In May, Jiangnan is in the rainy season. The drizzle covers everything and everything becomes wet. For this reason, the Grand Sima Mansion prepared hats, straw raincoats, footwear, leather boots for every soldier. There were also awnings installed on the warships and heavy cars, but the rain still soaked everything.

People may just feel uncomfortable, change their footwear once or even twice a day - the feet are the most important part of infantry, and other places may be able to fight. Once the feet are damaged, they will become a burden for the entire army. In the work of the Armament Department, the feet are the focus of protection, which is as important as the head. The price of a pair of leather boots is more than a complete set of armor. Fortunately, most of the money is paid by the Yingdu Mansion.

People can still accept it, but horses cannot bear it. Horses living in dry grasslands are the most difficult to bear the humid and hot environment. Whether it is war horses or horse-drawn horses, they fall down one by one, and even if horse medicine thinks that horse plague will break out, the divisions are evacuated and quarantined in panic, and they are not hurriedly transported back to the front line before the attack.

"See the king!"

"I've seen the king! I've seen the king..."

On the way, Xiong Jing's face was covered with rain and mist. He had just returned by patrol patrol, and his clothes were wet. "The rain was too heavy." When he entered the shogunate, he took the towel handed over by his servant. At this time, the rain was even heavier, and the raindrops hit the outside of the military tent and made a loud bang.

"The rain is heavy and the water is deep, and the water is deep and the boat is easy to sail, which is beneficial to me." Jun Sima Zhuang smiled without earth, not worried but happy. "And what we see in the rain is not far away, the Qin people's detective cavalry cannot see me, and the Feixun cannot convey the message."

The rain keeps going, even if the Yue people are extremely disgusted with it, but this is a good thing in Zhuang Wudi's mouth.

"What are the Qin people? Is there a latest news?" Xiong Jing asked after sitting down, and the rain also hindered the transmission of the Chu army's messages.

"No." Nao Xin was responsible for the military information gathering. "The Qin people all left to Gongxian, and the county magistrate Tengqi is still recruiting soldiers."

In the first month of the year, Mi Shan, the governor of Nanjun County, was transferred away, and Teng Qi, who had made contributions to destroy Han, was appointed as the governor of Xinjun County. As soon as he took office, he purged the administration of officials and severely punished illegal laws, and even promulgated the way of being an official. As long as the administration of officials and the country was rectified, it meant that the common people would suffer again. Teng Qi took office, obviously to promote Qin's government in the old Ying level. The veil of extra-law mercy in the past must be removed. Xiong Jing was naturally glad that he could soon rescue the Chu people in the old Ying.

"Did Luo Kaisou lead the boat to the river?" he asked again.

"When it comes." Nao Xin still did not receive the news. After E Junle judged, he replied. "Based on the schedule, Luo Kaisou led the boat army to enter the river at this time, and it will take several days to go up the river."

The Honggou and Nanji water system were blocked by the Qin army. While the Chu army was cleared, the Zhou army of Yuejun Luo Kai went north along the coast, and went against the water from the mouth of the Yellow River to the exit of the Honggou. The Qin army could block the waters of Honggou South Ji waters, but they could not block the Yellow River.

"In this way, our army can attack?" Xiong Jing said. In addition to Ying's division, there are more than a dozen divisions and brigades, including the E division, Xiling division, Dongting County division, Cangwu division, Pengli division, and Wuyang division. Xiong Jing did not gather generals, but the generals of these divisions and brigades were mostly gathered in the shogunate. As a large county in the south of the Yangtze River, E County has three divisions in scale, which is more than one county in Dongting County.

"I think I can attack." E Jun said happily. "From the East Sea to Honggou, it takes 1,600 miles to arrive in eight days. Our army attacked Jingling, and the news reached Xianyang. Xianyang ordered the Qin army to return to the rescue. The boat army had reached the west of Honggou."

