The Moziying marched along the way, and there were a store that had been prepared by Sihai Trading Company along the way.

Long Yujue knew that Shen Mo's dispatch of troops was a life-and-death battle, so how could he dare to neglect the slightest? So he had prepared food and military supplies along the way, which greatly accelerated the speed of the fleet's advance.

In ancient times, the transportation of military rations was very restricted on the speed of the march. Often, most of the food was consumed during the transportation process by troops.

Fortunately, the trading company prepared food, meat, vegetables, water, and other supplies properly. So their ship speed along the way was very impressive.

The fleet quickly crossed the gentle downstream and approached the middle section of the Yangtze River. The river water flowed faster and faster. Ten days after they set out from Tongzhou, their fleet finally crossed Ezhou and officially entered the Han River.

The Han River is the largest tributary of the Yangtze River and has an important significance in Chinese history. Usually, when people in ancient times talk about big rivers, they usually have a word: "Rivers, Rivers, Huai and Han", respectively refer to the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Huai River and Han River.

The place of Ezhou is the modern Wuhan. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Wuchang was under the jurisdiction of Ezhou, while Hanyang and Hankou were under the rule of the Hanyang Army. When Shen Mo's fleet passed by here, he thought that Yue Fei, the general of the Southern Song Dynasty anti-Jin, was stationed in Ezhou (Wuchang) for eight years, and

Taking this as the starting point and launching a northern expedition, Shen Mo felt a little excited and uneasy.

After continuing to walk along the Han River and walking for hundreds of miles, the fleet arrived at Xiangyang Prefecture on Southwest Road. Because Xiangyang Prefecture is a major area of ​​the Han River, if Xiangyang is lost, Jiangling will be lost. The loss of Jiangling is equivalent to losing the entire Yangtze River. Therefore, when the Yuan Dynasty invaded the Southern Song Dynasty in history, it would rather attack under the city of Xiangyang for six years than to have to

Take this military important place.

As a result, it turned out that less than a year after Xiangyang was lost, seven of the eight prefectures and troops on the southwest road of Songjing were all lost.

When the ship passed Xiangyang, the flow rate of the Han River began to become more turbulent. After entering the middle section of the Han River, the fleet had to rely on the fibre to continue moving forward.

The river of Han River is very strange. Since the rainfall in the Daba Mountains to the south and the Qinling Mountains to the north is different, the flow rate of the water on the Han River, near the Daba Mountains on the south bank is faster than that on the north bank.

Therefore, Shen Mo's fleet, each ship was pulled by dozens of nearly a hundred boatmen, and walked up the north bank of the Han River. After arriving here, the speed of the troops began to significantly slow down.

At this time, the water flows on the river surface, and the turbid waves surging. The extremely dangerous whirlpools and rapids can be seen everywhere. On both sides of the river bank, there are also strange peaks, like military formations standing and monsters are like forests. It is completely different from the vast Yangtze River before.

On the boat, Shen Mo's five hundred ink camp looked at the boatmen pulling on the shore. They saw them like long strings of tiny ants carrying ropes, walking along the extremely steep road on the river bank, struggling hard like life.

The thick fiber rope is twisted from thin bamboo pieces, and one end is pulled by the fiber rope. At the other end of the fiber rope, it is not tied directly to the boat, but is tied to the middle of the hull, and a "fiber pole" that stands up like a flagpole.

Using the elasticity of the fiber rod, the vibration of the ship is absorbed by the spring-like fiber rod, so that it will not be directly transmitted to the boatman along the cable.

...

At this moment, the soldiers in Shen Mo's fleet felt extremely complicated.

Just a few months ago, these people were exactly the same as the boatmen on the river bank. They all rely on their lives and sweat to struggle to find a way out.

However, now, they have become warriors with iron armor, allowing these former companions of boatmen to pull them to the battlefield. This huge gap between the past and the latter made everyone in the Mozi Camp feel turbulent and difficult to control themselves.

When their fleet drove through the Baoxi Road excavated by Emperor Wu of Han and passed the Shiquan, their march had already walked nearly 90% and they were about to reach their destination soon.

But at the last 10% of the waterway is particularly difficult and dangerous!

Zhang Huan, an old official who was familiar with the hydrology of the Han River, arrived on Shen Mo's ship early and observed the situation of the fleet at the forefront of the entire fleet.

After passing the Shiquan, Zhang still looked at the water surface in front of him and his expression gradually became solemn.

"What's wrong? Isn't this place very dangerous?" At this time, Shen Mo saw that Zhang Huan's expression was heavy, so he asked hurriedly.

"There are 31 dangerous shoals in the section from Shiquan to Yangzhou, and each one is a life-threatening place!"

Zhang Huan looked ahead without blinking, and replied: "What's more, the water volume has decreased this year, the river trough is low, and the reefs on the dangerous shoals are even higher and higher. This road... is the gate of hell!" "Especially in the Golden Valley ahead, there are cars, prisoners, dragons, turtles, and four dangerous shoals in the middle. Not only is the deep and rapid flow, but the reefs are everywhere, but also in the narrowest place, the width of the river trough is less than four meters! It is inconvenient for ships to move and avoid, and it is very easy to hit the reefs.

Sinking.”

"Whenever there are countless boatmen who die here in such a dry year. I don't know how many unjust souls have been buried in this Golden Valley... Sir, why did the army have to go to Yangzhou?"

In fact, Zhang Huan's question made a lot of sense. Because Shen Mo and his current army are heading against the current, they have long passed the meeting place they and the government army have already passed!

At this moment, Jinzhou was already a hundred miles behind them. Shen Mo led his troops to march, and in fact he had reached the preset turn location six days in advance.

But he did not stop, but went up the river and went directly into the hinterland of Lizhou East Road!

...

He met with the large army of the Song army and was then led by these people to catch up on the battlefield... Don't even think about it!

Shen Mo worked hard to train troops and build weapons to kill the enemy, not to let those generals consume them as cannon fodder. Shen Mo had already made up his mind that it would be better not to have teammates in this battle.

The officials and soldiers of the court in Lizhou, from top to bottom, have been broken by the Xixia people. When they are with them, let alone listening to their commands, even if they are cooperating with each other, they will be 100% cheated by their teammates. It is better to do it yourself.

So this time Shen Mo rushed straight to the hinterland of the battlefield just to surprise and beat the people of Xixia!

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Chapter completed!