Spring and Autumn I Am King

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Although there were not many plantings affected by the war in Xilu last year, this year, when the persuading farmer Fan Xu led a group of old farmers to visit various places to promote knowledge such as composting, the growth of wheat was gratifying. By the end of April, the grass is dying, and the season of winter wheat is coming!

According to the custom, farmers from all over the world will offer the new wheat produced in the field to the lord to taste, which is called "taste wheat". Jin Jinggong died during the wheat tasting season.

In the pavilion by the Yuncheng Wharf, in front of Zhao Wuxi was a bowl of watery biscuits with braised pork toppings, as well as wheat rice, noodles and other foods. The guest who had returned from afar also had the exact same portion. .

Seeing that the man couldn't eat the chopsticks, he put down the bamboo chopsticks and said, "I heard that when Zishi was defeated by Chen's boat master on the big river, I thought you would not be able to eat this year's new wheat, and I was very sad. But we can see you again, it doesn’t matter if the ship is destroyed, as long as people are safe. But how they lost, you have to tell me in detail, so that the writer can record it on the record and take warning.”

The man on the opposite side was Liu Xiazhi, who caused a great storm on the river. He lost his high spirits and shook his head with a wry smile: "The defeated general, who didn't get shackled by Si Kou, is already very grateful, he should know it. As for why they were defeated by the Qi people, there is only one reason, they cannot be beaten.”

"I can't beat it?" Liu Xiazhi, whose eyes were always higher than the top, would say such a thing, was really unexpected.

"Of course, there are many Qi people's warships, including one big wing, two middle wing, five small wing, dozens of other boats and nearly a thousand sailors. But we only have one middle wing and two small wings. Except for the light boats, the rest are captured boats, not to mention that although these boats can still sail, their shape is not suitable for combat. It's like two men in commoner clothes with wooden sticks and ten men in leather armor and driving arms fighting each other, there is no reason to be defeated."

After losing this water battle, Robber Zhi felt aggrieved and aggrieved. There was no tradition of water warfare in the Jin state. Dr. Wen's fancy boats were fine for robbing merchants. Once they met Qi's boat division, they would be destroyed. The hardware conditions are like this. Even if he is good at commanding, the sailors try their best to save it, but it will not help, and it will not be able to hold on for less than two minutes.

In the end, the gecko's tail was used, at the cost of losing a small wing and leaving seven or eight light boats and merchant ships. Only let most of his subordinates escape.

"If you lose, you will lose. Qi Ren's boat division is the best among the princes. Only Chu and Wu can compare with them. They don't expect to completely cut off the shipping of the river. The bronze ship that was looted has already made up for the loss. ."

Zhao Wuxi was also helpless, and it seemed that he underestimated the combat effectiveness of Qi Guozhou's boat division. After all, Qi people lived by the sea, and Qihou liked to go to sea when he had nothing to do. I heard that there was even a marine boat division in the salt field in Donglai. The Linhe area also has water armed forces. This time, Chen's boat division alone can defeat the Robber Zhi... So they used force on the big river this time, and they felt like they had stabbed a hornet's nest.

Robber Zhi said, "Although the battle is lost, the looting continues."

"Oh? Didn't the Qi people control the river east of Jijin?"

"The river is wide and wide. It is nearly twenty miles at its widest point, and even if a hundred boats are deployed, it cannot be completely blocked. Besides, there are river forks, reeds and small moors everywhere, so smaller boats can hide in the dark and wait for an opportunity to move. It can have the effect of harassment.”

It seemed that Robber Zhi was only a minor defeat, and the losses he suffered were much smaller than expected. Wu Xie nodded and said, "That's fine. It's impossible for the Qi people to send people to **** every merchant ship, and it takes a lot of energy."

It's just that after the Chen family began to escort, the effect of hindering the waterway of the big river will be greatly reduced. It seems that if you want to compete with Qi Guo's boat division on the river and at sea, a strong naval division is indispensable, and Zhao Wuxi's general who is best at water warfare is Liu Xiazhi in front of him...

Liu Xiazhi saw what Zhao Wuxi was thinking, and he said, "If Si Kou wants to defeat the boat master of the Qi people on the river, there are only two ways."