"Our army stayed in Daliang for a long time, and the Qin people became more suspicious." Zhaoshu followed the army to attack Ying this time, and the Mi clans came out in full swing, fearing that they would lose the old Ying division. Dongting County had many Zhao clans, so he did not advance westward from the Huai River.

"When will the sky be clear?" Xiong Jing looked at the army's Sima Zhuang without land.

"Report to the king, it's raining these days." Zhuang Wudidao. The barometer is really simple. Judging from experience, it will rain for several days.

"What about horses?" Xiong Jing asked the horses again. Although the Chu army relied on warships, fighting horses were indispensable.

"Every horses are ready." The Chu army's horses, which were in a false alarm, were transported back to various divisions and brigades, and many horses died. Fortunately, there were already 20% more horses when the plan was planned, so there was no shortage of horses at all.

"Beat the drum." Xiong Jing no longer asked questions. The agreed time with the Chu army in Tongbai Mountain was coming soon. Since we couldn't wait until the sky was clear, we would just attack in the rain. Perhaps it was as Zhuang Wudi said, the attack in the rain was even more secret.

After the army's orders came down, Zhuang Wudi shook the drums. When the drummer heard the sound, he immediately beat the drums in the tent to summon the generals to enter the tent. The sound of the drums of the "dongdongdongdongdongdongdong" came from the shogunate, and the rain curtain stopped. The soldiers of various divisions and brigades couldn't help but look at the tent of the central army. In the annoying rainy season, they were already anxious to wait for the order to attack.

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In the heavy rain, the Chu army's shogunate beating drums and gathered generals, and Jingzhou where the Nanjun County Magistrate's Office was also immersed in the continuous rain. Mi Shan left office and Tengqi took over, and the first person to rectify the county magistrate's office was the county magistrate's office. Mi Shan liked to serve flowers and plants, and the flowers and plants were everywhere in the palace. As soon as Tengqi took office, he removed all the flowers and plants in the palace. However, the flowers and plants were like this, but unexpectedly the officials in the county magistrate's office were kept.

Nanjun is a border county, and it was the former place of Ying in the Chu State. Tengqi was only loyal to the King of Qin, but all counties outside the inner and outer history were under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office, that is, the right prime minister Xiong Qi. The major clans in Chu might be related to the Prime Minister in Xianyang. Although the county has accumulated a long time of malpractice, he still has to follow the law and clean up these malpractices, so that those in Xianyang cannot catch the handle.

"Last year, the salt tax was only 4,000 yuan. If it was reduced this year, I could only apologize for death." The county magistrate's official Mingtang was the county's inner secretary Chen. His predecessor, Fu, had already punished Chengdan, and this year was the third year. If large-scale salt and iron smuggling could not be effectively curbed, his fate would be either Chengdan or ghost money. Instead of doing so, it would be better to die.

"The tax on salt and iron is the weight of the young mansion." Teng Qi sat upright on the seat. "However, the accumulated problems in Nanjun are very profound and cannot be eliminated for a while. I went to Nanjun under the order of the king and wanted to clean up the accumulated diseases and eliminate private salt. However..."

Teng Qi was tall on the seat, but none of his words were real. He neither said when he would start to clean up the accumulated problems, nor when he could eliminate private salt. Chen, the county official, was quite disappointed. He thought that the new county magistrate would do something after Mi Shan left, but he did not expect that the new county magistrate was also worried and did not dare to clean up the accumulated problems.

He sighed repeatedly and said goodbye with disappointment. After he left, Tengqi also sighed deeply.

The county internal historian represented the king. He had to see Tengqi, but he could not say something directly. The smuggling of salt and iron appeared to be a smuggling problem, but in fact it was a diplomatic problem. Whenever he asked for robbery, he was hiding in the Chu territory. They dared to cross the border, and the Chu soldiers on the opposite side would kill them all. When they were rampant, the Chu soldiers even broke into the Qin territory and burned the pavilion chief's pavilion.

