"Your Highness, our army has arrived, and it's time to launch a general attack on Anyang." After occupying Penglai, Jiang Wushuang sent another 100,000 troops to Anyang City by water, plus the original 50,000 water army, Anyang City has been besieged.

Jiang Huanyan shook his head: "Now is not the time, Zhu Tingxun would rather abdicate than give up Anyang's move, which has greatly boosted the morale of the people and defenders in the city, and if we launch a general attack at this time, the losses will definitely be very large." ”

"Then does Your Highness want to surround them and slowly fight a war of attrition? But Anyang is the capital of Yan State, and the grain reserves are sufficient, and I am afraid that it will not be able to fight for more than five years. "Zeng Dong used to command naval battles, but this is the first time to fight on land, and he is a little excited in his heart, and he just wants to start fighting as soon as possible.

Jiang Huanyan has partnered with him for many years and knows his intentions, but still does not agree: "Let's stop fighting Anyang and lead our troops to Liuzhou." Everyone says that Deng Yuanjue is the number one general in the world, and last time General Tian and his fourth brother also lost to him when they were fighting for the hegemony of Chu, I want to see how powerful he is. ”

When Zeng Dong heard that he was going to fight Deng Yuanjue, he was even more excited: "Great, we can also block Deng Yuanjue from the door when we defeat Liuzhou, isn't this the trick he used to deal with General Tian when he was in Chu State." I'll arrange it now, Your Highness, how many people do you plan to leave around Anyang? ”

"Why are you besieging Anyang? There is no need to keep people, the 150,000-strong army will attack Liuzhou in three batches, and I will take it within a month. Jiang Huanyan never thought of besieging Anyang at all.

Zeng Dong was surprised: "If you don't send someone to surround Anyang, what should you do if Zhu Tingxun runs away?" ”

Jiang Huanyan looked disdainful: "Zhu Tingxun has abdicated, where else can he run?" Is it back to Jinxing? If that's the case, it's too late for me to be happy, there are no two days, there are no two lords of the people, there are two emperors in Yan State at once, who do the ministers and the people listen to? Besides, if I release Zhu Tingxun now, I can also disrupt the political situation that Zhu Qitang managed to stabilize with great difficulty. Do you say that in the future, when the local officials of Yan State report to the new emperor Zhu Qitang, will they also think of giving Zhu Tingxun a report? ”

"It turns out that His Royal Highness still has this deep meaning, I think those magistrates will definitely be in a dilemma, if they don't report to Zhu Tingxun, they are afraid that they will offend the emperor, and if they report, they are afraid that they will offend the current emperor. The Yan Kingdom is already in crisis, and if the magistrate does this again, the speed of destruction will only be faster. At this time, Zeng Dong was completely impressed by Jiang Huanyan.

Jiang Huanyan said again: "In addition to these, there is another advantage to letting Zhu Tingxun go, if I keep surrounding Anyang, then the people and defenders of Anyang will be tense and ready to fight with me at any time." As soon as I left, they slackened. The next time I come again, their vigilance will definitely not be as good as this time, as long as I repeat it a few more times, I can completely eliminate the impact of Zhu Tingxun's abdication. ”

"Doing this can indeed deplete the morale of the defenders of Anyang, but if Zhu Tingxun leads his troops out of the city to fight Penglai, won't it cut off our way back?" Zeng Dong was still a little worried.

Jiang Huanyan sneered again: "If he really dares to do this, he will be looking for death." The reason why I divided the 150,000 army into three ways is to guard against him, once he dares to divide the troops, I will send one of them to cut off the connection between Anyang and Penglai, and the other two, all the way to guard against the pursuing troops in Liuzhou, all the way back to Anyang. As long as Anyang can be captured, what can be done even if Penglai is lost? There are still 100 of our warships outside Penglai Port, and when the land and water armies are launched together, how can Zhu Tingxun be able to resist it. ”

Zeng Dong realized that Jiang Huanyan's plan was one link after another, and every move had a deep meaning.

"In the past, like others, I thought that His Highness was only the first person in naval warfare, and it wasn't until I fought Qin with you this time that I felt that even if it was a land battle, Deng Yuanjue might not be your opponent." Zeng Dong's admiration.

Jiang Huanyan was expressionless and noncommittal: "Don't say these meaningless, you go and prepare now, and we will leave Anyang tomorrow." ”

In addition to Anyang, there are three other places in Yan that are also at war at the same time.

Under the city of Hanzhong, Ning Zeping and Sun Zhongmou are old rivals, the two have been fighting for nearly 20 years, and local small battles have won and lost each other, but major wars have never been distinguished. This time, the Qi State launched the battle to destroy Yan, and the original intention was also to let Sun Zhongmou drag Ning Zeping in order to gain opportunities for Tian Wuji and Jiang Huanyan.

It's just that after the war began, in addition to Sun Zhongmou, Tian Wuji was also dragged by Ning Buqu in Nanjun.

This is the third time that Ning Buqu has fought against Qi Jun, but it is the first time he has faced Tian Wuji. The two of them attacked one and defended the other, going back and forth for more than half a year, and Tian Wuji felt that he was getting old the more he fought.

When he was fighting Chu, he first couldn't defeat Xiang Chu of Chu State, and then he couldn't take Xiao Che of Song State. Now that he has arrived in Yan Kingdom, he is still entangled by Ning Buqu. This is really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, and a generation of new people replacing the old. Fortunately, there are also two brothers, Jiang Huanyan and Jiang Huanchu, among the younger generation of Qi State, otherwise they would really have to worry about the future of Qi State.

