The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 7 and Seven

The fleet on the river naturally attracted the attention of the Jiangguan defenders.

Soon several fully armed warships with red flags of the Han army blocked the way of the fleet.

The five warships, which are used as shocks and are mostly used for string battles, are at the forefront.

Four small fast boats "red horses" painted red guard its wings.

Two ships are fully loaded with crossbowmen, and a bed crossbow is driving on them. There are defensive arrows and stones on all sides, and the heavily armed "sill" like a prison sill is in the center.

And the flagship of this navy is an extremely tall high-rise ship, and behind the two sides of the high-rise ship, there are two slightly smaller high-rise ships guarding its left and right, like guards on the battlefield. The general's personal guard is average.

Any enemy that wants to threaten the safety of the flagship must first pass these two frigates.

Flags, banners, knives and guns are planted all over the buildings and boats, and the flags are fluttering, and the knives and guns are densely covered.

The building boat is as high as three floors, and each floor is equipped with a protective parapet to defend against bows, arrows and arrows shot by the enemy.

There are arrow holes on the female wall for launching bows and crossbows.In order to defend against enemy fire, the ship was covered with leather to insulate heat.

Inside the female wall, there were faint figures, and many soldiers could be seen walking around, one bed crossbow after another was erected on it, and under the sunlight, countless cold spears were already facing each other. allowed them.

Zhao Zhi looked up at the building not far away, and couldn't help taking a breath.

He has lived in Yizhou for a long time. Although there are dense river networks in Berkshire County, he has never seen such a tall warship.

Zhao Zhi's face was serious, he glanced coldly at the Jiangcheng city guard standing next to him, and the soldiers standing next to the Jiangcheng city guard immediately understood.

The two soldiers closest to the city guard of Jiangcheng set up the city guard of Jiangcheng, one on the left and one on the right, and the others had already held their hands on the handles of their waists. If there is any change, they will control him without hesitation.

The guard of Jiangcheng actually concealed such an important matter and didn't tell him.

However, when he saw the guard of Jiangcheng turn pale, the anger in Zhao Zhi's heart subsided. Looking at the guard of Jiangcheng, he might really not know the situation of the guards of Jiangguan.

In fact, it's really no wonder that the city guards of Jiangcheng didn't know the specific situation of the Jiangguan defenders.

When Liu Yan cut off the roads between Yizhou and other states, all the generals and schools he installed were his trusted generals, and most of them were soldiers from Dongzhou.

If Liu Yan wants to control Yizhou, it will inevitably infringe on the interests of the local powerful families in Yizhou.

Therefore, on each pass and main road, Liu Yan arranged for people from Dongzhou, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach the pass and main road, so as to prevent being heard about the truth.

Jiangguan is an important traffic route connecting Yizhou and Jingzhou, and it is a battleground for military strategists.

After Liu Biao took over Jingzhou, he coveted the land of Yizhou for a long time, flirting with the powerful families in the eastern part of Berkshire.

Liu Yan also knew part of the situation, and after Liu Biao unified Jingzhou, he organized the navy and reorganized the trilogy, and his troops became stronger and stronger, which also made Liu Yan feel deeply threatened.

In order to prevent the powerful families in the eastern part of Berkshire from investigating the details of Dongzhou soldiers in Jiangguan and Baidi City

Jiangguan and Baidi City were further isolated from other places, almost cutting off most communication with other places.

Therefore, basically no one knew the details of Jiangguan and Baidi City.

Liu Yan continued to strengthen the defense of Jiangguan. Not only did he build several iron chains to block the river, but he also secretly mobilized many craftsmen to enter Jiangguan to build ships and train sailors there.

This time, Ren Xian opened up the connection with the Han court, and assembled a navy in Yizhou. In addition, Liu Biao also dispatched a navy. On the road, Ren Xian also sent a trilogy. More than [-] people participated in the war.

Cooperate from inside to outside, and attack from both sides. Although the Dongzhou soldiers guarding Jiangguan took advantage of the strong city of Jiangguan and the advantage of the terrain, they resisted stubbornly.

