With the explosion of the last living Mo man on the Yu Huang to ignite the gunpowder and die on the ship, the Jiangkou water war between the Mo family and the Yue Kingdom ended.

This unlucky building ship ended up being unlucky, but I think the Mo family will definitely build another building ship and name it Emperor Yu.

Doctor Xu tried his best, but only eliminated a Mo family's building ship, which can be brave and unparalleled, since the Mo family rose in Sishang, he was able to achieve a one-to-one exchange ratio in the early local battles, which is enough to be called the famous general of the princes in the world.

In this battle, the entire army of the Yue State Navy was annihilated, the main general Xu was killed, two building boats were captured, and 4,000 oarsmen were captured.

The Mo family lost one building boat, forty small sailing boats, and more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded.

For the Mohists, the sailors are easy to replenish, but the oarsmen are not easy to replenish, and the size of the Mohist fleet does not depend on how many ships there are now, not on how many sailors and sailors, but on how many oarsmen.

Half of the more than 4,000 captured Vietnamese oarsmen were slaves and half were poor people, and it is unlikely that they would become oarsmen.

Tired and hard, basically slaves and the hardest serfs, but this is not a job that can be done in a short period of time, only long-term training can do, and most of them are slaves.

The loss of the Mo family is very small compared to the foundation of the Mo family, and there are four more oarsmen, which can be described as a big victory.

After this battle, it was declared that from Poyang Lake to the mouth of the Yangtze River, there was no longer a naval army that could compete with the Mo family's boat division, and the Mo family had occupied the right to control water from Poyang Lake to Jiujiang.

The only one in the world who can compete with the Mojia Boat Division is the Chu State Boat Division, but in terms of its number, it may not be stronger than the Yue State.

After this battle, in order to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in battle for the benefit of the world, the Mo family held a memorial event, wrapped glutinous rice in leaves and boiled into the river water, in order to pray that the fish and shrimp would not eat the corpses of those dead officers and soldiers, and because of the tradition of sailing and oarsman fighting and the policy of recruiting sailors and oarsmen in the areas along the river, there were many oars and boat races on this day.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

After the end of the First Battle of Jiangkou, the king of Yue killed himself, and it was passed on to the prince without surplus.

Most of the nobles of the Yue Kingdom carried gold, silver, pearls and jade to die in Chu.

The king of Yue had nothing to ask for surrender, and the Mo family took giving up the fief and all power as the bottom line, and retreated into the land of Wu and strictly abided by the meeting.

The Mo family climbed along the river and destroyed the shipbuilding workshops and ports of the Yue Kingdom.

At the end of May, a fleet of Mojia ships landed along the coast of Yongdong, built a fortress in Yongdong, piled up grain, and five other companies of private soldiers were stationed, often landing to raid the vicinity of Huiji and burning the port ships.

The country of Yue is like a great enemy, and it is strictly guarded every day, and the soldiers are bitter.

At the beginning of June, the Xie Xuan army went west along the river from Guangling, Lianke Zhaoguan and Zongyang, and stationed troops to the west of Zongyang to build a new city.

At that time, there were many main forces in the Mojia army, and the famous generals were like clouds, so it was named Jixian Pass.

Ships come and go, in an endless stream, transporting grain, grass and gunpowder.

Those who collect virtuous passes, the Anqing of future generations.

Anqing, the place where Wu and Chu are divided.

There is the danger of Dabie Mountain in the north, and there is a swamp connected to Tongguo, the Yangtze River makes a sharp turn here, and there is a sandbar in the middle, making Anqing the west gate of the Jianghuai Plain.

If Anqing is obtained, then Jianghuai can be defended, and Jiangnan can be determined.

The Mo family quickly organized water transportation and transported twenty large-caliber iron cannons, the weight of which was much heavier than that of copper cannons because of the level of iron casting, and was not suitable for field warfare, so it was used for the defense of Jixian Pass.

Combat sappers built a city and built forts here, so that the iron artillery could control the Yangtze River waterway.

However, Jixian Pass cannot reach Jianghuai along the river; If the Jixian Pass is not broken, the Dabie Mountain will be the city and the Yangtze River will be the city, so that the Chu State will not be able to take care of each other.

