Qi Ning claimed that he could buy at least five days for the Chu State convoy, which really surprised Shen Tuluo.

Shen Tuluo divided his troops to cruise in Huaishui, just to beware of the Chu people looking for loopholes to deliver food, and he had already found out that the grain delivered to the Qin Huai army was in Huize City, which was a sure thing, and because of this, he had always sent people to keep an eye on the movements of Huize City.

As long as the city of Aizawa transports grain out of the city, then the fleet will be prepared immediately.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles is the common sense of soldiers, and Shen Tuluo naturally will not be unaware, because he is also very clear about the situation of Chu State.

After the last Qinhuai War, the state of Chu suffered huge losses and the treasury was empty, and Shen Tuluo even knew that it was precisely because of the confiscation of the Huainan palace and the seizure of a large amount of property from the East China Sea that the treasury of the state of Chu recovered some vitality and was able to prepare a lot of grain.

The granary of Huize City, that is already the Chu State has spent a lot of energy to reserve, Shen Tuluo knows that with the current situation of the Chu State, it is already difficult to raise more food, so his eyes are always on Huize City, and his fleet has always been guarding the line of Huize City.

Sending Lu Zheng to the upper reaches of Huaishui is nothing more than to be foolproof, beware of the Chu State using Huize City to attract the attention of the Eastern Qi Naval Division, but smuggling grain from the upstream, although he knows that the Chu State can't take too much grain, but Shen Tuluo hopes that not a grain of grain will be sent to the other side.

The Eastern Qi Naval Division took Shen Tuluo's team as the main force and sat in the center of Huaishui, although Lu Zheng's area of activity was upstream, Shen Tuluo had always maintained contact with Lu Zheng's side.

In order to keep in touch, Shen Tuluo specially trained carrier pigeons, every three days, Shen Tuluo will let the pigeons out, and do not need to bring any letters, as long as Lu Zheng sees the pigeons, he knows that everything is safe, and the return of the pigeons also means that everything is going well on Lu Zheng's side.

Shen Tu Luo led his subordinates to land, but he was not worried that Huize City would be able to transport grain smoothly, Lu Zheng did not see the carrier pigeons for three days, and he would inevitably go down the river, and at the latest in two or three days, he would be able to rush to the area in front of Huize City, Chu State wanted to transport grain, three days was definitely not enough, and halfway through the transportation, if Lu Zheng's fleet appeared, it would definitely defeat the grain team in one fell swoop.

But Qi Ning was full of confidence at the moment, which made Shen Tuluo very suspicious.

"Is the Governor wondering why there are five days?" Qi Ning smiled: "Actually, this is not too long, if Lu Zheng doesn't notice it for a long time, it will be longer." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Actually, it doesn't hurt to tell the Governor." Qi Ning said: "Does the Metropolitan Governor know that there is a place called Huangyandu in the upper reaches of Huaishui?" ”

"Huangyandu?" Shen Tuluo was even more suspicious, Huang Yandu naturally knew that in the upper reaches of Huaishui, there were two days away from the place where he had evacuated, but he didn't understand why Qi Ning mentioned Huangyandu at this time.

Qi Ning smiled and said, "I have already sent someone to Liangcheng to inform the organization over there to send grain to Huangyandu." ”

"Transporting grain to Huangyan?" Shen Tuluo sneered: "In addition to the granary of Huize City, where do you have any grain to transport to Huangyandu?" Even if there is food, don't you know that Lu Zheng's fleet has been staring at it all the time. ”

"Huangyandu is a relatively narrow place along the Huaishui River, and the time spent crossing the river is also the shortest, so it is natural for Lu Zheng to keep an eye on it." Qi Ning said with a smile: "Metropolitan Governor, if Liangcheng organizes manpower to transport a large amount of grain and grass to Huangyandu, I don't know if Lu Zheng will keep an eye on it?" ”

Shen Tuluo snorted coldly, but he was even more suspicious in his heart, thinking to himself, not to mention that you Chu State did not have any other surplus grain and grass to transport to Huangyandu, even if he really secretly made up grain and grass, how could he transport it to Huangyandu? Lu Zheng is cruising upstream, and the most vigilant place is in Huangyandu, and if he wants to transport grain across the river from Huangyandu, isn't it a fool's dream?

Suddenly, Shen Tuluo's body shook, and he seemed to understand something, and spit out two words in his mouth: "Fake grain!" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is the Metropolitan Governor!" Qi Ning smiled: "In a word." The grain and grass transported by Liangcheng, the bags are full of weeds and bricks, and there are naturally no flaws from the outside, Lu Zheng will naturally stare at Huangyandu when he sees the movement, even if he doesn't see the carrier pigeons, he may not dare to leave easily, he will not easily let go of Huangyandu, let us transport the grain smoothly? By the time he reacted, the food from my side had already been delivered. ”

Shen Tuluo took a deep breath, he couldn't imagine that Qi Ning was so cunning.

He knew that what Qi Ning said was not wrong, if Huang Yandu pretended to transport grain, Lu Zheng would inevitably stare at it, and he would launch an attack just waiting for the grain to cross the river, and he knew that with Lu Zheng's character, it would never be possible to abandon his son.

