The northerners are good at horses, and the southerners are good at horses.

In contrast, the Qin people, whose ancestors were born as horse herders, should be classified into a group of northerners, and the three vassal states of Chu, Wu, and Yue, which were founded on the banks of the great river, are commonly known as the southerners.

Like the northern expedition against the Xiongnu across the Hanhai, if the Qin army wanted to cross the river and sweep away the Baiyue tribes, it must first have a sailor who is good at manipulating the war, and at the same time, it must also have a group of generals who are familiar with the water conditions and have rich combat experience.

Water wars.

For the generals of the Qin army who are accustomed to tearing and killing on horseback, it is as difficult as letting them go to the sky to pick up Xingchen, in this regard, the generals of the Qin army, such as Han Xin, Meng Hu, Li Zhongxiang and others, are not suitable, such as Cao Xin, who has always been robbed when there is a war, this time after hearing that the army was going to march south, it was rare to hide in the Longxi area and not make a sound.

Putting aside these old landlubbers, among the generals of the Qin army, the one with the most experience in water warfare and boat operation is the thief Peng Yue, who has been in Juyeze for a lifetime, and a group of his cronies.

Huan Chu and Ji Bu are both born as thieves, Zhong Liwu and Zhou Yin are also Chu people, and they are no strangers to Zhouji, and Ding Gong is also a too, but this guy obviously doesn't have such luck.

The northerners learn to learn.

Just as it is not easy for southerners to learn to ride horses, in the past few years, only Feng Xuan has been stationed in the Jingnan area, and he is still somewhat familiar with the tactics of the navy.

Whether to continue to choose the old ministry that he trusted, or to boldly recruit the Chu army to be the commander-in-chief, Li Yuan suddenly found himself in the same dilemma as Cao Cao, the hero of the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty.

Cao Mengde listened to Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan's divisive plan, beheaded Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in Jingzhou, and reappointed Mao and Yu Ban, who he knew and trusted, as the generals of the navy.

In the case of painstaking thinking to no avail. Li Yuan decided to set out from Chang'an, pass through Luoyang, Jingnan and then to Donghai County in Chu to conduct a field investigation and inspection.

On this southern tour, the main generals included Feng Xuan, the county guard of Nanjun, Jibu of Jiujiang County, and Peng Yue of Donghai County, in addition, Jiang Yu, Zhou Yin, Huan Chu and others stationed in Jiangdong, however, due to the impact of Ding Gong's defeat, these three people have basically been excluded from the scope of the main general's inspection.

Yingcheng.

Therefore, the capital of Chu.

After the Qin army defeated the Han king Liu Bang, it was designated as the seat of the southern county. Due to the south of Yunmeng Daze, the merchants who come and go between the north and the south make the waterway wharf extremely busy, and after a barren place, after a few years of recuperation, it gradually restored the scene of the big city on the bank of the river.

Li Yuan's car, after arriving in Luoyang, changed to a boat and continued south, from Luoyang to Wancheng and then to Yingdu, all the way. There is an endless stream of ships coming and going along the Luoshui and Hanshui, showing the important position of this north-south waterway trade route, the south of Nanjun is Yunmeng Daze, and the south of Daze is where Changsha is located. This fruitful and only remaining vassal state, because of its geographical location in a corner, has survived in the turbulent era.

However, when the Qin army gradually pointed its troops to the south of the river. Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, can no longer shrink his body and be a turtle with a shrunken head like before.

He had to make a choice.

It was to choose the path of continuing to confront the Qin State, and to unite with Wuzhu, Mei Juan, Xiang Zhuang and others. Instead of compromising to build the first line of defense against Qin in Changsha, he chose to compromise and open the door to let the tentacles of the Qin army extend to the south of the river, thus laying the foundation for the subsequent unification of the south.

When Li Yuan arrived in Yingdu, Wu Rui's envoy Wu Chen was also anxiously waiting for the summons of Li Yuan, the martial king of Qin, Wu Chen's identity is very special, he is not only the envoy of Changsha, but more importantly, he is also the son of Wu Rui, and it is still possible to inherit the throne after Wu Rui's death.

The interior of the country of Changsha.

As for whether to descend to Qin, there was a dispute for a while.

Since the fall of Yingbu's Jiujiang Kingdom and the unexpected death of his beloved daughter Wu Ji, the body of Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, has shown a downward trend, and the power in the country has been controlled by his two sons. The eldest son Wu Chen belonged to the Qin faction, while his brother Wu Feng was a resolute anti-Qin faction, and the two brothers had different opinions, and the deeper reason was the issue of the inheritance to the throne.

Wu Feng is a man, rough and powerful, he has been in the army for a long time, and he currently holds the military power of Changsha State, and Wu Chen does not like to march in the army, and he likes to cultivate gods and ghosts more like this, so that in Changsha State, although he has the support of Wu Rui, there is no way to successfully obtain the right to inherit.

