Chapter 85: Set sail and go out to sea

In Panyu, in Lu Jia’s mansion, Lu Jia and his son were drinking with Guo Jie.

Lu Jia was in the throne, and his son Lu Yi accompanied him on the side. Guo Jie had a gloomy face and sat on a short table.

There is no singing and dancing to cheer up, because Lu Jia wants to discuss secret matters with Guo Jie and cannot fall into the ears of others.

"Hiss Guo, please drink this glass!" Lu Jia picked up the wine glass and touched Guo Jieyao.

"Thank you Prime Minister!" Guo Jie picked up the wine glass, touched Lu Jiayao, raised his neck and drank it all.

"I wonder what Mr. Guo has plans?" Lu Jia put down his wine glass and looked at Guo Jie.

"Guo was in panic. He had to ask the Prime Minister to take him in with him." Guo Jie was a highly respected hero. When did he use the word "Please". When he thought of it, he was angry and said angrily: "Zhou Yang!"

"God of Guo is so serious." Lu Jia smiled kindly, as if he saw his ancestors: "If Guo Da Xia can come, that is to give Lu Jia a face. Please relax, please stay here."

Lu Jia smiled kindly and said sincerely, at least it sounded like this, which made Guo Jie feel better, and his gloomy face looked a little better: "Thank you Prime Minister!"

"Hey!" Lu Jia suddenly sighed.

Guo Jie was shocked and asked quickly, "Dare you ask the Prime Minister why he sighed?"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Lu Jia couldn't help but wave his hand.

"Prime Minister Meng will not abandon him and take Guo in. If there is any order, Guo Jie will do his best. The Prime Minister has something to say, just say it." Guo Jie raised his eyebrows, and his bright eyes flashed.

"This..." Lu Jia wanted to speak but stopped, looking embarrassed: "Hey! This morning, I went to see the king. The king said that Guo Daxia would come to me to hide in Nanyue like a stray dog."

"He farts!"

Guo Jie is now chasing the Han army so that he has nowhere to escape. He is full of eleven stray dogs. However, this is very piercing and makes people feel uncomfortable. Guo Jie angrily scolds. His right hand clenched into a fist, and he used too much force, and the back of his hand turned blue.

"Haven Guo, don't talk nonsense!" Lu Jia's face darkened and he rebuked: "That's what my king said."

"Hmph!" Guo Jie snorted coldly, and his eyes flashed.

Lu Jia saw it and a sneer flashed across the corner of his mouth: "The king said that he would send someone to search for Daxia Guo. If he caught Daxia Guo, he would tie up Daxia Guo and send it to the Han Emperor."

Guo Jie did not surrender to Zhao Tuo, but surrendered to Lu Jia because he considered that Zhao Tuo was unwilling to oppose the Han Dynasty. If he surrendered to Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo would definitely tie him up and hand him over to the Han Dynasty for treatment. He believed this.

"This old man!" Guo Jie scolded.

"Don't worry, as long as I, Lu Jia, are here, I can protect Guo Da Xia." Lu Jia raised his eyebrows and looked worried: "But, although Zhao Tuo is old, he is also a smart person, but I don't know how long he can hide it."

Zhao Tuo is a legendary figure. He became the guard of Qin Shihuang at the age of nineteen, and became a general highly appreciated by Qin Shihuang in his early thirties. He is indeed a shrewd man. Although he is old and has no energy, he cannot lead his army to fight like he was when he was young. It does not mean that he is too confused. He will sooner or later doubt Lu Jia.

Guo Jie dared not doubt this. Guo Jie could not resist weighing the pros and cons. Lu Jia was his last place to settle down. If something happened to Lu Jia, he would have to go to the world. He could not stay in the Han Dynasty, and there was nowhere to stay in Nanyue, so he had to go to the Huns. With his skills and the hatred of the Huns against the Han Dynasty, if he went to the Huns, he would definitely be appreciated by the Shanyu.

However, the Huns were so cold that it was warm for a few days a year, which was too unbearable. For the sake of the present, if you don’t want to die in the world, there is only one way to help Lu Jia and seize the throne of Nanyue. Once Lu Jia becomes the King of Nanyue, he will definitely find a way to protect himself and no longer have to live a wandering life.

After a decision, Guo Jieyi's eyes rolled and his eyes burst into tears: "Why can't the Prime Minister do a big deal?"

"A big thing? Guo Daxia, what do you mean?" Lu Jia looked surprised. In fact, his heart was as clear as a mirror, and this was just pretending.

"Zhao Tuo has been in Nanyue for decades, and has been in opposition and conquered the expeditions, and the people are suffering. If the Prime Minister climbs up and calls, the responders will be looking for the scenery. If the Prime Minister does a great job, he will definitely go further." Guo Jie began to instigate Lu Jia.

