Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 835
After the rain, the sky cleared and the sky was as clear as a wash.

The water in the Zuoxi River rose sharply, but the naval ships were riding the wind and waves. From Longzhou to Tanzhou, it was 160 miles by land and [-] miles by water.

Qin Lang stood on the deck, blowing the wind from the river, looking at the green hills on both sides.

There are many scattered farmlands on both sides of the river, which are basically the rice fields cultivated by the Xidong Man. The Xidong Man actually has a history of rice planting for thousands of years, but compared to the Central Plains, their rice seeding technology is too extensive. Sow the seeds in season, and then basically don't manage much.

However, the unique climate such as rain and sunshine here allows them to produce one or two stones per mu with such crude technology and extensive management.

"It won't be long before the sickle will be harvested again."

Cheng Chumo was sighing, "Look at the good land on these two banks. If you just repair it and build some canals, it will be a piece of fertile land, but most of these streams are wasted."

If it is in the Central Plains, such a good land will never be wasted.Don't you see that around Chang'an and Luoyang, even if it is a hillside depression or even a saline-alkali land, someone will find a way to rectify it.

"In the final analysis, it is still a matter of population. There are many mountains and little land here. It is said that there are eight mountains, one water and one field. However, compared with places such as Guanzhong and Henan, this place is relatively sparsely populated, and the climate here is The water and soil are good, and you can get a lot of benefits if you plant them casually."

Due to the autonomy of the barbarians for thousands of years, Lingnan was more often in a kind of internal strife, which limited their population growth, and the harsh living environment led to the slow development of the southern barbarians and slower population growth.

This also brings another benefit, that is, land is not considered scarce.

In particular, many Xidongs are actually still under a relatively primitive tribal slavery system, which actually severely limits population growth.

Although there were many wars in the Central Plains, after every turmoil and chaos, there was always a relatively long period of stability.

"Tuolu Village is ahead, speed up and rest in Tuolu Village before dark."

The Zuoxi river between Longtan is relatively stable, but the Navy's ships are relatively large, and it is not safe to sail at night.

Twilight dusk.

sunset.

The sunset glow in the sky is very beautiful, and the tired birds return to their nests.

A guillemot sailed downriver.

"There's something wrong ahead!"

The speedboat was in charge of scouting ahead and brought back what they found.

A lean man picked up a brush and started to draw a simple map, "Ahead seven or eight miles away from Tuolu Village, there is a narrow and dangerous river channel with mountains on both sides. The river channel turns three times between the two mountains. There is an island in the center of the curved river..."

"These bends in the river are very narrow, and the narrow part is only a dozen feet wide..."

Looking at this simple map, Qin Lang immediately saw the danger here.

A horizontal S-shaped bend, the key is that this bend is not big, and at the center of the bend, there is Tuomi Mountain on the north and Hongmi Mountain on the right. The two mountains and a protruding land in the middle make Zuoxi draw an S here. , and let the heart of the river be divided into two by a small island, plus the narrow and long area where the heart of the bend protrudes, it looks like Zuojiang has two islands in the heart of the river here.

If the two protruding lands on the outside of the river bend are counted, it means that when the fleet wants to pass this narrow bend, it will have to face three protruding belts facing the river on three sides and a river center island.

The four places can still be connected by a line, and the total width of the whole connection is only more than one mile.

And several narrow rivers are only a dozen feet wide.

If someone lays an ambush here, deploying a few soldiers and horses in this bend of the river, even if they are navy divisions, it will be difficult to break through such a blockade.

This is completely a three-dimensional and multi-level interception strike.

"What did you find?"

Cheng Chumo looked at the map and was very serious. This place is indeed a threat to the navy.

"Could it be the defeated soldiers from Juding who fled from Tanzhou?"

The person who came back from the speedboat said, "It doesn't feel right. I suggest temporarily stopping the advance and wait until we send ground scouts to check it out."

This is a prudent approach.

When encountering such a threatening terrain, even if you don't see the enemy, since the opponent feels something is wrong, you should really stop.

"Send a few marines ashore and check everywhere. The naval fleet is suspended and anchored in the middle of the river. Don't dock yet!"

"The yacht is on alert!"

It's getting dark, if there is any unexpected ambush, it will be very bad for the navy.

There is always nothing wrong with being careful.

"Does Saburo think there will really be an ambush? Or is it just a group of routs?"

Qin Lang stared at the map for a long time.

"It's really not right. The defeated soldiers of Tanzhouju Town may slip through the net, but it's impossible for many to run here, let alone dare to rob us."

"What do you mean?"

"Let's see before we talk, let the brothers get ready!" Qin Lang looked serious.

Tuoluzhai is still a hundred miles away from Tanzhou, and it is to the east of Tanzhou, why did the Judingman's defeated soldiers come here?
Several speedboats carried the scouts of the Marine Corps ashore.

The scouts rode their horses with flags in their hands, and spread out to scout forward, very cautious.

