The cold is gradually receding and spring is warming up.
Braving the early morning chill, the army marched meanderingly.
"Time flies so fast."
Lu Yuan looked at the endless long dragon and couldn't help but sigh: "In the blink of an eye, it's already the second year of the Northern Expedition."
Next to him, the second son Lu Hao failed to understand the melancholy in his father's words and said excitedly: "Yes, father, it's already the second year. This time we fight Liangdu, I must play, father, you You can’t stop me anymore.”
There were too many innate masters that needed to be mobilized for this Northern Expedition, so Lu Yuan did not give any special treatment.
Among his own cadres and his descendants, all those who were interested in the battlefield were brought out to let them experience the atmosphere of war.
The remaining ones who are unwilling will continue to stay in the country and be assigned to local counties to guard the local areas.
However, although he had the idea of training his children, they were still his own cubs after all. Besides training, Lu Yuan still paid great attention to their safety.
Therefore, when facing some battles with greater dangers, Lu Yuan always restrained several children and kept them close to him to prevent them from messing around.
This is exactly the case, so during last year's vast Northern Expedition, the princes and princesses led by Lu He and Lu Hao went to the battlefield several times, but they never fought a few serious battles.
He even had few fights with the enemy's innate masters, and basically bullied some innate weaklings.
Playing like this is great, but if you want to say how much training effect it has, it's really hard to say.
Anyway, as of now, Lu Hao is very dissatisfied.
Young people just yearn for the heroic joy of killing enemies in the midst of thousands of troops.
Instead of accepting the destiny step by step under the protection of parents.
Lu Yuan glanced at his energetic son and smiled helplessly: "Okay, okay, I won't stop you this time and let you go to the battlefield."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but ponder whether his protection of those children was a little too much.
The young eagle will eventually grow up and cannot stay under its own wings forever.
For a moment, Lu Yuan couldn't help but have the mentality of an old father.
Uh... something seems not quite right.
Well, with his longevity, these children probably won't be able to survive until they die.
From this aspect, he can really protect his children for the rest of their lives.
Silently sighing for his long life, Lu Yuan looked at his son who was extremely excited after receiving the agreement: "This time the Liang people gathered a million soldiers in Daliang. They also stationed troops in Shanyang, Rencheng, and Yingling. An army of nearly two million people.
Although I have deployed three million troops for the Northern Expedition this time, it is not that easy to break the defense of Daliang City.
If you want to go to the battlefield, my father will not object.
But we must remember that the killing scene is ruthless and nothing can be forced into anything.
In the face of the enemy's tempting moves, you must be careful and cautious, and you must not be ambushed and put yourself in a dangerous situation.
do you understand? "
Lu Hao patted his chest and said, "Father, don't worry, I have been on the battlefield before. If you know how powerful you are, you will never give anyone a chance."
Do you really know?
Seeing his son's confident appearance, Lu Yuan always felt a little uneasy.
I don’t know why, but this son has never learned his prudent attitude at all, and his character is nothing like his own.
He is almost forty, but he is still so reckless and frivolous.
If he hadn't been able to confirm that this boy was indeed his son based on blood induction, he would have thought that the queen had cuckolded him.
Alas, that’s all.
You have to worry about your own son.
With this kid like this, we can only keep an eye on him and arrange for one or two clones to take care of him to prevent anything from happening to him.
Lu Yuan shook his head, thinking so in his heart.
…
While Lu Yuan was still worried about his children's education, Daliang City in the north fell into panic again after receiving the news that the Chu army was heading north again.
Liang Palace.
"My lords, Chu soldiers have come to attack me again. They have reached Mengshan Mountain. How should I, Daliang, respond?"
Emperor Liang's voice was a little tired. He looked at the ministers summoned below and asked.
It is now the fifty-second year of his ascension to the throne. The high spirits at the beginning gradually faded into silence as time went by.
In recent years, due to the many difficulties faced by the Liang Kingdom, the constant hostility and siege from various countries have exhausted his energy.
Especially six years ago, after the great victory of the Liang State, Chu's betrayal led to domestic famine, and last year's shocking Northern Expedition directly interrupted the Liang State.
