'I think when my Da Chu's true purpose is revealed, the world will definitely be shocked. '
Lu Yuan thought this, looked down and after explaining his purpose, he looked nervously at his Zheng envoy Li Hu, and said with a smile: "Since Zheng is so kind, and you and I have always been on good terms, now your country has It’s difficult. Naturally, I, the great Chu, cannot just sit back and watch. I agree to send troops.”
Li Hu was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness..."
"Hey, I haven't finished speaking yet."
Lu Yuan interrupted Li Hu's words, and then said seriously: "After all, Yangxia County is far away from our homeland of Dachu. It will be inconvenient for me to transport food and supplies here. Therefore, if the State of Zheng wants to send troops to Dachu, it must first be in Yangxia." Xiajun reserves enough supplies for one million soldiers and horses for half a year.
In this way, our army will not be in danger of shortage of supplies.
Envoy, what do you think? Will Zheng Guo agree to my request? "
Looking at Emperor Chu's serious gaze, Li Hu felt a burst of pressure, but he thought that he had given away even a county, and the sacrifice was already so great.
Although the military supplies for one million people for half a year are large, they are just what is needed to deal with the Liang people.
Otherwise, you can't just invite people to support the place and end up having people bring their own dry food, right?
Chu State is not such a victim!
Thinking of this, Li Hu finally made up his mind, raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, I agree to this request on behalf of our country."
Lu Yuan smiled when he heard this: "The messenger is righteous. I will host a banquet in the palace tonight, and Li Qing will definitely enjoy it."
After the mission was completed, Li Hu relaxed a lot. Facing the invitation from Emperor Chu, a smile appeared on his face: "I'm here, my dearest minister. Thank you, Your Majesty."
That night, in the south and north, in Chang'an Wei Palace and Baling Chu Palace, there was endless singing and dancing, and the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves.
…
Lu Yuan moved very quickly.
After hosting a banquet to receive Zheng's envoy Li Hu, Sun Siwen, the prime minister, was asked to discuss more relevant cooperation details with him the next day.
He himself found Zhou Qing to discuss the matter with the general.
The path in the forest is deep, and the sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves and branches and falls in the forest, making it brilliantly golden.
Lu Yuan walked on the cobblestone path in the mountains, followed by Zhou Qing, saying: "I have decided to send a partial army to Yangxia County of Zheng State to attract the attention of Liang State and coordinate our southern battlefield on the Yangtze River."
"His Majesty……"
Zhou Qing just started talking, but was interrupted by Lu Yuan: "Today is just a discussion between master and disciple. I don't call me, and you don't need to call me emperor. That's why I chose to talk here. Xiao Qing, I'd better say I like you to call me master."
Looking at the elders he respected in front of him, Zhou Qing seemed to have gone back fifty years ago, when he and his master were still in Chang Ning. His heart warmed and he nodded: "Yes, master."
Lu Yuan nodded with satisfaction: "That's right."
Since becoming emperor, he has become more and more aware of what it means to be alone.
The courtiers, palace servants, eunuchs, concubines, and even the queen and her children all respected Lu Yuan more than they had feelings for him. Everything seemed to revolve around power and interests, and was always in intrigue.
In the entire Chu State, or in other words, the entire world, the only ones who could still treat me with their original intentions were Zhou Qing and Sun Siwen who had been with him since the beginning and helped him get to where he is today.
Therefore, Lu Yuan has always treated these two friends and disciples very little. Except for maintaining the majesty of the emperor in public, in private he always addresses them by their first names and masters as much as possible, without distinguishing between master and slave.
The purpose is to maintain this true feeling and not let it be mixed with other things.
There was a little sadness in his heart, but Lu Yuandao was determined. For the sake of his great cause and immortality, he quickly gathered his thoughts and asked, "Now tell me your opinion."
"Yes, Master."
Zhou Qing nodded, and then said: "My disciple believes that since we are going to send troops to Yangxia County this time, we should focus on elite soldiers and strong generals. Yangxia County is located in Yuzhou. To us, Dachu, it is a flying island hanging overseas. Land, once something happens over there, we and other local people will not be able to respond in time and provide support.
Although the support of Zheng Guo this time could temporarily solve the material consumption of the expeditionary army, the other party only guaranteed the supply of materials for one million people for half a year. Even Zheng Guo's national power would be difficult to provide.
Moreover, the real purpose of Da Chu's dispatch of troops this time is to attract the attention of the Liang people and divert their energy and troops to the east, thus ignoring the southern border and creating opportunities for our army to cross the Yangtze River and march north.
