Competing

Chapter 63

This night, Xihe Village in Jiujiang County is destined to be restless.

Thousands of soldiers and horses broke through the tranquility of the mountain village, and countless torches converged into a fire dragon, rushing towards the courtyard of Xiong Kang's house.

Yin Xu and Chen Ping were secretly frightened, and they protected Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Huai. Qu Ming and Xiong Kang, the two guards of the Chu Palace, once again shouldered the responsibility to personally protect the prince of Chu.In the panic, Yin Xu noticed that Xiong Xin's expression was determined, and he was very calm and calm.Perhaps it is a natural inheritance of the royal family!Yin Xu couldn't help admiring it secretly.

The sound of chaotic footsteps resounded outside the courtyard, and countless torches illuminated the small courtyard. A middle-aged man in armor came to the door aggressively.Pu Jun and Su An stopped their men, raised their shining long swords, and stood on guard.

The torch was flickering, and Yin Xu looked at the flames, his beard was fluttering, and he was very imposing.Although a pair of eyes are full of energy, they keep turning around, giving people a feeling of being full of bad water.Yin Xu doesn't like this person, at least in his first impression.

Xiong Kang raised his eyes to look, was slightly startled, and asked after a long time, "Song Yi?"

Yin Xu breathed a sigh of relief temporarily, it would have been better if it wasn't Qin Jun, at least it wouldn't harm Xiong Xin.

The middle-aged man laughed, and walked over with his head held high. Pu Jun had heard Xiong Kang's words, and he should be someone he knew. Yin Xu winked over there, and his sword and sword waved, making way for him.

"Chen Song Yi visited His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The escort came late, and I hope His Highness will forgive me!" The middle-aged man came to worship Xiong Xin, and knelt down to pay homage.

Yin Xu already knew the identity of this armored warrior——Chu Guo Ling Yin Songyi.In the early Chu and Han Dynasties, Song Yi, who had been fighting against Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew, was beheaded by Xiang Yu before the Battle of Julu.Yin Xu didn't have a good impression of him, and Song Yi's first words uttered, and the remaining good impression disappeared.The escort came late, and what he said was really grandiose, it obviously made everyone uneasy, but the surprise driver was justified.

Escort?Really shameless Nima!
Chen Ping also frowned. Why did Song Yi suddenly appear here? What is his purpose here?

"Pingshen!" Xiong Xin maintained that lukewarm calm.

Qu Ming said with a smile: "I heard that General Song recruited troops in the Jiangxia area to fight against Qin. I don't know how the situation is now?"

Song Yi used to be the Minister of the Chu State, and he knew Xiong Kang and Qu Ming. When he heard the old friend's question, he immediately smiled and said: "Song has already recruited [-] troops, and he is determined to fight against Qin and restore Chu. He just got the crown prince's nomination as His Highness." Hearing the news here, he rushed over to escort him without stopping."

Chen Ping approached secretly, and whispered in Yin Xu's ear: "He is recruiting troops in the Jiangxia area. He may have 4 to [-] soldiers under his command, but the scale is constantly expanding. He hasn't fought the Qin army much at the moment."

Out of professional habits, Yin Xu couldn't help but doubt Song Yi's intentions.Deliberately emphasizing that he has 5 horses sounds more like a show off and a demonstration, which is unavoidably annoying.What makes Yin Xu even more puzzled is that although it is well known in the world that he and Chen Ping were ordered to visit the grandson of King Huai, for the sake of safety and not to be disturbed, they have been keeping a low profile and doing it secretly. Little, how did Song Yi get the news?
According to Xiong Kang and Qu Ming, they should be the only ones in this world who know the whereabouts of the prince. It was impossible for Song Yi to get the news before.With that said, there seems to be only one explanation for what they were being tracked for.Only in this way, Song Yi could make the right decision, and when they had just found the grandson of King Huai, they rushed over to "escort him!".So which link went wrong?And who leaked the news?

As for the purpose, it should be caused by Xiong Xin's status as the prince. The role of Xiong Xin at this time is similar to that of Emperor Xiandi at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.To put it bluntly, it's just a puppet who coerces the emperor to make the princes!The difference is that the rebel princes at the end of the Qin Dynasty, such as Xiang Liang, Song Yi and others, were not as stupid as Yuan Shao.

The more he listened, the more unhappy he became, Yin Xu was about to retort, but Xiong Xin, who had been silent all this time, said: "Song Aiqing has worked hard!" All the words of praise came out.

Yin Xu couldn't help frowning, which song is this singing?Chen Ping also showed embarrassment and confusion!However, they all realized that Song Yi must not let Song Yi take away the credit for finding the grandson of King Huai with great difficulty.

Yin Xu said bluntly: "Song Lingyin, get rid of your troops first, and don't disturb the peace of His Highness the Prince."

