Chapter 287: Full of Confidence
Cao Cao has been dominating the world for decades, this game is his last madness, as long as he succeeds, the princes of the seven parties will become the princes of the six directions, and among the princes of the six parties, he has not put Dashu and Dawu in his eyes.
It's not that Sun Quan and Liu Bei are not heroes, the merits of both of them are great, no less than Cao Cao and Li Yuan, but these two are not young, Liu Bei is in his sixties this year, Sun Quan is younger, but there are fifty-six or seven, in this era, people's life expectancy is not too long, they can reach the age of seventy, they are all old birthday stars, and the average life expectancy of ordinary people is only about fifty.
Although Liu Bei and Sun Quan are powerful, they can't fight the invasion of the years, and after the death of these two heroes, their sons will inevitably take power, but their sons are commonplace, and at that time it will be the time when the two countries will perish.
On the other hand, Ying Zheng, less than thirty this year, is in the prime of life, Li Shimin is the same, even if the slightly older Cao Pi is also thirty-three years old, the Qing Dynasty's Huang Taiji is about this age, the last competition between the princes is the contest of these four people, this time the Great Wei and the Tang Dynasty teamed up to destroy the Qing Dynasty, whether the Emperor Taiji or Dolgon, it is completely over, and the remaining three are very clear.
After Cao Cao's explanation, Cao Pi finally understood his father's thoughts, such a deep meaning was really not something he could imagine, and Cao Cao wanted to eliminate Lu Bu's uncertain factor this time, which was also for his sake.
"Father, rest assured, I will not disappoint you, and in the future, the world will definitely be my Cao family!"
Of course, Liu Yuetian didn't know the plans of Cao Cao and the Tang Dynasty, but for these two princes, he would not take it lightly, the Great Wei had Luoyang's ancestors guarding it, and it was really necessary to fight the ancestors who relied on the big city of Luoyang to resist for several months.
He also sent an envoy to make friends with the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin called Liu Yuetian a brother in front of the envoy, and constantly praised this brother.
Liu Yuetian also brought a gift to the eldest brother, a thousand iron short knives, plus a Zhan Lu sword, this sword was made by Liu Yuetian himself, Li Shimin naturally couldn't put it down when he saw it.
Of course, Liu Yuetian would never fully believe Li Shimin, although it was unlikely that the other party would send troops, but for the sake of safety, he wrote a letter to Sun Quan of Great Wu.
If the Tang Dynasty and the Great Wei took advantage of the Great Qin attack on Hongnong and Luoyang, I hope that Sun Quan can also send troops to help.
Sun Quan now regards Liu Yuetian as his own family, not only because of Sun Shangxiang, but also because he is an understanding person who can see Liu Yuetian's potential, and he must be the lord of the world in the future, even if Liu Che is now the prince, but Sun Quan believes that this must be Liu Yuetian's delaying strategy, and he is such a smart person naturally does not need others to think about him.
Sun Quan immediately agreed, let Tai Shi Ci lead an army of 100,000 to be ready at any time, as long as the Great Wei and the Tang Dynasty are unfavorable to Liu Yuetian, then the 100,000 troops can resist Luoyang within two days, and the joint Zu Ti is enough to repel the Great Wei, and then the Tang Dynasty can also be attacked within three days.
These are just Liu Yuetian's plans, and for him, his own strength is the most important.
Gesar in Tibet doesn't need him to care, Tianshui is Liu Yuetian's "lair", as long as he dares to come, they will be greeted with stone bombs, Shi Le, Chang Yuchun and Gao Huan are enough to make them die in a foreign land.
Liu Yuetian went to Hongnong County this time with Meng Sheng and dozens of craftsmen, in addition to the more than 100 craftsmen who built the cement road, since the Qin soldiers attacked, these people temporarily returned to Hongnong and began to build trebuchets for him, and ten of them were built in more than a month, plus the forty planes that Liu Yuetian brought from Tianshui, fifty trebuchets could completely deal with each other.
These Mo family disciples also have their own unique skills, they saw that the crossbow was so powerful, they couldn't help but start to imitate it, and created a giant crossbow called the iron arm crossbow, it takes two people to carry it, an arrow is more than two catties, and the powerful tension spring can launch the arrow to a hundred zhang away, although the structure of this iron arm crossbow is far less exquisite than the crossbow, but the focus is on the long range, can maintain accuracy within fifty zhang, is a long-range weapon specifically for the opponent's heavy cavalry.
Now there are 30,000 troops in Hongnong County, these people have formed combat power after several months of training by Fu Jian, even if they are not as good as the Qin army, but they are definitely superior to the other party in terms of weapons and equipment, of which 10,000 troops are armed with crossbows, if properly deployed, they are enough to fight against 50,000 Qin soldiers.
Di Qing also led 30,000 soldiers in Anding County, but these people had just surrendered and could not be entrusted with important tasks, Di Qing selected 7,000 elite soldiers as the main force, these people were also armed with crossbows, and they could almost fight against 10,000 Qin soldiers.
And the Tiger Ben Army personally led by Liu Yuetian is the real elite, enough to fight against the Qin army several times his own, plus the long-range bombing of trebuchets, there is absolutely no problem in dealing with 100,000 elite soldiers.
More than a month of time has passed in a flash, the 70,000 Qin troops sent by Luntai have been determined, and it is really to march to Shangjun, and after the 30,000 troops of Shangjun converge, they will attack Hongnong, although Liu Yuetian is full of confidence, but Hongnong is still silent, all the troops are waiting for it, and the people are also worried.
During this time, the people of Hongnong have felt the practical benefits, more food, more food for the people means an increase in income, and an increase in income can buy a lot of goods, and under the promotion of Shen Fu, the number of merchants in the city has increased, and many goods that have not been seen before have appeared in the market.
This obvious change has made the people's identification with Liu Yuetian and even the Great Zhou continue to improve, after all, for them, whoever can bring a better life will support whom, hearing that the Qin army came to fight Hongnong, many ordinary people volunteered to help the army build a strong city defense, help the army transport various materials, etc., and even many merchants donated a lot of money, in their eyes, Liu Yuetian's fate has been linked to their own fate, and the Qin army is their enemy.
Liu Yuetian had already arranged everything in Hongnong County, and in terms of the army, after more than a month of training, everyone's morale was high, of course, the main reason for this morale improvement was that they saw the strength of the weapons in their hands.
Needless to say, even crossbows and arrows that rain down at close range can't even stop ordinary armor, and there are also stone bombs flying out of trebuchets, one can blast the earth out of a big hole, and the visual impact on ordinary people is definitely more than a thousand troops.
In addition, the heroic princess Sun Shangxiang led a thousand musket women's troops are the most conspicuous, and the musket salvo is like digging for the enemy, and now these female soldiers have become the idols pursued by male soldiers.
The soldiers were confident that if they couldn't win with these powerful weapons, they might as well kill themselves.
Hongnong's commanders are also very confident, but this does not mean that they despise each other, a huge sand table is placed in front of them, and Liu Yuetian is making pre-war deployments.