Laughing.

Xiong Huai asked Jingcui: "Zhu Guo, the Vietnamese prisoners in the camp, what is the situation now?" ”

Jing Cui responded: "Back to the king, the promise made by the king to the Yue people on the battlefield was listened to by many Yue people, and the minister has already declared in the captives that he will not reduce the surrendered Yue people to slaves. Therefore, at this moment, the Yue people stayed in the camp, which was quite calm, and there was not much resistance to our Chu army. ”

"That's it!" Xiong Huai nodded, and then ordered: "However, for these Yue people who surrendered, we must not be on guard, the widow decided to cut the rations of the Yue people, so that the Yue people have no strength to resist and escape, and then transport these people to Huainan for temporary resettlement, until after the war, and then make arrangements."

However, for the generals in the Vietnamese army, all of them are given courtesy, and they must not be treated badly, and the generals of our Chu State will be treated with whatever treatment they have.

Moreover, this news was revealed to ordinary Vietnamese soldiers, so that the Vietnamese generals could be separated from the Vietnamese soldiers. ”

"Yui." Jing Cui nodded.

Then, Xiong Huai straightened his face, remembering the nearly two hours of the fierce battle after the Vietnamese army counterattacked, and asked heavily: "Zhuguo, what are the casualties of our army in this battle?" ”

When Jing Cui heard this, his smiling face suddenly sank, and he said solemnly: "There are very few casualties in the battle between the left and right armies, while the main forces of the front army and the Chinese army have suffered heavy casualties, and the whole army has more than 80,000 killed and wounded, of which only about half are lightly wounded. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, his face suddenly fell, and most of the joy of Fang Cai's victory over Yue Guo suddenly dissipated.

Although the reason why the Chu army suffered such heavy casualties had a lot to do with the forcible siege and killing of the Vietnamese army.

But after planning for more than ten years and calculating in every possible way, the losses were still so heavy, with nearly half of the casualties.

This ······

I feel aggrieved.

Soon, however, Xiong Huai gathered his thoughts.

Although he was very dissatisfied with such a large casualty, the decisive battle between Chu and Yue had passed after all, and the operation to destroy the Yue State continued.

So, Xiong Huai took two deep breaths, calmed down his restless mood, and said to the generals in the tent: "Zhuqing, the decisive battle between my Chu State and Yue State has ended, and the next step is to comprehensively attack the Yue Kingdom, I don't know if you have any suggestions." ”

Jing Cui took the lead in speaking: "King, the land of Yue is divided into four parts, among them, not to mention the land of Huaibei, the remaining three pieces are Huainan land east of Huainan ditch, Wu land south of the river, and the homeland of Yue country in the Zhejiang River Basin.

Among them, Huainan is very close to our Chu country, and decades ago, Huainan was captured by our Chu country, so the minister thought that it was not difficult to seize Huainan with the strength of our Chu army. And Wu Di, where the capital of Yue is located, although this is the hinterland of Yue State, but because of the Wu and Yue disputes within Yue for decades, it is also not difficult to attack Wu Land.

The real difficulty is the homeland of the Yue Kingdom, which is too far away from my Chu State. Therefore, our Chu army must first take Wu land, defeat Wu Cheng, the capital of Yue State, and then take advantage of the Yue people's lack of reaction, the army quickly went south, and quickly attacked Yue Land with the momentum of ploughing and sweeping holes, so as to quickly occupy the entire territory of Yue State.

Otherwise, once the Yue people are given some time, the minister is worried that the Yue people will take the opportunity to connect in tandem and jointly protect themselves, so that the difficulty of our Chu State attacking the Yue Land will increase greatly, and it will also delay time. ”

After speaking, Jing Cui paused, and then arched his hand: "Therefore, in order to alleviate the pressure of Zuo Sima Tang to attack Jiangdong, the minister asked the king to temporarily suspend the army in Huaibei, so as to show Gongziyu that the goal of my Chu State is still Huaibei, so as not to arouse Gongziyu's vigilance." ”

Then, Jing Cui sighed slightly: "Moreover, king, although my Chu State has defeated the Yue Kingdom in this battle, nearly half of its own casualties have been lost, and those injured soldiers will continue to rest and recuperate, and then they can recover their morale." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, although the Chu army had already defeated the Yue Kingdom in Huaibei at this moment, but this battle, after all, was still to serve to capture the entire Yue Kingdom.

For this reason, he, the king of Chu, also had to hold his mind and forcibly resist his eagerness to attack Huainan.

Before he could speak, Chen Zhen below walked out of the queue and arched his hand: "Great King, the minister got the news that not long ago, after the Zhao State defeated the Hu people in the north, the King of Wei secretly left Daliang and headed north. In addition, King Han also secretly left the capital Xinzheng and also headed north. The minister suspected that the king of Wei and the king of Han were planning to surrender to the state of Zhao in order to resist the pressure of our state of Chu. ”

Saying that, Chen Zhen paused before saying: "King, in order to prevent the Three Jin Dynasty from uniting together at this moment, please take advantage of the defeat of the Yue Kingdom to temporarily suspend the army in Huaibei, so as to deter the wavering South Korea and delay the time of the union of the Three Jin Dynasty." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately frowned.

The state of Chu has not yet destroyed the state of Yue, and these three Jin have been mixed together.

If the Chu State exposes its ambitions, then the Three Jin Dynasty will have to turn the sky upside down.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai nodded and said: "In this case, listen to the words of Zhu Qing, temporarily suspend the army in Huaibei, and rest." ”

Xiong Huai glanced at the generals, and then asked: "Since the outnumbered army stays in Huaibei, there must be a goal, I don't know what you think, where should our army attack next?" ”

Jing Cui immediately responded: "The minister thinks that our army should attack the Shandao City (Xuyi) of the Huaibei Zhisuo of the Yue Kingdom next." One shows the attitude of our Chu State towards Huaibei, the second is to open up the passage to the south, and the third is to use the city to rest. ”

When E Jun heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Great King, what Zhu Guo said is reasonable. Although the grain in Huaibei was burned twice by Gongziyu, there was not much left. However, the city is located on a major transportation route, and there are many merchants, and there is not a small amount of money in it, and so far there has been no loss in the slightest.

Therefore, the minister also thought that he should attack the city of Shandao, and after capturing the city of Shandao, the king could take all the money in it for the use of the country. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he hesitated and said: "Shandao City is the seat of Huaibei governance, and the Yue Kingdom has been governed for many years, will it be difficult to attack this city?" ”

Gongsun Yan shook his head and said: "King, right now, the main force of the Yue army led by the King of Yue has been wiped out, and there is nothing to rely on in Huaibei.

Therefore, the minister thought that with these two things, the king only needed to send an envoy to the city to lobby, and the city of Shandao was very likely to go out of the city to meet the surrender. Moreover, at this time, Shandao City learned that our Chu State had defeated the Yue army and killed the Yue King, and the people must be panicked and their morale was low, even if Shandao City planned to hold on, under my 200,000 army, at most, one day, the city could be broken in one fell swoop. ”

Xiong Huai nodded when he heard this, and there was no hesitation in his heart, and he immediately ordered: "Okay, pass on the order of the widow, tomorrow the army will set off to the south, and go to Shandao City (Xuyi), an important town in Huaibei of the Yue Kingdom, and after capturing Shandao City, while resting, while waiting for the news of Zuo Sima Tangyu." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Chen Zhen and said, "Chen Qing, immediately send someone to South Korea to ask for a meeting with King Han, no matter where King Han is at this time." Anyway, the widow's envoy, if you want to see King Han in Xinzheng, see it or not, please think about it yourself! ”