Prince Chu was surprised, "Didn't my father want my eldest uncle to go?" ”

Emperor Chu snorted coldly, "Your uncle is too reckless, he even dares to change grain and grass, how can I rest assured that the army will be handed over to him?" You are the prince, and you can also boost morale by leading the army. ◢ With *dream* small ◢.1a"

Prince Chu didn't really want to go, the front line was blind, and the current situation was too bad, "Since my father knew that the matter of grain and grass was done by Lord Song, why did he recall General Xiang?" ”

"Xiang Shan is unruly, when I first ascended the throne, he was not inferior, and later he relied on the military power in his hands to do whatever he wanted, if it wasn't for the danger of the front line, how could I dare to use such a rebellious person?" Emperor Chu said: "I thought that he had been away from the dynasty for many years, and his influence was no longer there, I only used his talents, but I didn't expect that he could still bewitch most of the courtiers to this day. ”

So Emperor Chu thought about it, and it was safest to hold this military power in his own hands.

It was impossible for him to go to the front, but he could let his crown prince go.

The prince pursed his lips, knowing that his father had made up his mind, he said that no matter how much he did, he couldn't change his mind, so he could only bow his head and respond.

Seeing that his son did not object, Emperor Chu summoned his ministers to discuss after lunch, handed over the military power to the prince, and asked him to immediately set off to the front line to exchange Xiang Shan back.

At the same time, Song Ji was dismissed and waited for Xiang Shan to return to confront him.

The ministers were complicated in their hearts, although they were happy that the person who replaced them was not Song Ji, but in exchange for Xiang Shan, there was always an illusion that the knife on his neck was about to fall.

The crown prince is not very old and has no experience in war, can he really lead good soldiers?

Ji Yuan, who was washing chess pieces at home, was stunned for a while when he heard the news before he sighed: "Time is also, life is also!" ”

"Old lady, the situation has been decided, let's go too."

Ji Yuan rubbed the chess pieces, picked them up one by one from the water, shook his head and said, "Wait." ”

"Old lady......"

"I want to see Maggie, and I don't want him to leave with me, so that I can save my life."

"Emperor Chu recalled General Xiang at this time, then even if his life is saved, Song Ji's methods of disposing of military rations are not clean, and they can still be found."

"I can find out, but I may not recognize it," Ji Yuan said lightly: "You have to take another look to feel at ease." ”

The subordinate sighed slightly, bowed and retreated.

At night, Yao Shi quietly came to the door to persuade, "Teacher, the situation has been decided, if you don't leave, if Emperor Chu thinks of you......"

Ji Yuan waved his hand indifferently: "He is too busy to take care of himself, where can he still think of me?" Don't worry, I'll leave when I see Xiang Shan. ”

Yao Shi was silent for a moment before he said: "General Xiang is fierce, didn't you think that he would resist the order and not return?" ”

"That's why I'm going to have to wait a little longer."

Wait to see if he will come back, if he returns, he can save his life, if he doesn't go back, Liang Guo will not want his life, but Emperor Chu will never let him live again.

Ji Yuan sighed slightly, and his mood was very depressed.

Yao Shi hesitated, but still didn't leave, hidden in Chudu, he always had to take the teacher with him to feel at ease.

But the news was sent out, hoping that Lin Qingwan would make another effort.

The news lagged behind, Lin Qingwan had not received the news, but the Chu military camp was shaken, and the prince of Chu personally came with the edict and asked Xiang Shan to go back for inquiry.

Xiang Shan's face was expressionless, but the generals under him almost made a fuss, when did he recall the main general, did he think he was playing at home?

Xiang Shan suppressed the angry subordinates and said to the Prince of Chu: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, please forgive the ministers for not complying with the order, now that the war is in full swing, the ministers cannot leave without permission." ”

Prince Chu frowned, thinking of Mei Niang's worries before leaving, he couldn't help but ask angrily, "Xiang Shan, are you going to rebel?" ”

"No, the minister is loyal to His Majesty, and he is also loyal to Da Chu, and it is precisely because of this that the minister cannot leave."

Prince Chu sneered, "Do you really think that this battlefield can't be separated from you?" The father sent 2,000 forbidden troops to Gu, whether you are called or resistant, you have to go back to the capital to be inquired. ”

With a wave of his hand, a group of forbidden soldiers rushed in and surrounded Xiang Shan, and the generals were angry, and they were about to resist as soon as they drew their knives, but this was only some of the generals, most of them looked at the two sides hesitantly, and some people stood directly on the side of the prince.

Seeing this situation, Xiang Shan couldn't help but sigh slightly, the Song family has been operating in the army for many years, and although its momentum is not as good as the Xiang family, there are also a few supporters.

If in the past, they were not afraid of doing chaos, and he had a way to rectify them, but now that the enemy is present, there is no room for any chaos.

His gaze wandered over all the people in the tent, and finally fixed on the cold-faced crown prince, and half-sounded, he sighed faintly, and reached out to take off his helmet.

His henchmen were startled and shouted, "General! ”

Xiang Shan knew that the general trend had gone, but in an instant, he thought about a lot of things, detained the prince, and still led the troops by him?

But His Majesty and the Song family's henchmen will not agree, and the other generals will hesitate.

After all, he didn't want to rebel, His Majesty would ask for guilt afterwards, he was not afraid of life and death, but he couldn't involve others.

Even if the Liang army is repulsed in the end, most of them will be beheaded.

And after detaining the crown prince, they are still facing the danger of running out of food and grass, which is not worth the risk.

