?In early September, Yuwen Wen, the governor of Bazhou of Zhou, led his troops to invade the south, attacked Xisaishan, the important base of Nan'an River Defense, and succeeded. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and naval warships were all injured and killed. Not only that, Yuwen Wen also issued a manifesto to denounce Chen Shujian, the governor of Jiangzhou of Chen, the governor of Jiangzhou of Chen.

The manifesto claimed that Chen Shujian sent assassins to Xiyang to assassinate, so the Zhou army went south again. In other words, Yuwen Wen originally wanted to quit the army, but was angry by Chen Shujian's despicable means. He could no longer bear it and sent troops to teach this ambitionist a lesson.

The short-term loss of Xisai Mountain is unbelievable, and the content of the manifesto is even more shocking. The full text of the manifesto is well known for some reason, and knowledgeable people are shocked by its content.

It is not the destructive thing about Chen Shujian buying murder for what he said. The focus is on the strange writing style of the manifesto, the semi-proper sentences, and the words that cannot be said. Anyway, the manifesto produced by Yuwen Wen, the governor of Bazhou, does not look like the "traditional style".

Everyone was wondering if the one-legged bronze man had a problem with his brain, or if he had drunk too much wine, it would be fine if he could not read. At least he could find a rural scholar with a good literary talent to moisten his face. Such an inexplicable manifesto dared to come out, and there was no other use except to make him laugh.

Let's not talk about this joke, the situation in Yingzhou in Chen State is not good, and the farmland was originally damaged by the Zhou army and this year it was not harvested. Now that Xisai Mountain is falling, it will be quickly recovered, but the hostility of the Zhou army in Jiangbei is already obvious.

The Zhou army ignored its own autumn harvest and instead wanted to send troops. The key point was that the Chen army could no longer resist the Zhou army. Except for Xiakou, Wuchang, a city with heavy troops in Xisaishan, which was in charge of Xisaishan, could not resist the attack of the Zhou army. You should know that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and many naval warships stationed there.

There is water, and even the six troops guarding Xisai Mountain cannot be defended, so let alone other camps along the river. The recent fall of Weiyuankoushu shows that people's worries are reasonable.

The beacon towers, whistle and forts along the river are all difficult to protect themselves. The official army is so frightened that it is scary that if it wants to defend these places, it is useless to have fewer troops, and it is impossible to afford it if it is too much. If it is no water transport, the additional consumption of 6 routes of grain transport is quite considerable.

The Yangtze River has always been the most favorable defense line for the Southern Dynasty to resist the Northern Dynasty. With the Yangtze River's natural barriers, the officials of the Southern Dynasty were restless. However, now the Zhou army in Jiangbei was the main guest, and then the benefits of boats raided the Chen army in Jiangnan everywhere. If this continues, the situation will become more deteriorating.

Only when the navy restores its strength can the root cause be cured. Suppressing the Zhou army on the north shore is the best way. As for the governor of Jiangzhou, how Chen Shujian, the King of Changsha, responds to the manifesto, cannot be known.

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Wuchang, Fanhu.

Dozens of wooden boats of various sizes are moored in a large water village. These brand new wooden boats were only completed recently, and there are many unfinished wooden boats in the shore shipyard.

Some wooden boats were almost finished but the masts were not raised, and some were just putting on racks. Many boatmen were busy around these wooden boats. The autumn sun shone on them without feeling too hot.

In a corner of the shipyard, a young apprentice was sawing wood with his master. When he saw that there was no one beside him, he expressed his doubts: "Master, don't the wood for this shipbuilding have to be used after it is dried? Why did he use it for the shipbuilding as soon as it was cut down?"

"Looking at it, Shangguan can do it, what are you worried about?" The master whispered. His apprentice is good at everything, but he is just silence. Some things must be broken and asked to the end. In fact, this is true, but sometimes he should remain silent.

"But the ship made like this is not long..." The apprentice muttered. It was common sense that the ship made directly from fresh wood was not long. He really didn't understand why no one reminded me of so many masters in the yard.

"You, you have to learn a lot..." The master didn't blame anything. After all, the apprentice was right. The fresh wood cut down was not actually "dead", and even if it was sawed into wooden boards or strips, it was still "alive".

