Of course, all this has long been expected by the high-level of the Chu State, the four hundred years of rule of the Han Dynasty, the prosperity of Confucianism, after all, left an indelible mark, and the fourth and third princes of the Wang family, the world eats Hanlu, and there are indeed too many places that can be used at this time. In particular, Wei and Wu used the power of the Son of Heaven to create an atmosphere of loyalty and patriotism, and this invisible force itself was a war.

It was precisely because of the expectation that the Chu Palace was reluctant to respond positively, and did not make a public statement until the deployment was completed.

When the discord within the Chu State began to intensify, the inevitable sacrifice also began, and any change of dynasty was always inevitable, although Wang Xu had repeatedly told all parties in advance to kill as few people as possible, but the final result was still difficult to control.

The important ministers of the Chu State who sat in various places used thunderous means, and the army, thieves, and spy departments worked together to wantonly arrest those who spread and voiced opposition within the Chu State, regardless of their origin, position, or reputation, as long as anyone dared to openly proclaim their opposition, then they would be killed!

Wei and Wu also suffered heavy losses in the fine work and spies in the territory of Chu, and this incident is related to the foundation of Chu, and Chu's side can be said to be at all costs.

Of course, such behavior has also been more fiercely condemned by Wei and Wu, but in the face of the highly cohesive iron and bloody hand of Chu State, it is difficult to spread and influence it in Chu State. As the losses of the two countries increased, they had no choice but to narrow the scope of the attack, so that more detailed work could be turned from light to dark, and began to concentrate on those who had the possibility of being shaken.

Some people who are dissatisfied with the policies of the Chu State, some people who have ill intentions, and some people who once harbored hatred. Some families who have touched the interests during the rise of the Chu State and so on. It gradually became a pawn used by Wei and Wu. Secretly instigating rebellion!

In 213 A.D., there were sporadic small-scale rebellions in Yizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and Bingzhou in Chu State, especially in Bingzhou and Liangzhou, but the impact it could cause was minimized. Because of the early preparations, the major cities in the country have already concentrated a large number of troops in advance, and the important ministers stationed in various sides have made thunderous attacks, all of which have been pacified at a very fast speed, thus curbing the momentum of development and diffusion.

The first month of 214. Wang Xu of Xiangyang received reports from all parties one after another, all saying that the local chaos had been cleared.

But the civil and military forces of the high-level of the Chu State and Wang Xu all understood in their hearts that the impact of the change of dynasty would not end so soon, and the combined forces of Wei and Wu would attack Chu in March, so the current calm would definitely be a short peace before the last fierce blow, and those who secretly opposed it were waiting for the opportunity.

In the process of the rise of a huge Chu State, there are too many opposing voices and too many accumulated contradictions, at this special time. Under the provocation of Wei and Wu, they finally ushered in a complete outbreak. It can't just end there.

Therefore, Wang Xu and the high-ranking officials of the Chu State understood that only when the combined forces of Wei and Wu raised troops to fight, everything would be fully detonated.

All the momentum of Wei and Wu is just to add bargaining chips to this war, and the more chaotic the Chu State is, the easier it will be for them to fight! The situation at this time was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them, after all, the current state of Chu was the most powerful force.

In February, Wei gathered as many as 500,000 troops, 150,000 all the way, with the general Xiahoudun as the commander and Jia Xu as the supervisor, and the troops entered Hexi.

150,000 people all the way, with Cao Ren, the general of the left hussars, as the commander, and Xi Zhicai as the supervisor, marched into the Hongnonghan Valley Pass.

All the way, 200,000 people were personally commanded by Cao Cao, bringing together Sima Yi, Cheng Yu, Xiahou Yuan, Man Chong, Hao Zhao, Xiahou Ba, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Guo Huai, Chen Tai, Cao Zhen and other famous ministers and good generals, and killed Nanyang.

The army of Wu was 350,000, marched all the way to Yuzhang, all the way out of Runan, attacked Nanyang with Cao Cao, and killed the core of Chu State!

This battle can be described as the most earth-shattering decisive battle since the end of the Han Dynasty, Wei and Wu in addition to leaving the necessary garrison forces, all the main forces that can be mobilized are put into it, intending to take advantage of the most unstable time in the Chu State now, with the help of this golden opportunity, in one fell swoop!

Even if he was mentally prepared, the scale of this war still made Wang Xu a little frightened, among the eight main army corps, the Yulin Army, the Royal Forest Army, and the Iron Cavalry Legion, only Wei Yan's White Tiger Legion was still stationed in Liangzhou, and the other legions were all divided into all sides, and the Western Legion led by Ma Chao was also quickly transferred to Nanyang. As for the border armies, which did not assume the responsibility of internal stability, they were the first to concentrate and fell into a state of combat readiness early on.

On 16 February, this war of astonishing scale began on the Yangtze River.

Zhendong General Lu Xun led the Haiyun Army to take the initiative to attack, intending to use the superiority of the naval army to threaten Wu first, curb its north-south connection, and control its military movements.

Wu had long been prepared for this, although its naval army was at a disadvantage in an all-round way, but in order to guard against Lu Xun, it was the general Zhou Yu himself who led the naval army to go all out. In the confrontation between these two peerless talents, Lu Xun always had the absolute upper hand because of the combat power advantage of the Chu State Naval Army, but he could not achieve the strategic goal.

