Listening to the chief general Song Xiang asked in a cold voice, Wu Dao suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and said urgently: "General, the last general is also for the sake of nearly 10,000 brothers in the sailor, and he did not betray your brothers. ”

Li Fanglin said coldly: "Really? But according to the investigation between this officer and General Song, you contacted the people of the Qi army half a month ago, and reported the situation of the sailor to the Qi army. Hum...... I heard that Vice General Wu was also allowed to be appointed as a general of Pingbei by the Qi army. It's amazing, you Wu Dao is still the deputy general of the water division in the Chu Army, and you can still hang up the position of a general in the Qi Army, which is envious of Pang people. After that, Li Fanglin nodded slightly to Song Xiang.

Song Xiang said sharply: "You bastard who eats inside and crawls outside, you dare to betray the intelligence of the sailor and the enemy army?" Come on, pull this bastard down, slash! The head of the head to show the whole army. ”

Song Xiang, who usually controls the overall situation, but has a gentle temperament and rarely gets angry, suddenly became angry at this moment, and immediately killed one of the three lieutenants, making all the generals tremble. Especially those generals who were attached to Wu Dao's command on weekdays, they were even more nervous at the moment, and they were afraid that Song Xiang would be ruthless and eradicate them all.

Song Xiang glanced at the generals with cold eyes, and said sharply: "Now that the Chu army is gone, this general is worried about nearly 10,000 soldiers and the families of the soldiers, and is determined to surrender to Zhao, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Hai, who had been suggesting the surrender of Zhao on weekdays, immediately came out of the queue and said in a deep voice: "This move is very good, and the last general is willing to obey the general's will and surrender to Zhao." ”

Another lieutenant general, Lin Mowen, looked at Zhang Hai, and then at Song Xiang, who had a cold face, sighed slightly, and also said: "The last general is also willing to obey the general's will and surrender to Zhao State." ”

Even one lieutenant general expressed his willingness to obey Song Xiang's wishes, and one lieutenant general was killed, where did the rest of the generals dare to have any different opinions? They knew that Wu Dao was killed by Song Xiang immediately because he wanted to surrender to Qi, and they didn't want to become the second Wu Dao.

Seeing the echo in the military tent, Li Fanglin couldn't help but smile secretly. Song Xiang has a lot of relationship with his three brothers, Li Fangzong, Li Fanglin came this time, naturally he has to play his due role, which is also the strength of the local clan. Although Li Chi is gone, Li Fanglin also has the background of his side branches. And Li Huaiyuan took a fancy to this point, so he asked Li Fanglin to be in charge of the surrender of the water master. For the understanding of the various ethnic groups and branches of the Chu Army in Xuzhou, the Shadow Division and the Eagle Eye Division already have very detailed information.

And Li Fanglin has lived up to Li Huaiyuan's trust, and has already won the water division. Li Fanglin had arrived at the Sailor Residence a few days earlier, but he did not directly enter the Sailor camp. Instead, he contacted the people of the Eagle Eye Division to understand the current situation of the Sailor Division, inspect the current state of the Sailor Division, and even took down the contacts and details of the Qi Army around the Sailor Division's station.

After completing these and checking all the information, Li Fanglin contacted the water master. The first person he came into contact with was Song Xiang, a sailor general who had been helped by his brother in the past, and wanted to take the lead in opening a gap in Song Xiang. For Song Xiang, it is better to descend Zhao than to descend to Qi, in addition to his background in Xuzhou Chu Army, in addition, his family is also in Xuzhou. The most important thing is that Song Xiang knew that the Qi army was far from being the opponent of Zhao State. And many of Zhao's policies were also appreciated by Song Xiang.

Therefore, after Li Fanglin found him, Song Xiang directly cooperated with Li Fanglin to preside over the matter of the water master's surrender to Zhao. After finding out from the Eagle Eye Division that the people of the Qi army were also pulling over the team of the sailors, Li Fanglin and Song Xiang decided to attack Wu Dao, who was bent on surrendering Qi and colluding with the Qi army.

The matter was solved perfectly, and the banner of the Navy Battalion was also changed to the Flame Qilin Banner of Zhao Jun. In addition to the original non-commissioned officers and establishment of the naval division, the Zhao army also quickly sent a series of personnel, in addition to the adjutants of officers at all levels, there were also officials in charge of military logistics and military discipline. In addition, there are officers who train non-commissioned officers. Because Zhao Jun has strict requirements for non-commissioned officers and military regulations, this sailor soldier needs to be strictly trained. Song Xiang and the others also knew that Zhao Jun was like this, and he was also trying to install people in the water division.

