Bufeng returned to Yuhang, and there were two days left to reunite with his parents at home. When the parents heard that Bufeng had gone to Gusu to see Liuyun, the two had made a private contract for life, and they were both happy, so they no longer gave Bufeng other family affairs.

Bufeng returned to the army, and General Yu Hang said that the king of Yue would send troops to conquer this year, and ordered Bufeng and other generals to practice the method of attacking the boat division again, and the whole army was on standby.

Besides, the king of Yue has no borders, and he wants to revive the hegemony of the Yue country, so he summoned his ministers and said: "The widow ancestor once destroyed Wu with ten years of life and ten years of lessons, and then became a hegemon. Nowadays, the Yue country is declining day by day, forced by Chu, Qi and other countries, and the territory is declining, and the widows also want to follow the stories of their ancestors and reproduce the hegemony of the Yue country in those years. What do you think? ”

Yue Guo Dazai said: "The king has this ambition, which is the blessing of Yue country." In the opinion of the old ministers, the male and female population of the Yue country today is very large, and they only need to be incorporated into the army, trained into soldiers, and when the countries of Qi, Chu and other countries change, they will send troops to attack them, and they will be able to expand their territory and reappear in the hegemony! ”

When King Yue heard this, he was very pleased, so he said: "According to Dazai's words, the widow only needs ten years to teach a lesson!" Ten years later, the Yue State armor was trained, which was enough to compete with the princes of the Central Plains. So he ordered all the counties in the country to recruit sergeants and train boatmen, and for a period of two years, after two years of training, the boatmen could first test their edge. Then watch the world change, and then wait for the opportunity to move.

Two years later, the Yue National Army was first formed, and a total of nearly 100,000 soldiers were recruited before and after, including 50,000 trained boat divisions and 20,000 elites. And the Yuhang City Water Division Battalion, where Bufeng is located, is the elite boat division of the Yue Kingdom.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of infantry and 800 chariots. In addition to the original army troops, Yue still has 150,000 elite soldiers, known as 300,000 to the outside world, and its strength is still not weak.

Yue did not have a chariot, but because in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu was supported by the Jin State, and the Jin State gave Wu dozens of military chariots, and sent someone to teach Wu the method of using chariots, so that Wu had chariots and was able to go north to the Central Plains to compete for hegemony. The Yue destroyed Wu, and also collected his military vehicles, trained them, and formed a chariot combat force, but the Yue country was not a country of plains and vast ze, and there were not many chariots, and the total number was not more than a thousand times.

When the State of Chu heard that the Yue Kingdom was training soldiers on a large scale, King Huai asked Zhao Slip: "The Summons know that the Yue Kingdom is training soldiers, and the Yue State is training troops, and you want to plot against the Chu State?" ”

The doctor summoned the slip and played: "The minister knows the intention of the king of Yue, although the country of Yue is no longer prosperous, but the heart of the king of Yue to seek hegemony has not been extinguished. Today, Wujiang trains the armor and boat division, but wants to go north and west, and compete with the world. ”

King Huai said: "If this is the case, how should the widow deal with it? ”

Zhao Slip said: "Although Wujiang has this heart, the monarch has no forbearance and obscurity, and his subordinates have no strategic talents of Fan Li and Wen Zhong, and Wujiang has ambitions!" The king doesn't need to worry, the decline of the Yue Kingdom has become a foregone conclusion, how can he wave his army to attack me again? ”

King Huai said: "Although Yue is declining, its national strength is still there." The few people know that there are more than 300,000 armored soldiers, which should not be underestimated. ”

Zhao said: "This boundless deceitful and hypocritical words! Although it is claimed to be 300,000, it is only 100,000 soldiers who can be used, and the others are weak brigades. The king only needs to garrison the border, and if the Vietnamese soldiers dare to invade the border, he can unite with the Qi State to take the opportunity to annihilate it. If the king is still not at ease, he can send a person to the Yue country to spy on the country, and when he knows the details of the Yue country, it is not too late to use troops. At that time, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will make the king invincible. ”

King Huai was overjoyed and said: "The widow has this intention, in the opinion of the king, who should the widow send to spy on the Yue country?" ”

Zhao said: "If the king thinks that the minister is available, the minister should go to the Yue Kingdom for the king and spy on the details." ”

Huai Wang said happily: "Good! Summoning the Son to go here will reap the rewards. So he ordered Zhao to slip to the country of Yue to spy on it.

