Zhou Yunjing Rongma has never sat in a sedan chair before, and now the injury has not healed, and after two consecutive days of fast horse galloping, sitting in the sedan chair at the moment feels very comfortable, and then after going up and down, I can't help but feel a little sleepy.

After returning to the city, Zhou Yunjing was carried into the Taishou Mansion, and the 20,000 troops he brought were arranged to rest in the military camp in the city.

"It's time for General Zhou to wake up, we've arrived." Xing Kan woke up Zhou Yunjing with a smile on his face.

Zhou Yunjing found that he was actually asleep, and he was a little apologetic: "It's really rude, Zhou has never sat in a sedan chair before, and he actually fell asleep the first time he sat down, which made Xing Taishou smile." ”

Zhou Yunjing walked out of the sedan chair and found that there were already several people standing in the room, all of whom looked a little raw.

"Xing Taishou, who are these generals?"

"I was about to introduce General Zhou, but I didn't expect General Zhou to ask first. Come, this is General Wu Teng Wu in front of you. Xing Kan was still smiling.

"It turned out to be General Wu, who has been admired for a long time...... What the? Are you Wu Teng? At first, Zhou Yunjing didn't react, and greeted him politely. Suddenly remembered that there was a general in the Song Kingdom who was second only to Deng Yuanjue and Shi Luosheng and was also named Wu Teng, and his face couldn't help but change greatly.

Wu Teng looked at Zhou Yunjing's expression and smiled: "General Zhou's guess is right, I am Wu Teng of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhou Yunjing forced his composure and turned his head to look at Xing Kan: "Xing Taishou, what's going on, why did General Wu appear in Xuchang City?" ”

Xing Kan spread his hands and asked rhetorically: "Xuchang is already the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, isn't it strange that General Wu appeared on his own territory?" ”

Zhou Yunjing reacted at this time, and suddenly sat down on the chair, his face like ashes: "You actually surrendered to the Song Kingdom?" Is my Da Chu really finished? ”

Xing Kan stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "General Zhou, let's face it, I, Xing Kan, am neither the first to surrender, nor the last to surrender." What did Lei Taishou of Kaifeng City say? This is called the number of days has been set, why don't you surrender to the Great Song Dynasty with me, General Deng asked me to tell you before leaving, saying that he was waiting for you in the Shouchun camp. ”

"General Deng is waiting for me?" Hearing that the number one general in the world wanted to see him, Zhou Yunjing's eyes were full of vitality again.

Wu Teng took the opportunity to persuade: "Yes, General Deng is thirsty for talent, and before leaving, he repeatedly told him that if General Zhou returns to Xuchang, you must be invited to Shouchun to meet him." ”

Zhou Yunjing is not a foolish and loyal person, now that he is desperate, it is better to go to Shouchun to meet Deng Yuanjue, and then decide whether he will die or surrender.

"Now that it's over, then I'll go to Shouchun to meet General Deng." Zhou Yunjing already had an idea.

"This is very good, but there is one more thing that needs General Zhou's help, the Qi army is about to fight, we are short of major generals in the city, the 20,000 troops you brought, it is better to..."

Zhou Yunjing thought to himself that his own people had fallen into your hands, so the 20,000 army simply sent you away: "Xing Taishou don't worry, I will persuade them to surrender to you." ”

Xing Kan was overjoyed: "That's great, anyway, their mission in Xuchang is to resist the Qi army, and now they are surrendering to our Great Song Dynasty, and they are also resisting the Qi army." ”

After Zhou Yunjing persuaded his 20,000 troops to surrender, Wu Teng arranged for Lin Wenying to escort him to the Shouchun camp with a team of sergeants on the grounds that he was injured and needed to be taken care of.

After the incorporation of Zhou Yunjing's troops, plus the recently recruited recruits, Wu Teng already had a full 80,000 troops in his hands, but he still claimed to the outside world that there were only 20,000 city defense troops in the city and 20,000 remnants brought by Zhou Yunjingxin.

After Jiang Huanchu learned about Xing Kan's situation, he thought that he was able to beat Xuchang. Who knew that after only two days of fighting, he found that it exceeded his expectations, and it turned out that the other party was a hard bone. Especially one of the generals under Xing Kan, no matter what kind of way he attacked the city, the other party could always see through it at a glance.

"We're not going to be so unlucky, are we? I thought that Zhou Yunjing was injured and couldn't command, and Xing Kan was just a villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and Xu Chang should be easy to break. Who knows, Xing Kan actually has such a powerful general, if we have to spend a year and a half in Xuchang, then the daylily will be completely cold. Tian Kangyou saw that he had met a fierce general again, and he couldn't help but be a little discouraged in a hurry.

"Mr. Xu, do you have any good suggestions?" Jiang Huan Chu was also anxious in his heart.

Xu Ce walked back and forth in the camp for a few steps: "Yingchuan has been taken by the Song army, and there is only one Zhoukou between us and them, no matter what, we can't let the Song army occupy Zhoukou City first." Your Highness, let's divide the troops into two ways, Xuchang City only has 40,000 defenders, General Tian can bring 50,000 people to surround Xuchang, and the rest will follow His Highness to attack nearby Yuzhou and Ruzhou. ”

On the second day, Jiang Huan Chu and Xu Ce left the camp with an army of 50,000, and Tian Kangyou tentatively attacked the city for a few days, but when he saw that there was no effect, he gradually slowed down the pace of attacking the city.

In the middle of the night, Wu Teng took advantage of the moonlight, ordered 80,000 horses, and quietly opened the city gate to kill the Qi army camp.

