In comparison, Cao Ang's strength is not too strong, the trip to the small Wa Kingdom failed, and he fled in a hurry, and now the real people available to him are only five hundred warriors. But he does have an ambition, which is one of his strengths.

This time, in order to be able to escape safely from the small Wa Kingdom, Cao Ang paid a lot of price, not only Xun Yu, an important adviser left by his father, was thrown there, but even a group of princesses and family members were also thrown there.

Only caring about his own escape, and giving up his relatives, this is shameful in the era of filial piety. But Cao Ang did not have too much psychological burden, on the contrary, he attributed it all to Zhang Chao, because if he hadn't forced his father to die in battle, he would still be the crown prince of Wei now, and it would be okay to inherit a powerful country in the future.

As the saying goes, the greater the hatred, the more ruthless the heart, now Cao Ang hates Zhang Chao to the bones, and now that he knows that the Celestial Empire is experiencing a three-sided war in the north, west, and east, he feels that his own opportunity has come.

Over the years, the Celestial Empire has continued to expand, especially in recent years, and has occupied the Central Plains, Eastern Wu and Western Shu. Although they have achieved many victories, the pace of expansion has not stopped, and they have joined the camp of fighting against foreign races, which makes them have no time to stabilize and digest the fruits of their victory, so that although the Central Plains is occupied, the hearts of the people are not completely attached, and even some people are panicked, and all this is what Cao Ang thinks is an opportunity.

In the past, the Central Plains had five legions and a double Xu seating array, even some people didn't dare to do anything if they had other ideas, but now, the main force of the Celestial Empire's army was fighting with the Rus coalition army in the north, and now the Central Plains is empty, if Cao Ang doesn't hurry up and do something at this time, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to have a chance in the future.

Cao Ang has a heart that is not inferior to his father's hegemony, and now that he has Wang Ping's help, he feels that the time has come for him to create a great career.

Wang Ping didn't care about Cao Ang's desire to regain everything he had lost, he was just thinking about one thing, that is, killing Zhang Chao, and as for whether the country would be in chaos after killing this person, he really couldn't think about it so much, at that time, even if he died, he could be regarded as having an explanation when he saw Prime Minister Zhuge .

"Gongzi Cao, what are you asking Ping to do in Luoyang City? You don't want us to storm here, do you? IMHO, it doesn't do us any good to do that. Wang Ping was not interested in the so-called future emperor of the Celestial Empire, all he wanted was to kill Zhang Chao himself.

Cao Ang naturally knew what Wang Ping was thinking, and immediately smiled: "General Wang, rest assured, His Royal Highness has not used his arrogance to the idea of wanting to occupy Luoyang, that will only expose our strength prematurely, I came here just to see how magnificent the emperors of the Celestial Empire are, so as to stimulate my heart that has to be stable." ”

"Oh, did that excite?" Wang Ping asked sideways after hearing this.

"It's a little exciting, hehe." Cao Ang smiled, and then changed the topic and said: "Coming here has made me even more convinced of the determination to overthrow the Celestial Empire, and if you want to overthrow the Celestial Empire, Zhang Chao must be killed, otherwise this person exists, the Celestial Empire will not mess with itself, and we will not have any chance." ”

"That's right, but I don't know what Gongzi Cao thinks?" Wang Ping naturally knew Zhang Chao's status in the Celestial Empire, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the god of the sea, and if he wanted to defeat the Celestial Empire, the best way was to kill Zhang Chao, so that the Celestial Empire would be in chaos.

"There are some ideas, but they still need the cooperation of General Wang." When talking about business, Cao Ang's expression became much more serious.

"It's nature." Wang Ping also replied at the moment, he knew where his disadvantages were, to say that there are some wisdom, but to say that if you want to calculate Zhang Chao, it is still too far away, even if this is the case, it is better to listen to Cao Ang, anyway, everyone has the same goal, and the other party will not frame and betray him.

Next, the two left the gate of Luoyang City, and then walked all the way to discuss.

I have to say that the Cao family has ruled the Central Plains for many years, and they still have some foundation and connections. What Cao Ang has to do is to take advantage of these foundations to raise troops and rebel, he wants to take advantage of the flawless army of the Celestial Empire, in the Central Plains to re-raise the banner of the Cao family and the Wei State, he wants those unwilling Wei ministers and Wei people, he Cao Ang is still alive, and he is killed, and there is still great hope for the re-establishment of the Wei State.

In this way, Cao Ang began to plot, and for a while, many families in the Central Plains became the targets of his visits. He had already inquired clearly, after the Celestial Empire occupied the Central Plains, it did not attract the families here too much, on the contrary, they also took down some of their land and gave it to the people, which has long caused some people to be dissatisfied. It was not exposed, but because the iron cavalry of the Celestial Empire was too powerful, they were afraid of themselves, but now that Cao Ang was willing to come forward to fight for their interests, some people would naturally have ideas in their hearts.

