Governing the water (now Sanggan River), "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" calls it bathing water, which is in Yinguan County, Yanmen County, through the clouds: "Tired head Mountain, out of the water control, east to Quanzhou people's sea, through the county six, travel 1,100 miles. ”

In this era, the amount of water was very large. The abundant springs, together with the rainwater that falls in these basins and the surrounding mountains, come together to form a mighty river.

The water flow through the Shanggu Basin (now the Sanggan Basin), and then with the Yanshui (now Yanghe) in the west of Fuyang, forming the Yan River (now the Yongding River in Beijing), flowing through Jidu.

The terrain from Kamiya-gun to Dai-gun is very complicated.

The distance between Yan County (present-day Dabao Town, southwest of Zhuolu County, Hebei Province) and Daicheng of Zhao (present-day northeast of Wei County, Hebei) was the closest, but in the middle was the Xiaowutai Mountain Range, a branch of the Taihang Mountains.

If the Yan army wanted to attack Daijun from the Eagle, it had to climb over the Xiaowutai Mountain Range to enter Daijun.

The defenders of Zhao Guodaijun also deployed defenses on the side of the mountain range close to Daicheng.

On 21 February, under the cover of night, nearly 40 warships were moving slowly on the Qiyi River, which connected Daicheng from the upper reaches of the water control.

On the deck above many warships, there were densely dressed Yan troops, and there were as many as 10,000 people in total.

In the middle of the warships is the flagship of the Yan Army, which looks slightly larger than the surrounding warships.

At the front of the flagship deck, stood a nearly thirty-year-old general of the Yan Army. This general, dressed in the leather armor of a rear admiral, is tall, with a sword at his waist, and has a majesty of his own.

This person is Li Min, the commander of the First Army of the Yan Navy.

Although Li Min is not very old, he can be regarded as the veteran of the Yan Navy. The formation of the Yan Navy and the battle of Ji and Qi were attacked, and Li Min led his troops to participate in the war and played an important role.

This time, Yan Guo attacked Zhao Guodai County, and since last year, according to the plan formulated by the military department, the First Army of the Navy led by Li Min has been secretly transferred as a "surprise soldier".

Many of the Navy's warships at sea are not suitable for inland rivers, so they have to use smaller ships. Therefore, Li Min's flagship is much smaller than the flagship when he was at sea.

Li Min, who was standing on the flagship deck, looked at the slowly flowing Qiyi River, and his expression was very calm.

The fleet led by Li Min set off from Fuyang City two days ago and entered Zhao Guodai County from Yanguo Pan County, and then under the advance arrangement of intelligence officers, it traveled by night and day, and now it has passed the Yanshan Mountain Range in the north of Dai County, and will arrive in Daicheng tomorrow.

The flags on all the warships were not raised. The soldiers of the Yan Army on the deck were also dressed significantly differently from the Yan Army, all of them were leather armor, each wearing a short knife around their waists, as well as several fire mines, and holding a flintlock pistol in their hands.

As a navy, training in peacetime is very different from that of the army. Naval officers, the long-range focus on training is the ability to shoot flintlock pistols; Medium-range training is the throwing of hand mines; Short-range is the ability to fight, dodge and jump.

This time he attacked Daijun, the county capital, Daicheng, and the army led by Lema on the surface. However, the specific attack on Daicheng was to go west along the control of the water, and then divert the route to the south to the Qiyi River, a tributary of the control of the water, the navy led by Li Min.

Li Min knew very well about the above-mentioned military plan.

Because of the influence of the size of the fleet, it is impossible for all the officers and soldiers of the First Army to come along the control of the water and the Qiyi River.

The navy led by Li Min is all the officers and men of the First Division of the Navy, which is also the most elite division of the First Army, and it is also the oldest qualified one since the establishment of the Navy. The 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the First Army of the Navy could only be used to transport logistical supplies.

A naval general came to Li Min's side at this time, bowed down and said:

"Commander, my intelligence officer sent a secret message from Daicheng."

This admiral is none other than Wang Youde, the admiral in the Battle of Van Cheng.

After the Battle of Fancheng, Wang Youde, who had made great contributions, was personally ordered by Ji Kang to be appointed as the commander of the First Division of the First Army of the Navy, and was awarded the rank of colonel (brigadier general) and was awarded the title of third-class uncle.

Li Min let out an "oh", took the secret letter from Wang Youde's hand, opened it, and looked at it carefully.