Although they understood this, they did not dare to have any grievances. Since then, the sailor has erected the banner of the Zhao army, the logistics officials of the Zhao army have arrived, and after the treatment of the soldiers has been determined, the sailors and soldiers have already set their hearts on the Zhao country. The position of the three deputy generals, Wu Dao, was naturally replaced by an official sent by Zhao Jun. And more than a dozen generals who led thousands of troops each have now been sent by Zhao Jun with three adjutants.

What made these officers a little satisfied was that although Zhao Jun installed people, trained strictly, and strengthened military discipline and discipline, he did not embarrass them as generals, and still let them lead the army, and they were treated better.

After learning about the battle situation of the Chu army and seeing that the Chu army actually had more than 10,000 water divisions stationed on the north bank of Hongze Lake, Zhao Xun was also surprised, and he did not expect that the Chu army could still suppress the Qi army with the most water troops on the front line of the Huai River.

This Hongze Lake is connected to the Huai River, connected to the water network of Yangzhou and Jiangzhou in the south, and connected to the Yangtze River, which is also very important for Zhao Jun. After Zhao Xun learned that the Huaihe River line had successfully absorbed the Chu army's sailors and that there were countless shipwrights, he immediately ordered the establishment of a shipyard on the Huai'an line to build inland river warships and civilian ships. In addition, the general of the navy army was also specially sent to Xuzhou to expand the original water division to form the Huaihe water army.

Zhao's shipbuilding industry is no less than Yangzhou and Jiaozhou in the south, and in terms of naval warships and maritime merchant ships, Zhao's shipbuilding industry is even more than that of the south. However, in terms of inland water army, Zhao was weaker than the south. Not only on the inland waterway, but also on the merchant ships, but also in the canals of Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou, as well as part of the Yellow River. But compared to the South, it is still far from it.

Of course, this situation does not mean that the policies of the Zhao army are not good, nor that the ability of the Zhao army is insufficient, but that the terrain in the north is limited. The south ships and the north horses, this is also the truth of the Central Plains. How do you sail without a big river? Speaking of which, there are more and better materials for shipbuilding in the North than in the South. In the land of Liaozhou, the towering giant trees can be seen everywhere.

Because of the giant trees and many beasts and birds in the forests in the land of Liaozhou, as well as the fertile land in the north, more and more people began to expand northward, and those beasts and birds and all kinds of towering giant trees also made more and more merchants march north, thus making the territory of the Zhao army in the northeast more and more.

No matter how many shipbuilding materials there are in the north, the north is not a thriving place for ships. Therefore, Zhao Guohai's ships were invincible. However, inland river vessels are very scarce in the north. The inland water division is only a line of canals and the Yellow River, with a limited river protection army.

And the surrender of the defenders of Xuzhou also made Zhao Xun suddenly realize his shortcomings in the inland water division. Inland river ships are not the same as sea vessels, and Zhao Jun's navy is difficult to stupidly enter inland rivers. Of course, in addition to providing assistance to the naval army, the shipbuilding industry is more about providing commercial or civilian assistance. Therefore, for the surrender of the Xuzhou sailors, Zhao Xun paid more attention to the shipwright that Li Chi pulled back from Yangzhou.

The land of other princes is easy to say, but the territory under the jurisdiction of the Qi army is covered with a dense water network, and if you want to defeat the Qi army and suppress the Qi army, you also need the cooperation of the water army. In addition, even if there is no need for a naval army in a big war, it is naturally impossible to govern this vast body of water without a team of sailors.

Of course, the reorganization and expansion of the naval army cannot be completed in a short period of time, after all, Xuzhou has not been completely taken by the Zhao army. However, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in the south of Xuzhou, and Li Huaiyuan, the coach of the Zhao Army in Xuzhou, will certainly not simply incorporate them and put them aside.

After Zhao Xun sent an officer of the navy to take over the Chu army's navy and put this navy under his control, Li Huaiyuan made use of the nearly 10,000 navy army.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers, although they are naval troops, are still regular troops. After a slight reorganization, most of the nearly 10,000 soldiers, except for the soldiers guarding the camp and the new soldiers recruited from among the fishermen, immediately headed west to take action against the surrounding prefectures.

In the southern part of Xuzhou, except for Jiangdu, Guangling and other places closest to Yangzhou, where the Chu army is stationed, there is no army stationed in the rest of the places. Thousands of sailors and soldiers, if they don't move, they will always have a huge force. Huai'an and other places soon erected the banner of the Zhao army under the approach of the naval army. In this way, the land of Xuzhou is blooming on all sides. And the annexation of the water division has also made the southwest river line of Xuzhou safer, at least, there is no need to worry about what the southern Qi army will do.

