The war between the new emperor Su Yan and the Huai king Su Yunyao for the throne is not a foregone conclusion.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, although the imperial court is worried about internal and external difficulties, but after all, it has the land of the four seas, and often at this time, the imperial court will also recruit troops on a large scale. It's just that this time the imperial court has not yet started in this regard.

A seeming long-lasting tug-of-war has officially begun.

Location, 16 county towns between Tongguan and Huaidi River.

On both sides of the war, the total number of soldiers and horses of the imperial court was nearly 50,000;

The Huai army was divided into three routes, with a total of about 150,000.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court were too scattered, and each of the sixteen county towns had local defenders ranging from 500 to 1,005, and the main force of the imperial army was also the defenders of Tongguan, with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses.

On the Huai army's side, divided into two armies, they advanced from the north road and the south road to Tongguan respectively, with 70,000 to 80,000 troops on each road.

And their Third Route Army, as the vanguard of the raid on Tongguan, had been ambushed by the imperial army in the mountainous area about seventy miles east of Tongguan, and the cavalry, which had lost the advantage of flat terrain, had already fallen into a bitter battle.

On the first day of October, with the retreat of the vanguard army of the Huai army, the king of Huai also issued the Zhengtianzi inscription. King Huai claimed to be the true son of heaven and changed the Yuan Longxing.

Liu Yu didn't expect that King Huai would be in such a hurry to become emperor, and two kings appeared in the Dashun Dynasty at the same time.

When the text arrived at Tongguan, Liu Yu saw it for the first time. In the text, King Huai reprimanded Emperor Shunwen, that is, the former emperor for snatching his position as the son of heaven, and also pointed out that the new emperor Su Yan was his nephew, who usurped the throne and degraded several humerus ministers around the new emperor to worthless. Yuan Bolang and others were scolded in the article. It's just that there is no Liu Yu without him.

Even Su Yan noticed this strangeness. looked at Liu Yu and asked, "Master, why don't you have you?" ”

Liu Yu glanced at him and asked, "Does the emperor really want to have a subordinate?" ”

Su Yan smiled, these days he eats well and lives well in Tongguan, except for being a little homesick, it is also quite comfortable here, and it is far away from the front-line battlefield. He even thought it would be good to build the palace in Tongguan.

At present, the strategic intention of the imperial court is to defend, so in all links, the priority is to contact the defenders of each city to form a defensive front.

The direction of the Huai army's main attack now is Xuzhou City. The defenders of Xuzhou, which numbered about 3,000 people, were under fierce attack by the Huai army, and the siege of Xuzhou also hindered the pace of the Huai army's march, giving the imperial court a temporary respite.

"Master, can we go back to Chang'an?" Su Yan said, "Here, it's a little boring, there's nothing to play, and it's very boring to read those newspapers every day." ”

"In two days, we will move with the army." Liu Yu looked at Yu Wen and said thoughtfully.

"Where is the migration going?"

"Luoyang City."

Luoyang is the largest city east of Tongguan. Su Yan had long heard that there was a wealth of things and people, and he had been looking forward to it for a long time. Now I have the opportunity to shine brightly.

"Master, then let's hurry up."

Liu Yu saw Su Yan's anxious appearance, and knew that he was definitely not thinking about the military plane, but about playing in the past. After all, Tongguan is a natural danger, Luan is safe in Tongguan, if Luan Jia moves to Luoyang, it is actually a strategic means to use the new emperor as a bait to attract the Huai army to attack, this trip can be said to be dangerous and abnormal.

"Have you ever heard of the Son of Heaven?" Liu Yu asked.

"The Son of Heaven is on the side?" Su Yan was shocked, "Master, you don't plan to let me go to the border to fight with a spear, do you?" ”

Liu Yu sighed: "There is no harm in reading more. This time, Luan Jia moved to Luoyang with the army, on the one hand, to show the people of the world the determination of the Son of Heaven to quell the rebellion, but also to determine the main direction of the Huai army's attack, attract the main force of the Huai army to the road, and make our first defensive front more advanced. ”

As long as the main force of the Huai army has been pressed in Huainan and Huaibei for a generation, most of the world is still the imperial court, and there will be an advantage in collecting military rations and recruiting strong men.

