"No, it's not." Xiong Xin didn't want to accept this fact: "My father didn't issue an edict to abolish me, I am still the crown prince of Great Chu, as long as I can return to Jiangdu, I am still the legitimate heir of Great Chu." ”

Zhou Yunjing still felt funny: "You're right, but can you go back now?" ”

Xiong Xin shouted: "I can go back, of course I can go back, I haven't lost yet, you know?" Da Sima has already led his troops to Fengtai to attack your granary, as long as he can burn your grain and grass, I can go back. ”

Zhou Yunjing suddenly felt that the bear heart in front of him was a little sad, if he really succeeded to the throne as the emperor in the future, then the Chu State would still inevitably perish: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you may not know it, Da Sima didn't go to Fengtai at all, after he left Shouchun, he went straight to Lin'an to join his nephew Gao Kegong." ”

"Impossible, impossible." Xiong Xin lost his mind and shouted: "Da Sima promised me, he and I will divide the army, I am responsible for leading away the Song army, he is responsible for sneaking up on Fengtai, he will not leave me." ”

Zhou Yunjing didn't want to look any further, so he lifted the long sword in his hand and walked towards Xiong Xin.

Xiong Xin realized that Zhou Yunjing really wanted to kill himself, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "General Zhou, for the sake of you who was also my great Chu courtier before, don't kill me." ”

Zhou Yunjing shook his head: "I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness the Prince, I can't keep you, if I don't kill you and capture you alive to the general, what do you let him do with you?" If he kills you, how will he govern the people of Shouchun in the future? If I don't kill you and let you go, it's hard to protect yourself from being used by other forces to do something with your name. As a subordinate, how can you leave this dilemma to the general? It's better for me to be this wicked person, Your Highness the Prince, and we'll see you in the next life. ”

Ignoring Xiong Xin's screams, Zhou Yunjing directly cut off his head with a knife in his hand. With the swing of this knife, Zhou Yunjing also knew that he had no way to retreat at all, the State of Chu could not go back, and the State of Qi was also a mortal enemy, and he could only follow Deng Yuanjue with all his heart for the rest of his life.

"General Zhou, you've worked hard, you should be the first to capture Shouchun this time." Of course, Deng Yuanjue is very satisfied with Zhou Yunjing's performance, which also means that he can fully trust Zhou Yunjing from now on.

How dare Zhou Yunjing take credit: "The general praised it falsely, winning Shouchun is the credit of General Wenhao and General Xun, and the last general is just picking up a bargain, which is not commendable." The last general asked for an order to go to Zhoukou to persuade Zhou Buzhou to surrender, this person is a distant relative of the last general, and the last general is sure to persuade him to surrender without spending a single soldier. Jiang Huan Chu, the fourth prince of Qi, has conquered Liang County, and the troops are under the city of Chenliu, we must occupy Zhoukou before he breaks through Chenliu, and completely block the Qi army from the gate of Chu. ”

Zhou Yunjing has been in the Shouchun camp for a while, and he also has a certain understanding of Deng Yuanjue's overall strategy, so he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to conquer Shouchun and take the initiative to persuade Zhoukou to surrender. Shouchun can only be counted as his own name, not as a credit, and winning Zhou Kou can be regarded as the first merit after the Song Dynasty.

"Okay, General Zhou is willing to ask me for it, so there is no reason to disagree." Deng Yuanjue was even more overjoyed. In fact, according to his original intention, he didn't want to take Zhoukou so quickly, because Zhoukou was connected to Suizhou, and as soon as Zhoukou was lost, Xiang Chu would become a lone army, and he might not be able to last long in the face of the Qi army alone.

But now it can't be done if you don't take Zhoukou, the Song army doesn't take it, and when Jiang Huan Chu takes it down and Chen Liu, the Qi army will take it, and then not only will the whole strategy fail, but even Wu Teng, who is guarding Xuchang, will be in danger, so it seems that he has to find another way to secretly support Xiang Chu.

After Zhou Yunjing left, Deng Yuanjue asked Xun Yuqing to invite the largest wealthy merchant in the city to his camp. Deng Yuanjue is still the general of the Song State, and if he lives in the palace of the Chu State, it is inevitable that some people will gossip.

After a while, Chen Shaodong, a wealthy businessman, walked into the camp of the Song army in fear, and immediately knelt on the ground when he saw Deng Yuanjue: "General, the grass people are guilty, the grass people should not support the Chu army to resist the Song army, and I hope that the general will forgive the sin, and the grass people are willing to donate two million taels of silver as military expenses, and I only ask the general to let the grass people go." ”

Deng Yuanjue was surprised in his heart, although the Chu State was weak, but the merchant was really rich, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was two million taels of silver, if it was in the Great Song Dynasty, except for their several great families, I was afraid that no one would take it out.

"Hmph, two million taels of silver? I wonder how much silver I can get out if I raid your house? Deng Yuanjue was unmoved, and planned to scare Chen Shaodong first.

Chen Shaodong was in a cold sweat and trembled: "General, the grass people are willing to donate all their family property, just ask the general to open up the net and let my family have a way to live." "The more rich you are, the more afraid you are of death, you can earn it again when the money is gone, but if you have no life, you will have nothing.

