The fastest and safest way to get from Ba to Chu is by water.

Therefore, Lord Shui of Chu asked Lord Pingyu Xiong Hu for some boats and planned to take them down the river.

Xiong Hu, Lord of Pingyu, did not reject Lord Shui of Chu, and allocated five transport ships from the fleet under Xiying Lord Xiong Tao to Lord Chu Shui.

Chu Shuijun took over these five ships on the riverside in the Jiangzhou area. Before setting off, he asked his subordinate Cang Qing and other witches to carefully inspect the ships. After confirming that there were no problems with the ships, he took them on board.

Taking Bawang Fei and his wife and children, they took a boat and sailed down the river.

Along the way, the fleet passed "Zhi", "Pingdu" and "Linjiang", the three riverside capitals of the Ba Kingdom. Looking at these cities that were once built by the people of the five surnames of the Ba people, they are now all

Bawang Fei, who was standing on the bow of the ship with the flag of Chu flying, was in a very complicated mood.

Although Zhang Qigong's words of "leading the wolf into the house" were quite ironic, Ba Chun had to admit that the reinforcements he "invited" occupied his country. This was indeed an indisputable fact.

"Why did King Ba sigh?"

Chu Shuijun came over with the witch Cang Qing and greeted Ba Yi.

In the two days since setting off from Jiangzhou, Chu Shuijun has been working hard to build a good relationship with Ba Jin, but unfortunately, Ba Jin will not forgive Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu, who has 'betrayed' their friendship, let alone Xiong Hu.

Chu Shuijun is the guy who instigated the Xiang clan.

In Ba Yi's view, Lord Pingyu Xiong Hu is not a good person, and Lord Chu Shui is even less good.

"I'm just lamenting that the country is broken." Ba Wangkai said casually.

Chu Shuijun smiled slightly and started chatting with Ba Jin. However, Ba Jin was absent-minded and stared at the river, secretly thinking about how Zhang Qigong and the Wei people would 'rob' him away. After all, as far as he knew, this section of the river was

All the ships coming and going in this area are Chu's ships, and it is impossible for Wei's fleet to appear in this area.

At this moment, "Chen Li", a subordinate of Lord Pingyu Xiong Hu, stepped onto the deck from the cabin and said to Lord Chu Shui: " Lord Chu Shui, the soldiers manning the ship are tired. Besides, it is getting late today. They

I hope to dock for a night’s rest and regain enough energy before embarking on the journey.”

"..."

Chu Shuijun took a deep look at Chen Li, frowned and said, "Can't you wait until you arrive in Xiying to rest?"

Chen Li shrugged and said: "The soldiers manning the ship are all generals under the command of Lord Xi Ying. The last general cannot command. Lord Chu Shui might as well come forward and talk to them in person."

After hearing this, Chu Shuijun sneered twice secretly.

It is true that Xiying Jun Xiong Tao only obeys the orders of Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu in name. In fact, the former is not a subordinate of the latter. However, as Xiong Hu's subordinate, Chen Li is not able to command Xiong Tao's subordinates.

A group of soldiers. It was obvious that Chen Li did this deliberately for a certain purpose.

After pondering for a moment, Chu Shuijun finally agreed.

"Want to rest in this place?"

Ba Wangqi, who was standing beside him, had a somewhat strange expression on his face.

As a Ba native, of course he knew where they were at the moment. It was a place called "Qu?" by the locals. It was located on the north bank of the river. It had dense mountains and forests, a humid climate, and was full of flying insects that sucked human blood. Therefore,

Even the Xiang clan that once occupied this place has few people living here.

Anchored in this area, hoping to rest for a night to recuperate?

Ba Wangcheng said that as long as you can sleep a wink this night, I will lose.

However, he had no intention of reminding Chu Shuijun and Chen Li.

Having said that, he felt strangely that the Chu general named Chen Li seemed to be full of malice towards Lord Chu Shui.

That night, Chu Shuijun's five ships anchored at the "Qu?" area.

When they landed, Chu Shuijun whispered to the witch Cang Qing: "Send someone to guard the ship. Chen Li may cut off the ship's ropes intentionally."

It has to be said that although Chu Shuijun performed poorly on the battlefield of "Countries Conquering Wei", it does not mean that he is short-sighted and resourceful. Just like now, he can see through Chen Li's intention at a glance and advance in advance.

Ask the witches to guard the ship.

After all, once the ship is destroyed by Chen Li and others, or the ship's rope is cut off and allowed to drift downward, then they will have to go to Xiying by land, which greatly increases the possibility of being ambushed - Chu Shuijun certainly will not

Give Xiong Hu a chance to kill him.

Qu?, it is indeed a moist and insect-ridden land. Although Chu Shuijun and others lit a bonfire, they were still harassed by flying insects that sucked human blood and were in agony.

On the contrary, Ba Wangqi asked the soldiers of the Ba family who were protecting him in advance to find a plant. In the impression of the Ba people, as long as the stem juice of this plant is applied to the skin, those annoying flying insects will be eliminated.

If there are other goals, they will stay far away.

