In the spring and February of the fifth year of Wu Guojianwu, Yecheng Imperial Palace. The Eastern Wu sent troops this time, and there were a total of 150,000 men and horses on paper, but after the preliminary estimation of the Wei ministers, the enemy army they Wei was about to face had reached a terrifying level of 300,000.

In addition to Lu Xun, Dai Gang and others' troops totaling 150,000 people, Gan Ning's navy wreaking havoc in the Bohai Sea and Langya also has 40,000 or 50,000 troops, but the real Wu people are less than 5,000 of them, and the rest are the three Han people and the Japanese slave army on Kyushu Island, these people were called by Gan Ning according to the Wu army establishment integration, strict training, always instilled the belief of loyalty to the great Wu Emperor His Majesty, in addition to the combat technology is still a little worse, has been with the real Wu army undoubtedly. And because of the fighting personality of the Japanese slaves who are not afraid of death and the general combat style of the Ganning pirates, this ragtag army is even more worrying to the Wei army.

In addition to the Wu army, the Wei State also had to face the 30,000 foot cavalry that the Han State had hoarded in Tongguan, which was not enough for this army to be just a decoration, which can be seen from Wang Ping, the general of the unified army. Shu Han is now a famous general, if you really want to do it, even if Xu Shu does not go out in person, Li Yan, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Wu Yi, including Zhuge Liang and others should also come, but Wang Ping, an official who is only a rebellious general, is not an unknown person who is only forty years old.

Among the several people, there is also the Liaodong side that is the most hearty of the Wei State, and Sun Gong, the prince of Yan who was canonized by the Wu State, was of course called to fight the thief, but the 30,000 Liaodong Army has been walking horses near Yuyang, and there is no intention of attacking, and the Wei State is also happy to be safe and careless about him.

The last army that caused a headache was the old enemy of the northern frontier of the Wei State, Lord Xianbei, Kebineng. Emperor Wen of Wei was able to be enthroned as the king of righteousness. Later, when Bineng carried out the war of tribal unification, he was heavily hit by the intervention of the Wei state. So he was kind to Wei Huai'er, and dedicated a letter to Emperor Wei to show his loyalty to paralyze Wei Ting and make him relax his vigilance. Since then, Kebineng's subordinates have become stronger, controlling more than 100,000 horses. For the harm to the Wei border. After the strength was strong, the tribal unification war continued, and finally last year, the tribes were mighty and established a strong Xianbei regime. After the news of Wu's Northern Expedition came, Kebineng, who had been ambitious to ask Cao Wei's control, how to let go of this opportunity, so 80,000 people who controlled the strings went south, intending to seize Hetao. At the same time, he was ready to lure Bu Dugan, but even if this guy was unlucky, Bu Dugen didn't agree. Instead, he dealt with him with Bi Rail, Youzhou Assassin Shi, Tian Yu, and the generals.

On the other hand, in the Wei State, only an army of less than 200,000 people can really be sent to the battlefield, and more than 30,000 troops of Yuzhou Manzhong, Wang Ling and others have been defeated. Now there are only more than 40,000 people under Sima Yi to defend Yingchuan, 70,000 people from Cao Zhen's army to garrison Luoyang, and 40,000 people from Cao Hong's department to confront each other in Mount Tai. Even in Yecheng, there were only 8,000 Chinese soldiers left to guard.

Although the difference in numbers was really large enough, there was no too tense atmosphere among the people gathered in Cao Wei's palace at this time. Although it seems to be in recent times. There was also no news about the Eastern Front from Yongzhou for a while, and no one gathered here was pessimistic.

Cao Rui's palace is not newly built, after all, Cao Rui now feels that he is not at the point where he can enjoy luxury, but he just asked Chen Qun to find someone to repair the original Cao Cao's Wei Palace, and then settle the account.

Right now, Cao Rui has gathered these elites under his command together. Nature is not causeless. After the issuance of his wartime mobilization order, it can be seen that many prefectures and counties under his rule quickly entered the wartime situation according to law, and a series of war preparations were quickly launched in various places.

Like the migration of people in key places, especially to those places near the Cao Wei side and other powers. There is also a ladder arming of reserve combat power. Although everyone in the court believes that their own strength can finally annihilate all the invading enemies in this war, but if you want to keep all the enemies out of the country, there is no such thing as a very sure thing among the people at this time, after all, the disparity in combat power is too great, and the gap in this point is not something that can be made up by using some wisdom or any strategy alone, of course, like Shu Han and Jiangdong, there are also many treacherous and cunning people in these two major forces, and in this regard, there is indeed no such full certainty.