These are not clear to Su Yan.

Su Yan blinked, although he didn't understand it very well, he generally knew that the Dao was a very profound strategy. It's dangerous.

"Master, what do you mean, do you want me to be bait and let the Huai army fight Luoyang City?" Su Yan asked sullenly.

Liu Yu put down the text, compared the military map again, looked up and said, "That's roughly what it means." ”

Su Yan felt a little broken, although it was not good for Zhi Lu Dao to follow this master out, but he didn't expect that as an emperor, he would go to the front line in person, and he would be used as a bait to fight others, he felt wronged, and felt that being an emperor was too undignified.

"It's good that the master is around." Su Yan said casually.

Liu Yu glanced at him again and sighed helplessly, in fact, he also knew that Lu Dao would not be guarding Su Yan for too long.

Throwing the new emperor outside Tongguan was to let the Huai army determine the direction of the attack, and it was also to set the strategy of the imperial army's defense. But a war, defense alone is not enough to win, the Huai army is not only strong, in recent years has accumulated a large number of siege baggage, to capture the city, or to buy the local defenders to serve it is not difficult.

Attack, very targeted.

but it is impossible to integrate all the forces.

"Let's talk about everything in detail in Luoyang City." Liu Yu said a word later.

The next thing to prepare is the departure of the army, after all, the imperial court has not done anything in the past ten days except for the issuance of the document, so that the local defenders have no hope. The army must also go out of Tongguan and make a decisive battle with the Huai army.

But after all, the departure of the army this time was only to quell the rebellion of the local rabble, and the Huai army was not a rebel army in Guanzhong. Before leaving, Liu Yu had to make a lot of preparations.

Although Liu Yu is now the nominal generalissimo of the expedition, he knows that this position cannot be held for a long time, and he has a more long-term plan. It is necessary to find a suitable person to act as the generalissimo and pick the beam.

Connections, available around Liu Yu, his wife Xu Xuanzhu is one, but there are no soldiers around her, and the soldiers are either at the border pass, or they can quell the rebellion with Xu Caihua in the pass.

Qu Zhu is also an expert, but unfortunately he has no actual combat experience, and he is very reluctant to lead the Royal Forest Army, so he is obviously not competent to be a marshal.

Mu Yu is absolutely unusable, Liu Yu is gradually trying to find a way to empty his power, and is more prepared to dispose of him by military law at the right time to completely solve the troubles. As for Wu He, Liu Yu also felt that he was not very trustworthy, and the guards in Tongguan were more or less contaminated with the bad habits of military generals, that is, they were empty-eyed, and this atmosphere also began to be infected from the Marquis of Dingguo.

Liu Yu thought about it, and finally thought of a "talent" that was still usable.

Chai Jin.

Although Chai Hulu is not a capable person, and even a little stupid, he is still a little clever. From the first time he met Chai Jin, Liu Yu could understand a thing or two about Chai Jin's ability to shoot over, and this Chai Jin's ability was only covered by his introverted personality and was not discovered.

More importantly, Chai Jin is a safe person, not greedy for merit or rash, he can't understand other people's words, let alone listen to them, as long as he has orders in advance, he will definitely do it. Steadfastness is the most important advantage of being a coach who defends all the way.

Liu Yu brought Chai Jin over, and when he learned that Liu Yue wanted him to be the marshal of the three armies, Chai Jin was stunned for a long time before he said: "Brother Liu, I'm ...... Did you hear that right? I will be a marshal, what will you be? ”

"The emperor has another important use for me." Liu Yu smiled, "Hulu, just say do you want to be this marshal?" ”

"Yes."

Chai Jin's eyes widened, his eyes full of eager anticipation. He didn't need more words to get a chance to prove himself, which he had always wanted.

He wants to make a name for himself and prove that his wife's husband, the father of his future child, is not a good-for-nothing person. (To be continued......)