Even the Shangzhu State Jingshe of the Chu State did not expect that the Qin State really dared to lead the Great Chu to move troops first, so after the Shangzhu State Jingshe recovered the Yingdu, after finding the former site of the Jing family in the Yingdu, he burned incense and sacrificed.

When receiving the edict of the king of Chu, the Qin army had already finished reorganizing its troops and horses on the north bank of the river, although it was crossing the river to attack Yingdu.

Now it is the end of July, the roaring period of the river has gradually entered the taming period, once the river in the city of Yingdu finally retreated, for the north city wall of Yingdu to reveal a large number of tidal flats, although most of them are depressions, but the state of Chu still has a solution, let a large number of soldiers and the city defense equipment of the state of Chu be placed along the river.

The terrain of the river in the north of the Yingdu is high in the north and low in the south, and the old Chu once hoped to establish the capital in Zhecheng on the north bank of the river, but because the Chu State in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China could not even take out a sacrificial cow, it could only steal the country, which shows that the national strength of the Chu State at that time was weak, and it was unable to build a city in Zhecheng.

Later, after the expansion of the Chu State, the Chu State also carried out several temporary capital moves, so in addition to the Yingdu of the Chu State, there were several side capitals, for example, Yancheng was the capital of the Chu State for a period of time.

The temperature at the end of July has gradually dropped, as the so-called "July fire", the fog on the old river is also getting thinner and thinner, under the illumination of the sun, it will disperse after a while, and the Shangzhu Guojingshe of Chu has already led the army to the top of the city of Beicheng, and see the movement of the Qin army on the opposite side.

Therefore, Jing She asked in surprise: "Nanyang, where the Qin State is located, is mostly a small river, when will there be so many more boats!" ”

Who knows, the minister of Qin used to be a small official of Wei, and he was familiar with the water network and traffic of the capital of Wei, so after Han Kui entered the political court of the Great Qin Dynasty, he was to advise the Duke of Qin, open up the river, build water conservancy, compared to the length and consumption of the straight road, the minister of the Great Qin State has been deeply aware of the convenience of using natural waterways as canals!

Therefore, on the water that runs through the hinterland of Nanyang in Daqin, thousands of sails are competing, and every day there are hundreds of boats rushing from Wancheng to Xiangyang in Nanjun, or returning to Wancheng from Xiangyang, and there is an endless stream of back and forth.

Then there is the Han Water Army formed by Jiangxia, the original south of the Qin State, is the Han River Basin, in the south is the Great River Basin, so the water army is also indispensable in Lin Yuyan's eyes, usually, it is only the Han Water Army as an auxiliary army of the Yunmeng Army, but this southern expedition seems to be the Han Water Army is indeed indispensable, therefore, Lin Yuyan decided to take advantage of the convenience of Zhecheng close to the heart of Jingdi, recruited a lot of soldiers, and expanded the Han Water Army.

This made the Han Navy Army an army of 50,000 soldiers.

In addition to the small boat, the real main force of the Han Navy is the double-storey ship, the building ship, which was built by the Jiangxia Foundry according to the drawings of His Royal Highness Gongzi Yan, even Wu Kang, who is from the Chu State, has never seen such a novel ship.

This double-storey ship, compared to ordinary boats, is not only larger in size, but also beyond the reach of ordinary boats in height, and then on the double-storey boats, the number of people that can be placed is more than 100 people, if you abandon the grain and grass carried on the ship, this number will reach 200 people!

The lower deck of this double-decker boat is to house dozens of wrestlers, they are the driving force for the ship to move forward, Daqin also abandoned the oars, and replaced them with a kind of propeller of the wheel, and the propellers pushed by two or three wrestlers were faster than the ten people who rowed to push the boat in the past.

The double-storey ship was not conspicuous in the original Great Qin's southern expedition, and even Wu Kang, the chief general of the Han Water Army, was used as a role in transporting grain and grass in the rear to support the front-line war, but now facing the danger of the Great River, Daqin finally took out the weapon of the Han Water Army.

The impact of the double-storey ship is also relatively powerful, especially the keel of the building ship has been a key part, all wrapped with a layer of iron, and there are dozens of soldiers on the upper floor of the building.

When the Shangzhu Shijingshe of the Chu State saw that among the thousand-sailed boats of the Qin State, such a behemoth as a double-story ship actually appeared, he was also a little shocked: "When and where, the Qin State actually mastered a more advanced shipbuilding technology than the Chu State!" ”

Jing She was surprised, but also remembered the battle of Yancheng that shocked the Chu camp some time ago, and also made this pillar of the Chu State change into a strict formation, and immediately dispatched troops, listening to its meaning, it was to make use of the water warfare that the Chu State was good at, and start a war with the Qin State on the river.

The water potential of the river is by no means comparable to that of the Han River, even if the river has entered the taming period, the water is turbulent, even in the slowest winter of the water, the river is also very dangerous, and the ice slag that comes down from the upper stream is not inferior to the destructive power of the sharpest blade or the hardest mountain rock to the human body.

The chief general of the Han Navy Army was also granted by Lin Yuyan and inherited the absolute command of this battle, and it has to be said that there is a specialization in the art industry, the operation of the water army, and the orderly formation, which is not something that Lin Yuyan can preside.

