The battle at the mouth of the river can be described as a mess of defeat, but the naval army has been weak for a long time, not only the warships can not keep up with the times, but even the talent has been cut off, the empire has been peaceful for a hundred years, except for the wars in the northern Xinjiang, most of the other places are peaceful

The price of peace is the abolition of local armaments, and a series of innovations since Shenwu have also been devoured by the hands of the wealthy landlords entrenched in the localities, and although the process of prosperity and decline has been interrupted for a time, it has come in a more violent way.

The local 25th Army Corps, which was established a hundred years ago, except for a few large armies in the north, most of them were superficial, and a group of old guys occupied the top positions.

Because of the low status, the earth spirit division of the water system, the heavenly spirit master rarely served in the army, and gradually, there were fewer and fewer masters in the water army, although in Leng Zhuo's Great Chu Army, the water army was extremely inspired, but in just a few years, this situation could not be reversed at all.

Coupled with the rapid expansion of the navy under Leng Zhuo's command, it has exacerbated the scarcity of the masters in the army, the army is based on strength, the military merit wheel is high, but in the navy, it is generally low in strength or the master is not accustomed to water warfare, such a fleet to deal with the Tang army that has just been formed, to deal with the empire's navy, to deal with those water thieves is naturally not a problem, but in the face of the huge navy developed by the Japanese people for a hundred years, it is much weaker.

Konosuke Matsushita directly broke through the obstruction of the Chu army at the mouth of the Tianhe River, and went upwind against the current, and along the way, beacon fires were lit one after another, and along the estuary to the west, it can be described as a beacon fire.

The city used to be where the water poured into the Taihu Lake from the Tianhe River, and on both sides of the canal, it has now become a huge construction site, and the mountains of bluestone are used to build the canal embankment, the wharf, and the piles of giant trees will be used to lay the foundation, and a new city will be built here.

"What, the Japanese warship is heading north along the Tianhe River, damn it, what are those bastards of the Navy doing, why don't you stop it!" shouted the chief officer in charge of rebuilding the water city as he stared at the soldiers who had arrived with the message.

"The Fourth Division was almost disabled by the opponent's sea beast cavalry in the first battle at the mouth of the river, and after the Third Division joined the remnants of the Fourth Division, although it was delaying, it could drag on for a few days at most, and we were completely inferior on the water!"

"Damn, don't they know how much money they will lose every day if they stop here, okay, you can go!" Wu Wenju sat back in his chair with a sigh: "Come on, call me all the major principals on the construction site immediately, emergency meeting, go quickly!"

Wu Wenju, the warrior of Wuqing City in Qingzhou, followed Leng Zhuo to Chuzhou when Leng Zhuo went south, and as Leng Zhuo's family gradually rose, Wu Wenju's daughter married Yang Yanzhao, a general under Leng Zhuo, and Wu Wenju also abandoned business and entered politics.

After the establishment of the Great Chu Kingdom, Wu Wenju, as an old man who had been following Leng Zhuo, was able to serve in the six ministries, and this time as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he supervised the construction of the Water City, and after the completion of this city, he will become the first Lord of the Water City, although this will be a new city, but Wu Wenju can see the future status of this place.

And such a large port on the banks of the Tianhe River can be born in his hands and perfected, then his deeds will be passed down through the ages with this city, and even he is ready to move the entire martial arts here, but he did not expect that this side has just gathered 200,000 labor-made timber transported from all over the world, and the stones have begun to arrive one after another, but such a thing suddenly appeared.

Although Wu Wenju was very angry, but in addition to being angry, he also knew what it meant for the Japanese sea ships to rush into the Tianhe, the water city was next to the Tianhe, and now it was communicating with Taihu Lake, compared to the mouth of Taihu Lake, it was suitable for docking ships, and the canal was farther away from the flat valley, and farther away was the hills, and there was a better place for the garrison than this.

"My lord, all 200,000 should be evacuated within three days, this is a bit difficult!"

"I know that there is difficulty, but if there is difficulty, we must all move into the mainland, from now on all the cargo ships that come here will be requisitioned on the spot, let me load people inside, go to the west, go to Taihu County and enter Dongchang Mansion, I estimate that the Japanese people are coming this time, and they are aiming at the Taihu Lake area, which is now our main shipbuilding base!"

"Transporting people to Taihu County ashore, you can go back and forth twice a day, if the boat is not enough, isn't there wood on the construction site, build a raft, drag it by boat, there is no wind and waves in Taihu Lake, enough, in short, 200,000 people are all transported to me!"

"Yes, my lord, let's go back and mobilize immediately!"

"Well, you have to organize this matter well, you must maintain order, you can't mess up, by the way, you stay with the palace master!

"Gong Master, you will organize a group of craftsmen later, as well as Qingzhuang, didn't we transport a large number of stones to build a river embankment wharf on the construction site!"

"Well, sir, do you want to?"

"Use ropes and vines to weave a net, load the stones into it, and then throw them all into the river for me, remember not to fill the river, well, at least a certain distance from the water, and scatter it, so that even if the Japanese want to clear the waterway, it will take some effort!"

"Well, I know my lord, I'll go and organize someone to do it!"

"Well, you go, I'll go to Taihu County first, prepare for the evacuation route, arrange food and accommodation along the way, it is estimated that you will have to evacuate over there, I hope that the guys in the navy will support it for two more days!"

