Back at his mansion, as soon as Shi Luosheng finished talking to Wang Lun about what happened, Wang Lun guessed his intentions: "Does the general want to take advantage of this opportunity to kill all three of us on the battlefield?" ”

Shi Luosheng smiled slightly: "Yes, three months later, we led our troops to attack Xiakou, but Xiang Tong saw through the strategy and sent troops to ambush us halfway, and in the end all three of us were killed." ”

"At the same time, I also hope that through our death in battle, His Majesty will stop using troops, and then focus on returning to the development of people's livelihood in China. The real threat of our Great Song Dynasty is not the State of Chu, but the State of Qi, if we don't prepare early, when we face the Qi army in the future, it will only be a complete defeat. ”

Wang Lun looked embarrassed: "Then we have to plan well to see how to let Xiang Tong lay a trap, and then we will get into it." Otherwise, one of you is a general of Wei and the other is a leading general, if you all die in a battle, it is inevitable that some people will doubt the authenticity. It would be nice if Tian Yulong was still alive, and we could also use him to leak the entire battle plan to Xiang Tong. ”

Hearing Tian Yulong, Shi Luosheng's eyes lit up: "Although Tian Yulong is dead, there are still people who can help us." Last time Zixuan and I went to Anyang, Gao Lan, the Taiwei of Yan Kingdom, also hated us to the core. ”

Liu Zixuan interjected: "What does this have to do with Gao Lan, he doesn't know our plan. Even if he knew about it, he wouldn't be able to affect Xia Kou's Xiang Tong. ”

Wang Lun realized: "I understand, what does the general mean to ask Ning Buqu for help?" Let him leak our plans to Gao Lan? ”

Shi Luosheng exclaimed: "Mr. still knows me, my trick of deceitful death can be hidden from others, and it will definitely not be able to hide from Ning Buing." He had just sent someone to help me take down Naha Castle, and then I died in Natsuguchi, so I didn't have to think about it to guess that there would be a problem inside. ”

Wang Lun answered: "So General, you simply told Ning Buqu about the entire plan, and let him accidentally leak it to Gao Lan about our sneak attack on Xiakou." ”

Shi Luosheng nodded: "Chu State Grand Sima Gao Yi is Gao Lan's cousin, Gao Lan will definitely tell Gao Yi when he knows about it." And Gao Yi had just lost the battle in Jizhou County and was being snubbed by Chu Emperor Xiong Huan. In order to make meritorious contributions, he will also report to Xiong Huan after receiving Gao Lan's news, and Xiong Huan will naturally tell Xiang Tong. ”

Wang Lun said with a smile: "With Xiang Tong's ability, since he knows our battle plan, how can he not prepare early, he will definitely set up traps and wait for us." ”

Only then did Liu Zixuan understand: "I see, then no one will doubt it anymore if we die in Xiakou." ”

Shi Luosheng nodded: "Yes, but we also have to be very careful in this process, don't fake it, it's not good to die in it." Mr. Wang, let's deduce it during this time, if you are Xiang Tong, what traps will you set? I'm going to think about how to deal with it. ”

There are still three months left to leave the battle, which is enough time for Shi Luosheng and Wang Lun to imagine countless possibilities and find ways to solve them one by one.

Liu Zixuan has not been idle for the past three months, he first asked his eldest brother Liu Zitong to send his family and Shi Luosheng's mother to Naha City to settle down. Then he was responsible for contacting Ning Buqu and asking him to help deliver the news. In the end, she carefully told Jiang Wan'er about Shi Luosheng's plan, so as not to worry when the news of the three of them died in battle came out.

As for Wang Lun, before he fell into the grass in Pengcheng, his relatives at home had been killed by the local county order, and now he is also alone, and he has nothing to worry about.

Three months later, Shi Luosheng and the three quietly came to Jingzhou City, and at the same time, Xun Yuqing, the deputy commander of the naval army, also secretly sailed into Jingzhou with forty warships.

Wu Teng, the newly appointed assassin of Jizhou County, held a banquet in his mansion that night to entertain a few people, and except for Wang Lun, all the others present had served under Deng Yuanjue.

Wu Teng looked at Shi Luosheng and the two of them also felt a lot, six years ago, these two were still recruits under their command, and now one is already General Wei, the second person in the Great Song Army. The other is also a leading general, and he was also made a marquis, and his status is higher than himself.

Even Xun Yuqing, the little captain of the school, also followed Shi Luosheng to suppress bandits twice, and now he is the deputy commander of the Great Song Water Army, from the general of Sanpin.

Wu Teng pretended to joke: "General Wei, the pre-war deployment of the last general is ready, when do you plan to send troops, General?" ”

Shi Luosheng smiled: "Haha, Wu Tingshi, you came to make fun of me again, Zixuan and I worked under your account back then, and we didn't get much of your care, and you also taught me and Zixuan's martial arts, and we haven't thanked you yet." ”

These words reminded Wu Teng of his previous years in Yuzhou, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Time flies so fast, six years have passed in a flash, and all we thought about back then was how to repel the Chu soldiers, how dare we think that we can counterattack the Chu State today." ”

Shi Luosheng echoed: "That's true, back then, our Great Song Dynasty was poor and weak, and we were very happy to be able to repel the Chu soldiers and hold Yuzhou City." Later, if it weren't for Xiang Tong's decision-making mistakes, which gave us three years of respite, we still couldn't change the situation of being passively beaten. This time, if we can successfully take Xiakou and kill Xiang Tong, then the Chu State will no longer be a threat to us in the future. ”

Wu Teng suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Everyone holds up their wine glasses, I wish us can successfully take Xiakou this time and kill Xiang Tong." ”

And all the people rose up to echo it. Wu Teng said again: "Luosheng, I will lead the army to set off tomorrow, contain Xiang Tong for you on the land, and leave the matter of seizing the city to your navy." ”

Shi Luosheng smiled faintly: "Wu Tingshi, don't worry, our troops are divided into two routes, and the waterway is going together, and the next time we drink should be in Xiakou City." ”

Wu Teng smiled knowingly and dispersed. In the early morning of the next day, Wu Teng ordered 50,000 troops under his command to go straight to Xiakou, and Shi Luosheng and Xun Yuqing and others went down the river with forty warships.