Zhao Hua received the order of the king of Chu, so he first pretended to be a merchant and led two retinues to come to the Yue country to spy and collect intelligence. First into Wu, from Gusu to the south, on the way south, in the roadside Yedian encountered Bufeng.

Zhaohua and through Yuhang to Huiji, along the way the city villages, the population is thriving, the mountains and rivers are all recorded, painted on the silk to make a picture book, so that the people from the people with them hidden.

After doing this for a month, Zhao Hua came to Huiji from Chu State, settled down in Huiji City, first rented a house in the city, and lived in it. He also took out the silver money and ordered the two servants to go to the market to buy silk and cloth and other items, buy them at a low price, gather them in the house, and then sell them at a high price, as a cover, in fact, the three of them were spying on the intelligence of the country.

He has been personally going to other cities in Vietnam to investigate, and he has been involved in other places such as Xian and Han, and has visited the deployment of the Vietnamese army, and has learned about the situation in Vietnam. After living for a few months, he suddenly heard that the king of Yue had ordered that he wanted to send troops to attack Shucheng in Chu after the autumn, and Zhao Slip was surprised, so he immediately sold the goods he had collected and led the two servants back to Chu overnight. reported that Wujiang was going to send troops to attack Chu, and reported to the king of Chu the information and maps he had drawn during his trip to Yue.

King Huai was also surprised when he heard the report, and said: "King Yue really has the heart to attack Chu!" What will happen now? ”

Zhao said: "The minister's trip is in a hurry, and he is not as detailed as the investigation. As expected by the ministers, Wujiang wanted to attack our country, and Shucheng should bear the brunt. If I suddenly attack Shucheng, I am afraid that Shucheng is not well prepared, and the border will be in turmoil, and it is advisable for the king to send troops to reinforce Shucheng. ”

King Huai said: "Forgive Wujiang and don't have such a big appetite, but if the widow doesn't teach Wujiang a lesson, it will fuel his arrogance and fear that he will be in trouble." So he adopted the strategy of summoning the slip, sent the doctor Zhao Cone, led 20,000 Chu divisions, and came to reinforce Shucheng.

King Wujiang of Yue really wanted to attack Shucheng in Chu State. Originally, the area east of Shucheng was originally the territory of the Yue State, and was later occupied by the Chu State. Wujiang saw that the armor of the Yue Guozhou Division had been trained, and heard that the Chu army of Shucheng was weakly guarded, so he had the heart to recover Shucheng. So he ordered General Gusu and General Yuhang of Yue Guo to lead 20,000 soldiers of the Zhou Division to attack Shucheng in two ways.

Bufeng in the Yuhang Zhou Division Army, has been appointed as the captain, commanding a thousand people, General Yuhang got the Yue King to attack the order of Shucheng of Chu, then led Yuhang Yuejia more than 5,000 people from the south to the north, including 3,000 boat divisions, when the military horse set off, and promoted Bu Feng to the left deputy general, together with the right deputy general, to assist himself in commanding the boat division, conquering Shucheng.

This expedition, Bufeng has been looking forward to it for a long time, and it is also the first time in his life that he has gone to the battlefield, full of enthusiasm and expectation. General Yu Hang warned Bu Fengdao: "On the first expedition, Deputy General Bu has to be careful. Don't live up to my expectations! There were six lieutenants and three lieutenants in the army, and only one lieutenant had never been on the battlefield. The general made an exception today to use the Budu Lieutenant, and many of the generals were not satisfied, so the Budu Lieutenant must win the first battle. If the lieutenant did not dare to do so, he could resign, and he would have allowed it. ”

Bu Feng said: "When a strong man is in battle, how can there be a reason to retreat?" Even if the last general is not a deputy general, he should move forward bravely and make contributions to the enemy! To repay the general's promotion and cultivation! ”

General Yu Hang was overjoyed and said, "Good! Budu Lieutenant can be said to be a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, if the three armies are the same as Bu Du Wei, how can Shucheng not take it back? How can the Chu army be undefeated? How can you not return home? In order to stimulate the morale of the three armies, the three armies cheered passionately, so they went out.

