After the Huainan Navy arrived at the Feikou battlefield, there was no suspense in the battle.

At this time, there were still more than 100 slave boats floating on the river, but less than half of them were actually controlled by people and filled with soldiers. Although Han Huang's naval army could not be crushed in terms of strength, its ability to control boats far exceeded that of the chaotic slave army. At this time, the warships were lying across the river, blocking the way of the slave army to return north, and stones and arrows were frequently fired at the slave ships.

As soon as it rushed into the battlefield, it directly sank a warship full of soldiers of the slave army, and the slaves on board all fell into the water and struggled in the center of the river, and there was no need to pay more attention to it.

The huge slap rod continued to smash down, and the flexible ships and boats diverted and surrounded and outflanked, forcing the slave warships away from the original channel. At the same time, the Feikou defenders also completed the encirclement and suppression of the enemy on the shore, and some of the remaining naval boats that had been withdrawn into the water were dispatched again, towing many unmanned boats back to the Feikou wharf, and then more soldiers boarded the ships to fight, and launched an unrelenting pursuit of those remaining slave ships.

The slave army finally saw what a real water war should look like, but in this case they were out-and-out negative teaching materials, they were full of joy and wanted to land and attack, and there was no preparation for fighting on the river at all, coupled with the earlier soldiers rushing to board the boats, the original marching organization was disrupted, and in the face of the sudden return of the Huainan naval army, even a practical military order could not be issued, and it was even more difficult to launch any effective attack against the Huainan army.

After being destroyed and sunk several warships by the Huainan army one after another, the slave army finally restored some order, but the good situation is gone. At this time, although the slave army still occupies the numerical advantage on the river, this group of soldiers is eager to cross the Huai to fight, and there is no preparation for water war at all, and even the water combat equipment originally erected on the ship has been dismantled in order to carry more soldiers.

So many slave warships that had not been entangled by the Huainan army for the time being quickly returned to the north shore, up to the generals and commanders, down to the ordinary pawns, but all those who had spare strength were all holding oars and oars, desperately exerting force, and the speed of the ship actually increased for a while. They didn't dare to detour around Yingkou anymore, one was a long waterway, and there were more accidents, and the other was that they didn't have the technical ability to steer the boat to turn back and forth in a hurry.

In this way, more than 20 slave warships successfully broke away from the battle and docked, and when the ships were stabilized, when they saw that the waterfront was approaching, the slave soldiers on board abandoned the ships and went to the shore, even ignoring the warships, just trying to stay away from the waterway.

By noon, there was no longer a large-scale slave army in this section of water, and even the bones of the drowned bodies and the wreckage of the boat were washed downstream by the Huai Shui. As for the boats abandoned by the slave soldiers, they were also dragged into the water. Many of these boats were intact, but they were captured by the Huainan army because the slave army abandoned the ships, including those who were forced to serve, and they were all scattered or surrendered altogether.

Although the war here has ended, Shen Zhezi has no time to return to the town, and he has also transferred Du He and other Huainan officials in charge of political affairs to be on standby.

Around Feikou, there are a lot of floating corpses and broken wood, and the people and servants board the boats to salvage and clean up, but the waters have not been completely cleaned up, and a large number of boats have appeared on the river, this time it is most of the sailors who returned from Rukou and were saved.

It was difficult for Feikou to accommodate the influx of so many boats for a while, and the battle had just ended, so there was still a lot of chaos. Du He and other government officials were still busy accepting and rehousing the displaced people, and Shen Zhezi had already hurriedly boarded the ship.

"The last general will not be dishonored!"

On the deck of the warship, Lu Yong, Xu Mao, who were in charge of the response, and Mao Bao, Li Cang, and other generals who had been holding on to it, stepped forward one after another, clasping their fists in salute, and there was no lack of generosity in their expressions.

Shen Zhezi greeted everyone, and after hearing this, he was already smiling, and his mood could be described as happy, pointing to the still dense floating corpses at the fat mouth and said with a smile: "Here is also a little trivial, and it is rare for the generals to overcome the enemy who comes to attack." ”

This is naturally a joke, and Shen Zhezi does not need to compete with the generals, who are self-righteous after hearing this. On the way back, they were worried, worried that Feikou might not be defended, and when they saw the unclean floating corpses on the river, they could roughly guess what kind of hard fighting they had experienced here before, and it was not just a trivial matter.

"It's hard work!"

After a little greeting to the generals, Shen Zhezi set his eyes on Mao Bao, this fierce general was described as haggard and thin, and his clothes and armor were also torn, which showed that it was not easy to stick to Runan for a while.

"The last general has a lot of money, and he can't have both people and land, which is already ashamed......"

Seeing Shen Zhezi coming, Mao Bao was already a little ashamed on his face, and lowered his head and replied.

