In May, Jiangnan is in the rainy season. A gentle drizzle enveloped everything, and everything became soggy. In this regard, the Great Sima Mansion had prepared hats, coats, foot coats, and leather boots for each soldier, and also installed rain canopies on war boats and heavy vehicles, but the rain still soaked everything.

People may just be uncomfortable, change their footwear once or even twice a day - the foot is the most important part of the foot, and if you are injured elsewhere, you may still be able to fight, and once the foot is injured, it will become a burden to the whole army. In the work of the Armaments Division, the feet are the focus of protection, as important as the head, and the price of a pair of leather boots is more than a complete set of armor, but fortunately, most of this money is paid by the Yingdu Mansion.

People can still accept it, but horses can't stand it. Horses living in the dry steppe area were the most difficult to endure the humid and hot environment, whether it was a war horse or a horse, they fell one after another, so that the horse doctor thought that there was an outbreak of horse plague, and the divisions were in a panic and hurriedly evacuated and isolated, and only hurriedly transported back to the front line before the attack.

"I've seen the king!"

"I've seen the king! I've seen the king......"

The face of Xiong Jing on the horse was covered with rain and mist, and he returned from patrolling the camp, his clothes wet. "It's raining too much." When he entered the shogunate, he took the towel from his servant, and the rain fell heavier, rustling outside the tent.

"When the rain is heavy, the water is deep, and the water is deep to facilitate boating, which is beneficial to me." Jun Sima Zhuang smiled without a smile, not worried but happy. "And it's not far from the rain, the Qin people can't see me, and the flying news can't pass the message."

The rain is continuous, even the Yue people are extremely disgusted by this, but in Zhuang Wudi's mouth, this is a good thing.

"What are the Qin people? Is there an update? Xiong Jing asked after sitting down, the rain also hindered the transmission of Chu Jun's message.

"Not yet." Nao Xin was in charge of the collection of military intelligence, "The Qin people are all going to Gongyi, and the county guard Tengqi is still recruiting soldiers. ”

In the first month of the first month, the Nanjun County Warden Mishan was transferred, and Tengqi, who had a meritorious role in destroying Han, was appointed as the new Nanjun Warden. As soon as this person took office, he purged the officials, severely punished the lawless, and issued the way of the officials. As long as the government of the country is rectified, it means that the common people will suffer again. Tengqi's arrival is obviously to promote Qin Zheng at a deeper level in the old Ying, and the veil of extrajudicial mercy in the past must now be removed. Xiong Jing was naturally glad about this, glad that he would soon be able to rescue the Chu people of Jiuying.

"Did Luo Kaisuo lead the boat division to the big river?" He asked again.

"Hold on to it." Naoxin still hasn't received the news, and E Junle replied after judgment. "In terms of schedule, Luo Kaisuo has led the boat division into the big river at this time, but it will take a few days to go up the big river."

The chasm and the Nanji water system were blocked by the Qin army, and at the same time as the Chu army dredged it, the boat division of Yue Jun Luo Kai went north along the coast, and went against the water from the mouth of the Yellow River to the outlet of the chasm. The Qin army could block the chasm and the waters, but they could not block the Yellow River.

"So our army can attack?" Xiong Jing Road. In addition to the Yingshi Division, there are more than a dozen divisions and brigades such as the Hubei Division, the Xiling Division, the Dongting County Division, the Cangwu County Division, the Peng Li Division, and the Wu (Qiao) Yang Division. Xiong Jing did not gather generals, but most of the generals of these divisions and brigades were gathered within the shogunate. As a large county in the south of the Yangtze River, Exian County has three divisions, which is more than one county in Dongting County.

"I think it's attackable." E Junle said. "From the East China Sea to the chasm, it can be reached in 1,600 miles and 8 days. Our army captured Jingling, and the news reached Xianyang, and Xianyang ordered the Qin army to return to help, and the boat division had reached the west of the chasm. ”

"Our army has been stationed in Daliang for a long time, and the more suspicious the Qin people become." Zhao Huang attacked with the army this time, and in the battle of Ying, the Zhu clan surnamed Mi poured out of the nest, for fear that there would be less land to take the old Ying. Dongting County has many Zhao clans, so he does not go west from Huaishui.

