The disciples of Mingyue's Renzong in Qin Dynasty

"Yes, the Eight Swords of the King of Yue is the highest representative of the Baiyue Bronze Civilization, and I have seen their boat once. It is a full three-story building and can carry hundreds of soldiers to fight." Zhang Cang continued.

"Building boats!" Wuchenzi thought of the building boats that appeared in history, but after Qin, the Han Dynasty did not get Qin's building boat technology, obviously because Baiyue did not submit to Han, so the Han Dynasty did not Get Qin's building and ship technology.

"Yes, that's what they call it." Zhang Cang nodded.

"The most important thing is that it is difficult for Qi's ships to leave the land for hundreds of miles, but Baiyue's boats can sail from Jiaozhi to Kuaiji without stopping!" Zhang Cang continued.

Wuchenzi thought in his mind, from Jiaozhi to Kuaiji is equivalent to from Vietnam to Suzhou. Doesn’t it mean that the distance from Jiaozhi to Kuaiji can also be from Kuaiji to Japan? It was passed on by Baiyue people!

"What else?" Wu Chenzi continued to ask.

"The current Baiyue is falling apart, but it still has the strength to compete with the Chu State, and the Chu State has nothing to do with them. It was only during the time of King Huai of Chu that the Chu State joined forces with Han Wangan to destroy the Yangyue State, which led to today's Baiyue without a leader. .” Zhang Cang continued to introduce.

Wu Chenzi was stunned for a while, this Baiyue was much stronger than he expected, not inferior to the bronze civilization of the Central Plains, far superior to the boat technology and pottery technology of the Central Plains, in a land of Baiyue full of rivers , It is like a fish in water, no wonder Chu State has been unable to win Baiyue.

"The Baiyue forest is vast, deep and tall, and full of miasma. This is the main reason why the Chu State has repeatedly failed. The Baiyue people live deep in the mountains and forests, and are good at fishing and hunting. The Huns' eagle shooters are even more terrifying!" Zhang Cang continued.

"..." Wuchenzi had a headache for a while, is this still the Baiyue he knows?The Huns are not that strong, are they?

"However, Baiyue is also very scattered. Luo Yuejiu alone is divided into fifteen tribes, and there is no unified monarch! The situation is almost the same in other Yueyue." Zhang Cang continued.

"Finally, I heard some good news from you!" Wu Chenzi looked at Zhang Cang and said.

Fortunately, Baiyue did not form a royal court like the Xiongnu, otherwise, Chu State would be left alone.

Once the water-killing weapon like the building boat is released, the Baiyue people can completely occupy the river to fight, and the Chu State also has a well-developed water system.

No wonder King Huai of Chu would unite with South Korea to destroy the newly emerged Baiyue Kingdom, Yangyue Kingdom. If Yangyue Kingdom was allowed to unify Baiyue, then Baiyue would be able to concentrate all its efforts to create building ships that would cross the Yangtze River On the surface of the water, how can Chu State fight!

"This kind of Baiyue must be in our hands, maybe it can start the era of global navigation!" Wu Chenzi thought.

"What else does Uncle Master want to know?" Zhang Cang continued to ask.

"How many cows do I have?" Wu Chenzi asked.

Zhang Cang was instantly dumbfounded, remembering the days when you were dominated by that fear, can you not be a good person?

"Uncle Master, can we change the question?" Zhang Cang didn't want to think about that question at all because he couldn't look back on the past.

"Okay, then I'll ask. We all know the length of the wheel and the distance from the axle to the wheel, so what is the relationship between the two?" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

"Pi! Uncle, can you be a human being?" Zhang Cang was completely mad. The word pi was proposed by their Confucianists, but up to now, they don't know what method to use to calculate what this number is.

Wuchenzi smiled, turned around and left, this is where it is, the days to come are still long!

"Have you decided to go to Baiyue?" Xiaomeng and the others watched Wuchenzi come back, Xiaomeng asked.

