"Gao Kegong, you traitorous villain, I was about to kill you to avenge the first emperor, but I didn't expect you to send it to the door by yourself today." Under the city of Rongcheng, Lu Chonglian, the commander of the city defense army, was scolding Gao Kegong, who led the troops to attack.

Gao Kegong looked innocent: "General Lu, you misunderstood me, Your Majesty was not killed by me at all, and the person who really killed him was Deng Wenhao." ”

"Shut up, you first left your post without permission, then surrendered to the enemy, and finally personally led the Song army to conquer Jiangdu and kill Your Majesty, these crimes alone, you can't die 10,000 times, stop talking nonsense, look at the gun." After speaking, Lu Chongchuan slapped his horse forward and stabbed Gao Kegong with a shot.

Gao Kegong had no choice but to raise his gun to shoot back, and the two fought alone in front of the army. Lu Chongchuan had served under Gao Kegong for several years before, so Gao Kegong was very familiar with his martial arts scores, and he fought him for more than fifty rounds without hurrying.

Suddenly, Lu Chonglian grabbed a flaw in Gao Kegong and shot horizontally, Gao Kegong couldn't react, and the spear was out of his hand. Lu Chongchuan stabbed him in the chest again, which frightened Gao Kegong into a panic, turned his horse's head and was about to flee.

Lu Chonghuan saw that he had few soldiers, where was he willing to give up, and led the army to chase behind. Lu Wenyuan, the Taishou of Rongcheng, who was standing at the head of the city to supervise the battle, was also bent on capturing Gao Kegong alive to avenge Xiong Huan, so he did not stop it.

Chasing out of thirty miles in one breath, Lu Chonghuan was about to catch up with Gao Kegong, when suddenly there was a shout of killing in his ears, and he looked at it, there was a troop on both sides of the mountain road to kill him, and Gao Kegong in front also took the opportunity to lead the army and cover it again.

"Oh no, I've been tricked." Lu Chonglian, who reacted, wanted to break out.

"General Lu, look at the gun." Gao Kegong changed a spear and stabbed straight from behind.

The two fought together again, but unfortunately the result this time was completely different, in less than thirty rounds, Lu Chongchuan was picked off the horse, and the Tianluo soldiers on the side swarmed him up and captured him alive. When the remaining Chu soldiers saw that the commander was captured, they had no intention of fighting, so they fled one after another, and Shi Luosheng and the two did not chase after them.

Back in the camp, Gao Kegong repelled the soldiers who escorted Lu Chonglian, and personally untied the rope for him: "I offended a lot just now, and I ask General Lu not to be surprised." ”

Lu Chonghuan snorted coldly: "Since I have been captured alive, why should you act coyly, kill if you want to, Lu will never frown, but I am really unwilling to die in the hands of a villain like you." ”

Gao Kegong bowed his head and was silent, Shi Luosheng on the side looked unbearable, and explained: "General Lu, you really misunderstood General Gao, if it was really him who killed Emperor Chu, then wouldn't he be more reused if he stayed in the Song army camp, so why leave?" Didn't he know that Chu Di was full of people who wanted to kill him? ”

Lu Chonghuan was stunned for a moment, it's right to think about it, isn't Your Majesty really killed by Gao Kegong?

"Your Excellency?" Lu Chongchuan was a little curious about the identity of the person who asked him.

"In Xiashi Luosheng, he is now the leader of the Tianluo Sect, and the one who captured General Lu this time is also the army that despises his own sect."

"General Song Guowei's stone falls? Aren't you already dead in battle? "Since Xiang Tong and Shi Luosheng died together, his deeds have spread throughout the continent, especially in the Chu State, and Xiang Tong's death in battle is the direct cause of their decline.

"Yes, I am the Shi Luosheng, after the battle with General Xiang, I escaped from the Song Kingdom, and I have been living overseas for several years, until I heard that the Central Plains had undergone great changes not long ago, and I decided to come back again." Shi Luosheng said lightly about the years that have passed.

Lu Chongchuan looked at Shi Luosheng with a very complicated expression, it stands to reason that the demise of the Chu State is directly related to the person in front of him, but for some reason, he just can't hate him.

Lu Chonglian is a military general, he admires the strong, although he admires famous generals like Deng Yuanjue, Tian Wuji, and Xiang Tong in his heart, he has also fantasized countless times that he can defeat them on the battlefield like Shi Luosheng. The state of Chu is destroyed, but the two countries are at war, and he understands the truth that each is its master, which seems to be impossible to blame others.

Gao Kegong saw that he was in a trance, and he also took the opportunity to tell him about being played by Deng Yuanjue and being set up by Deng Wenhao to kill Xiong Huan. Then he said: "General Lu, I admit that I am selfish, but I will never do it as rumored outside, and I will never do anything about killing the king." This time, I invite you back to explain this matter to you. ”

"General Shi, the last general begs you to let General Lu go back this time, and the next time we meet on the battlefield, I will definitely be able to capture him alive again." The last sentence, Gao Kegong said to Shi Luosheng.

Shi Luosheng nodded: "Since you captured it alive, then you can let it go if you want." ”

Wang Lun hurriedly persuaded: "General no, General Lu is our barrier to take Rongcheng, and we must not let him go back." ”

Shi Luosheng waved his hand: "It's okay, this time we took advantage of General Lu's weakness of wanting to avenge Emperor Chu to catch him, now that it's clear, I believe General Gao can defeat him again when we meet next time." ”

Lu Chongchuan couldn't believe it: "I can leave now?" ”

Gao Kegong Yile: "Our general has just said, you can go, I have already prepared the horses, please." ”

Lu Chonghuan walked the letter to the camp gate, and when he saw that no one stopped him, he turned over and got on the horse, and then he was convinced that Shi Luosheng really let him go.

