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There is an official road from Xishui City to Xiyang City, Bazhou Prefecture, but the previous heavy rainstorm caused the road to be flooded. Many sections of road were washed away by heavy water, and many sections of road were muddy and difficult to walk. In view of this, the Bazhou Governor Yuwen, who led the troops, decided to take the water route back to Xiyang.

In Xishui City, boarding the boat and going downstream, when you arrive at Xikou, you turn northwest of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, take the southeast wind and sail up the river and walk upward for more than 20 miles to reach Bakou. After landing at Bakou, you can go back to the military camp outside Xiyang City by land.

Thanks to the safety of the Xikou River, they dared to be so bold. The five continents not far from the Xikou are firmly controlled by the Zhou army. The naval warships stationed in the five continents are not afraid of the Chen naval army. It is precisely this way that the fleet can act without restraint.

The distance from Xishui City to Xiyang City is about six or seventy miles, which is much closer than the land distance. It is much easier to return to the army with the advantage of boats and boats. As the saying goes, the victorious cat is happy to win the tiger, and Yuwen Wen is now smiling.

He was not unhappy, and when he was in Xishui City, he received a message from Xiyang: the river embankment on the south bank of Santai River survived the heavy rain. Although there were dangers in many places, he finally managed to overcome the difficulties without any danger.

There are also a series of water conservancy facilities that have played a role. The newly renovated drainage facilities in Xiyang City are running smoothly. Although there is a short-term flooding in the downpour, the accumulated water is finally discharged.

Yuwen Wen, who was on the verge of bankruptcy, breathed a sigh of relief. He had already made the worst plan, but now it seems that the difficulties have been overcome. There is no need to worry about the breaking of the capital chain and struggling to survive. Overdrawing money and food is a success.

Yuwen Wen, who survived the disaster with the future King of Yan, was very happy. After getting good news, he burned a bun and asked someone to drink mineral water. There is good spring water in Lanxi near Xikou. Since you pass by, you have to taste it.

"It's rare to pass by Lanxi to try the Lanxi Spring in Qizhou, one of the 20 most famous springs in the world." Yuwen Wen asked Zhou Faming, who was traveling with him to share this 'special product'.

"Twenty Famous Springs? Third?" Zhou Faming tasted the water in a cup and asked. The spring water was called by Yuwen Wen ordered someone to call somewhere on the shore. It tasted good, but he didn't understand what the twenty famous springs were like. "I don't know why this is from?"

"Uh, it's a whim, a silly fool." Yuwen Wen smiled. Of course, there is a source for his words, but it's impossible to say them out loud, otherwise he would be regarded as a charlatan.

During the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu was regarded as a tea saint by the world. He was obsessed with tea ceremony throughout his life and wrote three volumes of the "Tea Sutra". In the "Tea Sutra", he recommended the 20 famous springs in the world to tea tasting people, including "Qizhou Lanxi Shishui", which was ranked third in the valley of the King of Kang Gugujian Spring in Lushan and the Shiquan in Huishan Temple in Wuxi.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be said. Li Yuanru, who founded the Tang Dynasty, didn't know what to do in Chang'an this year. Yuwen Wen said on a whim that he missed it, but it was fine if he was not a big deal.

Zhou Sanlang in front of him is not a stupid person. If Yuwen Wen said something like "Tang Dynasty" and so on, the other party might be suspicious. As expected, Zhou Faming did not pursue it to the end. Yuwen Wen was more than happy today.

When the battle in Qichang ended, Hengzhou Governor Zhou Fashang naturally wanted to return to his army. He and Bazhou Governor Yuwen Wen were half on the same road: Xishui City went west to Bashui, and behind Bashui, it was the same road to Bazhou Governor Xiyang, and headed northwest to Hengzhou.

The main official roads that were destroyed by the flood were between Xishui City and Bashui. Yuwen Wen was in a hurry to return to Xiyang and naturally led his troops to take the water route. Zhou Fashang led his main force to stay in Xishui and waited for the empty ships. The baggage and other supplies were asked to wait from landing in Xiyang.