"Yeah, it's not a big deal for so many people to be noisy. Those who know it will say that Song Lingyin came to protect him, but he didn't know that he thought you were causing trouble?" Su An's words were a bit vicious, and it was most suitable to deal with people like Song Yi.

Chen Ping added without losing the opportunity: "Tomorrow, His Royal Highness will be escorted to Pengcheng, please trouble Song Lingyin to withdraw the troops, and don't disturb His Royal Highness to rest!"

In a few words, the smell of gunpowder in the small courtyard was full, and Song Yi had a gloomy face, which returned to normal after a while.If this guy really gets angry, it's easy to handle. Seeing Song Yi smiling again, Yin Xu's face became a little unnatural.There are only two kinds of people who behave so calmly and calmly, one is an expert who has insight into the world, or the villain who is treacherous and evil. Yin Xu definitely believes that Song Yi belongs to the latter.

Sure enough, Song Yi immediately said: "Pengcheng is located in the north of Great Chu, close to Qi and Wei, and there are hundreds of thousands of Qin troops in Zhanghan in the Central Plains. The safety of Pengcheng is really worrying, and the prince should not take risks."

Uh...Xiong Kang and Qu Ming's eyes flashed, and there was a wave of turmoil.The nurse's face darkened, her eyes were moist, and she fell silent.They are the closest people to Xiong Xin, and if they care about it, they will be chaotic.Thinking of the tragedy when Shouchun City was destroyed and Chu State perished, they were even more worried.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Ping immediately said: "Don't worry, there are princes from all walks of life in Pengcheng, and tens of thousands of troops are stationed there to protect His Highness the Crown Prince. There is no need to worry about his safety. Besides, Pengcheng is the front line against Qin. If His Highness the Crown Prince is stationed , it can even boost the morale of our Great Chu Army, as for Jiangxia, it is located in a remote place, so it is not very suitable."

Yin Xu's words were very clear, emphasizing Pengcheng's safety was a rebuttal to Song Yi, and it was a bit of a prince's role to add weight.The last sentence was directly followed by Song Yi's sarcasm. He loves to recruit soldiers and buy horses to strengthen his own strength, but he has never confronted the Qin army head-on.In other words, Song Yi's anti-Qin army is still just a vain name.

Song Yi's face turned pale in an instant, and after breathing a few times, he said: "Jiangxia is naturally not good, but Pengcheng is not the best place to go. His Royal Highness is a noble man with a body of ten thousand gold, so naturally he can't be easily involved in danger. As for Mr. Chen It’s true to say that it boosts morale, but if His Royal Highness is temporarily stationed in Xuyi, I’ll accompany the army to escort him, wouldn’t it be great!”

"Xu Yi?"

Yin Xu gasped for thought, and looked at Chen Ping with worries.Unexpectedly, Song Yi's heart was so big, Yin Xu secretly blamed him for underestimating the cunning Song Lingyin.

Xuyi is located on the bank of the Huai River, at the confluence of the Huai River and Hangou, and is the hub of the Binhai area.Xiang Liang's current territory mainly includes Jiangdong, Huainan, and extends to Pengcheng and Xuedi in the north.It is roughly the area of ​​Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Anhui in later generations, and Xuyi is just in the middle, and it is also a transportation hub for the north and south.

Here Dingdu can be said in the past, the above two reasons can be solid, there is nothing wrong with it.

But when Song Yi said this, the meaning changed completely.He wants to lead the army to escort him.Xiang Liang's main force is now all in the Pengcheng area, and the supplies are mainly provided by the Jiangdong and Huainan areas. If Song Yi leads the army to insert behind, it will be very bad.Firstly, Xiang Liang's supply line was cut off, and at the same time, it was equivalent to sticking a knife in Xiang Liang's back. I am afraid that from today onwards, Xiang Liang will not be able to sleep peacefully.

Thinking of this, Yin Xu's back felt icy cold, what if Xiang Liang's entrusted task goes wrong?Song Yi, Song Yi, you are too disrespectful to brother!It was from this moment that Yin Xu really hated Song Yi, until one day he couldn't bear it anymore and killed him.

"Song Aiqing's words are very good!" The silent Xiong Xin couldn't stop talking in shocking words!
Uh... what trouble are you making, bastard, which song is this singing?After meeting for less than half an hour, why do you favor Song Yi?Yin Xu paid careful attention, and he could see that Xiong Xin was not playing the piano randomly. His calm expression told everyone that his decision was thought through.

This incident caused a disturbance, the capital was Xuyi, and Song Yi escorted him... Who would have thought that something good would be interrupted by Song Yi.Before they knew it, Yin Xu and Chen Ping had begun to fight against each other.Looking at each other's eyes, and looking at Song Yi's smug expression, they both felt that something was wrong!

(End of this chapter)