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Chapter 16 The Sword

Even if the Chu State boat troops camped at night, they could not be confused at all. With the light command, hundreds of warships would be docked in an orderly manner. With a clamor, the warships would anchor in the gap.

There was no anchor in this era, and there was no anchor chain. The boat master of Wei State used Shiding, which was tied to a large stone on the rope, and the weight of the big stone itself kept the ship stable. Because it had no ground grabbing function, the ratio of the weight of Shiding to the load-load of the ship was about 1:500 according to experience, that is, a large winged warship of forty tons. The weight of Shiding exceeded 300 Weijin. It was extremely difficult to throw things of 300 Weijin off the ship. The ditch flowed against the current, and some warships actually collided together when they settled.

Some of the boat troops of Wei State were camping, while others continued to row forward at night to Daliang to report the news. Since it was in the territory of Wei State, the Hong Kong River had no reason to stop it, although he knew that the Wei people would inform the Qin people of their own situation.

"The Jing people have arrived in Doucheng?" Yun He had not yet disarmed his armor and was still discussing the formation of the battle with his generals tomorrow. At this time, the Wei people came to report the news.

"That's right." The person who came was just a small boatman. "The Chu people had thirty-four new ships, which looked like pig's noses, and were stronger than ordinary large-winged warships."

"Spig nose?" A group of Qin generals, including Yun He, laughed. The ship was shaped like a pig nose, which was so weird.

"That's right." The boatman himself laughed. "Everyone said this was a pig-nosed boat, and the people of Chu were very unhappy."

"What kind of weirdness is there?" Several people laughed, and Yun He asked again. "Who is the general of the boat master?"

"I saw no other strange things." The ship official replied, and he stopped as he said the next sentence.

Yun He knew what he meant, so he took Qin Banliang in his arms and let the servants throw it to him. The boat officer came to report the news overnight, but when he saw that the Qin people only rewarded Qin Banliang, he felt unhappy. He thanked him and said, "The general of Chu's boat army, Hong. The villain took his leave."

It was indeed a red tumbling, Yun He muttered. After being insulted by Yang Wenjun in the afternoon, Yun He is still worried. Thirty-nine years ago, Chu sent 150,000 troops to capture 15 cities on the riverside, and the two fought in Dongting County. At that time, he was just a ship official. Qin did not pay attention to the boat troops, and only disrupted the captured warships and reorganized them, and arranged some boat people in Qin. He was young and made his mark in this battle and eventually became the general of the boat troops of Qin. Hong Yuan was also very young at that time...

"General," the subordinates saw Yun He was a little distracted, and waited for a while before shouting softly.

"Yeah." Yun He, who came to his senses, nodded. "As expected, Jing Ren sent a new style of wings to fight."

Although the State of Chu expelled guests, after decades of operation and less than a lot of investment, some information could still be transmitted to the Xianyang Guowei Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion. Unfortunately, the spies did not understand the boats and oars, and the information they sent was just "the Jing people's new warship beating drums on the Huai River, and its speed was as fast as flying." This kind of information was actually worthless. No one could tell how fast it was as fast as flying.

As for the characteristics of the three pulp, those who do not understand the warship can't tell how many pulp it is. They only know that the warship has so many paddles that are densely packed with boats, but who knows how many pulp it is. The killer weapon hits the corner, which is the pig nose, Xiong Jing designed it underwater, and there is no trace of it on the water surface. Unless the river water is clear and very close, no one would have thought of such a thing that will kill people if they hit it once. In the eyes of Yun He and others, there is nothing new about the new style of Chu warship. Moreover, he also has a killer weapon this time.

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"Is that Xiang Zicheng?" In the early morning, standing on the royal city of Chen Ying, Xiong Jing pointed to Xiang Zicheng east of Chen Ying.

"It's Xiangzicheng." County Duke Chen Jian replied. "Xiangzicheng is thirty miles away, with a height of three feet and six feet, and there is also a small city in it."

There is about three miles apart between Xiangzicheng and Chen Ying, which is not a long distance. As usual, there are some small cities near the big city as support, such as Chengyang, Yingdu, and Chen Ying. Look at Xiangzicheng and then look at Chen Ying's outer city. Xiong Jing has been thinking about how to defend the city. He hopes to apply the relatively mature city defense technology in later generations to this era. Unfortunately, he almost couldn't think of any good idea.

