"Go straight along this road, turn right when you encounter a river, and you can get out!"

After a stick of incense.

Stopping the wooden oar in her hand, the woman at the stern of the boat once again looked at Gai Nie's body, although the terrain here is complicated, but it really needs to be studied in detail, but it will only take a little time.

Walking out of the place where the mountain is wrapped, he slowly lands on the shore, stretching out his bare hand, pointing in a direction in front of him.

"Thank you, girl, for saving your life."

"I don't dare to forget each other, I don't know if I can know the girl's name, I think it's a souvenir!"

It's time to get out!

Gai Nie had been waiting for this for more than a month, and he was originally extremely anxious, but with the words of the woman and himself before, the king had already sent an envoy to the Little Sage Village, and at this point, a heavy force fell in his heart.

But...... Confucianism will not disappoint when it comes to doing things.

The light under his feet flickered, and he moved step by step, appearing on the land on the bank of the river, and he bowed his hand and fell, thinking about it, for more than a month, he didn't even know the name of the other party, which was really a bit rude.

"Are you Guigu disciples so willing to be subordinate to others, and think of yourself as subordinate?"

The woman's crisp voice that was not mixed with emotions at all fell, and her beautiful eyes flowed, falling on Gai Nie's body, as rumored in the world, the ghost valley was angry, and the princes were afraid, but in their own eyes, it seemed to ...... Not really.

The words fell, without giving the other party a chance to respond, the wooden oar moved slightly, stirring the whirlpool in the water, and the boat directly reversed the direction and returned in the original direction.

"In the next ......, this grace should be remembered forever."

Hearing this, Gai Nie smiled dumbly, but even so, his bright eyes looked at the figure of the woman leaving, perhaps, he and she would meet again in the future.

After staying on the shore for a hundred and ten breaths, Gai Nie finally flickered around him, his body shifted, and he disappeared in place.

******

"Father, isn't the king's intention to send an envoy this time the same as before?"

In the place of the nest, Xiang Yan, the new Great Sima of Chu and the new Shangzhu State, led 200,000 troops to garrison the north of the river, looking at the remnants of Chu in the south across the river, wanting to exterminate it.

For this reason, the king of Chu, who had been on the throne for several months, was defeated, and the order of the king of Dao who could not stop was falling, and he wanted to urge Xiang Yan to send troops as soon as possible, completely exterminate the king of Chu, Xiong Han and others, and completely merge the split of Chu into one.

Along the lake of the nest, the military camp is continuous, 200,000 elite soldiers of the Chu State sit here, before the shogunate military tent, Xiang Liang watched a group of palace envoys dressed in luxury go out, and felt in his heart.

Entering the military tent, looking left and right, there are no outsiders, just a close salute, and the whisper in his mouth falls.

"Li Yuan took Xiong Han and the Queen Mother to the Jiangnan region, originally there were only 350,000 soldiers on his side, and they were vulnerable, who would have thought that in the Jiangnan region, the Zhuang clan and the Baiyue clans appeared one after another."

"Under the gathering, there are more than 100,000 soldiers, perhaps not as strong as our army, but the land south of the Yangtze River is undulating in the mountains, forests, grasses, and rivers.

"The rest of the soldiers can't do it."

Xiang Yan is quite old, wearing fish scale silver armor and eagle helmet and hair, and he is standing in front of a sand table at this moment, on which is the map of the deployment of the troops of the two sides on both sides of the river, which is quite detailed.

Although the sand table appeared in the Qin army, it was not a secret, so it soon spread throughout the Shandong countries, and Xiang Yan had already sent people to make an exquisite sand table for the march and transfer of troops.

Glancing at his son who entered the military tent, Xiang Yan bowed slightly, and after breathing, he said casually and said about the difficult situation today.

It is certainly feasible to lead troops to attack Jiangnan Xiong Han and others, but ...... At this time, you have to think carefully.

With the strength of his own troops, even if he is sure to exterminate Xiong Han, Li Yuan and others in the south of the Yangtze River, it is impossible to do it without more than three years, and the current situation in Zhuxia is worrying, and the three years are too variable.

Otherwise, in more than three years, it is impossible to say how many of the 200,000 elite soldiers under his current command will be left at that time, and it will be lost by more than half, which is not a good news for the Chu State.

What's more, the land south of the Yangtze River is completely different from the land of Jiangbei, Jiangbei is still a little flat and flat, and Jiangnan ...... It is not suitable for the long-term survival of the Central Plains people.

"Zhuang Ji clan!"

"A few years ago, there was their shadow in the spring of Shou Chun, I didn't expect their strength to grow so fast, and they also got in touch with the people of Baiyue, father, since now is not the best time."

"Yes...... Have we not moved? ”

Since his father was promoted to the Great Sima of Chu State and Shangzhu State, the Xiang family definitely has the strength to be on a par with Qu Zhaojing's three major families at this moment, and what they lack is just a central minister.