"Let's hear it now?"

"One is to open up the Jishui, Pushui and the big river, and then the ships of the ministers in Ono Zeli can go directly to the big river. Although most of them are small boats, the ministers still have the confidence to compete with the Qi people!"

...

canal?

Zhao Wuxi pondered, the canal is not new. When King Zhuang of Chu asked Lingyin Sun Shuao to open the canal to communicate with Jianghan There is even a channel connecting the two countries.

After his influence spread to the whole of Xilu, Yuncheng became the center of administration and economy. This town is located between Pushui and Dayezawa. The distance between the east and west waters is no more than 30 miles. Yuncheng is just in the middle. Therefore, there are two wharves, east and west. Among them, the east wharf is the most prosperous. Unload here.

Therefore, someone suggested to him that it is better to dig a 30-mile-long ditch and canal and pass through the periphery of Yuncheng, so that ships can sail freely between the two water systems of Pushui and Jishui.

Just this 30-mile canal, Zhao Wuxi couldn't recruit laborers to open it immediately. This kind of large-scale project is time-consuming and labor-intensive. When the war of goods and colonialism is in full swing, and financial and material resources are temporarily difficult, it is better not to die. Now he can only let Ji Qiao, Fan Xu and others inspect the terrain and make a plan, which will be done later.

"I can't open the 30-mile canal right away, not to mention the hundreds of miles that lead to the big river? During the period, I have to pass through the Weiguo area, which is not acceptable."

"Then I can only use the second one. For shipbuilding in Wenxian and Jijin on the big river, as long as there is a fleet no less than the Qi people's Chen's boat division, I can make the Qi people unable to run boards on the river. !"

Zhao Wuxi asked people to remove the cold food, and invited Liu Xiazhi to step forward, looking at the busy dock and saying to him: "Building a ship not only costs money, but also copper, iron, wood, and viscose paint... "

When he received the 600 catties of bronze a few days ago, he instructed Jiqiao to order the officials to carefully check the quantity of materials in the five treasuries: there are only a handful of gold in the treasury, and copper coins are mainly daggers. There are more than 2,000 catties, most of which are low-quality pig iron. From January to now, the iron workshop in Taoqiu has produced an average of 60 catties a day, a full 5,000 catties! It is constantly being cast into farm implements. The rest of the rubber band library, animal horn library. Feather library, as well as grease, viscose, tanqing, cinnabar, raw lacquer library.

There is a shortage of these materials. If you want to support the expensive shipbuilding industry, I'm afraid you can't do it... Or else go to fool Dr. Wen Zhao Luo to bleed? I'm afraid it's not easy.

Good steel goes to the edge of a knife. Conditions restrict Zhao Wuxi from being able to invest too much in the boat division for the time being. It takes a year and a half for a big ship to build one. It is estimated that it will be two or three years later when Zhao's boat division becomes an army.

Seeing that Thief Zhi was a little discouraged, he encouraged him: "This time it's not a crime of war. Don't take it to heart. Zishi is a good idea. The shipbuilding craftsman from Wu State is about to arrive. They can help you get some water weapons out. I've watched your fleet, and I happen to have a few new ideas that could be used on new ships..."

As a person from later generations, Zhao Wuxi has never eaten pork and seen pigs running, such as sailing, bronze ramming, and building boats. The raven bridges of the Romans, the large crossbow arrows used by the ships... Just get a few of them out, and you can't let the monotonous rowing boats of the Qi people be invincible and unable to escape.

Liu Xiazhi sighed in his heart, although he was aggrieved by the loss this time, he could only admit it.

At this moment, a strong wind blew from the lake, lifted the curtain of the pavilion, and even knocked the screen to the ground, and the tall wine bottles on the table fell to the ground. The vertical and concubines who were waiting on the side were in a hurry.

Zhao Wuxi's heart moved, and he stretched out his hand to feel the direction of the wind. An invisible force brushed through his slender fingertips and drilled into the wide sleeves of his robe. He bulged out his deep clothes, making the whole person seem to have doubled in size.

"It's the northeast wind..."

...

