Malhua was about to go out to fight, so he naturally informed the members of Tianyan of the news and orders he had obtained, so that there was now Lu Fei's report.

After Zhang Chao, who was in a high seat, heard the news, he fell into a look of closing his eyes and contemplating. Rus's country is a tumor, and sooner or later it will be removed, but what he is thinking about now is when to do it.

Zhang Chao didn't speak, and Lu Su, the Minister of the Interior on the side, did speak: "Your Majesty, even if you have accurate news, presumably the war is not far from us." Look, did you inform Huang Zhong, the commander of the Eighth Army Corps, and Zhao Yun, the commander of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, and tell them to be on strict guard, and once the enemy makes a move, they will start to resist? ”

The reason why Lu Su only talked about resisting and did not say that he wanted to take the initiative to attack was because he had a very good understanding of the current situation in the Celestial Empire.

Don't look at the Celestial Empire, which seems to be powerful, but in fact, the forces are scattered now, and the small Wa Kingdom is still using troops, so there is simply not too much force to deal with the northern powerhouse Rus. Lu Fei said just now, this time Anatoly used his blood and used 2 million troops, plus 500,000 troops from Kazakhstan and Ukraine, which is a full 3 million.

Three million troops, now with the only mobile force of the Celestial Empire, they can't eat it at all.

Even if it can't be eaten, it seems that it can only defend first, and after the matter of the small Japanese country is resolved, more troops can be mobilized to solve the matter in the north.

Lu Su has always been extremely cautious, which is an advantage, otherwise, Zhang Chao would not have left the internal affairs to him. But at the same time, this is also a disadvantage, there is no problem for such a person to keep it, but when it comes to expansion, it is indeed a little bit worse.

Lu Su's words were finished, but Zhang Chao still didn't speak, on the contrary, he was still silent and considering.

As Lu Su said, the current Celestial Empire does not have more mobile troops to solve the invasion of the Rus' Kingdom, and it seems that defense is also the best way now. But Zhang Chao really knew in his heart that if he really chose to defend, he was afraid that the entire Celestial Empire would fall into a crisis next.

The matter of the small Wa country has not been completely resolved, and the reception of Xishu is also underway, it seems that everything is going well, but this is all due to the fact that there is no external force, once the Rus country comes south, and the Western Regions country is fighting in the west, I am afraid that these two important tasks will also be affected, so that the crisis everywhere, I am afraid that it is not handled properly, and all the good situations will be in vain.

After so much hard work, Zhang Chao created the current Celestial Empire, he would never watch his efforts go down the drain, and in order to ensure the fruits of his contributions, a bold plan began to take shape in his mind...

In the afternoon of the same day, a series of holy decrees came out of the palace and rushed in all directions. Soon after, most of the Second Army defending the north; Most of the Third Army Corps, which was fighting in the Lesser Wa Kingdom; the Fourth Army Corps defending the Luoyang area; the Fifth Army Corps defending Jiangdong; the Seventh Army defending Western Shu; the Vanguard Corps dealing with matters in the Jianning area; and the Jiangdong Army, which was being ordered to renovate, received the order and began to move towards the northern part of the Celestial Empire.

The movement of these armies was carried out in secret, and according to the divine decree required of them, it was sunset and dayrise, and they moved as quickly as possible to the northeast with absolute assurance that no one would be detected.

It is said that with so many troops moving suddenly, it is indeed difficult to avoid being discovered. Fortunately, the current Celestial Empire is extremely stable, and with the concerted efforts of the upper and lower levels, it is really airtight, and the only drawback is that the speed of action is too slow, because it is the movement of large legions, and in order not to be discovered, some legions even only move dozens of miles a day.

The movement within the Celestial Empire was inconspicuous and did not attract people's attention, and Zhang Chao had already been in front of the Holy Order, that is, all legions had to stay behind and some people to continue to operate in the original area under the banner, so it was even more difficult for people to find out.

In April 215 AD, the thirteenth year of the Celestial Empire.

The cold season in the north has just passed, but the ice and snow have just melted, and even in some places, there is still a thick ice that has not completely melted, and the army of the Rus' country has united the armies of Kazakhstan and Ukraine, of which the Rus' country sent two million troops, and the other two countries each have 500,000, and a full 3 million people set off from the city of Great Rus', and the troops came south in two ways.

The Rus Kingdom suddenly launched a war, and the Celestial Empire seemed to be caught off guard, first being beaten and dazed, and then being defeated and retreating.

Originally, the Eighth Army remained opposite the city of Great Russ and was always defended as a frontier land. However, with only 500,000 troops, how could they be the opponent of the 3 million Rus' coalition army, and they fought and retreated under the inability of the troops, and in just half a month, they lost the two big cities of Sanlilbe and Pahan one after another.

