The court of Chu was in chaos, and the originator of this qiē, Gao Yuan, had already crossed the Yangtze River at Xiapu at this time and continued to travel south.

In this era, the south of the Yangtze River can basically be regarded as a barbaric area, after all, in this era, the center of civilization in China is the Yellow River Basin, although the Chu State has ruled the Yangtze River Basin for hundreds of years, and established a very glorious Chu culture, and the territory has penetrated into Guangdong, Guangxi, in another time and space, after the Qin State unified the six countries, continued to wave the army south, in the area south of the Yangtze River set up Fujian, the South China Sea, Guilin, Xiang four counties, the territory has been extended to the South China Sea. But on the whole, the development of the Yangtze River basin is still far less than that of the Yellow River basin.

Therefore, after crossing the Yangtze River, the area became obviously desolate, not only did the roads become narrow and difficult to navigate, but also often there were no people within 100 miles, and there were patches of jungles and mountains. However, the addition of Sang, Tu Yong, and Jiang Li played a great role at this time, because in recent years, the Jiuli people often went out to activities, so they are more familiar with the areas and roads south of the Yangtze River.

This point is very important, because this expedition is light, there is no logistical supplement, the accompanying grain and grass materials, are collected on the way to the march, but to maintain the grain and grass materials of more than 50,000 troops, it is not a small amount, only in the area with a large number of cities, a large number of people concentrated, can collect enough food and materials.

And with the personnel of the three tribes leading the way, of course, it is much more convenient, although it is in the south of the wilderness, it is still possible to find large cities, so that the Han army can collect sufficient supplies.

And everywhere they went, they were still shot by the plateau, open the city gate, most of the cities were very interested in choosing to be tied up after the city gate was blasted open by the plateau, but there were also a few city guards who were not open-minded, after the city gate was blasted open, they were still unwilling to surrender, and they continued to resist in the city, and the Han army was not polite, immediately rushed into the city, and a burst of killing, and immediately completely defeated the last bit of resistance of the defenders. As a result, the Han army also killed nearly 1,000 Chu soldiers along the way.

However, due to the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, the defenders almost did not pose any threat to the Han army, and there were hundreds of Bailing women in the Han army, and the injured Han soldiers were able to receive extremely timely treatment.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the army walked for nearly 40 days and reached Cangwu, where it had entered Guangxi Province, where more than 300 soldiers had fallen ill and died, and more than 1,000 soldiers were sick and could no longer move. The rest of the soldiers were tired.

Gao Yuan knew that in ancient China, the biggest difficulty in the south was the climate, and the successive dynasties used troops in the south, and the non-combat attrition was often much greater than the combat attrition, and sometimes the soldiers who died because of the water and soil adaptation, or the miasma of the mountains and the miasma of the army, would reach as many as two or three percent of the whole army. Now the Han army has only more than 300 people who have lost their arrows, and more than 1,000 soldiers have fallen ill, which is quite a good result.

The reason for this result is that the preparation is relatively sufficient, and every time they go to one place, they will search for a large number of medicinal materials, which are home remedies for the miasma of the mountains, and secondly, during the march, the plateau strictly ordered all the soldiers to boil their drinking water, and eat cooked hot food as much as possible, which also reduces the occurrence of diseases; Thirdly, the soldiers were all selected elites, and their bodies were relatively good, so their resistance was stronger than that of ordinary soldiers; Fourth, the Han army had a large number of horses, and the soldiers had horses to walk, of course, it was much stronger than walking on two legs, and when they reached Cangwu, nearly more than 10,000 horses were killed, and the rest were nearly half in shape.

Now the plateau is basically certain that the station of the Jiuli tribe is actually in the 100,000 mountains in the southwest of Guangxi, and according to the three tribes, Cangwu is only about four or five days away from the station of the Jiuli tribe. Cangwu is also a major gathering place for the people of the Jiuli tribe, and there is also a residence of the Jiuli tribe in the city.

However, after the Han army invaded Cangwu City, it was found that the stronghold of the Jiuli tribe in Cangwu City had been emptied, and it seemed that the Jiuli tribe had already known the whereabouts of the Han army. Of course, Gao Yuan did not intend to hide the whereabouts of the Han army, after all, it is difficult to hide the whereabouts of more than 50,000 troops, and even if it is known to the Jiuli tribe, it is nothing? Because of this battle, the plateau was originally intended to fight a dignified battle.

Gao Yuan decided to rest in the city for a few days to let the soldiers recover from fatigue, although the current Cangwu is only a small city with a population of more than 20,000 or 30,000, but it is already the best city in the area. Moreover, it is not far from the station of the Jiuli tribe, and it is the most suitable place to rest before entering the Jiuli tribe. Of course, if the Jiuli clan takes the initiative to attack Cangwu, it will be better, after all, the decisive battle in Cangwu is still much better than the decisive battle in the Jiuli tribe.

