At the end of the first month of 208 AD, Xiangyang, which had not been in war for many years, ushered in drastic changes in the prosperous capital of Chu.

The Guards Legion, which had always been stationed far outside the northern city, suddenly entered the city of Xiangyang, and the entire Xiangyang was overwhelmed.

The next day, Xu Shu announced the list of articles, blockading the city on suspicion of treason, and arresting Sikong Fuzhu and Situ Tianfeng!

In an instant, the people were in an uproar, completely unaware of what was happening!

These two people are among the three princes of Chu State, and they have a very high reputation among the people, and they have been diligent and loving the people for many years, and they have made outstanding achievements, why did they become rebellious in one day?

But Xu Shu also has a very high status in the hearts of the people, this former queen who is virtuous and virtuous and close to the people is deeply loved by the people of Chu, why did she break with her former loyal ministers?

For a time, the people were all talking, and all kinds of gossip were widely circulated.

This can make those hidden subtleties sad!

It's just because it's chaotic, it's very chaotic, it's so chaotic that there is any news, and it's nothing, even the vast majority of Chu officials are confused, how can they tell the difference?

In the end, it can only be boiled down to the intensification of the power struggle.

At this time, everyone was waiting for the result of this power struggle, and the result came very quickly, and it directly hit everyone's eyes half a day later.

When the news came out, it turned out that Tian Feng and Fu Zhu and others seemed to have already noticed that Xu Shu was going to make a move, and they had been hiding in the city for two days, and when they heard that the charges had been decided, they decisively summoned Zhang Jing and other generals to lead the Suzaku Legion stationed outside the southern city of Xiangyang to the city and surround Xiangyang, intending to fight with Xu Shu to break the net.

In the evening of the same day, the two sides also shouted at the head of the city for a time. Xu Shu scolded Tian Feng and others for being disloyal and unjust. In vain, he is highly respected. But he is really treacherous in his heart.

Tian Feng and others ridiculed each other, saying that Xu Shu was plotting against each other and intended to seize the power of the Chu king.

Such a shape, of course, made those latent meticulous works overjoyed, and they all reported it as a big event, and it was known to Cao Cao and Sun Jian in just a few days.

After this incident, Zhang He of Xinye was the first to make a public statement, announcing his support for Tian Feng and Fu Zhu. To get rid of Xu Shu, he tried to ensure that the power of the king of Chu was not next to the palace, and then led 40,000 elite soldiers of the Oriental Army to the south, day and night, to Xiangyang.

At this time, Chu Guoke is really lively.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Huang issued a statement, angrily reprimanding Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others for disobedience, and sent Han Meng to command 20,000 troops and rushed to Xiangyang. Rescue Xu Shu.

Then, Zhao Yun, who had already returned to Xunpu Pass for more than a year. He also angrily accused Tian Feng and others of plotting rebellion, and led 30,000 soldiers of the Qinglong Legion north to Xiangyang with Huang Xu.

At this time, the state of Chu was really a mess, and people's hearts were floating.

Cao Cao, who was far away in Yecheng, received hundreds of secret reports one after another in a short period of time, and when he learned about the situation in Chu at this time, he couldn't stop laughing all day long, and said with a smile to his ministers: "Without Wang Ziyang, Chu is just a plate of scattered sand, and Gu has not yet marched south, and it has collapsed!" Now we should sit and watch its internal friction, and when we wait for the southern expedition, it can be determined! ”

"Recently, it is even more necessary to reduce the transfer of soldiers, and there are many capable people in the Chu State, and the action is too fierce at this time, which will cause them to restrain each other and even reconcile with each other. Therefore, you must maintain a normal state and make them convinced that Wei has no intention of raising troops in recent years. However, you can also send more people who can speak well to the state of Chu to provoke its contradictions, but whoever succeeds will be credited! ”

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Compared with Cao Cao's complacent, although Jiangdong Sun Jian was happy, he seemed quite sentimental, and said to the ministers during the court discussion: "Ziyang is a great talent in the world, and he has created the great cause of the Chu State, but there is no one to succeed after his poor death, so that the king is not a king, and the minister is not a minister!" Pathetic, lamentable! ”

"This infighting in the Chu State will inevitably lead to division and collapse, and the princes must be prepared in their hearts, but they must not be too hasty and expose their intentions. Otherwise, if you force the magnates of Chu to join forces, the gains will outweigh the losses, so you need to wait for the time to be ripe, and then quickly wave the army to conquer. ”

"In addition, since Ziyang died, Lone wrote many times to recall the young girl Shangxiang, but he refused to return, if you can try to keep her safe, you can play, Lone will have a heavy reward!"

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The lords of Wu and Wei have their own calculations, and Ma Teng of Xiliang is also unwilling, after hearing about the civil strife in Chu, the army in the territory is frequently mobilized, just waiting for the defenders of Chu to have problems, but it is a pity that Guo Jia personally guarded Chen Cang, and secretly communicated with Gao Shun, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong and other generals.

Because Guo Jia and Wei Yan both knew that Wang Xu was still alive, and now that the plan had been launched, there was no need to hide it from the main generals, so they jointly informed Huang Zhong, thus quickly reaching a completely unified consensus at the highest level, but only the three of them knew it.

In this way, the core leadership of this army is stable, just guarding the danger, and it seems that it is not affected by the chaos in Xiangyang at all, but in order to paralyze others, Guo Jia still deliberately released a rumor, revealing that he intends to gather generals and rely on the intention of self-reliance in the land of Yongzhou, which can be said to explain the reason for not being chaotic.

Ma Teng has no opportunity to take advantage of, and he doesn't know the truth and truth, coupled with the lesson of the previous defeat, he doesn't dare to act rashly for the time being!

