"Actually, what the general is curious about is, doesn't such a large navy need to dock for supplies?" Meng Tian asked hesitantly.
The navy is too huge to live on the water all the time. Sooner or later it will have to dock for supplies!
"It's useless!" Li Mu and Jin Yao shook their heads. They had never thought of this.
However, the navy ship is too huge, so even if it docks, it still needs a huge dock port.
It is impossible for a dock port like that not to be guarded by any large army, and it is impossible for the Dragon Guard to approach silently.
"They have no intention of docking at all. All supplies are delivered to the center of the river by small supply boats!" Li Mu sighed.
He had observed the navy's supplies and was very cautious. The ships and sterns would not come close to the archers' range at all. Instead, they were transported to the center of the river by small supply ships and then sent aboard the ships and sterns.
As for the ships they sent to interfere with the other party's supplies, they were sending people to kill them. Before they could get close, the ships and stern ships could sink them.
"Who made this damn boat stern!" Li Xin said cursingly.
This feeling of powerlessness was the first time they encountered it.
"The Mo family and the Wuyue boatmen!" Jin Yao whispered.
Li Xin looked around cautiously, fearing that Bingbai Shensha had not left and let Bingbai Shensha know that he was scolding the Mo family, then he would be really happy.
"The matter is over here, we have to return to Xianyang!" Li Mu did not stay any longer. They were inexplicably involved in it.
Now that the war is on hold, he will naturally take Meng Tian and others back to Xianyang.
Jin Yao nodded, Xianyang still needed Li Mu to be in charge, and he could only solve the remaining matters by himself.
"Be careful, Lord Changping. King Chu is critically ill. Chu State is in urgent need of a son to inherit the throne. Lord Changping is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate!" Jin Yao still reminded him.
Li Mu looked at Jin Yao, and then nodded seriously. This was the fundamental reason why he was anxious to return to Xianyang. With him here, if Lord Changping wanted to return to Chu State Shouchun, he would have to outrun the Wuling cavalry first.
"Are we just going to leave like this?" Li Xin, Meng Tian and others were still a little bit unconvinced, especially because they couldn't think of a way to deal with the navy, which made them somewhat unconvinced.
"When you encounter an opponent you can't defeat, you have to think about how to kill the opponent outside the battlefield!" Li Mu said calmly.
As a general, you will always encounter some difficult opponents that you cannot handle. If you continue to fight with the opponent at this time, you are trying to get into trouble. The best way is to find a way to bypass the opponent and win the overall victory!
"Why don't you want to return to Qin? As long as you are willing, you can bring hundreds of thousands of people back to Qin!" Meng Yi was even more confused. There was a better way, so why didn't he take it?
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"Because he is afraid of death!" Li Mu said calmly.
Meng Tian, Meng Yi and others were stunned for a moment, and then thought about the meaning of Li Mu's words.
Soon, everyone figured it out.
Because he is Young Master Chenglong, the king's biological brother, and is qualified and capable to inherit the throne.
If he returns to Qin with hundreds of thousands of people and an army of 100,000, I am afraid that the Changxinhou and Wenxinhou groups will have to step aside, and he will be the first to be dealt with.
And such internal strife is an unstable disaster for the Qin State.
The situation where loved ones hate and enemies are happy will also happen in Qin!
This is also the fundamental reason why Jin Yao did not want to return to Qin.
Once he returns to Qin with a hundred thousand dragon guards, no matter whether he is willing or not, he will be pushed to oppose Ying Zheng.
Even if he can kill all those who sow discord, he cannot kill all those who spread rumors.
Ying Zheng can disbelieve the rumor once, but what about twice or three times?
The human heart can never be used to tempt.
If the rebel army can support him to the position of Dragon King without the instigation of a thoughtful person, then the rebel army will not be used by a group of novices to support him to the throne of the King of Qin?
He was very aware of the methods of those aristocratic families, and the novices in the rebel army were too easily deceived by them.
The Dragon Guard finally dispatched again, but only in small groups.
Xiang Yan also knew that he was not capable of annihilating the Dragon Guard, so he sent a small force of the same number to train troops, while the navy also cruised in the center of the river and stood still.
The navy contained the throat of Jiujiang, but the same dragon guard also contained the throat of the Chu army.
The last enemy of the Chu State is the Qin State after all. Xiang Yan has to admit this. Therefore, he does not dare to fight with the Dragon Guard and destroy the Jiujiang Dragon City, leaving the Dragon Guard homeless and alone.
Wolves and ghosts.
The two sides reached a tacit understanding to reduce the intensity of the war to the extreme. Even the navy's ships and sterns opened up the waterway, withdrew from the front line of the battlefield and returned to the rear to dock for supplies, but they were able to stay where they had joined the battlefield in the first place.
"This dragon guard has improved so fast!" After several battles, Xiang Yan felt even heavier.
His original intention was to use the Dragon Guard to train troops. When the new recruits were trained, he would make a big move and directly leave the Dragon Guard in Songyang County. Then the navy would cooperate with the new army and march straight into Jiujiang and Dongting.
However, after several battles, while the Chu army was improving, Long Wei's improvement rate far exceeded that of the Chu army.
"He is a difficult opponent!" Xiang Yan had to admit that Long Wei was more difficult than he imagined.
The Dragon Guards were not the elite soldiers of the Qin State that he thought they were, but new recruits like the Chu Army. Both sides were training their troops through each other!
"But how long can you hold on?" Xiang Yan looked at Songyang County and shook her head.
After all, Dragon City is just Dragon City. Compared with the princes who have dominated the Central Plains for hundreds of years, the gap is still too big.
Chu State has too many backing forces. How can a Dragon City with an unstable foundation compare with them?
Time passed by slowly. Although the war still continued, the casualties were not too great. No one could defeat the other party in one fell swoop.
Until the big cold!
Snow
heavy snow
Let the heavy snow cover the sky and the earth fall.
"Report" An urgent secret report came from Longcheng.
"What happened!" Jin Yao's eyes became serious.
"In the direction of Yingdu, a Qin army numbering 50,000 appeared, heading towards Sha Xian's new army. The target is Dragon City!" The messenger brought Chen Xian's information.
"What!" Jin Yao grabbed the military report in disbelief.
How could Qin suddenly send troops to attack Dragon City!
This was something he had never thought about. Xianyang must know his identity. With this identity, how could Qin suddenly send troops to Dragon City!
"Which general of Qin is the leader?" Jin Yao asked anxiously.
The armies from Jiujiang and Dongting were all mobilized to the front line. Even if they only had 50,000 troops, Longcheng would not be able to fight back at all.
And Xiang Yan must be aware of the existence of this army. Once they want to return for reinforcements, Xiang Yan will definitely send troops to hunt them down and not give them a chance to return.