Jiang Wei ordered Guan Suo and Shi Kuang to set off immediately, Guan Suo knew that this way to the south would not encounter too much resistance, and it should be regarded as a credit for picking up in vain, so he quickly ordered his troops and horses to set off.

In the evening, Hua Hu and Zhang Xue returned from collecting their troops, both of them had rich results, Zhang Xue ambushed the soldiers on the east side of Jiaozhi City, and killed nearly 5,000 Dongwu soldiers with the cooperation of Hua Hu, which was a great victory.

Most of the remaining Soochow soldiers scattered and fled into the mountains and forests, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to regroup in a short period of time, and there should be few people left who can escape from Bandpu alive.

Both of them were excited, especially Hua Hu, with the two battles of Xisui and Jiaozhi, almost one-third of the Southern Barbarian soldiers under their command actually changed their clothes.

The Southern Barbarian warriors have changed from the original arms who couldn't even wear decent military uniforms to iron weapons that can now wear armor and basically use weapons and equipment.

Hua Hu was full of joy, his prestige among the Southern Barbarian tribes was getting higher and higher, and if he continued to fight like this, his own army would become a real elite sooner or later.

Although most of the armor of the soldiers in Jiaozhou in Dongwu is leather armor, and the real elites are in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, but after all, the equipment level is much better than that of the barbarians in Nanzhong, so gradually Hua Wei also feels that it is indeed a very cool thing to follow Jiang Wei to win battles, and there is less resentment towards Jiang Wei in his heart.

After the generals gathered, Jiang Wei especially praised Zhang Xue.

Jiang Wei said to everyone: "Every time General Boqi fights with me, he has won the most and has the highest combat achievements. ”

Recently, several consecutive battles, Zhang Xue's Wudang Fei army beheaded the most, although every time they fought an ambush battle, and the combat objects were all routs, but it was not easy to achieve such a result, if you change to Hua Fei to do it, Hua Fei himself will not have this confidence.

Zhang Xue has always been very brave in battle, but he is too fierce in doing things, so when he governed Nanzhong, the law enforcement was stricter, which caused the conflict with the Nanban to intensify, which triggered the rebellion of Nanban Liu Xuan, Zhuge Liang removed Zhang Xue and let Ma Zhong take charge of Nanzhong.

Therefore, Zhang Xue has been holding his breath in his heart, wanting to prove his ability through his achievements. Now that Jiang Wei is so praised, he is even more grateful, and bowed down and said:

"The last general can follow General Jiang's left and right, with a little bit of merit, thanks to the general's strategic work, the last general has done his best!"

Jiang Wei encouraged Zhang Xue to say: "General Boqi should not be humble, the words of this general are from the bottom of his heart, now that Hepu is empty, it is the time for the general to continue to go east and seize Hepu, and the general is willing to be the vanguard and capture Hepu." General Ben will lead the army eastward and must capture the entire territory of Jiaozhou in one fell swoop. ”

When Zhang Xue heard this, he hurriedly bowed down: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard, send troops to Hepu, recover Fupu for the Han Dynasty, and recover Jiaozhou!" ”

Jiang Wei was overjoyed when he heard this, approached Zhang Xu, patted him on the shoulder and said, "If General Boqi can really recover Jiaozhou and open up the territory for Shu Han, I will definitely recommend the general to Your Majesty as General Annan." ”

Zhang Xu's current official position is General Rong, in fact, he is a miscellaneous general, if he can be the general of Annan, then he is one of the four generals, so he was excited, thanked Jiang Wei again and again, and then strode out of the big tent, ordered the soldiers and horses, and rolled towards Hepu.

The reason why Jiang Wei did not immediately send a large army to attack Hepu was that on the one hand, he thought that Zhang Xu's 5,000 soldiers and horses were enough to capture Hepu, and on the other hand, he also had a hidden worry in his heart, that is, Jiaozhi was very close to the mouth of the Red River.

After all, the sailors of Eastern Wu are the only powerful among the Three Kingdoms.

If you can support Liaodong across the sea and occupy Yizhou and Taiwan across the sea, you will naturally have the ability to send troops across the sea to attack Jiaozhi, if your own army is attacking Hepu or Guangzhou in Nanhai County, you will be in danger of falling if you are not careful.

Naval warfare was a completely new topic in front of Shu Han, and no one except Jiang Wei could realize the importance of naval warfare.

