"The Badong Three Gorges, Wu Gorge is the longest, the ape calls three times, and the clothes are stained with tears..."
At the end of July, the autumn air was crisp and clear, and the fishermen in their boats sang loudly with simple lyrics.
However, Ye Zijin also felt a lot. He actually raised his sleeves, wiped his red eyes, and immediately hugged his second son tightly.
"Fubo, I'm going home..."
After passing Wu Gorge, we enter the boundary of Nanjun. Isn't it time to go home?
The mother and son have been separated for the past six months. They have been hunted down by the imperial eagles and dogs, hiding in Tibet, and even taken hostage by Bashi. They have experienced countless dangers.
Just like the narrow river gorge with the peaks on both sides of the bank, the river is twisting and turning, and the rapid shoals are full of rocks. There is always the danger of boat damage and death, but at least there are twists and turns, and the front is finally clear...
There are mountains and mountains on both sides of the bank. The green mountains are endless, and the leaves can't be seen. The rolling hills are like twelve shamans looking down at the twelve peaks in the world. The peaks and peaks reach into the sky and plunge into the river.
She didn't care at all, just staring ahead.
It wasn't until the ship finally docked at the Zigui County Pier, and the female relatives of Heifu's old men on the shore came to pay their respects and shouted "Mrs. Jun" that she was relieved.
"Mr. Lu."
After exchanging pleasantries with acquaintances on the shore, Ye Zijin immediately turned around and saluted Lu Jia.
Lu Jia quickly evaded: "Mrs. Jun, what are you doing? You are really trying to kill Lu Jia..."
Ye Zijin said: "If Mr. Lu hadn't tried his best to protect us, my mother and son might not have been able to return to Nanjun safely. I will never forget Mr. Lu's efforts."
Lu Jia was a little embarrassed: "How dare you? After Bazhong's death, the Bashi family was already falling apart. It was the madam who used clever tricks in Pingdu Mountain to win the trust of the Bashi mother and daughter, and let Mr. Fubo marry Bazhong's surviving daughter, so that she could
After inheriting Ba's family fortune of ten thousand gold, he raised his arms, took thousands of warriors and thousands of servants, boarded Ba's ships, attacked Yufu in the east, and attacked Jiangguan, making Bajun Lieutenant suffer enemies from both sides."
In that battle, Ba Commandery's commanding officer also had 3,000 men. However, they had been attacked fiercely by Wu Chen for many days and their soldiers were exhausted. Then they were suddenly attacked from the rear by Ba warriors.
This group of people wanted to avenge their masters and were extremely brave. They sang and charged at the same time. Their tactics and weapons were very suitable for fighting in canyons and mountains. Wu Chen also continued his efforts. Ba Junwei was defeated and most of his men were captured. The rest were mostly angry.
The Ba people drove down the gorge and fell to death and drowned.
"This was supposed to be Lu Jia's mission in Ba, but if it weren't for my wife, I almost failed. I'm really ashamed of you. The person who should say thank you is Lu Jia."
Ye smiled and said: "Sir, there is no need to be humble. If I don't have you, what can I accomplish as a woman? I will tell you every word of your credit for your hard work, but I don't know if you are still willing to return to Bazhong."
One trip?”
Lu Jia was also very tired. He was stunned after hearing this: "Go back to Bazhong?"
Ye turned around and looked at the ships that were sailing out of Wu Gorge, either carrying salt, grain, or prisoners: "I have arrived at the border of Nanjun. I am accompanied by the family members of my beloved man's old tribe. I can go through Xiling Gorge and Yiling County.
I went back to Jiangling, but I didn’t feel relieved.”
"Now that Bazhong is dead, the good man wants to use the Bashi family to integrate the Ba people to compete with the court's Bashu division, but he cannot give up halfway."
"I also hope that Mr. Danhu and other warriors will quickly go west to Bazhong to publicize the marriage between Wei and Ba. Then in the name of Ba, he will recruit five clans and eight clans to form an armed force of Ba people to serve as Marquis Wu Zhong.
Used!"
Lu Jia complained in his heart, but this method is indeed feasible. They have all seen the fighting power of the Ba people in the Yufu Battle. If they can really organize tens of thousands of people to go out of Daba Mountain and harass the counties of Ba County, they will be a surprise force.
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He glanced back at Bazhong's wife who was landing on the beach. Her wife was still dumbfounded, but the little girl was wearing a willow leaf sword and had a stern eyebrow. She looked like a master. She looked at Ye with a look that was grateful but also a little bit...
Not angry.
"Then Ba's mother and daughter..." Lu Jia wanted to know what Ye wanted to do with them.
Is it to burn bridges across rivers, or...
"I know how difficult it is for orphans and widowed mothers."
Ye Zijin said with a smile: "I was a guest in the past, and Ba Shi was the host. I have been in Zhi County for several months, and I am grateful to them for their hospitality."
"Now that the host and guest are in different places, and Ba Shi's daughter has become my daughter-in-law, I naturally want to welcome them to Jiangling and let them experience the hospitality of the Marquis Wuzhong family!"
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Across the Wu Gorge from Zigui County is Wu County. Further west from Wu County, across the Qutang Gorge, is the western head of the Three Gorges, a mountain city named Yubelly (Fengjie, Chongqing).