"Well, I've decided, Baiyue is too difficult to deal with, so let's deal with Chu State first!" Wu Chenzi said.

Baiyue is a bit too strong, it can only be said that it is a gathering place for people who would rather die than surrender in the civilization of the Central Plains.

Xiaomeng and the others rolled their eyes collectively, knowing that this would be the case, what Baiyue was, was just an excuse to fool Chu State.

"Baiyue still wants to go, I'm passing through Chu country!" Wu Chenzi said after a moment of hesitation.

"Understood, you are going to Baiyue, and when passing by Chu State, you accidentally stayed a little longer, and then Chu State disappeared!" Xiaomeng said lightly.

"Well, that's how it is, you still understand me!" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

Baiyue is really a bit immobile. Let Tianze Jianguo, I am really worried that it will be too big to lose, especially because the soldiers of Qin State are all from the north, and they don't know water at all, let alone water warfare. Maybe Qin will really lose.

Chapter 526 You Can Trust Chu State!

"Disciple Chen Ping begs to see Master!" Chen Ping said when he came to Weiyang Palace and looked at Xue Nu.

It has been a while since he left Zhao Zhiwu Commandery, and he is going back now, so he came to bid farewell to Wu Chenzi before leaving.

"Master has already left!" Xue Nu said depressingly.

Master left, only took Yan Lingji and Shao Siming, but left himself in the Dao Palace. Uncle Xiaomeng also left, and went back to Taiyi Mountain for retreat. Before leaving, he said that she would be in charge of the affairs of the Dao Palace.

She doesn't know how to preside over the affairs of the Dao Palace, most of the things are taken care of by Bai Yunzi and Nongyu, so she is superfluous.

"Master left? Where did he go?" Chen Ping thought that Wuchenzi was just out of the Taoist Palace, but he never thought that Wuchenzi would leave faster than him.

"I don't know, I'll hold it for a year or so, maybe three to five years at most." Xue Nu became even more depressed.

"He actually walked faster than me!" Chen Ping said in a low voice. He knew that Wu Chenzi was going to Baiyue or Chu, but he didn't expect that he would go so fast.

"Miss Xuenv, please tell all the senior uncles that Ziping is leaving too, and is returning to Zhao Zhiwu Commandery!" Chen Ping said.

Since the master is not here, and the other uncles are not familiar with him, there is no need to say goodbye one by one, just ask Xue Nu to tell him.

"You have to go too!" Xue Nu was very depressed, everyone had something to do, and she was the only one left doing nothing.

On the other side, Wuchenzi had already left Chang'an with Shao Siming and Yan Lingji, and went straight to the Lantian camp, one of the Qin army training grounds in the Qin state.

"I've seen Master Guoshi!" Bai Meng personally welcomed Wuchenzi into the camp. He had been sent by Xianyang to tell him that Master Guoshi would go to Lantian Camp to inspect the army, but he didn't expect Wuchenzi to be separated from the messenger. Arrived in a day.

Wu Chenzi looked at the Lantian Camp, which was surrounded by mountains and rivers. This was the oldest Qin army camp still in use in the Qin State. Almost all the generals in the Qin State came from the Lantian Camp.Unlike the Lishan Camp that guards Xianyang, the Lantian Camp has a standing army of 30, which can accommodate [-] troops in wartime.

"As expected of Lantian Camp!" Wu Chenzi nodded.

To the east of the Lantian camp is a high mountain, and a tributary of the Yangtze River flows through it. The terrain is flat and can accommodate 10 soldiers for training. Yanyingdu was once the old capital of Chu State.

After Bai Qi conquered Yan, the city of Ying was flooded, forcing Chu State to move its capital to Jiangling.

"After the catastrophe, Qin will send troops south to attack Chu!" Wu Chenzi said, looking at Bai Meng.