But in the end they were outnumbered, and the Dongzhou soldiers guarding Jiangguan and Baidi City were still defeated by the joint encirclement and suppression of Yizhou Army and Jingzhou Army.

After capturing Jiangguan, Liu Biao took over Jiangguan and Jiangguan's naval warships, while Baidi City was controlled by the Yizhou Army.

In Yizhou, only Ren Xian and the Yizhou army who participated in the war knew about these things, after all, they were far apart.

The city guard of Jiangcheng was just a school lieutenant under Ren Xian's command. He knew very little about the situation in Jiangguan. Otherwise, he had already surrendered, and his family, wife and children were all in the hands of Zhao Zhi, so how could he dare to deceive him.

Zhao Zhi squinted his eyes slightly. He originally thought that there were only a few hundred defenders at Jiangguan, and most of Yizhou's armed forces were lax, because the local aristocratic families and Liu Yan were at odds with each other, so they mostly obeyed and violated his decrees.

Naturally, Liu Yan wanted to expand his power even more difficult, so even if he recruited troops everywhere, it would have little effect.

I thought Jiangguan was the same as other places, but the situation was completely beyond Zhao Zhi's expectation. There were so many defenders in Jiangguan.

The three large ships probably have hundreds of people in each, and there are eleven other warships, although there are large and small, but there are also dozens to hundreds of people.

Counting the defenders that Jiangguan may leave now, the total number of defenders in Jiangguan is about 2000 to 3000.

Now he has only 400 people under his command, and the defenders of Jiangguan and the city guards of the four cities add up to more than 3000 people. Even if he wants to control the entire Jiangguan, it is not easy.

Some sailors intercepted on the river, and the fleet stopped slowly and put away their sails.

The Jiangguan navy who intercepted their way did not launch an attack when they saw this, but put down the boat and boarded their fleet.

When it was learned that the battle situation in Yizhou had changed, Ren Xian was actually defeated in the Battle of Chengdu. The Yellow Turban Army not only defeated the main force of the Yizhou Army, but even invaded the hinterland of Yizhou. The faces of the soldiers who were questioned by the boat also changed drastically. Some of them stayed behind to continue negotiating, while others immediately rowed back to report.

This is a big matter. Although they are all small soldiers, they all know what it means when the Yellow Turban Army invaded Yizhou. This matter is undoubtedly extremely important.

Zhao Zhi watched the Jingzhou soldiers row their small boats back to where the flagship was, and soon saw the waving flags on the tower boats, as if they were communicating with each other.

Zhao Zhi didn't understand water warfare, and he didn't belong to the ranks of the Han army's navy, so he naturally didn't know anything about what these flags said.

But soon, several warships quickly joined their fleet, and some people were sent on board to explain.

Roughly speaking, the Yizhou Army is stationed in Baidi City, and Jiangguan is under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Army.

They belong to the sequence of the Yizhou Army, so they will take them to Baidi City, and some of the ships they take are warships, and these warships need to be temporarily requisitioned to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from possibly incoming attack.

It is said that it is a temporary requisition, but everyone knows that the things that have entered the mouths of these Jingzhou soldiers will definitely not be able to spit them out.

The county magistrates from the four cities quickly gathered around and came to visit the city guards of Jiangzhou. They didn't want to stay in Baidi City. If the Yellow Turban Army wanted to control Jiangguan, then Baidi City was absolutely unavoidable. The local area must bear the first wave of attacks by the Yellow Turban Army. These Jingzhou soldiers made it clear that they wanted to be cannon fodder.

The four of them surrounded the city guard of Jiangcheng in the center and kept talking, wanting the city guard of Jiangcheng to talk with the chief general of the Jingzhou army.

But Jiang Cheng Chengshou had been frightened by Zhao Zhi's cold look before, and under the fear in his heart, he didn't dare to say anything else.

The weather was getting hotter and the sun was already venomous. For a while, the guard of Jiangcheng was sweating profusely on his face. He could only keep wiping the sweat from his forehead with a silk cloth.

"Everyone, don't worry."

