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With the gradual end of March, the affairs in Jiangling City gradually got on the right track.After the time-travelers took turns, and the emergency training for a few indigenous people in the way of driving ducks to shelves, this small group of thousands of people finally established a fragile order.This kind of order maintained by external forces is still an illusory and short-lived dream, but in the current chaotic world of skinning and sucking blood (literally peeling and sucking blood), it is already an unimaginable comfort for most refugees.

Naturally, the brief bliss also gave rise to some weird emotions.In the weekly sampling visits, Bei Yan clearly recorded the general ecstasy of the residents' mentality—perhaps because the contrast between the past and the present is too strong, or it may be that they are eager to seek sustenance after the war.After witnessing all kinds of unimaginable miracles with his own eyes, a kind of fanatical worship has spread throughout the city, and even gradually spread into a system of deification and superstition, and even spread rumors such as "Penglai Immortals Come to Earth".

Bei Yan gave a clear warning in the report, thinking that this trend must be intervened, otherwise there may not only be a cult of personality, but also the strange appearance of a living person consecrated to a saint.

This warning is of course very powerful, but the traverser team can only express a little concern, and then it is included in their to-do list that is longer than the foot wrap, waiting together with other equally powerful to-do items for the team to know when. favor.There is no other reason—since mid-March, the decisive battle between the North and the South has been shouted countless times, and it is finally coming.

Since March 26, daily routine drone inspections have brought news one after another: large-scale reconnaissance cavalry have appeared one after another on the north bank of the Yangtze River, almost undisguisedly driving back and forth during the day, coming and going Absolutely.Judging from the eavesdropped news, these scouts were scouting for information and collecting information without any scruple, and even openly discussed the military deployment of the Southern Dynasty, the defense organization, and the whereabouts of Prince Qi's son.

"It's obvious!" Xiang Liang held up the photo and concluded to everyone: "Since the subordinates are allowed to discuss freely, it means that there is no need to cover up the movement of the march. As for the whereabouts of the so-called Prince Qi, it is nothing more than killing two birds with one stone: since the male lead He was captured by us, and it has been more than ten days now. The northern army has scouted everywhere, but they have not found any traces. Up to now, the paper can't cover the fire, so they simply set up a big fanfare and directly put the matter of King Qi's son in which branch of the Southern Dynasty On the head of the troops, take advantage of the chaos of the battle to fool them."

"Yes." Wang Zhi then nodded, "It is estimated that soon there will be news that the prince of the Northern Dynasty was taken advantage of by the enemy and died in battle, and the whole Northern Army is heartbroken...Of course he wants to change his words, or he wants to make the fake come true, it doesn't matter. Never mind him. But the key point is—the throne of Qi is high and powerful, and now the beloved son of the first son has fallen into the hands of the Southern Army for no reason, how will the North react?" 33 Novels

Everyone's face changed slightly, and they immediately realized the key point Dr. Wang pointed out - if the northern army wants to cross the river to "revenge" the prince of Qi, then with the military discipline of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the bloody and brutal style of the partial army of the Northern Dynasty, they What will happen?

After a moment of silence, Shu Bai raised his hand.

"It's a decisive battle between the north and the south. Could it be that the south didn't respond?" He asked a question: "The Yangtze River is also a natural moat. As long as the defense line is arranged along the river to prepare the navy, can the northern soldiers fly over?"

Wang Zhi shook his head and let out a breath, then smiled wryly:

"We also sent drones to check the military deployment on the south bank. But judging from the results, it is simply a false story... The closest military town to Jiangling is Jingzhou. They are trying their best to build city walls, forge weapons, and even send troops to plunder the food and materials of the people in the suburbs, and drive them all into refugees. From the perspective of thinking, it is purely a self-protection route of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, and there is no intention to stop the northern soldiers from crossing the river. "

Shu Bai was very surprised: "—doesn't prevent the Beibing from crossing the river at all? Why?"

"The prefect of Jingzhou is also ambitious." Mu Chen said in a low voice, "Hou Rong has been entrenched in Jiangling for so long before, have you seen any movement from him? This kind of thing is the ultra-low-end version of Zhang Lu, sit back and watch success or failure That kind. Anyway, when the northern soldiers go south, the key goal is Jiankang, and they will never face each other for a long time in Jingzhou. If this is the case, why waste their strength for the court? If the Southern Dynasty wins, he can be a loyal minister; if the Northern Dynasty wins, he will also I can hold the pawns and sell them for a good price..."

