Ji Zhongqi imprisoned Ma Yin, and Ma Xun and his son dedicated Yueyang City. This allowed this famous city that had stood on the banks of the lake and rivers for hundreds of years to be preserved and not be mercilessly destroyed by war again.
The newly appointed governor of Yueyang, the chief secretary, the chief secretary, and the officials of the state Cao departments were mainly selected by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Personnel. However, the state Sima and military envoys responsible for the establishment of the state camp and city defense were appointed by Zuo Longque.
Guo Liang, deputy commander of the army, also serves as deputy commander.
In addition to the newly established state camp, there are also three thousand elite Zuo Longque Army stationed here to control this important pass where the Yangtze River enters Dongting Lake.
Although there is currently an elite force of the Lou Chuan Army navy stationed in Tanzhou, under the control of Hunan Xingtai, as the elite of the forbidden camp army, the Lou Chuan Army is not responsible for local public security management such as killing bandits and capturing bandits.
The first step in Hunan is to prepare for the construction of Yueyang | Shuiying, and the third prince also entrusted Guo Liang to take charge of Yueyang.
The two government-run shipyards in Yueyang and Tanzhou were destroyed by the rebels themselves during the war, and the hundreds of warships captured were mainly short-range paddle boats. Even two Wuyalou warships were not enough.
Once there is a change in Jinling, the Dragon Bird Army needs to make a quick and long-distance attack.
Currently, the twenty-four large double-decker galleys needed by Yueyang | Shuiying are all urgently built by the Wufengshan Shipbuilding Yard in Qianyang.
Hundreds of shipbuilding craftsmen captured from Yueyang and Tanzhou, as well as a large amount of confiscated shipbuilding timber, had long been transferred to Wufeng Mountain in Qianyang to be used as ship expenses.
At least for now, although Qianyang is in a corner, it is the shipbuilding, textile, and iron-making center of the eight states of Hunan. It has also gradually become a distribution center for bulk goods such as tea medicine and tung oil in Hunan and Guizhou.
This time when he went west to welcome his bride, Han Qian brought two ships with a carrying capacity of two thousand stone. However, the two large war sailing ships newly built for Yueyang|Shuiying had a carrying capacity of four thousand stone, and the cabins were more and more spacious.
, the bottom compartment also carries more cargo.
In order to meet the needs of the bride-to-be, Han Qian took the handwriting of the third prince and temporarily requisitioned these two warships and generals to form a wedding team.
After meeting with Guo Rong, the Marquis of Changxiang, and the Princess of Qingyang, Han Qian stayed in Yueyang for a day and accepted a banquet from local officials in Yueyang. On the next day, in addition to carrying hundreds of boxes of betrothal gifts from Jinling onto the ship, he also carried
A large amount of goods that could be transported to Shu as an envoy, four war sailing ships, and six to seven hundred men and horses set sail in a mighty manner, heading upstream towards Yuzhou.
The war to reduce the vassal state went extremely smoothly. Even if there were still remnants of the rebels who fled to Yongzhou without being resolved, it was unlikely to become a serious problem. At this time, Dachu's western wing was able to gather 100,000 troops. Such a good situation also made Liang Jun deeply fearful.
, dare not act rashly.
When Han Qian left Yueyang by boat, the tens of thousands of Liang troops gathered in Caizhou still did not dare to attack the Fangcheng defense line in the northern part of the Nanyang Basin.
At this moment, the territory of Dachu was peaceful, and no one expected the crisis that was about to break out in Jinling.
When the boat entered Yiling, before entering the Wushan Grand Gorge, the land on both sides of the river still belonged to the Jingchu Plain. Han Qian looked to the north and saw that they were all gentle hills.
At present, King Yong Zhu Yu is still sitting in Guanzhong, and the Liang Kingdom seems to be relatively peaceful. However, according to the established historical trajectory, when the chaos broke out in Jinling, the Liang army failed to take advantage of the situation. This shows that the Liang Kingdom was not peaceful at that time. Perhaps the Jin Dynasty in the north was
The threat from the army is extremely serious, or there may be unrest brewing within the Liang Kingdom.
It is a pity that just like other forces are easily unaware of the huge crisis brewing in Jinling at this time, Jinyun Tower's scouts and secret agents who sneaked into Bianzhou, the capital of Liang, have not found anything yet.
Xiazhou, also known as Yiling, is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River 20 to 30 miles away from the eastern foothills of Wushan Mountain.
In the early years, Xiazhou belonged to Jingnan Road and was part of the land of Jingxiang. Emperor Tianyou rose in Jianghuai and when his military strength was not as strong as Jingxiang, the Lord of Shu, Wang Jian, led his troops to occupy Xiazhou, which is backed by the Xiongshan Mountains at the eastern foot of Wushan Mountain.
