There were many forms of transportation in the Warring States, horseback riding, car riding, boating, and walking, but each of them was not fast, Zhao Zheng was reluctant to ride a horse, almost to the limit, and ran all the way to destroy the four-wheeled carriage. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

By the time Jimo arrived, the carriage had been scrapped, and Zhao Zheng was still ten days later than planned.

After the alliance was reached, the king of Chu mobilized warships and went to sea from Wusongkou, and twenty huge ships traveled for ten days to reach Jimo safely. There are a total of 60,000 land and water troops in the Chu State, of which 10,000 are responsible for the transportation of baggage, which belongs to the non-combat sequence.

Although the number of sailors of the Zhou Dynasty was not as good as that of the Chu State, the main force of the three Yin Eighth Divisions, plus a total of 50,000 soldiers from counties and counties, and 25 warships, were transported in two batches.

There is only one army in the Qi State Naval Division, and there is no training all year round, and the warships are old. Tian Bu planned to transport 80,000 troops to capture Canghai County in Dongping, which was transported in three times.

After all, the historical relationship between the two countries was relatively good, and Ji Zhan agreed to lend Tian Bu ten ships to transport elite soldiers, and those remodeled fishing boats became transport ships for subsequent baggage soldiers.

From the second half of the first month, the transport troops of various countries kept preparing supplies, resulting in a sharp rise in grain prices.

The Chu and Zhou dynasties were rich in grain production, so there was no need to worry, the Qi state was rich in products and not bad for money, and the Qin and Jin dynasties did not have many troops, and there was no big problem from land.

Only Yan Guo spent a lot of money for this, which once made King Yan have the idea of quitting the Northern Expedition.

The thirteen counties of Yan State, the grain storage in each province is not enough, and now it is spring ploughing, rashly adding endowment is equivalent to the death of the country, King Yan ordered a thorough investigation, and vowed to find out the corrupt rats.

In the end, it was found that the grain was sold by him, and he happily sold it to Zhao Zheng.

Gushan gathered the displaced people in Yanbei, and vigorously purchased grain in an urgent shortage of food, and did not hesitate to use the income of the family in the next few years as collateral. King Yan was greedy for money, ordered the opening of a warehouse, Gushan had an amazing appetite, bought half of the grain stored in Yan Kingdom, and then processed it into flour and pasta for sale.

"The traitor misunderstood me", Ji Dan shouted angrily, and then had to borrow grain from Gushan, and the grain flowed back to the Yanguo grain depot in an endless stream, but the taxes of the three counties near Taihang were mortgaged to Gushan.

Ji Dan didn't believe that there was such a coincidence, Zhao Zheng was designing him from beginning to end, first taking the opportunity to buy grain, and then advocating the Northern Expedition, so that Yan Guo would lose face in front of the princes.

Zhao Zheng was helpless, no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't guess the incident that was half a year apart, and he bought grain just to sell it after processing it to make an added value, so it made Ji Dan resentful.

So during Zhao Zheng's visit to Qin, Prince Dan of Yan wrote a letter to Prince Zhan of Zhou, scolding Zhao Zheng for being shameless and designing his homeland, and at the same time asking Da Zhou to lend grain to Yan State.

At the same time, the Ji clan, the king of Yan is more obedient, Ji Zhan should lend Yan Wanshi grain smoothly, and he also took Zhao Zheng as a handful.

"My lord, the armies of Qi, Chu, and Zhou have all arrived, and they have been operating and practicing non-stop for the past few days, and their subordinates have only been assigned one boat, or a modified fishing boat, and the brothers are very angry."

The transformation of the fishing boat is still the drawing provided by Gushan, and the size of the ship Zhao Zheng is very clear, which is only half or even smaller than the warship.

A naval warship of the Zhou army dismantled combat equipment and could transport 3,000 people only with soldiers on board.

The warships of the Chu State were trained on the Jialing River, the river was open and the water flow was stable, so the warships were larger, almost half the size of the Zhou Dynasty, and could transport 5,000 people.

At present, the coalition forces have a total of 55 warships and seven converted small fishing boats, with a total transport capacity of only about 180,000, while the coalition forces have a total of 200,000.

Moreover, the sea navigation is inconvenient, it takes a long time, and the consumption of grain is very huge, and the transportation capacity of each ship has to be reduced by nearly forty percent to load grain.

That is to say, it will take at least two times for the Northern Expeditionary Army to reach Dongping with all its members, and this vast sea route is a huge risk, and there is no guarantee that there will be no risk.

Compared with the bigger the boat, the lower the risk, the smaller the boat, the higher the risk, and now Zhao Zheng is only assigned to a boat, which is still a small fishing boat.

"Bastard, where is Ji Zhan, take me to see him."

You don't have to think about it to know that Ji Zhan is making a ghost from it, although the Zhou Dynasty is not the most powerful in this battle, its combat effectiveness is the highest, and the most elite Yin Eighth Division dispatched three divisions, almost half of the belongings.

