Huaiyin City.

"King, the battle report of the naval division, a few days ago, our naval division fought with the Qi army in the sea off Jimo, and our army broke the Qi army. In this battle, the Qi army fled more than 40 warships, and the rest of the warships were all lost. Subsequently, our army set foot in the Jimo region, broke a city, gained more than 2,000 people, and destroyed hundreds of hectares of salt fields in Qi State.

General Shen came to report that because Shengzi led the army to Jimo, because of this, the sailors could not expand the results of the battle and had returned. ”

"Good, good, good!" Xiong Huai listened to Chen Zhen's report and was overjoyed.

What pleased him the most was not the great victory of the naval division over the Qi army in the north, but the operation of this time, in which the naval division showed with practical actions that the cross-sea operation had changed from theory to practice.

With the success of the first time, there will be a second one.

From then on, the state of Chu attacked the state of Qi again, and there was one more choice.

Moreover, the important towns in the south of the Qi State, such as Qinghe City in the north, will no longer be the bulwark Chu army that hinders the Chu State.

With such a long coastline of the Qi State, the sailors of the Chu State can often visit the door in the future.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai suddenly felt happy in his heart: "Okay, this battle is a big victory over the Qi army, and the widow is very happy in his heart, and there will be a heavy reward." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai remembered Zhaoju who was still in the north, and suddenly smiled slightly.

Previously, the state of Chu thought that the water division of the Qi State had been staying in the country, so it determined the strategy of using the water division as bait to lure the Qi army to the north, but in fact, it was a strategy to storm the Qing River.

However, when he learned that the sailors of the Qi State had gone to the Yan State, the plan to storm the Qinghe River was suddenly unnecessary.

However, because of Qu Yong, the envoy of the Yan State, Zhao Ju still dug a ditch in the north and prepared to flood the Qing River to show the determination of the Chu State to save Yan.

Even if the water division fails, the state of Chu still has the Qinghe side as a breakthrough.

Now that the Qi army has returned to the middle of the country, and the Chu naval division is also returning south, it is no longer necessary for Zhaoju to continue to besiege Qinghe.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai instructed Chen Zhen: "Xianqing, pass on this good news to Zhu Guo later, and tell Zhu Guo that you can withdraw from the army." ”

"Yui."

···

Two days later, all the Chu troops outside Qinghe City retreated to Huaiyin.

Another half a month, Shen Yifu returned to Huaiyin with the sailor.

On the day of the return of the sailor, Xiong Huai led his ministers to personally work outside the city and gave a reward on the spot to show his importance to the sailor.

After returning to the hall of Huaiyin City, Xiong Huai once again expressed his gratitude and congratulations to Shen Yifu and Gongzi An, and asked in front of the ministers: "General, An Shijun, I don't know how the situation was along the way when he led the army north?" ”

When Shen Yifu heard this, he glanced at the King of Chu, and when he saw the expectation on the face of the King of Chu, he was immediately overjoyed.

Before, when the movements of the Qi State Naval Division were unknown, he took the initiative to ask for orders to go north, and everything he did was not to hope that the King of Chu could shift his attention to the sea!

The most important role of the Chu State Naval Division was to confront the Yue State Naval Division, and the next step was to transport materials and soldiers.

But since the fall of the Yue State, the Chu State has all the rivers, not to mention the warships of the Chu State, even the merchant ships and fishing boats of the Chu State, which can also crisscross the south unimpeded.

In this case, the role of the water division of the Chu State was greatly reduced.

The water master is useless, and he, the chief general of the water division, has also plummeted. He was the chief general of the water master, but he turned into a transport captain, and the grievances in his heart can be imagined.

But now, he and the sailor seem to have a place to use again.

Thinking about it, Shen Yifu suddenly responded excitedly: "King, the minister has seen the vastness of the sea all the way north. However, although the sea is vast, it is still difficult for the sailor after all. And..."