Zhou Yu knew that he could not confront him, so he chose the battlefield in the vast Pengze Lake, with accurate command and prediction, always avoided the main force fighting head-on, and focused on small-scale containment and guerrilla fighting, and rigidly restrained Lu Xun's Haiyun Army, and the vast Pengze Lake provided him with full room to play.

It can be said that in the water war, Zhou Yu chose one word - drag!

Earlier, Lu Xun was most worried about Wu Guo using such a method, but he didn't expect to really bump into it. With Zhou Yu's ability, no one can defeat the enemy instantly for a while, he can only continue to fight, weaken the opponent's strength with the help of continuous small victories, and suppress the opponent's strategic space and tactical margin, so as to accumulate a lot, and this situation also means that his strategic plan to quickly annihilate the Wu State Naval Army and control the hinterland of Wu State has failed.

After Lu Xun realized this, while continuing to think about the strategy of breaking the enemy, he also sent someone to inform Xiangyang, telling him not to spend too much useless energy on the deployment of the navy.

Wang Xu read his detailed report and quickly replied with sixteen words - destroy the enemy in an orderly manner and be invincible! Kou plundered the borderlands, and drew wages from the bottom of the kettle!

Less than ten days later, war broke out!

Bingzhou, Yongzhou, and Yuzhang did not clash, but more of a containment and confrontation, and only the more than 400,000 combined forces of Wei and Wu, which had entered Nanyang, launched a fierce attack.

The main forces of the Chu State stationed in the Nanyang area, including the Blue Dragon Legion, the Yulin Army, the Iron Cavalry Legion, and the Western Legion, were all facing great pressure.

Because of the special situation at present, Wang Xu himself must sit in Xiangyang and control the court, so the command of the main battlefield in Nanyang is all entrusted to Zhuge Liang, and with Kong Ming's stability and prudence, it is best to preside over this kind of military defense, and it is not easy to make mistakes.

The front-line battlefield was in full swing and continued to heat up in a very short period of time, and Sima Yi, the most prominent of the Wei and Wu coalition armies, did not have too many worries because of the cooperation of Cao Cao, Wei Wenwu, and Wu Yingjie, and did his best with Cao Cao's approval, showing his treacherous military style to the fullest.

It's just that, maybe it's really fate, Zhuge Liang seems to be born to restrain him!

In the contest between the two sides, especially when Zhuge Liang was on the defensive, Sima Yi fell into a very uncomfortable situation, no matter what he did, he was always inadvertently defeated, and he was in a dilemma and had to re-plan. The Left Army, which he personally led, had always been the most active, but it had also suffered the most defeats.

However, although he was repeatedly defeated, the actual casualties and losses were far less than those of the other troops, which has to be said to be a strange thing.

That situation is very peculiar, Sima Yi's actions have been repeatedly foiled by Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang can't really hit him, in short, he has been defeated again and again, but compared to other battlefields, the overall loss is really not big, many times there is almost no engagement, and the round of competition between the two is over.

When Wang Xu got the front-line battle report in Xiangyang, he saw the details of several confrontations between Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, and his face was very strange.

In his experience, these two people seem to be natural opponents, Sima Yi has repeatedly been defeated by Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang is very jealous of him, maybe he didn't show it in words, but in actual action, Kong Ming seems to have no way to really destroy Sima Yi in one fell swoop.

The Nanyang battlefield lasted for a month in such anxiety, the two sides worked hard, the victory and defeat were inseparable, and the losses were very large, especially some of the rising generals performed particularly prominently, perhaps the famous generals already knew each other very well, so the fight was too dull, and it was far less than Xiahou Ba, Chen Tai, Guo Huai, Hao Zhao, Sun Quan, Quan Cong and others in the war.

In the battles before the end of April, especially the battle between Deng Ai and Quan Cong, who were also less than the age of the weak crown, were the most striking, and the two used the same roundabout tactics on the Eastern Front to lead to a narrow encounter, whether it was the choice of route, the choice of timing, or the choice of mode of action.

In the end, Deng Ai narrowly won halfway, and Quan Cong's troops were defeated and retreated, but Deng Ai also paid a great price, and the tactics could no longer be implemented, so he had to retreat and return to the camp.

After more than a month of bloody battles on the battlefield of Nanyang, the time entered May, and there were almost no accidents, except for the regions of Nanzhong, Jingbei, Jingnan and Jiaozhou, other states of Chu broke out on a larger scale, and those who had been secretly brewing for several months finally surfaced, and they gathered together and mobilized many people to fight to the death, echoing the armies of Wei and Wu, and there were even thousands of people.

Although this scale is nothing to the current Chu State on the whole, it is extraordinary in the current situation. This is not a conspiracy, at most it is a conspiracy, from the moment the decision was first made, Wang Xu and the high-level civil and military forces of the Chu State had already predicted that the situation would inevitably develop in this direction, and the focus was on whether the Chu State could successfully deal with it and survive this hurdle, and the benefits were so great that they could not refuse. If it can't survive, the state of Chu will inevitably decline, and it will quickly give up the position of the strongest force under the strong blows of Wei and Wu.

Wei and Wu also knew this, so they seized every opportunity to launch a ferocious offensive, and for them, now was the best opportunity to weaken Chu and bring the three kingdoms back to the same line. (To be continued......)