When the scattered scouts can produce results, it also depends on a bit of luck.
When Shadong made his way to Yancheng, in addition to his excellent qualities, he also had a bit of luck. The scouts he had now were far inferior to those of Shadong, but with a guide, the difficulty was much lower.
"When was the story about the boat?"
"Three days ago."
With both hands, he held out the information passed back by "Zhu Zhuan". The wax seal of the bamboo tube was still intact. Li Jie crushed the wax seal and shook out a roll of paper.
There are three pieces of paper, one is a rough topographic map, one is the route and strongholds of Cai's army, and the third is the scout's experience, listing a series of categories of supplies seen, and the quantities are estimates.
"Cai Guo actually divided his troops into five groups to attack the Huaihe River."
Li Jie took out a piece of paper and handed it to Ying Jian. Ying Jian looked at it briefly and knew that Cai Guo had launched attacks on five countries and cities.
The Chu State has lost all its territory in the hills and mountainous areas east of Fangcheng.
The five places of Fang, Dao, Jiang, Xi, and Bai are almost the essence of the area north of Huai River and west of Ru River. With this area, the entire two sides of Ru River are connected and form a whole.
Outsiders may understand the discomfort, but from the perspective of Cai Guo, he now has the confidence to compete with Chu State and fight at home.
Relying on the Ru River and the complex terrain east of Chu State's Fangcheng, this intertwined situation makes it very difficult for a big country to show its strength.
In the end, it was all about consumption, but now that Chu was in civil strife, Cai Guo was united in dealing with the outside world.
As long as Cai Hou is not too stupid, quickly strengthens the connection between the five regions, and uses thunderous means to suppress the resistance of the five regions, even if he cannot digest the five regions, at least he can maintain the navigation rights of Ru River, and there will be no problem at all.
"Is Cai Guo crazy? How brave!"
With an exclamation, Ying Jian admired Cai Guo's courage.
Fang, Dao, Jiang, and Xi are hard to say. They are considered independent vassal states. Although some of them exist in name only, some of them are only members of the "League of Justice" and follow the "Little Partner of Justice" Wu Guo.
The strong man Li Jie just went to attack the Song Dynasty.
Cai Guo would not stop doing anything, so he had a reason to strike first to gain the upper hand.
But Baiyi is different. It is very special. It was an early military stronghold built by the Chu State to the north of the Huai River with great hardships. It was later entrusted to the Bai family.
It was precisely because of Baiyi that the state of Chu came to be known as Laicheng, and later Chaodong Zhaoguan came into being.
The starting point of this series is built around the right of way of the Huai River.
The cities north of the Huai River were actually plundered by Li Jie and Marquis of Cai. Half of Chu's minions in this area were directly eliminated.
Even if the Chu State wants to overturn its roots, it must first figure out how to cross the river.
Is it so easy to cross the Huai River?
Back then, if the old monster had not exploded and nearly destroyed the Chu State, the Chu State would not even have the will to form a naval force.
Although the Chu State is adjacent to the Yangtze River, Han River, and Yunmengze, the Chu State relied on the Lingshi, that is, the army.
Later, the main purpose of forming a naval division was to defend Wu. The main force of the naval division was not on the Yangtze River, but on the Huai River.
After all, the Yangtze River is very windy and rough, and it is not known whether the Chu State's naval force can defeat the Wu State. Anyway, they cannot defeat the Yangtze River and the dragons in the Yangtze River.
"We all guessed that Cai Guo would take action, but for such a bold action, Jian, do you think Cai Hou has such determination?"
"The current Marquis Cai is just rumored to be quite enterprising."
Ying Jian frowned slightly, and then said, "Master, why don't you order Chen Tian and Oda to come and ask questions?"
"Call Cai Ying here too."
"yes!"
After leaving the office and going out, Ying Jian frowned slightly. If it weren't for his boss's domineering attitude of "I'll take it upon myself if the sky falls, I'll do it myself", he would be really scared now.
