Although in another time and space, Zhang Liang had escaped the pursuit of the Qin State many times, even if he sniped Qin Shi Huang in Bolangsha, he was still escaped by Zhang Liang. But in this time and space, whether Zhang Liang still has such good luck, Gao Yuan is not sure. Therefore, of course he didn't want Zhang Liang to take risks, after all, it would be a pity if such a strategist, who won the world's miracles thousands of miles away, fell early.

But Gao Yuan also knows that Zhang Liang's loyalty to South Korea is by no means something that he can convince with a few words, of course, from another point of view, Zhang Liang is also a person who values feelings, so how can he get Zhang Liang's loyalty, he will not change his attitude lightly.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Gao Yuan's mind, and he thought of a way, so that he could give it a try, and said: "Ofan, now the bereaved families in South Korea insist on recovering the country, the main reason is because they think that this time the uprising can get the support of the Chu State, isn't it?"

Zhang Liang nodded and said, "As the lord said, this is indeed the case. ”

Gao Yuan said: "You know, I have some friendship with Xiang Dong of the Xiang clan of Chu State, and it is also Xiang Dong who visited Yingchuan this time, so I can repair a letter to him, and ask Chu Guo or Xiang to come forward and advise the remnants of South Korea not to act rashly, it should be able to stop the actions of the Korean remnants." ”

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly rejoiced, and said: "The lord's method is very good, if the Chu State comes forward to dissuade them, they will definitely be able to stop the incident." ”

Gao Yuan said: "It's just that Xiang Dong is not the patriarch of the Xiang clan, and these interests may be difficult to explain clearly in a letter, so I want to ask the widow to make a hard trip, and you will personally bring the letter to Chu State to present it to Xiang Dong, and explain the benefits to him." ”

Zhang Liang hurriedly said: "I am willing to go." ”

In fact, in the last battle of Daliang, Zhang Liang and Xiang Dong still had a few acquaintances, but they did not have deep friendships, and it was not easy to go to Chu to find Xiang Dong, and there was Gao Yuan who wrote to Xiang Dong, so it was naturally different. And Gao Yuan's intention is not only to hope that Chu can come forward to stop the remnants of South Korea, but also to use this method to make Zhang Liang leave Yingchuan, even if the remnants of South Korea rise up, Zhang Liang will not participate in it. And Zhang Liang also knows very well that the chance of success of the Korean bereaved uprising this time is almost zero, but he is powerless to stop it, so he participates in the uprising with the determination to kill himself.

So Gao Yuan immediately wrote a letter and handed it to Zhang Liang, and selected a team of people from the scout army to protect Zhang Liang's safety, and at the same time gave Zhang Liang 500 gold and asked him to take it to Chu for activities. Zhang Liang was even more grateful to the plateau, and swore to heaven again before leaving that if he could prevent the Korean remnants from rising up this time, he would definitely rush to Daliang to assist the plateau in resisting the Qin army.

On the second day, Zhang Liang resigned to Gao Yuan and rushed to the state of Chu, while Gao Yuan rushed to the state of Qi with Yuan Xuan to watch the training of the warships and sailors.

After the diversion of the Yellow River, there is a small Hetao area here, with a wide water surface and a relatively flat river, which is very suitable for mooring ships and training in water warfare. In addition, with the help of the Qi State, this place has also temporarily become a base for the training of the army in water warfare.

When Gao Yuan and Yuan Xuan came to the base, the soldiers were training vigorously, although it was late February, the river was still cold, there were still many soldiers practicing swimming in the river, and there were more than ten boats in the river training.

And on the bank of the river moored more than ten large ships, in the final repair, the style is basically the same as the plateau when stationed in Xingkou when the transformation of the warship, the side of the ship is inward, the building is a fully enclosed structure, the outside is covered with raw cowhide, divided into two layers, the lower layer rows, the upper layer fights, the two sides open the archery hole, each ship is equipped with four bed crossbows.

Of course, because of the experience of the last time, some details are also much more detailed than the last modified warship, because it has made many improvements in weapons, mainly to increase the use of fire, bows and crossbows are tied to the tips of oil-soaked cloth, can be ignited and shot, and each ship is also equipped with a lot of grease-filled cylinders, which can be fired with bed crossbows.

The plateau also boarded a warship, watched the warship's drills, only to see the warship swimming in the river, the lower twenty oars swayed together, with the commander's flag, or left rush, or right rotation, very flexible, and the left and right sides of the arrow salvo, the bed crossbow open, not affected by the undulation and shaking of the warship at all, the sound of "whoosh" is endless, in the river water stirred up a lot of splashes.

The results of the training also made Gao Yuan very satisfied, but compared to the operation of the warship, he was much more clever when he was in Xingkou, it seems that these few people, Yuan Xuan has put in a lot of hard work, even if the Qin army is using water to irrigate the beams, relying on such a water army, it is enough to resist for a while, it is estimated that the Qin army will not think of it.

