Chapter 38 Immortality
After the Chu army attacked Yuanwu Mountain and detoured to the left bank of Mianshui, the warnings of the Grand Sima Mansion were basically ignored by Chengtong, Sima Shang, Zuo Kai and others. Although there were many spies in the enemy's department, they could detect whether the enemy was behind the enemy's army. If there was a layer of separation, it would be different for the army to repel cavalry. Repel cavalry could violently break into the Qin army's guard area and detect the enemy's situation.
Whether it is a warship, artillery, or a large army, as long as the additional cavalry and warships are sent to maintain a certain range of alert. Compared with the enemy situation, Cheng Tong and others are concerned about the Lingguan Gorge waterway. They will clear the blockage one day earlier, and they will kill to Sanguan Pass one day earlier. When they arrive at Sanguan Pass, the Qin people will know what tricks they have at first sight, so why bother to be cautious after another?
On the Tianchi Daze, the main general who gathered to discuss the matter and ignored the news sent by the Grand Sima Mansion. He said a few words and ended the military discussion, leaving only Zuo Kai and Qu Qin.
"Tomorrow, I will ask the Yue army to go up the water and investigate the virtual and realities of the Qin people." Luo Kai was Da Ao, and Cheng Tong spoke very politely to him. The general of Kuaiji, Qu Qin, is also a Yue person, who is used to land warfare and is good at water warfare.
"Where is the responsibility, I dare not slackew." The real leader was Qu Qin. The Yue army, who was good at water war, was in the forum for reconnaissance in front of him. The Chu army, who could fight in the water, was in the middle, the Zhao army, who did not understand water war, and the Wei army who rushed to join in the fun and share the credit. Cheng Tong's arrangement was in a proper manner.
"The newspaper said that the Qin people already had warships, but I don't know whether it is true or false." Cheng Tong looked at his general Pang Nuan and talked about the news that knew the officials. "If the Qin people also had warships, they were in the upper reaches, and I was in the lower reaches..."
If the two arks are the same, the downstream may be at an advantage only in terms of the battle between the platoons. The downstream warships must be close to the battleships upstream and stop the undercurrent; if you want to separate and go downstream, you can just make a hook and sickle when the Chu people were fighting with the Wu people. The hook and sickle were similar to the crow hang of the Romans, which could hold the Wu army's warships and force the enemy to carry out the battle between the platoons to the end.
Impact warfare is different. It is difficult for downstream warships to hit the upstream warships, but upstream warships can easily hit the downstream warships. If the Qin people really built three-oard wings and arranged the three-oard wings on the Mianshui River, the Chu army would suffer a loss when fighting between the two sides.
"Don't worry, General." Qu Qin smiled, not caring about it. "The Qin people are not used to water warfare. If there are really warships, the sturdy hands are also people with short toes. The new big wing has three oars, instead of the old big wing one oar, even people with toes are difficult to paddle."
"You mean..." Cheng Tong is not very proficient in water wars.
"The old style only has one oar, and you can row at will. The new style has three oars. If you are not careful in war, the stern hand will interfere with the ties; the speed is twice as fast as it will be difficult for the stern hand to turn. Even if the Qin people really have three oars, their newly formed troops will not be the enemy of our army." Qu Qin said in detail the difference between the two sides. He had seen the Qin people's boat troops before. In the past, the Qin army's boat troops might have been qualified, but when he heard that the Qin people were training 200,000 to 300,000 abandoned soldiers into paddlers, he suddenly felt that this was a mess.
"Shan." The Chu army's boat troops are almost all on the sea now, so Cheng Tong could only listen to the Yue people. He said good things, and then asked the left and right to send Zuo Kai and Qu Qin out.
"What do you think?" Pang Nuan was not in a state of water, so he didn't speak.
"The Qin people are vulgar and their warships are sophisticated. How can we build our warships?" Cangwu Brigade was also equipped with warships. Pang Nuan looked at the three oars and wings carefully, and went down to the bottom warehouse to see the keel and ribs. His first reaction was that the Qin people would definitely not be able to build the Chu-style warships.
"The Qin people hired craftsmen from the west, so they could build them." It was a passage. "If the Qin people attacked me with warships, they would be able to go down the river."
"If the Qin people attacked me with warships, the officials of the storm must be unfamiliar with them. Half of the warships were destroyed on both sides of the Mian River." Pang Nuan smiled, looking as if she was in a good mood. "And this year the Mian River is shallow and the canyon will linger, and more than half of them will be."
"It's true." Cheng Tong was stunned at first, then nodded repeatedly.
Mian River started at Dasan Pass, and passed the ancient Daoyi, which is now blocking the sinking boat and encountered the first canyon. The reason why the Chu army could not attack could only detour from Yuanwu Mountain was that in addition to the cliff walls on both sides of the shore, the waterway was also twisted and twisted. Many of the canyon waterways were bent in the shape of the "Ji", and some were even more urgent than "Ji". After a ninety-degree turn, it turned 180 degrees, and the bow of the boat turned into the stern of the boat, and then the forward section was another ninety degrees, or one hundred and eighty degrees.
It was nearly October, and the Mian River was shallow. For some reason, the water level this year was shallower than last year. The speed was controlled downstream from the downstream, but it still stranded and stranded from time to time; the upstream went straight downstream, and once the course was not well controlled, the turning angle was not enough or too much, the warship would definitely hit the cliff. Even if the turn was correct, it might not be able to avoid the ubiquitous shallows and reefs.
Of course, a few experienced boatmen can be at ease. More than a dozen or dozens of warships may be able to go down the Mian River, but if you want to say more than 100,000 or hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, you will really have half of the warships sank into the canyon along the Mian River.
