On the second day of Qin's surrender, Li Bing led the Bashu army to Guanzhong, and when he learned that the imperial court had surrendered, Li Bing was stupid and almost shouted, 'The ministers are about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first!' "

After Li Mu and Lü Buwei sent people to talk to Li Bing, Li Bing could only hand over his military power and accept the incorporation of Zhao.

In September, the Zhao army took full control of Guanzhong, and Li Mu ordered Pang Xuan and Le to divide their troops into two routes, all the way south to receive the three counties of Hanzhong and Bashu, and all the way from Wuguan Road to attack the Jingxiang land of Chu State.

At this time, the news that Zhao Kuo broke Chen Ying, Lian Po broke the Chu army, and killed the Chu general Jingyang had reached Guanzhong.

The Zhao army only needed to pacify the small number of resisting forces, and at the same time maintain local order to avoid chaos, and wait for the imperial court to send officials to come and settle in.

On the other side, after the king of Chu learned the news of the defeat of the army at the front, he was almost so angry that he vomited blood, and fled to Jiangdong with the prince and his guards overnight.

Jianghuai can't hold it, Zhao State is now just sending some infantry to defeat the 300,000 army of Chu State, and when Zhao State frees up his hand from Qin State and sends out cavalry, it is even more impossible for the Jianghuai region of Pingchuan to block Zhao State.

Moreover, after learning of the defeat at the front, the nobles of Chu State became two or five boys one after another, and began to kneel and lick Zhao State, and the Qu family, which was once the three major clans of Chu State, was even more shameless The whole clan took refuge in Zhao State, completely forgetting Qu Yuan's earnest teachings.

Perhaps it was precisely because of Qu Yuan's lesson that the Qu clan understood the decay of the Chu State better than other clans, so they did not hesitate to take refuge in the Zhao State.

Fortunately, since more than ten years ago, the Chu State has been vigorously developing Jiangdong, and now the people of Jiangdong are rich, every family has surplus grain, and the people are attached to it, and it has become the sub-center of the Chu State.

More importantly, there is the Yangtze River natural insurance.

In the face of Zhao's iron cavalry, it seems that only the wide Yangtze River can bring a sense of security to the king of Chu.

But he ignored one point, Zhao also has a naval army.

Navy, to be exact!

In fact, Zhao's navy did not have much combat experience, and after so many years of being in the army, the only few battles were still on land...... If you fight the big kun and fight the waves, it doesn't count......

This can't be blamed on the navy, before the great voyage came out, all countries in the world were land hegemons, and the Zhao navy could not meet the enemy at sea.

Except for the Mauryan Empire, the Seleucid Kingdom, and the countries bordering the Mediterranean, the barbarians in other regions only developed to the canoe age at this time.

Although theoretically, a canoe can cross the Pacific Ocean with the current......

But that's just theory.

At least Yuan Hua has been sailing at sea for so many years, and he has never seen such a fierce man.

Not to mention crossing the Pacific Ocean and daring to paddle a canoe to play in the sea, Yuan Hua respects him as a man.

As for the Mauryan Empire, the Seleucid Kingdom, and the countries bordering the Mediterranean, although they pointed out the skill of coastal navigation, they were mainly for trade and transporting troops and food, and there was basically no navy in the country, and the focus was on land power.

Including Zhao Guo is the same.

No way, people live on land, not in the sea!

In fact, the strength of the Chu State Navy is not bad.

The pinnacle of the naval army in the Qin period of the Central Plains was the Wu State and the Yue State, and after the Chu State destroyed the Yue State, although it obtained the technology of the Yue State, it did not pay attention to it.

During this period, the south was a wild land, and the Central Plains was the real essence area.

If you want to go north to fight for hegemony, you rely on infantry and chariots, not warships.

And after the destruction of the Yue State, the Chu State has no enemies left in the south, and there is no need to develop warships at all.

In contrast, at least Zhao's warships were the most advanced in the world, and the soldiers were all young and strong, much stronger than the old, weak, sick and disabled of the Chu army.

After Huang Xie arrived in Jiangdong, he first raised grain and grass and recruited soldiers.

Knowing that Jingyang was killed in battle, the army only fled back less than 50,000, and it was too late to curse.

Hurriedly ordered the destruction of all the shipyards north of the Yangtze River in the Chu State, and the craftsmen and the built

All the ships were brought to Koto.

The warships that were piled up on the dock and were about to rot were also pulled out and repaired overnight, which can increase the strength of a few points.

At the same time, a large number of naval troops were recruited, and soldiers were arranged to patrol the Yangtze River day and night to prevent the Zhao army from crossing the river.