The Han army rested in Cangwu City for five days, and the fatigue of the soldiers was basically recovered, but there were still more than 700 soldiers who could not fully recover, and the Jiuli tribe did not attack Cangwu.

The Jiuli tribe did not attack Cangwu, and the plateau was not disappointed, but ordered to leave 2,000 soldiers to be stationed in Cangwu City, in addition to the sick soldiers, there were also soldiers who had just recovered from illness and had not yet recovered, all of them stayed, as well as weak war horses, only soldiers who were in the best physical condition, and war horses entered the Jiuli tribe.

During this time, the beast training army was not idle, and trained a large number of beasts, reaching nearly 10,000 heads, forming a beast army, but because this is the southern region, the beasts such as bears, tigers, leopards, wolves, and pigs are much smaller than those in the north, but the beasts are beasts after all, and they are still much more powerful than people, and as a result, the strength of the Han army has not only not been weakened, but has also been greatly enhanced.

After leaving Cangwu, the group walked for another five days, and under the guidance of the three clans, they finally came to a valley mouth, which was the entrance to the Jiuli clan.

Although the mouth of the valley is not small, the width reaches more than 20 zhang, but the valley is foggy, as far as the eye can see, it is a white mang, and nothing can be seen. But the strange thing is that just outside the valley mouth, it is also sunny, and it is very clear, and there is not a trace of fog in sight.

The patriarch of the Sang clan, Sang Jiantian, turned to the plateau and said, "King Han, this is the Fog Array. ”

Huang Shigong also nodded, and said: "Yes, eighteen years ago, we once sent two disciples to test the fog array, and also tied ropes to them, and agreed to pull the rope every ten steps walked, but after the two entered the fog array, they didn't pull the rope at all, we shouted a few times, and no one answered, and then we pulled the rope back, but the person was gone." After a pause, he added, "In the past few hundred years, at least fifty of us have died because of the temptation of this fog array. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, of course he knew that cracking this fog array was the first step to enter the Jiuli clan, if he couldn't even break this fog array, what else could he talk about entering the Jiuli clan and defeating Chiyou? Therefore, he said: "Okay, just a small fog array, it's not enough to stump us, you just watch." ”

Saying that, Gao Yuan and Hehua took more than ten steps forward and came to the mouth of the valley, which was already the edge of the fog array, and Gao Yuan stretched out his arm forward, and his palm reached into the fog array, and he couldn't see it.

Gao Yuan withdrew his arm, untied the Tai Chi charm from his neck, and said to Hehua, "Let's start." ”

He Hua took a deep breath and said, "It's finally this day, let's start." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the Tai Chi charm.

The current Taiji Fu is no longer a "combat command center module", but is connected to external equipment to become a complete RF-712 battleship, but if it is not activated, it is still a Taiji Fu. However, after starting, it was immediately different, after the system was started and the operation authority of the two people was confirmed, they got a voice prompt: select the type of battleship.

After returning from the Bailing Clan's station, the two activated the Tai Chi Fu many times, and they were basically clear about the use and function of the RF-712 warship, and Gao Yuan immediately said: "The third form." ”

After Gao Yuan finished speaking, the Tai Chi Fu immediately deformed, and the size continued to expand, after a series of unknown transformations, in the exclamation of the Han army, the final formation was an object somewhat similar to a chariot, but without wheels, hovering in the air about a foot above the ground. However, the shape of the entire chariot is extremely streamlined, the lines are extremely graceful, and the surface is not known to be made of what material, glowing with a bright metallic brilliance, which can be seen.

Gao Yuan and Hehua stepped on the chariot, although the chariot was in a suspended state, but there was no shaking at all, the two of them each held the handle, and Gao Yuan said in a deep voice: "Clear the grain and material barriers." ”

At this moment, I saw a circle of blue light immediately flickering on the chariot, and after a few circles around the chariot, it finally condensed into a dark blue beam of light, which shot straight into the fog array.

After a while, a wonderful thing happened, only to see that after the dark blue beam of light entered, the fog array gradually faded, about a few tens of seconds later, the beam disappeared, and the fog array was completely dispersed, all the flowers, trees, mountains and rocks in the valley were clearly visible, and even at a glance, you could see that at the end of about a thousand steps away, a gray-white city wall appeared.

And the people of the Sang, Tu Yong, and Jiang Li tribes are all familiar with it, that is, the outer city wall of the Jiuli tribe's station. And the fog array that had protected the Jiuli tribe for thousands of years was broken so lightly by the plateau and Hehua.

At this time, Gao Yuan turned around and said, "Okay, the fog array has been broken by me, and we have now entered the Jiuli Clan." ”