"Meng knows, so he is always ready, and the training of the soldiers has doubled!" Bai Meng said.

"There will be a lot of troops attacking Chu. I'm afraid they will mobilize the Lishan, Lishi, Hanoi, and Hexi battalions. The Lantian camp will become the vanguard and bridgehead!" Wu Chenzi continued.

"Master Guoshi means to increase troops?" Bai Zhong frowned. After years of repairs, the Lantian camp can accommodate 20 people for training at the same time, but if there are more, they can only garrison troops and cannot train normally. up.

"Chu's water system is well developed and there are many rivers and lakes. Water warfare is indispensable. Does Lantian Camp have a water army?" Wu Chenzi looked at Bai Meng and asked.

Bai Meng shook his head, Qin State is dominated by elite soldiers, and most of Qin's children are landlubbers who can't swim. Although there is a big river, the river is too fast, who dares to go swimming.

Wu Chenzi frowned. Qin has many infantry and cavalry, and it is inevitable that they are not good at water warfare. Among the seven countries, only Chu is good at water warfare. This is why Chu has rarely been invaded by people since its establishment. .

"Forget it!" Wuchenzi didn't embarrass Bai Meng, Qin is not good at building boats, and it is impossible to train the navy, and there is no suitable source of soldiers. Taboo.

"Master Guoshi wants to fight the Chu army by water?" Bai Meng looked at Wu Chenzi and asked.

Wu Chenzi nodded, maybe Bai Meng can do anything?

"Lantian Camp has a water army, but it is only used for transporting food and grass, not enough for fighting." Bai Meng said.

"Have you heard of Lou Chuan?" Wu Chenzi looked at Bai Meng and asked.

"I've seen it once. The Chu army once sailed up the river with a building boat, but they retreated in the end. However, the general knew that Chu did not have the technology to make a building boat. That building boat was captured from Baiyue. Yes, after so many years, it has long been damaged and cannot be used!" Bai Meng said.

Wuchenzi narrowed his eyes slightly, Chu State didn't even know how to build boats, this is very abnormal, Chu and South Korea allied forces wiped out Yangyue, yet they still haven't obtained Baiyue's building boat techniques.

"Chu Kingdom should know it!" Yan Lingji said.

Bai Meng looked at Yan Lingji and frowned. If it wasn't for the people brought by Wu Chenzi, it would be impossible to enter the Lantian camp, but it is very inappropriate to dare to interrupt their conversation.

However, Bai Meng was not the kind of person with a strong personality, so he asked, "This girl knows?"

"She is from the Baiyue Kingdom, and she is also Yan Lingzi, the deputy head of Renzong!" Wu Chenzi explained.

Only then did Bai Meng put away his dissatisfaction. He knew that there was a woman from Baiyue next to Wuchenzi, and she was from Baiyue, but he had never seen it before, and now he finally saw it.

"After Chu Han conquered the Baiyue Kingdom, some Yue people surrendered to the Chu Kingdom. I can be sure that those people will build buildings and ships!" Yan Lingji said seriously.

Bai Meng narrowed his eyes, and then confirmed again: "Are you sure the head of Yan Lingzi?"

"Very sure!" Yan Lingji nodded.

Bai Meng looked at Wu Chenzi, and then said: "Master Guoshi, the general may have been misled by the state of Chu. The state of Chu has been cruising the river with broken boats all these years. I'm afraid it's deliberately making us think that they don't have any boats. Craftsmanship, secretly supervising the building of big ships, in order to paralyze us!"

"It's possible!" Wu Chenzi also understood that when Qin Xiaogong had only two counties left, Qin State could hide and train a hundred thousand strong Qin warriors, and Chu State, the largest of the Seven Kingdoms, wanted to find a place to secretly supervise It is not too simple to build buildings and ships while avoiding the eyeliners of various countries.

"At the end of the day, I will send a message back to Xianyang, and then send Xiliuying soldiers to infiltrate into Chu State to find out the place where the Chu State navy supervises the construction of buildings and ships!" Bai Meng said.

