Chapter 56

"According to what Brother Wenren said, wouldn't it be the border of the Northern Zhou Dynasty when I crossed this river!"

Liu Cong looked at the map in Fan Shijin's hand, and the two countries took this river as the boundary.

"Yes, from the younger brother, crossing this river is the Northern Zhou!" Fan Shijin raised his head without seeing.

In addition to the chaotic lines on this map, simple mountains, rivers, and cities are drawn, and the names of the cities are marked, and Liu Cong found that the cities were basically built on water.

"I found that this city is basically built on water!" Liu Cong said.

Fan Shijin smiled and didn't look up, looking down from above, he could clearly see that a smile gradually appeared on his face, and the folds at the corners of his eyes also appeared.

"I have learned something from my brother and me, and this observation has been much more detailed! Since ancient times, we have lived near water, and water can be used for farming and drinking... A lot of things are closely related to water, so it's not for nothing that this depends on water. Fan Shijin put down the map in his hand and said like a teacher.

"Not to mention the city, even if you are marching and fighting, you have to find a place close to the water source to set up camp, understand?

"Then is there anyone who doesn't want to set up camp in this place near the water source?" Bai Xiyue liked to ask such tricky questions.

"This has to be said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Kongming once sent Ma Tan to garrison the Jieting, which was the key to the Shu army's grain road, and if it was lost, the previous achievements of the Northern Expedition would be wasted..."

"I've heard this story, Zhuge Kongming slashed horses with tears... Looks like he lost this street pavilion!" Bai Xiyue said.

"Yes, Ma Tan has been learning the art of war with Zhuge this person, although he is familiar with the art of war, but he has less actual combat experience, Zhuge also knows that Ma Tan has no actual combat experience, so he sent this Wang Ping and Ma Tan to the street pavilion together, after the two of them arrived at the street pavilion, they found a place to camp, in fact, Zhuge has already famously let him camp in the middle of the road, as a result, this Ma Tan saw that there was a high slope at the street pavilion, and he wanted to go to the high slope to set up a village......" Fan Shijin thought back to this period of history, and every time he thought of it, he beat his chest and felt sorry for Zhuge , if Kong Ming had not lost this street pavilion, maybe he would have already recovered the Central Plains.

"What's next... Brother Fan!" Liu listened very attentively from the side.

"The art of war is condescending and overwhelming. When this horse saw this high slope, he thought of this art of war, but there is no water source on this high slope! This is the importance of the water source I just told you!" Fan Shijin mentioned the previous knowledge points.

"Brother Fan, don't sell it, what's next! How can you lose this, you can indeed disperse the enemy army from a high position!" Liu Cong was sure that this art of war still made some sense.

Later, this Ma Jian did not listen to Wang Ping's persuasion, and insisted on going to Gaopo to set up camp, Wang Ping was only a deputy general, and had no choice but to go up the high slope with this Ma Tan, although this high slope was on the side of the road, but there was no water source on it. The Wei soldiers did not have much hope, but when they went to the street pavilion to see the great joy, this Ma Tan actually did not occupy the road and set up camp, and ran to the high slope, so he surrounded the high slope, and the Wei soldiers only surrounded and did not attack the Shu army, and the result was that the Shu army was self-defeating, and there was no water source The soldiers could only wait for death! And the Wei army is also very smart, has already sent people to ambush next to the water source, the Shu army is so thirsty that they have to come down to fetch water, take this opportunity to shoot the soldiers who fetch water, the morale of the Shu army on the high slope is even more depressed when they hear the news, and finally they are forced to go downhill, and are scattered by the Wei army, and this street pavilion is so lost!

Fan Shijin sighed after speaking, and only sighed that Zhuge Kongming had worked hard for the Shu Kingdom, but he made such a big mistake in employing people and missed the great opportunity of the Northern Expedition to restore the Central Plains.

"I've heard this Romance of the Three Kingdoms below, but I pity that Zhuge Kongming, who was either on the Northern Expedition or on the way to the Northern Expedition in his life, and finally died on the way back from the Northern Expedition. Wen Renxing said after listening quietly.

"What Wen Renxing said is very true, Mr. Zhuge is a model for my generation!" Fan Shijin pulled the map in his hand and patted it, and then said: "Now you know the importance of water sources, right?"

"Got it, Teacher Fan!" Liu Cong and Bai Xiyue pretended to say.

"However, if you listen to Wei Yan's opinion and give him a cavalry to cross the Meridian Valley and attack Chang'an, the result is unknown!"

"Hahaha, I had the same discussion with Jingchong, I never thought that General Wei would have this opinion!" Fan Shijin opened the curtain and said.

"What the hero sees is slightly the same! What the hero sees is slightly the same!Hahahahaha!" Wei Shujin laughed heroically.

"General Wei, how far is this from the ferry?" Xiong Jingchong interjected.

