At the end of June in the summer calendar, on the sea of Jiangdong, Heifu's nephew, Captain Lou Chuan, and Wei Yang stared at the Xiangfeng bronze bird above their heads.

I saw it spinning rapidly, without direction, and looking out at the boundless sea to the east, the black clouds seemed to indicate that a great storm was coming......

The sound of shoes trampling on the deck came from the captain of the ship, a young soldier named Luo Yu, whose skin was rough and the sun tanned him as black as the captain's family.

Luo Yu arched his hand to Wei Yang: "Du Wei, the forward has been ordered by Du Wei to block the Guangling and Dantu rivers for dozens of miles with ten ships and dozens of large wings, and there must be no piece of Jiangxi to cross to Jiangdong!" ”

Wei Yang nodded, a few years ago in Jiaodong, Luo Yu was a member of the small fleet led by Wei Yang, the two learned the art of holding the stars and waiting for the wind from Xu Fu, and explored the Haidong channel together, but Luo Yu's ship was unfortunately blown away by the sea breeze, but fortunately, he was blessed with a great life, and survived the landing in Sanhan, and was later rescued by Wei Yang......

In January this year in Hepu, under the secret order of Heifu, Wei Yang and Xu Fu launched a mutiny, put Ren Huan under house arrest, accepted the command of the Nanhai Boat Division, and carried out a purge of the captains, Luo Yu was its staunchest supporter, although there were still a few ships loyal to the imperial court and loyal to Ren Huan fled south, but most of the warships were all controlled by Wei Yang.

After Heifu raised his troops, Wei Yang immediately returned to Panyu with the fleet, and divided the fleet into two, anchoring at Dongye (Fuzhou, Fujian) and Dongou (Wenzhou, Zhejiang) respectively.

In May, they received an order from Heifu that the boat division should immediately go north to Jiangdong and assist the commander Wu Rui in taking Jiangdong.

Although there were many storms on the sea in May and June, Weiyang still took the risk to set off, but fortunately he did not encounter a major typhoon, and only lost a few ships and hundreds of people.

Jiangdong, they are no strangers to this rainy and damp land, two years ago, the fleet that was still named "East China Sea Boat Division" at that time was to go to South Vietnam through Jiangdong.

Jiangdong and Jiangxi, separated by a river, because the Yangtze River is in its territory, flowing obliquely to the northeast, this section of the river as the standard to determine the east and west and left and right. Jiangdong is divided into Huiji County and Yan County, Huiji includes the later generations of southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang, jurisdiction over more than 20 counties, the east negative sea, the north through the river, there are fish, salt, rice, crab Rao. Heifu wanted to take advantage of the Northern Expeditionary Army's Lou Boat Division to seize this place, as a large rear, and also prevent the restored "Chu State" of Huainan from taking advantage of it.

Some time ago, after leaving Dongou City, the boat division first attacked the ports of Huipu and Yuhang in the south of Huiji, and cooperated with the troops of Ganyue, Minyue and Dongou led by Wu Rui, totaling 10,000 people, and seized the counties in eastern Zhejiang.

The whole process went surprisingly smoothly, and the local government had little room for resistance.

On the one hand, it is difficult to guard against sea raids, and Wu Rui has tens of thousands of Vietnamese soldiers under him, and there are only hundreds of county soldiers in ordinary small counties, which is difficult to stop.

On the other hand, the southern part of Huiji was originally the center of the ancient Yue Kingdom, although it was destroyed by Chu a hundred years ago, but the south of Zhejiang (Qiantang River) was still under the jurisdiction of a number of Yue monarchs.

Qin has destroyed Chu, although the Yue Di feudal monarch was revoked and the county was set up instead, but ninety percent of the local residents were Yue people, not Qin people and Chu people. The Yue nobles were reduced to third-class citizens and endured for many years, and now that Wu Rui came back with a group of Yue people to counterattack, they naturally responded positively......

After seeing the bravery of the Yue people fighting on their feet, Wei Yang understood why Zhong's father dared to attack a large county with 10,000 people, so he agreed with Wu Rui that before the first day of the seventh month, he would join Wu County.