At this time, the eyes of the whole world can be said to be focused on the Chu State, and what happens every day is spreading in all directions at the fastest speed.

Xiangyang's shape became more and more tense, and although it always stayed at the stage of scolding and confrontation with each other, it was obvious that it was gradually escalating, because more and more troops had gathered here, and the two sides had many talks, and they ended up in displeasure and reprimanding each other.

Even the eyes of those soldiers were full of confusion, because they didn't understand what was going on. How can it be your own people who beat your own people?

However, the soldiers made obedience to orders their first calling, and they did not want to fight, but they had no choice.

In addition, many eloquent people from all sides of the forces came, constantly traveling and coming into contact with the important civil and military forces of the Chu State, and using their methods to try to accelerate the escalation of this rebellion.

Of course, this is only what most people see.

All the leaders who really understand the inside story, while dealing with all kinds of people, while steadily dìng the feelings of their subordinates, are also secretly excited, looking forward to it, and waiting!

They are all waiting, waiting for that person to appear, and the haze will be a thing of the past!

On the morning of the tenth day of the second month of February 208 AD, Zhao Yun and Huang Xu led 30,000 elite soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion and slowly arrived in Xiangyang!

This is an army from the farthest reach. And the last force in the plan!

Outside the city of Xiangyang at this time. More than 10 large villages have been secretly and densely built. It is divided into two opposing camps, one east and one west, and it is clearly distinguished.

When Zhao Yun and his troops had just arrived, Zhuge Liang slowly appeared, standing on a tall chariot, with a scarf on his head, dressed in green clothes, and gently shaking a feather fan. With a smile on his face and a great demeanor!

Accompanied by more than 100 elite horsemen, he walked in the middle of the two confrontation camps, and two big flags were planted above the chariot, hunting and hunting!

The word "Chu" is written on one pole, which is a symbol of power!

But on the other flag, the word "Xu" is written!

Soon, the military camp, which stretched and stretched out almost without an end, quickly poured out a dense crowd of soldiers.

led by several top generals. All rushed out of the barracks like the wind, and looked at it with a lot of eyes. They've waited too long!

More than 100,000 people gathered here, but no one made the slightest sound, both because of the strict discipline of the training, and because of the consternation.

In the Chu army, everyone knows what the Xuzi flag represents!

That is the god in the minds of the people of Chu and the banner that only the king in the minds of the people!

One and only!

Most of the soldiers didn't know, but the very few commanders knew that this was the agreed code, announcing the return of that person!

"Out of the camp! Array!! ”

With tears in the corners of his eyes, Zhao Yun held up the silver dragon spear at the corner of the cliff, and the first loud roar came out, sweeping through the sky for a long time!

After a while, the excited generals let out earth-shattering screams one after another, as if they were afraid that their voices would weaken and be compared to others.

"Out of the camp!! Array!! ”

Han Meng, who had been stationed in Jingnan for many years, burst into tears, turned over and stepped onto the war horse, and the black iron heavy gun was stationed fiercely, smashing a hole in his life.

"Out of the camp! Array!! ”

"Out of the camp! Array!! ”

"Out of the camp!! Array!! ”

One after another, one after another, the soldiers all felt that the familiar roar of their own generals seemed to be particularly loud and full of momentum today!

Although I don't know why, I don't know what to do next, but there is no unnecessary noise here, there is no unnecessary noise, only the sound of heavy footsteps, and the soldiers of each department formed a phalanx and quickly assembled outside Xiangyang City.

The stretching array stretched to the end of the line of sight, and what was the scale of the 170,000 troops gathered outside the city at the same time?

If it weren't for the fact that the suburbs of Xiangyang City had been developed for many years, they would have been open and flat, and they would not have been able to accommodate so many people.

No one counts how many miles it stretches, but at least there are more than a few miles, at least on flat ground, and you can't see the end at a glance......

The soldiers were divided into two camps, one on the left and one on the right, separated by a wide open space, facing each other.

If you are attentive to observe, you will also find that the open space in the middle leads from south to north, all the way to the south gate of Xiangyang, which is also an intentional arrangement at the highest level.

From the soldiers walking out of the camp to the soldiers all lined up, even if these were all the well-trained main forces of the Chu State, it took half an hour.

It's not that it's not elite, it's that there are too many people here at the same time!

At this time, the southern city wall of Xiangyang was also densely packed with soldiers, such as the Guards Legion, the City Defense Army, and the Praetorian Guards, and even the Queen Mother Xu Shu was also wearing armor and standing tall at the head of the city, followed by the strong ox-like Dian Wei and Yan Liang and other generals.

However, what is even more amazing is that not only Xu Shu is in the city, but also Cai Yan, Diao Chan, Sun Shangxiang and other daughters, as well as Wang Zheng, Wang Zhan and several other brothers and sisters also appeared, Wang Xu's father Wang Yan, biological mother, aunt, cousin, sister and other close relatives of the family, including Wang Fei, Wang Kai and others who have been imprisoned for a long time, as well as those who once opposed Xu Shu's rule and were all imprisoned.

It's just that some of their eyes are blank, some are numb, some are sad, some are painful, all are different!

Xu Shu didn't tell them anything, she just brought them here, because she unloaded the burden and did all the foreshadowing, and the next thing should be handled by Wang Xu herself.

Most of the officers and men of the whole army also did not know why, and even had complicated thoughts, because they did not know whether they would have to fight with their former friendly soldiers next.

It's just that this silence didn't last long, and this depression didn't last long!

At the end of the stretch of the military array, three mighty figures riding war horses and wearing armor slowly walked from the southern horizon, and their flaming red wide robes danced in the wind and raised high...... (To be continued......)