It's just that Matvey didn't listen to what the other party had to say, just waved his hand, and arranged for his own soldiers to do things, and he even walked out of the main hall without looking back, looking unwilling to say a word.

Utkin is under house arrest in his own mansion, at least for now, without Matvey's orders, he can't leave the mansion, let alone do anything. As soon as this incident happened, it didn't take long for it to reach the ears of Zhang Chao, the First Emperor of Heaven who had already settled in Hai Paolan City.

The Celestial Empire, which has long been plotting against the Rus' Kingdom, has arranged countless spies here many years ago, and they are full of all corners, although because of their status, they can't be officials here, but it is still easy to become the guardian of some officials.

It's like in Utkin's mansion, there is more than one member of the Sky Eye, but because of discipline, they don't know each other's existence.

It is precisely because of the ubiquity of the members of Tianyan that they can know what happened to these officials for the first time, as if they were under house arrest, and it was the first time that it was reported.

General Matvey put the civilian official Utkin under house arrest, and as soon as this matter was reported to Zhang Chao, a smile appeared on his face and said: "It's a little interesting, by the way, how is Matvey, can he be used only by us?" ”

When the emperor asked, Guo Jia, a first-class civil official who was also a military adviser with the army, immediately stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, from the analysis of all kinds of news, this person is a bit of a backbone, and he cares about the people, although his ability is not too strong, but he is indeed a loyal person. ”

"Well, I like the faithful." Zhang Chao smiled after hearing this, and then looked at Guo Jia and nodded slightly.

As a Zhichen who has followed Zhang Chao for many years, he often knows what it means with a look, just like now, Guo Jia understands what the emperor means, that is, he feels good about Matvey, if it is possible, he can accept it or focus on receiving the newspaper first, after all, if he occupies the Rus country in the future, he still needs some local people to participate in the management.

After talking about the things in Haibaolan City, Zhang Chao took the initiative to talk about the things outside, "I just got the news that the Dragon and Tiger Legion and the Sixth Army have taken Lienks City together, captured the enemy general Yuri, and captured a large number of military supplies in the city. ”

Hearing that Links City had been taken, the generals of the 1st and 2nd Legions who followed together all had excited expressions on their faces. In the first confrontation with the Rus Kingdom this time, the Sixth Legion and the Dragon and Tiger Legion won the first contribution, which also stimulated them fiercely, they are also military generals, obviously everyone also wants to show their skills.

The excited expressions of the generals naturally did not escape Zhang Chao's eyes, seeing that the generals under him were eager to try, he smiled and said: "Very good, I already know what everyone thinks, that is, I will prepare immediately, just wait for Lu Bu to arrive with the vanguard legion, and the second legion will cooperate with them to march to Adan City in the northwest. ”

At this moment, Zhang Chao showed the courage that a monarch should have. With the strength of today's dynasty, as long as it is operated properly, it is completely possible to march into Rus by two routes. Of course, he has a more secure way, that is, when he waits, waiting for the Anatoly prince and the second prince Ivan to fight a lose-lose battle, he is moving, which is likely to save a lot of strength, but Zhang Chao, who knows that life is short, does not want to put time on waiting.

A powerful generation of emperors, Tianjiao Genghis Khan, fought all his life, but he did not complete his goal until he died, Zhang Chao learned the lessons of his predecessors, that is, if there is hope, he will fight, instead of waiting, it is just a waste of time and years.

Naturally, the confidence that can make Zhang Chao make this decision is that he is now well-armed.

For a long time, the biggest reason hindering the expansion of territory is nothing more than two points, one is that the army is not strong, and the other is whether the supply is sufficient.

Now, the problem of troops can be solved by conquest, just like Cai Yang, the deputy commander of the Sixth Army Corps, brought 300,000 prisoners of Rus' soldiers, with this, it is completely possible to use these armies to counterattack Rus', and this kind of thing like using captive soldiers in war, Zhang Chao is not the first time to do it. Not only that, but even the commanders of the legions under him are accustomed to it, which ensures the number of troops.

As for supply, the Celestial Empire's successive campaigns do have limited inventory, but Ross has it. They used to be quite powerful countries, and they didn't know how much they benefited from their neighbors because of the war, but now, these things can be snatched up for their own use. This is also one of the important reasons why Zhang Chao gave up dealing with Zhuge Liang and sent troops to Ross.

