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The waterways in the south of the Yangtze River are vertical and horizontal, and the Wu people can hardly live without boats. For them, the boats are like the ox carts and horses of the Central Plains. Therefore, Wudi is also one of the earliest areas in the world to build canals. Twenty years ago, King Helu of Wu asked Wu Zixu to dig the "Xu River" between Taihu Lake and the Yangtze River, which is also the first canal in China, in order to facilitate the boatmen to attack Chu.

After Fuchai succeeded to the throne, his ambition was even greater than that of his father. In view of the struggle for Song Dynasty with Zhao Wuxi ten years ago, and the struggle for Chen and Cai with the State of Chu a few years ago, Master Wu always suffered from inconvenient transportation and could not move Jiangnan. The soldiers and food were transported to Huai Shang. At the suggestion of Bo Xi, Fuchai decided to continue the excavation of the Xu River by his father, King Wu of Helu, and build a canal to the north of the river. The source of this canal is Hancheng, which is later Yangzhou, hence its name. It is "Hangou".

In order to prevent Wu Zixu from making noise around him, Fuchai has sent him to repair the "Hanggou" in recent years. However, unlike the Xu River, which is only a few dozen miles in length, the "Hanggou" is planned to divert water from the Yangtze River to the north and eventually converge. Entering the Huaihe River, the total length is more than 300 li. Even though the water network between the Jianghuai and the Huaihe River is vertical and horizontal, in some places it is only necessary to connect two lakes or natural rivers with a short artificial channel, but it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to dig it...

But Fuchai didn't care. Although Wu Zixu had advised him, he believed that with the strength of Wu's national power, a mere canal was no problem. Here, why didn't he want to challenge the Zhao clan in the north to dig a "wei canal".

At this moment, when mentioning Hangou, Fuchai smiled meaningfully: "The chisel of Hangou is mostly done by the Yue people from the south of the Five Lakes, so that the uncle and Wu Zi don't have to worry about the Yueguo's spare capacity to be Wu's confidant. !"

Ji Zha still had to persuade him again, but Fu Chai had made up his mind, he said: "Let Wu Zi hurry to dig this waterway. If the labor is not enough, you can use people from Xu, Zhongwu, and Qun Shu to do the work, and wait until next year when the whole line of Hangou is unimpeded. At that time, it is the day when the widow leads the army north!"

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In July, the fire was raging, and August was still in the middle of the year. In the distant Jin Kingdom, it also ushered in an annual bumper harvest. The Zhao family's territory has now increased to one capital and nine counties, with a population of more than four million. Although the harvest this year was not very good due to the severe drought and locust plague last year, Yecheng, Taiyuan, Hanoi, Dongyang, Hejian, and Shangdang still have food to harvest at least, and the people's food and clothing are not a problem. County and Shangjun are not grain-producing areas in the first place, and there is no need to expect much; on the contrary, Hedong, which was a major grain-producing area in the past, almost failed to harvest due to repeated military disasters, and Feng Yi, who was harvested from Qin State, is not optimistic...

After returning from Hexi, Zhao Wuxi first prepared to establish Hedong County in Xinjiang, and asked Ren Zhang to recruit war refugees to resume production. At the same time, he had to use up the surplus grain in Changping warehouse to relieve hundreds of thousands of hungry people in Hedong. ...Although this large county has been added, it has become a burden for Zhao's family in a short period of time.

Relief alone is not enough. It happened that most of the conscripts from other counties returned to their hometowns for the autumn harvest. Zhao Wuxi simply recruited more than 10,000 people in Hedong. , he returned to Yecheng and discussed with Ji Ran how to incorporate the two newly added counties into Zhao's economic system and turn losses into profits as soon as possible.

When he was busy until July, he also learned about the new progress of the Song Dynasty.

The Song army of Shangqiu was blocked at the foot of Pengcheng due to the interference of Wu State, but Le Mixing did not survive, and died last month...

"Sorry for my brother Ming..." In Yecheng, Zhao Wuxi spent several days offering sacrifices for the dead Song Guoda Sicheng Le Miyao, comforting his wife Le Lingzi not to be too sad, his son Zhao Hengsheng In the year of Zhao's demise, he is now six years old, and he is very sensible. He also knows how to accompany his mother and wear filial piety for his uncle.

In the first few days, Le Lingzi cried and described as haggard. After all, this was her only elder brother, but she calmed down quickly and turned to the future of Chess City Le's family...

Le Min's eldest son is named Le You. Speaking of which, his birth is very embarrassing. It was when Le Min was filial piety for his father Le Qi that he was born in violation of the etiquette... Now he is fifteen or six years old and has inherited the post of Da Sicheng. There should be no big problem with the old and prudent family elders and family Sima supporting him. However, the current situation of the Song Kingdom is extremely unstable. Song Gongjiu, Huang's family, and Sima Ziniu ran to Pengcheng, attacking the Le family who occupied Shangqiu as a treason. On the other hand, the people of Songqiu in Shangqiu insisted that the Duke of Song had lost his virtue and had been removed from the throne by the great witch.

In August, after finishing domestic affairs, Zhao Wuxi left Yecheng and went to Hanoi on the pretext of preparing to rescue the Le family. A low-key mission had arrived in Chaoge City, and a baby was handed to Zhao under the careful care of Wu Zhu and his wet nurse. In front of shirtless...

This is the "Xuanzi" passed down by the Song people as divine, and it is also the proof that they have the courage to turn their backs on the monarch.