The war in the north has attracted the attention of many people, especially the Western Regions Alliance, when they learned that the Rus Kingdom really began to send troops, they were even more excited, and people with brains knew that the opportunity that belonged to them had come. This may be an opportunity to severely damage the Celestial Empire's army in the Western Regions, and even if it is done, it is not impossible to drive this head tiger out.

But even if the Celestial Empire is said to be a tiger, no one will underestimate them. It's like the Rus Kingdom has already started to move, but in the Western Regions, it seems at least that it is still peaceful on the surface, maybe some people are still waiting and wondering, and they have to wonder if the strength of the Rus Kingdom can continue forever.

Others may not understand the reality of the Celestial Empire, but as the crown prince, Zhang Tian is indeed very aware of his strength.

After receiving a secret letter from his father, Emperor Zhang Chao, and learning that the main action of the Celestial Empire was not in the Western Regions, he knew that this time he was afraid that trouble would come.

The father made it very clear in the letter that in a short period of time, he would not give any help to the Western Regions Cheshi Kingdom, and everything would depend on himself, which means that he can only mobilize 1.5 million people in the 1st and 6th plus three armies of dragoons. If it is said that it must be enough in peacetime, but now that there is a war in the north, who can say that the Western Regions Alliance will not take advantage of this time to make a move? And if there is a war on this side, will his army of 1.5 million be able to resist the millions of people in the Western Regions Alliance? That's an unknown.

"Tell the order to go down, and the whole army is ready for battle." Zhang Tian, who felt the imminent wind and rain, said to Li Ru and Sima Yi, the two advisers beside him.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, otherwise you should withdraw to Xiliang first." Sima Yi thought for a while and then suggested out loud. After all, once there is a big war, it may be a battle of life and death, they don't care, they are the military advisors of a legion, and their positions are here, even if they die, they will die with the soldiers of the legion, but Zhang Tian is different, he is the prince of the Celestial Empire, the future emperor of the Celestial Empire, and he must not make any mistakes.

"Nope! I will live and die with all the soldiers, so I won't talk about it in the future. Zhang Tian shook his head very firmly. To say that withdrawing at this moment is indeed the best way to protect yourself, but in this way, it is inevitable that a timid and cowardly name will be on his back, if so, he will be able to sit on the throne in the future and be blamed.

Zhang Tian is also a man with backbone, and he will never allow such a stain in his life history. said that, even if his father was able to start a family with a hundred hands and pacify the heroes, why couldn't he be a son? What he needs others to see is that his father is a hero, not a tiger father and a dog.

Zhang Tian's attitude was very resolute, so that Sima Yi and Li Ru had nothing to say, but the two of them did feel that the burden on their shoulders was very heavy, and with the three legions against the millions of male troops in the entire Western Regions Alliance, their pressure was indeed very great. But now that there is such a situation, what they need to do is to do a good job of defense, hold on for a few more days, and strive to be equal to the war in the north, as soon as the reinforcements arrive.

This has a situation where on the surface it seems that the Cheshi country is still as prosperous as ever, but in fact it is indeed a hidden sword.

June 2055. After two months of war, the Eighth Army of the Celestial Empire retreated again and again, and in a short period of time, it lost several large cities of Beitki, Lenks, and Adaner, so that the vanguard of the Rus's Three Kingdoms Alliance had been forced out of the city of Haylboran.

Haibalan City, the border city of the former Rus' Kingdom, was used to defend the Celestial Empire army here in the earliest days.

But since the last time the Celestial Empire won the battle, this place has been classified as owned by the Celestial Empire, and now the Rus' coalition is about to fight here, which seems to indicate that they are about to lose their blood and regain everything they originally lost.

In full swing, Anatoly, the king of Rus' gave the order to attack the whole army and occupy the city of Hypaolan. And if he could take it, it would almost mean that after two years, he had regained what he had lost. But the ambitious Anatoly does have another idea, that is, if he can occupy the city of Hypaolan, then he doesn't mind continuing to fight, even if the Celestial Empire can occupy their land, why can't he occupy it again, in the words of the Celestial Empire, this is a courtesy exchange.

At this moment, Anatoly can be said to be full of energy, this time he not only wants to be disgraced, but also to re-establish a powerful Rus' power, and he wants to prove to the world that he is not inferior to his father, or even stronger.

The soldiers of the Rus' country did not have the slightest scruples, on the contrary, their fighting spirit was stronger than before, and they came all the way south. Their victories and actions have already attracted the attention of various surrounding forces. Even the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Qiang and other ethnic minorities who had been driven away for a long time and no longer dared to appear on the border of the Celestial Empire because of the heavy blows seemed to be ready to move, and they frequently sent scouts to watch the battle from a distance, as if they were just waiting for the defeat of the Celestial Empire, and they were about to rush out to get a piece of the pie.