Chapter 1823 Qionghe Navy
The river flows eastward, and the mountains are beautiful and colorful, covered by clouds and mist, and the beauty of the scenery is amazing.
A light boat flowed down the river, and the water surface was very calm. Under the sun, the waves were sparkling. Chu Huan stood at the head of the boat, looking at the mountains on the shore, feeling the beauty of the face.
The momentum of the mountains inside the pass is obviously different from that outside the pass. It is majestic and steep outside the pass. However, the mountain scenery in your eyes is extremely beautiful, and beside Chu Huan is Ximen Yi in brocade clothes.
Ximen Yi usually looks very sloppy, but when he put on a new outfit and wears a hat, he really has a bit of a simple and elegant scholarly spirit. At this time, he stood beside Chu Huan and pointed to the distance and said, "That side is the world's famous Fairy Peak, beautiful and graceful. Walking in Qionghe, if you don't watch the Fairy Peak, you will be in vain."
Chu Huan knew that Ximen Yi had traveled all over the world and knew the famous places and historical sites in the world. He nodded slightly when he heard this and said, "As the gentleman said, it is indeed beautiful." He glanced at Ma Zheng next to him and said, "Ma Zheng, you have to take a good look. There are not many opportunities like this."
Ma Zheng looked up and shook his head, "Boss Li, I feel it's so easy and I can't see any clues."
Chu Huan laughed, but at this moment he thought that although the Qiong River is called a river, the river surface is wide and not narrower than many rivers. The riversides on both sides are high and low. If there is no wharf, it will be difficult to dock.
Qionghe Wharf is controlled by the Jinling Army. If the Wharf has heavy troops to defend, it will be difficult to land. Moreover, the Jinling Army has a naval army. If it cannot defeat the Jinling Navy, it will be even more unimaginable to capture the Jinling Cang.
The boat was walking on the river, but now it was walking between Wu Gorge.
Chu Huan did not delay in Tongzhou because of the attack of King Qi. For him, King Qi could not have any threat. After ordering the King of Qi to be placed under house arrest, he handed over Tongzhou to Pei Ji for treatment, and he followed Ximen Yi to Weiling Mansion, Jinling Mansion.
Ximen Yi's trip represents the Northwest Army to Weiling Prefecture to form an alliance with Xu Chang, while Chu Huan and his group were disguised as followers. In addition to Chu Huan, Ma Zheng also followed him. In addition, there were five carefully selected warriors.
Bai Xiaozi has been in Shuoquan and was arranged by Chu Huan to protect his family. Qiu Ruxue is contacting the heroes of the world everywhere and secretly formed a shadow legion for Chu Huan, responsible for collecting intelligence for the Northwest Army.
Originally, these subordinates from the world were most suitable when they were away, but now that people don’t get along, Ma Zheng is barely competent and is with him.
Chu Huan is famous, and now leaving Tongzhou, he naturally cannot easily reveal his identity. He just follows him as the captain of the guards beside Ximen Yi, and his pseudonym is Li Yin, which makes everyone call him "Boss Li" on weekdays.
The light boat went east, not one day. On the third day, it was approaching Qionghe Wharf, and everyone became more careful. When they walked along the way, there were very few boats. Chu Huan knew that this was because Qionghe was blocked and it was difficult for boats to pass.
Jinling is located in the middle of the Great Qin Empire, with beautiful mountains and beautiful streams, and beautiful mountains and rivers, forming a unique style of Jinling.
The climate of Jinling is the most suitable for living, and Weiling Mansion has always been the most prosperous city on Jinling Road. Therefore, many dignitaries will reserve property and wealth in Jinling. The officials who retired have the most places to stay, either stay in the capital to spend their old age, or move to Jinling and live in Weiling Mansion with beautiful mountains and rivers.
"If you go shore from Qionghe Wharf and pass through Jinling Cang, you can go directly to Weiling Mansion, which will only take three days at most." Ximen Yi said: "Weiling Mansion is on the bank of Huijiang River, but this time they will definitely not let us get shore. If nothing unexpected happens, we have to go down the Qionghe River and take another three days to circle into Huijiang River. It will take three or four days, and the land route is half faster than the water route."
"Jinling Cang is tightly defended, even ordinary people cannot enter, let alone us." Chu Huan nodded slightly: "But you can see the Jinling Navy after passing Qionghe Wharf. I want to see how this navy is."
Chu Huan was not expecting it. After half a day of travel, under the sun, he could vaguely see a black shadow appearing in front of him. When he moved closer, he saw the masts like forests, like countless spears standing towering on the sky, and countless ships were covered with the river in front, and a formidable momentum came to his face.
"Boss, a boat is here!" Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.
Chu Huan had already seen a fast ship coming up against the current and coming towards him. The ship was not very big, but Chu Huan clearly saw that a giant crossbow was set up on the bow of the ship.
Ximen Yi raised his hand and ordered the sailors on the boat to stop the boat. After the light boat stopped, the ship opposite had quickly approached. Although the warship was not huge, it was much smaller than the giant Huang family warship that Chu Huan saw in Anyi, but it was much larger than the light boat he was riding on, so he could only look up.
