"The Three Gorges of Badong, Wuxia is the longest, the ape roars three times, and the tears are stained ......"

At the end of July, the autumn weather is crisp, and the fishermen rowing boats sing loudly, and the lyrics are quaint.

Ye Zijin also felt a lot, and he really raised his sleeves, wiped his rosy eyes, and immediately hugged his second son tightly.

"Fubo, we're going home......"

After crossing Wuxia, I entered the boundary of Nanjun, but didn't I go home?

In the past six months, their mother and son have been scattered, arrested by the imperial court's eagle dogs, hid in Tibet, and were even imprisoned as hostages by Ba Shi, experiencing countless dangers.

Just like the narrow Yangtze River Gorge with peaks on both sides of the river, the river flows tortuously, a hundred turns and thousands of turns, the turbulent shallows are full of reefs, and there is a danger of boat destruction and death at any time, but the peak turns around, and the front is finally suddenly clear......

The mountains on both sides of the river are stacked, the green mountains are continuous, the leaves are not looking at it, the undulating ones, like the twelve gods and witches looking down on the twelve peaks of the world, the peaks and peaks go into the sky, and go straight into the river

She didn't care, her eyes were fixed on the front.

It wasn't until the boat finally docked at the wharf in Zigui County, and when a group of Heifu's old daughters on the shore came down to meet her and shouted "Mrs. Jun", she was relieved.

"Mr. Lu."

After exchanging a few words with acquaintances on the shore, Ye Zijin immediately turned around and saluted Lu Jia.

Lu Jia hurriedly evaded: "What is Mrs. Jun doing, it is really a torture to kill Lu Jia......

Ye Zijin said: "If it weren't for Mr. Lu's best efforts to preserve, my mother and son might not be able to return to Nanjun safely. ”

Lu Jia was a little embarrassed: "How dare you, after Ba Zhong's death, Ba Shi had fallen apart, it was Mrs. Ba's clever plan in Pingdu Mountain, which won the trust of Ba Shi's mother and daughter, and let Fubo Junzi marry Ba Zhong's widowed daughter, so that she inherited Ba Shi's Wanjin family business, and raised his arms and shouted, with thousands of warriors and thousands of servants, took Ba Shi's ship, attacked Yufu in the east, and attacked Jiangguan, so that Ba County Lieutenant suffered the enemy on his back. ”

In that battle, the commander of Ba County also had 3,000 men, but he was attacked by Wu Chen for many days, and the soldiers were tired, and they were suddenly attacked from the rear by Ba warriors.

This group of people was full of desire to avenge their master, extremely brave, while singing and charging, their tactics and weapons were very suitable for fighting in the valley and mountains, Wu Chen also made persistent efforts, the Ba Jun lieutenant was defeated, most of his men were captured, and the rest were mostly driven down the gorge by the angry Ba people and fell to death and drowned.

"This should have been Lu Jia's mission to enter the country, but if it weren't for Mrs., he almost fell short, he was really ashamed of the prince, and the person who should say thank you was Lu Jia."

Ye said with a smile: "Mr. doesn't have to be humble, if there is no Mr. left and right, what can I do as a woman?" Mr. has worked hard, I will not miss a word, and tell the prince, but I don't know if Mr. is still willing to go back to Bazhong? ”

Lu Jia was also tired enough, and was stunned after hearing this: "Back to Bazhong?" ”

Ye Shi looked back at the boats that sailed out of Wuxia, either carrying salt and grain, or carrying prisoners: "I have arrived at the boundary of Nanjun, accompanied by the family members of my beloved's old department, and I can return to Jiangling after passing through Xiling Gorge and Yiling County, but I can't rest assured." ”

"Now that Ba Zhong is dead, but the idea that the good man wants to use the Ba clan to integrate the Ba people and compete with the Bashu division of the imperial court, he can't give up halfway."

"Mr. Wangwang quickly took Danhu and other warriors to the west into Bazhong, publicized the marriage of Wei and Ba, and then recruited five clans and eight clans in the name of Ba to form a Ba people's armed force for the use of Wu Zhonghou!"

Lu Jia complained bitterly in his heart, but this method is indeed feasible, the combat effectiveness of the Ba people, they have seen the battle of Yufu, if they can really organize tens of thousands of people, out of Daba Mountain, attack and harass the counties of Ba County, as a strange army.

He glanced back at Ba Zhong's wife and daughter who were landing on the shore, his wife was still stunned, but the little woman with a willow leaf sword on her belt, with horizontal eyebrows, a bit of a master, looked at Ye's eyes, grateful, but also a little resentful.

"Mother and daughter of the Naba family......" Lu Jia wanted to know what the Ye family wanted to do with them.

Is it to cross the river and tear down the bridge, or is it ......

"I know how difficult it is for orphans and widows."

Ye Zijin said with a smile: "In the past, I was a guest, Ba Shi was the master, and in the past few months in Tong County, I have been entertained by them." ”

"Now that the host and guest are in different places, and the daughter of Ba has become my daughter-in-law again, I naturally want to welcome them to Jiangling and let them feel the hospitality of the Marquis of Wuzhong!"

