Everyone in the tent was startled when they heard Bai Mengyang's words, and then they all reacted and were extremely excited by the good news.
"That's great, you are indeed worthy of being the King of Changsha."
In the camp, Yan Wangqiu listened to Bai Mengyang's news. After digesting it, he suddenly smiled and said: "The Changsha King's previous battle to defeat Lianyun was already a great feat of martial arts. Now that he has conquered Fanglingfu City again, this kind of military might is truly unparalleled in the world." Famous general.
This time someone is there to conquer Xiangyang City, maybe not far away. "
Naturally, Yan Wangqiu praised his ally without hesitation.
After listening to his compliments, everyone in the tent smiled, but their eyes flashed with strange colors.
A few days ago, with Lu Yuan in front of ten thousand troops, the news came that Zhan Xiantian was killed.
Many people in the coalition felt strange about the attitude of the Changsha King.
Among them, there are some who are happy, some who are afraid, some who are afraid, and some who are worried...
But no matter which attitude it is, one thing is unanimous, that is, everyone's attention to Lu Yuan has risen to a higher level.
If everyone's previous view of Lu Yuan was that he was just an ordinary new innate who could at most fight and had some strong soldiers under his command, there was not much that was surprising about him.
So at this time, Lu Yuan, in the eyes of everyone, has become a formidable master who is powerful, has outstanding combat power, and is good at fighting.
Well, based on the above opinions, does it look familiar to you?
Yes, in the eyes of everyone at this time, Lu Yuan had become the second most powerful Marquis of Wu'an.
The reason why he is ranked second is just because Lu Yuan is still young and his strength is not as good as Bai Mengyang's. He only killed an innate at the same time and cannot compare with Bai Mengyang's achievements over the years.
But judging from the strength and potential he has shown now, it may only take thirty years for him to reach Bai Mengyang's current achievements.
Such a seed with strength and potential is also the king of a country and has a strong army under his command.
Just ask, who can not be afraid of such people?
Who can not be afraid?
Anyway, people in the imperial camp were deeply worried about Lu Yuan's sudden display of powerful combat power.
Even Lu Yuan's camp, such as Su Xuange, began to worry about their outstanding ally.
Just as Lu Yuan never believed that the Three Kingdoms Alliance could last long in his heart.
The leader of the Ninghai Kingdom did not believe that the Three Kingdoms Alliance could last long.
At this time, external pressure is strong, and the three countries can still stay together for the time being.
But if the external pressure is relieved, at this time, the invasion of Zhou State is repelled, and then the Yue State ceases its troops.
So without strong external pressure, the crisis in the Three Kingdoms has been greatly reduced. Whether this alliance, which is now as close as a family, can continue to be maintained, is a question.
Su Xuange didn't know what the other two allies thought.
But in his heart, he had the ambition to wait for Yan Wangqiu's death, take the opportunity to annex Nanhai Kingdom, and then unify Lingnan.
Su Xuange was only over eighty years old. Even if he stayed for a few more years, he would only be in his early nineties after Yan Wangqiu's death.
At this age, for an innate master, it can be said to be in the prime of life.
When I think about the fact that I still have more than sixty years to live in the future, if I don't do something for such a long time, I will be in vain as the founding king of the country.
Su Xuange's ambition does not stop at Ninghai Kingdom.
Nowadays, the Yue Dynasty is declining, the world is in chaos, the people are displaced, and grass and grass are growing together.
These years are the time for heroes to use force.
Su Xuange asked himself, he has achieved a little, not only is he an innate master, but he is also the founding king of the country. After all, he can be considered a hero, right?
Since he is a hero, how can he be confined to the small land of Ninghai?
The land of Lingnan, and even the entire country of Jiangnan, is where he can truly show his talents.
It was precisely because of the above ambitions that Su Xuange had doubts about this Northern Expedition.
I am even more worried about Lu Yuan's sudden rise and extraordinary performance.
Using oneself to save others, Su Xuange believed that since he was in such a condition, he had the ambition to annex Lingnan.
Then Lu Yuan is younger than him, has achieved more than him, and is stronger than him.
Such a heroic young man. Are you so willing to be trapped in Changsha, guarding a place worse than Ninghai, and be alone all your life?
Any normal person would probably not be willing to do that, right?
