"Auntie," Jiang Qian quickly ran to Lin Qingwan's car, and said in a low voice: "There are scouts on the front line, Min Shangshu invites you over." ”

They were leaving for Hongzhou City to retreat, and when Lin Qingwan heard this, she stopped the car and went directly to Min Shangshu.

Min Shangshu happily showed her the battle report, "Lu Duhu and General Zhong, General Lin has surrounded the main force of Chu, Xiang Shan has returned to Chudu, and our victory is in sight." ”

"Great, how many people are there in Chudu?"

"Based on the number of people left on the front line now, there shouldn't be much left, and even if he flees south, it will be difficult to make a comeback."

"Good!" Lin Qingwan's eyes lit up and said, "Then we just need to listen to the good news in Hongzhou City." ”

"I also have this intention, we just need to protect the eldest prince of Shu and ensure the alliance between the two countries."

The front lines are complicated.

Lu Zhen, Zhong Ruying and Lin Xin converged, Lu Zhen carried the Chu army from the front, and Zhong Ruying and Lin Xin outflanked in a roundabout way.

After all, the northern and southern lines of the Chu army have been breached, and now that the Chinese army has penetrated into the sphere of influence of the Liang army, it is easy to be surrounded and turned into a turtle in an urn.

Originally, Xiang Shan sent a lot of elite soldiers to sneak out of the northern and southern lines in batches, he was familiar with the Chu realm, gave a map to the departing armies, and designed a different route for them to retreat, almost leaving in circles.

In order to be able to get in touch with these troops, he left records, but these records fell into the hands of the prince of Chu after he left.

Prince Chu checked the soldiers left in the camp, the number was large, but the ratio of elite soldiers was very small.

He didn't know if those elite soldiers could hold the Liang army, but if they returned to the capital and listened to Xiang Shan's orders, it would not be difficult to capture the capital with empty troops.

So it was impossible for Prince Chu to let them go.

He called the forbidden army, distributed the maps on file, and told them to catch up with these retreating troops with military orders stamped with tiger talismans, and let them return immediately, and the time was urgent, and there was no delay.

The forbidden army went.

Most of the teams who got the military order didn't think much about it, and retreated after receiving the military order, and in order to hurry, some even broke away from the original route designed for them by Xiang Shan.

As a result, within two days, he ran into Liang Jun, who was outflanking in a roundabout way.

Both sides were stunned, and Liang Jun thought: I'll go, why did Chu Jun's courage become so big, and he dared to run to their territory?

Chu Jun thought: I'm going, I'll spare it here for a few days, and I'm about to leave the Liang army's sphere of influence and return to Chudu, and I won't have anything to do, but as soon as I turn around, I will bump into the enemy army?

What kind of luck is this?

Anyway, before the encirclement was formed, the two armies led by Lin Xin and Zhong Ruying fought with these small groups of elite soldiers first.

Hard shoulders can't be resisted, but they have few people and high mobility, so they run away as soon as they turn around.

Zhong Ruying and Lin Xin did not chase with a large force, but only divided part of their forces to continue the pursuit, and the others proceeded as originally planned.

Those elite soldiers of the Chu State were not stupid, they knew at a glance that they were going to surround their Chinese army, and hurriedly sent scouts back to report, so that the Chinese army could withdraw quickly.

It's a pity that the one in charge of the tent now is Prince Chu, who doesn't have much experience.

Now the situation of the Chu army is unfavorable, but he still has hundreds of thousands of troops, and the weapons and equipment are not bad, and it is impossible for the prince of Chu to withdraw without a single sword, so after receiving the letter, he only announced that the generals in the army came to discuss the strategy of retreating, and he did not think of retreating at all.

Naturally, the generals would not retreat without a fight, so they followed Prince Chu's thinking to think of a way to retreat.

There were a lot of ideas, and Prince Chu sounded reliable, so he made a plan based on everyone's operational opinions.

So, in less than three days, Lin Qingwan and the capital of Chu received the news that the army of Liang had broken through the central army of Chu at the same time.

The prince of Chu fled with his people.

The offensive was too fierce, and the Chu army lost its main general, it was simply a mountain of defeat, and the Chu emperor received the battle report of the defeat of the Chinese army, and the Liang army had already sent troops to fight all the way to the outside of Chu.

Emperor Chu was so shocked that he got up from the dragon chair, didn't say a word, and directly vomited blood and fainted.

The courtiers who were arguing a moment ago about whether Song Jizhong filled his pockets and changed the grain and grass, or whether Xiang Shan framed him and framed him, also fell into a panic and couldn't help but look at Xiang Shan.

Xiang Shan's face turned pale, and he asked, "I sent six teams of elite soldiers back to Beijing some time ago, have they come back?" ”

"No, General Xiang is out, and no soldiers from the front line have returned."

Xiang Shan was silent for a long time, and turned around expressionlessly to leave.

Song Ji hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Xiang Meiqi, now is not the time to be angry, the enemy is now, we should work together." ”

Xiang Shan pushed him away and said coldly: "If Lord Song knew this, he would not have deducted my grain and grass, let alone used such mold grain as military food, and even made His Majesty recall me!" ”

Xiang Shan gritted his teeth and said, "Now that there are no soldiers and no generals in the capital, what do you want me to take to defend the city?" Together? Xiang someone can only fight, there are no soldiers, what can I use to work with you? ”

With that, he pushed the man away and walked out.

