After the king of Chu officially ordered the Zhu state Jingcui to send troops to recover Yingshui, the controversy about the crusading Song state in Yingdu was temporarily quelled.

On the eighth day of November, the edict of the king of Chu reached Shou County, and three days later, Jing Cui took the general Zhao Ying as the general, led 10,000 sailors, 40,000 foot soldiers, and marched north along Yingshui by land and water, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Song army entrenched in Yingshui.

In the next two dynasties, because the results of Yingshui's battle had not yet come, all the ministers of Chu were waiting and watching.

Since the Six Kingdoms invaded Chu, the rare court meeting of the Chu State ended in one hour.

The second day of December.

The news of Zhao Ying's killing and retreating Yingshui Song army spread to Yingdu.

Xiong Huai was stunned, looked at Gongsun Yanchi, who came to report the results of the battle, and asked: "Rhino head, this Song army has occupied Yingshui for more than half a year and built a large number of fortifications, why did it retreat so quickly?" ”

Gongsun Yan shook his head and said: "Great King, according to the news of General Zhaoying, the Song Army's naval division occupies a favorable position in the upper reaches by itself, and forcibly sends troops to fight with the vanguard of our army's naval division. As a result, as soon as the battle was engaged, the Song army's naval division fell into the disadvantage, and the battle lasted for an hour, and the Song army's naval division was defeated and fled to the water village, but it was killed by our army and captured in one fell swoop, and all the Song ships were captured by our army.

Later, when the Song army saw that it had lost control of Yingshui and held the camp for three days, it took the initiative to retreat when it saw that our army was offensive. ”

Xiong Huai groaned: "In other words, this time the losses of the Song army are not much. ”

Gongsun Yan nodded in response: "That's right." Because before the Zhu State sent troops, the general Zhaoying had to act on both sides of the Yingshui River, so our army did not pursue and kill the Song army. Therefore, according to General Zhao Yinglai's report, the casualties of the Song army in this battle did not exceed 5,000, and most of them calmly withdrew. ”

Xiong Huai's face sank, and he sneered: "Song Guo shouldered the heavy task of blocking the retreat of Chen Di's Chu army, but it was easily withdrawn from Yingshui, no matter how you look at it, the widow feels abnormal. ”

Gongsun Yan said with a heavy face: "Great King, whether the actions of the Song army are normal or not is secondary, and the most important thing is in my Chu State." Now the news of our army's victory over the Song army has spread in Yingdu, and the ministers and people are excited. Therefore, the ministers were worried that at the next court meeting, many ministers would suggest that the king take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the Song army in Huaibei on a large scale. ”

"Yes, Zhao Ying quickly repelled the Song army, which is not a good thing for the Chu State!"

Xiong Huai nodded when he heard this, and then said secretly in his heart: It seems that the widow is also going to speed up his actions.

Soon after.

Xiong Huai summoned Chen Zhen alone.

In the main hall, Xiong Huai was silent for a long time, and then asked in a slightly low voice: "Chen Qing, the widow asked Xianqing to pay attention to Ye Gong's every move, but I don't know that there is a movement from Ye Gong's side recently." ”

Chen Zhen responded: "Back to the king, there is no special news from Ye Gong's side. In the past few months, Ye Gong has inspected the Xishui defense line twice a day, and the rest of the time has been spent inspecting the generals under his command to train soldiers. Regarding the matter of the Song Dynasty, the minister has repeatedly investigated, but Ye Gong did not participate in it. ”

"This old slippery head!" Xiong Huai remembered Ye Gong's previous book, which was full of his old and confused words, all based on the decision of the King of Chu and the ministers, he resolutely supported Yunyun, and couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about it.

Then, Xiong Huai sighed, and then asked, "Chen Qing, I don't know how Ye Gong's physical condition is now?" ”

Chen Zhen responded: "Back to the king, according to the report from the spies, Ye Gong has not been anything unusual in the past six months, except for the fact that his body has lost a little weight. On the contrary, according to the spies, since Ye Gong became the main general, he has become more energetic, and even the amount of food is much more than before! ”

Xiong Huai's pupils shrank, and then he said slowly: "Continue to monitor Ye Gong, buy his door servants, and the widow must know Ye Gong's every move." ”

"Yui"

Meanwhile.

