At this time, Zhong Ruying was pointing to the map and said: "Xiang Shan has always been immobile, he has always had a hard temper, but I am afraid that he will not obey the dispatch of Emperor Chu." ”

"Then we'll force him to make a move," Min Shangshu looked at Lin Qingwan, "Is Lin Shangshu prepared?" ”

"Our contact with the State of Chu was almost severed, but Yao Shi sent a letter back before, saying that he had spoken to several officials of the State of Chu, and now someone should have spoken to the Emperor of Chu. But changing before the battle will be a big taboo, and Emperor Chu may not do it. ”

Min Shangshu's eyes flashed, "What if we send an envoy to win over Xiang Shan?" ”

"You mean to create the illusion that Xiang Shan wants to take refuge in my beam?"

"Not bad."

Lin Qingwan asked, "Min Shangshu is going?" ”

Min Shangshu choked and looked at Lin Qingwan without speaking.

Lin Qingwan said: "I won't go, I'm afraid of death." ”

Zhong Ruying smiled and said: "Xiang Shan is old, he may not recognize Lord Lin, I think Min Shangshu is just right, the weight is enough, and the fame is also big." ”

Min Shangshu said righteously: "With Xiang Shan's character, even if His Majesty comes forward in person, he may not agree, forget it, let's not do this useless work." ”

"How can it be useless?" Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "As long as Min Shangshu makes Emperor Chu feel that Xiang Shan has the suspicion of defecting to the Liang State." ”

Min Shangshu: ...... Xiang Shan will kill the envoy in order to show his loyalty, really kill it!

He coughed lightly and bowed his hand slightly to Lin Qingwan, admitting his mistake.

Lin Qingwan smiled, this matter can be regarded as the past.

Zhong Ruying pursed her lips, got up and said, "I will take the army to join Lu Zhenlinxin tomorrow, don't stay in the camp and go back to Hongzhou City." It's safer there. ”

Min Shangshu nodded, "It just so happens that the tide of the battle has been reversed, and we have also let the subject countries see our sincerity, and the alliance can be signed." ”

Lin Qingwan also nodded, "Then let's pack up and leave tomorrow." ”

The war is a matter for Zhong Ruying and Lu Zhenlin Xin, and Lin Qingwan and they will not interfere too much.

After the convergence of the three armies, the morale was high, and the three lines were crushed at the same time, and at the same time, the rear of the Chu State, the western front where the Shu State was located, also began to storm the city fiercely.

Xiang Shan did not clash with the Liang army head-on, but instead adopted a defensive posture on the slow rear flank, and in addition, he also divided his troops and left one after another.

This is tantamount to giving away the city they just knocked down, and the news was transmitted back to the capital, and Emperor Chu was furious.

He couldn't see the menacing Liang army, he only knew that the situation was very good before, they had recovered several cities, and now Xiang Shan was just resisting in vain, which was tantamount to giving the country of Chu to others.

At the beginning, some people proposed to change generals, and many ministers Shang Shuxiang was too selfish and overwhelmed by his responsibilities.

But more people are on Xiang Shan's side, although they don't know why Xiang Shan is behind, but his military talent is obvious to all, compared to them in the rear relying on only information to guess nonsense, naturally Xiang Shan, who is on the front line, has more right to speak.

The most important thing is that they believe in Xiang Shan's character, and he can't deliberately harm the interests of the Chu State.

But this kind of trust not only did not extinguish Emperor Chu's anger, but made him even more angry, and also made him start to think about changing generals.

When Ji Yuan received the news in the mansion, he immediately wrote a letter to Xiang Shan, telling him about the situation in Jingzhong, and persuading him to give up his military power and return to his hometown, or defect to the Liang State.

Chudu is not far from Xiang Shan's camp, and it is only a two-day journey by horse, which is one of the reasons why the news from the front can be delivered back so quickly, naturally, Xiang Shan also received Ji Yuan's letter quickly.

He was silent for a long time, and finally burned the letter in his hand, and said to his nephew who rushed over: "I will go back and borrow your parents, aunts and brothers, go back to your hometown, or go to Fujian, in short, don't participate in the government anymore." ”

"Uncle," Xiang Min pursed his lips and asked, "Do you really plan to fight to the death for him?" He doesn't deserve it! ”

"I'm not for him, I'm for Da Chu, for the people of Chu."

"But Uncle ......"

"Okay, your teacher hasn't been able to persuade me, do you think it's interesting for you to bother with this tongue? Let's go, if you don't leave, you won't be able to go after being surrounded by the Liang army. ”

Xiang Min pursed his lips and asked half-loudly, "How many days of grain and grass do you have left?" ”

Xiang Shan didn't speak.

Xiang Min was about to get angry, when suddenly a soldier ran in with an ugly face and reported, "General, the grain and grass have been delivered." ”

Xiang Shan was overjoyed, "Oh? ”

Seeing that his face was not good, his smile was sluggish, and he asked, "How much, is it much worse?" ”

"There are twenty cars, but you can see it." The pro-soldier said with a faint hint of anger: "General, those people in the household department are really too deceitful. ”

Xiang Shan looked at the grain and grass with a calm face, and when he arrived, two staff officers kicked off the grain bags on the car in a rage, and beat the quartermaster who escorted the grain and grass.

Xiang Shan didn't speak, walked straight to the grain bag, and when he saw the moldy grain poured out, his face couldn't help but sink.