Once this purpose is exposed, the Wei and Liang kingdoms are defeated by me. Can the other countries in Kyushu not feel frightened and panic when they see this?
With his lips dead and his teeth cold, Zheng Guo will not provide any help even if he turns his friend into his enemy and attacks our Yangxia County army with a backhand.
By then, the millions of troops far away in Yuzhou, surrounded by wolves, will have to rely on themselves for everything.
At that time, Yangxia County alone could not supply too many troops. Even if the army here later made some gains, maintaining its own consumption would be the limit.
Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the army on this road, the expedition soldiers must be elite, able to endure hard and long battles, and the generals must also be brave and capable, good at fighting tough battles.
Otherwise, it would not be enough to support the situation in Yangxia County. "
Zhou Qing gave his own opinion. Elite soldiers and strong generals can endure hard battles.
After listening to this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but ponder, and after a long time he said: "What you said makes sense. The situation in Yangxia County is indeed not suitable for letting too many people pass. And in order to maintain sufficient combat power of the unit, elites must be selected.
How about this.
Among the three million veterans in the country, I allocated one million to form a separate Yangxia camp, with Huang Xuan as the general manager.
At the same time, in addition to the real people who command the various troops and horses, the camp generals will also transfer your five junior brothers, as well as Shen Qiu, Yin Huixuan, Shangguan Ming and other Jiangdong generals, to Huang Xuan's direct deployment.
In this way, the camp has a total of nineteen masters above Xiantian. "
Needless to say, Huang Xuan, the general manager of this newly formed Yangxia camp, is Lu Yuan's first clone. Although in his eyes, he is no different from the other clones, they are all extensions of his own will.
But in the eyes of the world, this man participated in the conquest of the southwest barbarians, opened up the valley county, and showed great success in the Battle of Chu and Ning. He defeated the Ning army and captured the Yuzhang County, which laid a key step for Chu's subsequent victory. This country's veteran general who has been in Jiangdong for decades is actually one of the most famous generals in Chu State.
Qingyunzi led a surprise attack on Hanzhong, destroyed the Nanhai Kingdom, and captured Jian'an County; Huang Xin led the army to pacify Yongxi, commanded the Tibetan tribes in the snowy plains, descended to Xiliang, and guarded Hanzhong for decades, repeatedly defeating the barbarians in the northwest.
These three people are all recognized by the world as the most famous generals in Chu country after Chu Emperor Lu Yuan, and they are all capable of destroying the country.
Lu Yuan sent Huang Xuan out not because of his ability. In fact, all his clones had the same wisdom except for their own combat power.
What he used was Huang Xuan's reputation in the minds of outsiders.
Just imagine, Chu State has sent out a famous general in the world. How dare Liang State ignore him?
And except for Huang Xuan, the subordinates assigned to him by Lu Yuan were not fuel-efficient either.
Not to mention his five major disciples, they were veterans who he trained and fought with for fifty years.
Let's not talk about personal force. There will never be any problem in leading troops to fight.
As for Shen Qiu and Yin Huixuan, one of them was the original leader of Ning Kingdom, and the other was the original number one person in the Jiangnan martial arts world. They were absolutely equal in terms of status.
His strength is already at the second level of Xiantian, ranking among the top echelons in the world.
Even Shangguan Ming is a veteran who has been innate for fifty years. His strength is not bad, and his methods of leading troops in battle are not much different from those of a veteran who has fought many battles.
Lu Yuan allocated these people to the Yangxia camp, and with the addition of millions of veterans, it was definitely a high allocation.
Zhou Qing also knew that this configuration was powerful. After hearing the arrangement, he couldn't help but nodded: "With these veteran generals here, Yangxia camp should be no problem."
Lu Yuan smiled and said: "Not only that, if the monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom in the north hear the details of my Yangxia camp, I am afraid they will not be able to sleep day and night, because the beacon is keeping an eye on the east."
Zhou Qing hesitated: "What does master mean?"
Lu Yuandan said calmly: "Since the original intention of setting up Yangxia Camp is to attract Liang people's troops, it is natural to let it play its due role.
After some time, when the camp personnel are fully deployed and the troops have been sent to Yangxia County, they have established a firm foothold there.
The news about this camp can be released in time and let those Liang people know. "
Zhou Qing nodded: "Yes, the disciple will ask someone to do it when the time comes."
"Then leave it to you."
