Yangtze River and Yellow River.

In the pre-Qin period, it was called the Great River and the Great River, compared with the Central Plains of the Great River with the increasing development of agricultural culture, the average life expectancy of people in the Great River area was much shorter than that of the Central Plains because of the widespread water and epidemic diseases, and at the same time, the Chu people and Yue people who survived in the harsh environment of fighting with the sky and the earth, their personalities were also more public.

Generally speaking, compared with the Yellow River Basin, the development of civilization in the Yangtze River basin has the distinctive characteristics of the Chu people, the Yue people, and the Ba people, but at the same time, because of this characteristic, they have imprisoned the integration with each other, so that in the sharing and inheritance of knowledge, they lag behind the Central Plains countries that began to enter the feudal society.

This kind of personality characteristics, which originated from living habits and living environment, did not change fundamentally until after the Three Kingdoms and the Two Song Dynasty, when a large number of displaced people moved south and the area south of the Yangtze River gradually replaced the north as the focus of the new economy. Since the Song Dynasty, the influence of talented literati, Xiaoliu Qiaoshui, and poetry and poetry has made the folk customs south of the river change from fat to weak.

South of Yingdu.

Yunmeng Daze stretches for more than 800 miles, this wide water area is formed because of the meandering of the river, the annual flooding, it is almost impossible to pass by land from Nanjun to Changsha County, and if you go from the waterway, the river pirates who have been entrenched here for more than ten years are the biggest threat.

In order to deal with the robbers, Feng Xuan has worked the training of the navy this year, and in the hands of the Qin army in Nanjun, the battleships and the warships have been collected from many parties, and there are also thirteen ships, and this naval division force with a number of about 1,000 people is the trump card that Feng Xuan has worked hard to accumulate.

In fact, after Yingbu's Jiujiang army occupied Jiangdong, Feng Xuan had already felt the pressure, and in the past few months, he had led the naval division to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Han army in Yunmengze several times, and not long ago, he had also encircled and annihilated the Han general Wang Su's bandits in the Shaxian area.

Wang Sue is an old subordinate who defected to Liu Bang in the Dangjun area. However, its prestige and ability in the Han army can only be regarded as the middle and lower class, two years ago the Han army was defeated, Wang Su, together with fellow villagers Xi Juan and Xue Ou, each with some remnants of the defeated army of the headquarters fled from the waterway to Daze, and became a river bandit.

Although the number of remnants of these Han troops is not large, the large ones are only more than 300 people, and the small ones are only a few dozen people, but the existence of these local snakes will undoubtedly bring a great threat to Nanjun.

At the same time, there is also a group of thieves with as many as 1,000 people in Yunmengze. In the anti-Qin Shili of the late Qin Dynasty, Deng Zong, one of Chen Sheng's five-way army, was defeated by Zhang Han's Qin army, and his subordinate Deng Tuo led hundreds of defeated soldiers to escape into Yunmengze, and took a position in the Chibi area.

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In Jingnan, the war clouds are thick.

Multiple shili strands were staggered together, and the Qin army was at the center of the storm. Facing the most severe test since going south, as outsiders from the north, they need time to adapt to the climate, environment, and ability to operate the boat.

Sha Xian.

It was the southernmost stronghold of the Qin army.

This place is located at the confluence of the Han River and the Great River. In later generations there is a resounding name: Wuhan. But now, it's just a hill out of the water.

In 350 B.C., in the nineteenth year of King Xian of Zhou, Chu placed Shaxian in Tukou (now Jinkou).

The first year of the First Emperor (246 BC). The Qin State was divided into 36 counties, and Shaxian, located at the junction of the Han River and the Yangtze River, was under the jurisdiction of the Southern County.

In the fourth year of the new calendar of Qin (203 BC), after Li Yuan, Marquis of Qin, defeated Liu Bang, the king of Han. In order to guard against the threat from the south of the river, Feng Xuan ordered the mobilization of more than 2,000 people to build a military fortress made of stone on the Turtle Mountain in Shaxian (Jiangxia).

There is a Qin soldier stationed in the fortress all the year round, they are different from those recruits in Yingdu, this military marquis of 250 soldiers was specially requested by Feng Xuan to the Sanchuan County guard Jiang Yu, they are all veterans who participated in the southern expedition to Baiyue, and have rich experience in fighting in the jungle and water area.

Jiang Yu was a subordinate of Tu Sui, after he became a general of the Qin State, those former colleagues also came to take refuge, the addition of these experienced veterans, so that the combat effectiveness of the Qin army in Sanchuan County has reached a level, although Jiang Yu has only fought a major battle in Tiger Prison Pass over the years, but it is that battle, but it has played the prestige and murderous spirit of the Qin army.

Wu Zhong, the marquis of the Qin army guarding in Shaxian, is an old soldier who is more than half a hundred years old, and when he fought in the Xishan area of Xiangjun, he was already a marquis of the Qin Southern Expeditionary Army, and now more than ten years have passed, Wu Zhong's face has a lot of wrinkles, and his hair is almost gray, but his military position is still stagnant at the level of military marquis.

The reason for this, in addition to the fact that he, like Jiang Yu, was a fugitive who came back from Lingnan without permission, but also because Wu Zhong had a very bad habit: he was addicted to alcohol.

