Li Rui crossed his legs, humming songs that no one could understand, and looked at the slowly retreating scenery outside the car, and was in a very good mood.

Zhuge Hui was in a bad mood because she was looking at the drawings. There was someone in her ear murmur and quarreling like a fly. It would be strange if she was in a good mood.

"Can you calm down?" she asked with some dissatisfaction.

Li Rui grinned and showed eight white teeth: "I'm in a good mood!"

Zhuge Hui said, "Then what happy things have you encountered again that you have not stopped humming all the way?"

Li Rui stretched and smiled brightly: "Sima Fan, King of Xiangyang, has chewed off the hard bone in Xiangyang!"

Zhuge Hui obviously didn't understand the good news, so she blinked: "What about?"

Li Rui said: "Then, then the gates of our army's southwards are basically unobstructed. The rich Jianghan Plain is right in front of us, waiting for us to occupy! As long as we occupy the Jianghan Plain, we will not have any food!"

When Wang Li and Wang Ru were defeated one after another and fled back to Jiangling in a panic, Xiangyang City was still in the hands of the rebels. The Jin army spent nine oxen and two tigers to make only a few holes in the city wall and demolished a small gap, posing a certain threat to Xiangyang's city defense, but it was still far from taking down the city... It was all Cao Wei who, in order to fight against Guan Yu, built the Xiangyang city wall according to the standards for building the Doomsday Fortress. In the Jin Dynasty, it repaired several times, making the entire city wall extremely solid. The giant counterweight catapult fired 300 kilograms.

Heavy iron bullets could not even be smashed. Sima Fan was also ruthless and collected all the iron and copper ware in Xiangfan area and melted them into giant metal projectiles. Among them, there were as many as 300 kilograms. He was preparing to use these powerful metal projectiles to bury Xiangyang, to see if the city walls of Xiangyang were hard or the copper bullets were hard. However, another powerful general in the imperial guard, Xiao Yun, persuaded him, thinking that doing so would not only make the war last longer, but also cause heavy casualties and injuries to tens of thousands of people in Xiangyang City. It was really inappropriate.

Xiao Yun's point of view is that the gains and losses of Xiangyang City are only secondary. The most important thing is to open up the Han River channel so that ships loaded with food can pass the Han River north and go to Nanyang. The key to opening the channel is to take down Bianshan, so the focus of the attack should be on Bianshan, rather than continuing to fight against the indestructible city walls of Xiangyang.

Sima Fan agreed with his point of view and assigned him three elite soldiers to help him manage to take down Bianshan.

The rebels built a solid fence and a dozen military camps of all sizes on the mountainous mountain, and the troops stationed were as many as two people. The defense naturally had a good geographical advantage. Three people attacked the camps that two people were defending, and it was almost impossible to complete the task. However, Xiao Yun thought it was easy to take down Bianshan now. Now it is late autumn, and the grass and trees on the mountain are withered and yellow, with many dry branches and leaves, and it is very easy to cause forest fires. Once the forest fires ignite, even the strong camps will be useless. He and his three people approached Bianshan at night.

As the rebels were unprepared, they shot dense rockets into the dense woods and grass. As he expected, the rockets immediately lit dead branches and leaves after they landed, and the wildfires began to ignite. The rebels were frightened and rushed to put out the fire. As a result, they were shot over by the rockets flying like raindrops, screaming one after another. It was so dying. At this time, the wind blew again on the river, and the flames blew from south to north. When the wind blew, the flames blew up in the air. The red sparks were flying all over the sky, and the fires quickly ignited wherever they landed. The rebels were frightened and found that they were surrounded by the fire in an instant!

The strong camp, the deep trenches, and the carefully designed traps cannot save them!

A fire burned half of the sky, and all the camps built by the rebels on Bianshan were burned down. Two more rebels gave up the camp and fled everywhere, running all over the mountains and fields. Xiao Yun took the opportunity to launch an attack. In just one day, all the thirteen camps in Bianshan were taken down. Two more rebels were either burned or killed, and those who had the fate to enter the prisoner camp were only two or three miles away.

The capture of Bianshan means that the Han River channel has finally been opened. Immediately, dozens of ships loaded with food rushed upstream, sailed past the originally tightly blocked section of the river in the desperate eyes of the city wall defenders, bypassed Yuliangzhou and entered the Tangbai River, and drove straight to Nanyang amid the cheers of the people along the coast...

They originally insisted on it because they knew that Nanyang was short of food and reinforcements had arrived. Now that the reinforcements have been wiped out, the Han River waterway has been opened again, and the grain collected by the Jin army from the Han Mian area can be continuously transported to Nanyang to alleviate the increasingly serious food crisis. No matter how serious they persist, it is meaningless.

So, on September 7, a white flag was erected at the top of Xiangyang City, and this difficult-to-chew iron walnut was finally gnawed by the Jin army.

