Xiang Zhuang did not stay in the old camp of Dabie Mountain, after picking up Yu Ji and more than 5,000 women and children, he went all the way east out of Dabie Mountain, and joined the cavalry army stationed on the side of Shou Lake, and then went straight to Dongcheng along the gallop road through Quyang and Yinling, because there were more than 5,000 women and children, the speed of the march was greatly affected.

From the old camp of Dabie Mountain to Wujiang Town on the north bank of the Wujiang River, it took less than 600 miles but walked for more than half a month!

Although the Chu army walked very slowly, Li Zuoche, who was entrenched near Quyang, Yinling, and Dongcheng, did not act rashly, and Li Zuoche also knew that today's Xiang Zhuang was carrying tens of thousands of iron horses, and he was no longer the original lost dog! When the army entered Wujiang Town, Xiang Zhuang immediately sent troops out to collect ships and prepare to cross the river.

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The river breeze is blowing, and Xiang Zhuang is strolling along the riverside accompanied by Wei Yi and Bai Lixian.

Huyan Zhengde and Jin Xiang also followed behind the three of them, and there were hundreds of Huyan warriors on guard in the distance, which was also told by Baili Xian, seeing that the political vortex of Jiangdong was close at hand, the protection of Xiang Zhuang must also become more strict and thoughtful than before, the so-called open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, careless!

In the bay across the river, in the middle of winter, there are still a few fishing boats casting nets.

Behind that river bay, there is a fishing village, at this time it is noon, a few faint cooking smoke is rising from the fishing village, faintly can still hear the sound of children playing, roosters and the barking of dogs, which is in stark contrast to the Central Plains Wei "white bones are exposed in the wild, thousands of miles without rooster crowing".

It is clear that Koto has not suffered much damage yet.

Although Guan Ying and Zhou Bo's army have fought in Jiangdong, the military discipline of the army led by these two people is not bad, unlike Peng Yue's Liang army, which only knows how to burn, kill, and plunder, although Guan Ying has killed a lot of people in Jiangdong, but most of the people he killed are clan forces who gather to make trouble, and he is still very sympathetic to the common people.

Jiangdong was not destroyed in the war, which made Xiang Zhuang happy but also under pressure.

Coming south this way, Xiang Zhuang more or less heard some news about Jiangdong, especially the hunter who was said to have moved to six counties from Jiangdong in the Dabie Mountains half a month ago, and even said a lot about the recent situation in Jiangdong, Xiang Zhuang was very suspicious that the hunter was specially sent by Zhou Yin, the Shou of Jiujiang County.

The current pattern of Jiangdong can really be described as turbulent.

Xiang Tuo had 20,000 troops, occupied the whole county of Zhangjun and more than a dozen large counties north of Huiji County, and was supported by the Kwantung scholars, who all took refuge in Jiangdong when Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms.

Xiang Guan has 30,000 troops and controls more than 30 counties in the south of Huiji County, and almost all the local clan forces support Xiang Guan to inherit the throne of King Chu. There are many things that cannot be solved by the county guard and the county order, but as long as the clan elders come forward, they can be easily settled.

There is also Xiang He, Xiang He is a real descendant of the Xiang family, unlike Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan, who are just fake sons.

I have to start with the late Chu general Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan has three sons, the eldest son Xiang Chao, the second son Xiang Liang, and the third son Xiang Bo.

Xiang Chao has two sons, the eldest son is famous, the second son is famous, that is, Xiang Yu, and Xiang Liang also has a son, named Ji, that is, Xiang Zhuang; Among them, Xiang Ji is much bigger than Xiang Ji and Xiang Ji, and Xiang He is Xiang Ji's only son, thirty years old, Xiang He is rarely talented, extremely capable, but because of Xiang Yu's suspicion, Xiang He has a full stomach of talent, but he can't play.

Therefore, if you start from Xiang Yan, Xiang He is the real eldest grandson of the Xiang family, and his bloodline is purer than Xiang Zhuang!

Therefore, although Xiang did not have a single soldier in his hands, he still received the full support of the entire Xiang clan and the remaining dozen or so old Chu clans, among these old Chu clans, such as the Wu clan, the Qu clan, and the Shusun clan have great influence in Jiangdong.

Today's Jiangdong, Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, Xiang Guan each have their own territory, each has its own supporters, the throne of Chu, has already entered the white heat, it is foreseeable that once Xiang Zhuang crosses the Wujiang River with a large army, the competition for the throne of the king of Chu is bound to become more simple and confusing, more treacherous.

According to Xiang Zhuang's style and temper, he has no patience to do any political struggle with others, Xiang He, Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan, you all want to be the king of Chu, right? Okay, it's a mule or a horse, don't you know if you pull it out and slip it? Again, whoever has the hardest fist and the most powerful hòu is the king! …,

Xiang Zhuang also has enough confidence to grind Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, and Xiang Guan into powder.

Don't look at Xiang Tuo's 20,000 people, Xiang Guan's 30,000 people, but Xiang Zhuang really didn't take these tens of thousands of people in his eyes.

