In the city of Shangqiu.

At this time, King Song looked at Prince Zhen with a very ugly face, and said angrily: "Prince, where is your army?" The allied forces of all countries have been killed under the city of Shangqiu, and the Song Kingdom has reached this time of life and death, why haven't you seen your army yet? ”

"Father, please rest assured, the 100,000 army of the sons and daughters has long been prepared in Pengcheng." The prince responded expressionlessly.

"Pengcheng ???" King Song's face darkened: "Still in Pengcheng, are you indifferent to watching the countries besieging Shangqiu, are you indifferent to watching the countries destroy the temples and societies of my Song Kingdom." ”

As he spoke, King Song was furious: "Rebel son, do you still have my Song Guoshe Jizong Temple in your heart?" ”

The crown prince Zhen said without changing his face: "Father, the son has already said that the terrain of Shangqiu is not as dangerous as Pengcheng, at this time, the coalition forces of various countries are coming, the enemy army is large, and our Song country can't resist it at all, plus my Song country has no reinforcements, at this time, we should stick to Pengcheng to wait for the change of the world."

This Shangqiu City can't be defended at all, and Erchen can't let my last hope of the Song Kingdom be buried in this Shangqiu City. ”

When King Song heard this, he was even more angry and said: "Rebel, you are quibbling, you are clearly watching the widow's jokes, and you want to see the widow die, you are disobedient." ”

When the crown prince heard this, he sneered: "Father, the sons are not as unbearable as you think, if Shangqiu City is broken, if you don't want to die, father, if you don't want to die, whether your father wants to surrender to various countries, whether you want to defect to Qin Chu, or want to move to Pengcheng, or simply live and die with Shangqiu City."

No matter what you choose, father, the sons have already made up their minds, and the sons will live and die with Shangqiu City.

After the death of Erchen, Zang Zi will assist my son-in-law to take the throne in Pengcheng, and the sky of the Song Kingdom will not collapse for the time being. ”

When King Song heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and then scolded angrily: "Rebel." ”

"Humph!" When the prince heard this, he snorted coldly in return.

Although the enemy army pressed the border, the Song State was already at a critical point of life and death, but because the Song King and the crown prince were at odds, the ministers in the city were divided into two factions, the command remained unchanged, communication was difficult, and they were indifferent to each other.

As a result, when the coalition forces were ready, as soon as the city was attacked, the Song army guarding Shangqiu fell into full disadvantage, and morale continued to decline.

On the first day of the war, the two sides fought fiercely for a day, and the coalition forces returned in vain.

On the third day of the battle, the two sides fought fiercely for half a day, and in the middle of the day, the tentacles who had been commanding the siege in the north suddenly found that there was a battlefield, and the Qi soldiers were pouring up the city wall in a steady stream, and then some of the soldiers were driven down, but some of the soldiers never came down.

Moreover, through the figures on the wall, the tentacles also found that the Song soldiers were also rushing to the distance and constantly rushing somewhere.

Seeing this, the tentacles were overjoyed: "The soldiers of our army have torn through the defense line of the Song army, and can they gain a firm foothold on the city wall?" It's only been three days of war! It seems that this time Ben is going to get the great merit of destroying the Song Dynasty! ”

Thinking about it, the tentacle immediately pointed to the battlefield: "Order, mobilize all the troops, and concentrate here to attack." ”

"No."

Then, after half a day of fierce fighting, although the soldiers of the Qi army began to gain a foothold on the city wall, they never made further progress.

It wasn't until dark that the coalition forces collected their troops and returned to their camps.

Another day of fierce fighting.

On the fifth day, the Qi army stormed the city for an hour, and then gained a firm foothold on the city wall, and then, the tentacles immediately mobilized their troops to focus on attacking the gap in the Song army's defensive line.

After half a day of fierce fighting, when the armies of Qi and Song were fighting fiercely around the gap, the Qi army opened a gap in another place, and then quickly gained a firm foothold and planted the flag of the Qi army.

Then, as soon as the Qi soldiers below saw a banner of the Qi army appear on the city wall, they immediately moved closer to the bottom of the banner, and continued to pour up the city wall along the wooden ladder and cloud ladder, and the Qi soldiers on the city wall gathered more and more.

And in the Qi army array, the tentacles also found that someone had planted the flag on the Shangqiu city wall as soon as the flag appeared on the city wall.

"On the fifth day of the siege, our army was able to plant a flag with Shangqiu City, it seems that God is going to destroy the Song Kingdom."

With that, the tentacles immediately mobilized a large army to support.

At the same time, Cao Bin, the Song general guarding the north, also discovered the gap at the first time and mobilized a large army to surround the Qi army.