To the north of Jixian Pass and to the north of Zongyang, there is a large swampy lake area, which is the Hip Lake and Caizi Lake of later generations, and the place where Tongzi Country is located across the lake.

Tong country is Huaiyi, Yi Di is the son, and Tong country is the viscount country. Sandwiched between Wu and Chu, he was killed because he participated in the Battle of Wu Chu and made a mistake in standing in line.

After the destruction of Wu, the Tongzi country was subordinated to the Yue, the Tongzi country was originally a closed and poor place, but with the development of industry and commerce in Sishang in these years urgently needed tung oil, so that the economy of this tung oil production area has developed considerably, although it is still based on raw materials, but in recent years it has also been quite a trade route, and the Mohist doctrine is widely spread here.

To be relieved, the hanging army built Jixian Pass, with 500 soldiers to the north, Tongcheng looked at the wind and fell, not daring to fight.

At this point, the land north of the Yue River belongs to the Mo family.

Lingyang, the land south of the Yangtze River, is an important copper mine, there are many local miners, there are also many slaves, the Mo family rebelled again, occupied Lingyang, built a city, and Zongyang in the north of the Yangtze River is a horn for each other.

A large number of cadres entered Lingyang, and ships transported grain and copper mines endlessly, and production resumed in less than half a month, and the country did not dare to attack.

On the beginning of July, Jixian Pass was built and the fort was ready.

The Mohists declared war on Chu in Sishang, and openly disseminated the program of governance after the future capture of Chu.

The world was shocked.

A general mobilization was carried out in Sishang, and various laws and regulations began to be controlled.

Subsequently, 30,000 people from the Huaibei Si of the Mojia family marched along the Huai River, using the grain hoarded in the Hongze Lake area as a logistical supply, and marched west along the Huai River.

In mid-July, the Huaishui Army marched along the Huai River to occupy Cai and Shouchun, attacked the city with heavy artillery, the defenders surrendered, and the local feudal lords were captured.

At that time, the harvest was about to be harvested, and the Mo family immediately sent cadres to announce the land reform, and all the land that was about to be harvested was distributed to the local people according to the population, and the people cheered and cheered.

Fifty years ago, the Chu State had just captured this place and forced the Marquis of Cai to migrate to the south of the Yangtze River.

In the same month, the main force of Jixian Pass's Xie Hanging Army went north along the Tongzi Kingdom and captured Luzhou, Hefei in later generations.

The two armies met in the south of Shouchun.

At this point, south of the Huai River and east of Tongbai Mountain in Dabie Mountain, only the remaining division of the Chu State can withstand a battle.

But because of the Mo family's reputation in field battles over the years, the division of Shen Xi did not dare to attack, and could only pray that the Mo family would not attack.

The Mo family sent people to build and retain in Shouchun and Xia Cai, and the warships gathered, making Xia Cai and Shouchun each other's horns.

Xia Cai is north of the Huai River, Shouchun is south of the Huai River, connected by boat divisions, just like the defense of Xiangfan in later generations. Accumulate soil and stones, and deploy defenses to prevent the Chu people from counterattacking.

At the beginning of August, the Xie Hang Army reunited at Jixian Pass, advancing by land and water.

In the middle of the month, he attacked the country of Aihou and occupied Poyi.

Poyi, Hukou County in later generations.

In the battle of Wu and Chu in the past year, after the king of Chu heard that Wu had captured Poyi, he immediately abandoned the capital and fled. But this time, the Chu State had not even reacted, because of the means of the Mo family's surprise attack, the Chu State neither expected that the Mo family would send troops to attack Chu, nor did it have such a high degree of organization that it could be assembled within two months.

By the end of August, the Mo family had strengthened the defenses of Poyi, stuck the mouth of Poyang Lake, and occupied the north bank of the Jiujiang River in later generations.

Now in the direction of the Huai River, the Mo family has captured Shouchun Xiacai, Hefei, and Zhaoguan, so that the entire Chu State in the direction of the Huai River is only available to the division of Shen Xi, relying on several cities at the foot of Dabie Mountain.