In later generations, it also had a more famous name: Baidi City.
This small town has a circumference of five miles, with mountains on one side, water on three sides, a high gorge in the back, and the Yangtze River in front. It is very spectacular and majestic.
The Jiangguan in the east of Yufu County is even more remarkable. It guards the entrance to the Qutang Gorge. The current in this gorge is rapid, and the narrowest point of the river is less than thirty feet.
Standing on the riverside, looking back at the Jiangguan guarding the Qutang Gorge, you can see the red armor and white salt mountains at the mouth of the gorge confronting the river, like knives cutting each other, like two open gates. Looking down at the narrow river, the river
The current is swift and the river wind is blowing strongly.
Wu Chen touched the mole on his face, proudly, and said with a smile: "When I attacked this pass and this city, I wished that the river would wash it away. But now, I wish that it could be stronger and let the enemy have a taste of it. One man can guard the pass."
It’s a taste that no one can understand!”
Since Heifu changed the Southern Expeditionary Army into the Northern Expeditionary Army, he promoted Wu Chen to the rank of captain, and gave him five thousand men to attack Jiangguan from the west of Yiling. As a result, Wu Chen spent two months, but could not advance even half a step, and was still injured.
I watched hundreds of people, and I really wanted to cry. I finally won it today, so unhappy.
But the situation is not optimistic. Although the Ba people helped Wu Chen capture the belly of the fish and Jiangguan, they also brought him bad news:
"Feng Jie has led an army of 20,000 troops and has conquered Zhi County. We will reach the fish belly in ten days!"
So Wu Chen had just gained a foothold and was about to switch from offense to defense. Fortunately, the Ba warrior Dan Hu and others also agreed to stay and brought thousands of servants to help him defend against the enemy.
"To the north is Daba Mountain and to the south is Wuqian Mountain. Unless Feng Jie has wings, if he wants to go eastward, he must first pass through Yufu and Jiangguan!"
Wu Chen now has seven or eight thousand men at his disposal, and is confident of holding on to this place firmly, and is ready to return all the suffering he suffered in the past to Feng Jie.
However, Feng Jie was also very cautious and did not rashly lead all his soldiers to attack the dangerous pass. Instead, he stayed in Qu? County (Yunyang, Chongqing), which was more than a hundred miles west of Yufu, and stopped moving forward...
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Eight years ago, in the desert of northern Saibei, Feng Jie suffered the disadvantage of advancing alone. He was besieged by tens of thousands of Xiongnu Chanyu cavalry on Baiyang Mountain. He was thirsty and hungry. If it weren't for Heifu, Li Xin would have launched a decisive battle to help him rescue him.
Almost dead.
That battle was a shame for Feng Jie. Generals Meng, Li, and Wei were highly regarded, but he and the lost Wang Li were severely scolded by Qin Shihuang and demoted to the bottom. They were made captains at the grassroots level and suffered for many years.
, it was not until the fall of Fusu, Heifu's rebellion, Feng Jie, and Wang Li that they were re-appointed.
Feng Jie cherishes this comeback, and also understands that as an important official in power appointed by the First Emperor, he is tied to the new emperor. If Heifu is allowed to win this war, the Feng family may be in ruins.
But perhaps because he was deeply ashamed of his previous defeat, Feng Jie's current fighting style has completely changed: his scouts should be placed a hundred miles away, and his troops should carefully explore twenty miles away. It is not foolproof, and he will never advance easily.
This time Feng Jie was appointed by Wang Bi as a general and entered Ba from Hanzhong. In order to follow Sima Cuo's old plan, he crossed the Three Gorges from Bajun and attacked Nanjun in the east. He also agreed to knock on the gate of Wu County on the first day of August to attract Jiangling.
Rebels rush to the rescue.
However, General Feng Pi was very cautious. In addition, he was leading northern troops from Shangjun. He was used to the vast grasslands and high slopes in the north of Saibei. He was not used to the narrow terrain of Baxia. Many people got sick and the march was slow.
Although arriving early is not as good as arriving at a good time, the invading Ba people were defeated in Jiangzhou County, and Ba Zhong was even killed on the spot. However, the situation in Ba County has been corrupted: the entire army of Ba County Lieutenants has been wiped out, especially Dongmen Yu has been restored, and Jiangguan has been lost.
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The initiative is now in Wu Chen's hands.
But Feng Jie was not in a hurry. Instead, he settled in Qu? County and slowly analyzed the intelligence sent back by the scouts from a hundred miles away.
"To the south of the river, there are rebels in Wuqian Mountain and Yishui River, or they come from Dongting County via a trail..."
After Feng Jie read this military information, he said to the military judge who urged him to go east: "If I ignore the danger in the south and blindly lead the army to attack Yufu, I am afraid that I will be harassed by the rebels behind me, cut off the food route, and do what I want.
Sleepy."
The military judge was a little anxious: "But Tongwuhou has made an agreement with various generals and captains to attack Nanjun on the first day of August!"
"The situation has changed, and there is nothing I can do about it."
Feng Jie sighed: "Send someone to take a detour to Shangyong to tell Marquis Tongwu that Feng Jie may not be able to follow the agreement. On the first day of August, he will knock Wu County fiercely and Zigui will return!"
