Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 312 Jingzhou Chaos, Great War Begins

Zhuge Liang wants to kill Ma Su!
When Ma Di's elder brother Ma Liang heard this, he immediately stood up and knelt down and said, "Military Master, wait a minute! Ma Di is young and ignorant, please spare Ma Di's life!"

As Ma Liang said, he secretly winked at the soldiers beside him.

Ma Liang's popularity is not bad. When everyone saw Ma Liang winking, they all stood up and pleaded for Ma Di.And Zhuge Liang didn't want to kill Ma Di, so he simply took advantage of the slope to go down the donkey, beat Ma Di with thirty army sticks, and spared Ma Di's life.

In the blink of an eye, it was the ninth year of Jianxing. In the past two years, there have been frequent small-scale conflicts between the three parties, but no large-scale battles have occurred.The three parties are recovering their strength, waiting for the opportunity.

Among the three parties, Liu Qi is the weakest, and Jingzhou is the place of the Four Wars; while Liu Chan's strength is average, but he occupies a favorable location. Whether it is Hangu Pass, Tongguan, or the Shu Road and Qinchuan, they all provide Liu Chan's defense. Advantage.

As for Zhang De, who occupies most of the Central Plains, has a large population, and with the help of the northern Xianbei cavalry, his strength and overall strength are higher than the two.However, Zhang De had no natural dangers to defend against. In order to deal with Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang, Zhang De had to fortify with heavy troops everywhere, wasting a lot of troops invisibly.

Zhuge Liang understood Jingzhou's shortcomings very well. Although Jingzhou was rich, it was the place of the Four Wars.At this time, Zhuge Liang came up with a strategy to unite Liu Chan, so in March of the ninth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang sent Yiji and Xiang Lang to Chang'an, and reached an alliance with Liu Chan to fight against Zhang De.

Seeing it, history seems to have returned to the original place, the world is divided into three parts, and the weaker two join forces to deal with the stronger side. According to the normal process, the war of the three kingdoms is likely to come in the next few decades!

Zhuge Liang's plan was very good. With Liu Chan's backing, Zhuge Liang was confident. According to Zhuge Liang's plan, he would send troops with Liu Chan in the tenth year of Jianxing. Zhuge Liang went north to attack Yuzhou, and Liu Chan went east to attack Sili .It's time to reshuffle the deck!
But the sky failed, and I don't know whether it was Zhuge Liang's bad luck or Zhang De's luck. At the end of the ninth year of Chuping, when Zhuge Liang had already started to deploy food and grass to prepare for the next year's attack, an accident happened!

Liu Qi is dead!

Liu Qi is a person addicted to wine and sex. Ever since Liu Qi became a shepherd in Jingzhou, he has handed over everything to Zhuge Liang, but he spends his days drinking and drinking, making his health worse every day. Now Liu Qi, who should be a mature man, is skinny !
But Liu Qi still did not control himself, was still addicted to alcohol and sex, and also took Wushi powder and other drugs. Finally, Liu Qi died after taking an overdose!
This blow is undoubtedly fatal to Jingzhou, Liu Qi is dead, and more importantly, Liu Qi has no children!
Liu Qi has no descendants, and the huge Jingzhou has lost its backbone. Everyone doesn't know who should be their master at this time!

Zhuge Liang was not a simple person. When Liu Qi died, Zhuge Liang moved out of Liu Pan immediately.

Liu Pan is Liu Biao's adopted son. He has followed Liu Biao for many years and made countless achievements. Now that Liu Qi is dead, Liu Pan can indeed be regarded as an heir.

Originally, Liu Pan's identity and prestige were enough to convince the crowd, but at this time, news came from Xuchang that Zhang De appointed Huang Zhong as the commander-in-chief and Pang Tong as the military adviser to "escort" Liu Cong to inherit the position of Jingzhou Mu!
Liu Cong is the second son of Liu Biao, born of the Cai family, and the half-brother of Liu Qi!Normally speaking, Liu Qi is dead, and Liu Cong should be the first heir!

After Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou, he granted Liu Cong the title of shepherd of Qingzhou, but Qingzhou was in Zhang De's hands, so Liu Cong, the shepherd of Qingzhou, was destined to be in name only.So Liu Cong had to stay in Xuchang.Fortunately, Liu Cong was still very young at that time, and Cao Cao didn't pay much attention to him, so Liu Cong survived by luck.

When Cao Cao retreated from Xuchang, Liu Cong withdrew with him. After several twists and turns, Zhang De occupied Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and Liu Cong naturally ran into Zhang De's hands.

Zhang De doesn't mind raising an extra idler, so Liu Cong has always been under Zhang De's rule.But I didn't expect that Liu Qi's death this time made Liu Cong a big card!
Jingzhou Shepherd was originally Liu Biao, and after Liu Biao died, Liu Qi's son inherited his father's business, so it is only natural to become Jingzhou Shepherd!Now that Liu Qi is dead and has no son, his brother should naturally inherit. Although Liu Pan is also surnamed Liu, he is only Liu Biao's heir. No matter his status or background, he is naturally far inferior to Liu Cong. Now that Liu Cong is here, Everyone in Jingzhou will naturally doubt Liu Pan's legitimacy!
Nowadays, many officials in Jingzhou are still Liu Biao's former subordinates. They were loyal to Liu Qi because they were loyal to Liu Biao. Now Liu Cong is Liu Biao's own son, and Liu Pan is just a follower. Who should be loyal to!

As a result, those who supported Liu Cong were divided into one faction, and those loyal to Liu Pan were divided into another faction, and more people were waiting and watching!And the faction supporting Liu Cong was headed by Huo Jun, the former general of Liu Biao, and occupied Xiangyang and Fancheng!

Huo Jun was originally Liu Biao's former general, and his qualifications in the army were not much worse than Liu Pan's.Moreover, the Huo family was once greatly favored by Liu Biao, so Huo Jun was one of the few people who finally ended up with Liu Biao!

Jingzhou is in chaos!

Zhuge Liang underestimated Liu Biao's influence in Jingzhou back then. Now that Liu Cong has done this, several cities have fallen to Liu Cong, and more of them are those who wait and see. It made it impossible for Zhuge Liang to execute many orders.

Faced with this situation, Zhuge Liang knew that he had to wipe out those opponents in Jingzhou with lightning speed, so as to give himself a stable rear, and to deter those who were watching.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang asked Liu Chan for help, hoping that Liu Chan would send troops to Luoyang immediately to put pressure on Zhang De Sili to go to Yuzhou and force Zhang De to retreat!
After Liu Chan received the news, he immediately mobilized his troops and prepared to send troops to Luoyang. Liu Chan also knew the reason why his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. If Zhang De controlled Jingzhou, it would mean that Zhang De would have another way to enter Sichuan. You must know that Bashu is his rear area. There is no room for loss, Liu Chan will never allow Zhang De to attack his rear from Jingzhou.

At this time, Zhuge Liang also sent troops to Xiangyang, trying to wipe out Huo Jun in Xiangyang as soon as possible.At the same time, Pang Tong's army also entered Nanyang!

Now the suspense of victory and defeat is concentrated on Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.The key is to see whether Zhuge Liang can take the lead in capturing Xiangyang or Pang Tong can take the lead in supporting Xiangyang!

(End of this chapter)