It's just that a lot of times, plans don't change as quickly. Before Zhang Chao was discussing who would send troops into Jianning, Tianyan suddenly heard news from the north. That is, the emperor of the northern Rus' Emperor Axiongfu died of illness in the palace, and his eldest son Anatoly and his second son Ivan began a struggle for succession.

The sudden civil strife in the Rus' country caused the surrounding Kazakhstan and Ukraine to start sending troops, but because of the civil strife, the powerful Rus' country could not unify the military order, which made them lose two battles in a row, and General Nikolai, one of the five tiger generals of the Rus', died in the army, which made the country invaded and the war began.

After getting the news, Zhao Yun, a first-class military general who has been in charge of calming down in the north and the commander of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, immediately asked for an order to send troops, and in his opinion, it was time to solve the problem of the Rus' country.

The territory of Rus is a little larger than that of the Celestial Empire, such a large country and resources, Zhang Chao has long seen it in his eyes and is greedy in his heart, he has long been secretly determined that he must solve the problems there in his lifetime and attribute Rus to the territory of the Celestial Empire.

Now that the opportunity has come, how can Zhang Chao miss it. The only regret is that this Yaxiong husband will not die sooner or later, but at this time, in this way, Zhang Chao can not carry out the final extermination of Zhuge Liang, the lesser of two evils, and finally he made up his mind to personally go to the north to supervise the war.

Zhang Chao knows very well that don't look at the current Rus' country seems to have begun civil strife, but after all, the emaciated camels are bigger than horses, and when they were at their strongest, they had an army of more than five million, even if they are weaker now, they can't be underestimated.

Compared to the boundless territory of the Rus Kingdom, the territory of Jianning County is too small. At that moment, Zhang Chao left the Fifth Army Corps to guard Chengdu and Yizhou, and ordered Zhang Liao of the Seventh Army to return to Jingzhou, and he took the First Army and the Sixth Army Corps from Yizhou to the place where he was subordinate.

When Zhang Chao left, he called Xu Huang, Xu Shu, Zhang Liao and Deng Ai. The requirement for them is to guard the land when they are away, and at the same time to guard against Zhuge Liang and Dongwu, and after he solves the Rus problem, he will come back to solve the matter here.

Regarding Zhang Chao's arrangement, the two army commanders and military advisors all patted their chests and made guarantees, and they asked the emperor to rest assured that he would go north, and there was no need to worry about the problems of Jingzhou and Yizhou.

After talking with the four important ministers, Zhang Chao wrote another handwritten letter, which was sent to Ma Chao of the Dragoon Regiment and Sima Yi, the military advisor in the Western Regions.

Originally, Zhang Chao planned to find an opportunity to solve the problem of the Western Regions after solving the Yizhou problem, but as for Dongwu, it can be seen that its performance is when it is being solved. But now that the Rus' affairs have come out, the issue of the Western Regions has to be pushed back. However, Zhang Chao also asked them to befriend the countries of the Western Regions, and then seek opportunities to destroy their alliances, so as to create sufficient conditions for the westward march of the army in the future.

After doing these things in a hurry, Zhang Chao led two legions of millions of troops straight towards the country of Rus.

This time, there are a few more fierce generals in his army, such as Guan Yu, Wei Yan and Zhang Ren.

Wei Yan had already surrendered to the Celestial Empire, and Zhang Ren was captured and captured, and after giving enough benefits, he also made the decision to serve the Celestial Empire. Only when convincing Guan Yu was a little more difficult. But fortunately, Liu Bei became a prisoner, and this alone was enough to threaten Guan Erye.

When Guan Yu learned that his eldest brother Liu Bei was captured by Zhang Chao, he knew that someone would definitely come to negotiate with him. Sure enough, Guo Jia, a first-class Wenchen of the Celestial Empire, appeared.

Guo Jia appeared, and also brought a message from Emperor Zhang Chao, that is, if Guan Yu is willing to serve the Celestial Empire, then Liu Bei's safety problem is naturally worry-free, not only that, but also according to Guan Yu's performance to see what kind of living conditions can be obtained.

In other words, if Guan Yu behaves well, Liu Bei, who lives in Jinyang City, can be treated better in terms of food and housing.

The eldest brother is also the emperor no matter how he says, and he is used to living a life of a superior person, Guan Yu is really worried that once the conditions in all aspects cannot be met, the eldest brother will be in a bad mood. Now that he has the opportunity to help his eldest brother, Guan Erye naturally has no choice, and in the end he has no choice but to bow his head and join the army of the Celestial Empire.

It's just that Guan Yu's addition is temporary or permanent, everything depends on the situation. Zhang Chao also knows this in his heart, but he believes more that time can change everything, Guan Yu is a person who values love, as long as he promises affection, sooner or later there will be a day of persuasion.

Zhang Chao's army went all the way, first arrived at Sili, joined the vanguard army of Lu Bu, and then took a shortcut to Jizhou and passed, Zhang Chao, who did not even return to Jinyang City, only came to the imperial city of Goguryeo with an army of millions in two months, where he met the general Zhao Yun, who had already prepared his army and prepared for a war.