The whole state of Qin or the whole world didn't know that the state of Chu had building boat technology, so they didn't care about it, but now, they had to pay attention to it.

If the state of Chu really has the technology of building boats, on the land of Chu with a developed water system, if you walk along the water, with the capacity of the building boats, you may drop the army anywhere at any time, which will have a huge impact on the decision-making of the Qin army. mistakes.

Wu Chenzi nodded, Lou Chuan, a powerful weapon, was too much of a threat to Qin's attack on Chu.Li Xin led the troops to attack Chu and was defeated. Even if Lord Changping's backstab caused the army to be enemies from front to back, it is not impossible for Li Xin to withdraw to Qin with Li Xin's ability.

However, Li Xin led an army of 20 and failed to withdraw. Obviously, it was because of the building and boats that the Chu army moved much faster than Li Xin, which led to Li Xin's army being encircled.

"This time I entered Chu, I will focus on this matter, but the territory of Chu is too large, it is not easy to find out where the Louchuan Navy is!" Wu Chenzi said.

"The last general will do his best!" Bai Meng said seriously.

Wu Chenzi nodded. Since the Chu State hid the Louchuan navy, how could they be found easily? Just hiding in Poyang Lake, Taihu Lake and other lakes is enough for them to find them for many years. Can do my best.

"Let's review the soldiers!" Wu Chenzi said.

Bai Meng nodded, ordered people to beat the Jujiang drum, and gathered [-] soldiers from the Lantian Camp to the battlefield to wait for inspection.

"You guys wait here!" Wu Chenzi looked at Shao Si Ming and Yan Ling Ji and said, and followed Bai Zhong to Dianjiangtai.

Only then did Bai Meng heave a sigh of relief. There can be no female family members in the army. This is the military law of the Qin State. It is already against the rules for Wu Chenzi to bring people in. If he brings people in to inspect the army, it will shake the morale of the army.

"Most of the soldiers in the Lantian camp are newly recruited. Except for the backbone of the army who returned from the war between the two clans, the rest are all recruits!" Bai Meng said.

Wuchenzi nodded. All the soldiers of the Qin Kingdom were mobilized for the battle between the two clans, and they all returned to their camps after the war. However, most of them returned to their hometowns during the disaster. After all, not all soldiers were professional soldiers.

Wu Chenzi looked at the soldiers under the general's stage, and nodded earnestly. As expected of the cradle of Qin's generals, the Lantian Camp included all land forces, and it was a rare all-arms camp among the Seven Kingdoms.

After inspecting the army, Wu Chenzi borrowed a small boat from Lantian Camp with Shao Siming and Yan Lingji, quietly left, and went straight down the river to the Kingdom of Chu.

"I'm thinking, should we go to Shouchun or go directly to Baiyue!" Wu Chenzi said, looking at the water in front of the river.

If you really want to cause trouble in the state of Chu, you must leave the Yangtze River and go straight to Shouchun instead of wandering on the Yangtze River.

"Do you think the Chu State didn't know that you came out of Xianyang? Even if you didn't know, it would be hard for the Chu State to know if you were reviewing the army at the Lantian camp!" Yan Lingji looked at Wu Chenzi and said calmly.

In her heart, she hoped that Wu Chenzi would go to Baiyue, and she was also extremely worried about Baiyue's current situation. Although Baiyue is located in the south of the Yangtze River and has a well-developed water system, this natural disaster is too terrible, and Baiyue has no water tankers yet. Help, no one knows what is going on in Baiyue today.

"That's right!" Wuchenzi nodded. After experiencing the demise of the Three Jin Dynasties, he Wuchenzi can be said to be the object of refusal in all the capitals. He was short of erecting a monument at the gate of the city saying that Wuchenzi and dogs are not allowed to enter. , Even dogs are allowed to enter, but Wuchenzi are not allowed to enter.