But now it is a troubled era of the Warring States, and the strength of a great Sima is no worse than that of Ling Yin.

Xiang Liang has always followed his father's side, so he naturally knows what his father means, but it is not good to not send troops all the time, and he will always fall into the hands of Qu Zhaojing's three major families.

The rise and strength of the Xiang clan was by no means what they wanted to see, not to mention that now his father was in charge of all the soldiers of the Chu State except for the fiefdom of the Shi clan.

Really bit high weight.

"This time, in addition to Bright Bright, the king will send troops as soon as possible to defeat Xiong Han and others."

"Another point is the opinion of the land of the Three Jins!"

"Xiang Liang, you have been by your father's side for so many years, and you have almost learned all the skills of your father, how do you think you should choose to be a father now?"

Xiang Yan withdrew his gaze from the sand table in front of him, all the traces on the sand table were completely imprinted in the depths of his mind, and now looking across the river, he was in the position of taking the initiative.

So you don't need to worry.

The conversation shifted to another topic.

"Qin State attacking Zhao?"

When Xiang Liang heard this, his eyebrows twitched, and a trace of deep solemnity appeared on his resolute expression.

"Father, if the Yan State, the Wei State, the Qi State, and the Chu State do not help, my son thinks that the Zhao State will not be able to continue to exist under the offensive of the Qin State this time, as my father said in his early years, in the Battle of Changping, the Qin State will have a fighter to destroy Zhao."

"Now, the Qin State is stronger, and the Zhao State is even weaker, so it is even more irresistible, if the Zhao State is destroyed, the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, only the Wei State remains, and it is even more impossible to resist the Qin State, even if Wu Qi is alive."

"The Three Jin Dynasty does not exist, the Qin State expands its territory for thousands of miles, and the soldiers go directly to the land of Qi, Chu, and Yan.

Xiang Liang sighed lightly, Originally, the Chu State was the one with the most potential and power to do this, but for a hundred years, the Chu State had endless internal wars, and the clan struggles were even more immortal, and the national strength was greatly consumed.

The importance of Zhao was not only for Wei, but also for Chu.

Can...... Now the king ordered to take the lead in exterminating Xiong Han and others, 200,000 elite soldiers gathered here, the area north of Huaishui is just a garrison army, if the Qin army suddenly goes south, the Chu army will not be able to resist at all.

"So?"

Xiang Yan bowed slightly, for these, his son analyzed very correctly, but what he needed was the answer, what he needed was the result.

"Father!"

"My son thinks that at this moment, my father should write to the king, thinking that the weight of Zhao is saved, and if Zhao survives, the power of Qin will always be on Zhao and will not fall on Chu."

"The current strength of the Chu State is also unable to compete with the Qin State, so the Chu State should help the Zhao State and repeat the great cause of the original Battle of Handan, sure enough, the Zhao State survived, and Xiong Han and others in the land south of the Yangtze River have enough time to clean them up."

Xiang Liang took a step closer again, and whispered, now his father is the great Sima of the Chu State, and the strength of the Chu State is the strength of his father, and the strength of the Xiang clan, if the Chu State does not exist, where will their Xiang clan go.

"If Chu State helps Zhao State, what if Xiong Han, Li Yuan and others cross the river?"

Xiang Yan didn't comment, and said a word again.

"Father, my son thinks that if Xiong Han, Li Yuan and others really crossed the river, it may not be a good thing, whether it is for the king or for the father, it is a good thing."

Hearing his father's words again, Xiang Liang didn't respond quickly this time, he glanced left and right again with a very vigilant expression, took two steps, walked to his father's side, and whispered.

"Oh, how?"

Although Xiang Yan's face was old, her eyes that were still blooming slightly narrowed slightly, and she looked at her son curiously.

"Father, from here...... At this point, most of the fiefs north of the river belonged to the big family headed by Qu Zhaojing, and there were some small families attached to them. ”

"Previously, the king ordered his father to lead 200,000 elite soldiers to exterminate Xiong Han and others, and the first suggestion was Ling Yin, and then Sima left and right, and the king did not respond directly, but postponed it with Qin and Zhao."

"I thought that at that time, the king may not have such an idea in his heart, and he wanted to use the power of Xiong Han and others to weaken the strength of Qu Zhaojing and other families, so that he could monopolize power and revitalize the dynasty."

Xiang Liang's body was slightly sideways, and he pointed to the sand table on his father's side with one hand, moving from the cave next to the river in the ancestral land of Chu State, and going south along the river until the land east of the river where the Xiang clan was located.

The land of Nuoda is privately owned by the clan, and those old clans have all kinds of privileges in their own fiefdoms, and they also have their own private soldiers, otherwise it is impossible to always hold important positions in the government.

