619 Ming Dynasty Attacks Three Passes, Raid on Yingdu
At Huainan Shaopi Ferry, ordinary private boats have long been stopped. General fishing and hunting activities are only allowed along the coast, and boats are not allowed to be launched into the water.
In the sparkling Shaopi, a large number of flat-bottomed boats are ready to go. On the boats and on the shore, there are also soldiers boarding the boats quietly and orderly.
"Shou Li!"
The officer with a bare head and smeared face only had leather armor, but the ornamentation similar to epaulettes on the armor still distinguished him from ordinary soldiers.
This person is none other than Sha Dong, who was originally on a mission in the North.
Half a month ago, Li Jie secretly transferred Sha Dong back from the north. President Li really didn't care where Wu Shui and his team would go.
These palace guards are now thinking about how to repay Li Jie, so they are messing around in the three-nothing zone between Wei and Qi.
Simply call Sha Dong back and let Wu Shui and others go.
"How confident do you feel that you have passed Peng Lize before?"
"If the two brigades are all crocodile people, they can reach the capital of Chu Kingdom Ying in two days without sleep!"
"Where to start?"
"Que'an, Yongpu, both are fine."
"Then let's start from Que'an. This is a blessed place for the people of Chu. Let's see if it can become a blessed place for us."
"yes!"
At this time, Que'an was still dominated by swamps, lakes, and tidal flats. The few flat lands were often submerged due to the intrusion of rivers.
But this piece of land is very important because it is one of the few plain areas in the section where the Dabie Mountains enter the Yangtze River.
To the south of the homeland of Tong State, Chu State once established Chao County here, but it soon declined due to war, and most of the local residents degenerated into a tribal state because of their own affairs.
After all, this is a buffer zone, and Wu Chu's border guards would come and plunder it from time to time.
The Yangtze River, which should be adjacent to the Yangtze River, is actually the main channel and is still soaked in Pengli Lake.
This vast country is so vast that Chu's fleet cannot fight straight down the river.
Swamps, lakes, the Yangtze River, and its branches are all connected together. At a glance, they are no different from the inland sea.
Normally, the continuous water area must be very convenient to pass.
This is not the case. There are also many reefs and shoals. With the ebb and flow of the Yangtze River, these shoals and reefs turn into plains, hills, and mountains...
It is not easy to find a suitable route.
In order to find such a route, President Li prepared for more than half a year and invested a lot of resources.
Each expedition team must keep traffic records for about a month in different channel sections, and then install simple landmarks. Then the engineering team comes in to build semi-permanent landmarks, such as artificial structures such as lighthouses.
The few indigenous cements are used here. The base needs to be strong, and then ships are used to transport stones to build it. Then wood is used to build a high platform, where combustible materials can be lit for lighting.
In this way, it can also guide the sailing direction of ships at night.
By borrowing tides and southerly winds, Penglize, which spans four hundred miles from east to west and nearly a thousand miles from north to south, can be quickly passed.
As long as you pass this section, the waterway will be much easier to walk.
Estimating based on the obvious geographical environment and landform features, Li Jie thinks that it probably starts from the north and south of Tongling, which is still soaked in water at this time, passes through Anqing, which is soaked in water, and then passes through Jiujiang, which is also soaked in water, and then it is safe.
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Of course, it will only be a safe part of the way. When you reach Yunmengze, you have to enter the inner water. At this time, taking the Han River is actually more risky.
After repeated arguments with the Yunzhen family and the Yun family, and a small group of crocodile people following the caravan in and out of Yunmeng Ze, the most feasible and efficient route is actually at the southern end of Yunmeng Ze, probably at the place where Yongshui is.
water.
The entrance to the river where the gushing water enters has always been guarded by the Yunzhen family. After entering the gushing water, the sail is not important. It is the same as Shaopei. With a flat-bottomed boat, it can flow unimpeded.
At this time, no matter whether you paddle or pole, you can reach Yingdu in one night.
On the other side of the gushing water is the acropolis of the capital of Chu State, but it is actually the palace of the King of Chu, which is called "Zhu Palace".
There is a small river between Zhugong and Yingdu. This river is a branch of the Han River and is called Huangshui.
The source of Huangshui is as wide as a ditch, also known as "Barren Valley".
This barren valley can also be regarded as a natural defense fortification. If the enemy comes from the northeast and the King of Chu flees south, he can go to Zhu Palace.
Then rely on Nagisa Palace and Huanggu to resist.
If the enemy is the barbarians from the south, such as Baipu and Jingman, the barren valley becomes a moat and Zhugong becomes a bridgehead.
In fact, it is a bit like two cities, but Yingdu is the main body, and Zhugong Palace is a place where the king of Chu used to relax on vacation.
