Ji Zhongqi imprisoned Ma Yin and Ma Xun father and son and dedicated Yueyang City, which made this famous city standing on the bank of the lake and river for hundreds of years to be preserved, and was not ruthlessly destroyed by the war again.

The new officials of Yueyang's Assassin History, Changshi, Master Book, and Prefecture Cao Zhusi were mainly selected by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Officials, but the State Sima and the Soldiers and Horses Envoy who were responsible for the establishment of the state camp and the defense of the city were concurrently served by Guo Liang, the deputy commander of the Zuo Longque Army.

In addition to the newly formed state camp, there are also 3,000 elite troops of the Zuolongque Army stationed here to control the key pass where the Yangtze River enters Dongting Lake.

Although at present, all the elite of the Lou Chuan Army and the Naval Division are stationed in Tanzhou and are controlled by Hunan Xingtai, as the elite of the forbidden camp army, the Lou Chuan Army is not responsible for local public security management such as poaching and arresting criminals.

At present, the first step in Hunan is to build Yueyang Water Camp, and the three princes are also entrusted to Guo Liang to be responsible for Yueyang.

The two government-run shipyards in Yueyang and Tanzhou were destroyed by the rebels themselves in advance during the war, and the hundreds of warships captured were mainly short-range paddle boats.

At present, the 24 large double-decker oared sailing ships needed by Yueyang Water Camp were all urgently built by the Wufengshan Shipyard in Qianyang.

The hundreds of shipbuilders captured from Yueyang and Tanzhou, as well as a large number of shipbuilding timber confiscated, have long been transferred to Wufeng Mountain in Qianyang to offset the ship's expenses.

At least for the time being, although Qianyang is in a corner, it is the shipbuilding, textile, and ironmaking center of Hunan Bazhou, and it has gradually become a distribution center for bulk goods such as tea and tung oil in Hunan and Guizhou.

This time he went west to welcome his relatives, Han Qian brought two ships, both with a carrying capacity of 2,000 stones, but the two large sailing ships newly built for Yueyang Shuiying had a carrying capacity of 4,000 stones, and the cabins were more and more spacious, and the bilges were also loaded with more goods.

In order to meet the needs of relatives, Han Qian took the handwriting of the three princes and temporarily requisitioned the two sailing ships and generals and incorporated them into the welcoming team.

After meeting with Guo Rong, Changxiang Hou, and the county lord of Qingyang, Han Qian stayed in Yueyang for a day, accepted the banquet of Yueyang local officials, and the next day in addition to carrying hundreds of boxes of dowry from Jinling onto the ship, he also carried a large number of goods that could be transported to Shudi.

The war of cutting the feudal domain was fought extremely smoothly, even if there were still remnants of the rebels who fled to Yongzhou and did not solve it, but it was difficult to become a big problem, at this time the western wing of Great Chu could gather 100,000 soldiers and horses, such a good situation, but also made the Liang army deeply jealous, and did not dare to act rashly.

When Han Qian left Yueyang by boat, the tens of thousands of Liang troops gathered in Caizhou still did not dare to rush to the Fangcheng defense line in the northern part of the Nanyang Basin.

At this moment, there was peace in the territory of Great Chu, and no one expected the crisis that was about to break out in Jinling.

Before the ship entered the territory of Yiling, before entering the Wushan Gorge, the land on both sides of the river was still subordinate to the Jingchu Plain, and Han Qian looked to the north, all of which were gentle hills and mountains.

At present, Zhu Yu, the king of Yong, is still in Guanzhong, and the Liang State seems to be relatively calm, but according to the established historical trajectory, when the great chaos occurred in Jinling, the Liang army failed to take advantage of the situation, indicating that the Liang State was not calm at that time, perhaps the threat of the Jin army in the north was extremely strong, or the turmoil was brewing within the Liang State.

It's a pity, just like other forces can't easily detect the monstrous crisis brewing in Jinling at this time, Jinyunlou's scouts and secret agents who infiltrated Liangdu Bianzhou have not found anything so far.

Kipzhou, also known as Yiling, is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River twenty or thirty miles away from the eastern foot of Wushan Mountain.

In the early years, Kipzhou belonged to Jingnan Road, which was a part of the land of Jingxiang, Emperor Tianyou rose in Jianghuai, and when the army was not as strong as Jingxiang, Wang Jian, the lord of Shu, led his troops to occupy Kipzhou, and relied on the Xiongshan Daling at the eastern foot of Wushan Mountain, and operated it as the eastern gateway of Shu, and refused the Chu army outside Wushan.

