As Zhang Qigong guessed, Chu Shuijun actually knew very early that Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu had the intention to harm him.

Although Chu Shuijun was quite unbearable when he led the coalition forces of various countries to attack Wei last year, strictly speaking, this lord did not make any serious mistakes. Whether it was coercing the Wei Kingdom to join the coalition forces or trying to make the Wei Kingdom army kill each other, Chu Shuijun's decision was beneficial to the coalition forces.

The only mistake was the two battles that fought with King Zhao Run of Wei.

But if you think about it carefully, this mistake was not entirely dependent on Chu Shuijun. Who would have thought that King Zhao Run of Wei was a lunatic who would always give all his energy to gain a glimmer of life? In fact, if Wei State was defeated at that time, the situation might have changed completely.

Of course, the final outcome also shows a problem, that is, Chu Shuijun's courage is far less than that of King Zhao Run of Wei, and his indecisiveness caused the Chu monarch to lose the best opportunity to severely damage Wei.

But then again, although Chu Shuijun's command site was a mess in the battle, it did not mean that he was not cunning or scheming. In fact, like Xiong Sheng, the Prime Minister of Chu State, and Xiong Hu, the current lord of Chu West, the people are calculating in their hearts. Chu Shuijun is also clear about what these people are thinking.

Because of this, after arriving in Pingyu County, he only asked Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu for some food as dry food on his way to Bashu, and refused Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu's "good intention" to send someone to escort him - he didn't need a group of guards who always stared at the head of his neck.

"I'm afraid I'll meet my old acquaintance on the way to Bashu."

On the way west along the mount, Chu Shuijun chuckled and said to Cang Qing, a witch from Gonggong lineage not far away.

Upon hearing this, a little unnatural look appeared on the face of the witch Cangqing. She reached out and touched a very shallow sword mark on her left cheek, and said lightly in an inexplicable tone: "Does Junhou refer to those little girls Mi Rui?"

It turned out that after Xiong Tuo became the monarch of Chu State, Mi Rui had begged Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu to help and ambush the witches of the Gonggong lineage such as Chu Shuijun and Cang Qing. As a result, Chu Shuijun discovered the trick of Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu and reported the matter to King Xiong Tuo. King Xiong Tuo of Chu King Xiong Tuo considered that he had just as the monarch as he had first ascended the throne and needed the support of old Chu Dong nobles such as Chu Shuijun, so he scolded Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu and Mi Rui, which also made Xiong Hu and Mi Rui no longer as close to Xiong Tuo as before.

"If there is no external force, Mi Rui's group of sluts with Zhurong's veins are not opponents of my Gonggong lineage at all." Cang Qing said confidently.

This does not mean that the witches of Zhurong, such as Mi Rui, are far less powerful than those of the Gonggong, such as Cang Qing. In fact, the abilities of these two groups of witches are very similar, but one believes in the Fire God Zhurong, and the other believes in the Water God Gonggong, which has significant differences in faith. That's all.

As for their strength, they are actually not much different.

For example, the current leader of Zhurong Matrix, Mi Rui, had dealt with Cang Qing, the leader of Gonggong Matrix a few years ago, and Mi Rui was just a little at a disadvantage. If her sister Mi Jiang was also there at that time, I believe that the one who was defeated and betrayed in the end would probably be Cang Qing.

The main thing is the gap in number.

Because the Gonggong lineage was supported by Chu Shuijun and other Chu Dong nobles, the Gonggong lineage developed quite well in the eastern part of Chu State. Now there are about hundreds of witches distributed throughout the Chu State. However, Zhurong lineage was once targeted by Gonggong lineage all the time, even twenty years later, there are only one or two hundred witches in its lineage.

This was not the worst time. The worst time was when Mi Rui learned that the witch village of Zhurong's Zhurong's lineage was attacked by Gonggong's lineage, so he immediately returned to Ba from Wei. At that time, only a dozen or twenty witches of Zhurong's lineage were killed. After more than ten years of development, it gradually recovered to hundreds.

