Shaxian is only a very small city in the south of the river, Xunzi Qiangguo said: 'Now there is Shaxian in the south of Qin, it is the south of the Yangtze River', Shaxian is the southernmost land of Qin, Xiong Jing has not read Xunzi's writings, so he does not know. Seventy miles northeast of Shaxian is Xiayi, and more than 100 miles east is Ezhou, which is not only the outpost of Nanjun, but also the bridgehead for attacking the south of the Chu State.

Pulling out Shaxian, Qin and Chu took the Yangtze River as the boundary, and even controlled the Yangtze River, expelling the Qin forces to the north of the Yangtze River, which was the most beneficial to the Chu State, but this was likely to cause retaliation from the Qin State. In the five days before leaving the army, some courtiers were nervous, worried that the attack on Shaxian would cause Chu and Qin to fight again, but this possibility was extremely small in the context of the Qin army's large-scale attack on Zhao. Shaxian is only a small town south of the Yangtze River, and its value is not enough for the Qin State to put down the Zhao State and attack the Chu State.

The ministers were worried, but the generals were not worried. rowing a large-winged war boat out to the west of Jiuzi, only then did he know that the king was going to attack the Qin State first and recapture Shaxian, and the soldiers of the whole army cheered one after another, and some even shouted to recover the old Ying.

Xiong Jing couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, and he was not excited to take back Sha Xian. Sha Xian was stuck like a nail in the south of the Yangtze River, monitoring most of the activities of the Chu State in the south of the Yangtze River by monitoring the waterways of the Yangtze River, which must be uprooted; Then it is not suitable to cut Qi in winter, and the preparations for cutting Qi have not been prepared, since the blood of the generals is hot, it can't be cold, pull out the sand first, and then have a wax sacrifice in the middle, and when it is really cut Qi, it is already spring.

The north wind was getting colder and colder, and it took more than ten days for Yingshi to go up the Yangtze River from near Jiuzi, and it took more than ten days to reach Xiayi, which was building a city. Sixty miles around the city, this is the same big city as Yingdu. Although Xiayi only laid the foundation, most of the city walls were not erected, and in many places there were only scaffolding made of bamboo, and the generals were still shocked by the scale of Xiayi.

"The ministers meet the king, and the prince of the king." This is the second time Xiahou Xuan, the feudal monarch of Xiayi, has seen Xiong Jing, and his legs are a little weak when he sees more than 200 large-wing warships on the bank of the Yangtze River. He doesn't want to fight, but it's not up to him to decide whether to fight or not.

"The ministers have seen the king and the prince." Feng Renjie was also a little surprised that Xiong Jing led the army to come, unlike Xiahou Xuan, he and Peng Chengjun, who had been waiting for a long time again, were deeply attached to Xiong Jing and did not bow down.

"Excuse me." Xiong Jing looked at Xiayi under construction, which was no different from last month, it was still a circle of bamboo scaffolding.

"King Xie." Several people got up and waited for Xiong Jing to speak. There was always a reason why he brought so many troops.

"The first king was unfortunate, and the situation was unstable at the beginning of his reign, so he took Qin from Nazhou, and he didn't come here just to recover Shaxian." Xiong Jing Road. "Qin Ruo led his troops to rescue him, or went out of Hankou to attack Xiayi, so he ......" glanced at Xiahou Xuan, who had an earthy face, Xiong Jing continued: "The construction of the city in Xiayi needs to be accelerated, and on the day of the departure of the Yingshi, the city needs to rise two feet and four feet." ”

Xia Yi is ready to build four feet and eight feet, and two feet and four feet is only half of the plan. Feng Renjiao has already sent more people according to Xiong Jing's instructions last month, but he is still worried about the construction period. "Dare to ask when the king will leave?"

"Three months later." Xiong Jing said, he had already calculated the time.

"Yes." Feng Ren corrected, as long as the materials are enough, three months is enough time to take the entire city, now only half of the repair, the preparation has been carried out for half a month, and there is no difficulty.