Under these numerous setbacks, the once dominant leader in Qingzhou completely disappeared.
Instead, there was an old man who was weak and exhausted.
Although judging from Emperor Liang's innate cultivation, the current age of only seventy-two years is just in the prime of life, and there are still great years to enjoy in the future.
But his biggest wish now does not have any ambitions. The only thing he wants in his heart is to preserve the last country of Liang, the country, and continue the legacy of his ancestors.
This was Emperor Liang's only wish.
However, Chu people were unwilling to satisfy his remaining wish.
Now three million Chu troops came in force and took away his six counties. Not satisfied, they wanted to take away the entire Qingzhou and completely destroy the Liang Kingdom.
How greedy this is, how abominable this is.
This is so intolerable.
Emperor Liang found that he now hated the Chu people so much and regretted that he had not wiped out the Chu country at all costs when it first rose.
"Your Majesty, the Chu army is powerful and unstoppable."
Among the crowd below, Yang Chen, a veteran general of the Liang Kingdom and Lord of Changyi, stood up and said: "In my opinion, our army is still defending Daliang City as it was last year, waiting for the enemy to retreat.
The Chu people moved from west to east and provoked countless enemies. The foreign tribes in the Western Regions, the Wei people, the Zhao people, our Liang people, and the Zheng people, with battle lines stretching for tens of thousands of miles, were all their enemies.
To fight against so many enemies at the same time, tens of millions of troops would be needed.
Moreover, in the Lingnan area, it was attacked by fire and the people were migrating, which cost tens of millions of people.
It cost so much that even if the Chu people cultivated themselves for thirty years and no matter how much national power they saved, they would never be able to sustain such consumption for too long.
We don't need to do much. We just need to wait for their food to run out and then we can retreat the Chu soldiers. "
Yang Chen expressed the views of most people today.
That means the Chu army cannot last long.
After all, the consumption of tens of millions of people is almost equivalent to the total population of the hegemons such as Zhao and Xu.
No matter how powerful the Chu State is, it cannot support such a large unproductive population for too long. After a long time, it will naturally retreat due to exhaustion of national power.
In fact, many people are surprised and incredible that Chu State can survive until now.
Most people believe that under normal circumstances, the Chu army should have been unable to hold on last autumn.
Who would have thought that not only had they survived last autumn, but also this spring, the Chu army would not take a moment to calm down, and would go on the offensive again.
This is really incredible, and many people can’t figure it out.
"It won't be so easy to wait for the Chu army to retreat. If the Chu army is not sure, how can it be possible for the Chu army to make another northern expedition this time. It is just wishful thinking on our part to use up their food supply."
After listening to Yang Chen's words, Emperor Liang shook his head, quite disappointed.
Although he didn't know how much food Chu still had in stock, he knew that there was no small matter for a military strategist.
As the most famous general in the world, how could Emperor Chu Lu Yuan not be aware of the hidden danger of food shortage in the army.
Last year, the Chu army retreated once due to lack of food, and suffered this loss.
Now that it is coming back, how could we not take precautions and prepare enough food?
Therefore, if Liang Jun still wants to wait for the Chu army to retreat with the naive idea of waiting for the enemy to run out of food, that is definitely a good idea.
Chu State will not give them a chance.
"Even if the Chu army has enough money and food and is not worried about food shortage, the beams are strong enough to stop the Chu army."
Seeing that Emperor Liang was a little pessimistic, Yang Chen hurriedly said: "I have 300,000 elite soldiers in Daliang City. Outside Daliang City, there are 400,000 soldiers and horses guarding us, and we have set up a company camp for fifty miles.
Similarly, there are 500,000 troops distributed in various towns in Liang County, each guarding the big city. There are also local militia groups to help, which is enough to defend against the enemy.
With 1.2 million troops and horses here, even if 3 million Chu troops came to attack, they would never be able to break through Liang County.
It's hard to say whether he can even touch the edge of the beam.
Your Majesty, why should you worry? "
When the Chu army came last year, Liang Guo was indeed in a panic for a while.
But after the initial panic, when the Liang Kingdom's monarchs and ministers came to their senses, the true potential of this country, which was originally the world's largest hegemon, immediately burst out.