Every time they marched, they would shake the flag guns. Each scout carried a five-color flag on their backs. They passed different military sentiments backwards by inserting different colored flags on the flag guns and shaking them.

Everything is going well, and no enemy situation has been found yet.

"Maybe we were too cautious." Cheng Chumo relaxed as he watched the scouts go further and further away.

"It's always right to be careful."

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"red flag!"

"Look, someone is waving the red flag!"

The hurried voice alarmed Qin Lang, he raised his head to search, and sure enough, the several scouts that had landed far away spread out and moved forward, and after walking for a while, they waved down their flags, which were always green flags.

But suddenly someone waved the red flag.

Reconnaissance cavalry, also known as Tang cavalry, are responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy's situation. Their five-color small flags have different semaphore meanings.

Waving the red flag means encountering the enemy.

Red flags instead of yellow flags.

"Blow the battle horn and get ready to fight!" After Cheng Chumo confirmed that the red flag was indeed waving, he became excited and ordered loudly.

Waving the yellow flag means finding the enemy, waving the red flag means encountering the enemy, and waving the black flag means terrain problems, such as encountering obstacles and so on.

"Blue flag, wave the blue flag again!"

The blue flag means that there are many enemies!
"Damn it, there's really an ambush." ​​Cheng Chumo took out the bow from the double insert, skillfully pulled out a bowstring and put it on.

Qin Lang called him to stop.

"Don't panic, the enemy's situation is unknown, are you going to rush up like this?"

"Look again."

After Tang Qi found the enemy, he didn't retreat immediately.

Instead, after maintaining a certain safe distance from the enemy, continue to detect the enemy's situation, and constantly pass on the military situation to the rear through complex semaphore.

More and more Tangqi found the enemy and began to encounter them.

Qin Lang stood on the deck, surrounded by warships, and the navy was moored in the middle of the river, so there was no need to worry for a while.

"Send some scouts ashore, and send some yachts upriver."

One road pond rides ashore, a total of 24 road pond rides, ten people in each pond.

Twelve more yachts were sent upstream to investigate.

The sky was getting darker and darker, this time was very unfavorable for Qin Lang, but everyone was relieved after seeing through the enemy's ambush, it was better than being attacked when passing through the danger.

Tang Qi and the yacht kept sending back information about the enemy.

On board, the soldiers were nervously summarizing the enemy's situation and formulating countermeasures.

"There are already more than [-] enemies, where are there so many enemies?"

"It can't be Juding Sandman!"

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Qin Lang looked at the collected information with his hands behind his back.

"Continue to explore!"

He not only needs to know the location of the enemy's ambush, but also the number of the opponent, and even the identity of the opponent.

As night fell completely, Tang Qi was still running on the shore, and they kept a distance from the enemy.

The ambushing enemy is also fully exposed at this time.

"Order the fleet to retreat ten miles!"

Qin Lang took back the Tangqi and the speedboat, anchored and went down the river, retreating ten li.

"It's Zuoxi Man!"

Cheng Chumo looked at the collected information and punched the table, "This son of a bitch betrayed Datang!"

Those who were ambushing were Zuoximan and Judingman, two people who were supposed to be enemies, but now they became allies and came to ambush Qin Lang together.

This is confusing.

But it's also easy to understand.

Anyway, Zuoximan and Judingman joined forces.

"So, the good news about Zuoximan's victory in Tanzhou City is also fake!"

Qin Lang was very calm.

"That bastard Fusandai Tanzhou Zuoximan surrendered to Juding, but he still lied to us for a big victory. He must have tricked Saburo into going there. His mother is still setting up an ambush here. Fortunately, we have always been cautious, and the elite have element, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

If it is replaced with other soldiers and horses, it is estimated that it will be the right way.

But they didn't expect that although Qin Lang didn't doubt Tanzhou's good news, he immediately came with soldiers and horses, but when marching, he strictly followed the marching method and did not underestimate the enemy.

Along the way, there are ponds riding yachts to explore the road continuously. This seemingly cautious behavior is actually just the basic operation of the regular army of the imperial court, but for the barbarians, this is unexpected.

The Tuolu River bends narrowly and narrowly. Tang Qi would have raised his spirits and stepped up his guard against this kind of terrain.

The soldiers were silent.

Tanzhou Zuoximan and Judingman actually teamed up. This was an unexpected situation, and they had never made a plan for this situation.

Looking at Qin Lang now, he panicked.

"do not worry."

"How about we return to the cage state?"

Qin Lang ignored it.

If you return to the cage state at this time, you will be afraid.

"Be careful tonight and wait until dawn."

The soldiers retreated, Cheng Chumo asked, "Sanlang plans to fight them tomorrow?"

"Are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid, but we don't have many soldiers and horses. Although there are five thousand people, half of them are sailors, and those who can go ashore to fight on land. Including Saburo, your army is only three thousand, and the rebellious barbarians discovered now There are tens of thousands, one against ten?"

Qin Lang thought for a while, "Let's talk about it tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)