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The fleet traveled to the foot of Yiling City, and the peaks and peaks of Wushan were also clearly visible in the field of vision.

In order to arrive in Shudu as soon as possible, Han Qian and the others stopped in front of Yiling City and docked, but did not enter the city, so they hurriedly met with the Yiling guard in front of the dock, and then continued to go upriver and headed for the mouth of Nanjin Pass.

The mouth of Nanjin Pass Gorge is the east exit of the 400-mile Wushan Long Gorge.

Although there was a thick stack of hydrological and geographical data about the mouth of the Nanjin Pass Gorge on Han Qian's desk, he could not hide the shock in his heart when he saw the magnificent scene of the majestic peak suddenly appearing in front of him and a stunning Grand Canyon splitting out of the mountain.

The river surface of more than 2,000 steps wide is abruptly narrowed to about 200 steps in front of the mouth of the gorge, the river is like a war spear, piercing out a narrow passage like an intestine from the peaks and peaks, the rapids roar like ten thousand horses galloping, and there are still faintly seen in the river that there are many dangerous shoal stone pillars distributed.

Han Qian and the others went upstream, and when they saw these dangerous shoal stone pillars in the center of the river, they didn't have so many shocking feelings, but on the river beach under the stone cliffs on both sides, there were many rotten wood and broken oars that were washed up by the river, all of which were left by ships that capsized and crashed in the river.

The traveling boatman called Wushan Long Beach a ghost gate, but there was no false statement.

The turbulence at the mouth of the gorge was like a gallop of ten thousand horses, and the four sailing ships had not entered the gorge, and if there were not three or four hundred slender men walking barefoot among the rocks on the river beach, desperately dragging the long rope with the thickness of their arms to move forward step by step, they would inevitably be swept down by the roaring river.

Entering the mouth of the gorge, there are steep cliffs of hundreds of meters on both sides, and there is no wind, if there are no three or four hundred slender men, just walking with oars, and more than two hundred brave oarsmen, can four big ships full of dowries and other goods support the first section of the Nanjin Pass Changxia that is 36 miles long in front of you?

Nanjin Guan Changxia is only a small part of Wushan Changxia.

Wushan Changxia, is the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River that later generations are familiar with, from the Nanjin Pass of Yiling in Kipzhou to the Kuimen in the east of Baidi City in Yuzhou, the total length is 400 miles, it can be said that it splits Wushan and comes out, most places on both sides of the bank are hanging mountain cliffs that are seven or eight hundred meters higher than the river surface.

The river surface of the mouth of the Nanjin Guandong Gorge is only 200 steps, and the dangerous rocks on both sides are piled up, but it is not the narrowest and steepest place in the Wushan Long Gorge; At its narrowest, the river is only more than 100 meters wide.

As the largest river in this land, the river surface is narrowed to 100 meters wide, how turbulent will the water flow be?

It is no wonder that for thousands of years, there have been so many annexation wars in this land, but the cases of going upriver from Yiling and attacking eastern Sichuan are so rare.

The river is so turbulent, and the cliffs on both sides are so steep.

At a height of thirty or forty meters from the river, there are stone holes and intermittent rotten wood left by the ancients who built the plank road. Don't say that the plank road has been destroyed, even if it is rebuilt, the intermittent plank road is only two or three meters wide, and it is close to the shore wall, and from time to time there are fine stones rolling down from the top of the cliff, and it is impossible to use soldiers at all.

At this time, don't say that Shu has 30,000 or 40,000 elites stationed on the eastern front, even if seven or eight thousand elites are determined to defend, it is not difficult for the soldiers and horses downstream to capture Yiling, but if they want to attack Yuzhou from Wushan Changxia, it is still difficult to reach the blue sky.

"What do you feel about Lord Han's journey to Wushan?"

Seeing Han Qian standing in front of the deck, staring at the cliffs on both sides of the strait for a long time, Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, was tired of talking about poetry and songs, and refocused his attention on him.

Looking at the smug look hidden between the eyebrows of the Marquis of Changxiang, Han Qian said with emotion: "The poet of the previous dynasty wrote that the water in Wuxia was turbulent, mentioning that 'the white emperor of the dynasty is among the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling is still in one day, the apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains', Han Qian still feels unimpressed, today I see the water between the two high cliffs, like ten thousand horses galloping, I can really say, 'Although I ride the wind, I don't take the disease'!" ”

"Lord Han may really not know the danger of the Wuxia Stream, otherwise he would not have specially requisitioned a big ship of 4,000 materials and slowed down the trip!" The county lord of Qingyang, who was pretending to be a teenager, couldn't help but sneer.