This is undoubtedly an exciting victory. This victory not only alleviated the increasingly serious food crisis of the Nanyang court, but also allowed the whole north to see that although the territory of the Nanyang court is very small, its military strength is really not weak!

What else is more important than military strength in this chaotic era?

Li Rui saw a large area of ​​fertile land. It was originally composed of Haohan's lakes and wetlands, which stretched for hundreds of miles. However, due to the reduction of rainfall and alluvial silt, the lake waters gradually shrank since the Warring States Period and had shrunk half by the Western Jin Dynasty. It was a large area of ​​plains impacted by silt. The kind that even a chopstick buds were sprouted. If it could be developed and planted with double-season rice, it would be too beautiful. The dreamy scene of "the vast lake is ripe, and the world is full" would become a reality many years ahead of schedule!

He said all of this vividly, allowing Zhuge Hui to share his joy. Zhuge Hui blinked and said, "I think beautifully, don't think about it next time."

Li Rui asked: "Why?"

Zhuge Hui said: "Because it is not realistic at all."

Li Rui said: "But I think it is very realistic!"

Zhuge Hui said: "Where is the reality? Do you know how long it takes to harvest rice from sowing to harvest? Seven to eight months! The winters in Jingzhou, Xiangzhou and Jiangzhou are also biting cold and windy. How do you plant two seasons a year in this climate?"

Li Rui didn't care: "Not all rice can be harvested for seven or eight months? We can find the kind that can be harvested in three or four months!"

Zhuge Hui showed caring eyes: "Where is the rice varieties that can be harvested in three or four months? Are you looking for them in your dream?"

Li Rui snorted: "I can find it anyway!"

There is indeed no rice variety that can be ripened in three or four months and harvested in China, but it does not mean that there is no foreign country! The famous Chameng rice is the kind of early-mature variety that can be harvested in only three months. Not to mention Hunan and Hubei, even in the Huaihe River Basin, it is more than enough to plant two seasons a year or wheat rice rotation. This kind of rice was introduced to China during the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is still very early now, but this does not mean that he cannot send people to Jiaozhi to purchase rice seeds and come back to try planting!

In fact, he had sent a group of people to Jiangzhou with Xiao Yu, sailed to the sea at the Yangtze River Ferry, and then went to Jiaozhi to purchase local rice seeds. If everything went well, the messengers should come back in a while. He had to find time to go to Xiangfan and find the best experimental field to try planting these rice from Jiaozhi. Once the trial planting is successful, it will be promoted on a large scale. If it can be successfully promoted, Huguang will enter the double-season rice time in advance, and the grain output will double. If it is not believed that it can't stand this damn little ice age!

He thought it was quite beautiful, but Zhuge Hui thought he was crazy about food. Many things are like this. Once you get used to it, you will think that this is an eternal truth, and Zhuge Hui is no exception. Since ancient times, rice has only been planted for one season a year. Now Li Rui is just thinking about planting two seasons a year. Zhuge Huineng believes that he has a ghost!

The song this guy hummed became more and more ugly. Zhuge Hui simply put away the drawings and said, "You said that my sister hurriedly called us back to Wancheng. Is there anything important?"

Li Rui said: "There may be a good thing!"

Zhuge Hui had the urge to roll her eyes: "Are you sure it will be a good thing?"

Li Rui looked proud: "She has always only brought me good news!"

This time Zhuge Hui really rolled her eyes. This guy is so thick-skinned!

During the chatter of these two people, the carriage was moving fast.

Careful and not so careful passers-by will be surprised to find that this carriage is not much the same as the carriage they used to. It has four wheels, and the body grows a lot more than an ordinary carriage, and it runs so steadily on the road. They are all surprised. Why is this car so long, so flexible? This is different from the four-wheeled ox cart they usually see. That kind of four-wheeled ox cart cannot be turned. When you reach the direction where you want to turn, stop first, move the cart off, move the cart across the corner, and then load the cart on again. The cart is very flexible in turning, which is really eye-opening!

The carriage galloped all the way into Wancheng.

Beigong Jing and Yang Xiu were waiting at the gate of the General's Mansion. When they saw the four-wheeled carriage flying over, they both showed a look of surprise. As soon as the carriage stopped, Li Rui jumped down and shouted happily: "Major General, Miss Yang, I'm back!"

Zhuge Hui moved her body before getting off the bus——I had been sitting for too long, and she felt a little uncomfortable. He bowed to Beigong Jing and smiled gracefully: "Sister, I'm back."

Beigong Jing said, "Thank you for your hard work after running so far." He pointed to the four-wheeled carriage: "How come this carriage has four wheels?"

Li Rui rushed to say: "This is an epoch-making invention created by Miss Zhuge, a four-wheeled carriage! It has four wheels in front and rear, which is much more stable than a two-wheeled carriage. At the same time, the body is longer and the weight is more scattered. When it is pulled by a cow or a horse, it can ramble several times more carriage than a two-wheeled carriage. How about it? Isn't it amazing?"
Chapter completed!