This is the wind from the Shaohai Sea of ​​Qi State. It blows southwest along the seashore. Most of it is blocked in the Taiyi Mountains, but part of it is blowing along the Jishui and Pushui, and it can even blow ships down the river. go backwards...

Zhao Wuxi suddenly remembered one thing: "The northeast wind blows more often in April between the rivers and the Jishui. Do you think that the boatmen of the Qi people in Jishui and Zishui will follow the example of Chen's boatmen and go upstream to attack the west. Lu?"

From what he knew about Qihou Chujiu, this is a monarch who likes to win and bully others. After a small victory on the big river, it is hard to say that he would want to replicate the same tactics in Puji when his revenge swelled.

In half a year, Qi Guo still has not recovered from the defeat in the snowfield. It is unrealistic to call for labor to fight, but it is very possible to retaliate against Zhao Wuxi with a boat division. However, is it feasible?

Robber Zhi said decisively: "Pu Shui will not, this river is narrow, and its widest point is no more than half a mile. Standing on the shore, you can shoot a boat, which is not suitable for a large number of warships. Qi people can't do this, but Jishui..."

Jishui is generally more than one mile wide, and even two or three miles at its widest point! If the wind is against the current, the warship can enter.

He nodded: "Be prepared, you must be prepared for the water."

Wu Xie asked, "If Qi Guozhou arrives, what odds do you have?"

Liu Xiazhi didn't answer, but looked at Zhao Wuxi fixedly: "If Qi Guozhou's boat division arrives, will Si Kou hand over all the ships to me to command?"

silence.

Zhao Wuxi frowned slightly. After the group of thieves surrendered, he had already divided the former Onoze forces. The remnants of the islands and cave owners were basically swept away. Most of them migrated to different places on the shore to farm, and young and middle-aged people earned income from the army. middle. The only one that still retains the previous organization is the more than a thousand elite gangsters under the robbers.

However, most of the boats they are best at have been brought into the public domain and used as fishing boats and lake patrols. They have left the familiar area, and there is no food guy to survive on. The combat effectiveness of the group of thieves has dropped sharply, and the defeat on the big river is actually due to this.

Now Zhao Wuxi is faced with a choice. If the Qi people really go against the water and want to use their own way to repay their own body, can he unreservedly trust Zhao Wuxi's army? Liu Xiazhi, can you let him do his best?

If they lose, Jishui and Onozawa may be choked by Qi, but the counter-sanction measures will be suicide!

Zigong and the others' words were not exhausted: "Robber Zhilangzi's ambitions cannot be trusted!"

Zhao Yang's words also echoed in his ears: "I don't need to use people, but I don't need to use people who are suspicious."

Life is a gamble.

Wu Xie claimed that he had convinced Liu Xiazhi, used the power of Sikou to exonerate him, retained his cronies, and even was willing to share some benefits. If the thief Zhi is still betraying like this, it can only be said that Zhao Wuxi was blind and saw the wrong person.

Zhao Yang can even use Yang Hu, who has betrayed his master countless times, with confidence~www.wuxiahere.com~ Does Zhao Wu Xie not have such a mind and ability? What's more, most of the family members of Robber Zhi's subordinates were taken as hostages, and they were taken care of in Yuncheng.

So Zhao Wuqi smiled sincerely and said, "That's natural, I'll make Zishi as the captain of the boat master and the Sima of the same city, how about it?"

Liu Xiazhi heaved a sigh of relief and said respectfully, "If the battle is on the Jishui, the number advantage of the long ships cannot be fully utilized, and there is only a six-four chance of winning, but if the Qi ship enters Dayezawa, there is an eighty-two chance of winning, keep them safe. There is no return!"

Zhao Wuxi was still a little skeptical of a defeated general's promise of victory, but he really had no one to use.

Next, he and Robber Zhi discussed the feasibility of using crossbow arrows on ships. But the sun was approaching, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and everyone by the lake was blown with dry eyes and pain, and Zhao Wuxi was about to return.

At this moment, a boat docked, and a small official who sent orders approached and said so and so in his ear.

The northeast wind brought news from the people of Qi, that a huge navigator with dozens of ships was heading up the wind and against the water, approaching Taoqiu, and heading straight for Yuncheng! (To be continued.)