At the end of the 35th year of Qin Shi Huang, the flames of war burned from the upper reaches of the Min River to the lower reaches of the Min River, the Qin army marched along the Min River, fought hundreds of miles in the mountains, and destroyed dozens of villages loyal to the Minyue Wang, the front suddenly opened up, and the blue sea was in front of them.

When he arrived at Dongye City, Heifu found that, unlike Fuzhou in later generations, the land here had not yet been fully formed, and Dongye City was half in Jiangxinzhou and half on land.

Seeing that the Qin army was menacing, and there was even more of the leading party, the armor and blades were inferior to the Qin people, and the Minyue people, who were not superior in the number of soldiers, were defeated and retreated one after another, and now they have completely abandoned the small towns on land, burned down the docks, and retired to Jiangxinzhou.

Minyue people are known for being good at making boats, skilled at driving boats, and Qin Shi came from afar, facing the mouth of the Minjiang River that is several miles wide, when looking at the ocean and sighing, in the view of Wu Zhu, this wide water surface is the last city wall of Dongye City, hoping to breathe for a while, it is really not good, and can also escape by boat, and resist stubbornly in the long coastline of Minyue.

But the hope of the Minyue people was disappointed, and just when the Qin army and land division were camping on the north bank of the Minjiang River, there was also a beacon fire at the mouth of the Minjiang River: it was a Huiji boat division from Dongou, hundreds of large and small ships, and the open sails were like a layer of clouds, covering the sea.

In addition to the shock, Wu Wuzhu could only mobilize all the Minyue people who retreated to Jiangxin Continent, the Yue people were good, almost everyone was a good sailor, in the earth-shattering war drums, hundreds of oars set off from Jiangxinzhou, went down the river, and rushed towards the Qin boat at the mouth of the sea!

This last battle to break Minyue was finally decided by the boat master.

Heifu knew that he couldn't help, so he simply put a horse on the shore and took a group of men with him. Admire this water assault.

The fleet of the Qin army, the number of ships is large, the collocation is reasonable, in addition to more than ten ships for command, there are also big wings, small wings, ships, etc., they are mostly strong ships built in Qingdao Port in Jiaodong a few years ago, but Canghaijun does not have a strong water force, only acts as a transport ship for troops and grain, this time he came to the south, and it is finally useful.

On the other hand, the ships of the Minyue people are somewhat single, mostly small boats, oars, and the only big boat, or the car of the Minyue king.

"It's a ship."

A few days ago, he landed on the coast, and Xu Fu, who came to contact Heifu, could see at a glance the level of the ship, and the Minyue people were still using the ship patterns of Wu Wangfucha and Yue Wang Goujian hundreds of years ago, during the period of Wu and Yue's hegemony.

At that time, it was a giant on the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake, but the world has changed, and now its size is not as large as half of the Qin Junlou ship.

Su Wuzhu probably also realized this, and the captain was far behind in command, and the task of engaging with the Qin ships was handed over to the oars and sails, taking advantage of the Yue people's familiarity with the water nature of the boats and the light and flexible boats, and going down the river to catch the Qin ships by surprise was their only chance for victory.

Ren Huan also understands that compared to the wide seaside, the estuary is a good place to win more with less, and the ships that both sides can invest in here are limited, and once the bulky building ship is entangled, it will become a big whale that can be bitten by sharks.

So he ordered the ship to set sail back, and the big wing and small wing lowered the sail and rowed forward with the power of the oars, forming a wooden wall to block the first wave of attacks by the Minyue people.

The current water warfare is still primitive, the battleship only plays the role of a platform, and the difference between the way of fighting on the water and on land is extremely limited. Armed with a variety of bows, arrows, spears and other weapons, the enemy and our soldiers used bows, arrows, javelins and other weapons to shoot at a distance from the enemy's warship, and when approaching, they switched to attacking with weapons such as hooks and spears.

