Chasm became famous in later generations because of the Chu-Han conflict.

The Chu River and Han boundary between the black and red chess showdown represents the canal connecting the Yellow River and the Huaihe River.

In another time and space, in the 10th year of King Wei Hui (360 BC), Wei State began to dig the Honggou Canal under the leadership of Prime Minister Bai Gui.

There are two main reasons why Wei State dug the chasm. The first was to solve the floods that plagued Daliang, the new capital, and the second was to prepare for future wars.

In the hands of Wei Guo, Honggou completed its first mission well.

Through the excavated chasm, Jishui, Yingshui, Huaishui, Sishui and rivers were connected, forming a developed water network on the Central Plains.

Connected rivers provide convenience for shipping, share the pressure of river floods, and provide abundant irrigation water sources for adjacent lands.

It can be said that relying on this gap, the Wei State not only alleviated the flooding in Daliang, but also made this place an important grain production area.

The first task was completed beautifully, but the second goal was not realized in time.

In the early period of King Wei Hui, the Wei State was at its peak, and its national power and military power were even more arrogant to the princes. It was the right time to dig the chasm to conquer the south.

However, with the defeat of the two battles of Guiling and Maling, Wei's national power suffered serious damage.

For a long time after that, the Wei State could barely resist attacks from all directions. How much spare power did it have to proactively provoke a war against the south?

Although the Wei State did not use the war advantage of the chasm, this artificial canal connecting the rivers and the Huai River had endless potential in the hands of another person.

This person is Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng.

In 225 BC, the Qin army general Wang Ben flooded Daliang, and the Wei state, which had existed for 178 years, finally became history.

After the fall of Wei, Qin launched two consecutive wars against Chu, and Honggou showed its logistical potential in two wars involving hundreds of thousands of people.

As Chu State fell to the offensive of 600,000 troops, Yan State and Qi State were also included in the territory, and the Qin Dynasty began to set its sights on the territory further south.

This time, the grain from the Central Plains traveled southward from the Chaoxiang Valley and became one of the important logistical supplies for the Qin Dynasty's 500,000-strong southward expedition to hundreds of armies.

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the two major military groups Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who emerged from the peasant uprising, fought for several years and began to confront each other along this divide.

This is also the origin of the Chu-He-Han realm in chess.

In the end, the chasm dug by the Wei State played its original role and strangled the Chu State's final national destiny.

These are the stories of another time and space gap, and in this different time and space, Wei's excavation of the gap was delayed by five years, all because Wei focused its expansion on Qin in the west.

At this moment, the Wei State was digging a chasm, and all the knowledgeable people in the world saw Wei State's intentions.

With the Qin State being subdued and the Qi State being severely damaged, the only country in the world that could resist the Wei State was the Chu State, which dominated the south.

Taking a closer look at the border between Wei and Chu, there are heavy mountains in the west that block the movement of the army, which is very inconvenient, while the beams in the east are located in the Central Plains, and the Wei army can go south from here to the hinterland of Chu.

Once the trench is excavated, the Wei State can use water conservancy to move the logistics equipment southward from the river to the Huai River, and the Wei army's front line can reach the Huai River line without any difficulty.

This is not only visible to the knowledgeable people in the world, but also to the officials of the Chu State in Yingdu.

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Chu State, Yingdu, Chu Palace.

"boom……"

A loud noise resounded in the main hall. Looking at the ministers below who were mostly frightened and lowered their heads, Chu King Xiong Liangfu's face was filled with almost uncontrollable anger.

"What a great Wei State."

"First in Jiangcheng and South Korea, the Prime Minister of Zhao State will use the strength of the whole country to dig a gap."

"What does Wei State want to do? Does Wei State take Chu State into its eyes?"

Xiong Liangfu's overwhelming anger caused silence in the hall, but someone stood up at this moment.

"To inform my king, the Wei State has a very clear purpose of digging the chasm, which is to plot against our Chu State."

"Once the trench is excavated, Wei's grain and grass baggage will be able to flow down the river, and the land north of the Huaihe River in Chu will become Wei's possession."

As the Grand Sima of the Chu State, Jing She saw at a glance the huge threat this canal posed to the existence of the Chu State when he obtained the specific route of the Chasm.

With almost no hesitation, he bowed to Xiong Liangfu above him and said, "I thought that our Chu State would send a large army to fight the Wei State while the chasm was not yet formed."

"Absolutely not."

Almost as soon as Da Sima Jingshe's proposal was uttered, a voice of opposition immediately sounded among the ministers.

When everyone followed the sound and looked over, their left disciple Qu Boyong had already arrived beside Jing She, "The reason why my king, Grand Sima, and my ministers oppose the war is not because they are afraid of war, but because it is really not suitable to start a war at this time.

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"The King of Jiangcheng has just ended, and the three Jin Dynasties are working together. Once Chu State goes to war against Wei State, as an ally of Zhao State, South Korea will definitely join Wei State."

"Not only the three Jin Dynasties in the north, but also the Yue Kingdom in the east, the Ba Kingdom in the west, and the princes of Huaisi will inevitably follow Wei."

After telling the possible consequences of rashly starting a war, Qu Boyong, a left disciple, bowed upward and said: "My king, when the time comes, our country of Chu will be overwhelmed by attacks from all sides just like in the war.

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Qu Boyong's words immediately cooled down Xiong Liangfu's fighting spirit. He had not forgotten the critical situation that the Pakistani army was about to attack the city not long ago.

With complicated emotions, Xiong Liangfu couldn't help but glance down, and the figure standing in front of the ministers suddenly fell into his eyes.

"I don't know how Ling Yin thinks we should deal with it."

"Reporting to my king, Zuo Tu is right. It is indeed not suitable for our country of Chu to go to war with the country of Wei at this time."

Facing Xiong Liangfu's gaze, Ling Yin Zhaoxi said with a calm expression, "Right now, our country, Chu, should be doing two things."

"First, follow the previous strategy to eliminate surrounding threats as soon as possible."

"The princes from Yue, Ba and even Huaisi are all threats that our Chu country needs to eliminate."

"Once Chu and Wei go to war, most of them will choose to side with Wei. Only by wiping out these princes will Chu be able to fight Wei with all its strength."

"Second, make as many potential allies as possible."

"Qi was repeatedly defeated at the hands of Wei, and most of Qin's territory was included in Wei's territory. Although these two countries are not as powerful as Wei, they can be regarded as a boost."

"Although Zhao State has an alliance with Wei State, it is secretly dissatisfied with Wei State. This is also an ally that Chu State can win over."

After making these two suggestions, Zhao Xixie took a step back and said, "I invite you, Wang Mingjian."
Chapter completed!