People from the north are good at horses, and people from the south are good at bowing.

In comparison, the Qin people whose ancestors were horse herders should be classified as northerners, while the three vassal states of Chu, Wu, and Yue, which were founded on the banks of the river, are collectively called southerners.

Just like crossing the Hanhai Sea to conquer the Xiongnu, if the Qin army wanted to cross the river and wipe out the Baiyue tribes, it must first have a navy that is good at maneuvering. At the same time, it must also have a group of generals who are familiar with the water conditions and have rich combat experience.

Water battle.

For the generals of the Qin Army who are accustomed to killing on horseback, it is as difficult as letting them go to the sky to pick the stars. In this regard, the generals of the Qin Army such as Han Xin, Meng Hu, Li Zhongxiang and others are all

Not suitable, for example, Cao Xin, who always wanted to plunder when there was a war, this time after hearing that the army was going to march south, he hid in the Longxi area and kept silent.

Putting aside these old landlubber subordinates, among the generals of the Qin army, the one with the most experience in water warfare and boat management is the thief Peng Yue who has been in Juyeze for a lifetime, and a group of his trusted subordinates.

In addition, most of them were surrendered generals from the original Western Chu Kingdom.

Huan Chu and Ji Bu were both big thieves. Zhong Limei and Zhou Yin were also from Chu and were no strangers to Zhou Ji. Originally, Ding Gong was also one, but this guy obviously did not have such luck.

Northerners learned from Ji.

Just like it is not easy for southerners to learn to ride a horse, Feng Xuan is the only one who has been stationed in the Jingnan area in the past few years and is somewhat familiar with the navy's tactics.

Whether to continue to choose his trusted old troops, or to boldly recruit the Chu army and surrender to the general, Li Yuan suddenly found himself in the same dilemma as Cao Cao, the hero of the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty.

Cao Mengde listened to Zhou Yu and Jiang Qian's plan to alienate each other. He killed Cai Hao and Zhang Yun, the surrendered generals of Jingzhou, and re-appointed Mao Jie, whom he knew and trusted, and Yu Jin as the general of the navy. As a result, a fire broke out in Chibi and Cao's army of millions was destroyed.

Burned to the ground and with bloody lessons, how should Li Yuan choose?

After thinking hard to no avail, Li Yuan decided to start from Chang'an, pass through Luoyang, Jingnan and then to Donghai County in the Chu region for on-site inspection and inspection.

During this southern tour, the main generals inspected included Feng Xuan, the governor of Nanjun, Ji Bu, the governor of Jiujiang, and Peng Yue, the governor of Donghai. In addition, there were also Jiang Yu, Zhou Yin, Huan Chu and others stationed in the Jiangdong area.

However, due to the impact of Ding Gong's defeat, these three people have basically been excluded from the general's inspection scope.

Yingcheng.

It is the capital city of Chu.

After the Qin army defeated Liu Bang, the king of Han Dynasty, this place was designated as the seat of Nanjun. Because it is connected to Yunmeng Daze in the south, merchants traveling between the north and the south made the waterway dock extremely busy. Yingdu passed by after being desolate.

After several years of recuperation, the scene of a big city on the banks of the river has gradually returned.

After Li Yuan's car arrived at Luoyang, he changed to a boat and continued southward, from Luoyang to Wancheng and then to Yingdu, all the way. There was an endless stream of ships traveling along the Luo River and the Han River, showing that

This north-south waterway trade road currently plays an important role. To the south of Nanjun is Yunmeng Daze, and to the south of Daze is the seat of Changsha Kingdom. This only remaining vassal state, because of its remote geographical location, has been in the turmoil of the times.

able to continue to survive in the great era.

However, when the Qin army gradually directed its troops to the south of the river, Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, could no longer shrink down and be a tortoise like before.

He had to make a choice.

He chose to continue the path of confrontation with Qin and joined forces with Wu Zhu, Mei Juan, Xiang Zhuang and others to build the first line of defense against Qin in Changsha. Instead, he chose to compromise and opened the door with the attitude of recognizing strength as a hero.

Let the Qin army's tentacles extend to the south of the river, thus laying the foundation for the subsequent unification of the south.

When Li Yuan arrived in Yingdu, Wu Chen, the envoy sent by Wu Rui, was also anxiously waiting for the summons of Li Yuan, King Wu of Qin State. Wu Chen's identity was very special. He was not only the envoy of Changsha State, but also more importantly.

Is he still Wu Rui's son, or the son who may inherit the throne after Wu Rui's death.

The interior of the Changsha Kingdom.

There was a dispute over whether to surrender to Qin.

Ever since the fall of Yingbu's Jiujiang Kingdom and the accidental death of his beloved daughter Wu Ji, the health of King Wu Rui of Changsha has been deteriorating. The power in the country has been controlled by his two sons respectively. The eldest son Wu Chen belongs to the Qin faction, while

His brother Wu Feng was a resolute anti-Qin faction. The two brothers had different opinions. The deeper reason was the issue of succession to the throne.

Wu Feng is a rugged and powerful man. He has been in the army for a long time and currently controls the military power of the Changsha Kingdom. However, Wu Chen does not like to join the army and usually prefers cultivating gods and ghosts. As a result, in the Changsha Kingdom,

Even though he received Wu Rui's support, he still had no way to successfully obtain the inheritance rights.

