Chen Ping hurried into the Han King's tent, and bowed to Liu Bang who was drinking with the case. Zhang Liang bowed to him and said, "Big King, Brother Zifang, Kuai Che just now went to the Hengshan King Wu Rui's tent!"

"This Fan Yang Kuai Che!" Liu Bang frowned, "What do he want to do?"

After saying this, Liu Bang asked angrily again: "How many princes are he looking for?"

"The fourth one!" Chen Ping knelt down under Zhang Liang and replied, "First it was Ying Bu, then Zhang Er, then Han Xin, and now Wu Rui!"

"Kuai Che just wanted to lobby all the princes to withdraw their troops. As long as the king treats each other with sincerity and shows his kindness to the world, all the princes would not be able to listen to him. Such a small person must not be paid attention to." Zhang Liang is a military strategist, and is good at strategy, but he has a gentlemanly demeanor and acts openly and frankly, and looks down on villain like Kuai Che.

"Brother Zifang, I don't think so." Chen Ping rarely put forward a different opinion from Zhang Liang. After saying that, he bowed slightly to Liu Bang, and then said, "Han Feizi once said that a thousand-mile dike was destroyed by an ant hole. Kuai Che was moving everywhere and secretly instigated all the princes to withdraw their troops. Although it was a villain's behavior, the king could not take it lightly!"

"This..." Liu Bang looked at Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, and suddenly looked embarrassed.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are the left and right arm of Liu Bang, and the two rarely have disagreements, but now there are rare differences on how to treat Kuai Che. Liu Bang is in trouble now. Should he ignore Zhang Liang's concerns, or should he listen to Chen Ping's actions to get rid of Kuai Che?

Zhang Liang smiled faintly and said, "If the king killed Kuai Che, wouldn't he be given a real person?"

Liu Bang nodded slightly, Zhang Liang's words were correct. If he had to kill Kuai Che just because he said a few bad words behind his back, wouldn't he seem to be very unhappy and rude? If this incident attracted criticism from scholars and wealthy families in the world, and even suspicion from various princes, it would be a loss of big things because of the small.

Chen Ping had a serious expression and said, "If Kuai Che is not eliminated, what if he really convinces all the princes? Then all the princes advance and retreat together, and ask the king to allow them to return to the country, what should I do? Don't underestimate the debater's mouth. Su Qinhe Zong and Zhang Yi Lianheng rely on their three-inch tongue!"

Liu Bang nodded again, and what Chen Ping said was also reasonable. If Kuai Che really connected all the princes and instigated them to threaten him Liu Bang, that would be a big trouble. Agree. After the princes returned to the country, it would inevitably become a disaster. Don't agree. Once the princes join forces, how can Liu Bang suppress him?

Now that Zhang Liang and Chen Ping have already made it clear, they have to take it by Liu Bang himself.

At this time, Liu Bang suddenly began to miss Li Shiqi. It was not that Li Shiqi's wisdom was higher than Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, but that Li Shiqi himself was also a debater. Since Kuai Che could lobby all the princes and retreat, Liu Bang could naturally let Li Shiqi go and persuade all the princes to lobby all the princes, and let them put justice first and not do such unkind and unjust acts.

After thinking hard for a while, Liu Bang finally couldn't make a decision, so he had to change the topic: "Let's talk about this later. However, the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang have not made any noise in the past half month. It was set up in various mountain passes, and there was no warning message from the beacon towers at the key passes. Do you think the remnants of the Chu army will really rush into the deep mountains and forests?"

Zhang Liang said: "If nothing unexpected happens, that should be the case."

Chen Ping echoed: "I also think that with the nature of Xiangzhuang's child, I will never sit and wait for death. However, the roads to the north, east and south have been blocked by our army, so the remnants of the Chu army can only risk crossing the Dabie Mountains. However, I do not think that the remnants of the Chu army can really cross the Dabie Mountains."

"It's best to overturn it, let them all feed snakes and insects!" Liu Bang smiled, "Even if you really overturn it, it's nothing. As long as the son of Xiangzhuang stays away from the former land of Jiangdong, it's not easy to deal with him again? It's best if the son of Xiangzhuang leads the remnants of the Chu army into Linjiang Country, and then he personally leads the army and even Gong Ao to clean up. That's really the peace in the world, haha."

Linjiang State was the second only to Chu State in Liu Bang's heart. Because Linjiang King Gongao was a young man, this old man would not buy Xiang Yu's account, nor did he buy Liu Bang's account. At the Battle of Gaixia, almost all the princes in the world came, but Linjiang King Gongao did not send troops to him, and even killed the envoys sent by Liu Bang. Liu Bang had long wanted to deal with him.

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After leaving the old camp, the Chu army headed west along the canyon and gradually penetrated into the uninhabited primitive jungle.