Deng Yuanjue saw his appearance, so he no longer scared him: "Shopkeeper Chen, you funded the Chu army to resist my Great Song army, and if you are guilty, I should behead you, but after thinking about it, this is not something you can control, after all, Xiong Xin has the army in his hands, if you don't listen to him, he will directly confiscate your family property." ”

Chen Shaodong saw that Deng Yuanjue seemed to have the intention of letting himself go, and hurriedly agreed: "That's right, I really have no choice but to fund the Chu army, please check it out." ”

Deng Yuanjue pretended to ponder: "I can give you a chance for you to atone for your sins, it depends on whether you can grasp it?" ”

As long as he can save his life, what can't Chen Shaodong agree to: "General, please tell me, no matter what happens, the grass people will do their best to do it for the general." ”

Deng Yuanjue's face was happy: "What I need you to do is very simple, it will not cause you any losses, on the contrary, you can make a lot of money from it, but you must keep it secret from me." Tomorrow I will send someone to persuade Zhoukou to surrender, once Zhoukou is occupied by our army, then Xiang Chu in Suizhou will become a lone army. I don't want Xiang Chu to be defeated by the Qi army so quickly, so I want you to secretly support him and provide him with food, grass, weapons and various equipment to defend the city. ”

Chen Shaodong was startled, thinking that Deng Yuanjue was deliberately testing himself, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The grass people don't dare, the grass people are now the people of the Great Song Dynasty, how can they fund the enemy army again." ”

Deng Yuanjue helped him up and continued: "It's okay, I just want you to fund the enemy army, Suizhou can't be lost, I need Xiang Chu to keep the Qi army out of the gate of Chu for me, do you know what I mean?" ”

Although Chen Shaodong is a businessman, how can he not understand politics as the richest man in the capital of Chu, as soon as Deng Yuanjue clicked it, he immediately understood: "The grass people will send the dog to Suizhou to find Xiang Chu, Shouchun is newly defeated, the dog will come to the door at this time, Xiang Chu will not suspect it." Even if he is really suspicious, it's nothing, I do business with him normally, he gives me money, I give him goods, he doesn't have money, I can lend him money, he has food and weapons in his hands, so why bother if I really do business with him? ”

Deng Yuanjue nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, as long as you can handle this matter well, I guarantee that the wealth of your Chen family can continue, but if you mess it up for me, I won't kill you, and I will confiscate all your property for the crime of being an enemy, all the men in the family are slaves, and all the women are prostitutes." In addition, from today until the end of the war, you, Chen Shaodong, are not allowed to leave Shouchun City for half a step, and let your son do anything. ”

Chen Shaodong had no other choice but to bow his head and agree. In fact, if you think about it, this ending is not bad, the life of the family has been saved, there is no loss of money, and the task assigned by Deng Yuanjue is not difficult to do, as long as this matter can be handled well, not only can Deng Yuanjue's thigh be hugged, but the Chen family can be regarded as avoiding this difficulty.

Everything went smoothly, half a month later, Zhou Yunjing persuaded Zhou Buzhou to surrender, and then Chen Shaodong's eldest son Chen Buyun also caught Xiang Chu's line in Suizhou.

As Chen Shaodong said, although Xiang Chu had doubts about the Chen family's intentions, Zhou Kou had been lost, and he had no other choice, as long as he had food and weapons, he could continue to support it, as for how long it could last, he didn't know. All he knew was that if there was no food, the day the food would run out would be the time when the city would be broken.

Xiang Chu's days of being trapped in Suizhou are not short, since his father Xiang Tong died in battle, the state of Chu has been weakening day by day. He often wondered, if Xiang Tong was still alive and faced with his own predicament, how would he choose? Maybe Xiang Tong will be like Gao Kegong, find a rich place to divide one side. Or maybe he gave up Suizhou a long time ago and followed Xiong Huan to Jiangdu.

Two months ago, more than a dozen masters sent by the Hidden Star Sect who were ready to assassinate Tian Wuji were killed overnight by the Tianqi Sect who didn't know where to invite two strangers, and since then, Xiang Chu has twice as many guards around him as before.

"General, Zhou Buzhou surrendered to the Song State, and now we have no way to retreat, so we can only live and die with Suizhou." It was Huang Guixuan, Xiang Tong's chief staff member before his death, who had been by Xiang Chu's side for the past few years.

"Sir, you persuaded me to give up Suizhou and withdraw to the south, but I never listened to you, do you blame me now?" Xiang Chu is a junior in front of Huang Guixuan, and he speaks with a little more respect.

Huang Guixuan sighed, his words were a little cold, but also a little tragic: "Now it makes no sense to say this, let's still find a way to hold Suizhou, I heard that Tian Wuji's injuries have all healed, and he is much more difficult to deal with than Tian Wuheng." ”

A little general standing on the side said: "He came just in time, I have long thought that I would meet this general of the Qi State, not only him, but also Deng Yuanjue of the Song State." Big brother, why don't you give me a troop, and I will recapture Zhoukou City for you. ”

This little general is Xiang Chu's cousin Xiang Yi, who is just fifteen years old this year, after Xiang Chu withdrew from Xiangyang to Suizhou, he was worried that Shouchun would be conquered by Deng Yuanjue, so he sent someone to take this cousin to his side.

Xiang Chu touched Xiang Yi's head: "Brother Yi, I don't know if it's right or wrong to take you from Shouchun to my side, if I don't take you over, you may have followed Your Majesty to Jiangdu, and of course it may have fallen into the hands of Deng Yuanjue." Pick you up, and you and I are trapped in Suizhou together, I don't know if I can escape alive in the future. ”

Xiang Yi's newborn calf patted his chest with his hand: "Big brother, don't worry, Yi'er has been practicing martial arts since childhood, if there is danger, I will protect you and Mr. Huang to kill them." ”

"Report, general, Tian Wuji, the general of the Qi State, invites you to meet outside the city."