Feng Xuan and Wu Chen had had many contacts before Li Yuan arrived in Yingdu. Among them, Wu Chen made several suggestions, asking the Qin army to cross the Yangtze River and go south, cooperate with him internally and externally, and defeat the anti-Qin forces in the country in one fell swoop.

However, after Feng Xuan's troops mobilized elites several times, they only had more than 6,000 troops, which was not strong enough for him to attack the enemy country alone.

Li Yuan's southern tour.

Moreover, news came from Chang'an that due to the defeat of the Qin army in Jiangdong this time, Li Yuan intended to adjust Qin's current military layout of focusing on the north and the south, which meant that the Qin army might launch an attack on Changsha at any time. When he thought of this,

Feng Xuan and Wu Chen were both delighted.

In the past two years, the North has been fighting fiercely against the Xiongnu, while the South has fallen into a dead silence. This feeling of being a bystander on the battlefield makes Feng Xuan very uncomfortable. Fortunately, he still has self-awareness and knows that with his ability,

Even if you go to the north, you can't make money from Cao Xin and Li Zhongxiang.

Fortunately, the threat to the Qin State from the Baiyue tribe in the south is always there. With Xiangzhuang and Wuzhu, these staunch anti-Qin elements are also developing and growing, the possibility of the Qin army crossing the river is becoming more and more likely. Zhouji in the south

Combat is a new skill that Feng Xuan has just learned. At this point, Cao Xin and others, let alone competing, just pull them out to practice on the lakes and waterways. Cao Xin and Li Zhongxiang don't have the courage.

The place where Wu Chen was summoned was in Feng Xuan's county mansion. Li Yuan couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw the appearance of this prince of Changsha Kingdom for the first time. It was different from what he imagined. Wu Chen was not at all like his father Fanjun Wu Rui.

He had a heroic spirit and an uneasy look on his face. When Li Yuan asked about the situation in Changsha, he even hesitated and couldn't give a reason.

Such a support object is the replica of Adou, the queen of the Shu Han Dynasty. According to Wu Chen's words, apart from his father Wu Rui, there are not many powerful people left in Changsha Kingdom to support him. However, Wu Feng's side, but

He has a number of supporters such as the Prime Minister, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Commander-in-Chief.

The situation in Changsha is not optimistic.

This made it even more difficult for the Qin State to capture the south of the river without swords and guns. After two years of training, Feng Xuan's navy was able to pull out about seventy warships.

The total number of soldiers was about 4,000. It was obviously difficult for such an army to bear the heavy responsibility of crossing the river alone.

When leaving Yingdu, Li Yuan did not make a clear statement. He just comforted Wu Chen with words. The prince of Changsha no longer dared to return to Changsha. According to him, he was afraid of being secretly killed by his brother Wu Feng.

Death, this statement made Li Yuan even less confident in Wu Chen's ability.

How can a person who doesn't even dare to take a basic risk still have the face to compete for the throne? And in the face of Qin's powerful attack, how can a mere Changsha country have the possibility of independent survival? Wu Chen couldn't even take this basic

Common sense can't even understand it, and his knowledge is even worse than that of Wu Fenglai, who was resolutely anti-Qin.

Heading east from Yingdu, Li Yuan's car drove over the Funiu Mountains and arrived at Jiujiang County, the former base of Wang Yingbu of Jiujiang. This was the lair of river pirates and the place where elite navy soldiers of the Qin Army were selected.

Ji Bu was appointed as the governor of Jiujiang for less than two months. After the battle against the Xiongnu in Hexi, brothers Ji Bu and Ji Xin were officially integrated into the Qin army system. Now, Ji Xin is far away.

While guarding Gushi City in the Western Regions, Ji Bu was sent to the south by Li Yuan to be responsible for recruiting and forming the Qin Army's naval forces.

When he saw Li Yuan, Ji Bu had red eyes and was wearing plain white clothes. This was to commemorate the Qin general Ding Gong who died in the battle in Jiangdong.

Although Ding Gong had a fickle temper and underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, leading to the annihilation of the entire army, he was Ji Bu, Ji Xin's uncle, and a close relative who single-handedly brought their brothers together.

"King Wu, from the day when the last general arrived in Jiujiang County, his goal was to conquer Baiyue. Today, Jiujiang County has built more than 20 Mengchong warships, as well as more than 50 battleships, tower ships, etc.

"There are more than five thousand soldiers. Tomorrow morning, our Jiujiang Navy of the Great Qin Dynasty will conduct drills in the river. Please ask King Wu for advice." Ji Bu said solemnly.

Li Yuan stepped forward, patted Ji Bu on the shoulder, and said: "Ji Gong, I already know everything about General Ding. This southern tour is for the southern expedition. The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is densely covered, and the Baiyue tribe is familiar with it."

We are not familiar with the jungle and water terrain, so we must not be careless."

"King Wu, the general is not a brave man. A few days ago, he sent scouts into Pengze and went deep into the south to investigate the situation. If he can have a few more days, he will be able to draw a map of the southern area. By then,

When our troops advance, we can use the picture as a guide to defeat the Xiang thieves who are hiding in one fell swoop." Ji Bu said through gritted teeth.

Once colleagues, now enemies.

This sentence could not be more appropriate when applied to Ji Bu and Xiang Zhuang. Although Ding Gong’s death was committed by Wu Zhu’s Minyue tribe, Xiang Zhuang’s role in it cannot be underestimated. If it were not for his inducement, Ding Gong would have died.

It is impossible for the public to risk entering the encirclement of the Minyue people.
Chapter completed!