Zhao Zhi pondered for a moment, regained his composure, and spoke.

He knew that at this time he had to stand up.

"We took most of the boats along the way, and the subsequent families should also requisition most of the available boats. The Yellow Turban Army may not have many boats to use. They want to fight Here, I am afraid it will take a while."

What Zhao Zhi said was correct, and he also awakened the county magistrates of the four cities who had always been worried about the pursuit of soldiers. The situation did not seem to be at the point of life and death.

"It's better to follow the arrangement of these Jingzhou soldiers for the time being. We will advance to Baidi City and settle down, and then when the follow-up people arrive, I will arrange for the family members to go to Jingzhou through Jiangguan with them, and then send Someone to clarify."

"The Yellow Turban Army is powerful. They gathered an army of [-] to attack Jiangzhou. In order to protect the people, we had to retreat all the way to Jiangguan. No matter what, we can't be blamed."

The magistrate of Linjiang rolled his eyes slightly, and he heard Zhao Zhi's implication.

Although the main force of the Yizhou Army was defeated, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army had entered Yizhou, the two strong cities of Mianzhu and Chengdu, and the defenders of Jinniu Road did not stop the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army descended from the sky like magical soldiers, and appeared outside the cities of Chengdu and Jiangzhou. The four cities must not be able to defend.

But they always lost the city and land, and abandoned the city. Even if they escaped and saved their lives at this time, they would inevitably be punished later.

But when Zhao Zhi said it at this time, he changed the main purpose to protecting the people comprehensively. Although the actual behavior has not changed, at least there is a saying.

"What Zhao Sima said is reasonable. Go ahead and settle down in Baidi City, and then make arrangements for the rest."

The magistrate of Linjiang figured out the joints, and immediately agreed.

The few people present had been officials for many years. They chose to abandon the city and flee early in the morning. Naturally, they were all human beings, and they understood the meaning of Zhao Zhi's words in an instant.

"There should be warships and sailors in Baidi City. At that time, those sailors can go out to pick up those who will come later."

The county magistrate of Pingdu pondered for a while, and he also had some concerns.

"The patriarchs and patriarchs of each family should go first by boat, and the rest will travel by land. Those patriarchs and patriarchs can be led to Baidi City, and then arrange the affairs to go to Jingzhou."

As long as the patriarchs and patriarchs of those clans are persuaded, they may not only be able to save their lives, but also their official positions.

The four of them had already communicated with each other on the road, and when they got the answer they wanted, they didn't continue to ask any more questions. They chatted with Jiangzhou city guard and Zhao Zhi for a while, and then went back to their own cabins.

"It's normal for you to be unclear about the Jiangguan affairs. I know you are not lying, but although there are many Jiangguan defenders, you must know that I have more Yellow Turban soldiers."

Zhao Zhi walked up to the city guard of Jiangzhou, he lowered his head, but the fierce light in his eyes was still in the eyes of the city guard of Jiangzhou, Zhao Zhi threatened in a low voice.

"When the time comes to enter Baidi City, you can see if you can find out the details of Baidi City."

"The Yizhou army was defeated, and the Dongzhou army was also defeated. Now my Yellow Turban Army has invaded the hinterland of Yizhou. It is only a matter of time before we take over the entire territory of Yizhou. As for where your family members are, I don't think Zhao needs to remind you again." Is it you?"

Zhao Zhi slowed down his tone and continued.

"But don't worry, my Taiping Dao has always been rewarding and punishing. You have made great contributions to Jiangzhou, and helping our army capture Jiangguan is a great contribution. Zhao will definitely ask for your merits in front of a great virtuous teacher."

Jiangzhou Chengshou's face softened a little, and his hanging heart relaxed a little.

The fleet of the Jingzhou Army led the fleet of the four cities to Baidi City. At this time, the second navy fleet also appeared on the river.

The number of ships of the second navy is much larger than the number of ships of the Jingzhou Army Navy, but the size of the ships is obviously much smaller.

In the second navy, there was one tall ship, but not one heavy ship.

