In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

The sea breeze was blowing slightly salty, Wu Bao stood on the plywood of the ship, feeling the smell of the sea breeze for a long time, sighed slightly, and said: "Guo Chu has a long-term vision, which is difficult for ordinary people to reach."

"What's the difference between what you say and nonsense? Of course it's hard for ordinary people to reach Guo Chu."

A rather auspicious voice came from behind Wu Bao. Wu Bao turned around and saw Qi Xun in ordinary clothes standing behind him, looking at him with a faint smile.

Wu Bao also laughed, and said: "You are a strange governor of Bohai. If you don't do a good job as a governor, you must go south with the sea boat and navy." He said that he looked Qi Xun up and down again, and said, "Look. If you don’t come out, you are a native of Qi, and now you are walking on the ground like you are on the ground.”

Qi Xun said lightly: "Ten years ago when Donghu was destroyed and Bohai County was established, Guo Chu personally ordered our Bohai County to hide soldiers from the people and train the navy in the name of selling Yan salt. Time to get used to it."

Speaking of this, Qi Xun seemed to have thought of something, looked Wu Bao up and down, and said with a teasing look in his eyes: "I didn't expect that, aren't you from Wu? Didn't it mean that Wu people are better off riding a boat than riding a horse?" Is there a lot? Why did I get seasick when I first came here a few months ago?"

Wu Bao, who has always been shameless and shameless, succeeded. Qi Xun, who has always been quite generous and does not run on people, blushed teasingly, and muttered in his heart: whoever said that Qi Xun is kind, the more kind people are, the more unbearable they are when they tease others .

In fact, it can’t be completely blamed on Wu Bao. He is from the state of Wu. Wu Yue has the strongest naval force among the nations in this era. The country's navy dominates the current world, and the country of Yan is in the north. At that time, Xia Yu spent a lot of money to poach people who are good at controlling boats from the land of Wu and Yue. Many people in the country opposed it, even Qi Xun didn't approve of it, but Xia Yu resisted all opinions, not only spending huge sums of money every year in the navy, but also in the name of selling Yanyan salt in Bohai County, which was governed by Qi Xun, to shuttle between Yandi and Qidi, because most of them are Bohai Sea. The Yan people in the county shuttle here, and this sea area has been habitually called the Bohai Sea by the Yan people.

Wu Bao originally relied on his excellent water skills. In the past, when Xia Yu ordered the national government soldiers to go to Bohai County to "experience" life at sea, he mostly took advantage of this time to ask for orders to go to the North to fight and earn military merits. It was the first time for him to experience a long sea voyage, and then, Wu Bao, a native of Wu who claimed to be very good at water, became embarrassingly seasick.

Wu Bao mumbled, "I didn't expect the wind and waves at sea to be so different from lakes and rivers."

Qi Xun's expression was very calm, and he said: "Those who are good at archery will die from archery, Abao, you should also calm down."

Wu Bao looked at Qi Xun's expressionless face, his heart was moved, and he sighed slightly: "No wonder both the emperor and the state assistant praised you and said, 'Qi Xun has the talent to be handsome'. You are getting more and more stable, I heard that after this great battle, the imperial court intends to grant you the title of Prince and Taifu, and let Young Master Qian go to your county to practice."

Qi Xun's expression didn't change, he looked at the endless sea in front of him, and the gusts of sea breeze didn't seem to disturb his mood at all, and said: "Your Majesty and Guo Chu both intend to ask Young Master Qian to thank you for your experience, whether it is in the army or in the local area. Either way, I want to pave the way for him, after all, among the few surviving sons of the Lord, only Gong Ziqian has grown up."

Wu Bao also sighed: "Yes, the great plague that year, hey, the few children of the king now, except for Gong Ziqian, the eldest is less than six years old, and the youngest, the one just born this year, is only a few years old. He is only one month old, and the country has no children, and Gong Ziqian is the eldest son. It seems that in the future, the position of prince will be his, but I think Gong Ziqian is not as smart as he was when he was a child."

There was a strange look in Qi Xun's eyes, and he said, "You think so? I think that the current son, Qian, sometimes makes people feel a little scared..." That kind of depressing thing under the dull appearance is extremely accidental Qi Xun can't forget the glimpse in the middle of the day.

Wu Bao was slightly surprised when he heard Qi Xun's words, and said, "Your words..."

Qi Xun changed the subject and said: "Those are things for later, anyway, what we want to think about now is this great war, for more than ten years, it's a matter of success or failure."

Hearing Qi Xun's emotion, Wu Bao also turned his head and looked at the direction of Qi State in the south. Of course, he couldn't see anything in this vast sea. Wu Bao looked at the endless blue stretches, and said: "We must win."

In the summer of the 15th year, the king of Yan State, Ji Furen, succeeded to the throne. The army of Yan State built the southern city wall openly, but secretly hid troops in the navy, and secretly bypassed the sea route and went south in batches, bypassing Yanshan Mountain, and the people of Qi did not notice.

