Since he came to Jingzhou, Lei Yuan has lived on the bank of the river, especially recently, he has seen too much about the water transportation on the Yangtze River. The enemy army three times, once he himself, now he is a friendly army, and he has not yet counted the time he had just arrived in Jingzhou from Xiakou to Lexiang. After reading these few trips, although he is an amateur in the navy, he has gradually learned some tricks.

The river winds across Jingzhou, and the length of the Jingzhou area is about a thousand miles. This Qianli River section is divided into three different parts due to the differences in geographical and hydrological conditions.

In Jingmen, the Xiajiang River channel west of Huya Mountains, generally speaking, the river is narrow and the water is fast and there are many dangerous shoals and reefs. In order to facilitate driving and traction of ropes, ships with pointed heads and narrow bodies are generally used to facilitate passage on narrow routes.

The section of the channel east of Jingmen to Jiangjinkou, 20 miles east of Jiangling City, has a wide river surface and a gentle river flow rate. Therefore, dozens of sandbanks have accumulated on the river surface, and there are often strong winds. The "Confucius's Family Words" says that it is not an ark to avoid the wind, so you must not get in. The so-called ark is a ship with a wide hull and a wide bow, so that you can ride sails and resist the wind and waves of the river.

To the east of Jiangjinkou, the river and the Han River merge. The water is vast and vast, which is where all kinds of large ships and huge boats come and go. Several tower ships of the Jingzhou Navy move in this direction every day.

When Zhuge Liang first heard that he would mobilize the four generals to go up the river and rush to Yiling, Lei Yuan was worried that there were insufficient ships that could pass through the Xiajiang River channel and could not transport troops in time. Now it seems that there were sails on the river, and nearly a hundred ships were struggling to appear in the storm, and the ships were well prepared.

Lei Yuanquan didn't expect such a scene, and was not only surprised: "So many ships?"

Feng Xi laughed and said, "It's all thanks to Xiang Juda's method. After our army arrived, he immediately gathered hundreds of ships and thousands of crew members. I really don't know what method he used."

Feng Xi may not really not know, but he just doesn't want to say more.

Lei Yuan glanced at Feng Xi and thought to himself: This person is meticulous and is not an ordinary warrior who only knows how to fight.

Previously, Duke Xuande merged Yidao and Weishan counties in the south bank of Nanjun into Yidu County, appointed Zhang Fei as the prefect of Yidu, and Xiang Lang ordered civil servants of the counties. Lei Yuan could confirm that Xiang Lang's mission here must include infiltration of Yizhou.

The business exchanges between Jingyi almost stagnated in the chaotic times in recent years. The aristocratic families who controlled the caravans also suffered losses in the war. For example, the Xi family, who had previously married the Lei family of Lujiang, became rich by doing business, and controlled several trade routes from the north to Yecheng and the east to Wuhui. However, after losing the capital of Jingxiang in recent years, they became unstoppable and weakened.

But as long as they are given the opportunity, they can still recover quickly. Just like the Xi family used the channels of Lexiang City to develop transactions with Jingman, it is natural for Xiang Lang to reopen the trade route for the clan in Yidao. As long as the trade route gradually recovers, it is not difficult to recruit ships and personnel to accompany this.

If we want to carefully explain this matter, it will involve Xiang Lang's purpose of collecting ships, and then there is suspicion of guessing Xuande Gong's strategic intentions. Therefore, Feng Xi was only ignorant and brought the topic away.

He pointed to several ships that were about to enter the port and said, "Those people are the boatmen arranged by Gan Xingba? Haha, we are all cheaper now."

At this moment, the two of them had already rode their horses to approach Linjiang River, and they could see the ships going upstream.

There is no tortuosity on the banks of this section of the river for stopping the boat. Instead, there are many cliffs. Therefore, all ships arriving at Yiling have to stop at the Linjiang River Wharf. However, the water flows are quite turbulent and there are rugged and dangerous shoals on the shore. Therefore, the boatman must provide the efforts to pull the ship to the upper-stream wharf.

The camp located next to the pier in Ganning is the residence of the boatman.

After the camp was captured, Ren Hui quickly controlled these boatmen and ordered them to work as usual.