On the contrary, there are many small and fast boats such as "Zou Ge", "Zou Ge" and "Red Horse", especially the kind of walking war ships, which go back and forth like flying gulls, out of reach of people, and golden drum flags. on.

Countless fiery red flags fluttered on it. Although its fleet did not look as mighty as the Jingzhou navy, its momentum was not inferior to the Jingzhou navy at all.

These Yizhou sailors even gave Zhao Zhi a strange feeling. If they fought with the Jingzhou navy on the river, I am afraid that the final victory will not be the Jingzhou navy with strong ships, but these small boats. The Yizhou Navy.

Zhao Zhi looked at the Yizhou navy in front of him, and he also had great doubts in his heart.

The navy of Jingzhou is famous all over the world, but it seems that the navy of Yizhou is not strong. If it is really strong, why are there so many water thieves in Berkshire?

But the aura of the Yizhou navy in front of him cannot be faked, that kind of aura can only be possessed by an absolutely elite teacher.

The Yizhou navy quickly completed the handover with the Jingzhou navy.

Zhao Yi looked at the warships passing between the fleets, and when he saw the Yizhou soldiers on the warships, he felt a burst of ferocity coming towards him. Zhao Yi had been in the battlefield for a long time, and he knew very well that these soldiers were definitely not gold and jade. In addition, it looks like a mess.

However, there was only one thing that surprised Zhao Zhi.

The Jingzhou navy has a certain degree of advance and retreat. It can be seen that it is well-trained and aggressive. It can be seen at a glance that it is a regular navy.

But these Yizhou navy soldiers don't feel like soldiers, but more like...

water thief...

Chapter 7 and Eight

The moon star is thin, and the black dragonfly flies south.

There was silence in Baidi City.

The river flows eastward, and the sound of the waves is like music.

Zhao Zhi closed his eyes slightly and lay on the bed.

The lights have been turned off, and the house is dark.

Zhao Zhi just quietly listened to the sound of water constantly ringing in his ears.

Along the way, he was accompanied by the sound of the river flowing into sleep. Before he knew it, the sound seemed to have merged with him. Without this sound, he might have difficulty falling asleep.

It was already the night of the third day they arrived in Baidi City.

There was nothing wrong with his eyesight. At the beginning, he thought that the sailors in Yizhou were not like regular sailors, but more like water thieves, and he was indeed correct.

Because the so-called Yizhou naval divisions currently stationed in Baidi City were formerly water thieves, and they were all water thieves under Gan Ning's command.

When Gan Ning was young, Qing Xia murdered people and ran for his life in hiding. He heard in the county that he was regarded as a water thief on the river. The people of Badong gathered together, holding bows and crossbows, and carrying bells and bells.

Steps are old chariots and riders, water is connected to light boats, attendants are embroidered with embroidered patterns, which are like light roads, and stops are often made of silk brocade, which is used to show extravagance.

In order to open up the road between Yizhou and Jingzhou, Ren Xian agreed to cooperate with the Jingzhou army inside and outside to attack the Jiangguan defenders.

For this reason, Ren Xian gathered most of the sailors he could control, and the water thieves under Gan Ning were also in his recruiting sequence. After all, they fought on the river, and the water thieves under Gan Ning had rich experience and combat power. It is not comparable to ordinary sailors.

After the joint Jingzhou Army defeated the Jiangguan garrison, those conscripted naval forces were naturally temporarily kept in Baidi City by Ren Xian.

After all, Jiangguan is more than 2000 miles away from the main battlefield of Chengdu, and it is also [-] to [-] miles downstream from Jiangzhou to Jiangguan. If it is an ordinary civilian ship, it will take nearly [-] days to reach it.

However, the time spent on military ships is naturally much faster than that of civilian ships. After all, civilian ships often need to dock, but civilian ships are smaller and riskier.

Although the river is not as dangerous as overseas, it is not uncommon for ships to be destroyed and people killed if there is a little carelessness.

Going upstream takes more time.

Even if all these soldiers were transferred back to Yizhou, it would not help the battlefield in Yizhou at all, so these soldiers were naturally left in Baidi City, leaving a lot of food and grass.