Xiang Qi rode a little donkey and entered Wuzhong County a little depressed.

Xiang period is the Xiang clan, but it belongs to a relatively distant side branch, so it has no status in the entire Xiang clan, but for those Guandong clans who have avoided Jiangdong, it is still relatively noble, for example, Xiang period can become the commander of Wuzhong County, relying on his own talent, but the status of the Xiang clan.

I have to say that when the first king was there, he took great care of the Xiang family's children.

Xiang had just returned from Guquze (Taihu Lake), where two fishing villages had a fight over a fishing dispute.

Xiang Qiweifu made a private visit, and sure enough, as he guessed, the weapon fight that happened in Gu Ouze was not simple, and there were two generals Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan behind him!

Therefore, on the surface, this is a fight between two fishing villages, but in fact it is a contest between the two generals of the Xiang family.

Regarding the current chaotic situation in Jiangdong, Xiang Qi is also quite helpless.

Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan both held heavy troops, and successively proclaimed themselves "generals." Although Xiang He came back not long ago, he quickly got the support of the entire Xiang family, Shusun family, Qu family, Wu family and more than a dozen old Chu clans, and now, Xiang He has become the commander of the Western Chu State, and has fully "taken over" the military and political affairs of the two counties in Jiangdong.

The problem is that the two generals, Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan, don't seem to buy it.

Xiang Tuo didn't say it for the time being, Xiang Guan was very domineering, and he didn't put Xiang Tuo and Xiang He in his eyes at all, and threatened that if it weren't for his Xiang Guan leading the army to support the crisis in Qiantang, the Western Chu State would have perished a long time ago, and now that the first king has passed away, it is reasonable that he should inherit the throne of the Western Chu State by his Xiang Guan!

Xiang Guan wants to be the king, which is already a well-known thing in Jiangdong.

Although Xiang Tuo and Xiang He didn't say it explicitly, most of them also wanted to be kings in their hearts.

Recently, there are even rumors that Xiang Ji (Xiang Zhuang), the general who was really ordered by the first king, is also going to fight back to Jiangdong, good guys, Jiangdong is already chaotic enough, once Xiang Zhuang comes back, it will be even more lively! However, it is the people of Jiangdong who will really suffer at that time, and when they think of this, Xiang Qi is a little heavy.

As a side descendant of the Xiang family, Xiang Qi really didn't want to see the Chu army kill each other because of the struggle for the throne, and he didn't want to see the people of Jiangdong shed blood because of the battle for the throne, and Xiang Qi also knew very well that the battle for the throne was very cruel, and once the four really went to war, I was afraid that the entire Jiangdong would be bloody.

When approaching the city gate, Xiang Qi suddenly found that there was a large group of people surrounding the city gate.

Xiang Qi couldn't help frowning, could anyone make trouble in this broad daylight?

However, without waiting for Xiang Qi to come forward to ask, the crowd burst into a sky-shattering cheer, and Xiang Qi just spit out the reprimand to his mouth and swallowed it back into his stomach, seeing that the situation did not seem to be a trouble, and then rode a little donkey to take a closer look, but it turned out to be an armored veteran who was spitting in the crowd to tell his battle story.

"Brother Pojun, Liu Bang was really almost burned to death?"

The person who asked the questioner knew him, he was a tun chief under the lieutenant of Wuzhong County, a strong man with five big and three thick, and he was also a figure in this Wuzhong county, and the green-skinned gangsters on the street saw him, just like a mouse saw a cat, but in front of the old soldier in armor, he was like a little lady with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and he had a smiling face.

"Is this still fake?!" The armored veteran honestly slapped the strong man on the back of the head, and said, "The old man can tell you, except for the general and the general Gao Chu, the old man has really not served anyone, but Han Xiaodao is one, and the knife brother is a man, and I will break the military uniform for him!" As he spoke, the armor-clad veteran's eyes suddenly turned red.

"And then?" The strong man who asked quickly changed the topic and said, "What happened later?" ”

"Later?" The armored veteran laughed twice and said, "Later, Liu Bang Lao'er was frightened, and he withdrew from Dabie Mountain with 700,000 troops that night, hehe, say it and scare you rabbit cubs to death, Liu Bang Lao'er gathered more than a dozen princes and 700,000 coalition troops, but in the end we were driven out of Dabie Mountain by less than 5,000 people!" ”

"Bragging, isn't it?" Suddenly, a loud sound sounded in the crowd. …,

The armored veteran was suddenly furious, turned his head and shouted, "Who is it?" Which little bunny is messing around there? ”

The strong man waved his hand, and more than a dozen city gate guards behind him had already swarmed up, dragging out a seventeen or eighteen-year-old green-skinned gangster from the crowd, and then pressed him to the ground and beat him hard, and the strong man went up and kicked him twice, and then turned back and said to the armored veteran in a flattering tone: "Brother Pojun, this kid dares to insult your brother, he owes a beating." ”

Another guard said again: "Brother Pojun, go on, don't you just say that then you left Dabie Mountain, and went to Weidi, Qidi, Zhaodi, Guanzhong, and finally to Jiuyuan, and fought with the Huns?" My God, this process must be exciting, you can tell us about it, hehe, hehehe. ”

"Don't say it, I don't want to say it." The armored veteran didn't want to say anything, so he turned around and left.

A group of guards were greatly disappointed, and when they turned around, they pushed the green-skinned gangster to the ground and beat him so hard that the green-skinned gangster's grandmother didn't recognize him when she saw him.

Xiang Qi is in his heart, it seems that Xiang Zhuang has really come back!

