According to the plan of the Yan State court, this year's battle of war is imperative.

The entire high-level Yan State has been secretly planning this matter from last year to the present.

Whether it is military or diplomatic, Yan Guo is actively preparing.

In terms of diplomacy, a few years ago, two ministers, Su Dai and Jiang Qu, were dispatched to lobby various countries.

The military side is also preparing in a step-by-step manner.

After the Chinese New Year, Yan Guo still looked calm and unfazed on the surface.

In fact, the entire two-way army of Vaqi was all in place a year ago, but it was not shown in front of people.

Especially the 100,000 troops mobilized on the Liaodong Peninsula are unknown to the whole world.

After all, this is the Yan Kingdom, and the war of annihilation that is ready to be launched against the first Central Plains country cannot be overstated.

In order to achieve the victory of the entire battle of Qi, Ji Kang discussed with the generals Rong Yi and Wang Shi many times, and learned many lessons from the failure of the first attack of the Yan State more than 20 years ago.

In order to ensure the suddenness of the attack on the Qi country.

For this military operation, it was decided to secretly transfer troops.

Since last year, the Yan army has been in Hejian County in the south, which borders the Qi state. In the name of training, military control zones were first demarcated in remote mountainous areas, and then military camps were built to wait for the arrival of the Hou army.

Originally stationed in the camp in the western suburbs of Jidu, Wang Shi led the Sixth Army. Since last year, they have begun to evacuate the camp in the western suburbs in batches and at night, and secretly stationed in the military camp in Hejian County.

Similarly, in Yuyang County, the Second Army led by Zuo Zong went south, and the same was done.

The reserve army requisitioned from Liaodi filled the gap in this large battalion in the western suburbs of Jidu. Every day, people still see the sound of military drills with a Liao local accent and uniformity.

On the third day of the crown princess Su Ya's childbirth, Ji Kang and the general Rong Yan took the palace guard major general Tian Guang and others, and the five hundred guards of the palace guard camp to the western suburbs of Jidu.

Tian Guang has now been gradually promoted by Ji Kang to the commander of the palace guards, leading a division of the palace guards.

At the beginning of this year, Ji Kang ordered that a group of young generals be promoted according to previous military exploits.

Among them, many young generals such as Shi Kang, Tian Guang, Li Min, and Zhang Tian were promoted to major generals. This has been the case in any dynasty since ancient times—those who are trusted by the king have a much higher chance of being promoted than others.

Now in charge of the western suburbs battalion, the general of the more than 30,000 reserve troops is the former Wang Shi's deputy general An Min.

Ji Kang and General Rong Yi, accompanied by Lieutenant General An Min and Major General Tian Guang, watched the army's drill.

Rong Yan was very satisfied and praised An Min:

"General An, your army is very well trained! Not inferior to the other regular armies of my Yan country. ”

This is also the general Rong Yan paving the way for Lieutenant General An Min, and An Min is naturally grateful.

An Min looked at the crown prince Ji Kang in front of him, and found that Ji Kang was turning his head to look at him, and hurriedly replied:

"The prince put so many troops in the hands of the last general, and the last general will not dare to slack off."

Ji Kang nodded, and only said, "Not bad." ”

Just these two words, hearing Lieutenant General An Min's ears, I already felt very relieved.

As Ji Kang grew older, his personal majesty also increased.

Now, in addition to his own cronies, many ministers in the court usually find it difficult to see Ji Kang's smiling face.

Ji Kang, Rong Yi and others came to the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp.

Ji Kang took off his cloak and handed it to the guards with him.

He didn't speak, but came to the map hanging on the left side of the big tent and looked at it.

The two generals, Rong Yan and Lieutenant General An Min, also came behind Ji Kang.

After looking at the map for a while, Ji Kang turned around and said to Rong Yan:

"General Rong, I'm ready to attack the Qi army by land, right?"

Rong Yan bowed down and replied to Ji Kang: "Your Highness, at the end of last year, the 100,000 land army led by the general Wang Shi had secretly arrived in Hejian County, and now all preparations have been completed. As soon as the prince gives an order, our army will be able to move south. ”

Ji Kangyou turned around, looked at the Liaodong Peninsula on the map, and said to himself: "If it is not expected, the navy has already begun to move towards Shamen Island according to the plan. I don't know how Shi Kang, this kid, is doing now? ”

At the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula is the Shamen Islands (Miaodao Islands) mentioned by Ji Kang.