After reading the secret letter, Li Min's face was very solemn.

He folded the letter, looked up at the front of the ship, and began to ponder.

After a while, Li Min's eyes revealed a look of perseverance, and he said to Wang Youde:

"General Wang, most of the Zhao troops now stationed in Daicheng have been transferred to the front and are confronting our Yan Army in the Taihang Mountains, and the Zhao army in the Daicheng area is empty. We must take the opportunity to speed up our actions, and we must not let Zhao Jun detect us. ”

"Pass my general's order, order our warships, speed up the march, drive at night, before dawn, must reach the city of Daicheng, and launch an attack on Daicheng, there must be no mistake."

Wang Youde clenched his fists, bowed down and said, "No." ”

As the flags on the flagship of the Yan army flew, the warships of the Yan Kingdom on the water of the Qiyi River began to accelerate in turn.

After the order was given, Wang Youde, the commander of the first division, came to Li Min's side again and whispered to Li Min:

"General, although there are few defenders of Daicheng, our army is all navy, and if we forcibly attack the city, I am afraid that the losses will be too great."

Li Min heard the worry in Wang Youde's heart from Wang Youde's words, and replied softly with a smile:

"General Wang, I know you're worried. The fact that the king and General Rakuma handed over the first battle against Daijo to our navy is in itself a great weight to our navy. Besides, our army still has a heart for Zhao Jun's unintentionality. ”

Li Min's words also mean something.

A few years ago, since it was proved that it could control the water, as well as the Qiyi River, an upstream tributary of the water, and could travel by warship. Last year, the military headquarters of the Yan State prepared to attack Daijun, and the military plan of the navy to go directly to Daicheng in the rear of the Zhao army was formulated.

For more than a hundred years, in the minds of almost all the soldiers of Zhao State, there was no concept of water warfare in the battle with the Yan army.

Zhao and Yan have been fighting countless wars for hundreds of years, and everyone is killing on land, and they have never seen Yan use warships, okay!

Li Min continued to say to Wang Youde: "The Zhao army never thought that our army would use the navy to attack Daicheng. Besides, in Daicheng, where our army is attacking at the moment, there are still our intelligence officers in the city to respond. ”

"It is best for our army to take Daicheng in one go, if in this case, our army cannot occupy Daicheng, it will inevitably seem that our army is too useless, and our naval officers and men are also ashamed of the king."

"General Wang, until now, our army is lone and deep, and we must capture Daicheng. Otherwise, the consequences for our army will be unimaginable. In this battle, our army must be prepared with many hands, and if the surprise attack fails, the bombing will also blow up the city. ”

When Wang Youde heard this, he didn't say anything, just nodded.

Although the commander Li Min was only a few years older than himself, his prestige in the navy was very high.

In his usual life and training, Li Min was just like his own naval officers and men.

The officers and men of the First Army were still very convinced of their commanders.

Since his own army commander said so, Wang Youde naturally had no objections.

As the commander of the first army, Li Min thinks more than Wang Youde in his heart. Since the establishment of the Yan Navy in Liaodi, the cost of so many years can be said to be astronomical.

The king of his own family and even the court of the Yan Kingdom, for the navy, it can be said that he wants what he wants, and he has never said a word.

As the saying goes: raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while. Since so much has been invested in the navy, the navy must also be able to take it out at a critical time. Of course, in the process of using Yan troops to foreign countries several times, the navy did not live up to the expectations of Yan Guo.

It was in the tragic offensive and defensive battle in Fancheng that happened last year, and it was also Wang Youde and others beside him who led a brigade of the navy to cooperate with the defenders of Fancheng and gave the army led by Lian Po, a famous general of Zhao State, a "stuffy stick".

Thinking of this, Li Min turned around and said to Wang Youde behind him:

"General Wang, our army has nothing to worry about. There will be a big battle tomorrow, so let's go down and prepare as soon as possible. After capturing Daicheng, I will personally ask the military department to ask the general for your credit, and you, the brigadier general, will also become a real general. ”

"Thank you, Commander."

Hearing Li Min's encouraging words, Wang Youde showed joy on his face, raised his right hand to his head, and performed a military salute unique to the navy.

He was just promoted to brigadier general last year because of the Battle of Fan City. If you capture Daicheng again in this battle, it can be said that it is the first merit of attacking Zhao State, and your military rank will be promoted again, as the commander said just now.

(Today's second chapter will be released immediately)