But I don't know what kind of reaction Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, and Xiang Guan will have?

It is rumored that Xiang Zhuang has more than 50,000 troops, and they are all elite divisions that have experienced a hundred battles, and in terms of strength, they are much stronger than Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan!

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Wuzhong, Lingyin Mansion Hall.

Uncle Sun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and other more than a dozen clan elders are discussing with Xiang He.

The recent Wuzhong County can really be described as a turbulent undercurrent, and more than a dozen clans in the fifteen counties south of Huiji County have transferred three thousand sons to Wuzhong, so that Xiang Guan's strength has increased to 35,000 people!

What's more, Xiang Zhuang, the general of Great Chu who was really ordered by the first king, is really back!

Although Xiang Zhuang has not crossed the river, the more than 1,000 veterans who followed Xiang Zhuang to break through from the Wild Horse Plain have returned, and they are all dressed in bright armor, carrying bright long knives, and riding high-headed horses, which are real high-headed horses, and the entire Jiangdong can't find a few horses!

There are even veterans who brought their own soldiers back, and they hugged each other, so majestic!

With the return of these veterans, Xiang Zhuang was ordered to be in danger in Yemayuan, Yu Shouchun killed Fan Hao to turn the tide, and defeated the coalition army in Dabie Mountain with a large number of defeats, and the glorious achievements of the battle of Wanli and Kou Guanzhong have also spread, and now, the deeds of Xiang Zhuang and the three thousand lonely troops have spread in Wuzhong and even the entire Jiangdong.

"Ling Yin, the spread of these rumors must be stopped, otherwise it will be very bad for us!"

Speaking is the old Wu Qi of the Wu clan, the Wu family is also a famous old family in the Chu State, the ancestors have produced Wu Ju, Wu Hao, Wu Shang such loyal ministers, the Wu family has been up and down for more than 300 years, but it has always maintained a great influence in Chu, and it can be regarded as a big and deep-rooted old Chu family.

"But the old man thinks it's not a rumor, but a fact."

Qu Yi of the Qu clan immediately objected, Qu is another old family with deep roots in Chu, and there were such famous ministers as Qu Yuan a hundred years ago, in fact, Qu is simply a side branch of the Mi clan of the old Chu royal family, and it is a rare prominent nobleman in Chu, and his status is much more respected than that of Wu.

Wu Qi didn't want to argue with Qu Yi, so he bowed his hand to Xiang He and said, "Please also ask Ling Yin to decide." ”

Xiang He smiled noncommittally, and his eyes suddenly turned to his uncle and grandson Guan who sat at the head of Qu Yi and Wu Qi, and the uncle and grandson are even more of a great old family, the uncle and grandson are said to come from the surname Ji, starting with the grandson of Lu Huan Gong Dechen, Dechen takes his uncle and grandson as his clan, and his descendants simply take his uncle and grandson as his surname, but this branch of Chu Di is passed on from the late Chu Mingchen uncle Sun Ao.

Uncle Sun Guan Chong Xiang arched his hand and said: "Ling Yin, the soldiers of the Chu army fought for thousands of miles, and they died for the rest of their lives, and it was not easy for them to return to their hometowns, and it is normal for people to get a little carried away. ”

Xiang He bowed his head slightly, and suddenly asked, "What is the reaction of Xiang Guan and Xiang Tuo?" ”

Wu Qi said: "Xiang Guan reacted violently, and scolded Xiang Zhuang at home all day long to encourage the people of Jiangdong with ill intentions, if it wasn't for Lu Yuan's death, I am afraid that he would have already sent troops to arrest these veterans and put them in prison." ”

A sneer of disdain bloomed at the corner of Xiang He's mouth, Xiang Guan is just a puppet. …,

Wu Qi paused for a moment, and then said: "Xiang Tuo's reaction was diametrically opposed to Xiang Guan, he not only summoned Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Liwu, and Yu Ziqi generals, but also had a lot of compassion for Xiang Zhuang's tribes who returned to their hometowns, and it is said that he also personally acted as a matchmaker and married a veteran named Gou Yu in Sanglin Village in the eastern suburbs. ”

"Really?" Xiang He couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

Qu Yi said: "Ling Yin, the old man thinks that since Xiang Zhuang is the general appointed by the first king, we should welcome him back to Jiangdong as soon as possible to preside over the military. As for the throne of the king of Chu, he might as well put it on hold for the time being......"

Wu Qi immediately retorted: "Brother Qu Yi's words are ridiculous, as the saying goes, a snake can't be without a head, and the country can't be without a king for a day!" Electing a new king to succeed to the throne is the top priority, so how can it be put on hold for the time being? After saying this, Wu Qi said again, "Ling Yin is the eldest grandson of the Xiang family, and the succession to the throne is in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people, and Xiang Zhuang has nothing to say." ”

Qu Yi said: "The old man also thinks that Ling Yin is the best candidate to inherit the throne, but now is indeed not the time to succeed to the throne, once Ling Yin forcibly succeeds to the throne, not to mention that Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan may not be convinced, once Xiang Zhuang is angry, what should he do if he waves Wujiang?" If the war starts, the two counties of Jiangdong will inevitably be covered with corpses and blood. ”

Wu Qi snorted and said disapprerovitically: "Hmph, I'd rather be a broken jade than a complete tile!" ”

Xiang He frowned, got up and walked away, and the dispute between Wu Qi and Qu Yi was over.

Uncle Sun Guan sighed and said: "The battle for the throne is a family affair of the Xiang family, how can I get involved with foreign surnames, why should the two of them hurt their harmony because of this?" ”