He reached out and grabbed a handful, and asked with a calm face, "How many such grains are there?" ”

The general jumped down from the car and said with a hint of anger: "Only four carts are old grain that can still be eaten, and the rest are all this kind of blackened mold valley, general, what does the imperial court mean by this, can this battle be fought or not?" ”

Xiang Shan clenched his fists and said, "Put the grain and grass into the warehouse first, I'll go to the quartermaster, and you don't care about this matter." ”

Xiang Min hurriedly followed, and only when he returned to the tent did he say angrily: "Uncle, are you still beating like this?" I know that you don't want to go to Liang or Shu, then we will go back to the countryside, otherwise you stay here, I am really afraid that you will not die on the battlefield, but die in these conspiracies. ”

Xiang Shan rubbed his forehead and said, "Okay, as long as Your Majesty doesn't dismiss me, I will be the main general one day, not to mention ......"

He turned his head to look outside and asked in a deep voice, "If I leave, what will happen to these soldiers?" Do you want to watch them die? ”

He knew that if he changed the generals before the battle, he would definitely replace the previous Song Ji.

With Song Ji's person, these soldiers will definitely have to go to the battlefield to fill their lives in the end, which is the last thing he wants to see, which is why he divided the soldiers and horses and let them retreat in a roundabout way.

If something happens to the camp, it will be better to leave a little incense, which can give Da Chu hope for a comeback.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that many soldiers in the army didn't listen to orders, he would have led people to withdraw from this area, although he would lose the city, but as long as he was there, he would always be able to fight back.

So he had to do his best to keep his position as the chief so that he could make a difference and save the lives of most people.

This time, the food sent by Song Ji completely angered Xiang Shan, and he began to send his henchmen back to Beijing to report, he knew that someone was targeting him.

Whether it is Song Ji or Liang Guo's means, he has not done anything before, it does not mean that there is no way.

Xiang Shan began to fight back, he had a very high reputation in the Chu State, and there were many courtiers who supported him, and it was difficult for Emperor Chu to replace him for a while, but he was diverted by the excerpt he brought back.

Many ministers knew that Song Ji was still making war money at this time, and they were so angry that they impeached Song Jilai one after another.

Emperor Chu was also very angry, and originally wanted to punish Song Ji severely, but the situation in the court made him frightened.

Except for a few of his henchmen and the people of the Song family, the rest of them all stood on Xiang Shan's side, not only forcing Emperor Chu to severely punish Song Ji and giving Xiang Shan an explanation, but also proposing to follow Xiang Shan's advice and move south.

The former is okay, but the latter stepped on the bottom line of Emperor Chu.

But unexpectedly, there were a lot of people who agreed this time, and even those who had been violently opposed before agreed at this time, and they also cited many reasons.

Emperor Chu has always been a strong person, and when he said it, the court suddenly lost control, which made him angry and frightened at the same time.

Xiang Shan had such a great influence on the court, when did he convince so many people, and how many things did he not know?

Emperor Chu wronged Xiang Shan in this matter, and it was not Xiang Shan who persuaded them, but Ji Yuan.

Of course, Ji Yuan didn't say it explicitly, but he would comment on current affairs when playing chess with others, and he once revealed that Chu Du would not be able to hold on sooner or later, and there might be a glimmer of life when he moved south, and if he didn't move, it would just be a matter of time or time.

Xiang Shan said that after hearing this, the ministers opposed it according to their own interests, but Ji Yuan said that they had thought about it and began to think carefully.

In the end, I found that the situation was getting worse and worse, and if they stayed any longer, Chu Du might really not be able to keep it, and then they would definitely not be able to run away.

If you leave Chudu, you will lose a lot, and when you don't leave, if you die, then it's really all gone.

So although they regretted it, this time they still took advantage of the situation and proposed to move south.

It's a pity that Emperor Chu misunderstood them, and even more misunderstood Xiang Shan, he was silent for a long time and then asked Song Ji, "Song Ji, can you confess?" ”

Song Ji was drenched in cold sweat, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged, there is old grain in the grain sent by the minister, but it is all edible, not to mention that seventy percent of it is new grain." The minister really didn't know how the food arrived in the camp, but it became like this. ”

"In that case, then recruit Xiang Shan to come back for questioning, and Chen Xiang will temporarily act as an agent for military affairs."

All the ministers were shocked, and hurriedly admonished, "Your Majesty, it is taboo to change generals before the battle, and you must not do it." ”

"Song Ji was the main general before, and he was also on the front line, didn't Zhongqing propose to change Xiang Shan, didn't he have nothing to do?"

"How can it be the same, Xiang Shan's reputation is extremely high and talented, so he can win people's hearts as soon as he arrives in the army, but Chen Xiang's popularity is very poor, and he was defeated, how can he take over Xiang Shan?"

"In this case, Song Ji will go to the camp first to lead the army, and we will talk about it after the matter is clarified."

The ministers' eyes widened in surprise, Song Ji himself was one of the parties, how could he be allowed to take over?

The most important thing is that he was replaced because of his improper command in the first place, and now he is replaced like something?

Someone wanted to object, so he pulled his sleeve and motioned him to look at Emperor Chu's face.

Emperor Chu has always been stubborn and self-serving, and he can't hear anyone say no to him in the court, they have already said it twice, and then the third time, I am afraid that Emperor Chu will be angry.

They knew that Emperor Chu was jealous of Xiang Shan, but now that the enemy was present, why bother with this?

The ministers were puzzled in the letter, but they didn't know that as soon as Emperor Chu returned to the apse, he summoned the prince of Chu, "I plan to let you lead the army, you may be competent?" ”