Han Qian specially asked the third prince to requisition two 4,000-stone sailing ships from Yueyang Shuiying to trace the river

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Traveling westward, in addition to the light and precious dowry, the bilge was also filled with bulk goods, which was intended to explore the depth and rapid flow of this section of the Wushan Changxia after winter, so as to be able to grasp the first-hand information.

Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong and the county lord of Qingyang are obviously people who understand, and they have already seen through his intentions at this time.

However, Han Qian had nothing to be embarrassed about.

Even if the county lord of Qingyang marries into the state of Chu, even if the third prince ascends the throne, the county lord of Qingyang may one day replace the daughter of Li Pu, the marquis of Xinchang, and become the queen, it does not mean that the two countries of Chu and Shu are really like brothers and sisters from now on, and there is no gap.

In the contest between countries, the weight of a woman, no matter how high her status, how charming her posture is, and how favored she is, is not the most important bargaining chip.

What's more, Jinling does not take Shu land, which does not mean that the Liang army has not moved.

And once the Liang army is called to annex Shudi, and then live in the Yangtze River to threaten Jingchu, the situation will only be more unfavorable to Jinling.

Han Qian smiled slightly and said: "Along the Wushan Coast, even if the yellow leaves fall after winter, it is indescribably magnificent, I really don't feel that the trip is slowing down at all!" If the Hou Ye is like an arrow, he will rush back to Jinguancheng as soon as possible to reunite with the father and son of the lord of the country, and rush to talk about brotherhood with the Marquis of Qingjiang, we can change boats first, maybe the Marquis of Qingjiang will also wait in Jinguancheng early to celebrate this marriage......"

The county lord of Qingyang was pretending to be a teenager at this time, and Han Qian couldn't tell her identity, if he wanted to say anything sneering, he would naturally have to be followed by Changxiang Hou Wang Yong.

Although it was inconvenient to transmit messages from Shu Dao, Han Qian dispatched elite men and horses to return to Jinyun Tower in June, and at the same time sent scouts and spies to infiltrate Shu to establish a branch of Jinyun Tower, and news came back one after another in the past two months.

Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, is the second son of Wang Jian, the lord of Shu, and the lord of Qingyang were both born to Mrs. Kou, who died of illness twelve years ago.

The county lord of Qingyang was raised by Wang Jian's side concubine Yan since he was a child, and he has been growing up by Wang Jian's side and is quite favored, but because of the early death of his mother and concubine twelve or thirteen years ago, the relationship with his father Wang Jian is much more indifferent.

The mother family of Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong is not a big family in Shu, and there is no powerful close minister around him to assist, but because of his talent, he is most suspicious of the son of Shu and the Marquis of Qingjiang.

No matter how Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong usually hides it, the Jinyunlou scouts have been sneaking into Shu for three or four months, and it can be determined that there are not many ministers in Shu who support the marriage, on the one hand, it involves the decency of Shu, and on the other hand, he doesn't want to anger Liang too obviously, but there are also some people who ask Wang Jianjin to join Chu to resist Liang.

The limited manpower is new to Shu, and if you investigate aimlessly, you won't be able to find any useful information in a short period of time.

Among the many people who suggested to Wang Jian, the lord of Shu, to join Chu to resist Liang, there was an official named Jing Qiongwen, who was favored by the lord of Shu because he was good at music and rhythm, and he also liked poetry.

Han Qian ordered the men who infiltrated Shu to focus on Jing Qiongwen, and finally found out that during the stay of Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong in Chu, he had sent people back to Shu many times with letters to see Jing Qiongwen secretly, and every time Jing Qiongwen saw the messenger sent back by Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong, he had to enter the palace to see Wang Jian, the lord of Shu.

It can be seen that the marriage between the county lord of Qingyang and Chu is really the idea of Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang.

And the fundamental reason why Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong did this is nothing more than the deep fear that once Wang Jian, the lord of Shu, is not there, his brother and sister will be persecuted by Wang Hongyi.

Seeing that the Marquis of Changxiang Wang Yong was stunned, Han Qian smiled again: "Although Han is not good at poetry, since he is entrusted by His Royal Highness, how can he successfully marry the county lord of Qingyang back to Dachu." ”

When Han Qian said this, he almost understood the meaning thoroughly.

He is telling Changxiang Hou Wang Yong and the county lord of Qingyang that this marriage has come to this point, which does not mean that there will be no obstacles within the Shu Kingdom, and it does not mean that it will continue to be smooth sailing in the future, and no matter what obstacles he encounters, he will stand on their side and do his best to ensure that the county lord of Qingyang is married back to the Chu State......

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