In the next three months, Gao Kegong fought with Wan Can more than ten times, each time Gao Kegong was defeated, and even once he was stabbed twice by Wan Can and almost died on the spot.

Wan Can also became more and more proud, feeling that if Gao Kegong was not from a wealthy family, how could he achieve the position of the general of Zhengnan of Chu State with his talent. It was this mentality that led him to say that Gao Kegong was useless when he wrote a battle report to Bai Mengqi, and the Tianluo Sect was also in vain.

When Bai Mengqi first received the battle report, he would remind him not to underestimate the enemy, but after seeing a lot, he didn't care anymore, and began to focus on Yan Chixing in Puyang. After all, Gao Kegong had hardly won a battle before, and he was abused by Deng Yuanjue every time.

"Your Highness, Deng Yuanjue led an army of 100,000 troops and camped twenty miles outside the city, and he asked you to go out of the city tomorrow to meet you." was about to fight Deng Yuanjue, Zeng Dong couldn't hide his excitement.

Jiang Huanyan was expressionless, and said lightly: "I heard that Deng Yuanjue's martial arts are as powerful as he led his troops to fight, last time in Fengshou Pass, he relied on his superb martial arts to succeed, when we meet tomorrow, you bring a few more masters in the gang to follow me." ”

Zeng Dong nodded, he knew that Jiang Huanyan was not afraid of death, but accurately calculated every reason that might lead to defeat on the battlefield.

"General Deng has admired for a long time, but it's a pity that your speed is a little slower, and Liuzhou has been taken by us." Jiang Huanyan is cold by nature, and rarely takes the initiative to greet people, but when she met Deng Yuanjue today, she was the first to speak.

Deng Yuanjue laughed: "I didn't expect the three princes, who are proficient in water warfare, to be so powerful in land warfare, but it was out of my expectations." It only took two months for you to attack Penglai City and now capture Liuzhou, which is not what I may be able to do, it seems that the title of the world's number one general should belong to you. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the Song army camp changed greatly, while the Qi army camp was overjoyed. The proudest thing for the soldiers of the Song army is that they can serve under the command of the world's number one general, and now Deng Yuanjue wants to give this title to Jiang Huanyan, how can they be convinced.

But Jiang Huanyan was unmoved, and said coldly: "Whoever likes this useless false name can take it, I have no interest at all." ”

Deng Yuanjue admired it even more in his heart, he was so pitted by Tian Wuji when he was young. Tian Wuji gave him the title of the world's number one general at that time, on the surface, he was infinitely beautiful, but in fact, he knew that he was suffering.

At that time, Deng Yuanjue was still young and quite proud. Later, when he fought with Chu again, the disadvantages of this false name were reflected. He is too afraid of losing, he has just won the title of the world's number one general, if he loses the battle on the battlefield, won't it be a joke?

It was under the influence of this psychology that he missed many opportunities to quickly defeat his opponents. It was not until the last ten years that Deng Yuanjue gradually realized that this kind of false name brought him more harm than good. And the third prince of Qi in front of him, who looks like he is only in his early thirties, can actually see fame and fortune so lightly, how can he not be admired.

"The general is now leading his army here, is he planning to take Liuzhou from me?" Jiang Huanyan saw that Deng Yuanjue did not speak, and asked straight to the point.

Deng Yuanjue was slightly stunned: "If Liuzhou is in the hands of others, Deng still wants to give it a try, but in the hands of the third prince, I won't waste time." To see His Highness today, I am also comforted to say goodbye. With that, he withdrew to the barracks with the army.

"General, do you really plan to withdraw like this?" Back at the barracks, Zhou Yunjing's tone was full of disbelief with Jiang Huanyan.

Deng Yuanjue smiled weirdly: "Then you said that if we don't withdraw, how should we attack the city next?" ”

Zhou Yunjing was stunned, the Qi army in Liuzhou had 150,000, more than the people they attacked the city, and it would definitely not work to attack strongly, it would only make him lose faster.

Zhou Yunjing scratched his head, but there was no answer.

Deng Yuanjue glanced at Deng Wenjie and Wu Shuang again, and the two of them also lowered their heads, without an idea.

Deng Yuanjue smiled, didn't speak, walked to the table, wrote a letter with great effort, and then handed it to Deng Wenjie and said, "You find someone to send this letter to Zhu Tingxun in Anyang." ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Zhou Yunjing asked tentatively: "Send a letter to Zhu Tingxun?" General, do you want to join forces with him? ”

Deng Yuanjue nodded: "The 150,000 Qi army is in Liuzhou, we will go directly to attack the city, there is almost no possibility of winning, we can only find a way to let them transfer people by themselves." If Zhu Tingxun goes to attack Penglai at this time, Jiang Huanyan will definitely divide his troops to go back to the rescue, and maybe we will have a chance to take Liuzhou at that time. ”

Zhou Yunjing's face was overjoyed: "Our 100,000 troops are stationed under the city of Liuzhou, and Jiang Huanyan doesn't dare to divide too many troops to go back to the rescue, as long as Zhu Tingxun fights for some energy, he can recapture Penglai and cut off the supply line of the Qi army, then Jiang Huanyan can only sit back and wait for death no matter how powerful he is, and the general is still superior to you." ”

Since Zhu Tingxun decided to abdicate himself, he sent most of the officials of the court to Jinxing to assist Zhu Qitang, Gao Lan was his most hated courtier, and it was naturally not his turn to go to Jinxing to escape the war.