Even though nearly half of the territory was lost, the remaining half of the Liang Kingdom still had a population of nearly 40 million.
In a life-and-death crisis, Liang Guo mobilized an army of four million troops in a short period of time.
Of these four million troops, except for one million who were distributed in Qingping and Jiaodong counties on the eastern front, they were used to defend against the Chu and Tang armies.
Almost all of the remaining three million people were stationed on the Western Front to resist the invasion of Chu.
As for Daliang, where the capital is located, 1.2 million people were allocated, most of whom were elite and strong.
Judging from the defensive advantage, although the Chu army was large in number, it was only about three times the number of Liang County defenders.
This gap is enough to be smoothed out by relying on the advantage of the city wall.
"This is just common sense, but how many times has the Chu Army followed common sense since it started?"
Emperor Liang shook his head: "If we follow common sense, how can Emperor Chu, a hunter, dominate the south of the Yangtze River, and now we, Daliang, have just conquered and are on the verge of subjugation?
If it were common sense, how could the Chu people send tens of millions of troops without any logistical concerns?
Now we seem to have no worries, but if the Chu army surprises us again, no one knows whether the beam can be defended.
Don't forget, that Chu Emperor Lu Yuan is now the last monk in Kyushu.
He alone has the ability to turn the tide of the battle with his magic. Although he has never shown his magic, we must be on guard.
What's more, as the imperial capital, Daliang has been besieged several times. What a shame for our country's face?
When the people of the country saw it, how did their hearts fluctuate?
If possible, we should still block the Chu army from the country's gates and prevent them from attacking our capital. "
With the rise of the Chu State, especially last year, it made a big splash, defeating the first and second most powerful countries in the world and shocking the world.
People all over the world became enthusiastic about the study of Chu Emperor Lu Yuan who had created all this.
As the research deepened, all kinds of incredible things about Lu Yuan gradually became known.
Things that everyone didn’t believe before.
For example, the rumor that the Qinghuang real person is the clone of Emperor Chu has gradually become believed.
Otherwise, how can you explain that the forty or fifty masters who are almost equivalent to the second level of Xiantian suddenly appeared within the Chu Kingdom.
This is equivalent to the total number of innates in the entire Liang Kingdom.
Chu State suddenly appeared.
Apart from immortality and Taoism, what other reasonable explanation can there be for this?
And with this magical miracle in front of him, no one can guarantee that Chu Emperor Lu Yuan will not create a second miracle.
Therefore, Emperor Liang did not agree with the naive idea that the Chu army could be forced to retreat simply by defending.
Facing his Majesty's question, Yang Chen was also speechless.
Could he not know what Emperor Liang said?
of course I know.
But what can I do if I know?
Emperor Chu is so defiant and he knows magic, what can you do to him?
Nothing can be done.
Now that all the monks in Jiuzhou have fled, the remaining immortal sects only have the name of immortal sect, with more innate masters.
In essence, it is no different from those Jianghu sects.
Under this current situation, what do you think about Emperor Chu, who is rumored to be comparable to those first-rate Tao masters before Jiuzhou ascended?
Not an opponent at all, okay.
Facing this kind of incomprehensible person, all they can do is try their best to cover up and ignore it, and comfort themselves in their hearts.
Now that the emperor has revealed this matter, what is the use besides damaging his own morale?
However, the emperor was worried about the humiliation of his ministers. In the face of Emperor Liang's doubts, Yang Chen could only say: "If your majesty is worried, I am willing to personally lead the troops to Mengshan to block the enemy for our Daliang and prevent the Chu thieves from invading our imperial capital."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound in the hall.
"No!"
"No, General!"
Several important ministers ran out from both sides, and all saluted Emperor Liang and Yang Chen.
"Your Majesty, the general is an important minister of the country. It is appropriate to sit in the capital and not to move lightly."
"That's right. As a general, how can you personally be involved in danger? If something goes wrong, the foundation of the country will be shaken!"
"There are other famous generals in the country. General Yan Yunqing Yan is currently in Shanyang County. If your Majesty is worried about the safety of Liang, you can order him to come to the capital and let General Yan deploy the defense of Liang County. There is no need to use a general."