Therefore, Cang Qing had enough confidence to crush Mi Rui, the little girl she hated deeply.

However, without external forces, what made Cang Qing feel quite depressed was that the connections between the two sisters Mi Jiang and Mi Rui were so terrifying. In Chu State, there was King Xiong Tuo of Chu, and Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu protected their sisters. In Wei State, Mi Rui's slutty sister Mi Jiang actually married Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei State, and became the mistress of the entire Wei State.

This is also one of the reasons why the Gonggong lineage has restrained a lot of things in suppressing the witches of Zhurong lineage since the complete rise of Wei State - they were worried that they would do too much and provoke revenge from the empress of Wei State, Mi Jiang.

Don’t think that these witches are regarded as servants of gods by the people, and they really have magical powers. After all, they are still just mortals. No matter how good their sword skills are, they cannot withstand the powerful crossbows of Wei.

For example, when attacking Wei State last year, in order to help Chu Shuijun escape from the battlefield, some of Cang Qing's sisters were shot to death by the Wei and Lu Army crossbows.

"If there is no external force?"

Of course, Chu Shuijun understood Cang Qing’s implications. He smiled and said, “The main targets of Wei State are mostly Qi State, so there shouldn’t be any leisure to come to this place of Xipi. The external force you mentioned is only Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu…”

Speaking of this, he let out a breath, and the expression on his face became sinister.

Perhaps some people may find it strange that Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu repeatedly designed to kill him, but a vicious person like Chu Shuijun was indifferent to this?

In fact, of course not. Chu Shuijun is just concerned about the consequences of killing Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu.

Who is Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu?

Even though they have gradually become alienated from each other, they are still one of the people most trusted by King Xiong Tuo of Chu. Under the instructions of the latter, they are governing the huge Chuxi. If he dares to kill Xiong Hu, Xiong Tuo will definitely not be spared.

You should know that King Xiong Tuo of Chu has gradually settled in the position of the monarch of Chu, such as the Xiang family, Jing family, Huang family, and the Xiong family in Chudong. Their conflicts with Xiong Tuo, or the differences caused by interests, have gradually weakened. In addition, they are now facing a huge threat from Wei, which makes King Xiong Tuo of Chu gradually control the entire country. Even if they lose Chu Shuijun, the former link that used to communicate with the Xiong nobles of the East Chu family, would not have a big impact.

Perhaps the only thing that needs to be taken into account is only the revenge of the witches of the Gonggong lineage - but to be honest, if King Xiong Tuo of Chu ordered the witches of the Gonggong lineage to be treated well, witches like Cang Qing might not have revenge for Chu Shuijun's death.

After all, the combination of Chu Shuijun and Gonggong wizard is just a combination of interests, not a real superior or subordinate.

In a word, because Chu Shuijun is not strong enough now, he can only be careful and swallow his anger.

"Why did it fall to this point?"

Riding a horse on the bumpy wasteland, Chu Shuijun recalled indifferently.

He did not support Xiong Tuo from the beginning, because Xiong Tuo was too subjective - a monarch with this personality can refer to Zhao Run, the monarch who was completely unaware of. Therefore, he once chose Xiong Wu, Guling Jun. First, it was born to Xiong Wu, the daughter of Ji Lian, and was close to him. Second, it was because Xiong Wu was a man with great ambitions and talent, which was easy to grasp.

But unexpectedly, Guling Jun Xiong Wu died in Suiyang, Wei State in the war last year and was killed by Wei State general Boxile. This not only completely disrupted Chu Shuijun's plan, but also caused some Ji Lian, Ji, Lian and Huang to fall to King Xiong Tuo of Chu.

The reason is very simple, because the person whom these people loyal to them died, and these families who had no choice had to turn to King Xiong Tuo of Chu.

It can be said that Chu Shuijun strongly recommended Guling Jun Xiong Wu as the commander of the partial division, not only did not achieve his goal, but instead had a bad impact, which was simply a steal without losing the rice.

