Damin, the commander of the Qi army, was very worried.

Since late March, he received the edict of the queen and was appointed as the commander of Linzi, the capital of Qi.

Da Min came to the city of Qin and Zhou, northeast of Linzi, and began to gather military horses to strengthen the city.

In this day and age, suddenly gathering a large army is not a simple matter.

Sun Tzu once said: "...... The Central Plains and the inner void are at home, and the people's expenses are seven out of ten; Public expenses, broken armies and horses, armor and arrows, arrows, halberds, shields, spears, and carts, six out of ten. ”

The elite division of Qi at this time is not in Linzi.

More than ten years ago, Tian Dan led an army of 100,000 to reinforce Zhao State, and he was the elite division of Qi State.

But now these 100,000 elite divisions, since Tian Dan went to Zhao State, have been decomposed by the Qi State court.

They were stationed in the northern capital of Gaotang and near the Great Wall in the south.

But in any case, in the middle of April, the 150,000-strong army led by Damin finally arrived.

Knowing that the military situation was urgent, Damin immediately ordered a military meeting to be convened after the arrival of the army.

Looking at the generals of the Qi army in the hall, Damin, who was already in his fifties, said slowly:

"Generals, this time the Yan Kingdom has raised troops in a big way and invaded our Qi State. This battle is a matter of life and death for our Qi country. General Ben hereby makes it clear that no matter where you come from, if anyone violates military discipline at this time of national calamity, Ben will be punished by military law. ”

Listen to the murderous words of the Lord and the people.

Many of the generals of the Qi State who were born in the royal family and the ministers of the court did not dare to speak.

Sweat broke out on my body and even on my head.

Some time ago, the family members and even relatives of these generals came to plead with the main general Damin, hoping that Damin could open up the net so that these generals could not go to the front line.

I didn't expect the main general Damin to sell the face of these generals' families and relatives at all.

On the contrary, he said to these people who came to plead: "The country has been raising soldiers for more than 100 years, and it is the time for your children to serve the country. Whoever dares to come to intercede again, Ben will arrange for his children to be the first to go to the front to fight with the Yan army. ”

Damin looked at the expressions of the generals in the hall, and sighed secretly in his heart:

"The spirit of these generals is too far behind the many generals of the Qi State twenty or thirty years ago!"

But this is not the time to think about these questions.

Da Min said again: "Generals, our army wants to repel the Yan army's attack on our Qi capital Linzi. The most critical point is that it is necessary to hold the Jishui River and delay the attack of the Yan army. ”

"Therefore, this general ordered that our army can go north tomorrow and send troops to Jihe. If you continue to wait, you must sort out your armaments, place your soldiers well, and boost your morale. ”

All the generals of the Qi State bowed down together and said, "No." ”

On April 11, the Qi army left the city of Qin and Zhou.

The purpose is very clear, that is, to use the Jishui River in the north of Linzi to block the southern army of Yan State.

As soon as Damin led his army out of Qin and Zhou City, in the hills outside the city, a big man dressed as a farmer said to the two people beside him: "The Qi army has been dispatched, and this information will be reported to General Wang Shi immediately." ”

"No."

This big man is Huang Yong, the director of the Yanguo Intelligence Bureau.

After a while, several pigeons took off in the hills and flew north.

When he led the army of the East Road in Lejian and attacked Jimo City.

Wang Shi led the army of the South Road, which had joined Hu Guiliang's Third Army at Qiancheng.

In the Yan army camp outside the city, all the units of the Yan army were fully prepared, and the generals of the Yan army gathered in the Chinese army tent of the main general Wang Shi.

Outside the tent, soldiers huddled; Inside the tent, the atmosphere was serious and tense.

On the left side of the Chinese army's tent, there is a map of the Qi country.

Wang Shi, the commander of the Yan army, stood next to this map, staring at the Jishui River in the south, and did not move for a long time.

At this time, the Yan army already knew the news that the 150,000 troops of the Qi State had set off from Qin Zhou.

If the Qi army was the first to reach the southern river bank of Jishui to block the Yan army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In this era, the Jishui River is not the intermittent stream in Ji Kang's previous life.

Rather, it is known as one of the four great rivers in the world.

The status of Jishui River is very prosperous in this era.

The Son of Heaven worships the famous mountains and rivers, that is, the five mountains and the four desecrations.

According to legend, in ancient times, the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou fought on the banks of the Jishui River, because Chiyou can spit fog for ten miles, the Yellow Emperor lost the battle and retreated to the Temple of Heaven, the main peak of Wangwu Mountain in Taiyi Pond.

The Yellow Emperor "fasted for three days, climbed the mountain to the top, and prayed to God in Qionglin Tai. The emperor then descended to the Temple of Heaven "The queen mother summoned the Qingtong King of the East China Sea, summoned the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and gave the strategy of breaking the Chiyou. The Yellow Emperor killed Chi according to his order, especially in Ji, the world is invincible, and the sea is safe."