"Please sell cement to Pengcheng as well." Peng Chengjun was as worried about the Qin army's retaliation as Xiahou Xuan, Pengcheng City was three feet six feet high, and the circumference of the city was only twenty miles, which could only be regarded as a medium-sized city.

"Peng Cheng?" Xiong Jing summoned Peng Chengjun to come and ask him to go back and be sure to strengthen his vigilance and beware of a sudden attack by the Qin army down the river. "Pengcheng has a big-winged warship, why be afraid of the Qin people? Cement should be used in the upper reaches of Yuanshui instead of Pengcheng. ”

After Xiong Jing finished speaking, Peng Chengjun was still not at ease, but he didn't dare to speak out about his fears, so he could only sigh again and again. At this time, Xiong Jing had already ordered Yingshi to set up camp outside Xiayi, and did not forget to cut off the traffic between Xiayi and Yunmeng in the north of the Yangtze River from now on.

"Sha Xian is seventy miles in the southwest, twelve miles around the city, the city is three feet high and six feet high, the geometry of the households and soldiers in the city is unknown, but it has been common sense, the Qin people guard the city, the women and children, the old and the weak, and the twelve miles of the border city should have 5,000 guards......" The military Sima of the Yingshi introduced the situation of Shaxian, although it was a small city, he did not dare to slack off, and there were many things stipulated in the battle.

"Who's in the city?" Xiong Jing had a careful look at Sha Xian when he passed by Sha Xian last month, this small city was not difficult to capture, he just cared about whether the people in the city were Qin or Chu.

"Tell the king, there should be Qin people in the city." Jun Sima instantly understood what Xiong Jing meant. "Shaxian was cut off from Qin, and the people in the city were all moved, and the Qin people were moved to the Qin people, and there should not be the old Yingchu people."

"Yes." Hearing that the city was full of Qin people, Xiong Jing stopped speaking and motioned to Jun Sima to continue.

Shaxian was located in Jinkou, west of Wuchang in the later generations, and there were only 5,000 people stationed in the city, which was really not enough for the 30,000 people of the Yingshi to strike. Therefore, early the next morning, a Dongcheng division and a Xicheng division were sent to the siege of Shaxian under the envy of all the generals.

Under the new military system, there were 225 spearmen, 36 archers, 50 horsemen, and nine other commanders, drummers, cymbalists, clerks, standard-bearers, commanders, and guards, making a total of 320 soldiers, and the actual number of horsemen was close to 400. For every fifty horsemen, there should be 800 cavalry in a division, and with the addition of the division's reconnaissance cavalry and commanders, a division has 1,000 cavalry. There were 30,000 riders in 30 divisions, a number that was too large, and the actual number of riders per pawn was usually between 20 and 30.

The four soldiers were one brigade, and the first brigade had 1,280 combatants, and the brigade, as the superior of the smallest tactical unit, began to have the establishment of heavy logistics, engineers, and communications troops, and the actual number was 1,500;

The four brigades are one division, and because the Chu army has a county-style military system, the command structure is focused on the lower levels, and the smallest tactical unit has to be expanded from the original 100 to 320 because of the characteristics of the spear array itself, but the minimum strategic unit is as small as possible, and the division of the Chu army is similar to the captain of the Qin army, and can be responsible for independent operations in a region.

It's just that no matter how small the establishment is, with the addition of crossbows, communications, guards, shogunates, baggage, etc., the number of people will reach as many as 6,700. And the ratio of soldiers to rear personnel in this era, if the corn transport does not exceed 300 li, can be roughly fixed at 1:2; Beyond 300 miles, the number of transport personnel required will increase exponentially. Although the Chu army mostly transported by water, water transportation only transported the grain and straw in the warehouse to the front line, and it still needed to be transported by land from each household to the warehouse, and some counties and towns that were impassable by boat also needed to rely on land transportation.

