After an interval of a month, Tianchi Daze was calm and sparkling. Under the warm autumn sun, the sky above Osawa is as blue as a wash. The north wind blows on the surface of the river, and the water swells southward, squeezing out layers of folds. The Qin army lined up in Zezhong, the stone pillars of the war boats fell, and the sails of the boats were low, waiting for their old enemies.

Fusu stood on the flagship and accompanied Zhao Ying to inspect the entire military formation. His little face has a ruddy color unique to children of this age, inheriting Zhao Zheng's physique, and his height is more than six Qin feet. Only the man was a little thin, and the clothes worn on him were blown by the north wind, like a black flag. Although this banner is small, it has extraordinary significance in the eyes of the Qin soldiers.

When Fusu appeared in the sight of the Qin soldiers, a burst of enthusiastic cheers suddenly broke out on the battle boat, and the soldiers shouted: "Long live the eldest son!" Then more than 450 warboats, nearly 100,000 soldiers, and men of the whole army shouted: "Long live the eldest son!" Long live the eldest son......"

Like the state of Chu, the kings of the early Qin state also took the lead and fought with the whole army, and in the war between the Qin state and Xirong, several generations of kings died on the battlefield. After that, the king was more and more busy with the court and the palace, and never appeared on the battlefield again. King Wu of Qin is a return to the martial tradition of the Great Qin monarchs, and after him, King Zhaoxiang of Qin, King Xiaowen of Qin, and King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, no king was on the front line. At the most critical juncture of the Battle of Changping, King Qin Zhaoxiang only arrived in Hanoi, and it was still more than 100 miles away from Changping.

In the past ten years, the Jing people have won consecutive battles, and many defeats have made the Qin generals have such an explanation in their hearts: Jing people won because King Jing took the lead in every battle, so the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, and Jing people were one as ten. The king of the battle of Weinan finally appeared on the battlefield, but the temple people around the hated king were cowardly, and they fled with the Chang flag in the fierce battle, causing the whole army to collapse.

Fusu, who was wearing Ziyi, stood on the deck of the flagship like King Jing who was wearing Ziyi back then. When they saw him, they rejoiced, and some even wept with emotion. The Qin people are ruthless, the Qin people are greedy, and the Qin people are unjust, but they are all proud ......of being Qin people, and they are all proud of the great Qin dominating the world. Fighting or dying, not fighting or dying, waiting for death, dying in front of the eldest son, is an honor that is difficult for others to achieve.

With the inspection of the flagship, the cries of long live came one after another, and the huge sound echoed in Daze, so frightened that it flew over the flock of geese and screamed again and again, flying far high. Fusu's little face flushed, and his body trembled slightly. That year, the Chu army invaded Xianyang, and he admired the strict formation of the Chu army, dreaming that he would one day be able to command such an army. This dream seemed to have come true today, and countless soldiers looked at him and shouted to him, and he could not help but be excited and tremble.

However, unlike at that time, he no longer hoped that Qin and Chu would be able to bridge the alliance and never join the army, as his mother did. This is an unrealistic delusion - the marriage alliance between Qin and Chu for hundreds of years, it is not that Great Qin betrayed the Chu State, but that the Chu State betrayed the Great Qin! It was not for nothing that King Xianjun Zhao cursed King Chu Huai, and he was also detained because of extreme resentment.

Since King Huai will be tempted by the Jin people and the Hou spy beauties of the Qi people, the future King of Chu will also be provoked by the Jin people and the Qi people. As long as all the kingdoms of the world coexist, the war will not stop, and the resentment between the father and the mother will not be dissolved. Only when the world is unified can endless wars and resentments cease and dissolve.

"General, our army will win." Restraining his trembling, Fusu looked at Zhao Ying on the side and said.

After all, it was a ten-year-old child, and Zhao Ying and other generals were very worried that Fusu would have stage fright, but they couldn't prevent Fusu from boarding the ship. It was undoubtedly confirmed that it was the Jing Ren Hou Spy, and if he deliberately misinterpreted Bai Di's words like last time, it would bring fatal harm to the entire battle. Unexpectedly, the eldest son stood on the deck of the war boat, not frightened or seasick, and asserted that the Jing people would be defeated and our army would win.

Zhao Ying was overjoyed in his heart, turned around and said respectfully: "Eldest son Jiyan, my Great Qin will win." ”

Fusu said a word and stopped saying it, he was a protector, and the protector did not participate in the war, but only supervised the behavior of the generals. No one did not admit Zhao Ying's bravery, and Fusu, who finished speaking, deliberately took a step back, so as not to block Zhao Ying's view. Although this was a small action, Zhao Ying's face instantly warmed up, and his heart was also slightly hot.

"General Yu, Jing people are coming!" The north wind blew the military flag fiercely, and before noon, the news came from the reconnaissance boat.

"How far is it coming?" Zhao Ying nodded, he wasn't worried that Chu Jun would not come.

"The whole army is coming." The boat officer on the boat said, "After the boat formation, there is another army, and there are about 50 five-oared war boats. ”

"Another army?!" The scout's report surprised everyone, could it be that the Chu army has reinforcements again?