General Gusu and General Yu Hang of the Vietnamese army led 20,000 troops and horses, divided into land and water to attack Shucheng, the Vietnamese army marched rapidly, within seven days, the two military horses met under Shucheng, and immediately launched an attack.

The defenders of Shucheng in Chu State, only a few thousand people, are all weak brigades, have not used troops to fight for several years, neglect training, although relying on Shucheng to garrison strongly, but it is still difficult to resist the offensive of the Vietnamese army.

The general of Shucheng of Chu State hurriedly played the king of Chu, saying that the Vietnamese army had entered the Kou, please send troops to help quickly, the king of Chu had ordered the doctor Zhao Cone to command the Chu army of 20,000 to come to the rescue of Shucheng, and the army had already set off and was still on the way.

The Vietnamese army attacked Shucheng for two days, and the city was about to fall, but the Chu army's naval division held the waterway and contained the advance of the Vietnamese army's boat division. The Vietnamese army attacked several times, but was repelled by the Chu State Naval Division.

I also heard that the reinforcements of the Chu army were already halfway and were about to arrive in Shucheng within a few days, and General Gusu and General Yu Hang were all suffering, so General Gusu said to General Yu Hang: "If the Chu reinforcements arrive, this time the success will be lost." Does the general have a good plan? ”

General Yu Hang said: "There are thousands of people under my subordinates who are good at water warfare, and they have been trained for two years, and their edges have not yet been tried. The left deputy general is brave and good at fighting, this person has the talent to lead the water division, and he can use this person to lead thousands of elite people to attack it. ”

General Gusu said: "Who is Bufeng?" The Vietnamese army had never heard of it. ”

General Yu Hang said: "It's not a secret, Bufeng is a tide child, he has been in the military for less than three years, and he has not yet gone through the battle array, but he would have been better than other generals in the army for this person." ”

General Gusu said with a smile: "With a person who has not been through the battle formation to lead the army, the general has no children's play?" ”

General Yu Hang said: "The use of soldiers is not child's play, this general is the ability to know the wind, so he dares to recommend it with this move." In this observation of the army, there is no one who is capable of this position. Why don't you give it a try? ”

General Gusu said: "Since this is the case, let's try it first." So he asked General Yu Hang to summon Bu Feng, personally tried it, and asked him about the strategy of conquering the Chu State Naval Division, and Bu Feng answered in accordance with the art of war.

When General Gusu saw this, he decided to use Bufeng to lead the boat division to attack the Chu State Naval Division, and pulled out a thousand troops to assist him as a backup. Before the battle, he encouraged Bufeng to say: "The victory or defeat of this attack is related to the success or failure of this battle." If the deputy general can win the first battle and return triumphantly, he will set up a banquet in Shuaitai to celebrate the success of the deputy general. And play the king of Yue, and promote the vice general of the step to the general! ”

Bufeng led the promise, and led more than 1,000 elite soldiers of the boat division, as well as 1,000 people of the Gusu army, and was ordered to attack the Chu army's water division. General Gusu personally came to the front line to supervise the battle, and General Yu Hang personally cheered for him.

The Chu army of more than 1,000 water divisions, occupying the Shu River, building a fortress as a camp, and setting up obstacles on the river, with soldiers and horses on land to cover it, is really difficult to overcome.

Bufeng first watched the Chu army's naval division set up defense, and saw that although the Chu army's naval division was well defended, it also had flaws, and the Chu naval division camped according to the upstream water, and lined up the warships in the river with chains.

Bufeng ordered more than 1,000 people to attack the Chu army on the bank of the Shu River, and selected more than 20 warships and 500 elite armor soldiers, personally led, ready to take advantage of the melee to attack the ships of the Chu army's naval division, and then seize the Shu River waterway.