"When is the day?" Xiong Jing looked at Jun Sima Zhuang without land.

"Your Majesty, it's raining these days." Zhuang is not authentic. The barometer is rudimentary, and judging by experience, it rains for several days.

"What about horses?" Xiong Jing asked the horses again. Although the Chu army relied on war boats for its march, war horses and horses were indispensable.

"Horses are ready." The horses of the Chu army, which had a false alarm, were transported back to the divisions and brigades, and many horses died, but fortunately, there were already 20 percent more horses at the time of the plan, so there was no shortage of horses at all.

"Drumming." Xiong Jing didn't ask any more questions. The time agreed with the Chu army in the direction of Tongbai Mountain was coming soon, and since it could not wait for the sky to clear, it would simply attack in the rain. Perhaps, as Zhuang Wudi said, the attack in the rain is more secretive.

After the order of the army, Zhuang Wudi shook the drum of pi, and the drummer immediately struck the drum in the tent when he heard the sound, so as to summon the generals into the tent. The sound of drums came from the shogunate, and the rain curtain stopped. The soldiers of the divisions and brigades could not help but look at the big tent of the Chinese army, and in the tiresome rainy season, they were already anxiously waiting for the order to attack.

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In the heavy rain, the shogunate of the Chu army beat the drums and gathered the generals, and Jingzhou, where the Nanjun County Guard was located, was also immersed in the continuous rain. Mi Shan left office, Teng Qi took over, and the first to rectify was the county guard. Mishan loves to serve flowers and plants, and the flowers and plants in the house are everywhere, and Tengqi will remove all the flowers and plants in the house as soon as he takes office. The flowers and plants are like this, but they surprisingly retain all the officials in the county guard's mansion.

Nanjun is a border county, and it used to be the hometown of Chu State. Tengqi is only loyal to the King of Qin, but all the counties outside the internal history are under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Mansion, that is, the right Prime Minister Xiong Qi is under the jurisdiction, and the big clan of Chu may be able to have a relationship with the Prime Minister of Xianyang. Although the county has accumulated shortcomings for a long time, he still has to clean up these shortcomings in accordance with the law and reason, so that those people in Xianyang can't grasp the handle.

"Last year, the salt tax was only 4,000 gold, and if it is reduced again this year, the minister can only apologize with death." The county guard Mansion Mingtang, faintly complaining about the county's Shi Chen. His predecessor Fu has been punished as Chengdan, this year is the third year, if the smuggling of salt and iron can not be curbed on a large scale, his fate is either Chengdan or ghost salary, rather than so, it is better to die a happy death.

"The tax of salt and iron is the weight of Shaofu." Tengqi sat upright on the mat. "Rannan County has a lot of evil, and it can't be eliminated for a while. The ministers went to Nanjun on the orders of the king, and they wanted to clean up the accumulated evils and put an end to private salt. But then ......"

Tengqi on the mat was tall, but none of his words were true. He did not say when he would begin to clean up the accumulated evils, nor when he would be able to eliminate illicit salt. Shi Chen in the county was quite disappointed when he heard this, he thought that the new county guard would make a difference after Mishan left, but he didn't expect the new county guard to have scruples and dare not take drastic measures to clean up the accumulated evils.

He sighed again and again, and said goodbye with disappointment, and after he left, Tengqi also sighed.

The history of the county represents the king, and he has to see Tengqi when he asks to see him, but there are some things he can't say directly. Salt and iron smuggling appears to be a smuggling problem, but in fact it is a diplomatic problem. Whenever they begged for thieves and wandered to arrest smugglers, the smugglers would hide in Chu. If they dare to cross the border, the Chu pawns on the opposite side will kill them all. When he was rampant, Chu even broke into the Qin realm directly and burned the pavilion chief's pavilion.

