After the Qisi County was breached, the remnants of the Qin army fled from the West Gate one after another, and did not know where to go, at this time, the people were eating pot pulp, kneeling on both sides of the road, to greet the new ruler of Qisi County, the Jiangdong Chu Army.

It can be said that the reputation of the Jiangdong Chu Army in Hengshan County is excellent, and in recent years, under the governance of Xiangzhuang, the county has advanced by leaps and bounds, and the people have reclaimed the barren land and planted the land, and the life is very stable.

At night, the lights in the county government were leveled, and a team of soldiers carried the dishes into the lobby, where several tables of banquets were placed to celebrate Xiangzhuang's complete stabilization of Hengshan County, and the Jiangdong Chu army took the first step to the north.

In the laughter, Xiang Zhuang drank three cups, Cao Feng nervously reminded Xiang Zhuang on the side that he should pay attention to the wound and not drink too much, and Xiang Zhuang had to nod frequently.

But in the same way, Xiang Zhuang's accommodation to Cao Feng attracted Wu Fang's dissatisfaction, at this time, after a few sips, he laughed and said: "Brother, you and I have not seen each other for several months, I feel that you are more mature and majestic than before, just for these, I salute you!" ”

On the side, Ding Gu also laughed and said: "Major General, this time we were able to capture Qisi County, General Tu Bu has made a lot of contributions, we should give a cup back." ”

Everyone, you say a word, Xiang Zhuang is not easy to refuse, raised the wine glass, filled it again, put down the wine glass, Di Bu shouted happily, and wanted to pour wine, Wu Fang was completely angry, and reprimanded: "Brother-in-law, General Xiang Zhuang is injured, you can't persuade him to drink!" ”

"This hasn't passed the door yet, it's ...... like this" Duo Bu suddenly stopped talking, he found that he was talking too much, the atmosphere was a little awkward at this time, Duo Bu wanted to change the topic and save the embarrassing atmosphere, at this time, Wu Fang glanced at Duo Bu, ignored him, and only smiled at Xiang Zhuang: "General Xiang Zhuang, my brother-in-law is a big boss, don't pay attention to him." ”

As he spoke, Wu Fang picked up the teapot from the table, poured a cup of tea for Xiang Zhuang, handed it to Xiang Zhuang, and said with a smile: "Replace wine with tea, General Xiang Zhuang won't refuse, right?" ”

Xiang Zhuang took the tea and smiled embarrassedly: "Miss Wu Fang gives tea, I should drink it!" ”

On the side, Cao Feng said unhappily: "Miss Wu Fang is drinking tea, right?" In this way, I will pour a glass of wine for Brother Xiang Zhuang and return the salute to you! ”

Cao Feng's words were full of vinegar, and at this time he had picked up the wine glass, raised it high to his chest, and said sharply: "I'll do it first as respect." ”

Cao Feng drank the wine glass full, Xiang Zhuang couldn't pull it if he wanted to, at this time, Wu Fang was also angry, and said hatefully: "Can you drink it?" I can do it too! ”

Wu Fang also poured a glass of wine, raised it to his chest, and drank it all, the two women each lifted the wine jug and poured the wine again, but Xiang Zhuang shook his head helplessly, how can he be good in this situation?

The two women drank a few glasses to each other, but the atmosphere became more lively because of the two of them fighting, and many generals followed the coaxing, but Xiang Zhuang didn't know when, he had quietly slipped away, until the two were drunk, only to find that Xiang Zhuang was gone, and under the hatred, the two left separately.

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In the early morning, a caravan of more than 20 people appeared in the east corner of Qisi County, they walked slowly along the winding mountain road, the first person, wearing a white robe, carrying a long sword at his waist, riding on a horse, he had a unique temperament, he was the chief bookkeeper Li Shengyong under the command of Deng Zong.

Since Deng Zong replaced Ge Ying and took charge of the soldiers and horses of Jiujiang County, he fought more than 100 battles and finally pacified half of Jiujiang County, but in the southwest of Jiujiang County, Deng Zong has never been able to attack it.