Therefore, at this time, the people in the hall, for the war that can no longer muster together more troops to support Cao Hong and Dai Sun's combined army, one is that they believe in the ability and ability of the only remaining veteran Cao Hong, plus although the soldiers and horses gathered in Shangjun this time are only 40,000, but these elite soldiers belonging to the central Cao Wei are not new recruits who have not seen blood, and the generals who have followed them over the years, Tian Yu, Wuqiu Jian and others are all inside and outside, or have fought with Wu and Han. or have fought against some unsubordinate aliens in northern Xinjiang, since these soldiers and horses themselves are elite enough, and the leaders are Cao Hong, Jia Kui, Wu Qiu Jian, Xiahou Chong, Wen Qin and others, Cao Rui and others who know their abilities very well, they have considerable confidence in them.

The second is that there is really no extra force to support Cao Hong at this time, after all, whether it is a merger, or Henan (referring to Luoyang), or Jingbei and other places, the pressure to face is also very huge, if one of these places is broken through by the enemy, the consequences are also quite serious, so Cao Rui at this time is also somewhat detached from reality.

However, whether it was their apology for not being able to provide Cao Hong and them with more troops, or this kind of detachment at this time, it was all based on their recognition and trust in the strength of Cao Hong and others.

Under the fame, in fact, it is difficult to match that kind of situation, but it will not appear here in Cao Hong. After all, Cao Hong joined the army from the time of the fight against Dong, and when Cao Cao pursued Dong Zhuo, he was defeated by Xu Rong in Xingyang and lost his horse, Cao Hong sacrificed his horse and rescued Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao was saved from misfortune. Later, he went on expeditions with the army, leveling Yanzhou, conquering Liu Biao, and begging for blessings. During the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao ordered him to garrison his own position. Later, according to Zhang Fei, he argued, beheaded Wu Lan and Ren Kui, and retired Zhang Fei and Ma Chao.

Cao Hong's experience is beyond doubt, and there is no shortage of resourceful men in the army. And after the floating dust, Cao Hong's anxious heart has long been calm, compared to when he was young, Cao Hong was a real famous general at this time.

Although there is no news from Qingzhou about the battle between Cao Hong's army and Wu's army, sometimes no news is the best news.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much about the current affairs in Northern Xinjiang, although the old man has never had contact with General Wang Xiong, but the old minister has long heard of the ability of this assassin." But it was Chen Qun who said.

"The king will certainly live up to His Majesty's expectations and keep the peace of the northern frontier"

Today's Chen Qun posture is still responsible for consulting Cao Rui and asking about politics, and he has nothing to do on weekdays, but he often gets some respect from Cao Rui.

Regarding the chaos of the war in the world at this time, to be honest, Chen Qunzi also felt that the timing chosen by Wu Guo Qiaoren and Sun Shao was not the best, but it was also appropriate. As he learned more about the various situations between the three kingdoms, he could also see the general trend between the world, if he continued the situation of the past three years, kept peace with Cao Wei and Shu Han, and developed separately, it would only gradually lose the advantages of Eastern Wu.

And now, the two parties have joined forces and launched such a large scale, with Chen Qun's vision, of course, he can see that Sun Shao, the emperor who succeeded not much later than Cao Rui, has radiated a momentum after sitting in the seat. This kind of momentum appeared when Cao Cao led the army alone to pursue Dong Zhuo's westward army, and it flourished in the battle of Guandu that year, when facing the surging Yuan Shao's millions of people, and now Sun Shao, as an enemy, also broke out such a momentum, which made Chen Qun particularly worried.

"Hehe, Mr. Wenchang's words have made me let go of a lot of worries in my heart," Cao Rui said with a smile.

At this time, in the main hall of the Yecheng Palace, Cao Rui was sitting in the center, and out of respect for Chen Qun, Cao Rui arranged him to sit in the first position on his right hand, and under him were Liu Ye, Xin Bi, Dong Zhao and other cadres, and his left hand was the general, but there was still no important minister among these generals, and the generals with names and surnames were on the front line, how could they hold a meeting here.

And even among these civil servants and strategists who are in the middle of it now, in the earlier planning, there are many people who need to rush to all sides to think that they are responsible for planning the army.

However, these things need to be carried out after Yecheng's order is issued. Fortunately, this kind of thing didn't make you sit here wait too long.

"Report! Your Majesty, Taishan Urgent, Manzhong, Wang Ling and other generals were defeated for Wu thieves in Qiao County, and now they have retreated to Chen Liu. ”

Bang dang! A jade pen fell under the imperial case and shattered. (To be continued......)