Chapter 173: The Land of No Return

Junshan Island of Dongting Lake.

The Yangtze River in the south and the Yellow River in the north, the two river basins run through the entire continent, and also nourish the people in the north and south at the same time, and Dongting Lake is one of the major rivers in the Yangtze River basin.

There was a poet in Nanli, called Dongting Lake as Yunmengze, it is a blessed place from God, legend has it that there is a mysterious island in this Yunmengze, it is very difficult to meet on weekdays, in the vast Yunmengze, this mysterious island is more like a needle to guide the way for people who are lost, this mysterious island, it is rumored that it is the island that gave birth to the ancient immortals, the whole island is smoke-entangled from afar, and it is shocking to see it up close, it is caused by the nourishment of the immortal spirit.

Eight hundred miles of Dongting Lake, the Nanli Empire and the Dongxun Empire, the two empires on the continent are connected together, when the Dongxun Empire was attacked by the northern barbarians, when it came to the realm of annihilation, the main battle corps of Nanli took a ship from Jingzhou into Dongting Lake, all the way to the hinterland of the Dongxun Empire, and rescued the Dongxun Empire from the place of annihilation.

And it is precisely because of the reason why these 800 miles of Dongting Lake connects the two countries of Nanli and Dongxun, and because of the rapid march of the main battle army of Nanli in Dongting Lake, which makes Taihao Fuxi even more amazed.

But amazed to amazed, since then, Taihao Fuxi ordered to garrison heavy troops in the Dongting Lake basin in Dongxun, build a water village, and set up many checkpoints in the originally unimpeded Dongting Lake basin.

The marching speed of the old commander of the Bai family back then, if you put it now, it is already an impossible thing to happen.

Although Dongting Lake is impassable in the main road of the domestic river basin in Dongxun, it still makes it a lot easier to transport in the Dongting Lake basin in the south, and it has not affected much after all.

And Junshan Island is the prototype of the mysterious island of Yunmengze, which was rumored to be a god.

Although the rumors are miraculous, but after Nanli found the real thing, the mystery on Junshan Island was revealed, and at this time, everyone found out that the rumored fairy island is actually a small island located in Dongting Lake, but although it is a small island, the magnificence of Junshan Island still makes the Jingzhou Navy who arrived here for the first time admire it.

Seventy-two peaks, standing on Junshan Island, like the door god of Junshan Island, looking at Dongting Lake from afar, the amazement of these seventy-two peaks goes straight into the hearts of the people.

In Nanli China, the leading sect is Zen Buddhism, which is undoubted, but in addition to Zen Buddhism, Taoism also has some roots in Nanli, although it is not as good as Zen Buddhism, but it is also a doctrine that has many believers in Nanli.

Moreover, there are also representative figures in the south of the Taoists.

As Dongxun, who has the holy land of Taoism, the Taoist twin stars of the previous generation span one life, and they are more powerful than the geniuses of the digital school.

Until now, one of the twin stars has remained in Dongxun, and has gradually become one of the top combat forces in Dongxun, and has also become a leader of Dongxun Taoist believers.

This person is the old Taoist priest of Mude.

And the other one of the Taoist twin stars, the person who cultivated the Qianyuan Henry Zhen Taoism, because of some obscure things, as early as Dongxun became famous not long after he crossed to the south, since then, he will be rooted in the south, and also spread his own Taoist school to the south, and because of his identity in the south, the development speed of the Nanli Taoism has developed rapidly, although it is far from catching up with the status of Zen Buddhism, but it is also unique.

As for this person, he is the great eunuch of the Jinling Imperial Palace, the commander of the Nanli Jinyi Guard, and the god-in-law of the top combat power monks.

And it is the representative of Taoism in the south of the father-in-law, after arriving at Junshan Island in person, he did not hesitate to include Junshan Island in the Taoist Heavenly Book Blessed Land record of the eleventh blessed land, suddenly, by the Taoist Heavenly Book blessed land name added to the Junshan Island, has also become a different scenery of many islands in Dongting Lake.

Zhou Yu stepped off the board, and the sound of the white armor on his body crackling and colliding unexpectedly became a beautiful melody with rhythm.

"Here, this is the eleven blessed land mentioned in the Taoist Book of Heaven?"

Hearing Zhou Yu's question, a handsome man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes walked out from behind him, this man was carrying a longbow on his back, several flying halberds pinned to his waist, and he was dressed in red mixed with white armor, and replied to Zhou Yu respectfully

"Back to the capital, this is the blessed land in the Taoist book of heaven, Junshan Island."

Zhou Yu's expression did not change, and he nodded slowly, although he is the governor of Jingzhou, he is also in his early twenties, and here on Junshan Island, it is the first time for him to come today.