Lu Jia is already the prime minister below one person and above ten thousand people. Going further, that is the King of South Vietnam. Lu Jia has been planning for so many years to make the throne. After hearing Guo Jie's words, he was overjoyed, but his face sank. He patted his right hand on the short desk: "Sir Guo, don't be nonsense!"

"If the Prime Minister does not take on major issues, what's the point of Guo staying? Say goodbye!" Guo of course understood that Lu Jia was just pretending to behave.

"Good Daxia Guo, Good Daxia, please stay." Lu Jia hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed it: "Good Daxia Guo, if it is something else, Lu Jia should follow it, but this matter will never work."

If he doesn't want to, why should he take Guo Jie in? If he doesn't want to, just relying on Guo Jie's words, it will be enough to cut off Guo Jie's head. He has no movement at all, that's why he really wants it.

"Since the Prime Minister has no such intention, why should Guo stay more?" Guo Jie still had no intention of stopping.

"Hiss Guo, since that's the case, we are like this." Lu Jia certainly understood that Guo Jie was not really leaving, but wanted him to say what he was thinking. He had tried so much to understand Guo Jie's thoughts. Guo Jie had already made it clear, and he no longer had to hide it, muttering in Guo Jie's ear.

"Haha! Prime Minister's clever plan!" Guo Jie laughed.

"Whether this matter can be accomplished, it will take a long time for the hero Guo to take action." Lu Jia then talked about the main business. Without Guo Jie, a great hero in the world, he would not be able to accomplish great things.

"The Prime Minister has his orders, and Guo should obey it." Guo Jie knew very well that Lu Jia was the last guarantee for his peaceful life, and helping him was helping him.

"Hiss Guo, please take your seat!" Lu Jia invited Guo Jie back to sit down and drank it again.

This time, it is no longer just a cover-up, a happy conversation, and a drink is gone.

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The Wuling refers to Yuling, Qitianling, Dupangling, Mengzhuling, and Yuechengling. It is the dividing line between the Central Plains and Lingnan. Crossing the Wuling, you will reach the Lingnan area. The customs and customs of Lingnan are very different from the Central Plains, with hot and humid weather, mountainous areas, jungles, and extremely underdeveloped economy. Since ancient times, it has been regarded as a barbarian place.

Wuling is part of the Nanling Mountains. The Nanling Mountains are the largest geographical watershed in the north and south in China, and their main part is Wuling. In fact, the Nanling starts from Yunnan in the west and reaches the sea in the east, and extends for thousands of miles.

The Nanling Mountains separate the Central Plains and Lingnan and become two completely different parts. To a large extent, they hindered the transportation between the Central Plains and Lingnan and hindered the development of Lingnan.

Although the Nanling Mountains were steep, they could not stop the perseverance of our ancestors. As early as the end of the Shang Dynasty, the Central Plains was in chaos, and our ancestors crossed the Nanling Mountains and entered Lingnan. Their pace continued to go south and reached the current Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan Island, and northern Vietnam.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world was in chaos and the princes fought hard, and the number of people in the Central Plains moved to Lingnan was even greater. They brought advanced civilization and technology and promoted the development of Lingnan.

However, these actions were only spontaneous, for survival. The action of taking the land of Lingnan back into the territory has never been in a thousand years. Even the State of Chu, a great country known as a 5,000-mile racial, symbolically included Lingnan in the territory, and did not govern, nor was it included in the territory in the true sense.

The one who included the land of Lingnan into the territory was Qin Shihuang.

After Qin Shihuang wiped out the six kingdoms, the Qin army rested for two years. Then, with the order of Qin Shihuang, 500,000 Qin troops crossed the Five Ridges and went straight to Lingnan. At that time, Lingnan was influenced by the Central Plains civilization for a long time, but was mostly natives. They were unwilling to surrender and rose up to resist, creating great difficulties for the Qin army.

Because the five ridges are steep, inconvenient transportation, and difficult transportation, the Qin army cannot provide supplies, the morale is low, and the war is progressing very slowly. Commander Tu Sui died in a battle attack by an indigenous attack.

After the Lingqu was built, the supply problem was solved, and the Qin army's combat power burst out, and it took only half a year to pacify Lingnan. At that time, the natives were still hiking in the mountains and relying on the jungles and mountains to resist. The Qin army paid a lot of money to pacify one mountain at a time.

Despite the high cost, the Qin army still completed it, which is a great feat.

The place where the 500,000 Qin troops set out was the three passes on the Five Ridges, Hengpu Pass, Yangshan Pass, and Huangxi Pass. It was from these three passes that the 500,000 Qin troops embarked on the journey to pacify Lingnan.