Does the county lieutenant dare to retaliate? Don't dare, the county lieutenant can only ask the county lieutenant. Does the county lieutenant dare to retaliate? Don't dare, the county lieutenant can only ask the lieutenant of Xianyang. Does Xianyang dare to retaliate? This is no longer a question of retaliation or not, this is a choice in the strategic direction. Since he was determined to destroy the Zhao State first, then Great Qin could not get into another war with the Chu State because of smuggling.

After Tengqi took office, the situation of the war changed, the Zhao army was defeated, and the Qin army would fight a decisive battle with the Three Kingdoms alliance army at Gongyi north of the Great River. However, the Xianyang State Governor's Mansion still did not grant him full powers, allowing him to eliminate smugglers, and did not allow him to fight with the county soldiers of the Chu army. Everything depends on the outcome of the battle of Baicheng, if the Qin army wins, he can also be rampant for a while, run to the Chu realm to kill people, and maybe he can also pull out Tang and Sui Erxian;

If the Qin army is defeated, then he can only try to clear the salt and iron private Jia in the county, but this involves the family surnamed Mi in the county, and the relatives of the right prime minister Xiong Qi and the queen Mi Qian. He must be instructed by the internal history and even the king to disperse this last force in the county and implement the Qin law mercilessly.

"The county guard, the county lieutenant asks to see." During the contemplation, the servants entered the hall to repay him.

"How are the Jing people?" Tengqi asked as soon as he saw Zuo Fu.

"Jing people all go to Daliang, and Tang and Sui two counties are empty." Zuo Fu replied.

"Is the news true?" Tengqi asked again. He was very afraid that Zuo Fu was the intelligence he got from reading the news of Da Chu.

"Indeed." Zuo frustrated. "In the past few days, the news of Dachu has said that he will go to Daliang with his teacher and Tang Shi to save Zhao Guo."

"What else?" Teng Qi sighed in his heart, but he didn't expect the county lieutenant to really read the news from Da Chu.

"Anything else?" Left frustration is not clear. "And so it goes. Dou Yu Pheasant has led the army to the east of the mountain and went to Daliang. Sui, Tang two counties only left the old and weak division, if at this time can take advantage of the weakness to attack, the two counties will undoubtedly pull out. ”

The county lieutenant and the county guard have different systems, the county guard is a civil official and is in charge of civil affairs, and the county guard is a military attaché who is in charge of the armament in the county and defends against foreign enemies. Teng Qi didn't like Zuo Fu as soon as he saw him, but he couldn't transfer him away, so he could only use it as much as possible.

"Without the king's order, Sui and Tang counties cannot be attacked." Tengqi Road. "This move is only to clear the salt and iron smugglers and sits in the county, even if you enter Jingdi, you can only behead the city."

"Why?" Zuo Fu was very annoyed. "Jing people are moving to Liang, and our army can take advantage of the situation at this time."

"That's all the King of Xianyang's life." Tengqi asked rhetorically. "You and I attacked Jingren County, Xianyang punished the crime, who is the culprit?"

"If you can take advantage of this to pull out the second county of Suitang and drive the Jing people to the east of the mountain, why will the king punish the crime?" Left was puzzled. "If it wasn't for the warp, why would the general summon soldiers again and be stationed on the front line of Anlu?"

"Entering is just stationing, and you have to attack Tang Sui." Teng Qi did not know that he would wait for the result of the battle of Gongyi, which was a tacit understanding between him and the king. He didn't want to entangle with Zuo Fu about attacking Suitang, so he only asked, "How do the soldiers recruit?" ”

"There are more than 30,000, and there should be 50,000 in five days, but it will rain for several days, and the army will arrive in Anlu after 15 days." Zuo Fu replied. Xianyang allowed Nanjun to recruit five lieutenants to eliminate salt and iron smugglers, which was an unprecedented thing, but it was not allowed to attack Chudi County.

'Boom, boom, boom...... Zuo Fu replied that a series of thunders exploded in the sky, and the rain became heavier and heavier, until finally it poured down.