Now that Jiaozhi has been laid, Shuhan has a new strategic topic of "coastal defense". However, if Jiaozhi City is stationed with heavy troops, Jiang Wei will not be afraid, as long as Dongwu dares to land, he will have the confidence to defeat his opponent.

When Jiang Wei told Hua Yan, Zhuge Zhan, and Guan Yinping about these worries, everyone was a little surprised, everyone has been fighting land battles all year round, and when they changed their thinking for the first time, they were inevitably a little unaccustomed to it.

Zhuge Zhan said thoughtfully: "Brother Boyo is still thoughtful, if our army attacks Nanhai County with all its might, it is indeed possible that Jiaozhi will be attacked by the Dongwu Sea, and then our army will be trapped in Jiaozhou, in a dilemma, and it will be a matter of time before we are defeated." ”

Jiang Wei sighed: "So this is the first time that my Shu Han is facing a new topic: the issue of sea control!" ”

"Sea supremacy?"

Zhuge Zhan was very interested in this proposal, and felt that these three words summed up the key to the problem at once.

Relying on the natural geographical advantages of Bashu, if the enemy wants to attack Shu Han, the natural danger of Shu Road in the north and the natural danger of the Yangtze River in the east alone is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

But now Jiaozhou is different, the sea is vast, the enemy may appear anywhere, and there is basically no natural danger to defend. Thinking of this, Zhuge Zhan also felt a headache, and hurriedly asked:

"Brother Boyo, this Jiaozhou has a vast coastline and no danger to defend, what should I do?"

Jiang Wei thought for a while and said:

"There are only two ways, the first is to learn from Cao Wei and establish a strong army and sailor, neither of which is inferior to Eastern Wu, so that Eastern Wu has no chance to take advantage of it. The second is to learn from Soochow and build a powerful naval division to firmly control the sea frontier of thousands of miles, and even deter the coastal areas of the enemy country at all times. ”

Guan Yinping suddenly sighed:

"I think back then, when my father was in Jingzhou, my Han also had a water master, but unfortunately after Jingzhou was lost, there was no longer a decent water master, so there is this embarrassment. Now it is too difficult to build a new water division in Jiaozhou out of thin air! ”

At this time, Pan Ping, who had been standing behind Guan Yinping and did not speak, spoke.

"New sailor? Why is this necessary? There is a ready-made sailor in Cochin, and it stops at Halong Bay at the mouth of the Red River! Among them, there are many building ships, and Lu Dai has also traveled to various countries in the South China Sea through these building ships! ”

Pan Ping's words shocked Jiang Wei.

"Really?"

Pan Ping said very firmly:

"Of course, if I remember correctly, the Jiaozhou Sailors parked in Halong Bay have 10 ships, 100 ships, 200 ships, and about 1,000 sailors."

Jiang Wei slammed the case:

"Good! That's great! Pan Ping, you quickly gather the three thousand athletes under your command and go out with this general. This general wants to take advantage of the fact that the Jiaozhou Naval Division has not yet learned the news, and quickly catch up and take down the Naval Division, if this matter is done, it will win the first naval division for the Han Dynasty, which is a miracle! ”

Pan Ping hurriedly bowed to the ground, and gave his hand to the order: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

"Wait!" Hua Fei suddenly stopped Pan Ping. Pan Ping hurriedly turned his head and looked at Hua Fei with a puzzled expression.

"General Pan, you have a lot of difficulties this time, I want to do it for you!"

With that, he took a wine bag and a horn cup from his body, and filled the cup with wine.

Pan Ping didn't expect Hua Fei to be so good to him suddenly, could it be that his handsome appearance fascinated the Queen of Flowers? Hurriedly smiled and took the horn glass, and suddenly the aroma of wine came.

He exclaimed, "Good wine!" He took the wine glass and drank it all, and then said proudly to Hua Yan.

"Queen Xie Hua raises love!"

Hua Fei watched Pan Ping finish drinking, and then said, "You're welcome, Pan Ping, do you feel some itching and pain in your abdomen?" ”

Pan Ping felt it carefully, and sure enough, he felt some itching in his abdomen, but he didn't feel pain, but with a little force, it stabbed badly. Pan Ping immediately turned his face and said:

"What did you give me a drink?"

Hua Fu sneered: "Hmph! I heard that this guy of yours will vote for Wu for a while and Han for a while, and he has no loyalty at all. Now you've been poisoned by the Queen. ”