In the past few days, although the Chu army has retreated, the reinforcements of the Qin State still continue to arrive in Xiaoling, some from Jiangling and Yingxian, some from the upper reaches of Zhijiang, and some from Jingling, Huarong and other places.

For some purpose, the county lieutenant Li You did not send him back, and in this way, by the end of April, the Qin army in Xiaoling had reached more than 7,000 people......

On the one hand, it is to put pressure on the state of Chu, and on the other hand, it is to implement Heifu's "deterrence" strategy.

The Ba people were undoubtedly very surprised to see the Qin army gathering more and more, although there were 20,000 Ba tribes in the entire Yidao combined, but they were scattered all over the place, scattered in the ravines, mountains and forests, and it was difficult to assemble. At most, they gather around Wuluo Zhongli Mountain during the sacrifice, but that kind of situation is not seen once in ten years.

Therefore, at the beginning of April, after Fan Yu gathered all the men together, there were 4,000 people, and the Ba people of Yidao thought that this was probably the largest army in the world, and the two countries of Qin and Chu had to win over themselves, and they couldn't help but be complacent......

This is because the road is isolated from the outside and the road is impassable, and the local tribes think they are the lords of a land, and they do not know the vastness of the country of the summer crown belt.

It is not until today that their three views have been refreshed. The Ba people of Yidao have never seen so many people, horses and weapons in their lives. Seeing that the Qin army was gathering more and more, and the camp was getting bigger and bigger, the rulers of several tribes asked the two-language "Xia Zi" to ask Heifu tentatively, how many soldiers were there?

"Although 10,000 people have gathered, it is only one-tenth of the soldiers in Nanjun!"

Heifu asked Natsuko to translate his words exactly as they were, scaring the hillbillies who had barely been out of Yishui for a hundred miles.

"And although Nanjun has 100,000 soldiers, it is only one of the more than 20 counties in the Qin State, with a smaller area and a smaller population! You wait and calculate for yourself, how many soldiers are there in the Qin State? ”

It was a number beyond the imagination of the Ba people, and they couldn't help but look at each other in fear.

The envoy of Chu boasted that Chu "holds a million halberds", so it seems that Qin is two or three times stronger than Chu!

After being shocked by the quantity first, they immediately felt the quality of the Qin army again.

Early the next morning, after eating and drinking enough, the Ba people who had fallen asleep in a daze were hurriedly woken up by the subordinates, and they were dumbfounded when they came out of the tent.

However, he saw that the huge number of Qin troops had already assembled outside the city, the golden drums and banners were clear, the soldiers rode on chariots and horses, and the soldiers were all wearing armor and holding sharp spears.

With the wave of the flag at the head of the city, the sound of golden drums continued to sound on the entire field, and the phalanx of the Qin army's black pressure began to move towards the side of the Ba people, the spear was flattened, and the shield was hit with a sword, which scared the monarchs half to death, and thought that the Qin people were treacherous and were going to kill themselves!

It wasn't until Heifu was ordered by Li You to inform the monarchs that this was the Qin army rehearsing the formations, and at the same time, those arrays also began to turn around, that the monarchs took back their hearts that mentioned their throats......

The sound of gold is crisp, the sound of the drum is vigorous, the Qin soldiers from all over the country follow the sound of the golden drum, one drum to organize the army, two drums to practice Chen, three drums to eat, four drums to do strictly, five drums on the line, listen to the sound of the drums, and then raise the flag...... They advanced or stopped, struck or retreated, and from time to time shouted to kill. Several voices converged, rushed into the sky, and resounded through the four fields!

The people were used to being loose, who had seen this scene, and they were dumbfounded, even if one of them concealed their surprise a little better, but they couldn't help but clench the willow leaf sword in their hands, for fear that those orderly phalanxes would suddenly kill them.

When confronted by a Qin soldier, a Ba warrior would feel that he had an advantage, but when the Qin army showed that terrifying collectivity, the scene was shocking.

The monarchs suddenly felt that what they were doing in Wuluo Zhongli Mountain was right, no wonder Ba Zhong tried his best to persuade the tribes to return to the Qin State, thinking that he knew the true strength of the Qin State......

Heifu looked at this scene and was very satisfied, this martial arts exercise basically achieved the effect he wanted. In his opinion, although the Qin State implemented the policy of Huairou in Yidao, he forgot to teach them one thing, that is, to recognize the difference in strength between the two sides.

