Chapter 973                                                             

When the enemy is in front of you, what you are most afraid of is internal problems.

Lu Chang's words made the King of Chu suspicious and his brows frowned even deeper.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a moment, he waved his hand gloomyly and said, "You go down first."

Lu Chang secretly observed his expression and quickly bent down to salute: "Yes, I'm going to leave."

After leaving, the King of Chu couldn't help but take a deep breath, his mind was changing, and then shouted: "Come."

The attendants outside the hall entered and saluted respectfully.

"Go and call Jiang Feng over."

Jiang Yan, the leader of the Black Flag Camp, planned many assassinations and secretly cleared many obstacles for the King of Chu.

The next day, Cui Ji Mansion.

A large number of Black Flag battalion personnel forced into the courtyard and lined up on both sides, each with swords hanging on his waist.

Soon, Jiang Feng walked over, and Cui Ji, who heard the movement, just rushed over. Seeing this, he couldn't help but point:

"Mr. Jiang! What do you mean by this?"

Jiang Feng looked expressionless and turned slightly, "According to the king's order, I will invite Lord Cui to come with us."

"What!?" Cui Ji's heart sank and subconsciously looked around the situation. The people standing on both sides were all Black Flag Camp personnel.

"Please!" Jiang Feng spoke again.

"This, this..." The latter swallowed and understood in his heart that he would not be able to leave.

After taking him away, Jiang Feng signaled another sign to a leader. The latter understood and waved his hand immediately. A large number of Black Flag battalion personnel rushed into the entire mansion...

Another day later, the study room of the Chu King's Palace.

Cui Ji was brought over. When he saw the King of Chu, he seemed to have seen a savior. He knelt on the ground in a hurry and said excitedly: "King, I was arrested by the Black Flag Camp for no reason. You must make the decision for me!"

The King of Chu glanced at him and did not say anything. Instead, he picked up a letter from the king's desk and threw it on the ground, "This was found by the Black Flag Camp from Lord Cui's study room, please explain it."

The letter was thrown in front of him. Cui Ji was stunned at first, then picked it up in confusion, opened it and glanced roughly.

The content of the letter was his correspondence with Jia You a long time ago, but it was just some ordinary greetings and nothing special.

After reading it, Cui Ji also hurriedly said, "King, this is just a letter from a long time ago. What's the crime of the empress?"

"Who is the other party? He is an important adviser under the command of the King of Qin. Now Qin and Chu are fighting troops. As a minister of our Chu State, you are communicating with the enemy. What do you mean by?" The King of Chu asked.

Cui Ji knelt down below, holding the letter, and suddenly became anxious: "The king clearly observed that this letter has been several years since then. The loyalty of the minister is even more understandable to heaven and earth!"

"What about these!" The King of Chu picked up other letters on the table again.

Cui Ji explained: "When I was a young man, I studied in Huizhou and met Jia You. There was indeed some friendship between them. Now they are their own masters, so I will naturally be loyal to the emperor! These letters were a long time ago, and most of them were about family matters."

There is indeed no problem with the content of these letters, but the King of Chu said in a low voice: "But who knows whether there have been secret letters between you recently?"

"King, if I really collude with the enemy, how could I leave these letters? The king must not be provoked by the treacherous ministers." At this time, Cui Ji also realized that he might have been sued for a lawsuit.

However, his words did make the King of Chu pause, but soon, the King of Chu said coldly again: "Cui Ji! Even if you can barely justify yourself in the matter of letters, but as a minister, you are a minister and you are not criticizing me in private, so what should you be guilty of!"

"This, this is my sincere, why should the king say this?" Cui Ji said anxiously.

"You gave up Xiangyang and retreated to the Yangtze River to advise you, but you have not adopted it. Have you ever said that I am stupid and less than one or two of the King of Qin?" The King of Chu had a gloomy face.

Hearing this, Cui Ji was suddenly panicked: "There is no such thing, no such thing. This is a complete slander of the weak ministers. It's groundless, the king."

"You dare to argue!" The King of Chu was furious: "You usually complain a lot, but there are some unsatisfactory things, so you privately talk to me, thinking that I don't know!"

"I am wronged..." What else could Cui Ji say? He could only kowtow quickly, touch the ground with his head, and stick his butt high.

"Hmph!" The King of Chu remained angry: "Your strategy, as long as it is not adopted, you will complain a lot! Do you really think that if you are missing from Chu State, you will not be able to do it!"

The King of Chu is not a generous person. Some ministers dare to criticize him. This is definitely something he cannot tolerate. After anger, he also said, "Come on! Take Cui Ji down to me and throw him into prison!"

"No!" The guards outside the hall immediately entered, pulled Cui Ji on the ground and left.

The latter naturally began to shout loudly: "I am wronged, I am wronged-"

"The king listens to villains' slander, abandons loyalty and good, and does not use it. If there is a blind monarch doing it-"

His shouts gradually faded away, but in the ears of the King of Chu, he was undoubtedly very angry. He couldn't help but throw the bamboo slips to the ground, "The prince is rude and crazy and hateful!"

If this were placed on others, I'm afraid the King of Chu would have cut him down long ago, which also shows that Cui Ji's status and status are still very important in Chu State.

On the other side.

Jiangling had more than 10,000 troops and fought bloody battles for several days, but was eventually captured by the Qin army without reinforcements.

On the top of the city, watching the city defenses on both sides fall completely, there are not many soldiers left in Wu's army, and they are fighting and retreating. The situation is irreversible. Yu Fang holds the sword in his hand and can't help but sigh at the sky:

"The lonely city is trapped and reinforcements are hopeless. It's not Yu Fang's fault..."

After sighing, he looked down at Zhan Jian, then closed his eyes, crossed his neck and pulled it hard.

Blood splattered, and the battle sword fell to the ground.

Although Yu Fang is not very famous and a little cautious, as a general, it is very good that he can defend and fight to this point.

"General—" The yell came from the side, and the deputy general opened his eyes widened.

The soldiers around him were shocked when they noticed the movement and were shocked. The people who were already panicked became even more chaotic. They no longer fought and retreated, but were rushing to escape from the city defense.

Jiangling had already been defeated, and with the death of the defender, the situation can be imagined.

Not long after, the Qin army flags were inserted on the top of the city. Then, Peng Shuang led a large army into the city. When he saw Yu Fang's body, he took a deep breath and said seriously:

"I have always respected the generals who swear to guard the country. Although Yu Fang is an enemy general, he still needs to be buried with a grand ceremony."

"Yes!" A general took the order.

"The King of Letters, report the details." After saying that, Peng Shuang waved his hand again: "Enter the city!"

Jiangling was captured here, and at the same time, the main force of the Wu army also withdrew from Linzhang to the south of the Yangtze River.
Chapter completed!