After walking for a few miles, Lu Chongchuan ran back again, knelt down in front of Shi Luosheng in one step, and Shi Luosheng hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "Why did General Lu come back again?" ”

Lu Chonghuan refused to get up, and continued: "The last general deeply feels the general's kindness, and is willing to go back to the city to persuade his brother to surrender to the general together, and I hope that the general can take him in." ”

Shi Luosheng and Wang Lun glanced at each other, and said with great joy: "Great, General Lu is willing to join my sect, and Luosheng can't ask for it." ”

Only then did Lu Chongchuan stand up and arch his hand: "General, wait a minute, I'll go back to the city to persuade my brother." ”

In fact, before the arrival of the Shiluosheng army, the Lu brothers had considered their future way out, the Chu State was destroyed, and they only had two choices, one was to choose to stand on their own, and the other was to choose to surrender to the Qi State or the Song State.

If you choose to stand on your own, with the current strength of Rongcheng, you will still not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed by Qi and Song in the future.

But if they choose to surrender to one of them, the Lu brothers are not willing, after all, the Chu State was destroyed by the two of them, and if they choose to surrender, what is the difference between it and treason.

After seeing Shi Luosheng, Lu Chongchuan had an idea in his heart, if he wanted to ask who else in the world could fight with Deng Yuanjue and Tian Wuji, then only Shi Luosheng who could defeat Xiang Tong. Since his brother was unwilling to surrender to Qi and Song, it was better to join the Tianluo Sect and gamble on Shi Luosheng.

After returning to the city, Lu Chonghuan told his brother about his experience of joining the Tianluo Sect, and Lu Wenyuan thought about it for a while and agreed. Now Shi Luosheng's strength is weak, it is better to send charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake, if Shi Luosheng can really play a world in the future, his brothers can be regarded as the founding heroes, even if it is a failure, I heard that he still has a large amount of power overseas, and then his brothers will follow him to go overseas, which can be regarded as a way out.

In this way, Shi Luosheng's army entered Rongcheng surrounded by the Lu brothers, and Lu Wenyuan presented the Taishou seal ribbon and the soldiers' booklet, Shi Luosheng glanced at it and didn't reach out to pick it up, half-jokingly: "Why doesn't Lu Taishou want to work after joining our army?" That's not good, my Tianluo Sect doesn't have the money to support idlers. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Lu Wenyuan knew that Shi Luosheng's words were to let him continue to serve as the Taishou of Rongcheng, so he completely calmed down.

"General Yu, after the army of Rongcheng is collected, we have an army of 70,000, and the last general petitions to lead 30,000 troops to attack Ba County." Gao Kegong stood up again.

"The last general is also willing to go with General Gao, the situation of the entire Xichuan is similar to our Rongcheng, and Liu Bo, the Taishou of Bajun, also has an old relationship with our brother, maybe I can directly persuade him to surrender." Lu Chongchuan also took a step forward and stood beside Gao Kegong.

Shi Luosheng was overjoyed when he saw this: "It's really good that the two generals are willing to go, I will send 30,000 troops to the two, after taking Ba County, you don't need to return to the army, you can directly attack Shu County, and take the entire Xichuan into your pocket." Dongchuan is the territory of the Yan State, we don't have to pay attention to it for the time being, they still have to garrison troops in Hanzhong to resist the attack of the Qi State, and they have no power to invade us. ”

The two took the order and left, and Wang Lun said: "I just received a letter from General Ling this morning, he and Sect Master Yang also took Jianning five days ago, and now they are preparing to send troops to Yunnan. ”

Shi Luosheng was even more pleased: "After the fall of the Chu State, the southwest region will be scattered, and after we take it all, it will take a while to rectify it." ”

After several years of war, Chudi finally ushered in a brief period of peace. In the past two years, Deng Yuanjue appointed Wu Shiqi as his military adviser, and under his leadership, the economy of the central region of the former Chu State has recovered to the pre-war level.

And in the southwest region of the former Chu State, under the offensive of Gao Kegong and Ling Zhen, these places were also included in the newly rising Tianluo Sect territory. Because the war a few years ago did not burn here, when the Tianluo army attacked the southwest, most areas also surrendered voluntarily, so the civilian production was not greatly damaged.

In terms of internal affairs, Shi Luosheng relied heavily on Shi Pre and Wang Lun, and they introduced advanced overseas governance experience into the Central Plains, resulting in the economy of the entire southwest region not retreating but growing, and even far exceeding the pre-war level.

In terms of military affairs, Ling Zhen and Gao Kegong became Shi Luosheng's right-hand men, one of them was responsible for Bashu, and the other was responsible for Yungui, and now the troops under the command of Tianluo Sect have exceeded 200,000, and after Liu Zixuan's training in terms of combat effectiveness, they are not inferior to the Deng family army under Deng Yuanjue.

As for the Tianluo Sect, Zu Qingzhi and Yang Yi are in charge, although Tianzhu Peak is still the nominal headquarters of the Tianluo Sect, but for strategic considerations, the importance of the separation of Jiangzhou and Rongcheng is already greater than that of Tianzhu Peak, so the two of them are also in these two places most of the time, and most of the time on Tianzhu Peak is taken care of by Wang Chiji.

Overseas still maintains rapid development, and the principals are still Shigeji Takenaka, Hua Haoxuan and Yin Thief.