Qu Zhaojing and other great clans have too strong roots in Chu, more than 30 years ago, although there was a rebellion, it did not hurt the foundation of the clan, and his father took on the heavy responsibility that should have been borne by the fiefdom of the clan for the sake of the Xiang clan.

"Hahaha."

"My son is very pleased to be able to think of this, and it is very gratifying for my father."

"But...... Now that the king has just been established, all kinds of power are still in the hands of those people, so it is impossible to end the war to exterminate Xiong Han, Li Yuan and others, but there is one thing you said is very right, that is, what the king meant. ”

Xiang Yan smiled clearly, he had four sons, two sons like literature, two sons like martial arts, and now Xiang Liang is the one who has the most heart, and he can think of that, it is already very good.

"But, father, ......, Zhao Guo really can't be okay now!"

Xiang Liang bowed his head, and then, his expression moved again.

"Zhao Guo ......, this time the Qin State dispatched more than 400,000 troops from the Lantian battalion, more than 100,000 troops from the foreign battalion, and about 200,000 troops from Sanchuan County, Yingchuan County, and Nanyang County."

"Unless the State of Chu helps the State of Zhao with all its strength, it will ...... Zhao Guo is difficult to survive this catastrophe! ”

Xiang Yan sighed deeply, compared to his son, for decades, he knew better about the Zhuxia and Shandong Kingdoms, Zhao Guo ...... There is really no hope.

In Handan, Zhao Wangqian was stupid and incompetent, and the traitorous minister Guo Kai acted recklessly, and the state had such a monarch and minister, even if the Chu State helped, he could avoid the Qin State for a while, so what next?

This time, the Qin State is bent on destroying the Zhao State, the land of Nanyang, Nanyang guards Ye Teng Chen soldiers sit on the border of the Chu State, deterring the Chu State, this is the meaning, although it is not a great threat to the Chu State, but the current Chu State is not the previous Chu State.

"On the side of the Qi State, the Confucian Little Sage Zhuang made a move, and a hundred schools of thought could not retreat, and it was impossible for the Qi State to help, and the Yan State was rumored to attack Zhao, and the power of the Wei State was really weak."

Following the previous words, Xiang Yan continued, in order to be able to successfully defeat the Zhao State, the Qin State has already spent a great price, if he really leads the elite troops to rescue the Zhao State.

I'm afraid that as soon as I left on my front foot, in the land south of the Yangtze River, Xiong Han and others crossed the river, and then there was the existence of Nanyang Shouye Teng and the army of Bashu, and the Chu State was in danger.

"Father, what do you think?"

For a while, Xiang Liang also fell into a shallow silence, not knowing how to continue.

Originally, there was a clear thought in my mind, and I was completely messed up by my father's words, yes, even if I rescued Zhao State, and Zhao State would not be able to compete with Qin State?

At that time, the state of Zhao was destroyed, and the state of Chu was attacked on the back, and the situation was even worse than now.

"Chu State, Warring States is also a great power!"

"Self-improvement is enough to protect yourself!"

Xiang Yan gave Xiang Liang an affirmative response.

The only one who can destroy the state of Chu is the state of Chu itself, and the state of Qin is not good, in terms of the vast mountains and rivers, the state of Chu is not weaker than the state of Qin, and the state of Chu is not less than the state of Qin, so why is the state of Chu afraid of the state of Qin.

"Father, although Chu is a big country, his strength is ...... Scattered in many places! ”

Xiang Liang understood his father's meaning, but he could ...... The state of Chu is not as good as the state of Qin, and the power of the state of Qin is all in the hands of King Yingzheng of Qin, and if he goes abroad, it will be a summer.

After all, Chu Guo has too many things to do with himself.

"More than 100 years ago, when Gongsun Martingale entered Qin, the power of Qin was also scattered, and the Chu State wanted to be strong, rather than longing for the Zhao State to be a barrier in front, it was unwise, and it was not wise to ignore the power of the Qin State unless the Chu State itself was strong."

Xiang Yan smiled slightly, he naturally knew where the patients of Chu Guo were.

"Father, you ...... Is there a way to join forces? ”

Quietly, Xiang Liang's heart moved, looking at his father's expression, he seemed to think of something, and there was a trace of disbelief on his face, sure enough, the Chu State was able to gather the scattered power like the Qin State.

The strength of the Chu State is more than ten times or a hundred times stronger than it is now.

"Nope!"

Xiang Yan shook his head.

"Someone else has?"

"When Xiong Han was the king of Chu, Cang Xuan, the scheming person on his side, had a strategy that fell down, called Tui'en, but unfortunately, the plan has not yet been launched, and Xiong Han is like this."

"The king is glad to have it, and in a while, you should know."

"By the way, Uncle Xiang went to pick up my child, why hasn't he come back yet?"