Jiang Huanyan's words made Zeng Dong feel that this cold third prince had changed a little compared with before, this had to be placed in the past, in order to defeat the other party, let alone assassinate Ning Unyielding, even if it was an extreme method, he could use it without hesitation. If it weren't for this kind of personality, with Jiang Huanyan's talent, even if he didn't want to, Jiang Wushuang would have shoehorned the storage position into him.

"Since His Highness doesn't plan to stay to deal with Ning Buqu, then there is no need for us to stay in Jinxing, will we deal with Song Guo or Deng Yuanjue at the next stop?" Zeng Dong asked.

Jiang Huanyan thought for a while: "Now that the Song army has 100,000 troops in Danyang City, this army is also a lot of pressure on Deng Yuanjue, at least it can contain Wu Teng's 200,000 army." If I go to Vasong now, wouldn't that be tantamount to helping him? Besides, after I succeeded in defeating the Song Dynasty, Deng Yuanjue would not thank me, but would come to me for revenge as the general of the Song State under the banner of reviving the Song Kingdom, so why should I cause trouble for myself? Let's go to Penglai. ”

"To Penglai? There are no enemies there, could it be that His Highness plans to attack the Tianluo Sect? Zeng Dongjue asked puzzled.

"Why are you attacking the Tianluo Sect, it's not time to fight them yet. Although Chudi is not near the sea, it is near the river. Jiang Huanyan explained lightly.

"I understand, His Royal Highness is planning to attack Xiakou from the waterway along the Yangtze River, Lei Zhengming was transferred by Deng Yuanjue to garrison Suizhou, and now Xiakou is empty, it is a good opportunity to take it." Zeng Dong came to his senses and said with great joy.

Jiang Huanyan nodded: "But don't take it lightly, it's not so easy to sneak attack, don't forget that the Song Kingdom still has a naval army on the Yangtze River." ”

"Your Highness is talking about Yue Shouming? I heard that this person used to be Li Zhixi's military advisor on Boracay Island, not Deng Yuanjue's descendant, and he didn't have too deep feelings for the Song Kingdom, so why don't we send someone to persuade him to surrender to my Great Qi? Zeng Dong proposed.

Jiang Huanyan pondered for a while: "Your method is indeed feasible, but it is not safe, it is better to say that he is willing to surrender, if he is unwilling, then our plan to attack Xiakou will be in vain." ”

"Then we will send someone to the Song State to form an alliance with the Song State to deal with Deng Yuanjue, and if the Song Emperor Xiao Yan agrees, then let him transfer Yue Shouming. This means that even if Yue Shouming does not listen to the order, it will not expose our plan. Zeng Dong thought of another way.

Jiang Huanyan still didn't agree: "Deng Yuanjue is still nominally the general of the Song State, so it seems unreasonable to let Xiao Yan form an alliance with us and then deal with his own general." Besides, Xiao Yan also knows that the goal of our Great Qi is to unify the five countries, and we will definitely have to deal with Deng Yuanjue after cleaning him up, so he will not let us defeat Deng Yuanjue easily. ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, are we just going to attack?" Zeng Dong couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

"You know I've never been a fan of assault." Jiang Huanyan still said lightly: "Yue Shouming will only listen to the orders of two people, the first is Huang Songsheng, the commander of the Song State's naval army, and the second is my good brother-in-law Shi Luosheng. At the beginning, Huang Songsheng followed me to send troops to help Shi Luosheng defeat Naha, so Yue Shouming must have known that Shi Luosheng was still alive. ”

Zeng Dong was still puzzled: "But Sect Master Shi is now in the Qin State, so it is impossible for him to come forward to help us transfer Yue Shouming?" ”

"Not necessarily." Jiang Huanyan shook his head: "You send someone to Changshan now, and ask Shi Luosheng to write a letter to Yue Shouming, instructing him not to interfere in our sneak attack on Xiakou." If Shi Luosheng refuses to agree, you might as well let someone hint at him, saying that I already know that Ning Buqu was rescued by him. ”

"I see, the Shi Sect Master rescued Ning Buqu, we didn't bother with him, he should also return us a favor." Zeng Dong was overjoyed, and couldn't help but admire Jiang Huanyan for being so accurate with human feelings.

Jiang Huanyan said again: "There is another purpose for doing this, if Deng Yuanjue knows that Yue Shouming did not move because he listened to Shi Luosheng's order, is it possible for their father and son to join forces in the future?" ”

"I didn't expect you to have such considerations, Your Highness's plan is really one link after another." Zeng Dong exclaimed.

Just when Deng Yuanjue was still in a dilemma under Zhoukou City, a naval army went down the river and quietly approached Xiakou City.

Yue Shouming, who was originally stationed in Jiangshui, asked Deng Yuanjue to go to Jingzhou to assist Wu Teng in defending the city a few days ago on the grounds that there was no war in Xiakou, and Deng Yuanjue agreed without care.

The night passed quickly, and Xiakou City looked the same as yesterday, with no obvious changes, except that the Song State flag planted on the city's head had been replaced by the Qi State flag.

"Your Highness, I have ordered the news to be blocked, Deng Yuanjue and Wu Teng will not know that Xiakou has been taken by us in the short term."

It turned out that just last night, Jiang Huanyan first asked the 20,000 troops to release small boats to land ten miles away from Xiakou in advance, and then divided his troops to guard the three directions of Xiakou to Suizhou, Jingzhou and Yicheng.

After deploying these, Jiang Huanyan asked the masters of the Nujiao Gang to pretend to be nearby fishermen to infiltrate the city, and when the Qi army launched a general attack, the good hands of the Nujiao Gang quickly captured the gate of the water village and let Jiang Huanyan enter the city.