Looking at the mountain peaks standing in front of him, Zhou Yu didn't have the heart to watch, although he loved the scenery, but at this juncture, this kind of leisure and elegance should be put aside for the time being.

"How far is it from Yueyang County?"

Zhou Yu turned to look at the handsome man, and took a folding fan from the hand of the attendant standing beside him, and muttered to himself with some displeasure

"How can this be so boring?"

The handsome man pursed his lips and smiled, then arched his hand and replied to Zhou Yu

"Back to the capital, there is less than half a day's journey from Yueyang County, if the wind is favorable, it will only take two hours to reach Yueyang County."

Zhou Yu moved his body and bones, stayed on the boat for a day or two, and he also took care of himself in the room and looked at the information about the two sides of the battle submitted by the Jinyi Wei Yamen, and finally arrived at Junshan Island, and the sailor also stopped on the shore, taking advantage of the time when the big guys were changing clothes and resting, Zhou Yu also came out of his room to breathe, and his body and bones were a little numb.

"Governor, the affairs of Yueyang County, the last general can go alone, why should the governor go to it himself. Isn't the governor of the Central Plains going to lead the army to block the Beihai Division, and if it is delayed in Yueyang, will the Baizhen army have something to say to the governor. ”

The handsome man's face was a little difficult, originally in the initial arrangement, the Jingzhou Navy would be divided into two teams this time, one team led by him, led by 3,000 people to Yueyang County, and General Huang Gai to complete an important part of the arrangement of Dongxun, and the other way was led by Zhou Yu, the governor of the Jingzhou Navy Army, all the way to the north, in the Yangtze River basin to block and harass the Beihai Division from the Central Plains coalition army.

This arrangement has obviously been decided, and Zhou Yu himself agreed, but when it was time to set off, Zhou Yu changed into his armor and followed him on the ship to Yueyang County, and as soon as he got on the boat, Zhou Yu stayed in the room without saying a word.

However, looking at the handsome man's troubled look, Zhou Yu chuckled, put a palm on the handsome man's shoulder, and said to him a little mysteriously

"Ziyi, this is going to Yueyang, do you know what your mission is?"

Tai Shi Ci shook his head, the order he got only said that he wanted to fully cooperate with General Huang Gai, and didn't say anything else, to be honest, he was still confused about the next task.

"Ziyi, Yu won't hide it from you, your mission to Yueyang is the most important part of the plan of the prince of Zhou for Dongxun, if it is completed smoothly, the prince of Zhou can wipe out the Dongxun army without much effort, and expand the territory for Nanli again, maybe, Jiujiang can also be included in the territory of Nanli."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Tai Shi Ci almost dropped his jaw in shock, he thought that his mission this time would be very crucial to the battle situation, but he could never imagine that the mission he was going to Yueyang to perform next would be so important to the battle situation.

Expanding the territory, for Nanli, this is something that has not happened in the past hundred years, and as a general, expanding the territory is what they want, so Zhou Yu directly informed Tai Shi Ci of this point, and how Tai Shi Ci controlled his mentality.

Tai Shi Ci opened his mouth, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed

"Governor, what you said is true? Don't fool the general, the general can't afford to be frightened like that. ”

Zhou Yu fanned the folding fan with one hand, shook his head with a smile, and then closed the folding fan and slapped it on Tai Shici's armor, scolding with a smile

"You guy, when did Yu deceive you, Zhou Wangye wrote all the plans he laid out for Dongxun as a few days ago and passed them to Yu, after Yu read it, he can only admire Zhou Wangye's military strategy, if this plan is successful, Dongxun will not be able to start a war against me Nanli again within at least ten years, and if Ziyi you complete this matter very smoothly, Jiujiang County in Dongxun will also become my Nanli's bag."

Tai Shici tried his best to suppress his excitement, took a deep breath, barely suppressed his mood, and asked Zhou Yu

"Governor, don't sell Guanzi, how do you want to cooperate with General Huang Lao when you go to Yueyang in the end?"

It seems that Ziyi is still very concerned about expanding the territory for the country, what the prince said is indeed right, Yu's psychological understanding of the generals is still too weak, and suddenly taking charge of the Jingzhou Naval Division is indeed a big test for Yu.

However, looking at Tai Shici's expectant gaze without blinking, Zhou Yu smiled

"The prince and General Huang have played a bitter trick."

"What is a bitter meat trick?"