The tradition of the Qin army, before the soldiers set out on the expedition, there is a habit of drinking strong wine and shouting loudly, after drinking, people's nervous system will become numb, and then in a state of half-sober and half-drunk, the fierce energy of the Qin army's generals is stimulated, this is the haode place, and the result of not haode is that the wine is addictive.

Wu Zhong belongs to the category of people who are addicted to alcohol.

With his experience and ability, it is a little more difficult to be a general, and he is still fully capable of being a lieutenant and a lieutenant, but it is because of drinking and mistaking things that he has not been promoted.

This time, Wu Zhong was ordered to guard Sha Xian, and before leaving, Wu Zhong also swore to Feng Xuan that he would never miss military affairs again because of alcohol, of course, in Sha Xian, which was surrounded by water on all sides, he just wanted to drink, and there was nowhere to find it.

On February 2, the dragon raised its head.

Shaxian Stone City.

At the head of the city, Wu Zhong was holding a gourd containing wine, pouring the gourd mouth to his mouth a few times again and again, and then unwillingly sipping a few sips, but the water in the gourd was at the beginning, because of some wine residues left on the gourd wall, it became a fake wine that was seriously mixed with water, and after a few dilutions, there was no wine smell at all.

"I really can't live this day, if only a merchant ship came over." Wu Zhong muttered to himself. As the situation became tense, the waterway from Nanjun to Changsha County was rarely passed by merchants' ships anymore.

Although he knew that it was in vain, he still made Wu Zhong look towards the empty Daze, but this time, he unexpectedly saw that at the end of the water surface of Baihuahua, there were several black spots moving rapidly.

"Take a look, what kind of ship is that?" Wu Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly shouted at the soldiers who were looking at the highest place.

Climb to the top to get far.

Wu Zhong had a lot of combat experience, and just at a glance, he judged that these ships coming from the southeast could not be merchant ships, you must know that the southeast is the most complicated section of the Jingjiang waterway, where the reefs are dense, and the draft of merchant ships carrying goods is very deep, and it is difficult to get out if they are trapped.

Moreover, the southeast is the location of the remnants of the Han general Xi Juan, these robbers have rich combat experience and are familiar with the water situation, which is the Qin army's biggest enemy at present.

"Junhou, it is the people of Chu, the banner of Eastern Chu!" Before Wu Zhong could climb to the top of the stone city, the soldier who had just snoozed and was negligent had already screamed in shock.

"What? How many warships are there in Dongchu, do you see it clearly? Wu Zhong's face turned pale for a moment, in comparison, although Xi Juan was hateful, Wu Zhong could still deal with it, and if Yingbu's Eastern Chu Naval Army arrived, then even if the Qin army had three heads and six arms, it would not be able to confront Yingbu, the king of river thieves.

"Many, too many to count, the marquis, and the thief's ship leading the way-!" The young Qin pawn's voice was full of fear.

With Xi Juan leading the way, the warships of the Eastern Chu army could easily avoid the reef under the water, and when dozens or even hundreds of warships gathered towards Shaxian, the small army of a marquis of the Qin army was like a sparrow trapped in a pile of locusts, and there was no hope of reversal.

"Damn, this Dongchu also looks up to Lao Tzu too much, so many ships have come, sons, pick up your swords and arrows, raise our flag, and fuck his grandfather." Wu Zhong hissed.

Wu Zhong gave an order.

The two hundred and fifty Qin soldiers guarding Shaxian immediately mobilized quickly, and the soldiers responsible for lighting the beacon fire quickly lit the flint, and immediately the billowing smoke rose straight up, and under the small northwest wind, it constantly changed its shape, as if announcing the coming of a fierce battle.

Wu Zhong looked up at the direction of the beacon smoke with a solemn expression, and there was a trace of anxiety in his eyes, today's wind direction is not right, the northwest wind in the winter and spring season will make the direction of the beacon smoke drift to the southeast, so that the next beacon fire point located in the north can see the wolf smoke, Wu Zhong is not sure.

"Go and call Zhang Manniu, hurry up!" Wu Zhong stomped his foot fiercely and commanded.

Zhang Manniu, as his name suggests, is a man who is as stout as an ox, and he has been in the army for less than half a year, and he still has the shyness of a farmer on his face. Zhang Manniu, who has lived by Yunmengze since he was a child, is the most water-based in this small army, and similarly, Zhang Manniu is also a good hand in terms of manipulation.

"Manniu, you take your two brothers and leave in a small boat from behind, your task is to tell General Feng that a large number of warships of the Eastern Chu Army have been killed, and Xi Juan and Xue Ou are also among them!" While arranging his armor, Wu Zhong quickly took out the Tiger Talisman Token from his waist and handed it to Zhang Manniu.

"Marquis, what should you do then?" Zhang Manniu asked stunned.

"What to do? Lao Tzu is here, good haode and thieves have a fight, if your kid has a life, he will come back from the killing, just find me and other brothers a sunny place, remember to bring good wine back. Wu Zhong squeezed out a smile and patted Zhang Manniu's shoulder and said.

"Old Qin, restore my rivers and mountains, the blood will not be drained, and there will be no truce to die-!" The battle song shouted out from Wu Zhong's hoarse voice, and from behind, his body was no longer straight, but the blood of the Qin people who were deeply immersed in his bones still existed. (To be continued......)