The drizzle quickly turned into a torrential rain. Yunmengze, which was more than 400 miles long from east to west and more than 200 miles wide from north to south, became a lake overnight. The Chu army set out from the upper bend of the "S" shape of the Yangtze River and the journey to Jingling was no more than 230 miles. However, as soon as they entered Yunmeng, most of the road signs made earlier were missing. Jingling, which could have been reached overnight, was not seen in the morning. If the Chu army had not had a magnetic compass, it would have been impossible to tell the difference between the east, west, south and north at this time.

The rain stopped in the morning, and then it fell again. Xiong Jing, who was on the wing warship, looked sad. He lost his way and thought it would only happen on the sea. Unexpectedly, Yunmengze, which had a length of only a few hundred miles wide, would be lost.

"Don't worry, the king, I have ordered the boats to explore everywhere." Zhuang Wudi's sad face became even worse. The army lost its way. This is the responsibility of the Sima of his army.

"Report to the king," a big wing came in a hurry, "our army has passed!"

"Are you passing?" The warship was standing on the warship. He was very accurate in navigation on the grassland, so this time he followed the army. Xiong Jing suddenly looked back and there was nothing behind him, only a vast white water and a vast boat team.

"Our army has passed the latitude of Jingling." Only Xiong Jing can understand Wu Jieheng's words. Jingling's latitude has been recorded. Now, the latitude of the latitude of the boat team can be measured by using sunstone and sextant meter, and the error can be obtained by obtaining about several kilometers.

"How long has passed?" Xiong Jing asked quickly. It seems that the only way to determine the direction is latitude.

"It has passed twelve corner seconds, fifty-three miles." No one dared to believe the number Wu Jie said, and it actually crossed Jingling fifty-three miles.

"Impossible." Yang Wei, the commander of the Dongcheng Division, shook his head repeatedly. "The deviation is as many as fifty-three miles, my soldiers..."

"Where is our army?" Xiong Jing ignored him and looked at Zhuang Wudi.

"When it's..." The map village near Jingling was familiar with the land. While sweating, he finally remembered a possibility, and the only possibility. "Our army should be on Yangshui, above Jinglingze."

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yunmeng Ze was very large, and in the Warring States Period, it shrank into three pieces due to manual cultivation: one was the Han River, the old Ying, a place that was south of the Jingling Canal, and the Yangtze River; the other was north of the Han River, and the other was the Anlu; the last was the old Ying, the Jingling Canal and the Jingling Ze north of the canal, and the first was the largest of the three.

The only explanation for crossing Jingling is that the warship can only reach Jinglingze north of the canal, otherwise the waterway will not be able to cross Jingling. The land that originally existed between the two canals is likely to be flooded due to heavy rain, so that the entire army can reach north of the canal.

"Jingling is in the southeast." The direction is the most important, with mileage falling second, and the sextant meter already has a few miles of error.

"Empty order, turn to the southeast!" Yang Wei did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly turned the warship.

"Empty order, turn to the southeast!" The rain stopped for a while, and I could see things within a few miles. When the flag was waving, hundreds of warships turned to the southeast one after another.

*

The earliest city in Jingling was Yun. This Yun was the result of the demise of Yun Kingdom in Anlu and moved its offices. To be precise, Yuncheng or Yunxiang. During the Battle of Wu and Chu, Yuncheng was defeated. Yun people who were worried about fighting again moved northwest to Yunxian in later generations. Yunxian in later generations was the Jade State in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the King of Chu Wu, Qu Xia led his troops to be defeated by Pusau, Sui, Zhou, Liao, and Yun. The Yun Kingdom was defeated, and some Yun troops followed the Jade Army to retreat to the Jade State, so there were Yunxian and Yunguan in later generations.

When the Yun people left Jingling, the old Ying-Jingling Canal, built during the reign of King Zhuang of Chu, had been carved for more than a hundred years. As the key to the north and south, east and west waterways, the city was prosperous and prosperous. After Baiqi defeated Ying, Yan, Ying, Jingling, Zheng, Lu..., important cities on the front line of the Han River moved the Chu people in the city and moved to the pardoned Qin sinners.

More than 40 years have passed, and the humble sinners who used to become the people of prosperous cities and towns. The rich Jianghan Plain is also at an important trade node. As long as the sinners who occupied the land and houses of Chu people were not too lazy, their past food and shabbyness had long disappeared, and their food and clothing were gradually paid attention to. Only one Qin Opera could not be changed and would not be changed. In Nanjun full of Chuyin, a standard Guanzhong Qin Opera, which is a symbol of the identity of the old Qianshou.

On a rainy morning, the gate of Jingling City was opened when it was time to open the door. However, most people left the city in the morning, few people entered the city. This was no wonder. It was raining rain that started yesterday at noon. It was too late for the business travelers on the road to hide from the rain. How could they rush in the rain? At least until noon, there would be business travelers entering the city to stay and eat.

County Magistrate Lu Xi got up very early. At the age of 33, he became the county magistrate of Jingling County. This seemed to others that others were incredible, especially his name was mentioned by Prime Minister Xiong Qi, saying that this person was young and promising and could be of great use. However, the prime minister must be from the state department, and the powerful generals must be from the soldiers, so he had to practice more in the local area. Soon, he became the magistrate of Jingling County.

Life has changed so many times. Even after eight years, Lu Xi still sighed when he remembered all this. In addition to thinking about Sima Peng Zong, the Chu army who saved him from time to time, he also remembered a few words to convince his opponent, Sihou Ji. The conversation between the two was very simple at that time, with only a few sentences:

"When the coffin enters the tomb, can we throw grass and horses on the coffin?" Hou Ji asked.

"What does it mean?" Lu Xi was surprised at the time. It was not that he didn't hear it clearly, but that he was surprised.

