The water basin will pass through many places as it descends slowly.

This river is separated by a hundred miles, gathers the Longkou River, flows in Shu, and after leaving Shu, it is directly to Yiling County. From there, it continues to the Yangtze River until it merges into the sea.

In Yiling County, the water of the water is already integrated into the new river and has a new name.

The already wide river channel, after arriving out of Shudi, has expanded several times, and the rushing river water has rolled up light yellow waves.

In a relatively complex terrain and easy to hide in the river area of Shudi, more than 30 warships are moving slowly.

On the ship, there were 7,000 people hiding in it.

The flagship is larger than the other ships, and at this time, on the deck, there are some soldiers, who are cleaning up, standing and watching a few people in the distance, led by a general, tall, with short beards, dressed in the clothes of a naval general, wearing only the thinnest armor, a short knife at the belt, and the whole person exudes an extremely powerful might. It's as if it was a treasure blade that had been hidden for a long time, suddenly shining like an unsheath!

The flag of the warship has not been raised for the time being, and the clothing symbol on his body has already shown that this is a general belonging to Shudi!

This person is the general of the water division under Wang Hongyi, and the current water division governor, Zhang Fanzhi!

Since coming to Shu to train the water master, this is the first time Zhang Fanzhi has led the water master on a real expedition, and his heart is naturally boiling with excitement.

At this moment, Zhang Fan stood on the deck of the warship, looking directly at the downstream of the water, his expression was calm, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

On these 30 or so warships, the sailors and soldiers all went out lightly.

This is quite different from other soldiers who fought on land.

It is important to know that the sailors need to fight on the ship, and the load of a ship is limited, which determines that the sailors cannot wear too heavy armor.

The blades of the sailors are mainly short soldiers.

Zhang Fanzhi naturally understands this.

During the training, the training of the sailors and soldiers was focused on hand-to-hand combat, so as to offset the disadvantages of not having thick armor to protect themselves.

They were also trained in their ability to dodge and jump, and these sailor soldiers who went out with him were all warriors with strong and agile bodies.

Although there are only 7,000 people in his hands, these 7,000 people are already all Zhang Fanzhi's hard work, and it is impossible to be stronger.

Although the soldiers pointed to Jingzhou, Zhang Fanzhi did not have the slightest psychological barrier, if the old governor was there, he might still be thinking about his feelings, but this Zheng Pingyuan, hum, did not hesitate to defeat him.

"Du Du!" I don't know when, a general came behind Zhang Fanzhi.

"Governor, this is a secret letter from the lord!" said the general, handing Zhang Fanzhi a secret letter.

"Oh?" Zhang Fan replied straightly, took the secret letter, quickly opened it, read the contents of the secret letter, and his face was slightly solemn.

"Finally waiting for the order......"

Zhang Fan quickly closed the letter and looked ahead, his eyes revealing a firm meaning: "General Xing, order the warship, speed up!

"Yes, Governor ......" Xing Dahai quickly gave the order, and then he returned to the deck and stood beside Zhang Fanzhi.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his voice was lowered a little: "Dudu, although Yiling is a county, there are nearly 10,000 people, 5,000 troops and 3,000 water divisions, if you fight hard!"

"I understand that. It's just that if we have a mental calculation or not, in the battle, we can take a lot of opportunities, and General Xing doesn't have to worry too much, gather an army from one place to attack a county, and we can't capture it yet, it will inevitably seem that you and I are too useless, isn't it?"

"Besides, this is the first real battle between you and me under the lord's account, if we can't win, how can we gain a foothold in the future?"

Hearing this, Xing Dahai nodded.

For Zhang Fanzhi, at the beginning, Xing Dahai still had some thoughts, originally Zhang Fanzhi was just a deputy guard, and later he was demoted to the team, and now he became the governor all of a sudden, this is luck!

Although he is not an officer, he has thousands of sailors under him, and his strength is very different.

But they have been working together for some time, but now he is very convinced of Zhang Fanzhi.

Since Zhang Fanzhi said so, Xing Dahai has no objection.

And what Zhang Fan said directly is good, the sailors of Shudi, compared with the sailors of Jingzhou, may be weaker by one percent, but compared with the Yiling sailors, the combat effectiveness can be several percent stronger. ”

"General Xing, have you prepared enough of the things I asked you to prepare before?" Zhang Fanzhi suddenly turned around and asked.

"The last general is ready!" Xing Dahai said back.

"Although these objects have some draft, they are very effective for attacking enemy ships and even attacking city walls, and it is a pity not to use them. ”

Thinking of the power of the small oil thrower, Xing Dahai also nodded again and again, this weapon is actually a simplified version of the trebuchet, but it is not a stone, it is an oil tank, and it has a fuse, once it hits the enemy ship, it will be exploded with "boom".

It's just that the ancient oil is insufficient, and the cost of oil bombs is very high, and the savings of Shu Di for a year are only five hundred oil bombs, and this can only be used as a miracle plan, because once the enemy knows about it, and shoots a rocket in advance, his ship will become a flame hell, so it is indispensable.