Since then, every year on August 15, the Yellow Emperor has set up an altar to worship the sky on the Temple of Heaven, so it is called the Temple of Heaven Mountain. This is also the true origin of Ji Kang's previous life, the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15.

It can be said that Jishui's position in Chinese history is irreplaceable, and it has also become a symbol of the descendants of Yan and Huang.

The four profanities mentioned in "Erya" are: river, river, Huai, and Ji.

"Blasphemy" is the meaning of the great river, and "Ji" refers to the Jishui River.

"Shangshu, Xiashu, Yugong" records as follows: "The water flows eastward, enters the river, overflows into the Xing, east out of Taoqiu (Dingtao) north, and east to Heze (Heze), and northeast will be in Wen, and north and east into the sea." ”

The Ji River stretches for thousands of miles, the river is surging, and the narrowest part of the width is sixty or seventy meters.

It just started from the north of Taoyi and went around in a half circle to protect the Linzi area.

Usually on the river, the boats of the Qi country are constantly coming and going.

The Ji River can be said to be a natural barrier in Linzi, the capital of Qi.

More than 20 years ago, Le Yi fought Qi and marched to the banks of the Jishui River.

The commander of the Qi State, Touch, was ready to deploy defenses on the south bank of the Jishui River to block the Yan army at the beginning.

Le Yi, the commander of the Yan Army, was very worried at that time, and it was not an easy task to storm the Jishui River.

Unexpectedly, King Qi asked Tentacles to lead the Qi army to cross the Ji River to the north, and was defeated by the Yan army.

You must know that in any era, the crossing of seas, rivers, and rivers by large armies is extremely vulnerable to enemy attacks.

In "The Art of War", there is a famous sentence called "Half-crossing and attacking".

This means attacking while the enemy is halfway across the river.

At this time, the enemy is not connected, the ranks are chaotic, and the reinforcements are blocked by the big river, so it is easy to annihilate them on the shore. And if you don't attack at this time, when the enemy has all crossed the river and gained a firm foothold, it will not be so easy to win.

Wang Shi looked at the map for a long time, turned around, and said to the generals of the Yan army:

"Our army must cross the Jishui River before the main force of the Qi army reaches the Jishui River. If the Qi army reaches the south bank of the Ji River first, our army will be in trouble if they want to force the Ji River to cross the river. Qi Jun is not Song Xianggong, and there will be no "Song Xiangzhiben". ”

After listening to the words of the main general Wang Shi, the deputy general Wu Yangjing and other Yan army generals all looked serious.

The allusion of "Song Xiangzhiren" mentioned in Wang Shi's mouth comes from the "Battle of Hongshui" with Song and Chu.

At that time, the Song State was very powerful and competed with the Southern Chu State for hegemony in the Central Plains.

In the fourteenth year of King Xiang of Zhou (638 BC).

The Song and Chu dynasties fought on the banks of the Hongshui River (the old road is about northwest of Zhecheng County, Henan Province).

The Chu army began to cross the Hongshui River and rushed towards the Song army.

Minister Muyi said to Song Xiang: "There are many Chu soldiers, but our army is small, take the opportunity of them to cross the river to destroy them, and the Chu army will be defeated." ”

Song Xianggong said: "We are known as the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, how can we take advantage of others to cross the river and attack?" ”

The Chu army crossed the river and began to set up formations on the bank.

Mu Yi said: "Our army can attack. ”

Song Xianggong said again: "Our army is an army of benevolence and righteousness, wait for them to line up their positions and fight again." ”

When the Chu army set up a military formation, the Chu soldiers rushed forward and defeated the Song army.

Song Xianggong himself was also hit by an arrow in the buttocks, bleeding profusely, and died of serious injuries.

Wang Shi turned his head to look at Hu Guiliang and Zuo Zong, and ordered:

"Without further ado, our army must go to the Jihe River as soon as possible, collect boats, and build pontoon bridges. General Zuo and General Hu, the two of you will immediately lead the Second Army and the Third Army, and lead the engineer regiments of each army, and then you can go to Jihe. ”

Hu Guiliang and Zuo Zong bowed down together to receive the order: "Obey the order." ”

Now in all the armies of Yan State, there are engineer regiments. The establishment is as follows: one corps is equipped with one engineer regiment, one division is equipped with one engineer battalion, and one brigade is equipped with an engineer company.

And Wang Shi, the commander of the Yan Army, gathered all the engineer units of each army and handed them over to the Second Army and the Third Army.

After all, these two armies are the most powerful rapid strike corps in the Yan Kingdom.

On the same day that the commander of the Qi army, Damin, led his army north, the second and third armies of the Yan army carried a large number of engineering troops, and also set off from the southern city of Qiancheng and came towards the Ji River.

At the north and south ends of the Jishui River.

The two long torrents formed by the armies of Yan and Qi are about to converge and collide on the banks of the Jishui River.

The two coaches, Wang Shi and Damin, both understand that whoever reaches the Jishui River first will have the initiative in this battle.

The struggle for control of the Jishui River is a matter of life and death for the two armies! It is also related to the future and national fortune of Yan and Qi!