Interests are always an important reason for the previous disputes between countries. Zhang Chao not only wants the Central Plains, not only wants to create a strong country, he also needs to spread the spirit of China, so that all Chinese people are proud of their origins, that is, some goals must be eliminated, it seems that the 36 countries of the Western Regions, the shot is just a matter of sooner or later, so if you want to achieve this goal, you need countless wealth as a backing to do it.

In the past, even if Zhang Chao destroyed Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, what he got was nothing more than a large area of land and the people, and when it came to money, it became insignificant compared to the use of war. But now it is different, Rose's economic strength has long been coveted, and he will definitely seize such an opportunity.

Zhang Chaozheng gave the order to organize the army and prepared to go deep into the territory of the Rus' country in two ways, and the generals and generals were all excited after hearing it. If the general didn't fight, he naturally lost his true meaning, and now, when he knows that there will be a battlefield where he will have his own space and ability, who can not be excited?

Hearing Zhang Chao say that he was going to officially take action against Ivan's forces, Guo Jia immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, that's the case, there are still a lot of military funds in the treasury of Haibaolan City, should we take them all together now?" ”

"There's no hurry." Zhang Chao leaned his body very relaxed on the back of the huge dragon chair and said: "There is no official face-turning yet, even if we enter Adan City, it is on the grounds of helping Ivan deal with Anatoly." Although it is said that it is a matter of time before the face is turned around, the person who will do it first will definitely not be us, the battle will be fought, and the territory will be grabbed, but righteousness is also needed. ”

"I understand." Guo Jia now knows what Zhang Chao thinks in his heart, how to say that sentence, what he wants to be, and wants to set up an archway, which is the truest portrayal.

Zhang Chao wants to enter Ross, but he also wants an upright reason. Just imagine, if Prince Ivan took the initiative to do something to them, he would be said to be revenge to the outside world, and in this way, it doesn't seem to be too much for the Celestial Empire army to do.

If there is a valid reason in the war, it can be regarded as a righteous teacher, so that what you are doing will become clear and reasonable, and you will naturally have fewer worries.

Zhang Chao wanted to conquer the land of Rus, and naturally he needed to have a reason, and sending troops to Adan City was to force Emperor Ivan to act first and give him a sufficient excuse to send troops.

Under Zhang Chao's behalf, Huang Zhong, the commander of the Second Army, personally led an army of 500,000 from Haibalan to the northeast of Adan City, among which there were 400,000 soldiers and horses of the Second Army Corps, and 100,000 were the prisoners of the Rus' State who had just been recruited.

Compared to other countries, the treatment of the Celestial Empire's army has always been the best. In Zhang Chao's words, if you want the horse to run, you must let the horse be full.

The Rus' country was a large country, but it was not a predominantly agricultural country, and the grain was never very rich, although there was some surplus grain, but it was put into the treasury of the state and the cities, so that it could be used when the war came.

Controls on food are even stricter than on weapons.

For example, in the Celestial Empire, there was strict control over iron tools, and ordinary people were not allowed to wear swords and other standard iron tools at will. But the original Rus the Great Yaxiong Fuqiang did not think so, in his opinion, the people only iron tools could not pose any threat to him, on the contrary, iron tools were popular in the city, and they could also make the people more competitive and aggressive, which was what the fighting nation needed. And as long as the food can be strictly controlled, it is equivalent to grasping the lifeblood of those people, think about it, you can't even eat, and talk about how to rebel?

Thoughts are everything.

Because of the different ideas, the people's feelings of the two countries are naturally different. And when the Rus soldiers, who have always only had two meals a day in terms of diet, entered the Celestial Empire army, they could eat three meals a day, and they could guarantee that they would eat meat once in three days, without doing too much work, and some of the original Rus soldiers willingly joined the Celestial Empire army.

Some people may say, as a soldier, where is the dignity? But I just want to say that even eating is a problem, and when there is no way to survive, how many copper plates is dignity worth?

It is said that the commander of Huang Zhong's army led an army of 500,000 out of the city of Haibaolan, and went towards the city of Adan with Lord Utkin of Rus.

"What? Lord Wu left Haibalan City? But why didn't anyone inform me? Matvey jumped up from his seat and looked incredulously at his deputy, who had come to report the news.