"Xiangyang! We're back! ”

At the far end of the horizon, four ragged men who looked like beggars greeted the sunset and erupted in excited cheers!

It was none other than Wang Xu and others who escaped death from the battlefield and returned to Xiangyang.

"It's back!"

"We're back alive!"

Zhou Zhi threw away the thick branch in his hand, roaring and screaming like a wild man, excited like a child.

"What the hell is your name? Zhou Papi came back, which is not a good thing for Xiangyang! ”

Although Xiang Tian was also smiling, he couldn't control his desire to hit Zhou Zhi.

"Get out! You bastard, if it weren't for me, you would have gone to see Hades a long time ago, and you would still be standing here? ”

"I didn't ask you to help me, you asked for it, you deserve it!"

"Damn, your sister, it's enough to hang!"

Zhou Zhi and Xiang Tianzhen are really right, the two can be described as "in love", and they can always collide with sparks.

These two people, one is elegant and graceful on the surface, but in fact he is obscene on the inside, full of bad water, and the other is vulgar and stupid on the surface, but he is shrewd and decent in his heart, and they are both strange through the ages!

Wang Xu and Zhang Jing were already surprised by the two, and when they saw them fighting together, they didn't care at all, and just talked to themselves. Of course, they are the only ones who can speak human words here.

"Zhang Jing, it seems that Xiangyang's living treasure will become a pair in the future! What do you think? ”

"Yes! This strange pair will definitely bring sensational significance to Xiangyang! ”

"Oh? Do you think so too? ”

"Hmmm! The appearance of these two strange flowers at the same time must be strange, when it is not a coincidence! ”

"Huh! Yuan Fang. What do you think...... I'm sorry. Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue! What do you think should be done with these two treasures? ”

"Poof!" Zhang Jing couldn't help laughing anymore. Shaking his head, he said, "Treasure! What a good name, this one is fresh! However, what else can be done, they are all under house arrest! ”

Wang Xu also smiled, but did not continue, thinking carefully about Zhang Jing's construction.

In fact, the conversation between Wang Xu and Zhang Jing just now was a joke. But it's also talking about business.

Because on the way back earlier, Wang Xu suddenly had an idea, since everyone in the world thought he was dead, it was better to simply fake his death, so that he could hide from Cao Cao and Sun Jian. Especially on Cao Cao's side, if he wants to reverse the situation, the best way is to make his judgment wrong, thus affecting his strategic layout, and then fight against him to launch a counterattack and surprise him.

Moreover. On this basis, there will be a lot of room for tactical use. If it is handled properly, even if Cao Cao is killed in one fell swoop, it may not be impossible.

This is a big temptation, of course Wang Xu can't refuse, and the conversation he had with Zhang Jing just now is that if Wang Xu hides, then what about Zhou Zhi and Xiang Tian, the two active guys?

At the beginning, the battle of Wuyin was extremely fierce, but with the random arrows in the body of "Wang Xu", it fell from the head of the city to the fire not long after, and many soldiers of Wuyin died and surrendered. After Cao Cao personally confirmed Wang Xu's death, he no longer paid attention to the battle situation and left Cao's troops to recover it on their own.

But the various units of Cao's army were also exhausted at that time, and it was useless to exterminate these remnants, of course, they were allowed to flee. Therefore, many soldiers escaped at that time, and after they left the battle circle, they discarded their armor and weapons and embarked on the road back to their hometowns as civilians.

For these people, the Cao army did not blockade either, a strategic goal was perfectly achieved, and it was meaningless to detain too many routs. The second is that because of the blockade of roads and the comprehensive recovery of the road, it seems that there is a lot of labor and confusion, and the gains outweigh the losses. The third is to take too many prisoners, which is also a burden to Cao Jun himself.

As for the incorporation of these soldiers and horses, it is even more dispensable for Cao Jun, and there are even many hidden dangers.

These soldiers are almost all members of the Guards Legion, mainly Jingzhou people, if they do not occupy the Jingzhou area, but they are co-opted, how can they have a sense of belonging, no matter how strong they are, they also belong to the flow of miscellaneous soldiers, and it is very likely that they will turn the rudder when they see the wind, and when the shape is unfavorable, it will cause turmoil.

After all, this is not the kind of melee that it was in the early days, and if you catch it, you can try to pull it into your own team.

Today's forces and armies have become a system, with a system, and even a military register, all personal information is recorded and archived, unless it is a general with a small number of henchmen to surrender as a whole, or an occupation war, otherwise it is extremely stupid to incorporate the army.

That is to say, if Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou, of course he would not be polite, and happily incorporated all these soldiers, carefully comforting and co-opting, just like when Wang Xu attacked Sili, that is, based on the occupation, so as to dare to boldly integrate and rectify the army.

But in today's situation, Cao Jun's actions are only a strategic attack, not an all-out war of occupation, and he has to leave if he wins the war, so what is the use of him absorbing these troops? Use high salaries to support a group of troops who are not strong in fighting and may become deserters or betray at any time, unless he is stupid!

Cao Cao didn't do this kind of stupid thing, so the only way left to deal with it was to kill or release.

But he killed Wang Xu with his own hands, won a complete victory, and was in a good mood, and he had no urge or need to kill people at all. Moreover, the massacre of prisoners of war not only left a bad reputation, but also aroused the disgust of the people of Jingzhou, which was not conducive to his future entry into Jingzhou.