At this time, the death of the country was imminent, and everyone had no intention of shielding Song Ji anymore, and rushed to care about Emperor Chu.

It's just a soldier, and they can't recruit them now, as for the general, Xiang Shan is in Beijing. As long as Emperor Chu lives, the state of Chu will not be dispersed.

Xiang Shan walked out of the palace, his steps staggered a little, he helped his subordinates to get into the car, and said tiredly: "Go to Ji's house." ”

Ji Yuan sighed slightly when he saw him, and asked, "How, can you think clearly?" ”

Xiang Shan said with a cold face: "I'm not leaving, I'm here to tell you that the Liang army has been surrounded, the main forces are outside, we are afraid that we won't be able to run away, I am a Chu person, and I will definitely live and die with the Chu State, but you are different, you should go quickly." ”

"I won't work as hard as you do, what's the difference between walking and not leaving?"

"Yes, Your Majesty will let you be buried," Xiang Shan said with a cold face: "The things you bewitched Song Ji to do, Your Majesty didn't know before, and he may not know it in the future, even if you can't get the evidence, if you have a guess, he won't let you go." ”

Ji Yuan sighed, "It's still the same for me, let alone for you, the main general?" In that case, do you want to stay here and not leave? ”

"My Xiang family has lived in the Chu State for generations, with deep roots and many descendants, how many can I take away?" Xiang Shan said in a low voice: "It's easy for me to go, but they may be buried because of me." I stay, whether Your Majesty will use it again, or blame, I will stand in my way. ”

"Let's go," Xiang Shan turned his head to the steward beside Ji Yuan and said, "Hurry up and pack your things and take your master away, if you don't leave, it's really too late." ”

"That's all I say, and there will be no time in the future!" Xiang Shan was about to leave after speaking.

Ji Yuan hurriedly stopped him, asked him to get the chessboard, and said: "You have always loved chess, so you specially named yourself the word Meiqi, how about we play the last game of chess today?" ”

Xiang Shan paused, but turned around and sat opposite him.

Since he came back, he has found out that there is a shadow of his old friend behind it, but he has no position to blame him.

Since Ji Yuan intervened, it means that he chose Liang Guo to be allegiance, and in this case, the Tao is not the same, so naturally it is not to blame.

Because of this, after returning from the camp, he only came to Ji's house to see Ji Yuan, and last time he broke up unhappily.

This time, the next game of chess can be regarded as an understanding.

Xiang Shan has always loved chess, and as soon as he touched the chess pieces, he slowly calmed down, Ji Yuan still played slowly, and said while going down: "I know a chess friend, her chess skills are not as good as yours, but I think if you have the opportunity to play, you will definitely like her?" ”

"Oh, which chess buddy of yours I don't know?"

"Lin Qingwan of Liang Kingdom, her chess path is somewhat similar to yours."

"She is the one who persuaded you to be loyal to Liang Guo this time?"

Ji Yuan didn't say anything.

Xiang Shan snorted coldly: "Then don't see it, speaking of which, we are enemies." ”

"If Liang can unify the Central Plains, then there will be no distinction between the Liang people, the Chu people or the Shu people, everyone is the same person, and the enemy will naturally be gone," Ji Yuan smiled and said, "At that time, it will not be an enemy, but a friend." ”

"You have confidence in Liang, so sure they will be able to dominate the world? You must know that Emperor Liang is old, and he is afraid that he will not last for a few years. ”

"The four princes of Liang are also adults, and Emperor Liang is dead, and the impact on Liang is not very great."

"But my Emperor Chu is in the prime of life, and his talent is not inferior to Emperor Liang, why did you choose him?"

"Maggie really doesn't know?"

Xiang Shan pursed his lips and didn't speak.

"Good birds choose wood, good ministers choose masters, since you don't look down on him, why do you force yourself?"

Xiang Shan's cheeks moved, and he insisted: "I am from Chu!" ”

Ji Yuan no longer persuaded.

Emperor Chu woke up and summoned Xiang Shan overnight, this time Emperor Chu was willing to move south, but the Liang army was menacing, and it was obvious that someone should stay behind to block the Liang army.

Xiang Shan didn't argue, and responded directly.

Emperor Chu fled south with his ministers in a hurry, while Xiang Shan stayed behind to defend the capital.

At the same time, the army of Shu was also rapidly harvesting the cities of Chu, compressing the living space of Chu's monarchs and ministers step by step.

Emperor Chu didn't leave many soldiers and horses for Xiang Shan, so he had to recruit troops by himself and collect the rout army that had fled back from the front line.

There were quite a lot of people in this part, and he couldn't imagine how an army of hundreds of thousands could be broken in such a short period of time.

Even if you defend it, you can defend it for a month or two, right?

If there is enough food and grass, it will not be a problem to keep it for a year and a half.

But the soldiers who came back didn't know anything, they only obeyed orders, and how did they know what was going on above.

The army of Liang suddenly attacked, and many people scattered and fled with the large army without even taking their weapons.

So the more they fled, the more casualties grew, and some people fled back to the capital in a daze without even seeing the shadow of Liang Jun.

It wasn't until Xiang Shan found a general who was not lightly injured that he knew what happened in the camp.

The general hugged Xiang Shan and cried: "The general doesn't know, the prince doesn't know how to lead the troops at all, but he can still listen to everyone, it shouldn't be a problem to defend the camp, it's all Chen Xiang's fault." ”

Xiang Shanqing asked with a green face, "What's wrong with Chen Xiang?" ”