Shen Zhezi stepped forward and grabbed Mao Bao's arm, waved his hand and said: "Mao Hou must not be depressed for this, Runan has been maintained so far, which has far exceeded expectations." Dividing the slaves from the outside is the cornerstone of Huainan's defense, and there are many people in the midst of life, and Mao Hou's contribution to the society is not limited to the superficial. The slaves have no way, and the poor and evil of the people they are afraid of have been blocked, and the temporary retreat of today is the foundation of the great progress of the coming day, and there is no need to disturb the gains and losses of the world's advance and retreat. ”

As he spoke, he turned to look at Li Cang, who was standing behind Mao Bao, and said with a smile: "General Li, we finally meet." Before that, he was busy with everything, and he couldn't see the general. Although he did not give instructions in front of him, he was forced by personnel and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, which was not for the purpose of affection, and he hoped that the general would not complain. The general's talent is not vulgar, although he does not show himself, he has his own slave defeat to prove it. Today's return to the town is enough to boast about colleagues. ”

"The last general, the last general...... The horse praised it, and the last general was really ashamed. ”

Hearing Shen Zhezi's words, Li Cang looked a little embarrassed, he hadn't seen Shen Zhezi before, and the reason was not simple. Previously, he helped Mao Baoli according to the siege of the Peach Leopard Slave Army, and there was no lack of special achievements in his heart, and he was slightly self-conscious.

But today, after seeing the tragic battlefield here in Feikou, that bit of self-esteem is gone, as Mao Bao said, many prerequisites are not enough, and it is an indisputable fact that they were forced to abandon the defense area to attract the public, and the reason why they were able to successfully retreat is also thanks to the big reinforcements in the town. On the contrary, the town was attacked by slave troops, but fortunately, the invading enemy had been defeated.

After such a deep calculation, not only do they not have much to boast of, but if they encounter a narrow-minded general, they will have to investigate the guilt of losing their land. Although Li Cang has heard a lot of people talk about the merit of horses, he has no intuitive understanding after all, and he is unfamiliar with this young noble, so he is also worried at the moment.

"After a long battle, I won't bother anymore. Later, the fertilizer mouth was dredged, and someone in the town came to guide the department back to the town to rest. ”

After commending the generals of Runan, Shen Zhezi directly convened the generals on the ship to start the discussion.

At this time, both battles had just ended, so the specific results of the battles had not yet been sorted out, but the approximate course could still be explained.

The battle on the Runan side was much more calm than Feikou's, although the slave army Taobao generally dealt with the Huainan army and caused great trouble, but it was also trapped in the passivity of the overall battle situation and had to make changes. The only tragic battle between the two sides took place on the Rushui River, which was close to the hanging gourd, and the Huainan army used boats as bait to lure the slave army into the water to rob the boats, and then relied on the advantage of the water battle to defeat the crowd, completely crushing the blockade and defense of the peach leopard against Rushui, and was able to join forces with the army and people of Runan.

As for Feikou here, Shen Zhezi personally sat in charge of the battle. Although the Huainan army was greatly troubled by the indiscriminate fighting of the slave army, and even broke through many defenses such as Feikou and successfully landed on the shore, the war was extremely critical for a while. But because of this, the slave army paid a price far beyond normal warfare, which also laid the foundation for the subsequent collapse.

If the slave army can calmly dispatch and fight as a whole, it may not be able to break through the Feikou camp defense so quickly, but at least the losses are within a controllable range. When the Rukou naval army returned to help, it would not collapse at the touch of a button, and the situation would collapse completely.

This time, the slave army crossed to the south, and the investment was not small, and the failure of this battle can be imagined as the great damage to its army. In the previous battle of Yingkou, he did not take the opportunity to expand the results because he was worried that he would be counterattacked by the slave soldiers. However, in this battle, the slave army's boats and ships must have suffered great losses, if not completely. Therefore, after a little discussion among the generals, Shen Zhezi did not intend to stop there, even if he mobilized another 5,000 naval army, handed it over to Han Huang to lead, and went straight to Yingshang.

As for the newly returned naval army, it did not sit idle, and immediately sent the warship to Kip Stone City, from where the whole army headed for the whirlpool in the lower reaches of Huaishui.

Shen Zhezi didn't even have time to come forward to appease the people of Runan who had been saved by Huai, and entrusted everything to Du He and others, and after arranging military affairs, he hurriedly returned to Shouchun and replaced Shen Mu in the city. Shen Mu led a part of the Shouchun garrison to board the ship at Bagong Mountain, joined forces with the navy, and went straight to the vortex.

However, the navy army did not go out for a long time, and even though the bad news came back, Shi Huguo, as Shen Zhezi expected, led the people of Qianjun to take advantage of the fierce battles in Runan and Feikou to go down from the whirlpool, and successively conquered the whirlpool, Matou and other important places on the north bank of Huaishui. Cao Na, who was in charge of the defense there, had temporarily retreated to Luojian, and the remaining part of the Xuzhou army had also retreated to Xuyi.

Although Shen Zhezi had expected such a result, he was still a little disappointed when it really became a fact. The vortex is also the key point of Huaishang, although the threat to Shouchun is not as deep as Yingkou, but after falling into the hands of Shi Hu, whether it is Huainan on the left or Xuzhou on the right, the pressure on the defense will be doubled.

However, this is already the case, with the strength of the Huainan Army itself, it is absolutely difficult to support the operations in Runan, Feikou, and Wukou, and there must be a trade-off. At present, both places have been successful, and the change of hands at the vortex is not an unacceptable failure.

So Shen Zhezi, on the one hand, stepped up the recruitment of the whole army to the Runan Guizhong to expand the military strength and defend the town, and on the other hand, ordered the naval army to merge with Cao Nahui to defend Luojian and not let Shi Hu's soldiers enter Huainan.