In the Prince's Mansion.

The prince listened to the report of Doctor Shangguan, and suddenly showed great joy.

Seeing this, Doctor Shangguan said: "Prince, now that General Zhaoying has cut off one of the arms of the Song army, the morale of our army has been greatly boosted, and on the occasion of this great victory, the minister thinks that our Chu army should take advantage of the low morale of the Song army, take advantage of the victory to pursue, and drive the Song army out of Huaibei in one fell swoop." ”

When the prince heard this, he remembered what happened to him during the last court meeting, and his face turned gloomy.

Last time, he was deeply hit by the King of Chu, if it weren't for the King of Chu's consideration of the relationship between father and son, and the face of him as a prince, he took the opportunity to rescue Sima Zhaoju in the name of the Song Dynasty, and barely saved his face. However, it is difficult to say whether there will be a next time for this kind of thing, and if it repeatedly goes against the king of Chu, the love between father and son will also fade.

Especially the relationship between father and son is also mixed with the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, if the affection fades away and only kindness remains, then he, the prince, will be in danger.

Thinking of Gongzi Ziqing, who is getting older, he has a reputation in Yingdu, and he has a reputation for erudition and intelligence. Thinking of Gongzi Wangcai and Gongzi Bi, and even the unborn heir, the prince couldn't help but hesitate: "Doctor, it is difficult to hold on to the land now, and there is a possibility of losing it at any time." If the army of the Zhu State is outside, and the alliance army of Qi, Wei and Zhao will kill along Yingshui to Shou County, wouldn't this be because it is small and big?

In the art of war, it is said that you can win against the enemy, but you cannot win against me, and you can not defeat me with what you can, so that the enemy can be victorious. Shouldn't Zhu Guo be allowed to stick to Shou County at this time? ”

"Prince, listen to the minister." Doctor Shangguan shook his head and said, "After the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army broke through Chencheng, the next direction of advance cannot be to attack Shangcai or Shunyingshui south to Shou County. Among them, Chen Cai and the two places are adjacent, and they are only more than 100 miles before and after. Between Chencheng and Shou County, hundreds of miles apart, there are several cities in between.

Therefore, the minister thought that no matter whether the army of the Zhu State was in Shou County or not, the combined forces of the Three Kingdoms would not attack Shou County, but would go to Shangcai. After the coalition forces break through Shangcai, they will continue to the south, and then attack the county town of Fangcheng in the north of the Yedi of our Chu State. Shangcai, Fangcheng, and even Yecheng are all easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, as long as the coalition forces go to Shangcai, Nashou County will naturally be safe.

In this way, the more than 200,000 troops in the hands of the Zhu State have always been so idle?

Therefore, as long as the Zhu State can be like the general Zhaoying, and can break the Song army, it will definitely be able to shock all countries and reverse the situation in our Chu State. ”

"This..." The prince's heart moved, then he shook his head slightly, and asked, "Doctor, this is a matter of course." If the army of the Pillar State is not there, and the Three Kingdoms see that Shou County is empty, and go straight to Shou County, what will happen? ”

Doctor Shangguan said with a smile: "Prince, even if the Three Kingdoms really come to attack Shou County, it will be fine. Shou County is the hinterland of my Chu State, thousands of miles away from various countries, if the Three Kingdoms really kill Shou County, then only need the Zhu State to return from the Song State, hold the Yingshui, and cut off the grain route of the coalition army, then there is no need to fight, and the countries will collapse themselves. ”

Prince Heng's eyes lit up suddenly.

Then, Doctor Shangguan bowed his hand and said: "Prince, the turning point mentioned by Taibu divination not long ago must be the great destruction of the Song Kingdom by the Zhu State, and in addition, the minister can't think of any other turning point for my Chu State!" Therefore, the prince came forward to support the Zhu State and the Song Dynasty, which was precisely the sense of the Mandate of Heaven! ”