"General..."

Just when Cao Xu was panicking, after listening to the messenger's explanation, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It turned out to be Bahou... But fortunately, things are not out of control. Cao Xu silently exhaled a long breath, but he hadn't finished exhaling yet, thinking of the situation in Yangguan, his heart tightened again.

Now Yangguan is an important passage to block the Chu army, as soon as Yangguan is broken, the Chu army will enter Badi, and when the time comes, the Ba crowd will respond, and the situation will really be out of control.

Thinking about it, he immediately ordered: "Order, immediately transfer five thousand soldiers from Jiangzhou to support Yangguan." ”

"No!"

At this time, Cao Xu watched the messenger leave, and the uneasiness in his heart became even stronger.

A year ago, when various countries invaded Chu, Sima Cuo led an army of 50,000 to attack Chu, and after capturing Tongyi, he stopped his troops and confronted each other with the Chu army.

After the peace between Qin and Chu, the 50,000 troops of Zongyi withdrew 45,000 people, of which 20,000 soldiers returned to Shu and scattered all over Shu, and these people had been controlled by Shu Houhui.

The remaining 25,000 troops were scattered in Jiangzhou, Dianjiang, and Langzhong to deter the Ba people in various places. Jiangzhou shouldered the heavy responsibility of guarding against the Chu State, and stationed 15,000 Qin troops, 2,000 of whom were stationed in various places, and the rest were in Tuntian outside the city.

Of course, since receiving the news of Shu Houhui's rebellion, the army outside the city has all withdrawn to the city to deter those Ba people who have different intentions.

At this time, Cao Xu remembered the Qin Army's sailors by the river outside the city, and immediately frowned.

Although the sailors all stay in the water village on weekdays, they cannot communicate with the outside world.

However, the Shu rebellion, and such a major event as the Chu State's attack on Ba, those Ba people must already know.

In the water battle a few days ago, the naval division of the Qin State besieged the Chu army with three times the military strength, and as a result, both sides lost more than 20 warships. Although both sides suffered the same losses, the number of the Qin army was three times that of the Chu army, and although the Chu army was defeated and retreated in the end, the Qin army still felt a big loss.

Cao Xu and Tang Ji, the commander of the naval division, concluded after the war that the Qin army was a newly built division, which was the first time that the naval division fought on the river, and it was also the first time that Tang Ji commanded the operation, so it was inevitable that there was some lack of experience.

In addition, Tang Ji was also sent in battle, and those Ba soldiers had a very poor will to fight.

Shu is opposed, the Chu army is coming, the situation is very unfavorable to Qin at this time, needless to say, those Ba soldiers must have had strange thoughts in their hearts. Perhaps they have not yet made up their minds to rebel, but they are also unwilling to fight to the death for the Qin State.

It is precisely because of such concerns that in the past few days, although the Chu State Naval Division has repeatedly sailed the warships to the left of Jiangzhou, the Qin State Naval Division has always driven the Chu army away, and did not dare to engage the Chu army.

The reason is that they are worried that the Pakistani soldiers will take advantage of the chaos to escape.

Thinking of those Ba people, Cao Xu sighed secretly. Especially after learning that the current Bahou of Chu State, the former Ba royal family returned with an army, the worry in his heart became even heavier.

Now that the Bahou of Chu has been killed outside Yangguan, if Bahou takes the opportunity to send someone to contact the Ba people in the water division, then...

Thinking about it, Cao Xu's eyebrows suddenly tightened.

Fortunately, not long ago, when Yangguan first reported that there were a large number of Ba people in the Chu army, he informed Tang Ji, the commander of the water division, to strengthen his control over the military camp and strictly prohibit the water division from fighting. As long as the soldiers stay in the barracks, it is much easier to control.

Just when Cao Xu was secretly worried about the sailors, at this time, Shen Yifu, the commander of the Chu army's sailors, led more than 200 large and small warships to Jiangzhou.

Shen Yifu arrived in Tongyi yesterday, and those Ba people were on his warship.

Because the main task of the Chu State Naval Division is to supervise the rivers and Huaishui, as well as to deter the remnants of the Yue Kingdom, most of the Chu Army Naval Divisions are in the Jianghuai area.