Vermilion Bird City, the palace of the king of Chu.

Leng Zhuopeng slapped on the table with a loud bang, and the heavy table top made of iron pear wood couldn't withstand Leng Zhuo's palm, and it was crumbling, the result of the battle of Yangzhou Estuary was only transmitted to Vermilion Bird City on the third day, and in just half a day's effort, several urgent items were sent back one after another.

"Damn the widows, I will definitely break you into ten thousand pieces!" Leng Zhuo was very angry, no wonder he was so angry, in this battle against the widows, Da Chu was defeated from beginning to end.

Although Leng Zhuo had long recognized the shortcomings and knew that the Japanese were now very strong, so he endured to sign the internal relocation order and temporarily gave up the coastal area, but he was alone in Hangzhou Bay, because Leng Zhuo never intended to be beaten passively all the time, although for a long time, Da Chu would be at a disadvantage to the Japanese people, but Leng Zhuo believed that with the investment of a large amount of money and the attention of Da Chu, sooner or later the Japanese people would be defeated.

The battle report sent back by Hangzhou Bay made Leng Zhuo excited for a while, but in just a few days, a shocking bad news came back, the Japanese warship rushed into the Tianhe, and the two major land and water divisions he was stationed at the mouth of the Tianhe River actually abolished one in one battle, and after that, he could only delay the speed of the Japanese people entering the Tianhe waterway, and the two master groups were suffering huge losses every moment.

Sea Beast Cavalry, thousands of Seahorse Cavalry, if it weren't for the third and fourth divisions also armed with two battalions of four hundred blood midges and water beast cavalry, it is estimated that the third division would have been completely wiped out.

Leng Zhuo is deeply powerless about this gap, forming a beast cavalry is already a very time-consuming thing, Leng Zhuo has gone south for seven or eight years before he has formed some formed beast cavalry battalions, as for the sea, Leng Zhuo doesn't even have a clue.

The blood midge sword beast is very strong, but the problem is that this water beast is too much of a threat to the ecology, and the domestication of a small area is acceptable, after all, the flesh and blood that these guys need to eat every day is an extremely large number, in addition, it is another problem, the number of strong people who are good at water warfare is scarce, this is not to say that water psychics are rare, but few are willing to join the water army to serve.

"Your Royal Highness, now the cities and towns along the Tianhe River have also begun to transfer, Yangzhou, Taicang and the two prefectures have been plagued by the plague and have become sparsely populated, although we have moved a lot of people to supplement the shortage, but there are not many people who need to be transferred, not to mention that most of the wealth of the towns of this generation has been emptied, and the rest is just a piece of scorched earth, so far we haven't completely cleaned it up, even if we give up, it doesn't matter!"

"However, the shipyards along the shores of Taihu Lake are a problem, and it is impossible for the shipyards to be moved, and once these shipyards are damaged, the loss will be secondary, but at least for two or three years, don't think about restoring the current scale!"

Leng Zhuo had a headache, but fortunately Yangzhou, Taicang was emptied, so he didn't need to be in pain: "That's no way, if it is not broken, it will not stand, this time it is not a large number of Japanese warships, although it is impossible to continue shipbuilding, but other aspects can also be carried out, during this time, absorb the shipbuilding technology of the Japanese people, come out with a brand new warship, and after driving away the Japanese people, then build a bigger one!"

Zhuge Liang heard Leng Zhuo gritted his teeth and nodded, although this kind of cost will be a huge amount, but the most bad thing in the Great Chu Kingdom now is money, and the wealth brought back from Yangzhou is still being counted, but as a cabinet minister, he knows how huge this wealth is.

Even if half of Yangzhou is destroyed, it can be rebuilt, and Da Chu now has this confidence.

"The cabinet will look at the affairs of government affairs, what to do, you know better than me!" Leng Zhuo directly left the government affairs to the cabinet to deal with, Leng Zhuo didn't want to worry about that annoying thing all day long, and he was not afraid that this cabinet would take away his power.

"Although the Qinglong Legion has been expanded, the number of soldiers and horses has reached 300,000, but it is already stretched to deal with the thousands of miles of coast of the three coastal provinces, Yangzhou Mansion, Taicang Mansion and Songjiang Mansion are empty of soldiers and horses, and it is obviously not feasible to transfer the soldiers and horses of the Qinglong Legion to help, and the Vermilion Bird Legion has also transferred a considerable part of it to Ningbo Mansion!"

"The Vermilion Bird Legion is now in charge of most of Chuzhou, as well as part of Yangzhou, the troops are scattered enough, and they can't be transferred, the White Tiger Legion has just submitted an attack plan against Xiyan Mansion, Xiyan and Songling Mansion have been in the hands of the Holy Sect for several years, and they should be taken back, and the Holy Sect has also gained a firm foothold in Shu, so they should put all their efforts in Shuzhong!"

"Now the only thing that can be used is the Guards Legion, it will take at least a year for the tunnel of the 100,000 mountains to be opened, and it is too easy to drill caves and fight demonic beasts all day long, since the Japanese have entered our hinterland, then let me meet this elite of the Japanese people!"

"Since Your Highness is going to go on an expedition, then we will naturally go with us to see if this widow has three heads and six arms!" Sun Wu did not object to this, but was very active, obviously working in the military aircraft department of the military department, which had already made him unable to sit still.