Mingguang three years, October.
Cao Zheng of Qingzhou, Yuan Chu of Jizhou, Zhao Jie of Xuzhou, Shi Jin of Yangzhou... Thirteen people responded to the court's call and formed a coalition with a total number of more than 400,000 and a number of one million to attack Huang Tian.
Suddenly, China was shaken.
Huang Tian's army once numbered 150,000, with a number of 300,000, but lost 50,000 in the Southern Wilderness, leaving 100,000, with a number of 200,000. After giving up the territory of the five counties, they returned to Guqiu Pass to defend.
Huang Tianjun's current territory originally only consisted of two passes and fifteen counties. Now that he has retreated to Guqiu Pass, it can be said that he has given up one-third of his territory at once.
This was not the end yet. When the coalition forces were formed, Huang Tian's soldiers were panicked. Some generals even suggested that they should abandon the land of Qingzhou directly, retreat to Wucheng in the Southern Wilderness, burn the plank roads, take the Southern Wilderness first, and then plan for the world.
Undoubtedly, although Huang Tianjun has declined and is not as good as before, it is not without capable people.
But Zhao Cheng rejected this, saying, if you retreat before fighting, how can you seek for the country? !
In wars in the cold weapon era, the number of people is indeed very important, but it is not absolute. Otherwise, when fighting, you only need to compare the number of people to see who has more people, and the other side will simply surrender.
But this kind of thing is obviously impossible.
Having more people is indeed strength, but with more people, if nothing else is mentioned, the consumption of food and grass will be an astronomical figure, not to mention the wear and tear of armor and weapons. Injuries caused are also a big problem.
Furthermore, in an era without aircraft and artillery, the side defending the city was inherently more advantageous than the attacking side.
In history, it is not unheard of for thousands of people to withstand an attack by tens of thousands or 100,000 people and persist for several years.
It seems impossible to block an army of 500,000 people with 100,000 troops, but in fact, it is not impossible.
At least in Zhao Cheng's view, it is not difficult to achieve this. He only needs to persist for half a year, and the morale of the coalition forces will naturally dissipate. By then, the other side will have no choice but to retreat.
Of course, Zhao Cheng had no such idea. He just wanted to take this opportunity to reorganize Huang Tianjun and optimize the structure of Huang Tianjun.
The shortcomings accumulated over the past ten years have been eliminated in one fell swoop.
Using war to eliminate long-standing abuses is nothing new, it’s just that few people can do it well.
The ability to grasp the situation and appoint personnel is a great test of the leader's ability.
Qingzhou, Zhu County, is rich in a kind of green bamboo. Whether it is used to make paper or pens, it is of the highest quality. The best ones are sold at extremely high prices. If they are made by famous artists, a piece of bamboo A sum of money is worth thousands of gold.
Of course, the value of things does not affect the cheapness of bamboo. Zhu County is not rich and is no different from other surrounding counties.
After all, for the court, the real wealth is not the copper coins, gold and silver, but the people themselves.
If Zhu County becomes wealthy, it will affect the production of bamboo paper.
At this moment, the army is stationed in the wasteland outside Zhuxian County. In just a few days, the once desolate land has turned into a dense military camp. However, where Zhuxian County is located, people are panicking because of the arrival of the army.
In this era, the army is like a bandit and can do anything. As for the imperial court, even in the prosperous times, when has it ever been less likely to kill a good person and take credit for it? !
The people of Zhuxian County were now hiding in their homes, even in cellars, for fear that a large army would enter the county.
The big tent in the middle of the military camp was bustling with singing and dancing.
There were probably more than a hundred people in a huge tent. Sitting at the top was a tall and powerful young man. His name was Huo Zicheng. He was the youngest son of his uncle Huo Lianchen. He also became famous at a young age, but compared to Yuan Zicheng. Chu and Cao Zheng, his reputation is about to be quite different.
But no matter who gives in, his father's power dominates the world. Even if all the heroes in the world have their own little thoughts, they can't neglect him as long as they don't raise a flag of rebellion.
Therefore, the position of leader of the alliance against Huang Tian this time naturally belongs to Huo Zicheng.
Of course, Huo Zicheng did not land by air, but brought 50,000 troops.
Under this situation, even Yuan Chu and Cao Zheng cannot compete with Huo Zicheng for the position of alliance leader.
Of course, Yuan Chu and Cao Zheng each had their own ideas regarding the position of alliance leaders. Yuan Chu was very unconvinced by Huo Zicheng because of his family background and proud personality, but for the time being, he had no choice but to obey orders.
But Cao Zheng, on the other hand, wanted to let others take the lead, be the first person, and let these people consume Huang Tianjun's destiny.
Momentary prominence is nothing. What he wants is far more than what is in front of him.
At this moment, Huo Zicheng is sitting in the first place. On the left and right sides are Cao Zheng and Yuan Chu. Behind them are other princes. In addition, there are some leaders of small forces in the more peripheral places. These people, There were only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and they were just joining in the fun, but because they had a relationship with someone or even a few of the thirteen princes, they showed up at the camp.
At this time, a group of people were eating wine and meat, enjoying singing and dancing, everyone's face was full of joy, but there was no worry at all about the battle that would follow.
With millions of troops present, the mere Huang Tianjun is no longer a force. The only variable is that the war ends earlier or later.
If Taoist Huang Tian had the ability to change destiny, he would have changed destiny long ago and would not be trapped in this corner of Qingzhou.
As for the incident in Wucheng, although this incident is mysterious, everyone knows in their hearts that the disaster that occurred in Wucheng was due to Wu Qi's lack of energy.
At this moment, there are millions of them in the coalition, and under the imperial decree, they are using all their strength to suppress Huang Tianjun. Under such circumstances, no matter how great the magical power is, it will be suppressed and it will be difficult to achieve anything.
Even all kinds of natural disasters will slow them down.
It is true that the minds of the people in the world have changed, and the power of the imperial court can no longer suppress Qian Kun, but at least at this moment, the thoughts of the heroes are surprisingly unanimous on the matter of crusade against Huang Tian.
As long as Huang Tian falls, it will be beneficial to everyone.
In this case, no one would act worried, as this would be too disappointing.
And Huo Zicheng, the leader, only thought that he was here to get gold plating, thinking that when Huang Tian's matter was settled, he would be the leader of the alliance and become famous all over the world.
Therefore, when the wine was full, Huo Zicheng couldn't help but play his sword and sing: Ask for the yellow sky, China will be settled; praise my power, and my name will be eternal...
Seeing this scene, everyone had different expressions. When Cao Zheng heard the words, he rolled his eyes and directly echoed, while Yuan Chu's expression was even colder, but in the end he just snorted coldly and did not have an attack.
