What Concubine Yu said was quite in line with the eighth prince's mind, and he almost didn't even think about it, so he said directly: "Just do as you say." ”

The next day.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion of the State of Chu, a large number of soldiers began to run over, and then surrounded the entire mansion, a person who looked like an officer turned over and dismounted, strode forward, he held a horse whip in his hand, and shouted coldly at the two guards at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion: "Open the door!" ”

"Bold! Any idea what this place is! Which unit are you from! How dare you trespass into the Prime Minister's Mansion! The guard shouted.

"Snort-" The officer sneered, and then without saying a word, he raised his hand directly forward, and with his movements, a large number of soldiers with halberds began to step forward in unison, ready to break into the Prime Minister's Mansion!

Seeing this, the two guards immediately widened their eyes, and they all pressed the handle of the knife with their hands, and they were about to draw out the war knife at their waist, and at the same time shouted loudly: "If you dare to step forward again, the knife is ruthless!" ”

Although there are only two guards at the door, this is the prime minister's mansion after all, the prime minister of a country, and the status is so respectful, and the soldiers all subconsciously stopped when they heard this.

Seeing this, the officer immediately shouted: "Arrest Zhang Heng by the king's order!" Who would dare to stop it!? Rush! ”

With this 'royal order', the soldiers immediately no longer hesitated, and began to pick up their halberds, seeing that the two sides were about to fight, but at this time, the mansion was suddenly opened from the inside, and Chu Xiang Zhang Heng walked out with a calm face.

And with his appearance, the halberd soldiers who were about to rush hard also took a few steps back, after all, no matter what, he is also the prime minister!

After Zhang Heng came out, he first glanced at the large number of soldiers, and finally stopped at the leading officer, and said coldly: "There is no need to make such a big move, since it is the king's order, the prime minister will just follow you." ”

The officer was still a little afraid of the prime minister, he first swallowed his saliva, then half-let go, and said, "Offended ......"

This scene also happened in the mansions of many old ministers of the two dynasties of the Chu State.

Because of the sudden appearance of the prince of Chu and Guo Hao's slander, the eighth prince began to arrest the old ministers of the court, and at the same time, he also ordered his confidant Shen Yi to go to the Lingnan border to take over the military power with the royal edict, and send an additional 200,000 infantry troops to the border to garrison.

The border of Chu bordering Lingnan has always been garrisoned by 100,000 infantry troops, and the main general in his army, his name is Wen Wencheng, who is about 30 years old, strong in martial arts, and is also a general of the Chu army in terms of his father's generation, so he is quite trusted by the old Chu king, but he is not the confidant of the eighth prince.

Because of Princess Shaoyang, the relationship between Feng and Chu has always been very friendly before, and there is no friction in the border land, and the Chu army is also used to being lax, and now he suddenly heard that the Feng army is about to enter the Chu land, Wen Cheng is still a little nervous.

On Lu Chen's side, he sent troops from Fengzhou, crossed Lingnan directly, and arrived at the border between the two countries, so in terms of time, it was faster than the reinforcements sent by Chu State, and before Shenyi arrived here, Lu Chen had already led the army to prepare to cross the border.

The border between Feng and Chu is a barren land, and there are no buildings, only a tall stone monument erected there, symbolizing the border between the two countries.

It stands to reason that the Feng army wants to enter Chu, and the Chu army should intercept it outside the border line, but Wen Cheng did not dare to do so, because if he wants to start a war with the Feng army here, the Chu army has no city defense to rely on, which is completely equivalent to a decisive battle on the plain.

The city where Wen Cheng led the army to garrison was in Baishi, and the border line could be abandoned, but as long as Baishi was not breached, the gate of Chu State would not be opened.

And at this moment, the Wind Army is also studying this problem.

The big tent of the Chinese army, in front of the sand table, all the generals gathered, Lu Chen was in the middle of the generals, this expedition, he did not bring many people, the strategists here, mainly Liu Yuan and Chen Qun, the commander is Ai Hu, the fierce general's side, there is only one Qingyang, and he did not bring Zhao Chuan Xiahou Jie and others.

Of course, there is also a prince of the state of Chu.

After looking around at the generals for a week, Lu Chen pointed to the location of Baishi City and said: "Now the Chu army has retreated to Baishi City, preparing to defend the city pass, and according to the intelligence of Tang Man, Chu has begun to increase troops to the border. ”

As he spoke, he also looked at Ai Hu and asked, "General Ai Hu, do you have a chance of winning this battle?" ”

Ai Hu thought for a while and said: "Back to the king, Baishi is not a giant city, although there are 100,000 Chu troops stationed in it, but the Chu army foot soldiers are not good at fighting evil battles, and the last general thinks that within five days, Baishi can be broken!" ”

"Good!" Lu Chen said in a shocking voice, then looked at Prince Chu again, and said with a slight smile: "Of course, before the war, it is still necessary for us to understand Wen Cheng, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, and not being defeated in a hundred battles." Youlin, what contact have you had with this person? ”

Hearing him ask about this, Prince Chu recalled for a moment and said: "Wen Cheng, this person, is my father's old minister, extremely loyal, as for his ability, this is not easy to say, I just met him twice before I went to Qingdi." ”

"Loyalty?" Lu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "In this way, if he sees Youlin, will he have some other thoughts?" ”

When Prince Chu heard this, he was slightly stunned at first, and then said: "This, the little nephew doesn't know. ”

"En......" Lu Chen nodded, and said: "In this way, after our army comes to the city, you can come out and try him first, and see how it reacts. ”

"Little nephew understands." Prince Chu hurriedly replied, of course, he also hoped that it would be best for the two armies not to fight, but the current situation was that the power of Chu had fallen into the hands of the eighth prince, and if he wanted to return to the capital, he had to rely on the Feng army.

It was expected that the Chu army would resist, and a few days later, Lu Chen led the Feng army to the foot of Baishi City.

Looking at the overwhelming wind army outside the city, Wen Cheng at the head of the city couldn't help but grin secretly, he sighed softly at the partial general beside him: "Su Wen Feng army is brave and good at fighting, this battle is not easy to fight." ”

The general was just about to say something, when a single horse suddenly ran out of the wind army camp and came to the place where he was a stone's throw under the city pass.

"General, look, the other party is dressed like this, not like a general of the Wind Army."

The person who ran out was none other than the prince of Chu, and after he came to the city, he immediately pulled the reins and shouted at the city:

"Is the city General Wencheng? Do you still know Prince Ben? ”

(End of chapter)