"Then let's go down the river!" Wu Chenzi nodded, as long as Chu State is not stupid, it is impossible for him to go to Shouchun.

"Speaking of which, the state of Chu has been busy moving its capital these years, from Ying to Jiangling, and Qin Wangzheng moved from Jiangling to Shouchun in the fifth year. It's all about finding something for yourself!" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

"It's not that Lord Chunshen is afraid of Qin!" Yan Lingji said flatly.

In the fifth year of King Qin, Pang Nuan's allied forces attacked Qin, but were disintegrated by Lu Buwei. Chunshen Lord Huang Xie was the one to blame. If the Chu army hadn't retreated suddenly, it would not have been defeated.

And Lu Buwei was able to disintegrate the Allied Forces of the Five Nations because Chu State moved its capital from Jiangling to Shouchun.From Jiangling to Shouchun, everyone can see that the Chu army is afraid of Qin, otherwise, how could they have moved the capital so far away, and even left the waters of the Yangtze River, without even daring to have the idea of ​​regaining the capital of Ying.

"Do you know that there is a saying in the Seven Kingdoms that describes the state of Chu?" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

"What are you talking about?" Yanlingji and Shao Siming both looked at Wuchenzi, and even the sailors of the Lantian Army who were in charge of manipulating the ships looked at Wuchenzi curiously.

"In times of crisis, you can trust the state of Chu, and when the chances of victory are within your grasp, you have to beware of the state of Chu giving away the head!" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

Yanlingji and Shao Siming were still operating the boat and the soldiers were all stunned, which seemed to be the case.

Wei attacked Xinzheng, Qi and Chu sent troops, and Wei's hegemony ended; Qin attacked Handan, Chu sent troops, and Qin's army retreated to Hangu Pass. Just when Lord Xinling was about to break through Hangu Pass, Chu's army retreated; The Nuan coalition army broke through Wuguan and went straight to the outside of Xianyang City. They all hit Baqiao. Then Lu Buwei personally led the army to scare off the Chu army. Then Pang Nuan fought alone and was finally defeated and died.

"So, Chu State is a magical country with a very high upper limit and a bottomless pit!" Wu Chenzi shook his head and laughed.

"Master Guoshi, we can't send you off anymore!" Suddenly the Qin army soldier said.

"Are you going to enter the territory of Chu Kingdom?" Wu Chenzi asked.

"Yes!" replied the soldier.

Wu Chenzi nodded. No matter how ruined the state of Chu is, it is impossible not to prevent the Qin army from going down the water. There must be checkpoints on the waterway to check the passing ships, so the Lantian navy can only send them to the border of the state of Chu.

"Then find a place to put us down!" Wu Chenzi said.

In the end, the boat let three people disembark at an unmanned ferry, and then returned to Lantian Camp.

The three of them rode along the river beach towards the state of Chu, and only a dragon horse could do it. Ordinary horses couldn't walk on the river beach at all, let alone bring three people with them.

"There are so many shrines in the Chu Kingdom!" Yan Lingji said, along the way, they didn't know how many shrines they saw, and the worshipers were also strange.

There are sacrifices to river gods, dragon kings, dragon mothers, heavenly emperors, city gods, land gods, mountain gods, and even wild foxes, monkeys and other beasts.

"Chu country believes in the theory of ghosts and gods, and most of the income of Taoism comes from Chu country, so Fang Jijia pretending to be Taoism also took root in Chu country." Wu Chenzi said.

"You said, there really isn't a god in Chu, right?" Yan Lingji asked suspiciously.

"There will definitely be!" Wu Chenzi nodded and said, the gods also have to eat, and the way of incense is what the gods depend on for survival, so those beings above can't miss such a good place for incense.

"Then why do Qin Kingdom seldom believe in ghosts and gods except for temples recognized by the government?" Yan Lingji asked puzzled.