"Jinyiwei reported that some of the fine works under the command of the king of Nanjiang in Dongxun had some traces of activity in the previous year, and the branch of Jinyiwei in Dongxun was infiltrated by the fine work sent by the king of Nanjiang, and then when Xiao Shizi and his party went to Dongxun to carry out the task, they were almost completely left in Dongxun by this Jinyiwei branch, after this incident, Jinyiwei became more and more concerned about the traces of the fine work under the command of the king of Nanjiang, and then Jinyiwei got the news, saying that it was in the original garrison of Shangzhou, and it was suspected that there were people from Dongxun who joined, And there are some people whose origins are unknown, but Wen Taowu is superior, and he was conscripted into the army, and there are many people who have been awarded the post of captain, even chief, and captain, and after informing the prince of this matter, the prince felt that there were also Dongxun's fine works in the garrison, so he joined forces with General Huang Lao to play a bitter trick. ”

Zhou Yu greeted Tai Shici, the two sat cross-legged on two large stones, Zhou Yu's eyes glanced at the soldiers drying clothes on the island, paused, and continued

"The prince used fur to beat the old general Huang with a stick, and on the surface he formed a hatred with the old general Huang, and the same is true for the old general Huang, and then took this opportunity to wait for the opportunity to lead out the fine work in the army, as expected by the prince, the old general Huang was not long after being conscripted into the army Captain came to the door late at night, and after some heart-to-heart, the captain revealed his true identity, the doorman of the king of Nanjiang in Dongxun, Jiang Gan."

"Jiang Gan?"

"What, Ziyi has heard of this person?"

Tai Shi Cizhi frowned and replied

"Back to the governor, Jiang Gan was a classmate of the last general when he was young, and he had a good relationship with the last general when he was a child, but he went to Dongxun with his family for some reason later, and he has not been heard from since."

When Zhou Yu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, licked his lips, laughed evilly, and patted Tai Shici's shoulder vigorously, making Tai Shici a little confused.

"Ziyi, since there is this relationship, then the operability of this matter has become greater, and it seems that the difficulty of completing this part of the prince has also been reduced a lot."

On Jiang Gan's side, Jin Yiwei found out that his own background was indeed in the south of Jiangling City when he was young, which was verified, and Tai Shici also lived in Jiangling when he was young, since this is the case, the matter of being a classmate with Jiang Gan is undoubtedly confirmed.

Huang Gai is there, with Cheng Pu secretly helping, there should be no mistakes, and Cheng Pu's biography, as well as his own handwritten documents to Jiang Gan, make Jiang Gan have a natural trust in the upcoming sailor officer.

Now coupled with the relationship between Tai Shici and Jiang Gan's classmates when they were young, this sense of trust will only be more stable.

If the next step is implemented, the operability will make Yu look forward to it even more.

However, after Tai Shici heard that Dong Xun was his young classmate Jiang Gan, he was in a tangle, and he couldn't accept it, Jiang Gan, who was playing on the streets with him when he was young, and after meeting him again, the other party had become Dong Xun Xizuo.

This time, he will meet Jiang Gan completely on the opposite side.

Seeing the entanglement in Tai Shi Ci's eyes, Zhou Yu couldn't help but shake his head, he naturally had a pity for Tai Shi Ci's current mood, but to tell the truth, although Tai Shi Ci would feel uncomfortable, this relationship between him and Jiang Gan would only be a good thing for Nan Li and for the next layout of Zhou Wangye.

"Okay, my childhood playmate once became an opponent, this kind of transformation Yu understands, but Ziyi, you must know that you are now representing the general of the Nanli Jingzhou Navy, you are from Nanli, and Jiang Gan is now a meticulous work for Dongxun, and it is better to deal with the meticulous work and personal affairs as soon as possible."

Tai Shi Ci sighed, he naturally understood what Zhou Yu meant, and he himself understood, but when he suddenly knew about it, he still needed a while to ease his complicated feelings.

"Dudu, then how can you go to Yueyang now?"

"Ziyi, Jiang Gan now thinks that you are also a Nanli general who defected to Dongxun like General Huang, plus the two of you are young classmates, Ziyi, you only need to pretend to be the same as General Huang Lao at that time, and Jiang Gan will be at ease with Jiang Gan, gain Jiang Gan's trust, and then, through Jiang Gan, let the Dongxun army fall into a place of no return."

When it came to the end, Zhou Yu's tone suddenly turned cold, and his whole body exuded a powerful murderous aura.

"Ziyi, do your best."

Tai Shi Ci's expression was still so sad, but after saying this, Tai Shi Ci raised his head, looked at Zhou Yu, and asked

"Governor, if that's the case, then why did you go to Yueyang with the last general?"

Zhou Yu took the folding fan back into his hand, played with the folding fan in his hand, and said a little playfully

"Ziyi, this goes to Yueyang, the Jingzhou Navy only sent three thousand sailors, and the number of blocking the Beihai Division, Yu has increased to nine thousand, and the old General Ling Cao is in charge, the old General Ling Cao has been in war for a long time, and he is on the violent kite of the Beihai Division, although Yu doesn't know how the water battle of the violent kite is, but the old General Ling Cao blocked the Beihai Division, Yu believes that the old general can complete this matter, and here in Yueyang, the reason why Yu went with Ziyi and you, what other purpose can there be, only a breakthrough."

