The scorching sun was in the sky, the vast plains, the cavalry was galloping, and there was a rumbling sound, shaking the hills, like waves, undulating back and forth!

Feng Shihu and Gu Jianxiong led two teams of cavalry to advance from different directions in the east and west, and when they were more than 20 miles away from Yuejiang City, both armies saw each other's cavalry!

Looking at it, there are a lot of Yan horses, and Feng Shihu breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuejiang City was captured, but fortunately, the Yan army defending the city was still there, otherwise, in the battle of Yuejiang City, the Yan army suffered too heavy losses and could not explain to the emperor at all.

To the west, Gu Jianxiong noticed the iron cavalry coming from the direction of Ancheng, and his heart was also relaxed, and the reinforcements were coming, proving that Ancheng was still there, and Yan rode in the south of the Yangtze River, and there was still a place to stay!

The two sides rode forward, like two huge carpets, moving rapidly in the rolling hills!

About half a pillar of incense kung fu, the two armies met, Feng Shihu saw that Yan Cai was carrying an injured robe, and even the front army had a rain of arrows that had not been cleared, so he realized how difficult it was for Gu Jianxiong to lead Yan Cai in the battle of Yuejiang City.

"General, the last general is incompetent, the city of Yuejiang is lost, and the last general is willing to be punished!" Gu Jianxiong hurriedly jumped off the war horse, knelt on one knee, and said with a guilty expression on his fists.

"Get up, last night, Ancheng and Yuejiang City were attacked successively, proving that the Chu military had premeditated earlier, and this is not to blame you!" Feng Shihu waved his hand and motioned for Gu Jianxiong to get up.

Witnessing the situation of the defenders of Yuejiang City, Feng Shihu understood that Han Zhitong adopted the routine of attacking the east and the west last night, pretending to attack Ancheng, but put the main army in Yuejiang City, obviously, the other party knew the strength of the Yan army very well.

Gu Jianxiong got up, turned his head to glance at the injured Yan Qi behind him, and asked Feng Shihu: "General, what should I do next, whether to counterattack Yuejiang City!" ”

In the early morning battle, the Chu army secretly attacked and captured the city of Yuejiang, resulting in many casualties of the Yan army.

Feng Shihu sat on his horse, his eyes looked directly at the Yan army behind Gu Jianxiong, there were many injured in the whole army, but they could still fight, but many of the injured were in urgent need of treatment.

Without hesitation, Feng Shihu said loudly: "The emperor is about to go south, the Yan army is making a comeback, Yuejiang City, including the south, sooner or later it will be in the bag of the Yan army, and the army will withdraw to Ancheng to rest!" ”

Before encountering Gu Jianxiong's troops, Feng Shihu was still thinking about how to retaliate and inflict heavy losses on the Chu army, but when he saw Gu Jianxiong's army, he could only temporarily let go of the idea of revenge, lead the injured Yan army, and quickly return to Ancheng!

"But......" Gu Jianxiong's face was red, his ears were red, he was out of breath, and he wanted to argue!

"General Gu, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!" Feng Shihu reminded.

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Half a day later, in the evening, in the camp of the Chu army, Xiong Wu received a good news from Han Zhitong from Yuejiang City!

Han Zhitong did not attack Ancheng according to his request, on the contrary, according to the actual situation, he made a surprise attack on Yuejiang City, defeated the Yan army, and successfully captured Yuejiang City.

Xiong Wu was a little angry, but he was more happy, the capture of Yuejiang City, the Chu army won the first battle in the battle of seizing the four cities along the river, which is bound to boost the morale of the three armies, and a good start will bring many benefits to the Chu army.

After lingering in the handsome tent for a long time, Xiong Wu clenched the good news in his hand tightly, and the joy in his heart was speechless!

Soon, Xiong Wu walked out of the tent and said to the guards outside the tent: "Immediately summon the kings of the three kingdoms of Wu Yue and Cai to come to the tent for talks!" ”

The Chu army won the first battle, and he had to pass on this great news and tell the kings of the three kingdoms of Wu Yue and Cai that the position of the Chu state in the south was unshakable, and only the Chu army could defeat the Yan army.

