"Mr. Qiu, this time Emperor Wei has a million-strong army to conquer in person, and its strength is several times that of us, and the momentum is huge, how should we deal with it?" In the council chamber, the Grand Prince Arobu asked worriedly.

Mr. Qiu, who covered his face with a cloth, said very calmly: "Your Highness, rest assured, although the Wei army claims to be one million, except for the soldiers who are deployed in various places, it is already very good to be able to dispatch half of them."

Moreover, among this half of the people, at least three to forty percent are ordinary people who are responsible for the fortifications and the transportation of grain and grass, and they will immediately flee as soon as they see that the situation is not good.

In addition to these people who have no combat power, thirty percent of them are recruits who have never fought before, and I believe His Highness should know very well what the combat strength of these people is.

What can really fight is only the Southwest Army trained by the Xie family and others and the five military camps from the capital.

However, compared with the Northwest Army, which has been fighting for many years, the quality of the soldiers of the Southwest Army and the Fifth Army Battalion is a big difference, and the two cannot be compared.

In other words, although the Wei army seemed to be outnumbered, the real battleable soldiers were only forty percent, that is, about 200,000 people. ”

"Even if it's only forty percent, it's more than twice as much as we wait. If you add other recruits to help, you will be afraid that mosquitoes will bite and kill elephants.

It's nothing if we run down after grabbing like before, after all, we are not only excellent at warhorses, but also unmatched in riding and archery. Even if there are more people on the other side, they are not afraid, just dragging them to death.

But it's rare that we have already occupied so many cities, and I'm really reluctant to let go. ”

"Your Highness, don't worry. Now the Wei Dynasty is fighting endlessly, and the Xie family's power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, and no one dares to disobey.

However, the new emperor Shuntian Emperor is not willing to be a puppet, and he is constantly trying to fight back, and the two sides are fighting fiercely.

The discord between the monarch and the minister is a taboo for soldiers.

It was this that the old man took a fancy to this, so he tried his best to instruct the spies all over the Great Wei to print the "Seeking Truth" to build momentum among the people and force the Xie family to compromise, thus contributing to the situation of the Wei Emperor's personal conquest.

In doing so, the old man wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate the main force of the Wei army in one fell swoop, so that it would no longer be able to threaten the Great Turkic army, which had just gained a foothold in the south.

Has Your Highness forgotten? We also have a dark chess piece in our hands that can change the whole game. ”

The eldest prince Arobu's eyes suddenly lit up and asked, "Sir, are you referring to those southern defense maps?" ”

"That's right, the old man has been asking His Highness to refrain from using the arming map, just for this moment.

The old man believed that the Xie family and others had not yet noticed that the defense map had been leaked.

As long as they don't realize this, this battle will be their destruction. ”

"Okay, great. Sure enough, there is a gentleman here, and he can reach the army. If it happens, Lone will not forget his merits. The eldest prince Arrob rubbed his hands together in excitement.

Although Mr. Qiu didn't say anything, his eyes unconsciously showed a strong hatred.

This time, he must capture Zhao Yufeng alive, and let Zhao Yufeng, a dead remnant, repay the blood feud of the year for the Zhao family.

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Emperor Shuntian Zhao Yufeng did not know that the crisis was quietly approaching, and still prepared for the southern expedition with great fanfare.

After joining the army of Eguchi Prefecture, the army of pro-conquest instantly reached 600,000 people, including ordinary people.

It can be said that since Emperor Wu of Wei, it is the first time in many years that so many people and horses have gathered in the same place.

After arriving at Jiangkou, Xie Yukun and others, who had been guarding against Emperor Shuntian and Sun Ma all the way, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because there are a large number of clansmen of the Xie clan gathered here in Jiangkou, among them, there are countless generals of the Southwest Army who have been trained by them.

In order to win this Hanhu war, the Xie family can be regarded as having made a lot of money this time.

Except for the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers who were responsible for guarding the south of the Yangtze River, they did not dare to act rashly, and almost all the troops that could be transferred from other places were transferred to the south to deploy defenses.

After all, An Guogong is a veteran who has led the army for many years and has rich experience, and of course he knows the harm of the Hu people in his heart.

In the past, he did not dare to lightly transfer troops to the south in order to prevent the Northwest Army from taking the opportunity to attack Jiangnan, but now that it has been determined that the Ning family intends to operate the northeast for a long time, this makes him dare to transfer troops and horses from all over the country to the south to fight against Hu.

And An Guogong believes that since the Ning family and the Xie family are interested in fighting for the world, they will definitely cherish their reputation.

At this juncture that is related to the great righteousness of the nation, the Ning family, under the banner of loyal ministers and orphans, will never dare to risk the condemnation of the world to send troops to invade the Great Wei at this time, otherwise it will only ruin the reputation that it has worked so hard to support.

At this point, An Guogong really guessed correctly.

The Ning family really didn't plan to send troops on an expedition at this time, partly because they didn't want to bear the bad reputation of taking advantage of the fire, and secondly, they were ready to fully implement the new policy in the northwest, and they had no time to take care of anything else.

Since it is a personal expedition, Emperor Shuntian, as the emperor, is naturally the commander-in-chief of the whole army.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is only a nominal statement.

The people who really have the right to command the army are actually the people of the Xie family.

