Daqin Ghost Valley, makes you vertical and horizontal but not unified

Chapter 112 Insight into the conspiracy

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Ying appeared.

However, neither Cao Chao nor Wuming showed a surprised expression. With their skills, they had already noticed that this person was eavesdropping.

"The general is really clever, a few words can make the lower hut suddenly understand, but the general seems to have overlooked one thing."

Zhu Ying wears a high crown and a plain robe, and her eyes are full of wisdom.

"Oh?" Cao Chao raised his brows lightly, sizing up the other party with interest.

He wants to hear what the other party will say.

"Please sir, don't hesitate to enlighten me"

Zhu Ying came to Cao Chao with her hands behind her back.

At this moment, he seemed to be a different person suddenly, with an aura of looking down on the world.

Just listen to him say slowly:

"In the past, the Chu State sent General Zhuang Yu to lead an army of [-] troops westward to Nanzhong, and finally fought all the way to the land of Dian.

"In order to reward the generals, the king of Chu awarded the land of Nanzhong to the meritorious soldiers.

"After the Chu State lost successive wars against Qin, Zhuang Yu took the opportunity to establish himself in Yunnan and became known as the King of Yunnan.

"At that time, Qin and Chu were fighting each other, and Chu State had no time to take care of itself, so it acquiesced to this fact and recognized Dian State as a vassal state of Chu State."

"With Zhuang Yu taking the lead, the others also stood on their own, and Shi Kui, the general who was stationed in Qilan at that time, was no exception.

"It's just that compared to the Dian Kingdom, the rest of the South China countries are insignificant."

Cao Chao frowned, the other party seemed to have something to say.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, so I asked,

"Could it be that there's something inside about King Lan's murder?"

Zhu Ying nodded, and at the same time secretly praised the other party for being smart.

I just briefly introduced the situation in Nanzhong, and the convenience has already heard the implication.

"Yes, as far as I know, Li Ling's wife is a legitimate daughter of the Zhuang family.

"This matter is extremely secretive. I am afraid that even King Qilan may not know about it. It was only after Li Ling's betrayal that the emperor sent someone to investigate and learned of this top-secret information."

"So the general's biggest enemy when he entered Nanzhong this time is not from the Qilan Kingdom, but from the King of Dian."

Cao Chao and Wuming suddenly realized, and only then did they understand the real purpose of Zhu Ying's words, which was to point out that the main enemy of this trip was the Dian Kingdom.

After taking a deep look at Zhu Ying, Cao Chao sighed, "Sir, you really have extraordinary insight, which made someone Cao suddenly understand, but there is still one thing I don't understand."

"General, please speak."

Cao Chao straightened up, and two terrifying rays of light shot out from under his eyes, staring at Zhu Ying with burning eyes.

"Since sir is a counselor in Lord Chunshen's residence, why do you mention this general?

"You know that Mr. Huang Xie sent a hundred diners here, isn't it to monitor the general?

As soon as the words were spoken, the deck fell into silence for an instant.

After a long time, Zhu Ying sighed quietly.

"Hey! Because Your Majesty wants to kill this subordinate together with the general, what this subordinate is doing now is only self-protection."

"what?"

Cao Chao's face suddenly changed.

It never occurred to him that Huang Xie wanted to kill himself.

Since the last time Cao Chao pretended to be Shihu and joined Huang Xie and asked the farmer to deal with the Yinyang family, he thought that the other party had completely let go of his guard against him.

So when Huang Xie proposed to send a hundred diners to help, Cao Chao agreed without thinking.

Now it seems that Huang Xie has no good intentions at all!

These one hundred diners were clearly used to calm Cao Chao's heart and make him lose his guard further, so that it would be easier for him to attack along the way.

Thinking of this, Cao Chao suddenly became angry.

Well, you Huang Xie, you are so cruel and merciless, but I underestimated you!

Looking at Zhu Ying again at this time, there was a trace of pity in her eyes.

"Sir, it seems that the pearl has been cast in the dark."

Zhu Ying shook her head and smiled wryly: "A person's character will change with the change of status. Your Majesty was not like this before, but he changed a lot after he became the Prime Minister."