On this day, Zhu Tingxun received Deng Yuanjue's letter, and after thinking about it, he really couldn't find anyone around him to discuss, so he had to find Gao Lan again.

"Captain Gao, what do you think of Deng Yuanjue's proposal?" Zhu Tingxun asked.

"Let's think about it the other way around, if we don't attack Penglai, what will we do?" Gao Lan read the letter back and forth twice, pondered for a while, and asked: "Unless Your Majesty can bring a large army from Jinxing to kill, otherwise we will only be trapped in Anyang, and when the food runs out, we will be slaughtered by the Qi army." ”

Zhu Tingxun frowned, although Gao Lan's words were not listened to, but what he said was the truth.

"So, does the captain mean that he agrees to send troops to recover Penglai?"

Gao Lan nodded: "Penglai only has less than 20,000 defenders, and besides, it is a harbor city, so it is not difficult to capture it by land." In addition, Penglai has only been lost for two months, and the people in the city should still be oriented to us, and the people's hearts can be used. ”

"But there are still 100 Qi warships outside Penglai Port, even if we take it back, it will be difficult to hold it. Don't forget, our navy has been wiped out, not even a single ship. Zhu Tingxun was still a little worried.

"After successfully recapturing Penglai, we burned all the military ports and docks, so that the warships of the Qi army could not dock. If we just put a small boat, we can hold it with the army. Gao Lan said viciously.

"Okay, then according to what the Tai Lieutenant said, I will give you 20,000 troops, are you willing to recapture Penglai?" Zhu Tingxun made up his mind, although burning the dock had a great impact, it was better than Penglai falling into the hands of the Qi army.

Gao Lan agreed without thinking about it: "I am willing to go." "Anyway, staying in Anyang can only wait for death, and it is of course best to recapture Penglai when you come out, even if you can't take it back, you can escape to other places.

The Gao family is second only to the Zhu family and the Ning family in the Yan Kingdom, and its influence is also all over the country. Especially with the development of maritime trade in recent years, many people from the Gao family have come to Penglai to engage in offshore activities.

After Gao Lan led his army to Penglai, he first contacted the children of the Gao family in the city and asked them to incite the people to be their own internal response.

Two days later, the Yan army, with the help of the people, recaptured Penglai. After Gao Lan occupied the whole city, in order to prevent the counterattack of the Qi naval army, he immediately ordered all the wharves and military ports to be burned.

The people didn't feel anything at first, but after a few days, they found out that something was wrong, most of the people in Penglai City lived by the sea, and although burning the wharf could prevent the warships of the Qi army from docking, it also made the fleet of wealthy merchants in the city unable to enter the port, and even brought great inconvenience to the fishermen. All of a sudden, the people complained, feeling that Penglai might as well be in the hands of the Qi people, so that at least they could still have a full meal.

Gao Lan had no choice but to come forward to appease the people, promising that after repelling the Qi army, the first thing he did was to rebuild the dock.

"Your Highness, something is wrong, Penglai is lost." Zeng Dong reported to Jiang Huanyan in a panic.

Jiang Huanyan was still calm and light: "What's the panic, don't we still have a hundred warships outside Penglai Port?" Ordered them to retake Penglai City. ”

Zeng Dong said with a gloomy face: "I can't take it back, the wharf and the military port have been burned by Gao Lan, and our warships can't get to the shore at all." ”

"Burned the docks?" Jiang Huanyan was slightly surprised: "Isn't this drinking to quench your thirst?" This will indeed fend us off for a while, but what to eat for the people of the city, most of them are fishermen. ”

Zeng Dong only thought of his supply line being cut off, but he didn't think about this: "So, this is not a bad thing for us?" ”

Jiang Huanyan stood up and thought about the whole thing carefully, and said: "When we sent troops to Anyang, the military rations left in Penglai were only enough for the 10,000 troops in March, and now they have been recaptured by Gao Lan's 20,000 people, and there are still more than 100,000 people in the city who are in danger of running out of food because the dock was burned down, what do you say Gao Lan will do?" ”

"Ask Anyang for help, and let Zhu Tingxun send someone to bring grain." Zeng Dong quickly gave an answer.

"That's right, I'll give you 30,000 people, you go to an ambush near Anyang, and when you meet Zhu Tingxun's grain transportation team, you intercept him."

"The last general received the order, after the grain is intercepted, I will go to recapture Penglai." Zeng Dong was about to leave.

"Wait, there's no hurry to recapture Penglai." Jiang Huanyan stopped Zeng Dong: "This time I want to make Zhu Tingxun lose all the people's hearts." After you cut off the grain, don't go to the siege city, find a few people to contact the rich merchants of Penglai City, they are the ones who lose the most without a dock, and they must all be resentful. You go and tell them how much we value overseas trade, and as long as they are willing to agree to surrender to us and spread the grievances of the people of Penglai to the whole of Yandi, we will promise to help them open up new trade routes overseas. ”