Because it wasn't worth it, Xiang Shan compromised.

He said to his henchmen: "The most taboo generals in the army are not the same, after I leave, you must listen to the prince's orders, and do not make your own decisions." ”

After saying that, he turned his head and stretched out his hand to the prince, "The minister obeys the order and enters Beijing immediately." ”

Prince Chu's tense heartstrings were slightly loosened, and he didn't dare to let Xiang Shan stay in the camp any longer, so he immediately asked the forbidden army to escort him back to the capital.

Xiang Shan followed the people out, the soldiers almost couldn't hold back their tears, Xiang Min stood outside with a blue face, took the initiative to lead him to the horse, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, this is a good thing, I don't want you to work hard here." ”

"Silence, fighting to the death for the country is the duty of a general, you follow Mr. Ji to learn, you didn't learn his style, how did you learn a temper?"

"Then it is worth it for the superior, uncle, you were born and died for the Chu State, and he is so suspicious of you?"

Xiang Shan said lightly: "I'm for the Chu State, not him." ”

Xiang Min choked and couldn't speak.

Mei Niang hid behind the camp tent and watched Xiang Shan be surrounded by people and leave the camp, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the war between the two countries became fierce again two months ago, the transmission of news between her and Daliang has been much slower, and the last time she received the news, she only explained a few things to her, and then let her act when she took the opportunity.

She didn't know if she was doing the right thing, she only knew that General Xiang was very powerful, and everyone seemed to think that with him, she could carry Liang and Shu.

In this case, she could only hint that Prince Chu should send people out of the barracks as soon as possible.

Mei Niang was thinking nonsense, Prince Chu suddenly strode in, she hurriedly gathered her mind, and worriedly stepped forward to loosen her clothes for him, "Your Highness, I just heard the commotion outside, and there are many soldiers with knives surrounding the main tent, but it scared me to death, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay," Prince Chu squeezed her hand and comforted: "Lone also brought two thousand forbidden troops, and they didn't dare to come nonsense." ”

He sneered and said, "Fortunately, I heard that you and my father asked for some more manpower before I came, otherwise I would have been under house arrest this time." What my father said is right, Xiang Shan did have the intention of rebellion, I announced that he would go back, he refused without thinking about it, if it weren't for the two thousand forbidden troops I brought into the account, he was afraid that he would have to be under house arrest. ”

Mei Niang patted her chest and said in horror: "This is too dangerous, the concubine heard that General Xiang has a very high prestige in the army, but I am afraid that His Royal Highness will suddenly take charge of the military power on his behalf, and those people under him will not be convinced." ”

Mei Niang pouted and said: "It's like the housekeeper before the concubine, even if there is an order from His Royal Highness, but because he is seizing power from the hands of the big housekeeper, the stewards under him have made a stumbling block for the concubine, if it weren't for His Royal Highness, the concubine wouldn't know what to be bullied into." ”

The prince's face was a little bad.

Mei Niang leaned on him and said: "The concubine body was supported by His Royal Highness at that time, but His Royal Highness is here now, but His Majesty is far away in the capital, I am afraid that I will not be able to take care of His Highness, what if you are bullied by them, the concubine body is distressed just thinking about it." ”

The prince held her hand, and a cold light flashed in his eyes and said, "Don't worry, Lone is not muddy, can you still let them handle it?" ”

Xiang Shan was even more eager to return to Beijing than the forbidden army that escorted him.

He thought that when he returned, he would try his best to convince the courtiers and His Majesty to come back to the camp.

So they hurried out of the camp overnight, and it was already afternoon when they left the camp, but they stopped for two hours in the evening and then hurried again.

The forbidden army couldn't delay it if he wanted to, Xiang Shan took out coercion, and the leader of the forbidden army didn't dare to say a word, so he got up silently and hurried.

Day and night, and the next day and night, before the gates were closed, they entered the city.

Xiang Shan did not return to Xiang's house, but went directly to the palace to ask to see His Majesty.

He thought he was fast enough, but he didn't know that Prince Chu's speed of troublemaking was faster than him.

Before he left, he had told a few henchmen to stabilize the camp by packing up his things, and he would definitely find a way to come back in as few as three or five days or as many as ten days.

He thought that the prince of Chu had just arrived, and it would take three or five days to gather his forces, but he didn't expect that on the night he left, the prince of Chu would call someone to order troops, and found that a large number of elite soldiers were not there, and thought that Xiang Shan was eating empty salaries.

He was taken aback, because the last thing this group of elite soldiers was going to was the capital, but Xiang Shan didn't tell them.

What's to be done?

Fighting on the front line, but secretly Chen Cang's return to Beijing to force the palace?

Prince Chu had already decided in his heart that Xiang Shan was not good, so he naturally wanted to think about the bad side, and he ordered without thinking about it, "Let them come back, at this time, the army of the Liang State is pressing the border, and you even sent out elite soldiers, what is this for?" ”

Immediately, Xiang Shan's henchman explained: "Your Highness, this is the fire left by the general for the Chu State, once the front line is lost, this group of elite soldiers can also escort the imperial court to move south......"

"The Liang army, which can't be stopped by hundreds of thousands of troops, can turn defeat into victory with the 30,000 elite soldiers who go out one after another?"

"The general said that as long as the court is not destroyed, the state of Chu will not be destroyed, and the soldiers can be recruited again, but elite soldiers are rare, and good generals are even more difficult to find......

This undoubtedly angered Prince Chu, and he asked expressionlessly, "So do you still want to listen to Xiang Shan, or are you lonely?" ”