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Chapter 231 Deduction Results

[At the same time, Chu Shizhao secretly ordered Hengyi to take people to the nearby mountains and forests to cut down trees and quickly make a raft.]

[Everything was ready. The next day, before dawn, Chu Shizhao led the team into Longji Gorge again.]

[This time, everyone had a long, thin red rope tied around their waists, connecting the ends to ensure that the team would not get separated.]

[The scout team led the way. According to Chu Shizhao's instructions, they successfully avoided many deadly traps that had been set up in the canyon.]

[By evening, Chu Shizhao finally led his team to the river.]

[Chu Shizhao ordered the entire army to rest for a while, and at the same time asked people to bring the rafts that had been prepared in advance to prepare to cross the river.]

【Everything went smoothly.】

[However, just as their team reached the middle of the river, dozens of dark shadows suddenly appeared on the other side of the river, which was originally empty.]

[With a burst of "swooshing" sounds, densely packed arrows "swish" shot towards everyone. ]

[“Enemy attack!” Chu Shizhao hurriedly warned everyone. ]

[At this moment, the originally calm river surface suddenly became turbulent, and many hands under the water began to fiddle with and destroy the raft that everyone was leaning on, and soon a guard fell into the water.]

[Faced with this sudden change in the situation, Chu Shizhao immediately and decisively ordered: "Hold the formation! Don't panic!"]

[“Shieldmen, go to the front row! Archers, provide cover!”]

[At Chu Shizhao's command, the soldiers who had been prepared reacted immediately, stabilizing their formation while raising their shields to build a defense line.]

[After the formation was stabilized, Chu Shizhao immediately began to observe the enemy's situation and ponder the strategy for counterattack.]

[Chu Shizhao observed for a while and found that the defense on the right side of the army was relatively weak, so he immediately ordered everyone to break out to the right.]

[With Chu Shizhao's command, everyone immediately adjusted their direction and tried their best to break out to the right. ]

[Just as the army was about to reach the other side, at this moment, a black-feathered cold arrow that had been specially polished to be silent, "whoosh" shot towards Chu Shizhao.]

[Under the cover of night, a black-feathered cold arrow shot Chu Shizhao in the chest. Chu Shizhao's body swayed and he fell into the river with a "plop". It was uncertain whether he would live or die...]

[After the deduction, Chu Shizhao's thoughts slowly returned to reality. ]

[When he came to his senses, he found that his clothes were soaked with cold sweat from fear.]

"Damn it, I was too careless!"

Logically speaking, the deduction this time was almost perfect, but he did not expect that due to his momentary negligence in the last step, it ended in failure.

Although he was just deducing, when he saw the black-feathered arrow piercing his chest, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

However, although the scene was a bit thrilling, Chu Shizhao did not worry too much about it.

After a slight adjustment, he immediately began to analyze the problems in this deduction.

Since the other party could think of placing a killer in the river, they could definitely guess that I would build a raft to cross the river.

Thinking about it this way, it makes sense that the other side deployed archers on the other side.

It seems that next time when I perform a simulation, I can't just focus on dealing with the killer in the river.

Perhaps I could send a small team of elite soldiers to find out the situation on the other side of the river in advance.

It would be much easier if we could get rid of those archers lying in ambush on the opposite side without making any noise.

[Before crossing the river, Chu Shizhao specially selected a few of his personal guards who were good at swimming, sneaked to the other side of the river, and took care of all the archers.]

[After solving the enemy's killing plan, Chu Shizhao led the team to cross the river. ]

[Finally, without the assassin's ambush, they successfully crossed the river and continued to move towards the capital.]

[The next morning, Chu Shizhao and his companions were walking, and the road ahead was covered by fog. Strange noises could be heard from time to time in the fog.]

Chu Shizhao was worried that there might be an ambush, so he quickly ordered everyone to rest where they were and wait until the fog cleared before continuing.

[Just when everyone relaxed their vigilance and took a break, a group of men in black suddenly rushed out from the fog. These guys were ruthless and used killing moves as soon as they appeared.]

[Although Chu Shizhao and his guards fought hard, they could not see where the enemy was in the thick fog and were immediately put in a passive position...]

The enemy this time is so cunning, my goodness!

It has to be said that the sudden appearance of fog really created a particularly good opportunity for them to assassinate.

But based on this matter, according to the abilities of Chu Shizhao and his personal guards, they shouldn't be so passive.

Chu Shizhao frowned and reflected on the reason in his heart.