In this era when the total population is only more than 30 million, the Dabie Mountains are truly deep mountains and rivers, and they are absolutely uninhabited. Not to mention others, they can’t even find a woodcutter and a medicinal farmer to ask for directions!

Moreover, the deeper you go into the mountains, the denser the jungle becomes and the more difficult it is to walk ahead.

In addition, the fog and steam are simmering in the mountains and the sky is covered with clouds, so it is easy to get lost!

Fortunately, Xiang Zhuang was a soldier in his previous life and learned the skills of survival in the wild. He did not have modern tools such as compass and no sun, moon and stars to refer to, and he would not get lost in the jungle.

It seems difficult to find the direction in the jungle. To put it bluntly, it is actually very simple. Just cut down a tree and you can judge the general direction by the density of the texture. The side with the sparse texture is mostly the south-facing side. Combined with the mountainous terrain, the approximate direction can be basically determined.

However, even if you don’t have the worries of getting lost, this march will be much more difficult than Xiangzhuang expected.

Xiangzhuang in his previous life had traveled through the more dangerous tropical rainforest, but when he entered the mountain, he realized that a small army traveling through the jungle and a large army traveling through the jungle is completely different! He could lead a small army of more than a dozen people to cross the tropical rainforest where mosquitoes and flies breed, which does not mean that he could take five thousand Chu troops across the Dabie Mountains.

Along the way, the Chu army had already traveled along the smooth terrain of the canyon as much as possible, but it was still dangerous and obstructed. It could only travel less than 30 miles a day. At this speed, it might not be possible to get out of half a month. In half a month, the rainy season is likely to come. Once the rainy season really enters, the Chu army will not think of getting out of the jungle.

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

Seeing that it was dark, Xiang Zhuang ordered a large army to set up camp, and asked someone to invite Wei Liao and Wu She to his side.

"Huh, I'm exhausted." Wei Liao sat down by the fire, gasping and pounding his arms and legs. After all, the old man was in his sixties. Although there were horses riding along the way and people even carried him when crossing the dangerous road, he was still very tired after walking on the mountain road for such a long time.

In comparison, Wu She, who was in her prime, was much better than Wei Liao.

Xiang Zhuang quickly ordered Qin Ji to boil water with the only small iron cauldron in the army and prepare to soak his feet for Wei Liao. This old man is his chief think tank and there must be no accidents.

After resting for a while, Wei Liao's expression slowed down and said, "General, I feel that I may not be able to go on like this."

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said deeply: "Yes, there are no roads in the mountains, and there are many obstacles. You can only walk thirty miles a day. At this speed, I don't know when I can cross the Dabie Mountains!"

Wu She said worriedly: "It's early April now, and the rainy season is coming soon."

"It will definitely not be possible if this continues." Wei Liao beat his old leg and said, "I have to find another way!"

"But military advisor, what else can I do now?" Wu She shook her head and smiled bitterly, "This mountain is high and the road is blocked, so we can't create a big road out of thin air!"

"Come out a big road?" Xiang Zhuang's heart moved slightly when he heard this. Wei Liao seemed to be touched. He immediately turned to Xiang Zhuang and looked at them. The two of them looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly burst into laughter at the same time.

Wu She was confused by the two of them and said in confusion: "General, military advisor, why are you laughing at?"

"Sir, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have never expected it!" Xiang Zhuang patted Wu She's shoulder intimately, and then said to Wei Liao, "Military advisor, why didn't we think that there was actually a big road in this primeval forest?"

Wei Liao also smiled and said, "Didn't Li Zuoche say in his "Guangwu Junlu"? A wise man will have a mistake if he has a thousand worries?"

Wu She still didn't understand, and frowned and asked, "General, I still don't know what you are talking about? From what you mean, could I really create a big road in this primeval forest?"

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

"Just this? This is clearly a small river, how could it be a big road? Hiss..." Wu She suddenly understood and said, "General, military advisor, are you talking about building a ship and then going down the river?"

"It's too late to build a ship, and the river is too small and shallow to go." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and pointed to the vast bamboo forest not far away from the opposite side, saying, "However, we can build bamboo rafts. In less than half a day, we can build thousands of bamboo rafts. At that time, we can ride on bamboo rafts downstream and reach the Huai River."

Wei Liao smiled slightly and continued, "Then go up the Huai River and head straight to Nanyang!"

"Yes!" Wu She praised, "Bamboo Raft, why didn't we think of bamboo rafts before?"

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

"Yes, it's really thanks to sir this time." Xiang Zhuang smiled faintly, thanks to Wu She this time.

From the beginning, Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao only considered how to climb over the mountains and ridges, and only thought about how to cross the primeval forest, but never thought that you could easily cross the primitive jungle by flowing down the river, and then you could bypass mountains by going up the river. This is probably the so-called fixed mindset. Some things are simple, but you can't think of them if you don't point them out!
Chapter completed!