Xiong Huai frowned when he heard this, then nodded and said, "What the rhino head said is extremely true, and this possibility cannot be ruled out. Immediately sent an order to Sima Zhaoju, asking him to transfer 50,000 Chu troops from Chencheng to Fangcheng Mountain to defend, and let the general Jingque strengthen the defense and strictly prevent the sneak attack of the Three Kingdoms. ”

"Yui."

"Send an order to the general of Hanzhong, Zhao Rat, so that he can also strengthen his vigilance and strictly prevent the Qin State from raiding along the Han River."

"Yui."

Then, Xiong Huai spoke again: "Aren't the countries discussing the alliance to attack my Chu State, and the widows must also respond." It was ordered that the widow would leave Shou County in three days and go to Huaishui to inspect the defenses of various places. If the widow wants to let the countries see, if they want to cut down Chu and save Yue, then come and come, the widow is already ready in Huaishui, but see how many of them can be buried in Huaishui. ”

"Yui."

Three days later, Xiong Huai took tens of thousands of Chu troops and took a boat to the south along the Huaishui River to inspect the coastal defenses of the Huaishui.

When Jing Cui learned that the King of Chu was coming to inspect various places to demonstrate to various countries, he immediately rushed to Zhongli to greet him.

When Xiong Huai arrived at Zhongli, Jing Cui and Zhong Lijun's eldest son, Zhong Lijun, greeted each other at the Huaishui Ferry.

Xiong Huai, accompanied by Gongsun Yan and Chen Zhen, boarded the ferry, and Jing Cui and Zhong Liyu immediately saluted:

"The minister (Zhong Lijun's son, Zhong Lijun) pays a visit to the king."

"No courtesy."

"King Xie!"

After the two of them got up, Xiong Huai asked Jingcui, "Zhuguo, how are the fortifications of Huaishui prepared?" ”

"King, please rest assured, now the fortifications of Huaishui have been basically completed, just waiting for Sima Tang to lead the water division to help." Jing Cui replied, then stretched out a hand and signaled to the north of Huaishui: "Great King, the Huaibei land north of Zhongli in Shou County is the inherent territory of my Chu State, and the people's hearts are attached. The old minister has already scattered a large number of spies in the north, and as long as the enemy army moves south from the Song State, its every move will be exposed to the eyes of our Chu State.

When the enemy army arrives in Huaibei, the minister will lead the main force of the Chu army to confront the enemy across the Huai River to ensure that Huainan is safe. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the beacon towers scattered on the south bank of Huaishui in the distance and said: "Moreover, if the enemy army can hide from the spies of our Chu State, then the construction of beacon towers on the shore of Zhongli Beiliang will become another sharp weapon for our army to monitor Huaishui." The beacon towers here are all built in a place with a wide field of vision, and there is one every other mile, each of which is two feet high, and is defended by a group of soldiers.

As soon as the enemy crosses the river, it will immediately be detected by our troops, and at that time, the beacon tower here will immediately fire smoke to warn. When my sailors stationed in Huaishui saw the wolf smoke, they would immediately rush to support and fight the enemy on Huaishui. At the same time, the Chu troops stationed in various parts of Huainan will also gather to help the enemy and block the Huaishui. ”

Saying that, Jing Cui arched his hand and said: "King, when Sima Tang Wu leads the sailors to Huaishui, then our Chu army will form three lines of defense in Huaibei, Huaishui and Huainan, and the two armies will jointly defend it, even if all the countries are concentrated in the north of Huaishui, the minister is confident that he will hold Huaishui and will not let the armies of all countries gain a firm foothold in Huainan." ”

Xiong Huai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and smiled: "Okay, there is a pillar country to defend Huaishui, and there is no one to worry about." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai looked at Zhong Liyu on Jing Cui's side, and saw that he was standing quietly aside, always maintaining a respectful expression, and did not relax because of the conversation between Xiong Huai and Jing Cui, but as time went by, he became more and more awe-inspired.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai bowed slightly.

In the past, although the feudal monarchs in various places respected him, the king of Chu, they could only maintain one or two when they just met the king of Chu. It won't be long before the feudal monarchs who are used to being the emperor of the soil will reveal their true nature, and between their gestures, they will reveal casualness, as if the king of Chu and them are friends.

It's not that he, the king of Chu, is approachable, which makes all the feudal monarchs feel like a spring breeze, but that the feudal monarchs often forget the majesty of the king of Chu, and only when they think about it, do they converge one or two.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai secretly sighed in his heart, the destruction of the Yue Kingdom had a remarkable effect, not only frightened all countries, but even the feudal lords of their own countries were shocked.

Of course, this was also another important reason why Xiong Huai insisted on destroying the Yue Kingdom.

In this decisive battle with the Yue Kingdom, Xiong Huai called the elite division directly under the imperial court, and did not mix with the army of the feudal monarch. He, the king of Chu, even killed the powerful King of Yue, not to mention the feudal monarch in the country.

Now, all the feudal monarchs, facing him again, the king of Chu, should be more in awe!

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai smiled and asked Zhong Liyu, "Jue, I don't know what Qing thinks about the widow's destruction of the Yue Kingdom?" ”

Hearing this, a hint of a smile appeared on Zhong Liyu's face, and his eyes showed excitement, and he responded: "The king is wise and powerful, and he destroyed the Yue Kingdom in a battle, and the five bodies that both the minister and the father admire are thrown to the ground.

Regarding the destruction of Yue, when the father and ministers learned about it, they were all overjoyed. Since the peace between Chu and Yue, although the relationship between Chu and Yue has become closer and closer, they have successively won victories against Qi countries.

However, my father and many feudal monarchs in Huainan are happy and worried, and the joy is that the king has pushed the hegemony of my Chu State to a new peak, even if it is compared with the first monarch Zhuang Wang, it can also stand shoulder to shoulder. ”

"How can a widow be compared with the first king of Zhou." Xiong Huai shook his head with a smile when he heard this, and then asked, "I don't know what Zhong Lijun was worried about when he was victorious about the widows?" ”

Zhong Liying arched his hand and said: "King, although my Chu State has been friendly with Yue Guo in recent years, my father is worried that this is Yue Guo's calculations, and he is very suspicious of Yue Guo's intentions, and he is worried that the king will be deceived by Yue Guo and be secretly calculated by Yue Guo.

It wasn't until the king died in a battle this time that my father suddenly realized that with the wisdom of the king, he had already guarded against the king of Yue, how could the Yue country be calculated. ”

Xiong Huai listened and nodded, naturally knowing Zhong Lijun's thoughts.

Not only Zhong Lijun, but also Qu Yangjun, Liao Jun and other Huainan feudal monarchs, I am afraid that they all think so, worried that the Chu State will be calculated by the Yue State.

The reason is nothing else, it is that these feudal monarchs are all feudal monarchs who face the Yue Kingdom. Although the state of Chu has been friendly with the Yue country in recent years, and these feudal lords close to the Yue country have made a lot of money in trade with the Yue country, these feudal monarchs have also not forgotten the decades-long war between Chu and Yue before the friendship between Chu and Yue, and the hatred accumulated in these decades of war.

During the reign of King Chu Wei, the Chu army fought against Qi and Yue and won a great victory, and the Huaibei land of Chu expanded eastward to the Surabaya Valley, while the Huainan land once expanded to the sea, and the entire northern part of Hangou was controlled by Chu. Since then, the territory of Huainan in the country of Vietnam has been suppressed in the coastal areas of the southeast coast. Since then, it has been extremely difficult for Yue to connect Jiangdong, Huainan, and Huaibei, and Yue has always been worried about this.