Since Lei Zhengming and Yue Shouming left, the defenders of Xiakou thought that they had made peace, and when the Qi army entered the city, the defenders had not yet reacted.

Jiang Huanyan was also unwilling to kill on a large scale, and after capturing the Taishou Mansion, he came forward to persuade them to surrender. Most of these defenders were from the Chu State, and after the fall of the Chu State, they didn't care whether they belonged to the Qi people or the Song people, so most of them still chose to surrender, and a few diehards naturally had to be stabbed in the neck.

"Your Highness, let's go and attack Suizhou again, and after taking Suizhou, we can fight Deng Yuanjue again." Zeng Dong looked excited, and he was looking forward to fighting the world's number one general that others were afraid of avoiding.

"Suizhou has Lei Zhengming's 80,000 army, and it is not difficult to take him. But after taking him, Deng Yuanjue will not fight with us, he will choose to withdraw his troops. Yingchuan City was beaten to pieces by Xiang Chu, and Deng Yuanjue would abandon the city and withdraw directly to Shouchun. Then with the solidity of Shouchun City and the food reserves, we will fight a protracted war, so that this battle will have to be fought for as long as possible. Jiang Huanyan looked at the map on the table while thinking about the next step of the battle plan.

"Then are we going to Jingzhou? Wu Teng of Jingzhou is known for being good at defending, and he still has 200,000 troops under his command, even if we go to attack him, I am afraid it will be difficult to take him. Zeng Dong is not very sure about taking Jingzhou.

"Two hundred thousand troops?" Jiang Huanyan seemed to be talking to herself, and seemed to be asking Zeng Dong: "What would Wu Teng do if he knew that Xiakou was lost?" ”

"Of course, I will lead the army to rescue and find a way to retake it." Zeng Dong blurted out.

Jiang Huanyan gently tapped the table with her fingers: "That's right, Deng Yuanjue likes to besiege the city with soldiers to send reinforcements, although I don't besiege the city, but I still want to fight his reinforcements." You pick two reliable troops and let them go to Jingzhou to tell Wu Teng that Xiakou is being attacked by us, and I don't think Wu Teng can sit still. ”

Zeng Dong said with a smile: "Wu Teng is only good at defense, this time he is forced to take the initiative to attack, and we are waiting for work, Wu Teng's defeat is certain, it depends on whether we can keep him." ”

"It's not time to kill him yet, there are still 100,000 Song troops in Danyang, and I still need Wu Teng to block them for me." Jiang Huanyan shook her head.

Zeng Dong was a little reluctant: "Wu Teng is Deng Yuanjue's number one fierce general, let him go back alive, it will be a disaster in the future." ”

"It doesn't matter." Jiang Huanyan didn't take him seriously: "Wu Teng is not good at guarding, I only left him an army of 50,000, which is enough for him to resist the Song army in Danyang." ”

Jiang Huanyan continued to order: "I will divide into two routes with your soldiers, I will set up an ambush on land and wait for Wu Teng to set up, you take a naval army to ambush near Jingzhou, after Wu Teng leads the army to leave, you will go to attack the city, remember to control the proportions, don't really knock down the city, just leave him tens of thousands of people to defend the city." ”

Jiang Huanyan brought as many as 250,000 Qi troops from Jinxing, which was more than enough to deal with Wu Teng, who came to the rescue in a hurry. And there is Yue Shouming's secret help on the river, and it is not difficult for Zeng Dong to sneak attack Jingzhou.

Ten days later, Wu Teng received a request for help, and once Xiakou was lost, it would directly threaten Deng Yuanjue, who was fighting in Zhoukou. And in addition to the ability to send troops to rescue near Xiakou, other places cannot be counted on.

Wu Teng explained a few words to his lieutenant general, and then ordered 100,000 troops to kill in the direction of Xiakou.

When he was still two days away from Xiakou, Wu Teng was ambushed by the Qi army in a valley. Jiang Huanyan's soldiers divided into four routes, slowly forcing Wu Teng into a valley mouth, and then another fire completely sealed the exit.

The fire burned for three days before it gradually stopped, and the Song army had just rushed out and was ambushed by the Qi army, and after a fight, Jiang Huanyan deliberately let people open a gap, so that Wu Teng escaped with 10,000 remnants.

At the same time as Wu Teng's scheme, Jingzhou was also attacked by Zeng Dong. Yue Shouming not only did not give any warning to Wu Teng's lieutenant, but also helped the Qi army to infiltrate the city together.

The deputy general who found out that it was not good was just about to lead the army to meet the battle, but he was secretly attacked by the master of the Nujiao Gang who was standing behind Yue Shouming, and the other party cut off his head in only three moves.

After a scuffle, Zeng Dong, who was red-eyed, had already put Jiang Huanyan's words behind him, and only when he found that there were fewer and fewer Song soldiers around him did he suddenly come to his senses, and quickly ordered the withdrawal of troops and retreated to Xiakou. originally planned to leave 50,000 defenders for Wu Teng, but now there are 20,000 left.

After Yue Shouming did all this, his identity had been exposed, so he naturally couldn't stay here. He led thirty warships around Jiaozhou and threw himself into Xianghu Lake. The reason why he didn't go down the river directly and return to Xianghu from the Song State was that he couldn't tell what Xiao Yan's attitude was towards helping Qi State deal with Deng Yuanjue, as long as he arrived at Xianghu, even if Xiao Yan wanted to condemn himself, he had to ask Huang Songsheng's opinion first, and Huang Songsheng couldn't hand him over.