Therefore, he waved his hand and chose to put it! Not only to show their benevolence and righteousness to the people of Chu, but also to reduce their own burden!

It's just that Cao Cao didn't expect that Wang Xu didn't die! What's more unexpected, his original right choice left behind the precious seeds of the Guards Legion, so that this elite legion, which had achieved great achievements but suffered heavy losses, did not completely lose its establishment, and gradually became stronger.

Therefore, there were a lot of people who fled at that time, and it was normal to return to Xiangyang to appear, but only Xiangtian and Zhou Zhi were different, because they knew the secret that Wang Xu was not dead, and more importantly, that day Xiang Tian and Zhou Zhi had already "died" with Wang Xu.

Then, of course, the two of them can't show up now, and with the nature of these two treasures, counting on them to hide themselves well, it is obviously infinitely lowering their IQ, if it is not expected, I am afraid that it will not be long before they will secretly jump around in the name of breathability, distraction and other excuses, increasing the possibility of exposure.

The house arrest that Zhang Jing said means that Wang Xu completely locked up the two of them, and they don't have to go anywhere, and they don't have to see anyone!

Wang Xu thought about it like this, and with the sound of Zhou Zhi and Xiang Tian fighting in his ears, he gradually approached the tall city wall of Xiangyang.

Because of the prosperity of Xiangyang, there are now many small markets outside the city, and there are many people, and as they get closer to Xiangyang, the four of them quickly closed their voices, because they all heard a news.

At first, I thought it was a rumor, but as I found out that almost everyone was talking about it, I couldn't let them not believe it.

Zhou Zhi couldn't control his mouth first, and laughed in a low voice: "Boss, look at it like this, your son is really going to seize power today!" What are you going to do? Is it to teach the rebel son a lesson in time, or to quietly not speak and go back to be the king? ”

"Speak human words!" Wang Xu frowned, really a little angry.

"Just kidding! Why take it seriously? Zhou Zhi knew him very well, and found that this joke was a bit excessive, so he changed the topic in time: "But what did you decide to do?" ”

"I want to see the elegant side first, and then make a decision!" Wang Xu said affirmatively.

"Boss, you mean, I'll show up to find my sister-in-law first?" Zhang Jing hesitated.

"Nonsense, you can show up here, who will go if you don't go?" Zhou Zhi rolled his eyes and scolded.

Zhang Jing ignored him at all, saw Wang Xu nodded, turned around and left.

Looking at his back, Wang Xu also said lightly: "Remember, we are on the shore of Shili Lake in the north of the city, and in two and a half hours, before Wang Zheng officially succeeds to the throne, I want to see her!" ”

"Understood!"

Zhang Jing didn't look back, waved his hand and hurried away.

In fact, it seems that several people have a very relaxed conversation, but in fact, there are a lot of considerations at this moment, and they are all in a hurry!

Because Zhang Jing was not afraid of revealing his identity, he found the guard at the city gate as soon as possible, ordered him to prepare a carriage, and went straight to the palace of the king of Chu.

When he rushed to the Nangong Qilin Palace, that is, the main hall of the court, it was already an hour later (two hours), and it didn't take so much time, but in order to prove his identity, he really took a lot of time to turn his tongue and delay a lot of effort.

At this time, the Qilin Hall was also full of civil and military personnel, and Tian Feng was reading out the next ritual process.

Suddenly, high-pitched female voices sounded one after another, one after another, from far to near, and gradually spread to the hall, overshadowing Tian Feng's reading, making the entire Qilin Hall instantly quiet, silent!

"Lanting Marquis and Fenwu General Zhang Jing are here!"

"Lanting Marquis, Fenwu General Zhang Jing to meet you!!"

"Lanting Marquis, Fenwu General Zhang Jing met !!"

At this moment, the entire hall was unimaginably quiet, and the falling needles could be heard.

After a short period of distraction, Xu Shu got up and stared at the door of the main hall.

The ministers then reacted, and they all turned their heads to watch, even though they knew that it was impossible, but their eyes were still full of longing.

It's a pity that when Zhang Jing's ragged figure appeared outside the palace gate, everyone looked out and looked, but they didn't see the expected figure, and the whole hall sighed in unison!

The hearts of the people are so united, it can be said that they have never been seen in recent days, and perhaps the only person who can unify their thoughts now is Wang Xu.

"Zhang Jing!"

Xu Shu's eyes instantly moistened, looking at the person who was covered in tatters at this time, stained with dried blood and soil, like a beggar, she was so excited that she couldn't control herself, of course, not because of Zhang Jing himself, but the meaning that his appearance here might represent!

"What about him? What about the king of our Chu country? Xu Shu's trembling voice completely betrayed her heart at this time.

"I guess I'm dead!" Zhang Jing pretended to look pained.

The ministers were silent, Xu Shu was even softer, and the gorgeous long dress could not hide it.

A moment later, a roar resounded throughout the hall.

"Zhang Jing!" Dian Wei almost jumped up from his position, rushed to Zhang Jing like the wind, grabbed him by the collar, and his copper bell-like eyes were filled with endless anger: "Zhang Jing, you left the lord and fled?" (To be continued......)