Barbarian Rong Di, who has developed and grown in a cruel environment, is mostly convinced by the principle that the strong are respected, and now I want to tell them that the strongest person in this world is none other than Qin!

The more they were impressed by the power of the Qin State, the easier it was for them to be at the mercy of the people and put away those rebellions.

The first day was like this, and the second day was the same as yesterday, and the night stopped.

On the third day, Li Youcai officially summoned the monarchs of the Ba people, at this time, after the monarchs who had been shocked came to the city, they all walked on their knees, did not dare to look up at Li You, and did not dare to disobey in the face of Li You's stern orders to hand over the murderers who had killed Qin officials and Qin pawns with their own hands before......

The hundreds of Ba warriors who were surrounded as heroes earlier were pushed out like this, and they will be escorted to Yidao and beheaded on the banks of Yishui! In order to comfort the more than 100 Qin officials and Qin people who died in ambush!

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At the beginning of May in the summer calendar, the plum rainy season arrived, and as the heavy rain swept across both sides of the river, the contest between Chu and Qin in Nanjun came to an end temporarily.

The Ba tribes also dispersed one after another, and Li You left 3,000 soldiers to garrison in Xiaoling, and sent another 1,000 people to stay in Yidao, and the rest of the people returned north one after another.

They either boarded the boat at the mouth of the Youjiang River on the edge of the Lingling, or walked to Jiangjinkou, 30 miles to the north, to cross the river, still using the stupid method, using the boats and ships of the Nanjun sailors to slowly carry them to the other side.

There were few boats and many people, and many people had to wait for a long time at the ferry, and Heifu looked at this troublesome way of transporting them, so he made a suggestion to Li You.

"County Captain, although Jiangling and Xiaoling are not far away, because of the big river, whenever the Chu people come to attack, they have to recruit large and small ships, and it takes several days to transport the army, which is often lost."

"When I was in Wei last year, I often heard that the armies of various countries built pontoon bridges on the big rivers so that the soldiers could quickly cross the river, and I wonder if I had tried to build a pontoon bridge on the river?"

The northern pontoon bridge is not uncommon, it is said that as early as the Zhou Dynasty, King Wen of Zhou in order to welcome the bride from the Central Plains, built a pontoon bridge on the Weishui, now the capital of the Qin State Xianyang, above the Weishui, there is a permanent pontoon bridge, connecting the Weibei Xianyang and Weinan area of that series of new palaces.

And on the big river, there are also a lot of pontoon bridges, such as the 50th year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (257 BC), it was the first "river bridge" in Pujin, and later became a permanent Pujin Bridge, the story of the Yellow River Iron Ox, presumably many people are familiar with it.

So Heifu was thinking, if there could be a "river bridge" on the Yangtze River, wouldn't the Qin army's military control over the south bank of the Great River be strengthened a lot?

After listening to this suggestion, a lieutenant Shi on the side burst out laughing, and Li You and Heifu looked over and asked him why he was laughing.

This lieutenant Shi hurriedly bowed down and said: "The subordinates just think that the water near Jiangling is wide, and there are thousands of boats missing, I am afraid it will be difficult to connect them into a pontoon bridge, not to mention, throughout the ages, the southerners are good at boats." Therefore, in the past, the state of Chu fought with Wu and Yue on the Yangtze River and the Huai River, and the officials carried heavy boats, and the ordinary soldiers directly took off their armor and swam across the water, but they rarely heard of the ...... of building pontoon bridges."

"Short-sighted."

Li You reprimanded Wei Shi: "In the future, if the king has broken through Huaibei and Huainan, it is more convenient to continue to send generals to enter Jiangdong and Jiangnan, and more than 100,000 people will cross the river, and it will be transported by boat for more than half a month, and it will be more convenient to have a pontoon bridge......

Li You took Heifu's suggestion to heart and felt that it might be useful in the future, and then they also boarded the big boat, and slowly sailed towards Gangneung with the rowing of the oars......

During this period, he also received a mail message from the county guard.

Heifu knew that after the accident in Yidao and Xiaoling, Ye Junshou's plan to travel to the county was in vain, and Li You went out to help, so he had to sit in Jiangling to stabilize the situation, I don't know what happened when the letter came at this time?

After Li You opened the letter in front of everyone, he couldn't help laughing, and said to Heifu and the others:

"The county guard sent a letter saying that this time our army thwarted the offensive of the Chu people, and put down the rebellion of Yidao, and should ask for merit for the soldiers, and should take the officials and the people of the city to welcome our triumphant return at the dock!"