There is a strong enemy in front, the retreat is cut off, and the army is alone outside. The people in control are not direct troops, and the occupied areas have not yet been warmed. The tens of thousands of prisoners of war who were finally accumulated were transported away a while ago...
Difficulties both internally and externally, that's all.
Ying Jian could even imagine that as long as Li Jie issued an order to recruit civilians on the spot and said that he wanted to resist the Chu people, the local people might rise up in rebellion.
I really admire how the boss remained calm and composed in this critical situation.
After taking a few deep breaths, Ying Jian regained his composure, and then went to an official office outside the road room. The people who lived and worked in it were all Chen Guoren.
Guitian, a sergeant from the State of Chen, immediately pretended to be deaf and mute after arriving at Huaizhong City, and did not speak out or show his face unless necessary.
When they arrived at Huaizhong City, Guitian really wanted to sell the princess, and then run away to the Kingdom of Wu, join Li Jie's command, and just make a living.
But things went awry, and there were two big problems.
First, the princess sold herself first. Although she didn't know what "Little Peach Blossom Girl" was thinking, Gui Tian dared to swear to heaven that Li Jie, the son of Jiangyin, must have done unspeakable things to the princess.
Second, people from the Six Kingdoms came, and the leader turned out to be Ji Qin, the husband of the Six Kingdoms. Half of the scholars who were traveling with him had the surname Ji, and half had the surname Yan. Among them, the scholar surnamed Yan revealed a piece of news, Xu
The city was surrounded by floods, and now the slabs cannot float downstream of the Huai River.
A boat entering the Huaihe River means death!
This completely frightened Gui Tian. What Gui Tian was thinking now was that it was not impossible for him to run away to Chu State and become a doctor.
The State of Chu was in a troubled time, and was beset with internal and external difficulties. After all, he had served as a sergeant in the State of Chen and was proficient in military affairs. He had also fought many battles with other countries in the Central Plains, even with the State of Wu, and had many interactions with him.
This is not self-praising, Gui Tian really feels that he is a talent in Chu country.
Just as he was making up his mind to seek refuge with the Chu State, things went awry again.
Damn Li Jie actually wants to attack Liaocheng, the Chu people!
Crazy, this is really completely crazy.
There is a strong enemy in front of you and there is no way to retreat. What do you think?
You must know that the earliest war target of the "Rebel Army" was Cai Guo.
Why did you continue to beat Chu State?
What does this mean?
The astringent and numbing feeling of drinking the bad-tasting "荍" in the official office is simply heaven and earth compared to the tea I drank in Biyang Kingdom.
"Chen Tian wants to defect to Wu State and Li Jie?"
In the official office, Oda stared at his former friends and colleagues with cold eyes.
"good."
Chen Tian did not deny it, but nodded, "The 'Little Peach Blossom Princess' was broken into the hands of a strong man, and the two peach blossoms were ravaged, and Tian... was the first to bear the blame!"
"Now that you know your crime, you should return to Wanqiu and beg your Majesty!"
"Ah."
Pouting his lips in a self-deprecating tone, Guida didn't even look at Oda. He looked forward, his eyes dull and said, "Oda has a bright future, so he can speak loudly, but since he is a member of the royal family, his sins are aggravated."
After saying that, Guida turned to look at Oda: "I don't want to die, so I make a living on my own. However, I originally thought that I would just go to Li Jie. When I saw him today, I knew that the fierce man from the Wu Kingdom was a desperado.
Mingzhu also."
"..."
Oda was speechless for a moment, holding his sword in his hand. He really wanted to kill this person. If this person hadn't done this in vain, how could "Little Peach Blossom Princess" be snatched away by Jiangyinzi Li Jie!
But after hearing his evaluation of Li Jie, Oda couldn't help but be distracted. For a moment, he asked: "If you don't go to Li Jie, do you want to go to Chu people?"
"The people of Chu are worried about internal and external troubles, so I will not go there."
Oda was about to continue questioning when he heard footsteps coming from outside. He saw Ying Jian, one of Li Jie's aides, entering the door directly, bowed and said, "You two, the macho man invites you."