, operating it as the eastern gateway of the Shu Kingdom, keeping the Chu army out of Wushan.
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When the fleet arrived at the foot of Yiling City, the winding peaks and ridges of Wushan Mountain were also clearly visible in the field of vision.
In order to get to the capital of Shu as soon as possible, Han Qian and others stopped the boat in front of Yiling City, but did not enter the city. They briefly met with the Yiling guard in front of the pier, and then continued upstream to the mouth of Nanjinguan Gorge.
Go.
The mouth of Nanjinguan Gorge is the east exit of the 400-mile Wushan Long Gorge.
Although Han Qian had a thick stack of hydrogeographic data on the Nanjinguan Gorge on his desk, he still couldn't hide his inner shock when he saw the majestic peaks emerging in front of him and a stunning grand canyon splitting out of the mountain.
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The river surface, which is more than 2,000 steps wide, suddenly narrows to about 200 steps before the mouth of the gorge. The river is like a war spear, piercing a channel as narrow as an intestine from the peaks and peaks. The rapids roar like thousands of horses galloping, and there are still many things in the river.
You can faintly see many dangerous shoals with stone pillars distributed there.
Han Qian and the others were going upstream. When they saw these dangerous shoals and stone pillars in the middle of the river, they were not so shocked. However, on the river beaches under the stone cliffs on both sides of the river, there were many rotten trees and broken oars washed up by the river.
It was left behind by a ship that capsized and crashed in the river.
Traveling boatmen call Wushan Long Beach the Gate of Hell, but they are not making any false claims.
The turbulent water at the mouth of the gorge is like a galloping horse. The four warships, let alone the four warships, have entered the gorge. At this time, if there were not three to four hundred trackers walking barefoot among the rocks on the river beach, desperately dragging the long rope as thick as a child's arm,
If you step forward, you will inevitably be swept down by the roaring river current.
Entering the mouth of the gorge, there are steep cliffs hundreds of meters high on both sides. There is no way to take advantage of the wind. If there are not three to four hundred trackers, just rowing along, more than two hundred brave oarsmen can make four boats full of betrothal gifts and gifts.
Can large ships carrying other cargo survive the first section of the Nanjing Pass, which is thirty-six miles long?
Nanjin Guan Chang Gorge is only a small part of Wushan Chang Gorge.
The Wushan Long Gorge, also known as the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River to later generations, is four hundred miles long from Nanjinguan in Yiling, Kiazhou, to Kuimen in the east of Baidi City, Yuzhou. It can be said that it splits out of Wushan Mountain, and covers most places on both sides of the river.
They are all hanging cliffs 700 to 800 meters above the river.
The river surface at the mouth of Nanjin Guandong Gorge is only 200 steps, with dangerous rocks on both sides, but it is not the narrowest and steepest place in the Wushan Long Gorge; at its most narrow and dangerous, the river surface is only more than a hundred meters wide.
As the largest river in this land, if the river narrows to a width of 100 meters, how fast will the water flow be?
It’s no wonder that there have been so many annexation wars in this land for thousands of years, but there are so few cases of attacking the east of Sichuan upstream from Yiling.
The river current is so fast and the overhanging walls on both sides are so steep.
Thirty or forty meters above the river, there are stone holes and intermittent rotten wood left by the ancients to build plank roads. Not to mention that the plank roads have been destroyed, even if they are rebuilt, the intermittent plank roads are only two or three meters wide and close to each other.
On the shore wall, fine pieces of stone would roll down from the top of the cliff from time to time, making it impossible to use troops.
At this time, not to mention that the Shu Kingdom has 30,000 to 40,000 elite troops stationed on the eastern front. Even if there are 7,000 to 8,000 elite troops committed to defense, it will not be difficult for the soldiers and horses downstream to capture Yiling, but it will still be difficult to invade Yuzhou from Wushan Changxia.
Up to the sky.
"Master Han, what are your feelings after visiting Wushan?"
Seeing Han Qian standing in front of the deck, staring at the cliffs on both sides without saying a word for a long time, Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong and Feng Yi got tired of talking about poetry and poetry, and turned their attention to him again.
Seeing the proud look in the eyes of Prince Yong of Changxiang, Han Qian said with emotion: "The poets of the previous dynasty wrote about the rapid water in Wu Gorge, and mentioned that 'the white emperor's colorful clouds are among the colorful clouds, thousands of miles of rivers and tombs are returned in one day, and the apes on both sides of the bank can't cry.
"Look, the boat has already passed the Ten Thousand Mountains." Han Qian still didn't think so. Looking at the water on the two high cliffs today, the momentum is like ten thousand horses galloping. It can really be said that "even if you ride on the wind, you can't use speed"!"