The bigger the fist, the most right to speak, the Three Kingdoms Coalition Army with the Zhou army general Sima Zhi as the commander, Qi Guo Tian Zifang, Chu State Qi Tao as the support.

Tian Zifang, Tian Dan's nephew, Qi Tao, and Chu Guochun Shenjun's half-brother are all among the best generals in the world.

They were discussing military affairs in the tent, and Zhao Zheng led people to break in.

"Gushanjun, the old man has been waiting for you for a long time, the Northern Expedition across the sea is a strategy you offered, let's see if the plan that we have been planning for many days is feasible?"

Sima Zhi is about fifty years old, with a long beard fluttering, known as the beautiful bearded man, famous for defeating the Qin general Bai Qi, who is friendly and loved by the army and the people.

"The old general is a famous general in the world, and he is old on the battlefield, and the plan he made is of course excellent, and he doesn't dare to comment on it, so he is here to find the prince to reminisce about the past."

Sima Zhi squinted his eyes and smiled: "Unfortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not returned from the sea, and it is not too late for Gushan Jun to come again tomorrow, since he is here, sit down and rest, and listen to a few of us old guys nagging." ”

He also heard that Zhao Zheng had different opinions on the art of war, and he didn't behave like his predecessors, so he really wanted Zhao Zheng to correct him.

Zhao Zheng couldn't refuse, so he endured his anger and stepped forward to observe the battle map, for some reason, since the first month returned from Xiaoshengxian Village, his temper became more and more difficult to suppress, and he always broke out unconsciously. The Meng family banquet reprimanded Bai Lishu for being like this, and he was also angry with Ji Zhan.

"Calm down, can't be controlled by emotions."

Zhao Zheng silently recited the love method in his heart, and a clear stream flowed through his limbs and hundreds of remains, which suddenly made him refreshed and his thoughts a lot clearer.

Although the battle map in front of me is rough, it is better than the average, and there are some unknown reefs and islands clearly marked on it.

"Old general, with all due respect, although this route is the shortest, it is not easy to travel.

At the southern end of the Dongping Peninsula, there is a sea current from north to south, which just obstructs the itinerary of our army, and it is better to go 100 miles to the east, which happens to be a sea current from south to north, which can save a lot of time. ”

The Dongping Peninsula is affected by a warm current, and the climate is relatively warm, so it can also grow grain in this Xiaoice period, and even travel thousands of miles north to the territory of Beizhou, which is controlled by Ashinabu, and the coast is not frozen all year round.

Sima Zhi didn't speak, he stroked his beard and thought about Zhao Zheng's words, and the army on his side sneered: "Gushan Jun is easy to say, the sea is ruthless, and if you walk one more mile, it will be more dangerous."

You will let the brothers go a hundred miles more with one word, and who will bear those dangers, and it seems that there is not a ship in Gushan. ”

Zhao Zheng's hand squeaked, and after a few seconds of pause, he said with a smile: "However, there is no earth-shaking thunder in Da Zhou, and everything you need must be purchased from Gushan."

If you feel that Gushan is not worthy to participate in the Northern Expedition, but say that it is okay, this gentleman will immediately lead his subordinates back to China, and will not show off his tricks. ”

"It should have been this way a long time ago," the soldier scoffed.

"Shut up, don't hurry up and make amends to Gushan Jun, even if there is a boat in Da Zhou, it is not your Zhang Zilin's private property. The Northern Expedition of the coalition forces, Zhou Chu sent ships, and other countries sent troops, this is a consensus, who dares to be reckless. ”

Zhang Zilin bowed his head in fear and was silent, Tian Zifang, who had been watching from the sidelines, said with a smile: "The handsome man is angry, the young man is arrogant, it is inevitable that his eyes are above the top, and we have to bear more if he says something wrong."

In fact, my Qi country is also ashamed, there are thousands of miles of sea territory, but not good at water warfare, my king has approved the construction of the water division, using the drawings given by Gushan Jun. ”

Only then did Zhang Zilin understand why Sima Zhi scolded him so harshly, it turned out that the words that mocked the solid mountains and no boats just now also included Qi Guo.

The Zhou army's naval warships went down the river, passing several sentry posts along the way into the sea, and the Qi army only needed to set up iron cables on the river to protect them.

However, the warships of the Chu State went north from the sea and arrived one day earlier than the Zhou army, and the government and the opposition of the Qi State were shocked, and the Chu State was also shocked, why did they not think of attacking the Qi State by sea before.

Qi wants to build ships, and it is also a sea ship, which can not only continuously transport troops across the sea and control Dongping, but also resist and even attack Chu in the south.

The sea, the former natural barrier, was originally a layer of window paper, but now it has been exposed by Zhao Zheng, which has surprised and delighted many people.