The total number of boatmen is about 200, and every thirty people is in a group. Some carry small flags and take charge of orders, some carry paddles on board the boat to assist the paddlers on the boat, some line up on the shore to pull the ropes, and some leaps on the reefs to patrol to prevent the ropes from being cut off by Ruili Reef.

Under their busy work, the ships gathered on the river quickly entered the Linjiang River and docked one by one, while teams of fully armed soldiers disembarked in an orderly manner according to the flag instructions.

Lei Yuan and Feng Xi waited not long before they saw Huo Jun and Xiang Chong.

These two are friends who have had a lot of close contact with Lei Yuan, and they were all happy to meet this time. On the one hand, they felt that their status was no longer comparable to those of the past; on the other hand, because they belonged to their friends, they could hope to make achievements in the future.

The scene of their laughter and reunion fell in Li Yan's eyes immediately far away, and he felt a different feeling.

He was a person with a heart. Even if he didn't have to look at the military power of the Jingzhou army, he could distinguish the virtuality and reality of Jingzhou through ordinary conversations. In the conversation just now, he felt that Feng Xi was knowledgeable and had a good word, while Lei Yuan's vision was like a torch, and he would be able to speak well. Even if he didn't talk about his ability to lead troops to fight, these two were rare talents.

Looking at this time, the subsequent generals of the Jingzhou Army landed on the shore, and they were so close to each other, which was different from those of Yizhou.

It should be noted that the harmony between generals may not necessarily be like each other. Many times, it is because everyone knows that they will usher in greater development in the future, so they are willing to coordinate with each other and establish good cooperative relationships.

In recent years, undercurrents within Yizhou have been surging, with many civil and military factions. There are so-called conflicts between the people of Dongzhou and the local families, and conflicts between local tyrants and the great families of Shu County. For example, Pang Xi, Yan Yan, Wu Yi and others have their own strength and are guarding against each other... Such fierce and endless internal competition is really a world of difference compared with the vigorous rise of Jingzhou.

After all, he had a fight with Liu Jiyu. Thinking of the decades of destruction, Li Yan couldn't help but sigh.

In the following days, Li Yan personally served as a village guide, leading the Jingzhou army to cross the mountains and peaks, and headed west along the river, occupying Zigui and Wu County in a short time.

After Lei Yuan entered Wu County, he divided his troops to shock the monk tribes north of the two counties. At the same time, he also used all the seized treasury materials as compensation for the people to collect, mobilized the people controlled along the way, repaired the land passage of the Xiajiang River, and rebuilt the post stations and bridges along the way.

In a few days, Li Yan offered to say goodbye.

Lei Yuan led several riders to take him outside the Pass.

The county seat of Yufu County, Ba County, occupied a rare 20-mile plain among the steep mountains, and belonged to the jurisdiction of Yan Yan, the prefect of Ba County. There was a commander in the pass, who led more than a thousand Shu soldiers to guard it. After passing through the pass, then passing through Quren, Linjiang and other places, it was the Chengdu Plain, which was known as the country of Tianfu.

Li Yan's entourage was killed by Lei Yuan's troops. His cousin Li Wei, who was very relied on, was seriously injured and was still recovering from Yiling City. It can be said that the accumulated power in recent years has been completely lost. But he walked with Lei Yuan for several days, talking and laughing freely, as if he did not take these losses at all. When he said goodbye to Lei Yuan, he was even more furious and full of energy.

"Xuzhi, I will say goodbye. I have received hospitality these days. I hope that when we meet again, you and I can drink all the time! Haha!"

Seeing his back gradually fading away, Li Zhen couldn't help but sneer: "Zigui and Wuxian were both thrown in his hands. If I were Liu Jiyu, I would definitely punish this person who lost his troops and lost his territory... I really don't know where he came from, but it seems like he was going to Chengdu to get promoted."

Lei Yuan didn't know how to answer for a moment. In his memory in his previous life, Li Yan's official career has become successful in recent years and soon became a high-ranking official who is highly valued by Liu Zhang... Perhaps, the lord of Yizhou was really gentle by nature and had no power, so he was easily fooled by others.
Chapter completed!