The general hesitated for a moment before he said: "Chen Xiang fell in love with the concubine beside the prince, he has always been a bastard, so he ......"

This is really not to blame Chen Xiang.

Xiang Shan's strict management of the army is not allowed to have prostitutes in the army, unlike Chen Xiang, in the past, he was an army alone, and Emperor Chu did not cut him when he slaughtered the people, not to mention how many women were left in the army?

But Xiang Shan is different, Emperor Chu wants to use Chen Xiang, so he won't kill him, but Xiang Shan will kill him.

Therefore, Chen Xiang did not dare to step on Xiang Shan's line, under Xiang Shan's hands, he did not listen to military orders, and attacked rashly, but he never dared to kill people and soldiers indiscriminately, let alone plunder good women as prostitutes.

So the officers and men in the army, including him, haven't seen a woman for a year.

The prince brought a concubine to the army, and the Meiniang was beautiful and beautiful, not to mention other soldiers, even Chen Xiang, who boasted of reading all the beauties in the world, was dumbfounded.

Hearing that this beauty was obtained by the prince in Jiangling, Chen Xiang's heart was even hotter.

Jiangling was originally his territory, but he didn't expect such a beauty to fall into his hands, but it went to the prince.

At the beginning, Chen Xiang didn't dare to go too far, just avoided the prince's words and teased a few words, although Meiniang was ashamed, she didn't have a seizure.

"But that Chen Xiang dog was bold, not only did he not confiscate it, but also encouraged the prince to take that Meiniang out of the camp to hunt together......" The general was indignant, "At that time, we all admonished, but Chen Xiang tried his best to ensure the safety outside the camp, and the prince was trapped in the camp for a long time, so he couldn't help but be bored, so he went with him." ”

In fact, although the generals blocked it at that time, they didn't feel that it was too dangerous outside, because there were many Chu troops at that time, and the vicinity was still within the control of the Chu army.

Chen Xiang promised that it was just in the small forest outside the camp, so they let them go, and the prince and his party also brought a lot of soldiers and horses.

Who knows or something went wrong.

The prince's horse was frightened and ran into the woods, and Chen Xiang led people to chase after him, only to run into the scouts of the Liang Kingdom.

The other side only has a small team, only ten people.

Chen Xiang ordered them to be killed, and led his troops to rescue the prince, but as soon as the ten people got into the forest, they disappeared.

In the end, seven people were killed, but three escaped.

When people fled, the news leaked out.

The Chu army didn't know that their Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in danger, and the Liang State had already pressed the border with a large army and attacked directly.

The prince is the boss and is not there, and Chen Xiang is the deputy general, and he is not there!

The remaining group of generals looked at each other, and could only urgently go to the prince to come back, while ordering troops to resist.

They are not stupid, they know that they have to defend the camp as the mainstay, they have a lot of people, and they are not afraid of the impact of the Liang army, as long as they can guard people back, it will not be a problem.

However, as soon as the two armies met each other, the other side dropped a corpse and triumphantly told them that it was the body of their crown prince.

The general wept bitterly and said: "Then Lu Zhen swore that the prince went out hunting and happened to meet their vanguard army, and he had asked them to take it, and Chen Xiang was afraid of being held accountable, so he had fled for his life." ”

Xiang Shantie asked with a blushing face, "You believe it?" ”

"I naturally didn't believe it, but at that time he said it clearly, even the prince knew where they were hunting, and how many people they brought with them, and the two armies were far apart at that time, and we couldn't see the corpses on the ground clearly, so the soldiers were in a big mess......"

Lu Zhen took advantage of this time to attack, and the generals were barely stable, but their prestige was limited, and they couldn't suppress the soldiers below at all.

The news that the coach was dead couldn't be stopped, and with Liang Jun menacing, everyone couldn't help but panic.

To add insult to injury, Lu Zhen really sent people around the forest to arrest Chen Xiang and Prince Chu, even if they couldn't catch anyone and couldn't kill them, they had to be stopped and not allowed to return to Chu Camp so early.

The generals guarded outside the camp for a day and a night and did not see Chen Xiang and them come back, and they were even more panicked, thinking that what Lu Zhen said was true.

Even the generals thought so, let alone the soldiers below?

From the beginning of the Liang army's attack on the camp, the prince was nowhere to be seen, and even General Chen was nowhere to be seen.

Under this embattlement, morale has been hit hard.

So the Chu army could only retreat, and this retreat was like a defeated army, chaotic, without a commander, each staff member was his own battalion, and he could no longer unify together.

It wasn't until the early morning of the third day that Chen Xiang escorted the embarrassed prince back, and as soon as the two sides met, they immediately cried bitterly.

The prince really just wanted to hunt rabbits outside the camp and look at the flowers and plants, who would have thought that such a big thing would happen?

Before the prince could come to his senses and ask Chen Xiang about his guilt, Chen Xiang first ran away with his henchmen and 60,000 horses.

The general cried: "As soon as Chen Xiang ran away, the hearts of the people in the army fluctuated, and two more generals secretly took people away, and I couldn't support it anymore, so I could only report to the court while resisting the offensive of the Liang army." ”

They could only try to buy time for the capital while escorting the prince away.

But who knew that they still overestimated themselves and underestimated the Liang army, Zhong Ruying and Lin Xin's outflanking team arrived, intercepted their flanks and the rear road, and directly surrounded the Chinese army.