The small mouth the size of a bean, the light eyebrows that are raised after being disturbed in a deep sleep... Although he is only less than half a year old, he can already tell who is different from who he is.

After looking at it for a long time, Zhao Wuxi smiled and said softly, "This son looks like me..."

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In the autumn of August, the military soldiers of the Zhao army on the west expedition have been resting in Hanoi for more than a month. Because their hometown has no grain, they can only bite the bullet and join the Zhao army. The "Hedong New Army" was also trained by the soldiers for more than a month.

"Although it is called the New Army, in fact, many people in it were soldiers of the Wei clan, and there are even many so-called Wei Wu pawns. Thanks to the Wei clan's code of conduct and system are copied from Zhao Jun, so basically no training is required. Soldiers will be able to form in rows and columns, and if you teach them military techniques, you will be able to look good." Qi Wan reported to Zhao Wuxi the formation of this new army. Compared with heavy training, recruiting and subduing soldiers is also an extremely important task. A good way to expand the army, anyway, the relatives of these people are in Hedong, and the monks can't run away from the temple.

"If it is pulled out now, will this new army be able to fight?" Zhao Wuxi was concerned about this.

"Many people haven't forgotten the situation when they were defeated and captured. The morale of the soldiers was not high, and it was okay to follow the military soldiers to fight against the wind.

Zhao Wuxi nodded, feeling helpless for the low war efficiency of this era.

Le's family is his in-law, and Nanzi is his mistress. If you want to change the civet cat to the prince, and let Zishang replace Song Gong, it is imperative to save Song.

But Pengcheng's Song Gongjiu and others are just jumping off the beam. The real threat is the Chen clan of Qi, who has been linking up the anti-Zhao alliance, and the Wu country, who is eager to try Songlu Sishui.

Under Sun Wu's suggestion, the battle between Zhao Wushi and Lianheng was mainly concentrated on the western front, and the eastern front was only a containment. Therefore, the Zhao army could not penetrate into the state of Qi, and the Qi army could not help Lu and defend. But the foundation of this big Haidai country is there, which cannot be underestimated.

Wu State is a rising military power between the Jianghuai and the Huaihe River. Qi State's economy and Wu State's soldiers complement each other, which is enough to cause a huge impact on Zhao Wuxi's Lu and Song order.

Fortunately, the Qi army had no courage, and kept shrinking in the front lines of Yiyi, Gaotang, Pingyin and the Great Wall of Qi.

Considering that Wu State had just ended a war with Chu State, Wu Wangfuchai did not send Wu Jia north. He first sent thousands of people into the vicinity of Pengcheng to assist Song Gongjiu to maintain the status quo. According to the secret letter sent by Qu Ao It will not be until next year when the canal between the Jianghuai and Huaihe River is completed before Fuchai will attack the north. However, as the contradiction between Zhao and Wu is increasingly brought to the fore, Qu Ao is becoming more and more wary. In addition to assisting Wu Zixu in repairing the Han ditch, he has No official position.

Wu Guo's own strength is not good enough, and he has to delay it until next year, so why not Zhao Wuxi?

He also asked Sun Wu how to fight against Wu and Qi, but Sun Wu did not hesitate to advise when Zhao's and Qin Wei were enemies, so Zhao Wuxi formulated the most successful three-front encirclement strategy since the start of the army. But when it came to his old club and his home country, he didn't say a word, he just said around the bush, "No longer from the service, no food for three years." , the rations are not delivered three times…

This remark hits the key point of the Zhao family. After more than half a year of fierce fighting, the Zhao family has overdrawn the food for several years. The remaining horses were also killed and wounded nearly half in the thousands of miles of attack, and many of Yuxi's Daijun cavalry had no horses to ride...

If they continue to use military force, and immediately start a long-term war with Qi and Wu, I am afraid that the country will not be able to bear it.

"The Zhao family can no longer use troops thousands of miles away this year, so the situation in the Song country can only be asked by Cao and Lu to send troops to support and maintain the status quo."

In Zhao Wuxi's plan, the battles to save Song, defeat Qi, and resist Wu could only be postponed until next year. Like Fuchai, he also had to wait for a canal to be dug through, which was the "Heshui" that Zigong had been busy with for three or four years.

Wherever the railways and highways are repaired, the conquest of modern civilization can be reached, and the same is true in ancient times. Wherever the canals are repaired, the army can be dispatched...

"Once the Heshui River is completed next spring, it will connect Jishui and Sishui, so that the soldiers and food of the Zhao family can reach Sishang directly from the river, so that they can compete with Wu State!"

"But there is still a premise. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com" At the military meeting held in Chaoge, Zhao Wuxi's fingers crossed the water and reached the intersection of the rivers and the rivers...

The flow direction of the ancient Jishui is recorded in the "Yu Gong": "The water flows eastward for economic benefit, enters the river, overflows into Ying, east out of Taoqiu (Dingtao) north, east to He (Heze), and again. The northeast will meet in Wen, and the northeast will enter the sea."

The Jishui River that Zhao Wushi was referring to is actually an old route of the Yellow River.

And Yingkou is still in the territory of Zheng State!

Old grievances and new grievances, just reported together!

Zhao Wuxi said to the crowd: "In the past, if Jin and Chu wanted to fight for the Central Plains, they had to fight for Zheng first. Now, if we want the Song kingdom, we must first occupy Jishui and save the Song Dynasty. We should start with the attack on Zheng!"

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(To be continued.)

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