Do the county magistrate dare to take revenge? Don’t dare, the county magistrate can only ask the county magistrate. Do the county magistrate dare to take revenge? Don’t dare, the county magistrate can only ask the Xianyang National Force. Do Xianyang dare to take revenge? This is no longer a question of whether to revenge or not, it is a strategic choice. Since you are determined to destroy Zhao State first, then the Qin Dynasty cannot fall into another war with Chu State because of smuggling.

After Tengqi took office, the situation of the war changed. The Zhao army was defeated, and the Qin army would fight with the Three Kingdoms coalition forces to the decisive battle in Gongyi, north of the river. However, the Xianyang Guowei Mansion still did not grant him full authority, allowing him to clear out private traffickers, but not allowing him to fight with the soldiers of the Chu army county. Everything depends on the result of the battle of Gongyi. If the Qin army wins, he can also run rampant for a while and run to the Chu territory to kill people. Maybe he can even eliminate Tang and follow the two counties;

If the Qin army was defeated, he could only try to eliminate the salt and iron private business in the county, but this also involved the Mi family in the county, including the right prime minister Xiong Qi and the queen Mi Qian. He had to be instructed by the inner historian and even the king to disperse the last force in the county and implement the Qin law without mercy.

"Report to the county magistrate, the county magistrate asked for a visit." Tengqi thought, the servant entered the hall to report.

"How about the Jing people?" Tengqi asked as soon as he saw Zuo Ju.

"The people of Jing all went to Daliang and followed, and the two counties of Tang were empty." Zuo Ju replied.

"Is the news accurate?" Tengqi asked again. He was afraid that Zuo Ju had obtained information from reading the news of Da Chu.

"That's true." Zuo Ju said. "These days, the news of the Great Chu Dynasty said that they follow the army. The Tang army went to Daliang to save Zhao."

"What about this?" Tengqi felt a thrill in his heart. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate really got the news from the Great Chu news.

"Apart from this?" Zuo Ju didn't understand why. "It's the same. Dou Yuzhi led his army to the east of the mountain and went to Daliang. Following, there were only old and weak troops left in the two counties of Tang. If he could take advantage of the situation and attack at this time, the two counties would undoubtedly be defeated."

The county magistrate and the county magistrate have different systems. The county magistrate is a civil servant who is in charge of civil affairs. The county magistrate is a military officer who is in charge of the military in the county and resists foreign enemies. Tengqi didn't like Zuo Ju when he saw Zuo Ju, but he couldn't transfer him away, so he could only try his best to use it.

"If you don't have the king's order, follow it, the two counties of Tang cannot be attacked and eliminated." Teng Qi said. "This move is only to clear out the salt and iron private dealers in the county and sit in the business. Even if you enter Jingdi, you can only behead the city but not the city."

"Why?" Zuo Ju was very upset. "The Jing people came to Liang in a large scale, and our army could take advantage of the situation."

"The only order of the King of Xianyang is." Tengqi asked back. "You and I will attack the county and town of Bajing. Who is the crime in Xianyang?"

"If we can take this opportunity to eliminate the two counties of the Tang Dynasty and drive the Jing people to the east of the mountain, why would the king be punished?" Zuo Ju was puzzled. "If we had not attacked Jing, why would we ask our generals to summon soldiers and enter the Anlu line?"

"Invasion is just an entry, and we have to attack Tang Sui." Tengqi said that he had to wait for the outcome of the Battle of Gongyi. This was a tacit understanding between him and the king. He did not want to be entangled with Zuo Ju in attacking Sui Tang, but asked: "How many soldiers are recruiting?"

"There are more than 30,000, and there will be 50,000 within five days, but it will rain for days and the army will arrive in Anlu in fifteen days." Zuo Ju replied. Xianyang allowed the Nan County to recruit five lieutenants to clear out the private dealers of salt and iron. This is an unprecedented event, so why not attack the counties and towns in Chu.

‘Boom, boom, boom…’ After Zuo Ju answered, a series of thunder exploded in the sky, and the rain became heavier and heavier, and finally poured down.
Chapter completed!