Chapter 425

Yueyang is located at the exit of Dongting Lake and looks to the Yangtze River in the north. It not only guards the waterway entering Hunan, but also blocks the land Avenue entering Hunan.

It can be said that there is no other city to replace Yuezhou's strategic position for Hunan. Just as Xiangyang is for Hubei, it is definitely a gate that cannot be bypassed.

Qin Huan had never thought of bypassing Yuezhou. His army was not a wandering bandit. It had long been a thing of the past. His army had to take the road.

It only took the fleet two days and one night to reach the mouth of Dongting Lake. At this time, the Chu army had been waiting for it.

On the upper floor of Yueyang City, Li Dingguo stood with his arms on his back and looked at the warships on the river in the distance. He was very complicated. If he had a choice, he really didn't want to meet Qin Huan's swordsmen.

"General, the infantry of the Qin army are landing upstream. The end general is willing to lead the navy to give the enemy a head-on blow and frustrate the enemy's spirit."

Liu Sanyue, the commander of the nearby navy camp, wanted to try. Although the enemy's dozens of warships were a little scary, the so-called ants gnawed at dead elephants. There were nearly a thousand ships in the navy camp. He didn't believe that dozens of ships could not win one.

"Well, but Liu Tongling must not be careless. He can send a partial teacher to test it first."

Li Dingguo nodded and knew that if he wanted to hold Yuezhou, the navy was very important, so he couldn't stay in the water stronghold. He had to kill it.

"The general is optimistic about it. Today, I Lao Liu will let the Qin army know that fighting a water war is not just a big ship."

Liu San patted on his chest and wanted to turn downstairs. At this time, a small boat came slowly from a distance, with a huge flag and a big Qin character written on it.

The people immediately understood that this must be the envoy ship sent by the other party to negotiate. Li Dingguo quickly ordered: "send the order, don't fire guns and arrows, and send the boat over!"

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, the boat came near. A soldier on the boat shouted at a high voice, "listen, Chu Jun, my king has asked your army to set the national general to go to the river for a chat!"

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"The general can't go!"

"Huajun, this is a Hongmen banquet."

"Yes, talk to them. Yueyang City is high and thick, and there is plenty of food and grass in the city. Our 50000 brothers don't believe they can attack."

Seeing that Li Dingguo was really ready to go downstairs to the meeting, everyone was in a great hurry and came forward to persuade him.

"You don't have to say much. I have my own plan. Liu Tongling, the Navy will postpone the attack until the general comes back." Li Dingguo waved his hand, ignored the crowd, and then continued to walk downstairs.

Not long after, the gate of the Shuizhai was opened, and a fast ship came out. Li Dingguo stood at the bow of the ship, standing on his back, with only two guards.

One by one, the two boats sailed towards the river in the distance.

At this time, on the largest warship in the center of the river, Qin Huan was looking at the Yueyang Tower in the distance with a pair of binoculars. He was looking forward to it.

"Childe, the river is big. Be careful to catch a cold." Mrs. Li came up from behind with her cloak in her arms, shook open her bright yellow cloak and put it on him.

"Madam, are all the dinners ready? I'm going to have 300 drinks with Dingguo later. Hey, it's been more than three years since Gucheng left. "

Qin Huan put away his telescope and felt a little excited. He never thought that the eight kings would send Li Dingguo to guard Yuezhou this time.

"Don't worry, childe. I'm ready. Childe, will Li Dingguo really come?" Mrs. Li nodded.

"Yes, Dingguo will come. Don't you know the friendship between me and him?" Qin Huan must be right.

After burning incense, the boat finally approached. When Li Dingguo came to the boat, the brothers held each other's shoulders excitedly.

"Dingguo, I knew you would come."

"Xiao Yu, I didn't expect to see you again today. It was before the two armies."

Li Dingguo said with emotion. Then he arched his hand at Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li leaned slightly and saluted. Qin Huan took Li Dingguo's hand and went towards the cabin.

"Don't say that first. Let's go. Let's have a drink with him first..."

"Well, our brothers will not be drunk today, but we can't cheat any more."

"Ha ha!"

Thinking of the past, both brothers burst into laughter.

"Hehe, Xiaoyu is worthy of being a king. Even marching and fighting can buy such a rich banquet."

"What's this? Our brothers haven't seen each other for three years. It's not easy to get together once. How can we casually? Knowing that you're in Yuezhou, I brought a cook and ingredients. Come and dry a bowl first."

"Good!"

As they spoke, they raised their wine bowls, touched them, and drank them dry.

"Have fun!"

"I haven't had such a good time for a long time. Dingguo, you don't know. Although I have become a king, I don't even have a drinker."

As soon as Mrs. Li picked up the wine jar and wanted to pour wine for them, Qin Huan waved his hand, "madam, go down first."

"Yes!"

In fact, Mrs. Li didn't want to stay here. After all, Li Dingguo was the adopted son of the eighth king, so she nodded, put down the wine jar and retired.

After Mrs. Li left, they talked while drinking. They almost said everything they had experienced after their separation, sometimes laughing and sometimes feeling.

After drinking for more than half an hour, Qin Yu mentioned the wine altar. He came behind him, patted his shoulder and said, "settle the country and work with me. Our brothers are equal to each other. As long as you are willing to work with me, I will grant you a king and a real king when I become an emperor in the future. Let you go to open up Xinjiang and expand your territory to ensure that the territory is not smaller than the current lake. As for women, you need as much as you want, What imperial concubine, princess, county director you choose, Qinhuai Bayan divides you by half, how about? "

Qin Huan then stared at him.

Li Dingguo's face tangled for a moment, then raised the wine jar and took a mouthful, and then said leisurely, "Xiao Yu, in fact, I wanted to go with you, but my adoptive father treated me like a mountain, I really..."

"Don't be honest. You've done a lot for him over the years. Your kindness has long been paid off. You know the current situation. Do you think you have a way out with the eighth king?"

"Xiao Yu, your troops are really powerful, but you may not be able to attack Yuezhou. I have 50000 troops and thousands of warships." Li Dingguo was unconvinced.

"Settle the country, don't be unconvinced. You can't keep Yuezhou. Listen to my advice and don't be stubborn. Isn't it good for our brothers to join hands to fight the world?"

"Well, since you are so confident, let's make a bet. If you can capture Yuezhou in half a month, I'll listen to you, but if you can't attack, you have to retreat and don't fight Changsha again within a year?"

"OK, let's make a deal."

Qin Huan also threw the wine jar on the ground and held it tightly with his outstretched hand.