Chen Ping slowly walked into the big tent of the King of Han, and saluted Liu Bang and Zhang Liangzuo, who were drinking according to the case: "The king, brother Zifang, just now Kuaiche went to the big tent of Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan!" ”

"This Fan Yang Kuiche!" Liu Bang frowned and said, "What does he want to do?" ”

After saying this, Liu Bang asked angrily: "This is the first prince he is looking for?" ”

"The fourth!" Chen Ping knelt down under Zhang Liang and replied, "First Yingbu, then Zhang Er, then Han Xin, then Han Wang, and now Wu Rui!" ”

"Kuaiche just wants to persuade the princes from all walks of life to withdraw their troops, the king only needs to treat each other with sincerity and show the world with benevolence and righteousness, it is impossible for the princes from all walks of life to listen to him, such a small person, the king does not have to pay attention to it at all." Zhang Liang is a soldier and is good at strategy, but he is quite gentlemanly, and he acts frankly and openly, and he looks down on villains like Kui Che.

"Brother Zifang, I don't think so." Chen Ping rarely put forward an opinion different from Zhang Liang, and then gave Liu Bang a shallow look, and then said, "Han Feizi once said that the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and the activities around him secretly instigated the princes from all walks of life to retreat, although it was a villain's act, the king could not take it lightly!" ”

"This ......" Liu Bang looked at Zhang Liang and then at Chen Ping, and his face was embarrassed.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are the left arm and right arm of Liu Bang's strategy, and the two rarely disagree with each other, but now on the issue of how to treat Kui Che, the two have rare disagreements, and now Liu Bang is in a difficult situation, is it to listen to Zhang Liang's ignorance of this matter, or listen to Chen Ping's move to get rid of Kui Che?

Zhang Liang smiled faintly and said, "If the king kills Kui Che, won't he tell the truth?" ”

Liu Bang nodded quietly, Zhang Liang's words are right, if just because Kui Che said a few bad words behind his back, he would have to be put to death, wouldn't it seem that he Liu Bang was very mindless and unelegant? Once this matter attracts the criticism of the scholars and wealthy families in the world, and even arouses the suspicion of princes from all walks of life, it will be a matter of sacrificing the roots.

Chen Ping's expression was solemn, and he also said: "If you don't get rid of Kuaiche, what if he really convinces the princes from all walks of life?" When the time comes, all the princes will advance and retreat together, and ask the king to allow them to return to China, what will they do? The king and Mo underestimated the debater's mouth, Su Qin was vertical, Zhang Yi was horizontal, not relying on their three-inch incorruptible tongue! ”

Liu Bang nodded again, what Chen Ping said is not unreasonable, in case Kui Che really connected the princes from all walks of life and instigated them to blackmail him Liu Bang, it would be really a trouble, agree, after the princes return to China, it will inevitably become a disaster, don't agree, once the princes from all walks of life join forces, how can he Liu Bang be able to suppress it?

Now that Zhang Liang and Chen Ping have said it thoroughly, Liu Bang has to take the idea himself.

At this time, Liu Bang suddenly began to miss Li Shiqi, not that Li Shiqi's wisdom is higher than Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, but that Li Shiqi himself is also a debater, since Kuaiche can persuade all the princes to retreat, he Liu Bang can naturally let Li Shiqi lobby all the princes, so that they can focus on the general righteousness and not do that unkind and unrighteous act.

After thinking hard for a while, Liu Bang finally found it difficult to decide, so he had to change the topic: "Let's talk about this later, but it is the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang, there has been no movement in the past half a month, and there is no warning signal from the beacon towers set up in various mountain passes and passes, you say, will the remnants of the Chu army really run into the deep mountains and old forests?" ”

Zhang Liang said casually: "If nothing happens, it should be like this." ”

Chen Ping echoed: "The minister also thinks so, with Xiang Zhuang's child's temperament, he will never sit still, but the breakthrough roads to the north, east and south have been blocked by our army, and the remnants of the Chu army can only risk crossing the Dabie Mountain, but the minister does not think that the remnants of the Chu army can really cross the Dabie Mountain." ”

"It's best if you can't turn it, let them feed all the snakes and insects!" Liu Bang said with a smile, "Even if it really turns over, it's nothing, as long as Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er is far away from Jiangdong's hometown, it is not easy to clean him up?" It is best for Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er to lead the remnants of the Chu army into Linjiang Country, and Lone personally led the army to clean up the Gongao together, then it is really peaceful in the world, hehe. ”

Linjiang State is Liu Bang's heart disease second only to Chu State, because Linjiang Wang Gongao is a stunned young man, this old boy does not buy Xiang Yu's account, and he also does not buy his Liu Bang's account, the battle of Qixia, almost all the princes in the world came, but Linjiang Wang Gongao did not send troops to come, and killed the messenger sent by Liu Bang, Liu Bang had long wanted to clean him up.

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After leaving the old camp, the Chu army went all the way west along the canyon and gradually went deep into the uninhabited primeval jungle.

In this era with a total population of only more than 30 million, Dabie Mountain is a real deep mountain Daze, an absolute no-man's land, not to mention people's homes, even if you find a woodcutter and a medicine farmer to ask for directions!

And the deeper you go into the mountains, the denser the jungle becomes, and the more difficult the road ahead.