"Perhaps Mr. Han really doesn't know that Wu Gorge Rapids is dangerous, otherwise he wouldn't have purposely requisitioned a large ship with four thousand materials to slow down the journey!" Princess Qingyang, pretending to be a young man, couldn't help but sarcastically said.
Han Qian specifically asked the third prince to requisition two four-thousand-stone warships from Yueyang|Shuiying to sail up the river.
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Heading westward, in addition to the light and precious betrothal gifts, the bottom cabin was also filled with bulk cargo. I wanted to explore the depth and slowness of the waterway in the Chang Gorge of Wushan after winter, so that I could personally grasp the situation first-hand.
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The Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, and Princess Qingyang were obviously sensible people and had seen through his intentions at this time.
However, Han Qian had nothing to be embarrassed about.
Even if Princess Qingyang marries into the Chu Kingdom, and even if the third prince ascends the throne, Princess Qingyang may one day replace Xinchang Hou Li Pu's daughter and become the queen, but this does not mean that Chu and Shu will really be as close as brothers from now on, and there will be no gap.
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In the competition between countries, a woman's weight, no matter how high her status, how charming her appearance, or how favored she is, is not the most important bargaining chip.
What's more, just because Jinling didn't take the Shu land doesn't mean that Liang Jun didn't make any changes.
And once Liang Jun is asked to annex Shu, and then occupy the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, threatening Jingchu, the situation will only be more unfavorable to Jinling.
Han Qian smiled slightly and said: "On the coast of Wushan, even if the yellow leaves fall after winter, it is unspeakably magnificent. I really don't feel that it is slowing down my journey at all! If the Marquis returns home, he must rush back to Jinguan City as soon as possible.
Reunited with the father and son of the country, and rushing to express brotherhood with Marquis Qingjiang, we can switch to a small boat and go ahead. Maybe Marquis Qingjiang will also be waiting in Jinguan City to celebrate the marriage..."
Princess Qingyang was currently disguised as a young man, and Han Qian could not reveal her identity. If he wanted to say something sarcastic, he would naturally have to be followed by the Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong.
Although it was inconvenient to send messages on the Shu Road, Han Qian dispatched elite troops to return to Jinyun Tower in June. He also sent scouts and spies to sneak into Shu to establish a branch of Jinyun Tower. In the past two months, news came back one after another.
Prince Yong of Changxiang was the second son of Wang Jian, Lord of Shu, and he and Princess Qingyang were both born to Mrs. Kou who died of illness twelve years ago.
Princess Qingyang was raised by Wang Jian's side concubine Yan since she was a child. She grew up beside Wang Jian and was quite favored. However, due to the early death of her mother and concubine 12 or 3 years ago after leaving the palace, the relationship with her father Wang Jian was indifferent.
Much more.
The mother clan of Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong was not a big family in Shu, and there were not many capable ministers around him. However, because of his talent, he was the most jealous of the Shu prince, Qingjiang Marquis Wang Hongyi.
No matter how Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong usually hides it, Jinyunlou scouts have been sneaking into Shu for three or four months. It is currently confirmed that not many ministers in Shu support the marriage. On the one hand, it involves the dignity of Shu, and on the other hand, it does not want to be too obvious.
Although Wang Jianjin was angry with Liang, some people came to Wang Jianjin to persuade Chu to fight against Liang.
With limited manpower entering Shu for the first time, if they investigate aimlessly, they won't be able to find any useful information in a short period of time.
Among the many people who proposed to Wang Jian, the Lord of Shu, to unite with Chu and fight against Liang, there was an official named Jing Qiongwen. He was favored by the Lord of Shu because he was good at music and opera. He also liked poetry.
Han Qian ordered the men who sneaked into Shu to focus on Jing Qiongwen, and finally found out that when Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong was staying in Chu, he sent people back to Shu with letters to secretly meet Jing Qiongwen many times, and Jing Qiongwen every time.
The first time I saw the messenger sent back by Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, he had to go to the palace to see Wang Jian, the Lord of Shu.
It can be seen from this that it was actually Changxiang Hou Wang Yong’s idea to use Qingyang Princess to marry Chu.
The fundamental reason why Changxiang Hou Wang Yong did this was simply because he was deeply afraid that once the Shu Lord Wang Jian was gone, his brother and sister would be persecuted by Wang Hongyi.
Seeing Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong standing there in a daze, Han Qian smiled again and said: "Although Han is not good at poetry, since he has been entrusted by His Highness, he will successfully marry Princess Qingyang back to Dachu."
When Han Qian said this, he almost understood the meaning completely.
He was telling the Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, and Princess Qingyang that the fact that the marriage had progressed to this point did not mean that there would be no obstacles within the Kingdom of Shu. It did not mean that it would continue to be smooth sailing regardless of the circumstances.
No matter what obstacles he encounters, he will stand by their side and do his best to ensure that Princess Qingyang is married back to the Chu Kingdom...