After thinking about it for a long time, I think the problem lies in the command.

Because the situation happened too suddenly, I was so flustered that I lost my composure for a moment, which led to the deduction not being able to proceed in the direction I had preset.

You know, in this extremely low visibility environment.

As the commander, he not only did not think about how to disperse the fog at the first time, but instead let everyone rest on the spot. This was the key to the failure of this simulation.

Chu Shizhao frowned and muttered to himself.

"But how can we dispel this sudden fog?"

Chu Shizhao was thinking about it in his mind, when he suddenly looked up and saw the torches used for lighting outside the tent!
"Yup!"

"fire!"

You know, this torch can not only provide lighting, but the heat emitted when the torch burns can also disperse the fog.

As long as the army can light torches in advance when it is on the road, all the problems will be solved.

As long as the surrounding fog can be dispersed, their vision will be restored, and the enemy's plan to hide in the fog and cause trouble will naturally fail.

As long as they stay where they are and don't let the other side get close, they can wait until the fog is completely dissipated.

By that time, it will be easy to deal with these people!

But then he thought of another oversight.

Although they could use torches to widen their field of vision, doing so would also expose their targets.

If the opponent does not fight with you in close combat and instead attacks with a bow and arrow, the final result will probably still be failure and death.

Therefore, while restoring your vision, you also have to find a way to prevent the enemy's long-range attacks.

In addition, if a fight breaks out in this heavy fog, they will inevitably be caught up in a melee.

By then, the fog will be so thick that it will be difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.

If we want to solve this problem, it seems we have to think of a way to distinguish the enemy and ourselves at once.

Chu Shizhao asked his guards to prepare the torches in advance.

As soon as we enter an area of ​​dense fog, we quickly ask people to light torches.

As the torches were lit, the thick fog that had originally enveloped the surroundings quickly dissipated a lot.

The men in black came again, and the guards cooperated with each other according to their previous training and fought against the enemy.

Chu Shizhao shouted and rushed to the front. His sword skills were as fast as lightning. With a few whooshes, he knocked down several guys.

After a hard battle, the men in black were finally driven away.

The team continued to move forward and passed through Longji Gorge smoothly. …

In this way, Chu Shizhao didn't sleep a wink that night.

It has been constantly deducing, modifying, adjusting, and deducing again.

It was not until the next morning that he finally got a result that he was relatively satisfied with.

Since I already have an idea of ​​what is going to happen next.

Then what he had to do next was to solve the hidden danger. Thinking of this, Chu Shizhao immediately stepped out of the tent and looked around.

The night's deduction is still vivid in my mind.

The sneak attacks by the men in black and the melee in the thick fog all warned him of the dangers ahead.

Hengyi stepped forward and reported, "Your Highness, the weapons have been counted as you requested."

Chu Shizhao nodded gently, "Go, call all the guards to me!"

Soon, thirty-six guards filed in and lined up in an orderly manner.

These are Chu Shizhao's confidants who have followed him for many years, so there shouldn't be any traitors among them.

However, the deduction of the [Emperor's Growth Plan] reminded him that there were already spies from the Xiao family in the team.

"Everyone, the journey is dangerous this time, so I brought a batch of arrowheads made of fine iron from the capital."

Chu Shizhao reached out and took out a black iron arrowhead from the box, "Everyone come forward and touch it to confirm the quality."

The guards kept their expressions unchanged and stepped forward one by one.

Chu Shizhao's eyes were fixed on the special poison-testing stone beside him - he had discovered this wonderful scene during the deduction last night.

When the 23rd guard Li Ming touched the arrow, a snake-shaped red spot appeared faintly on the poison-testing stone.

Chu Shizhao's heart trembled, "Li Ming, you have made many military achievements. Today, I will give you a glass of fine wine!"

Li Ming was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with joy: "Thank you for your grace, Your Highness!"

Chu Shizhao personally filled the wine cup, handed it to the other party, and suddenly pointed out the window: "Hey, what is that?"

Li Ming turned around instinctively, Chu Shizhao flicked his finger, and the wine cup suddenly exploded!

The sharp fragments scratched Li Ming's clothes, and the clothes broke open in an instant, revealing a red rope around his neck, with an old copper coin strung on the red rope.

"The mark of the Xiao family's assassins!"

Chu Shizhao shouted sternly.

Li Ming's expression suddenly changed, "Your Highness has good eyesight! Unfortunately, you will definitely die today!"

Before he finished speaking, several poisonous stingers shot out from his sleeves and flew straight towards Chu Shizhao's face!