This is not that Deng Zong is incompetent, nor is Deng Zong's strength too weak, the fundamental reason can only be that the situation in the world is unstable, Deng Zong does not want to rise too quickly, in that case, he will be taboo by Chen Sheng.

Of course, sending an envoy to the Jiangdong Chu army and alliing with the Jiangdong Chu army is also a way out for Deng Zong at the moment, so Li Shengyong will be ordered to go west, disguise himself as a caravan, pass through Anfeng County, and go to Yi County.

But halfway through, Li Shengyong heard that Xiang Zhuang had waved his troops north not long ago and seized Qisi County, at this time the garrison was here, it seems, there was no plan to go south, Li Shengyong just took advantage of the westward mountain road to divert, passed through Hengshan, and went straight to Qisi County.

At this time, after a few detours, a county town appeared in front of me, and here it was Qisi County.

On the city wall, some craftsmen are repairing the city wall, some temporary collection of strong men are transporting soil blocks, preparing to tamp the city wall, around the city, large and small military camps are lined up, from here it can be seen how much attention Xiang Zhuang attaches to Qisi County.

After walking for about half an hour, he finally came to the city tower, at this time, Li Shengyong no longer had to pretend to be a businessman, he took out the greeting post in his arms, came to an officer next to the city gate, and said with a smile: "Please help me transfer it to General Xiang Zhuang, Jiujiang County envoy Li Shengyong to visit." ”

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In the county office, Xiang Zhuang sat high and went up, on the side, there was a cloth sitting on the guest seat, and there was another one, which was reserved for the envoy Li Sheng, who was about to arrive, and below, the deputy general Ding Gu and the school captain Li Ji were seated separately, at this time, the hall was extremely quiet.

Soon, a personal cheer sounded outside: "Jiujiang envoy Li Sheng has it." ”

Li Shengyong was still wearing his white robe, walked into the lobby, and bowed to Xiang Zhuang: "Li Shengyong, the chief bookkeeper under Deng Zong, has seen the general. ”

"Master Li doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat." Xiang Zhuang smiled and waved his hand, Li Shengyong got up, at this time, he saw Xiang Zhuang in front of him clearly, in his impression, the Jiangdong general in charge of one side should be a man over thirty years old, but Xiang Zhuang in front of him was a young man in his twenties.

But Li Sheng knew very well in his heart that the Xiang family would not use people easily, and he could take charge of the military and politics of one party, and lead the army to the north to capture the next Si County, so this Xiang Zhuang is definitely not simple.

At this time, Li Shengyong had already walked to the guest seat next to Di Bu and took a seat, at this time, he took out a piece of sheepskin from his arms, handed it with both hands, and said with a smile: "On this, the salute of my general is recorded, and the salute is outside the county office, please check it by the general." ”

Li Shengyong came with a gift, which was beyond Xiang Zhuang's expectations, and he couldn't help laughing and said, "Master Li doesn't have to be so polite. ”

After speaking, Xiang Zhuang went straight to the topic and asked, "I don't know what Master Li is here this time, what is the so-called matter?" ”

Li Shengyong didn't expect Xiang Zhuang to get straight to the point, and asked so bluntly, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "I don't know if the general has ever heard that the Qin army has captured Xu County at this time and is advancing to the territory of Chen County, 450,000 Qin troops, what a momentum, I'm afraid Zhang Chuguo will ...... this time."

Li Shengyong didn't continue, he paused deliberately, quietly glanced at Xiang Zhuang, and wanted to see his expression, but Li Shengyong was disappointed, Xiang Zhuang's face was always that majestic atmosphere, and it had not changed, at this time Li Shengyong had to continue: "My general thinks that the Zhang Chu regime is in danger at this time, and Zhang Han overthrows the Zhang Chu regime, it is only a matter of time, if you want to revive the Chu country, you have to be the Xiang family, so we are willing to look at each other and obey the orders of the Xiang family, I don't know if the general can accept us?" ”

Li Shengyong said very clearly, Deng Zongjun of Jiujiang County was willing to surrender to the Xiang family, which was of course a good thing, but Xiang Zhuang had no contact with Deng Zong, and it was difficult for Xiang Zhuang to judge their sincerity when he suddenly visited.