Outside the Jade Gate Pass, Zhang Chao, the First Emperor of Heaven in front of the White Dragon Dui, didn't know this.

He doesn't have the energy to take care of the affairs of the land of China now, in his opinion, it is just the land he once conquered, even if he has already conquered the process, it is already the territory of the Celestial Empire, that is, where can he manage so much?

Although the war between the north and the small Japanese country is still going well, there are still certain variables before the overall situation is decided, and this is what Zhang Chao needs to consider. Not to mention, in front of today's Bailongdui, the situation is even more severe, although the first battle wiped out the Pishan country in a surprise attack, and also hit the Loulan army hard, but this is not enough to reverse the situation here, not to mention that the other party has increased its troops by 60,000, with the addition of the mountain country and Qiuzi, the situation here seems to be even more unfavorable to itself.

"What's going on with Cheshiguo?" In his imperial tent, Zhang Chao looked at the sand table in front of him, and asked Guo Jia, the wise minister on the side.

"Back to the emperor, the periphery of the Cheshi country has already been cleared, and now the prince is holding on to Jiaohe City, although the city has not been captured, and the city is also guarded by the army of my Celestial Dynasty, but if it is a long-term siege, I am afraid that there will be problems with supply, and at that time, once the army is unstable, I am afraid that there will be a big event." Guo Jia recounted the situation while raising his own worries.

With three legions in Jiaohe City, security there is not a big problem, but if there is a long-term siege, water and food are the top priority. If you can't even eat, how can you talk about winning a battle?

Zhang Chao naturally knew this truth, but he still comforted Guo Jia and comforted himself and said: "It's okay, the main force of the Cheshi in the country, the First Legion, is absolutely trustworthy, the Sixth Legion is led by Dian Wei, there is no problem, and the Dragoon Legion has been hit hard, presumably even if he wants to do something, he is powerless." After saying that, I had prepared beforehand, and I believed that Tian'er would stock up on food, and there would be no problems for a while. ”

The reason why the First Army and the Sixth Army were arranged to follow the crown prince Zhang Tian into the Western Regions at that time was that Zhang Chao had already planned for a long time.

The First Legion is his former descendant army, and now it is under the command of Bu Qi, Zhang Tian's old man, so there is no need to question the issue of loyalty.

The Sixth Legion, the commander of the legion is Dian Wei, this is his former captain of the guard, and he is a fierce general who watched Zhang Tian grow up, he has the grace of knowing him, and he will not rebel.

It's the Dragoon Legion, Zhang Chao is indeed a little worried, after all, this is the foundation of the original Xiliang army, but when he thinks that Ma Teng, the king of Xiliang, and the people of the Ma clan are now enjoying their lives in Jinyang City, presumably Ma Chao will not make a decision easily as long as he is not stupid.

And as long as there are no internal problems, Jiaohe City should not have much of a problem resisting for the last two months. The difficulty now is how to rescue them in such a short period of time.

Although the Celestial Empire seems to be very powerful, this time in order to solve the northern problem once and for all, the Celestial Empire has paid nine legions of heavy troops, so that the army is somewhat stretched.

Besides, two months is indeed a bit too intense. Because even if you come to Yumen Pass from the north, it will take such a long time. In other words, if you want to solve the problem of the Western Regions, unless the Celestial Empire army in the north starts to come back to help here, but the problem is that the war in the north is not over, and the nine legions are all seizing the time to destroy the enemy.

Zhang Chao doesn't want to do such useless work, if the problem in the north is not solved for a day, he will not be able to feel at ease for a day, so it is not okay to point at others now, only he can.

"How many days will the heavy cavalry of the Zhang family led by Zhang Rui be here?" When Zhang Chao thought that everything needed to rely on himself, he thought of the Zhang family's heavy cavalry following behind him, because they were overly equipped and naturally not as fast as the light cavalry.

"It's going to take another three to four days to get there." Guo Jia immediately replied happily when he heard this.

"Three or four days? In this way, it is necessary to prepare for a big battle and inflict heavy damage on the opponent again. Zhang Chao said to himself.

After hearing Zhang Chao's words clearly, Guo Jia's face became much more solemn. The current situation is that they are short of troops, and the best way is to focus on defense, wait for the results of the war in the north, and join forces to find an opportunity to capture the Western Regions. But Guo Jia, who is also very clear about the overall situation, also knows that this is simply impossible, and the Western Regions Alliance will not give them such time. If Jiaohe City was captured, the losses of the Heavenly Dynasty would be too great, and it would only become more difficult to enter the Western Regions in the future.