In addition, the fog in the mountains is steaming, and the sky is cloudy, so it's easy to get lost!

Fortunately, Xiang Zhuang had been a soldier in his previous life and learned survival skills in the wild, so he had no modern tools such as a compass, nor the sun, moon and stars to refer to, nor would he get lost in the jungle.

To find the direction in the jungle, it seems to be difficult, to put it bluntly, it is actually very simple, just cut down a tree, through the density of the texture can judge the general direction, the side of the texture is more likely to be the south-facing side, combined with the mountain terrain, you can basically determine the general direction.

However, even if there was no fear of getting lost, this march was much more difficult than Xiang Zhuang expected.

In his previous life, Xiang Zhuang had crossed the increasingly treacherous tropical rainforest, but when he entered the mountain, he realized that a small army crossing the jungle and a large army crossing the jungle were completely different things! The fact that he was able to lead a small army of a dozen people through the tropical rainforest where snakes and insects were rampant and mosquitoes and flies breed did not mean that he could lead 5,000 Chu troops over the Dabie Mountain.

Along the way, the Chu army has been as gentle as possible along the canyon terrain, but it is still a dangerous road, only able to travel less than thirty miles a day, at this speed, I am afraid that half a month may not be able to go out, and half a month later, the rainy season is likely to come, once it really enters the rainy season, the Chu army will not want to get out of the jungle.

In a blink of an eye, three days have passed, but the Chu army has only walked less than a hundred miles!

Seeing that it was already dark, Xiang Zhuang ordered the army to camp, and asked people to invite Wei Yu and Wu Shi to his side.

"Whew, I'm tired of decay." Wei Yi sat down by the fire, while wheezing, while beating the old arms and legs again and again, the old man is over sixty years old after all, although there are horses to ride along the way, and there are even people carrying him when crossing dangerous roads, but after such a long time walking down the mountain road, he is still very tired.

In contrast, Wu Shi, who is in the prime of life, is much better than Wei Yu.

Xiang Zhuang hurriedly instructed Qin Ji to boil water with the only small iron kettle in the army, and prepared to soak Wei Yi's feet, this old man was his chief think tank, and there must be no accidents.

After a moment's pause, Wei Yu's expression eased slightly, and he said, "General, I'm afraid it won't work to go on like this." ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Yes, there is no road in the mountains, there are many obstacles, and you can only walk thirty miles a day, at this speed, I don't know when I will be able to cross Dabie Mountain!" ”

Wu Shi also said worriedly: "It's early April now, and the rainy season is coming. ”

"It won't work out like this." Wei Yi thumped his old leg and said, "We have to find another way!" ”

"But Strategist, what else can be done now?" Wu Shi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "This mountain is high and the road is blocked, and we can't conjure up a big road out of thin air!" ”

"Conjure up a big road?" Xiang Zhuang's heart moved slightly when he heard this, and Wei Yi seemed to be touched, and immediately turned his head to look at Xiang Zhuang, the two looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly laughed at the same time.

Wu Shi was confused by the two of them, and said suspiciously: "General, military advisor, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Sir, if it weren't for your prompting, I really wouldn't have expected it!" Xiang Zhuang patted Wu She's shoulder affectionately, and then said to Wei Yu, "Strategist, why didn't you think that there was actually a big road in this primeval forest?" ”

Wei Yu also smiled: "Didn't Li Zuoche say in his "Guangwu Junluo", a wise man must make a mistake?" ”

Wu Shi still didn't understand, and frowned and asked, "General, I still don't know what you're talking about?" Listen to what you mean, could it really be possible to conjure up a big road in this primeval forest? ”

"Isn't it?" Xiang Zhuang immediately pointed to the small river not far ahead, "Isn't that the main road?" ”

"That's it? This is clearly a small river, how can it be a big road, hiss......" Wu Shi said and suddenly understood, and said, "General, military division, you mean to build a ship and then go down the river?" ”

"It's too late to build a ship, and the river is too small and shallow to walk." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, and pointed to the reckless bamboo forest not far from the opposite side and said, "However, we can build a bamboo raft, or it will take half a day, we will be able to build thousands of bamboo rafts, and when the time comes, we will be able to sit on the bamboo raft and go down the river to Huaishui." ”

Wei Yi smiled quietly, and then said: "Then go up the Huaishui River and reach Nanyang!" ”

"That's right!" Wu Shijie praised, "Bamboo raft, why didn't we think of bamboo rafts before!?" ”

"It's not too late to think about it." Wei Yu said happily, "Mr. Wu She, this time it's all your credit." ”

"yes, thanks to Mr. Xiang Zhuang smiled faintly, this time it was really thanks to Wu Shi.

From the very beginning, Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yu only thought about how to cross the mountains, only thinking about how to cross the primeval forest, but did not think about it, you can easily cross the primeval jungle by going down the river, and then you can bypass the mountains by going up the river, and this is probably the so-called mindset, some things are simple, but you just can't think of it!

Of course, it's just a mindset here, if it weren't for the fact that there happened to be bamboo in the mountains, Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yi thought of the shortcut down the river, then they could only look at the river and sigh, because without the bamboo, they couldn't build a bamboo raft, and the five thousand Chu troops couldn't all jump into the river and float down, right?