That's why Lu Yuan made a surprise attack and demanded that all the territory he attacked along the way be under his control.
This proposal already exposed the other party's ambition.
This is not a person who is content with his duties and can stay lonely.
At this time, Lu Yuan asked for the land of Xiangyang County of Zhou State. If there was a chance, how could he know that the other party would not plot the land of Lingnan?
And if that time comes, with the strength of the other side, the strong troops of the other side, and the current situation of the two countries in Lingnan, what should be done to stop them?
'It seems that I should make some preparations early to take precautions for the future. '
With this in mind, Su Xuange had indeed made up his mind to make preparations immediately after returning home to train a strong army capable of fighting in the country.
The number of people should preferably reach 100,000, so that they can compete with Changsha for supremacy. At the same time, it is also to accumulate strength for the Tongfeng Nanhai Kingdom in the future.
'But raising troops is expensive. Calculating Lu Yuan's military expenses, raising one hundred thousand soldiers and horses would cost six million taels of silver a year in terms of military pay alone.
Including other food, grass, baggage, military equipment and other miscellaneous items, the cost is probably more than 8 million. Thinking of this, Su Xuange couldn't help but have a headache.
With Ninghai's national strength, it is not impossible to raise this money and food.
But now, he has to allocate Lu Yuan two million taels of silver for military expenses and one million shi of food every year as protection fees.
At the same time, the salaries of bureaucrats at all levels in the country, local administrative expenses, and military pay for local prefectures and counties also receive three to four million taels of silver a year.
Adding up these expenses, Ning Haiguo's annual expenses are almost six million taels of silver, which is almost half of his total annual income.
Even if there is some surplus left, it is only a million taels of silver. Raising ten or twenty thousand soldiers is the limit. How can you get the military pay for a hundred thousand troops?
'Hateful, if my feudal state is Nanhai County, why worry about this? An army of one hundred thousand can be raised at any time. '
Su Xuange glanced at Yan Wangqiu covertly, with a trace of jealousy flashing in his eyes.
Nanhai State is very wealthy, with both fiscal revenue and local household registration being almost twice that of Ninghai State.
It would be a waste to hand over such a rich land to a dying old man.
If it were left in his hands, he would have already been working hard, saving up food and fodder, and preparing for the great cause of hegemony.
Hateful, hateful, the sky has no eyes!
Su Xuange's heart was filled with resentment at this time.
This is not only for Yan Wangqiu to seize the treasure land and violently collect natural resources.
What's more, because the other party was weak and blindly compromised and paid to the court and Lu Yuan, he also had to pay, which further depleted the already not rich family fortune.
Putting these two items together, Su Xuange's resentment towards Yan Wangqiu was already extremely deep.
In just six months, the two friends who were originally very close to each other now had a secret resentment against one of them.
This really has to be lamented, power is really maddening.
This is only a country of one county, but Su Xuange is already like this. If the territory were larger, it is difficult to imagine what this person would become.
However, the thoughts in the mind of the leader of Ninghai Kingdom have always been buried deep in his heart and have not been exposed. Naturally, outsiders do not know about it.
Yan Wangqiu, on the other hand, noticed that Su Xuange seemed to be staring at him, and shifted his gaze strangely.
The latter quickly smiled and nodded kindly, as always.
Seeing this, perhaps because he was old, Yan Wangqiu only thought that the other party was happy for Lu Yuan's victory, and didn't think much about it.
He just looked at it, nodded with the same smile, and then turned his attention to Bai Mengyang.
At this time, the Marquis of Wu'an seemed not to notice the subtle atmosphere in the tent, and said sonorously and forcefully: "My army is approaching Xiangyang, and the Zhou people have lost their way back. When the news comes, the bandits will definitely be terrified.
However, the King of Changsha was still in the heart of the enemy. In order to prevent the thieves from escaping, they returned to attack the King of Changsha.
I have decided that starting from today, the army will attack the Zhou people's camp in consecutive days.
This battle must not allow the Zhou people to escape. I want to keep all the 80,000 Zhou people in Dangyang. "
Bai Mengyang looked around at the crowd and said decisively.
Regarding such a strong attack, given the current favorable situation, everyone in the tent naturally had no objections to this and nodded in agreement.
After seeing the hope of quickly ending the war, Yan Wangqiu even said: "I will organize the army later, send people to attack the city, and support the King of Changsha here."