Feng Xuan and Wu Chen, before Li Yuan arrived in Yingdu, had many contacts, among them, Wu Chen several times, asking the Qin army to cross the river to the south, and join him inside and outside, and defeat the anti-Qin Shili in the country in one fell swoop, but after Feng Xuan's department transferred the elite several times, the strength was only more than 6,000, and the strength was not enough for him to attack the enemy country alone.

Li Yuan toured the south.

And the news from Chang'an, this time because of the defeat of the Qin army in Jiangdong, Li Yuan intended to adjust the current military layout of the Qin State in the north and the south, which means that the Qin army may launch an attack on Changsha at any time.

In the past two years, the war against the Xiongnu in the north has been in full swing, and the south has fallen into a dead silence, this kind of onlooker on the battlefield makes Feng Xuan very uncomfortable, fortunately he still has self-knowledge, knowing that with his skills, even if he goes to the north, he can't earn Cao Xin and Li Zhongxiang.

Fortunately, the threat of the southern Baiyue tribe to the Qin State has always existed, and the staunch anti-Qin elements such as Xiang Zhuang and Wuzhu are also developing and growing, and the possibility of the Qin army crossing the river to fight is increasing.

The place where Wu Chen was summoned was in Feng Xuan's county mansion, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel nervous when he first saw the appearance of this prince of Changsha Kingdom, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, unlike what he imagined, Wu Chen did not have the heroic spirit of his father Wu Rui at all, his face showed a worried and uneasy look, and when Li Yuan asked about the situation of Changsha Kingdom, he couldn't say a reason.

Listening to Wu Chen's words, the people who supported him in Changsha State, in addition to his father Wu Rui, there are not a few powerful figures left, and Wu Feng's side has a group of supporters such as Xiangguo, County Lieutenant, and Du Lieutenant.

The situation in Changsha is not optimistic.

This made it more difficult for the Qin State to capture the south of the river without swords and guns, and Feng Xuan's navy was able to pull out about 70 warships after two years of training, and the total number of sailors was about 4,000 people.

When he left Yingdu, Li Yuan did not make a clear statement, he only used words to appease Wu Chen, the prince of Changsha now does not dare to return to Changsha, according to him, he is afraid of being secretly killed by his brother Wu Feng, this statement makes Li Yuan have little confidence in Wu Chen's ability.

A person who doesn't even dare to try basic adventures, and still has the face to fight for the throne, really I don't know? And in the face of the powerful blow of the Qin State, where did the mere Changsha State come from the possibility of independent survival? Wu Chen couldn't even understand this basic common sense, and his insight was even worse than that of Wu Fenglai, who was resolutely anti-Qin.

From Yingdu to the east, Li Yuan's car drove over the Funiu Mountains and came to Jiujiang County, the base of King Yingbu of Jiujiang in the past, which was the nest of the river thieves and the place where the elite soldiers of the Qin army were selected.

Ji Bu was appointed as the county guard of Jiujiang for less than two months, after the war against the Xiongnu in Hexi, Ji Bu and Ji Xin brothers were also formally integrated into the Qin army system, and now, Ji Xin is in the distant Western Regions to guard the Gushi City, and Ji Bu was sent to the south by Li Yuan, responsible for recruiting and forming the Qin army's water division troops.

When he saw Li Yuan, Ji Bu's eyes were red, and he was wearing a plain white suit, which was to commemorate the Qin general Ding Gong who died in the battle in Jiangdong.

Ding Gong, although he has a repetitive temperament and underestimates the enemy's rash advance, which leads to the annihilation of the whole army, he is the uncle of Ji Bu and Ji Xin, and he is also the closest person who single-handedly pulled their brothers up.

"King Wu, the end of the general will be the day of Jiujiang County, that is, the goal is to crusade against Baiyue, now, in Jiujiang County, there are more than 20 Mengchong warships, and more than 50 fighting ships, building ships, etc., more than 5,000 soldiers, early tomorrow morning, my Daqin Jiujiang Sailor will perform in the river, and please ask King Wu not to blame." Ji Bu said in a deep voice.

Li Yuan stepped forward, patted Ji Bu on the shoulder, and said: "Ji Gong, I already know everything about General Ding, this southern tour is for the southern expedition, the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is dense, and the Baiyue tribe is familiar with the topography of the jungle and water, we are not familiar with the situation in life, so we must not be careless." ”

"King Wu, the last general is not a brave man, a few days ago, he sent scouts into Pengze, and went deep into the south to find out the situation, if he can have a few more days, he can draw a map of the southern area. When the time comes, when our troops advance, they can be guided by the map and defeat the hidden thieves in one fell swoop. Jibu gritted his teeth.

A former colleague, now an enemy.

This sentence is very suitable for Ji Bu and Xiang Zhuang. Although Ding Gong's death was committed by the Minyue tribe of Wuzhu, the role of Xiang Zhuang in it cannot be underestimated, if it were not for his temptation, Ding Gong would not have ventured into the encirclement of the Minyue people.

(Note: In the cold and fever, I can only hold on for these two days, please forgive me, I fell asleep first with a grogginess!) (To be continued......)