In order to hide from those who had a heart, Li Hao paid special attention to the mobilization of soldiers and horses, and simply did not even call the soldiers and horses of the forbidden army camp.

Instead, they took advantage of the opportunity of the change of garrisons in various places to transfer the Shenji Battalion and the 3,000 Battalion, which had been stationed in various places for training in recent years, to the border of Yan State.

Anyway, there is still plenty of time now, after all, it is always necessary to wait for the two countries to fight a real fire, so as to avoid them from making a truce in a short period of time and waving their troops to interfere in the actions of the Su country.

As for the court and the harem, Li Hao has also been creating a peaceful atmosphere to confuse the spies of the other three countries and let them let down their guard.

After observing this for two months, Li Hao confirmed that the main forces of Anwu and Wu had been engaged in the war, and decisively prepared to attack Yanguo.

For this reason, Li Hao deliberately brought Zhang Han and Ren Xin over, and advised: "Now that the time has come, I will go to the Suyan border to preside over the war, and the affairs of the outer dynasty will still be handled by Wang Kun and Zhang Yun, and all the affairs in the palace will be handed over to you for the time being."

Taking Yan this time, my intention will be to completely summon the world, and the two countries will not allow me to do it, and they will definitely try their best to stop it.

I don't have to worry about Chuyue, but Yang Ying and Concubine Wu need to keep an eye on them, not only to convince them that I am in the palace, but also to ensure that they don't make any trouble in the future."

Zhang Han is the queen, although she doesn't understand why Li Hao is so relieved of Chu Yue, she still naturally answers: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the concubines will definitely manage the harem well, and they will not let the two sisters do anything out of the ordinary."

Instead, Ren Xin wanted to say something, and asked directly, "Did Chu Yuan promise to help you, so he didn't worry about Li Falcon's trouble when he returned to his division to find trouble in Shaxi."

Li Hao explained: "Because at this time, it is time for the picture to be poor, and Chu Yuan is a person who understands, he knows how to choose, which is the best for himself.

In particular, I also asked my mother to write a handwritten letter to him, so Chu Yuan agreed that as long as I could successfully take the Yan Kingdom, he would lead the western part of Sha to Shun directly.

Ling Mo has already led his soldiers and horses to hoard in the Qi State Trade Road, and he can raise troops to the north at any time to meet him."

Ren Xin heard that Li Hao asked Shen Tuhui for help, and couldn't help but be speechless: "You found Niangniang, why don't I know."

Li Hao smiled: "Haven't you been busy with the affairs of the women's academy recently, and it's just a letter, and Niangniang didn't come to the capital, so she didn't bother you."

Ren Xin thought about it, so he didn't dwell on this question anymore, but asked: "Shaxi is one of the three major departments of Anguo, you took it away, Li Ying is afraid that he will go crazy when he finds out."

You're really prepared, don't come to a failure and break someone's heart at the beginning of the month."

Li Hao promised, "Don't worry, with the current preparations of the Su Kingdom, it is indeed a bit troublesome to attack the three kingdoms of An, Wu, and Yan at the same time.

But as long as I can quickly solve the Yan country and release the main forces, I still have absolute confidence that the two countries want to resist Anwu.

That's why I need to hide the news and rush to the front, in order to catch Yan by surprise."

After solving Ren Xin's series of problems, Li Hao finally hugged them and left the palace quietly.

In order to avoid attracting attention, Ren Xin and Zhang Han only sent them to the door of the hall, and when they couldn't see Li Hao's back, they retracted their gaze together and turned around and walked back to the palace.

Then Zhang Han suddenly sighed to Ren Xin: "I really envy my sister, Your Majesty and you really have nothing to talk about."

Ren Xin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and replied: "The queen can also be, Your Majesty's temperament is not very strict, and she will never be angry because of one or two remarks, so naturally she can say it directly if she has anything to say."

Zhang Han shook his head slightly after hearing this, Li Hao does not have too many taboos, but he is not close to anyone.

Anyway, as far as Zhang Han herself is concerned, it may be because of her personality that she always feels a little estranged, so she is a little envious of Ren Xin's state.

However, she didn't continue to talk about this topic, but asked about Ren Xin's running a girls' school, and if there was anything she needed help with.

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In order not to attract attention, when Li Hao left the palace, he only brought a few guards with him.

It was only when they got out of the city that they would be able to join the large army and begin to rush towards the Suyan border.

Of course, it is said that it is a large army, but in fact, it only adds up to dozens of people, so as not to be too eye-catching.

