Zhang Chao patiently explained, and did not spare words like gold because of his identity as an emperor, this is because he knows that what he is doing now is to build the most solid foundation for his future great cause.

It is conceivable that once there is this kind of black-clothed cannon that can shoot and cause large-scale destruction, the strength of the Celestial Empire army will expand by I don't know how many times, at that time, no matter how powerful the enemy is, you can solve most of the problems with just one bombardment.

Naturally, even if Zhang Chao had put a lot of effort and effort into it, with the technology at that time, it was impossible to make this black-clothed cannon as close as a modern weapon. Fortunately, Zhang Chao didn't have much hope, he only needed to use this black-clothed cannon to be ten times more powerful than the explosives he had now at a critical time.

On the surface, there is a nationwide conscription, but in fact, the army of the Celestial Empire has not increased, and even if some good seedlings are occasionally found to be attracted to the army, the number is not too large, and it is also used as a reserve army. Compared with the Han Dynasty, especially the rapid expansion of the Wei State, the actions of the Celestial Empire were too childish.

It's just that no one knows that Zhang Chao values the high quality of the troops, but not the high price, and the most important thing is that the number of troops has not increased, so there is no financial pressure.

Zhang Chao deliberately made a picture of a strong army, just like in the late stage of World War II, the Soviet Army and the U.S. Army competed in military competition, and finally used this method to collapse the old Soviet Union, a world power at that time, so who knows, Zhang Chao did not mean this?

May 206 A.D.

The land of China has long been revived, and when spring is in full swing, the war under the personal command of Cao Cao of Wei finally began to move.

After more than three months of conscription and training, the number of Wei's army once exceeded 4 million, just in terms of the number of troops, it became the first power at that time.

After the army was expanded, Cao Cao's ambitions began to swell, and at the time of the court meeting, he announced that he would go to war against the Celestial Empire on the grounds that Zhang Chao had repeatedly violated the Wei state.

Cao Cao's decision was that he personally led an army of two million from Yuzhou to march from Xiangcheng to Liang County, which was under Sili; The second son, Cao Pi, led 500,000 troops from Puyang in Yanzhou to Yin'an in Jizhou; The eldest son, Cao Ang, led an army of 500,000 to defend the homeland, and at the same time exercised the right to supervise the country and supply the grain and grass needs of the army; From his younger brother Cao Ren, he led millions of troops to confront Dongwu and guard his rear.

It is said that the conscription has only been three months since the beginning, and even many soldiers have arrived at the barracks for less than a month because they came late, so they should strengthen their training, but Cao Cao is really no longer giving them time, in his words, soldiers go to the battlefield to experience, to experience real life and death is the best way to train.

Of course, it is not known whether this is because of the large number of troops and too much economic pressure forcing Cao Cao to act in advance.

The army began to assemble from the order, and it took nearly a month to prepare for the expedition, waiting for Cao Cao to lead the army from Yuzhou to enter the territory of Sili in June of the same year.

An army of two million came and stopped only thirty miles from Liang County.

The scouts in front came to report that in Liang County, Zhang Chao's 50,000 troops had set up a position to defend the city. After learning the news, Cao Cao raised his account to discuss countermeasures.

This time, the generals who came with Cao Cao included Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan brothers, as well as Cao Zhang, Cao Hong, and other Cao family fierce generals, as well as famous generals like Le Jin and Li Dian.

It can be said that the lineup is strong, the confidence is full, and the morale is high.

In the big tent, Cao Cao just told the situation in Liang County, and the generals below were a little unable to sit still, in their opinion, they sent two million troops, but the Celestial Empire only sent 50,000 people to guard a small city, which is really too unreasonable to put them in their eyes, and on this basis, they should be killed.

"Your Majesty, please fight." Xiahoudun, who had the number one general in Wei, stood up in one step.

"Minister, please fight." Next, General Xiahou Yuan also stood up unceremoniously with his fists clenched.

"The minister also asks for war." Cao Zhang, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Li Dian and others also followed.

Seeing that so many generals were about to fight all of a sudden, Cao Cao was naturally so happy that his face bloomed. "Very good, very good, in this way, Ling, Xiahou Yuan is the main general, Che Zhou and Niu Jin are the deputy generals, and the 200,000 army will attack the county seat of Liang County tomorrow."

With 200,000 people fighting 50,000, and with General Xiahou Yuan as the leader, Cao Cao believed that this battle would definitely be won. At that time, if the army has enough morale, it can take advantage of the situation to enter Sili, and after capturing Luoyang, it can then coerce and annex the state, at that time, he will use the methods taught by Zhang Chao to defeat him and let him reap the consequences.