Cao Chao shook his head and said disapprovingly:

"No, as the saying goes, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

"It's not that Huang Xie's personality has changed, but that he had to suppress something in his nature in order to achieve his goal.

"When he achieves his goal, his suppressed nature will be revealed, even more than that."

Zhu Ying's body shook, and she looked towards Cao Chao in surprise.

"It seems the general has a deep understanding of human nature."

Cao Chao smiled indifferently: "I just understand a little bit."

"But it doesn't make any sense to say that. Could you tell me about Huang Xie's arrangements?"

Zhu Ying nodded: "Because he was afraid that I would find out about his plot in advance, all of Huang Xie's arrangements were made without telling me, and he didn't even use anyone related to me."

Zhu Ying's tone was full of resentment, and she even called Chun Shenjun by his first name, already extremely dissatisfied with Huang Xie.

In fact, Zhu Ying, as a senior figure, had worked hard for Huang Xie for many years, but what he got in return was this kind of result, which really chilled his heart.

But then he sneered and said: "But he also underestimated me, Zhu Ying.

"I have been working in the mansion for many years, and the relationship with the people in the mansion is not something that Huang Xie can fully understand.

"According to the information I found, Huang Xie should have contacted Jia Shen, the defender of Juancheng, in advance to ambush the general's fleet on the way."

"Roll City?"

Cao Chao took out a piece of cowhide from his pocket and spread it out on the deck to look at it.

After searching carefully, I finally found the location of Juancheng.

The city is located at the border between Qin and Chu, and it is also the corner where the Huaihe River turns into the Yangtze River. Its strategic location is extremely important.

After a pause, Zhu Ying continued:

"That's right, Juancheng is an important town in Chu State, there are [-] soldiers and horses in the city, it's easy to ambush and kill us.

"As for how this person behaves, if he wants to ambush the general in this way, it is beyond what I can find out."

Cao Chao fell silent immediately.

Since you can't find out how the other party is acting, you can only be more vigilant.

However, this will make their group live in fear every day, and even lose their mentality.

After all, there has always been only a thousand days to be a thief, so how can there be any reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days?

Subconsciously touching the stubble on his chin, Cao Chao soon fell into deep thought, and his eyes fell on the map.

Suddenly, a light flashed in my mind.

So he looked up at Zhu Ying and asked.

"Just now, sir, since Huang Xie contacted Juancheng defender Jia Shen, I was thinking, why did he choose Juancheng instead of Xiangcheng or other places?"

"Could it be that Huang Xie's power can only control one scroll city?"

"how can that be?"

"Juancheng is located at the junction of Qin and Chu. Huang Xiexuan's murder of the general here is nothing more than trying to put the blame on the people of Qin, so as to avoid intensifying the conflict between Chu and the vassal states."

Zhu Ying directly uncovered Huang Xie's conspiracy.

"No, it's not that simple!"

Cao Chao shook his head.

He now has a certain understanding of Huang Xie's behavior style.

This person is deeply scheming and resourceful, and he is definitely not as simple as he appears on the surface.

It's just that Cao Chao couldn't guess what method Huang Xie would use to deal with them for a while.

"General means..."

Zhu Ying thought for a while, and suddenly thought of a possibility, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Fire attack!"

"Yes, it must be Fire Attack"

"Juancheng is the confluence of the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River. There is a section of the river that is extremely narrow, and the two sections are high mountains.

"As long as a team of people ambushed here, and the rockets are shot down from the mountain, all passing ships can be burned without missing a beat!"

As soon as these words came out, Wuming and Cao Chao all changed their faces.

This Huang Xie is going to sink everyone into the bottom of the river in one fell swoop!

It really is vicious enough!

Chapter 113 Tiger Talisman

At Yin time, everything is quiet and the fog is thickening.

There are only two hours left before sunrise, but it is the darkest moment.

Under the cover of night, a gust of wind hit, and the hundred people in charge of guarding the camp gate shrank their necks subconsciously.

"General, several days have passed, and why haven't those guys from Languo come?"

"Shut up, keep your eyes wide open for me, and keep an eye on the outside. If you are attacked at night, see if I don't peel your skin!"