Chu Huan used a color, and Ma Zheng and others had already pressed their hands on the sword, stepped forward to protect Ximen Yi in the middle, but also made the other party understand that the leader on this light boat was Ximen Yi.
"Where did the ship come from?" Before getting close, someone shouted in a deep voice on the big ship: "Don't move, throw down your weapons!" In the voice, Chu Huan had already seen several soldiers appearing on the bow of the ship. One of them held a big knife in his hand and placed the other on the side of the bow of the ship, and shouted loudly from a high point.
Chu Huan had already bowed and said aloud: "Brothers, don't get me wrong. We are the envoys sent by the King of Chu. We are going to Weiling Mansion to meet the King of King Ren!"
"Oh?" the man frowned and said, "Are you the Northwest Army?"
Chu Huan thought in her heart that when the other party heard the "King of Chu", she knew that this was a member of the Northwest Army. It seemed that the matter of becoming king spread very quickly, and even a Jinling navy army knew about it.
"No," Chu Huan said loudly: "We are sent by the King of Chu to discuss matters with the king. I would like to ask all brothers to make a way."
At this time, the big ship had already come up, and someone had already thrown down the iron anchor from the side of the ship. Three or four iron anchors hooked the light boat. The man had already said, "Don't move, put down the weapons first, don't talk too much."
Ma Zheng and others were still hesitating, but they saw five or six archers appearing on the side of the ship, bent their bows and arrows, aiming at the Qingzhou. Seeing this, Ximen Yi raised his hand and signaled everyone to put down the weapons. Ma Zheng and others saw Chu Huan put the sword on the deck first, and then they dropped the weapons. The Jinling soldiers at the bow of the ship were very satisfied with this. They put down a rope ladder. The man led five or six Jinling soldiers to the ship and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is at the bow of the ship!"
The boat and several sailors also reached the bow. Chu Huan bowed and smiled, "What do you call this brother? This is our Lord Ximen, and I am Li Yin, the captain of the guard."
Seeing Chu Huan with a happy look, the man said, "My name is Zhang Jian, I am a hundred and navy households!" He walked over, lifted the tent in the cabin, looked inside, saw a few boxes inside, and turned around and asked, "What is in the box?"
Chu Huan said: "In addition to the supplies and food needed on the way, the others are gifts that the King of Chu ordered us to give to King Ren."
"Oh?" Zhang Jian sneered: "Come on, open the box."
"Let's go." Ximen Yi said in a deep voice: "Zhang Baihu, it's easy for you to open the box, but it's full of gifts for King Ren, and we dare not open it easily. If we see King Ren, he knows that you have opened the box in advance. I wonder if King Ren will blame him at that time?"
Zhang Jian was stunned and hesitated.
Chu Huan waved and said softly: "Zhang Baihu, can you speak with one step?"
Zhang Jian frowned first, then walked to the corridor on the side of the ship. Chu Huan then walked over and said softly: "Zhang Baihu, the box is indeed a gift for King Ren, and I can also tell you that the King of Chu sent us to form a brotherly alliance with King Ren. Once the matter is successful, your and my army will be a brotherly army. Our Lord Ximen has a strange temper. If you really anger him, then a few words in front of King Ren, your brother may not be able to take it."
Zhang Jian sneered: "Are you threatening me?"
"Of course it's not a threat, but to tell the truth." Chu Huan laughed: "If it were me, everyone would be kind and be kind, Zhang Baihu would respect Lord Ximen. At that time, Lord Ximen is in a good mood. If you say a few words to you, King Ren may not be able to reward Brother Zhang."
Zhang Jian pondered slightly, without saying a word, and returned to the bow of the boat and bowed to Ximen Yi, "Mr. Ximen, please forgive me. General Tu has an order. Without his permission, a boat cannot pass here. You are waiting here. I will report to General Tu first. If General Tu is released, we can let you leave."
He led his men back to the big ship from the rope ladder, but the iron anchor did not take it back. Zhang Jian leaned his head down and shouted: "Mr. Ximen, you are wronged and you are waiting for it, don't leave for the time being."
Not long after, Chu Huan saw a very small light boat dropping off the big boat. Two Jinling soldiers jumped off the boat and rowed the small boat towards Qionghe Wharf, while the big boat remained motionless.
Chu Huan then asked Ximen Yi to go back to the cabin first to wait. The two of them played a game of chess in the cabin. After half a day, they saw the horse lifting the curtain outside and saying to the inside: "Sir, they are here!"
Ximen Yi took the lead and Chu Huan followed behind, but saw Zhang Jian standing at the bow of the boat. Seeing Ximen Yi coming out, Zhang Jian's attitude was different from before. He was obviously much more respectful and bowed: "Master Ximen, General Tu has an order. I ordered you to escort you to Weiling Mansion to meet the king. The land route is blocked, so I can only let you go through the water route."
Ximen Yi said: "As far as I know, you have to walk the water for several days longer, why should you go far and wide? Are you still worried that we will peek into any secrets?"
Chapter completed!