This is the only advantage of the Min people, they have been begging for a living on ships since they were young, even if the waves are bumpy, they can also walk on the ground, which only the best Qin sailors can do.

Although Fujian is inferior to Qin in terms of long-range weapons, the crossbow machine of the Qin people, when the Fujian ship is rushing rapidly, is only enough to shoot two or three rounds, and the hit rate on the shaking ship is touching.

However, when the Fujian ship was about to collide with the Qin ship, the Qin people immediately lowered the long wooden pole placed at the stern of the ship and withstood the rushing Yue boat!

"Is it a refusal?"

Heifu saw this scene from a distance and asked Xu Fu.

"Those who retreat hook it, and those who enter reject it, which is exactly what Lu Ban refused." Xu Fu shook his head.

It is said that two hundred years ago, the state of Chu and the state of Yue competed on the Yangtze River, and the Chu Zhou division was repeatedly defeated by the Yue, and in desperation, it could only turn to the public loss class, and the public loss class invented the "hook" and "rejection" for the Chu army.

When the enemy is at a disadvantage, the "hook" can hook the enemy's ship and prevent it from escaping; When the enemy is in an advantageous position, "rejection" can resist the enemy's ships and prevent them from pursuing. After the Chu army had a hook and refused, it was invincible and gradually turned the tide of the war, while the Yue State lost its water advantage and gradually entered decline.

Hefu nodded, probably at the same time, in the Mediterranean, the Romans used similar tactics in the fierce battle with Carthage......

At present, many of the rushing Minyue ships were denied arrival, and they were in a position not far away, and the soldiers on the Qin ships took the opportunity to get on another round of crossbows and fired condescendingly, causing heavy casualties among the Fujianese.

But Minyue, as a descendant of the Yue Kingdom, naturally remembers this weapon vividly, and they also have "hooks" on the boat, so they stretched out together and hooked the Qin boat, and the two sides pulled and pushed, and for a while, the water battle became a tug-of-war competition......

However, unlike the Qin people, who had clear tactics, the Min and Yue people paid attention to a reckless battle, and the Fujian people who rocked the oars risked great risks and fatigue, paddling hard, sometimes attacking and sometimes retreating, sometimes scattered and sometimes concentrated. Countless small galleys kept rushing and colliding together, layered on top of each other, like wide pontoons.

The fierce Min people were naked, with short swords in their mouths, jumping on the boat in groups, they actually regarded it as a smooth road, and even more, they jumped directly into the water, swam close to the Qin boat, and then climbed up, hugged the Qin pawn, and the white blades intersected!

Not to be outdone, the Qin people had sharper weapons and thick armor, and the five of them formed a formation and used the strength of the group to kill the outlaws of the Min people, or force them to jump into the sea.

For a time, the ship slurry hit the water, the weapons collided, and the naval battle suddenly turned into a land battle. Flesh and blood flew from the ship and on the sea, littered with adrift planks and broken limbs, and blood stained the sea.

But as the wooden refusal was cut off, the ships finally got in close contact, and the Min people continued to board the Qin ships, and dozens of Qin boats in the front row were defeated and began to lose......

But before the Minyue people cheered, they discovered the terrible fact that these boats were just bait.

In the short time that the advance of the Qin Zhou Division blocked the impact of the Fujian ships, the remaining fleet of the Qin people had completed the formation, dozens of ships with their sails bulging, and sailors paddling wooden oars, driven by the sea breeze, were rushing towards the mouth of the river!

"The end of the strong crossbow can't be worn, although the Min people are brave, they are still defeated."

The black man on the shore slapped his hands and smiled, Ren Huan is the most powerful Lou Boat General in the Qin Dynasty today, he understands the advantages and disadvantages of Qin Zhoushi, and his thinking is very clear.

The outer narrow and long is called the ship, in order to conflict with the enemy ship, the ship is the heavy armor warship of this era, the ship is covered with cowhide, the hull is narrow and long, the maneuverability is strong, and now it is installed in the bow of the hardwood copper-clad ramming angle.