"There is a way to raise soldiers for a thousand years, use soldiers for a while, train sailors for so long, finally encounter this battle, we can only win, must not fail, if you win, in front of the lord, Zhang will definitely make a contribution for you, and all the sailors and soldiers!" Zhang Fan patted Xing Dahai on the shoulder, and said encouragingly.

"Thank you, Governor!" Xing Dahai heard this, and his eyes also showed a slight hint of joy.

Xing Dahai, as a water thief, has always hoped to wash away the shame of being humble, seal his wife and son, and let his ancestors have knowledge and glory underground.

After coming to Shudi, he was extremely cautious and serious in training and various things, and Wang Hongyi invested a lot in the sailor, almost asking for something, which also made Xing Dahai quite grateful.

You must know that such as Wang Hongyi, who does not hinder the development of the sailor, and the coach who does not mix indiscriminately is too rare.

"Okay, let's go down, prepare as soon as possible, it is estimated that when we arrive in Yiling, it is these two days......" Zhang Fan said straightly, looking at the eyes ahead, extremely deep.

Yiling County, the county seat.

Yiling is located on the bank of the Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River, the boundary of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and belongs to the transition zone from the mountainous area to the Jianghan Plain.

The ground chokes the throat of Chongqing, controls Bakui on the top, leads Jingxiang below, "the water is here and the mountain is here, the mountain is here and the mausoleum", so it is called "Yiling", known as the "Three Gorges Portal".

Yiling belonged to Jingzhou in ancient times, and on the earth, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the important places of the Chu State.

In the twenty-first year of King Xiang of Chu, the Qin general Bai Qi "attacked Chu, pulled Ying, and burned Yiling", and the name of Yiling began to appear in the annals of history.

The Battle of Yiling that broke out between Shu and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period was a decisive battle between Wu and Shu during the Three Kingdoms period to fight for the five southern counties of Jingzhou, which is strategically important, which shows the importance of this geographical location.

This world is the same, after seizing Yiling, Jingzhou opened its door to Shu.

The news of the attack of the Shu Water Division reached the ears of the county guard Shi Yan on the second day of the water division's departure.

The diversion of water in Shu has reached the river basin near Yiling County, and the water flow in the Jishui River basin has become more and more turbulent.

However, because the Jishui River runs around Yiling County, this battle was basically fought at the gate of Yiling County.

Because of the winter, the river is cold, and a light mist spreads on the surface of the river.

Shi Yan, the county guard, climbed the city tower and looked at the river in the distance, feeling terrified.

"How many people are here from Shudi?" he asked the officials left and right.

An official in charge of intelligence stepped out of the queue: "My lord, there are more than 30 big ships from the Shudi Naval Division, and there should be more than 5,000 Naval Divisions. ”

"There are only a few thousand people, so you can't take this county?" Shi Yan's original heart was slightly relieved.

Although he was quite afraid of the combat effectiveness of the Shu army, if thousands of sailors attacked the city, the county town would not necessarily be captured.

"Lord, there are less than 3,000 sailors in Yiling, if you meet the enemy, you may not be able to ......"

Shi Yan scolded: "What do you know? What about the three thousand sailors? There are sailors in Shudi, so what can be so powerful? Which of the sailors in this county is not proficient in the surname of water, and is brave and good at fighting? It is the army of Shu that comes, and the county may not be able to hold it, but it is the sailor sent by Wang Hongyi! Since ancient times, there are no sailors in Shu, and even if there are sailors, they are just commonplace, and they are afraid of what they will do?"

"Lord, Wang Hongyi has always been cunning and resourceful, and he can't be taken lightly!" someone next to him said persuasively.

The county guard Shi Yan nodded: "This matter, this county knows about it, this is my order, mobilize the infantry army, defend the city, three thousand sailors are on standby, waiting for the Shu army to come!

"Also, the situation is really not good, it's better to surrender, I'm just a county guard, who can't descend?" Thinking of this, Shi Yan walked down the city tower.

Actually, that's what most officials think.

A day later, more than 30 large ships appeared in the river twenty miles outside the county town.

There are more than 30 big ships, each of which can carry 200 soldiers and 7,000 troops.

"In another twenty miles, you will be able to see the county town of Yiling. On the top floor of the flagship, Zhang Fanzhi and Xing Dahai stood there, looking into the distance.

It's a pity that there is a thin mist floating on the river right now, and it is far away, so it is more and more difficult to see the scene.

This was the first official battle of the water division, and the two people on the top floor had serious expressions on their faces.

"The Yiling Water Division has 3,000 people, and the number is lower than ours, and our army must not despise the opponent. Zhang Fanzhi said seriously: "Your department should be the vanguard first and build morale." ”

"No!" Xing Dahai replied abruptly.

Zhang Fanzhi nodded, no more to say, for the deputy Xing Dahai, Zhang Fanzhi is still very satisfied, although this person is a water thief, but his ability is good, in terms of tactics, he can discuss a thing or two with himself, and when training a sailor, he is even more tacit.

"Governor, the fog has lifted. "As the sun gradually rose, the fog on the surface of the river gradually dissipated.

In front of them, they could already vaguely see the side bank, and the big city on the shore was the county town of Yiling!

(To be continued)