"It's just ahead! If we're lucky, I'll be on the other side before dark!"

Wei Shujin held the reins in one hand to block the sunlight and the other hand, and looked at the ferry not far away, there were still many boats parked, and the boats in the distance slowly left, and the boats in the distance docked again, this ferry port was like a gathering of ships, and it was also a lively scene.

"But Brother Xiong, I remember that you seem to have brought out an inkstone that matches the pen!" Liu Cong can always think of places that others have never cared about.

"Yes, it was a set that I brought out at that time, but there was no pen for this, and I don't know what the effect of this inkstone is..."

"Brother Bai, you will take care of my bags all the way, and there are still a lot of silver taels in it!" Fan Shijin looked at Bai Xiyue and handed him a task.

"Leave it to me! I'm very good at taking care of the silver two!" Bai Xiyue gave himself a thumbs up.

"This treasure, my jade pendant has not appeared in any ability so far... But Xiong respects that pen is indeed quite powerful!"

"Alas, your treasure is still useful, and I lost my treasure... It's a headache just thinking about it..."

Liu Cong only thought about the wooden box he took out at this time, and he felt a loss when he thought about it, wouldn't this be a failure, it was equivalent to entering this treasure pavilion in vain, and in the end it was empty.

After thinking about it, he began to look for the place of the wooden box in his mind, what is the use of this wooden box, and where did it go, Liu Cong always felt that this wooden box should contain something, but the wooden box design is very ingenious, very difficult to open, like a trap lock, if there is no trick to open it will destroy the things inside, he has been in the "Luban Quanshu" I have seen such an ingenious object, and there should be a very valuable thing in it, but what it is, Liu has no way of knowing, even if he wants to break his head, he has no way of knowing what it is.

"It's time for the ferry, everyone!" Wei Shujin had already dismounted at this time, leading the jujube red horse in front.

"I can smell the ferry, the smell of a wooden board soaked in water for a long time, well... It's fishy... Did the boat kill the fish, so it smelled like this?" Bai Xiyue smelled as soon as he got out of the carriage.

"Hahaha! Don't joke, Brother Bai, this fish is not you, how could it be hit and killed by a boat?" Xiong Jingchong also teased.

"I'm a fish, I can't, I can swim fast!" Bai Xiyue pinched his nose twice, deciding that he still had to slowly get used to the taste.

When a few people got out of the carriage, they saw Uncle Wei leading the jujube red horse and talking about something with a boat, waving one hand while talking, and the shipbuilding behind them, if he was standing in Uncle Wei's position, he had to tilt his head to see the appearance of the whole boat. Look at this shipbuilding again, the bow of the ship is carved with two dragons, there is a dragon wood carving on the left and a right, this ship should be the imperial ship of the Tang King.

Fan Shijin stepped forward and heard what the two were talking about, it turned out that the boat was dedicated to catching delicious special fish for the imperial court, and this special fish should not only be kept fresh, but also to ensure its size and meat quality, after careful selection, and then handed over to the imperial kitchen for the royal family to enjoy, and the rest of the selection went into Jianye's fish market. This boat should enter the sea from the river and go out to sea to catch sea fish, if this is not the same as the route of Liu Cong and others, even if it is sent to the other side of the river, if the deadline is missed, the innocent fishermen of the entire boat will be implicated.

"It's really not good, General Wei, you can spare the villain, if this trip is delayed, it's not the villain who will lose his head, it's the head of this ship!"

This boatman is unwilling to take risks, even if he offends Prime Minister Wei, there is no way, after all, it is a big deal to lose his head, and besides, he will lose his head if he delays the trip and passes the fishing opportunity.

This time, Uncle Wei frowned, and saw the cross-shaped hill rising on his forehead.

"General Wei, we can take a slightly smaller boat, as long as we can cross this river. ”

Fan Shijin didn't want to be embarrassed on both sides, and besides, this crossing the river was not a tour, so why stick to big boats and small boats.

"It's still more reasonable, General Wei, I'll find another ship with you! Or you can find it yourself, I'll go to sea later, so I won't say more!" The boatman finished his words in a few words, and he didn't want to say more, so he turned around and prepared to board the ship and go to sea.

"You... This ......" Wei Shujin was dumbfounded by the ship's words.

"It's okay, I'll just find another boat later!" Fan Shijin comforted on the side.

"This boatman promised my father before, why did he suddenly change his words today, and turning his face at this moment is faster than turning a book!" Wei Shujin was a little angry, but it was not easy to attack.

"This boatman must have agreed casually before, but he didn't think that this fishing period was just around the corner, but it doesn't matter, I'll just wait to find the boat again, let's go, General Wei." ”

Fan Shijin is easy-going, he was not in a hurry when he encountered this incident, and dragged this Uncle Wei into and walked away, at this time, Uncle Wei's face was the same color as the red horse beside him, I don't know if it was caused by anger, or he was ashamed.