By the time Shen Yifu received the order to come to Sima Qian's aid, several days had passed. Later, some sailors were sent to Hanshui to support Zhuguo Zhaoju, so the sailors moved slowly.

However, fortunately, the river is accessible, except for a few sections of the river where the water is turbulent and difficult for boats to pass through, and it is necessary to rely on manpower to pull forward, the rest of the river is only slow against the current.

On the flagship, Shen Yifu looked at the empty river and said curiously: "General Sun, didn't you say that the Qin State Water Division will stop my Chu army every time?" Why is it that on the river today, let alone the Qin army, there is not even half a piece of wood? ”

Sun Gu, the general of the Wujun Navy Division, was also secretly wondering at this time, the Qin army had sent troops to confront him yesterday, but he didn't see half a figure today.

"General, maybe the Qin army saw that our army was strong, so they didn't dare to fight against our army, and they cowered in the water village."

Shen Yifu nodded: "In that case, then go to the Qin Army Water Village." ”

"No."

Because there was an early warning in Yangguan, this time the Chu army warships were directly killed outside the Qin army's water village.

At this time, Shen Yifu saw that a large number of warships were parked in the Qin army's water village, and a large number of Qin soldiers were waiting in the wall.

After the Chu army's warship stopped, Shen Yifu stared at the Qin camp and ordered: "Order, beat the drum and call the battle, please ask the Qin army to go out of the camp to fight." ”

In the Qin camp.

Tang Ji saw that the Chu army, which was still a few dozen warships yesterday, suddenly increased to more than 200 today, and immediately knew that the reinforcements of the Chu State had arrived.

At this time, Tang Ji let out a long breath, secretly rejoicing in his heart.

If he hadn't gotten the news that the Ba people had rebelled, Cao Xu asked him to guard the water village, I am afraid that he would collide with the main force of the Chu army when he entered.

Now the Qin army's warships are not as good as people, the soldiers are not as good as people, and the morale is even worse than people.

Just as he was thinking about it, there were suddenly war drums on the river, and then he saw a few small boats sailing out of the Chu army's formation, making provocative movements.

Tang Ji's pupils shrank slightly, and then he saw that the soldiers around him were pale, and there was a faint fear in his expression.

Seeing this, Tang Ji was even more reluctant to fight.

After a deep sigh, he spoke: "The reinforcements of the Chu State are coming from afar, and they are in full swing, so they can't confront them head-on. The order was sent down, the vigilance was strengthened, and the stubborn defense could not be carried out, so as to wait for the Chu army to run out of sharpness. ”

"No."

When the military order was issued, all the officers and soldiers immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

In the Chu army.

Shen Yifu saw that the Qin army did not move at all after counting the drums, so he knew that the Qin army did not dare to come out.

"Everyone says that the Qin army is the army of tigers and wolves, but when I see it today, it is actually difficult to live up to the fame." Shen Yifu smiled disdainfully: "A few days ago, the Qin army faced our Chu State Division, and the army was three times larger than mine, but they didn't dare to take the initiative to seek battle from our army. Today, the general came, and the number of Qin troops was still much more than that of our Chu army, but the camp was closed. It can be seen that Qin Jun is nothing more than that! ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately laughed.

Shen Yifu laughed, looked at the Qin Army's Water Village again, and after seeing that there was no chance to take advantage of it, he said: "Order, the army continues to move forward and go to Jiangzhou." ”

"No!"

"Send an order, send someone to explore the terrain and find a landing site."

"No."

On the river outside the city of Jiangzhou.

"General, the scouts have come to report, the terrain in Jiangzhou is dangerous, there are very few places to land, and there are Qin soldiers to defend it, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to land."

Listening to Sun Gu's report, Shen Yifu looked at the mountains on both sides of the strait and nodded.

It is also normal for the upper reaches of the river to enter and exit and the deep mountains and valleys, and there are few places for the army to stop.

"General, the Qin army is not out, and we can't go ashore, how is this good."

Shen Yifu laughed when he heard this, looked at Jiangzhou City not far from the shore and said, "It's okay, don't the Qin people think that if my sailor can't go ashore, he can't threaten Jiangzhou City!" ”

"Heralds, drums..."