A ridge is impossible. Without firearms, there will be no ridge. It is also impossible for horse faces. Now the city of Chu has a urn city, a thousand jin gate, a suspension bridge and a protection city. However, there is no horse face. However, the construction of horse faces in a short time is too large, and it is likely to become a stepping stone for the enemy to attack the city after half of the construction; and...

If there is anything else, there is really nothing. The Mo family and Lu Ban had already invented many siege and defending the city. Xiong Jing could do it so that he would arrange the catapult he arrived later in the city.

The king suddenly fell ill in Chen Ying and did not go to Daliang after he recovered. The soldiers and armor brought from Yingdu, guarding the city, ship after ship, especially the catapults entering the city. No matter how stupid the person is, he knows that something is wrong.

"I dare to ask the king, is it the Wei people who want to attack me again?" The fellow villagers behind him had a fluttering glance, and Chen Jian had to ask this question.

Everyone's eyes fell on Xiong Jing. They did not dare to look at his face, and their eyes stopped on his black robes. Xiong Jing smiled and said, "It's not that the Wei people want to attack me, but that the Qin and Wei countries are attacking me together."

"Ah!" Unconsciously, including Chen Jian, everyone couldn't help but whisper, and their faces changed drastically. The city wall under the sun seemed to be covered by dark clouds, and it was dim.

"In the following days, the generals of Yingdu's soldiers and armor have been continuously transported into Chenying, and the city will officially start to be set up. This matter..." Xiong Jing looked at Chen Qin, the Sima of Chen County, who had once stationed in Chengyang and was almost broken by the Qin army. "This matter is left to General Chen to take charge."

"My name..." Chen Qin looked at Xiang Yan naturally. He thought that with Xiang Yan in the king, he would not have personally ordered him to defend the city.

"Don't you?" Xiong Jing didn't notice his gaze, thinking he had any concerns.

"I respectfully accept the order!" Chen Wei said. "Today it is convenient for equipment inside and outside the city."

"We must make plans for siege for half a year or even a year." Xiong Jing explained again.

According to the plan of the Grand Sima Mansion, there is no hope of repelling the attacks of Qin, Wei and Qi, and there is no hope of fighting against it. No matter how much Chu State collects, there is no army that can compete with the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Qi. Since the troops are absolutely weak, they should win by defense. That is, drag it until the enemy is exhausted and does not want to fight again.

Chengyang may be lost, but Xi County cannot be lost, Xincai cannot be lost, Chen Ying cannot be lost, Pengcheng cannot be lost, Xia Pi cannot be lost. It cannot be lost in field battles with the three countries' 700,000 troops, but only at these five nodes, the State of Chu still has enough troops.

Moreover, these five nodes are all on the edge of the river. As long as the building can build four or five hundred new wings, the war will enter a stalemate; if there are more large wing warships, the Chu army can cut off the enemy's food route along the waterway and attack important nodes behind it. This is no longer a land war, but a water war.

The plan was formulated like this, but there are too many uncertain factors. The most critical link is the river itself. In autumn and winter, the river water is exhausted, but it may freeze. Once it freezes, the water war turns into a land war. Fortunately, the Huaihe River has not had thick ice for a hundred years, but it is difficult to say whether these rivers north of the Huaihe River have frozen. The Chu State has no written hydrological records, and the weather changes greatly every year. Some are colder in the years, and warmer in the years.

Xiong Jing said that he wanted to make plans for one year, and Chen Jian and others were immediately relieved. In a year, it was said that the Song people were surrounded by nine months and then they changed their sons and ate them, and they cooked them after a year. Isn’t Chen Ying not going to have any bones left?

"Even Buying, Chen Ying has a maximum of 30,000 people, that is, each household is left with only two, and needs 720,000 stones of corn a year. Chen Ying does not have so much corn now, but corn will be transported by ship." Xiong Jing looked at Chen Jian and the so-called fellow villagers behind him, and finally said, "Bing Wang is with you to defend the city."

"King... Yingwu." Under Chen Jian's leadership, the villagers responded stutteringly.
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