Tian Zhen stared closely at [Huaishui] on the map.
The Huai River can be regarded as the "Mother River" of the Chu State. This river stretches for thousands of miles from east to west and enters the sea in the east. Both sides of the river are the famous rich and fertile lands of the Chu State.
Why not use the navy of Qi to set out from the sea, bypass Langya, go west along the Huai River, and go straight to the hinterland of Chu?
Tian Zhen's eyes lit up, and the more he thought about it, the more he realized that this plan was feasible!
Fighting a tug-of-war with the Chu and Song coalition forces on land is likely to be in vain.
And if we march along the waterway through the Huaihe River, we can easily bypass the high mountains, passes and dangerous passes that the Chu and Song Dynasties relied on...
Although sailing on the sea is dangerous, it only takes a few hours to board a ship from the north of [Langya] and reach the estuary of the Huai River!
At that time, what will be placed in front of the Qi army is a vast expanse of fertile land!
When it comes to field battles in the plains, even if the Chu army has 200,000 troops, it may not be the opponent of Qi's 120,000 troops!
The more Tian Zhen thought about it, the more excited he became.
As long as we can defeat the main force of the Chu army in one fell swoop and force the King of Chu to bow his head and sue for peace... what does the previous loss of 30,000 people mean? !
When the time comes, he will be the famous general who can turn the tide of battle and win with surprise!
Thinking of this, Tian Zhen looked up to the sky and smiled——
Damn Chu people, you can’t imagine my move from the sea!
"Here comes someone!" Tian Zhen waved his hand, and the despondency was swept away!
"Take a letter from me and send it to Donglai Navy!"
"This battle is not over yet! Who will have the last laugh is yet to be determined!" Tian Zhen was high-spirited.
…
After annihilating Jiang Yu, Mi Heng's army gathered at Fulisai and was about to unite with the Song army and go north to expel the Qi army... but suddenly received news that the Qi army was retreating.
Mi Heng was puzzled.
Huang Xie also couldn't understand Tian Zhen's operation. After thinking for a long time, he said: "It must be that Qi State has lost many men and horses, and is unwilling to retreat and not want to fight anymore?"
But the Qi army could have stood firm and not fought - why would they give up the land they had already occupied in the Song Dynasty?
I don’t understand!
In any case, the Chu army has no reason to go north again - you mean to counterattack Qi? Nonsense! The main force of Qi State is still there. Even though there are many Chu soldiers, if you let go and fight head-on, you may not be able to defeat Qi State.
"Wuliang, I'm afraid this talisman will have to be returned to the people of Song Dynasty." Mi Heng said to Xiong Wuliang.
Xiong Wuliang shrugged.
According to his original intention, there is certainly no reason to return the territory he took away.
Who doesn’t know that Qu Yangjun can only go in and out?
But... at this time, the Song State has already surrendered to the Chu State and willingly became the Chu State's younger brother... The elder brother wants to rob the younger brother's family, and it is always unpleasant to say it out loud.
Our King Huai of Chu is a face-saving person, so of course he has to return this Fu Lisai.
Whatever!
Even if Chu Guoqiang left the talisman and left the fortress, Xiong Wuliang would still be able to gain less than half a cent.
Now that Fu Lizai is to be returned to the Song people, Xiong Wuliang can take the opportunity to extort a sum of money...
"Your Majesty, all the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty in our city worked hard to make arrows, and a total of 80,000 arrows were made... Should we settle the account now?" Song Zhe stared at Xiong Wuliang longingly.
Now Chu and Song have become good brothers, and Song Zhe, a former prisoner, has also transformed into a general of the allied country.
At this moment, Song Zhe's face was full of desire.
When Xiong Wuliang said to use white paper to replace arrows, Song Zhe remembered it clearly!
It is conceivable that those expensive white papers would be worth at least seven or eight thousand gold if they were resold in Song Zhe's hands!
Xiong Wuliang blinked and said seriously: "Of course, of course!"
"Without the wholehearted help of the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty, even if I can defend Fuli Fortress, I will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"
"Eighty thousand arrows are equivalent to sixteen carts of blank paper - I will certainly not default on my debt!"
After hearing this, Song Zhe was so excited that his face flushed and his face was radiant!
Xiong Wuliang suddenly changed the topic: "However, we also have several payments here that need to be settled by the general!"
Seeing Xiong Wuliang's serious look, Song Zhe suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart...
"Wha... what kind of payment? Please make it clear, sir!"
Xiong Wuliang sighed: "You may not believe it - I don't love money!"
"I have never been good at handling these copper-smelling things since I was a child..."
"Let Mr. Zhao Hua talk to you in detail!" Xiong Wuliang waved his hand, with an expression as if he regarded money as dirt.
Song Zhe looked at Zhao Hua, who was holding a thick stack of bills, and swallowed.
Zhao Hua coughed lightly, turned over the account book in his hand, and started mumbling——
"Qu Yangjun helped Song's allies defend Fuli Sai from Qi's poisonous hands... Do you have to pay a sum of money?"
"Should the compensation for the Chu soldiers who died in Fulisai have to be reimbursed by the Song allies?"
"There are also service fees for sergeants, business trip subsidies, food and grass conversion fees, ordnance loss fees... What is this? Oh, armor depreciation fees..."
"...This battle was fought fiercely. The Chu soldiers had to burn dung on top of the city under the scorching sun...Isn't it too much to pay for mental damage?"
Xiong Wuliang suddenly waved his hand and interrupted loudly: "Wait a minute - I remembered you mentioned the 'scorching sun' - and you have to add a 'high temperature subsidy' for the five thousand soldiers! I almost forgot Yes! Fortunately, you reminded me!"
Song Zhe looked at Xiong Wuliang in disbelief.
Don't you think you don't love money?
Zhao Hua was still mumbling: "Okay, high temperature subsidy fee... Finally, we Chu people will help the Song Dynasty repair Fuli Sai, and we will have to pay for it, right?"
"Total...nine thousand two hundred gold!" Zhao Hua raised his head and closed the account book in his hand.
Xiong Wuliang waved his hand and said very generously: "Zhao Hua, the Song Dynasty is our ally, and we are all brothers! Don't settle the accounts so clearly, it will easily hurt the feelings between brothers——"
"Let's roughly calculate it as ten thousand gold!" Xiong Wuliang made the final decision.
Zhao Hua cast an admiring look at Xiong Wuliang——
It has to be the head of our family. I really can’t imitate this skill...
…
Mr. Song was dumbfounded!
Xiong Wuliang, are you still human?
Calculating it this way——
We Song people were staying well in Fulishai, eating hot pot and singing songs, but suddenly you Chu people rushed in and beat us up indiscriminately.
Then Song State was forced to get involved in the war and fought with Qi State.
In addition, our soldiers and civilians all over the city have gone all out to help your Chu army cut and make arrows... At the end of the day, we still owe you three thousand gold?
Inhuman!
Xiong Wuliang patted Song Zhe on the shoulder and said with great concern: "It doesn't matter. If you don't have so much money on hand, you can deliver it in installments."
"However, you will need to pay interest on the installment plan - the so-called brothers will settle accounts clearly, I have to make this clear to you in advance!"
Song Zheren is numb!
This is the most shameless person he has ever seen in his life!
A great aristocrat of the Chu State actually has this kind of virtue?
Song Zhe was filled with grief and anger, and he wanted to retort, but at a glance he saw Shaohu behind Xiong Wuliang staring at him maliciously and moving his ankles...
Want to cry but no tears!
Xiong Wuliang coughed again——