Therefore, after checking the clear water flow and wind direction, Wu Kang also instructed the voice soldier beside him: "Hang the sail mast from southwest to northeast, the bow of the ship to the southwest, and the boat to the center of the river, and open the river horizontally!" ”

"Hang the sail mast from southwest to northeast, the bow of the ship to the southwest, the building boat to the center of the river, and open the river center horizontally!"

"After the boat follows the boat, the fork handles the hand to guard against the water ghosts of the Chu State for the boat!"

"After the boat follows the boat, the fork handles the hand to guard against the water ghosts of the Chu State for the boat!"

The so-called water ghosts of the Chu State are the people with excellent water nature among the soldiers of the Chu State, most of them have lived by the river since childhood, and are well versed in the water nature, it is said that the water ghosts of the Chu State with the best water nature can stay under the river for a full quarter of an hour, so the Great Qin is also to guard against the most feared water ghosts in Jingdi, Jiangxia Foundry has created a weapon similar to a harpoon, called "long fork", which is a sharp weapon to deal with the water ghosts of the Chu State.

Sure enough, seeing Wu Kang's orderly march, Lin Yuyan also nodded, I have to say that this Wu Kang is worthy of being valued by Qin Gong and Han Xiang one after another, and he does not hesitate to promote and use it exceptionally, Wu Kang's attainments above the water army, the current Great Qin is not unsurpassed, even the general of the Xinye Army, Guan Ning's so-called Han Shui Yi was just a group of water bandits gathered on the Han River to accept Daqin's recruitment.

As for Fan Li beside Lin Yuyan, although he saw the commendable aspects of Wu Kang's arrangement, it was still not to the point of admiration after all, after all, most of the Wu army were born as generals of the navy, and Wu Kang's performance could only be regarded as decent, especially in the Wu Kingdom, there were still generals like Bo Pi who were good at water warfare, and Fan Li's vision was naturally high.

The reason why Fan Li took a second look at this Qin general was that in addition to his appreciation by Qin Gongzi Yingyan as the chief general of the Han Water Army, there was another point, so that Fan Li looked at Wu Kang a few times meaningfully: "Wu Kang...... From the Wu clan of Chu State, interesting and interesting......"

Daqin's more than a dozen two-story ships are a behemoth in the middle of the river, even if it is the largest warship dispatched by the Chu State, compared to the two-story ships of Daqin, they are all small and No. 1, especially Daqin's two-story warships are specially designed for war, and many places use copper and iron casting packages, and they are still equipped with this catapult, which is already eye-catching.

But the Chu people don't know that the Qin people are the vassal states that originated in the west, if it is a horse war and a horse war, the Chu State can still be ready for battle, but this water war, the Chu State is full of confidence, it is the Shangzhu State of Chu Jingshe, and it is also looking at the fleet of the Qin people It also put aside the surprise at the beginning, but gradually strategized.

At this time, the Chu people had not yet comprehended what a warship was and what was a warship of Great Qin!

Therefore, the Qin army did not spend dozens of breaths, but rushed to the center of the river, compared to the water conditions on both sides of the river is complicated, the flow of the river is a little smoother, Wu Kang once again let the Qin people's warships line up, lying across the river, and in the gap of the building boat, there are also soldiers of the Han Navy Army or using bows and arrows, or jumping into the water, guarding against the Chu army.

Even the Shangzhu State Jingshe of the Chu State was quite surprised that the Qin army battlefield was able to rush to the center of the Great River at such a fast speed, and at the moment Jingshe seemed to value the strangeness of the Qin warships, and immediately ordered the Chu generals around him to say: "Be sure to snatch a few warships of the Qin people, it is extremely useful to a certain Great Chu!" ”

The extraordinariness of the Great Qin warships made Jingshe also see it, so they actually wanted to seize the Great Qin warships, but they didn't know that the key places on these double-decker warships were arranged with fierce fire oil, once the situation was not good, the Great Qin soldiers would rather burn it all than leave it to the Chu army.

Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat!

The Qin warship first sailed to the southwest, and when it reached the center of the river, it was already facing Yingdu, and the bow of the ship was slightly to the right, which was steadily stopped in the center of the river, and then the wrestlers who rotated the propeller on the lower level only needed to stabilize the warship, saving great effort.

When the Great Qin warship stabilized, Wu Kang also asked the soldiers to adjust the direction of the trebuchet, so the double-storey ship next to Wu Kang's warship was also the first to throw a large stone bullet towards the gate of Yingdu.

"Boom!"

A stone bullet landed less than three or four feet in front of the north gate of Yingdu.

Standing on the tower of the gate of Yingdu City, the pillar of the Chu State Stone Jingshe also did not expect that the trebuchet of the Qin army, which was several miles away, would actually be able to throw the stone projectile in front of him, and the distance was still so close, if he was three or four zhang more, he must have been smashed into meat by this big stone projectile at that time!

The frightened Shangzhu Shijingshe also turned around, staring at the trebuchet on the double-decker warship, not only muttering angrily......

"Qin people...... How could the Qin people's stone-throwing cart be so powerful! ”