It was not the first time to fight with Zhang Chao, experience told Cao Cao that if he wanted to use conspiracy and trickery, he was afraid that it would be difficult to work, this time he would use yang strategy, and he would take advantage of the advantage of his strength to attack in a dignified manner, at that time, in the face of absolute strength, he didn't believe that there was anything else that could stump him.

Cao Cao decided to enter Sili by storm, so he handed over the first battle to the general Xiahou Yuan, who believed that he would definitely win with absolute superiority.

The army of Wei is approaching the city, and on the city wall of Liangxian County, the black-armored soldiers are standing, appearing on the city tower with a strict state of defense.

On the tower of the city, two generals in yellow cloaks were standing here, looking at the enemy company camp in the distance, and there was only calm and calm in their eyes, but in fact, their hearts had already experienced turbulent waves and excitement.

As early as when they received the task of guarding Liang County, they were mentally prepared, but when they saw the lineup of the Wei army in front of them, they couldn't help but be surprised in their hearts, two million enemies, how powerful this is.

"General Gao, are you afraid?"

"There's a little bit of it, but I'm definitely not going to back down. General Ji, are you scared? ”

"I also have a little, but unless I die, otherwise, before there is a new order, I will be in Liang County."

The questions and answers of the two revealed their mentality and expressed their current mood at the moment.

The Wei army began to be mobilized, and General Lü Bu, who was in charge of military affairs, also received an order from Zhang Chao, the first emperor of the heavens, to hold Liang County with 50,000 people, at least three days, and defeat the enemy's spirit.

When Chu Yi got this order, Lu Bu was still a little puzzled. Judging from the information he obtained, with the help of the money bank's posters, Wei accumulated countless amounts of money in a very short period of time and recruited a large number of recruits.

Hearing this, Lu Bu's mood can be described as painful and happy.

It hurts because this time the enemy must be difficult to deal with; Happy because there is another big battle to fight.

It's just that the Wei State wants to raise the strength of a country to attack, and in Lu Bu's opinion, of course, it is going to be a head-on attack, although he is inferior to the other party in terms of military strength, but he believes that in terms of the individual ability of the soldiers and the overall combat strength of the army, they are not afraid of anyone.

And at this time, Zhang Chao's order came down, and he actually asked him to send only 50,000 people to meet the enemy, which really made him puzzled. Although the order also said that the First Emperor of Heaven would send Gao Shun, the general of the trapped camp, to Liang County to support, Lu Bu was still not optimistic.

Gao Shun's trapping camp is indeed elite enough, but as far as he knows, this army is only 5,000 people, and in the face of millions of Wei troops, it is not too much to say that it is a mantis arm as a car.

However, Zhang Chao's order was issued, and Lu Bu only had the part to carry it out, so he immediately convened a meeting of the generals of the Fifth Legion, the Seventh Legion and the Vanguard Legion, and he wanted to arrange the task.

Sili used to be the center of the Han Dynasty, and now it is also the southern gateway of the Celestial Empire, where Zhang Chao has always gathered a large number of troops, such as the Fifth Army and the Vanguard Army, as long as there is no important war, they have been stationed here.

And this time, knowing that Cao Cao might attack, Zhang Chao transferred the headquarters of General Zhang Liao of the Seventh Army Corps outside Yanmen Pass, so that there were three legions and a full 600,000 army here, and such strength would be able to compete with any enemy.

After waiting for the arrival of the army commanders and generals, Lu Bu took out the holy decree to show everyone, and then said in a neutral voice: "Generals, the emperor has clearly ordered that we need to send 5,000 people to guard Liang County for three days to measure the morale of the enemy army, then let's talk about who can be qualified for this position." ”

To say that with 50,000 troops to hold a county town, many people can do such a thing, at least the three army commanders should have such ability. But the war is just the beginning, Lu Bu doesn't want to use the general in the first battle, after saying that, this is clearly a city defense battle, and the general's bravery may not be able to play an absolute role, so he hopes to recommend a deputy corps commander to do this.

After Lu Bu's gaze patrolled around the frame, Ji Ling, the deputy commander of the Fifth Legion, stepped forward.

Ji Ling was originally a general under Yuan Shu, and was later defeated by Zhang Chao and captured, after systematic study in the Zhangjia Military Academy, he was appointed to the Fifth Army and became a deputy commander, for which he has always been grateful to Zhang Chao, although he has also made a lot of contributions in large and small battles, but he has always thought that it is far from enough.

Now that Cao Cao's army has invaded the realm, Ji Ling feels that the time has come to make meritorious contributions, and he wants to use practical actions to prove that Zhang Chaozhong's decision is correct.

In this way, Ji Ling stood up, and Lu Bu also agreed to his request after consulting with several army commanders and military advisors, and now he was able to stand on top of the tower in Liangxian County.