When Wang Sheng heard this, he felt that it was very reasonable, and immediately ordered the Huai State Naval Division to attack the back road of Chu State.

The Chu army camp.

Qu Tong, the general of Chu State, is discussing with the generals, everyone has a headache for the Huai army, although the Huai army is small, but the soldiers are strong, the armor is sharp, and the soldiers of Chu have been defeated in successive battles, if it were not for the sufficient troops, they would have been defeated long ago.

And at this time, a team of messengers suddenly arrived.

Then he presented a roll of bamboo slips with both hands, and Qu Tong took the book and looked at it. The back road of the Chu army was attacked, and he immediately felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fell headlong. Hao Xuan saw that the grain and grass behind him had not been truncated, so he was slightly relieved.

Then he asked: "How many people are there in the Huai army attacking the back of our army?" Is it safe to hoard grain and grass? What are the casualties of our army? ”

"General Yu, the Huai army attacked from the water by boat, our army observed along the Jiangyou Lookout, found the Huai State Navy, and then fought against it, the enemy was defeated and retreated, hundreds of dead and wounded, and two ships, but the back road was not lost, and the grain and grass burned thousands of stones." The herald said hurriedly.

Qu Tong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it.

"The safety of the back road has improved, and the loss of grain and grass is acceptable!"

"General, there is a danger that the back road of the army's food and grass will be cut off, why don't you fade away as soon as possible?"

"That's right, general, the army has been here for a long time, and it has fought many battles, and the damage is quite heavy, if the grain and grass are robbed, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out."

"General, the lessons of the past are not far away, I will take 70,000 lives in this battle, and we must guard against it!"

Hearing that the back road was attacked, the faces of the generals of the Chu army in the big tent changed suddenly, and they asked the army to retreat. When Qu Tong saw this situation, he also understood that the army's heart had been shaken.

He immediately said: "The Huai army attacked my rear road, the army must not fight for a long time, set up more campfires tonight to prevent sneak attacks, and withdraw the army tomorrow!" ”

"Whoa!" The generals said in unison.

Every move of the Chu army's camp was monitored by Huai Guo, and after discovering that the Chu army's defenses had become stronger at night, they immediately reported it.

"Haha, Chu Jun is scared!" After Wang Sheng saw the information, he laughed.

"Congratulations, your lordship, the Chu army is about to pull out the camp. Our army can take advantage of the situation to pursue it! Ram Shuo said.

"Three armies at the same time, be careful and be on guard and fight tomorrow!" Wang Sheng said with a smile.

Early the next morning, the Chu army retreated.

When Huai Jun saw this scene, he did not attack, but followed not far or close, and always maintained pressure. At the beginning, the Chu army was in a neat formation and evacuated in an orderly manner, but the Huai army never found a chance, and in the afternoon, under long-term vigilance, the Chu army finally made a mistake, and Wang Sheng immediately ordered an attack.

The army was dispatched, the Chu army was exhausted, the army's morale was shaken, and it was defeated.

Fortunately, Qu Tong reacted in time and transferred troops back to defense, which barely held on, and seeing this scene, the army had to drop its baggage and quickly evacuate.

When Wang Sheng saw the orderly withdrawal of the Chu army, he no longer pursued, collected the baggage discarded by the Chu army, and then returned to the camp.

The Chu army was relieved to see that the Huai army did not continue to pursue, and then did not dare to stay, and retreated all the way to the place where the grain was stored, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

After the retreat of the Chu State, Wang Sheng sent people to transport the Wu prisoners of war back to China, and then led the army to Meili, the capital of the Wu State. He had previously sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, but was rejected by Wu. And after Wu learned that Wu Hou was captured, he had already supported his son to ascend the throne.

and stepped up the training of soldiers, repaired the city wall, and put on a posture of swearing not to surrender. It's just that in Wang Sheng's view, this move is just a death throes.

Meili City is the capital of Wu State, after more than 200 years of ups and downs, Meili City is high and deep, the surrounding water is abundant, the moat is wide, if you want to attack, there will be many casualties.

After Wang Sheng saw Meili City like this, he stopped thinking about attacking it for the time being, this kind of city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the attack suffered heavy casualties, but it is impossible to make him give up the fat in his mouth. The army of Wu was completely lost, and as long as Meili was defeated, the state of Wu would be completely destroyed.

The expansion of the territory and the destruction of the country have an extremely powerful attraction for any prince.

Wang Sheng stationed a large army in Meili, and then sent a part of the army to sweep away the Quartet. Wu Hou sucked Wu away from the young and strong, leaving only the old and weak, and the Huai army was like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and soon occupied these large and small cities.

In the end, more than ninety percent of the cities of Wu were occupied by Huai, and only Meili, the capital of Wu, was still resisting.

At this time, the weather was hot and sultry, there were many torrential rains, the army was stationed in the field, the ground was muddy, the bowstring was soft, there were many mosquitoes, and the garrison army was miserable.

Yuan Wang Sheng planned to besiege the city for several months, and when the time came, the people in Meili City naturally couldn't hold on, so they could only surrender the city. But now it seems that if the siege continues, more people will fall ill. Wang Sheng also hesitated whether to continue the siege or retreat.

"Your Majesty, the army is marching in March, Meili is damp, mosquitoes are everywhere, the soldiers are sick, it is not suitable to fight again, why don't you return to China first and come back in winter?"

Wang Sheng was reluctant to leave, if he waited for the winter to come back, Wu would definitely have trained new soldiers, and at the same time, the surrounding Wu cities that had been occupied could not be defended, and when the time came, it would be even more difficult to annex Wu with the help of Chu.

But if they don't leave, hundreds of people in the camp are already sick and must be treated as soon as possible. And if the siege continues, the army will definitely have more sick people, and I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties at that time.

Once the army suffered heavy casualties, then the Huai State would be in danger, and he knew very well that Qilu, Tan, Ju Wu and other countries would like the Huai State to suffer heavy casualties, so that they could fall into the well, and then they would even be in danger of losing the country.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan, but I can break Meili, but if I use this plan, Meili will definitely suffer heavy casualties, which will hurt Tianhe and is not conducive to the stability of Wudi." Ram Shuo hesitated and said.

"What's the plan?" Wang Sheng asked.

"His Majesty has recently traveled all over the surroundings of Meili, although the city is high and the pond is deep, the waterways are vertical and horizontal, but the location is flat, and the rain is abundant in this season, if you send someone to store water and build an embankment upstream, it only takes ten years later, destroy the embankment and attack, and Meili will immediately turn into a Zeguo!" Ram Shuo Road.

"It's just that although this plan can break Meili, but the big water will break the embankment, and it will be flooded for dozens of miles, and there will be too many casualties, and there will be many rebels at that time!"

Wang Sheng was also a little hesitant when he heard it, this plan was indeed ruthless and hurt Tianhe.

"Don't worry, this plan is feasible!" Xu Mao said suddenly.

"Oh, what did Xu Qing say?" Wang Sheng asked.

"The king only needs to send people to build an embankment upstream with great fanfare, cut off the water source, but do not break the embankment, or divert the flow of the water elsewhere, and then order someone to write on brocade silk that if he does not surrender, he will flood Meili and shoot into the city."

"At that time, the Wu people in Meili City will find that the water source is dry, and they will definitely believe that the king is going to flood Meili, and whether Meili surrenders or sends a large army out of the city for a decisive battle, they will be able to conquer Meili!"

"This battle is the best thing!"

Wang Sheng's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Ram Qing and Xu Qing are really talented, so they will act according to this plan!" ”