The disputes in the world, since ancient times have never stopped, at this time, the world is in turmoil, the people are displaced, the Central Plains is full of wars, displaced people everywhere, countless people have packed up their belongings, ready to flee to the south, in order to escape the war, although there are Xiao Mo and Du Fuwei in the south, but after all, there is no such turmoil in Shandong, Henan and Hebei, at this time the south is not like the Han Dynasty is a wild land, with the reclamation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, the south has gradually become the granary of the Great Sui, and the paddy fields in the south have sufficient rain, There is no need to worry about natural and man-made disasters, and the fact that there are not many people living in the south at the moment, so there is a lot of land that can be cultivated, these are all key factors that attract the population to the past. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since ancient times, China has been based on agriculture and supported the development of a country, until the Song and Song dynasties, because of the loss of the Central Plains, they began to gradually look for a new way out, that is, commerce.

Like the people, Yang Guang also felt that it was not safe to stay in Luoyang City at this time, so he hurriedly recruited Yuwenshu back, and gave orders to all places to dredge the river and prepare to go south to inspect Yangzhou and Jianghuai.

Emperor Yang's inspection is fake, but his escape is real.

After receiving the news, the reactions of all parties were mixed, some were happy, some were worried, and some were not concerned.

Of course, the worries are the rebels in various parts of the south, among which Du Fuwei, who occupies the Jianghuai area, and Xiao Miao, who occupies the Bashu area, are the first to enter the Jianghan area.

The official documents issued by the Sui Dynasty to various places have made it clear that they are ready to go south by water, and if they take the waterway, then they must take the canal that has been built before, that is, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal of later civilization, but at this time, a large part of the canal is within the sphere of influence of the righteous army, and if the Sui army wants to pass by here, it will inevitably have to fight with the righteous army.

Therefore, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty immediately ordered Yuwenshu to take the 50,000 Xiaoguo army to take the first step and clear the obstacles along the way.

At this time, Du Fuwei's troops were still besieging Yancheng, but the Sui army Qin Qiong's troops came from the sea and took away the Gongsun Shangzhe troops stationed in the distance, which made them only take an empty city and did not completely annihilate the Sui army.

Although Yu Wenshu has no talent, he is a veteran after all, and the army in his hand is not an ordinary person, but an unusually brave Xiaoguo army, after Li Hun's fold and Guo Yi's army were defeated, Yang Guang paid more attention to this newly formed army, and poured a lot of resources into them for this reason, wanting to buy people's hearts.

This army has participated in the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, participated in the resistance to the Turks, and also participated in many battles against Li Tang, at this time it was already famous, powerful in China, although Du Fuwei's army was close to 100,000 people, but there were not many elite soldiers, and they did not dare to fight with Yuwenshu's troops, so they simply stayed in Yancheng and did not come out.

It's just that if Emperor Yang's brigade runs away from his own territory in such a grand manner, then his face will be greatly damaged, so Du Fuwei thought of an idea, that is, to distribute the hero sticker, calling on the rebels from all over the country to send troops to gather Jianghuai, to block Yang Guang's fleet, although the canal has been repaired, but it is not very wide, at this time the river surface is only ten zhang wide, that is, about thirty meters, and then after continuous repair and dredging, the river is getting wider and wider. However, in recent years, due to the gradual decline in the importance of the waterway and the inability to take large boats, many parts of the waterway have been silted up and cannot be used.

The dragon boat taken by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is tall, with four floors, 45 feet high (29.51 centimeters of Sui ruler folded today), more than 20 feet wide, 200 feet long, and there are more than 120 rooms of the main hall, the inner hall, the east and west court halls on the upper floor, which is equivalent to the luxury yacht of ancient times.

This boat is so long, so high, and so wide, so it is basically impossible for it to sail on its own in the canal, and it must be pulled by external force, so the Sui army recruited people and soldiers along the way, forming a huge team of more than 80,000 people, using the form of manpower to provide power for the dragon boat, so that the speed of the dragon boat must not be fast, so if the righteous army really gathers, there will be a lot of opportunities to defeat the Sui army, and even capture Emperor Yang of Sui alive.

After Duvoy's news was sent, the reactions of the rebels in various places were mixed.

The most positive is Xiao Milling who fought with Chen Ling's Sui army in the Jianghan area at this time, if Emperor Yang really arrived in Yangzhou, then the Sui army will likely temporarily settle Jiangnan, and if you want to rule the Yangtze River with Jiangbei in Jiangnan and protect the safety of Jiangnan, you must control the Yangtze River moat, the Yangtze River channel enters the Jianghan area from its own territory, and it is basically difficult to get through the mountains and rivers along the way, so the Sui army is bound to fight for the Jianghan area, and on the side of Jianghan Yuanxiang, there are two most important cities, one is Xiangyang County on the Han River, This is also a place where soldiers have fought for since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and controlling Xiangyang is equivalent to occupying an absolute geographical advantage, and can send troops from the upstream at any time to threaten the Sui army downstream.

In addition to Xiangyang County, there is another very important city, that is, Jiangxia County, which is the confluence of the Han River and the river water, and is also the most critical node to intercept the southward army from Xiangyang and the upper reaches of Jiangling.

Jiang Xia's name may not be very familiar to later people, and they feel very unfamiliar, but if you say that he was later named 'Hankou', everyone will immediately react: Oh, it turns out that this is the later Wuhan!

At present, Xiao Mill's army and Chen Ling's army have fought several times, the first time was when Chen Ling's Sui army had just arrived, and when Xiao Mill's army was attacking Jiangxia County, the Sui army was greatly boosted because of the arrival of reinforcements, and the Liang army was defeated.

And Chen Ling also took advantage of the situation to go north, preparing to take Xiangyang County north, and fierce battles also broke out between the two sides in Xiangyang County, but this time the battle with Jiangxia County was just the opposite, the Sui army turned from defense to offense, while the Liang army turned from offensive to defensive.

The hardship and tragedy of this battle are more than that of the battle of Jiangxia, the Sui army came prepared, prepared a large number of siege equipment, and the Liang army weapons are not as good as the Sui army, but they have a strong city wall to defend, Xiangyang City has two layers of walls, divided into the inner city and the outer city, and the city wall of Xiangyang City is very tall, although not as tall as Luoyang and Chang'an City, but it has the advantage that neither of them have, that is, Xiangyang City is built on the edge of the Han River, and its city wall is surrounded by water on three sides, Only one side could attack, which greatly increased the difficulty of the siege, and without the assistance of the navy, it was impossible for the army to take Xiangyang from the outside.

Many people may have heard of the iron-beaten Jingzhou, but in fact, the Jingzhou City here is not actually the Jingzhou City of later generations, but the Xiangyang City, as for why he is the Xiangyang of the iron, it is because he is easy to defend and difficult to attack.