Zhou Faming, who was alone, was naturally full of confidence. Although he had not yet fulfilled the battle in Qichang, he had gained knowledge. Seeing that the war continued to continue, he would definitely have the opportunity to lead troops alone to fight.

"After that being said, why are Xishui and Xishui City different names?" Yuwen Wen asked. The Xishui, the capital of Yong'an County, originated from the river on the edge of the city, Xishui, but one is "Xi" and the other is "Xi". He didn't understand.

"When I was in Xiyang, I heard from my father that Xishui City was established in the Southern Dynasty during the Song Dynasty, and it was called 'Xishui County' at that time." Zhou Faming of course knew what the other party asked, because he also asked this question back then, "When he arrived at the Southern Dynasty, it was renamed 'Xishui County'. Although the river was also renamed Xishui, it was not so easy to change the word."

Zhou Faming's father Zhou Jing was the general of Chen State and served as the prefect of Xiyang about nine years ago, so Zhou Faming and Zhou Fashang and his elder brother Zhou Faseng lived in Xiyang City for quite some time.

"At that time, Xiyang City was soaked in water during the rainy season, and of course most of them were in the low-lying areas where ordinary people lived." Zhou Faming recalled, "The envoy vigorously rectified the drainage ditches this time really benefited the people."

It is common to have heavy floods in the rainy season in Jiangnan. Zhou Faming, who has been living in Jiangnan since childhood, has become accustomed to various floods. However, it was surprising that Yuwen Wen, a northerner from Guanzhong, attached so much importance to drainage.

"Flooding is easy to cause epidemics, and the number of households in Bazhou has withered cannot withstand the tossing." Yuwen Wen said that for the Central Plains prefectures, the population of Bazhou is the size of a county, not to mention frequent floods.

Zhou Faming nodded and said yes. He had not paid much attention to state affairs before. He had finally gained a deep understanding after assisting his second brother Zhou Fashang in handling state affairs. Of course, the war was happy, but if the civil affairs were not done well, it would be difficult to fight.

"War requires soldiers. If you are afraid of delaying the farming time, you have to recruit more soldiers. Recruiting soldiers requires money and grain, and raising soldiers requires money and grain. A full-time recruiting soldiers requires several households to support them. Then, you have to recruit young and strong grains to fight, and people are needed everywhere..." Yuwen Wen began to complain like Xianglin Sao.

Now it is the Southern and Northern Dynasties, not the Song Dynasty five or six hundred years later. The places with a large population in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are the three Wu areas in the lower reaches. The remaining prefectures and counties have few households, and there are only hundreds of households in one county. The vegetables will be cold just by relying on the natural population growth.

Take Bazhou as an example. There are many lakes near the Yangtze River. When the rainy season comes, either the lake overflows and floods the farmland, or the Santai River will cause heavy water to affect the lakes. If the Yangtze River is unlucky and floods again, then you can only turn on the "sea-looking mode" to sigh.

There is also schistosomiasis. If it were decades ago, there were various mountain barbarians who caused chaos. Fortunately, several courts in the Southern Dynasty and the Wushui barbarians in Jiangbei had fallen in love and fight for hundreds of years. If it were replaced by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the territory of Bazhou would not be peaceful. The mountain barbarians in the territory alone would be troubled by the government.

"The envoy brought many Chen army prisoners this time, and even Hengzhou benefited." Zhou Faming said with a smile, "Nothing else, there are many Chen army captured by Qichang this time."

"If Qi Changcheng hadn't suffered a lot of losses, I really wouldn't have left so many prisoners for them." Yuwen Wen sighed, feeling a little regretful in his words.

The Chen army had more than 10,000 troops under Qichang City, but in the evening of the day, the retreat turned into a camp and was almost completely captured by the Zhou army. After deducting the backbone of the war soldiers, the recruited soldiers occupied the majority. Of course, the prisoners separated by the devastated Qizhou also occupied the majority. However, even so, Yuwen Wen brought back more than 2,000 people.

