On Qiyan's side, the official alliance kicked off, worshiping the emperor and worshiping the gods of mountains and rivers. Finally, all the armies trained together to strengthen the cooperation between the armies. When everything was in full swing, Ji Wan had already led the army to arrive. To the land of Shenlu.
There were many vassal states between Luoyi and Chu, and they all responded to Ji Wan's call and led their own armies to follow the emperor.
Looking at the majestic army, Ji Wan was very proud. During the banquet, the princes praised him with beautiful words, even more disgusting than those of Youhou and Jihou.
"Is Suibo here?" Ji Wan suddenly thought of someone and asked the attendant. Youhou was a little angry with these southern barbarians. When he heard Ji Wanzhi's question, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, Suibo is guarding Suibo." The country was on the front line facing the Chu barbarians and did not dare to move lightly, so none of the five leaders of the Han River Kingdom came."
Ji Wan drank a glass of wine, shook his head and said, "When the Heavenly Army arrives, the Chu barbarians will surely descend on the wind, so why be so cautious."
Youhou quickly nodded in agreement. Hanhou, who was also serving at his side, originally wanted to step forward to explain the importance of these five countries, but after thinking about it, if he wanted to explain it, he would definitely mention Luosu, which might have the opposite effect, so he directly Silenced.
The five kingdoms along the Han River were all established by Luo Su.
When Xiong Dun was arrogant and uncontrollable, the princes in Zhennan organized coalition forces to attack Xiong Dun many times, but were defeated many times and lost their troops. At that time, Luo Su had already realized that Xiong Dun was probably a rare god of war.
Luosu didn't know how to lead an army, but he knew that this kind of person was invincible on the battlefield. To defeat him, he could only drag him into a situation he was familiar with.
Therefore, he decisively stopped the call to attack Chu again and asked the generals to build a line of defense that could trap Xiong Dun in Chu. He would be responsible for the army's population, money and food.
Luo Su's method was to realize that although Xiong Dun had an elite army, the number of people was small. Although the entire Chu country had a lot of land, most of it was empty land with no population, so Luo Su forced Xiong Dun to compete with him for the consumption of money and food. It is naturally impossible to use the population, money and food of one place against the population, money and food of the whole world.
In the end, this line of defense built by the five kingdoms of Deng, Lu, Fu, Tang, and Sui appeared along the Han River. These five kingdoms were horns with each other and had a convenient view. Once Xiong Dun came to attack, they would clear the country and defend the city. Then seek opportunities to cut off its food channels.
This kind of tactics made the Chu army dare not cross the Han River to attack. Xiong Dun was disgusted, but it was impossible to take out the city with a small population.
As for why the kings of the Five Kingdoms are so obedient, it is mainly because Luo Su has a strong personality and is somewhat arbitrary. For his orders, there are only two options: execution and thorough execution.
The fate of many nobles in the past has proved that Luo Su will reprimand them for any slight violation of the rules. If this leads to a big defeat, it will definitely result in the seizure of the title and the destruction of the country.
So far, Xiong Dun has not broken through this line of defense, which is why he was overjoyed when he heard that Luo Su had abandoned his official post.
Luosu's method of not charging head-on, but stabbing people slowly with soft knives is simply a way to defeat him. Fortunately, he has achieved some results in heading south and west over the years, otherwise he would be so frustrated that he would vomit blood.
Although the news of Luo Su's abandonment of office had spread throughout the Xia kingdoms, he had accumulated too much power, and the five princes still did not dare to leave their defense lines until now, for fear that Luo Su would return to Luoyi and punish them.
In fact, these people are in constant panic. They dare not leave. But now that Luo Su has left Wang Ji, is it necessary for these five countries to exist? Will the three ruling princes in Wang Ji replenish their population? Soldiers, horses, food and grass, these are all very real problems before them.