Tian Kangyou in the camp had already fallen asleep at this hour, and he never imagined that the Chu army in the city would dare to come out to intercept the camp.

An army of 80,000 swarmed into the camp of the Qi army, and the Qi army was taken by surprise as soon as the battle began.

Fortunately, this army is also battle-hardened, and after losing thousands of men and horses, it has gradually stabilized its position.

Hearing the shouts of killing outside the camp, Tian Kangyou knew that it was the enemy army who came to intercept the camp, so he hurriedly grabbed the big knife next to him and rushed into the battlefield. Because it was too dark, and the camp was crowded, it was impossible to count how many enemy soldiers had come.

This battle has been fought from midnight to dawn, and finally the Qi army, which was inferior in terms of troops, was defeated, Tian Kangyou was also in the duel with Wu Teng, and the opponent was stabbed several times, if it wasn't for the guards around him to save each other, Tian Kangyou would die here tonight.

After the defeat, the Qi army had to withdraw to Kaifeng City, and at the same time sent someone to report to Jiang Huan Chu.

Jiang Huan Chu, who was fighting in Yuzhou, after learning the news of Tian Kangyou's defeat, didn't care about the victory that was about to arrive in front of him, and hurriedly withdrew to Kaifeng with a large army.

Back in Kaifeng City, Jiang Huan Chu knew that there were 80,000 defenders hidden in Xuchang City, looking at Tian Kangyou, who was seriously injured and lying on the hospital bed, Jiang Huan Chu comforted: "This defeat is not to blame the general, I didn't find out in advance, and it affected the general." ”

Although Xu Ce was also shocked, he was more suspicious in his heart, and he asked Lei Ming on the side: "Lei Taishou, why is this Xing Kan different from what you said, and who is the general beside him, there is such a powerful figure in Chu State, why haven't you heard of it before?" ”

Jiang Huan Chu also looked at Lei Ming with doubts on his face.

"Xing Kan has been in Xuchang Taishou for eight years, and his reputation has been bad for the past eight years, and the people have called him Xing Papi behind his back. In order to make money, he can do anything, and even cut half of Xuchang's city defense army two years ago, is such a person really as powerful as you say? Xing Kan heard about Tian Kangyou's battle situation, but he also didn't believe it.

Xu Ce stroked his beard: "In this way, there are only two possibilities, either Xing Kan has been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, or Xing Kan has a master behind him." ”

Jiang Huan Chu stood up and said, "I think there must be a master behind him, no matter what, I'll let the Lord Hou send the masters of the Tianqi Sect into the city to investigate and see who is behind him?" ”

Although both of them guessed that Xing Kan had a master behind him, they never imagined that he had surrendered to the Song army. Because between Xuchang and the Song army, there are still dozens of cities, including important towns like Zhoukou, and another important town, Yingchuan, has just fallen into the hands of the Song army.

I don't know the real situation of Xuchang except Jiang Huan Chu, there are other people besides Jiang Huan, Chu Emperor Xiong Huan moved the capital to Jiangdu not long ago, and ushered in the first good news, Xuchang victory.

In fact, after Wu Teng defeated Tian Kangyou, Xing Kan never thought of reporting to the Chu court. But it is inevitable that after the good deeds learned the news, they hurriedly patted Xiong Huan on the back and told him the whole battle.

Xiong Huan: How long has it been since he's heard good news? In the three years since the start of the war, the state of Chu has not won a battle at all, this time Xing Kan repelled the 100,000 army of the state of Qi, and also annihilated 30,000 of them, this news not only made Xiong Huan, but also the entire court of the state of Chu was shocked.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you all talk about it, how should I reward Xing Kan?" Xiong Huan showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time.

The first to speak was still Prime Minister Wu Shiqi: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, Xing Kan has served in Xuchang for eight years, and the minister didn't find out that he is a Zhongxing minister, as a prime minister, this really shouldn't be, and please punish Your Majesty." ”

Xiong Huan waved his left hand: "This matter has nothing to do with the prime minister, you don't have to take responsibility." Tell me, how should we reward him this time? ”

The reason why Wu Shiqi said this was naturally not to take the initiative to make trouble for himself, he knew that if Chu State could survive this crisis, Xing Kan would definitely be a political star in the future, and he would take this star into his pocket before it rose.

"The minister thinks that it is now a time of war, Xing Taishou still needs to defend against foreign enemies on the front line, and he can't be transferred back to the court for the time being, so why don't Your Majesty give him the title of a general, and add a marquis?" Wu Shiqi gave his opinion.

If his opinion is adopted by Xiong Huan, then Xing Kan will think that Wu Shiqi won it for him. In addition, not allowing Xing Kan to return to Beijing to take up his post can also prevent him from becoming a potential political opponent of Wu Shiqi.

Xiong Huan thought about it for a while: "According to the prime minister, pass on my will, seal Xing Kan as the hussar general, lead Xuchang Taishou, and add the title of Zhongyong Marquis, reward 1,000 taels of gold and 1,000 horses of silk." ”

The will was sent to Xuchang, Xing Kan and Wu Teng looked at each other at first, and then laughed.

"Hussar general, loyal and brave marquis, this Emperor Chu is a big deal, congratulations, Marquis Xing." Wu Teng made a joke about Xing Kan.

You must know that the hussar general is also one of the three generals, and Wu Teng is Deng Yuanjue's number one confidant, and he has always been the target of Xiao Daocheng's suppression, so until today he is just a third-grade general, and he still has no knighthood.