The Zhi clan personally led Han, Zhao and Wei Siqing, who almost poured out the country and attacked the eastern border city of Qi State. At the same time, Qi State appointed Tian Shu as a general, and personally led the army to the eastern border of Qi State to support.

Tian Shu personally led the army to the eastern front, camped in the same place, relying on the mountains, and the inherent city on the border of Qi, built three lines of defense.

Tian Shu's army is well-managed, coupled with the Qi army equipped with the [-]-step continuous crossbow invented by Xia Yu in the past, the Jin State's aggressive attack was immediately blocked.

Seeing the soldiers of the Jin army who kept rushing up and being suppressed by the crossbowmen, and seeing the increasing number of casualties, they slammed their fists on the table to replace their father Wei Lu who was too old to fight. Wei Ju couldn't help it now, and said, "What a Tian Shu, you're so cunning!"

Wei Ju's heart ached mainly because he was the one who took the lead in attacking Qi's defense line a few days ago. Although Wei's losses were not much, it would be their turn to charge again in a few days. Accumulation of a little makes a lot, but it is frightening, I don't know when it will be the end.

At this moment, a soldier from outside reported back and said: "Report!! The ruling party and Zhao Qing broke through the Qi army's defense line, and the Qi army retreated for [-] miles, and built another defense line, and they are hiding in it for tight defense."

Wei Ju was very happy when he heard the news that the camp was broken up ahead, but his face immediately turned ugly when he heard the news from behind.

Han Buxin, who was getting older and more calm than Wei Ju, asked the detective who reported the news: "Where is the ruling? Where is Zhao Qing? Have you returned to the camp?"

The soldier replied, "I just went back to camp."

Han Buxin waved his hand and told the soldier to retreat. At this time, Wei Ju said impatiently: "Uncle Han, if this goes on, I, the Wei family, and your Han family will suffer too much. We have lost more than the Zhi family and your Han family in the past few days." The Zhao family is much bigger."

Han Buxin stroked his beard, and said: "Zhi and Zhao deliberately let Han and Wei charge forward, while you hide behind?"

Wei Ju said uncomfortably, "That's not true."

Han Buxin asked again: "Zhizheng and Zhao Qing took the lead and did not avoid danger. Our soldiers lost more than the two of them. In the final analysis, our soldiers are not as strong as Zhao's and Zhi's. Don't say anything else. , Zhishi's weapons are really sharp, but that level of ordnance is the best in my entire Jin country."

In the past, in order to rescue Furen from Jin's captivity, Xia Yu once exchanged Wuyang's steelmaking formula with Zhiyao, but outsiders except Xia Yu and Zhiyao didn't know about it. Yao used the steel-making formula donated by Xia Yu to replace all the military equipment of the Zhi family. In Han Buxin's eyes, it was the Zhi family's military equipment, which was the best in Jin.

Wei Ju said with some complaints: "Zhao Shi has always been friendly with me, Han Wei, but ever since Zhao Wuxie became the head of the family, he has been very friendly with Na Zhiyao. We really trust each other."

Han Buxin stroked his beard and didn't speak, the look in his eyes changed, as if he was thinking about something, while on the other side, Wei Ju was a little anxious, and said: "Uncle Han, this matter... before going out, my father ordered that Ju is a junior, Everything depends on Uncle Han."

Although Han Buxin is not as many as Zhao Zhifu, after all, the temple has been ups and downs for so many years. How could he not understand the meaning in Wei Ju's words? Speaking of it, the Han family is actually different from the Wei family. However, since Zhao Wuxie took over as the head of the Zhao family, the relationship with the Zhi family has been close and sometimes distant. When he attacked Zheng, Zhao Wuxie had openly violated Zhiyao's orders. Zhao Wuxie has a very cold face, and now Zhao and Zhi are mixed up again, hey, this makes Han Buxin a little confused.

Because of the weird relationship between the Zhao family and the Zhi family in the past few years, and the fact that the Zhao family had expanded on a large scale when Zhao Zhifu was in power, the Zhi family's strength has also grown rapidly since Zhiyao took office. Compared with these two, Han Wei is relatively weak, and naturally, the two have gotten closer in recent years.

Han Buxin heard Wei Ju's almost expressive words, and did not reply immediately, but sighed: "You are also in your thirties, and you are so unstable. I think your son is much more stable."

Hearing Han Buxin mentioning his eldest son, Wei Ju was a little bit ashamed but also a little bit proud, and said: "My eldest son Si is young and mature, and he has helped me manage family affairs in the past few years and is well organized."

Han Buxin nodded and said: "The sons and grandchildren are virtuous, and the family succession can be long, but unfortunately most of my sons and grandchildren are mediocre." Speaking of this, Han Buxin got up and straightened his clothes, saying, "Let's go."

Wei Ju was taken aback, and said, "Where are we going?"

Han Buxin glanced at Wei Ju and said, "Zhizheng and Zhao Qing have been fighting for a long time before returning to the camp. Shouldn't we go to greet him?"

