?On the Yangtze River, Chen and Zhou's offensive and defensive battles against Wuzhou lasted for several days, and each time it ended with the defeat of the Chen army. After devouring thousands of Chen soldiers, the seemingly ordinary Wuzhou garrison was still firmly controlled by the Zhou army.

The head coach of Chen Jun and King Chen Shujian of Changsha were very dissatisfied with the situation of the battle. This time, he was named the head coach and actually commanded the battle. Deputy Commander Fan Yi was responsible, but the progress of the war was slow. Although Chen Shujian was not good at water warfare, he still understood the truth: his morale was easily damaged under the city.

The attack on the Five Continents for several days has now affected morale. The first tough battle between the Chen army from Jiankang, downstream, was that the five continents had such a result that Uncle Chen could not sit still.

When the army goes out, people eat horses and eat horses every day and consume a lot of money, but the most important thing is morale. When traveling thousands of miles, there is a worry that "the power cannot penetrate Lu silk at the end of the crossbow." Now, for the sake of Jiangzhongzhou, morale is really unpaid.

It is not a solution to spend this. The longer the time is delayed, the more unfavorable it will be for Chen State. The Zhou army will have more time to strengthen the city defense of Xiakou, which has been captured. By the time Chen army will suffer greater casualties in the attack. Under Chen Shujian's supervision, the generals adjusted their strategies.

Chen Jun no longer had trouble with Wuzhou, but took the lead in land to take Yanji, which Zhou Jun abandoned. Yanji is located more than 20 miles east of Wuchang. It is the only way to attack Wuchang. With Yanji in hand, Chen Jun's main force advanced steadily to the west and finally came to the city of Wuchang.

Specifically, it was several miles east of Wuchang City. Because the Zhou army had dug several gullies outside the city to connect the lake water southeast of Wuchang to turn into ditches. Chen army and Zhou army confronted each other at the east and west ends of these ditches. Another Chen army marched from Yangxin westward and then marched northward to the southern suburbs of Wuchang, but was still paused in front of the gullies several miles outside the city.

The two Chen army was in Wuchang City, so the situation on the river was clear at a glance. With Yanji in hand, Chen army could also observe the situation in Bakou, Jiangbei, and confirm that there was no Zhou Dynasty naval force on the Yangtze River waterway below Wuchang. After that, the Chen naval army headed north to force the enemy to fight to the decisive battle.

"What would happen if we directly attack Xiyang City, Jiangbei?" Chen Shujian asked. After passing Wuzhou and Bakou on the north bank, it was Xiyang, the Bazhou Prefecture of Zhou State, and Wuchang City, Yingzhou, Zhou State, on the south bank. He was a little unwilling to think about the Zhou army crossing the river and raging the country.

The Xiyang, Bazhou Prefecture, is the nest of Yuwen Liang, the second son of Yuwen Liang, the southeast road of the Zhou State. Chen Shujian felt that although "this guy" killed his mortal enemy, King Shixing, Chen Shuling, it was still extremely hateful. If he could, he would definitely rescue him. Maybe it would have miraculous effects.

"Is the king going to attack and rescue him? But although Xiyang City is adjacent to the river, the river bank is not easy to stop. If the army wants to land, it must be berthed in Bakou. Not to mention that Bakou is a distance from Xiyang City, it is not easy to deal with just Nabahe City." Deputy Commander Fan Yi said a lot more sleekly, and flattered Chen Shujian and soft and strong, rejected the other party's idea.

His younger brother Fan Meng was the deputy commander who assisted King Shixing Chen Shuling in attacking Jiangling last year. One of the culprits was Yuwen Wen, the general of Zhou who burned Jiangjinshi. Although the story of "decisive battle at the top of Xiyang" has been spread to Jiankang, he has heard of it, but he will never think that "one-legged bronze man Yuwen Wen" is an idiot.

The other party turned Wuzhou into a hedgehog, so Bahe City at the mouth of Bahe City is not much worse. If you attack the north bank without controlling the river, it is easy to get furious. Therefore, "attacking him must be rescued" is a bad idea. Of course, this kind of thing must be smooth to avoid making Uncle Chen unable to come to Taiwan.

"Since that's the case, what if the Zhou army kept avoiding the war?" Chen Shujian asked again. He was most concerned about how to solve the main force of the Zhou naval army. Fan Yi replied that as long as he approached Wuchang, the Zhou army would definitely come out to fight to the decisive battle. Otherwise, he would either be blocked in Fankou or fled back to Xiakou by the time he was attacked by the navy of Bazhou and his side in the upper reaches, and there would be no chance of winning at all.

"Don't worry, the Wuchang River is the place of decisive battle!"

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To the south of the Five Continents, the Chen State naval warships sailed north on the river. When the vanguard approached Wuzhou, the beacon fires lit up in the camp. Then the beacon tower on the north bank of the river began to send messages to the north.

Deputy Commander of Chen Jun Fan Yi looked at the beacon smoke on the ship. Wuchang, which was upstream of the five continents, was only more than twenty miles away from the waters of Xiyang. The other party's beacon smoke could only be warned and could not help at most.