Lu Yuan made arrangements casually, and then said: "This is how the matter of the Yangxia Camp has been settled. In this way, one of the original five major camps has been established, and there are still four camps to be arranged.
However, recently, Huang Yun and Li Liang, who I sent as envoys to Wei State, reported back that Wei State’s strength in the western region is much stronger than originally predicted..."
He briefly talked to Zhou Qing about what Huang Yun had seen about the tough villagers in Wei's township, and then said: "To sum up, the soldiers and horses that Wei can use in the western border are not ours." The original thought was 150 people, 22.5 million people, or even 3 million people.
Judging from this, the Hanzhong partial army we originally arranged would be somewhat difficult to deal with the situation inside the pass and Shuofang. "
The Hanzhong branch army originally arranged was only part of Wei Guoxing's camp. The subordinate troops only had 200,000 soldiers, 800,000 civilians, and five innate people. Their strength was not very strong.
It is just a supplement to the plan to destroy Wei, not the main force.
But now, as more information from Wei comes back, the original arrangement is out of touch with actual needs and must be modified and supplemented.
Moreover, disciple Han Shun, who was originally scheduled to be placed in Hanzhong, has now decided to be transferred to Yangxia County, and arrangements must be made in time.
Lu Yuan expressed what he meant, and then continued: "It just so happens that the Yangxia Camp only needs elite soldiers and strong generals, so the two million civilians originally assigned to them will be freed up.
There are also more than 200,000 soldiers in the camp.
I plan to assign these 200,000 soldiers and 1.2 million civilians to Huang Xin, and add an additional camp, who will be the general manager of the camp and be responsible for setting up the Hanzhong camp.
Send five more innate masters over.
In this way, the Hanzhong camp will have 400,000 soldiers, 2 million civilians, and ten innates, who are enough to take up the responsibility.
As for the two counties of Henan and Nanyang in the eastern border of Wei State, Heyang camp was established, with Qingyunzi as the general manager of the camp.
This camp is equipped with one million soldiers, two million civilians, and nineteen innate masters. They coordinate with the Hanzhong camp in the east and west, and are responsible for destroying Wei. "
The Yangxia camp was responsible for attracting the firepower of Liang State, the Hanzhong and Heyang camps were responsible for destroying Wei, and the third of the six major camps of the Chu State's Northern Expedition was determined.
"Yangxia's camp has one million soldiers, nineteen of whom are innate."
Hanzhong camped with 400,000 soldiers, 2 million civilians, and 10 Xiantian soldiers.
There are one million soldiers in the Heyang camp, two million civilians, and nineteen people.
In this way, there are 2.4 million soldiers, 4 million civilians, and 48 innate people. '
After listening to his master's arrangements, Zhou Qing slowly counted the number of troops and horses in his mind, and then said: "Master, in this case, after arranging these three camps, our great Chu will only have 3.6 million soldiers left. , eight million civilians, and sixty-seven innate masters, have not yet been arranged."
"Yes, there are still these people."
Lu Yuan nodded: "I plan to divide these people into three camps: west, middle and east. The west camp will have Huang Lin as the general manager, leading 1.2 million soldiers, 2 million civilians, and 20 innate people. .
He was responsible for crossing the river from Jiangxia County of Liang State to the north. Along the way, he was responsible for capturing the three counties of Jiangxia, Xingyang and Jiyin of Liang State and taking their eastern border.
After taking the entire eastern part of Liang State, he led his troops and stationed them on the spot to guard against the troops of Wei and Zhao in the west and north.
I will personally serve as the commander of the camp in the middle, leading 1.6 million soldiers, 2.5 million civilians, and 25 innate people.
For the camp on the east road, Qing Xuanzi was the general manager of the camp, leading 800,000 soldiers, 1.5 million civilians, and 15 innate people.
The two camps in the middle and east routes first crossed the river from Guangling County together. Taking advantage of the Liang Kingdom's main force being attracted by the Yangxia camp and the empty southern border and domestic emptiness, they quickly captured the Liang Kingdom's three prefectures of Guangling and Donghai County in the north of the Yangtze River.
Then the two groups camped and separated.
The camp on the east road continued eastward and captured Chengyang, Rencheng, Yingling, Jiaodong and other counties in the south and southeast of Liang State along the way, striving to open the road to Yangxia County in Yuzhou and compete with the Yangxia Camp led by Huang Xuan. Reunion.
I will continue to lead the main force in the middle to attack Liang County in the north, attack Daliang City in Liang's capital, attract its main force to return for reinforcements, and threaten the central and northern counties.