After Ji Wan held a banquet with the princes in Shen and Lu, he prepared to go directly south to one of the five kingdoms of Han River. At that time, only the Han River was left between Chu and Chu. In his expectation, a hundred thousand troops would cross the Han River. How could Xiong Dun resist the water?
In Ji Wan's view, the ancestor King Wu was able to defeat the Yin and Shang armies with a small number in Muye and determine the world in one battle. King Su was able to defeat the rebels in a single battle by the Luoshui River, and then conquered the entire eastern kingdom with overwhelming force. He Isn't it easy for the emperor of Bangzhou and the descendant of the two kings to defeat a mere southern barbarian prince?
When the army arrived at the Five Kingdoms of Han River, they were stationed in Deng, Lu, and Bo Kingdoms to rest and prepare for subsequent cross-river operations.
Xiong Dun, who had been waiting for Ji Wan in Chu Di for a long time, immediately sent an envoy to inquire about the importance of the title when he heard the news that Ji Wan had arrived.
When they heard that there were envoys from Chu asking to see the emperor, Ji Wan, Youhou, Jihou and others thought that Xiong Dun was afraid of the emperor's army and wanted to ask for peace, and they were quite proud.
Ji Wan received the Chu envoy in Deng Bo's palace. He was protected by a layer of burly guards and accompanied by several important princes. The Chu envoy was a tall man with no timidity on his face.
When the envoy entered the palace, he did not salute, but only slightly cupped his hands, "Foreign minister Jing Lin, my king..."
Before he could continue, the Marquis of Han jumped out angrily and shouted: "How dare you, a traitor? Xiong Dun is not a viscount, how dare you arrogantly claim the throne in front of the emperor? Do you think I don't dare to kill you?"
Ji Wan's face also turned livid instantly. He didn't expect that Xiong Dun was so reckless about life and death. The heavenly army had arrived and his death was right in front of him, yet he dared to speak so brazenly.
He had even begun to consider Yuki Erhou's strategy.
Faced with the angry rebuke of the Marquis of Han, the Chu minister Jing Lin showed no fear and still said Shi Shiran: "My king asked the emperor of Zhou whether he knew which one is heavier, the great tripod of Chu or the nine tripods of Luoyi?"
"bass!"
"Bang!"
This time, not only the Marquis of Han, but almost everyone glared at the envoy from Chu. Emperor Ji Wan was completely unable to restrain the anger in his heart.
"Xiong Dun! Looking for death!"
"You thief, please go back and tell Xiong Dun to wait. I will cut his body into five pieces and his chariot will be broken into pieces and he will die!"
Ji Wan's angry voice could only be heard in the entire hall. He drew out the guard's sharp sword, slashed it hard on the table in front of him, and roared: "Send troops immediately! I will execute Xiong Dun immediately with the most cruel method. .”
Although Hanhou was angry, he still had reason. When he heard Ji Wan's chaos, he quickly admonished: "Your Majesty, please don't. Our army has been marching for days and is exhausted. If we fight across the river like this, we will definitely lose!"
But Ji Wanzheng was so angry that he didn't hear such words. He immediately shouted at the Second Marquis Yuki: "Are you not following my orders?"
The Second Marquis of Yuji also felt that he could not send troops, but he did not dare to disobey Ji Wan's order, so he could only order the armies to attack.
Seeing that things were unstoppable, Han Hou felt chills all over. Only then did he understand why Luo Su had to leave. It turned out that he had already seen through Ji Wan's character.
Even if I was persuaded this time, what about next time?
If Ji Wan doesn't change his character, he will definitely fail!
no!
We can't just sit there and wait for death.
Hanhou forced himself to calm down. All the Sixth Army of the Emperor could not die here. He wanted to bring as many people back alive as possible.
He remembered a list of nobles that Luo Su had left for him. They were all nobles of the Luohou family. Now he could only rely on them if he wanted to collude on big things.
He quickly began to recall the names on the list and was ready to start contact immediately. He believed that anyone with any sense would be shocked when they heard Ji Wan's order.