On the way, Shi Luosheng said to Xun Yuqing: "General Xun, there is no naval army in Chu State, and our trip is not risky." But I have a concern, this time it was Wu Tingshi who led the army to fight, not General Deng himself, and Xiang Tong would probably only send Xiang Chu to meet the battle. ”

Xun Yuqing was a little surprised: "The general means that we will encounter Xiang Tong's interception when we sneak attack Xiakou from the waterway?" ”

Shi Luosheng nodded: "Yes, so I want to divide my troops with you, I will go to battle with twenty warships first, if it is really as I expected, Xiang Tongjian will definitely go to battle in person when he sees that I am the leader." At that time, I will pretend to be invincible and lead the troops to withdraw, he will definitely come to pursue when he sees that I have few soldiers, and you must seize this opportunity to take the remaining half of the people to occupy Xiakou City. ”

Taking Xia Kou is a great achievement, Xun Yuqing was excited and a little worried about Shi Luosheng: "General, you only have twenty warships, will it be too few, in case you encounter Xiang Tong's main force, it will not be so easy to get out." Why don't you let me go for you, and then you can go and get Xiakou Castle. ”

Knowing that this trip was very risky, Xun Yuqing was still willing to be the bait himself, and Shi Luosheng was also a little moved in his heart. This Xun Yuqing is also a son of a poor family, and although he later defected to Deng Yuanjue, he did not get the opportunity to be reused, and after a few years, he was still just a small captain.

Since following Shi Luosheng to suppress bandits in Dongshan three years ago, Shi Luosheng has promoted him all the way from the lieutenant to the position of general Sanpin, and this promotion speed is second only to Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan in the past ten years.

Shi Luosheng refused: "Yuqing, you see that I am also a marquis now, if I can kill Xiang Tong this time and capture Xiakou City, do you want Your Majesty to make me a duke?" If I am made a duke, will I be in the same situation as General Deng in the future? ”

Speaking of this, Shi Luosheng suddenly lowered his voice: "We are all from poor families, it is not easy to get to where we are today, some things must be learned to stop in moderation, don't force things that shouldn't belong to you." I'll leave this Xiakou City to you, Xiang Tong and I will stop it for you. ”

After speaking, Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan and Wang Lun took half of the warships first, while Xun Yuqing looked at Shi Luosheng's back with a blank face, still carefully recalling what he said just now.

According to the plan, Wu Teng was supposed to arrive at Xiakou City before Shi Luosheng, but on the way to the march, the spies came to report that Xiang Tong's eldest son Xiang Chu also led 50,000 troops and camped fifty miles away from Xiakou City and waited for him.

Wu Teng wondered in his heart: "Could it be that the news has leaked?" ”

Xiang Chu watched Wu Teng coming from a distance, and laughed: "Wu Teng, are you planning to attack my Xiakou City by water, the idea is not bad, but unfortunately it has already been seen through by my father, and the acquaintance quickly withdrew his troops, otherwise don't blame General Ben for not being emotional." ”

Wu Teng was even more surprised, how could Xiang Tong even know about the parallel entry of waterways, could it be that there were really traitors in the army? Wu Teng wanted to send someone to remind Shi Luosheng, but it was too late to set off now.

Xiang Chu saw that Wu Teng's face had changed greatly, and he was secretly happy in his heart: "Gao Yi, the old fox, finally didn't lie to himself, and the Song army really attacked him from the waterway." ”

Wu Teng saw that Xiang Tong was not there, so he guessed that he had gone to Shi Luosheng's side, if Shi Luosheng was unprepared, he was afraid that he would be calculated by Xiang Tong.

Wu Teng calculated in his heart that there was no other way now than to defeat Xiang Chu in front of him and kill directly under Xiakou City, so that it would be possible to save Shi Luosheng.

The two armies rushed together, and the battle lasted from noon to evening, and the whole battlefield was also disturbed by war horses, and there was still no winner or loser.

Wu Teng and Xiang Chu also fought for hundreds of rounds, and neither of them could help each other.

Xiang Chu shook a shot, jumped out of the battle circle and said: "Stop, it's getting late today, why don't we withdraw our troops and fight again tomorrow?" ”

Wu Teng was still worried about Shi Luosheng's safety, and wanted to fight with Xiang Chu at night, but seeing that the soldiers around him were also exhausted, he had to agree to fight again tomorrow.

At this time, the warships of the Song army also quietly traveled to the vicinity of Xiakou City, and Shi Luosheng found Liu Zixuan and the others: "Xiang Tong is about to appear, after the battle starts, Zixuan, you and Mr. Wang will withdraw first." The third brother sent the Zeng deputy gang leader of the Nujiao Gang to meet us in Fankou downstream, and when I finish solving Xiang Tong, I will rush to meet you. ”

Liu Zixuan looked worried: "Won't it be too dangerous?" Do you have to kill Xiang Tong before you want to leave? ”

Shi Luosheng nodded seriously: "Killing Xiang can be regarded as my repayment of Your Majesty and my father-in-law's kindness, let Xun Yuqing go to take Xiakou City, and thank him for his help in the past three years, and then I can return to Naha with peace of mind." ”