After a short thought, Xiang Zhuang sneered: "If General Deng is sincere for the country, why don't you send troops north to reinforce Chen County?" ”

Asked by Xiang Zhuang like this, Li Shengyong hesitated slightly, he was not sure in his heart, what was Xiang Zhuang's attitude at this time, after a short period of thought, Li Shengyong sighed and said in a deep voice: "Don't hide it from the general, in the past few years, Chen Shenghuang // Lewdness, appointing Zhu Fang, Hu Wu slandered the minister, and moreover, Chen Sheng's fellow villagers came to take refuge in him, but they were killed, and they were always atrocities, which made people shameful, and more importantly, Chen Sheng is not of Chu origin, unlike the Xiang family, after the Chu State is the general, he will definitely support Chu in the future." ”

Li Shengyong said with indignation, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but be surprised, Chen Sheng killed the villagers in vain, he had heard that some of Chen Sheng's fellow villagers came to Chen Sheng, just because during the banquet, Chen Sheng's past was mentioned, and there were many offenses in his words, but he was ruthlessly killed by Chen Sheng.

Moreover, from Li Sheng's words, Xiang Zhuang can conclude that Deng Zong is sincerely willing to vote, if the Xiang family can appoint Deng Zong, not only can he strengthen his strength, but also sweep away a lot of resistance from Jiujiang County, which will be beneficial to him to go north in the future.

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help laughing loudly: "I have written down everything that Master Li said, and I will write to my uncle to protect General Deng, and I also hope that General Deng can come to vote as soon as possible and jointly support the Chu State." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Li Sheng smiled with his hand.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang looked at his relatives beside him, and shouted loudly: "Inform the kitchen that I am going to have a banquet for Master Li, and let them prepare more wine and food!" ”

"Whoa." At this time, Xiang Zhuang looked at Li Shengyong again and said with a smile: "It's just a thin wine, and please don't be surprised." ”

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At noon the next day, Xiang Zhuang took three hundred guards and Huang Bu and others, sent Li Shengyong to leave Qisi County, at this time, a shocking news came, Zhang Han divided his troops into two roads, one way to capture Xu County, and the other way, led by the commander Dong Yi, approached Tan County, after several days of fierce competition, Dong Yi broke through Tan County.

At this time, Zhang Han had begun to advance towards Chen County, which indicated that Zhang Chu's regime had reached a life-and-death juncture, and after Li Shengyong learned the news, he couldn't sit still, and after saying goodbye to Xiang Zhuang, he decided to rush back to Jiujiang.

Xiang Zhuang did not stay, at this time, Li Shengyong's caravan had gradually moved away, looking at their distant backs, Xiang Zhuang sighed lightly, the battle of the Central Plains that he had been looking forward to for a long time was finally about to kick off.

On the side, Duo Bu was slightly surprised, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, what do you think is the credibility of Deng Zong's surrender?" ”

"Extremely credible!" Xiang Zhuang replied.

"But why didn't they go to Huiji to find Liang Gong and come to Hengshan County to look for you? Don't they know that this matter can only be decided by Liang Gong? Doubu voiced the doubts in his heart.

Xiang Zhuang had retracted his thoughts at this time, he looked at the side, a little puzzled, and said with a smile: "They are testing our attitude, and then decide whether to join the Xiang family, since I have promised them at this time, they will definitely send an envoy to Wu County to discuss this matter with my uncle in detail." ”

After speaking, Xiang Zhuang looked into the distance again, the demise of Zhang Chu's regime led to a tug-of-war in the Central Plains, it seems that he is about to go north, and he must speed up the pace of stabilizing Hengshan County.