Having said that, Mu Chen let out a long breath, feeling very annoyed in his heart:

More than half a month ago, Xiang Liang discussed with him the deployment of troops for the decisive battle; in the initial plan, they implemented a plan that was on the sidelines - when the fierce battle between the North and the South was in full swing, they quickly released high-powered weapons, thus And destroy the Northern Army's offensive in one fell swoop, avoiding the human disadvantage to the greatest extent.But now, but now - a foolish and crazy careerist has ruined all their plans.

If Jingzhou does not resist, it will be tantamount to letting the northern army drive straight in and cross the river calmly. By then...

"You can't let the army from the Northern Dynasty come over." Mu Chen murmured, "If they really come...with the military discipline of the Northern Army, Jiangnan might be going to hell on earth. Jiangling is so close, the consequences are even more unimaginable. Even if In order to save a few more people, even if Jiangling is not blocked, we have to keep the Northern Army at the edge of the Yangtze River..."

Everyone understands this truth.But the difficulties behind the truth are also understood by everyone.The Yangtze River is thousands of miles across, but the traversers only have two or three thousand manpower in their hands.Even if the firepower is mighty and invincible, how can it intercept the Northern Army's offensive in the vast Yangtze River?

"From the information point of view, the army mobilized on the north bank is at least 4 to [-]." Duan Ke said slowly: "Even if only half of them successfully crossed the river, it would still be [-] to [-]. With the manpower we have..."

He only uttered half of what he said, but the implication could not be more obvious: Even if the traverser is invincible, it is impossible to wipe out all the 4 to [-] people crossing the river.Once they escape and break up and become chaotic soldiers, with the only manpower in the hands of the crossing team, the surrounding law and order will be completely out of control.What would it be like outside Jiangling City?

This question hit the nail on the head, and there was a moment of silence in the venue.

After relatively pondering for a long time, Wang Zhi suddenly raised his hand.

"—I have an idea."

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Dr. Wang's idea is very simple - according to Guo Zhao's previous explanation, the northern army stationed on the north bank that directly threatens Jiangling is nothing more than the northern army.The northerners have never practiced boating, and the hastily transferred miscellaneous soldiers are even less likely to practice water warfare.In order for them to still have combat power after crossing the river, they must build large and stable warships, instead of using small boats that are convenient for concealment-otherwise seasickness will kill most of the troops.

Therefore, there is a high probability that there will be a shipyard dedicated to building warships on the north bank of the Yangtze River.To prevent incipient developments, it is entirely possible to attack ships.

Under this guiding idea, Mu Chen ordered to mobilize all the reconnaissance drones under the crossing team, took pictures and searched along the Yangtze River day and night, and focused on several states and counties that had produced ships in history.After three days of searching like this, they finally found traces of a large number of ships on a tributary outside the city of Padang County.

When Duan Ke showed the photos taken by the drone, all the people present were amazed. They had heard Wang Zhi talk about the huge warship, but they thought it was just a wooden boat more than ten meters long.But in the photo, the boats are connected, the masts are like forests, and the wooden boats stand majesticly, at least thirty meters from the beginning to the end!

Wang Zhi took the photo and pointed to the tall wooden building on the wooden boat, which looked like a building.

"This is a building boat." He introduced: "Liu Yuxi's poem says 'Wang Junlou boat goes down to Yizhou', that's what it is."

Xiang Liang took a closer look at the scattered wooden boats and long dragons in the photo that almost covered the entire river.Even though he was used to seeing the miracles of modern engineering, he was a little surprised to see such a magnificent weapon built purely by manpower.

"I don't know how long it took to prepare so many huge buildings. The Northern Dynasty's national power is really strong." He said softly: "If we don't intervene, it will probably be the 'Jinling King's Qi'." "

Hearing this, everyone was quite touched.To put it bluntly, as a modern person's standpoint, they never intended to reject grand unification.If the Northern Army can take care of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid they will be happy to see it succeed.

Xiang Liang put down the photo, but shook his head slightly.

"Now we have found the first shipyard." He said slowly: "But the question is, are these all the ships of the Northern Army—or at least most of the ships? Otherwise, it will only scare the snake away."

Wang Zhi shrugged: "Well... still need to investigate."