Especially now that An Guogong can't come to "recuperate" in the capital, Xie Yukun, as his eldest son, has naturally become the biggest talker.

Originally, when he was on the road, Xie Yukun was still a little worried that Emperor Shuntian and Sun Ma would join forces to make trouble, but now that he has arrived at Jiangkou and is surrounded by his own clansmen and henchmen, he is not afraid of anything.

He almost insisted on proposing the method of dividing the army into two routes, encircling and suppressing the Hu people from two directions.

One way, he led the troops as the main army all the way south, and uprooted all the prefectures and counties occupied by the Hu people along the way one by one with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and drove the Hu people out of these places.

The other route was personally led by the emperor, following the main army behind the Hu people who were responsible for the aftermath of the place and the elimination of the fish that slipped through the net.

The reason why the soldiers are divided into two ways, Xie Yukun's explanation is: The emperor is the son of heaven, how can he easily get into danger. Following behind the main army can not only avoid being attacked by the Hu people, but all the generals and soldiers will naturally have high morale and fight bravely as long as they think of the emperor watching them behind them.

This practice not only ensured the safety of the emperor, but also improved morale, which was really impeccable. Even many low-level generals who don't know the truth feel that this plan is very good.

Although Emperor Shuntian strongly objected and wanted to personally lead the army, he was strongly dissuaded by a group of officials and generals led by Xie Yukun, so he could only be forced to accept this proposal.

Although Emperor Shuntian felt extremely aggrieved, he was helpless.

After all, Jiangkou is the territory of the Xie family, and he has no military power in his hands, so there is really no way to take them.

Compared with Emperor Shuntian's grievances, Xu Yuchu, who was his confidant and courtier, felt frightened.

The Xie family really wanted to attack the emperor.

There seems to be nothing wrong with this plan, but there has never been such a practice in the past.

Generally, the emperor is the main force of the central army, and then commands and dispatches all kinds of soldiers and horses to kill all the way. I have never heard of the saying that the emperor will lead another army of soldiers and horses to be responsible for the aftermath in the rear.

In case of...... In case a Hu army suddenly attacked from behind, the first to bear the brunt would be the emperor and others who led the army behind.

And once the Hu people knew that the emperor was behind the army, any Hu leader would want to do this.

This is a plan to kill people with a knife!

Thinking of this, Xu Yuchu suddenly felt cold all over his body, like falling into an ice cellar.

It's just too poisonous.

Now the emperor can only call on more than 20,000 local recruits who have just returned to Shun. Relying only on whether these local recruits who lacked actual combat experience could resist the sneak attack of the Hu people, Xu Yuchu had no expectations at all.

What to do? What should I do now?

Only now did he realize that he still underestimated An Guogong and the others, as well as the powerful strength they had.

For the first time, he experienced first-hand what it means to ride a tiger.

This critical situation, which I don't know what to do, made Xu Yuchu, who has always been full of confidence, fall into a panic that he couldn't extricate himself from.

It's a pity that time waits for no one, and before Xu Yuchu can come up with a way to break the situation, the army has begun to officially send troops.

In addition to leaving 100,000 men to be responsible for the deployment of the river mouth and the supply of grain and grass, the whole army dispatched a total of 530,000 people.

As the mysterious Mr. Qiu speculated, among the more than 500,000 people, more than 40% were ordinary people who were responsible for building fortifications and transporting grain and grass, so this so-called million-strong army was greatly discounted.

But even so, such a huge army is quite amazing.

As previously decided by Lieutenant General Xie Yukun, the whole army was divided into two routes.

All the way, the main force of the front army fought head-on with the Hu people in the front, led by Xie Yukun and others.

All the way to the rear army led by the left general Sun Pei and the right general Ma Yihai, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses, in charge of protecting the Shuntian Emperor who is the Son of Heaven, to clean up the aftermath of the recovered prefecture and county.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Xie family's doing this is equivalent to throwing Sun Ma and the others to the rear and not giving them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

The three generals on the left, center, and right who were set up before the expedition are now only a pretense.

Only Lieutenant General Xie Yukun can really command the whole army, and the remaining left general Sun Pei and right general Ma Yihai have been beaten into the "cold palace" by the Xie family, and they can only do some unpopular aftermath work.

It can be seen that the Xie family has become dissatisfied with Sun Ma and the others.

But for anyone who is an official, watching the wind and making the rudder is a necessary skill.

Seeing this, all the officials and generals immediately regarded Sun Ma and the others as plague gods, and did not dare to contact them again, so as not to be implicated.

After a grand flag sacrifice ceremony, including countless people, the army of more than 500,000 people began to march to the southwest in two ways.

Seeing such a large army, even the recruits who were originally trembling with fear as soon as they heard the attack of the Hu people also felt that their morale was high and their victory was in their hands.

Everywhere the pro-conquest army went, countless civilians greeted and shouted long live.

Especially those people who had been deeply victimized by the Hu people, seeing Wang Shi so powerful and majestic, they were even more excited to tears and excitement.

However, just as the southern expeditionary army continued to advance to the southwest, countless Hu cavalry were quietly setting off from the prefectures and counties of Yannan and Zhenyuan provinces that had been occupied, and then disappeared into the vast southwest region.

The Hanhu war is about to break out.

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