When Han Buxin and Wei Ju entered the large tent of the Chinese army, he saw Zhiyao was washing his hands, his body was dripping with blood, his face and hands were covered with blood, and the basin of water he was washing in was almost blood-colored, but Zhao Wuxie beside him was It was better, but there was also a lot of blood and mud, but the face and hands were clean, obviously washed.

When Han Buxin saw this, he was taken aback for a moment, then changed color, and immediately took a step forward and grabbed Zhao Wuxie's hand, saying: "This is it?"

The Zhao family and the Han family are friends, and Zhao Wuxie grew up under the watchful eye of Han Buxin. Zhao Wuxie didn't think it was rude when he acted at this time, but said naturally: "Uncle Han, it's all right, it's not mine. Blood."

Zhiyao, who was washing her hands, was wiping her hands with a sackcloth at this time, seeing Han Buxin's exchange with Zhao Wuxie, she was neither angry nor happy, her face was cold, and when she wiped off the water drops on her hands, Zhiyao wiped the sackcloth in her hand. Putting it still on the table, he said, "This can't go on like this! Tian Shu is too cunning!"

Hearing Zhiyao's words, Zhao Wuxie seemed to look through the big tent of the Chinese army and looked towards Qi's defense line in the west, and said: "Tian Shu built three defense lines based on the terrain, and he will not fight us to the death. Just relying on the advantage of the defense line to suppress us with bows and crossbows, the number of people and consumption needed to defend the city is smaller than that of the siege. Once we break through the defense line, he will immediately retreat all the troops and station on the second line of defense. I heard that he is still building a new line of defense behind these three lines of defense, he clearly intends to..."

"Intending to drag us to death!" Zhiyao's eyes were burning with anger, and Zhao Wuxie said, "We are fighting on the territory of Qi State, and the food and grass are transported from the country, and the journey is long and expensive. The defense on the country's territory, the rear supply line is much shorter than ours, and the logistics consumption is also much smaller. Tian Shu retreats layer by layer in order to consume our soldiers and food."

Even if the ability and knowledge are not top-notch, after all, the nobles in this period grew up in the army and experienced many battles with their father. Naturally, Wei Ju is not a completely incompetent character. Zhao Wuxie also understood Tian Shu's plan in such a conversation, and said anxiously: "If this continues, it will not be good for our Jin country."

Han Buxin Nian Xu pondered, and said: "Can't we try to sneak around Tian Shu's army, or burn his army's food and grass?"

Zhao Wuxie shook his head and said: "I tried to send scouts to investigate. Tian Shu has built strong fortresses to succeed to the throne on the roads that can be spared. The food and grass are also placed separately, and heavy troops are guarded. It is difficult to do. Until the attack is successful."

Hearing what Zhao Wuxie said, Han Buxin pondered for a while, and then said: "The land is not accessible, where is the waterway?"

In the camp of the Qi army, Tian Shu, who had just dealt with an attack by the Jin army, went to patrol the camp without dismounting his armor, visiting the wounded soldiers, comforting the exhausted soldiers after the fierce battle, and finally went to the village near the river bank. At the camp, he said to the defenders there: "Does the Jin people have any signs of raiding along the waterway?"

The commander of the garrison at that place reported back: "We send small boats to and from Pushui to investigate every day. If there is any change in the Jin State on the waterway, our army will investigate. Moreover, our army has stationed a large amount of oil and internal camps. If the Jin State With the intention of going down the waterway, we will let the Jin army taste what the former Yue King Gou Jian tasted, the taste of fire oil."

The garrison commander of the Qi army answered proudly. The Jin army heard Zhao Wuxie explain the situation on the Pushui River, and Wei Ju couldn't help scolding: "This thief Tian Shu belongs to a tortoise? Such a deadly nest In the shell, land and water should come out and fight us to the death if they have the ability!"

No one in the Chinese military tent paid any attention to Wei Ju's clamor, but Han Buxin thought for a long time and said, "Should we change our strategy over there in Yan State, and don't let them contain Zhongshan? You want to regain your homeland."

At the beginning, Han Buxin did not quite agree with the plan to ask Yan State to send troops to attack Zhongshan State. After all, this time it was the Jin State and four families came together, and his Han family was among them. Also sending troops to attack Qi State can save Jin State, especially his Han family, from losing some soldiers and money.

Zhiyao pondered slightly, and then turned her gaze to Zhao Wuxie. To be honest, when she first contacted Yan State, Zhiyao was hesitant to ask Yan State to help attack Qi State or to contain Zhongshan. Zhiyao agreed to go to the country to contain Zhongshan. At this time, the Qi army went south for a while, and if the Yan army went south to contain it, it might be able to help more.

As soon as Zhao Wuxie saw Zhiyao looking at him, he understood what was in his heart, and there was no expression on his always rigid face. After a long silence, Zhao Wuxie sighed and murmured: "I...I always have This kind of feeling, if the country of Yan is allowed to leave Yanshan and go south, there will be endless troubles, and our Jin country will suffer in the end."