"Breakthrough?"

"The war is stalemate, this is what the prince does not want to see, Yu naturally does not want to see it, besides, the south is from the current situation, any front has a collapse crisis that affects the whole body, so the prince must take the lead in opening a breakthrough and repel the Dongxun army as soon as possible, and the army of the prince can also be liberated from the war, and then the prince will lead the army to help the other two fronts, and when it comes to that situation, Nanli can jump out of this game and become a chess player."

Listening to Zhou Yu's patient explanation to himself, coupled with the fact that Tai Shici himself is a member of the Nanli General, he naturally understood Zhou Yu's meaning very easily.

In fact, when it comes to the breakthrough, in addition to the difficulty of the Bai Zhenjun's road, whether it is the battle line of the old commander of the Bai family or the road of the prince, it can become a breakthrough, but if you look at it carefully, there is not much left of the combat force corps that is still idle in Nanli's hands, and the breakthrough can naturally be seen by His Majesty and the hundred officials in Jinling City, and as for the choice of the breakthrough, it seems that it is still the prince's road that is more suitable for this big task.

The old marshal of the Bai family is facing the army of the Xikun Dynasty, and there is an army led by the black-robed saint-monarch who once left a wound for Nanli, although the old marshal of the Bai family will not be worse than the black-robed saint-monarch in terms of strategy or tactics, but if you want to use it as a breakthrough, Nanli will still have to pay a lot of price.

On the other hand, the prince has been on the way.

The opposite is the Dongxun Empire, which has never had a foreign war record, and although there is no foreign war, but in the past few years, it was almost planted in the hands of the northern barbarians.

Moreover, compared with the reputation left by the black-robed Saint Monarch on the battlefield and a fledgling Shen Baoxu, it is obvious that the latter will be looked down upon.

Yes, Shen Baoxu is the first hidden dragon in Dongxun, this name is indeed very good, and he is not a complete fledgling, he has been to the border of Dongxun to fight with the northern barbarians, but fighting with the barbarians and fighting with the mainland countries, anyway, in the eyes of everyone, the opponents of the two will not be an order of magnitude at all.

And the last point is.

If the Xikun army led by the black-robed Holy Monarch is used as a breakthrough, the Jingzhou Navy Division will not be of any use, unless the old commander of the Bai family will be defeated and retreat, and put the Xikun army into the Nanli territory, and at that time, the Jingzhou Navy Division will be useful.

But is it possible?

At least here is the old marshal of the Bai family, who is steady and cautious, it is impossible to let the enemy army into the country.

Therefore, when the civil and military officials of Jinling City were still discussing where to choose as a breakthrough, Zhou Yu had already taken the lead in choosing the breakthrough he wanted to fight for on behalf of the Jingzhou sailors.

"Governor, if it is the old general Ling Cao, Ziyi has nothing to say."

Tai Shici's expression eased a little after learning that the candidate to replace Zhou Yu to block the Beihai Sea Division was Ling Cao.

Ling Cao's veteran general's level of water warfare, Tai Shi Ci can only bow to the upper hand at present, the other party, whether it is experienced or temperamental, is not comparable to him now, and for the Jingzhou water division, Tai Shi Ci's confidence is even more understandable.

There is no doubt that the North Sea Division is a good naval army, but it also depends on who the opponent is, whether it is the Beigen Naval Division, the Nanli Naval Division and the Dongxun Marine Division, the Northern Sea Division will undoubtedly be easily penetrated against these three.

The only thing that makes Tai Shi Ci worth mentioning is that the number of the North Sea Division this time is still quite large, at least the news from Jin Yiwei recorded that the North Sea Division was personally entered into battle by the storm kite this time, although the number of people cannot be determined, but at least there are more than 10,000 people, and Jin Yiwei's conservative estimate, in Tai Shi Ci's opinion, will be to double the number of conservative estimates, which is almost the real number of opponents.

Even though the Jingzhou Navy Division was elite, it was already a difficult task for 9,000 people to stop the Beihai Division, which might number 20,000.

So at this time, if the experienced veteran General Ling Cao goes into battle, it is not necessary, the water warfare methods of the violent kite are too Shi Ci to know nothing, but the words of the famous generals in the Central Plains should be the same thing.

The next thing I should think about is how to gain Jiang Gan's trust in front of Jiang Gan, and then complete this key part of the prince's plan.

Zhou Yu stood up, stretched his waist, handed the folding fan to the soldier beside him, and beckoned to Tai Shici

"Okay, don't think about it so much, since Yu has decided to choose Yueyang as the breakthrough point of the prince's journey, you have to go with great confidence, Ziyi, you can relax and think carefully about how to let Jiang Gan pull the Dongxun army into the land of no return."