All the way to change horses at the Jinyi Guard, after eight days of running all night, the group rushed to the place and met with Chu Fan and his generals who came here to wait.

Li Hao's first sentence was to ask directly: "How are the soldiers and horses preparing now, and when can they launch an attack?"

Chu Fan replied: "Now the military camps in various places have stockpiled enough grain and grass for several months, and the soldiers are always on standby, as long as His Majesty orders it, they can launch an attack at any time.

In addition, the original garrison has also been recruited, and when the war starts here, they will be able to come to support within three days."

Li Hao was very happy about Chu Fan's promise: "Okay, we don't have time to delay the people of Yanguo, so this first battle is very important, if this battle goes well, then I should personally remember the credit for you."

Chu Fan was not polite, after all, this time he secretly arranged the transportation of soldiers and horses and baggage, and it really took a lot of effort.

"Thank you for your grace, may I succeed in the battle and restore the unification of the Central Plains as soon as possible."

Li Hao nodded with a smile and asked, "How is the deployment of the troops of the Yan people on the other side?"

Chu Fan replied: "The people of Yan still don't know about our arrangement, but they just listened to the words of the Anguo people, and concentrated tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to hoard in Mingzhou and Dazhou, wanting to threaten Wuguo and us at the same time."

Li Hao entered the tent and checked the map, and then said decisively: "I have been away from the capital for eight days, and it is estimated that the news of this disappearance cannot be concealed.

Therefore, I decided that all the soldiers and horses would press forward tomorrow night, and directly attack the cities of Mingzhou and Dazhou early the next morning.

Mingzhou will be attacked by me with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Dazhou will be handed over to you, and after taking the city, you will lead your troops to sweep the cities on the border of Yanwu and block the soldiers and horses that Wuguo may come.

I led my troops and horses to approach Yandu, and it was bound to force Emperor Yan and me to fight a decisive battle, so as to clear the living forces of Yan and facilitate the subsequent occupation.

However, the speed of progress on my side may be very fast, so the follow-up soldiers need to keep up as soon as possible.

This battle is related to my future, and I hope that you will do your best to kill the enemy."

After hearing this, all the soldiers obeyed the order in unison, and then went down to make arrangements.

Only Chu Fan looked at Li Hao still standing on the edge of the map, and took a step of concern: "Your Majesty must be tired from traveling overnight, and you will have to arrange a march tomorrow night, so let's rest early today and recuperate your spirit."

Li Hao smiled: "No need, my health is very good, it won't be in the way to rest later, but you have to rest early, after all, you are not young anymore, and I can't lack you by my side now."

Chu Fan replied: "As long as Your Majesty needs to use a minister, the minister will definitely do his best."

After a night's rest, the whole camp began to prepare for the march, after all, in order not to attract attention as much as possible, this time the 80,000 troops of the Su country were divided into several parts and camped separately.

If everyone wants to act at the same time, they must communicate well in advance, otherwise it is easy to get out of touch.

After a busy day, all the armies were ready, and then the whole army set off and headed for Mingzhou and Dazhou.

This time, in order to be able to fight quickly, Li Hao did not plan to climb the city wall, but directly used artillery explosives.

After all these years of continuous development, the artillery used by the Su army now is no longer the same as the previous one.

Although it was not yet up to the level of the first battle, it was not difficult to break through the city gate that was not blocked with stones with just a few specially made rifled guns.

During the march at night, Li Hao did not deliberately conceal it, but hurried directly with torches, and rushed to the city of Mingzhou with great momentum.

After all, there are too many soldiers and horses in this line, and they are almost under the nose of the enemy, and it is difficult to hide their tracks.

And it will delay the speed of the march, but it is better to go openly.

The defenders of Mingzhou were on the city wall, and when they saw the scene like a fire dragon in the distance, they immediately discovered that something was wrong and notified the general of the Mingzhou garrison.

This person who can be sent to the front line of the battlefield by Emperor Yan is also a bit genuine.

After a brief glance at the city, he estimated the number of soldiers and horses who came this time.

He immediately commanded, "Send someone to inform the surrounding cities at once, and say that the people of Suguo have sent troops, and let them close the city and defend themselves."

In addition, he quickly went to the capital to inform His Majesty that Su Guoxing had tens of thousands of troops coming, so that His Majesty could send troops to support as soon as possible."

With the order of the guard, the east gate of Mingzhou City was opened, and several teams on fast horses quickly disappeared into the darkness, and then the city gate was closed again.