At the same time, the generals also knew that the elite soldiers that Xiang Shan had withdrawn before had returned to the camp because they had obeyed the prince's orders, and they had encountered Zhong Ruying and Lin Xin's army on the way, and they had all been captured and exterminated.

It's hard to form an army, but it's easy to crush one.

First, a general ran away with a few of his own soldiers, leaving behind his 20,000 soldiers, so the 20,000 soldiers lost their weapons, stripped their clothes and ran away.

The Chinese army collapsed at once.

Without a main general, they are like cows and horses without heads, and they can only flee indiscriminately, so Xiang Shan will see the current defeat.

Xiang Shan was silent for a long time before he asked, "What about the prince?" ”

He did not return to the capital.

"The last general doesn't know, we did send someone to escort the prince back to Beijing, and it is said that we can return to the capital in one day."

Xiang Shan thought about it, then sneered: "It seems that he also knew that he had caused a big disaster, so he escaped." ”

The general's face changed, "The prince fled, where did he flee?" ”

Xiang Shan asked, "Where did Chen Xiang go?" ”

"At that time, he fled south, but he didn't know where he went."

"What about the concubine named Mei Niang?"

"She went with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xiang Shan was silent, if he had known about the existence of this person, he would naturally send someone to check her origin, but now it is meaningless, whether her identity is true or false, and what the purpose is, it doesn't matter now.

Xiang Shan sighed and said, "I will write to Your Majesty, since you are back, then return to the camp, so you can do your best for my Dachu." ”

The general hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

He actually didn't really want to go back to the camp again, in the current situation, the Chu State was bound to lose, and he really didn't want to go to the battlefield again and lose his life.

But he was willing to fight for the general.

Emperor Chu retreated south with a group of imperial courts, Lu Zhen led troops to surround the Chu capital, Zhong Ruying and Lin Xin led troops south, while pursuing Emperor Chu and harvesting the city.

In such a situation, of course, they couldn't catch up with Emperor Chu, not to mention that there was also a Chu army sent by Xiang Shan to interfere with them from time to time.

Zhong Ruying sneered: "Xiang Shan, this old horseman, is loyal, and he is still working so hard at this time, I don't know if Emperor Chu misses his affection." ”

Lin Xin said: "Xiang Shan's eldest grandson was taken away by Emperor Chu. ”

Zhong Ruying pursed her lips and did not speak.

Lin Xin said: "I have found the whereabouts of Chen Xiang and Prince Chu, I will take someone there, and I will ask General Zhong here." ”

"Okay." Zhong Ruying paused and said: "Prince Chu has a concubine named Mei Niang by his side, she is our person, you remember not to hurt her life." ”

Lin Xin nodded and said with a smile: "I know, my aunt told me a long time ago. ”

Zhong Ruying breathed a sigh of relief, Mei Niang should have set off from her at the beginning, but because of the conflict in Jiangling, Prince Chu and the four princes agreed to meet in Jiangling, and Mei Niang changed to Jiangling and met Prince Chu there.

In the past two years, Mei Niang has passed a lot of news to them and helped them do a lot of things, Zhong Ruying doesn't want her to have an accident.

Prince Chu is now with Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang didn't want to be a rebel, he needed a reason, but he didn't want to go back, because if he went back, he would die.

Prince Chu was the same, he knew that he had made a big disaster, and he would definitely not end well when he went back, so he ran away with Meiniang.

When he met Chen Xiang, although he hated the other party deeply, he also knew that the other party had soldiers and was a dependent, and he was famous and needed by the other party.

So the two of them got together in name and in fact, Chen Xiang planned to support the Prince of Chu, in order to show his sincerity, Chen Xiang restrained his temper and was much more respectful to the Prince of Chu.

And in order to show his sincerity, Prince Chu gave Mei Niang to Chen Xiang.

Meiniang cried and chirped, reluctantly went, and when she got to Chen Xiang, she was also depressed, Chen Xiang was rare for a while, but she didn't embarrass her.

The two decided to find a richer county seat to settle down temporarily, and then recruit troops in the name of the prince of Chu, and when the Chu emperor couldn't hold on, he would be called the emperor and continue the Chu state.

The dream was done well, but the traces were discovered by the Liang army, and Lin Xin led the troops to kill them.

The two sides fought for more than half a month, and finally ended with Chen Xiang dying in battle, without Chen Xiang, the prince of Chu could only take people out of the city to surrender.

Lin Xin looked at him, and only said in a half-loud voice, "Those who know the times are Junjie, and the Prince of Chu is Junjie, I hope you can also admonish Emperor Chu." ”

So with a wave of his hand, he sent Prince Chu to Zhong Ruying, and asked Zhong Ruying to take Prince Chu to surrender.

Prince Chu's face turned blue, and he wanted to ask him who he was most afraid of seeing, not Liang Jun, but his father!

He has avoided seeing his father since the accident, but now that Lin Xin wants to send him, it is better to cut him with a knife.

He looked up with tears in his eyes, and Lin Xin had already waved his hand and said, "Take Prince Chu down and entertain him." ”

The prisoners in the army were also brought up, and Mei Niang was among them.

When the soldiers saw her, their eyes were almost straight, and Lin Xin was stunned for a moment, and then he stepped forward and saluted: "But Miss Mei?" ”

Meiniang was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and smiled, curtsied, and said softly: "It is the concubine, the concubine to meet the general." ”

"Don't dare to be," Lin Xin said without squinting: "My aunt and General Zhong have told me to treat the girl well, now that the girl is free, and there is chaos in the army, why don't I send someone to send the girl back to Beijing?" ”