Chapter 166
The Li River is well-known all over the world, with four wonders of "green mountains, beautiful waters, strange caves, and beautiful stones", as well as "green continents, dangerous beaches, deep pools, and waterfalls". There are many continents in the river, many beaches on the shore, rocks are curbed, waves are reverberated, lush trees are merged, and green bamboos are competing for beauty.
There are thousands of peaks and valleys on both sides, with varied shapes. The peaks are covered with fluffy shrubs, and they are often dotted with mountain flowers. From a distance, they look hazy, like the clothes of a girl. The shore and dike are full of phoenix-tail bamboos, swaying in the wind, graceful, like the skirt of a girl, charming eyes. The peaks are reflected in the water, a little hazy and clear, and a small boat ride through it, like a boat hiking on the mountain, making people feel relaxed and happy. Even the most genius master of painting can't imagine such a beautiful scenery.
A fishing boat was rowing into the river offshore. The fisherman threw the fish net into the water. The net was raised and the white scales were dazzling. The fisherman was very happy and said, "It's so much! The harvest is good today. You can exchange for two cups of wine. At night, you can have a red-tailed carp and put it in two mouthfuls, so you can sleep soundly."
"Old man, it's so early, you just want to go to bed and daydream." The fisherman's wife was very dissatisfied and said, "You know that you're almost drunk."
The fisherman was a little afraid and did not dare to argue with his wife anymore, so he quickly said: "This red-tailed carp is so big, weighing several pounds, enough for us to eat for a few days."
"You know how much you have to sell it for when you want to sell it." My wife scolded again, and suddenly her voice increased octaves, screaming in surprise, and said, "Wow, so much! Old man, look."
The fisherman didn't understand what his wife wanted him to see, and said casually: "I saw it, you don't ask if you don't know who beats this fish? How can the fish I beat are worse?"
My wife explained: "I'm not talking about fish, but boats. Look, there are many boats coming there. They are rowing towards us."
"Where?" The fisherman looked in the direction of his wife's finger and saw a forest of boats, with so many boats that looked like shrubs on the shore, and was sailing towards them. He asked in surprise: "Why are there so many boats? Where did they come from?"
His wife couldn't answer this question, and said, "How could I know? Old man, look at these boats, it's much bigger than our fishing boats. Our ten fishing boats are not as good as one of them."
"Why haven't I heard of such a big boat?" The fisherman patted his forehead in confusion and said, "There are words written on the sails, and the words seem to be from the Central Plains, not from the Lingnan people."
My wife asked, "How do you know it's from the Central Plains?"
The fisherman explained: "When I was building the canal, I went to the Central Plains to sell fish, why did you forget it? I have seen their characters. It must be the Central Plains people. What is the name of this character? Why do he recognize me, but I don't recognize him."
This is the character Qin. Before Qin Shihuang unified the characters, there were characters from various countries. The fisherman saw the characters from Chu, not the characters from Qin, so he certainly couldn't recognize them.
"Look at whether you dare to blow. It's too high before you drink." My wife mocked her.
The fisherman argued: "It's not a blow, it's true."
The two were fighting, and they saw that the boats were getting closer. A general on the boat was waving his flag at them. The fisherman understood what the general meant to ask them to dock quickly. Such a huge fleet passed by, if the fisherman did not dock and accidentally hit the warship, it would cause danger. The fisherman understood, ran to the bow of the boat, picked up the oars, and rowed desperately towards the shore.
When the fishing boat was docked, the fisherman felt relieved and stood at the bow of the boat to watch the fleet pass by. He saw fully armed soldiers standing on the boat, wearing helmets and weapons in his hands, emitting a cold light under the sunlight, catching eyes.
"It seems to be an army. It is the Central Plains army. Why did they get here? Where are they going?" the fisherman murmured.
The fleet passed by one after another, without seeing the head in front of them. The tail in the back was not seen until the sun set. The mountains and hills were not over. The night fell, and the fleet passing by was like a black dragon, rolling forward.
This was the Qin King's army in Lingnan. When he pacified Lingnan this time, Zhang Liang decided to march in three ways, and headed south from Lingqu to the waterway. This was the route, heading south from Lingnan Mountain Road and advanced from the sea.
The sound of cars is shaking, the horse's hooves are fast, and the footsteps are combined into a unique magnificent song!
On the Lingnan Mountain Road, the Qin army was advancing south. On both sides of the mountain road were infantry, chariots and cavalry in the middle. After passing the mountain road, they officially entered Lingnan. The war to pacify Baiyue was about to begin.
The mountain roads are different from those a few days ago. The difference is that countless ruts, hoof prints and footprints appear on the road surface. The army has not finished it for several days.
The sound of hooves sounded, and a team of knights appeared in front of the mountain. It was Zhang Liang, Zhou Chong, Neishing Shiteng and others who arrived. When they came closer, everyone stopped the reins of the horse, stopped, and looked at the mountain road and the soldiers who went south. Zhou Chong was filled with emotion and said, "Today, the soldiers went south from here to explore the land of Baiyue. In a hundred years, a thousand years, how will future generations evaluate our actions today? Should we scold us for being powerful and powerful, or do we praise our contributions to the great cause of unification?"
This is not a casual statement. Later generations praised and criticized Qin Shihuang's march into Lingnan. Some praised and some cursed, saying that Qin Shihuang was in a state of war. Zhou Chong became the promoter of this history, so he naturally had to care about the views of future generations.
"Of course it's a praise. Our ancestors in the Baiyue Land have settled in a long time ago and should have been unified long ago. But the nations have no chance to unify their wars. Now that the six countries have been destroyed, what else can they do if they don't calm down? "Nei Shiteng was very optimistic and said, "The people who scold us must be blind and don't understand the situation."
Zhang Liangdi's view was different, saying: "Which historical figure has not been praised or criticized? King Zhou conquered the Huaihe River Basin and managed the southeast, laying the foundation for our ancestors to advance into the south of the Yangtze River and then enter the Baiyue land, but because of his destruction, these contributions were erased. How future generations evaluate us is the business of future generations, and we can't control it, so let them talk. What we have to do now is to fight the battle to pacify Baiyue, so that when future generations talk about us, don't say that we made mistakes when pacifying Baiyue."
"Zifang speaks it reasonably, and he speaks it reasonably!" Zhou Chong agreed very much.
Zhang Liang clasped his fists and said, "Two, let's send it here. If you go forward, you'll be in Lingnan."
Zhou Chong and Nei Shiteng bowed their fists and said, "Take care for the ovary! Let's wait for your good news."
"Goodbye!" Zhang Liang rode his horse south and disappeared on the mountain road.
Chapter completed!