Now, President Li is going to lead an elite force to directly raid Yingdu!
Not more than one person knew about this action. Even Cai Mei, the "mountain leader" and Lao Jianghu, who was very important within Cai's forces, all believed that Li Jie wanted to attack the three passes and crush Chu.
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However, when we held internal meetings and worked together, we felt it was too risky.
As far as the crocodiles are concerned, they can die, but nothing will happen to the boss.
This moved Li Jie very much, and then everyone received a whip.
After unifying his thoughts, he no longer pondered such trivial matters as the risk. After all, it only took a few years for the boss to make a fortune and build such a large territory.
After figuring it out, the Crocodiles began to hypnotize themselves again. Can anything happen to the boss? How could anything happen to someone with destiny?
Ordained by God!
Unify the world!
On this basis, Li Jie gave them another shot of blood.
This chicken blood is that, according to the tip, the Queen Mother of Chu and the King of Chu are currently spending the summer in Zhu Palace.
"After I capture Nagisa Palace, I'm going to fuck her hard!"
The bold words made the crocodiles' blood boil.
The boss has killed the Queen Mother of the Chu State. The Chu State may be destroyed directly. Even if it is not destroyed, it will be torn apart. There will be only one opponent left in the entire south.
This was an unprecedented feat, and even President Li repeatedly said that if necessary, he could have the Queen Mother of Chu play the role of a dog at the grave of King Wu Wei.
With unified thoughts and determination, fearless courage, technology and equipment, the hesitation, apprehension and caution of the Crocodiles people before suddenly disappeared.
The boss who was able to kill the Queen Mother of Chu didn't care about doing it again on King Wu Wei's grave!
Li Jie led his troops secretly from Shaopi into Juchaoyi, then met with Shaha, passed through the land of Qunshu, and assembled at the inland port terminal of Que'an.
At this time, it was already one day after attacking Chu through the Huai River Goddess Palace.
During the whole process, people in Huainan only heard that Shah was going to suppress the bandits and that the Jingman tribe was causing trouble.
Among the large army, the only ones who knew that Li Jie was going south to attack Chu by boat troops were Shang Wuji, who was hiding in the carriage and suffering, and Liu Ba, who was the envoy and passed through the Dabie Mountains first.
"Set off!"
After giving the order, the big ship gradually sailed towards the open water. When the south wind comes before the autumn harvest, the wind speed on the river will increase greatly.
At this time, Penglize is basically easy to walk except for big waves and undercurrents in some areas. After figuring out the route.
In addition, there are small sailing ships that serve as guide ships and scouts. With telescopes, possible Chu sentinels can be discovered in advance.
Generally speaking, as long as they are within visual range, the Chu people's boats will never be able to outrun Wu Zhou. As long as they are entangled by Wu Zhou, the Chu people's boats will be doomed.
As long as the safe distance is cleared, and the subsequent large forces only need to pass through Penglize, the rest will be easy to handle.
Different from the arrogance of the northern front army singing about the strong wind, the boat troops wished they could be silent. On the entire river, there was only the sound of fierce wind and water waves.
With the help of the south wind, after entering Penglize, the number of gulls increased.
These birds are extremely greedy and would not be so densely populated in a place where fish and shrimps are not abundant.
Occasionally when there is a typhoon, fishing boats from Jiangyin City will come here to haul a boat, and the harvest never disappoints.
A three-pound mandarin fish is considered small, so you can imagine how rich the resources are in this water area.
It's a pity that the water flow environment is too complex and not suitable for fishing. According to Li Jie's plan, after the Chu Kingdom was killed, a dyke would have to be built here sooner or later.
As long as the embankment is built for a short distance on the north coast, a large amount of flat land can be produced. This land was originally used by the indigenous people to grow rice.
It's just that it is submerged from time to time due to floods, which makes it seem useless.
"Shou Li. According to the intelligence, the number of Chu troops in Zhu Palace is at most three thousand. All the boat divisions have gathered in Qingfa River to wait for the situation to change."
"Oh, as soon as the orphan and widowed couple heard that I was going to attack Chu, they left Shangbo and went to Zhu Palace to escape the summer heat. I'm afraid the boat division is just a troop transport."
Everyone knew that Li Jie was going to attack from the northeast, and all the nobles and businessmen from various countries saw it.
A normal person's arrangement would be the same as that of the Queen Mother of Chu, piling all combatants to the front line.
She didn't want to die, nor did she want to be captured alive by Li Jie and have a good time, so naturally she wanted to win far away.
It's pretty good to stay in Nagisa Palace to escape the summer heat now. I also know how to find an excuse to escape the summer heat.
"According to our past drills, Shang Wuji should have arrived near Baiyi, Huangcheng, and Xicheng. The Chu people must have taken some action and expressed their opinions. As for Jiba, he should have been in contact with the people of the Dou family.