Relying on this plant, Ba Wangcheng, his wife and children, and the dozen or so Ba warriors who defended him did not suffer too much from the infestation of flying insects. On the other hand, Chu Shuijun, Chen Li and those from the Chu Kingdom

The soldiers were bitten all over by those flying insects and itched so unbearably that they wanted to draw their swords and cut off the itchy parts.

"You deserve it!"

Holding his wife and children in his arms, Ba Wangkai sneered secretly.

Suddenly, he heard a few scoldings coming from the shore, and soon there was the sound of swords striking each other, followed by screams.

"Could he be Mr. Zhang's person?"

Ba Jin subconsciously looked towards the river.

Seeing this, Lord Chu Shui misunderstood and comforted Ba Yi, saying: "King Ba, don't worry."

After that, he glanced at Chen Li and said calmly: "They are just some stupid people who want to do some stupid things."

Chen Li said nothing.

After a while, the witch Cang Qing carried a head to where Chu Shuijun and others were. She threw the head on the ground and said to Chu Shuijun: "Your Majesty, General Chen Li has more than a dozen men.

The famous soldiers wanted to cut off the ship's ropes at night, causing us to lose the ship, but my sisters have killed them all."

"oh."

Chu Shuijun nodded calmly, then turned to look at Chen Li, and asked with a half-smile: "General Chen Li, what's going on?"

Chen Li said calmly: "I don't know, I don't know...it may be a conspiracy of the Wei people."

"ha?"

Even people with deep knowledge in the city like Chu Shuijun couldn't help but feel angry after hearing these words: "Those are your subordinates, General Chen Li!"

"Not necessarily." Chen Li opened his eyes and lied: "Soldiers from Pingyu and Shangshui have always communicated with each other in the past, or these soldiers have secretly defected to the Wei State and served the Wei State." After saying this, he turned around to look.

Xiang Qing, the witch, cupped her fists and said, "Thank you for catching these spies lurking in the dark for me."

Hearing such a shameless answer, even Chu Shuijun couldn't help but feel a little dumb. He couldn't help but sarcastically said: "General Chen Li is indeed Lord Pingyu's favorite general..."

In Chu Shuijun's view, a general like Chen Li should not be able to say such shameless words. It must have been taught by Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu.

Chen Li seemed to be smiling and saying nothing, but from time to time he glanced at the head on the ground, and there was sometimes a hint of anger and murderous intent in his eyes.

It turned out that those dozen soldiers were indeed ordered by Chen Li, but he did not expect that Chu Shuijun had already anticipated this move and had called Cang Qing's Gonggongmai witches in advance to take precautions secretly.

Listening to the conversation between Chu Shuijun and Chu general Chen Li, Ba Wangkai was also quite surprised.

Even he could see that those dozen Chu soldiers must have been ordered by Chen Li, but he didn't understand why Chen Li wanted them to lose their ships.

There was no talking all night, and the group of people continued on their way until dawn the next day.

Chu Shuijun thought he had defeated Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu's conspiracy, but it turned out that he underestimated the latter's shamelessness.

While the ships were sailing, a large group of people suddenly emerged from the south bank of the river. They used Wei's repeated crossbows to shoot at the ships on the river, trying to sink all five ships of Chu Shuijun.

Although those people did not wear armor and did not have any flags to identify themselves, Chu Shuijun could still tell at a glance that these were the troops of his Chu Kingdom - and they were even very likely to belong directly to Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu.

army.

"General Chen Li, what does this mean?!"

Chu Shuijun angrily questioned Chen Li.

According to Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu's previous instructions, Chen Li replied calmly: "It may be the Xiang clan, the remnants of the Zhao clan. The general heard a while ago that these remnants were attacking our fleet in this area...

"

However, even Ba Wangqi didn't believe what he said, let alone Chu Shuijun.

"Do you think I'm blind?"

Chu Shuijun pointed at the people who attacked them on the south bank of the river, and laughed angrily: "Wei's machine crossbow, only the Pingyu army in western Chu has this kind of weapon, and you actually said it's Ba people?!"

Chen Li pretended to be ignorant and said: "Maybe it was robbed by the Ba people... Junhou, this ship is about to sink and will eventually dock."

After that, he ignored Chu Shuijun and ordered all the ships to dock.

Chu Shuijun glanced at the ships, and then at the Wei machine crossbows on the other side of the river in the distance. He endured his anger and did not stop Chen Li. After all, he also understood that the ships under his feet were not the iron-wrapped Tiger-type crossbows of Wei.

The frail hull of the warship cannot stop Wei's powerful war weapon, the machine crossbow. If he insists on forcing a breakthrough, the result will be the destruction of the ship and the death of everyone.

After arriving at the shore, Chen Li deliberately said to Chu Shuijun: "If you can't trust the last general, why don't you and I part ways here, and the last general will escort King Ba to Xiying."

In fact, at this moment, Chu Shuijun was already very sure that Chen Li must have received secret instructions from Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu and tried to kill him on the way.

"Forcing me to abandon the ship and land ashore so that I can be ambushed on the shore? Okay! I'll see how you kill me!"

Chu Shuijun also had some murderous intention in his heart.

Of course he would not be separated from Chen Li here and let the latter take away Ba Wangkai and his party. Wouldn't it be convenient for Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu to send troops to ambush him?
To be continued...