Compared with Li Huaiyuan's happiness, Qi Junzuo Cheng Zhang Tu couldn't be happy. He Kai did not take the final action of buying and wooing the Chu army's water division, and now he learned that the Chu army's water division had raised the banner of Zhao and executed the fine work and messengers he sent.

Although this news made Zhang Tu's face pale, Zhang Tu could only grit his teeth and press it in his heart. The Chu army's sailors descended to Zhao, and his last chance to reach out to the land of Xuzhou was completely lost.

"Alas...... Plans are in people, and things are done in heaven! Bad luck, what can I do? In the end, Zhang Tu could only sigh like this. Before he set off, the matter had come to an end, which made Zhang Tu turn back and go to Murong Rong, the king of Qi.

Although he was unwilling, after Murong Cheng heard what Zhang Tu said, he could only stop calculating the land of Xuzhou. However, because of the unfavorable action, the Chu army's sailors could not be pulled back, so in order to guard against the Zhao army, Murong Cheng also ordered a new navy on the south bank of the Huai River.

Murong Cheng was not afraid of the sailor in the hands of the Chu army, but when this sailor and thousands of shipwrights fell into the hands of the Zhao army, Murong Cheng could not but pay attention to and guard against it. With the strength of the Chu army, let alone nearly 10,000 water divisions, no matter how many, the Chu army did not dare to go south easily. But for Zhao Jun, this naval division that does not pay attention to will inevitably become a sharp blade that threatens the land of Yangzhou of the Qi army at all times. Therefore, in the past, there was no return to the Huai River line of the revival and construction of the water division, and now Murong Cheng can't help but start building in a hurry.

Regarding the Qi army in Yangzhou, Li Huaiyuan didn't care too much. Now, the Zhao army has marched into Pengcheng, and the soldiers have begun to rule Pengcheng and the surrounding cities.

As when he joined forces with Li Zhe earlier, after arriving in Pengcheng, Li Huaiyuan summoned the leading generals who remained in Pengcheng and asked them to hand over their military power and reorganize the army. This is also the condition proposed by Zhao State when the Chu army surrendered to Zhao. These generals were naturally reluctant in their hearts, but the current commander of the Chu army, Li Zheyi, Li Ying, Li Zhan and others who accompanied him, directly obeyed Li Huaiyuan's orders and handed over the remaining 10,000 troops, and the rest of the generals did not dare not hand them over.

Li Huaiyuan naturally didn't worry about these generals repeatedly, now that the Zhao army was in Xuzhou, it was already invincible, and the scattered Chu army, after there was no unified and effective command, they didn't dare to easily turn their faces with themselves.

In addition to giving orders to these generals from the front, Li Huaiyuan also had new decrees and new soldiers treated in Pengcheng. In this way, the people of Pengcheng and its surrounding cities enthusiastically supported his Zhao army, and the soldiers under the command of the generals of the Chu army also began to yearn for the Zhao army. Except for many who want to return home and no longer continue to serve in the army, the remaining soldiers are willing to be under the command of the Zhao army.

In this way, coercion and inducement were used at the same time, and soon all the generals who were forced had to hand over their rights and obey the jurisdiction of the Zhao army. And the civil and military officials in the city were also under Li Fangzong's verification, and they were all arranged as they should.

Speaking of his understanding of the officials in Xuzhou, Zhao Jun naturally did not know better than the people within Chu Jun himself. For the generals within the Chu army, most of them are now arranged to return to Youzhou City to study, see their abilities, and then make arrangements. As for the civil servants, a large proportion of them were directly dismissed from their official positions. The civil officials who were dismissed from their official positions basically had various problems, and the remaining capable ones would also be arranged to various places to assist the officials of Zhao State in governing the localities. After all, the new arrival of Zhao officials is far less than the original local officials in terms of their understanding of the situation in Xuzhou.

After Li Huaiyuan entered Pengcheng, he immediately began to take over the surrounding cities, and began to send officials to Wang Zhucheng to take over the army around Pengcheng; On the one hand, it immediately sent the decree issued by King Zhao to all parts of Xuzhou, so that the people in Xuzhou could understand the new policies that Zhao wanted to implement in Xuzhou.