At least, the Chu people in Shangbo should all know that my envoy has arrived."
"Then Lyuba should also go to Nagisa Palace?"
"not necessarily."
Li Jie waved his hand, "Those capable people in Chu State may want to deal with Ji Ba. If they can delay the war, it will be a day."
With a sneer, Li Jie said playfully: "If my guess is correct, these Chu ministers will definitely use the excuse that the Queen Mother and the King are spending summer in Zhu Palace to delay Ji Ba."
He, Shang Wuji, and Ji Ba have all deduced this kind of thing over and over again. As long as Ji Ba can withstand the pressure, don't be afraid of the intimidation of the Chu people, and act like I am not afraid of death, and I am here to insult you Chu people.
On the contrary, it can force the Chu people into chaos.
Diplomatic matters, to put it bluntly, are still a matter of strength.
What cannot be obtained on the battlefield cannot be obtained at the negotiation table.
I remember when Mr. Li was still a foreman, he collaborated with others to build a construction site. A fellow bastard was jealous and said that he wanted to work together. If this didn't show his strength, how could Foreman Li give him a good look?
After the two sides broke up, let alone make peace or not, each of them started a fight with the worker apprentices, winning the battle with the awesome ones and losing with the idiots.
After the incident was over, the colleague surrendered, and Foreman Li was detained for fifteen days for disrupting market order and being suspected of gathering a crowd to fight.
In the end, if he hadn't been bitten to death in self-defense, he would probably have been sentenced to two or three years in prison.
Now between the Huai River and the Chu State, there are two contractors fighting for the Huai River and the Han River. The reason Li Jie used was that you were unreasonable and unloyal to grab the land in the first place. I represent the moon and justice.
I want to punish you!
Of course, there is nothing to say here in Chu State. I'm thinking that I've even finished the second phase of the project here, so why the hell did you come to tell me this? You beast.
President Li said yes, I am a beast! So I want to fuck your queen mother!
When the quarrel has reached this level, sending someone to make peace is all nonsense.
Can we make peace with this? It must not be possible!
But you still have to leave the scene. No matter how much you fight or kill, you still have to be polite. Everyone is a person of status, and this kind of dignity is always necessary.
However, both sides know very well that after they break up, they will definitely fight to the end.
The reason for going through the process is to delay time so that more resources can be invested in the upcoming film.
At this moment, when Jiba passed through the Dabie Mountains, swaggered through the Chu State Pass, and was on his way to the Han River, there were dignitaries from the Chu State who came to greet him as old friends.
To put it bluntly, it was just to delay Jiba's schedule. First, he had a sauna, then he had a horse-killing game, and finally, all the girls from Chu State were in a group. After playing until his back ached and his legs cramped, he must take a rest.
It takes two or three days to go back and forth.
In two or three days, Chu State can send at least 60,000 to 70,000 troops to the three passes, as well as countless grain and fodder.
Anyway, the Chu people didn't want to kill Li Jie in a field battle. If they could kill their opponent in a positional battle, it would be a victory.
After the autumn grains are obtained, preparations for winter begin. The elites of Chu State recognize Li Jie's fighting ability, but no matter how awesome you are, can you be more awesome than Tianshi?
Even if you, a crocodile man, are made of steel and iron, you can still make a fool of yourself in the Jianghuai winter.
The elites of the Chu State are now using the "drag" technique together to drag Li Jie until he has nothing to do. Even if they can't defeat Li Jie, they can still force Li Jie.
As long as Li Jie retreats on his own, Chu will be victorious in this matter!
But the "invincible" golden body, the prestige that King Wu had gained since his debut as a fierce man, all fell into the hands of the Chu people.
With the power of such a "big victory", the Chu State could easily subdue the Huaishang kingdoms again. Some of the bastards who were eager to make a move before could only act like dogs.
"If Dr. Xia Liu can hold off the Chu people, Chu's troops at the Han River will definitely be mobilized to support the three passes. Nowadays, the three armies of the Chu state, the left army, the middle army and the right army, are actually not led by Dou Zun.
General, Chief Li, I am afraid that the kings and ministers of the Chu State are not very united."
"Ming'e, the Chu army in the Three Passes of Datun is actually not bad in combat power. But whose people are they? Could they be the King of Chu's people? Obviously they are all elite children of the Dou family. How can these Dou family soldiers obey the orders of the three armies?
If the generals and subordinates don't give the same orders, it's okay to fight defensively, but once they are scattered in the field, they will lose their lives."
Li Jie picked up the telescope and looked at the Yangtze River in the distance. He was in a very good mood. "If Ji Ba's acting skills soar, hey, he might be able to defeat the kings and ministers of the Chu Kingdom!"