After getting off the warship, Yuan Xuan recruited an old man in his sixties and said to Gao Yuan: "Lord, this is an old boatman we recruited, called Zhou Hao, he has been on the Yellow River for nearly fifty years, and he has used all kinds of boats, and he has walked more than a thousand times in the Yellow River waterway in the Wei State, and he is very clear about the hydrology, undercurrents, and reefs of the Yellow River waterway in this section. ”

Zhou Hao saluted the plateau and said, "The villain sees the lord." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Don't be polite, get up and talk." ”

Zhou Hao stood up and stepped aside.

Gao Yuan said again: "I just watched the training of warships, and the boatmen you trained are really good, and they can be regarded as a great contribution to our army, and I will definitely reward you heavily." ”

Zhou Hao hurriedly said: "Thank you, lord, in fact, General Yuan has already awarded the villain a lot of copper coins, more than the villain has been running a boat for more than 50 years, and the villain's three sons and daughters have also been incorporated into the boatmen, and the monthly salary will exceed the income of the previous year." ”

Gao Yuan smiled and asked again: "Zhou Hao, you have been running on the Yellow River for fifty years, and you should be very familiar with the law of the Yellow River's rising and falling water." ”

Zhou Hao said: "Returning to the lord, it's not a villain boasting, as long as it is the Yellow River in the territory of Wei, there is no section of the river that villains don't understand." Now is the time when the Yellow River begins to rise. As he spoke, he pointed to the embankment of the Yellow River on the bank and said, "In mid-to-late March, the river can rise to the embankment, and in May and June, it is the peak period of the river." Have you seen the stone beast by the river? ”

Gao Yuan looked in the direction of his finger and saw that there was an animal carved in stone, like a cow but not a cow, like a tiger but not a tiger, and Gao Yuan didn't know what kind of animal it was. There is also a stone pedestal underneath, which is more than a man high. Said: "What is the use of this stone beast?" ”

Zhou Hao said: "This stone beast is actually used to measure water, every year the river water will flood to the location of the stone beast, if the river floods over the base, it means that the river has entered the warning water level, if the river floods the back of the beast, it means that the water is very dangerous, and if the river floods over the stone beast, the embankment may burst at any time." After a pause, Zhou Chang said: "In fact, in every section of the Yellow River Basin, there will be such a stone beast, which has the same function, and is used to measure the water level. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, and had to admire, the wisdom of the working people is really infinite, and such a simple method can express such an important matter as the water level warning of the Yellow River very clearly. Then Gao Yuan asked, "So with your experience, where can the Yellow River rise this year?" ”

Zhou Hao said: "It's hard to say, because the rise of the water level of the Yellow River is related to many factors, such as the water potential of the upper stream, the water potential of the tributaries, rainfall, etc., sometimes a heavy rain can make the Yellow River rise several feet, and a few days of drought, the water level will drop again, these are unpredictable things, so the villain does not dare to speak falsely." ”

There is no advanced equipment in this era, so the water potential can only be judged by experience, it is really difficult to say, Gao Yuan said: "Okay, you still have to train their boat skills well, as long as they are well trained, let alone copper money, it is not possible to be an official and receive a knight." ”

Zhou Hao hurriedly said: "Yes, thank you, lord." ”

Gao Yuan and Yuan Xuan returned to the Yellow River embankment, Gao Yuan said: "In this way, if the Qin State wants to irrigate the beams with water, it will be at least until late March, and when our fleet departs, it should be in mid to early April, so we still have more than a month to go, and we can prepare more fully, the number of warships I think is about the same, and prepare more weapons such as fire oil and rockets, and once the water irrigates the beams, if we want to break through, we must rely on ships, so we also need to collect more ships for the breakthrough in the future." ”

Yuan Xuan said: "Lord, it's easy to collect ships, you can order people to go to the lower reaches of the Yellow River to buy, but our army has many cavalry, and even the infantry are equipped with war horses, and when the time comes, if you want to transport them out of the girder, I'm afraid it will be very difficult, because a horse must occupy the position of at least three people, if all the war horses are thrown to the girder, this is more than 20,000 war horses, and our losses will be too great." ”

Gao Yuan said: "What you said is a problem, although we are not short of war horses in Daijun, but we can't waste them like this, but if you let the infantry give up the war horses and go to Daliang on foot, it will slow down the speed of the cavalry on the road; And it is also easy to be attacked by the Qin army halfway, if my prediction is right, now the Qin army should be in the village around the beam, although the beam is not surrounded, but it must also block all the roads leading to the beam. ”

Yuan Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, if we can't rush to Daliang with the speed of cavalry, we will definitely be attacked by the Qin army on the way." But if the Qin army really flooded the beams, there would be no use for the cavalry base. ”

Gao Yuan said: "In this way, after I enter Daliang, I will find an opportunity to let the Fan Yongjun break through and come back with war horses, and we will communicate with birds and communicate with each other, echoing each other inside and outside to deal with the Qin army." ”