Although there have been successive strong attacks in the past few days, more than 30,000 of the 100,000 civilians brought by Nanhai Kingdom have been killed in the battle.
But for the sake of victory, Yan Wangqiu felt that his men could endure it a little longer and sacrifice for victory.
He was so awakened. Su Xuange, who didn't want to be awakened next to him, was being watched by everyone in the camp. He could only bite the bullet and said: "I will also count the troops and lead the troops to attack the city myself."
The family background of Ninghai State is far less rich than that of Nanhai State.
Therefore, Yan Wangqiu could force those civilians to die regardless of the lives of his men.
But Su Xuange was not as generous as him. In order to reduce losses, he had no choice but to take the people on board himself.
With an innate master leading the way, fewer people will die and more energy will be preserved.
"Okay, with the help of two great kings, the people of Zhou will definitely not be able to escape!"
Bai Mengyang was very happy when he saw the morale that could be used, and he praised the two kings repeatedly.
In this way, the three parties in Dangyang Camp have reached a consensus.
The next day, under Yan Wangqiu's initiative, the two countries of Nanhai and Ninghai soon organized another 50,000 troops.
Then, under the supervision of the two kings, these people bravely charged into Dangyang Walled City, which was tightly defended by the Zhou people, and embarked on the road to death.
A bloody and cruel offensive and defensive battle began again.
At the same time, a carefully selected messenger also left the coalition camp and headed north.
He will pass through Jingmen Mansion, go to Xiangyang Mansion in the north, and send Bai Mengyang's military order to Lu Yuan under Zhengdun Bingcheng.
…
And just as the coalition forces were once again launching a big move.
In Dangyang City, the gloomy atmosphere gradually dissipated on the Zhou people's side.
"Report, General, those Yue people sent out a large army again and won the victory outside the city."
In the city government office, the messengers from outside the city hurried in, and then saw the two generals in the government office, and quickly reported the urgent military situation outside.
However, after finishing speaking, the messenger waited around, but did not wait for the two generals' orders.
The military situation was so intense that he couldn't help but cautiously raised his head and glanced at the two generals in front.
Then I saw that the faces of these two men had completely lost their previous majesty and perseverance, and instead had an ugly and solemn look on their faces.
Seeing this appearance, the messenger couldn't help but feel confused?
Although the Yue people outside the city were eager to attack, they had not experienced it before. At that time, they did not see the two generals looking like this.
Just as he was thinking this, the two generals in front seemed to notice his gaze. One of them, General Li Yanjing of Zuozhu Kingdom, turned around, waved his hands with a cold face and said: "Okay. I have already resolved the situation." You know, let everyone outside the city behave as usual and strictly guard it.
Unless the innate master of the Yue people takes action, there is no need to come to us to report specifically. "
The secret little move was discovered, and the messenger was shocked. When he heard the order, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He nodded quickly and said: "Yes, I will go and deliver the order now."
After saying that, the person left in a hurry.
After he left, only Li Yanjing and Zhang Chanyi, another former general of the Zhu Kingdom, were left in the room.
After a long silence.
Zhang Chanyi finally said: "The Yue people have launched a fierce attack."
Li Yanjing's expression was still cold, but his tone was filled with a hint of hatred: "They made a surprise attack on Guining and Fangling, and now they are approaching Xiangyang City. They are about to capture the county. Naturally, they won't let us go at this time."
Zhang Chanyi said with some pain: "No one could have imagined that Gui Lianyun would die at the hands of the Yue people. His death immediately opened the door to the west of Xiangyang County, allowing the Yue people to drive in, allowing us to Wait until you are in the difficult situation you are in now.”
yes.
Originally, an innate master led 50,000 soldiers and horses to guard a city. No matter how you looked at it, it should be impregnable.
But the results were astonishing.
Not only did Gui Lianyun fail to defend Guining City, but he even lost his own life there.
His death not only severed the connection between Xiangyang County and Xichuan County, but also caused a huge flaw in Xiangyang County's defense.
Now the Yue people are marching straight in and running rampant in the hinterland of the country. At this time, they are approaching Xiangyang, cutting off the retreat of their Dangyang frontline army.
At this moment, just a little carelessness could lead to the danger of losing troops and losing territory, and the whole front would be defeated.