At present, he no longer cares about fighting for power in Chu. He urgently needs to make himself more valuable in order to retain a place in Chu.

After all, King Xiong Tuo of Chu is definitely not a good person. Once he completely loses his value, he will immediately abandon him and use his head to improve his relationship with Xiong Hu and Mi Rui - Chu Shuijun believes in this.

This time, the place where Chu Shuijun is preparing to make a comeback.

Not for the State of Chu, but for himself.

Speaking of Bashu, although Chu Shuijun doesn't know much about this land, he is not too unfamiliar with it. At least, he is very clear about the disputes in Bashu.

Originally, assisting the royal family of Ba Country, the "Ba Clan" was also a good choice, but the problem is that the Ba Clan has a good relationship with the Zhurong Maiden witch, which forced Chu Shuijun to give up.

To put it bluntly, if Mi Rui's witches from Zhurong's genius killed them in front of the Patriotic tribe, the Patriotic tribe might not frown, but if they hurt a Zhurong's genius, the Patriotic tribe might regard them as enemies.

In this case, Chu Shuijun certainly would not choose the Pa tribe. He was planning to choose one or several groups to temporarily live in the other four tribes of "Fan", "Ni", "Xiang" and "Zheng".

As far as he knows, in Ba State, the two tribes belonging to the "Fan" and "Xiang Clan" are the most powerful, but he has to see them with his own eyes before making an evaluation.

In the end, Chu Shuijun chose the "Xiang clan", not because of anything else, but because he went west from the "Wu County" in the westernmost part of Chu State to enter Bashu, and the territory of the Xiang clan was a must-pass place.

The Xiang family lives in Qunling in the western part of Wushan and the river basin in the south of the mountain. The cities under their jurisdiction include "Yufu", "Wushan", "Pingchang", "Dianjiang", etc. This land is used as a front line in the "Bachu War", but belongs to the rear in the "Bachu War".

Given that there have been few wars between Ba and Chu countries since more than 200 years ago, and since then, the Bashu War lasted for more than 100 years, the Xiang clan suffered the least losses in this war, so it also developed the fastest.

Because the capital of the Xiang clan is in "Dianjiang (Linjiang Realm), Chu Shuijun then headed towards Dianjiang. "Note: The information says that the five capitals are all along the river. The author will just place the Dianjiang into one of the five capitals, but he really can't find the other two."

Soon, Chu Shuijun ran into the soldiers of Ba State.

Unlike the soldiers of the Central Plains, the soldiers of the Ba State still had the custom of making animal skins, vine branches and other objects into armor. They soaked animal skins, vine strips and other objects with oil, then placed them under the scorching sun and exposed them to the sun. After repeated several times, they then made armors, which were both light and easy to resist bows and crossbows.

Of course, it is not that the Ba Kingdom does not know how to use metal ore to build armor like the Central Plains. It is just that due to regional relations, heavy armor is not popular here. After all, the mountain roads in Bashu are bumpy and there are countless streams. If you wear heavy armor to fight the enemy, you may be exhausted and panting before you see the shadow of the enemy.

Therefore, the armor of soldiers of the two countries, Ba and Shu, is generally made of light and sturdy materials.

In fact, the copper smelting technology of Ba and Shu is not inferior to that of Chu, and even tried to smel iron ore early on.

Due to language barriers, these soldiers of the Xiang clan who were patrolling or hunting had some conflicts with the witches on Chu Shuijun's side. But in the end, Chu Shuijun successfully led these soldiers to Dianjiang to meet the leader of the Xiang clan "Bin (le), or Xiang Bin.

After learning that Chu Shuijun was the king of Chu, he held a banquet to entertain the former.

During the banquet, Chu Shuijun saw the love of Ba people for "US dollars (gold). Just like bowls, chopsticks, vegetable basins, candlesticks, etc. Chu Shuijun saw too many gold products, which was even more luxurious than his richest nobles in Chu State.