Shi Kang, who made Ji Kang think about it, was with Zhang Tian at this moment.

He is leading more than 30 large and small ships and a division of naval formations to the Salmon Islands.

Shi Kang and Zhang Tian led the navy of this division.

Departed from Port Arthur last night, and according to the plan, it should arrive at Salmon Island today.

Shi Kang, who was standing on the command ship, was holding a telescope in his hand at this time, looking into the distance.

Vice Admiral Zhang Tian stood beside Shi Kang, observing the other warships around the command ship. Constantly issuing orders, using the ship's command flag, constantly directing the entire fleet forward.

The distance between the Liaodong Peninsula of Yan and the Jimo Peninsula (Shandong Peninsula) where Qi is located is not long, and the shortest distance is 110 kilometers.

Although the sea distance between the two countries is very short, the Qi State is not at sea and has any military deployment to prevent the Yan State.

Because Qi Guo didn't expect that in just more than ten years. In Liaodi, the Yan Kingdom formed a powerful navy in this era, with unprecedented scale, numerous warships, two armies, and more than 60,000.

Moreover, this navy can cross the sea to fight.

The navy led by Shi Kang and Zhang Tian was going to the Shamen Islands (now Changshan County, Shandong), which were embedded in more than a dozen islands between the Liaodong Peninsula and the Jimo Peninsula, like a string of pearls on the Bohai Sea, connecting the two peninsulas.

In this era, the Salmon Islands did not have thirty-two islands like Ji Kang's previous life.

Because the phenomenon of sea retreat that occurred in ancient times has not completely ended in this era.

There are only about a dozen islands exposed above the sea.

There are only 10 inhabited islands, which are divided into two archipelagos, the North Goto and the South Goto.

The North Five Islands are close to the Liaodong Peninsula, and the South Five Islands are close to the Jimo Peninsula.

And the Salmon Island where Shi Kang and the others are going is the largest island in the Salmon Islands.

This Salmon Island is located in the middle of the five southern islands and covers an area of more than ten square kilometers.

The most rare thing is that, according to the reports of the Yan Navy and intelligence personnel who have already controlled this island, there is a natural harbor on this island, and after a little repair, the ships of the Yan Navy can be stationed.

After the Yan Navy took control of these ten islands, after several years of exploration and inspection, the sea conditions were also clear. From February to August, the sea is at its smoothest and the waves are at their lowest, with waves no more than half a metre high.

It is now almost February, the best time for the sea conditions, and the best time for the army to move in.

The navy led by Shi Kang and Zhang Tian was the vanguard of Yan's attack on Qi. At this moment, he was ordered to enter Salmon Island in advance, and to build a barracks, waiting for the arrival of the army led by Lejian and Bo Wang.

Shi Dang put down the telescope in his hand, and the red cloak on his body fluttered in the wind.

He shouted to Zhang Tian, the deputy general who was directing the fleet forward: "Zhang Tian, there is Shamen Island ahead, I was in the telescope just now, and I have seen a column of smoke rising from the island to meet us, and our army is about to arrive at Shamen Island." ”

When Zhang Tian heard this, he also raised his telescope and looked ahead.

Sure enough, I saw three thick pillars of smoke in the distance, which had already appeared in the telescope.

Zhang Tian was overjoyed, and said to Shi Dare while watching:

"Second senior, it's really here. This Salmon Island is very close to the coast of Jimo City in Qi Kingdom! ”

Shi Kang was also very excited, and replied to Zhang Tian: "It's very close, according to our weights and measures, it's a little more than thirty kilometers." It is too close to play Jimo from this Salmon Island, and it is much more convenient than on land. ”

When Zhang Tian heard this, he also laughed happily.

The third year of King Yanxiao, at the end of the first month.

Rear Admiral Shi Kang and Zhang Tian of the Yan State Navy led the vanguard troops of the Yan State Navy and arrived at Shamen Island in the eastern waters of Qi State. The sea frontier of Qi has been completely exposed to the sight of the Yan navy, without the slightest defense.