Of course, he also understood that it was not enough to just ask for help, he had to defend the city first before he could wait for reinforcements.

For this reason, the guards immediately sounded the alarm bell in the city, mobilized the soldiers and horses in the city to the city walls, and began to prepare gold juice, rolling wood and other materials for defending the city.

At the same time, it was announced that Mingzhou City would be banned, and all the people could only stay in their houses, and no one was allowed to go to the streets.

All the officials of the Mingzhou Prefecture have arranged for them to patrol the streets to prevent anyone from destroying the city.

When everything was arranged, he squinted at the head of the city for a while.

Seeing him like this, the adjutant general couldn't help but be concerned: "General, according to this distance, when this army arrives outside the city, it must be at least the end of the day, plus they have come from afar, so they must have no siege weapons in their hands.

So most of the time there will be no siege today, so you should go down to the city and rest, and then go back to the city wall after the rest, and I will watch this place for the time being."

The guard thought about it, but he still explained, "Then I will be under the city, and if there is any situation, you can send someone to call me directly."

Their calculation of the time was accurate, and even because of the drag of the artillery transportation, it took a little later to arrive at Mingzhou City.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that after Li Hao arrived at the city, there was no greeting at all, and he directly set up the artillery in the eyes of everyone in the city.

Then only a few loud bangs were heard, and the city gate, which was originally quite strong, was broken into several pieces by the cannonballs, and the soldiers in the door hole were cleaned up by the way, and the soldiers defending the city were all stupid.

It was only when the Su army was on the side, under Li Hao's order, that they began to charge before they reacted.

But it was too late, and the heavy cavalry cleared the passage directly for the follow-up soldiers and horses through their powerful impact and casualties.

Immediately, the infantry followed, creating a base in the city, and then the Shenji Battalion started the harvesting mode.

A series of successes made Yan Jun have no time to block the city gate, so he could only watch the Su army enter the city in a steady stream.

However, the Yan army did not give up completely, after all, the main force of the Su army was still outside the city, as long as they could block this group of soldiers and horses who entered the city, they still had hope.

For this reason, the adjutant general immediately sent a signal, summoned the reservists who had been left in the city, and came to the west gate to help.

In addition, the lieutenant did not forget to inform the guard, but in fact, he did not need to notify him.

After all, the guard slept in an ear room next to the city gate, and as a general, he was still very sensitive to this kind of explosion, and he had long been awakened by the sound of artillery.

It's just very sad, and it is precisely because he is too close to the city gate that when he puts on his clothes and armor, he finds that he can't get out when he wants to go out again.

Because it was not the soldiers and horses of the Yan country outside this gate at all, but the soldiers and horses of the Su country, which made him a little at a loss, he didn't understand what the situation was, and how the people of the Su country entered the city after sleeping.

Fortunately, he was clever enough to close the door when he saw that something was wrong, and ran towards the backyard, hoping to leave through the back door.

After leaving the courtyard, the guard found the scattered soldiers and horses of the Yan State, and understood the beginning and end of the Su people entering the city, and knew that the city was not lost.

It's a pity that this person didn't see the artillery with his own eyes, but he heard from others that the people of Suguo had the help of Thunder God and helped split the city gate.

For this remark, the guard will be self-sufficient

Of course, he didn't believe it, but he also knew that he couldn't ask anything from their mouths, and he still had to ask the soldiers who were guarding the city.

He immediately began to collect the defeated army, and asked people to contact the defenders in the city to come to the west gate to support.

But obviously, their resistance was useless, and the Shenji Battalion only needed to stabilize its position.

In the face of the offensive of the three-stage attack and the attack of various tiger squat artillery, the Yan army could not squeeze the space of the Su army at all, but because of the excessive losses, it gradually had the tendency to collapse.

Even if the guards arrived behind and personally boosted their morale and led the charge, it was to no avail, but he was hit in the shoulder by a musket.

And his injury exacerbated the rout of the Yan army, and the Yan army, which was still attacking in an instant, quickly presented a scene of falling trees and scattering.

Then it was time for the Yan army to harvest the battlefield, and the Shenji battalion and the infantry battalion quickly followed.

As for the 3,000 battalions dominated by cavalry, Li Hao did not let them enter the city, but divided into several groups and went to the other three city gates from outside the city.

After all, this time it was a war to destroy the country, and Li Hao had to try his best to eliminate the living forces of the Yan country, and their role was to strangle them outside the city.

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