Even the leader of the Xiang clan, Xiang Bin, was covered with gold.

Having said that, looking at a remote man who was still wearing animal skin clothes, with tattoos (totems) on his face, arms, etc., he felt quite inconsistent.

However, in fact, whether it is Shu or Ba, the people in Ba Shu were not as wild and backward as the people in the Central Plains imagined. There was even a legend of cannibalism. In fact, most of them were just rumors.

There are not many people who cannibalism tribes, but they do not really like to cannibalism. In addition to lacking food, they are also caused by certain customs.

For example, in some tribes, they will give the heart of the dead warrior to the young man, believing that the young man will be as brave as the latter after eating the heart of the warrior; for example, the old witches will leave a reminder before they die, allowing the heirs to swallow his brain, indicating the inheritance of wisdom.

As for the warrior and the rest of the witch's body, his tribe members would be buried with great respect.

So, this is not a real preference for cannibalism, it is just some customs and cultures. These customs and cultures are unacceptable to the Central Plains.

Take Xiang Bin, the leader of the Xiang clan, for example. He knew the language and writing of the three parties of Chu, Jie clan, and Shu, and was definitely not the natives in the backward and barbaric lands.

This also facilitated his communication with Chu Shuijun.

While we were entertaining Chu Shuijun, Xiang Bin finally asked Chu Shuijun and said, "I don't know what the envoy from Chu State is."

When it comes to Chu Shuijun, everyone is quite polite. After all, the Ba people were driven from the east of Wushan to the west of Wushan hundreds of years ago by the Chu people. In the few Chu Ba wars that were rarely seen later, the Ba people could only rely on natural barriers such as Wushan and Dajiang to fight against the powerful Chu State.

"I heard that your country has not defeated a country called Wei?" Xiang Bin said casually.

Chu Shuijun was stunned for a moment, and then said calmly: "This is only temporary. Our great Chu will eventually defeat Wei State in the future."

"Um." Xiang Yibin nodded, picked up the golden cup and drank a sip of wine.

He did not question Chu Shuijun's answer, because Ba is located in Xipi and the news is blocked. They did not know that the Central Plains is dominant in Wei, and they still thought it was the era when Chu was prosperous.

It is no wonder that Wei will not communicate with Ba State. The only connection between the two is the "Ba County invaders" of the Jie tribe in Nanyang who are now acting as minions of Wei. Although Chu State has certain trade with Ba State, I believe that Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu's men will not deliberately reveal the news about the Central Plains to Ba State - could it be that their Chu State was beaten by Wei State?

In the impression of the Ba people, Chu was very strong and invincible.

Just like the Wei people after the "Shangdang Battle", they were afraid of Han. It was not until the Wei State defeated South Korea several times that the Wei people gradually got rid of their fear of South Korea.

Seeing Xiangqin did not refute his intention, Chu Shuijun knew that these people were in a corner and did not know the changes in the Central Plains.

He said seriously: "I am here to come to talk to the leader about important matters under the order of my King of Great Chu."

"Important things?" Xiang Feng frowned slightly.

"Yes." Chu Shuijun said seriously: "My monarch of Great Chu hopes that you can support my Great Chu and defeat the Wei State."

After hearing this, Xiang Bi couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "Is that country called "Wei" really so powerful that even you Chu people can't defeat it?"

『In fact, since the appearance of Mr. Wei, I, Dachu, have never won...』

Chu Shuijun let out a sigh of relief and said quietly: "In fact, it is not that Wei State is too strong, but because my Great Chu lacks food..."

"Oh." Xiang Bin nodded suddenly, held the golden cup and looked at Chu Shuijun with a smile and asked, "It turns out that your country wants to trade grain with our country of Ba?"

"Yes, a lot of food." Chu Shuijun nodded, and then added: "It can feed at least two million soldiers for a year!"
To be continued...