All these pressures were put on the two of them, not to mention how uncomfortable Zhang Chanyi and Li Yanjing felt.
"I can't blame Gui Lianyun for this. No one expected that the Yue people would have four more innate masters and 200,000 troops this time.
And with these additional supports, three grand masters and 100,000 elite soldiers were directly dispatched to raid Guiningfu City.
Facing such an enemy, it was normal for Gui Lianyun to be unable to defend Guining Mansion City. "
Speaking of this, Li Yanjing paused, and then said with a hint of disbelief and trembling in his voice: "What I didn't expect is that even if he faced three innate masters, with Gui Lianyun's strength , even if you lose the enemy and escape unscathed, there shouldn't be much of a problem.
But this time, he couldn't even escape, and was directly killed in front of the tens of thousands of troops.
Could it be that the person who took action was the general of the Yue Kingdom? "
Because of the difficulty in disseminating information, the Dangyang front line also received news about the Guilian Yun war.
But they only learned from the defeated soldiers who escaped that Gui Lianyun had fought with three innate masters before he died in the battle, and finally died in the north of the city.
But how did he die, and what were the details of the fight?
But it’s not so clear.
So at this moment, Li Yanjing could only make inferences that were in line with his own knowledge based on his common sense.
That was the one who took action, the general of the Yue Kingdom.
Only a master of the second level of Xiantian, coupled with the cooperation of two Xiantian Grandmasters, can prevent an Xiantian Grandmaster from even being able to escape and be killed before thousands of troops.
As for the Yue Kingdom's second-level innate masters, there are currently only two known masters.
One is General Shen Qiu, and the other is Wu'an Hou Bai Mengyang.
But Bai Mengyang has been on the front line, and they even fought against him a few days ago. Naturally, they knew that this person could not sneak up on Gui Lianyun.
Then the only explanation left is Shen Qiu.
What, Lu Yuan?
Don't be ridiculous, a guy who has achieved innate talent for more than a year, you said he can kill a person who has achieved innate talent for more than ten years among thousands of armies.
Are you crazy, or am I crazy?
From beginning to end, the possibility of Lu Yuan killing Gui Lianyun did not appear in the minds of Zhou people.
Even at this time, news clearly came from Xiangyang that the leading generals of the Yue people approaching the city at this time were Changsha King Lu Yuan and Wuxuan Hou Yang Jing.
"Regardless of whether it is Shen Qiu who takes action or not, our top priority now is to withdraw our troops quickly and lead our troops back to Xiangyang City."
Zhang Chanyi also couldn't figure out how Gui Lianyun died, but it had already happened. It was useless for them to lament again. What they should do was how to make up for it.
Therefore, at this time, he said: "At this time, there are only 50,000 defenders in Xiangyang City, of which the actual number of soldiers is less than 10,000, and the rest are civilians.
If it hadn't been for the urgent arrival of General Dongzhu, the county would have been captured long ago.
But even so, facing the strong Yue troops, Xiangyang City was still in danger.
Moreover, I had no support at this time and did not return to Xiangyang early to establish contact.
I am afraid that all the troops on the front line here will be shaken and will find it difficult to fight again.
Therefore, leading the troops to retreat has become a top priority. "
Li Yanjing was naturally very clear about the current situation. He frowned and said, "We want to retreat, but the Yue people refuse to let us go. This is the reason why we are attacking the camp now.
There are tens of thousands of troops on the front line, and it may be impossible for them all to retreat.
In the end, I had to give up part of it and cut off the tail to survive, so that I could have a glimmer of hope. "
Zhang Chanyi said resolutely: "At this moment, even if you make some sacrifices, it is better than the whole army being wiped out. You go and arrange who will stay behind to break up the rear, who will be used as bait, and who will be taken away. All arrangements should be made."
Having said this, Zhang Chanyi stared at Li Yanjing and said word by word: "Time is running out. We must make preparations within these two days. Be careful not to leak the news to the army."
Hearing this, a trace of pain flashed in Li Yanjing's eyes, but he still nodded and said: "I understand, I will make arrangements later."
Zhang Chanyi nodded, then took a deep breath and closed his eyes: "Go."
Li Yanjing stood up, then walked out of the room with heavy steps.
Under the rising sun, the golden sunshine was shining. It was a time of great vitality, but the back of the general of Zuozhu Kingdom looked particularly lonely.