The waters on the west side of the Five Continents in front are the main channel of the Yangtze River, so Chen's warships go up the river from this. The river is about two miles wide. In order to avoid the Five Continents on the northeastern shore, the fleet has to move forward on the southwest shore. From Wuchang, the downstream coast of the Yangtze River is under the control of Chen's army, so the fleet is not afraid that someone on the southwest shore will threaten itself with cannon vehicles and powerful crossbows.

When the fleet passed by the Five Continents, Fan Yi looked at the wasteland on the northeastern continent, and saw the remains of Chen Jun soldiers lying in the weeds. Many damaged warships leaned against the shore of the southern end of the continent, most of which were burned beyond recognition.

He looked at the ground left by the Chen army who had attacked the Wuzhou garrison for several days and smiled bitterly. The Zhou army made great efforts to strengthen defense in the Wuzhou garrison, and it was indeed a smelly and hard stone that made his side clench his teeth.

"General, the vanguard warship sent a signal, there were no enemy warships on the upstream Wuchang and Xiyang River!!"

All the generals were stunned when they heard this. The Zhou army's warships were neither in the Five Continents nor in Bakou in Xiyang nor in Fankou in Wuchang. Although the vanguard warship had just turned over the Yangtze River and could not see too far, if warships gathered on the Fankou River, there would be a clue.

"They should be in Zhengrongzhou." Fan Meng said. As a veteran general who has been in the army for decades, he knows the sandbanks on the Yangtze River waterway. There are five continents downstream of Wuchang and Xiyang, and there are Zhengrongzhou upstream, which are places where a war is possible.

"Zhengrongzhou...they will be in trouble!" The generals knew Zhengrongzhou and the allusions of Zhengrongzhou, so they even sneered at the Zhou army.

Zhengrongzhou is located in the northwest of Xiyang and north of Wuchang, a sandbank formed by silt in the Yangtze River. The most famous water battle in its waters was the Zhengrongzhou Battle in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty.

In the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, the powerful minister Huan Xuan deposed the Emperor of Jin and proclaimed himself Emperor Chu. Liu Yu, the general of the Northern Palace, Liu Yi raised an army to rebel against Huan and drove him out of Jiankang. The royal army chased Huan Chu army along the river and killed Huan Chu army. First, he defeated the opponent in Sangluozhou in Jiangzhou. Then he fought again in Zhengrongzhou in northwest of Xiyang and the Huan Chu naval army.

In this battle, Huan Chu's army was several times more numerous than that of the royal army, and Huan Xuan personally commanded it. However, Liu Daogui, the general of the royal army, took the lead in rushing to the battlefield, and then Liu Yi, He Wuji and other generals also took advantage of the southeast wind to set fire to the fire to defeat the Huan Chu naval army.

Huan Xuan took a small boat to the current and fled back to Jiangling in a mess. Huan Chu suffered heavy damage in this battle and collapsed soon after, and Huan Xuan was also in a different place. Now Chen and Zhou are also fighting in Zhengrongzhou. Chen army is going up the river downstream and attacks the southeast wind again.

God's will wants to make Zhou Jun doom. This is God's will!

"General, the vanguard warship sent a banner, and the Zhou army warship is in Zhengrongzhou!!"

"Transfer the order, the entire army adjusts its formation on the Yanji River to prepare for the battle!!"

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The magnificent continents. The dense Zhou army warships covered the river. A large ship with a flag erected by a commander-in-chief last year. Zhou Fashang, the governor of Hengzhou, was holding a thousand-mile mirror and looking at the increasingly obvious Chen army fleet in the east.

"It's so exciting." Bazhou governor Yuwen Wen said from the side, and he also looked east with a thousand-mile mirror.

"Envoy Yuwen. Look at the number... Chen's warships... probably some of them have not arrived." Zhou Fashang directly expressed his judgment. In order to avoid Yuwen Wen, the "outsider" of water warships, he also explained that the river surface was wide, but the two armies had limited space to line up and accommodate, so the Chen army could not send all the warships there, otherwise it would be easy to get unexpected.

The main thing is to keep the reserve team. Chen's army has sufficient warships, so it's nothing to keep the reserve team if they win the battle. If the front army loses, the reserve team can still stand up and turn the defeat into victory.

"In other words, the King of Changsha, Chen Shujian, might be in the back, not among the group of warships in front? What a pity..." Yuwen Wen started to tease again, of course, what he teased was the envoy Zhou next to him.

As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Fashang held Qianlijing's hand tightened for a moment, then relaxed and said "Maybe". Chen Shujian mentioned by Yuwen Wen was his enemy and the culprit of the major changes in the Zhou family.

Zhou Fashang's father Zhou Jing was the chief governor of Jiangbei Road in Chen State, which is the six prefectures in Jiangbei. Now the General Administration of Zhou State Huangzhou was under the jurisdiction of seven prefectures. Six years ago, he died in the position of governor of Dingzhou (now the south of Zhou State), one of the six prefectures in Jiangbei (now the south of Zhou State), and his eldest son Zhou Fashang succeeded him as governor, and his second son Zhou Fashang inherited his troops and took on the main rank of the Zhou family.