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In the third year of Taiwu in the Northern Dynasty, the third day of April.Governor of Jingxiang, General Hushi, and Jianwuhou Wei Xiao of Kaifu Yitong's third division led Yi Cong to Badong County.

After lingering with the local officials for a while, Wei Xiao ordered the car to drive directly to the shipyard outside the city.The chief general of the Northern Army has a lot of time to spare, and the most important thing in this inspection of Padang is to inspect the more than [-] building ships supervised outside the city before the battle begins.

At [-]:[-] a.m. on that day, the warships were counted and inspected, and there were no abnormalities in the more than [-] ships.The governor was very pleased, and sent an order to reward the officials and craftsmen, and then summoned witches to pray for the completion of the ship before it was launched.

It is not surprising that this prayer is a routine after the construction of a ship.But now that the battle is imminent, Wei Dudu intentionally made the ceremony solemn and grand in order to boost morale.He invited the most famous great witch in the Northland with a lot of money, and ordered the soldiers to arrange it carefully, so that the matter must be solemn.

With such careful planning, the ceremony really had a solemn and grand atmosphere.On the hundred-foot wooden platform, there are many candles, and the big tripod in the middle is filled with smoke; 49 strong soldiers on the side of the platform are beating drums together, waiting for the great witch in black to come to the stage slowly.The gray-bearded witch bowed to the governor beside the high platform, then lit the brazier and chanted incantations, and began to arrange prayer rituals.

Since Huma went south, the customs of Hu and Han in the Northland have influenced each other, and even the blessing ceremony has become popular to mix and match, fully absorbing the mystic achievements of various cultures.The great shaman danced by the smoke, jumping up and down, using shamanism to pray for the ancestors to descend; but in the middle of the dance, he shook his hands and threw a big tortoise shell into the brazier, as if to burn the tortoise shell for divination.

In an instant, the dance came to an end, and the great witch twitched and danced for a moment, then collapsed on the ground, his limbs stiffened, writhing and rolling like an earthworm.The old man rolled on the ground a few times, and was twitching, wondering which ancestor of the Northern Dynasty royal family should be called upper body, but when he looked up inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of six cracks in the tortoise shell.

The great shaman's expression froze, and he cried out inwardly: This hexagram looks like an extremely sinister omen. In the past, fortune-telling never happened once in a hundred, so why did the governor meet him today?

Of course, the great shaman has been famous for decades, relying on his long sleeves, good dance skills, and exquisite skills, but he will never touch such a bad head.He immediately rolled around again, raised his leg as if inadvertently, and quietly moved the charcoal - this is a unique skill he has learned by burning thousands of tortoise shells, as long as he controls the fire, what he wants will be what he wants elephant……

Unexpectedly, as soon as the charcoal was moved, countless sparks splashed out of the fire with a bang—the tortoise shell, which had been burning for a long time, suddenly jumped up and exploded in half in mid-air.

In an instant, there was an uproar around the high platform, Wei Xiao raised his head suddenly, his face had already turned livid.

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"We have obtained accurate information." Wang Zhi walked into Mu Chen's study quickly, and handed over a stack of photos: "The building boats in the Badong County Shipyard are the main force of the Northern Army going south this time!"

Mu Chen blurted out: "How did you judge?"

"It's very simple." Wang Zhi explained: "We photographed a very grand guard of honor in Padang County. Judging from the regulations, it should be the chief general of the Northern Army patrolling the warship. Judging from the scale of the welcome and the ceremony held at the scene, it can Those who are treated so seriously are definitely the main force of the Northern Army ships!"

Mu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out to take the photo.The drones dispatched this time are more advanced, and the details captured are richer.Mu Chen looked carefully, and could still see the iron cables used to fix the huge boats.

Of course, the building ship has not yet been officially dispatched, so it is quite normal to fix it with iron cables.But Mu Chen discerned carefully, but inexplicably wanted to laugh:

"Tie Suo Lian Zhou? Does he also want to learn from Prime Minister Cao?"

Wang Zhi was silent for a while, and finally made a reminder in a low voice:

"The iron chain and the boat should be just a fabrication of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms..."

Mu Chen snorted, but didn't care at all.

"Since there isn't one, then let me teach him a lesson." He said leisurely, "Tie chain boats, use fire to attack... By the way, our incendiary bombs are enough, right?"