On Pengli Lake (Poyang Lake), brocade sails cover the sky and the sun, and more than 500 Chu warships are surfacing the river. The latest chapter of the Holy Hall.com

Although it was still early spring when water turned into ice, the southeast wind was rarely blowing, allowing the Chu Navy fleet to go up the wind and save the strength of the oars.

During this expedition to Bashu, Xiangzhuang mobilized 20,000 elite troops of the Huben Camp and Tianlang Camp, plus 30,000 government troops. In addition, 40,000 mules were requisitioned and carried a full 200,000 stone of military ration. The imperial guards could have mules on board and carrying military rations and 30,000 government troops, but they could only marches on the road in Pengli Zebei.

In the cabin, Xiang Zhuangzheng chatted with Gao Chu, Pang Yu, and Bailixian.

This time, the Jiangling expedition to Bashu, the nominal chief general of the Chu army was Gao Chu. In addition to Gao Chu, Pang Yu, Bailixian and other very few senior generals, even most of the imperial guards did not know that Xiang Zhuang was actually in the army. As for the King of Huainan, King Linjiang and King Liang, they even believed that Xiang Zhuang was still in the Shouhu Camp.

In fact, Bi Shu is in charge of the overall situation in Shouhu Camp.

Before going to war, Xiang Zhuang had officially worshipped Bi Shu as General Wei, responsible for defending Jiangdong. Regarding Xiang Zhuang's decision, Xiang Tuo, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhonglimei, Yu Ziqi, Xiao Kai, Tian Heng and other large number of long-time generals were not convinced, but there was no way. Now Xiang Zhuang's royal power has been completely stable, and no one can easily challenge Xiang Zhuang's royal power.

However, after appointing Bi Shu as General Wei, Xiang Zhuang made another puzzling decision.

Xiang Zhuang actually transferred Zhonglimei, Yu Ziqi, Xiao Kai and Tian Heng to Bishu's account to serve as deputy generals!

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In a word, Xiang Zhuang recognized Bi Shu's ability to lead troops and believed that he was fully capable of defending Jiangdong. At the same time, Xiang Zhuang was also very cautious about Bi Shu and appointed Zhong Limei, Yu Ziqi, Xiao Kai, Tian Heng and others as Bi Shu's deputy generals, in order to beware of Bi Shu's ability to raise his confidant and not cause any trouble when he regained military power in the future.

Xiang Zhuangzheng was chatting with Gao Chu, Pang Yu, and Bailixian, but Qu Bucai suddenly hurried into the cabin.

As a time traveler, no one can know the importance of intelligence better than Xiang Zhuang. This expedition to Bashu, Qu Bucai must bring this gelf and dog.

When Qu Bucai walked into the cabin, he was still holding a carrier pigeon in his hand.

Using carrier pigeons for communication is actually not unfamiliar to the ancients of this era. When they were fighting with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang once conveyed military information through carrier pigeons. However, Liu Bang did not pay attention to carrier pigeons, but paid more attention to traditional flying cavalry communication. Only time travelers like Xiangzhuang would make every effort to promote the carrier pigeon communication system.

"King." Qu Bucai bowed deeply to Xiangzhuang and said, "The villain just received a letter from Feige. King Han Xin of Qi was secretly gathering a large army to Langya County. Many car dealers in Qi were also transporting food and grass to the south recently. The villain judged that the Qi army was likely to attack Huainan."

"Hmm? Han Xin?!"

"Attack Huainan Kingdom?!"

“At this time?!”

Gao Chu, Pang Yu's expression changed slightly when he heard this.

Xiang Zhuang also frowned immediately, this was really unexpected.

"Strange, this is not in line with common sense!" Bailixian shook his feather fan and said, "Han Xin chose to send troops at this time, which is also expected. But for Qi, the best target of annexation should be Zhao State, which is a fertile country of thousands of miles away. The choice for the lower one is to take advantage of the situation to destroy Liang, and attack Huainan is the worst choice. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple.com"

Before sending troops, Xiang Zhuang, Bi Shu and Baili Xian had discussed this issue repeatedly.

Xiang Zhuang, Bi Shu and Bai Li Xian did not think that Qi State would attack Huainan at this time, because for Qi State, Huainan was a hard bone that was difficult to chew, and it was a real bone without any meat scraps. Even if Qi State tried his best to chew this hard bone, he would not get much oil in the end!

"It's a problem now." Pang Yu frowned and said in a deep voice, "Although King Yingbu of Huainan is brave and good at fighting, he is quite inferior to King Han Xin of Qi. Huainan has accumulated some wealth over the years, but it is still not enough to compare with Qi. If the Qi army really goes south, Huainan will probably not be able to resist it."

Gao Chu also said: "If Huainan Kingdom is destroyed by Qi, Jiangdong will be directly exposed to the Qi army's military. Although Bi Shu is a member of Guigu Sect, he has just left the army and has never been in charge of the army, nor has he participated in any war. He suddenly faces a large military strategist like Han Xin, so he is very lucky."

Pang Yu, Gao Chu’s implication is naturally to cancel the expedition.

Bailixian had a different opinion: "King, the arrow is already on the string, so we must not stop shooting!"