Everyone discouraged him.
In recent years, due to frequent wars, the Liang Kingdom has produced many famous generals.
Among them are Bao Dajie, the magic arrow who defeated a million enemies with three arrows on a snowy night; Luo Yuanzai, a lone soldier who defended a fortified city and held off a country's enemies for three years with an iron wall; and Yan Yunqing, who defeated a million soldiers in the battle of Changyuan. .
The above people are all the rising generals of Liang Kingdom.
However, stars rise quickly and fall quickly.
The situation around Liang State is too bad. Almost all of them are enemy countries, and there is no truce every year.
Faced with long-term, frequent and cruel wars, even famous generals will inevitably die immediately.
Divine Arrow Bao Dajie and Iron Wall Luo Yuanzai both died on the battlefield with the enemy in the wars over the years.
Yan Yunqing, who is currently very popular in the Liang Kingdom, will probably not be able to avoid this fate if nothing unexpected happens.
The only famous general who has stood in the Liang Dynasty Hall for a long time and is alive and well is the Changyi Lord Yang Chen in front of him.
And the secret to his longevity is that he rarely goes to the front lines of the battlefield, stays at the rear, and lets others work hard, so that he can naturally enjoy wealth and wealth.
As one of the top noble families in the Liang Kingdom, Yang Chen was different from Yan Yunqing, Bao Dajie, Luo Yuanzai and others who came from the grassroots.
He is the core ruling class and the trump card that the royal family and ministers rely on to rule the country. Naturally, he cannot be wasted on the battlefield.
With Yang Chen here, the imperial court has a front that can check and balance those famous generals who have risen from the bottom, and it is an important bargaining chip for them to gather power.
If something goes wrong with Yang Chen, then the imperial court will lose an important deterrent.
In the future, how to check and balance the rising generals such as Yan Yunqing?
When the Chu army comes this time, it doesn't matter if the Liang army is defeated, or even if the beam is lost, it doesn't matter.
Without Liang County and Daliang, Liang still has seven counties in the eastern region, and an army of three million, and there is still a chance of a comeback.
With these, the royal family and ministers can still dominate the tens of thousands of Liang people and continue to enjoy wealth and honor.
But without Yang Chen, it's hard to say whether this whole court of ministers, including Emperor Liang who is sitting above them, can continue to maintain their current position of power.
In the past, when the Liang Kingdom was on the rise and at its peak, Emperor Liang's prestige was at its peak, and he could naturally suppress both the government and the public.
At that time, Yang Chen might not be able to influence Guo Zuo.
But now the Liang Kingdom is in decline and is almost on the verge of annihilation. Emperor Liang's prestige has also been almost completely lost in successive defeats.
At this time, a general who can powerfully safeguard the interests of the royal family and ministers becomes extremely precious and important.
Therefore, seeing that Yang Chen wanted to take risks, many ministers with an interest in him immediately stood up to dissuade him.
Looking at this scene, Emperor Liang opened his mouth. Finally, thinking of his own interests, he suppressed the words in his heart and just said: "The ministers are right. The general is related to the important responsibilities of the country and should not be lightly touched."
Yang Chen seemed to have expected this kind of scene. He didn't say anything when he heard this. He just saluted and said: "Since your Majesty doesn't want me to take action, then that's it. But your Majesty is really worried and sincere.
Today's Chu State can't deal with it without our own strength.
With an army of 1.2 million, I may be unable to defend myself against the Chu army of 3 million, and it is not safe enough.
Xu State also had an army of 500,000 troops stationed in Dongping County and Le'an County, and there were also a million troops in its country.
I, Daliang, are now blocking the Chu people for him. This is to protect him from disasters. How can the Xu people only provide a little money and food?
Please send an envoy to the State of Xu to ask the people of Xu to send troops to help me resist the people of Chu. "
Yang Chen's plan failed, so he tried another plan.
This time Emperor Liang didn't say anything. He nodded and said, "That's right!"
The important officials in the hall also responded one after another.
The general is right, the Chu people are everyone's enemies. Why should everyone be dragged into the water if only one of his own family bleeds and sacrifices.
Don't even think about running away, Xu Ren.
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