Although the name of the county is called Huiji, the county government is not south of Zhejiang, but in the former capital of Wu Gusu (Suzhou, Jiangsu).

And the position of the fleet now is roughly equivalent to that of Shanghai Pudong in the future, of course, it will still be all soaked in the sea.

Knowing the weight of this task, Wei Yang did not dare to be careless, and seeing that the clouds on the sea in the east were getting thicker and thicker, he said:

"The storm is coming, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for the arrival of the Lu Division, since the forward has blocked the river to prevent the Jiangxi Chu thieves from crossing, we are also leaving!"

Although Wu County is not near the sea, there is a thoroughfare that allows the building boats to come to its city unimpeded: on the west side of the fleet, there is a surging river as wide as ten miles, which rushes into the sea, and the widest part of the estuary is trumpet-shaped, and it is 20 miles wide......

Looking at this volume, Luo Yu thought it was the Yangtze River before, but Wei Yang corrected this wrong judgment.

"This is the Wusong River, which can go straight to Zhenze, and the soldiers are in Wu County! Raise the flag, tell the boats, go west, enter the Wusong River to avoid the wind and waves! ”

On the order of Wei Yang, the huge fleet slowly sailed into this river, both sides of the river are grass and reeds, cranes are bursting, full of barren and barbaric atmosphere, just like the Wu Yue people of this era, giving people the impression that they are barefoot tattoos, and the man who draws his sword without saying a word, is either stabbing others, or stabbing himself, far from the scholarly elegance of the small bridge and flowing water people in later generations.

They drove for a day on the wide Wusong River and entered a lake that was as vast as the sea, which was Zhenze.

At this point, they have entered the hinterland of the Wu army, where the water network is intertwined, and the locals take boats as horses, and even go out to farm and drive a bamboo raft, and when they see a huge fleet from afar, they do not run away, but abandon the boat, run to the high place on the shore, look at it from afar, and give instructions with great interest.

Luo Yu scolded: "Wu Yue's people are bold, they want to be placed in the Central Plains, and when they see us, they will run away long ago." ”

"I think that no matter who fights with whom, it has nothing to do with them, and in the bones of this group of people, they still don't think that they are Qin people and Chu people, but Wu Yue people."

Wei Yang's eyes were fixed on the east shore of Zhenze, and when the fleet sailed past a bay, he pointed to the distance and said, "Wu County has arrived!" ”

Luo Yu looked at it and couldn't help scolding: "It's so big! ”

But no, a few miles away from Zhenze, there is indeed a huge city, its west wall alone, is enough for six or seven miles, the entire circumference of the city is nearly forty miles, and there is a small city nested in the north, also more than ten miles in circumference......

"Jimo is only half the size of it." Luo Yu was speechless, he was a native of Jiaodong, and he thought that Jiangdong was a wild place in Wuyue, but he never thought that Wuxian County would be so magnificent.

Wei Yang said with a smile: "Xu Fuzi (Xu Fu) said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wu had defeated Chu and overruled Jianghuai, so he entrusted Wu Zixu to make him taste the water from the soil, like heaven and law, and build a small city for ten miles in circumference. ”

Ten years later, Goujian, the king of Yue, destroyed Wu, and also took Gusu as the capital and the southern capital of Yue. When he arrived at Chuchun Shenjun, he had been operating this place for more than ten years, and now Wu County can be called a metropolis in the southeast, and there are eight city gates alone. ”

Wei Yang had been to Wu County twice with Ren Huan, and at this moment he unfolded the map handed over to him by Xu Fu, pointed to the city tower full of soldiers in the distance: "This is the southwest Panmen (Suzhou Panmen), half of the water and land, along the bending, the two gates are side by side. ”

He also listened to what Xu Fu said, saying that "Wu is in the Chen position, so there is a pan gate in the south of the city, and the wooden dragon is carved on the city, facing the Yue country, symbolizing the conquest of the Yue country by the Wu country." ”

However, the ridiculous thing is that no matter how big the city wall is, no matter how good the city gate is, in the end, Wu was destroyed by Yue, and the more he died in Chu, and Chu also died in Qin. The flags planted at the head of the city have been changed several times, but now, the flagpole of Qin Huiji's county guard and Cheng is still firmly occupying the city tower, and the city gate is tight at this moment, and the city is preparing for war in a hurry.

