Before dawn the next day, the Chu army began to cut bamboos and build rafts. More than 5,000 people worked together, and the efficiency was quite high. More than a thousand bamboo rafts had been laid before noon, and each bamboo raft could be seated at least six people! Qin Ji and more than a hundred female soldiers took many bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest. It was mid-April, and the bamboo shoots in the mountains had grown taller.

Five thousand Chu soldiers then went downstream and entered the Huai River in just two days!

Although there are dangerous shoals in the middle and waterfalls occasionally, fortunately, the bamboo raft is not heavy, so I carried it around and walked down the river.

When I arrived at the Huaihe River, I naturally had to abandon the raft and walk, because I went down the river and returned to Shou Lake. If I went up the river, the water flow was too fast. If I insisted on going up, I could only drag the bamboo raft up. But after all, the Chu army came to fight, not the boatman who made a living along the river, so there was no need for this at all.

The five thousand Chu troops then abandoned the raft and walked. Fortunately, the land of Huai and Si has not yet entered the rainy season, and the Huai River is still in the dry season. It is not too difficult to march along the exposed riverbeds on both sides of the Huai River. Only when encountering waterfalls, dangerous shoals and other sections, the army needs to enter the mountain again, open up shrubs and thorns in the mountains, and take a detour.

After walking west along the Huai River for about 200 miles, it was finally crowded!

Behind the mountains, a large village is located beside the slowly flowing Huai River, with hundreds of families!

Seeing the sudden appearance of the "Han Army", the villagers walked away one after another. Only those who could not walk would stay in the village, but they all looked at them with fear. Although this place was already the territory of Nanyang County, Nanyang County had not yet returned to the Han Dynasty. The people here had not adapted to the rule of the Han Dynasty and had an instinctive fear of the Han army.

Xiang Zhuang turned around and saw that Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Kai, Yu Ziqi, Jing Qian, Gao Junior High School had all gathered around him. From the eyes of these generals, Xiang Zhuang saw an unconcealed look of passion. Xiang Zhuang certainly knew what this passion meant, and even more so what they wanted to do!

When they were with Xiang Yu, they often did this!

Soon, more and more soldiers walked out of the mountains and gathered around Xiangzhuang.

Many soldiers even had the eyes of beasts. They had been running in the deep mountains and forests for so many days, eating hard and cold every day, and birds had faded out of their mouths! Now, they just want to eat hot meals, drink hot drinks, and take a nice hot bath. If there were women, it would be better!

Xiang Zhuang looked at Wei Liao again, and Wei Liao nodded in a slight way.

In fact, Xiang Zhuang had discussed this matter repeatedly with Wei Liao before leaving.

Five thousand Chu troops went on an expedition alone and fought continuously, without supplies or reinforcements. If they wanted to persist, they had to keep the soldiers in high fighting spirit so that they would not collapse in the continuous fierce battles and eliminate their fighting spirit. Then there was only one way, which was to completely stimulate the beast nature of the Chu soldiers and turn them into a group of bloodthirsty beasts!

Of course, Xiang Zhuang knew the terrible consequences of doing so, but he had no other choice!

This is a troubled world, this is a world where people eat people. Being a sheep is destined to be eaten by wolves. Only by being a wolf can you live to the end! Xiangzhuang has never had a compassion for the world. Humanitarianism? Let's go to hell! This is an ancient time, this is a troubled world, this is not a civilized world in the 21st century, what kind of humanity is it about?

The world is great and the life is the greatest. If you want to survive, you can only do whatever you want!

Suddenly, Xiang Zhuang raised his right hand, then raised his index finger and pressed forward gently.

In an instant, the five thousand Chu soldiers were like wolves smelling the smell of blood, and they yelled at Dacunian. Looking at the Chu soldiers surging like a tide, Wei Liao looked solemn, but Wu She showed an unbearable look in her eyes. This Dacunian was probably over, but these people were all innocent.

Xiang Zhuang's eyes were also cold. Once he made a decision, he would not hesitate at all!

Besides, the Chu army did this not just to solve the problem of supply, or to inspire fighting spirit through killing.

In fact, Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao had another important intention, one extremely sinister intention, that is, Qiao Zhuangcheng, the Han army burned, killed and robbed all the way, and used this to destroy the image of benevolence and righteousness that Liu Bang finally created!

The Chu army may not be able to deceive the rich and scholars, but they can deceive the vast majority of the people!

The people of this era are illiterate. They cannot have any judgment and will not easily believe others' words. They generally only believe in their own eyes. When they witness the burning, killing and looting of the "Han Army" with their own eyes, they will definitely spread everywhere. In this way, Liu Bang's image of benevolence and righteousness among the people collapsed!

As for the wealthy families and scholars, they may be able to guess the truth, but they may not be willing to speak for Liu Bang!

Liu Bang can also post articles everywhere to refute rumors, but will the people who already have preconceived ideas believe it?

