Outside the city of Qinghe.

Twenty days ago, the sailors of the Chu State went north by sea to attack Qi.

Half a month ago, in order to hold back the Chu army and provide enough time for the Qi army to come back, the Qi division in Surabaya had to go north with the whole army to contain the Chu army.

Subsequently, as soon as the Qi water division left, Zhao Ju immediately blocked Qinghe City with the Chu army, and sent a partial division to start digging ditches and building canals from the upper reaches of Surabaya to Qinghe City.

In the past ten days, with the efforts of 20,000 Chu troops, a canal with a width of one zhang and a depth of one meter has spread from the upper reaches of Surabaya to the northwest ten miles outside Qinghe City.

At this point, the canal has been mostly completed, and when the canal reaches the outside of Qinghe City, the water can be released to impact the city wall.

For example, the city walls everywhere today, whether they are two or four walls, are rammed earth walls, and this kind of city wall, as long as it is soaked in water, does not have to do anything next, and it will not take a month or two to cross it by itself.

Therefore, at this time, whether it is Zhaoju outside the city, Kuang Zhang in the city, or Xionghuai in Huaiyin, they are all paying close attention to the progress of the Chu army's canal repair.

While everyone was waiting, the news of Qi Guo's withdrawal from Yan State came.

On the other side, the sailors led by Shen Yifu had just arrived in Langya.

At this time, Shen Yifu looked at the information in his hand, sighed faintly, and then turned his head to look at the south and said: "It's a pity, now the Qi State has withdrawn from the Yan State, but the water division in Surabaya has been falling behind and does not dare to approach us, so that our army's task of breaking the Qi army's water division has not yet been completed." ”

Gongzi An on the side suddenly fell silent when he heard this.

The purpose of this sailor going north was twofold, the most important of which was to force the Qi army in Yan to retreat, and this task had been completed.

The second is to eliminate the division of the water division of the Qi State, as long as this part is eliminated, then the Chu State can completely control the waters around Huaisi and form a strong pressure on the Qi State. Moreover, as long as the strength of the Qi State Water Division is insufficient, then the contact between Chu and Yan can also be more convenient.

It's a pity that since the Qi army arrived thirty miles behind the Chu army two days ago, it has always maintained a distance from the Chu army and has never stepped forward.

Perhaps the Qi army also knew that with their 20,000 people and hundreds of warships of different sizes, they would definitely not be the opponent of the 50,000 people and nearly 1,000 ships of the Chu State.

Perhaps the Qi army was also waiting for the naval division to return to the north, and then flank the Chu army back and forth.

No matter what the Qi army planned, anyway, in the past few days, the Chu army has not found a chance to fight with the Qi people.

At this time, Shen Yifu looked at the north, then looked back at the south, pondered for a long time, and spoke again: "An Shijun, now that we have set off from Huaiyin for twenty days, you are familiar with the waterway from Yan State to Chu State, I don't know how long it will take for the Qi army to get here from Yishui?" ”

Gongzi An thought for a while and responded: "General, although I have never gone south in this season, but, according to the surprise of winter sailing, I set off from Yishui and took the sea route to Langya..."

Before Gongzi'an finished speaking, Shen Yifu suddenly interrupted: "No, it's not to Langya, but to Jimo (near Qingdao)." ”

"Jimo?" Childe An was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.

Jimo City is not far from the north of Langya, it is one of the five capitals of Qi and the second largest city in Qi, but the prosperity and wealth of Jimo City are no worse than Linzi, the largest city in the world.

Jimo is east of the sea, is an important salt field and fishing ground of Qi country, that is, with the benefit of this fish and salt, so that Jimo's wealth is no less than that of Linzi, the capital of Qi.

Therefore, Jimo City is the most important city in the eastern part of Qi Kingdom, and Jimo is close to the sea, and it is also a place that is easy for sailors to attack.

Thinking of this, Gongzi An immediately understood.

Shen Yifu wants to go to Jimo, as long as the Chu army appears near Jimo, whether it attacks Jimo City or not, then the Qi army behind him will definitely not be able to stabilize anymore and will definitely go to the rescue.

As long as the Qi army dares to come, the Chu army can defeat this Qi division with its numerical superiority.

As for whether he can win, Gongzi has no doubts, the only question now is when the sailor who returned from the north will be able to arrive in Jimo.

Thinking about it, Gongzi silently calculated the time in peace of mind, and then said with a smile: "General, from Yishui to Jimo, you need to go around a big circle, if it is in winter, it will only take more than twenty days." However, now that this season, the north wind is scarce, and it will take at least a month for the Qi army to reach Jimo. ”

"A month?" Shen Yifu suddenly showed a smile: "The news from the spies, Shengzi is still a few days away from Jimo, and we are only two days away from Jimo now, calculating the time, it is completely enough." ”

As he spoke, Shen Yifu shouted loudly: "Order, the fleet continues to go north to Jimo City." ”

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Two days later, in the morning, the Chu army arrived in the sea east of Jimo City.

Jimo City had long known the news of the arrival of the Chu army, so Dr. Jimo gathered all the nearby ships here and gathered more than 300 large and small ships.

Among them, there are more than 200 small fishing boats, dozens of large boats, and more than 40 warships.

At this time, the Qi people on the ships of the Qi State saw the Chu army slowly approaching in the distance, and when the Chu army approached, they found that more than a dozen assault warships with ramming angles were lined up in front of the Chu army as arrows, followed by a large number of large ships, and there was no end in sight. In particular, some of the tall ships mixed in with them were used as arrows, and they were killing them.

Seeing this, the Qi people on the ship suddenly turned pale and trembled.

Most of them were fishermen, and it was only because the Chu army went north that they were recruited by Dr. Jimo more than ten days ago and put together an army on a temporary basis.

Although I have been training for a few days, the water quality is not bad, but where will there be a naval battle at such a little time.

Especially when they saw that there were many taller ships in the Chu army than them, and there were not as many ships as there were people, and they were not as big as others, how could this battle be fought?

As soon as he thought of this, Qi people's hearts became even more panicked.

"Don't panic, my Qi reinforcements are not far from the Chu army, and they will come to the rescue soon..."

Although some of the Qi soldiers tried to appease the army, on the sea, the waves were high and urgent, and their voices could not be transmitted far at all, not to mention that the Qi soldiers were already insufficient, and even the big boats were not satisfied, not to mention other small boats, and the people on the small boats were all fishermen.

At this time, the Chu army fleet was killed two miles away from the Qi army.

Shen Yifu, who was standing alone on a boat in Yilou, saw the Qi fleet trying to stop the Chu army in front of him from a distance, and when he saw their ships of different sizes, he immediately laughed, and then ordered loudly: "Order, go at full speed, and crush the Qi army ships in front." ”

"No."

As soon as the military order was given, the flag was unfurled, and the signal was quickly transmitted to the ship ahead.

Then, more than 800 ships in the entire Chu army fleet suddenly gained full strength and crashed forward.