Seeing that Chu Shizhao had no way to escape, a silver light suddenly flashed.

Heng Yi had unknowingly pulled out the silver needle from his waist, threw it out at high speed, and accurately shot down the poisonous stinger in mid-air!

The silver needle brushed past Chu Shizhao's ear and pierced into the pillar behind him, going three inches deep!
"Protect His Highness!"

The guards shouted in unison and surrounded Li Ming in an instant.

Li Ming knew that the situation was hopeless, and grinned, "Your Highness, do you think you can get through this safely by finding me alone? Prime Minister Xiao has already laid a net of heaven and earth. There are murderous intentions everywhere in Longji Gorge. Even if you have extraordinary abilities, you can't escape death!"

After saying this, he suddenly bit the poison pill hidden in his mouth, crushed it, fell to the ground, twitched, and died in the blink of an eye.

Chu Shizhao looked at the corpse on the ground expressionlessly, but his heart was filled with turbulent waves.

The Xiao family actually dared to kill the prince. There must be a bigger conspiracy behind this.

"Hengyi, why didn't you tell us about your discovery before?"

Chu Shizhao asked in a deep voice.

Hengyi hesitated a little: "Originally, I planned to report to His Highness after the investigation was complete, but I didn't expect..."

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Chu Shizhao interrupted him directly.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Send the order to get the fire-proof cloth and make fish skin water rafts. Also prepare 20 rafts to cross the Blackwater River tomorrow."

"Your Highness, the Blackwater River is swift and dangerous, and there are heavy troops guarding ahead. How can we cross it?"

A deputy general looked at Chu Shizhao with some concern.

Chu Shizhao's mouth curled up slightly: "As the Art of War says, show them what you have, and attack them with this."

"The raft is a decoy. We, the elite troops, will break through from there."

The deputy general still didn't understand what he meant, but seeing that His Highness was confident, he didn't dare to ask more questions.

Prime Minister Xiao thought he could kill him by setting a tight net.

Little did he know that he had already seen through all of this in the deduction of the [Emperor's Growth Plan].

This time he went north to command the army, ostensibly to fight the enemy in compliance with the emperor's order, but in reality it was a deadly plot set against him.

The second prince Chu Shiren, the son of Concubine Xiao, is ambitious. He joins hands with his grandfather, Prime Minister Xiao, to set up this trap with the aim of killing him in Longji Gorge.

"Send a message to all units to set out at dawn tomorrow, heading for the Blackwater River."

Chu Shizhao said in a deep voice, "Also, prepare enough torches for me."

……

Early the next morning, by the Blackwater River in Longji Gorge.

Twenty empty rafts drifted along the current, swaying towards the other side.

With the empty raft appearing.

The mute slaves who were lying in ambush in the bushes on the other side of the river and were responsible for providing intelligence immediately rang the gongs in their hands.

Dangdang Dangdang!
In an instant, the archers lying in ambush around immediately drew their bows and drew their arrows. …

At the same time, on Chu Shizhao's side.

At this moment, he was standing in a secluded river bend downstream, quietly watching everything happening on the other side of the river.

"Your Highness, everything is ready."

Hengyi came close to Chu Shizhao and reported in a low voice.

At this moment, she had already changed into a specially made fish skin water cushion.

"Prepare for action."

Chu Shizhao nodded, then took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to Hengyi.

"This is an antidote pill. Give it to all the brothers who are participating in the battle. It may save your life at a critical moment."

Although he didn't know why, Hengyi still followed Chu Shizhao's order and distributed the detoxification pills to the soldiers participating in the operation.

"Remember, hold it in your mouth immediately after you enter the water. Don't swallow it. The enemy has hidden a deadly poison in this Black Water River."

After saying that, Chu Shizhao didn't say much and jumped into the river with a "splash".

The other guards did not hesitate, and followed Chu Shizhao's example and jumped into the water, swimming silently towards the other side. ...

The river water was freezing cold, but Chu Shizhao didn't seem to feel anything.

He remembers it clearly.

In the previous deduction, the opponent had hidden the killer move "Ghost-faced Pagoda" in the Black Water River.

It is said to be a killing move, but in fact it is just a fishing net with rotten corpses tied to it.

As soon as the corpse smells the scent of a living person, it will spray out poisonous gas.

As he was thinking about this, some black things floated in the river ahead.

That’s right, these are the rotten corpses that are hiding the deadly poison.

"Realgar powder!"

(End of this chapter)