In the second year of Taiping, at the end of November.

At the same time as the soldiers of the Tang, Han and Chu Kingdoms were marching through the horses, a large army of troops from the grasslands outside the state was assembled.

This was the first large-scale military operation since Wang Fugui's death, and the scale of the army dispatched by the grassland was far greater than the previous one.

And the most important point is that the army dispatched on this side of the grassland is not only larger than the last time, but the quality of their army is also much stronger than two years ago.

The army that was dispatched from the steppe two years ago was only a temporary motley army, and today's army, which is close to two million in number, is completely a whole.

And the most terrifying thing is that this army is obviously a hundred battles.

The army of two million is lined up, and there is no need to activate any command talent at all, and this army naturally has a monstrous military momentum.

It is precisely because of this reason that the intelligence network under Liu Cheng's command discovered the existence of this army when it had just assembled.

In fact, Liu Cheng is not the only one who discovered this army.

In addition to Liu Cheng knowing, Lu Bu, who was guarding Yanmen Pass in Bingzhou, also discovered the existence of this army.

The reason why he was able to discover the existence of this army for the first time was because after the battle in which Wang Fugui died, Lu Bu returned to Bingzhou, and in the next two years, Lu Bu has not taken a step out of Bingzhou.

He took most of the army he had inherited from Wang Fugui and the army he had recruited himself in the past two years, and spent two full years training troops.

Although in the past two years, whether it is the Great Zhou in the south or the grassland in the north, he has never slackened half a point in training, more precisely, he has not slackened on the grassland.

He seemed to have a hunch, or should I say, know from the beginning that one day he would face an incomparably powerful steppe force, and that day was finally coming.

According to the information that Lu Bu had, the army of the grassland was already gathering, and it would not take more than five days at the latest, and the army of two million would be at Yanmen Pass.

This news entered the Yanmen Pass, and the entire Yanmen Pass began to operate.

From the military to the people's livelihood, all the pre-war preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner, and it can be seen that Lu Bu has made quite a lot of preparations in this regard.

And when Lu Bu was making pre-war preparations on his side, on the side of Yahai City, Liu Chengzheng and Lu Qing were sitting together.

"What's going on in the world lately? There are three kingdoms of Tang, Han and Chu here in the Great Zhou, and a giant suddenly appeared on the border of the grassland, and the world seems to be about to be in chaos! ”

When Liu Cheng said this, his face was relaxed and there was no nervousness at all.

In fact, Liu Cheng really doesn't need to be nervous, whether it is the Three Kingdoms of Tang, Han and Chu, or the giant that suddenly appeared, or even when there is any more powerful and terrifying force, Liu Cheng will not care too much.

He is now stable in the rear, there is really a big problem, the great thing is to give up Qingzhou, and instead put the focus of development on Goryeo and Sihai, if these two places can not meet Liu Cheng's development, Liu Cheng will not be able to win a Dongying.

Even if there is one more Dongying, it can't satisfy Liu Cheng's appetite, and in the past year, Liu Cheng's exploration team on the sea has sent out a lot.

The exploration of the sea has also gained a certain amount, Liu Cheng has more or less made some discoveries in Nanyang and Australia, but it is really not good, his territory can be developed to Nanyang and Australia, even if the whole Great Zhou is broken, it will not affect Liu Cheng's development too much.

However, this does not mean that Liu Chengcheng can not pay attention to Da Zhou's side.

To put it mildly, Liu Cheng, as an offshore overlord, the most favorable situation for him is naturally to firmly control the situation on the side of the Great Zhou, and the alliance between the weak and the strong must not allow the Great Zhou to have a hegemony.

To put it mildly, Liu Cheng and the various forces of the Great Zhou Dynasty still have a feud with Wang Fugui.

Therefore, in the current turbulent state of Da Zhou, Liu Cheng is naturally very concerned.

Compared with the move of the Tang, Han and Chu Kingdoms to join forces to stir up the situation, Liu Cheng was more concerned about the force of the grassland.

The reason is very simple, it is because the force of the grassland is very strong, unexpectedly strong.

According to Lu Qing's analysis with the existing information, once the grassland side launched an attack, it would be absolutely impossible for Lu Bu's annex to hold it, and it was very likely that it would be defeated in a very short time.

Once Lu Bu's annexation of the state is lost, then the forces of the grassland will drive straight in, and with the current situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it may not be able to stop that army.

If one is not good, the entire Great Zhou will be destroyed by that force.

And the reason why Liu Cheng thinks that the grassland force has such a strong strength is because Liu Cheng has roughly known the leader of the grassland force through Lu Qing's talent, and the development of this force in the past two years.

According to Lu Qing's talent deduction, the force of the grassland was established two years ago.

At the beginning of the establishment, there was only a small tribe, and after the tribe was established and the leader of the tribe played the banner of Temujin, in just three months, all the dozens of tribes that existed outside the steppe of Bingzhou were all under his banner, and since then, this steppe dynasty has taken shape.

What's even more amazing is that after this grassland dynasty was formed, it did not go south to the Great Zhou, but began to fight north, and it took three months to take down Liu Cheng's fighting nation in his previous life.

After taking down the fighting peoples, this steppe dynasty was fighting all the way to the west.

To what extent they fought westward, Lu Qing's side did not come to a definite conclusion due to insufficient intelligence.

However, at this time, the grassland forces chose to put Bingfeng on the side of the Great Zhou, so two speculations can be rudely drawn, either they have completely conquered the west, or they have to reflexively come back to fight the Great Zhou.

But in either case, one thing is certain, there is danger on the side of Yanmen Pass.

In the face of such an existence, it is absolutely impossible for Lu Bu to withstand it.

However, one thing that made Liu Cheng very curious was that when Lu Qing was collecting intelligence, he found that Lu Bushi had begun to prepare for this battle two years ago.

This is a bit interesting, could it be that Lu Bu knew from the beginning what he would face in the future?

Thinking of this, Liu Cheng's eyes became fascinated, he always felt that there should be some secret between Lu Bu and Wang Fugui, if it weren't for this intuition, Lu Bu would have been killed by Liu Cheng in the past two years.

"Looks like I should find a time to meet this cheap brother-in-law......"