There are also more than two thousand mouths for eating.

Yuwen Wen has no hobby of abusing prisoners. He should give the prisoners a full meal as long as he can. These are all strong men and qualified laborers. They are the "scarce resources" he has obtained at the risk of breaking the capital chain.

While he was talking, the fleet had already left Xikou. A small boat approached the five continents not far upstream. A messenger reported the latest battle report to Yuwen Wen: Chen's army attacked Yanji on the night before last, but was defeated by the defenders who were already prepared.

Yuwen Wen took out the battle report and looked at it carefully: On that day, the Chen army besieged Yanji led to retreat. After discussing, the generals such as Chen Wudi of the Army and other generals determined that the other party had a fraud...

That night, the soldiers of Chen Jun attacked the camp at night. The defenders deliberately made loud noises and made fun of drinking. Chen Jun thought the defenders were careless and fought hard, but he waited for a straight Zhou army soldier to beat them to the point of falling.

Because the soldiers had good night vision ability, they were not allowed to ignite the torch and were not allowed to be waited by Chen's archers outside the camp. After the two sides took advantage of the moonlight, Chen's army suffered heavy casualties.

"After the incident, the corpses at the scene were taken in. More than 3,000 people died in the battle..." Zhou Faming looked at the battle report and said, "Wow, at least 3,000 soldiers who could fight at night were killed. Chen Jun suffered a huge loss this time!"

These days, there are not many soldiers who can fight at night, but not everyone can do it. Some people can't see things clearly at night. Most of the people who can fight at night are the troops of generals or experienced veterans.

The biggest difficulty of night combat is command. Just not getting lost during the night attack can cause headaches for many generals. When the two armies are fighting, they have to avoid accidentally hurting their own people. Therefore, those who can fight night battles or command night battles are all backbones of the army.

Zhou Faming looked at the direction of Nan'an and smiled: "More than 3,000 backbones died in this hand. I think the Chen army generals will vomit blood with heartache."

"I thought it was a piece of meat and it turned out to be a stone, so wouldn't it make the teeth chewed?" Yuwen Wen spread his hands. Yan Ji was the important "tower defense" he invested heavily in building. Although it was not a fortress, it was not that easy to deal with.

As well as the five continents of the five continents, Chen Jun wanted to swallow them, but he had to break his teeth.

With good news one after another, Yuwen Wen was in a better mood. Chen Jun invested a lot of troops in Yanji but made no progress. He only used two or three thousand people to defend the only stronghold on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Although the future is long, he finally made a good start.

After the strength of the Chen State naval army recovered, there would be fierce battles, but he would not be idle. At that time, the scale of Yanji camp would be larger, which is not comparable to that of today's camps.

The fleet sailed and rode the wind up the river. Yuwen Wen and his party successfully got ashore at Bakou. They were about to arrange for the Hulin Army to return to the camp to rest and settle the prisoners, but they saw several men in official uniforms coming to the dock.

"Envoy! I am about to take a boat to find me!" The people said with relief when they saw Yuwen Wen. Seeing this, Yuwen Wen asked what was going on.

Yuwen Wen had already informed the prefecture in advance of going back to Xiyang by water today. The other party was about to board the ship at Bakou to find him. When he saw the master, he told him everything.

"The crops fell down?" Yu Wen Wen said repeatedly after hearing this. The visitor reported that the state yamen had received reports from the people that some crops fell down due to the heavy rainstorm the previous time.

The state yamen sent officials everywhere to count the situation of crops falling, and the final result was not optimistic. They were ordered to communicate to the governor first, and Xu Shao was not allowed to do so. During the ruling period, Hao Wu Bo had already summoned officials to discuss solutions.

Yuwen Wen said calmly, "I understand", with a look of Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and not changing color. Everyone was quite impressed by this: this Yuwen envoy was indeed calm and calm enough.
Chapter completed!