"Bump into it!"

Heifu's nephew, Wei Yang, was already the commander, and he personally beat the drums, and several ships under his command broke through the waves, and when the two ships collided, there was a violent shaking.

The sharp striking angles of the ship broke through the fragile hull of the Minyue boat, or cut it in two, or overturned it straight. No matter how bad it is, it can destroy the oars and make it lose power. Then, the Qin soldiers on the ship held long soldiers and formed a strong formation, so that the Fujian people who pounced on them and tried to seize the ship in hand-to-hand combat returned in vain.

At the mouth of the river, large and small boats were mixed together, and the shouts, horns, and cracking of the planks were intertwined, and the battle was fierce.

The building ship of the Qin army immediately approached, like a big fish in the sea, and the combat method of this behemoth was the arrow tower, which was full of soldiers with bows and crossbows, and the strong bows and crossbows cooperated with the tall body of the ship, firing arrows at the Fujian boats, killing them without the power to fight back.

There were even smoke arrows falling, and a fire broke out at the mouth of the river, and the blazing flames reflected the sea red, and most of the Fujian ships were burned, and the wails were endless......

The Min people were completely disadvantaged, and even though they had the intention to retreat, the water of the Min River, which had helped them go down the river, had now become an obstacle to prevent the warriors from evacuating, and the water battle turned into a massacre.

And the final blow to the Fujian people was that the big ship of the Minyue king, which was located in the rear, saw that the defeat was decided, but chose to escape.

When the ship docked at Jiangxinzhou, and Wuzhu withdrew to Yecheng in a hurry with a small number of personal soldiers, the Min people at the mouth of the Min River were also scattered and fled......

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Although the victory of the Qin Zhou division was decided, the fierce battle at the mouth of the river caused many ships to sink and turn into a dangerous reef, and the fleet could not immediately trace the river, and waited until the next day to meet the Lu division and set foot on this small city on the river.

However, as soon as he landed on the shore, Heifu did not encounter the desperate resistance he imagined, but a group of Fujian people who knelt down and surrendered, and only after asking did he learn that Su Wuzhu died last night......

"Dead? How did he die? ”

"I heard it was a suicide."

Heifu and Ren Huan were a little surprised, in yesterday's water battle, the Fujian people were not afraid of death left a deep impression on them, and they were ready to fight in the streets, but it was the king who committed suicide, and the city surrendered without a fight.

After a short time, there was a Yue Wu with bright feathers on his head, carrying the head of Wuzhu to offer.

Heifu's group of guards were very conscientious and stopped everyone, and Sang Mu personally came over with the heads of Wuzhu.

The leading party was called to identify him, and after he approached and looked at it for a long time, he sighed:

"Junhou, it is indeed the head of the Wuzhu."

"Good, since the first evil has been punished, then the unsympathetic monarch is the new Minyue monarch......"

Heifu also took a closer look, only to see that the blood on Wuzhu's neck had dried up, his eyes were closed, and there were many tattoos on his face, all of which were dark snake patterns, or intertwined, depicted vividly, and even more exaggeratedly, a snake head also poked out of his slightly open mouth......

"There are snakes!" The sharp-eyed mulberry wood shouted a warning and immediately rushed over.

What happened next, to everyone's surprise, the dead man's gills began to wriggle violently, and the colorful little snake came out entirely! It panicked and scurried around, and then spotted the nearest black man, who was subconsciously drawing his sword.

The little snake felt the danger, and Nobuko hissed, and stretched his body back, like an arrow off the string, straight to the door of Heifu!

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PS: The second chapter is in the evening

Fujian is in the sea, and there are mountains in the northwest--"The Classic of Mountains and Seas"

Legend has it that there are rivers on all sides at all times, such as the house and Macao, where the boat goes, the north will meet the mountain plain, and the east will reach the road--"Three Mountains Chronicles" Volume 4 "Geography"