At this moment, the city of Marudu has long been very lively, and countless military tents have been established outside the city just for the arrival of the army.

This time, in order to take the territory of the northern power Rus, Zhang Chao can be said to have invested enough, except for the Fifth Army Corps in Yizhou, the Seventh Army in Jingzhou, the Dragoon Army in the Western Regions, the Fourth Army in Xuchang and Sili, the Third Army in Xuzhou and the six legions of the Waterway Legion, the other five legions are all concentrated in Goryeo.

For example, the Zhao Yun Dragon and Tiger Legion, which was originally guarding here, the First Legion, the Sixth Legion and the Vanguard Legion who came with Zhang Chao, and even the Huang Zhongsuo of the Second Legion, which had been guarding the north, were transferred by him to a full 400,000 people.

In this way, the 800,000 of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, the 1.5 million of the 1st, 6th, and Vanguard Legions, and the 400,000th of the 2nd Legion have a total of 2.7 million horses.

The army of nearly three million will be very crowded no matter where it appears, but because Zhao Yun has made preparations in advance, Lu Su in Jinyang City has also pulled out a lot of military funds, so that the military tent has been set up as soon as possible, and the army only needs to enter the account according to the territory that has been demarcated early, and there is no panic at all.

For the best arrangements that can be made after the army enters, and there is no need to worry about food and accommodation, Zhang Chao is very satisfied with Zhao Yun's performance. And in the evening of the same day, in the Goryeo Imperial Palace, Zhang Chao took the place of Zhao Yun as the king of Goryeo here, and held the first military meeting.

This meeting was the first time since the founding of the Celestial Empire that the two first-class military generals met together. Whether it's Lu Bu or Zhao Yun, they've been in charge of each side all these years, and it's still a rare thing to gather together like today.

In the palace, Zhang Chao sat under the throne, and below stood a group of civil and military generals.

Wenchen is Guo Jia, Feng Ji, Li Ru, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and others.

The generals include Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Wen Chou, Jiang Yiqu, Bu Qi, Liang Xing, Le Jin, Yan Liang, Ma Wan, Zhu Ling, Hou Cheng, Sun Li, Zhou Cang, Han Juzi, Cai Yang, Guan Yu, Wei Yan, Zhang Ren and so on.

It's definitely a group meeting. Seeing the Wenchen generals under his command, Zhang Chao was very satisfied.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhang Chao first fully affirmed the preparations made by the Dragon and Tiger Legion for the arrival of the army, and then looked at Fa Zheng, the military advisor of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, obviously waiting for this person to introduce the situation.

After Fa Zheng was thrown into the Celestial Empire, he was reused and became the military advisor of the Dragon and Tiger Legion.

When he first came to work beside Zhao Yun, Fa Zheng was worried about whether he would be accepted by him as an outsider. After all, whether it is in terms of status in the Celestial Empire or in Goryeo, the two are too far apart.

But it wasn't until he was really a military advisor by Zhao Yun's side that he knew that everything was his own thoughts, and it should be his own rights and interests, Zhao Yun did not squeeze it at all, and he was completely in a state of letting go, which made Fa Zheng also be able to better exert his own growth and better exert his abilities.

After these years of hard work, Fa Zheng has a very detailed understanding of the situation around Goryeo, including the situation of the Rus' country, and now seeing Zhang Chao's eyes fall on him, he immediately made a polite fist and debuted: "Back to the emperor, since three months ago, after the Rus Emperor Yaxiong Wuqiang died of illness in the palace, the Rus country began to seize the throne. It's just that when Queen Elena and Princess Natasha also began to use their influence, the cultural fight was finally changed to a martial fight, and the two sides began to seize power in the army and fought fiercely. And just half a month later, Ukraine and Kazakhstan to the west of the Rus' country suddenly sent troops to invade Rus', taking advantage of the time of their internal fighting to capture three cities in a row. ”

Fazheng, who briefly described the situation, gave a detailed explanation of the situation in Rus in the past two months, until finally talked about the fact that the eldest prince Anatoly began peace talks with the Kazakh and Ukrainian armies for the sake of the overall situation, so as to suppress the second prince Ivan. Speaking of this, Fa Zheng said again: "Your Majesty, colleagues, just half a month ago, the second prince Ivan sent a letter from the envoy Utkin, asking us to send 500,000 troops to help them deal with Anatoly together, and as a benefit, we will be given twice as much food, grass and ordnance. I discussed this matter with Commander Zhao for a long time, and finally decided to listen to the emperor's opinion. ”

After finishing speaking, Fa Zheng bowed his hand to Zhang Chao respectfully and retreated to his original position.

After Fa Zheng said this, everyone has a basic understanding of the current situation, but there are still many details that we are not clear. For example, Guo Jia had doubts on his face, Zhang Chao noticed it, nodded lightly, and signaled that he could ask any questions.

Zhang Chao agreed, and Fa Zheng stepped forward, first hugging his fists towards Fa Zheng, and then asked: "Fa Daren, Jia has something unknown?" ”