Xiang Zhuang pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned around and ordered Qu Bucai, "Qu Bucai, immediately Fei Ge sent a letter, telling the suspicious movements of the Qi army, Kuai Che, the Prime Minister of Huainan, and let the Huainan army be prepared as soon as possible!"

"Here!" Qu Bucai responded with a loud bang and took the order.

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Ten days later, Jiangling Ferry.

In front of the ferry, there were many cars and horses, and the caps were gathered. The King of Linjiang Gongwei was personally leading civil servants and generals such as Du Hong and Gongsun Wu to the ferry to welcome the Chu army. As a prince of a country, the Gongwei did not have to be so polite. No matter what, the chief general of the Chu army, Gao Chu was just a village marquis and could not bear such a great gift from him.

However, considering the strong national strength and military strength of Chu, when Linjiang is facing the threat of the Han army in the future, he still needs to rely on the strong support of Chu. The Gongwei then adopted the suggestion of General Gongsun Wu and personally led all officials to the ferry to greet him. Not to mention anything else, at least it can leave a good impression in the minds of the Chu soldiers?

You should know that Gao Chu is a confidant general of King Xiang Zhuang of Chu. When Jiang Kingdom asks for help from Chu, the person who leads the troops may be the one who leads the troops. Therefore, it is beneficial to him at this time.

After a while, there were a large and small warships on the river surface.

At the same time, the dark Chu army also appeared on the Jiangbei Chi Road. Looking at the flags that covered the sky and the horses that could not see the end, the Linjiang King Gongwei and the civil servants and generals standing behind him could not help but change their faces slightly. Not to mention anything else, the strict queue and the aura of the Linjiang army was far from reaching.

Among the crowd, the Prime Minister Du Hong said worriedly: "King, it's still time to change his mind now. Once the Chu army arrives at the Jiangling Ferry, it's too late!" After saying this, Du Hong said again, "We officials are actually nothing. If we don't be officials of Linjiang, we can also be officials of Chu, but what about you, the king?"

Gong Wei Ran, to be honest, he already regrets it a little.

What if the Chu army faked the attack on Liang and sneak attack on Linjiang Kingdom is real, then it would be really a way to attract a wolf into the house.

However, Gongwei knew better that changing his mind is not a good idea now. The Chu army advanced along the way, and the troops had already reached Jiangling City. Refusing the Chu army to transit at this time would be equivalent to turning against the Chu army. Once the Chu army became angry, even if there was no hostility, it would be bad.

When Gongwei was nervous, a Chu warship suddenly left the brigade and slowly approached the port.

As soon as the ship was docked, a general of the Chu army, who was in full clothing, had already climbed to the pier surrounded by more than a dozen generals. Wu She, who was standing beside the King of Linjiang, quickly stepped forward and introduced the general of the Chu army Gao Chu to the King of Linjiang and many civil and military officials of Linjiang. Gao Chu stepped forward and greeted the King of Linjiang and the civil and military officials of Linjiang.

After the chirping, Gongwei was surprised to find that the other Chu warships did not dock, but continued to go up the river. There was also the Chu army and cavalry on the Jiangbei Road, and there was no intention of stopping. They just turned a corner on the fork in the east of the city, and then walked around the north of Jiangling City and continued to the west.

The civil and military officials of Linjiang, behind Gongwei, were also very confused. Didn’t the 50,000 Chu troops come to help with the war? According to the agreement between the two countries, the 50,000 Chu troops would land at the Jiangling Ferry Crossing, and then join the Linjiang army to pass through Yan County and Qi County to attack Deng County in Nanyang County. But why did the Chu troops go west? What do they want to do?

Gongwei was still hesitating whether to ask, but Du Hong could not help but ask Gao Chu: "General Gao, did your army come to fight with our Linjiang army? Why didn't you stop in Jiangling, but instead headed west? I wonder what the purpose of your army is? Does it have any other purpose?"

Gao Chu frowned and said unhappily: "Prime Minister Du, the 50,000 army led by me was indeed to assist the Linjiang Kingdom in war. However, just now, I just received a secret report saying that Bashu was empty, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Therefore, I decided to change my goal and attack Bashu in a hurry."

Now, the Chu army has passed Jiangling, and further forward is Yiling Road, which is less than 500 miles away from Wu County, the gateway of Ba County. At this time, even if the Han army made detailed instructions to Guanzhong, when Liu Bang learned the news, he would send Xiaoling Ba County to strengthen his vigilance, it would be too late. Therefore, he was not afraid that the ruler and ministers of Linjiang would know the news.

"Attacking Bashu?" Du Hong said, "General Gao, aren't you joking?"

"The words of Prime Minister Du are so rude, how can major military and national affairs be a joke?" Gao Chu was unhappy.

After a pause, Gao Chu said to Gongwei again, "King Linjiang, military situation is urgent. I will say goodbye now. After pacifying Bashu, I will come to the door to apologize to the king!" After saying that, Gao Chu turned around and left, walked a few or two steps and then turned around, "There are Shu brocades in Bashu, which are rare treasures in the world. I will definitely bring a few thousand horses for the king!"

Gongwei said blankly: "That's the matter, the general is here to do anything."

Gao Chu waved his hand, and then he took more than a dozen generals away.
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