At the time of the fierce battle in Liangmang in the north, Guangling Road, the hometown of Western Chu, officially restored the country with Jiang Si, the princess of Western Chu, as its leader.
The Jiedushi envoy sent by Liyang to Guangling Road, Sun Xiji, the former master of Western Chu, watched Liyang's court with cold eyes for twenty years, and finally waited for this opportunity.
The restoration of the Western Chu State was carried out under the banner of restoring the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, and it can be said that it was echoed by hundreds of people in the hometown of Western Chu.
When Western Chu was destroyed, even historians believed that "the emperor, his ministers and the people were not at fault." The fall of Western Chu was sadly regarded by countless scholars as "the sinking of the land of China."
At the beginning, in order to prevent one party from becoming dominant, Zhang Julu single-handedly created a situation in which "southerns went north to serve as ministers, and northerners went south to become generals." Although this move separated the two wealthy groups in Jiangnan and Beidi from their respective localities.
And that group of northern generals arrived at Guangling Road. Believe in your meritorious service to the country.
In addition, the imperial court took the lead in squeezing this fertile land, so there was no scruple in taking advantage of it.
As a result, these people have been continuously fishing all over Xichu.
After more than ten years, without real power, the only thing they can do is take turns to be the banker and take turns to plunder.
One can only imagine what the situation is like for the people living on this land.
This time when Western Chu regained its kingdom, in addition to conquering cities and villages all the way with Guangling Road with the help of internal forces, they also divided their troops to raid Yanjiao Lake between Guangling Road and Nanjing Ji.
This place is an artificial lake created after Liyang unified the world. It is said to be used to suppress the dragon energy left over from the Western Chu.
There is an island in the lake, and there is a warehouse built on the island, which is surrounded by heavy troops. It is specially used to store the yellow books produced every five years by the various states of the dynasty, which records the household registration, cultivated land and tax and service status of various places in Liyang. But the world doesn’t know that besides the yellow list of the head of the household department in the capital, there is also a more obscure file. Except for the chief minister of the dynasty, not to mention the various ministries and yamen, even the two chief officials of the provincial department of Zhongshu Province cannot mention it. , that is the register of armies in various places.
All this stems from the fact that when the late emperor ordered the compilation of the "Responsibilities of Various Ministries and Departments", he wanted to provide the accurate number of cultivated land in the world while also keeping military secrets, so he took a compromise method and posted the yellow records of farming and farming to many ministries and departments. Under Hezhou County, Guangling Road was originally the granary of the world. Now, these key information fell into the hands of Xi Chu.
According to the plan, the Liyang Dynasty divided into three groups, in addition to ordering the vassal kings in and near Guangling Road to go out. One group was led by the veteran general Lu Xiangsheng, the Minister of War, to sit at Youlu Pass.
On the other side, Yang Shenxing led 40,000 elite soldiers from Jinan and Chen Bing in the Western Henan area, leading a group of children from noble families who had been waiting for a long time. They wanted to take this opportunity to make military achievements and prepare for entering the court in the future.
On the last route, more than 30,000 cavalry troops led by Yan Zhenchun attacked from the East Yu Plain. The terrain there is broad and there is no danger, so it is the most suitable place for cavalry to gallop.
If it weren't for the fact that Yan Zhenchun had very little contact with the royal family in the capital, more people would actually want to join General Yan in order to gain more military glory earlier and more.
This time the restoration of the Western Chu Kingdom seems to be huge, but in the eyes of most people in Liyang Chaotang, it is just the remnants of the Western Chu.
It's not a matter of whether Xi Chu can be destroyed, but when.
If Li Yang really used all his strength, he could destroy Xi Chu in a snap of his fingers.
But if we really wait until Li Yang to destroy Xi Chu, then the infantry will not be able to move as fast as the cavalry on horseback.
I think back to that time when Dachu, the leader of the Spring and Autumn Kingdoms, not only had Ye Baikui, the Saint of Soldiers, who was the sea-fixing needle, but also had countless good generals, 120,000 euphorbia soldiers with peak infantry combat power, and countless gold and silver. The huge cavalry army that was fed, whether light or heavy, was invincible.
But these all disappeared with that battle.
Now after the restoration of the country, the strength of Western Chu mainly comes from the 20,000 "rebels" responsible for garrisoning the old capital of Western Chu, as well as the 80,000 troops accumulated in various military towns and passes, as well as the refugees buried everywhere. There are about thirty thousand bandits.
In addition, in order to open up the situation as soon as possible before the arrival of Liyang's troops, these troops were divided into four directions, making them appear to be very scattered.
There are obvious flaws everywhere.
Just relying on these rabble in the eyes of the ministers in the court, there is no way they can be the opponent of Li Yang with millions of armors.
What's more, there is also the newly promoted Minister of War, Chen Zhibao, the military sage personally named by Zhao Zhuan, who is holding the battle behind.
Once the war situation is unfavorable, it is the time for Chen Zhibao's Liyang new sword to make achievements.
At the beginning of the war, Liyang Anguo general Yang Shenxing rushed in with light troops. Without waiting for orders, he led 40,000 Jinan elite soldiers and went deep alone.
Western Henan has many mountainous areas and many rivers.
Yang Shenxing, an experienced veteran who has led troops for many years, should not act like this.
Unfortunately, behind this veteran who had experienced the Spring and Autumn National War, he was not alone.
His ability to thrive in Liyang Dynasty was inseparable from the support of the princes and nobles behind him.
The 40,000 infantry were fully manned and well supplied. Thanks to their operation in the court, the old soldiers of Jinan were not reduced even though the troops were reduced nationwide.
In order to make Yang Shenxing obedient this time, the people in the court allocated him five thousand war horses, as well as three thousand elite soldiers from the princes and nobles.
Now, it's his turn to repay them. Once he disobeys them, the consequences can be imagined.
Due to the persecution of those princes and nobles, Yang Shenxing had no choice but to send troops.
In addition, Cao Changqing is dead, the only people Xi Chu can use now are Pei Hongzhi, Zhou Song and Zhu Yinliang.
And these three veterans are confronting Guangling King Zhao Yi on the northern line of Guangling.
As long as he grabs the top spot, he can give an account to the people in the capital.
Even if someone from Western Chu dared to send troops to intercept, they would not be able to withstand this dominant army.
Compared with Yang Shenxing's optimistic attitude, Lu Xiangsheng, the coach, is worried. He has not been able to find out where the real main force of Xichu is now.
Zhao Gou, who was supposed to be able to play a role in this battle, lost all his elite backbone after the joint attacks of Zhu Jing and Fushui Zhai.
Even its leader, half-tongued counselor Yuan Benxi, died outside the Iron Gate due to King Yan's plan.
There was no one at the helm, and the old emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne, and a series of major events took place from the north to the south.
Even though Zhao Zhuan wanted to rebuild Zhao Gou, he failed due to the opposition of many courtiers.
Without the support of Zhao Gou's intelligence, even if Lu Xiangsheng wanted to investigate, it would be of no avail.
He once sent forty spies to investigate, but within three days, more than twenty of them died, and the remaining ten spies rebelled and joined Xi Chu.
Now the entire front line is in a state of darkness.
Lu Xiangsheng did not think that Cao Changqing left no backup plan before his death.