Saying that, Shen Yifu arched his hand and said: "And the minister went north all the way, passing through Yancheng, Ji Yan, Langya, and Jimo, these places are all rich places in Qi State, and they are all in Qi China." If you start from Huaiyin and attack the Qinghe River all the way north, you need to face many fortified cities, but it is not the case by sea, the road is unimpeded, and the only obstacle is the sailors of the Qi State.

But now..."

Shen Yifu smiled and arched his hand: "King Lai, now there are only half of the Qi State Water Divisions left." ”

Xiong Huai laughed when he heard this.

At this time, the ministers saw the great joy of the king of Chu, and immediately congratulated in unison: "Lai the gods of the king, break the Qi army, and the ministers congratulate the king!" ”

Seeing this, Xiong Huai smiled and waved his hand.

Then, Xiong Huai took advantage of his happiness and gave Shen Yifu an encouraging look again, and let him continue.

Seeing this, Shen Yifu nodded vigorously, and continued: "Great King, after the minister arrived in Yancheng, he saw that Yancheng was empty, and he wanted to attack Yancheng and lure the Qi army to attack, so as to take the opportunity to defeat the Qi army. However, the minister was worried that the city was too small and the Qi army would not be fooled, so the minister decided to attack Jimo, an important town of Qi, in order to lure the Qi army.

Sure enough, the Qi army was deceived, and the ministers were on the Jimo Sea, and the Qi army was defeated in a battle. ”

Saying that, Shen Yifu sighed: "If it wasn't for the early darkness, let the Qi army run away while it was dark, otherwise, the Qi army would be annihilated under the siege of our regiments!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the hall showed regret, they knew before that in the naval battle of Qi and Chu, Qi fled forty or fifty ships. They thought that the Qi army was defeated and retreated, but they didn't want to, so they fled while it was dark.

Xiong Huai also shook his head regretfully, but after seeing the regret of the ministers in the hall, he suddenly felt happy in his heart.

In front of the public, he asked Shen Yifu to talk about the things at sea, wasn't what he did at this moment?

The seed has been planted and is only waiting to germinate in the future.

When the fruits are harvested in the future, this moment will be forever remembered in the history books.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai knew that he was happier.

Seeing this, Shen Yifu's heart was hot, and he made persistent efforts and said: "King, there are still them!" Although it took nearly a month for the minister to lead his army north this time to reach Jimo, this was the result of not setting off at the right time. If it is in the summer, it will be smooth, then it will only take half a month to rush from Huaiyin to Jimo. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Yifu suddenly raised his voice: "In half a month, I got the news from the Qi State, and then waited for the Qi army to react, during this period of time, my sailor division was already attacking the city of the Qi State." If the Qi people are not prepared, the Qi army has not arrived, and I have already broken the city! ”

Hearing Shen Yifu's shouting, the ministers in the hall suddenly looked sideways, and many people showed fascination...

Next.

Just as Xiong Huai was about to return to Yingdu, Chen Zhen walked over quickly.

"Great King, the news from the Qi State, a few days ago, the envoy of the Zhao State, Fu Ding, visited the Qi State. As a result, the king of Zhao ceded a hundred miles of land in the east to the state of Qi in order to ask the king of Qi for a princess. In addition, the king of Zhao heard that Tian Bulixian, the minister of Qi, was hired for fifty miles of land, and asked the king of Qi to send Tian Buli to Zhao for affairs.

And the king of Qi agreed to all the conditions of Zhao State on the spot, and asked Tian Buli to go to Zhao State with Fu Ding to do business. Moreover, the two countries of Qi and Zhao are about in-laws, and the king of Qi is the princess of Xu Zhao. ”

"Although the plan of Qi and Zhao to greatly weaken the Yan State failed, the alliance between Qi and Zhao has become even closer." Xiong Huai's face sank, paused, and shook his head again: "Don't pay attention to this matter for the time being, wait and see what happens." ”

"Yui!"