Then, Huang Xie sent people to meet the king of Chu while sending envoys to the state of Qi to try to win a glimmer of life.

At this time, all the armies of Zhao State were fighting on the front line, and the country was empty, as long as Qi sent troops, it would be easy to hit Handan.

Then he was scolded by the king of Qi and expelled from the country.

Qi State can indeed hit Handan by sending troops at this time, but when Zhao State withdraws its troops, the first person to be destroyed is probably Qi State.

When the time comes, will the State of Chu be able to save the State of Qi or what?

"Order Yuan Hua to lead the navy into the Yangtze River, control the channel of the Yangtze River, and prepare to meet the Zhao army to cross the river." Zhao Kuo ordered.

"Brothers, come to life!" Yuan Hua received the order and shouted excitedly.

This was the first water battle in the true sense of the word, and although it was not at sea, but only on inland rivers, it was also a memorable and joyful thing.

Broke the record of the Zhao navy that had never fought in a water battle!

"Check all the ships, weapons, and food, so that there are no omissions, and we will set off in an hour." Yuan Hua said excitedly.

He is Nai, and if he doesn't go to the battlefield again, he doubts whether Zhao has a navy.

Every year, Zhao Guo threw so much money at the navy, and as a result, they watched the army make meritorious contributions all day long, and they couldn't do anything by the side.

Although such a life is quite comfortable, with fish, meat and wages, there is no danger to life.

But they have a hot hand for this money, and they also want to be knighted, and even get a fief.

Staying at the base every day, occasionally going to Yingzhou or Southeast Asia to do tasks, there is very little credit, when will they get the senior title!

"General, what's the job, don't go to Yingzhou to pull silver again." A thousand people will say unhappily that this is the task they have received the most over the years.

At first, I was quite happy to look at a boatload of silver, but then I was completely numb.

Sea voyages are particularly boring, and sometimes they even hope to meet and fight with the giant kun for fun.

"Not this time, this time it's going to war, to fight the Chu army!" Yuan Hua said loudly.

"Fight! General, you said earlier, let's go pack our things, and we can leave in half an hour." When the soldiers heard this, they shouted excitedly.

They had been waiting for this day for too long, and sometimes, they all suspected that they were only nominally a navy, but in fact they were the Zhao State Maritime Transport Brigade.

Half an hour later, thirty warships left the base in a mighty way, entered the Yellow Sea, and turned south.

A few days later, Zhao Jun came to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

"General, the ships of the Chu army have been found at the mouth of the river." Sentinel reports.

"Just hit it!" Yuan Hua saw that the ships of the Chu army were on the same level as the warships that Zhao bought from Yue more than ten years ago, and ordered without hesitation.

The importance of the water battle warship is even more than the ability of the general, especially in the case of a business trip like this, directly hitting the past, no matter how strong the opponent's main general is, there is no room to play.

With Yuan Hua's order, the soldiers in the cabin stepped on the pedals violently, and the oars at the bottom of the ship rotated rapidly, pushing the warship towards the Chu army ship at great speed.

"What's that?" The soldiers of the Chu army looked at the behemoth that was getting closer and closer, and shouted in horror, "Quick, run!"

But it's too late!

When the Chu army entered the field of vision of the Zhao army, it was impossible to escape.

Rumble!

The two warships crashed together, and the Chu warship was directly knocked over, a huge hole appeared in the hull, sawdust flew sideways, and a soldier was knocked out and fell into the water.

Zhao's warship shook, but soon regained its composure, and the copper-skinned hull remained intact.

"Vulnerable

！」 Yuan Hua said coldly.

After Zhao Guo obtained the technology of Yue Guo, he immediately recruited talents, invested funds, vigorously researched and developed, and constantly carried out technological innovation to improve the performance of warships.

It's good that the State of Chu has destroyed the Yue State for so many years, and there has been no progress in technology, and the broken ships used are still the same, and they deserve to be unable to defeat the Zhao State.

"Get them up." Yuan Hua waited for a while, and only then did he order a rescue until the Chu army was physically exhausted.

"Where is your naval camp?" Yuan Hua walked up to a soldier and asked.

"I...... I don't know." The soldier shook his head.

"Throw it down." Yuan Hua said coldly.

Poof!

The soldier who had just been rescued was directly thrown into the sea by Zhao Jun, and no matter how he shouted, Zhao Jun turned a blind eye.

Soon, the physically exhausted soldier sank completely into the sea.

This scene completely shocked the remaining Chu army.

"Tell me, where is your naval camp?" Yuan Hua pointed to another soldier and said.

"In ...... in Jinling and Pengze." The soldier said tremblingly.