There are more than 6,000 people in one division, and small counties with more than 10,000 households generally have only one division, and some small towns have only one brigade at most, or even less than one brigade. There are nearly 80,000 households in Yingdu, and the craftsmen who build the mansion account for a large proportion, although the craftsmen participate in military service training, but only to defend the city, and do not go out to fight. Among the remaining households, the nobles of the eastern city formed one division, and the common people of the western city organized three divisions. These plus the artillery troops, cavalry units, and Xiongjing's guards, totaled more than 31,000 people.

Before the vanguard of the two divisions arrived at Shaxian, when they saw more than a dozen large-wing warships of the Chu army coming violently against the water, the Shaxian County Shoukui hurriedly ordered the soldiers to beat the drums and close the city gates. Last month, Xiong Jing's boat team crossed the border, and Kui also ordered it, but last month Xiong Jing's boat team did not stop, just passed by, and this time the big wing war boat directly anchored and landed, and the cavalry on the war boat went straight to Sha Xian, Kui had to order the Qin army to light the beacon fire in the city, and asked Feixun to send an urgent message quickly.

The news of the Chu army's siege flew over Yunmengze and flew to Jingzhou, twelve miles south of Ji Ying. Forty-four years ago, Bai Qi uprooted, burned Ji Ying and built Jingzhou, Jingzhou has been used as the county seat of Qinnan County until now.

The county guard Mishan is a native of Chu, and at this time he is discussing with the officials of the inner government about this year's salt and iron income. The iron tax is easier to handle, but the salt tax is more difficult. There are more than 10 counties in Nanjun, and the salt tax is more than 6,000 gold a year, and now half and half cannot be received, which is really difficult to do.

"The salt tax is the first of the few years of revenue, and if the salt tax cannot be paid, the king must punish the crime." Of course, Shi Fu in the county knew Mi Shan's background, and he spoke not only politely, but also with a smile, he did not accuse Mi Shan of not governing the county effectively, but worried about the king's punishment.

"The rest of the counties are like this, what about the South County?" Mi Shan was drinking the best Chu tea, and there was news from Xiong Qi that he had long known that the situation in Dongjun was worse than that in Nanjun. As long as Nanjun is not at the bottom, he doesn't have to worry about Zhao Zheng's anger. "I have strictly ordered all counties to strictly investigate smugglers, and those who do not report will not be spared. He also dared to speak to the king, described the fact of the smugglers in Nanjun, and asked the king to punish the crime. ”

Chu tea is picked from the high mountains, the tea fragrance is strong, of course, the county guards two thousand stones, six and a half gold less than the year of the year can not afford to drink, but Mishan not only has its own acres, there are many officials and businessmen under the filial piety, drinking the most high-grade Chu tea is reasonable. Fu laughed when he spoke, and when he finished drinking two sips of tea, he still laughed with him.

"The major event of my Qin State today is to attack Zhao State. At this time, it is not appropriate to have a gap with Jing people, if Jing people attack me in response to the feelings of Zhao Guo, where do you think they will attack? Mi Shan stroked his beard, and looked like a county guard.

"Forgive the contemptible people for being stupid, I don't know where the Jing people will attack?" Fu was bitter in his heart, and he was obviously talking about the salt tax, but he was surrounded by Mishan on military affairs.

"Here! South County. Mishan pointed to the ground and said very hard. I heard that last month, King Jing descended from Dongting to the east and passed Sha Xian Yunmeng. In the thin land of the south of the Yangtze River, why did King Jing come here? I want to restore the old Yingye. The salt tax is a small matter, and the equipment is a big thing, if the Jing people ......"

Mi Shan talked a lot about the importance of military affairs, but when he saw that the county lieutenant Zuo was depressed and hurriedly entered the hall without waiting for a report, he suddenly felt a suddenness in Mi Shan's heart as soon as he came up, and asked urgently: "What's the hurry?" ”

"Sha Xian urgently warned: King Jing led his army to besiege the city!" Zuo Fu was indeed in a hurry, and what he had been worried about last month had finally happened.