Zhou Fashang was once the army of the Central Army of King Chen Shuling, who was the King of Shixing. After his father passed away, he led the Zhou family to make repeated military achievements. The original future was bright, but he was involved in the open and secret struggle between the King of Changsha and King of Shixing.

It is true that he once served in a military position under Chen Shuling's tent, but it does not mean that he is the other party's person. However, King Chen Shujian of Changsha won over Zhou Fa and still thinks that he is Chen Shuling's best friend, so he slandered Zhou Fashang in front of the Emperor of Chen to rebel.

Emperor Chen sent troops to capture Zhou Fashang and then wanted to capture Zhou Fashang. Zhou Fashang, who was determined to serve the country, had no choice but to defend himself. He gritted his teeth and took his tribe members, his tribe, his stepmother and third brother Zhou Faming, to join Zhou State three years ago.

After suffering unjustly for no reason, his future was destroyed and his elder brother was killed in prison. Zhou Fashang and Changsha King Chen Shujian were already incompatible.

"Envoy Zhou, this battle is of great importance, please." Yuwen Wen put away his thoughts and said solemnly. This time, he was determined to make a military order in front of his father. He strongly recommended Zhou Fashang to be the chief commander of the navy. If he messed up, he could go barefoot and apologize for the "Take a Thorn" with his shirtlessness.

"What is Yuwen Jun saying? This is what Zhou should do." Zhou Fashang also replied solemnly. He was a little confused about Yuwen Erlang, who was a few years younger than his younger brother. Because he really couldn't understand why the other party wanted to praise him.

After Zhou Fashang led his troops to the Zhou State, Yuwen Yun, the then Emperor Tianyuan of Zhou State, was very happy to be awarded the title of Kaifu and appointed him as the governor of Shunzhou under the Anzhou General Administration. As a result, he was involved in the matter of Yuwen Liang, the general manager of Anzhou, who rose up to rebel against Yang more than a year later.

As a rebel general of the Southern Dynasties, he had no foundation in the Northern Dynasties and did not want to get involved. When the war was about to begin, no one came to win him over and Yuwen Liang did not suspect him. Zhou Fashang followed the crowd and was fortunately he did not stand in the wrong team, but he could not be valued until his younger brother met the Yuwen Erlang in front of him.

Last May, Zhou Fashang was transferred to the governor of Hengzhou. He knew that he was guarded and used by the Anzhou General Manager because he might be attracted by Yang Jian but he could not defect to Chen State. However, now the second son of Anzhou General Manager has been resistant to the opposition and let him serve as the commander of the naval army to command the main force of the Zhou State naval army to fight against Chen State.

The main force of the Zhou navy was composed of the Xiangyang navy as the backbone. There was originally a system that was not his turn as an outsider to make trouble, but Yuwen Wen's determination was amazing. Not only did he convince Yu Wen Liang, but he also convinced the Xiangzhou general manager Du Shijun and directly supported him.

The Battle of Parrot Island outside Xiakou City was fully commanded by Zhou Fashang. Xiangzhou General Manager Du Shijun was a "military supervisor" on the same ship at that time, but did not intervene in command at all, but was responsible for suppressing the formation to prevent any naval general from not obeying the orders.

With this kind of trust, Zhou Fashang, who was originally good at water warfare, was naturally like a fish in water and the two strange warships in the shape of warships finally defeated the Chen State Navy at Parrot Island in one fell swoop. Now he is going to lead the navy and Chen State Army to fight again in a decisive battle.

This time, Yuwen Wen served as the supervisor to press the formation. Zhou Fashang was worried that this person would be in a difficult position in advance, but depending on the situation, the other party really let him play.

Du Shijun, the general manager of Xiangzhou, is now in Xiakou. Yuwen Wen boarded the ship and survived the navy formation. The morale of Zhou soldiers has increased greatly. None of the navy generals dared to blow up the thorns. The other party has made it extremely trusted himself to do this.

Zhou Fashang was a little distracted when he thought about this. He and Yuwen Wen had no interaction, but his younger brother had a few times by chance. The friendship he had formed on New Year's Eve was not that far.

‘Is it because of Zhou Faming?’ Zhou Fashang thought of this and denied it again. According to his intuition, he felt that the other party had "favorite" him, but it is unknown why the other party was so confident in him.

Just as he was muttering in his heart, he heard the general reminding the enemy that the enemy had lined up in formations outside the river outside Yanji to advance along the wind. Zhou Fashang shook his spirit and looked at it with a thousand-mile mirror for a while before ordering the entire army to prepare for battle.

The Zhou army warships had already lined up and were waiting for the commander to give the command. Seeing the Chen army warships in the downstream, the sound of drums sounded like raindrops and ignited the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

"Envoy Yuwen, please give an order." Zhou Fashang said. Although the other party had given him full authority to command, he was considered a military supervisor after all, so he still had to leave to show respect.
Chapter completed!