After deliberation. Zhao Xing initially set the first batch of troops to go to Jiaozhou as 50,000 people, composed of the Marine Brigade of the Navy Division and the Qinghuai Army. Tai Shici was appointed as the marshal of the East Route Army attacking Yizhou, Li Ru was appointed as the army division, and Gan Ning was appointed as the vanguard general. Wang Lu was still the commander of the Marine Brigade, Guan Ping was still the commander of the Qinghuai Army, the original military division Mi Zhu was changed to Chen Deng, the military division of the Dragoon Army, and Mi Zhu was transferred to the Jin State for another appointment.

The reason why the 50,000 main forces dispatched for the first time did not appear in the Xiong Zhen Army and the Montenegrin Army, which are accustomed to fighting in the mountains and jungles, was based on the following two considerations:

First, this time the army went south to Jiaozhou, because in order to ensure the concealment of the operation, the fleet must sail away from the coast and bypass the coast of Wuzhou, so the voyage is longer and the sea time is longer, and it needs troops with stronger maritime adaptability to take the lead. Since the beginning of its formation, the Marine Brigade of the Marine Division has selected soldiers who can adapt to long-term life at sea, so it is the first choice.

Second, the southern part of Yizhou and the Jiaozhou region have a rainforest climate, and the weather is hot and humid all year round, and for the soldiers born in the Yellow River Valley, especially in the north of the Yellow River, it is easy to cause the danger of water and soil adaptation and large-scale illness. Relatively speaking, the Qinghuai army is active in the Yangtze River and Huai River basin, which is not only easier to adapt to the humid and hot environment of the rainforest, but also because they have been in contact with water since childhood, and their adaptability at sea is not bad.

Although the Marine Brigade and the Qinghuai Army have not had very astonishing achievements since their formation, this does not mean that these two units are not good at attacking fortifications and fighting battles. Wang Lu's ability to lead troops is comprehensive, and he is a first-class general cultivated by the Zhao Xing system, and Guan Ping's ability was demonstrated as early as when he was the commander of the heavy cavalry division of the Flying Tiger Army.

In addition, there are Tai Shici and Li Ru in the middle of the two armies, and Gan Ning, an authentic Yizhou person, as the vanguard, as long as they can quickly repair the road into Yizhou Dianchi, the southern part of Yizhou, which is now empty of troops, cannot stop the attack of the Eastern Route Army at all.

For the Eastern Route Army, the real difficulty was that once it entered Yizhou, it would not be able to obtain material and troop replenishment from the sea, and it would need to feed the war with war. At that time, because of the inability to communicate in time, Tai Shici and Li Ru had to decide on the actions of the army on their own, and completely became an army that was out of Zhao Xing's actual control.

In order to cover the smooth evacuation of the Marine Brigade and the Qinghuai Army from Jizhou and Xuzhou, Zhao Xing asked the Jizhou Army to welcome the Montenegrin Army back to its garrison with great fanfare. Similarly, the Xuzhou Army made the same preparations to welcome the arrival of Xiong's army.

Once the Qinghuai army was transferred, there were only 30,000 dragoons left in the Xuzhou area, which was obviously not enough to confront the Cao-Liu coalition army in Yan, Henan, and Yangzhou, so Zhao Xing supplemented the Xiong Zhen army, which was more terrifying in combat. One Pang Tong is enough for Zhuge Liang to have a headache, and now that Xu Shu is here, Zhuge Liang will have an even more headache this time.

Especially at the beginning of the sudden entry of the Black Mountain Army and the Xiong Zhen Army into the Jizhou and Xuzhou battlefields, because the forces of all parties would not notice the withdrawal of the Marine Brigade and the Qinghuai Army for the time being, it would break the original balance of forces in each region, causing tension between the Zhu Jun Division, the Xiahou Yuan Division, and the Han Rong Department in Jizhou and Xuzhou, so that the imperial court did not dare to dispatch more troops to the northern part of Jingzhou for the time being, so as to buy more time for Lü Meng to move.

One day in late June, flags fluttered in the Zhangshui Military Port in Bohai County, Jizhou, gongs and drums were noisy, and a row of warm and busy scenes.

Jizhou Mugong Sun Zhan, Jizhou Army Commander Lu Bu, Army Division Tian Feng, Xiongwu Army Commander Pang De, Marine Brigade Commander Wang Lu and others are difficult to get together on weekdays, but today I don't know why they all came here, I saw that their faces were full of joy, and they were looking into the distance.

Gongsun Zhan praised Lu Bu beside him: "The Black Mountain Army went to Yanzhou to fight this time, but it has earned a lot of honor for the Jizhou Legion, and your face as the commander of the army is also very bright!"

Lu Bu replied a little depressedly: "Alas, although the brilliance on my face is true, I didn't go to Yanzhou to fight in person, and I have been idle in Jizhou for more than two years, and I feel painful when I think about it!"

Tian Feng flickered Lu Bu on the side and said: "Feng Xian don't complain unwillingly, after all, you are a cavalry commander, and you went to Yanzhou, which is full of mountains and forests, but I am afraid that you will not be able to exert your full skills, it is better to stay in Jizhou, and you have fought with the fierce general Zhang Yide for a while!"

Lu Bu then smiled and stopped complaining.

After a while, I heard someone in the waiting crowd shouting, "Look, what a fleet!"

Everyone on the dock looked in the same direction, and sure enough, they saw that the white sails on the sea overlapped, hundreds of ships competed for the current, and a large and luxurious fleet was heading towards the shore.

Zhang Yan, who was on the handsome boat, saw clearly the people who came to greet him not far away through the "clairvoyance", so he ordered loudly: "Pass on my military order, and each ship will begin to sort out its personal military appearance and armor, and prepare to enter the port and dock!"

"Bang Chang...... Bang Chang ...... "With the sound of gongs and drums, the ships transporting the Montenegrin Army began to enter the port in order, and the people on the dock who came to greet them also waved to the excited soldiers on board.——!

After two years and three months of bloody battles in that strange and dangerous land, the Montenegrin Army finally fulfilled the solemn oath it made when it left, and planted the banner of the Montenegrin Army all over the land of Samhan. Being able to survive many battles, big and small, and finally return to their homeland, is in itself a cause for celebration and excitement. What's more, today's Montenegrin Army has become a glorious division in the Protector Army, not only the soldiers at all levels are full of medals, but their feat of opening up territory overseas for the King of Pingxi is bound to leave a strong mark in history!

After Zhang Yan and Jia Mu boarded the dock, the waiting crowd poured up, and the two sides hugged each other fiercely, expressing their inner excitement in silent language.

The painters of "Jin Bao", who had been ready for a long time, immediately recorded this touching scene. The next day, the picture message "The Triumphant Return of the Glorious Division" was published on the homepage and released to all states in the world. In the body of the news, the whole process of the Montenegrin Army going to the Yanzhou Peninsula to pacify Sanhan was described in detail, but the Liaodong Army involved in the Battle of Lieshui was hidden, and the Montenegrin Army fought 100,000 local natives on the south bank of Lieshui alone.

Less than ten days after this news was published, another similar news was sent from the direction of Xuzhou. This time, people couldn't help but see the triumphant return of Xiong Zhenjun, and also saw the figure of King Pingxi personally picking up the boat on the dock.

The king of Pingxi had already inspected Xuzhou, and Xiong Zhenjun was following behind, and such news was enough to cause a huge "earthquake".

After a while, the atmosphere in Xuzhou and Jizhou became more solemn, and even Dongwu, which was across the Yangtze River, was shaken, and they all speculated about what Zhao Xing meant.