Chastity Layman

  Chapter 835 reversed

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

  The water in the Zuoxi River was soaring, and the naval ships were riding the wind and waves. From Cagezhou to Tanzhou, it was 160 miles by land and 200 miles by water.

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

There are many scattered farmlands on both sides of the river, which are basically the rice fields cultivated by the Xidongman. The Xidongman 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 according to the season, and then basically don't manage much.

  However, the unique weather 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 harvests again."

  Cheng Chumo sighed, "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 these streams are mostly 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 by planting any variety.”

  Because of barbarian self-government for thousands of years, Lingnan is more often in a kind of internal strife, which limits their population growth, and the harsh living environment leads to slow development and slower population growth in Nanman.

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

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

  Although there are many wars in the Central Plains, after each turmoil and chaos, it can always enter a relatively long-term stable life.

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

  The Zuoxi River between Longtan and Longtan is relatively stable, but the navy ships are relatively large, so it is not safe to sail at night.

   Twilight Twilight.

  The sun sets.

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

  A sea falcon speedboat goes down the river.

   "Something's not quite right ahead!"

  The speedboat was responsible for the early detection and reconnaissance, and brought back their discovery.

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

  Qin Lang looked at this simple map, and 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 has 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 whole connection is only more than one mile wide.

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

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

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

   This is a prudent approach.

  When you encounter 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 is 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 be an ambush? Or is it just a group of defeated soldiers?"

  Qin Lang stared at the map for a long time.

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

   "You mean?"

   "Let's take a look first, let the brothers get ready!" Qin Lang looked serious.

   Tuoluzhai is still a hundred miles away from Tanzhou, and it is in the east of Tanzhou. Why did the Juding soldiers come here?

   Several speedboats carried scouts from the Marine Corps ashore.

  The scouts rode horses with flags in their hands, dispersed and scouted forward, very cautious.

  Every time they marched, they would shake their flag guns. Each scout carried a five-color flag on their backs. They passed different military sentiments backwards by inserting different colors of back 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 looked at the detective cavalry who was going further and further away, and relaxed.

   "It's always right to be careful."

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   "Red Flag!"

   "Look, someone is waving a red flag!"

  The hurried voice alarmed Qin Lang, he raised his head to search, and sure enough, the several scouts who had landed on the shore spread far away and moved forward. 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 called Tang cavalry, are responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy's situation. Their five-color flags have different semaphore meanings.

  Waving the red flag means encountering enemy troops.

  Red flags instead of yellow flags.

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

  Waving a yellow flag means finding an enemy, waving a red flag means encountering an enemy, and waving a black flag means terrain problems, such as encountering obstacles.

   "Blue flag, wave the blue flag again!"

  The blue flag represents 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 investigate 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 reconnaissance horses ashore, and send some yachts to go upstream."

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

   Another twelve 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.

  Tangqi and yachts kept sending back information about the enemy.

  On the ship, the soldiers are nervously summarizing the enemy's situation and formulating countermeasures.

   "There are already more than 10,000 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.

  The night fell completely, and Tangqi was still running on the shore, and they kept a distance from the enemy.

  The ambushing enemies are 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 miles.

   "It's Zuoxi Man!"

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

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

   This is confusing.

  It is also easy to understand.

  Anyway, Zuoximan and Judingman joined forces.

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

  Qin Lang was very calm.

"That **** 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 right.

  But they didn't expect that although Qin Lang didn't doubt the good news of Tanzhou, 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. For this kind of terrain, Tang Qi would have raised the spirit of 12 points and stepped up his guard.

  The soldiers are silent.

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

   Now looking at Qin Lang, a little flustered.

"Don't worry."

   "How about we return to the cage state?"

  Qin Lang ignored it.

   It is scary to return to the cage state at this time.

   "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 tomorrow!"

  (end of this chapter)