Hengpu Pass, located in Daruling, is an important gateway to control the north and south, and has an extremely important strategic position.

At this time, the Changsha garrison led by Li Guang was gathering at Hengpu Pass.

Tens of thousands of Han troops were arranged in formation, with strict formations. You can tell at a glance that they were well-trained.

Li Guang rode on the war horse, with his head on his back, carrying a powerful bow and arrow, and was majestic. The tiger's eyes were like lightning, swept across the military formation and spoke loudly: "Brothers: Do you know where the south is?"

"Lingnan!" Han army replied loudly.

Tens of thousands of people answered in unison, and the sounds soared into the sky and sweat.

"That's right, it's Lingnan!" Li Guang continued: "In the past sixty years, there was a warrior wearing black military uniforms, with a total of 500,000 people. It was from here, starting from the land under our feet, and marched towards Lingnan. They fought bloody battles, threw their blood, and pacified Lingnan."

The fact that 500,000 Qin troops pacified Lingnan was widely circulated at that time, and it was a passionate legend!

As long as he is a passionate man, he will be excited. The Han army's eyes were full of hot light, and he couldn't help but press it on the hilt of the sword.

Li Guang was very satisfied with the reaction of the Han army and his voice was even higher: "Today, we will embark on the journey to march into Lingnan from here! Sixty years ago, the warriors of the previous dynasty pacified Lingnan. Today, we will follow their footsteps and pacified Lingnan again! Do you have confidence?"

"The Han army is mighty!"

The battle call to soar to the sky sounded, which was the best answer to Li Guang's question.

"The Han army is mighty!" Li Guang waved his fists and shouted loudly.

"The Han army is mighty!"

The Han army waved their arms and shouted at the battle roar, and their blood surged.

Although the Qin army was the army of the previous dynasty, it was from the Chinese lineage. At that time, 500,000 Qin troops were ordered to go south to pacify Lingnan and wrote a passionate legend. Although many people in later generations did not know, the Han people at that time were passed down by word of mouth. The Han army in front of them was trained to pacify Lingnan. They were very familiar with the events of the Qin army back then, and that was the glorious deeds of their ancestors!

Today, they are about to embark on this journey again, and they are all excited and wish they can enter Lingnan immediately.

"Advance Lingnan!"

Li Guang pulled out the ring-headed knife and waved it hard at Nanfang.

"rumble!"

Shocking footsteps sounded, and the Han army embarked on the road to march into Lingnan.

On the Wuling Mountain Road, a long red dragon rolled south, with no head in front and no tail in the back!

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Lingqu was first called Qin Zaoqu, and later also called Lingqu. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that it was renamed Lingqu and has been used to this day.

The Xiangjiang River and the upper reaches of the Li River are very close, but there is a drop of hundreds of meters, which makes the two waters unable to navigate. Shi Lu, a famous water engineer in the Qin Dynasty, designed the Ling Canal and built an artificial canal of more than 60 miles long, solving this problem.

The construction of Lingqu canal has a very important impact on Chinese history. There were three famous water conservancy projects in the Qin Dynasty. Dujiangyan built by Li Bing and his son. More than two thousand years have passed and is still playing a role. The Sichuan Basin has thus become the country of Tianfu. The Zhengqu canal built by Zheng made Guanzhong richer and Qin stronger, which laid a good foundation for Qin Shihuang to unify China.

The Lingqun was the last to be built, but its function is far beyond the previous two major water conservancy projects. It connects the Central Plains and Lingnan into one, becoming the main artery of north-south transportation, and its strategic position is very important. After the Qin Dynasty, all dynasties were being renovated, and more than two thousand years have passed, and Lingqun is still playing an important role.

Zhang Jiuling, a famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, dug out the "Meiling Ancient Road", which made the transportation between Lingnan and the Central Plains more convenient, and the role of Lingtu was slightly reduced.

Lingqu has a great strategic role. Some people compare Lingqu with the Great Wall, saying that "there is the Great Wall in the north and the Lingqu in the south", which shows how valuable it is.

If there were no Lingqu, there would be no Guangdong and Guangxi today, and there would be no Pearl River Delta today.

At this time, countless ships appeared on the Lingtu, one after another, connected to the end, stretching like a long dragon, sailing southward.

It was the Han army led by Cheng Buzhi. This Han army was still a garrison in Changsha, and led part of Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi. Li Guang took the land route and went south from Wuling. Cheng Buzhi took the water route and marched from Lingqu.

Of course, there were not only soldiers on the ship, but also food and grass. Before the troops moved, food and grass would go first. If there was no food and grass, it would still be difficult for the Han army to move to Lingnan.

"If there is no spiritual channel, how could it be so convenient!"

Cheng Buzhi looked at the fleet connected to the end and couldn't help but feel very moved.
To be continued...