't even drink the soup, admire and admire, haha." Liu Zixuan rushed to Yang Yi's side and congratulated him.

Yang Yi also smiled: "Vice Sect Master Liu is polite, if you personally lead the team over, it will only do better than me." ”

"Jiangzhou is the first city that our Tianluo Sect has built when it returns to the Central Plains, and this will be our base camp in the future. At present, the situation in the Central Plains is still very chaotic, and we cannot rush into it, and the top priority at the moment is to take over the entire southwest region as soon as possible. Bashu is known as the country of abundance, if we can take it as a foundation, even if we face Qi and Song in the future, we will have the strength to fight. Shi Luosheng told everyone about the future strategic plan.

Yang Yi took out a volume of account books: "I have already counted Jiangzhou City, the war of Chu has not burned to the southwest region in recent years, everything in Jiangzhou is intact, there are still 150,000 people in the city, 30,000 defenders, and the grain in the warehouse is enough for our 60,000 army for two years." ”

Shi Luosheng glanced at him with great satisfaction: "On the way here, I heard General Gao talk about the situation in Chudi, but I didn't expect that Wu Shiqi only took a year to resume production in Chudi, I hope that it won't be long before they can return to the pre-war level, and then it is likely to trigger a new round of war." There is not much time left for us, so I decided to divide the troops into two routes, Mr. Ling and Sect Master Yang led 30,000 troops to the south to take Yungui, Zixuan, General Gao and Mr. Wang and I took 20,000 troops to the west to take Bashu, and the remaining 10,000 people were left to General Liu Wenxing to defend the city. ”

Liu Wenxing was the deputy commander of the city defense army who had just been persuaded by Yang Yi to surrender, and when he heard Shi Luosheng say that he would hand over Jiangzhou to himself to guard the town, he suddenly had the feeling that Maxima had met Bole. You must know that Jiangzhou is the first and only city of the Tianluo Sect, and he is just a general who has just betrayed the old master.

"The last general will defend Jiangzhou to the death, and will never let anyone take it away from me." Liu Wenxing stepped forward to receive the order.

Three days later, 50,000 soldiers left Jiangzhou in two ways, and Shi Luosheng took 20,000 people to Rongcheng.

"General, Rongcheng is the largest city in the southwest region, there are 50,000 defenders in the city, and if we 20,000 people want to take it, we have to work hard." Wang Lun introduced the situation in Rongcheng and thought about countermeasures.

Gao Kegong also stepped forward: "Lu Wenyuan, the Taishou of Rongcheng, and Lu Chonglian, the commander of the city defense army, are a pair of brothers. ”

Liu Zixuan's eyes lit up: "Since he is your former general, can you persuade him to surrender?" ”

"I'm afraid it's hard." Gao Kegong's face was a little embarrassed, now he is carrying the name of killing the king, let alone persuading Lu Chonghuan to surrender, he is afraid that as soon as he gets close, he will take a bow and arrow to serve him.

Liu Zixuan realized that he had said the wrong thing, and smiled apologetically at Gao Kegong.

Wang Lun heard the conversation between the two and seemed to be inspired: "I have an idea, but I just want to wronged General Gao." ”

Gao Kegong looked indifferent: "At my most critical moment, it was the Shi Sect Master who took me in, and now my life is the Shi Sect Master's, as long as I can take Rongcheng, what is the matter if I am wronged, Mr. Wang, you don't matter." ”

"Then I'll say it bluntly, General Gao is now burdened with the infamy of killing the king, and the old ministers of the former Chu hate you to the bone, we can use this to trap Lu Chonglian. After arriving in Rongcheng, you will first bring 5,000 people to call for battle, and the Lu brothers will definitely go out of the city to meet the battle when they see that we have few soldiers. At that time, General Gao, you will deliberately lose to Lu Chonglian, lead him to chase after him, and General Shi and General Liu will set up an ambush in advance on the road, as long as they can capture him alive in one battle, the remaining Lu Wenyuan will be easy to deal with. Wang Lun said his plan.

Gao Kegong smiled: "I thought it was for me to be beaten, but it turned out that I was just scolded, what kind of grievance is this, sect leader, I think this plan will definitely take Rongcheng." ”

Shi Luosheng saw that Gao Kegong had no opinion, and he was also overjoyed in his heart: "Since both of them think it is feasible, then we will act according to this plan after we arrive in Rongcheng." ”