At this moment, in the tent of Marshal Cai, the spies who followed the Chu army had already brought back the news of Han Zhitong's deployment last night and the loss of Yuejiang City!

The performance of the Chu army in Yuejiang City exceeded Cao Rong's expectations, and he used the coffin to humiliate the Chu Emperor and blame the Yan Emperor, only thinking that the two armies of Yan and Chu would be equal in the south.

Yan Chu fought in the four cities along the river, and was in a state of stalemate for a long time, consuming the strength of both sides of each other!

Unexpectedly, Han Zhitong strategized and won the first battle.

Cao Rong stared at Wu Jieshao and Mu Junyan in the center of the tent, and asked unhappily for a long time: "The Yan army is really incompetent, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, in front of the Chu army, it is vulnerable!" ”

He has a long-term plan, hoping that one day, he will counterattack and turn over, so he doesn't want the southern vassal states to be strong!

"Your Majesty, the Chu army attacked at night, which was unexpected by the Yan army!" Wu Jieshao said in a light tone, he didn't believe that Han Zhitong would have a chance to defeat Yan Jun easily in the future!

Maybe the emperor didn't know the combat effectiveness of the Yan army, but he didn't dare to take it lightly, in the Northern Expedition and the Southern War, he witnessed the combat effectiveness of the Yan army, and he knew better the ability of Feng Shihu and Feng Yi who guarded the north.

Next to him, Mu Junyan also said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the combat effectiveness of the Yan army is not weak, Yan and Chu consume each other, and for a long time, it will still continue!" ”

Cao Rong didn't say much, no matter what, he didn't want the Chu army to win in the south.

At this time, the guards outside the tent walked in, knelt on one knee, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Emperor Chu sent someone to invite the emperor to the tent." ”

"yes, got it!" Cao Rong nodded, motioned for the guards to retreat, got up and straightened out the dragon robe, and chuckled: "The rat's eyes are light!" ”

After that, take Wu Jieshao and Mu Junyan to the tent of the Chu army marshal!

Cao Rong took the two tiger generals under the tent, and when they arrived in the tent of the Chu army, Yue Jun Han Yanxi and Wu Jun Zhao Yanyu had already arrived in advance, and Xiong Wu was talking and laughing, and in the tent, laughter sounded from time to time!

Cao Rong walked into the Shuai tent, hugged his fists and simply saluted Xiong Wu, regardless of Xiong Wu's expression, walked directly to the desk on the left side of the Shuai tent, and sat cross-legged on the soft cushion!

In the center of the handsome tent, Xiong Wu witnessed Cao Rong's behavior and was angry in his heart.

Cao Rong is becoming more and more presumptuous, in front of the kings of the four kingdoms, he directly ignores himself, it's damned!

However, Xiong Wu did not argue with Cao Rong, and only kept Cao Rong's actions in mind, but whenever the Chu army had the opportunity to defeat the Yan army in the south, he would not let Cao Rong go easily.

On both sides of the handsome tent, Han Yanxi and Zhao Yanyu noticed that Xiong Wu and Cao Rongming were fighting in secret, and the two of them looked unwavering, but they were secretly happy in their hearts!

The deeper the contradictions between the two sides, the more beneficial it will be to Wu and Yue.

The four kings, each with their own thoughts, Xiong Wu sat in the center, with a deep smile on his face, and said: "Invite three of you to come today, all because there is a happy event to report?" ”

"Emperor Chu, Yan Jun Chen Bing Jiangbei, ready to cross the river to the south at any time, where does Emperor Chu come from?" Yue Jun Han Yanxi was the first to ask, he couldn't guess what good Emperor Chu would have.

Next to him, Zhao Yanyu looked puzzled, but he behaved very steadily, Cao Rong's face was calm, and he didn't care about Xiong Wu's words.