The more reasonable inference from the Chengtong Shogunate was that the two generals of the army had a water battle in the Wei River under Chencang City. Not only water battles, but also land battles. Once Dasan Pass was lifted, the Qin people could only rely on Chen Cang. After defending Chen Cang, they would defend Guanzhong. Chen Cang was north of the Wei River, and the Chu army had to cross the Wei River to attack Chen Cang.
If the water war occurs here, the Qin army's warship can attack the Chu army's boats from three directions: upstream of the Wei River, downstream of the Wei River, and the Wei River. The Chu army's warships need to cross the Qinling Mountains, and the Qin army's warships are directly built on the banks of the Wei River, so the Qin army can easily form a numerical advantage. The Grand Sima Mansion is unwilling to engage in a water war with the Qin army with three oars and large wings, because the exchange ratio of the water war is too low. Compared with the water war, the Grand Sima Mansion prefers a land war where the Qin army has a little breakthrough and the entire army is defeated.
In September 11, the last military convention before the war between Chen Cangdao was over. The divisions and brigades were ready to go. The Kuaiji Yue army led by Qu Qin took the lead to investigate the enemy situation. They set out from the Tianchi Daze and marched to the area south of Lingguan Gorge for one night. On the second day, when the canyon was barely cleared, they crossed the left bank of the Mianshui occupied by the Chu army and headed to the Qin people. If the waterway near the Huodaoyi was not blocked, they would continue to draw up and advance to the bottom of Sanguan Pass.
Lingguan Gorge is the first canyon in Mianshui, which means there is no canyon at the foot of the Qinling Mountains. According to common sense, it is difficult to form a blockage in places without canyons, because there is no canyon that the Chu army cannot stop the Chu army from clearing the silt. With the terrain of the Chencang Road, once the Chu army boats clear the blockage of the waterway and the warships continue to advance, the Qin army on the shore will become isolated and helpless points.
The next day, after the Yue army of Kuaiji crossed Lingguan Gorge, they advanced to the Gudaoyi waterway and were blocked by the Qin people, but this was no longer a big problem. The city was either a canyon with two or three hundred meters of walls, but it was just pulled out. Gudaoyi, located on the flat left bank of the Mianshui River, either the two armies were engaged in a field battle, and the Chu army detoured to the side of the Qin army through warships, or the Qin army defended Gudaoyi and attacked the city brigade forward. No matter how the Qin army chose, it could not stop the Chu army's advance.
"Where is the king?" After the news that the Chu army's boat troops appeared in the ancient Daoyi reached Yongcheng, Wei Liao rushed into the gate and rushed to the main hall.
"King, the king is not in the bedroom." The king's mat in the Mingtang was empty, and the tables were still full of bamboo slips. Several Shangshu were startled by Wei Liao who suddenly rushed in.
"Where is the Great King?" Wei Liao stomped his feet hard, and the people in the temple in the Mingtang discovered that he had not escaped.
"Great King, Big King..." Shangshu couldn't tell where the king was. His hesitation made Wei Liao stamp his feet again. After leaving the bed, Wei Liao rushed to Zhuquan Palace without stopping.
The war between Qin and Chu is imminent, and the survival of Qin is uncertain. After the migration to the west, the king is increasingly caring for Fusu. For a while, the call for the eldest prince Fusu to be the crown prince was heard. The king is not in the main hall of the Luquan Palace, so it is in the Zhuquan Palace of the East Palace. Unfortunately, when Wei Liao arrived at Zhuquan Palace, Zhao Zheng and Fusu were neither in the Zhuquan Palace. If it was not in the eldest prince's uterus, it might be in the palace of the favorite concubine Wei Meiren. However, when Wei Liao rushed into the Wei Meiren Palace, Zhao Zheng was still not found.
"No gifts. I am just..." Zhao Zhengren was in the bedroom, but not in the palace of Wei Meiren and Yue Meiren, but in the palace of former queen Mi Lu. "I am just passing by here."
Zhao Zheng was a little unnatural when he spoke. He was indeed passing by and didn't come here on purpose.
"I thanked the king." Mi Lu was thin and his eyes were dead. Only when he saw Fusu, there was some light.
"No need to thank me, it's Fusu..." Fusu is a witness to the love between the two, and this witness is ten years old this year. "Zhao Gao!"
Zhao Zheng suddenly frowned when he said this. As soon as he entered the Western Chapter, he felt a lot of coldness. It was still cold when he stood in the big room.
"The villain is here." Zhao Gaoxiao looked pleased with his eyebrows, and he jumped out quickly after being cut off.
"Why is there no charcoal?!" Zhao Zheng's voice suddenly became low. "Immediately investigate, those who violate the law will be killed without mercy!"
Zhao Gao jumped out, then jumped out to investigate thoroughly, and soon there was a voice of scolding outside. Mi Rui was not happy to listen to the scolding outside. She advised quietly: "I heard that it was urgent during the war. It is common for the lack of charcoal fire in the palace. Why punish the temple servants and servants? I am not cold to live here."
"Are you still resenting me?" Zhao Zheng waved his sleeves, Fusu was led out, and he sat on the cold seat and continued to speak.
"I don't dare." Mi Rui lowered his head and said lightly. When she looked up again, she asked, "I don't know what the king is doing here?"
"What's the matter?" Zhao Zheng felt Mi Lu's resistance to him and felt a little unhappy, but when she asked what to do, the unhappiness disappeared again. He didn't want to hide it, and said directly: "If I make Fusu the prince..."
His words shocked Mi Lu, and he was silent for a moment. Mi Lu's words also shocked him: "Will the Chu army attack and Qin will perish?"
Chapter completed!