Fresh wood must be dried until it is really dead before it can be built. Otherwise, if it is used to build a ship with "live" wood, it will be scrapped if it lasts for more than half a year.

For those wooden boards that have not yet dried to a certain extent, the wooden strips will grow even if they are soaked in water, but the growth degree of each wooden board and the wooden strips will be different. The consequence is that the originally straight hull begins to become crooked, and then gaps begin to appear between the originally sealed hull boards.

If there is a problem above the waterline, the ship can barely be used, but the parts below the waterline will inevitably have deformation and gaps, and the seriousness will be even greater.

These problems will gradually worsen. At the beginning, it is still possible to make do with minor repairs, but after half a year, the seams must be repaired frequently. In the future, it cannot be repaired and repaired, so I can only remove them as firewood.

A large ship uses a lot of materials. If you use fresh wood to fool an artificial ship, the owner will have to carry a knife to settle the accounts within one year. Qualified shipmakers should avoid using fresh wood to make ships. Of course, it would be a different story for their enemies.

Seeing his apprentice's aggrieved look, the master sighed. When he saw that there was no one beside him, he told the whole story in detail: The government army can't wait.

"The Zhou army has been showing off its might in the river all day long, attacking the west side, and then running to the east to attack the beacon towers. The official army is anxious to ask the ship to rebuild the navy." After saying that, the master sighed, "If you have the idea of ​​the superior, don't worry."

The despicable apprentice still couldn't figure it out. He felt that the navy warship was going to be used for life. If it leaked after a few months, what if those military masters came to chop the boatman unreasonably?

Besides, if you use this kind of warship that is prone to leaking into the river, the wind and waves may be more severe, and it may sink before you can catch the enemy ship. Then the people who blame the enemy will be unlucky.

"You, you have little knowledge, so you think so." The master was not impatient. These days, the master had carefully selected his disciples. He had to teach the master after he was appointed as his master. His disciple regarded his master as his father, and his master also had to treat his disciple as his son, so he had to teach him patiently.

"The scale of the naval army on the North Bank of Zhou is not as large as that of the Guan army. Do you know what they suddenly came to do with so many warships?"

"Is it because I also use fresh wood to make a boat?" the apprentice asked.

"By the way! The government army has already found out clearly. This seems to be what Zhou Guo did." The master nodded. The apprentice was not stupid. His head had turned around. "War, you can win first. What is new wood dry wood? If you can win, it is a good ship!"

"Look, Zhou State has prepared some wood to dry, and it's OK from March and April to now. Then make warships and replace those that are not good. Isn't that going to end?"

"Then...will it not work to use a kiln to dry the wood?" The apprentice thought of another way.

The man said that he could not hear the specific day. Anyway, it was in the past few days, and he was certainly going to the water route, because his brother was collecting ships.

"Since that's the case, you and I went to Wuchang to meet the general and informed everyone in person about what we knew."

"Oh, I'm making excuses to sneak out of the boat. I told people that I'm going to fish. What if he gets suspicious if he gets too late?" The man complained, "General, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. It's right to be careful immediately."

"You go back first, I will make arrangements."

The man wanted to say something when he heard this, but he sighed and put on a straw hat and followed the soldiers out in a concealed manner. After he left, he turned in from behind and came to the general and said, "This person is a person from Tianjiazhai, named Tian Liuluo, who makes a living by fishing in Fanhu like other tribesmen."

"Do you think it's possible for someone to do something that Zhou Jun responds to?"

"It's very likely." The man replied, "The Zhou army abducted the people from the Yingzhou area, but they were all counties and nearby villages. These remote villages scattered in the mountains and lakes survived. It's not surprising that some people colluded with the Zhou army as guides."

"Yes, if it weren't for these traitors leading the way, how could the Zhou army do whatever they want in Yingzhou?" The general cursed fiercely. He had carefully observed Tian Liuluo's words and deeds, but there was no suspicion. The most important thing was the last question.

He asked the man to go to Wuchang with him, and the other party was also the behavior that a whistleblower should have: he was in a hurry to go back and avoid being seen. This kind of guilty behavior is normal, so he judged that at least half of what the other party said was true, and it was absolutely right to pay attention to the alert no matter how he was.
Chapter completed!