In the direction of the Yangtze River, taking advantage of the opportunity of the flood to be unsuitable for water warfare, he captured the Jiujiang River along the valley plain on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Now the Yunmeng towns of Chu are in danger of being in danger, that is, the Hankou and Huanggang areas in later generations.

It is the last line of defense on the Jianghan Plain of the Chu State, and if the Yiyi is broken, then the entire Jianghan Plain will be as open-minded as the camp prostitutes in the army, and there is no danger to defend.

If Wuhan is broken, Jingzhou will be broken, and Jingzhou is the capital of Chu at this time, and it is also the place where the Jianghan Plain, the most elite of Chu, is located.

To the north of Wuhan is the Tang State and the Sui State, at this time it is still the dual system of the county and the state, and the Sui State also saved the King of Chu back then, although the Tang State stood in the wrong line that year, but it is still not a place that the Chu State can directly govern.

Along the Dabie Mountain, there is Xinyang, which is the important town in the upper reaches of the Huai River, such as Shen, Xi, and Qisi, where the division of Shen Xi of Chu is located.

Therefore, Hubei and Yicheng are the best places for Chu to choose a strategic decisive battle.

Of course, you can also choose not to fight and continue to retreat, which means preparing to move the capital, because once Wuhan is passed, there is nothing beneficial to the defenders in the entire Jianghan Plain.

The king of Chu has no way out, after all, Sichuan is not Chu at this time, and if he gives up Wuhan, he can only go to Gaocai to go into exile.

If the battle of Wuhan can be met, the two armies will build a fortress to resist the offensive of the Mo family, delay time, and wait for the reaction of various countries, and the state of Chu may still have the strength to fight.

It can transfer troops from the capital, Jianghan and other places to gather in Wuhan; It can also mobilize the army of Shen Xi to go down the mountain to support Wuhan.

At the same time, the Jianghan region, as an important agricultural area of the Chu State, can also provide a steady stream of logistical supplies, which can support the long-term operation of the large army.

Anqing is the gate of Jianghan to attack Jianghuai; Wuhan is the gate of Jianghuai's attack on Jianghan.

Time is also quite unfavorable for the Chu State, the Mo family avoided the flood season, and now it is the end of August, and it is about to come to the winter that is very suitable for land warfare, and the Chu State has no second way except to choose a decisive battle.

The decisive battle does not necessarily have to be a melee on the battlefield, but you can also choose to build a fortress in Yiyi and defend it, hold on to it, and wait for the opportunity.

The key to this is the victory or defeat of the water war, if the water war is won, then the Chu State can connect the south and north of the Yangtze River together as horns for each other, transport grain and grass, and build fortifications to hold on. If the war is defeated, then all logistics can only be transported by land, which will greatly increase the pressure, and the Mo family is afraid that it will be difficult to hold Yiyi with the cooperation of the navy.

At the beginning of September, less than a company of Mojia cavalry went around the vicinity of Yiyi, the Chu people closed the city gate tightly, did not dare to fight, a group of cavalry flaunted their might and returned calmly, along the way the city did not dare to go out.

Many nobles fled westward by car, and the cities east of Yiyi had become ungoverned cities.

When the autumn rain came, the Mo family temporarily lived north of Jiujiang, hoarding grain, grass and gunpowder, repairing the fleet, organizing harvesting, and carrying out land reform.

The Chu State also took this opportunity to wake up from the panic, and the Mo family also dug a trap and waited for the Chu people.

Shen Gong thought that the main forces of the Mo family were all on the riverbank, and sent a division to try to go down the Huai River, but the main force of the Mo family waiting there was completely annihilated with the momentum of a lion fighting a rabbit.

Ejun also immediately sent his own fleet, gathered the soldiers of the fiefdom, and assembled towards the Xinzhou District of Yicheng, which was later Wuhan, and began to dig earth and stone to build a fortress.

The Chu army in the Jianghan region also began to assemble and move closer to this side, and Shenxi's division also sent the main force south, and the Chu state began to hoard grain and grass to prepare for a protracted confrontation.