"Report to the Lord——" Zhao Hua cupped his hands and replied: "Prince Mi Heng has nearly 200,000 Chu troops, combined with 30,000 Song troops and 10,000 Yue troops, a total of 240,000 troops."
"Go north to conquer Qi and achieve great victory along the way!"
"First defeat [Qiyang] and [Yangdu], and then capture the important town of Qi State [Chengyang]."
"A few days ago, a large army surrounded [Jucheng]!"
Xiong Wuliang clicked his tongue in admiration.
Facing Qi who had no power to fight back, Mi Heng's movements were fast enough.
How long has it been?
It has swept through hundreds of miles of southern Qi State.
Song Guo and Yue Guo were also smart in their actions. They immediately came over to hug the thigh and beat the drowned dog together.
It is estimated that these two small countries will certainly benefit from this counterattack.
"How did Qi State respond?" Xiong Wuliang asked again.
"Qi State gathered troops from all over the country, and at the same time paid heavily to bribe rangers and exhausted the people into soldiers. In just twenty days, an army of 300,000 was gathered..."
Xiong Wuliang was dumbfounded.
What kind of mobilization ability is this?
It’s really just money-making ability, right?
Zhao Hua said in one breath: "Prince Mi Heng has decided to withdraw his troops recently. The temporary army of Qi State did not pursue it, but followed the allied forces of Chu, Song and Yue to silently regain the lost ground..."
Xiong Wuliang nodded.
It was a wise move for Mi Heng to withdraw his troops.
After all, Qi State is a big country. Although it gave away more than 100,000 people, its vitality is still there.
Judging from the fact that Qi State recruited an army of 300,000 in one breath - if Qi State is really anxious, and the whole country is mobilized, maybe 500,000 or 600,000 troops can be raised.
It is correct to accept it as soon as possible!
This time, the Chu State has achieved a complete victory - although the more than 100 miles of Qi State's land captured is not bordering the Chu State and cannot be turned into Chu State's territory...but the population and property plundered must also be a Astronomical numbers.
When the Yue State, which was suffering from frequent civil strife and was in poverty, was conquered, Chu State made a lot of money from it.
With the Qi State's Yin wealth, this battle is bound to be extremely fruitful.
Of course, because the captured land of Qi State is not bordering Chu State, these lands cannot be taken by Chu State as their own - having said that, Mi Heng must not dare to invade such a large piece of Qi State land.
For fear of attracting Qi’s endless and crazy revenge!
In short, this battle has been successfully fought.
Everything on the battlefield has settled, and the next step is the bickering and bickering on the negotiation table... Of course, those back and forth have nothing to do with Xiong Wuliang.
Xiong Wuliang waved his hand: "Retreat the troops! Return to the fiefdom!"
After so many days, trivial matters such as disaster relief and cleanup have actually been completed long ago.
The reason why Xiong Wuliang has not withdrawn his troops is because the front line is still fighting - if he, the feudal lord, returns to the fiefdom with his troops at this time, he will be suspected of deserting.
Therefore, under the pretext of "wiping out the remaining Qi army", he took three thousand troops and stayed stationed in [Gaoping].
Now that Mi Heng has withdrawn his troops from the front line, Xiong Wuliang can finally return to his fiefdom!
When the order was given to withdraw the troops and go home, everyone in Three Thousand Steps jumped for joy!
This battle lasted for several months.
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Quyang County.
"The master is back! The master is back!" Shocking news reached the study room in Qu Yangjun's mansion.
Qu Yuan poked his head out from behind a mountain of paperwork.
Looking carefully, Qu Yuan's forehead is full of wrinkles and his hair has turned gray.
"Xiong Wuliang is back?" Qu Yuan stood up suddenly, his tone changed: "I'm going to meet him!"
Three months! In the past three months, do you know how I got here?
Not to mention the government affairs that were originally handled by Qu Yuan and Zhao Hua, now they are all piled on Qu Yuan alone...
Just the number of people brought back by Xiong Wuliang made Qu Yuan very anxious!
The refugees north of Xiapi and the refugees on the lower reaches of the Huai River... all fled to the fiefdom under Xiong Wuliang's instigation. Added up, there are more than 100,000 people!
Japanese you!
Qu Yuan was so busy that he kicked the back of his head!
Fortunately, Hu Cong, the magistrate of Ping'a County, also had some talents. He was recruited by Qu Yuan to help resettle the refugees in Quyangjun's mansion, and he managed to survive the difficulties.
Qu Yuan was filled with grief and anger——
Now he can see clearly that Xiong Wuliang just wants to be a donkey messenger!
…
Xiong Wuliang looked at Qu Yuan, who had aged several years in front of him, feeling a little guilty and smiled.
Qu Yuan took a deep breath and glanced at Zhao Hua.
Just caught the flash of gloating expression on Zhao Hua’s face——
"Mr. Zhao, don't rest anymore, let's work together." Qu Yuan said expressionlessly, immediately pulling Zhao Hua into the water...
But it was said that the officers and soldiers of the three armies accepted the cheers of the people in the fief and returned directly to Quyang City.
"The officers and men of the Quyang and Shaohu armies should rest and recuperate separately. Once the reward is due, it will be implemented as soon as possible according to the size of the merit." Xiong Wuliang said.
Zhong Hua and Shao Hu passed the order like this, and the three thousand soldiers of Quyang Army and Shao Hu were naturally happy...
Returning to the study room in the mansion, Xiong Wuliang sat on the throne.
Sitting next are Qu Yuan, Zhao Hua, Shi Er, Zhong Hua, Shao Hu, Song Zhe...
Today's fiefdom is full of talents.
Xiong Wuliang began to ask: "How is the development in the fiefdom going after a few months of separation?"
Qu Yuan and Shi Er respectively elaborated——
Now there are nearly 200,000 people in the fiefdom!
Moreover, the production capacity of the industrial park has been further improved with financial support.
The merchant house has been established. Under the leadership of new employee Song Zhe, a chamber of commerce called "Quyang merchant house" was established and organized more than ten large caravans affiliated with the government, specializing in smuggling ceramics, white paper, lacquerware, Bulk goods such as cloth and silk brought huge trade profits to Quyang County.
Coupled with the frequent business travel between various countries...
It can be said that today's Quyang County has vaguely replaced Linzi and become the center of world commerce.
The wealth and silk from the seven countries are all flowing towards Quyang County.
If you can stand from God's perspective, you can see the golden coins coming from all over the world, gathering and exchanging in Quyang...
After summarizing, Xiong Wuliang was very satisfied.
Xiong Wuliang took out another crumpled piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Qu Yuan: "Send some people to Yingdu to collect the money from Gongzi Lan's house."
"Another huge sum of twenty thousand gold!"
This is the compensation Zilan paid to Xiong Wuliang...
Qu Yuan was shocked - his young master was so profitable!
how did you do that?
How could he pry such a large sum of money out of Zilan's hands!
…
After a while, all the confidants left one after another.
Xiong Wuliang stood up and stretched - it's good to be home.
I was about to go back to the bedroom to study some poems and songs with my maid Xiaoyi, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time...
But I saw Qu Yuan turning back in a hurry——
"My lord, there is something weird happening in the fiefdom that I want to tell you about."
Xiong Wu's conscience was thinking about more important things in the bedroom, and he seemed a little absent-minded for a moment: "What's wrong?"
Qu Yuan's face straightened and he was very serious: "My lord, have you offended the people of Qin?"
Xiong Wuliang was startled, then heard Qu Yuan enlarge his voice and said: "Why have so many Qin spies been caught in the fiefdom in the past few months!?"
Xiong Wuliang:?
Is this happening? !
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