"Uncle Situ, what happened that made you so angry?"

At this time, the second prince Li Jun slowly walked out of the cabin with a few everywhere.

Seeing this, Situ Chong hurriedly bowed and said, "I have met His Highness the Second Prince."

Li Jun quickly stepped forward a few steps and held Situ Chong's hand, "Uncle Situ, didn't you say that you would not need these false rites?"

"Forgive me, the second prince, and the courtesy will not be abolished."

Situ Chong looked serious and handed over the letter in his hand, continuing: "The situation in Jizhou is critical. Before sending troops, I report to Your Majesty and suggest that the Ministry of War orders to allow Jiangzhou in the western part of Jizhou and Huzhou in the southern part of Jizhou to send troops to help at the same time. Now the two governors report that there is insufficient food and salary, and it is difficult to send troops."

"There is such a thing? In Jiangzhou in the west, there are few sturgeons and insufficient food and salary. It is understandable that Huzhou has a canal. From a geographical point of view, it is already in a strong central area. Even though the north has a severe drought in recent years, Huzhou has not suffered much. Why is there insufficient food and salary?"

Li Jun said this and suddenly a flash of inspiration in his mind, as if he had thought of something. He looked at Situ Chong and slowly said, "Is it King Qing?"

"I dare not ignore it."

Situ Chong said with a calm expression.

"Who else will besides me, my uncle? Several other vassal kings in Huzhou do not have this courage."

Li Jun said quietly, "I can't understand. My father is the brother of his mother and his compatriots, but he wanted to help the King of Qin and my father compete for the throne. Over the years, the father has ignored past grudges and placed his vassal state in Huzhou. He didn't care about his feelings, but he actually did such a thing. Isn't it crazy? And the governor of Huzhou, too, how did he become governor?"

Situ Chong was silent about Li Jun's complaints. He never participated in such matters that were related to the royal family.

After venting his emotions for a moment, Li Jun quickly recovered. Although he was a noble prince, he really had no right to do anything to the governor, let alone the uncle of King Qing.

"Uncle Situ, what do you think should be done? Can you transfer troops from other states?"

"Most of the troops in Chongzhou in the north have been transferred to the Yanzhou front line, and the troops in the east are insufficient. Qingzhou in the east is the barrier of Kyoto, and the troops there cannot be easily used. Now the only ones that can move are Jianghu."

Li Jun was silent for a moment, then said, "Uncle Situ, at the speed of our current fleet, it will take four or five days to reach the boundary of Huzhou. Otherwise, I will travel lightly and rush to Huzhou first to see if I can get some troops to support Jizhou first."

Situ Chong hesitated for a moment and said, "If the second prince can promise me to stay in Huzhou and not go to Jizhou with the army, I have no objection."

The situation in Jizhou is corrupt and full of dangers. Even if Huzhou can send troops, it will only slightly relieve the pressure in Jizhou. If the second prince follows the army to Jizhou, the risk will be extremely high.

"Uncle Situ, you are too cautious, don't worry, this prince promised you, time is tight, I'll set off now."

Situ Chong bowed slightly, "I wish your highness a good journey."

The news that the second prince left the fleet and went to Huzhou soon reached the ears of the other two princes. The eldest prince Li Xi just smiled at this and didn't care. He should eat and sleep. However, the third prince Li Chi turned his eyes and found Situ Chong and wanted to go to Huzhou, but the other party found various reasons to refuse.

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On the other hand, after Liu Feng led the fleet and went straight downstream. With the help of the north wind, the fleet soon arrived in Panhe Prefecture. The officers and soldiers of Panhe Prefecture, who had set up checkpoints on the river channel fled in the wind.

As the fleet landed, the forty thousand vanguards of the forefront landed one after another. After the army landed, it did not rush to attack the nearby county town, but instead set up camps on the spot, waiting for the arrival of subsequent troops.

In the central army's tent, Liu Feng picked up a token, "Zheng Ji!"

"I'm here!"

"I order you to lead the navy to continue to go south, block the estuary, prohibit any ships from entering the Green Water River, and wait for an opportunity to plunder the grain ships from the canal north!"

"Zheng Ji received the order!"

Zheng Ji took the military order with both hands and shouted loudly.

"You can take the lucky boat away together."

Liu Feng added, and then picked up another token, "Gongsun Zhi!"

"I'm here!"

"I'll order you to lead two thousand cavalrymen in the cavalry battalion and set off immediately to mobilize Panhe Prefecture..."

With the issuance of military orders, the entire camp began to move. After receiving the military order, the battalions ordered a group of troops and left the camp in a mighty manner and marched forward.

The next day, the vanguard troops waiting for the follow-up troops in the North Bank camp had not yet started fighting, but the navy troops blocked at the mouth of the river were the first to start the war. The target of their attack was a grain transport team heading to Yanzhou. The entire grain transport fleet had a total of 60 large grain transport ships, and ten medium-sized warships affiliated to the Navy escort.

On Zheng Ji's side, there were only twenty small warships and one lucky ship.

"What's going on? Where did this fleet come from?"

Looking at the ships rushing out of the Green Water River in front of him, the head of the grain transport team was immediately alert and immediately ordered the fleet to slow down and start to be alert.

"Sir, the other party seems to be a thief from Jizhou. Look at the flag, it should be Liu Zhe's fleet."

"Liu Zhe's fleet? The officials in Jizhou were too relaxed. They actually ran to the canal by them. After returning, I must participate in their first book. I will quickly give the escort warships and let them come in front. We must not let the enemy ships approach the grain ships."

"yes!"

Soon, the Qian Army Navy's warship set up a formation in front of it. Because the wind was extremely weak today, the sailors on the ship all lit the rockets, preparing to give a head-on blow after the enemy fleet entered the range.

First use rockets to attack from a distance, then use the battleship's impact angle to attack the opponent's ship, and finally engage in a boarding battle. This is a routine used by the Qianchao Navy.

"Huh? Why did they stop?"

Soon, the people from the Qianchao Navy discovered that the other party's ship had stopped at a distance of three or four hundred steps. At such a long distance, ordinary bows and arrows could not be shot at all.

"What is the other party doing? Is it just a simple attempt to block the canal?"

Just when the head of the grain team felt inexplicable, a series of thunder-like roars suddenly rang.

The next moment, several feet high splashes of water exploded in the water ahead of them.

"What's going on, what happened?"

Regarding this scene, the soldiers of the Qian Dynasty Navy looked confused.

Soon the second round of thunder sounded again. This time, the water columns rising from the river were closer to their warships, and some of them exploded several meters from the bow of the ship. The drifting river water fell on the deck, wetting many people's clothes.
Chapter completed!