By the time Song reinforcements arrived, the gap had expanded to about seven zhang.

Then, the two countries of Qi and Song fought fiercely around this gap for half a day, and the bloody battle lasted until dark, and then the army was suspended.

Later, on the eighth day, the Qi army again occupied a section of the city wall, and the two sides fought fiercely until dark.

On the tenth day, the Qi army opened the gap again, and the Song general Cao Bin led his personal guards to personally plug the gap, which drove the Qi soldiers out of the city.

On the fifteenth day, the king of Song personally went up to the city wall to motivate his soldiers.

On the twentieth day, the Qi soldiers once killed ten paces away from the King of Song.

That night.

Song Xiang Tang said solemnly: "King, the enemy's offensive is strong, the morale of our army is low, and the casualties are increasing day by day. ”

"Make a decision early?" King Song's heart was cold, and he said angrily: "What does it mean to make a decision early, this is Shangqiu, the capital of my Song Kingdom, what else can the widow decide?" It's nothing more than co-existence and death with Shangqiu City. ”

Tang Ying: "···"

King Song: "···"

The two monarchs and ministers were silent for a moment, and then King Song spoke: "Xiangguo, the country is in danger, can Xiangguo have a way to solve the crisis of my Song Kingdom?" ”

"There's another way!" Tang Ying nodded.

When King Song heard this, he was overjoyed and asked, "What way?" ”

Tang Ying looked at King Song and hesitated for a long time, and then responded: "King, we can ask for help from the State of Chu." ”

King Song said unhappily: "Xiangguo, have you been busy lately?" Then Qin and Chu had already announced that they would not come to save the widow. ”

"King!" Tang Ying bowed his head and said, "Chu Congress." ”

"Huh? Well???!!! King Song was stunned, then his face changed, his left hand couldn't help but hold the hilt of the sword on his waist, and then stared at Tang Ying with his eyes dead and said, "Xiangguo, what do you mean?" ”

Tang Ying saw King Song's left hand fall on the hilt of the sword, and his heart suddenly beat violently, and then he immediately lowered his head deeply, not daring to look at King Song.

"The king knows what the minister means."

King Song said with a pale face: "The widow doesn't understand. ”

Tang Ying bowed his head and was silent.

Then, under the repeated persecution of the King of Song, Tang Ying finally spoke: "King, as long as the crown prince ascends the throne, with the relationship between the prince and the Chu State, the Chu army will come out." ”

When King Song heard this, he looked at Tang Ying and was furious: "Okay, good, the widow thought that Xiangguo was a kind and loyal minister, but the widow never expected that even Xiangguo you betrayed the widow and took refuge in the rebel." ”

"The King." Tang Ying hurriedly said: "The minister has always been loyal to the king, but now the Song Kingdom is in such a critical situation, and it is not guaranteed, at this critical moment of life and death, this is the only way the minister came up with."

Whether it succeeds or fails, the king is also invited to decide himself, but whether it is successful or not, the ministers are willing to obey the king's orders. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Ying secretly glanced at King Song, and when he saw that King Song's hand was still on the hilt of the sword, he immediately bowed and said: "If the king is determined to live and die with Shangqiu, then the minister asks the king to give the minister a chance, let the minister be the king's forerunner, and is willing to kill a Qi person with a stump to repay the king's kindness." ”

When King Song heard this, he immediately snorted coldly.

Another ten days.

In the second month of the siege of the coalition army, just as Shangqiu City was crumbling, the king of Song suddenly summoned his ministers.

"Zhuqing, since the widow ascended the throne for more than 40 years, in the past 40 years, the widow has worked hard to reverse the weakening situation of the Song State, the territory has more than doubled, and the Song State has become stronger day by day.

However, although the Song State reached an unprecedented strong situation, it also offended the surrounding three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Chu.

Now that Qi and Wei are attacking with other countries, and Chu reinforcements are not out, this is the crime of widowhood. ”

At this time, the ministers in the palace were all taken aback when they heard King Song admit their mistakes, and they looked at King Song in horror, not knowing what edict King Song was going to make.

On the other side, the king of Song continued: "Now that the coalition of various countries has attacked me, the Song country has been at a critical juncture of life and death.

I also ask all my fathers and brothers, for the sake of my ancestors and ancestors of the Song Kingdom, to assist the new king wholeheartedly, and work together to go to the national disaster. ”

After that, King Song stood up and bowed to the ministers, then untied the crown on his head and the sword at his waist, and then walked down the hall and taught the crown and sword in the hands of the dumbfounded prince.

At this moment, except for the decisive King Song and the complicated Song Xiang, everyone else in the hall was dumbfounded.