At the same time, he stood firm here, waiting for the two camps on the East Road and Yangxia Road to join forces, and then led his troops to outflank him from behind, annihilating the last remnants of the Liang Kingdom near Daliang in one fell swoop, and destroying the Sheji Kingdom Zuo. "
Lu Yuan described the plan he had thought up during these days to destroy the Liang Dynasty. He divided the camp into four routes and marched from all sides. It included maneuvering the tiger away from the mountain, avoiding the real situation and attacking the weak, echoing the left and right, directly attacking the Huanglong, attacking its vital points, making thousands of detours, etc. Match the layout.
It can be said that he has brought his military style, his advantage of avatars, and the Chu army's ability to make roundabouts to the extreme.
Otherwise, most people would not be able to move forward with such a complicated plan and such a large-scale mobilization of troops.
Lu Yuan was able to do this because of fifty years of building the Chu army, his rich experience in commanding troops, and most importantly, the immortal method of creating clones.
Cultivation of immortality and military skills are the core of mobilizing tens of millions of troops this time.
Aren’t ordinary people just unable to use this method of the Immortal Family?
After Zhou Qing heard his master's plan, he sighed in admiration: "If we follow this plan, the Liang Kingdom will perish."
Facing Lu Yuan's series of combined punches, tens of millions of soldiers and horses used their strength together. If they could really reach a coordinated response, no one in this world could stop them.
Liang Guo can't.
Even the Chu State that launched this plan would be very upset if someone attacked them like this without being prepared.
However, after Zhou Qing sighed, he still felt that he was still unfinished and asked: "Master, apart from the arrangements from above, there are still two million civilians and seven innates left. Will these people not move?"
Lu Yuan smiled when he heard this: "I don't want to use these people for the time being, but plan to stay in the country. I have thought about it these days. The country has drawn tens of millions of soldiers and horses, and more than a hundred innates. Almost the whole country has been wiped out. .
But originally there were only fourteen innates left in the country, as well as some local soldiers and civilian warriors, so the defense was still too empty.
If we want to defend the southwest, Lingnan, Hanzhong, eastern coastal areas of the country, and the heart of the country, it is really difficult to completely take into account.
Therefore, I plan to leave one general behind and lead the remaining six innates, as well as the original fourteen innates, a total of twenty-one people, to stay in the middle of the country and guard their hometown.
At the same time, the two million civilians who were left behind were trained according to the requirements of local prefecture and county soldiers to strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
In this way, although it will further increase the logistical pressure, it can ensure a retreat and the costs are affordable. "
Having said this, Lu Yuan looked at Zhou Qing and said: "The position of the left-behind general in the country is too important and cannot be held by anyone but a close confidant. I want you to take over this position, Xiao Qing, are you willing?"
Zhou Qing was silent for a moment, then nodded: "My disciple is willing, and I swear to protect Da Chu for my master."
Hearing this, Lu Yuan smiled and patted the eldest disciple on the shoulder: "I know that I asked you to withdraw from the Northern Expedition and not be able to participate in meritorious service, which is a bit aggrieved. Don't worry, after Liang Wei is destroyed, the remaining Zhao, Xu, Zheng, Tang, Xu, Jin and other countries, I will let you be the commander of the army, and you will personally destroy a country and make meritorious deeds."
Zhou Qing shook his head: "Master, you know your disciples. I don't care about these false names. In this life, I only hope that my country will be prosperous and everything in the world will be peaceful."
Lu Yuan laughed: "Well said, you are worthy of being my most proud disciple. Such a big heart and magnanimity make you a hero in the world."
…
A few months later.
Shenwu forty years, September and autumn.
After months of preparations and momentum building, the matter of Zheng Guo ceding territory to Chu State, which was causing turmoil in Kyushu, finally came to an end.
Faced with Liang's protest, Chu State still sent troops to Yangxia forcefully.
He also sent the famous general Huang Xuan to lead the army, and established the Yangxia camp on the spot in Yangxia County ceded by Zheng State. He commanded millions of troops to threaten the eastern border of Liang State.
The entire Liang Kingdom was deeply disturbed by this.
So Emperor Liang ordered the formation of a Jiaodong camp, which also gathered millions of troops, to compete with Chu's Yangxia camp.
For a time, the smell of war filled the air between Chu and Liang, and a war was about to break out.
The world's nine states are once again turbulent and clouded with war because of the confrontation between the world's largest and second largest powers.
Chu State's Northern Expedition officially kicked off.