Hearing this, Xiong Wu's cheeks were full of smiles, and he said: "Last night, General Han Zhitong led 70,000 Chu troops to the four cities along the river, and adopted the strategy of attacking the east and the west, feinting to attack Ancheng and surprise attack the city of Yuejiang. The killed Yan army fell into the water and abandoned the city and fled! It is really the luck of Dachu and the luck of the south. ”

Suddenly, Han Yanxi and Zhao Yanyu chuckled in their hearts, the day before yesterday they had just conspired with the Yan envoy to unite, and last night the Chu army attacked the four cities along the river and captured the city of Yuejiang.

The situation seems to be unfavorable for Wu Yueyan to unite.

"The Chu army is powerful, the Chu emperor is domineering, seizing the city of Yuejiang, demonstrating the strength of the Chu army, inspiring the southern army, the defeat of the Northern Expedition, the haze is swept away!" After a little surprise, Zhao Yanyu stroked his beard and praised Xiong Wu loudly!

However, Zhao Yanyu did not change his mind of uniting with Wu Yan in his heart, at least not with Yan Guo.

The Yan army defeated the southern armies several times in the north and south, including the Chu army.

The Chu army took advantage of the night to attack the east and the west, and captured the city of Yuejiang, which is not something to be proud of!

What's more, Yuejiang City is a small city in the north of Yueguo, the city wall is not high, not thick, 30,000 unprepared Yan cavalry, against 50,000 well-prepared Chu army, although defeated, it does not mean that the Chu army can seize the four cities along the river in one go.

Emperor Chu publicized it with great fanfare, which shows that he cares about face and ignores the situation of the Chu army and the southern armies.

Hearing this, Xiong Wu's face became more smiling, his eyes swept over the kings of the Three Kingdoms, and proposed: "The Chu army has won a great victory in Yuejiang City, and I propose that the four kingdoms of Wu, Yue, Chu and Cai unite to seize Ancheng, Linjiang City and Hanjiang City in one fell swoop, and expel the Yan army to the south. ”

At this moment, Xiong Wu was ambitious, restored his previous ambitions, and prepared for the Chu State to lead the three southern kingdoms to fight a big war with the Yan army in the south.

"Emperor Chu, the Chu army is happy to have won a big victory, but the situation of Yuejiang City, you should know how many casualties the Chu army has suffered when it attacks Ancheng, Emperor Chu has not yet come to the Tao, the four countries must be fully prepared to fight against the Yan army!" Yue Jun Han Yanxi said!

Hearing that the Chu army had captured Yuejiang City, Han Yanxi's first thought was to ask Xiong Wu for Yuejiang City.

However, after thinking about it for a while, I realized that according to Xiong Wu's domineering character, the Chu army would definitely not take the initiative to give up when it captured Yuejiang City.

In addition, the idea of uniting with Yan Guo in his heart was also slightly shaken, not as firm as Zhao Yanyu, for fear that the Yan army would be defeated in the south and cooperate with Yan Guo would be aborted.

At this moment, asking about the casualties of the Chu army, he hoped to estimate the true strength of the Yan and Chu armies!

Hearing this, Xiong Wu laughed and said: "Yue Jun, in this campaign, Han Zhitong led the children of the Han family, and the army was like a rainbow, attacking Ancheng, and Yuejiang City suffered fewer casualties. ”

Xiong Wu had read Han Zhitong's good news, which clearly described the casualties in Yuejiang City, but did not describe the casualties in Ancheng, although the casualties of the Chu army in Yuejiang City were shocking. But in order to lobby the kings of the Three Kingdoms, he naturally would not tell the true number of casualties of the Chu army in Yuejiang City.

lest the kings of the Three Kingdoms, who were afraid of wolves and tigers, would not cooperate with the Chu army and attack the north!

At this time, the kings of the three kingdoms all remained silent, and although Xiong Wu's reverie was good, it would involve many problems when put into practice.

What's more, the kings of the three kingdoms have their own thoughts, so naturally they will not easily agree to Xiong Wu.

After a moment of silence, Cao Rong took the lead in standing up, staring at Xiong Wu, and said: "Emperor Chu, the great victory of the Chu army is naturally inspiring, but the southern army has been defeated by the Yan army many times in the north, and the troops of various countries are afraid of the Yan army, and the morale has fallen to the bottom. ”