I won’t say anything about the people in Liang, Qi and Zhao. They have no sense of identity with Liu Bang. Even the people in Guanzhong have not completely submission to Liu Bang. After all, Liu Bang has occupied Guanzhong for a short time! Even if there is a wise prime minister Xiao He, it is impossible for the people in Guanzhong to completely submission in just five years!

Once a "Han army" suddenly appears, Liu Bang's image of benevolence and righteousness will not collapse completely, and will definitely be seriously weakened. At that time, Liu Bang's foundation of rule in Guanzhong will be greatly shaken, and then there will be a situation where he cannot conscript troops or raise grain!

What's even more amazing is that once the burning, killing, looting and looting of this "Han army" in Liang, Qi and Zhao areas aroused hatred of the local people towards the Han army, the scholars from all over the country would inevitably not have any unfaithful intentions. With the influence of these scholars and scholars, who would dare to say that Han Xin, Peng Yue, Zhang Er and others would not have any ideas?

This plan is extremely vicious because there is no solution at all. This is a conspiracy, and it is even more open-minded!

Just like when Liu Bang heard Chen Ping's proposal, he sent Peng Yue to disguise the Chu army and went deep into Chu territory, burning, killing and looting, which caused great damage to the Chu territory, and also seriously damaged Xiang Yu's ruling foundation in Dang County, Xue County and Sishui County, which directly led to Xiang Yu being unable to obtain a strong man and a grain of food from these counties!

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It was late at night, and except for the scouts who were responsible for the guards, most of the Chu soldiers quickly entered a deep dream after eating and drinking and taking a hot bath. Tomorrow, what awaits them will be a high-intensity long-distance marching. It would be impossible not to maintain enough energy tonight.

Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and Wu She were not asleep yet.

More than a dozen pine and open torches illuminated the entire cottage as bright as day. A huge white cloth eight feet square had been spread out on the straw mat in the middle. Wei Liao used charcoal to draw many patterns on the white cloth, including mountains and rivers, rivers, city piers, and roads. It was the topographic map of Nanyang, Chenjun, Yingchuan, and Sanchuan counties.

Wei Liao once served as the former Qin Taiwei, and also formulated a magnificent strategy for Qin Shihuang to destroy the six kingdoms!

In the process of formulating the grand strategy, Wei Liao had to carefully study the terrain almost every day until late at night. Therefore, the rough topographic map of the six Kanto countries had almost been printed into his mind, and he could draw it at any time if he wanted to.

Wei Liao had just finished painting, and Gongsun then went straight in and bowed to report: "General, I've found out clearly!" After saying this, Gongsun took a breath and said, "As the general's order, he guarded the roadside outside the village for nearly two hours before finally waiting for several vendors. These vendors said that this is the ground of Chengyang County at the junction of Nanyang and Chen County!"

"Chengyang County? Here!" Wei Liao immediately drew a small circle on the white cloth with charcoal, then pointed to the map and said to Xiang Zhuang, "General, Wuyang is more than 300 miles north of Chengyang, and then Ao Cang is three hundred miles north of Wuyang! Moreover, there is a road for the three hundred miles from Wuyang to Ao Cang. The army is moving forward quickly and should be able to arrive within ten days!"

"Ten days?" Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said sneeringly, "A mere six hundred miles, four days are enough!"

"Four days?" Wei Liao said in a stern voice when he heard this, "One hundred and fifty miles a day? General, this..."

Wu She smiled slightly and continued, "Military advisor, you don't know anything. When the general was in charge of the army, he led 5,000 people from Dongcheng to Shouchun. The nearly 300-mile mountain road was completed in just one day!" After saying this, Wu She said again, "However, when we finally ran to Shouchun, there were only more than 3,000 people left."

"This time, there will not be so many people behind." Xiang Zhuang continued, "First, the marching intensity is not that great. You only need to march more than 100 miles a day, and there is also a road to go from Wuyang to Aocang. Secondly, whether it is the veterans who escaped from Gaixia or the new recruits from Jiangdong, they are all strong and strong men with strong physical strength, and they should be able to hold on!"

Wu She nodded softly when she heard this. The general was right. The veterans who came out of Gaixia were nothing to say. They had experienced the higher intensity march. It was naturally no problem to march more than a hundred miles a day. As for the new recruits coming from Jiangdong, they were basically young and strong, and they probably had no big problems.

However, Wu She raised a new question: "The question is, will the defenders of Nanyang and Yingchuan intercept us?"

"No." Wei Liao smiled slightly and said confidently, "Our army has only advanced northwards and has not stopped along the way. Our army is wearing Han army robes and does not contact others. They will never be seen through in a short period of time! Four days later, even if the garrisons of the two counties have seen through our army's disguise, we have succeeded in sneak attacking Ao Cang. This is called hiding the world!"
Chapter completed!