"Yes, your life was saved." Yuan Hua nodded and walked in front of the next soldier, "How many warships and soldiers does the Chu State Navy have?"

"Will ...... General, this little one really doesn't know, the little one was only recruited ten days ago, and because he understands water, he was assigned to the navy, and the other little ones really don't know." When the soldier heard this, he knelt on the ground with a pop.

"Does anyone know? There is a know, and everyone lives. No one knew, so they all threw it all down to feed the fish." Yuan Hua's cold gaze swept over everyone's faces.

Soon, the eyes of the soldiers of the Chu State converged on one person.

If anyone knew, it must be the captain of the hundred-man general.

"Tell me." Yuan Hua pointed to the hundred generals and said.

"...... General, there are more than 40 building boats in Jinling Water Village, fishing boats cannot be counted, and there are more than 30,000 sailors. Pengze Water Village, small ...... The little one has never been. There were less than ten ships and a few old soldiers. Right now...... I don't know right now." A hundred people will kneel on the ground and say.

"Order, the fleet entered the river, went upstream, and prepared to attack the Jinling Water Village of the Chu State." Yuan Hua ordered, then looked at the captured Chu army, and said viciously, "Spare your lives first, if you find that what you say is false, I will kill you again at that time." Shut them all down and locked up."

"General, there is another Chu army warship found ahead." A short time later, the sentry came to report again.

"It seems that the Chu army did not block the entrance to the sea, but arranged warships to patrol the lower reaches of the river." Yuan Hua said in a deep voice, "But it's useless, just hit it."

Soon, another Chu army warship was smashed by the Zhao army.

In this way, Zhao Jun drove the warship all the way over, and due to the large difference in speed, the Chu army could not even escape.

After the Chu army patrolling the shore found out, they hurriedly reported it.

But the speed of the Zhao army was too fast, and as soon as the news reached the Chu army camp, the warships of the Zhao army had already sailed over.

"Zhao Jun's warship...... Why are you so tall?" The officers and men of the Chu army stood on the deck, looking at the warship that was taller than the Zhao army and exuded a metallic luster, and everyone was stunned.

In front of the warships of the Zhao army, the building ships of the Chu army were worthy of fishing boats.

"Zhao Jun's warship seems to be bronze." I don't know who said it.

"Fart, how can copper float up on the water, it must be the paint painted by Zhao Guo, how much paint does such a big warship have to paint, it's a waste of money." The person next to him retorted, causing the others to nod in praise.

"Crash directly into it and knock over all the boats outside the water village!" Yuan Hua ordered, after a few simple battles, he already had some understanding of the water war.

As long as your ship is a notch stronger than the enemy's ship, then any tactic is not effective in directly ramming it.

"After I go back, I will discuss with those old men to see if I can strengthen the warship again, but I can't do it, personally

Pay." Yuan Hua thought in his heart.

He is also a wealthy owner now, and he can't spend a lot of money, and the silver mine in Yingzhou still has his shares.

He doesn't mind spending a little more if spending money solves the problem.

Compared with his growth into a commander-level celebrity, he feels that it is easier to make a breakthrough in technology.

As long as his own warship is faster, stronger and stronger than the enemy's warship, even if he is weaker than the opponent's main general, Yuan Hua does not feel that he will lose.

"Run, turn around!" Seeing the Zhao army's warship rushing towards him, the Chu army shouted in panic.

"I want to run now, it's too late!" With a hideous smile on his face, Zhao Jun controlled the rudder and crashed towards the Chu army's warship.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The sound of impact continued to sound, and the soldiers of the Chu army were knocked into the water, struggling to swim towards the camp, and the warship that was knocked into a big hole slowly sank into the river.

"Get close to the Chu army camp and release rockets!" After ramming and sinking all the Chu warships outside the camp, Yuan Hua ordered.

Zhao Jun stood on the deck, lit the grease-soaked cotton on the arrow, and shot at the Chu military camp.

The Chu military camp is basically made of wood, and when it encounters a rocket, it can be easily ignited.

In the face of the Zhao army's attack and the burning camp, the Chu army panicked for a while, hurriedly summoned people to put out the fire, and waited until the sky rocket continued to fall before reacting, if the Zhao army was not solved, even if the fire was extinguished, it would be ignited again.

"Shoot the arrows, immediately shoot the arrows at the Zhao army!" Xiong Hui, the general of the navy, shouted, and the scene where Zhao Jun had just rammed and sank nearly ten ships of the Chu army completely shocked him.

He didn't dare to go out of the village to face the battle, so he could only use his bow and arrow to attack from a distance.

Free to read.