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Across the Wu Gorge from Zigui County, it is Wu County, and further west of Wu County, beyond Qutang Gorge, is the west head of the Three Gorges, a mountain city, named Fish Belly (Chongqing Fengjie).

In later generations, it had an even more resounding name: White Emperor City.

This small city is five miles around, one side is against the mountain, three sides are surrounded by water, the back is against the high gorge, and the Yangtze River is in front, which is very spectacular and majestic.

The Jiangguan in the east of Yubei County is even more remarkable, it guards the entrance of Qutang Gorge, the water flow of this gorge is turbulent, and the narrowest part of the river is less than 30 zhang.

Standing on the riverside, looking back at the Jiangguan that guards the Qutang Gorge, you can see the confrontation between the two mountains of Chijia and Baiyan at the mouth of the gorge, like a knife cutting, like two open gates, looking down at the narrow and narrow river, the river is turbulent, and the river wind blows strongly.

Wu Chen touched the mole on his face, triumphant, and said with a smile: "When attacking this pass and this city, I can't wait for the river to crush it, but now, I can't wait for it to be stronger, and let the enemy army taste the taste of a hundred people!" ”

Since Heifu changed the southern expeditionary army to the Northern Expeditionary Army, promoted Wu Chen to be a captain, handed him 5,000 people, and attacked Jiangguan from the west of Yiling, but Wu Chen spent two months, but he couldn't move forward half a step, and hundreds of people were killed and injured.

But the situation is not optimistic, although the Ba people helped Wu Chen lay down the belly of the fish and the Jiangguan, but also brought him a bad news:

"Feng Zai led 20,000 divisions, and he has already conquered Ketong County, and the tenth day is approaching the belly of the fish!"

So Wu Chen only gained a firm foothold, and he was about to change his offense to defense, but fortunately, the Ba people, the warrior Danhu and others, also agreed to stay, and brought thousands of servants to help him defend against the enemy.

"The north is Daba Mountain, and the south is Wuqian Mountain, unless Feng Zheng inserts his wings, otherwise, if he wants to go east, he must first pass through Yufu and Jiangguan!"

Wu Chen now has seven or eight thousand people in his hands, and he is confident that he will firmly hold this place, and he is ready to return all the sufferings he suffered in the past to Feng Zheng.

However, Feng Zheng was also very cautious, and did not rashly bring all his soldiers to attack the dangerous pass, but stayed in Qu, which was more than 100 miles west of Yufu? County (Yunyang, Chongqing), paused......

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Eight years ago, in the Saibei Desert, Feng Zheng suffered the loss of a lone army, and was besieged by tens of thousands of cavalry of the Xiongnu on Baiyang Mountain, thirsty and hungry.

That battle was the shame of Feng Zheng, and the three generals Meng, Li, and Wei were highly respected, but he and Wang Li, who was lost, were severely reprimanded by Qin Shi Huang, and they were relegated to the end, and they were served as captains at the grassroots level, and they were aggrieved for many years, until the fall of Fusu and the rebellion of Heifu, Feng Zheng and Wang Li were reinstated.

Feng Zheng cherished this resurrection very much, and also understood that his family, as a ruling minister set by the first emperor, had been tied to the new emperor, and if Heifu was allowed to win this war, Feng was afraid that he would collapse.

But perhaps he was deeply ashamed of the defeat in the past, and Feng Zheng's style of fighting now has completely changed: the scouts should be placed a hundred miles away, and the heel army should be carefully explored twenty miles away, not foolproof, and will not enter easily.

This time, Feng Zheng was appointed as a general by Wang Ben, and entered Ba from Hanzhong, wanting to follow Sima's wrong plan, cross the Three Gorges from Ba County, and attack Nanjun in the east. And agreed to knock on the door of Wuxian on the first day of August to attract the Jiangling rebels to rush to help.

However, General Feng was very cautious, and he brought the northern soldiers of Shangjun, who were accustomed to the vast grasslands and high slopes of Saibei, and were very unsuitable for the narrow terrain of Baxia, and there were many sick people, and the march was slow.

Although it was better to come early than to come by chance, and defeated the Ba people who came to attack in Jiangzhou County, and even killed Ba Zhong on the spot, the situation in Ba County has been eroded: the whole army of Ba County Lieutenant has been wiped out, especially Dongdaemun Yufu and Jiangguan have been lost.

The initiative is now in Wu Chen's hands.

But Feng Zheng is not in a hurry, but in Qu? The county settled down and slowly analyzed the information that the scouts had sent back from a hundred miles away.

"To the south of the river, in Wuqian Mountain and Yishui, there are rebels, or they come from Dongting County by trail......"

After reading this military information, Feng Zai said to the military judge who urged him to go east: "If I ignore the danger in the south and blindly lead the army to attack Yufu, I am afraid that I will be disturbed by the rebels, cut off the grain route, and be trapped by it." ”

The military judge was a little anxious: "But the Marquis of Tongwu has agreed with all the generals and lieutenants that on the first day of August, he will attack Nanjun!" ”

"The situation has changed, and I have nothing to do."

Feng Zai sighed: "Send someone to make a detour to Shangyong to tell the Marquis of Tongwu that Feng Zao may not be able to follow the agreement, on the first day of the eighth month, he will knock on Wu County and Zigui!" ”