"You actually don't retreat but advance..."

In the handsome tent, Chu Shuijun was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.

There are various indications that after the Wei State's Huling Navy retreated from Weishan Lake along the Lianglu Canal to the Dingtao area, they did not stop at all. They were going down another waterway, the Jishui River, in an attempt to attack Qi State.

This was something Chu Shuijun never expected.

It’s not that he is short-minded, but the situation shown by the Wei State before is too confusing - abandoning more than a dozen cities in one go and giving up half of Song County. Anyone would think that this is what the Wei State has considered.

Song County's military strength was not enough to resist the Chu army, so it decided to close the defense line and gather troops.

Who would have thought that the Huling navy killed a carbine and went to Qi State, which was weak in defense at the moment. This is really...

Chu Shuijun must admit that this move is indeed quite clever.

"Did Wei Guo predict that Qi State would send troops?"

Chu Shuijun frowned and thought.

Originally, if Qi's army was still in Qi's territory at this moment, a sneak attack like that of Wei's Huling navy might not be successful. But the bad thing is that since Wei general Shao Hu led Wei Wu's army to withdraw from the Taishan area,

After Dongjun was defeated by Yan, Qi State ordered Tian Dan to lead the army in response to Chu State's call to attack Wei State.

He led the five armies that originally defended Mount Tai, including the Langya Army and the Jimo Army, and advanced westward. They met with General Xiang Mo of Chu State in Wuyan County and even led the army to Changyi after some time.

Participated in the "Four-Nation Allied Forces Alliance" established by Chu Shuijun in order to strengthen his own power and crusade against Wei.

What's even more embarrassing is that even Qi General Tian Wu led several armies through Lu, preparing to participate in the joint crusade against Wei. This left only one available army in Qi territory.

The Northern Navy only has 20 to 30 thousand men, and its defense strength is unprecedentedly weak.

As he thought about it, Chu Shuijun had a flash of realization in his mind: Could it be that Wei State deliberately showed weakness by abandoning half of Song County in just half a month, just to lure Qi State's army to leave the country and go on an expedition?

"..."

Chu Shuijun frowned.

He felt that if all this was a war strategy formulated by the former Wei Gongzi Run who swept across the Central Plains, then the current monarch of Wei would be really terrible.

"Someone is coming!"

After thinking for a moment, Chu Shuijun called out loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, two women walked in outside the tent. They were seen wearing witch costumes and white scarves on their heads. They were dressed the same as the current Queen Mi Jiang of Wei when she first met Zhao Run. However, Mi Jiang was not that different at that time.

The witch clothes on their bodies are tattooed with red flames, while the witch clothes on these two women are tattooed with blue and blue patterns that look like water patterns.

Obviously, these two women are the mortal enemies of Mi Jiang, Mi Rui and other witches from the Zhurong lineage - witches from the Gonggong lineage.

Chu Shuijun looked at the two witches in front of him and said in a deep voice: "You two will leave the camp immediately. One of you will go to Wuyan of Song County to inform Tian Dan of Qi State; the other of you will go to Huling and Tengdi.

Notify Tian Wu of Qi State and tell him

We, the Huling navy of Wei State, are going down the Jishui River, trying to sneak attack Linzi, the capital of Qi State, and tell them..." At this point, he suddenly paused, and after thinking for a moment, waved

He waved his hand and said, "That's it, go ahead."

"yes!"

The two witches looked at each other, turned around and left with expressionless faces.

Watching the two witches leave, Chu Shuijun stood in the tent with his hands behind his back and let out a long breath.

It is undeniable that the sudden pause just now was due to his mood being affected by the actions of the Wei State's Huling Navy. To put it more bluntly, the actions of the Huling Navy completely disrupted the strategic arrangements he had originally planned to implement.

According to his previous thoughts, he would hold an alliance of "the armies of Chu, Qi, Lu, and Yue" in Changyi to boost the morale of his own coalition forces and dampen the fighting spirit of Wei. But now that the Huling navy has done this, Qi's

The army will definitely not be able to arrive at Changyi to meet the alliance as scheduled, and the territory of Qi State may even become the second battlefield.

I have to say, this is a bit scary.

You know, although the food and grass for the Chu army are still provided by the home country for the time being, if you think about it, you will know that the Chu country, which relies on the human sea tactic to fight, consumes food and grass in each foreign campaign, which is simply an astronomical figure. If it goes on for a long time, I am afraid that

Even Chu State itself could not afford it.

Therefore, when the battle progresses to the second half, when the Chu State is about to face a shortage of food and grass supplies, the Qi State Congress will be fully responsible for all the food and grass supplies of the "Allied Army Against Wei" - this was the previous responsibility of the three countries of Han, Chu and Qi

This was discussed in the alliance agreement.

But now, Wei's Huling Navy sneak attack on Qi. Even if this Wei army does not ultimately capture Linzi, the capital of Qi, as long as the grain and grass collected by Qi for the coalition's crusade against Wei are destroyed by this Wei army, then

, this time the four-nation coalition's campaign to attack Wei may not be sustainable for a long time.