"Sure?" Hou Ji asked again, looking straight at him with his eyes.

"Yes." When his father's coffin entered the tomb, Lu Xi personally threw grass and horses on his coffin.

"You are not a Chu person, nor are you a Qin person. You are a descendant of Lu Hunrong. You are the custom of throwing grass and horses in your coffin and burying them with your horses." Hou Ji said.

Lu Xi, who had no family affairs, originally thought he was a Qin man, but later he realized that he was a Chu man. Knowing that his master's wife, Hou Ji, had a few words subverted his imagination of being a Chu man. He was not a Qin man or a Chu man, but a Rong man.

It is difficult to see historical books and bamboo slips in Qin. Lu Xi later learned that Lu Hun Rong had originally built the Luhun Kingdom. About two hundred years ago, Lu Hun was destroyed by Jin. The king of Lu Hun rushed to Chu with his remaining soldiers. King Ping of Chu placed him in the old Yun Kingdom, and the old Yun Kingdom was called Anlu.

Lu Xi stood under the eaves and watched the raindrops outside the eaves in a daze. Before it was time to go to the yamen, the servant holding an umbrella behind him stood quietly behind him. When he heard the sound of the gong in the county yamen, he quickly walked into the yamen through the back door. At this time, the county magistrate, county magistrate, various officials, and all the officials arrived.

"I would like to inform Shangguan that the county government has reported to me the day before yesterday that the county soldiers are about to arrive at Jingling today." After the county magistrate Jia bowed the court, he talked about today's major events: the county soldiers who went south along the Han River must pass through Jingling, which was notified a few days ago.

"Are you enough food and fodder?" Lu Xi was not in a good mood when he spoke. As soon as he received the news of the county soldiers going south, he spread it. He had been waiting for the Chu army, hoping that the Chu army would arrive at Jingling before the county soldiers. Unexpectedly, the county soldiers arrived, but the Chu army still had not arrived.

"The grain and fodder have been prepared for a long time." Ku Cao said. "The county soldiers only stayed for a day and didn't consume much food and fodder."

"The county magistrate had an order yesterday, saying that Jingling was the throat of the southern county. When the county soldiers came, they must carefully check the order talismans. Those who do not have order talismans are not allowed to enter the city." Lu Xi, who was thinking a lot in the past few days, made up a decree of the county magistrate's order. The officials of each county really thought that the county magistrate issued an order, and he did not doubt that he was there for the time being.

Soon the things he was worried about came. As noon approached, the county officials reported that the county soldiers had arrived at the east gate, but because the order talisman was still behind, they could not enter the city. At this time, the sound of drums suddenly sounded loudly on the top of the city, and the county magistrate rushed down the city wall and rushed to sue the Jing people for attack.

Old Ying - Jingling Canal converges with the Han River on the south side of Jingling, and Jingling is also west of the Han River. Although the warships can reach the south gate of Jingling, after leaving Jinglingze, the Chu cavalry abandoned the boat and landed on the shore and headed straight for Jingling more than 20 miles away. Xiang Chao had returned to Xiang's division, and Gui Jing led the first cavalry division and the heavy cavalry to the northern Chu army. Now the one who rushed to Jingling City was Qi Jizun's third cavalry division.

Thousands of cavalry rushed over, and the Chu banner was waving in the wind in the drizzle. The Qin soldiers on the top of the city were immediately scared and the sound of warning drums resounded throughout the city. As soon as the county magistrate's mansion, the county magistrate Jia rushed in, shouted: "Please enter the city by the soldiers of the county magistrate."

"The county soldiers' orders are not seen, so they should not enter the city!" The official and Cao said anxiously.

"The county soldiers are my Qin soldiers, how can there be fake?" Wei Cao Jia was furious. He had seen the five hundred lords who led the troops, so it was impossible for him to have fake ones.

"It's not even possible for Qin soldiers." The official Cao Dao. "Why did the two armies come so cleverly? There must be a deception. Please ask Shangguan to quickly start the suspension bridge."

When the city beats the drum and calls for Jing people to attack, the soldiers will close the door like crazy. They forget to touch the mud on the copper nails, and more than a thousand county soldiers are left outside the city gate. Now the officials and officials suggest lifting the suspension bridge, and those county soldiers will be driven out of the moat.

The county magistrate Jia could no longer bear it. He pointed at the official and scolded: "This is the marquis of Jing people. Come on! Take him quickly..."

"Rareless!" Lu Xi shouted. "The soldiers who came did not see the order fu, and the Jing people arrived again. How could they enter the city?"

"This is the marquis of the Jing people, why are the Shangguan..." County Magistrate Jia pointed at Lu Xi with his finger.

"For the sake of a safe plan, we should raise a suspension bridge." Lu Xi looked at him and looked at the other ministers, "If the county government punishes the crime, the only one in this government will be punished."

When the officials of each Cao heard that Lu Xi wanted to take responsibility alone, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The county magistrate wanted to say anything again, but saw that the official Cao and the county magistrate's eyes were intertwined. He was alert in his heart, but he didn't say it clearly, so he hurriedly said goodbye to arrange defense. After all, Jingling was a strong city, and he didn't believe that thousands of Chu troops could be eliminated. When the Chu army retreated, he would have to write a letter to the county magistrate to report the crime of the official Cao and the county magistrate's punishment of colluding with the enemy.

The suspension bridge outside the city gate slowly lifted up, and the county soldiers outside the moat broke and cursed. Cursing was useless, and a greater crisis followed - a thousand Chu cavalry bypassed Jingling City and suddenly appeared south of them. More than a thousand people were just the vanguard of the county soldiers, and the army was still two miles away. They could not enter the city and had no time to join the army behind. The county soldiers could only line up in a panic.
Chapter completed!