The Qin people in Daze were suspicious, but the Chu army, which was about to enter Daze, was excited. The Yue soldiers who were originally stationed in the south of Fuyi, Tonggu of Jinniu Road (now Daijiaba, Ningqiang County), also arrived, and the number of Chu army warships increased to more than 280. The Chu division moved slowly, the Yue division hurried, and soon the first war boat of the Yue division caught up with the flagship that the Yue Kai was riding. Yang Lu stood on the deck of the pawn wing war boat and spoke loudly: "The subordinate Yang Lu led the army into the battle, please ask for your permission." ”

"Hooray! Long live ......" Before Su Kai agreed, the soldiers on the nearby war boats cheered, the increase in the number of war boats was certainly gratifying, but the Chu people and the Yue people could really fight together, which made everyone excited.

Su Kai was neither happy nor unhappy about this. During this period when the Yue division abandoned Tonggu, the Qin people might storm onslaught. But what about the onslaught? They no longer have any extra troops, and even if the Qin army occupies Tonggu and goes south, as long as the line of water is controlled by themselves, their southward movement is meaningless; But if the water battle is defeated, even if the Yue division holds on to Tonggu, under the fatigue offensive of the Qin people, Tonggu will eventually be captured by the Qin people.

Success or failure is only here! The man who had such a mind hesitated for a moment amid the cheers of countless soldiers, and soon he nodded, "Accurate." Your army is my rear army. ”

"Your Majesty respectfully obeys the order!" The rear army is the You Que of the Chu people, and the fifty war boats of the Yue Division are used as You Que rather than as the front army, which is a prudent strategy. In case something happens to the various armies, the Yue Division, with its superb boat skills, may be able to save the tide of the battle.

When Yang Lu asked to enter the battle, the large wing gunboat at the front happened to pass through the narrow opening and entered the wide Osawa. The surface of the water also suddenly opens up here, and when you look north, Daze looks like a calm sea, and you can't see the end at all.

"Qin people!" The Qin army's war boat was thirty miles away, revealing a little sail shadow. What makes people feel strange is that the boat formation they listed did not cover the entire Daze like last time, but stopped in the center of Daze, and the east and west ends did not dock.

"Herald: The whole army will be anchored on the spot!" Su Kai did not rush into Daze, but first ordered the whole army to drop anchor. Soon after anchoring, several of the ships that had previously entered Daze hurriedly returned from Daze, and they brought the latest military information, and at this time the general had already gathered to discuss.

"There are more than 450 boats of the Qin people, most of them are three-oared and large-winged, and only the flagship and other warships are five-oars." The boat official who reported the news went up to the flagship deck and explained the Qin people's formation to the Su Kai and the generals. "It is not a circular array, but several arrays, and it is staggered before and after, and it is five miles ......"

"Staggered front and back? More than 550 warships traversed five miles? Su Kai silently read these numbers and said in surprise: "The distance between the boat is only four feet and five feet?!" ”

"Yes, yes." The boat officials only estimated the width of the Qin army's boat array, and if they thought about it carefully, the gap between the Qin army's war boats and the war boats was indeed very narrow. The width of the three-oared large-wing boat is less than 6 meters, and the length of the wooden oars is generally less than 4.5 meters. During the rowing, because the wooden oars are obliquely placed and one section is inside the warboat, the width of the entire warboat is about ten meters, which is four feet and five feet.

The Qin army's boat formations were arranged so densely, and at the same time, they were staggered in front and back, which was obviously a ladder oar tactic to guard against their own side. Su Kai thought of the previous round formation, which had made Yue Shi helpless, because once it hit, the other party would counterattack. In exchange for one, the Yue divisions with fewer numbers had no chance of winning, and if they were replaced, the entire army would be wiped out.

"What if?" The strategists had already discharged the Qin army's boat formation on the board, two in front and back, about five miles wide. The generals all looked at him, hoping that he would come up with an idea.

"The Qin people have two formations in front and back, and our army is enough." Xiang Chaodao. "In that case, why don't you hook the Qin people on the flank?"

"No, you can't. The Qin people fought against the enemy in several formations, and the front and back of the war boat were wrong, if they rushed forward quickly to hit me, what if so? Yang Lu objected, although he was a Chu person, he knew more about water warfare than the vast majority of Chu generals.

The biggest difference between water warfare and land warfare is that in many cases, land warfare is decided by the soldiers, and the soldiers are defeated if they are cowardly; Water battles are not, water battles are hand paddles, armor soldiers stand on the deck in hand-to-hand combat, and rarely collapse because of cowardice, unless there are too many enemy troops. The bravery of the soldiers is difficult to reflect in water warfare, and coordination is more important than bravery. The coordination is good, and the scrappers without the left toe can sink the enemy's warship.

"The Qin people's array is so dense, maybe it can be bombarded by artillery?" Cheng Feng whispered, he always remembered the artillery pawns during the battle of Nanzheng.

"Yes." Don't agree. "Five miles behind the big wing gunboats, the three armies on the left, the center and the right are fighting at a distance of six zhang, and the rear army is five miles behind."

"When will it be fought?" From dispensable to high hopes, Bu Liangju asked happily.

"After noon." He replied.

The sun is gradually rising to its highest, and it is necessary for those who have come from afar to rest and eat before going to war with the Qin people. This is also the reason why he dropped anchor at the entrance to Osawa. If the whole army enters Daze and wants to prevent the Qin army from raiding, there will be no time to rest and eat.

Following his order, at noon, the Chu army anchored at the entrance of Daze ignored the battle and used lunch. This scene was quickly transmitted to Zhao Ying's ears by the Qin army scouts, and with a wry smile, he had no choice but to order the whole army to eat and prepare for a difficult battle in the afternoon.