"What should I do..."

Chu Shuijun paced back and forth in the tent.

At this moment, there were only two choices before him: either ignore the sneak attack by Qi and continue to attack the western part of Song County; or divide his troops to assist Qi in expelling the Huling navy.

After thinking for a long time, Chu Shuijun finally decided to divide his troops and rush to aid Qi. After all, it was the second half of the battle, and the entire rear granary of the Wei coalition army must not be lost.

Thinking of this, Chu Shuijun summoned several more witches and ordered them to go to Wuyan and Huling respectively, to find General Xiang Mo who was stationed in Wuyan area, and General Xiang Juan who was stationed in Huling area, and ordered the two brothers.

Stay put for the time being and pay attention to the current situation of Qi State at any time. If Qi State loses to the Huling navy, immediately rush to the aid of Qi State.

To be fair, if Qi's generals Tian Dan and Tian Wu could return to Qi in time to support the royal capital Linzi, they would actually be enough to withstand Wei's Huling Navy. However, Chu Shuijun was afraid that something would happen. After all, Wei's Huling Navy had strong ships.

The artillery was so powerful that it defeated the navy led by Xiong Li, Lord of Diyang, in Weishan Lake. However, Qi's army had never dealt with the Huling navy. In case they underestimated the enemy or something else, they were defeated by the Huling navy.

Defeat would be very bad.

Just as Wei Wang Zhao Run guessed, Chu Shuijun was still a very cautious person, or in other words, very wise.

"We can only let Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei and Shouling Lord Jingyun put pressure on Wei..."

Chu Shuijun thought secretly.

On May 17, Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, quietly arrived at Changyi with dozens of cavalry guards to spy on the city from a distance.

It has to be said that the Chu army's offensive in the past month has been so smooth, but this smoothness seems a bit strange: in just over half a month, the Chu army did not fight a single battle, and it gained more than a dozen cities in Wei for nothing.

Dare you imagine?

Although I don't understand what Wei is doing, since Wei is willing to give up those cities, Chu's army will certainly not be polite and take them all without saying a word.

Even Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei got the credit for "captured Dongmin" for no reason a few days ago.

To be honest, he almost didn't even see the shadow of Wei Jun at that time.

However, after the Wei army in Song County retreated to Changyi, the situation seemed to change again, because the county troops who retreated from the eastern part of Song County seemed to have gathered in Changyi one after another, and even the Wei army

Two camps were also built outside the city.

It seems that the Wei army has no intention of retreating anymore.

No, Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, took a look at Changyi with dozens of cavalry guards today, wanting to see what was going on in Changyi County. However, he found that the Wei army was actively preparing for war. The originally empty city was now filled with people.

It is full of obstacles such as horses and deer antlers.

"Why not continue to tighten the defense line?"

Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei is a little regretful.

He was not one of those generals who longed for war. If he could capture Wei's city without any bloodshed, he would certainly be inclined to do so.

But unfortunately, Wei State does not seem to intend to give up Changyi.

Could it be that Changyi is located on the middle line of Song County, and after Wei gave up the eastern part of Song County, it did not want to give up the western part of Song County?

only……

"Are these troops enough?"

Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, thought to himself.

It’s not that I look down upon the defenders of Changyi County. In fact, after gathering half of the county troops from Song County, Changyi County has gradually pieced together a force of 20,000 to 30,000 people. In addition, Chengling King Zhao Shen and other Wei state troops

The private army of the nobles, today's Changyi, has almost 60,000 to 70,000 defenders at full strength.

However, in the view of Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei, these troops were still far from enough to withstand his Chu armies - the Chu Dong army they dispatched this time reached a total of 800,000.

In front of this 800,000-strong army, how many days can a mere 50,000-60,000 people in Changyi hold out?

At least that's what Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei thinks.

Returning to Dongmin County that night, Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, ordered his troops to prepare for the attack on Changyi and waited for the arrival of the remaining friendly troops.

Because he had received an order from Chu Shuijun a few days ago, and the latter intended to hold an alliance of the "Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms of Chu, Qi, Lu, and Yue" here after the capture of Changyi.

But until May 19th, Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei did not wait for the other armies.

He was very puzzled by this: What's going on? Didn't we agree that all armies would meet in Changyi? Where are the people?

In the afternoon of the next day, Chu Shuijun sent a witch to explain to Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei the reason why the other armies were delayed in arriving.

"What? The Huling navy of Wei State went to sneak attack on Qi State?"

After learning about this, Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei was also shocked.

Only then did he understand the reason why the friendly troops from other routes were delayed in arriving even though they had made an appointment to attack Changyi together.

Not to mention the armies of Qi and Lu.

"Chu Shuijun ordered the princes to take the lead in launching an offensive against Changyi and continue to put pressure on Changyi." The witch relayed Chu Shuijun's order expressionlessly.
To be continued...