Li Huaiyuan's hand is indeed very effective, not to mention far away, even the Zhao army on the South Road in the land of Jiangdu Mansion and Guangling Mansion has also moved much faster. In the land of Jiangdu Mansion and Guangling Mansion, this was originally the place where Xuzhou and Yangzhou met in the southeast, and it was also the first line of the Chu army to defend and resist the Qi army. Compared to Hongze Lake in the southwest, this eastern land is more likely to be at war between the two sides. Therefore, one-third of the army of the Chu army was stationed here. There are many more Chu troops stationed here than the Chu troops stationed in the north to defend against the northern Zhao army.

Therefore, the Zhao army had the most difficult operation on the southern front, and also allocated the most troops. Although the death of Li Chi's father and son split the Chu army and caused the morale of the Chu army to plummet, the Chu army in Jiangdu Prefecture and Guangling Mansion in the south was not completely scattered like Pengcheng and Chuzhou Mansion in the north, and began to fight. The southern Chu army totaled more than 35,000 soldiers, and later because Li Chi was unwilling to surrender to Zhao and wanted to develop and grow, there were more than 10,000 new recruits, totaling 450,000 soldiers.

In order to guard against the powerful Qi army, and the Chu army had more than Zhao state trade exchanges, therefore, the Chu army's military supplies and grain and grass were basically based on the south first, so the southern Chu army in Jiangdu Mansion and Guangling Mansion was the strongest Chu army.

When Li Chi wanted to use the Zhao army to fight with the princes, the Chu army also expanded a lot. And the land of the two provinces in the south is very crucial, so the one who sits in the south is Li Ming, who is loyal to Li Chi and is Li Chi's cousin.

After Li Chi's father and son were killed, Li Ming reorganized tens of thousands of Chu troops in the south, raised the banner of revenge, and resisted the Zhao army that entered Yuzhou by the Zhao army. Although the Zhao army on the southern route had various advantages, on the territory of the Chu army, it was difficult to win a big victory in the battle with the Chu army, which occupied a favorable position.

Seeing this situation, Li Huaiyuan ordered the Zhao army on the southern road not to attack, but to prevent Li Ming's troops from fleeing south to the territory of Qi. Instead, action was taken in the central and northern. After the sailor was persuaded to surrender, Li Huaiyuan was relieved of the Chu army in the south. The water division surrendered, and the south of Jiangdu Mansion and Guangling Mansion were intercepted by the Zhao army, so that no matter how strong the Chu army in the south was, it was also a tree without roots and water without a source.

Therefore, after Li Huaiyuan entered Pengcheng and the sailors began to conquer the city on the Huai River, they spread the new policy of the Zhao army in Xuzhou to the two southern provinces.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this sentence is not simply said. After the Zhao army spread these Xuzhou conditions through meticulous work and merchants, as well as cities hostile to the Zhao army, the Chu army in Jiangdu and Guangling changed almost overnight.

After spreading the situation in Xuzhou and Zhao's new policy in Xuzhou, as well as the news that King Zhao had pardoned all taxes for three years and asked the defenders of the two provinces to surrender, return to Zhao army as soon as possible, and enjoy the persuasion of the new policy to surrender to the two provinces, the Zhao army immediately began to attack. This time, the situation has changed greatly, and most of the cities can be said to be bloodless for Zhao Jun, depending on the legend.

This is the role of the people's heart, the people of Xuzhou have been fighting hard for a long time, and now the policy of the Zhao army has arrived, and the people of the two southern provinces will not be able to control the Zhao army at all, and those soldiers are the same. As a result, in just a few days, all but a few of the lands of the two provinces fell. 450,000 soldiers, more than 30,000 surrendered.

Li Ming, the commander of the Chu army, did not expect the situation to become like this, and in just a few days, the situation was turned upside down. No matter how hard he tries, he is already powerless. Seeing that his subordinates were gradually throwing themselves into Zhao Jun, Li Ming, who knew that he had no chance, committed suicide in Jiangdu. As soon as Li Ming died, the remaining Chu army was suddenly ownerless, and they also surrendered to Zhao one after another.

After Jiangdu Mansion and Guangling Mansion were taken by the Zhao army, there were basically no more than 10,000 resistance troops in the entire Xuzhou land. The remaining cities can be easily taken by Zhao Jun. The defeat of Li Ming's troops in the south also made the rest of the small Chu army in various places understand that the Zhao army's domination of Xuzhou was already close at hand. Therefore, all the ministries asked Zhao Jun to surrender.

At the beginning of September, the Chu army in Xuzhou had completely ceased to exist. In addition to the rout army and mountain bandits that circulated in some places, the Chu army that had been formed into the system had all been defeated by the Zhao army, and the land of Xuzhou was officially taken under the rule of the Zhao state.