If you talk about the previous two battlefields, Ning's uncle and nephew can still have a draw with the Qi army. In Fuquan City, Zhu Zuoshen, the newly stationed general of the Yan State Fu Army, was about to be unable to resist Deng Yuanjue's attack.

Zhu Zuoshen originally had no confidence in the face of Deng Yuanjue, but later heard that Penglai City was lost, Zhu Tingxun abdicated in Anyang, and he had no intention of fighting, if Anyang was not surrounded by the Qi army, he would have abandoned the city and fled.

"General, why did Jiang Huanyan give up Anyang and kill Liuzhou in three ways, does he also want to capture Liuzhou first and keep us out? Even so, there is no need to withdraw Anyang's troops? Zhou Yunjing expressed his incomprehension of Jiang Huanyan's approach, in the past, Deng Yuanjue used troops to surround one city and then fight another city, and he had never seen a man like Jiang Huanyan who had the advantage and completely gave up.

Deng Wenjie also couldn't understand it: "I heard that although the third prince of Qi is invincible in naval battles, he has never fought a land battle, how could Jiang Wushuang send him to the battlefield of Yan Kingdom?" ”

Deng Yuanjue stroked his beard and pondered for a while before saying: "We may have met an opponent, this third prince is not only well versed in the way of using soldiers, but also a good hand at playing political methods. ”

Zhou Yunjing was even more puzzled: "Is giving up Anyang a political means? How do you say that? ”

Deng Yuanjue did not answer: "You will know later, the top priority now is to take Fuquan City as soon as possible, and I also want to go to Liuzhou as soon as possible to meet the third prince." ”

"Lord Taishou, the 50,000 people of the Qi army bypassed directly outside the city, aren't they here to attack the city?" Huang Ming, the commander of Liuzhou's city defense army, reported to Taishou Pan Zhichang in confusion.

"Jiang Huanyan may want to take down Fuquan City first and keep Deng Yuanjue out." Pan Zhichang guessed.

He knew that on the surface, it looked like the two countries of Qi and Song had joined forces, but in fact, they were just fighting on their own, and there was no agreement between them. Last time in the war against Chu, Qi lost to Song State, so he thought that this time it was Jiang Huanyan who wanted to win back the face that Tian Wuji lost last time.

"Report, the Qi army has come back again, and Jiang Huanyan took people to the edge of the Liuhe River in the northeast of the city."

Pan Zhichang and Huang Ming glanced at each other, but they didn't understand Jiang Huanyan's intentions.

How did they know that Jiang Huan * Sheng was the best at water warfare, this time before coming to Liuzhou, they knew that there was a Liuhe River on the edge of Liuzhou City, and the river water passed directly through the city and flowed downstream, Jiang Huanyan wanted to make a fuss on this river.

"Your Highness, we've been here for five days, why don't you go to attack the city, but keep watching the river?" Zeng Dong knew that Zhu Zuoshen would not be able to hold it, and once Fuquan was lost, Deng Yuanjue would be able to kill Liuzhou within five days, and the scene would be chaotic at that time.

Jiang Huanyan still lowered her head and looked at the fish swimming in the water: "It's spring now, and the river water downstream is rising sharply, and it often floods. I plan to build a dam upstream to keep the river at bay for the time being. ”

Zeng Dong still didn't understand, and he didn't understand why His Highness was still thinking about building a dam at this time.

"We just have to wait for a heavy rain to fill the dam." Jiang Huanyan said as she slowly pointed to Liuzhou City with her hand in the direction of the river.

"Oh, I understand, when the water is full, as long as you dig a gap in the embankment, the water can directly rush into Liuzhou, fill the whole city, and then Liuzhou will be self-defeating." Zeng Ran came to his senses.

"Now that you understand, then you quickly take someone to build a dam, I see the fish swimming, and the heavy rain should be coming." Jiang Huanyan lives on the water all year round, and at this time, when she sees the fish in the river swimming frequently, jumping out of the water from time to time, she knows that it is about to rain.

Tens of thousands of people started work together, and in less than two hours a long embankment was erected upstream.

As soon as the levee was built, the sky suddenly became dark, and large dark clouds drifted overhead, accumulating more and more, until finally it began to pour down.

"Your Highness, the dam is full of water." The heavy rain lasted for five days, and as soon as the rain stopped, Zeng Dong rushed to the embankment with people to check.

Jiang Huanyan couldn't see joy on his face, and said coldly: "Dig it up." ”

With a loud bang, the water spurted out from the gap, rushing towards Liuzhou and pouring into the city.

In less than half an hour, the flood filled the entire city, and the gates of the city were knocked down by the impact of the water. Zeng Dong led the army and rushed into the city on a bamboo raft that had already been set up.

The defenders in the city were busy looking for a high place to escape the flood, but they didn't expect that the Qi army had already killed in front of them.

The war had just begun, and Taishou Pan knew that it was futile to resist, so together with Huang Ming, he surrendered to Jiang Huanyan with 30,000 defenders.

Jiang Huanyan was not idle after taking the city, while organizing the army to drain and relieve the disaster, while opening a warehouse to release grain to relieve the people.

Most of the people haven't reacted yet, and the Qi army who helped them rescue and rescue the disaster just now is the one who brought disaster to themselves. Before this stomach resentment could rise, it was invisibly resolved by Jiang Huanyan.