Luo Yu's face was embarrassed: "Captain, such a big city, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight just by relying on the boat division." ”

Wei Yang said with a smile: "Do you know why Yue broke Wu, Chu destroyed Wu, or Wang Jianke Jiangdong, although Yue, Wu, and Chu had Gusu Jiancheng, they didn't defend it for too long?" ”

Especially the first time Gou Jian sneaked into Gusu, and won the battle outside the city, he easily entered the city without much effort.

"Why?" Luo Yu was puzzled, it seems that this city is rammed with stone and soil, and it is extremely strong and difficult to cross.

Wei Yang laughed: "Without him, it's just that Wu Wangfu is too arrogant, wastes the people's strength in vain, and builds the city too big, but he forgets that his country is vast and sparsely populated, and when he defends the city, he is not even satisfied with the four city walls." It seems to be solid, but in fact, it leaks everywhere, taking care of one and losing the other, so it is easy to break the city, and it is difficult to defend the city! ”

He pointed to the city tower due west and said: "That is the Xu Gate in the west, and it is also the Water Gate, and there is the Xu River connecting Zhenze, which is the weakness of Gusu." Half a month ago, we attacked the counties south of Zhejiang, and the county lieutenant had already taken half of the county soldiers to Qiantang County to defend against the Yue soldiers, and there were certainly not many guards in the city, and the county guards of Huiji would not dare to mobilize the people, so we camped by the lake! Test Xu Gate and Pan Gate first, and wait for friendly troops to arrive! ”

At this moment, the soldier who went to reconnoiter reported back: "Captain, the guard escorted two people to the top of the gate, as if they were going to be executed at the head of the city!" ”

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At the same time, at the head of Wuxian County, Yan Qing, the shou of Huiji County, stood at the Panmen and looked out, but saw that the turquoise water in the distance had been occupied by a huge sail building ship, and this fleet sailed from thousands of miles away was really like falling from the sky.

"The Lingnan rebels are very successful."

Yan Qing found that the surrounding Huiji County soldiers were all talking to each other, with fear on their faces, so he gritted his teeth and shouted:

"Juncheng, bring those two thieves who secretly defected to the rebels! I'm going to kill them here, with the heart of the soldiers and civilians of Wu County to defend the city! ”

The county promised that within the Panmen, two prisoners were escorted to the city tower.

One was still wearing the official uniform of the Qin official, smiling, as if he was fearless, and the official who escorted him did not dare to push, after all, this person was the county gong Cao Xu Shu, it is said that more than ten years ago, he followed the Marquis of Wuzhong in Yuzhang County.

Seeing that the enemy soldiers were approaching the city, everyone did not have the confidence of the county guard, thinking that they could definitely "defend this land for Daqin".

The other was a little soap-clad servant, his hair was messy, his face was like ashes, and he walked tremblingly. This person, named Bo Sheng, was a subordinate of Xu Shu, who sent a letter to him out of the city, and was implicated by him, he was arrested from a nearby home, and his wife was also detained, and only a pair of children were missing.

Wu County was crowded, watching these two people being taken to the city tower, and on the corner of the street, an eight or nine-year-old boy with a dirty face cried and muttered: "Sister, father...... Will my father be killed......

Before his voice could be heard by others, the young man's mouth was covered by a hand.

A tranquil thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, although she is the best lady of the family, but at the moment she is wearing the clothes of a hooligan and a leader, messing up her hair, like a beggar who has avoided chaos and entered the city.

The girl stood behind her younger brother, and had gently covered his mouth, and her eyes were filled with tears as she watched her father being escorted to the execution ground, but in her mouth, she gave her brother an unquestionable order:

"Bo Zhao, shut up!"

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PS: Chapter 2 at night

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