For Chu Yuqing, for Bai Qi, Xue Li and others, it is not a big problem to take the initiative.

Because in the past year, almost all the bandits and bandits in Xizhou have been wiped out, and they have been replaced by more than 20,000 defenders in Xizhou.

Among them, there are 3,000 Shenyong cavalry under Xue Li, 10,000 Killing Divine Army under Bai Qi, 5,000 elites under Luo Cheng, more than 1,000 guards under He Yi, and thousands of defenders from various cities in Xizhou.

These are all the current forces in Xizhou, if you want to attack Lan Yuguo, this amount of troops alone is definitely not enough, but if you just attack, and then take a little advantage, it is probably no problem, as long as you operate it properly.

When the new task came, Chu Yuqing immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter, wanting to hear their opinions first.

"After a year of development, our current strength has made great progress compared to a year ago. Although the troops are not too much, almost all of them are elite, so I want to use troops against Lan Yuguo, what do you think? ”

After listening to Chu Yuqing's words, Bai Qi, Xue Li and the others were silent for a moment, and then looked at each other.

As the commander, Bai Qi was the first to speak: "Lord, it is not difficult to use troops against Lan Yuguo, and it is not difficult to win, but the difficult thing is a series of problems after sending troops, and the first thing is the supply of grain and grass." ”

Lan Yuguo and Yumen Pass are separated by a desert area, a distance of more than 100 miles and nearly 200 miles, which is not much, but the desert terrain is unpredictable, and many troubles are not easy to solve.

"Secondly, what is the purpose of attacking Lan Yuguo? If we want to capture Lanyu Kingdom, our current strength will definitely not be enough, and even if we defeat it, we will not have the strength to defend. The most important thing is that we can't confront Lan Yuguo head-on now. ”

The previous battles were all based on the premise of having Yumen Pass as a defense, if it was an enemy of Lan Yu in the vast desert, then the heavy armored cavalry of Lan Yu would become a very difficult opponent.

Both of these questions raised by Bai Qi are important.

Chu Yuqing thought for a while and said to them: "The problem of grain and grass supply is not difficult, because the purpose of our battle is not to capture the Lanyu Kingdom, but to make our prestige. Ladies and gentlemen, Great Chu has been weak for nearly ten years, and now the three kingdoms of Wei, Qi, and Yan are eyeing each other, and this is also the reason why Lan Yuguo dared to invade the border before, if you want to let them settle down a little, you must beat them to death. ”

"We can't afford to provoke the Three Kingdoms now, and the situation in Xizhou does not allow us to use troops externally, but Lanyu Country is different, the country in the desert, there are other countries around it, we just need to send troops over, make a splash of wind and rain, and then come back."

"The fundamental purpose of this battle is to cause trouble to Lan Yuguo, to establish authority for my Great Chu, so that Lan Yuguo will no longer dare to act rashly, and to tell them that the majesty of Great Chu cannot be violated! Therefore, this battle, as long as Lan Yuguo is injured, it is not to be completely defeated, this is a fundamental difference. ”

The task reward given by the system is prestige improvement, and prestige is very interesting.

According to Chu Yuqing's understanding, this is actually something similar to prestige, prestige is fame and prestige, as the so-called "people's name, the shadow of the tree", when Chu Yuqing's grandfather was still there, Chu was very prestigious, Lan Yuguo paid tribute every year, and did not dare to offend in the slightest, this is the role of prestige.

In recent years, because of the King of Chu, the State of Chu has become a piece of fat that everyone wants to bite into when they see it, and the so-called prestige has taken a sharp turn, and Lan Yuguo has dared to blackmail.

Therefore, the fundamental purpose of this battle is actually to establish power, tell the people of Lan Yuguo, and also tell the people of Chu State that Great Chu has not really reached the point of being weak!

When the generals heard this, they also understood what Chu Yuqing meant, and nodded one after another.

"That being the case, then this battle requires the Killing God Army and the Divine Cavalry to fight, and General Luo led his army to guard the Jade Gate."

Bai Qi immediately said, "Lan Yuguo doesn't have too sophisticated defensive structures, and from what we know about them, once we use troops against Lan Yuguo, there is a high probability that we will have to confront it head-on." ”

"But now our strength is not enough to attack head-on, so General Xue can lead the Divine Cavalry to fight a blitzkrieg, while I will lead the Divine Killing Army to attract the attention of the Lan Yu Kingdom for him. The two-pronged approach can play a role in Liwei! ”

Chu Yuqing said with a smile: "You know better than me about the war, I don't have to worry about this matter to you, but I have one request, that is, this battle, I have to go with you." ”

Chu Yuqing has decided to learn these things, so it is necessary to act with the army, he doesn't want to be a person who doesn't know anything in the rear, throughout the ages, there is no founding emperor who doesn't know how to march and fight.

He wants to be the king of Chu, these things must be understood, and he will definitely be on the same page with the Three Kingdoms in the future.

For this request, Bai Qi just nodded, and did not say anything, he would not refuse, after all, Chu Yuqing is the lord, and in his opinion, this battle is actually not dangerous.

On the side of Lan Yuguo, he is now in the midst of civil strife, Bai Qi let Chen Bao go, and Chen Bao was not as expected by him, he was doing things in Lan Yuguo.

Chen Bao is not alone after the defeat, he still has more than 10,000 remnants around him, of which the proportion of heavy armored cavalry is not low, this is his capital to do things, Chen Bao can rise from the micro end, and now it is just a failure, which can't defeat him.

Unless Bai Qi directly killed him at that time, otherwise, there was a great hope for a comeback for people like him.

Therefore, things have become simpler, Lan Yuguo has fallen into civil strife because of Chen Bao, and the national strength that is not strong is now considered to be seriously depleted, plus they are not worried about the problems of the Chu State.

In the hundred years since the founding of the Great Chu, he has never taken the initiative to send troops to the Lanyu Kingdom, because since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Great Chu has been fighting against the other three countries, and he has no time to take care of the Lanyu Kingdom, not to mention that there is a layer of desert in the middle, and the resources of the Lanyu Kingdom are not enough.

At the beginning, Lan Yuguo established diplomatic relations with Chu and called his ministers to pay tribute, which was to develop trade with Chu.

This was a very friendly thing for both sides, but later the situation in Lanyu Kingdom changed, and it became the scene of warlords now, so trade stopped and was replaced by a war for power.

And now that the war is even more intense, they can ignore the pressure of the Chu State, so no one has fortified the Chu State, which is also one of the current advantages of Chu Yuqing's side, they can go to the territory of the Lan Yu State almost without hindrance.

What's more, with Huang Zhi and others leading the way, it only takes a little time to drive more than 10,000 troops from the original path.

Anyway, they are not in a hurry, they can wait until everything is ready, and then launch an attack on Lan Yuguo!

In the blink of an eye, a month later.

Under Xiao He's dispatch, enough supplies for more than 10,000 troops to consume half a month were transported to the border of Lanyu Country in advance, and Xue Li's 3,000 Divine Cavalry and Bai Qi's 10,000 Killing Divine Army also crossed that path and came to the border line of Lanyu Kingdom.

"Let's go and investigate the enemy situation first, find out the current situation of Lan Yuguo, and then let's see where to start."

Chu Yuqing stood on the top of a small hill, looked at the city of Lan Yuguo looming in the distance, squinted his eyes and said softly.