However, the quiet and peaceful scene he saw on the other side of the river just now made Xiang Zhuang hesitate for the first time, if he started a war with Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, and Xiang Guan, then Jiangdong would inevitably suffer from the disaster of swords, this time it was a battle for the throne, and its cruelty was by no means comparable to that of Infantage and Zhou Bo's crossing the river to "set sail without watermarks".

In other words, if there is a war, even if Xiang Zhuang gets Jiangdong, it can only be a ruin.

After walking along the north bank of the Wujiang River for several miles, Xiang Zhuang finally stopped, exhaled a long breath of turbidity, and turned around and asked Wei Yu: "Military advisor, do you have any good plans?" ”

Wei Yu wrapped the white tiger skin on his body, stretched out his right hand and erected three dry fingers, and said leisurely: "The old decay has three strategies, which can be chosen by the general: one strategy, exhaustively, lobbying Xiang He, Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan, to receive a complete Jiangdong; The second strategy is to win over one faction, isolate one faction, destroy one faction, and receive a broken Jiangdong; Three strategies, defeat the three factions with the power of thunder, and receive a dilapidated Jiangdong! ”

Xiang Zhuang was silent, he knew that Wei Yi hadn't finished speaking.

Wei Yi retracted his finger and continued: "These three strategies, each with its own advantages and disadvantages! ”

"The first strategy can help the general to receive a complete Jiangdong, and it can also retain the vitality of Jiangdong to the greatest extent, but it takes a lot of time and patience to do a lot of pacification work.

"The third strategy can help the general pacify Jiangdong in the shortest possible time and control the overall situation, but after the war, Jiangdong will definitely have a sharp decline in population and a great loss of vitality, and the general will control Jiangdong by force, and the people are not convinced, and when the general governs Jiangdong in the future, it will definitely be doubly difficult, so without twenty years of recovery, don't think about raising troops abroad!"

"No, neither of these strategies will work!" Xiang Zhuang shook his head categorically and said, "Twenty years is too long!" ”

"Then there's only a second option." Wei Yu said this, and said, "The second strategy is a compromise way, which can help the general to receive a relatively complete Jiangdong in a relatively short period of time, but this is very much a test of the general's political wisdom, marching and fighting, the general has both courage and strategy, and no one can match, but politics and military are completely different things, and the old man doesn't know if the general is ready?" ”

"Ready?" Xiang Zhuang frowned and said, "What preparations do you need?" There is a military advisor, you and Ziliang follow me, always vigilant, and often carry you, isn't it? ”

Wei Yu shook his head and said leisurely: "No, no, no, the general thinks about the problem too simply. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Yu said again: Although the military struggle is extremely dangerous, it is clear that the enemy is the enemy, I am me, it is easy to identify and judge, but the political struggle is much more complicated, maybe one day, Ziliang and the old man will be involved involuntarily, at that time, it will be necessary for the general to identify and judge by himself. ”

Xiang Zhuang said awe-inspiringly: "Military advisor, is it so complicated? ”

For politics, although Xiang Zhuang has been a human being for two lives, he is still very unfamiliar.

Xiang Zhuang in the previous life was just a special operations veteran, very smart, but he only had brains in warfare, but he really didn't know anything about politics, and Xiang Zhuang in this life was just a general of Chu State, and he was not proficient in politics, not to mention that when his father and brother were there, it was not his turn to point fingers at the political affairs of Chu State.

Moreover, Xiang Zhuang is not like Liu Bang, he has a super high understanding in politics!

Therefore, let Wei Yi say this, Xiang Zhuang really has some drums in his heart, politics is much more complicated than military!

Wei Yu nodded, and said earnestly: "General, you must remember the old sentence, when you are not sure about a certain matter, don't rush to make a decision, you can wait and see, wait for all the forces to appear, and wait for the situation to be basically clear, and then make a decision!" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, this sentence is almost the condensation of Wei Yu's lifelong political wisdom, right?

Wei Yu also admonished: "General, Mrs. Yu is the first king Aiji, although the first king made her the queen before his death, but her status is actually no different from the queen, she still has a lot of influence among the Xiang clan and the old Chu family, and the Yu family itself is also one of the Jiangdong clans, the general must win the support of Mrs. Yu......"

As soon as the words fell, Baili Yishui suddenly ran over panting, and reported: "General, Mrs. She, Mrs. She has passed out." ”

"Huh?" Xiang Zhuang hurriedly said, "Who fainted, Yue Niang or Zhen Niang?" ”

"Well, it's neither." Baili Yishui's little hand shook and said hurriedly, "It's Mrs. Yu." ”

"Huh?!" Xiang Zhuang was taken aback when he heard this, and thought that Xiang Yu was killing himself by the Wujiang River, and Yu Ji was probably thinking about things, but at this juncture, she must not have an accident, otherwise, the three chips that Xiang Zhuang left him to prove his status as "setting sail without watermark" would only be the lightest snow-stepping black horse.

The then captain also said: "General, the old man knows a little about medicine, let's hurry up...... Yawn! Yawn! ”

Before he finished speaking, Wei Yi suddenly yawned twice, Xiang Zhuang's heart jumped, and he said with concern: "Military advisor, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay." Wei Yu waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's just that I'm old and can't blow the wind, alas, I'm old, and I can't compare to you young people......)