"The Grand Governor should understand why I'm telling you this." Qi Ning sighed: "The grain crosses the river, the predicament of the Qinhuai army can be solved immediately, I know that the metropolitan governor wants to restore the country, but you have no chance." The country is broken, and only relying on the soldiers and horses in Puyang, how can we talk about recovering the country? Although Ling Huxu can govern the country, his talent in governing the army is really not worth mentioning, and the Qi army can still be in Puyang Gou'an at the moment, but it will inevitably end up in the end. ”

Shen Tuluo said with a smile: "Even if the whole army is wiped out in the end, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will take my Great Qi soldiers to fight until the last moment!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Qi Ning chuckled lightly and asked rhetorically: "Duan Shao took the soldiers to Puyang, others don't know, but the majority of the governors know very well in their hearts that it is just a fool's dream, they have no food to eat, there is no trace of people on the north bank of Huaishui, and there is no food at all, at most three days, the remnants of the army will disappear." Even if Duan Shao is concerned, it is impossible to reach Puyang, and most of the governors should not forget that those cicadas are still by Duan Shao's side, but Duan Shao has no idea that they have taken refuge in my Da Chu! ”

Shentuluo's pupils constricted.

He knew that the Flying Cicada Secret Ninja had defected to the Chu State, and he knew that something was wrong, of course it was impossible for those Flying Cicada Secret Ninjas to really accompany Duan Shao to Puyang and follow Duan Shao's side, of course, it was ordered by Qi Ning, Duan Shao was not wary of those ninjas, and as long as the Flying Cicada Secret Ninja found an opportunity, he could easily assassinate Duan Shao.

Duan Shao is the banner of the restoration of the Qi State, and it is precisely because of the existence of Duan Shao that the restoration of the country has a name, and Duan Shao can gather the hearts of the people, but once Duan Shao has any mistakes, the Great Qi royal family will have no successor.

In addition to Duan Shao, the crown prince of Eastern Qi, there were originally two princes, King Taishan and King Linzi, but King Linzi was poisoned, King Taishan was also dead, Duan Shao is the only heir of Qi, if Duan Shao also died, Qi would have no successor, and naturally there would be no reinstatement.

"Those who know the times are handsome." Qi Ning's expression became serious: "The general trend of the Qi country has gone, there is no hope, if the metropolitan governor can submit to my Great Chu, there will definitely be a place for his talents." And the soldiers and horses of Puyang will also escape death! ”

"Escaped death?"

"No matter who wins or loses in this battle, once there is a result, the next Bingfeng will inevitably point to Puyang." Qi Ning said lightly: "The Metropolitan Governor thinks they can keep Puyang all the time? ”

Shen Tuluo knew this for a long time.

Although he is in Huaishui, the morale of Puyang is also clear.

The Qi army went out of Maling Mountain, taking advantage of the duel between the Chu army and the Han army, it expanded wildly and seized a lot of land of the Han army.

Ling Huxu fled to the north, and immediately ordered the Qi troops stationed in the northern cities to gather up and defend Puyang City.

Puyang City is an important town in the north, huge and strong, the geographical location is easy to defend and difficult to attack, when the Qi army evacuated from other cities, the grain and grass were swept away, all brought to Puyang, now Puyang is not a big problem in terms of grain and grass, but do not dare to divide the troops out of the city, but to strengthen the fortifications of Puyang.

Shen Tuluo knew that the current situation of the Qi army was almost waiting to be killed, when the Qi army attacked the Han land, there were many people who killed people and set fires, which made the people of the Han land angry and resentful, and the Qi army in Puyang - could not get the support of the local people at all, so they could only shrink in Puyang City like a turtle, the longer the time, the more depressed the morale would be, and once the Chu and Han Dynasty divided the victory and defeat, the winner was the time when the morale was strong, and the army moved to attack Puyang, there was no need to forcibly attack the city, as long as the Puyang City was besieged for a year and a half, the Qi army would collapse without a fight.

In the end, the Qi army could not hold Puyang no matter what.

"Even if you can't hold it, what can you do?" Shen Tu Luo said coldly: "It's nothing more than ending up with Puyang City." ”

Qi Ning sighed: "The Metropolitan Governor said this sentence so easily. I have heard that the Metropolitan Governor loves soldiers like sons, but this sentence is ruthless. Does the Metropolitan Governor really want to watch tens of thousands of troops die in Puyang? And the innocent people of the city were buried with them? ”

Shen Tuluo stared at Qi Ning with sharp eyes and asked, "How are you doing?" ”

"Their lives are actually in the hands of the Grand Duke." Qi Ning said: "I know that the Metropolitan Governor is the number one general in the Qi Kingdom, and the soldiers of the Qi army are in awe of the Metropolitan Governor, and they dare not obey what the Metropolitan Governor says." In this situation, I believe that the soldiers of the Qi army in Puyang do not want to fight anymore, most of them have wives and children and old mothers, and they died in Puyang for an impossible purpose, leaving behind their wives and children and mothers, presumably no one wants to. Gazing at Shen Tuluo: "If the Metropolitan Governor can persuade them to surrender, I guarantee that they will all be safe, and if they are willing to return to their hometowns, let them go to see their parents, wives and children, and if they want to continue to eat military rations, I will also make proper arrangements and integrate them into our army, so that no one will die in vain." ”

Shen Tuluo looked at Qi Ning's eyes, and after a moment, he suddenly laughed and mocked: "I only think that the Jinyi Qi family is good at fighting the enemy in the field, but I don't want to be full of intrigues and tricks now. You persuaded me to return to the Chu State, it turned out that you wanted me to persuade the Qi army to surrender, hahaha ......, surnamed Qi, you are really a good wishful thinking! ”